SUNBURY AMERICAN AND S1IAM0K1N JOURNAL. vEorrcsponbcncc. Penna. Hall, Pottsville, May 3, 1853. J Mr Pr. America : Coal region are becoming mnro impor tant than gold diggin', ami intercourse bo. twcen your beautiful town anil onr btislliug borough is fast increasing. We will soon be joined in tho Jionds ef trading matrimony by the nndi.oluble chain of iron rails-a consnma ation devoutly wished for by everyone who ha. the misfortune to ,bo fieqtienily jolted over the intervening mountain in the present clumsy stage coaches. A large part of the population of this town is made np by farni. lie from tho Susquehanna, and one recogni se many familiar face, on the street. Squatted down in a narrow valley, cubbed in by mountain, the town seems a if de- kilned to be shut up from tho rest of tlio world, but nature seems to have created barriera only to incite man's energy, industry and perseverance. Here every natural im pediment ha vanished under the magic wnnd of American ingenuity, and a populous and busy town, having hourly communication with the great cities of the sea-board, has sprung up where forty years ago there seem ed scarcely room to locate the Centre Turn pike. One has not here that expanse ol view which greets the eye along the Susquehanna. Crowded a we are by hills anil coal heap, it seems to one who is accustomed to (lie broad and expansive country, like being .hut tip in a narrow bnx. With this feeling strong upon us, on a sultry afternoon of last week, we joined a pnrty of excursionists in a visit to the Niagara of "Schuylkill County, Swatara Falls. The road thither lies in a part of the coal region whivh has only re cently been opened. Wild ami romantic cenery presents itself on every side. At one lime, as you ride over the top of a hill, only thickly wooded mountains can be seen; In another moment you plunge into a deep valley, where the mountains enclose you on very aide, while rough gray rocks hang on the.side a if ready to topple and fall at an infant's touch. Now you wind your narrow way along tho shaded banks of n rapid creek, the rmh of whose waters over their craggy bed drowns the rattle of your carriage and fills the air wih its mighty voice. All earns like tho midst of a vast wilderness as yet undefilcd by the finger ol civilization. You are overcome by tho sublimity of the solitude, when suddenly, with an unearthly shriek and deafening roar, a locomotive and long train of freighted coal cars rush by )ou( bearing their black burdens from your un peopled wilderness to the emporium of the State. Again you ascend to the hill top and below you extends a long lino of whilo cot tages and beyond '.hem, at '.he slope's mouth, puffs and groans the steam engine as it un earths and prepares for market the anthracite coal. A ride of 'some nine miles through scenery varying thus at every turn, brings you to the foot of the Broad Mountain, where it becomes necessary to ul iy lit from your carriage, and climb over the rocks for about half a mile. Before we had accomplished half of our rugged ascent, a heavy thunder storm broke over us. Nestling together, three ladies, with their escort, under onrsole umbrella, we enjoyed the benefit of a water fall which we certainly did not anticipate A little soaking did not dampen our spirits and climbing aaain over the wet rocks wo oon reached the Falls of the Swatara. The waters of the Swatara, which rises on the broad mountain, here make the de scent into the valley by a fall of considerable height. The stream has worn its way through an immense mass of conglomerate rocks which rises high on each side. Its bare gray concave walls aro in beautiful con trast with the dark waters as they ruth with headlong precipitation down the steep to wards the falls. At first the water plunge down at an angle of 45 deg. over a bed rough and broken, foaming and sparkling in the sunlight like a flood of freshly uncorked champai'gne. Then with the speed of light, it leaps from amid the foam in a sheet, clear and resplendent as polished glass and falls perpendicularly into the boiling cauldron below, where "all of hue from the rich sunset lo the rising star" play and dance among the dashing epiay, and the iiidesceul mitt tosses itself upward in a myriad of va rying fantastic forms. Onward again it speeds in the same manner ns it approached the falls, until it reaches the valley, w here with placid bosom and musical murmur it gently flows toward the Schuylkill. There is lit tle of granduer about the Falls; all is life, beauty and wilJncss. It bears no resem blance to a cataract ; or rather, while we regard Niagara as the gigantic monster ra ging in fiery and unrestrained passion, the Swatara is the infant in tho spoitive play of innocent childhood. We lingered au hour under the ovei hang ing rocks, ami reclining