THB HUTORY OF ArtCTIC EXrLOItATIOHH
Th successor Commander McCLfmc ol
lh British ny, in demonstrating the pro
blem of an arotlo ocean, and performing the
voyage from Behring'i Strait to Bafliu'a Bay,
has le-awalcrned attention to tho previous
Exploration of the hyperborean travelers.
iluch expenditure of time, money and lifa;
has been wasted in this search, which will
iiever he of ahypr'auUcal advantage to man,
kind. - The history of aictio explorations
fhowg that amont; the first adventuiers in this
. .field of research were two Portuguese broth
er, named Curterea, who, in the eaily put
of the sixteenth century, sailed toward the
Pole and were heard of no more. An Eng
lishman, Sir Hudh WiLtorcHnr, some fifty
year Uler, nought to find China beyond the
coast of Labia, lor, but both he and his crew
left their bodies on the frozen plains, where
they were found by iho Esquimaux Indians.
Humphrey Gilbert, at a subsequent period,
went down off the coast of Newfoundland, in
making a similar experiment. In 1610,
Hudson, the famous navigntor, from whom
Ihe Noiih Uiver was named, after discover
ing Hudson's Bay, was net adrift, wilh eiirhl
ol his sailors, by a mutinous portion of his
crew, and was supposed to have been de
stroyed by the icebergs. In 1623, Baffin
adde.l the knowledge of the vast inlet of the
sea, since called by his name, to our Arctic
peograpliy. la 1741, Beurisg, a Russian,
explored the straits on the eastern side of the
Continent; and in 1773, Captain TuirPEs
made many explorations in Ihe north; but
the Arctic discovery of modern times may
be said to have begun in 1818, wilh Sir John
Ross, who passed through Davis' Straits and
Baffin's Bay to Lancaster Sound. Tho next
year Franki.lv, about whose supposed loss
so much has been said, undertook to trace
the looked-for passage, from the mouth of
the Coppermine river, eastward, by the shore
to Hudson's Bay. He was aceompat.ied bv
Mr. Buck and Dr. Richardson, end ihey
made one of the dreariest journeys on record,
without meeting with much success:
The same year, Lieutenant Parry had
gone to Lancaster Sound, and, passing through
the Straits named by him Barrow's Straits,
had discovered Wellington's Channel, Ro
gent's Inlet, Balhurst's, Byam, Martins'
Melville, and other islands, now called the
Parry Islands. These places have ever since
been the ultimate land mark or Arctio re
search, for no navigators have succeeded in
going beyond them, and all the discoveries
since made, have had only more or less re
ference to them. Parry saw, loo, and dr.
fined, Bank's Land, to the southwest of Mel
rille Island one 6f the points of departure
In M'Clure's more recent expedition. Pais
RY, Ross and Captain Franklin made sub
sequent voyages, all of which added some
thing to out information, and in 1830 and
1836, Captain Bach went eastward beyond
Franklin's Point; but these explorations
were nearly all carried on wilhin and below
the delineation of Parry. No one, gays a
late writer, had ventured beyond Cape Vul
ker, in the direction or Bank's Land, to the
west and south of North Somerest, or pone
boyeud Parry Islands to the northwest, or to
the north through Wellington channel Nei
ther had any attempt been made from Baf
fin's Bay above Lancaster Sound to enter Ihe
remote waters suppose to flow around the
Pole.
In 1848 and 1849, the whole breadth of Ihe
North American continent, bordering the Po
lar Sea, was traversed-by Sir John Rich
IRD'son tfrf the' one hand, who went overland
west to the mouth of JMackonzie's River
and by Mr. Pii.len, on Ihe olher, who left
the party under Captain Kellett and Com
manner Moore, after passing through Boh
ring's Straits in July, 1849, and followed the
coatrt in whale boats eastward from Point
Barrow lilt he reached Mackenzie's River,
Whence Sir J'oh'm Richardson had already
fiturued. Subsequent exploration was made
of Ihe sea to the norih ol Mackenzie's River,
nd of the Straits extending northwardly be'
tween Wollaston and Victoria Lands, ihtou"h
which the lid flows from the North, whence
it bad been supposed to connect with the
ocean. The more recent investigations abont
Jones' and Smith's Sound, and Wellington
Channel, made by Captain Austin and Pen
NY, and by the G'irrnel Expedition, as well
a those of Coi-Mnson, Keilett and Moore,
in the region of Bearing Straits, ore familiar
to our feaders. Commander M'Cli-re, of
the Britj-b'h navy, has accamplished what the
iwaritime enterprise of nearly two hundred
years has fuilad to accomplish. He has sailed
LXtviV Straits on the east, through the greut
Arclic ocean lo near Behring's Straits on Ihe
west, and has shown the existence of an un
interrupted water communication from ihe
North Atlantic to the North Pacific. His
course, as ucar as, we can gather it from the
brief announcement of the fact made by Ihe
English Admiralty, was through the Prince of
Wales' Straits connecting with Bai row's
Siraits lo a cliff south ol Melville Island, cul.
