CALIFORNIA NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ILLINOIS. Nearly tiOOO.OOO r Gold. , The War in China. Movement of the Forces. -The steamship- Illinois arived at New I oik, yesterday, with San Francisco paper, the maili to the 16ih ultimo, and 569 pas sengers. The Illinois has 1,35,7I4 in gold. The aecocnts from the mine, are generally very satisfactory. The duel between Gwin and MeCorkle, Senator and Representative in Congress, has ended harmlessly. Two more duels have been fought near San Francisco. One look place on ihe 1 1th, between Edward Toby, a clerk in the Assist ant Board of Alderman, and Dr. A. B. Crane: resulting in the latter being shot through the body. Tho weapons were smooth-bored duelling pistols ; the distance fifteen paces. Dr. Crane died on the 12th, at Ihe Oriental Hotel. The other was fought by Mr. Nugent. Ed itor of the Herald, and Alderman Hayes, with nfles, at twenty paces. At the second fire Nugent received his adversary's bull in the right arm, above the elbow. The ball passed .through his arm, shattering Ihe bor and entered his side, and pased out near Ihe point of the shoulder. It is feared that his arm will have to be amputated, thoush the surgeons hope to be able to save it. The wound in his side is not of a serious char acter. The Indians about Sonora are said to be exceedingly troublesome.- Complaints are made that they are in the habit of stealing animals from farmers, and running them off into the defiles of the mountains. A short lime since they stole a span of horses valued at $500, which, in despite of immediate pursuit made by a parly of Americans, they succeeded in carrying them off. They num ber 600 men. One of the sufferers was anx ious to raise a force of sixty men to chastise them. Laborers are in active demand, in Stock ton, particularly. Harvest hands and mow rs are advertised for one hundred dollars per month. A scaffold is being erected in order to fell the great tree on the Stanislaus River. A section of it will be got out, if possible, to send to the World's Fair in New York. Wa are informed, says the Sacrament0 Union, by Mr. Young, who has just come down from Nevada, that on Friday, a miner brought into that place a lump of gold, mix ed with quartz, which exceeded in size any ever before seen in those diggings. The specimens weighed some forty-five or fifty pounds, of which twenty-five pounds consist ed of pure gold. A gentlemen just in from Hangtnwn, says the Sacremento Californian, repcrts that city in considerable excitement about some rich leads that have been struck on the hill One claim is said to have paid $5000 in 3 days, and in another, four buckets of earth are ssid to have yielded respeciivcly, $500, S406, 3S0 and S360. Fobtt fiet er S.vovr on the Mountains. The company consisting of some twenty five men who started for Walker's River, about two weeks stnee, after undergoing in credible hardships and difficulties in ascend ing the mountains over snow and ice, were compelled to return a few days since. The company, says the Columbia Gazette, was formed in Sonora and vicinity, under the auspices of a companion of Col. McLean, and were sanguine of success, but owing to the unusual quantity of snow that has lately fal len in the mountains, they pronounce the route for the present altogether impracticable They reached within six miles ot the sum tnit of the Sierra Nevada mountains, where they found snow forty feet deep, and in such a thawing condition that it would not support the weight of their pack animals. Brigham Young, Governor of Ufah, has issued a proclamation from the city of Povo, ordering the raising of a company to put down a horde of Mexican and other outlaws, who are infesting the settlements, and stir ring up the Indians to make aggressions upon the inhabitants. The party is authorized to arrest and keep in close custody every strol ling Mexican parly-lhey may encouuter. The News ts down in a leader on that portion of ihe sajnts who have been selling guns and ammunition to the Indians. It is said that the Bishop of Granville has excom. thunicated such from the church, and the News says for the credit of Ihe Bishop, it hopes it is, and it all Bishops would do their 5utyj the brethren would have the means of defence and not be obliged to contend against the weapons they have sold. The News further says, "ihat it is not its pleasure to censure the Saints; we had much tather bless them, and do bless them all the time; but if v ur r,ri .k.. v, j . umuvi i in- J &au vd no better, they have no business here ; and the sooner they take up their abode in the puit-land. or some other convenient place, the better ; they are not fit to be citizens of Deserel. Reformation and improvement is the order of God's kingdom. LATEST FROM CHINA. Bf ,he kindness of Cspt. J. W. Macy and W. H. Howell, passengers of Ihe Pathfinder, (Ogden k Hayr.es Oiiental Line,) we have dates from Hong Kong, to Ihe 2 Mi of April, nd from Shanghae lo the 15ih. Ine all-important topio is the great rebel- lion, which appears to be gaining ground. T .. , mn account oi some o1 Ihe proceedings of the rebels. "On th. inh of February, they entered It r ' " lhe U,h ooc"ed the bat. tie of Hwangchow; on the 16th ihey took iUfl II flU-ln ... . r -"; me 18th marked the fall of -'-""Si on 20ih Ihey arrived at ''.