CrWa copy tha following letler from the Ledger M matter of Interest to many of our readers. Tha writer is diipoffd to ba censorious, tnd it not quilt ai Well poll ed up as he might ir, in relation to iht court house tnd public buildings: Cfltmpandrnc of lh PoWlo tlr 1 LETTER FROM KOBTIIt MBURLASn. -t The Ancient Town f Northumberland" Churches, Court House, Ifc, c Lyon's Island Plus Hill Mountain -Dr Joseph , . Priestly Hit Residence and Burial fail, jc, tfc. NORTHCMSKIUAIM), P , Aug. 10. - ' Missus, EoiTont.-If there it any p'e in the Union where the "ease of creation' it fully tmjoyed all the year ronnd without the id of "proclamation." it mutt be thif quiet little town of Northumberland, which hai for , more than quarter of a cenlory prfierved iis repnlalion ai "Sleepy Hollow of the Sos. quehanna." Its grans grown streets, it ten r erable and dilapidated building! faithfully Ileal the age and finish of a place which T however tempting and inviting to the recluse ' has few chances for the man of business or . the aeeker ol pleasure. But this quiet burgh has many interesting associations connected with it to entitle it to a visit fiom 1hc histo. rian and the lover of science. Here memo table events in our Revolution transpired, and in this very spot lived, labored and died, the . distinguished philosopher Joseph Priestly. The ancient town of Northumberland is beautifully situated at the juncture of the north and west branches of she Susquehanna, nearly opposite Sunbury. Th place was laid out in 1775, on a very extensive scale, by Keuben Haines, of Philadelphia.' The sur veyor doubtless imagined that at no distant day, Northumberland would be the great in. ! terior city of Pennsylvania. The town progressed but slowly, for during the revolution all the inhabitants, to escape being murdered by a cruel foe, were com polled to desert the place, and flee for refuge to Fort Augustus, sincu known as Sunbury. In 1784 the town was again occupied, and( lip to the year 1S0O, was the most flourishing settlement in this section of country. It be came a borough in 1828, but its being incor porated did not save it from the decay into which it was rapidly falling. Norihumber. land can muster about a thousand inhabitants and can boast of some half-dozen places of worship, two acadamies, and a court-house. The Bank of Northumberland is located here ; this building is the only one of a public char acler having any pretensions to architectural beauty. Lyon's Island, a long and beautiful island, is directly opposite the town, in the North Branch. It is connected wilh the main land, on either shore, by two extensive and sub stantial bridges. This spot is a famed place of resort for pic-nics. La. From the Blue Hill Mountain, near by, those fond of the picturesque can enjoy a magnificient pros pect of the two valleys. The scenery, for miles Mound Northumberland, is of the most enchanting and romantic character, nnd when railroads now in progress 'shall have been completed, the mountains, hills, and valleys f . I . ! 1. 1 . t - . H ui i ins vincinuy win oe properly appreoiaieu and visited by the tourist. Dr. Joseph Priestly, the eminent Philoso pher and Theologian, passed the latter years of his life in Northumberland. His theolo gical views had rendered him obnoxious to a few narrow-minded members of the Esta blished Church at Birmingham, England, who in 1794 destroyed his valuable library and apparatus, and compelled the Dr. to seek re fuge from leligious tyranny. Shortly aflei wards he fled to Ihe United Slates, and set tled at this place, where he continued to pur sue his theological and scientiflo pursuits un til bis death in 1804. He founded the Uni tarian society here which continues respecta ble in numbers and in influence. The large mansion erected by him is still standing, and is in possession of his family. Few men were more respected and esteemed by the liberal of every creed than Dr. Priestly. A single headstone, wilh this inscription, inarka the resting place of this great and good man : "To the memory of The Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestly, Who Departed this Life On the 6ib of February, 1804, Anno Aetatis 71. "Raturn unto thy test, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. "I will lay me down in peace, and sleep till I awake in the morning of the Resurrec tion." Northumbeiland has some signs of life yet left, and by the aid of railroads, &c, may yet be resuscitated. She has wealth, and if the will only contribute of her abundance towards the improvements which some of her most enterprising citizens have so fie quenlly suggested, ,he may yet rank, next to Danville, the most flourishing town in the ,n""'r' A Y""". En,Toaut rM..o.Hor.c. Gra.ly, i, i. til known, ha. uken to farming l..M . J.: nan dozen rur Co. ch, Chin, egg,, M Jo,M J produced him six ugly ducks from Maine however, f.,.a , W01M ' ' bought half dozen n. of .w ti ' w hich the dealer aur.J him would p.oduc. "very rar. birds." u ,hey did, (I, lh were put under the very b.sl ten, ,nJ M d; time came out "what do you ihii.k t" ' I could nut guess," said hit friend ; u, were they !" "lauJ IV.iu!" and what was worse, at toon they were hatched, they teix.d upon the old heu, and tuuh squalling u,V(,r Wli bttid in any other heu'toeat." N Macuimc roa Botimo laon.Ori Monday a new rolling machine was tir-tij. itemed wuh at lha works of ihe Trenton Un Company, which luu through tails fiom IS tu Si ( IN Uuj(ili, 7 inoliM in beiijhl, weigh. M14 MiiiKly -il.itM IU. In the yard, in an averag Uiue of on miuuia each. This peouliaiium ,1 Ihia ii4iilioii are, ibtl rails tie run through al a weldinjl brtl aboal ue ball 1st inn, au4 mtb una lUiid Wm labor ibu by lha uU or houiiwuul roll-is, aud ihe ability i lull lunged l"'of ii j,u, aud Iktcb as mmuuI be utJ) by Ihe ordinary Meei.a iu u . Jiti (iir. '' 1"t . --.. W T , TSffi AlgERIC AIT. : SUNRURY. ilTtKDAT, AVOViT 1. - II. B. MAMER, Ertltor end PrrlMr. .The rireotallnn of Iht Buiiliory To Aovth. Anwriean among wenintmi. -- -- i . not xodI ireulW f .y TT PWiild in North Ftn PeimYlvni. , Democbatio Statr Nominations. FOROOVF.RXOR WILLIAM BIQLEP, ! Of Clearfield County. FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Of Somerset County. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER. HENRYS. MOTT, Of Tike County. PEMOCRATIC COUNTY NOMINATIONS For Congress, m WILLIAM L. DEW ART, (Subject to thn decision of tho Convention.) For Senator, JESSE C. HORTON, (Subject to tho decision of the Convention.) Assembly, . D. B MONTGOMERY, of Lewis. Sheriff, HENUY READER, of Delaware. Prothonotury, JAMES BEARD, or Sunbury. Commissioner, EL1AS BROS10US, of Sunbury. Auditor, JOHN YOUNG MAN, of Sunbury. L EDITOR'S TABLE. llosinrst Moticrft. Jocnxit 0 THB FKAHKMK IxiTiTVTE. This excellent periodical for August contains a great variety of interesting and valuable mattert besides a full and complete list of patents issved during the past month. Blackwood and the British Quarterlies, pub lished by Leonard Scott & Co., New York, come to hand regularly. These periodicals are so well known that they require no comment. The American Law Jovrnai for August is also received. It is a valuable periodical for the student or the lawyer. Tos Peoplzs' Jocrdal for August is also before us. This is an excellent number, and contains S3 engravings. Gcaso. Persons in want of this article are referred to the advertisement of 5. J. Christian. Win Makcpactobt. 5cotbeadvrtiterueat of Watson iV Cox, No. 46 North Front street, Philsdclphia. ' FaciT A5D Co5rr.cTio5Anr. Rubincsm &. Settlers. 113 North Third Street. See their ad vertisement. rcxxsTiTAKtA Win Woiiks Ca)lis Darby & Linn, No. 31 Arch street, bav e open ed a new establishment to which they invite at tcntion. RCLIGIOl'S NOTICES. The Rev. Dr. Malcolm, will preach in the Baptist Church in this place, on (Sunday) 20!h inel., at 10. o'clock. E?" Lost At the Indian Enlerta'n menton Wednesday evening last, an ivory heart, cross and anchor, confined together. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at this office. - C-7" Accident. We regret to learn that John Arnold, who was engaged in hauling ears on the rail road, to and from the wharves at the river, had one of his leet severely crushed on Tuesday last, under a car wheel. Mr. Arnold is a worthy and industrious man, and will probably be laid up a month or two by this accident. Hr"A Camp Meeting was held last we. k in Shamokin township near Reeds, by the United Brethren, or '-feet washers" as they are generally called. On Sunday last there were two excursion trains trom this place to Shamokin and back, to accom modate all who wanted to attend, from both places. The cars, were literally cran.med full from Shamokin. 