SUNBUltY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Frrni Ibe Put .lie Ledger. ,
TIICSXIKBUnY AND IK1K nAILROAD,
A. lar-ra nnd influential meoling of citixenp
wasjield yesterday hfternoon, in the Hoard
of Trade Room at the Kxchaucci. l !
of Iho Mon. Jarm Cooper, thu President of
the Sutibury ami trie Uailroad Company.
On mourn, of JaMnh Iti-mlaU, Towi.send
Sharpless was scleoied lo pre.idr, "d A";
drew v'Joli,rhoeSeeietnry. '''
The call of Iha meetinp having been read,
Mr. CorTper said lhal Iho Sunbury ami I"""
ltailron.1 was intended lo form tininlem.pl
ed link between Ilia water of Lake Eiienml
Iha Allaniio neenn-a link lo cure lo Phil-,
adelphia a portion of the Hie trade hilherio
monopolised by New York. Many yearn ;
since, with a forecast that wax a cicdil lo
ihe intelligence of Ihe people of New Voik,
Ilia statesmen of thai limn ami uuifprnjected
line destined l cornier! I In city of New
Vork wilh the Like. I Will riininn ihen
prophrt'ii'd thai Iha country wet-! ami smilh
of l tie Lakes, was ono day destined In be one
of iha mosl prolific sections, In i'f produce
nnd population, or any in the Union Haily!
efforts were made lo (retire chuinrls in the
Lake, and since 1S24, Ihe Kiia Cimiil has
floated .1 sttcam Hint is yenily, hourly mid
daily incri'ai"2. This was not sufficient '
satisfy New Ymk, but Iwo road have since
been constructed ciiminiiiiicntina wilh New
Vurl; city, though not occupying; an favorable
a position as Philadelphia. Not only has
New Vnrk now threo channels In tlx? Lukes,
through which are final iny; the r xlianstli-F
product of that region, lint thosri Very roads
H0T7 connect with 3000 miles of railrnnd in
lull 'operation, draining the count iy west of
our own State, by roads crossing our own
territory, while Philadelphia receives luilhiuj!
of Ihe produce of the wcsl except the
amount, limi'od in crnnparison, that rem-lu s I
lier by way of the Central Road fiom Pitts
burg. Josiah Iisiiitlull, E-i i pr faced a resoln
tion by nppaliii in behalf of ilia road. He
was a Philadelphian, ami to her he owed his
first love, and first in his thoughts nnd inter
ests were hopes and desires for her prosperi
ty. When William Ponn ptnehasud ihe tract
of land now called Pennsylvania, he supposed
his lines extended back to the lake. In this
ho" was disappointed ; but Iho desired end
was attained by iha purchase, in 1792, by
Dr. Franklin, Gov. MilUin and othersof Ihe
triangular plot of grout d included in the
county of Erie, fiom the General Government
for $151,640. The harbor or Erio is superior
to any on the lake, and in Ihe spring is open
for six weeks, w hile . uflalo is jammed up
wilh ice. Boston, though 200 miles further
from the lakes than New York, have built
their road, and trains bound thither, two-firths
of a mile long, can now bo seen bearing
thither tha produce that is gradually swelling
the wealth of her citizens and adding to her
prosperity. The Sunbnry and Erie road,
from iha time it leaves Erie, is emphatically
a Philadelphia road, and cannot bo diverted
lo any other city. Ii also has the advantage
of carrying back to Erie the coal and iron
from the interior, in exohango for the pro
duce lo feed our citizens nnd freight our
ships to Europe. Twenty years since he
was one. of the party necompyning Dj Witt
Clinton in his reconnoissauce of Iho lake
country, and that statesman then declared
that Ihe trade with that section once opened
lo New York, that city would become Ihe
first city in America. Ha urged with much
energy the united effort necessary to effect
Ihe result so much desired, and ventured lo
predict that iha day would come when every
ono taking part in it would be pruud to boast
of it. He then offered the following resolu
tion :
Whereas, Having heard the statements
made in relation lo Ihe present wants of the
Sunbury and Eiie Railroad, in order to insure
lis early completion, and being fully satis
fied, tint if this great woik is lo bo prosecu
ted with an energy vommensuiate lo Ihe
interests involved, it is tho duly of the citi
zens of Philadelphia, to lend a helping hand
to those who are charged with its caiietruc
jion, therefore
ftttolved, That an Executive Committee
Ve appointed to cull on iha citizens and soli
cit subscriptions for carrying on Ihe road.
James Million, Esq., submitted a resolu
tion, rerpnsting Councils, at the next meeting
to make some expression of their opinion of
tin) present organization of the Suubury and
Erie U.iilroad Company.
Air, Miller opposed ihe passage of the reso
lution as being unnecessary. lie thought
Councils were tiouiid in good faith lo redeem
Iheir pledged subscription.