on the mossy bank added lo our capacity for the enjoyment of tha beautiful by the sipping some of Maj. Sevan's sparkling Calawaba. I have much more lo say, but jam satis. il. Murder and Robbery in Cleveland A widow lady, aged 4 1, named Christina Sigs by, living alone, on Murison street, was found dead in her house to day, her throat having been cut from ear lo ear. There is no doubl of it being a diabolical murder. The house has been observed by tho neighbors to have Knn Knl nn a!nMA C-: I ... . j, uusrriuay ial. To-day it being warm, suipUion was aroused by (tench from the house. A window was opened, and a roost honid sight was revealed. There lay the dead body of the woman, in partial putrifaotion, herad nearly revered, lying partly under the stove, and tha stench terrible. E'ery trunk, drawer, and ohet in the hou. had been rifled. - Cleveland Plaindtaler, Apnl 28. ' THE AMEPJCA1T. SUNBURY. ATfn DAY, MAT T, 1933. II. It. M.si:R, rdllor and Proprietor. To Advkrtuexi. Tin eirculrttlon of the Sunluiry American nmonjr. tlie ililTi-rent towns nn the ajaqueliaims ti 4 exctinlril Ifrquatled by any paper published in North mu 1'iMuiitYtranin. DeMcx'ttATto State Nominations. FOII CANAL COMMISSIONER : THOMAS FORSYTH, Of Philadelphia County. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL: EPHRAIM BANKS, Of Mifflin County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: J. PORTER BRAWLEY. Of Crairford County. ElUTOIt'S TABLE. Bnalnna Notices. A Nw Ci.oTni.-to Store In another col limn our readers will find the advertisement of GJ Elslvrg & Co. Persons in wnt of ready made clothing, will give thcin a call. They are deter mined to sell cheap. Mont Nsw Goons. Ira T. Clement and Denj. Heffher, of this place have received a fresh supply of new goods- Call and secure bargains' Keliuioi's Notice. There will bo publi' worship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, on to morrow (abuath) evening, at 74 o'clock. CP" Land Warrants. Persons having Land Warrant for sale, can dispose ot them for cah, by applying at this office. THE SWISS BELL Itl.NCiERS Gave one of their inimitable concerts in this place on the 20th ult., before a large and respectable audience. Their perfor mances with the bells were executed with a precision and harmony truly astonUhing, and were alone worth twice the price of admittance. The singing by Mr. Brewis, as well as the novel performance on the wooden instrument, served to give a pleas ing variety to the evenings entertainment, and brought forth rounds ol applause. The Campanologians are one of the few com panies now traveling whose pefurinance are worth visiting. C7"Mi.istek to France a.nd Chili. The President has appointed Gen. John A. Dix, of New York, Minister to France, and Hon. Richard Meade, of Virginia, Minister to Chili. 317" Col. James Burnsides lias been ap pointed President Judge of the new Judi cial District composed of Centre, Clear field, Sc. (7- John W. Foster, a Quaker, and a leading Rhode Island Abolitionist, lias recently-renounced abolitionism, and in do ing so says that those who make up the abolition party are quacks that they are sincere only in their desire to humbug the public, and that they have injured the slave to an extent that cannot be repaired in a quarter of a century. K7" Louisiana U. S. Senator. Mr. Slidell was elected a few days ago, by the Louisiana Legislature, in joint session, to succeed Mr. Soule in the Senate of the U. States, by a majority ol 33 over Mr. Hunt, the Whig candidate. rU There will be no more appoint ments made for the Custom House at Phil adelphia until the first of June, and again on the first of July, which will close them up. There is near two hundred offices to fill in all. . Ky" The Old Court House, in Lancaster, will be torn down after the April term. The Commissioners have leased Fulton Hall for holding the Courts, until the new Court House is finished. ry According to an official document recently published by order of Congress, the total or estimated value of the real and personal estate ol the inhabitants of (he District ol Columbia, for the year ending June, 1850, was 14,018,874, and for that terminating with December, 1852, $15, 420.761. Population on trie 1st ol Janua ry, 1853, 41, 372. ComaiBUTioirs to tub Voan' Fair. Ivsw York, May 2 The schooner Samuel Clark arrived her, lo-day, from Poil au. Prince, bringing a variety of articles from the - nporor, intended for tha World's Fait -. among there, a piece of mahogany from Hay "1 wsiguiog 4 ions. The Great Namr. A block of Egyptian granite, for the Washington Monument, bad been brought from Alex andria to Marseilles, by a French Steamer. On learning the purpose for which it was intended, the agent of the vessel refused to receive any payment of freight. r7 An ark loaded with wheat on