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EW SERIES, VOL. C, NO. 28.
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TTORNEY AT LAW,
SUZ7SUBV, PA.
Busincs attended to in llio Counties of Nor
niiberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
Uefer tot
P. & A. Rovoudt, "l
Lower & Barron, J
Somers & Snodfrrass, Phifad.
Hcynotds, McFarland & Co.,
tapering, Good Sc. Co., J
HENRY L0NNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office opposite the Court House,
iunbury, Northumberland County, Pa.
Prompt attention to business in adjoining
unties,
WM. M. ROCKEFELLER,
LTTORNEIT at law
fclJiMUIUY, IA.
Dec. 13. 1851. tf.
M. L- SHINLEL,
tf-TTOPalTET AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PA.
December 4, 1852. tf.
mTTorrjTAvriTiJ a iiEs,
)FFICE on Broadway, ncur the Episcopal
Cliurcli, Sunbury.
.Suubury, May 14, 1853. If.
JvTviTex(e "house,
SUNBURY, PA.
r!IE atibsorilier respectfully inform lit friends,
and the public, generally, that he has opened
le "Lawrence House" and will do his best cn
avors to please the public
SAMUEL THOMPSON.
Sunbury Feb. 2fi, 1853 tf.
SLAYMAKER & HASLETT.
E C I 11 ttl 1) In ) 0 U 8 C ,
t'hratnnt Street below Uli,
PHILADELPHIA.
Board $1.50 per day.
Phila., May 28. 1853.
Dihvorlh, lJransou 5 Co.
I.MPORTRKB OV & DlJAI.KltS IN
Foreign and Domestic
I ARDW ARE, CUTLERY, &C.
ATo. 59 Market St., I duor below 2d St,
PHILADELPHIA.
iVher.i they always ecn on hand a lurgestooj of
every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c.
Wm. Dilworth, Henry U. Lnndis,
Samuel Bransrn, James M. Vance.
October 10, 1853. ly.
THE DEAD BROUGHT TO LIFE !
5(d Sunbury rising out of her sleep of many
years.
The Iron horse snorting and blowing has arous
ed her sleeping energies and infused new vigor
Into her prostrate system. Une ol its nrst ellects
is seen in the vast amount of new and faahiona
Mr goods, just now arrived at
L Y. TENER & CO S STORE.
Their stock is elegant and varied and well worth
tiering : ave, and buying too at the prices they
oiler them ; all are respectively invited to inspect
ii nd purchase.
Sunbury, Sept. 10, 1853.
YM. M'CAliTY,
JJ O O K 8 K L L K It ,
Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
TUST received and for sale, a fresh supply of
' F.VAKC.EL1C.4IL Ml'SIC
nr Hinirinor Schools. Ho is also opening at
time, a large assortment of Books, in every
riim-li of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific
Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's
Bibles! School. Pocket and Family, both
with and without Engravings, and every of vari.
ett of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds.
A.lso iust received and for sale, Purdons Di.
gest of the law ol rennsyivaiua, euiuuu ui .ou.
.;.. nnlv $6.00.
Jndire Reads edition of Blackstonea Commciv
I.,;,... in 3 vol. 8 vo. formerly sold at $10,00,
nd now offered (in fresh binding) at the low
price of $6,00.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re.
pecting the -estates of Decedents, by Thonia F
Gordon, price oniy t,u.
I'r.vflo Vovases and Adventures, all
which will be fold low, either for cash, or coun
trv produce.
"February, SI, 1852. .
NOTICE,
ft.VK Of NoBTUfMBEULAXD,
K.'nriliiimlierland. June 85, 1853,
ri.- nir-Mor.of the Bank of Northumberland
.ive notice that they intend to apply to the next
LcgisrKture ol mis uiiinw""; -a
of its charier with the same capital, and w i n
,nt title, location and privilege. By
w,derofthe Board. XAGGART, Pre.t,
June 25, 1853. 6m.
JJrittania Ware
AND CANDLE MOULDS
mHE subscriber wUli to call the attention of
1 dealer, to their luperior quality of Brittaiiia
finish. All goods warranted.
C'" CALVERLEV & HOLMES,
109 Race street, Philadelphia.
mil.', August 6, 1853. 2L
7UJES1I Vanilla Bean of i
just received and for .ale by
June 4, 185J . I
superior quality
'YB. MASSER.
VfTR'TINO FLUID and lf ealing Envei
loj., mat received "",,'P
AjiJ 1. 1551. JL B- MAoSEu
SI jFamria jaWpapcr-bctootrt to ijolWcs, aftfratufe, smmtia, jfovitan an Domestic Jletog, science an the arta, ggrtMfjj
- SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1853.
