iksir fodder, when kept warm and wallah!
tared from north wind and pitiless liufm.
1 tried to convince him that his cattle proper.
Jy protected would look much belter in lha
spring, on two thirds lha food, lio mid, ha
had nsrer thought of that, tt had occurred
to him, it he kept them In the Meld, and did
not leant Ike bin dawn, they would be warm
enough, tt had occurred 10 him, that com
fortable stalling spoiled their nppetites.
And so it dM : tilt ihis is something to be
desired, noi ftvnided, when liny is worlli (an
il then was) $1.1 a ton, and corn stalks in
proportion
ft has always been mi id by wise mm, ihnl
What is worth keeping nt all, in woilh keep
ing well, and Ihis sensible dnclritio upplies
w ith creat force to ull the products of A i 1 i -
ciil:iire, nniiri:il Riid vegetable. My eslcciiie.1
friend Kck, has some fowls over there, he
would be very clear of soiling (or 12i cents
a pioce, or even 25 cent, although they cost
him but litllo mote in lite rearing thai, ordi
nary ones. Five or ten dolluis will make
the dilTeienee in Iho cost of rearing n lioise
worth $300, und ono worth leslhiin half the
money, and so of every other donuviiis ani
mal. The same rule applies to t lie piu.lt. els
of the garden, orchard and Held.
I am glad that the ago has gone by, when
people believed that any alteration in ihe.
customs of their ancestors was to bo repudia
ted as a disrespect to their memories. I am
glad that habits and ideas ate no lonjer
cherished because they were entertained by
old fogies, 50, 100 or 500 years ago old fo
gies that might have learned many things
from the children of to-day. If the tappers
should succeed in scaring up the spirits of
Bacoiij Newton, Locke, or even Fianklin,
yonder little school boy might tell them
something they never dreamed of. It would
astonish any of these respectable ghosts, not a
little to be told, that news might be trans
mitted from Boston to St. Louis or New Or
leans, in precisely one hour and seventeen
minutes, less than no time at ull. It would
surprise them, nearly as much to be 'informed
that wagons without horses, mules or oxen,
could be driven over the land for bonis, and
(lays and weeks together, at a speed far
greater than horses, mules or oxen could
possibly attain. It is not the irreverence of
youth for age, forlheworld is older now than
ever before. It is the Manhood of Humanity
looking back on its passed and surpassed
childhood 1
Then why (his rcgaid for bald and hoary
principles which experience has proven to bo
vain and worthless? If we must adhere to
the uncouth implements ami unimproved
stock of our fathers, how dated they ih.ow
aside the still more primitive ways ai.d means
of their ancestors. The Fame principle that
would make us pause, where we are, would
take us back to fields unplowed and unsown,
to hutSj comfortless and wretched to sav.
ageness and destitution.
But ladies ! I have gone thus far. and spo
ken nd Word especially to you. And although
the sunny days of romantic and blind devo
tion to your sex. have passed for me: al-
though the glittering and delusive phantoms
. I w.rr. a ijai. n Ullllh, UI &L-CC.I1 lll'r, IS Oil
cf youth have cast off their heavenly robes, our table, and a first-rate number it is. The en
nml nnmpil in lha -r r I . .
8nd assumed in the cold light of experience,
the forms and the hues of earth. For 1 have
sadly learned,
"Years steal fire from the mind,
Ami Vigor from the limb,
And life's enchanted cup,
But sparkles near the brim."
Yet In hnnor of the circumstance that my
mother, my wife and my sister happen to bo
women in honor of the time, when 1 dream
ed that petticoats covered only angels, (espe
cially as that dream is still entertained by
many unsophistocated young gen tlemen bo
fore mo,) I will address myself briefly to
yon.
That work on which woman smiles, must
ever prosper. While by the laws of her na
ture, the cannot boast the physical strength,
and somo rudely assert, the mental visor of
her 'lord and master V yet by the same law s,
the impulses of hrr heart, if native ami mi
thwarted, are always right. I have often
thought, Mr. President, that after an honest
man, and a Shanghai Rooster, an industi inns,
evun-tempered woman, is "the noblest woik
of God."
My fair friends, it is in your powe-, by in
dustry, frugality and kindness, to fill the
world with plenty, comfort and peace, to
moke the fires burn cheerful in the hearth cf
home. It is in yuur power, by wakefulness,
sloth and fierceness to carry poverty and sor
row imo your household, and make your
hare of earth a hell. I!y your effort.", the
desolating fiend of drunkenness may bu unlit
ced to twino his fingers around a foolish hus
band's heart. By your efforts, an outlawed
husband may be led back to decency, virtue
nod happiness. Many a man has been bro
ken down his energies withered, bis be
prospects blasted, by a frowning brow- at
home. Many a man has been urged on to j
proud achievement, by loving smiles. On
ye ! to whom much power is given, exer
it in mercy ! L,i your influence go forth to
robe the earth with flowers ! Let it go forth to
unpeople tho haunts of vice and the dens ol
infamy! Let it go foilh to incite tt riving
man, on his lonely and arduous way to mi"!