-'y'y-ch " , unau-Ktm, Tell on the 24th; ..." i1"!?' 8b0U, ,hir'y milM 10 no'lh IW, ,h "r Pl" Passed onth. o loof8llon.h.3J0fMurch;th. Tung..e.een.lan ((wo h.I) -. me rivei, about ten miles from Woo. ,) ws. reached on theC.h; T'haeping an ine next lv .v.- ... Wrg.n,, ,rrl.,d oppo,u, NllnU,B - whieh .... n. .in, uut th. rebels were eompel ".-"'M ';. od. wer. d. feated on Ihe 6th of April by Ihe Imperial forces, about thirty miles south of Nankin." The foreign residents of Shanghae hava formed themselves into a volunteer corps, to resist any attack. . Col. Marshall, U. S. Commissioner, attempted lo ascend the river to Nankin, in the stenmer Susquehanna, but the river was loo shallow, and ha had to re turn to Shanghae. The Lieutenant-Govomor of Kiang-su has addressed formal applications to the Consuls and Commissioners of foreign nations asking for aid against the insurgents. He makes special application to the British Commis sioner, and (hen proceeds to say : - ''If the Commissioner of the American nation, wiih those from Portugal, Fiance, Denmaik and Hamburg, should also have ar rived at Shanghae, I hope that they will send messages, and despatch their ships of war and steamers, or merchant vessels .in a combined fleet, to surround and exterminate the enemy, so that with one blow the insur rection may be quelled, and this stinking rabble be annihilated; thus tranquillizing the people's mind, promoting commeroial intercourse, and removing all hindrances lo the intercommunication of official des patches." The same paper speakina of the character of Ihe insurrection, says: The true state of the case seems lo me Ihnl they are proud Cotifncianists, determined lo establish ihe ancient manners and customs prevalent un der tho Han and Ming dynasty, and so exas perated against the Munchows I lint they are likely to look with disgust upon anything foreign; and while they aro bent upon root ing out Buddhism, they would be as little disposed to favor Christianity. We have letters, last night, from Soochow, detailing thuir cruelties to the Manchow women when they took Nanking. Having decoyed 700 of these unfortunates into a building, under pretence of getting them married to Chinese people, they ruthlessly set fire lo the whole, and reduced them to ashes. They then registered the inmates of every house in Nanking, and Ihe next day went through the city, comparing the lists with the inhabitants tonnd in each dwelling, when if they found more that the number given in, (a very likely case,) they killed the odd number. They then pressed every Chinese into the army, from 15 to 45, killing tho children as useless, appropriating the younger women, and making the older ones cooks and scul lions. This may be a more report, exagger ated by the fears of Ihe Chinese ; still, Ihe indiscriminate slaughter of the Buddhist priests gives some color to it. ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT A TRAIN ni.N INTO BRAND V WINE CREEK TWO LIVES LOST. Another distressing accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, yesterday morning, which was attended by the immediate death-of two of the employees of lho Company, and the partial destruction of a valuable first-class locomotive. The particulars of the accident, so far as they could be gathered on the 8th inst., on the spot, from general report and from evidence adduced before the Coroner's jury, are sub stantially as follows: Yesterday morning, at about twenty-five minutes to 3 o'clock, the through freight train from Baltimore, on approaching the drawbridge across the Brandywine creek, or, lhe outskirts of Wilmington, received from the bridge tender the usual signal that the draw was closed and went ahead ; but un fortunately, the keeper of the bridge had given the wiong signal the draw was open and as a consequence, the locomotive, ten der and cars, with their unsuspecting officers, were hurried through the open draw into lhe stream beneath. Three platform cars loaded with cross lies, followed tho locomotive and tender. The tide was up and and although every effort was immediately made by the conductor and brakesman of the train, who escaped by jumping from the cars, to rescue lhe engineer and fireman, nothing could be discovered of them until morning, when their bodies were found beneath the wieck of the cars. They had evidently drowned by being held under water by the wreck above them, though had they been extricated immediately they would, in all probability have died, ns both