Mr. Cooper said ha had heard similar as
cations, nnd he had not the means of deci
ding upon their correctness, but ha would
say that if cunfidence is wanting in the Board
of Directors or its Piesi. lent, or if any man
can point to a single .act of his life giving
ground for iha slisjhcst suspicion, he would
not stand in tha way. Tha want of confi.
lence would ba an incubus presssing upon
tho direction, crippling the resources and ile-
ieatmg the results hoped for in this enter
prize. Ha had no guaranty to give except
hi life, having in iha course ol it dune the
Stale same service, or at least endeavored lo
do so ; and Uiough l.ing in public l, con
aidering his age, if there was the Mighlesi
imputation upon his integrity, he would be
the last lo retain his position, as it is one in
which tha fullest confulenco is necessary.
IU did not believa thai Coh.iim!. i.
nviw IIUD
Ada to htmself-ihera mny J8 h.divi.iual.
vuih that feelinvr-tha l,eM nill, pilrM haye
aJ enemirs, ,m lal la jM
ptc.ous cxntej in this community .l.ould cs-
nu io auou a siu a as lo stain the characta,
of an bones! man lit could nut believe. If
any man can p'.aca his hand upon a sii.M.-.
acl of my wbola Uiu warranting an impeach
ment of my nitegiity, 1 will retire.
Charles Gibbous, hnp-d that the reso.
lulion would ba wiihdiawii or at least refer
red lo tha exauuliva committee. Ha w.
aura it would ba productive of no good. Ha
aid ha could not conceive it possible, lhal
ny Councilman could ubjnel lo iha present
orgaoiznlion, and if there was, ha would
fj.nl iha finger of scorn pointing a! him, if he
(I ired to aspersa ihe character of iha Presi
,lunl. Mr. Giblintu referred lo the allusion made
by Mr. Cooper, to his course In the State
Senate, and .aid he was now flnaling peacea
. '.I. mof nublio opinion, though
1 ' l . . i i.:. l.i.inr oroscrr
when utlere.1, they ciiu-" r
bed by Ih.toininnnity .hat now agreed with
'"'aYr. Milligan withdraw his resolution for
,o pllrpo,e of reretringit lo the Exr-clive
Conmiilteo. Mr. Randall sug-esting, lhat
iho PiYsidenl ba desired lo place him on thai
Cmnnifuee. ) ? ' ' , i ' ' -J.
On motion of Villiam Armlonif, Esq., ihe
following mnli.m whs unanimously ndnpledi
Resolved, . Unit Ihis me. lin! baa iho mosl
entiia confideiu-e in Iha integtiiy of ihe pre
senl Piesidenl of the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road, and in his ability lo carry on Iha work.
AlIjllUriK'd.
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. , SUiXBURY.
ATUim VY, FKBRUAKY 4, 1S51.
II. n. M.t!tF.R, E.lllur nnA Proprlrlar.
C.irrrwKlnire of Hie I'lilitlr ledger.
LfcTTMl FROM VAlllTON.
Washington, Jiii 30, 1834.
i is now alinnsi rcrlniii that the Mexican
In ni) will not bo sent to I lie Senate; but
should it reach Iheie. it will, ymi mny rely
mi i', uwer ba latilied. It is a very singular
tiHiity. settling little or nothing, giving us n
trip nf valueless teriiliiry wilh onerous con-
ditiiuis attached theieto, saying nut a word
about the Slim aranl, mil Ihe Caray grnnli
bill icseiviitg live million for ceitaiu clai
mants, among w hum, I have good reason lo
suppose, me sonic of the inns! outrageous
claims tejected by the prfvinus commissinn,
w hich, as the world thinks, had a conscience
Millicieiitly liberal lo embrace everything
eijniiuble, or evetjthiug ihut could be made
lo ajiprai eipiiiable in its awards. It almost
lucks as if the live millions thus reserved for
ilainmiits by Santa Anna, were to be the
areas by hich the treaty was In be passed
here in Washington ; certain it is, that some
of tho ciuiiiiauls are already on the spot, de
tci mined thus eaily lo secure their share
Since tho arrival of Mr. Gadsden, his per.
sounl explanations have certainly not contii
buted lo gain iho treaty many friends.
Tliree-futmhs of all the Senators nro certain
ly against it, and determined to tote against
it at all hazards and lo the last extremity.
What is mostremnrkablo about tho whole
matter is ihe fact, denied though it may be,
that the Cabinet is not n unit on tho subject ;
that the person whose special business it is
to superintend treaties, viz., the Secretary of
State, never gave instructions in accordance
with the stipulations contained in that of Mr
Gadsden, and that he does not approve of
the treaty at all.
The letters brought by Ihe Pope's Nuncio,
do not accredit him lo this Government in
any Diplomatic capacity. They are jn the
nature of n special introduction, nothing more,
entitling lhat person lo civil treatment nnd la
safe conduct : but nothing more. Mr Bedini
has not yet left Washington.
The Sloo Ireaty has now been here for
some time without being acted upon, either
in Cabinet Council er otherwise. Everybody
held his brealh to hear from Mr. Gadsden.
1'urturiunt monies ct nusritur redictihis mm!
Meanwhile we lenm that large Fillibuster
expeditious ate filling out in California, and
lhat Lower California and Sonora will soon
bo entirely revolutionized. The President of
Lower California nnd Sonora will soon be en
tirely revolutionized. The President of Low.