the Susquehanna, struck one of the' peers of the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, on Satur day, and sunk. iX7" la the search for Sir John Franklin, fifteen expeditions have been engaged, at a cost of four millions of dollars. Sir John has now been absent nearly eight yeas. IC?" Chief Just ica Gibson of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia LETTER FROM THE EDITOR DATED 1 Philadelphia, May 3, 1853. The balmy month of May, always asso ciated with pleasing recollections, in the minds of even the most prosaic, as well as poetic temperaments, was ushered nto exist ence this season, under the most favorable circumstances. Sunday last was a beautiful day in Philadelphia. The streets, the public squares and thoroughfares, were crowded with all classes, promenading and enjoying the works of nature and art, so beautifully blended, in many of the residences and pub lic places, in this city. But how much su perior, after nit, is the country at this season The eye soon becomes satiated with the mo nol.iny of tlio works of art, but "nature, lining h even changing and in her aspect mild," never weaiies. It is astonishing how little attention is paid in Philadelphia, to the laying out of parks and public grounds, which have been very appropriately termod, the In rigs of the city. There are, it if true, some five or six public squares, which are not only an ornament, but a great benefit lo the city. These squares are crowded, (lailyi with men, women and childien. But Ihey bear no comimiison wiih the immense paiks and public gardens f ome of the European cities. Hyde Park, located almost in tho centre of the great city of Loudon, wiih its two millions of people, contains,! think, nearly four hundred" acres, and is con stantly Jhronged, not only with pedestrians, but with pleasure carriages ami persons on horseback. The cities of Philadelphia and New York have been urging for some years past, the purchase and laying out such grounds before it is too lute, when every fool will be encroached upnn, with brick 11 ml mortar. Even in our country towns, where these things i;rc less necessary, this hint should not be lost Nothing adds so much to the beauty nr attractions of u town, as hand somely laid out grounds and shady retreats. The rail road excitement, still prevails here as strong as ever, and well it may, as Phila delphia has prospered beyond precedent, since the count met ion of these improvements! ami her citizens, naturally, look forward with great expectations, nn the completion of the Sunbury and Erie road. This road is now a fixed furt. That it will be built, and speedily built, is no longer a mattei of spe culation, and those who imagine that its eastern terminus will be a! any other point but Sunbury, must have an exceedingly fertile and fanciful imagination. The present board is well posted up on all mailers touch ing the interests of this great enterprise, and no men can be more deeply impressed with the immense importance of our Shamokiu Coal region, iif connexion with the lake trade, than they are. One of the directors remark ed to me, n short time since, that, with the exception of Philadelphia and Erie, he looked upon Sunbury as the most important point for trade and tonnage, on the whole line. A Committee of the Susquehanna rail road Company, was lo havo met a Committee of three of the Sunbuty arid Erie Company in this city to day, in relation to the extension of ihe Susquehanna road to Milton by way of Lewrsburg, but I presume there was noth ing done, as one of ihe Committee of the Sun- bury and Erie Company, lell here yeslciduy for Erie, in relation lo some water lots grant ed by that city to the Company, and which (onto of the New Yorkers are anxious lo get into there posset-sion. The proposition of the gout of a wealthy firm in England, to con struct the road, is now under consideration. They offer in construct the road fiom Lock Haven to Erie, at twenty per cent advance on Ihe prices given lo the Messrs. Moore- head, on that portion of the road from Sun bury to Lock Haven. These prices, some Contractors say, are not too high, consider ing Ihe advance in labor and provisions and the difficulties in making a road through a new country. The firm is to loan the Com pany five millions of dollars on its bonds. The agent asked thirty days to go In Eng. land to have Ihe contract ratified by his principal, and Ihe Company has granted him for'.y. Until his return, things will remain in statu quo. A strong effort is now making to construct a rail road from Hurri.-burg to Heading, on some point 011 the Reading Road by way of Lebanon valley. This road, it is said,-an be run in three and a half hours, which, w hen the Susquehanna road is finished, would make ihe lime between Sunbury and Phiia It-lphia five and a half hours. Reading has already subscribed $150,000 to the project Gen. Cameron with his characteristic liber ality and enlerprise,olTers to subscribe 810. 