' deeds! Let il go forth on its gentle paU,
way, to wm ernu? man ,0 .js,
lie und honor! '
Mr. President, if you vrili p.ir.lnn this erra
tie episode, I will recur to my desultory ar
gument, if orgunifnr it can bu called.
In onrprog.es., we haw. evoiy thing to
-nronrage us. With rapid 6 ride,, rur coun
try is advancing to tho dizzir.l heights or
Nat.onal Power nJ grai.deur-Kveu now
he pres.ei.ts a picture, such as th,, ttold ,,.
never wen before. Behold her ships of wa.
nd commerce upon every sea, her gigantic
Improvement penetrating ere,y eoreerol l.er
broad d.nr.aii, : ruilinads crossing rivers .
vaulting over deep vallejs; tuttii thi.uigl!
mountains; canuU deepning and wi-lning on
every hand-mighty lake, while.,,:.! with a
commerce greater than the commerce of tl,r
ea-chains of Lightning blinking .)fu to.
gether her furthest cities, and the ,pri...
ing up. "
As from llw m.vL of the enchain-,', warn),'-'
Soma thousand of iron Hetds, more won
derful than Ihe supernatural agencies of Ara.
otaa tales, wau torrent speed and hearts of
.... Kr.... , . . ..-i
hr, bqunding and ihuDiJering ever taa land,
. b'ng to distant markets,, the 'product, of
ih belli, the torga, the to. est tnj the mina.
Nor is this all ; for long before the grave
shall hare closed over the last surviver of this
orowd, the striped and starry Flag of the lie
publio shall wave over 100,000,000 of educa
let!, happy and free Americans!
But let us come home. To us especially,
nature has been kind beyond example. She
has given us fertile fields, yielding to rude
culture, abundant harvests inexhaustible
forests. She has filled our hills with trea
sures richer und more substantial, than the
gleaming ore of Culirornian mines, and over
all she has swrpt the magic wand of her
grandest loveliness.
Vet n little while, and these benefactions
ot .atuie will be opened out to the world.
Vet a little while, and we shall behold, min
gled with them the loftiest achievements of
man s (.eiiiug and Power tho evidences of
his highest civilization. In a few more
years, and we shall hear the hoofs of those
iron steeds t liuudei ing among these mountains
in n few .1.0.0 years, far up in the wilder
ness the swift deer will be heightened from
his lair, and thu eagle from his eyrie, by
something swifter and mightier and more
untiring than either.
Let us not be backward in our share of this
mighty Progress. In years to come, when
tho white handed dweller of cities trust for
the first time his dainty person to our keep
ing, let lis send him furth as a living witness
to our well-bred stock, our highly cultivated
fields, our tasteful nd happy homes. Let us
send him back to tel! his cooped up friends
and relatives at home, that he found a peo
ple on the Susquehani.n, to whom God had
given a rich and beautiful land, and who
knew well how to enjoy it ! Let hi.n go back
ami tell, he round a Vuradise in Old North
umbcrland !
"The liiiine uf a very Invn!;- portion (f the county.
THE AlflSP.ICJLlT.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, KOVUMBEK tfl.li-M.
H. It. MASM:n, E.lllor and Proprietor.
To Alvw.TlEi..- .The circulation of the Suuhury
American n.noiur the lillVri'..t towns on the ttatqueliiiiiiin
i not exceeded if equalled liy any paper publ.ar.ed in North
em le.t.isylvn.iia.
i:uri OR'S TADLE.
Tiitslnrss ftoticrs.
Mons New Ciouns S. N. Thompson, has
just received and opened a new stock of Store
Uooils, at Ins storo in Market street. The public
is invited to examine his stock. Advertisement
next week.
r : i- ' j T it r T i :
eravinas "Cl.irst l.enlintr the Sick. Is a lieaiiti
ful line engraving, "Tho Christmas Party,"
and tho Plate of Colored Fashions, fcc. Ac, are
peouliitry fine, and cannot be excelled any where.
The reading matter is equally good with the il
luHtrations. A new volume commenced with the
new year. Terms, S3 per annum ; two copies
for $5 ; six do. if! 10.
Sali of Riu Estate. Hy an iidvcrtispinp.it
in another column, it will Le seen tlit.t Michael
Bol.li, oilers for salo his proporty at Snufl'town.
EPISCOI'AI. SERVICE
Service will bo held, by Divine Permission
in bt. Matthew's Church, to morrow (Sun
day) evening al 7 o'clock.'
Land Wakra.nts. Persons having
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose ol
them lor cash, by applying at this office.
17 Bank or Noktuusibkiiland. We
are requested to state that the Directors of
(Ins hank will meet on Wednesday next
the 23d, instead of Thursday, the 2Mh, the
latter being thanksgiving day.