"Eureka, Eureka."
WE HAVE FOUND IT AT LAST.
NOW for the little one. Why will parent
waste hours and day in fruitless endeavor
to get perfect pictures of their children and alter
all get nothing but a prior, miserable caricaturo 1
We would say, come to our
EXCELSOIR GALLERY
and we will guarantee to make you a perfect
picture, by our Ei.kctiio Ciikmical proceed,
that work in from J to 2 seconds.
We defy any Dagucrrean in Philadelphia or
elsewhere, to compete with u, a wo aro the
invenloi, and the process is used oidy in our dif
ferent establishments in New England and.the
Middle States. For picture of adult, the silver
medals we have received from the American
Institute, New York and Franklin, Philadelphia,
together with the numerous premiums from
County Fairs, is sufficient proof that they aro
tho NePlns Ultra of perfection.
We would call particular attention to our
Talbotvpes Daguerreotype in Oil.
D. C. Coli.ix & Co.',' 100 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia. Main street, opposite site Hamp
den House, Springfield and Collins' Building,
Westficld, Mass.
N. B. Our establishment ia illuminated by
the brilliancy of our Pictures by Bay, and by
Professor IIorseJ'nrds Safety Lamps ly SS'ighl.
"Come and see."
Phila., May 28, 1853. ly.
Lumber Yard.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the
citizens of Sunbury, and Northuml erbind
and adjoining counties, that he has opened u
Lumber Yard
in the lot fronting on Cranberry St., a short dis
tance East of the Steam Saw Mill, where he hn
now a large amount of Seasoned Panvel Plant,
also Pannrl Boards, and all other Boards and
BuiLDiMi Matkiiial, such as will be wanted for
building purposes. Also a large amount of
Shingles on hand, which ili be sold from ffl up
J8, according to quality anil si.c. 1 lease gic
a call and examine our price and quality.
N. B. Farmers who arc in want of Shingles
ill please call us wo will sell to vou low.
J. L. i,isiu, rup.
Sunbury, May 28, 1853. ly.
PROCLAMATION.
V"OTlCF. is hereby jiiven that a Special
Court of Common Pleas, in ami for I he
County of Northumberland, to commence at
the Court House, in t lie boronph ol Ninbnry,
at 10 o'clock, A.M., on Monday lilts 31st
lav of Oclober n;xt. and will continue UAfc.
WEEK.
Jurors are requested to be punctual in
t tie i r attendance, at the timo appointed
agreeable to their notices.
Given muter mv hand at Sunbury, the 27lh
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifly-tliree,
and the Independence of the United Slates
of Ameiica the 78ih.
WILLIAM B. KIPP, Sheriff.
List of Causes.
OR Special Court of Common Pleas of
' Northumberland Countv to commence on
Monday, the 31st day of October next, A. D.,
1853.
ames Graham vs Hindi Bellas et til
Com'th for Win L Heiiieninn vsT A Billington
Com'wcalih fur S. 1). v T, A. Billington &
Jordan bail
Mahonoy and Shaniokin AIirillmm Poul
Improvement co
a r x. T II
f 1 . o '- 1 1 - . .n ' .v . .
ivciiucrion OII1U1I . e i.
M orris
same
v amo
Georgo P Buyer et ul
vs Hugh Bellas
Zerby Run and Shamokiu
Jane Bogar vs
Henry Donnel et al
Robert Philip vs
Improvement Company
JAMES HEARD, Prolh'y.
Prothonotary's Office, )
Sunbury, Aug. 27, 1853. 5
EDWARD DUFFY & SON.
Soap 5 Candle Manufacturers
AM) DKALKRS IN
Soda, Starch, Castile Soaps, &r.
II
AVING increased facilities for manufactu
ring, thev are now prepared to oiler induce
ments to purchasers and dculers in the above
named articles, Purchasers will find an excel
lent assortment of select goods. Goods sold ex
clusively on the cash principle, and at the lowest
wholesale prices. Call and satisfy yourselves
Our motto is
"Quiilc Stiles and Small Profits."
No. 41 Filbert street, above 0th, Philadelphia.
August 13, 1853. 3m.
Notice
TO CARPENTERS & BUILDERS.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
zens of Sunliury, and the public generully,
that he has on hand for sale, a large lot of yellow
pine
FLOORING UOALILK9.
He has also on hand a quantity of excellent broad
chestnut rails and posts. He is also prepared to
get out timber to order, with promptness and
despatch. Farmers an J others, in Union county
can be supplied with any of the above articles 011
the shortest notice, either on tho river bank at
Sunbury, or a mile below. For further paiticu-
lars address the subscriber or Samuel Uossler
Sunbury.