California and his Excellency ihe Presidont
nf Sonora, will then send Ministers Pleuipo
tenliaries to Washington, to negotiate annex
at ion. We may also see an independent
company exploring Ihe Valley of Ihe Ama
znn, with Porter's rifles, Cull's revolvers.
So we go.' Observer.
To Advkstiskm.- .The circulation of the Snnhory
Ainerirnn srmrng tlie diflrmtt towns on I tic ftarqiirhsmin
i snot exceeded if equalled liysnjr paper poMisSml in North
erii t'eithiylviitiia.
IIHTOIVS TAIII.K.
TlnMnemi Notices.
Hot Conx: T.ivs fScr.s ts Nr.w Yon Xl
trsTnTf.n, I vol. 8vo., 408 pp. Hanusonicly
Illustrated. Trice $ I 55. Pc A ill & Daven
port, Nsw York.
Tins is the title of a beautiful volume, writ
ton by Poms Rnaixsnx, of the "New York Tri
bune." Koine pm linns of this boo';, such ns the
stories of ' Little Ksty," "Wild Miirrgie," A:e.,
have already appeared in tlm- papers, and hare
had a Rrr.it run, not only from the facts which
they rmlwtly, but from the. simple, truthful lyl
in which lliey are written. The author, who is
a man of I lie world and a philanthropist, snJ,
inorpoxer, the editor of a daily paper, has been
led, both by his feelings nnd n vocations, lo ex
plore parts of the city, and become familiar wilh
their denizens, which are seldom intruded upon
the eye of the casual observer, nnd whoso sad
stale of wut and des.ilution, both morrally and
physicnlly, arc knewn only to those who seek
them, as did our author, out of pure benevolence.
l'bis book has ahvaxs had a great run and is
one of the moat successful publications of the day.
rhough not intended aa a Temperance publica
tion, we doubt if anything that has been written
on that subject, portrays the evils of intemperance
ina stonger light, or presents stronger arguments
in favor of a liquor law. The book is printed on
excellent paper, handsomely illustrated and elo
gaudy bound.
Glkahiij'm Pictorial. This hnmWomely il
lustrated paper continues to maintain its high
character.
This Laiiiks Wbiith Asn PAitLna Axtival
for February, published by Bvrdick, Keed ct Co.
New York, contains some interesting sketches
and some handsome illustrations.
Mr. Bellas offers for rent a store-room in this
place, and for sale or rent, a farm.
Lkatiikh Henry W. Overman, No. 6 south
J turd street, 1'liilailclplua, advertises a stock of
leather.
Phosphate of Limb, Gcaso, &e See ad
vertisement of C. French Co., junction of Yorli
Avenue nnd Callowhill Street, Philadelphia.
UNHURT ADD EH IF RAILROAD MAHAQK.
We slated last week lhat the Hon. J as.
CoorER had been elected President of the
Sunburj and Erie Rail Road. At all are
desirous for the early completion of Ihis
important improvement, we were prepared
lo concur in almost any selection of Presi
dent the Directors might deem proper to
make. But should the selection of Mr
Cooper be likely to embarrass this great
enterprise, we cannot doubt but that he
will at once decline the office. Without
the aiJ of Ihe city subscription of $2,000,'
000, the road will be thrown back probably
for years. We cannot believe Mr. Cooper
will lor a moment allow himlelf to be in
the way ol so imporlaul an enterprise.
ndeed he lias saiJ that he would not, and
na one who knows Mr. Co&per would
suspect anything else it his hands. What
the people want is (he completion of this
railway, and no individual, or set of men;
would be justifiable, in doing anything that
would retard its progress.
In this connexion, we deem it our tioty
also to state lhat we are informed, by n
gentleman whose means of knowing are
good, that tlio Commissioners of Lycoming
county reluse, in Hip most emphatic man
ner, to comply with their subscription of
$200,000 so long as James Armsthoxo, Esq.
of Willlamsport remains in the board of
Directors. Personally we have no objec
tions to Mr. Armstrong. We know him
lo he an honorable and high minded man,
but if he is a bar lo the subscription of
Lycoming county, he cannot of course re
main in the board ; and we are persuaded
that he will, os a true friend of the im
provement, not suffer himself to be in Ihe
way. No personal consideration can be
strong enough lo warrant the retention ol
gentlemen, in the places named, who are
all likely to e flee I the interests ol the
Sunbnry and Erie road so seriously as is
apprehended.
TJ4UEIIAKiA nAIti ROAD.
The temporary suspension of the work
on this Important improvement, has caused
considerable fluttering among those who
professed, not exactly to be opposed to it,
for there could be none such, in reality, but
among 'those who professed indiflerence,
and made use of the County Subscription
to carry out sinister and political purposes.