M Bank's Land, and Ihene through floe
and1 hummock of almost inpenelrable ice lo
a plaee called Beh.ing's Island, in the Bay
of Mercy, the precise position of this Wand
we are unable !o ascertain, but it seems to be
rfufficienlly faf east and; near to Ihe outlet of
ftehring'g Straits, on Ihe coast of Asia, lo set
tle the question of the practicability of the
psssage. What Commander McCxuim has
thus done, has been the dream of geographers
and pilots ever since Cabot discovered the
northern continent of America, as a short
nut to India.
"To Agrs am Lahore of G rem Mogul,
flown to the golden Chersonese."
tfe yesterday saw a striking illustration cf
mechanical ingenuity in Ihe case of Mr. J.
M. Sanford, of Ha J way, Mass. Mr. S. lost
both legs by an accident some two or three
years ago, 01m being amputated above and
jtoa otbef below the knee, and has tiuce had
their place supplied by artificial Tuiilis, made
by Palmei & Co., of Springfield. Willi these
he is able to walk perfectly well, either for".
Ward or backward, and without crutch or
Mick, though in going about the streets he
generally used an ordinary cane. He goes
up or down, gets into a carriage, or takes a
long walk, without diffionltyy and 110 one,
from his appearance, would suppose his limbs
Is be art6(lsl. Such a triumph, of rneehani.
ear skill, deserves ootiea. N..Y, Trttutif :
OAS-A REVOLUTION I KITCIIEIS AND PAR
LUR. The New York Mirror speaks quilt confi
dently of the success of an in vsntion patent
ed by Mr John Power of lhat city, for tho
economical use of gas in warming houses
and cooking victuals. It says:
The modus operandi is peifectly simple.
The common gas pipe is tapped at any point,
an Indiarubbrr tube is attached by means of
an Ingenious coupling, composed in part of
the same material, (for which Mr. Power has
also a pnter.l,) through which the gas is con
ducted to a small iron plate not much lar
ger than one's hand that forms what may
be called the stove. This plate is filled wilh
perforations, containing asbestos, which con
centrates and diffuses all the heat. The
computation made by Ihe inventor goes
to show lhat a small office might be heated
for the trifling sum of fifteen cents a day.
Inciedibly small as this appears, we confi
dently believe that it will cover the whole
expense, though we have not demonstrated
this by actual experiment. Admitting, how.
ever, that a much larger amount will come
nearer the truth, the advantages of Ihe inven
tion are obvious. For lawyers' and similar
offices, where it is desirable to avoid Ihe dust
diitand trouble of a coal fire, lo say nothing
of the expense of keeping an attendant, it is
peculiarly adapted. A man can cuter his of
fice in tho morning, (urn on the gas, apply a
match thereto, and Ihe fire is instantly star
ted, und by the time he gets comfortably set
tled down to his desk, Iho room will be
warmed. We shall soon be able to give our
testimony as to the economy and utility of
Ihe healing pari of the in vent ion .
Of its complete success in cooking we can
speak with a confidence founded upon care
ful observation and repeated experiments.
We have eaten meats cooked by this new
process, and can vouch for their fine flavor;
as for the expense, we can speak wilh math
ematical precision, having carefully compu
ted the cost with Mr. Power and the Preei
dent of the Brooklyn Gas Co. To cook 3 lbs
or mutton chops lakes just 10 minutes of lime,
and costs ouly J of a cent ; lo boil a kettle
containing half a gallon of water, occupies
exactly 12 minutes, and consumes less than
a cubio foot of gas. To get up a breakfast
of four dishes, say one for meals, a second
for coffee, a thiid for potatoes, &c, and a
fourth Tor eggs, or whatever else you please,
will cost only 3 cents, and can all be done
wilhin 15 minutes. If any of our readers ate
skeptical on this point, they can easily satis
fy their curiosity by a visit lo Skinner &
Power's Gas woiks, Fulton street Brooklyn.
The gas pipes are tapped, and the connec
tion with the cooking apparatus made in Ihe
same way that we have described for heal
ing. Fifty dishes can be cooked at the same,
if desired. A fine large turkey was roasted
at ihe Astor House the other day by this pro
cess, and those princes of caterers, Messrs.
Coleman & Stetson, pronounced this new
mode of cooking Ihe most complete and suc
cessful in its results lhat Ihey had ever wit
nessed. The days of stoves and cooking ran
ges are numbered. The use of gas is lo
form a part of ot.r domestic economy, and
Ihe kitchen will become an attractive place-
MII.BIT'IIAIVAN I. ENGLAKD.
A distinguished American now abroad,
who tho"!i unconnected with public affairs
knows vvlial is going on around him, writes
to Ihe Washington Star, lhat the Hon. James
Buchanan is exceedingly pleased wilh his
Secretary of Legation, Mr. Daniel E. Sickels,
of New Yoik, and his private Secretary, Mr.
Welsh. It seems likely Mr. Lawrence, the
son of the late minister, will continue his
connection with Ihe legation, lo which the
minister regards him as a great acquisition
indeed ; knowing every body and every
thing around him, and cheerfully according
the benefit of his expeiience in London and
in Amejican public affairs Ihere, to his
fathei's succesor. Mr. Buchanan's preset),
talion to Ihe Queen look place at Osborne,
in the Isleof Wight, without pomp or parade
Prince Albert and Lord Clarendon being
alone present. Mr. B. has not yet settled
himself at house keeping, though at last ac
counts he was busy with arrangements to
lhat end. He had received many kind at
tentions from membis of the BriiUh minis
try, and more especially from Lord Palmers
ton, between whom and himself on intimacy
had sprung up which can hardly fail to
greatly facilitate his official labors.
