CALIFORNIA NEWS.
' IMIML OF THE JiORTftERN LIGIIT.
LATER FROM CAi.ironi.IA.
Th exports of B"'J from San Ffanci,c0!
during Ilia pan! year, amomiled to nearly
nixty-eight millions of dollar, nshonby
iho 'manifests cleared ill the Custom House ;
which, however, does not include llio ..mounts
tarried away by r-a..eiig. ia. The ,0,hI m'
porta of gold cince llio discovery of it in
Culifomia, is atimated at $100,000,000.
During 1853, 35,000 pa..cni;cr nrrived, and
30,000 left the poll of Pan Finnrisco.
Properly amounting lo S 1.500,000 was
aold at Snn Frnuei.co on llio !6:h lilt., nt a
comidemblo advance over it estimate.,
value.
Thrco daily papers are nhnut to appear at
Stockton. Ida Biewer, tho tmmieirs of
Mary Lee, has been acequitted at Sacramen
to, aaaiiist clear evidence. The pnprrs weie
passing round the names of the. Jurymen.
Farmers are sowing great quantities of
wheal in Culifomia. The season is unusual
ly favorable and early.
The Indians at Tejoii Reserve, under the
Superintendent Boale, are greatly pleased
with their location. They are sow ing fields
of Rf.in.
A singular mortality is rasing in California
amongst the beasts and birds.
The suiveyina paily sent by the Railroad
Convention lo examine the Siena Nevada, at
Ihe head of the Stanislaus, have reported ihi-
discovery of a piaetieable pass. All of the
various Pacific; Uailioad parlies have uirived
at California, and tho Engineers speak very
favorably of the Southern route, and the pub
lic generally favoi that route. Lieut, l'atke
had started overland, by the Gila route, for
Washington.
TUB ntSSIAN MIMSTE-t.
The health of Mr. Alexander nliopico,
who for fifteen years has represented the Em-
poror of Russia at Washington, is so critical,
that there has been a promalnre announce-
menl of his death.
Tho I nbune says he
must be about seventy years of age, was a
Wallachian noble by birth, and first entered
tho public service in Russia about fifty years j
ago, without rortnne, but endowed with some j
knowledge of tho French language and a j
clean handwriting. He began in tho bureaux
ef the Minister of Foreign Affairs at St. Fe
tersburgh, in the lowest or 12ili class of the
tsehin, or official hierarchy, which embraces
all branches of the public servicp, and at
tained Ihe third class, as a Privy Councillor,
or in military valuation as a Lieutenant Gen
eral. During his long diplomatic career he nev
er affixed his name to any act or treaty con
cluded by him, r.or was he ever employed
by the government on any occasion of spe
cial importance. Ho owed his good fortune
- principally to having been atlached in the
quality ef Secretary to Count Suchtelen, who,
after tho secret interview at Abo in 1812,
between tho Emperor Alexander and Borna
ilotte, Ihe elected hereditary Piiuco of Swe
den, resided in the quality of an Imperial
Commissioner at the headquarters of tho
Princo during llio campaign of 1312-13'
With Count Suchtelen Mr. Bodisco went lo
Paris and thence lo Vienna during the famous
Congress which settled the affairs of the Con
tinent. The Count was appointed tfo Rn..
sian Envoy at the Court of Stockholm, and
Mr. Bodisco first Secretary of legation"
Count Suchtelen enjoyed great favor with Ihe
Emperor Alexander and Nicholas, and on
his dealfi-bed somo 18 years ago, icccom
mended .his Secretary to Ihe Sovereign.
After tha decease of his generous bene
factor, Mr. Bodisco was for somo lime Charge
tl'Aflaires at Stockholm, whence he was sent
in tho capacity of Mimstei to Washington.
A few years after his arrival here, ho mar
ried Miss Williams, of Georgetown, a young
American Lady of remarkable beauty. By
her he has seven small children, bei ido thrco
grown up nephews, and a niece of whom he
always took paternal care.
Mr. Bodisco is distinguished by remarka
ble financial abilities. Through the liberali
ty of his former patron, and Ihe Russian Gov
ernment, he accumulated a considerable cap
itol during his long service in Europe, which,
joined to an intelligent economy on his large
alary here more than twenty thousand dol
lars yearly enabled him in this country lo
car ry on speculations on a large scale in land
mud stocks, and especially in the loans for the
Mexican war. His property must exceed
half a million of dollars. He has since died.