All admit its importance, and few if any
doubt its success. This road, like the
Lake Shore road at Erie, for which three
stales are now contending, is as it were,
the neck or throat, through which the
travel and mosl of the trade of the great
norlh west by the Sunhury and Erie and
other roads, must seek the markets of Phil
adelphia and Baltimore. When this road
is finished, and the Lebanon Valley and
Ihe Lebanon and Pinegrove and other roads
are complelod, Sunbury will be within
five hours of Philadelphia, making the
time from Philadelphia lo Erie less, by two
hours, than by Ihe Cattawissa route, and
perhaps one hour less than by the Phila
delphia and Sunbury road, which in a few
years will be taxed to its utmost capacity
with Iho coal, iron and lumber trade.
n7-TiiG Franklin Canal- The bill
annulling the charter of Ihe Franklin Canal
Company has finally passed the Legisla
ture ; in the Senate unanimously, and in
the House with but two or three dissenting
voles. The section as it passed IheSenale,
prohibiting; any other railroad from being
built between Erie and the Ohio Slate line,
was most judiciously slrnck out in the
House, and the Senate concurred in the
amendment.
U- J-.AND IVARRANT3. t'CTSOIIS HaVlllg
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose ol
them for cash, by applying at this office.
fy We are indebted to the Hon. Lewi
Cass and Hon. Richard Broadhead of the
U. S. Senate the Hon. C. M. Straub, M.
C, and D. B. Montgomery, G. J. Ball and
others for public documents, eye.
A Special Court will be held at this
place on the first Monday in March next.
SUSHLRV A.ND KItIC II AILRO Al.
We refer our readers to the proceedings
of a meeting of the friends of this measure
held at the Merchants Exchange in Phila
delphia on Monday evening last. Mr.
Cooper the newly elected President was
present and addressed the meeting. A
committee was appointed lo procure sub
scriptions to the stork. Mr. Cooper staled
lhat if u half million of dollars was made
up in the city, he would see lhat another
would be forth coming from the country.
The truth of the report that the Cily Coun
cils were opposed to Mr. Cooper is not
certain.
There are, no doubt, some who are op
posed to him. Mr. Cooper referred to this
rumor in his address, and stated what we
mentioned in our last, that if his election
was an obstacle in the way, or there was
any want of confidence in him, he would
at once retire.
PEN.VSVI.VAMA LIX.ISI.ATl nE.
lUnuisnuKO, J. in. 39, 1Sj4.
Senatk Afternoon Session. A commu.
uicalion was received from lliu Canal Com
missioners, in lelation lo Ihe alleged frauds
in the Collector's Officii al Philadelphia, sla
ting lhat Ihe investigation xvas proceed in-:,
bnl that they were not yet piepared to make
a full report. So far. the loss discovered is
but a few hundred dollars.
The nomination of Dr. Dcwitt was confirm
ed unanimously.
IloDsE. A resolution offered by Mr. Eld
red, for Ihe appointment of a committee of
five, to lako into consideration tho question
of a Prohibitoiy Liquor Law, prepare a bill
and repoit the same to the House, wilh re
commendations as to the best lime and man.
ner of submission, was laid on the (able, un
der Ihe rule.
The Consolidation Bill being tho special
order, was taken tip on second reading.
Afternoon Session. flofsu The House,
on rc-assemb'iii, resumed tho consideration
of the Consolidation Uill, which, on the third
reading, was passed by a vole of 78 yea to
3 nays, the negative voles being Messrs. Bar
ton, Horn nnd Moore.
7 The firsl nf February was a beauti
ful day. More like tin daw-ning of spring
than the season of mid winter.
DC7" The Susquehanna is again closed
with ice at this place. The ice near the
the DF.rtMox or the suriiEMEcoritT
S THIS CASE OP MORSE VS. O R UILL V
Washington, Jan. 30.
The defendants used what is called the
Columbian instrument, and which has thus
been decided In be an infringement of
Morse's pa'.ent. It will be seen that the va
lidity of ihe patents of professor Morse have shore is nearly a foot thick
been sustained. The Supreme Court de
cides IE?" Subscription to tug North Pexx
That Prof. H. B. Morse is the inventor of svlvania Railroao. The Board of Com1
the F.leetro Magnetic Telegraph against all missioners of the District of Northern Lib
Ihe world. erlies, at a meeting held Monday evening,
That the first seven claims of bis patent 8Ubscribed tor ten thousand shares in the
are valnl, without qualification.
capital slock of the Norlh Pennsylvania
Railroad Company,
CT" The Philabklviiia Mails. There
is something wrong in the Philadelphia
Post Office, as letters are often received
here on the evening of the second day after
they are mailed, instead of the first. We
That all Iho claims nf his second patent are
valid, without qualifications
That the declaratory or eighth claim of
his first patent is loo broad, and ought to be
disclaimed ; but us it had been sustained by
ihe Patent Ollic.e, ihe Circuit Courts, and a
portion of the Supreme Court, Morse is not in
fa-ull for not disclaiming.
That ihn injunction granted by ihe ICen- have reason to believe they are not sent
tnckyLourl shall bo mailo perpetual, but off from the Pliiladelphia Post Office, unless
fj?- Ex-Marshal Keyser of Philadelphia
has iusl returned from New Orleans, where
he had been sent to bring to Philadelphia
thirty-three tons of Uncle Sam's silver.