Shocking Casf. of Hydrophobia. Mis.
Jhu Strouse, of Jefferson township, Berks
county, died' on Saturday evening, the 15: h
Inst., of that horrible malady. hydrophobia.
We are informed, that some two months ngo,
a dog belonging to ihe family,' commenced
pursuing Ihe chickens and cats about Ihe
house, in a very unusual and annoying man
ner. Mrs. Slrouse undertook lo punish him
for his viciousness, and was about lo seize
him, when he turned and severely bit her in
the hand. This strange behavior alarmed
the family, and Ihey endeavored lo catch
the dog, but he contrived to escape. Next
morning he came home and was secured.
It was then found lhat he was raving mad,
and they subsequently killed him. A phy
sician was immediately called in, lo attend
Mrs. Slrouse, and we understand1 she took
the celebrated 'Sloy's Cure." Bui it was in
vain. The medicine Had" no effect, and last
Saturday evening she died a horrible death,
exhibiting all the symptoms of hydrophobia.
Reading Gazette.
Af Lowell there is a capital employed of
$13,000,000; number of mills, 51; number
of females employed, 8.470; males, 4,163;
total, 12,733. Two savings banks, with' de
posits of the savings of the operatives, lo the
amount of nearly oue milliou fhree hundred
thousand dollars.
Tub passenger travel from Philadelphia,
via Pullsville, to Sunbury and Northward,
lias greatly increased since the opening of
the Railway (rum Shamokin to Sunbury. We
note almost daily the departure of foil r or five
stage Coaches, heavily loaded, from Polls
villa, over the mountains, on Ihe airival of
the) morning train of cars from Philadelphia.
Mining Register.
Norway and Sweden wtrd united oh the
I8ih of October, 114.
SUNBUHY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
THE AMEP.ICA1T.
SUN BURY.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER M0.1M3.
II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprlel.r.
To AnvmjmB.--The circulation if the Sunbury
American among the different towns 011 the sintqnehnnin
i not exceeded if equelled hy any paper published in North
em Pennsylvania.
KDI TOIf TABLE.
Business Notices.
ExEctiTons Sals. A public n!c of a lot of
merchandise, liquor, wagons, carts, and numerous
other articles, will bo held at the late residence of
Henry Manser, deceased, Monday the 7th of No
vember next see advertisement.
I.iwhekck Noise. Mrs. Thompson adver
tises the rnnlinuaurc of the Hotel in this place,
under her charge.
CoNrKc-TiosAnr. fSce advertisement of Mr.
Tracy, 240 Market street Philadelphia.
Remuval. See advertisement of Agnew and
Co., 196 Chesnut street Philadelphia.
Land Warrants. Persons having
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose ot
them lor cash, by applying at this office.
(JR EAT SNOW STORM.
Monday, the 24-th of October, 1853, will
become famous in Ihe annals of the cleik
of the weather, as the day on which occur
red one of the most remarkable snow
8torms of the last century, at least so far as
our memory is concerned. In this place
great quantities of snow, intermixed with
rain, fell durin; the whole dav. rour
miles east of us, there was less rain, and
the snow fell to Ihe depth of a foot. At
Shamokin it was still deeper. Between
that place and Pottsville, on the mountains, j
the snow was eighteen inches deep. The
roads were renderd almost impassable bv
the amount of snow and the breaking down
of trees by the accumulation of snow on
their branches. The cars Irom Philadel
phia were about two hours behind time at
Pottsville. The passengers took the coach
es, but when they arrived at Mount Car
mel, eight miles east of Shamokin, they re
fused to go on lo that place, and remained
over night at Mount Carmel. The passen
ger train waited at Shamokin until 3 o'
clock next morning, and then came in to
take out the passengers from this place for
Philadelphia, by Ihe 7 o'clock train, by
which time the passengers who had re.
mained at Mount Carmel, over night, had
arrived in Shamokin and were brought to j regions, cannot fail paying handsome tltvi
lliis place by an extra train. The Tele- ! dends. The stock of the Philadelphia and
graph wires between Northumberland and ' Pottsville line cannot be purchased at less
Harrisbnrs, were d.iwn in many places, as than 150 per cent advance. The most
were also the wires on the North and West prominent stockholders of the Philadelphia
branch lines, but all are again in working ! anj Pullsville Telegraph beius interested
order.
In consequence of the improve
ments now making and in contemplation,
houses in this place are in great demand,
and we cannot see how all, who will be
compelled lo reside here, in consequence
of their business, will be able (o get dwel-
l: I I
structed. Rent, have o-one from 5ft ia
lines, iiiuess mnre unused nri Rneer nv rnn.
100 per cent . At least one hundred more
houses could be rented if they were lo be
had, and we know no better investment
thai could be made by capitalists than buil
ding moderate size tenements.
Clj"" The result of the stale election show
a Democratic majority of over 35,000, viz:
For Knox, Supreme Judge, 37,732; For
Forsyth, Canal Commissioner, 31,891 ; For
Auditor General, Banks, 35,405; For Sur
veyor General, Brawley, 2f,324-. The
Senate will stand IS democrats, l l whigs
and 1 native. The House 70 democrats,
2G whigs and 4- natives. Democratic ma
jority on joint ballot 4-3.