were much crushed. As soon as the bridge-keeper saw the ex tent of the calamity, he became almost de mented from his feelings of grief and re morse. He acknowledged himself in fault, avowed his determination lo commit suicide, to rid himself of his burden of anguish, and he was only prevented by main force from rushing into the stream. He stales that, after having closed the draw, nt midnight of Thursday, for lhe down train from Philadelphia, he opened it again to permit vessels lo pass. Feeling weaiy, be entered his house, a few yards fiom tho idge, and sat down to rest, but without the lightest intention of going lo sleep. This however, he did, and says he has a recollec tion of dreaming in his sleep that the next train had passed. Suddenly, he was aroused by the signal whistle of the approaching train. He was ereatlv alarmed, and ran out bewildered stale ; thinks he may have waived his lamp, but is not certain. Before, however, he could recover his presence of mind, lhe train was through the draw. The wife of the bridge keeper says she heard the whistle when lh train reached the church (which ia about 1 of a mile from the draw;) saw her husband run out and aive his light ; heard Ihe cars "slack up" previous lo hi waiving his light, and then it went on. She ran out. knowing ih Hn. was open, but was too late to warn the en- gineer, and in a moment after, the train was in tue creek Ledger vj the 9th inst. Lightning.-We publish Ihe following as yuiupnnie to me present season : it r a . - -.vir. r.. juenam of New-York. a .li.r.n. guisnea scientifio writer and nractical nr.il. osopher, says that porsunsstruck .v i;..l,i..; u given up as dead for at lea.t '" noura. Uurins the tint iin hn.. .i. ahould ba drenched with cold water, and if this fails to produce rtnr.iin. ii.. j i sab, and continue the drenching for another noor." .-. v., ; SUJN1UJ11Y AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL. TEE A1EPJC.1T. SUNBURY. SATURDAY', JULY 16, ISS3. II. B. MASSFH., Editor and Proprietor. To Advistisbrs. The circulntlon of the SSunhury American among the different towns on the Susquehanna is not exceeded if equalled by any paper putvlnlied in North etn Pennsylvania. Democratic State Nominations. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER: THOMAS FORSYTH, Of Philadelphia County. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL: EPHRAIM BANKS, Of Mifflin County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: J. PORTER BRAWLEY. Of Crawford County. editor's table. Business Notices. MiFFLrxncno Acosmt' Wc refer our read ers to the advertisement of A. C. Fisher, Esq who has taken charge of the MilHinburtf Acade my. Mr. Fisher is well known in this vicinity as a teacher well qualified for the station, while the location of the Academy ia both healthy and pleasant. Thk KsicKEitBocKKn Magazine. The July number of this excellent periodical, begins with the Forty Second volume. With this number, the Publisher commccncc giving 16 more pages in each number, thus giving 200 pages a vear to the work. The high reputation that this truly American periodical has sustained, for ma ny years, under the editorship of Louis Gaylord Clark, and previously under his brother, Willis Gaylord Clark, is the best evidence of its merits It is published monthly in New York, at $3 per annum. Theie will ba preaching in the M. Church on Sunday iveiiiiij at 8 o'clock. E Land Warrants. Persons having Land Warrants for sale, can dispose ot hem lor cash, by applying at this office. THE mails. When our government, in its wi.dom, established our postal system, it was lool ishly supposed that the contractors would deliver the mails regularly and in reasona ble time, as they were bound to do, or ra ther, as they agreed to do, for their bonds are mere waste paper and easily snapped asunder. Hut as this is decidedly a great country, mail contractors and other digni taries of government, are, as the lawyers would say, ex ret jiecessitnte, or from the necessity ol the thing, also great men and are not, ot course, responsible for the small matter of the non deli vet y of the mails, when it does not occur oftener than once a week, especially as the people only are concerned in the matter. Perhaps, how ever they may think that since the estab lishment of the Magnetic Telegraph, the mail coaches have no business to convey intelligence, and that the contract with the government is, virtually, only an exclusive priviledge to carry passengers, over whose persons, time, property and baggage, they have unlimited runt rnl. A fpw ilivi iinr we received a bundle of letters from the j post office, some ol which had made a!.. greater curcuit than any of our Telegraph lines, but unfortunately not so rapidly. One letter containing an important adver tisment, mailed at Pottsville on Wednes day, arrived here on Saturday iollowing, and was, of course, too late for the paper, lime