The New Vork Timet h. been favored
.ketch of Comm.nc.er '""""''X
Call.nl conduct in command of th. St. oul
?n Ihe harbor of Smyrna, hw giton bi
world wide reputation.
Comm-n.hr Duncan N. Ingraham the
son of Ihe hue Nathaniel tngraham, Eq.,
Charleston, 8. C, and belong. to a fajdr
eminet.lly naval in it. h'M"'"
,hem, wi.hone ccep.ibn,
,he Navy. Hi. father, being Ihe in m e
friend of Paul Jones, volunteered under Im
command, when he left France in the Bon
Homme Richard, in 1779, and fought lh
him in the battle with the British ftlgate
- . anliim III
Boranis, one ol tne most uesiw"
it,, .nnnli of naval warfare.
His uncle,
Captain Joseph Ingraham, U. S. N, as lost
In ihe V. S. ship Pickering, which went
down at sea, and was never heard of, at the
beginning of this century. His couain, Wil
liam Ingraham, vat killed at the age of
Venty, when a Lieutenant in the U S. Navy.
The solo exception in the family was his
imnlp. Duncan lncraham. Esq , from whom
he received his name. He was one of the
moet accomplished gentlemen of his day,
and though intimate with the leading politi
tnen of our country, yet from taste and early
associations, he was a loyalist in his views.
At the opening of the Revolution in 1774, he
went to Europe, and remained there until its
close. John Adams, when Commissioner to
France, in 1779, frequently speaks of him in
his Diary, lately published, as his associate
in Paiis. He returned, however, to this
Country in 1784, gave in his adherence to
Iho Government, and permitted his son to
enter the Navy the Lieut. William Ingra
ham whom we have mentioned as being kil
led in the service.
Capt Ingraham received his Midshipman's
warrant, at Iho ago of nine years, dining the
last war with Great Britain. Commodore
Smith, of South Carolina, the intimate friend
of his fattier, being about to sail in the frigate
Congiess, roqllesled Mr. Ingraham lo allow
him to take 1:1s son with him. "Wo shall
probably have an engagement" said he
"and it will do him good.' He accordingly
rent to sea at once, at that tender age, and
remained in active service for two years,
until the close of the war. He then return
ed home, at the age of eleven, and resumed
his education ai school. Since then he has,
mot of his time, been employed in active
duty. He commanded the ill-fated Somen
in blockade duty at Vera Cruz and other
parts of the Gulf, during the whole of the
Mexican war, and being ptostraled by sick
ness, was sent home but a short time before
she was lost. For two years previous to his
sailing for ihe Mediterranean, in the St. Lou
is, he was attached to the Navy Yard in this
city. Tqe society of Philadelphia will long
lemember him and his accomplished family
Captain Ingraham married Harriet Rut
ledge Laurens, of South Carolina, a grand
(laughter, on the paternnl side, of Ilemy
Laurens, the President of the first Continen
tal Congress, and who, afterwards, was cap.
lured by a British frigate, while on his way
lo France a. American Commissioner, and
confined for a long time in the Toner of
London. On Ihe maternal side she is iho
grand daughter of Edwaid Rutledge, one of
Ihe signers of Ihe Declaration of liulepcn
denoe. His eldest son, Henry Laurens In
graham, is ndw a midshipman at the Naval
Academy at Anuapolis.
It is a curious circumstance, that by inter
marriage with ihe American family Ihe In
graham blood flows in the veins of some of
the most distinguished officers of the British
Navy. Among these was Ihe lale Captain
Marryatt, C. B , (the sulhor ) and Sir Edward
Butcher, K. C. B., who lately commanded
the Exploring Expedition round the world,
and who now commands the Arctic Expedi
tion, lately sent out by the British Admiral
ty, in search of Sir John Franklin. The
grand mother of both theso officers was an
Ingraham, the near relative of Commander
Ingraham.
Tub Metropolitan Hotel, New Vork, it
js said, averages one thomsand anivalsand
departure, weekly, and such has been the
desire lo secure even a temporary habitation
at the Metropolitan that frequently more
than odo hundred cols have been spread fur
week, in succession. The public parlors,
reception rooms, reading rooms, bath rooms,
and in fact every available spot ha. been in
requisition for sleeping-places. To make
room for this rush of travellers, Iho proprie
tors have leased two largo houses in their
immediate vicinity, for the accommodation
of their employees, and they have also been
compelled to provide lodgings in neighboring
house, for many of their regular boarders.
This may give a tolerable good idea of a
crowd, but it certainly does not of comfort.
But all Ihe hotels in New York are much in
the same conditiou. The Crystal Palace
Exhibition attracts visiters from all quarters
of ihe country.