This makes about $1 ,000,000. At Cine in.
nati, the barber-shop on board the steamboat
was nreii oy an incendiary, evidently lor
the purpose of getting up an excitement to
facilitate a robbery. A bale of cotton on
the levee xvas also fired during; a heavy
gale, but it was promptly extinguished.
Harrisbcrg, Jan. 31.
Senate. Mr. Buc.kalew presented some
Iwenly odd petitions from Luzerne Countyj
signed by over 700 citizen?, in favor of the
erection of Ihe new County of Lackawanna
out of pari of Luzerne.
Also, nineteen remonstrances, signed by
over 500 citizens, against ihe erection of the
proposed now County.
TIIH PACIFIC RAILROAD. 1
ThkNokthkrn KouTK.-Geo. Stevens has
published the following In regard the north
ern touts which he surveyed:
Tha geographical importance of the re
gion of country between the basin of the
Si. Lawrence, the head water of ihe Mis
sissippi and Puget Sound, its adaption to
setilement, lis railroad routes, its emigrant
roads and the nomadic tribe w ithin its bor
ders will be Ihe subject ef the followins ar.
tides. Resting on Ihe Iwo great rivers of
tho eastern and western coast, ihe Missouri
and Columbia, it connects by a navigable
stream wilh Hudson's Bay and the Arcto
Ocean. Between the upper tributaries of
these two livers, the Rocky Mountains are
broken iuio spats, filled with beautiful and
fertile valleys, furnishing several good passes
much lower han the southern passes, and one
being by barometric measurement more than
1,500 fee! below the South Pass. The head
of navigation of the Missouri is only about
700 miles from the mouthof tho Pujol Sound
inexhaustible in its timber, its coal and its
fi-heiies, and in all the distance there is one
lung reach of tho Columbia navigable for
steamers.
Fiom this head of navigation in 200 miles
and in ten das, tho emigrant reaches lhat
beautiful valley in Washington Territory, al
the baso of the mountains which even the
honest and simple-minded Flathead Indians
have filled wilh cattle, and raised wheat and
potatoes for their own use. Through this
valley all the Indians from Ihe Cascades lo
the Rocky Mountains, pass on their way lo
the vast Buffalo plains between the Missouri
and Yellowstone, where with the Crows and
Black feet, they lay in their storeaofmrat
and robes, and which has been Ihe scene of
many sanguinary conflicts. The best nat
oral wagon roads conned tho head ef nav
igation of the Missouri with tho fertile val
leys along all the streams issuing from the
K'jcky Mountains to tho head of the Yellow,
stone, valleys so mild cattle need not shelter
in winter, rich in buffalo giass, abounding in
wood, nnd Ihe water of the purest qmility,
nnd game, buffalo, elk, deer, big-horn ante
lope, black bear, in the greatest abundance.
The psses are yearly traversed by Iho Flat
head Indians bulwcen ChriMmas and New
Years on hoisebijck. nnd March is ihe favor
ite month fur the breaking up of tho buffalo
hunt by tho Washington Territory Indians,
and their return across the mountains to
their homes on Ihe plains and in the valleys
of Ihe Columbia river and its tributaries.
From the head of navigation of Ihe Missis
sippi to the head of navigation of the Missouri
through Ihe territory of Minnesota nnd the
lesion occupied by Ihe Asseneboines, tho
Grnsvcntres and tho Blackfeet, the emigrant
will find grass over every mile of iho route,
nnd water never at a greater distance lhan
fifteen and scarcely ever at greater distances
than ten miles. Myriads of buffalo occupy
this vast region, and their numbers have not
sensibly diminished, Ihough 2,000 Red River
hunters, each on his fast-buffalo horse, four
months each year pour death into their
ranks, und they aic almost Ibe only subsist
ence of some 25,000 Indians.
Four routes within the Territory of Wash
ington are pursued by the Indians in passing
from iho valley at ;he western base of the
Rocky Mountains lo the plains ami valleys
between the Crrnr d'Eleieno and Cascada
Mountains. The Corn d'RIeiene Momilainsi
nu extension of the Blue Mountains to
Jo reign News,
ARRIVAL OF THE
ASIA.
LATER FROM EUROrE.
Victories hy the Turks al KalafatThe Portt
Consents to Negotiate Tht Combined Flutt
in the Block Sea.
New Yori, Jan. 81.
The Royal Mail steamship Asia arrived
hete this morning al 11 o'clsck, wilh Liver
pool dales lo the Hth inMant.
The Asia lefi Liverpool at 9 o'clock on the
morning of Ihe 14th instant
On Ihe afternoon of the 15th she passed
Ihe steamer America, and on the morning of
Ihe 2 1st she passed Iho steamer Alps. She
passed ihe ship fehenandoah, ol Philadelphia,
in Mersey, on the 14th.
TURKISH AFFAIRS.
The allied fleets up to the 3d instant had
not been able lo enter tha Black Sea, on ac
count of stormy weather; but on Ihe 3d all
the vessels entered, except six ships, left at
Beieos to guard the Bosphorus. The first
division of Ihe Turkish fleet accompanied
the allied fleet. The socoud division re
mains anchored in its former position.