17" Our towu was thronged on Wed nesday by persons atti ndrng the Indian Exhibition the negro dances &c. An extra train brought quite a number from Shamokin. There were at least one thou sand persons under the canvass in Ihe al- ternoon. Ours is a fun loving community, and all kinds of shows are well patronized, good bad and indiilt-rent. ItyThe weather has been extremely warm this season. The temperature for June and July has averaged three degrees higher than any other seaton for twenty seven years. In the beginnina of August the thermometer ranged from 90 to 96, yet on Monday, the 7th, we lound a fire in our office stove not only comfortable, but ne cessary. UI Cot rt. The second week ol our court doted on Wrdnetday morning last. There was business enough fur several weeks, but Ihe time occupied by Ihe crim- iitl ..ji iii .... .t. ..1 that fvw or no cast s were ready. tV-Ther- were terrible hots at Si. Louis on the 7ih lust., du.i nj the tltciion. be lwu ih Au.ericao tarlvanJ lb. ir.h There were g,br, kiC.J anj wounded. SUNBUitY AMKMOAN AND SKAMOKIN JOURNAL rnocKKDtnoa or tiik rotRT. The August Term ol the Courts for this county closed on Wednesday. There was little Hone In the Common Plus, though the trial list was large. In the Quarter Sessions there was the usual variety, and more than the usual amount of business. The most interesting case of Ihe sessions was a prosecution against Barbara Harner, indicted for attempting lo' murder by poi son. Tlit evidence disclosed that about the twentieth day of June last, the family of Ma. Runkle, living in Milton, including Mr. and Mrs. Runkle, their children, a man employed by Mr. Rnnkle at his mill and Barbara Ilarner herself were seized wilh sudden sickness after partaking of a flour pudding prepared by Mrs. Rnnkle for the family dinner. A careful examination with proper chemical analysis, disclosed arsenic in the pudding. Suspicion rested upon Barbara Harner, the servant maid in the family, who had requested Mrs. Rnnkle to prepare the pudding for dinner, and afterwards, on the plea of feeling unwell, declined eating of it. Though subsequent ly, on being urged she did partake moder atcly. The prosecution was conducted by the District Attorney, Mr. Tharp, aided by Joshua W. Comly, Esq., ol Danville, who urged that Barbara had a motive for the criminal act in active hostility to Mr. and Mrs. Runkle, who had delected her in pur loining money, and other articles ol value, and charged her with it ; and also proved that she had purchased arsenic. That there was arsenic in the pudding was clearly established by the medical tes limony, and especially by the evidence of Dr. Rhoads, .whose chemical tests and anal ysis were of the most beautiful, delicate and conclusive kind. Messrs. Lawson, Bound, lvntz and Brown, the counsel who managed the case for the defence set up that arsenic had been fre quently used about the mill ol Mr. Rnnkle, and in large quantities, as a poison for rats, that other families had been taken sick after eating of bread baked from flour from this mill, at about the same period ; and proving these allegations, contended that Barbara was not connected with the poisoned pudding by any direct proof, and that a strong presumption arising that the arsenic might, by accident, have gotten into the flour while yet in the mill, the ieienoam was enwnen 10 me lull Denent r.i. ..i.. ! i I-k.r.l-. .