A Good Movement. A general reeling
of president, and director of the various
railroads in the Uuited States, we see it sta
led, will conreue at Washington during Ihe
month of October, to consider the adoption
of a code of law. and the establishment of
such general measure, as will guard against
accidents on railroads, and give more confi
tlence to travellers, and assurance that pre
cautionary measures of Ihe most reliable
Uud are hourly exercised upon every rail
road throughout the Union. This is an im
portant meeting, and will have a most salu.
lary effect upon the public mind, besides
tending to secure the adoption of a uniform
system of railroad regulation..
Lravinc tii Ranks -The New Yoik
Tribune walked out of the parly rank, a few
days ago, and yesterday Ihe New Yoik Cou
lier repudiated all allegiance lhat way. It
My. it acknowledge, no party allegiance, is
moved by no party spirit, and act. for no
parly purpose. It ha. lost all icspect for
party name., and has little sympathy for
party associations. It. only fealty is to
principles. Thus the influential journal, in
ihe country are one by one adopting Ihe
platform of the independent pre..
TUB BAT BTATK OTEAMER ACCIDENT.
The New York Courier give. Ihe following
a. ihe cause of'the accident on Iho .learner
Bay Stale
The .learner Bay ?tale, Capt. Brown, left
Fall River on Wednesday eveving for New
port and New Yoik with about two hundred
passengers. When o(I Bridgeport, at about
half past three o'clock on Thursday morning,
a pin which connected the piston rod with
the walking beam broke, and the piston, re
leased from all control, was driven by the
steam through the head of the cylinder, from
which Ihe stenm escaped, filling the .late
room saloon with Ihe vapor. The casing of
the machinery, in the saloon, had a front of
plate glass, which was thrown by Ihe steam
a distance of several feet, falling with a ter
rific crash, which, with Ihe noise of ihe
breaking machinery and escaping steam,
oauted great consternation among all on
board. Many of the occupants of the state
rooms opened their doors in great alarm to
ascertain the cause of the disaster, when
they were met by the scalding steam, and in
many instance, sustained injuries more or
less severe. The scene at this moment was
indescribably appalling. The groans of the
scalded, the shrieks of ihe panio sliicken,
the franlio struggles to escape by the win
dows, the roar of the steam, the gloomy
darkness, the quick and hoarse command of
of the officers, rendered the occasion one
which will never be effaced from the memo
ries of those who were on board.
Lights were speedily procured the vapor
having extinguished all in the saloon and
the nature of the disaster ascertained, the
uninjured were calmed, and to ibe scalded
every attention was given which could alle
viate their dreadful sufferings. The situation
of iho scalded children was truly distressing.
Four of one family were writhing in anguish,
which a father's love and a mother's ten
derness could do nothing to assuage ; and
cold indeed must have been the heart which
was not afflicted in their affliction. Dr. Be
mis, of Bedford, Mass., was among ihe pas
sengers and devoted himself to the relief of
Ihe sufferers.
Tho accident was one which could not
have been prevented or foreseen. The boat,
on this line are provided with engines of the
best quality and woikmanship, aue no ex
pense or labor is spared to guard against ac
cident. The State of Maine of the same
line, left New York, yesterday morning, for
Newport, but upon meeting ihe Connecticut,
and learning of the disas'.er, returned lo Ihe
city and left again last evening in place of
tho Bay State.
St'AIUITY OF BREADSTUFF.
The New York Courier and Enqtiiicr thus
brie Uy sums up the account, from Europe of
ihe scarcity of breadstulls:
"The short wheat crop in Europe is the
leading fact of the day. Its reality is no
longer questionable. In England, all ac
counts concur in representing Ihe wheat
crop to be much below the average ; and the
best authorities estimate that the deficiency
will require Ihe impoitatien of the enormous
quantity of eighteen millions of quarters be
fore the harvest of 1854. In France, which
of late years has been a grain-exporting
country, and which for the last three yeais
has furnished England with more wheat and
flour than any other country, ihe wheal crop,
it is calculated, has fallen off one-fourth, the
present year. In largo sections of Italy nol
half a crop is expected. Spain complains of
a deficiency, and Sweden has so poor a har
vest in piospect, that sho is now largely im
porting from Ihe Baltic. Il is true that other
grains, particularly barley, oats and rye,
have not generally suffered like the wheal,
and it is also true that on the continent the
stock nf wheat which is secured, is generally
of a superior quality; but the fact still re
mains that, on account of a failure in quanti
ty of this chief staff of life, there will soon be
a scarcity of food in Europe.