GT7 We did not receive any report of the
Agricultural Fair at Milton, but wv observe
that (he papeis commend it as a creditable
exhibition. We were not able to attend,
as we had' intended,- but we understood,
from several warm friends of the Society,
that the Fair was not what it should have
been, especially in its arrangements, and the
same is said ol the lute Fair at Danville.
Ey A strong effort is now making by
the printers and editors in the United
Slates to erect a suitable monument to the
memory of Franklin in Philadelphia. A
meeting will be held 111 the City on the 2d
of November irtxt," ttf adopt measures and
dvvise means. No printer or editor could
refuse aid to so praiseworthy an object.
f7" Strikes in Ihe different Cotton Fac
tories at Lancaster,' Harrisburg and Read'
ing have taken place, the lady operatives,
marching in procession, headed by a band
of music JLadies often strike, single hand
ed, by their charms, but when combined,
their collective force may be considered a
grand stroke ol policy.'
E7" "The Little Pilgrim" is the title
of a neat monthly paper, designed lor the
use ot children, published by L. K. Lippiu
cott of Philadelphia, edited by Gracs
Greenwood, now Mrs. LippincowV It will
I b of cours well conducted.
NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
The Engineers have been at work for
several weeks past in survvying tb ground,
lat the Scott and Hunter farms, formerly
adjoining, but now embraced wilhin the
Borough limits, laying out the same in
lots and streets, as an addition to the Bo
rough. The main street will be an "ten
sion of River street, running parallel with
the river, past the Jail, up to the Grant
farm, and will be made through th new
addition, one hundred feet in width. The
Company's new Hotel will be located
somewhere on the Scott farm. U will be
commenced this fall, and when finished
will be one of the finest structures of the
kind in Northern Pennsylvania, capable of
accommodating two or three hundree per
sons. The Canal Company are now pre
paring to put up four large saw mills, capa
ble of sawing one hundred thousand feet of
lumber per day Also a large car manufac
tory, planing and sash mill. Twoofthese
mills will be commenced in a few weeks,
and the remainder next summer. The
water power is one of the best in the state,
having the Susquehanna river as a feeder,
and being equal lo 750 horse power.
These improvements will, of course, add
largely to our population and help to build
up the new addition rapidly. The lots are
not yet ready (or sale or disposal, but
we were inlormed by a gentleman who is
connected wilh the company, that he had
already engagements for ten thousand dol
lars worth of lots.
PHILADELPHIA AM) Sl.NBlllY TLLL
GRAPH. The line of Telegraph, connecting this
place with the Philadelphia line at Polls
ville, is frst approaching lo completion, and
will be ready for the wires in a f;w weeks.
It was at first in contemplation to use the
House Instrument, but as the Philadelphia
and Pottsville line use the Morse Instru
ment, it was deemed best to adopt that also,
so lhat messages could be despatched from
this place to Philadelphia without relay or
being re-written.
This line will prove one of the most
profitable in the cou-itry, and it is well
known lhat good Telegraph stock pays
belter than any other stuck in the maiket.
This line will be patronised by the differ
ent coal companies and opeiators; in the
coal region, alt end v numbering ten or
twelve. These alone, allowing the smal
lest possible trade, would pay more than
six per cent, independent of the business
on the Mine Hill extension the business
of Pottsville, Minersville, Schuylkill Ha
ven, &c, all ol which are on the route.
The lumber business alone, when the road
is finished, as well as the mercantile and
through business generally, will warrant
dividends of not less than ten per cent in
less than one year from its completion.
Telegraphs, like railroads, through the coal
in the line tu this place, all due attention
will be given to the transmission of I It rough
messages, which can be sent and a reply
received in five or ten minutes.
Hotel at Shamokin. Preparations are
now making for the erection of a large
Hotel in Shamokin. The brick and some
i f tl,e 0,her "'' "e " Ihe
1 ,.-.,.,,4 ti,.. ..1. -..1 r. ii... iri .1
giwuuu. 1 lie i.uiiiitii.1 j.iivc- lui nir iiuiri
completed, is H.000. The hotels in Sha
mokin, even now, are doing a large business.
7" The Shamokin Furnace, which was
sold lo Mr. Atkins of Philadelphia recent
ly, has been since sold by him, at an ad
vance to some gentlemen connected with
the coal region. The Furnace will be put
in blast as soon as the necessary repairs can
be made.
CC7 Tho Elmira Republican says that
25 miles of the Williamsport and Elmira
road, Irom Troy to Elmira, will be com
pleted and the cars running, by Ihe 1st
of January. We are truly glad to hear it.
We have always had great faith in' this
road, as a most important connection.
PIT Post Office Appointmekt. Ame
lia S. Moderwell, wife K. P. Moderwell,
deceased, has been appointed Pot Misslress
of Columbia, Pa.
fU" Col.- Benton. The Washington
correspondent ot the Baltimore Patriot says
that a strong and systematic effort will be
made to" place Col. Benton in the Speaker,
Chair of the next House of Representatives.