T7 Hw. James Gamble will please ac
cept our thanks for a volume of the Con
gressional Globe.
tO On our first page will be found the
address of David Taggarl, Esq., of North
umberland, before the lale County Agri
cultural Society at Milton. Though no'
so elaborate as some of the addresses of this
character, our readers will find it much
more entertaining and interesting than a
large majority ol those published. We
commend it to the perusal of all who take
an interest in such matter?.
rjy Steamuoat. -The workmen are
now engaged in putting into the Steam
Tow and Terry Boat building at this place,
the boiler and machinery, which only arri
ved a few days tince.
Cv" The prosecutions in regard to the
alle.lged bribery of the Commissioners of
the county to subscribe S'200,000 to the
utj lehanna Railroad Company, have been
abandoned. No prosecutors appearing, all
parties Were discharged.
To CocKKsroNMiKNTs. We received
sntne days since a eorr.musiicalion from
Shainokin, on the subject of the schools in
that place. The writer has not given us
j his name. Bvsides, the ar tide is entirely
I too difiuse. Articles lor newspapers should
embrace facts and circumstances, condensed
inU as small a space as possible,
(f.r Biaenuk Commissioner. Hon. C.
C. Welker has been appointed Revenue
Commissioner for this district. Thia ap
pointment is made by lha President Judge
and hit associates in the -district. The
-ici.iiuh te eutiu enr. i vuu.iu.ri.qii-
. . - . , . ,
lr meel l Harrisburg in January to revise
tbt assessments throughout the State.'-
election ii it good ene. The Commission-
augllUHY AMERICAN AND SHAMOK1N JOURNAL.
THE SHAMOKIN COAL TtlADE.
The reputation ol the coal from our re
gion is such that it now commands from 25
lo 50 cents per ton more than other coal
with which it comei in competition. The
demand is now such, as one of the ship
pers informed us, that he could sell three
hundred thousand tons per annum from the
wharf. Considerable coal is now shinned
lo Lancaster, Columbia, York, Baltimore,
etc. borne of the dealers in those places.
who two years since refused to buy, unless
at reduced prices, have been, during the
past season, importuning our operators for
a supply, but in vain, as they could not
supply old customers with their increased
demands. One ol those dealers sent a boat
to this place to procure a load at any price,
but there was none to spare, and the boat
look down a cargo on freight. The
scarcity of miners continues, and will
continue until next spring, when arrange
ments will be made lor a heavy business
from the new wharfs on the basin of the
Canal and Water power Company.'
The locomotive brings in two freight
trains or from thtee lo lour hundred tons
perday. The estimated shipments for next
season is 300,000 tons.
K7" The Court for the second week end
ed on Wednesday morning. There were
more cases on the trial list than could be
disposed of in two weeks, but the misfor
tune is that the parlies are so frequently
not ready. The January term of Court
will continue two weeks, commencing the
1st Monday. There will be a Special Court
on the third Monday of January.
05" The foreign news by (he Baltic, is
al this crilical period, full of interest. This
is the steamer in which Major William L.
Dewart and family, of (his place, sailed lo
Europe.
Letters from the M.ijor and hit family have
been received at this jdace, announcing
their safe arrival, iS'c.
E7 Our old friend and cotemporary,
John M. JJaum, ol the Union Times, has
been appointed Collector at Liverpool
John has had numerous conflicts and some
awlul scrimmages with those terrible sin
ners, the whigs and anti-masons of Union
Couuly, and thought himself entitled to a
small chance at (he public teat. Friend
Baum has the ability, and will no doubt
make a good officer.
The Philadelphia and Sunbury
Telegraph- The posts between Shamokin
and Poltsville are all up, and thus between
Shamokin and Sunbury nearly all on the
ground. There will be something like ten
stations on the line, or one to every five or
six miles. The line lollows the Mine Hill
rail road, and will be a great accommoda
tion to the extensive mining operations
along that road, rendering the Eastern end
ol the line, fully as profitable as this.
KIT" Our neighbor ol the Williamsport
Press did not construe or understand our
remarks properly. We did not admit the
present-mode ol travel on the Susquehanna
route, as preferable, from this place or Nor
thumberland, to Philadelphia. When the
Susquehanna rail road is completed it will
be, without question, the great passenger
route, as it undoubtedly will be the best,
safest and quickest. The Philadelphia and
Sunbury rail road can well afford to dis
pense with the passenger business, although
that route will necessarily always command
much travel.
C7We are in the receipt of the Spiritual
Telegraph, a paper devoted to the illustra
tion of spiritual intercourse, or what is
more commonly known as spiritual rap
pings. The paper is handsomely got tip,
and is edited with ability. Though we
have no faith in the doctrines it inculcates,
still there is much in its columns to in
terest if not to instruct the general read
er. Published in New York, at $2 per
annum.
f7" The Political Class Book. A
work hearing the above title, by Daniel
Puller, Esq., and published by Messrs. E
C. & J. Biddle, No. G, South 3d street,
Philadelphia, has been sent us. It compri
ses a familiar exposition of the Constitution
of the State. It is highly recommended
by Gov. Bigler, Judge Grier and others, and
we have no doubt will be a most usel.jl
Book for our Schools. Price, 31 cents-
07" North Branch Canal. The tolls
collected on this branch of the public im
provements, since the 1st of December
last, amounted to 1 G5,25G C9, showing an
increase over the amount of last year's re
ceipts, for the same time, of 553,571 27-
The money market is much easier
in London and also in New York, and
slocks are rising. The Danks in New
York, have now three millions moie of
specie in their vauits than in August, when
their discounts were fifteen millions more
than at present.
rrT" Sheriff Kipp left for Philadelphia
on Wednesday morning in the cars, with
three prisoners. Two man sentenced to the
peniteutiary, nd colored girl to the
House of Refuge.