HUE loll DYSENTERY.
The National iuleligcncer states lhat a re
spectable citizen, in communicating the an
nexed recipe for Dysentery, or Diarrhffla ;
discovered by Dr. Perkins, of Salem, Mass.,
many years since, states lhat it ha. been
found entirely effectual in some recent ca
ses :
Saturate any quantity of the besl vinegar
with common salt; lo one large tablespoon
ful of this solution add four times the quan
tity of boiling water; let ihe patient take
of this preparation, as hot as il can be swal
lowed, one leaspoonfnl once every half min
ute until the whole is drank ; this for an
adult. The quantity may be varied accor
ding lo Ihe age, size, and constitution of ihe
paliei.!. If necessary, repeat the dose in
six or eight hours. Carefully avoid keeping
this preparation in vessels partaking of the
lead or copper. The success of tho remedy
depends much on preparing and giving the
dose as above directed. In order to keep the
preparation hot it would be well to place the
cup which contains it in a bowl containing
boiling water, otherwise it will cool before
being taken.
The Freeman's Journal, in alluding to a
case of insanity, induced by belief in Ibe
spirituul rapping, takes occasion lo say :
We express our conviction that the time i.
not distant when the spiritual power, of the
Catholic Church will be invoked lo exercise
the subject of these dtlmious, uhich, it is our
decided opinion, are demonical. If the unfor
tunate lady above referred lo de.ire. once
more to be in her right mind, and to be
freed from ihe evil spirit that molest, her.
she had better apply to the Right Rev. Bi.hop
of Albany who, if he finds reason to believe
lhat there is demonical possession in ihe ca.ei
will appoint an exorcist to drive out the devil
that troubles her. Perhap. soma of our read
ers at Ballston will charitably draw ihe un
happy lady', atleulion to the .ubject, or to
ihi. paragraph.
Mortality or New Orleans. The num
ber of death, at New Orleans, from the
1st of June to the 3d of September, wa. 9,
510, of which 7,256 were of fever, and 2,290
of other di.ea.e.. The death, by yellow
fever for ihe month of Augu.t alone were
five thousand five hundred and sixteen, or
within a .light fraction of 178 death, each
day, on an aveiage. ,
SUNBURY AMERICAN ANU SHAMOKIN JOUltNAL.
THE AMEF.IC.A.1T.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, l.W.
H. B. MASKER, Edlur and Proprietor.
Democratic State Nominations.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT:
JOHN C. KNOX,
Of Tioga County.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
THOMAS FORSYTH,
Of Philadelphia County.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
EPIIRAIM BANKS,
Of Mifflin County.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL:
J. PORTER BRAWLEY.
Of Crawford County.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY NOMINATIONS.
For Assembly.
DAVID B. MONTGOMERY, of Delaware.
Commissioner.
SIMON SNYDER, of Upper Augusta.
Treasurer.
FRANCIS BUCHER, of Sunbnry.
District Attorney.
WILLIAM M. ROCKEFELLER, of Sunbury.
Deputy Surveyor.
SAMUEL YOUNG, of Lower Mnhanoy.
Auditor.
JOSEPH HOOVER, of Upper Augusta.
F.DITOR'S TABLE.
Baalnrsa Notice.
The Ladies' Wreath and Parlor Annual, for
September has been received. This number
contains an engraving of "Glory Won," a beau
tiful colored plate of the "Ruby Crowned Wren,"
and piece of Music. The reading mailer is as
usual of the most select kind.
To Sroxi; Cutters Ac fee advertisement
of Leisenriug &. Fiahcr.
PonTR Mossaies ash Pom et Books. - Sec
advertisement of V. II. Smith, 205 Arch street,
Philadelphia.
Wall Pafer. Burton &. Lauing, i'ii Arch
street, advertise wall paper Ac.
Fall Milliart. See advertisement of John
Stone &. Son, 45 South 2d street, Philadelphia.
borough council. MEETING. j
We are requested by the Chief Burgess
to stale that a meeting of the Council will j
be held on Monday evening next, to take
into consideration the propriety of a sub
scription to the embankment above town.
THE APrROACIIING ELECTION.
We have thus far said but little in regard
to the political campaign in this county, ! closing of the mails. The mails from
simply because-so many incongruous mat. ! Philadelphia, Reading, PotUville, and in
ters are mixed up with our political affairs, termediate places, arrive here at about half
this fall, that it is sometimes difficult to tell ' pasl Wven in the evenwz. and close at
what will be the ruling principle. The
local feeling and local prejudices thnt have
been engendered, with man', no doubt, for
selfish political purposes, has brought about
all this difficulty, and the wantoi harmony,
under these circumstances, is not at all sur
prising. Those whoiave not been affect
ed or moved by these local leelings, will,
no doubt, vote the ticket as formed by the
convention.