CHARLES UOSSLEK.
Lower Augusta, August 6, 1853. If.
C II E A V
WINDOW SHAJ)E
Depot and Manufactory
O. L.lXLLE?kfe,CO.,
B. W. corner Arch and siecoucl Street.,
PHILADELPHIA.
17' VERY VARIETY OF SHADES, Whole
sale and Retail, such as Scroll, Flower,
Gothic, Vignette, Oil and Dry Landscapes, are
to be had at the lowest price lot quality of work.
Orders for Gilt, Plain Store, Lettered and other
Shades executed at short notice.
Merchant and others are invited to give us a
trial. IT will try to please.
Brasses, Trimmings, &c., always on hand.
Remember S. W. corner SECUNV &, AliCU
Streets, Philadelphia
August 13, 1853.- Cm.
LEATHER.
FRITZ & HENDRY,
Store, 29 N. 3d street.
PHILADELPHIA
Morocco Manufacturer, Curriers, Importer,
Couiuiision and General Leather Business.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL.
(H7 Manufactory 15 Margaretta Street.
Phila., August 20, 1853. ly.
TCOK sale at this office, Superior Black Ink
A Cattle Medicine at - cts, Pure Essence of
Ginger, 2a cent.
MRS. HUNTLEY'S EXAGGERATION.
"Oh! there are thousands V said liltle
Mrs. Huntley, lo her dress-maker, who
was measuring silk by the yard, "thousands
and plenty.
Just then she caught a sly glance from
her youn husband, as he looked over his
paper. She knew it was in rebuke for her
exaggeration, so she said laughing "I
can't help it, William, 'if I was to die, so
just let me talk as I please ; I don't hinder
you. '
William Hunlley had never been pleased
with this peculiarity ol his pretty bride.
The habit of exaggeration he knew led to
embellishment, and that to unscrupulous
falsehood. Ever since their wedding-day
he had tried seriously to check this propen
sity, But alas! he found like many anoth
er lord ol creation, that
"When woman won't she won't,
And there's the end on't."
Never was the young and handsome Kate
Huntley more voluble, or in better spirits
than to-day. The ma jic ol line colors and
rich silks, and the winning small talk of
the little dress-maker, who was a droll ge
nius in her way, had set her tongue on hin
ges, and she indulged her besetting habit
with perlect nbandnn.
The Hunlieys were to have a small par
ty in the evening, and Mr. H. determined
to try an experiment which he had long
had in contemplation. So when the ladies
had assembled, and the gentlemen were
fast dropping in, with the rest came young
Huntley, looking tj'.iite flushed and nervous.
"Why are you so late, M. Huntley V
asked his wife, looking up willi mock dis
pleasure. "My dear, if it had been to make my last
will and testament, I couldn't have come
sooner," he said earnestly. "I've been
working like a d
dray
horse ; thousands of
clerks tooversee, twenty thousand cartloads
lo ship ofl", millions of accounts to attend,
besides it's been hotter than six ovens all
day."
I3y this time every eye was upon him
astonishment and mirth predominant; but
our young husband took it cooly, wiped
his heated brow, and looked as unconcerned
and innocent as if he hail said nothing to
attract attention ; but his wife's rosy cheeks
grew rosier.
"What do you think of L's new book ?"
asked a gentleman, as the conversation
turned on literature.
"Heavenly !" exclaimed Huntley, roll
ing his eyes, and casting a half furtive
glance towards his wife. "It sets me in
perfect raptures I feed on ambrosia 1
drink nectar. If I could see the author I
should ceitainly take my heari in my hand,
and give it to him."
A smile went round the assembly.
"I3y the way, I've been round to Allen's
new house," he added, following up his
advantage. "Happy Allen! what a situa
tion ! Solt, balmy airs, blowing over a salt
marsh loaded with vapors a palace ol a
house two stories high anil painted yel
low glorious trees cut down within a
foot of the ground splendid garden with
one rosebush and a wilderness of pig
weed charming view (lalson every side
delightful pond peeping here and there
under the thick green scum and duck
weed I should think Allen would be as
happy well, I can't think of anything less
than a king."
liy this time the company were pretty
well initiated into Huntley's secret. J lie
ladies laughed laiutly, for they were every
one of them guilty in a greater or h ss de
gree ol perbole as perhaps you may be,
reader. Ihvy rallied, however, and jested
with their tormentor, but he sustained his
part admirably throughout the evening.-
Every song that was sung bid fair to set him
in raptures. Ii he told the truth he was
intenoinglo die twenty times transported
out of himself with joy twice as often ;
never was so delighted in all his life, every
five minutes and by the way he risked
his thousands one would have thought him
cashier of the bank of England. Every
thing was "sublime or horrible;" every
woman "beautilul as an angel," cr homely
as a "hedge IVjice."