The Czar is nol supposed to view Ihe entry
t)f the fleet as a declaration of war, but has
ordered all his own flee! lo r?turn lo Sevasto
pol. On the 6th of January, Iho Turks gained a
mosl biilliant success on Ihe Danube. They
stormed and captured Ihe Russian entrenched
camp nt Citale, near Kalafal, and pnl 2 500
3f the enemy lo ihe sword. The Tuiks also
attacked a body of 18,000 Russians, sent lo
relieve Citale, and after a sharp encounter,
foi cod them lo retreat. The Russians are
Ihus forced back from their position, by
which they hoped lo cross Ihe Danufce. The
Tuikish force engaged in ihe battle, was 15,.
000 stronz, wilh fifteen guns.
It is admitted lhat Omer Pasha has biil
lianlly outmaiwuivred the Russian comman.
der in this. Oilier advantages gained on the
Danube were formerly announced by the
Divan, on the 1st inst , lo ihe Ambassador
of tha Four Powers.
The details are not given, but it was sup
posed lo be the storming and capture of Kara-
kal, wnh several skii mishes of less moment.
In Asia ihe defeat of the Turks under Ihe
weak Generalship of Alai Pushn, is confirm
ed, but Gen. Gnyon has gone to Ihe Army
wilh full forces, and the spirit cf the Turks
has revived.
Schamyl had senl a messenger to tho
Porle, announcing tl at he was now prepared
lo act energetically against the Russians
The Turkish hopes in Asia are cousequently
much brighter.
Negotiations are in the meanwhile going
on. '
Tho Sultan has announced his approval of .
the decision of ihe Grand Council to open
negotiations. '
The negotiations arc lo be on Ihe fooling
proposed by the powers to Turkey, lo send a
representative lo the conference to bo held
in a neutral city.
The report that Persia has resumed nego
tiations with Great Britain is confirmed, and
she has abandoned her designs of attacking
Tuikey for the present. The ostensible
cause of the difficulty with England was the
claims of Abdul Kara, a Rrilish subject,
ngainsl iho Persian Government.
without costs; because the eighth claim of
the first patent has not been disclaimed. .
Only seven Judges out of nine sat in the
case.
I'pon the eighth claim, Judges Crier, Nel"
sou and Wayuu gave poweiful dissenting
opinions. Phila. Ledger.
Coal Opehations. A meeting of operators
put in early in Ihe evening, although they
profess to mail all lhat come in before 12
at nitd.
fF" Suamokin Coai. tradk rort 1853.
As there has been some error in regard to
the amount of the coal trade of this region,
lor 1853, we have procured a correct
... . I,., ti-
in 1110 v yoming region was neui ai i msion sla(ement from Ihe books of the Company,
last week, aiu it was agreeu iiuu ina prices
18,2641 tons
3,720
f7 Hon. Alfred II. Iverson, who has
been elected by the Legislature ol (Jeorgia
to the U. S. Senate, is the son-in-law of
the late Hon. John Forsyth, j? a gentleman
of fine abilities, and a lhorough-goinr
Stale Rights Democrat.
Cy" The decision or the Supreme Court
of the United Jlalesin Ihe great Telegraph
case is rather asrjinst Professor Morse. The
eflecl of the decision is, lhal while il sus
tains Professor Morse's mode of Telegraph
ing, it also annuls a part of his claim, the
8th specification, by which he intended to
invalidate the patents of House, Bain and
others.
OT The Philadelphia Councils have re
solved on the removal of the market houses
in Market street, ond have appropriated
C50,000 for the purpose of purchasing
sites for the erection of market houses in
diflen nt portions of the city.
Over the new Road,
old Road,
Total, 2 1.OSli
Business on the new road did not pro
perly commence until the beginning of
of coal delivered in boats in Ihe spring should
bo fixed al SI 50 for lump, and SI 75 perton
for prepared coal. These rates are an art
vance of 25 cents per lo,i on ihe opening rates
of last spring. The increase in the trade
from the Wyoming Valley the present year,
il is said, will nol be equul lo what il wni October
lu&l year ; and neai ly me wnoid oi ine in
crease will be diverted lo ihe mleuor, Ihrough jj0) j (;anCy jont,g i)ag heen nom
ine iNortn urancn umai, wmcn win oe com- for CongresJ by lhe Democrats of
' Berks county, in the place ol Henry A
The New Postagi Dux. The Project for rMuhlenbeg, deceased, and Ihis of course is
changing tho rates of postage under ihisgov-1 equivalent to an election. Gen, W m. II
ernmeut, reported by Mr. Olds a lew day Keim is announced as a volunteer whig
since from lhe lluute Committee on Post-offi- canj;date.
ees ami rost-roads, contemplates muking it
obligatory lo pre-pay all tellers sent in the fly Tin steamship Asia, with three days
..., an-, prnpo.es also lo fix ibe rale of IaU.r arnv,j at New York on Tues-
,: r :, :i:T,ltt 0U!M f0 '" day. Though we have information of
cm., fur ;,r : u m"1"' anu i,x ther
The allied flet have entered the Black
sea, and Ihe Czar has intimated that he
will not view Ibe enlrv as a declaration of
war. The Sultan stand ready lo negoti
ate, and Persia having resumed nrgeliations
RlCMT TV. I .-
. Ilq ifMllUlinna inl.n.l..MA.l
.1.- ni . . . tohii-u iiuu
.... willol.eclskt.ir. ,l,.i , n...