In the Forks, Mr. Montgomery will, we
presume, get the party vote, and in Rush
township something more, but there are
other district's, that will, we understand,
strongly oppose him on local and other
grounds. In regard to the other candi
dates, tiiese local difficulties do not apply,
except some prejudices that are attempted
to be got against the candidate, for Treasu
rer and District Attorney, because they are
residents of Sunbury a most unjust and un
fair proscription, and which can have but
little force, we think, especially in regard
to Treasurer, as both candidate, may be
said to occupy, practically, the same posi
tion, in regard to residence and local feel
ings. Beside, the Treasurer should reside,
and always has resided in Sunbury, so that
persons who have business in his office, can
always find him. And a. Mr. Bucher, the
Democratic candidate, is in every respect
worthy, and is not committed on these lo
cal matters, there cannot be any grounds
for opposition to hi. election The same
may be said of Mr. Snyder, the candidate
for Commissioner, who possesses all the
requisite qualification., and will make an
excellent officer. Against Mr. Rockefel
ler, the candidate for District Attorney,
nothing can be justly said, that should op
erate against him. Against Mr. Young,
for District Sui veyor, and Mr. Hoover, lor
Auditor, both good men, little or no oppo
sition will be made.
D" The demand for coal here is greater
than the supply, at present. The Corr
pany a. yet, ha. but one locomotive,
which i. nol sufficient lo do all the work,
even at the present lime, and our operator,
have not been able to supply their custom
er, as promptly a. they would like.
Another locomotive will arrive here in a
few days, which, we trust, will enable the
rail road Company to bring down prompt
ly all that the operator, may require for
their customer. The operator, are pre
pared to furnish any desired quantity of
coaland the rail road Company are am
ply prepared with can and other fixtures,
to bring down all that may be wanted a.
soon as the other engine arrive..
RAIL, ROAD ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred on the Philadel
phia and Sunbury rail road on Wednesday
evening, which fortunately, was attended
with no terioui consequence. The loco
motive and passenger car lett Shamokln
about 8 o'clock, P. M., with some eighteen
or twenty passengers for this place. It
wit raining and the night was cloudy. Just
before the train reached the bridge over
the little Shamokin creek, about one and a
half mileifrom thii place, the engine came
in contact with three cow. lying on the
track. The cow-catcher on the enginei
knocked into the creek, over the abutment,
two of the cowi. The third cow, alter be
ing carried partly over the bridge, which
was without a floor, got under the locomo
tive, which fortunately kept the track.
The passenger car, however, left the track,
as it got off the bridge, and rolled off the
embankment some ten leet high, into the
field, about CO feet from the bridge. Some
eight or ten passengers, as well as the con
ductor, baggage-master and brakesman,
were .lightly bruised, but none seriously
hurt. The passengers proceeded on their
journey, in the stage, excepting two who
will remain at Weavers Hotel, a few day;,
at the instance of Mr. Weaver, who was
also in the cars, and who kindly offered
to them his hospitalities,
No blame whatever can be attached to
the conductor or engineer. The engine
was reversed as soon as the cows were
seen, but too late. Unfortunately there
was no lamp on the locomotive, though
one was purchased with it. The Compa
ny had ordered from Philadelphia a pow
erful reflector, that will throw light 400
yards, but that was not forwarded according
to promise. With a light ol this kind no
such accident would be likely lo occur
again. The Engine returned again lo
Shamokln and brought in tho other passen
ger car the same night, causing no delay of
the regular mail and passenger train.
The Company have already ordered
another new car, so that there will be no
delay in providing for the travelling com
munity. All new roads seem liable to re
verses of this kind. This, fortunately, has
not been serious in its consequences, and
may be of service in future precautionary
measure.. The directors, we know, are
resolved to make this road, not only plea
sant, but safe, if money and means can ac
complish it.
Owners of cattle are perhaps not aware
that they render themselves liable for dum-
ages that may occur, in permitting their
cattle to run on the road, and the Compa-
ny, we learn, are determined lo enforce
the law in this matter.
O" Mail Hours. Since the opening
of the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad
'.here has been a change in the arrival and
half-past six in the morning. The mails
south, west, and north, arrive at seven in
the morning and close at hall past six in
the evening. The Weekly and Tri-week-ly
mails to Millersburg, Rushville, &c, ar
rive and close as usual.