0 Grace Greenwood, the popular and
gifted American Poetess and Authoress,
was mafried on Monday, the 17lh inst., in
the village church adjoining her parents'
residence at New Brighton, Beaver county,
Pa.; to Mr. Leahder K. Lippincott, of
Philadelphia.1
(K7 The Democracy of Ohio hove car
ried the State by 40,000 majority! What
has broke loose in the Buckeye State 1
Lkbannon Vallct Railroad The Le
banon Courier learns, from a reliable sou ice,
lhat the Lebanon Valley Railroad Con) pan y
have sucoeeded in negotiating this loan of
$1,000,000, upon wbioh depended the success
or failure of this important enterprise.' 11 al
so states that' rhe Valley Company intend to
prosecute their brauch of the Cornwall
mines.
OR. BCIIAFF THE PENNSYLVANIA TELE
GRAPH AND TUB PHILADELPHIA IUN,
A lew weeks since we published a para
graph from the Harrisburg Telegraph,
which reflected on the Theological charac
ter ot the Rev. Dr. SchafT, the head of
Franklin and Marshall College and the
German Reformed Church in the United
States. The chanrei were, that Dr. SchafT
as well as Dr. Nevin, were Puseyiles in
principle, and favored some ot the leading
doctrines of the Romish church. The
Telegraph afterwards disowned the article
as an editorial, and recalled its statements,
We published the article merely as matter
of news for our readers, leaving it to them
to judge of the truth or falsity of the
charges, as we take no part or side in theo
logical or religious disputes. The Phila
delphia Sun, however, republished the
article with strictures more severe in their
character, than the original article. Rome
of the membersoflhe church, in Harrisburg,
thereupon addressed a letter lo Dr. Schafl
upon the subject, to which he has sent the
following reply, which we find in the
'German Reformed Messenger," the organ
ol the church, which we publish as an act
ol justice to Dr. SchafT:
iWenczasni'RK, P,i., Sept. 21, '53
To Geo. Z. Ki'skki., J. M. Wisstmsh and
otheis, Harrisburg, Pa.:
Dbar Sirs, I have received by the lust
mail your favor of the 19lh, culling my at
tention to a note published in the "Pentia.
Telngraph," and calculated lo injure the in
stitutions of the Chiiich with which I am
connected. Although I have become almost
indifferent to Ihe many attacks upon, and
misrepresentations of, what i lepiuaf hfully
styled "Mereeifburg Theulogy," in religions
and a few secular papers, and think it both
an endless and useless Inf-k to relule them,
convinced lhat the liuth will and must ulti
mately prevail and sweep away nil honest
mistakes and malicious misrepresentation, I
will cheerfully comply wilh your wish in
this instance, and give you the light lo make
any private or public use of this reply you
may see proper.
The note referred to contains r.s many er
rors as sentences :
lit. I must decline Iho compliment of
having made a convert of the Rev. Dr. Ne
vin, ns unfounded in fact, and unjust to a
gentleman who is one of the moM independ
ent divines of Ihe age, and who could think
and speak for himsolf long before 1 was
born.
2d. The note identifies my theology wilh
Puseyism. It is true, 1 have said some
ihings in favor, but fully as much, if
not more nijainsl, tlii. movement, for in
stance: "The gland defect of Puseyism,
forming nn Impassable gulpli between it and
our position, is its inter misapprehension of
the divine significance of the Reformation, u-ilh
is consequent development, that is of the entire
Protestant period of the Church. As lo Ro
manism, so lo Puseyism also, there is want
ing the Irue idea of development altogether
Willi all their historical feeling, Ihe Pusey
iles show themselves wilh regard lo the Re
formation absolutely mi historical. The
wish to shut onljpf view the progress of the
last three centuries entirely, to treat the
whole as a negation, if possible, and by one
vast leap lo carry Ihe Church buck lo 1 he
point where it stood before Ihe sepaialion of
,heOiicnt il and Western Communions. Pu
seyism then -looks backwards : we look for
wards. It tends inwards Rome ; and is there
in spirit alrea ly ; even though it shuuld out
wardly complete ihe transition. We move
towards Jeiusalem ; the new, the hevenly
eternal, Its way is turned tnwnrdsthe (Wh
pots of Ejypl, the old ignominious seivitude
of tho houe of bondage. Ours is onward lo
the land of promise, lhat flows with milk
and honey." (Principle of Piulestaulism.
IS45, p. 125, li8.) This is my opinion still i
and similar extracts might be gathered fiom
my later writings showing still more strongly
my difference liom Puseyism, if it weie ue
ecssaiy. 3d. The charge, that"! use Ihe Prayers
of tho Roman Cathulio Church in my family's
a ohar-e which to my knowledge has
never been made before fiom any quaiter
is a most uunualified falsehood 1 have
never done any such thing in my life. I
read eveiy morning in my family a i hapler
of the English Bible, and make an extem
pore prayer, ronclmliug always wilh the
Lord's Prayer and the Apustulic Benedict ioni
frequently also wilh the Apostles' Creed,
which, you know, is an essential pint of our
Heidelberg Catechism. Peihapsthis writer,
however, is so deeply learned in Chinch his
tory, as to consider it a fossil relic of Popery,
1 have no objection to any fair criticism 011
my published views; but I musl indignantly
protest against such malicious inroads into
the sanctuary of my family The writer of
Ihe paragraph in the ' Penna. Telegraph"
must be at a great loss fur arguments,-indeed,
if lit) musl make use of such dishonora
ble means lo cast odium upon myself and
the institutions of our Church.
