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.
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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