03- Isaac G. McKinlby, Eq., has pur
chased the interest el his partner, Mr.
Ltacure, in the Democratic Union, at Har
risburg, and is bi its sole proprietar. It
will not lose anything by the change.
IE7" Lewis C. Levin. The clomsy par
graph in some of the papers, by which
this gentleman announcei himself as the
Natie candidate for Gorernor, in 1854, is
not Lewis C. Levin the fermtr.M. C.from
Philad'a, but another person of that name.
Levin the member, is too much of scholar
and oralor to utler such nonsense.
07 Hon. Edmund Burke of N. IL. Ions-
a political friend and associate ef President
rierte, has been mnk.nz some revelatiens
as to the manner in which the President
was nominated, which Mr. B. savs be
planned himself.
(ST A New Telegraph Line, from Lan
dingville, on the Reading Railroad, to
Orw.gsburg a distance of some two or
three miles has just been erected, chiefly
through Ihe instrumentality of Messrs. Ed
ward B. and Francis W. Hubley. This
places Oiwigsburg in telegraphic commu
nication wilh Poltsville, Reading, Phila
delphia, and "the rest of mankind."
ID Union Canal. This canal under
the management ol James Worral, Esq
-niet engineer, is to be widened through
lo Reading next season. So says a cor
respondent at Lebanon, writing lo the
Philadelphia Register.
O Col. H. W. Crotzer has been an.
pointed Post Master at Lewisburz. The
Colonel will make a good P. M., and is
good at almost anything he undertakes.
(EF" Willi AMsroRT. Our neighbors ol
this pleasant village have also been extend
ing the limits of their town, by Woodwards
addition. Williamsport is bound to erow.
The Maine Yankees have been doing much
for that place and neighborhood, as Ihey
generally do for any place where they
locate.
GkMKROUS OKFEa. Allhnni.li Cnrnnrol
. . .
have no su s. it ipumi ihu. ; . i
manifest a disposition In n.nvi.lo fnr it..
of others; as tt.o r.ill,i ii,r extract from the
procee.inics ol trie nyi.o.1 or the German Re
formed Church, w hich lately sat in Philadel-
"The proposition from ih Ph;i..iii.;
anil Sunbury Railroad Company to appropri
ate 83000 towards the erection of a German
Refoimed Church al Sl.umnli in nrnviuoil iku
Synod would comribntH a like sum, was no-
icjMtTu, inn. a .rmii.j'iun piisse.1 io make ihe
necessary HrraiiL'eriR.i.t fur lha n.i.....;..,
of the Church." Reading Gazette.
When the members, who represent these
corporations, have souls, Ihey cannot justly
be styled soul-less corporations, and this is
the case with the members of the Phila
delph.a and Sunbury Railroad Company.
A number of them we know lo be "whole
souled fellows.' The amount, however, is
too large, we presume, by a cypher.
KI'IU:SS mil.U IN l ALIFOIlMA.
We used to think that some ot our Ex
presses conveying election news were some
thing to brag of, but the wonderlul feats of
our California friends cast our best efforts
into the shade. The enterprising firm of
Adams & Co.'s Express stops at nothing.
Their express lines extend to almost every
part of the globe.
Mr. E. M. Hall referred lo, is a young
man Irom (his place, who went to Califor
nia some five years ago, and is now one of
the agents of Adams &. Co. at Auburn.
The papers do not slate at what sacrifice
those leals were performed, but Mr. Hall
says he killed two of his horses. A San
Francisco paper rays:
It has been eur purpose for several day
past, to speak of Ihe splendid achievement
of the Express department of this house,
which opportunity now for the first lime en
able us to do.
Our readers are familiar with some of the
exploits which their express messenger per
formed, but they are not acquainted w ith tho
expense attending such achievements, nor of
the fact, that beyond a certain reputation ac
quired, Adams & Co. received not the slight
est remuneration for the noble exertion used
to place the public in possession of the latest
news from ull part of the State.