In vain his pretty wile endeavored by all
the masonic signs of weulock,' to stop her
roguisti husband ; and she could scarcely
keep her equanimity till the last guest had
gone. Then she burst into a passion of
ears, and "would not be comforted."
"Come, Katy, tell me how it all looked
and sounded ;" said Huntley, hall relenting
that he had vexed her so.
"You know you looked ridiculous," she
answered through her sobs; "you know
you mortified me half to death, 1 wish
mother had been here, you wouldn't
have dared to treat me so. I shall never
hold vp my head again in society. I
thought I should die."
"Now Katy," replied her husband, de
spairing at the failure of his efforts, "how
do you think you sounded yesterday, when
you declared your neck was broken because
you tripped over a brush or when your
dress-maker fitted your dress you said it
was a mile to large ; were not those expres
Sjons fully as ridiculous as mine 1"
Katy reflected a moment. "I don't see
as I can help it," she said pettishly, "I've
talked so ever since I was born,"
"Is there any need ol such extravagance,
Katy t come, let your good lense answer."
"Why no, I suppose not; answered
Katy, ouly pouting a very little, "but I
can't help it ; everybody talks so."
"Not everybody, Katy. Come, what
shall I get you if you will only break
yourself ol this odious habit 1 I'M buy you
a beautiful little pony."
"Oh, delightful !" exclaimed Katy ; "I'd
do anhth ng in the vxrtd for such a gilt-
yes, I'll stop it if I have to cut mj tongue
out .'"
"Oh ! Katy, Katy," cried her husband,
"you are incorrigible."
But Katy did try, and may you, dear
reader succeed aa well as she. Olive
Branch,
Or a IRON MJMFACTlllE.
Vhe editor of the North American, who
visited this place, and some of our neigh
boring towns, a few weeks since, thus
speaks of the importance of our iron manu
factories. The Iron works referred to, in
the following remarks, are those of Mr.
Samuel R. Wood, in Point township, three
miles this side of Danville :
On the banks of the North Branch, a few
miles from Danville, in 1845, was 11 farm,
which supported an oidinnry family, and
pa ill the Stale some 0 in taxes. In that
year, an intelligent and enterprising gentle
men formerly a resident of Philadelphia,
where he is still highly esteemed purchased
the premises, and commenced building a
furnace, with the usual appurtenances. In
1846 he began tn make iron, and has contin
ued to do so ever since. Last year he turn
ed out 4200 tons of pig metal, and this year
he expects his yield will be much grealer
His establishment, including the ore mines,
gives employment to about seventy men and
sixty horses. As these are all consumers, a
market is created fur nirkiuds ol provisions
and grain, which is supplied by the farmers
of the neighboiliood A stoie has also to be
maintained 011 the premises, where dry goods
and gioceries and all sorts of wares are dis.
posed of. Here then we have a single farm
converted into a thrifty village, and become
tho centre of a flourishing business. But
this is not all. In 1845, as we have said, the
farm paid a Slate tax of SG ; in other taxes
it paid 83. In 1852, the same properly paid
a Stale lax of 81: license for the store.
$13; ond county, poor, and olher taxes,
$104 54 altogether $ 108 54 a rather con
siderable increase over the $14, the former
total. More that this even. In 1845, the
farm having no produce to be transported to
a distance, and requiring no bulky supplies
from abroad, contributed nothing to I lie in
come of the canal, which flows directly be
side it. In 1852, the tolls paid fur iron made
in the same place, und sent by canal to va
lious points, and fur coal, ore, limestone and
merchandize brought by canal lo be used
there, were $6,372 09, making a round sum
of $6,4 66 09 pnid lo the Slate in 1852,
against $6 paid in 1845.
On this single farm, or, rather, what was
a faim ihen and tho case is by no means
exceptional in six years the income to the
Slate has increased literally a thousand-fold ;
and seventy men with their families earn a
cotnfoilablo subsisluuce, and consume so
largely of the products of ilia soil and the la
bors of the manufacturer and mechanic, as
to furnish employment to many many more.
On the same farm (here is a now now a post
office, wilh Iwu daily mails, one fioin 1 he
south andawesl, and one from the north and
northeast, and the amount of the correspon
dence is large and constantly increasing.