000 on conditions that certain other subscrip lions aro made, now lew monied men in the Commonwealth.cau be found who will follow his example. Tho death of Chief Justice Gibson, who lied in this city, -this morning leaves a va caney in our judiciary that cannot easily be supplied. His death will be sincerely re gretted by his numerous friends, who for thirty five successive years, have been wont to see and mingle with him in his annual visits lo Sunbury during the session of the Supreme Court il that p'ace. Well do I re member him in my eaily boyhood, when himself and Judge Duncan with Chief Jus lice Tilghmau, formed, perhaps, the ablest bench in Ihe Union, Judge Gibson was born at Carlisle in 1780, and was conse (luently 7J year out ai nis ueatn 110 was appointed President Judge of the lllhjiuli cial District in 1813, by Gov. Snyder, and Judge of the Stipieme Court in 1818. 1827 011 the death of Chief Justice Tilghman lie was appointed by Gov Shultx to fill thai situation, which he held till 1851, when Ihe Judiciary was mad-? elective and he drew nine yean tfrm. Judge Gibson's opinions are perfeet models of what such opinion should be. Though concise they were learned and logical and in point of style have seldom been equalled. Saathara Mall Lain Irons Ts-lHa Oatra- JJew Railroad. l-Torrlbl Tragaey. Th( t .,.,., ( . Sl... .bartered UALT.Moaa, mat i -jnenewur eansp.- lh. om new Ka.road m- j. per. of Monday, received to-day, contain Gal- veston dates to the 91st ult. The survey of the Galveston railroad has been resumed. Another arrest has been made at Galveston for robbing the Post-office. A portion of the Harrisburg and Colorado I 1 1 t . 1 : . I. pa i.iir. i 11 rr runroaii nas oeen oneneii wnu jicm ij. n ., . elected rresnicm 01 tne oan aiiiuiuu Mexico Gulf railroad. The Austin Sta'e Gazette of the 15th ult.i says: The Indians ate becoming decidedly hostile ond daring in their depredation, on Ihe frontier. On the 27lh of March, Major Sibley had a difficulty with the Wasoes, and sed in the following list Chartier. Valley Railroad company. Noith Western Railroad company. Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad compa ny. Lock Haven and Tyrone Railroad oonpany. Delaware, Lehigh and Wyoming Valley nd Baltimore Central Rail- Phlladelph road company. Tunkhannock Railroad company. Reading and Kulztown Railroad company. Chambersburg and Allegheny Railroad company. Towanda and Franklin Railroad company. Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Slate Line reeeiulv a nartv of Wichitas havins come in- I .. ' ' , ... Kiiilroad company. t . n .ti u .. ,l..in.nA.I iham mm nriinn. I I J IO IUII DeiKlini'. IIU uiriiiiiicu ... 1 I . mm r I n ! , " ... Marvin Creek Railroad company era. i iiiuui me tuici, ... ....... own wife and child, rose upon the guard wiih his warriors, nine in number. The sentinel on guard was Instantly killed, and another soldier wounded The Chief was killed, in Ihe struggle, but all tho warrior, escaped. The Austin American, ol ihe 13th ult., says the boys keep slipping off to the "Gold dig gings" on tin) npper Colorado, but none have coino back with anything like a satisfactory account. Strnmbont Disaster on Lake Ontario n timing (l the Slrninrr Ocrna Ware Tweutr-tliht Llrrs Lost. OunENsBi'Ro, New Yuik, May I The steamboat Ocean Wave, was destroyed by fire company on Lake Ontario, at 2 o'clock on Saturday Kingsessing and morning, when 50 miles above Kingston, on her passage to ihis place. Out of the passer gers and crew, numbering fifty in all, only twenty two were saved, so that twenty eight were either drowned or peri.-hed in the flames. Among the saved were Captain Wiight and tlio Mate and Inrser. lien Hie lire was discovered the boat was a mile and a half from Ihe shore, and so rapid was the progress I some lime ago, for the murder of Christopher of the fire that the npper deck was consumed Soohan. Judge Allison delivered ihe opinion in fifteen minutes. The half drifted offshore of the Court upon the motion for a new tiial, and continued burning for about two hours overruling them when it went down. Statement of Emmos. I am entirely in The peroons saved were picked up by pas- nocent of the crime of which I have been con sing vessels, attracted lo the scene by the victed. When I was arrested, I slated thai 1 glare of the flames. The Ocean Wave was owned by the North ern Railroad Company of Ogdeusbnrg, and its lully insured. Khom Mexico A letter in the Missouri Republican, dated Santa Fe, March 30th states that Governor Lane has been absent a month on a visit to the Southern part of the 1 was with Cnpie the night of Soohan's death, territory. but