-.I J . . r II r. of the doubt thus creatrd. After a careful investigation, occupying about four days ol last week, the case was submitted lo Ihe jury. The charge of the Hon. juage joraan was clear, impartial and full. Alter an absence ol a!)Ollt half . an hour the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty, nnd, the prosecutor, Baker, the partner of Runkle for costs. Ira T. Clement, Jno. Zimmerman, Sam'l Clement and Samuel Snyder were severally indicted for maintaining nuisances on Ihe river bank. The nuisances complained of were buildings erected without license, for the convenience of their private business; and other obstructions, such as lumber, &c, deposited without authority, and also for constructing or causing to be built, canal boats on the bank. The jury convicted in each case. CT Preserving Friit. In anolher column will be found a capjtal article in relation to preserving fruit in cans and bottles. We have lor several vears nast preserved, in considerable quantities, peach es, pears, tomatoes, &c, in tin cans, holding Iroin one to four quarts. We nave found no difficulty in keeping any of the fruit or vegetables, excepting green corn, which in almost every instance became sour from fermentation. But we have ealen preser ved corn in May, as sweet and as fresh as if just taken from the stalks. This was put up iu Providence, R. I., in strong tin cans, holding about one quart, well secured by soldering. Perhaps corn put up in slrong bottles, heremetically sealed, as described in the article alluded to, would answer. There is no fruit of belter flavor, or more easily kept than pears, stewed in a syrup just sweet enough for immediate use, put into a tight can, say an oyster can, while hot, and immediately soldered over perfect ly tight. We have used them in almost every month in the year, and always found Ihem as sweet and highly flavored, as when first put up. CC"The individual who wrote to us from Philadelphia, in relation to the geese and cow problem, il informed that he has made a goose of himsell for his pains. We ascertained the character and shallowness of his letter without opening, or taking it out of the ofllce. Such leals are not evi dence of smartness. Any donkey can kick when not hobbled. A correspondent of Ihe Harrisburg Teles!'?1' ll',,er 'rom Muncy, has been slandering most grossly the towns of Williaiiisport and Muncy. A correspon dent who can find nothing good lo say ol his neighbors, and is leady to magnify every little evil, should find no room in the columns of a respectable Journal. Or LoTT-Biti. Wf received a lollery advertisement Irom Montgomery, Ala., t lew weeks since, to which we paid no at tention, but we observe that several ol our eicbitges have it inserted. Tbey are, perhaps, nut aware, I hut under the second section of lha act of. 1831, aboluhing lot teries, they render thmtlvrs liable la duo of from $100 to 1 10,000, ud iis mouths iinpiiMnwsitl. ma tornrr contcnti. The Whigs of Northumberland county, met In County Convention at the Court Souse, in Sunbury, on Monday, the 14th day of August, at II o'clock, A. M. The meeting was organized by electbg Samuel A. Bergs! reiser, Esq., President t Jacob Seathollz, E. V. Derricksort and William O. Scott, Vice Presidents, and R. M. Ftick Secretary. -. . . The chair appointed a committee to pre pare resolutions expressive of the sense oi this meeting, viz: R. M. Frick, Wm. II. Muench, S. C. Patch, Joseph Sharplets, and John R. Reigle. The following nominations lor Congress were made, viz : Samuel John, of Shamokin ;' Jno. K. Clement, of Sunbury. David Taggart, Esq., of Northumberland was unanimously declared the choice of the convention for State Senator, with the privilege of selecting his own conferees. The following were among the resolu tions adopted : ' Resolved, That ihree cmicressional confer ees be appointed by the President of ihis convention, to meet a like number of con (orees from Schuylkill county, lo nominate a cnndi'liitu for Congress tn be supported by the Whigs of this dislrii:! : nnd that they havo discretionary power to select such a camli.l.ite as ihey mny deem proper. Kesolved, Thai this convention deem it in expedient lo make further nominations at Hut tune. 15" Omaha Arrow". This is the title of a new paper just started at Omaha City, Nebraska territory, at $"2 per annum, the first number of which, dated July 28th, is on our table. The .fToie is well pointed and printed, and filled with well selected and original matter. This embryo city already con tains six houses. Ihe following extract Irom the editors introductory address is both racy and original. Well strangers, fijends, patrons, and Ihe good people qi'iieially, wheiever in thewulu aorW ynnr lot rimy be cast, and in whatev er clime this An now may reach you, heie we are upon Nebraska soil, seated upon llm slump of an ancient oak, which selves for an editorial chair, nnd Ihe top of nor badly abused beaver for a table, we purpose endi liii a leader for the Omaha ARnow. An el evated tableland surrounds us ; the tnnjesiic Missouri just off on our left K"es sweeping its muddy course adovwi toward the Mexican Gulf, whilst Ihe background of Iho pleasing picture is filled lip with Iowa's loveliest, ru-hesl scenery Away upon our left spiead- ini far away in the distance lies one of the I .