three days Distance forty miles. Another from Cattawissa Time three days and distance twenty miles, Another from Michigan, distant eight hundred miles, was only a clay lonirer on the road than th- Pottsville letter. But that came by rail road nearly all the way. Tertians the Postmasters, on the routes are also some times to blame. A few evenings since the driver on the Pottsville route, brought in the wrong mail, and therefore did not think it necessary to stop at the post office in this place. Our letters and papers had to lay over, of course, 21 hours. CO" The Supreme Court for the middle district, will commence its session, at Ibis place, on Monday, the 18th inst. As a greater portion of the northern counties have been cut off and attached to the Phil adelphia district, the session will be a short one, and continue, perhaps, only one week. The injunction case restraining the city of Reading againtt subscribing to the stock of the Uarrisburg and Reading rail road will be argued at this term. OCT The Steam Tow and Feury Boat. By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that the books of the Steam Tow and Frrry Boat, will be opened at the House of James Covert, in this place, on Saturday, the 30th intt. The boat will be ready for ber boiler in about (our weeks, and entirely completed about the 1st of September. Her boiler is now on the way and her engine will be ready on the 1st of August next. EPTresident Pierce on bis way to New York, to be present ol the opening of the Crystal Palace or World's Fair. which look place on Thursday last, met with handsome reception in Baltimore and Philadelphia, at Which places he stop ped on Jits route. . - ' .f . . JOHN Q. MONTGOMERY AND THE BRIBERY CASE. The Danville papers of the 9th inst., came to ui with a pronunciamenlo signed by JohnG. Montgomery Esq., of Danville, addressed to the people ol Northumberland county, in reply to an editorial article in our paper ol the 2d inst., on the bribery prosecution. In its pretensions, this docu ment would do no discredit to one of the subordinates of Santa Anna, or, to that re nowned hero himself. But unlortunately, like the manifestoes of his great pr,ototpye, most of the facts in Mr. Montgomery's epistle are made to order, or exist only in a disturbed imagination. Mr. Montgomery sets out by charging us with "halting between two opinions for several months, fearing the indignation of the people on one hand, and the ire oi the corruptionistson the other, and at last taking our stand in favor of the latter." In this community, and wherever we are known, or our paper is read, this charge will carry with it its own refutation, and no man knows its falsity better than Mr. Montgom ery himself. At the mass meeting held in Sunbury in Match, Mr. Montgomery and several citizens from Danville was present, "for a purpose,'" no doubt, known to him self. He was exceedingly restless and con siderably excited, and as he had a hand in preparing the resolutions in Danville, he doubtless took great interest in the proceed ings, even though he was not then "one of counsel of the people." At that meeting Mr. Montgomery called us aside, and urged us lo come out against "the corruptionisls" as he called them, saying it we did not, our paper would he prostrated. We told Mr. Montgomery distinctly that we were opposed to the principle of county sub scriptions, and had so stated in our columns, but that we never had a doubt that this subscription would prove a good and pro fitable investment, and as the act of the Commissioners was a legal one, we could never countenance the foul doctrine of re pudiation, and larlher, that we always had been in the habit of pursuing a course that we thought right, independent of par ty, clique, or individuals, and when we could no longer do that, the Press might go to the and we would goto some thing else. Mr. Montgomery then request ed us to recollect his prediction, viz : that our paper would go down or be prostrated in a very few years. We then replied that these same predictions had been made once a year, for twelve years, or since this paper was established, and that we had gone on increasing every year, notwith standing these prophecies. The truth is, we were always somewhat skeptical on the subject of the prophets and patriots of the present day, and Mr. Montgomery must excuse us, when we tell him that we have no faith in modern prophets, from Joe Smith down to himself. Mr. Montgomery doubtless recollects this conversation, if not, others present do. We only refer to it now to show the fallacy of his charge that we halted between two opinion, as well as the treachery of his own memory. We have nothing to say in regard to the "committee of safety," who reported the testimony of Mr. Albert, except that one of them thought there was very little in it, and that we fully concur in the remark made by Judge Pollock before the Justice, that "he would not confine a dog in his """V." m'nX 0,1 such iviouigomery men proceeds lo say "Indictments were sent to the Grand Jury at the April Session, which wer ignored, but not, as Mr. Master s;iy for "want of ev idence," as I will clearly chow, but for cau ses well known to you, and which I am free lo say, reflect dishonor on a majority of the Grand Jury." Yet, strange to say, Mr. Montgomery does not only, not "clearly show" what ' l'""81 causP, Were but actually never refers to them afterwards. V e don t say what "mu m 'S,C lr- 'nigomery nas in his cranium," but if he designates this good logic, we humbly confess that we are not lawyer enough to comprehend it, especial ly when he attempts to fasten dishonor, by its application, upon so respectable a body of men as the Grand Jury of this county. Hudibrass himself would hardly recognize him a true disciple of his school, although he may be One of that itub'jorn citw, Of errant ( will not uy erring) laints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant. Mr. Montgomery also states that our "denial of the force of the evidence, a! though made for a purpose, reflects upon the integrity of the Justice." Here Mr, Montgomery's logic is again at fault. If such is the case, then no man can differ from his neighbor, without fixing upon him the imputation of being a rogue. Desides, in the lace ol all this Mr. Montgomery charges the majority ol the (Jrand Jury with having dishonored themselves for thinking differently from himself. Such is the inconsistency ol man ! Mr. Montgomery affects to deny, or do away his sweeping and indiscriminate charge against the peopie of Sunbury, by saying that he merely referred to Dr. Wei- ser having "come from a tainted atmos phere." Mr. Montgomery's memory is here again at fault, as every one present can testify. The rebuke he received from Judge Pollock, for this wanton insult, is, of itself sufficient proof of what we slated Even while attempting to exculpate him self from this charge, in the bitterness of his feeling, be iosults our citizens by ex pressing, for them, a false sympathy. ' As Mr. Montgomery nas set nimseil up as ine great conservator of the morals of the peo ple of this county, we would advise him to compile a system of ethics as welt as of logic, for home consumption. It might have a tendency, at least, to reduce the conflicting and antagonistic elements of his own harmonious and virtuous atmos phere, in which he plays an important part, to some sort of system. We must, howev er, close, for want of space, but before do ing so, we cannot resist giving our readers the benefit of the closing paragraph of this extraordinary manifesto. It is so decidedly Santa Anna-ish so Mexican-like in its character, that it would be unjust to with hold it. Here it is : But, if contrary to my expectations, it shall be found th it the people of my native county have not the moral courage to repel the attempts to reduce them to a stale of vassallage, by means of a grinding taxation for the benefit of desperate speculators; and that under their administration of jus tice criminals cannot be overthrown, either by the strong arm of the law or by Ihe ma jestic power of the ballot-box ttien 1 must consider them a degraded people, unworthy the fame of their heroiu nuuestois, and will be prepared lo bid them farcwoll farewell forever. Bl'RNINO rUID AND DEATH. We stated some time ago, upon Professor Silliman's authority, that more deaths had occurred within a few years, from the use of fluid lamps in the United States, than from steamboat explosions and rail road accidents. The Philadelphia Bulletin ol Saturday contains the following account of two accidents that occurred in one even ing, in that city, and when we reflect (hat such records are found in the papers of al most every city and large town in the Union, we are not surprised at the state ment. Another Warnino The alarm of fire between nine and ten o'clock laxt evening was caused by the slight burning of the house of Mr. Win. Souders at the corner of Wood and Duke sheets, Kensington. Tlie origin of the fire wns lho explosion of a camphene .amp. i ue damage, lo tue nouse was slighl, nun luiiuuairiy none oi ine inmates were injured. DlKD tllOM HRR iKJt'KIE Atrne M:iri.i Opea, Ihe unfoi lunate woman who was badly ourneil by a fluid lamp being overlurned in her lap, died List evening at the H.isniLiI She snlfered great ngony, Gut, say lhe advocates of (lies'? worse than pjwder magazines, these accidents are all the result of carelesmess. Rut this ! not true, and if it were, the excuse is no better than that of the individual whose house was blown up by gunpowaer. He said he had kept gunpowder iu his house, in open vessels, for twenty years and never met with an accident before. It was as harmless as so much sand, if you only kivp children and careless persons from it, and suffer no (iie or sparks to come