From Santa Fe Kit Carson, Fletcher
and others just arrived at Santa Fe from Cal
ifornia, having left Los Angelos on the 25ih
of October. They had' fine weather on
their route.
Tho Utah Indians have bbfn committing
many thefts among the settlements
A Mis. Jane Wilson, has been lakoj from
the Camanches, who had her in captivity.
She was captured by them while on her w ay
to California from Texas. Her husband and
others were killed, Her sufferings are de.
seribed as being very great, and of the mott
revolting character. She reports that the In
dians have another white woman in captivity,
Ti'ssel on the Pennsylvania P.Aii no:
A letter from Mr. llup, Superintended
of tho Pennsylvania Road, io a gentleman of
Tillsburgh, states that tiro can wero lo pas,
thrcujh the lunnul on Ihcr mountain section
on Wednesday last, nod that tho patTger
cara will coinmietice running on the first
Monday in February. The travelling pub
lic will rejoice to. Wain Jhal they are soon to
get fid ot the inclined pUnei on the Portage
Road. On and alter the first Monday of next
month) passengers will be all. lo-go through
from Philadelphia lo Pittsburgh, in Jrom
twelve to fourteen hours.
Miss Lt-cv SreNii'i Opinion or F.Aki.v
Marriage.- Mi Stone, at her lecture in
Pittsburgh, was particularly eevera on min
es of fifteen, who think they are not to young
to marry. Coy husbands were treated with
soveretgu eoniempt. She would not have
marriages contracted by males under thirty
ur females under twenty-five years of age.
She Riswdained her positions with apl illus
,'dii'j;.. w im''h sound sense ar-uonciil.
irs&rEIIASNA RAILROAD.
We are gratified lo learn that the co'ntrae.
tors on this gieal improvement are pressing
forward tho woilc "with unusual energy.
They have now about twenty-five hundred
hands employed on the line, and will doubt
le.a have a largo portion of il graded, ready
for 111 rails, early the ensuing summer.
When completed, il is conceded by nil that
this will bo- one of the most important and
profiiablu thoroughfares in Ihe Union, eon
necting as il does vtilh the shortest possiblo
route, the railroad nf New Voik, leading to
ihe great Lakes of the North, w ith those of
Pennsylvania an. I Matyland, lending to Phila
delphia and Baltitmne. The average grade,
wo are informed, between Hriduport (oppo-
nile lliini.lmjo) and Snnlmry, is under two
feel per mile, nt no point docs il exceed five
feet per mile, and thirty-five miles of tho
distance are a dead level iho grade in every
instance inclining in one direction, and thai
Inwrtnl the sea-board. The local trade alone
on the lino of the road, inteiaeciing as it does
the Pennsylvania railjo.nl and tho Dauphin
and Susquehanna railroad, at Dauphin ; the
Lj kens Valley railroad, at Millcrsburg ; tho
Trevorton railroad, ul Mahanoy; ar.d the
Shiimtikiri railroad, nt Sunbury, would abun
dai.lly justify its construction ; but, impor
tant as thai trade is, it is comparatively in
significant w hen contrasted with the through
trade ami travel which will unquestionably
pass over it, fiorn Neilh lo South, and rice
versa between the seaboaid ami tho Lakes
For Ihe local as well us the through trade
referred to, the Susquehanna railioad is with
out a competitor. No other line can be
found, effecting the same connections, at all
comparable lo it in either grades, cnrvalnrei
or distance. Harris-burs Democratic Union.
I A Tn IIINU
L.tlDtST OF
AFFIXTION.
MOTHERLY
Mary, Countess of Oikney, was deaf and
dumb, and married in 1753, by siins. Shu
lived with her husband, Murrongh, first
mrqui 0f Thomond, who was also her first
cousin, nl his seat, Rostcllan. on the haibor
0f Cork.
Shortly after the birth of her fust
child, the nurse, w ith considerable astonish
ment, saw tho mother cautiously approach
,i10 craiu jn whic(, ,lc inranl .as sleeping.
evidently full of some deep design. She
having perfectly assured herself that the
child really slept, took out a largo stone
which she had concealed nrnfer her Fhawl
and to the horror of tho nurse who like all
persons of the lowest order in her country
indeed in most countries, was fully impressed
with the idea of the peculiar cunning and
malignity of "dumbies" seized il with an
intent lo fling it down vehemently. Before
tho nurse could interpose, the countess had
flung the stone not, however, as Ilia servent
had apprehended, at the child, but on the
floor; of course il made a great noise. The
child immediately awoke and cried. The
countess, who had looked with maternal ea
gcrness to the result of her experiment, fell
on her knees in a Iransport of joy. She had
discovered that her child possessed a senso
that was wanting in herself. .Iiiccdotes of
the Aristocracy.