--...nc-.. I, kill,., jllC wi.c ,,,reai nlll heaulilul prairie riot . i ,:.i ...t. i i led with timber looks lovely enough just now as heaven's tree sunlight touches oil its beaii l Iho ligh's and shades lo be lileiallv enti tled the Eden land of llm world, and iuspiic ns with flishis of fancy upon Ihis nntiquutcd hrtntff.r hill it kk'nii't nit Thara lit.L- mi. j Ve in lha trunk of an old oak whoso bran 1 . . 1 r i . I 1 '" nave lor years ueeu launeii uy I lie breezes lliat constantly sweeps 1, 0111 over the oftimes flower dotted pruiiio lea, and frmn which w purpose making a Inj for our cabin and claim. OO'Prxnsylvaxia State AoRicui.TURAr. Society. We are indebted to Robert C. Walker, Ihe Secretary, for a complimentary tickeffor the fourth annual exhibition ol this Society. This exhibition will take place al Philadelphia, from the 26th td the 29th of September 1854, and will, no doubt, in interest and value exceed any of :he former exhibitions. ?"Tiik Steamboat Susqiuiianna, we regret lo say, will cease making passenner trips to and Irntn Northumberland until further notice. The cause of this is the low slage of water, which prevents the boat from landing at Northumberland. This will be much regretted by many who have been in the habil of availing them selves of Ihis pleasant mode ol transit be tween the two towns, and which, in addi lion to the facilities afforded our business men, has greatly tended to promote the so cial intercourse between the two places. Wc tli ink a temporary wharf might be soon erected. An old ark- moored along the shore and covered over, would serve the purpose, and at the end of the season could be sold at nearly its cost. HIT" The circus came of at Noi'thumber land, according to notice, on Monday last, but the balloon was no where. In the evening the steamboat Susquehanna made ar. excursion trip, and took over about one hundred passengers to attend Ihe circus, and lor the pleasure ol the excursion. f7A IAr.tr- Camp Mkcti.no. Al the camp meeting recently held near Wilming ton, Del., (here were six hundred tents. About ten thousand people were present last Sabbath. (Tv" By the late arrivals we learn that the Russians were defeated at Uiurgevo with a loss of 2000 men, and were retreating. Yaluabli Ducovtav or Porcklaim Clat About a )ear and a balf since some persons hi searching al West Milfoid, Passaic County, New Jersey, for iron, came acroi. a bod ol clay, will) ihe uutuitt of w hich lhey were uu acquainted. Until icieuil) u ha not boon impiovad, on account id ignorance of its val ue j but a soiemilin investigation has reveal ed lha fuel that it Koaliu, au exceedingly valuable porctlaiu alay, which it quite scarce. Il vau be used iu the uiuuulactuie of porce lain waie, tiles, lire biick, the jjUxunj of cards, soap, paiutj eul. The deposit al VVeti ililford is of lha puiett kind. It it of vaii- out colors, white, red, chocolate and others. A IkoTAL Mistake. Mr. William Chain burs, in hi nleriaing tkelohcs of Things in America, says: "Il hat aoineiimes been re marked of tieorga III., thai instead of fight ing American subjects, he would have shown oiiiewbal moie prudence by movir.g fain ily, couil and ail, U lha Stales, and so lea ing Ureal Hi man , at lha letter country, lo shift for iitnif, as euleoy," 07" N. P. Willis, of Ihe Home Journal. ' lnhis valedictory letter from, Idlewild, thus toitchlngly alludes toliis own approaching; Dissolution, by that fell destroyer, consump. lion I Bui Ihe consumption, mourned fiver ai it is. seems to ma getnln untying nf ihe knot ol uBien.i or ine tinmen ami harsh tearing sunder of it threads by other disease