7Coal Column for the Crystal
i Palace. Mr. Cray, of the Baltimore, vein
! a' Wilkesbarrc, has taken out a column of
Coal for exhibition at the Crystal Palace,
in New York, which measure, four leet
square and twenty nine feet in hight sev
eral other mines are sending smaller speci
mens. The citizen, of Wilkesbarre have
contributed 91000 to defray the expenses
ol moving and transporting these speci
mens ol their coal. We are not yet pre
pared at the mines of the Shamokin region
to take out columns ol such immense de.
mensions. but we can produce in nilailv!
from a number ol our mines, an article lhat
will stand second lo none in the Union.
We have not heard that any of it will be
Lsent on. We should like to see it side bv
side with the best that can be produced.
Sy The Slate Agricultural Fair to be
held at Pittsburgh on the 27th, 2Slh, 29lh
and 30th inst., promises to be well atten
ded this year, nol only by citizens of our
own State, but from Ohio, Kentucky and
other States. The distance is almost too
great lor many exhibitors east of the moun
tains, but our friend David Taggart, Esq.,
will .end out for exhibition about one hun
dred of hi. finest chickens. This lot will
be hard to beat even by our Western ama
teurs. E7"Tiie Comet. On Tuesday last, ac
cording to the calculation, of a Southern
Professor, the comet was to come in con
tact with the earth, and per consequence,
knock It into the middle of next week
But these comet, are a. erattic in their
movement, a. some ol our politicians, and
frequently forget to fulfil the promise,
made by the calculators.
ZD" Horse thieves are again about com
mitting their depredations. Mr. Galbraith
of Delaware township, losta valuable horse
on the 4th instant. Secure your stable,
and keep a .harp look out for rogue.
fCT" Tub Sydenham Crystal Palace.
The Crystal Palace of Sydenham, England,
attract, great attention. From almost eve
ry point of view for ten mile around Lon
don, it form a striking object in the land
scape. It. cost will be five millions of
dollar.
KF Capt. Inorauam's noble conduct at 1
Smyrna, in the Kosta affair, has give him
a world wide celebrity, and show, the true
feeling of the people toward, the despot, of
Europe. A letter from Spezzia state, that
at the ball given on board the Cumberland
to the Queen of Sardinia, Capt. Inoraham,
ol the St. Louis, was present, and that he
was the object ol great attention and of
many compliments.
utT The Danville Democrat say. a
Stage line ought at once be established to
intersect the Philadelphia and Sunbury
road at Reed's, about .even mile, south of
Danville, by which passenger, from Phila
delphia could be landed in Danville by 8
o'clock, P. M., which would save some 5
or 6 hours of night travelling by via of Cat-
ta wissa, cVc. The travelling public is'deep-
ly interested in such a line, and we trus'
that it will be established at once.
E7" The amount of tolls collected by
Peter Ent, Collector, at Beech Haven, in
the North Branch Canal, from December
1st, 1852, to September 1st, 1853,
Amounts lo 8113,92179
To same period last year 76,230 35
Increase over last year 837,071 44
We have been informed by J. H. Zim
merman, Esq., Collector at Norlhumber
land, that there has been a considerable in'
crease in that office.
ry John B. Beck, of Lycoming, has
been nominated as the democratic candi
date for Assembly. His election is certain.
Friend Beck will make an eflicient repre
sentative. He ha-i the necessary tact,
judgment and experience.
The New Standing Committee of this
county is requested to make arrangements,
at once, for having tickets printed for the
State candidates.
We clip the above narasranh from thn Inst
Union Times, and must heartily 'second Ihe
motion.' Jlns we believe lo be the correct
manner of having the tickets printed Let
the Standing Commuted levy contributions
from Ihe Democrats of the county lopatj for
the tickets. Il would bo but a small matter
wiih each one, and il certainly is not fuir to
expeci mat we should be ut tho trouble ami
expense of printing and distributing them
for nothing. We have done so ever since
ihe Democrut has been in existence; and
for many of !ho local offices, too, without so
much as a ''thank-pe" Irom them. We shall
do so no longer. Can't afford il, and don't
think it our duty if wo could. Lcwiblwrg
Democrat.
C7" The above i3 sound doctrine. We
fully concur in opinion with our cotempo
raries, on this sutject, and would suggest to
Ihe Chairman of the Standing Committee
in this county, the propriety of taking the
matter into serious consideration, and act
accordingly. There is no reason because
editors make many great men out of small
patterns, without remuneration, that they
should also pay tlieir election expenses.
Let the burden be divided among the pa
triots or aspirants, we don't care which.
IU Reese Evans, the young man con
victed at Wilkesbarre of murder, suflered
the penalty of law, on Friday last, at 10
o'clock. We are informed that he made
a full and free confession of his j-uilt.