If the editor of the "Telegraph" is a gen
tleman, as I have no doubt he is, he will, of
course, consider it both a pleasure and a duly
to correct Ibis foul slander of his anonymou
correspondent.
With high1' regard, yeur friend,
PHILIP SCHAFF.
In connection wilh the above, as a mat
ter of information for our readers, we state
that the Philadelphia SVrt'of Saturday, the
22d inst.,' rn an article alluding to the
Synod of the German R formed Church,
then in session in Philadelphia, charges the
whole body, wilh few exceptions, wilh
plotting deeper and more desperate schemes
of treachery to the cause of Prottstanism in
America.' The Sun goes on to say :
It will ba recollected that we have on more
than one occasion, exposed ihe editor of ihe
Messenger because of his sympathies with
that which was Romish and tyranical. lie
sided wilh the Roman Catholio Bishop of
Pittsburgh on the question of making seota.
rian distribution of our Common School Fund ;
ne atnieea Kossuth, Matainl. and their oatri -
J otic coadjutors ; he deneuueed the Revolu-
tion of 1848 ; his pen is never more venomous
than when assualling such fearless opponents
ot I'opith superstition as Gavazzi ; and not
even ihe Madia! nalient snfTarera fur Of.il
and for conscience sake for whom the spirit
01 Protestantism the whole world over was
aroused j in whose behalf it set forth its In.
dignant protest and finally compelled ihe
Romanist tyrant to unbar their prison gales
and set Ihe martyrs free: not even these
suffering victims could escape Ihe deruincia
lions of Ihe editor of the Messenger in his
apparent hostility lo every thing Protestant,
and his regard for whatever pertains tu
Rome! And yet this man had the assurance,
not long since to write to us, threatening ns
wilh a suit for libel against himseir,' for thus
exposing him and for whal we had written
touching "certain clergymen in the German
Reformed Church," meaning we suppose
Nevin and SchafT. His letter we placed in
the hands of onr counsel, wilh instructions
not to oppose, but lo court legal investiga
tion, for we are well sulislied that fiom the
"law and the testimony" we can make good
our charges, and lhat out of iheii own mouths
we will convict them, if they accept the
issue which we have rendered to them. In
the mean time wo shall wnlch the procee
dings of this Synod and keep our readers
well advised of its doings.
We know nothing of the merits or the
lacls of Ihe case, except what we have
seen in the papers referred to. We cannol
however, believe that any considerable
portion of the ministry of the church are
obnoxious to the charges made against
Ihem by Ihe Sun. Some of them, it is
true, have been, charged with favoring the
peculiar doctrines of Dr. Nevin, who has
been looked upon, for some years past, wilh
suspicion by the more orthodox members
and ministers ol the church. Bui even
they deny that there is any tendency to
Romanism in their views, and we confess
our knowledge, on this subject, is too limi
ted, lo judge between them. But if the
charges alledged against the editor of the
"Messenger," by the "Sun," are true, we
have no hesitation in saying that his views
are wholly at variance with nineteen
twentieths of the Protestant community.
The New Yoik Evening Posl has occa
sionally very disiespeclful way of speaking
of its "democratic" conferees. In reference
to the long-winded ciilicism upon the ailicle
in Putnam, which appeared simultaneously
in the Boston Post, Washington Union, Sen.
tincl and Pennsylvania)!, I lie Evening Posl
says :
The aiticlo realizes the geometricians' def
inition of a sliaighl line; it has length, with
out breadth or thickness. It has one good
thing in it, however, n.iu Sickles, Mr. Bu
chanan's secretary of legaliun, is spoken of
as an "neeoriiplihed scholar, and singula! ly
well lilted for nnd accustomed lo liieiaty la
bors and scientific putsuits." Wo weio
aware lhat D.111'1 passion lur letters was so
uncontrollable, that 011 onu occasion he rob
bed a post office In giulily it ; but of his sei-
killing 1111.11111111:111?, 11 mey exist, we me
so well iiifoimed. We Jo lemeinb.ir
not
I IN
once being emplojed by some clients in this
city to secure a patent for them, al Washing
ton, but neither he nor his friends have ever
eared to talk much nbout his achievements
under lhat retainer.
Lpbanon Vailev Railroad. We under
stand that within Ihe Inst lo weeks, addi
tional subscriptions lo ihu amount of J340,
000, have been obtained to the slock of the
Lebanon Valley Railroad Company, which,
ttilh Ihe municipial and individual subscrip
lions previously made, amount lo ihe sum
required lo warrant the making of the road.
Engineers will be placed on the route on
.Monday next, and it is expected lhat the
Eastern Division, between this city and Leb
nuon, will bo put under contract by the 1st
of January next. Reading Gazette.
Crossing the Atlantic is three-and- a
half Davs Tha Loudon Morning Adverti
ser speaks of a new and improved construe-
! """ of ve"els. y means of hich it will be
j Pe'recll' practicable to accomplish Ihe voy
I Ug lelwHe' I'ud and America in three
and a half days, between the ports of Gal way
ami Halifax ; and the Advertiser adds that
Iho truth of its statement has been Ihorongh
ly established by experiment. No details
are given or hinted at, ni.d the story is en
tirely too mysterious for belief.