Adams ti Co. at a very great expense,
merely for the accommodation of I lie press
and the public, some time before tho elec
tion, had the whole State literally boiled
with line of fleet horses and expert liders,
landing in readiness lo express the returns
from every point, an, I we doubt if thu same
amount of territory has ever been travelled
over in so short a space of time, a has been
accomplished by these messengers. Nothing
but magnetic telegraphs could have outstrip
ped them. A. &: Co. had employed hi their
public spirited enterprise tome five hundred
horses, and about one man lo each five hor.
ses. Fur each man and Ihe horse ridden
by him they must have paid at least one
hundred dollars, making about fifty thousand
dollar expended by this house for the tingle
purpose of fumi'timy lha returns of the elec
tion lo thu publio. It was a gigantic enter
prise in itself, and yet il was more inci
dental ariaugement, a little side play, having
no connection wilh their regular business.
It wa necessary to establish relays of the
finest ho. ses that could be procured, on all
the route over which ihe mail were carried.
Their lider were picked men accomplish
ed horsemen, daring and dauntless who,
when a steed fell under ihem, shouldered
their valises ami ran ul Ihe lop of Iheir speed,
Until Ihe next post was reached; when
again vaulting into the saddle, Ihey plunged
forward reeklesa of life and limb, till ll.sy
bad accomplished the important purpose for
which they set out.
An accident of this kind occurred to Frank
Ryan, in riding from Nevada to this oily, in
which a very valuable horse was rode down
and abandoned on ibe road to die.
Many of the horse used, were rendered
unfit for future icrvioe. In all such cases,
the loss fell upon the house of Adam & Co.,
who bore it without a marmery and esiaerhed
lhmele well repaid by secoring the p.
probation of Ihe publio. Without any par
ticnlar data upon which to place a calcula
tion we thould iudce that Ihev were al a
cost in tanning expresses wilh election re
turns aione, ot not less than htteen or twenty
thousand dollars.
That the reader mav be f.illv annrised of
j rl
the nature of some of Ihe feats performed br
express riders of that celebrated house, we
give lielew a recapitulation of several an
nouncements made at the time of thai nur.
formanoe. The following are from the Daily
imen or the 8th and 10th inst.
Isaac YY. Elwdl. ih r l.t.. t.
Co.' Express from Plaeersville lo this citv.
.uv ,Ui ,,ip hi inree nour anu ten minute
distance 64 mile.
Sam White, the rider of Adam & Co.'a
Express from Coloma to this city made the
trio in two hours ami fif. Biimiiaa
Frank Ryan, Messenger of Adams k Co.,
from Nevada, arrived here at II o'clock, 20
minutes, being 4 hours 20 minutes distance
75 miles his favorite horse Colonel, (well
known for fast running wilh Presidential
new,) made 20 mile it. 55 minutes.
Mr. E. M. Hall, of Adams Co.' Express,
brought the returns of Placer county from
Anbnrn to this city, 40 miles, in one hour
and fifty minutes usina only four horses-
D C. Reynolds, Adams It Co.'s rider from
San Jose to Oakland, 35 miles, ma.lo the Irin
it. two hours and thirty-live minutes, with!
one pair of horses. Mr. U. and Ihe horses
heliinsi lo Kcllv 4 Revnnl.l
Is, stage men nt
, i
DR. KANE.
The following is the conclusion of n letter
from the learned Mr. Metiam, published in
the N. Y. Courier fe Enquirer :
My last advices from Dr. Kane were from
Newfoundland, but further advices may be
expected from him either from Ihe whole
Fish Islands or from Upper Naverick, as he
led the latter place for Smith' Sound but a
few day before Ihe bearer of the Ensjlish
despatches arrived there. The Francis' Me
tallic Life Boat which Dr. Kane took wilh
him, can be transported on sledge from the
hea.l ol Smith s Sound towaids Iheceorranhi-
cal pole, and should they reach an open sea
can be launched and enable ihe bold a.lven.
Hirers to navieale the polar basin (if one there
be.) with perfect safely, for Ihe boat iscapa-
o.e oi carrying all his company, and a suffi
cient stock of provision.
The extreme cold of ihe Arclio rerrion
seperales, or rather forces the chlorides of
sodium, &c, from the water, freezing the
water, anrl forminc ice of that water while
the chloride of sodium, &c, are so much
concentrated as to resist Ike most intense
cold. Lieul. Da Haven informed me that
brine during intense cold stood in puddles on
the surlace or lite ice, and was so strong as
to resist even Ihe cold that solidified rr.ercti.
ry; but w hen Ihe weather becamo sufficient
ly milil, the brine rapidly dissolved Ihe ir
and thiisielurned lo sea water such are the
harmonies of nature and such are the c.li.in.
ces in the polar regions. Dr. Kauo has taken
from our collection ofbrit.es, soino w hich is
as dense as Ihe water of the sra of Sodem,
and will be able to determine the influence
which the most intense cold will exert iinon
it in the Arctic regions.
Maryland. The Democrats have oIpcip.I
iheir whole ticket for Slate officers, and the
Whijrs have carried both blanches of the
Legislature The latter insnten Ihe eleetin..
of a Whig United Siales Senator and a Win
Slate Treasurer. The latter has the casting
vote in Ihe State Boatd of Publio Work..
which is equally divided, there beii g two
v nigs and two Democratic members. Of
the delegation lo Congress, the Whic have
elected two and the Democrat four. Balti
more city give Liaon (Dem. 13035 maio.itv:
and in the whole Stale he ha 3967 majority.
in tne state Senate the Whig have 6 major,
ily, and in tho House 6, making 12 majority
en joint ballot for Ibe election of United
State Senator and Slale Treasurer.