OCT Ri:adi.o Railroad Company. The
passenger travel on the Reading rail road
has increased U2 per cent. The expenses
of the road to the present date are some
30,000 less than during the same period
last year. Much of this difference has
been caused by the use of .IntAracite coul,
in the place of iroad as fuel in engines.
DI7Tho Dauphin and Susquehanna rail
road is now nearly completed to its junc
tion with the Reading road at Auburn; so
nearly so, that a locomotive has passed
over it from Auburn to Pinearove.
K7S.r.n of the State Works. The
strongest Democratic counties in Penn
!lvania' l?,'rks aml Weatmoreland, have
passed resolutions in favor of the sale of
the public works owned by the Common
wealth.
The Editors and Publishers of Lycoming
county have adopted a ruuular scale of prices
fur jub-wurk and advertising. The Miltoniun
calls upon its neighbors lo do likewise. We
are ready, piovidiug tho Publishers ho names
ull go into the arrangement. What say you ?
Le tvisburg Hem
fU We are willing to adopt this or
another scale, provided it is strictly and
fairly adhered to when adopted
(7 Judge M'Calmont, ol Clarion coun
ty, after three days balloting, was nomina'
ted for Judge on the 374th ballot.
O-Ho.v. Rouert J. Walker has resign
ed the Chinese mission on account of ill
health.
Telegraph Wires Struck. On Wedues-
afternoon, Ihe 7lh inst., during the preva
lence of the thunder shower at Ihe lower end
of Camden county, Ihe electric fluid ran along
Ihe wires of the Absecom telepraph with
such force thai it burst tho battery at Coop
er'. Point, and knocked Mr. O'Biieu, the
operator, from hi. .eat.
The farm of Sheriff Fraiier, containing
about 60 acre, of land, near ihi. Borough
of Mahoning town. hip, wa. .old a few day.
ago, lo the Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie
Railroad Company for the snug little .urn of
1 12,000 or at the rate of 8200 per acre.
The road wiilpa. through one and of it.
Danville Dem.
The Yellow Fever in MoBrLt. Sub
scriptions are being raised in New York for
ihe assistance of Mobile, where the ravage,
of yellow fever aie greater in proportion to
population than is New Orleans.
BUSQCEHANNA RAILROAD
The work on the entire line of this road.
between Bridgeport and Sunbury, is progress
ing steadily, and a. rapidly a. possible dur
ing the summer months, when hand, are
subject to chill, and fever. About 8200,.
000 have been expended and a large portion
of the line i. now graded It is expected
the road will be completed in another year.
We regard this improvement as one of the
most important, a. the most profitable, now
being constructed in Pennsvlvania. Form
ing, as it does, a direct communication be.
tween the anthracite coal fields of Shamokin,
Mahanoy, Lykens Valley, and Stoney Cteek,
and the city of Baltimoie, the coal trade
which will iuevetably be thrown upon it Ihe
moment it is co.npleled, would ulone justify
its construction, and yield a large piofit lo
it. share-holders. But it is still more impoi-
lant a. a great leading thoroughfare, by iho
shortest and most eligible route from the
Lakes lo Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Williamsport and Elmira toad is now
in the hands of enterprising men, and will
shortly be completed thus, in connection
with Ihe Susquehanna Railroad, opening a
great Railroad highway from Buffalo and
Dunkirk to Baltimore, Washington and the
South, as well as to Philadelphia.
A few days since, the Packet Boat which
runs from Williamsport to the Central Rail
road, aloud Ihe Valley of Ihe Susquehanna,
carried over eighty passengers, destined for
Baltimore and Philadelphia. When the Sus
quehanna Railinad thall be completed, the
number will amount daily to hundreds.
Penna. Telegraph.
Db, Schatf. This gentleman, the Presi
dent of ihe Mercersburg College, now loca
ted at Lancaster, seems to be gaining many
converts to his peculiar views in this country.
Dr. Nevin is one of the most prominent.
Having no taste for eclesiastical dissensions,
we havo paid little attention to the matter,
but as we take it, the views he holds, bear
about the same relation to the creed of the
German Reformed church lhat Puseyism
dues to the Episcopal church' Wo under
stand lhat Dr. Schnlf uses the prayers of the
Roman Catholic church in his family. Of
coursu we have no objection lo this, nor is il
any of our busiues if we hail, but we are at
a loss to comprehend why such a man is per
mitted to be the big gun of a church so an
tagonistic lo the church of Rome. 1'a. Tel.