...i . -""". .it wi i run
'vnia, aiul of Erie. h.. k.. " . . . .
lhe maj,ity regarJed Jw muiuU
w...nc. ,wo eorooraia ,i.i
ving their ri8hlt from lhe Slu of Vennsyl. witn Gte Witn ha abandoned her pur
vaiua wbioh wa, iomp.ieni i0 Pioieci (hem P of attacking Turkey. All thing
ihraugh the proper ..ihnnal,, wilhoul , considered the aspect f uain pper
e t u?8 rom&m . s i
' -t""". i more pacific.
OCT" Liiji'on Law in Maryland. A
Prohibitory Liquor Law has been reported
iu the House of Delegate of Maryland.
The law does nol interfere wilh the right
of individuals to keep the article in their
dwellings lor their own use, but is intended
to prohibit lhe making of or dealing in
it in any manner whatever, except for
medicinal, mechanical, artislical and sacra
mental purposes.
(EF" Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
The great tunnel ol the Pennsylvania rail
road through lhe Alleghany mountains has
been completed, and a locomotive passed
through it on Thursday, in about ten min
utes time, moving at the rate of nearly six
miles per hour. The cars will commence
running regularly through the mountain
on Monday, the Cth of tebruary next.
(7- The Milton Democrat say most of
the section of the Cattawissa Kailroad be
tween that place and Milton, are graded,
and a number of the cros tie furnished.
IJIRMNO OF TIIESTEAMDOAT Gr.OUOIA
From Thirty to Sixty Lives Lost One Tliou
sand Hales of Cotton lhtrned.
Nr.w Ori.kans, Jan. 29. Tho steamboat
Georgia, from Montgomery, Alabama, bound
down Iha river lo Mobile, caught fire on
Saturday liiglit and was totally destroyed,
with most of her cargo, consisting of 1000
bales of col ion.
She had on board nearly 200 passengers,
principally emigrants, bound to Texas, w ilh
a number of slaves, and il is estimated that
at least thirty were drowned. Many others
aro missing, so lhal the full loss of life is not
yet known. The property destroyed is over
SR0.000.
second dispatch
Later accounts estimatn Ihe number
drowned or burned at sixty. All the monoy
and baggage of Ihn pissencers were lost.
Tha boat was valued at SO? 000.
hiror.TANT Procf.episos in City Councils
and NuitTiiea.N LiBEiiTiF.s Commissioners.
The City Councils last evening passed an or
diuance appropriating SGo0,00( for purcha
sing sites for maikut-houses, in lieu of those
in Market Street.
The Northern Liberties Commissioners last
night also subscribed 2500,000 to Ihe Norlh
Pennsylvania Kailroad.
Thu Commissioners of Spring Garden had
a prorfosili'-n before them lo subscribe fivo
hundred thousand dollars to the Sunbury and
Krio and Norlh Pennsylvania Railroads, but
was voted down.
The various appropriations made within a
few days, by iho City and Districts, increase
lhe consolidated debt one million seven hun
dred and Ihiriv-five ihoiuand dollars, oh fol
lows :
Cily,f..rMurkl, - - 8030,000
Northern Ubcrliei, for HuilrooJ, - - SOH.000
It iclmi mil, fur Kuilrnail, 500,000
SustliwuiVjforl'iiMicSipiarc, 83,000
ro-The Philadelphia Daily Register
come ta us with a new head. The Regis
ter i a pirited and handsome paper, well
printed ami well conducted
Cleveland, Jan. 30.
The Nebraska Bill in Ohio. On Satutday
nijjUl, Iha National Hall wa crowded by Ihe
people, lo join in a piolest against Ibe Uoug-
la Nebraska bill It was a tremendous gath-
. ii it . ii
eriug. tpeecies weie raautruy n. unsworn,
J. C" Vaughn. Senator Foole and J. Uriggs.
A remonstrance is to ba sent to Washington
Northern Ohio is agitated to it very cen
Ire.
Clark's Fork of Ihe Columbia, north of
which tho ran;;e is known as Koulcny Moun
tains, occupy the whole width of the Terri
tory for a distance of from 100 to 120 miles,
is covered with heavy limber, and numerous
well grassed though narrow valleys. The
Nez Pereez, the Spokanes, lhe Pevde d'Oleil
les, the Cirur d'Eleienes, and other tribes, in
crossiim these mountains have from three to
four horses for each man, woman and child,
nnd even children of a year and a half old
will be seen guiding their horses, one hand
only on lhe leiu, entirely unconscious lliey
weie exuilin" lhe wonder and admiration of
Ihe passur-by.
Tho Cascade Mountains have two good
passes, and on Puyel Sound is found a cli
mate of extraordinary salubrity, milder than
that of Virginia, and Ihe same average tem
perature, though more equable lhan lhat of
San Francisco, nnd a soil which yields rich
returns lotlio Misbandman. The strawberry
is often in blossom in December and Februa
ry, and ico haj to be imported from lhe
colder regions of tha north.