I know nothing ol Soohan's death. Af- One of his parly, who had just returned, ler my arrest, 1 asked Capie what it meant brought information that the Governor issued he told me after I had gone on, on that night his proclamation on tho 15rh of March, asser- that Snohan tumbled against him and struck ting jtiiisdiction over Iho Messilla Valley, in- him, that he then cut at him, but wi'h no eluding the village of Mesco. Thin move- mlenliun to take his life. Of my own know- Belleville and Waynesburg Railroad com pany. Panther Creek and Laurel Run Railroad company. Corlebrookdaln Railroad company. Waynesburg Railroad company. Ligonier and Latrnbe Railroad company Columbia and Oclorara Railroad company. Pittsburg and Cleveland Railroad company. Union and Waynesburg Railroad com pa ny. Male Line Railroad company. Nicholson Run and Pine Swamp Railtoad company. York, Dillsburg and Grcencastle Railroad Philadelphia Railroad company. Allentown Railroad company. Harp Railroad company. ShNTEM EOF DEATH ITO CANEAXD E1- Mils. On Friday morning, 29 nit , the sentence of death was pronounced on John Capie and Carson Ernmns, in the Court of Oyei and Ter miner, Philadelphia, who were convicted SPECIAL AUDITORS' REPORT To tht Hon. Alexander Jordan, Etquirt, President, and his Associate Judges of the Court ml Common Pitas for tht County of Northumberland. h J 'M Vour1 V We, the subscribers, auditor appointed by said Court, to open, re-audit, settle ami s,i;...r Ihe accont. of William Gulick, Jeise M. bimpion, and George B. Youngman, a. former Treasurer, of said connly, report. That we, in pursuance ol aut appointment, met at the Commissioners' Office, in the boroiirrh of Sunburv. on the 2!lh day of November last, and after subscribinu ihs ...th .a affirmation prescribed by the Act ol Assembly, directed notice to be given lo Ann Gulick, Exe'rx of William Gulick, deceased, Jesse M. Simpson, and George B. Youngman of the , r : I A k.I ii. n ...... I : r . time anil piace 01 meeung tu saiu nuuuui, mn o vuuunucu session untn uay to day until ihe 18. h day of December then ensuing, and by an adjournment met the 27ih day of aid mouth, and continued in sen on uulil January Ihe first, 1853; then by an adjournment mot the 14th day of February t nsuing ; that upon the 30ih day of November last Geo. B. Youngman appeared before the Auditoi. and waved notice ol lime and place of meeting;: that Jesse M. Simpson, on the 1st of December last, appeared before, the Auditors and waved notice of time anil place of meeting, and on the 7th ol December list, John B. Packer, as Attorney fot said Ann Gulick, appeared and waved notice of time and place of meeting; That we proceeded to ascertain ihe amount coming lo the Commonwealth during the term of said Trensurers respectively, and hnve stated their accounts herewith annexed, marked A, B, C, exhibiting the results. The report of Ihe County Auditors for 1845, show, that the Commonwealth was fully paid all taxes assessed for that year, including Tavern license, and other source. Bui there wa still outstanding put of Iho taxes for previou years, which outstanding tax vas fully paid lo Gulick, Simp'on, and Youiigrnan. The portion received by each one is charged in said accounts; and the whole amount of State tax assessed, and other sums due the Commonwealth, as far ns we could asceriain them, (and we believe them correctly stated) anil charged upon 0110 side of said accounts, and the proper credit on Ihe other. Those accounts were prepaied for ihe purpuse of determining what amount the Common wealth is entitled to receive fiom all the outstanding taxes on Ihe first of January, .1852, the expiration of Ynungmaii's leim , , By account "A" it appears that recounting to the Commonwealth for the' amount received by Gulick of ihe taxes previous to 1815, and all taxes assessed in '46 and '47, and all moneys received for the Slate fiom unseated lands, and making allowance for the proper credits, the Slate was overpaid on Stnte tax ihe sum of S7C6 07 ; and the Commonwealth was overpaid for Tavern licenses, and Retailers licenses, and Pamphlet Laws for 1847 ; but there were balances in fivor of the Commonwealth for Retailer, licenses of '46, & militia fines of '46 & '47 Those balances set off aeainst each other exhibit an overpayment to the Cnmmnwealth, in tho years '46 & '47, of $697 20. We therefore report thai, after paying in full to the Common .venlih all laxes and dues for '46 & '47, Ihcre is coming lo the County from the Commonwealth $697 20. The account "IP exhibits in the same manner a state ment for the years '48 and '49, during Simpson's term, and disclose, a balance due the Commonwealth, from all souices for Ihose years, ihe sum of $1,302 03. We therefore re port that for thusq years there is due the Commonwealth, subject