PtWSYLVAMA LI CilSI.AH RE.
H Annisnunc, Jan. 21, 1851.
Sknatk The Senate met a! 10 o'clock,
A.M.
Mr. Hamlin, of McKean, presented a pet i.
lion from Lumbermen of Potter county, for
tho appointment of an Inspector of Lumber
by tho Governor.
Mr. Quiggle, one from the Commisiioners
of Clinton county, for a clianyn of the Reve
nue Laws, to exempt excess of valuations
from taxation.
The Contested Scat of Mr. FouttroJ.Nr.
Piieo from tho Select Committee on the sub
ject, repotted in tho rase of the contested
election of Levi Foulkrod by J. W.Stokes.
The report briefly states that the petition of
Mr. Stokes was l:ol sustained, and thai Mr.
Foulkrod was entitled lo his scat.
Mr. Barnes read a hill in place, relative to
tho sale of t ho estates of decedents.
Mr. MeClinlock, a further supplement In
the act to reform the penal laws of llio Com
monwealth. St'NBi'RY and Erie Rah. Roap. The Hon.
James Cooper, U. S. Senator from this State,
has offered a bill, whirh was referred lo Ihe
Committee on Public Lands, authorizing a
grant of 2,286,000 acres af Land by the gov
ernment, to ait) in the construction of
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and to estab
lish and endorse a Normal School for Ihe
gratuitous education of Teachers in this
State.
The ReroRT of the Fhanki.in Institute
Exhibition, for 1853, has just been publish
ed. The Irisitnle awarded, during the last
year,p one hundred and fifteen silver and
thieegold medals as premiums for mechani
cal improvement. There were also awar
ded thiity-seven second ami thirty-one third
premium. This shows a greater degree ol
liberality than Ihe managers of the Crystal
Pal.ice Exhibition in New ork, w ho awarded
but one hundred and seventeen silver medal
anion" all Ihe nuuieious depositors in that
exhibition.
(Fmio llir r'air Fmuriic.T JIoraM, Dec 2:1, 1501
AMHITIICR KXtElMTlOW.
Wo can slate, on positive knowledge, that
a vessel was engaged iu this city, a few days
since, by the Filibusteis ; but owing to a mis.
understanding on tho part of some of lhem:
lire vessel w as nol chartered.
The number who contemplated going in
this vessel was quite large, and is believed
by those who knois-, lhal lliey have nol re-
Imquiaeed the idea .
Many of them pretended lo be in posses
sion of information that all is going on well
in the Republic of Lower California, and thai
the reports lo the conliary are manufactured
lo defer these adventurous one Utii going.
lie expeditionists say that auch report,
"won't go down."
It is lo be feared that our cotemporaries
f New York and Ohio lack galUnlry, in
terming tit ladies of Erie, "Amazons." Be
courteous at least, gentlemen.
Connecticut new hat 669 miles of com
pleted railroad, mil ing in the aggregate
more than 3t.V r 000.
SUNBUKY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOUIINAL.
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THE AlIEP.ICAIT.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, JAKl'ARY 18BI.
II. I. MASS .'.It, r.lllnr nnit Proprietor.
To Advkrthkk.- Tlie circulation of Ilia Biniliiiry
American mn.mg Hie iliflY . cut towns on lite Sitrqueltumia
not exceeded irentmlled try any paper published in North
em renniylraiiin.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Biifllnfftft Kollvrs.
TlIK HlllTISII Qt-ARTF.ntlKS lV Hl.AfKWOOn,
Wo call the attention of our readers lo the
prospeNiis of the publishers of theno periodicals.
Those wanting interesting and truly instructive
reading matter, we know of nothing belter to re
commend than ISlackwooJ (monthly) and the
British Quarterlies. The American reprints are
published by Scott If Co., New York, at the
cheap rate of $3 a year for Blackwood or any of
the four Reviews. (London Quarterly. Kdin-
burg, Westminster JV North British.) or 33 for
both; or ?10 for all five publications. These
works enjoy a world-wide celebrity. Subscrip
tions received at this office.