a tenderness in Ihe destroying angel, It wrre -M.i-u k'-thiij iwiient, lor tomm, hie lnevll. b!e errand lo oft. It is decay wilh little or no nnin, Insensible almost In lit nrnfrrfl d. layed sometimes year after year In its mow lami approaches. And il is not alone in its Indii ttenl proloncunr ami deferring, thai con surafiMon it ika blessinii The oordt which II first loosens re Iho coarser ones most con Riling to the mind. The wciuhl nf iho ma lerinl senses is gradually Ihken from the soul wilt ih liithieniuir of iheir food and the les- seiiinaof iheirtlrengih. Probably, till he owns himself an invalid, no man has ever given ihe wings of his spirit room enuneh few, if any, have thong lit to adjust Ihe miuistcrjngs lo body and soul so as lo snbdua ihn senses ol their secondary place and play With ill nets enonch for this, nnd no! enough lo dis tress or weaken with rorsumpiion. in other words, as most commonly expeiienced the mind becomes conscious of a. wondeifiilly wew freedom and ptedominance. Things around alter iheir value. Estimates of per sons and pursuits strangely chance. Nature seems ns newly beautiful as if a (ilm had fal len fiorn Ihe eyes. The purei affections, ihe simple mo: i ves, Ihe humbler and more seclu ded reliances for sympathy, . are found to have been the closest linked with thoughts bolder and freer. Who has not wondered nl the rheerfulness nf consumptive persons 1 II is because-, wilh Ihe senses kept under by invalid treatment, lliere is no "depression of spirits " Wilh careful regimen, and Ihe sys tem purified and disciplined, lifn what there is of it, is in llio most exhilarating balance of its vnrieil proportions. Death is not dreaded where there is thus such a conscious break ing thronah of iho wings of another life, freer nnd higher. fcLNllUUY AU LUllE RAILROAD. Proceedings of City Ceuncils. An ndjourned meeting of Councils was held 011 Monday afternoon, when the following business was transacted : Selkct Cdcncil. Mr. H in 111 an offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the Committee on Rail roads be leuuesled lo examine tbo books of the Sunbury ond Erie Rrailroad Company, and report to Councils iu detail, at Ihe first regular meeting in September, Iho amount of money received, and what amount of iho receipts lias been fiom individuals residing Ihe Slate of Pennsylvania, and what amount from individuals lesiding (nit of ihe Stale ; and when any subscription or any instalments thereon have not been paid lo the Company iu money, then how il was paid, and what loss lias been sustained by uch mode of payment; and also the amount that lias been paid by the stveial Towns, Cities, Counties, and Coiporaliuns lhal have been subscribed lo Ihe capital stork of the Sunbury and Eiie Kailioad Com pa in, the manner in which such sub.ci ipiions have been paid, ami the inss. if any, w hich the company have sustained by such manner of payment; and also, whether tho $500,000 paid tu Ihe said company in June last, 011 ihe second subset iptiuu of Iho oily of Philadel phia, was made at tilt) request of Ihe said company, and by a le.ululion ol the JSoard of Managers, with a majority of the mem bers, mid the President asscntiiiL! thereto, nnd whether it has been nppinpriated tu the pur pose fur which it was paid; and ulso icport Iho amount of money which has been ex pended by the company sincu ihe 1st of July, 1853, and tho purposa for which il hah been paid; with such other information respecting the liabilities and future prospects of Ihe said company as lhey may dec in best. tiik piiict; or waiiAT. The folloiving from lha New York Econo mist will bo i!ilere:iug to the growers of w heat ; We understand farmers at Iho South are very reluctant Iu purl with their Wheat, unless at exlieme high prices, which Iho lato news from Europe will not warrant fil lers and shipers in paying. The season has been unusually good fur secuiiug our crop in -pleiidid order. The ciop in Canada is very large, and of superior quality, and is now 10 bo admitted free of duly; much of it will come forward ihis autumn; hence, Southern farmers do nol evince much foresight iu holding on lo their Wheat until lute in the season, to come in competition wilh North