A nr.wARn or ten thousand dollars has
been offered by the cannlern and Anibov
Railroad Company for the apprehension and
conviction of the mitcreaut who placed the
rails on the track npar Beverly, on Friday
night last, thereby throwing off tho train and
causing Ihe death of a brakeman. Officers
are in pursuit of certain parlies who are sup
posed lu have been implicated in the affair.
Boston, Sept. 13.
Massachusetts Temperance Convention
The Huston State Temperance Convention,
to day, confirmed tho resolution submitted
yesterday, excluding women by a decided
majority. In consequence of this action,
several delegates withdrew. Resolutions
were reporleJ denouncing certain muniuipial
authorities for giving their influence against
the effectual operation of the liquor law.
second despatch
The Convention decided upon carrying the
Maine Law agitation into iho primary politi
cal meetings, and also to raise SI, 000,000
for tho purpose of prosecuting rum-sellers
The Speakers this evening, were, Dr. Lees,
of England, lion. B. Sloer, of Cincinnati'!, i
and others. At 10 o'clock, Ihe Convention
adjourned sine die.
Panama Fever. Four hundred and fifty
laborers have died on the Panama Railroad
during the effort lo build it. Nearly every
white person going there to work is attacked
with Ihe fever, generally within a few weeks
after arr ival. In consequence of the sickness
ami moitality, ihe contractors have been
obliged to give up their contracts in an unfin
ished condition, and Ihe company have re.
sumeil the work and are carrying il on by
means of their own agants.
Niagara, Sept. 0.
Another Fall of Table Rock at Sittgara Falls.
About eight o'clock this morning a large
piece of Table Rock fell with a tremendous
crash, just over the path which leads under
the sheet of water of the Ilorsn Shoe Fall.
It is not known thai any one was killed, but
fears have been felt that some of the numer
ous visitor at the Falls may have been pass
ing. Tho rock has been cracked for some
time and il was expected to fall soon. This
and the previous fractures hive considerably
reduced the extent cf Table Rock.
The Maine Liquor Law, the Boston
Transcript says, is openly violated at home
in Maine. The editor of the Transcript tes
tifies, as to a fact he has seen, lhat there is
an open and undisguised sale of liquors at
the hotels in the State. He adds, '-We
should as soon think of denying, a. a citizen
of Massachusetts, that the siatule respecting
the legal rate of interest was enforced in
State street, a. ta affirm that Ihe liquor law
wa. obeyed in tho State of Maine." This
doe. not agree with the statements usually
mado respecting the observance of tho law
in Maine, The repeated seizure of liquor
proves that the law is enforced in some
places.
The amount of gold dust shipped from
San Francisco for ibe past six months of Ihe
present year, is twenty-eight millions, nine
hundred and ninety-nine thousand dollar..
There were also shipped four hundred and
fifty-one thousand dollars in coin. This
would make the rate per annum of fifty
eight millions, eight hundred and eighty
four thousand dollar. a large increase over
the pretiou. year, when the total shipment,
were forty-five thousand four hundred dol
lar. Johm Neal and Neal Dow, of Maine, are
having a v.ry latt controversy, Ihiough Ihe
"State of Maine" newspapers, growing out of
the enactment of Ihe Maine Liquor Law, lo
which John Neat i. opposed. We have
rarely read any thing to tart and so personal,
especially the reminiscence, in Ihe live, of
each other.
Santa Anna, it appears, when ha left hi.
residence to resume his dictatorship of Mex
ico, had no great oonfidenoe in the stability
of hi. power, for he lefi hi. house in Tubaco
.ill. -n ii. r !. . . . '
-i.i. ... ... lurnnure, cocKpit., nJ every
J wiv" mm ai a moment'.
warning. A personal friend of the one-leg-ged
hero thinks nothing will .often him to.
wards Ihe United States but a good round
nm, soma million, in amount. He think,
the United Slate, will have trouble with
him. From present indication, it is not cer
tain lhat the United State, would object lo
trouble from that quarter. The end would
De a still lurther enlargement of the "i
"area.
ii
xtv Orleans, Sept. 6.
From Nete Orleant Great Decrease in mor
tality. The daily report of interment, for iht
twenty-four hour, ending this morning,
shows a total of 95, of which Ihe deaths from
fever were 70.
New Orleans, Sept. 7. The returns of
the interments this morning is highly grati
lying, giving us hope that the career of the
pestilence is now diawing lo a close. The
whole number of interments leported is 70,
including 53 fever cases.
New Orleans, Sept. 8. The report of in
terments for the twenty-four hours ending
this morning, shows a total of 59, of which
48 were from fever.
New Orleans, Sept 7.