Tun Pi:nei.ts' Jni. hnai.. Alfred E. Beach,
New York ; SO cents a volume, orijil a year, for
12 numbers, comprising 400 pages, illustrated
with about .100 engravings. The February num
ber of this monthly ia now out, inaUina the 4lh
of tiro 1st volume.
Tub Wirio Aima.ic. We have received
from Messrs. Greeley $ McEliath, the publishers,
a copy of the Whig; Almanac lor 1851, contain
ing besides a complete Almanac, numerous poli
tical essays, iSlatc papers, election tables, statistics,
Ac., Il is an interesting and valuable work.
Price, 12J cents.
JoniMAt or Tirr. Fiiaxklis Iststiti tc. We
have received the January number of this popu
lar scientific Journal. It is ably conducted and j j
lis coiiinnuiiorrs arc Hum tlie most scicntrllc men
in our country.
IlAarr.ns' Magazine run Jnunr. The
readers ot this periodical will be Kind to learn,
that tb. Messrs. Harper.', notwithstanding the j
disastrous firs, which destroyed every thing for !
them, have already resumed its publication. The I
present number does not contain the usual ele
gant illustrations, as they could not be executed
and printcJ in time, but they will be continued
in the numbers hareaftcr published.
GonEr'. Laui's Hook, fur February, comes to
us with 100 pages will filled with beautiful en
gravings and interesting and instructive matter.
Our Lady friends can do no better than invest
the small sum of $3 by subscribing for (his
monthly. It ccn'ains much useful nnd practical
infoi inatiou.
Jacob Cable advertises for Bile, in to-days pa
per, a house and lot iu this place.
We call the attention of our readers to tho
advertieent in another column of G. L. Miller &
Co., of Philadelphia, dealers in Window Shades,
&c.
Sec llic advcrliiicnrerit in another column, of I
Win. F. Tolls, of Philadelphia, dealer in Iron 6c !
fjteel, Ac. j
The odvertisri merit of Crittenden's Commer
cial fustituc of Philadelphia will be found in an
other column.
tt5" Lanh Warcants. Persons having
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose ol
them for cash, by applying at this office.
r7- The Weather. The thaw and
rains ol last week have been succeeded by
severe cold weather. Saturday, Sunday
and Monday niglils last were exceedingly
cold.
03- We have procured a new Job press,
and a large variety of fancy type, which
will enable us to execute cards, bills, cir
culars, and all kinds ol fancy printing, in a
superior style, and on the shortest notice.
O" We neglected last week to mention
that our neighbor of the Gazette, had asso
ciated with him, his brother John Young
man, Esq., in the editorial department of
that paper.
The Junior, besides being a practical
printer, has had some years experience,
though nol ostensibly so, as assistant editor
of that paper. We congratulate him on
his promotion to this post of honor, and
trust that profits may follow.
Cv" The amount of tolls collected at
Northumberland, for Ihe year 1S53, is, on
iron ?19,CS2G0; on coal $2,129 4o ; on
flour and grain $G,092; on lumber
$8,639 02; total $15,172 U. At Beach
Haven the tolls on coal are $181,807 06
totaU191, 01776.
(E7 The Sl'nbv by and Euig Svnscnip
Tio.N. It is said the first million of dollars,
independent of the subscriptions made, as
required by the ordinance of Ihe City
Councils, will be made by the corporations
of the County, at an early day. We have
always expected this, as the enterptise is
oneoforeat popularity in all the business
districts. It 'u said that some private indi
viduals were ready to subscribe several
hundred thousand dollar.. Under the new
organisation the work cannot fail.
fKrThe County Auditors have been
busy for several weeks past, in auditing and
adjusting the county financial (flairs a
troublesome and complex business, requl
ring a good deal of patience and labr.
Wm. Shannon editor ef the Monro
(La.) Ittgitter, formerly of this place, has
t associated with him Mr. Jansei Kinney,
. -e... . TM. -ne- . . -
THE NEVrs) PROM Kt'BOPR.
It will be seen by Ihe news from Europe,
published in another column, that t general
war, in Europe, ii almost inevitable.
The Emperor of Russia is unquestionably,
preparing for struggle with the powers
allied against him in the defence oi Turkey.
Austria is evidently favoring Russia, but
always treacherous, she is either afraid or
unwilling to show her true colon. Louis
Napoleon il determined however, to make
her show her hand. The popular feeling
in England is also in opposition to Russia,
but Prince Albert is suspected of interfering
in Ihe Councils of the'governments in favor
of Russia, a matter, in which he has, pro
bably, less right, than the meanest subject
of the realm. The English and French
fleets will no doubt enter the Black Sea, if
necessary, and force the Russian Admiral
back to Sevastopol, his former position.