urn and Western Wheat. The intelligence from Ihe West is (jnito promising for the yield, Ohio only excepted- The increased area under cultivation will more I ha 11 cottier balance the deficiency in Ihis Slate and Ohio. Tho rurpluss of Hed Wheal will be comparatively great, but we fear fuimers will not embrace tho high prices offered ihia Autumn, hoping lo do better next Spi ing. In this Ihey are likely lo be much mistaken ; ihe fact that Ihe stock of old throughout the country is entirely ex eausted, will nol bo without influence with farmers, and is likely to induce ihem to hold. The prospect is now that little of iho new crop of Ohio or Michigan can reach us until after lha middle of September, and not iu great abundance until October, Ihe prices likely lo be offered will not be very satisfactory to farmers. The lata advices fiom Europe are highly promifing for Iheir crops, the wcalher being all lhal could be desired ; added lo this, ihe fact lhal the free navigation of the Danube it quite certain, w hich secures lo Europe Ibe products of Ihe Southern provinces of Russia, und al a much less cost of transportation. The bulk of ihe Wheat hat hitherto found a market at Odessa, but Ihe removal of Ihe obstructions 011 ihit liver will make quite u revolution in trade, especially in Southern Russia, and will be of immense importance to 'Austria. We allude lo Ihis subjeol here a many per sons suppose lhal should Ihe war in Europe continue, all Ihe Russian Wheal would still ba cut utf but Ibit it nol lha faol ; benoe, Wetlern Europe, iu lha event of a failure of iheir crops which by-ihe-by, it not prob able will have souroe foi supplies, other ban this country. PctTH or Richaso Pkmn Smith. Richard Ptmu Smith, a gentlemen well known for hit litlerary acquitments and his intellectual ability, died 011 Saturday, at hi residence, at I ilia ri!e at Schuylkill. ins CH01.tr.n4 1 rRAftcr. rimUl ftrt-fljrs Mnrteillfl and Elsewhere rant'tnad Flight of inaabilnns Awful Scenti. Thn national Inlolligenerr publishes ihe folio inn extraet of a letter from an intelll gent Arnarlcsn now in Knrope, dated. Marskii.i.bs, Monday, July 17 1834. I am Induced lo make soma remarks about the I'holom now In twenty-six departments In Franeo. Perhaps they may throw lipht on the Strange jnnrneyins of this dreadful scourpe of God. It appears to have flown over Lynns, thnl largo city watered on both sides by Ihe Rhone add the Saone, and in every way surrounded by fresh water. It has never been there. It lighted at Avignon, al Ihe Pope's palace, Ihe biahest ground In the ril y nernpied by French troops. Out of eiht hnndred In lhal palace, two hundred and foity-five died the rest marched lo Ailes, carrying Ihe disease wilh Ihem, and il there raged in Ihe most dreadful manner Such was Ihe panio that in a population nf twenty thousand, only five thousand remain ed, Ihe rest having fled no one knows where. Tho deaths are at present reduced lo fifty per day. Some of Ihe soldiers were ordered lo Marseilles to embark for Algeria: they in troduced il into this place. Eighty thousand inhabitants have emigra ted j many fled to encamp in tho woods. Soon their little means will be exhausted, and Ihey will be forced to obtain employment in or near the city which will add to the vic tims. Many dio or sheer fear. If ihe Rus sians weie within five miles of France, with in sij;ht the panic could not be greater. It is said that fathers have fled, leaving wives ami children to follow as soon as necessary aiticles could be collected ; also that mothers have done the same thing. This I will not believe of a mother. Families hire wagons, carrying bedding, &o , nol knowing, so lhal lhey can only gut clear of the cily, wheie they shall go as the bastides. (country houses near the city,) six thousand in number, shan ties, &c, are ciowdcd. Our streets look at if a second fatal playuo existed. At six o'clock the shops close, and everybody retire, w hile a deathlike silence prevails even on the beautiful promenade Bonaparte, which is i usually crowded till midnight. The deaths iu the remainiui! nonulatiuri of 129 000. hnva oeen wiiiiin a lew nays, irom uu 10 187 per !.. fti ..