to the balances in favor of tho county, for the years '46 and '47, the sum of $1,302 03 from the outstanding taxes of those years. And by statement "B," which in like mannor accounts to the Commonwealth for all her dues lor lire years 'au ami 'ol, 11 appears there is a balance due me Common wealth from the outstanding taxes for those years of $2,983 091; "nd we therefore report that balance is due the Commonwealth from outstanding taxes. Those balances put toge ther exhibit that ihe Commonwealth is vet entitled in receive from all the outstanding taxes the sum ol 3.587 924. as per the fnllowira statement : Due Iho Commonwealth for 1848 and '49, $1,302 03 '50 and '51 2,983 09 4.285 124 697 20 knew nothing about the death of Soohan. 1 repeat this now, well aware of the solemnity of my present position. John Capie knows of my entire innocence he can say so. He, I am sure, will say so. We have been friends, we are fiiends 1 ask him to bring that friendship lo the test. I did not know Soo han, to my knowledge ; 1 never saw him. menl produced great excitement among the Mexicans, and steps were immediately taken by them lo prevent the exercise of authority by uuveruur l.ane. iroops were sent tip from El l'asso, and by arming the citizens I hey w crc able to raise a force of three or four hundred men. This warlike demon.stialion prevented the Governor from even crossing the river ; and, as he could gel no aid from our military, he left, having done no more than isue his proclamation. It is added that the presence cf twenty five soldiers would have enabled Gov. Lane to take possession of the territory, but in w as quest ined by the resident Americans whether this force ought tnhave been granted him. Relief Notes. The press does not seem clearly to understand, ns well it may not, in I am entirely inno- and we can sec no cause for changing opin inns just read. As to Carson Emmo, it be longed to the jury to say w hether he was as sociated with John Capie in tho death of Chria'o Soohan. After a deliberation which the jury deemed sufficient, with the whole evidence before them, Ihey found them both guilty, and it is not for Ihe Court to niter it. There remain, nothing left but ihe Court to pronounce the sentence of the law. He then, in a deeply affected manner pronounced sentence of death upon both. North Carolina Diamond..- Prof. Shep- Ihe mass of confusion of the end of a season, ard while in Charlotte, N. C , the other da)( wnai provision was mane in regaru 10 renei was presented w nn a diamond Dy Ur. Leveu- note. The provision 111 the appropriation I llirone. -That cent eman hud latelv disco- bill is that, all sums due lo Ihe Commission- ered it on his estate at Pioneer Mills ; and er of the Sinking Fund aro lo be paid over this is Ihe second specimen of this preciout in Ihe most defaced of tin filthy currency, gem found within the year in Ihe count v. which is lo be cancelled, and never again re issued. Harrisburg Keystone. A Mouse Cauchit bv an Ovsteh. --Whoever heard of a mouse being caught by an oyster! Yet such is the fact, if we are lo believe our friend, Mr. Aaron Wint, Ihe proprietor of the restaurant iuWest Hamilton street, Allentown, who, by the bye, is a man of truth and vera city. Mr. wiul, one evening last week, let t a few nysteis standing in a basin on Ihe floor, and from the heat in the room Ihey partially opened ; during the night il appeared a mouse undertook to creep in between the shell, when the oyster fastened on ihe mouse and made it a victim. In ihe morning Ihe ojster wa picked up w ith the mouse lighily pressed be tween i s shell. Lehigh Register. Deduct due the county for '46 and '47, Balance the Commonwealth is entitle 10 receive from outsland- ina laxes, $3,587 924 We therefore report that nn the payment to the Commonwealth of the said sum of $3,587 924, all taxes and other dues, except outstanding militia fines, will be fully paid and ac counted fur to her to the ll January, 1852 The report of Ihe County Auditors fnr 185), states the amount of outstanding taxes for all previous years at the sum of $5,910 784, and appears lo represenl thai the w hole of thai i due the Commonwealth. But the foregoina statement it appear that only the sum of $3,587 924 i. due the Commonwealth, being n dilferenee in favor of the county of $2.352 86 That the Commonwealth is not entitled to all the Stale tax outstanding on the 1st of Jan., 1852, is accounted fin by the facts exhibited by the statements herewith a- nexed, that in Gulick's term nearly $1,600 more than was received from Ihe State tax and other Slate dues, were paid to tlin Commonwealth from county funds; and also by Ihe fact that in Gulick's and Simpson's terms money was borrowed from tho Bank of Northumberland, ami applied in payment of iho Slate tax, before the samo was