Abdication or thcCzab Nicm T, ;.
understood in Washincion that there is con.
siderable reason to believe the European iu-
mor that the Emperor of Russia is ahnnt m
abdicate in favor of hi ion. NhmrI mils' and
others of Ihe Ministry, are earnestly in favor
oi the retiring of the Russian troops from Ihe
i rinc.palit.es, and will nut second Ihe Czar'a
desire for war. It is understood ihey now
admit lha! lha hereditary insanity of the
Romanoffs has fallen unoti hi.n. Il tins
threatened to abdicate if the Cabinet and his
family persist in opposition. Well informed
parties believe that abdication will bo forced
upon him in order lo got Russia ojl of the
acr-.pe.
The Cleveland Finest City reports the ft,!.
lowing Bank failures, all happening wiihin a
lew ilay of each oilier. The Massillon
Bank, the Patchin Batik of Buffalo, Piatt's
Bank and the Merchants' Bank of Buffalo
the bank of Owego, the Farmers' Joint Stock
Company, Canada; lha Erie Bank, and Ka'la.
mazoo UaiiK, Michigan ; tho L inton Bank.
Columbus; the Chatauque Bank, the Ma-
comD Lounty Bank, and everal olhers.
vt nal the milled liabilities of the whole lot
amounted to is not stated.
Sudden Death. The Rev. Mr. Ritt en-
house, Pastor of the Presbyterian Congrega
tion at Waluiilonville, died suddenly, at
the door ol Ihe New Piesbylerian Church in
that place, on Tuesday last, while he was in
the act of entering the church, for Ibe purpose
...
of consecrating it to the worship of God.
l no cause ol ni ueain is ascribed to an ai.
feolioa of the heart, under which he has been
laboring for some lime. He wa a most
faithful servant in the vineyard of lha Lord
and beloved and respected by a large eongra-
gallon ami numerous host of friend and
acquaintance Danville Dem.
Kit TiMosr and Sl-iooeiianna Riinnin.
The meeting of Iba Board of Director of
lha Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad wa
held on Thursday, for the election of Presi
dent for lha ensuing year. Robert C. Wright,
who ha ably filled the office, wa removed
by Ihe direotora In Ihe selection nf C. V
Hughe a President of the Company. The
vote stoou nve to lour.
Liquoa Lw in Tennessee. On the 2d in
stant, thirty member of the Tennessee
House of Representative, nresanted petitions
fer a Prohibitory Liquor Law.
Curresanndmc of tb PuMie Lerlgsr.
LETTER FROM WASHISOTO.
Washington, Nov. 12, 1863.
A Iruoe ha been established, by silent
consent on both aides, between Ihe organs at
Wnshinrrlnn anrl Maw YnV Tka llnimt of
Ihis morning does not contain a word on the
eleoiiona in Ihe Empire Stale, and no fur
ther denunciation against the Hard. Per
temtra, John Van Buren is heie eonsulting
Governor Marey about ihe last battle.
The speculations about the President'
message are chiefly derived from the hint
thrown out inlheUnienin regard to Cuba, the
Sandwich Island and theTehnantepto Route.
On the Sandwich Islands, a I have already
intimated to you, the President is decidedly
in favor of annexation ; but in regard to Cuba,
fierce language towards England and Fiance,
but especially toward England, will give
particular force to Ihe annual message.
Were England differently situated in Ihe
East, bold language in Ihe President would
probably find a bold renlv it. a ministerial
speech in Parliament. This, however, must
not be expected now. England has taken so
much sauce from Russia wiihin the last four
months, that she may well digest a lilllu Yan
kee "soss'- in the baraam.
That Ihe Administration has its eyes upon
Cuba is now a matter of notoriely, and that,
in easo of a general European war, the Is
land may be peaceably annexed to the United
States is probable ; but I doubt whether any
progress can be ma.lu toward il if ihe Eas
tern question is seliled by Ihe intervention or
diplomacy. Nor must it be supposed that
the whole country South of Mason nml Dix
on'e liy; is for Ihe acquisition of the Island
There are those among the Southern men
who see an ocean of Iroubles ahead should
the Island be now annexed to the Union, and
no particular benefit occuring fiom it lo their
own Slate. Certain il is that the acquisition
of the Island at this juncture would re-ope-i
the debate on the slavery question, and that
political parties are now more unsettled than
they were a year ago. If the South, as I
heard some of the Southern eentlemen ob
eive, desire an extension of the Compromise,
to the effect of express'y sanctioning Ihe in
troduction of slavery into new lerriioties, the
probability is that the proposition will be de
feated in Congress. By the terms of the lust
Compromise, that body has no right to inter
fere with the domestic institutions of mw
i territories at all. The peonle mav !.. .