The woiking people, who aie chiefly for
eigners, forward and receive numerous let"
ters, and some of them make considerable
remittances to their friends. In 11 recent in
stance, a father and sun, who had been in
the country but a few months, obtained,
through the proprietor of the woiks, a Bill of
Exchange for 32 sterling, to be applied to
biing onl olher members of the same family.
lleie are a few facts worthy lo be consid
ered for l heir intrinsic value, and which are
eminently suggestive of 1 he future which
await, not onl) the valley of the Susque
hanna, but Ike whole of Pennsylvania.
Coi'RTKsr or the Bin. Joseph lleyfion,
an Irish barrister wilh a broad brouge, was
trying lo convince Judge Slatting, in the
Lauderdale court, one day, I hut something he
laid down as law was law ; but the judge
promptly ruled the point against him. Not
satisfied, Joe took up Blucksloue and vom-
meuced reading a passage lo prove that he
was right. Bui the judge interrupted finn
somewhat indignantly wilh Ihe interrogate
ly, "Mr. Heyfron, do you mean to say that
this court does not understand the law 1"
"Oh, 110, yer honor," immediately lejoined
Joseph, in his blarneyibl Iiish; "I don't
mean to say that yer honor don't understand
Ihe law, but I was merely reading the pas
sage to show what a divil of a foul Black
stone was.
Obey 1 no Outers. A gentleman and Tady
residing at Cambridgeport had in their em
ploy, as domestic, aft Irish girl, fresh from
the Old Country. The lady, on going out to
Church oil the Sabbath, diiecteU the girl
how lo prepare dinner, and, among other in-
striiclions, (old her lo boil soma string-beans,
and string them well. Judge of her smprise.
on her return from church, lo find that tho
girl, not understanding Ihe piocess of string
ing beans, had actually taken needle and
had strung all the beans in a row on a tow
coid.
Passing an Altered Bill. ,;Look 'ere,"
said a tipsy individual, who waa hanging by
a lamp-post ; "Look 'ere, didn't you know
that you'd no right to go by me in that wayf"
"Why not, my friend V asked the person
addressed, who recognised in the "light 'uu"
an old acquaintance. "Beeause bio ft'io
il'iBg'inthe law." "Against what lawl"
"Why, you used to know Bill Nelson, when
he was a highly different individual lo
what he is now and there's a bij law aj'in
.passing an ultaed Bdl."
From the Nortli American and U. 9. Gazette.
Northumberland, Sept. 19, 1853.
As this portion of Pennsylvania is growing
in consequence and interest, owing lo the
contemplated improvements, a short letter
concerning its geography, prospects and cir
cumstances, may prove acceptable to some
of your readers.
Until quiie recenlly, Ihe great natural
wealth of Ihe countiy, bordering the two
branches of the Susquehanna, has been very
inadequately appreciated by Ihe citizens of
Philadelphia. To misapprehension, and
not lo a want of liberal enterprise on her
part, do tho people of Central Pennsylvania
impute her remarkablo inaction.
While New York, by way of Cattawisan,
is stretching out her gigantic arms lo grasp
our trade, and while Baltimore, wilh febler
clutch, is aiming at the nine object, our own
great Capital is compatively inert procrasli
nating suicidical. It is Imp, a corporation,
in which Lancaster takes the lead, tin open
ed away for tho inexhaustible coal fields of
Shamokiu to the Susquehanna. It is true,
other companiesaro building railroads among
the mountains, which in a few months will
place Northumberland anil Sunbury within a
seven hours' ride of Philadelphia But the
Great Erie Railroad, through divided coun
sels (Councils,) remains unmade, and almost
unattempted.
To those who eomprehond the resoiice of
middle and nortwestern Pennsylvania, and
the vast trade of the region lying upon the
Lakes, it is useless lo urge that this work
must prove the crowning glory of Philadel
phiathe tap-sheaf on her shock of prosperpy
and greatness,
Let her men wilh the long purses come up
and see for themselves what we have to ren
der our country interesting. We will show
1 hem that, although Art has barely deigned
to notice lis, Nature has been kind beyond
example. Our fields are fertile, yielding to
rude cnlinre abundant harvests our forests
inexhaustible in pine and oak our hills filled
wilh liineslone, coal and iron riches more
real and substantial than the gold of Austra
lian or Californian mines. But, as yet, these
benefactions of Nature are comparatively
undeveloped and profitless. Let the Ameri
can Athens open her coffers, and this Thra
cian wilderness will yield a full return.