The Italians, Hungarians and Poles are
only waiting a favorable opportunity to
rise and crush (hose tyrannical oppressors,
The effect ol this news is another advance
in flour and breadstuff.
KF" The Irish laborers on the Susque
lianna rail road at Mr. Gundy's farm, three
miles below Lewisburg, having butied one
ol their number at Milton, had, according
lo the Chronicle, a wake after the burial
which woke up the whole neighborhood,
and the Lewisburg military were called
into requisition. The Chronicle gives an
amusing account of the military expedition
under the head ol the "Battle of Gundy's
Lane." Four persons were secured and
lodged in Ihe Union County Jail for rioting
and disturbing the peace.
E7 Presidknt of the Sunhit.y and
! Emu Railiioau. We announce with plea
sure the election ol the Hon. James Cooper,
now one of the United States Senators from
Pennsylvania, as President of the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad.
Mr. Cooper is a gentleman ol superior
s and high standing, but we regret to
earn from the Ledger, that his election is
not satisfactory to the Councils, and that
the city subscription of two millions will
probably be withheld if he should accept.
II- ' 1 , . I L
1u' "V" However, is noi uie man io
s,alld for a moment in the Way ol a great
enterprise.
rrtAMCLIS HAIL IU) VI).
The legislature will probably leave the
gauge law as il is, the members of Erie
being satisfied with the repeal ol the Frank
lin Canal Railroad, which will accomplish
what they have been contending for more
eflectually than the gouge law. A com
pany of individuals, consisting of G. M.
Lauman, Wm. T. Morrison, W. F. Packer,
J. V. Geary, J. O. Rockefeller and others,
propose to give the slate a bonus of f 2 50,-
000 for a charter authoris:ng them to con
struct a road, in place of this Franklin road,
which has been built by New Yorkers and
! others in violation of, or Without authority
ol law.
CtT" The prosecutions, in Union county,
against Messrs. Gundy, Eyer and Gutelius,
lor the bribery ol George Heimbach, one
of Ihe Commissioners of the County, is said
to re.l wholly on the testimony of Mr,
ileiiiibach himself. The whole thing is,
unquestionably, one of those political
farces, so prolific in Union County and
other places, for sinister purposes. It
would be strange, indeed, if some of the
most respectable citizens of Union County
should be convicted on the testimony of a
man, who acknowledges he agreed to ac
cept a bribe.
Akotiikii Donation of Coal. Messrs.
Cochran &. Peale, of Shamokiri, Pa., through
1 ne twessrs Baurnganluer, 01 mis cny, have
placed in the hands of Ihe Dorcas Society, a
cargo of Coal (60 Ion.) to be by them dis
tributed among the indigent and deserving
poor of this city. Lancaster Intelligencer.
C-7 While recording these liberal acts,
it is but justice to say, that Mr. Reuben
Fag.ly of this place has, for some years
past, supplied a number of destitute widow5
with their winters supply of coal.
OCT" Eiue Taoi'BLES. The United States
Marshall having arrested some of the citi
zens ol Erie for tearing up the new track ol
the rail road, the ladies or women of Erie
have taken the matter into hand. A large
meeting was recently held at Erie by the
ladies lor the purpose of addressing a letter
to Mrs. Magill, wife of the Sheriff in Pitts
burg, where several ol the citizens ol Erie
are confined, (or her kindness and attention
to their wants. Mrs. Alfred King, wife of
the Mayor presided. The following reso
lutions were passed among others:
Resolved, That we the ladies of Erie and
Haibor deck, eel a deep interest 111 Ihe af
fairs of our City and County: lhat we bind
ourselves lo sustain our husbands, brothers
and friends, 111 carrying out Ihe great princi
pie tor which lliey are contending, viz : our
municipal lights against Ihe invasion of Ihe
railroad men ; lhat we will never yield to
ihe insults heaped upon us ana upon our
city and county by Railroad Directors, and
by Hiose in thoir employ.
Resblved. Thai we heartily bind ourselves
lo purchase no article of merchandize from
any merchant who advocate "the four feet
leu null track."
Dedicated. The new Presbyterian
Church, erected on the site of the old Chil
isquaque Church, was dedicated with ap-
priate ceremonies, on Thursday the 5lo
instant.
rr-7-P0TTsviLi.fi Mining RecisTEn G
L. Vliet. Esq., has become the sole editor
and proprietor of this paper.- Friend Vliet
has the tact and ability to make the i.rgi'-
ler, what it is already, an. excellent Jc 'tail
THE MUPfieMR COURT.