Ihey please, and when in sufficient number
lo form a State, may adopt such municipal
laws in regartl lo the while ami black races
as to ihem may eem proper; but the power
oi me federal (government must not be in
voked lo introduce involuntary servitude into
territories.
The Picisdenl's Message will not sav much
on the subject of the Pacific Railroad, and
wm not hoi, a veto suspended in terrorem
over the bead of Congress. lie will surely
takn ground directly opposite to thai assumed
by Col. D.ivis in his Crystal Palace nroces.
sion speech, and decline his opposition to
nave it.e roail built by Government means.
That he may veto any bill on that subject
may bo matured dining the present Cottgres,
is not unlikely, but the announcement ol
such a resolution would bting him at once in
collision wilh a i-onst.leiHble party in Con
gress. The malcontents will seize upon any
thing for the purpose of organising an oppo
sition to the preteut administration, ami
great caution and forecast must be used not
to lurnish Ihem with a handle.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett has sernrpil
apartments at Ihe national; and will spend a
large portion of next Congressional season
here in Washington. Member of Congress
are beginniug to flock in, and the street and
hotel aie beginnine lo be lively. Our meat
banke:, W. W. Corcoian. Eso.. is about la
retire from business, lo enjoy otium cum dig
nitale wilh a select circle of friends and ac
quaintances. Hi bank, as I understand, is
lo be closed in Ihe month ol February next.
A number of new banker have commenced
business, but I doubt whether they will do
a very flourishing business next winter.
OnsEHVER.
ADDITIONAL KOKUON NEWS BY THE
A MK It If .t.-.
EASTERN AFFAIRS.
The reported skirmish between Ihe Russian
steamers and Ihe Turkish fori was tlegiaplt
ed to Pari by the Fiench Consul at Buchar
est. The P.nis Munitour. of Friday. sa thai
arrangements have been made so thai the
standing army of Fiance can bo raised to
750.000 men in six weeks.
Tits same Journal adds that Fiance and
England will be united in action, its they
were it. negotiations, w ith regard to the East
ern question.
The Earl of Clarendon declares that Eng
land has not the (lightest intention of aban
doning Ihe Sultan.
Some popular disturbances are reported to
have occurred at Constantinople, during
which the Swedish flag was insulted, and
the English Consul' residence pelted with
stone.
Trie Bill Found. The Grand Jury of
Luzerne county have found a true bill against
Deputy Marnhalls Jenkins, L'rossin, George
Wynkoop, and the owner of the alleged slave
bill, tor Ihe disturbance growing out of the
attempted capture ot the slave at Wilkes
barre, some time since.
Religious Toleration. The son ef the
Rev. Dr. Quigley, a Catholic, of Washington
eounty, New York, was recently chastised
and expelled from Ihe public school for re
fusing, in obedience lo his parent's com
mand, lo commit part of the Testament lo
memory. Ihe matter wa btuught to the
notice of the Secretary of State, Mr. Ran
dall, who held that ihe Slate had no author
ity lo compel tho pupil to reciva anv ipn.
larian iustructions agaiust tho wishe of Iheir
parent.
Soiie one having su
;csted that the ad.
ministration of chlorofurm to Bees uoul.l n..i
them lo loep Ions enough to oht
honey, a writer in ihe Boston Cultivator say
thai he ha tried Ibe experiment -with per
feet suscess, ike bee wars n..i n, .k.
or si' jt soundly tctr since.
MEETIJQ Or NATIONAL, DEMOCRATS)
tTAftlllfteTOft.
Battle of the Hards and Softs.
WashinotoN, Nov. 14, 1S53
The meeting, of ihe National Demoorati
this city, took place to-night at Copp's i
loon, according to previous announceme
The room was wall filled. The meeij
waa organiced by calling Charles T. Walla
lethe Chair; Henry M. Offit and feurte
ether were chosen Vice Presidents,
Wm. B. Chase acted as Secretary.
Cornelius W. Wendell offered a series
resolutions declaring the nomination a
election of Gen. Pierce was in consequen
of unmistakeable National antecedents ai
known opposition to the opinions and cendu
of those who defeated Gen. Cass, in 184
by voting for Van Bti.en that Ihis meetit
does not regard the Baltimore Platform as
general amnesty to such that the atlem
made by the Depailme.tts to crush out N
lional Democracy in New York, deserves ir
mediate attention and correction by Ihe Pr
sident.
Another resolution denounces Secretar
Guthrie's interference in New York ; co.
gratulales tho New Yorkers on the signi
victory won by them over Free-soilism ; d
ptocates Ihe recent attacks on Senator Did
inson, &c.
These resolutions having been read, Danit
S. Ralcliffe took the platform and mado a
able speech against the resolutions, regarding
Ihem as thrust at the administration, an.
charging upon tho movers in Ihis meeting i
design to sink the administration. Thi:
speech created great excitement, and the
speaker appeared to cairy the sympalhi" o
a large portion of the meeting with him.