The country between Iho Cascades and
the Cn ur d'Kleiene Mountains is generally
well adapted to grazing or tillage, and much
of it is exceedingly well watered. Many of
the Indian tribes aie known to be rich in
horses, and they have made considerable
advances in Ihe cultivation of the soil.
Such is the geneial character of the coun
try connecting Puget Sound, Ihe grea! road
stead of Ihe Northern Pacific, with Iho great
basin of tho St. Lawrence. Tapping the
magnificent valley of iho Upper Missisiippi,
having w ithin its borders the Missouri and
Columbia, the tributaries uf its wagon roads
and its railroads, and themselves great chan
ueU of communication, the Rocky Mountains
broken into spurs and died with valleys, the
other mountains having practicable passes.
il adds not a little to its interest that il was
the sceno of Ihe labors of our first, our most
successful and oor most dauntless explorers,
Lewis and Clark. The sagacity of Jefferson
saw that' here was a grea! natural rout, and
he placed lhe men a! the work who made it
known to the nation. Publio attention has
now become fixed upon this field of the
country's first great exploration, accomplish
ed nearly half a century ago. This field we
will examine and desciibe in a series of arti
cle. Pioneer.
IlAHnisBcnu, Jan. 30.
The Franklin Canal Cumpany. Governor
Iligler slarted this morning, for Erie, l lake
possession of the Franklin Canal Company,
on the pin t of the Slate. Ile has invited
Gen. Purviance and Win. F. Packer, lo su
perintend tho operation of thu road, until fur
ther action by Iho Legislature.
New Advertisements.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL
COURT PROCLAMATION.
jV'OTlCE is hereby piven lhat a Specia
Court of Common Pleas., in and for tlir
County of Northumberland, lo commence a'
lhe Court House, in lhe borouch of Sunbnrv
at 10 o'clock, A. M.. on Mondav the fi t
day of March next, and will continue ONH
iirrre
Jurors are requested to be punctual it
their attendance, al the lime annoinlei
sjreeable lo Iheir notices.
Given under my band at Sunbury, Ihe 4ll
uuy in reoruary, in ino year ol our l.on
one thousand eiyht hundred and fifly-foui
and Ihe Independence of lhe United Slale
of America ihe 78th.
WILLIAM D. KIPP, Sheriff.
7i? Erie Railroad Contention. EalK, Jan.
30. The Railroad track, recently taken up
by the citizen of Erie, ha been repaired
under Ihe supervision of the U. S. Marshal,
and the trains will be run again to-morrow
ThcSah Famcico. The amount already
colleoted in Boston for testimonials lo Ihe
csptain of the Three Bells, Kilby and Anl
irtic, is upward of 1 5(500.
Professor Longfellow has resigned .the
professorship of Holies Lelires and Modern
Language in Harvard College. He will
oonliuue to perform Iha duties of the office
till hi successor is appointed.
Two Moose at ott Suot. A few davt
ago a boy fourteen years of age, son of Bar
low Hy II, of Ellsworth Me., while oat hunt
ing, thol Iwo fine moose at one discharge of
hi" rifle. The rarcasse were brought to
F.l's worth, and sold for about twenty dollar
1000 TONS No. 1
Super Phosphate of Lime,
rkEIJLKG'S ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
warranted of superior quality, the cheaprt
manure iu llie world, i'aruiers and dealers sin:
plied at low prices.
K-l 11 A UUALITV LAND PLASTER.
5000 barrel Extra Quality Land Plaster, select
ed cxpiemdy for its fertilizing quality.
1U.UU lutsiieia ol same 111 bulk. 1,001 barrel
Culcined Platter. 500 barrels Castino' Plastn
100 barrels Dentin Plaster.
PERUVIAN UUANO.
This article we offer in confidence to our cat
torners, as equal to any imported, and far superia
lo most in the market.
5,000 bugs of Ibis superior Guano, for ul
the lowest market rates. Also, Patagonia'
Guaiio, J'oudrctte, Ground Charcoal, Jtc., &c.
U. FK&NCH & CO.
At tho Steam Planter Mills, function Yo
Avenue, Crown and Callowhill Streets, Phila
dclphia.
Phila., Feb. 4, 185I.3m.
HENRY W. OVERMAN,
No. 6 South Third Street, below Market,
PHILADELPHIA.
flHE attention of country buyer is called I
JL the extensive assortment of all kind ol
Finished Leather,
Moroccos,
Calffrkms,
Shorn Hkins. &c.
conrtantly on hand and for sale at reduce
prices.
RED AND OAK SOLE LEATHER.
N. D. All kinds of couuUy lealkw lUa i
exchange for goods.
Pbila., Feu. 4, U54- 3iu.
Good Intent fire Company !
MEETING of tha Good Intent Fir Comai
ny will be held al Ilia Court Hm
Mooday evening next A II persona ilrsuoe i
joining this Company will please attend.
Ui Oaaaa or tms PassiasiT.
Sunbury, Kcb. 4, USt-