The removal of the Supreme Court, or
rather the consolidation of all the districts
into one, to be located at Har.isburg, is
now under consideration in the Legislature
on the petition of the Judges themselves.
It is raid to be more convenient fer the
Judges, and it is" also said the lawyers
would prefer it. This may all be, and if
no one else was interested, Ihf re could be
no objection. The people, the suiters
those who have to pay the piper, seem to
be wholly forgotten. The time was when
it was deemed important that "justice should
be brought home to every man's door."
Now il is thought best to remove it as far
as possible. - It will at least have the effect
of choking oft the poor and needy. The
rich then only can have access to the
highest legal tribunal, and the lawyers
would be enabled to pluck their rich clients
more eflectually.
By all means accommodate the Judges
and lawyers. What business have poor
people with justice. The decrease of busi
ness will not lessen the salaries of the
Judges, and the Jawyers will make their
clients pay expenses ol travelling by in
creased fees.
The Slato Agricultural Pocielv of New
York, have extended an invitation lo David
Taggarl, Esq., of Northumbeiland, to deliver
an address in fefruarv next, nt AlDanv, on
the subject of rearing poultry We congrat
ulate Mr. Tagsart for the honor conferred
upon him by a sister Slate, fur w e believe it
will be the first adiliess ever delivered in the
United Slates upon thai subjert. VV know
of no gentleman better qualified for the task.
Jililton Vcm.
d7" Ve ariree wilh (he editor of the
Democrat, and doubt whether any gentle'
man better qualified for the task, practically
or theoretically, can be found. Mr. Tagart
possesses a pleasing address and a lively
imagination, and as he is well posted up
on this subject, the address cannot fail be.
ing an interesting ene. We confess, how
ever, that we have not much fancy for
these Shanghai birds, an awkward, gawky,
gangling, ungainly and uncouth looking
race of bipeds either dressed or undressed.
We do not think lliey were ever intended
for an editors palate, at least we think a
pheasant, partridge, or even a plump game
chicken would be more congenial to our
taste and feelings. In thi?, perhaps, our
neighbor, the Junior ol the Gazette, will
not concur, as he almost went into ecsla
cies, a short time since, at a feast, where a
young Shanghai rooster, lying on his back
stuffed, and his long legs skewered down,
as set before him.
$y The Rev. John J. Reimensnyder,
Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Milton,
has resigned his charge on account ol his
health, and designs removing to the country
for its res'oralion.
Q7 The Philadelphia Yor!h American
comes to us shrouded in mourning for the
death ol Dr. Bird, one ol the editors of that
paper. Dr. Bird was an able writer, and
a gentleman of high literary attainments.
He was the author of several popular
novels, viz : Calavar, the Haw ks ol Hawk
Hollow, S'c, and also ol throe tragedies,
among them the Glauiatur.
0fA correspondent of the Philadel
phia Ledger, who wriles from Danville,
over Ihe signature of Susquehanna, is not
exactly satisfied with either the Philadel
phia and Sunbury r the Cattawissa route,
and would, perhaps, like something between
the two. He thinks "doubts will at once
arise whether Philadelphia city will be as
much benefitted by the present location, as
is expected." He describes the routes as
follows, which we copy more lor the pur
pose of correcting errors, than any infor
mation it contains.
From Milton lo Danville, the Catawis
Road, ihe distance is 15 miles; from Danville
to Calawissa it is 1 0 i miles, and the route
over a hill 134 feet high. If this road from
Calawissa lo Danville, instead of being loca
ted to run over this hill, had been laid along
the Susquehanna River, the grade would have
been but two feet 10 Ihe nrile, nnd ihe dis
tance but 9 miles instead of 10., saving H
miles of road.
From Caiawisa tho road goes lo Tamaqua,
thence lo Port Clinton, 011 the Reading Rail
road, making Ihe distance 85 i miles, by this
route, from Milton to Port Clinton. Fiom
Milton to Sunbury the dislanco is U miles,
and from S.mbury to Shamokin 20 miles, ami
from Shamokin lo Port Clinton 36 miles, ma
king in all, by this route, 70 miles fiom Mil
ton lo Port Clinton. Taking, however, the
lonte from Milion, over Ihe Danville Piail
road, lo Head's, and thence to Shamokin,
the distance is 30 miles, njul thence to Port
Clinton 36, Making in all, over tho Danville
route, adislanee of only 06 miles, Ihincxhib
iting a more direct route, by way of Danville
to Poiuville, of four miles, han by way of
Sunbury, ami a saving of 1 9 i miles over tho
route by way of Calawisa.