near it. The philosophy of the one was about as good as the other, and therefore there can be no harm in keenini sunnowder in vour house, provided you are careful. We are pleaded to see, nmonc the im provements of ihe town, that Mr. Geo. Kohr bach is rebuilding and improving his Foun dry and Machine Shop. Mr. ftohrbac-h is an o!d and experienced founder, and we Jearn that he has as much wort as he mn attend to. 1X7" Steam Enginm. We observed a lew lays since on the river bank two 20 horse power engines anil two setts of boilers, marked lor the Carbon Run Improvement Company, who are actively engaged in our Shamokin Coal region, in putting up coal breakers and making other preparations for mining and transporting coal to market. TO" The Philadelphia and Sunbury Rail road Company, aro pushins forward lhir work wi:h great vigor. They have one hundred and eiyhty men employed in laying the track between this place and Shamokin. The track vill be completed to Shamokin in another week. One of the locomotives and Ihe passenger cars, will arrive, next week The Jollification of the opPuinp, one of which will be held here, and lhe other at Shamokin, will come off about lhe close of the presen mouth. ttJ Hisiiup Doaxe on Ice. Bishop Do ane, of New Jersey who has recently re covered from a serious illness, thus gratefully speaks in the Philadelphia Register, of the beneficial effects of ice, which only, of late years, is begining to be appreciated for it healthful and medicinal virtues. In the languor and exhaustion of a resent illness, my mind dwoll much on l7t mercy of God t ice. As il quenched my panting thirst, or as it cooled my burning brow, I came to lho conclusion that, to the sick, it was the queen of comfort. I rejoiced lhat I bad outlived 1 lie ancient prejudice, against its use, in sickness I wished (hit I could write a psalm, like David's, in its praise. Ami I thanked Ihe holy children, thut, in their "Jienedicite, omnia opera Domini.'1 ihey nan rememoeieci ice: u ye ice and snow bless ye the Lord ; praise Ilim, and magnify Him for ever !" I, then, remembered that, to the sick poor, this great conifoit was a luxury rather, an impossibility. And it then occured lo me, that if 1 were tieh, I would tnund. in one ol our gieat cities, au Ice House for the sick poor. As am not. and never expeol lo be, the nexl best thing is 10 suggest it to llioso who are. THE CREST COAL Flt.U U The fiauds committed by some of the coal operators on the Reading rail road ex cites much attention. The Philadelphia Register says the persons implicated are Mar cus and Percy lloilner, and George and Wil liam Payne, and John Steiuberger, and Da vid Deforest, their cleik, is the good natured tool Ihey used. The two pair of brothers have extensive coal mines in Schuylkill county somewhere on the Mine Hill railroad, a branch of the Reading road, but owned by an independent company. 1 bey also have each a wharf in Philadelphia, and sell their own coat, per baps over 100,000 tons a year. The mode of the swindling was. as near we can understand it, ia ibis way : All coal passing from lhe mines over the Mine Hill road is weighed by the scales on that road. The Beading road takes that weight as correct, and does not re-weigh. Several miners join m Ihe employment of one or more clerks to attend to their interests at the scales, to fill up bills of lading with the weight, and consign the coal as directed. Their clerk has a desk in the weigh office : and it appears that this cleik'a register of the 'veights has been taken by the Reading Railroad asenl as a correct duplicate of the Mine Hill scale weight: saving himself the trouble of examining the register itself nt the scale office. Tho aforesaid miners, perceiving lhe chance to cheat, got their clerk lo alter the figures, and make false returns; to make the weight less on coal consigned lo their bro ther partners in Philadelphia, and greater on coal sent to their friends along the. line of the road. The parly who receives coal al ways pays the freight. By this process the partner in Philadelphia would receive 100 tons of coal, and pay freight on only, per haps, 94 tons; making at present rates, 6xl 70 5 10.20 on every train of 100 Ions; cheat, ing lho railroad to lhat extent daily for years. The Pottsville Journal says that in some instances, forty Ions (SG3 00) aie said to have been the cheating on a single train; which wou'd greatly increase lhe amount we aro supposing. In the case of any friend on the lino or on Brond street, Ihey would ship him 100 tons, ami cull it, say 110; so that their confuting friend would have to pay them the price of lho coul, and lo the Rail road Company the prico of the freight on lentous clientage, viz. S2fl. 70x10 $37. 