Our ancient borough lies at ' ,:e confluence
of two great rivers the N .th and West
Branches of Ihe Susquehanna. It is supposed
10 have been founded, in lemole times, by
one Rip Van Winkle, who distributed the
town lots among his children. "Sleepy Hoi
low" is situated about midway between this
place and Sunbury which was also laid out
by a near relative of Kip s. How such lazy
rascals happened to select so beautiful a spot
for their operations is a mystery lo acciden
tal way-farers. Perhaps in all the world,
scenes of greater natural loveliness cannot
bo found than those which can be viewed
from the tops of Ihe surrounding mountains
As you have seen for yourselves, and as your
readers, I trust, will some day, I shall not
attempt a description. In truth, il would be
a vain effort. Fields, forests, towns, hills,
valleys, mountains and rivers stretching on
all sides into invisible ilistancp, may scarce
be painted, much less written about
On the North Branch is Danville, eleven
miles distant, with its extensive and flourish
ing iron woiks. Right or ten miles further
aro Cutawissa and Bloomsburg. Then Ber
wick, and 60 miles from this point Wilkes
barre and Ihe great Wyoming coal region.
On the West Branch are sitnited Lewis
burg, 8 miles off; Milton, 1?; Williamsport,
40 by the course of the river; Jersey Shore,
55, ami Lock haven 67
Of Ihesa taller, Lewisbtirg and William
sport are Ihe flourishing, the one glowing
rapidly in Wealth and population from the
trade of the rich valleya of Buffalo, Sugar,
Biusrr, Musser's, and Penn ; Ihe other by an
immense and increasing lumber business.
This town, as Ihe soathern terminus of ihe
Williamsport and Elmira Railroad, and as au
important point on the Sunbury and F.riet
must inevitably be st great place in the com-
mercial, as heretofore in the poliiica1, hislo-
ry of the country. Abounding from an early
period in Generals, Colonels, Major and
Judges, she has frequently been considered a
neperate commonwealth lo herself, and is
known among the Iroul fisher and poraum
hunter of this section1, a the "State of
Williamsport."
Two mile soulh of us, aa yon are well
aware, is situated our twin sister, Sunbury i
a town afso rerrrarkable for distinguished
men and editors, statesman and patriot. In
no place on the face of the earth are the be-
nefil of the Free School system so apparent
Every male citizen of 21 years and upward!
is able and willing lo serve his country m
any profitabl capacity, from Connly Trea-
surer down lo President ol the United Mare,
I will not be guilty of "sraii(faim mugiinfum''
by attemrting to discuss Iheir merits.
The region imme.liaieiy contiguous 10 mis
village, is weil adapted lo Ihe cultivation of
u-oicr nnmu, " - -- -
. 1 .. .Mil ninmal. nl n mnhihinii.
nature. But lately Ihe huge embankment
of the raiiroaa company oio lair to ury up
frog pond ami turtle patcne., and berore
many year, the eensu of Sunbury will show
. great increase oi pig. ana people, and
proi....ru....Uuu. ra...u oui-
1 . tUa m.w .4 . ; r. ... ... : 1 1 l i
pen.atef by a gam ro coal dust, while the
rattle Of car-wheel will be considered by
many, fair exchange for the cloaking of
tadpole. All nan great ounoury ! Hereafter
your patriot win oe numoerea not py nun
aitas, out py inouunu, nu .ortnuinueiianu
county will nover know the want of able and
distinguished citizens to fill her offices of
profit and honor '.
Five miles further srt(ith lies Selinsgrove,
on the west sidu of the river a rich and
growing village, surrounded for miles away
wilh farms worth J-100 to $150 per acre.
This town, although not immediately on the
line of contemplated lailways, must always
be a flourishing and wealthy place.
Eighty years ago, this whole region was a
"howling wilderness," inhabited only by
skunks, wolves, wildcats and Indians. Some
of the first named are still lo be found occa
sionally. But the eighty years have not
made more change than the nf.tf ten will, if
Philadelphia is true lo Pennsylvnia and
herself.
Hastily, yours.
TheGrrat Canadian Railway, for 1 lie
construction and equipment of which the
contract has been taken by a wealthy firm in
England, will be 1,000 miles long common
cing at a point of the St. Lawrence, l2d
miles below Quebec, and terminating at a
point opposite Detroit. The road will pass
through or near Quebec, Montreal, Kingston,
Belleville, Cobourg, Turonto and Hamilton
terminating at the waters of Lake Huron,
near Detroit, (l is to be constructed with
ihe wide gu.ige, and in every respect to be
made in the most substantial manner. The
river St. Lawrence is lo bo spanned by a
huge iron bridge, on the feasibility of which
a favorable opinion has been given by Mr.