Now 10 effect this latter and tho mosl
favorable route, there is- bul nine miles of
railroad lo be made to connect the Shamo
kin ltoad with tho Calawis.a Road at Dan
ville, leading to Milion. Theie will be
fourteen miles of road necssary 10 be made
lo conned Milion wilh Ihe Shamokin Road,
bv wav of Sunburv. This again exhibits
a decided advantage in favor of Danville
over the Sunburv route, of five miles
less road. There is another great advantage
the former possessei in bringing: at Dan
ville the biidge w ill be only 1400 feel, while
at Sunbury it will bo neccessary to burl
on. a mile long.
Now the distance from Milton lo Cat
tawissa by the present located route is we
understand, greater" than this writer makes
it. Then again, from Milton to Danville
it 15 miles, from Danville lo Reed's 9
miles, and from Reed's to Shamokin 8 miles
in all 32 miles, instead of 30. From Mil!
ton to Sunbury, over the Erie road, the
distance is but little over 13 miles;' from
Sunbury to Shamokin 19, id all 32 miles,
difference nothing. The grade from Milion
to Sunbury art two feet to the mile ; from
Danville to Reed's, they are, il we recollect,
as high as 60 feet, wilh a tunnel at that.
The cost ol these nine miles will be great
er than the 13 from Sunbury to Milton.
But this is not all. A locomotive ol a
given power, on the Sunbury road, will
haul one hundred cars, at readily as the
same would haul forty on the Danville
branch. We have no objection to the
construction of the proposed Danville road,
but we do object to these mistatemenlg of
facts. The bridge will not be half of a mile.
The fact is, this talking about the Catta
wissa, or any other route over the moun
tains, competing with the Susquehnna
route, is all gammon. The grades from
Milton to Sunbury are but twa feet to the
mile; and from Sunbury, by the Susque
hanna road to Harnsburg, they are the
same, while the grades over the Cattawissa
route, vary from 33 to upwards of 60 leet
to the mile, yet the distance of the latter
is but a mile or two less.
A FATAL STAG F. ACTIOEST.
We regret to say that Mr. G. Maginnes,
a respectable farmer of Montour countyj
lost his life by the running away ef the
horses iu the Williainsport and Northum
berland stage coach, going north, on
Wednesday morning last. The coach had
stopped at Fulper's Tavern, about five
miles above Northumberland, and while
the drivefwas in the house, the horses ran
away.
Mr. Maginnes jumped out and fell on
his head. His skull was severely fractu
red. Dr. Dougal of Milton, and other
physicians were called in, but without
avail, the injured man died at 4 o'clock,
P. M. on the same day. There were
three other passengers in the coach, among
them, James Armstrong, Esq., ol Williams
port, who was considerably bruised; but was
able to return home the next day. The
other passengers were not injuied.
KJ" We copy from the Globe the fol
lowing remarks on the death of Hon. Hen
ry A. Muhlenburg, delivered in Congress
by Colonel C. M. Straub, the member from
this di6trict. They will be read with in
terest by the constituents of Col. Straub.
We regret lhat want of room prevenls us
giving them entire :
Mr. Stra.d said :
Mr. Speaker : Il is but one brief hour since
I heard of the demise of the lion. Hk.nky A.
MiTiii.RNBBiiC, ami not being accustomed lo
publi .per.ki;ig vi ch less to deliver a be
coming 01.I iy. it illy suits me to undertake
so grave and important a ta.k ; and more par
ticularly 1-0 in Ihe present case, as thai duly
has been so ably and eloquently performed
by the gentlemen who have preceded mo : but
as Mr. Ml'iilf.ndeko was my neighbor and
social friend, (having lived in -an adjoining
county.) f will add a few words more 011 this
solemn and heart-rendering occasion.
Tho deceased, whose h-ss we now deplore,
was bom in Berks comity, Pennsylvania, and
was descended of an illustrious ancestry.