00 on every 100 Ions ! Tho two principal parlies being veiy e. tnnsivy dealers, have been able, by selling apparently cheap, lo keep the whole coal Iradu of Ihe Schuylkill in a depressed nnd unprofitable state, to the luinous loss of every one engaged in it except themselves. .foreign News. ARRIVAL OF THE A T L A N TIC. LATCH FROM EUROPE. Cotton Steathi Advance in Breadstuff Ter rible Earthquake in Persia Tuelve Thou sand Persons Killed ! Tho steamship Atlantic, with Liverpool dales to the S3:h nil, arrived at New Vork on Saturday with 140 p.i'senuers. The steamship City of Manchester ni rived at Liverpool on Monday evening, 27ih nil. ENGLAND. The paper say but littlo about Turkish affairs; but there ii n !ineral belief that peace will be maintained. The tales of as surance for vovanes lo ihe Danube are, how ever, advancing in Ll'ydi. Ex-Pi evident Van Ciiien is on a vi.-i! to Rirminsihani. Mis Stowe I making tin! lour of Wales. The Crops in Ireland ate luxuriant, and the weathei t'enerallv thioiinhout lhe King. ilum is l.i volatile. In the ot norm l'.nijliiiiU rain it u anted. FRANC R. Tho proposed action of Fiance in repaid to Ihd Tuikish (jtics'.ion is not known ulii cially It is reported thai lhe Kurpeior lias prepared a formal note to Russia, dciiiHudiu lo know whothor peace or war was meant France bein'j; ready for cither. The icport adds that Napoleon has consented lo ui h hold the note, at the earnest entreaty ol M. Kisscliil, tho Russian .Minister. RL'SSIA AND TURKEY. Hostilities have not yet taken place, ami lho euerul bolief jams iiounil, in bmh Franco and England, that theie will bo none. PERSIA. Dates finm Er.eroum to tho 3d of June, announce ihe occurrence of an exiiuordiuuiy earthquake, by which 12,000 persons wero killed in one nislit. Tho pluuuu subsequent ly broke out fiom lhe ui.buiied toipses ol lhe dead. In addition lo this caluru ly, inundations have taken place at Tcbeiun, and the chol era is canyiiio cdf its inhabitants, while, lhe country near Ispahan i ovenim with locus:. Commuiiiiiitiim. for the Suubuty Aiucrieati. Mr. Editor. Permit u ihiouyh the col umns of vour paper lo present lhe name of HOKATIU G. TAGCAUT, of Shamokin township, lo ihe democracy of this county, as a gentleman, in eveiy way worthy ol their support, lis ttio nexl earulnlalo "or Legislature ut litis county. Mr. Talari is well known lo all of us, hs a firm, tried and umvavurini! democrat hiinsell oi.e of the people, lu in i liar wiih lho views and interests ol the far mer, laborer, mechanic nnd nil lho oilier classes of the community, and ever anxious and ready to do all iu hi power lo promote their welfare. Mr. Taspart is no olice seeker, but the people want bis service to represent Old Noilhjinbeilaud County, and have almost unanimously urjjed him to ac cept the nomination. The peoplw from this part of the country will neaily all b in his favor, and if lha other townships will but do their duly lo the county and themselves, Mr. Tasigarl will bo the unanimous nominee of the county. MANY DEMOCRATS of Shamokin and Coal Townships. July 11, 1853 y7"ERBUM SAP A word to the wise is fufii- cieut, sas tho ancient or verb. and we can briefly say thiswoid by telling all this community now sullering from the heals ot summer lhat their discomfort may be iu a great meaBure alleviated by going and getting s spWndid summer suit at Kuckhill & Wilson's Clothing Store, No. Ill Cheanut street, corner of Franklin Place, Philadel phia. i i i: it, At Selinsijrove, on the llih inst., Mr. JA COB SCHOLL a-ed about 43 yeats. At Ihe request of the deceased, his body was interred (by the honors of I. O. of O. F , ol which order he was a worthy member) at Northumberland, were he formerly resided. """T"" - - l)C iHailicts. Philadelphia Market. July 13, 1853. Flour asd Meal. The Flour market is quiet: mixed Western ul $4fi2t; nnd for Western, recently inspected, S4. Rye Flour and Corn Meal are dull; the former is held at $3 75; sales of fresh ground Pennsylvania Con Mal al S2 tol GasiN. There is ve y little Wheat offer ing. Lmall sales of Southern white at 120c and 120 a 121 o for Old Pennsylvania. Penna. red ia wnrlb llOo. Rye i selling al 83 rts. Corn Sales of yellow at 65 els, and whits: at 60o. Oats Sales of Southern ul 4 1c. Baltimore Market. GRAIN. At (he Corn andYloVr Exha'ne. this morning about 7000 bushels new Wheal were offered. The qualities were not ener. ally satisfactory to millers.and the operations were not extensive. Sales of good to prime white were made at 106110 rents'do do red I00al05 els, The demand for CornVas active. About 5000 bushels were offered Sales were made at 60 cents for white and 62 cents for yellow. A small lot of' very choioo white sold at 62 els. We still quoIi Pennsylvania Rye at 80 cents. The qiiots tions for Oats remain as before, viz: 38a I els for Virginia, and 42a42 ols. for Pennsyl vania. ' New Advertisements. To the Voters of Northumberland County, The subscriber hereby announces to hi fellow citizens, that he is a candidate for lh olfice of COUNTY TKEASUIIER, and promises, if elected, to discharge