Stephenson, the celebtaled engineer. The
capital has been subscribed in England, and
ihe contract for the entire work, including
'he right of way, bridges, construction, rails,
locomotives, cars, station houses, warehou
ses, &.C., is 9,000 a mile, amounting to from
forty lo forty-five millions of dollars.
P 0 C t V IJ .
A KISS AFFECTING.
With smiling lips and dancing eye,
My wife desiied a kiss,
A reasonable request, which I
By no means look amis.
To grant her wish 1 sprung with haste;
but on! most strange to tell,
Upon her rosy lips ihe taste
Was greater than the smell.
Although her soft white hand 1 presf.
And in a loving way
Folded her warmly to my breast,
1 turned my nose away.
My wife a spunky piece of stuff,
As everybody knows
Demanded of me, in a huff,
What made me cuil my nose
Says f, why nearly every day,
Vou sweet, you naughty sinner,
You will, in spite of all I say,
Eat onions for your dinner.
Widow of John Hancock. Mrs. Hancock,
the widow of John Hancock, of the Revolu
tion, married James Scott. Her last days
were secluded. Those who were admitted
to her little supper table, were considered
highly honored. When Lafayette was last
in this country, he made an early call upon
her, and they who were witness, speak of it
wilh admiration. Tho once youthful cheva
lier and the uniivalled belle met, as if only
a summer had passed since they had enjoy
ed sociel interviews during the perils of the
Revolution. She was attentive in her very
last days to laste in dress, ss when in the
circles of fashion. "She teottld never forgite
a young girl," she said, "teho did not drefs to
please ? nor one who seemed pleased with her
dress."
Railroad Damages. The Camden and
Ambuy Railroad, il is said, have compromi
sed wilh Ihe Rev. James Putviance, of Mis
sissippi, (formerly of Baltimore,) w ho with
his wife and child, were injured in ihe fear
ful collision of the cars on their road on the
tflh ef August, by paying him 310.000 dam
ages. Mr. 1'urviance's toot was sli"htly
hurl, his daughter' thigh broken, aud bis
tody badly hurt in the hips. They are still
det.ined in New York, but have all nearly
recovered.
DespaIri'SC The citizens of Wafren
counly, seeming to regard the Sunbury a:id
trie Railroad ss" a failure, aie turning iheir
attention to Ihe MeartvrH ami Ohio Road.
A Convention was" to Iwve assembled al
Warren last week for the purpose of consid-
ering the expediency of a subscription by
tbe county to lae slock of the Road.
Tb-e Chai lesion Courier has come to' the
conclusion, "after due deliberation, thai the
British love for the negro, aud ihe Russian
I longing alter Constantinople, are nothing
more than an epicureau predilection for Ham
and luikey "
Rev. HenbV Ward Beechkb, of Brooklyn,
brother of Mr. Harriet Beecher Slowe. has
beeu presented by a few of Ihe wealthy
memoers oi fits eonarecalion, Willi ome
I . ....
U 15.000, for Ihe purchase of a country-seat
for a aummer residence. Mf. P. hasaccord
ingly purchased a farm in Ihe beautiful town
of Len0Xj M where fcffl wH erecl a cqN
g, f ,h, 0CCupancy of limgg ,nd fami,
y durJ ,Umraer month.
Kesrrccr paper, are of opinion that Ihere
I will be a lars aurolu.of hoa. in lhat Slaie
ihia year. The hog are more abundant than
,,, Mcl the corn Crop iu Ihe most promi
- ing cotdiiion, 0 that the poik Ihi car will
1 ba w.H fattened
OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, KO. 2,
.,,- i -f
FOV!.S-TfJ ftlfcllT THINfl.
We are glad to Are that the committee oH
poultry of the New Hampshire Slate Agri
culliiral Society snbstaitia?y agree wilh US'
in our idea of the Hen Tever. They urgo
the careful breeding of the domestic varieties'
of fowl the Doikings, Bolton Greys, and
their crosses in preference' lo the Giant
Chinamen. Neither profit nor good lastr,'
they say, suggest the breeding of China
hens. They are not great layers; nor proli
fic; are long in getting' their growth, and are
great eateis ; upon the table, are course and
stringy ; and of a certainty are no ornament
lo ihe farm yard, their fotm being awkward
and ungainly, and .their crow being, as haa
been well observed, "not Ihe honest Saxon'
ciow, e.vpreLive ol uay-Dreafc, love, war,'
nud animal spirits, but a horrid ejaculation,'
between a Chinese sentence, as described by
missionaries, and a badly blown dinner horn."