Gen. Muhlenberg, the granJIather of ihe man
whose death we now mourn, w as intimate
ly connected with Ihe early history in the
Republic, lie was an associate of Washing
ton and La Fayette. Piominnent among the
band of patriots who gained our national in
dependence, his deeds will shine brighter
ami brighter as the nation progresses. He
enlisted first as a clergymon in the service
of Ihe Redeemer; but no sooner was the cry
of war sounded than, ili-niissing 1 tie flock
over w hich he presided, ho joined the ser
vice of his country and battled in the cause
ot trecdom. Clergyman, soldier, and Mates
man ; after the war with Great Britain was
ended, ho teceived the honor of his country
men. His deeds were worthy n Cincinnatiis.
He was elected a member of the House of
Representatives of Ihe United States, over
which body he was subsequently called to
preside. Such was the grandfather of tho
deceased.
Henry A. Muhlenburg, the father of our la
mented fiiend, was not inferor to his sire in
tho cause of patriotism. A minister of the
gospel, he was subsequently called by Ihe
people of his district to the Congress of the
United Stales, where by his toweling ability,
suavity ef manners, and gentlemanly depart
ment, he became a universal lavonte. lien
eral Jackson, appreciated as he did the no
ble elevation of his character, wilhout solici
tation upon his part, appointed him minister
lo the Courl ol icnna, where, as a diploma
tist, he ably represented a country which
had thus honored him with their confidence
After his return, at the request of a large ma
jority of the people of his nalive Slate, he be
came a candidate for the Gubernatorial chair ;
but lie I ore the election look place, he was
summoned by the hand of death lo the scenes
of another world ouch is the history ol the
forefathers of ihe deceased
Mr. Speaker, the record of ihe tomb is fast,
very fast, filling up. In the providence of an
all w ise God, a proportion of victims more
than usual have been snatched fiam Ihe
councils of the nation by iho hand of ihe
dread destroyer. Should not ibe rapid recur
rence of these mclancholly circumstances
cause us to pause and leflect whether there
is not something pniteulious in these myste
rious providences of a wonder-worki.ig God,
w ho holds ihe destinies ef the nation in the
palm of his hand :
Theso reflections have been suggested bv
the announcement, one after another, in quick
iuccession, within the last few months, of
Ihe ilea 1 Ii ol our great men. . irst in Ihe list
was our beloved and much-lamented Vice
President of the United States, the William
II. King, hollowing 111 quick succession
were Mr. Atherton i.t New Hampshire, lale
a senator 01 me u. Mates ; Bud Mr. Camp
bell, of Tennessee, lute a member of this
House, and now Henry A. Muhlenberg, of
Pennsy vania.
Mr Speaker, is there nothing portentous
in this train of events 1 Does not the ileal li
of ihess great and good men, filling as they
did some of ihe most exalted positions in the
nation, portend something more lhan if they
had been snatched from more humble posi
limit in life 1 Believing, however, as we do,
lhat ihe hand ol uod was at work in Iho es
tablishmeat' of this great Republic, may we
not continue lo look lo him as our helmsman,
to guide the snip of Mate to thai exalted des
tiny which a wise Providence has designed
lor us
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of
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street, Sunburv, now occupied by Messrs Buyers.
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By order.
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January 8, IS....
SHERIFF SALE.
Virtue of cert . in writs of Yen. Hi-v. to me
JlJi
directed will be suld bv public Vendue, or
outcry at the pubiic house of J. II . Eckhcrt, in
tlie borough of Milton, on Monday, the 20th day
of Kebruary, 18.54, at 10 o'clock, A. M., the fol
lowing real estate, to wit :
A Certain Lot or piece of Land,
situate in Delaware township, Northumberland
county, bounded north by lands of (Ml, east by
lands of Parah Kied. couth and west by lands of
Susanna Kied, all of which is cleared, ceutaiiiing
10 acres more or less.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as
the property of Jacob Weicke.
11. MAM U. KIIT, Sbcnn.
Sherifi's Olliio
.Sunburv. Jan. 28, 1851.-
AUDIT0ES1 NOTICE.
JV'OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
' Auditor, appointed by the Orphans Court
of Northumberland county, to make distribution
ot lire assets in the hands of Thomas Snyder and
Adam Snyder, lx editors of tire last will aii.l
testament of John Snyder, sen., dee'd., to and
among the devises of said deceased, will attend
to the duties of his appointment, on Saturday,
the lllh day of February, 1854, at 10 o'clock.
A- M. of said day, at bis office in Sunbury, when
all interested may attend if tliey think proicr.
M.I,. SHINDEL, Auditor.
Sunburv. Jan. 5., 1854. 3U
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