tlie duties o the office, faithfully and impartially. FRANCIS BUCHEn Sunbury, July 1C, 1853. To the Voters of Northumberland County. I announce myneif to your consideration si t, candidate for tho office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER, at the aproavhing election. Should I be elected I promise to dischargo the duties of the olhVo' faithfully and to the best interests of tho county SIMON SNVDEK. Upper Augusts, July 16, 1853. NOTICE. ft MIE books for su'isrription to t'jp stock of tho Shamokin Steam Feiry and Tow Boat Company, will he opened st the house of James Covert in the Dnrough of Sunbury, Northum berland county, l'a., on Saturday, the 39th day of Julv inst., at 9 o'clock. A. M. HENRY DONNEL And others, Commissioners. Sunbury, July 1G, 18S3. Miillinburg Academy" Itllininburg, Union County. I'cniia. A. C. FISHER, Principal. MISS ELIZABETH K. HOUGH, Principal of Female Department. The Summer Term of this nourishing Insti tute will commence on Mosiiat, Juit 5, 18S3. The course of instruction will bo thorough an J practical. Mathematics and the Ancient Lan guages, as well as other branchrs, will bv taught as far as practicable, on the analytic method. Daily tme will be made of the blackboard. Orthography, Reading, English Composition, nnd Declamation will receive Ihcir full hare or attention. Draughting, Construction of Maps, !7xe of Compass, Ac, will be taught ta aludents in Sur veying and Civil Engineering. j Lessons in Music, Drawing, Oil Painting, j Water Colors, occ, Ornamental NvcJle Work, French and IJotany will tie given by the Precep- tress, who is a graduate of Castleton Fetnsle Seminary, Vermont, and comes recommended : by the Principal of that Institution, as "a young lady of agreeable manners and high literary at tainment." i Young ladies and gentlemen who dc.dgn to , become teachers, will lind tins Institution an effi J cicnt school for preparation, since there will be , connected with it. during the great part of the ! year, a TfctcHtns' Lnstitcte, the members of which will have the opportunity of attending an L veiling t.ouiseot Lectures on School 1 eaehimr. : nnd acquiring a practical knuwlcJge of tho art under Ihe supervision of the Principals. '1 he government of the school is hascJ upon t!ie law of universal love, which enjoin upon all to d' to others as ihey would liiiuk it right that others should do to tlitin. II ence the rules will lie mildly, though slriclly enforced; unj parents and guardians moy rest assured, that Ine morals, habits of study, and general deportment of the students will be carefully attended to. The building is now undergoing n complete renovation. It will bo painled, furnished with new desks, a ball, convenient recitation rooms, Ac. Milllinburg is a thriving and healthy borough. Its inhabitants are mural, intelligent and enter prising. Its streets have been recently graded ami paved. It is, in cverv respect, a pleasant and desirublc retreat for rtUlJcnts. We, therefore, trust that the friends of education will deem the Academy worthy of their liberal suppo.t. t? 'I' he price of board, in the best of prime families, does not exceed ljl,5U per week. N. B. Students may enter the Aeodemv at any time during the term j yet it is iloiraMe thut they be present, if possible, on the first day, Milllinburg, July 18, 1853. 6m. List of Letters nr. mi mm; ix -mi: post oi i ii i: at Northumberland, June 30, 1853. A Allen Win B Bradford A G liradtord II U llamlmit Maitiu Buyyy James Hat I las Johns ui llriyht Dr Win Kiniple Caroline Knkbiide E L Lyons Thomas M McG lock lea Michael Mrtitin Samuel Morrison Deboiali Markle Win Mover John N Narsou Mi P Pearson John R Reilly John llun.in Cutlieiiue Kav 15 S s Stevens Jacob JI Shoemaker M.itil.U Slevens LucinJa otatrurd Jo H Slelller Samuel Shiudel M L V Vastine Elizabeth W Worrall Matilda 2 Y '.Baiiy Micbe.il Case Mr. Clark Samuel D Dunmure L E Eekert Albert Eveland Mart't A Evt W James M Fisher Eliaboth O Grant Gemye H Hagerly P D 2 Hutchinson Maig I A Habue John J J Jones Thus T K Knickerbocker A Young L W MARGARET WEI.MER, P.M. iist of betters UEMAIMNO IN THE TOST OFFICE AT SI . Mil IS V, June 30, 1V3. A Armstrong Geo Adams Hugh Ji Baitlett Joseph S Bickhart Tilluiaii Bacon C Bctllejon David Barrett Thos Loner Tilshniwi M Moore Rebecca Miller lleinv Mri er l; I M il'i Nil... nun or J Shisslcr McCurty Geo. Miueat Jehu c 0 Chamberlain Lemuel Overseers ol Poor Sun- D bury Borough Ducher Britten P Dever John L Pottibone George Dickson Jos.-ph E Renn Henry Eister Nathan S Uenn Susan Q It van Jesse II Gats Jacob Raker Dr J Gaul John G Reed John Gazelle John 8 H Shaefftr Jonah Hill Marlha Shaffer Jesse Hales Saml Schminck Andrew K Snyder Zimmermaa Kesler Elms W Kimball Johu C Wagoner Peter Koblo Isaao Weaver Geo X, Wendl John t . Lewis Jonathan Z Zimmerman Elizabeth K. B. PACKER, P. it. .A
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