Mr. Wendell replied, amid the confusion
that he was instrumental in calling the meet
ing, and he defended tho resolutions. He
asked "Hub the President carried out tho
principles of the Democratic parly V
Boislerou response ,!ye" and "no," tho
former predominating The Chair called for
order, and the band struck up in the hope of
subduing the excitement. A call was made
of "cheer for Dickinson," which were
given.
Mr. Overton was called nut and spoke
briefly, not having henrd the rnsolutions.
The great qi.est ion, he said, was not opnsi
lion to the administration, but simply w heth
er free-soilism should be an element in the
Democratic party.
The question upon the resolution was call
ed for, when Mr. Ralcliffe reminded tho
gentleman that this was not an ailack upon
the Administration.
Mr. Wendell denied it, and a great scene
of excitement ensued, the parties coming al
most to blows.
Somebody moved an indefinite postpone
ment of the resolution, and another wanted
lo offer a substitute. Before ihe qumtjnn
was distinctly put, Win H Thomas, the
Deputy Collector of this port, sprang upon
the platform and moved to adjourn, pioceed
ing his motion by proposing three cheers lor
the Adminisirnlion, which being heartily
Kiven, Mr. Wallach, Ihe Chairman, struck
Thomas, knocking him off ihe plalfo.m. A
general melee ensued, lasting some minutes
but no very se.ions injuries were inflicted.
The National Democrats subsequently ser
enaded Beverly Tucker.
Newspaper Sale. Mr. Barnum, the Bos
ton Transcript says, has disposed of ih Il
lustrated News" lo Mr. Fredetick Gleason,
of that city, proprietor of ' Gleason' Picto
rial." It i reported lhal Ih News bas ne
ver attained a circulation of fifty thousand
copies, and that the proprietor ha sunk up
ward d 840,000 in the enterprie.
i
Hew Advertisement.
Estate of SAMUEL THOMPSON", dee'd.
myunCE M hereby given that fetters of Ad
. ministration have been granted to the uu-
.Bi.ru u.uu uk! i-Hi:ue oi cmmurl Thompson,
late of the Borouuh of Sunbury, dee'd. All per
sons having claims against said estate are request,
ed to present Ihem. .Ii.l . it. ....;... ....
. .uiiiLIIIIVBiru, Jl.f
setlleinrn. nml rli..e I-.. .
, . ' "' niiun.iiu uiciiiseivc pi-
ucbted to make payment without delay.
tl I lit 1 . ' .
juniwA 1 Illl.MrstJA, Adm rix.
Stinliury, Nov. 19, 1833. (it.
Estate of PETi.Il OBERDORF.ee'd,
jV'OTICE is hereby given that letters of Ad
iiiuitstrution on the ctule of Peter Oherdorf,
lale of I'liocr Auounla. X..nl.,..,.l....., j ...
..." a- --. ......uaimvuuiiii,
.lied, have been grained to the u.i.lersiened
Therefore all person imlel.ied to said estate will
discharge Ihe same, and those hating demands
.u i.-.-em iiirm ior settlement. All person
inJebtcd to the e.tute on vendue notes are re
quested to call for settlement.
l'ETEH OBERDORF, ) ,
GEO. OBERDORF, $ Ex
Upper Auirusta twsp., Nov. 19, 1853 6t.
Estate of CHRISTOPHER WOODS, dee'd.
Mie oj me jsorougn of JSortUumberlaiul.
LETTERS of Administration on the above
named estate having been granted to me,
debtors and creditors of the same are requested
to call at my oHice iu Northumberland, to settle
or make known their claims.
DAVID TAGGART.
Iorth'd, Nov. 19, 1853 Gt.
PUBLICS ALE!
On SATURDAY, th 3d of DECEMBER, next
at tho public house of the subscriber, in Shamo
kin township, Northumberland county, th
following property, to wit .
A VALUABLE FARM,
situate in said township and county, adjoining
lands of Leonard Kotharmel, Hugh Teats and
others, containing about 42 acres, more or less.
'I'h improvement consist of a two story frame
TAVERN STAND,
frame karn, outbuildings, and also a
tenant house. There are two pumps of never
failing water at the taveru stand. There tra on
th premises, two spple orchards, on of thse
thriving and young.
'I he tavern stand is situated in Snufltown,
with 8 acres of laud attached thereto, the resi
due, 3'J or 40 acres, are almost adjoining the
tavern stand.
The sl.ovo property will be old together or
seprrute, to suit purchasers.
Term made known on day of sale by
MICHAEL BOBB.
SnuliUiwn, Nov. IS, 1853. Jt.
AUDITORS' NOTICE "
NOTICE is hereby giveu that the andersinrd
Auditor appointed by the Orpliins' Court
of Northumberland county, in the matter of the
exception to the account of Geo. C. YVslkar,
Administrator of Jacob Ureiner, dee'd., will meat
at hi orlic on Saturday, 111 3d dav of December
1853, when all intaresUd mav attend if ik.v
deem improper.
M. L. SHINDEL.AueVo;
Sunbury, No. 19, 1853-. St.