The Day Booh says the sewing machines
are a failure. Theif sewing rips and goes to
pieces. The best "sewing machine" in the
world is one about seventeen years old, lhat
wears gaiter boots, and a pockel to' put her
wages in.
Ai-i EuiiEsy Vallev Railroad. A large
number of persons attended the lelting of
the extension of the Allegheny Valley Rail
road' above Kitlaning. The number of miles
let is 35, making 76 miles under contract.
Two young male slaves were recently sold
near Salem,' N C.. one for 1500 and ihe
other .'or $2000.
rTMjE ELECTION is over and the eicitcmcnt
has died away. There is the usual quantity
or defeated candidates who can now ratire to
privtte life. 'J'he returns are sumVient to show
that the successful candidates re elected, partic
ularly the sensible ones who get their clothing at
Rockhill & Wilson's Clothing Store, No. Ill
Chesnut street, corner" of r'ranklin Place, Philodel
phia. Philadelphia, Nov. C. 1853. ly. cw.
MA Kill ED.
At Mifllinburg, Union County, Penna., on
Tuesday the I3lh ins;., by the Kev. Dr Mai
con, Mr. Josei'ii Shoemaker, of Muncy Bor
wugh, to Mis NstTTie G, Montuomcrv, of
ihe former place.
Al Rose Hill, Oct , J7ih by Rev. Geo. C.
Drake, William Musser, M. U , lo Fanny
II. daughter of Ihe late Joshua W. Alder,
sq.
On Ihe 20lh inst., by the Rev. A. J. Col
lins, Mr. Joun P. Si.au ri., to Mtxs Psicilea
Af. Kline, bath of Shamokin township.
On the 18th inst.. by Ihe Rv. J. W. Fliolf,
Mr. Josepu Reader, of Rush township, to
1 i:u Heilxca
I.AvawRfo.v, ol BiiameMui
twsp, both of this eouuiy.
D I Ii D.
Al his residence, in this place, on Wed'
l!K,l?Vni" lh 26,h '"" ,h R J. P
SH1NDLE, late Pastor of ihe Lutheran
Church, in the 68th year of his age.
The deceased was one of the oldest minis
ters of ihe Lutheran Church, in (his section
of the Slate, having presided over his con
gregation al this place, as well as a number
of congregations in Ihe neighborhood, upwards
01 4u years, j ne deceased has long recti
pied a high position in the ministry of the
Church, and was everywhere respected for
his piety and exemplary conduct On ac
count of feeble health, he was obliged to
retire from his labors in Ihe ministry, some
four or five yeats since. He leaves a larce
i.iii.ib ui reiuuves ami irieiuls to mourn his
loss.
l)c illavkcts.
Philadelphia Market.
Ocf 27, 1853.
FI.OUR AND MSAI.. The flrmr m.l,.
quiet, at $6i per bbl. There is a steady de.
mra1r"iClfly Co"llmP''"' wi'hin the range
Ol i?rsa7i for Pfimnmn uml ov(rn U i-
Kye our is scarce; lust ssles at S5, a 5!
peijbbl Sales of Coin Meal at S3 9ti per
bbl. 1
Chain. Wheat is steady maintained.
Sales or 6a7000 prime new red i.t 135c per
bush., and uhi'.e at 142ral45c. Sales of
Rye at 88 cents. Coin is dull, at 78 rents
alloat. Oats Sales new SBinhem i ji . ii!
cents, and 50 cents for Pennsylvania
WHISKEY. Sales of bbls. and
33c.
hhds. at
Baltimore Market.
Oct. 25 1853.
GRAIN. After the close of the morning,
Change on Saturday, tho prices for Wheal
fell oil', and sales were made at a decline of 3
towels, per bushel from previous lates; but
this morning ihere was a heller feeling, and
Iho maiket raliad again. The offerings at
the Com Exchange were about 17,000 bush,
and we nole sales of fair to prime reds at
127a 130 cents, uml of fair lo prime whites
al 132.il37 cents Corn was again very dull.
About 15.000 bushels were offered at maiket,
only a small portion of which was sold.
ILi'ders however were a little stiirer in their
pi ices. Some sides of fair lognoj white took
jdacj at "LfiSct., atul a few prime "a'cels
iTOUghl 70clS. No sales of j allow transpir
ed ; 70 cents was offered ami iclnsed fur spv.
eral parcels. We quote Pennsylvania Rve
at D2.I9.1 cents, ami Mar) land and Virginia
do. at 75.i77 cents. We (iiote also piima
Maryland and Virginia Oats at 4 2.1-1-1 cents,
and inferior parcels do al 38:i-l0 cents.
WHISKEY. Thcinaiket isqiiiet. but pri
ces aie without L'hange,nnd we still quote
bbls. at 32i33 cts., and hhds. al31ia32 cts.
Hew Advertisements.
EXECUT0ES SALE.
W1U' be exposed to puMic me on Monday
' " nml Tuesday, the. ?tli and Stli ilny of No
vember next, at the Into residence of Henry Maif
scr, Esq., ilcc'd., in Sunlmrv, the personal ef
fects of said deceased, consisting in part of a lot
STOKE COOPS, VIZ:
Cloths, C'assinclts, Cnssiinrrs. Vesting, Shoes,
Hats, Cups, Muslins. Calicoes, Cotton
Yum, Uuttons. t 'unit's, School
Looks, Writing paper.