collected. During the terms of Simpson and Youngman less of the Commonwealth money was paid to her than was re ceived from her taxes and other dues, bul part was used for county purposes, ns may be seen by the annexed statement. During those last two terms, pari of the money paid from county funds and bonnwed from the Bank, was replr.ced, bul not all, and ihe Common wealth is not entitled to all of the taxes ontstandine on January 1st, 1852. The balance of $3,587 924 above stated ns due the Commonwealth from the outstanding taxes does not include the outstanding militia fines. We repnit that the sum of $1,578 54 i. all the out standing militia fines 011 the lt of January, 1S52, and, subject to all exoneration, an J other credits, is due the Commonwealth. From the statements marked D, E. F, and G, H, I, it wilt appear that there are balance, in the hand of the above named Treasurers. Incase Ihnse balances are paid il make, little difference w hether paid to State or County, for the State being entitled to receive $3,587 924 fiom all her sources of revenue in the county, in full satisfaction thereof (except outstanding militia fines) for the years '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, and '51. and if she receive, those balances, that sum due the Commonwealth would be diminished that amount. But in lha event of loss, it mny become important. We have therelore prepared the neenmpa mine statements, mniked D, E, F, G. Il, 1, so as to exhibit the amounts received in rash half of John Capie are but a reiteration of! and expended in cnh for the Slate anil county respectively, from which statements it ap thoo civen on the motion for a new trial 1 PPari 'hat the Slate received for 1846 anil '47 more tlan was received by the Tieasnrer of IICI I II II 11. 117 llll 11.11111. irPI. I II.U llfllUlll D II. Illl. III.IIU.'I III. uuum 11 a 'M,ITTII I'TT- longing lo the enntry. and piyable (nr county purposes. But for '48 and '49, '50 and '51, the amounts received from S'ate funds were not all paid over to her. We report that Ihe balances in th hands nf Simpson and Youngman properly belong to the State, and payable fnr State purposes. But whatever amount of said balances is paid to the Commonwealth, the same will be a credit from the sum of S3. SS7 924, reported above as due the Common wealth. The statement D, with William Gulick respecting county matters, exhibits a balance due from him lo the county of $1,982 56. But the onu respecting Stale funds, marked E. ex hibits an over payment hy him lo the state of 51,598 18, the difference between those bal ances, viz, ihe sum nf $384 38, is the sum that remained in his hands at the time he went out of office. Wo therefore report that theie is due from the estate of William Gulick, the sum of three hundred and eiuhiy-fonr dollars and thirty-eight cents. The statements F, G, with Jesse M. Simpson, shew a balance of $2,266 87 due the State from the cash received by him, and a balance of S2,181 894 from Ihe county to him for cash paid by him for comity purposes, the dilferenee is S84 974, the amount in his hand. We therefore report that theie is due from Jesso M. Simpson the sum of eighty-four dollars and ninety-seven cpnts. The statements H, I, with George B. Youngman exhibit a balance of $921 181 from Ihe cash received by him duo the Commnnweallh, and a balance of $587 15 from the county to him, for cash pant by him fnr county purposes. 1 lie ditleience between those sums is $334 034, the sum ir. his hands. We therefore report that there is due from Georce B. Yonng- man Ihe sum of three hundred and thnty-lt ur dollars three and a hall cents ; all nf which 1. respectfully submitted W. I. GREENOUGH, S. JOHN, S D. JORDAN. ' (A) William Gulick, lute Trcustircr of Northumberland County, in Account with ledge 1 cannot speak. cent. Judge Allison The reasons given on be Hitherto 110 special search has been made fur the diamond, these specimens having been discovered in a manner purely acci dental. . Lord Bacon beautifully taid : "If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows he is a cit izen of the world, and that his heart is no is land, cut off from other islands, but a conti nent that joins them." Presipent Pierce. The New York Na. lio al Democrat is "authorized lo say that President Pierce will in the course of a few days, pay a visit to N. Hampshire. He intends to be absent from Washington about two weeks." Sosqi'eiunna Lum.er Trade The lum ber trade on the Susquehanna this year, ha. beeu unusually successful II is estimated that .0 far, Ihis season, 4000 rafts and ark valued at $2,000,000, have been exported from the West Branch above Lock H.veu. Da. Benjamin Rush, speaking of the sci ence of medicine, compare, it to "an unroof ed temple, cracked at the .ides, and rotten at the