Steamer Falcon Yellow Fever along the His.
sissippi.
The steamer Falcon sailed lo day for As
pinwall. Among ihe passengers were Col.
Ward, the new Consul at Panama.
The yellow fever is very bad at Vicksburg,
Natches, Dunaldsonville, Baton Rouge, Port
Gibson, and other place, on the Lowei Mi.,
sissippi.
Death of a Fine Horse. "Clyde," an
imported draft stallion, and poihaps the best
specimen of his class of horses ever in Ame
rica, died at the stable of Anthony Killgore,
in Mason county, Ky., on the S2d of August,
of an affection of the heart. He was bred on
tho river Clyde, in old Scotland, and import
ed into Canada West in J811, then three
years old He had been awarded twenty
eight premiums by various agricultural so
cieties in Ihe Canada and State of New York,
and never was beaten. He was purchased
By Mr. Benjamin Kerk, Preston A. Cuthman
and Anthony Killgore, of Mason county, last
October, for S2000.
One of the ''Upper Ten." The fashion
able world at Newport have been scandalized
and horrified by a transaction, at lhat place,
in which a well known Wall street gentle
man, conspicuous in the New Yoik fashiona
ble world, was guilty of the unmanly and
disgraceful act of inflicting personal chastise
ment upon his wife. The lady is an amiable
and educated woman, the mother of three
children. The Courts have placed her, wiih
her children, under Ihe protection of a cler
gyman in Newport, and Ihe case is hereaft j
to be tried on criminal complaint.
Goldsciimidt'. OrERA of the "Little
Daughter" has been produced, but it turn
out to be little son. "That angel," Jenny,
has presented her husband with a little cher
ub, without wings, but a splended pair of
lung. Fattier and mother are both delight
ed with the music.
Another Discover y. The Placerville
Herald says that a remarkable canon, or
mountain gorge, has recently been discover
ed to me east ol tne great an liernardino
mountain, thai is literally paved with human
bones.
New Advertisements-
WM. M'CARTY, Bookseller,
ESPECTFULLY informs the inhnbitants ol
town and country, that he lia lately recei
ved from Philadelphia, a large addition to hi
stock of books, in every branch of Literature, and
in a great variety of binding. Please call and
sec I he in.
Sunbury, Gept. 17, 1853.
Stone Cutters and Laborers
WANTED I
sTONE cutlers and laborers ran have steady
employ and a winters job, (and not work in
the watt-r,) at the Union and Suiquchanna llrulc.e
at Chapman, Union county. Pa., midway be
tween Liverpool and Northumberland. To la
borers $1,25 per dav will tic given.
LEISE.Mtl.NU & FISIIEK.
Chapman, SepL 17, 1833. tf.
I'ortc Monnaies,
POCKET BOOKS, AND FANCY GOODS.
rilHE attention of the Trade, and others, in
JL want ff Porte Monnaies, Pocket Uooks,
Hankers' Cuscs, Dressing Cases, Portable Wri
ting Desks, backgammon and Chess Boards,
Chessmen, Pearl, Shell, and Silver Cord Caies,
Work Boxes, Cabas, Needle Books, Money
Bells, Cigar Cases, Portfolios, Raxors and Kasor
Strops, Travelling Finks, and fine Cutlery, to
gether with a large variety of Fasoi Goors,
which will be sold at the lowest rates.
F. H. SMITH,
Porte Monnais and Pocket Book Manufacturer,
205 Arch St. below Sixth, Philadelphia.
Kept. 17, 1853 tf.
New Wall Paper Warehouse
BURTON &. LANING,
MA.M l'ACTLKEKS A l.MWJKTKKS,
So. 121 Arch Street, second dour above Sixth,
PHZX.ADSX.PHZA.
"lniERE may be found the largest and hand-
someat assortment in the Chv.
Purchaser from the country will find it to
their advantage to call at our store, where they
will be suited with superior article, at the low
est prices. .
BURTON A LANINO.
No. 184 Arch Street, abevs Sixth.
Phila., Sept. 17, 1883 3m. ,
l'ALti MILLINER GOOD.
JOILN STONE k SONS,
JVo. 45 South Second Street,
rHZZ.ASSZ.rHZA.
VRE now opening for the Fall Trade, hug
and well selected assortsacnl of
Silks,
Ribbons,
Feathers,
Flowers, and
Millinery Goods in general.
Confining themselves exclusively to this Mane
of the trad, and mroaTixa the Urges part of
lb, ir stock, enables them to offer an aowrtinenl
unsurpaoaed in ei ten tor variety, which will be
old on tlx most favor abla twiuo.
Phil., &(. 17, 1653 2m.