A LOT OF SADLEKV.
Paints, Spices, Tuliacco.
A Lot of (ilH'CIlSYtillT.
Nails, Uniss . cttlrs,
A LOT Of sfPEKIOK LIQt OKS, VIZ:
Rr.iudy, (iiu und Wine,
Coal Stoves, CoooUing Stmes, li,irre!, a Fan
ning Mill, Plows, I Sulkey, 1 Cil, 1 Cart, 3
two horse wagons, 2 one hort-e wsirons, one
Horse, a lot of Tinners Tools Tulm, and a a
riety of other articles.
Terms and conditions will iic made known 011
the dav of sale lu
ll. D. MASSER,
JOHN MASSEK,
V. It. MAssKU,
F. IJLCHEK,
Sunliurv. Oct. SO, 1S.')3.
1
Executors.
Estate of GEORGE WIALL, Dec'd.
VirilEKEAS letters of administration on Ihe
? estnte ol (iEOKCE WIAI.L, ilec'il.. late
of tils borough of Sun'u,j, .otllnuleiland
county, Pa., have been grannvl to the scliscril'cr.
Notice is hereby gin n to nil pernios imlclcd
lo said estnte, to make payment ami those having
claims will present tliem for settlement to the
suhscrilicr, whj will attend altlie puMic house of
Charlen Weaver, in E'uiihmy, on the l'-'lli day
of December next, or in my absence Mr. David
llaupt will act for me.
JAMES V. Tl'lINER.
Sur.bury. Oct. 80, hS.':i. Ct.
"TAKE 1TCTICJS.
All persons indebted to the estate of Henry
Manser, dec'd., are notified that the b.ioks, iVc,'
have been placed in the hands of I!. M. orks,
Esq. for collection. Those indebted are reques
ted to make settlement within thirty days,
suits will be entered against all delinquents after
that date.
H. E. MASSER, 1
JOHN MAssElt, 1
1'. 15. MASSEK, f
Ex'tors.
F. lll'CHEK, j
Sunbury, Oct. V9, 1853. 4t.
LAATOENCE HO U SE,
SUNBURY, PA-
rpHE aobsrriber, widow of Samuel Thompson,
dee'e., late of the Lawrence House," in
Sunbury, respectfully informs the friends of her
late husband, and the public generally, that she
continues to keep the aboie Hotel, and is well
provided with all things necessary to accomino
date all who may favor her wilh their custom,
mid therefore solicits their patronage. .
MARIA THOMPSON.
Sunbury Oct. 29. 1853 4m.
REMOVAL. -0
VONEW A CO have renmvnl from 18 to 100 Cliesnut.
I reel, l'loliidel.liltt, wHere llicy nerujiy a new sua
lK-uutilul Store, with mi etrnanl sml well selected slock ot
fall mid Winter UK Y GCM.II!, among which ui
800 nieces of Lupin's Flench Mennots and Cashmeres alt
colors, irom SI lo l,5n rr yard.
IHO " Tailiin Plants lor Ladies and elnhliens wear,
lu, Pans pruned Ueljtines and Cashmeies.
" HriK-ade and plum Silks ol sunor quality
i V , Plaid Silks, ol' all Ihe choice patterns,
ttsiuuttm Couvoi.ier s lies. I I'liris K'd
IN Ol'H S1IAV 1. ItOOM AHb .
300 Splendid liroche ami Chum Ue ' ,J,
100 Shaw ls of Ihe very luteal ful.rie and desujiia .
MX! Una-he square shawls ol esqm.lle a"d design,
lotl ltt-4 Plul.1 lonir shawls f 1 ".,
IN Ol'H CLIMK KlMUM ARI-.
3,10 Vreneh elolh Clonks, Talinii. and M'''U ''J
Puns patterns. KXl Lyons silk velvet U.i oks b"t,
make stvle and finirh. Alan 4-4 bast Lvou s sill
snry ng in price from i U W per void, and ol
Iv -IV e.l or and shade, lor Ladies. lks l the in.
elH,:. Shade, of HI.., llrowu, BLu-k Drab. Oh. Hj-J.
Ii un sV-LaO f MI per yard. Ala..,, a ln stjafc of
K.'.uons, lauhroidelles, ill Cupes, Ihliuuellea, Cuiuus,
Sleeves, Ac., A - , -..iii.m
Tha whole of ths als.v. goods are offered and will M
sokl als.treniely low prices lor cash. a ar
ateiving hy the weekly steamers I real, supplies. -fun Ji
from Paris and Loudon, which euaules.ua en.ialu.il
have fresh iww styles f the most (ushaniaub goals
aUe, to our customer., AGNF.W ft CO.,
So UsS Chemut st , ons door twlovv Eigth, Pbitaklfkta
Oct. 110, lt53 St ,
MIt 114 CL, TRACY, Wholesale Deal
er in Confectionary, Fruits and Groceries,
Nu. 20 MAKk'KT HlroeL above sixth, south
side, next door to lid Lion Hotel, rhilaaV'J'h'
I'hila., Oil. S9, 1863 3n.