foundation. Il is said that one of the stipulations be tween William Penu and the early setliers of Pennsylvania was, that in clearing the DR. Into Treasurer of Northumberland County, ir the Cointiioinveulth of Pennsylvania. $730 87 To amount of outstanding tax previous to 1845, Aggregate amount of lax as sessed in 1846, 12 697 50 1847, 13,106 694 1 Amount received from unseat ed lands in 1846 and '47, 141 98 Balance due county by common wealth $26,677 04 4 766 074 27,443 12 t, The Wilkesbarre Times, of the 22J, says; "An attempt was made la blow down the tall steeple on the square, on Sunday night last Holes had beeu bored in three of the posts surrounding the bll, and charges of powder put in, secured by plug.. A small gimblet hole served to introduce the match Two of Ihe charge, went off about midnight with a sound like the discharge of a cannon, splitting the post, but not seriously endanger ing Ihe stability of the steeple. The third charge remained on Monday morning. The design wa. evidently to thiow the steeple ground, one acie of tree. hould be left stand down on to ine main uuiui.ng 10 uesuoy 11." : f ery five ,ereicu, down, 8nd e cially to reserve the mulberry and oak for Da. Kane, ollhe Arctio f.xpedilion, is quite Uiid culture and ship buildinc. ill ol inlummatory rheumatism, it 1 not probable however, that hi indisposition will 'Few know that in every seven murines in interfere with hi proposed second Expedi- the day a child is born in Loudon, and that in tion, which is expecting tu start on the 15th I every nine minutesonaof the inbabilanisdie in it I he "hen lever" 1 raging extensively in Enterprise Perhap no Atronger eii- England, fundi ha a portrait of a Dhanghai dene can be adduced of the intrinsic value rooster looking down with contempt upon a and unrivalled usefullnemof Ater's Cherry full grown camelleopard PxcToaAL, than the fact, that in order lo DR. Tavern Licenses, 1846. FOREIGN MINISTERS AffOINTED. Washihoton, April 30 Tbe following ap pointment will, it is said, be officially an nounced on Mooday. Governor Seymour, ef Connecticut, a Minister lo Rnssia; General Gadsden, of Sooth Carolina, Minister lo Mex ico, and General Dix, of New York, Minister to France. supply the demand the Proprietor ha been compelled to build ar. immense block, occu pying a huge pari of a square on one of our principal thoroughfares, rive stories of which is lo be oceupied by hi Laboratory for Iho act wilbout assistance of tbe other pasaioa I t"liiiun 01 toe ineiry reciorai alone. A I . . .. . . eicite attention To make your mouth water. Obsetve a lovely, rosy cheeked girl, purchasing straw berries. O, 'git eout." Cam one passion, though it predominate, ibis arliole ha. won it. way lo the putlio fa vor soieiy by it. success 10 curing disease. nis tact 1 sum comment oa Us virtue.- Loteelt Jdve'rtuer. To aggregate amount of said li cense granted by the Court of Uuartei session lor the year 1846, $449 80 DR. To aggregate amount of said license granted for 1847, Balance dee the county, Tavern Licenses, 1847. f 159 60 19 $459 79 DR. To aggregate amount of Retailers' license, 1816, CR. S450 00 11,063 74 122 13 582 30 935 55 12,266 85 620 00 133 34 619 14 611 34 7 31 1 42 27,443 13 CH. it 22 49 427 31 t449 80 CR. By Treasurer's commission en $459 60, .::98 ' 8late Treasurer's receipt. J.iuus- ry ill. 1844, 436 81 Tax on Heal and Personal By Cash paid State Treasurer on State lax lor 1844, (Feb'y 1, 1846,) (July 15, 1846.) 1 Per cent, allowed by State Treasurer ou 912,2)3 00 ' Abatement allowed county, (July 15, 1846,) ' Cash paid Slate Treasurer on State lax, January 20, 1847, 1 (July 27, 1847,) Exonerations allowed collec tor for 1846 and '47, ' Pt-rcenlago on $13 334 40 paid in 1847, ' Commission allowed collector for 18165 per cent. ' 1817. 5 per cent. 1 Per centage on 5730 87 out danding tax previous to 1845, 1 on $141 98 tax on unseated lands in 1846 & '47, By Treasurer' oomniission ou S449 80 at 5 per cent. 1 State Treasurer's receipt, Jan uary 20, 1847, Ilctuilert Licenses, 18 ltL Bv Exonerations, $655 25 1 Treasurer's commission 5 pet ct Amount paid Constables for ma king returns, Clk. of Quarter sessions, for advertising, Stale Treasurer's receipt, January SO, 1847, Balaace due the commonwealth $459 79 CR. $18 00 31 86 71 S 03 4 00 507 7 84 15 DR. To aggregate amount of Rslailers li eenaes for 1847, Balance due Ins county, Retailers Licenses, 1847, $65 CR. Si $771 00 7 67 $834 67 Choose a wife a. you pboose a knife look By Exonerations, ' Treasurer's coin mission at 8 pfct ' Amount paid Constables for ma king returns, ' Mercantile appraiser, ' for advertising, Bute Treasurer's receipt, Jsnasry tl, 148, $15 00 9190 ' tS7j 8184! 4 00 74 65 f 898 ti I on 1 ucscay last. lo nor temper. .r.
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