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.
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