If these things are so, why is so much atten
tion paid to breeding them 1 This ia a plain
question, and shall have a plain answer, lr
is because speculation) curiosity and fashion
will govern people." Baltimore Surt.
TiiE'contributions throughout the countrv
for Ihe New Orleans Howard Association, if!
is said, now amount to $223,714. Mrs.
M. J. Thompson, a widow lady, has recov
ered ?2,000 damages of R. Barnes, at Bards-
town, Ky., for flunder. It is estimated
that not less than four millions of dollars
have been spent by Southerners this summer
in sisht-sceing anil dissipation at Ihe North;
-The sum of $7,867 has been conliibulctf
in New Yoik for the Mobile sufferers. -
In Utah they open iheir balls and dancing
parties with' pray of, and close wilh a" bene
diction. The Rochester man who has
been asleep for five years is on exhibition in
New Yoik. Are you assessed! Genv
Shi ei ns is convalescent New Orleans is"
reviving. Talent shakes tho bush, tact
catches the bird. "The first Bloomer of
the season" is chronicled as appearing in'
the streets ot Portland. Gen. Cass is at
present in Detroit, looking well and healthy.'
The number of possible "hands" at
whist, is 1,270,027,119,200. A child(
three years old, weighing but six pound, ia
on exhibition in Newatk, N. J -A man tor
busy to take care of his health, is like a me
chanic too busy to lake care of his tools.
The more polished society is, the less for
mality there is in il. A railroad will
shortly connect, in a s'raight line, Columbia,
Pa , and New Castle, Del. The Americon'
sewing machine seems lo be coming into1
general use among the leading London tail
ors and outfitters. John Smith was killed!
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad oh' Sat
urday. His head was cut ofT by a train of
cars. Three ladiesare employed as com
positors in the office of ihe Pittsburg Dispatch
Undoubtedly they make a good impression.'
Ir you wish for care, porplexity and
misery, be selfish in all things this is the'
shortest road to (rouble. Charles Lamb?
wondered once why people made such a fuss
about children "they were so very com'
niou."
I'ftiti'ItaKOl-KD nAlLWAY IN LOMHN
In consequence of the numerous obstruc
tions to the passage of vehicles in London, a
novel sceme has been designed to aiford molet
rapid locomotion from one part of the city to'
another. The Daily News says in a lale ed-'
jtoriul :
An underground railway is lo be co'i.Vtruc
led, reaching r.r first only from Edgeware'
road in King's-cross, under ihe new road.
The rail way is to consist of two line'' in a
continuous archway of ample dimensions
well lighted fi'p, thoroughly purified and dry.
Stations, about half a mile apart, are to be
placed at the corners of different streets cros
sing ihe New load. Tiaius are to run at
short rutervalif, probably of 8 minutes, and a'
speed of twenty miles per h6iir ia anlicipa'
ted. I ho word "tunnel' ivliieh would a'iSe'
10 rroot persons"1 lips hi' speaking of a con-
siuiciioti of this natore, is objected to, and -
that of "arcade" proposed, because while' a'
tunnel suggests ideas of steam and smoke and1
damp, the uudergrovdd railway is, we are'
told, lo be free from all the causes of an
noyance. Thu ordinary locomotive is not ttf'
bo employed, and gome olher means of trao'
lion or propiilsiou employed. The carriage
are to be Urge and well ventilated', and it i
asserted that tiavellers w ill be protected from
Ihu chance of sufluculion on the one handr
and ihetiinatisui 011 tho other. The first pro,
posed ia to be only a fraction ef the whole
proposition is so novel ll;ur it would be pre
mature at piesoul lo pas a deckled opinion
upon il. U will' be suliicieiit lo say thai tbe
company hive obtained air Aut ot Parliarrruirl,
thai the Parliamentary and olher prelimina
ry expense have bjen-moderate., and lhal ait
eminent engineering linn baa offered to con
struct a line from Tyburnia lo Kings-cross for'
X'30t),iU0. These circumstance promise an
early leali.aliou of the plan. Should Ihi be
the case, the way will be open to a large
number of improvements. Should this plan?
be adopted, it may probably lead to a very
remarkable change in the appeaiance Of
London. The bosiues men may be tender,
ground, whilst ihe lounger are above. Be
ing able traverse London in adout twelve
minutes, Ihe business man will never walk. A
great portion of London may then perohance
lose that atranga aspect of despeiate lurnioif
whrch frighicnfflhe cfuiol country visitor, and-
make him feel like a solitary leal nuiif
amidst the boiling eddie of a whirlpool.
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