-uni ..,.. l . k:- n A Government vessel sailed from heie on Ihe lO.h for Constantinople with troops; Ihe jcholeia appeareil on board, and Ihey put into Malta haviii2 bst fortv-five. Soon Ibis fear - j ..... . . fill disease will ba introduced into Iho armies of Ihe Moslem, nnd their allies, the Western Powers. From what I have said, it would appear thai this scourge it tint wholly in the air, as is believed in ihu United States, but is uUo communicated by travelleis. It docs not ful low the course of rivers ; it avoided Lyons, and, as I slated above, has never been theie. This city, ns regards fresh water, is wash ed on all sides by two mighty rivers; ofie : f- .i. . ..r 1- . 1 . t ii'j; iium iuh inriti ui r ranee, passing iy Pails where Ihe cholera is bad, Ihe other from Swilzeilaud. Marseilles is surrounded by the sea ; no fresh water is near, and yet see how it suffers. Uy Telegraph. lirportcd Bank Failures Nkw Voiis, Aug. 14 The following In diana banks tra reported bioko: F.ikhart Rank, Now York aud Virginia Stock Hank, Kuussclaer Bank, and State Slock Bank, ut Peru. North Carolina Election Columbia, August II. The complete re- turns of ihe election for Governor in North Carolina give Bragg (Dem.) 4S.600 and Pucker)- (Whig) 46 000. Indiana Banks. CtNciNNATTl, August 14. Tho notes of all but four of tho Indiana free banks were re. fused by tho banks in this city to-day, w hich caused considerable excitement. The bank officers hold a meeting to-morrow, when Ihey w ill probaly decide lo receive the paper fur a limited lime. Governorship of Nebraska frrsf of an Incendiary. Wasiiiictox, August 14. Mr. Burt hat not yet notified the President of his accept ance of the Governorship of Nebraska, aud it is believed that ha will decline. A yonug man named Claiborne Wilson ha, bren arrested here for arson, and confesses that he set fire to a dozen houses in this city lately. Ho has also implicated several olh. era as accomplices. J-7fosion of a Poicdcr Magazine Thir teen Houses Destroyed. Cincinnatti, Aug. t-t. The Powdermng azine at Maysville, Ky., was fit on fire yes terday morning, causing lha explosion of 800 kegs of gunpowder. The explosion was most terrific, and very destructive iu its e fleets. The surrounding properly was set on fire, and some 13 dwelling houses were consum ed. The occurrence look place at 2 o'clock on sunday morning, alarming the citizens to such an extent lhat soma momenta elapsed before any one would venture lo go into the stieet. fiUny, in tbeii fright, thought the day of judgment had come. When, al length, ihey recovered from the effects os lha shock and tallied nut they found Ibo tide-walks cov ered wilh the fragments of demolished bou ses, lha atmosphere wat bri'lianlly illuniina ted by the burning buildings in the neigh borhood of the magazine. It ia remarkable that nol a tingle life was lott, aud but two peraom seriously injured. Subsequent to the explosion one lady died from Ihe elfectt of fright. The losa it ettimaied al from $'0. 000 lo $100,000. The Mayor hat offered a a reward of $1000 fur any information thai nay lead lo the conviction of lha miscreant lhal set fire to lha magazine. 4 LAS for the poor ill-fated Franklin. She raa ashore and became a wreck. Wt ui'y more lhau ber, Iht pauangert. They lost their clulhingt but easily, quickly and cheaply ran Ihey be replaced by visiting Kor sain &. W11. son's cheap aud fashiouabUt clolhiuf store. No. Ill I'Urstuul slrevt, corntr of t'reiikhn PLara. Philadelphia. l(uh iu, pa'awngtrt by Ihe lesl j PbiU., Jtn. .1, tISi. cv A Cer'ain Cure for yenrlmtln E and other DimmsmiI nf ihe Skin It i oispinrn irci insi llnllnwiy's Uinlmeut is only one which Is In it tlTect iidslhbl.. Luses that lha most eminent mrdn-tl nm, noneit nve cll-pslred ol relieving, ilr n ately yield lo lit curative powers, ami o-ni in nccnrnnnce Wltn the prints,) Jj, """mpunyeaenp-.l, jt, lowsy's Pills, ihe iwo combined ihfou. eradicate Ihe most invnlorate of these , set, and leave the turT.rtr without a Lie . . A1)0 iHarkctg. Philadelphia Market Aug. w, S5. Flora and M.At -There i. ,crj Hll, port demand for Flour. The qu,Mi0 aboul S 8 60S8 76 per bbl. fo, fr,h ' and .98975 lor exira. R,8 Fhm'r Is 3 S3 371 per bbl. Las, sale, of Pe,,', Coin Meal al S3 60a3 371 per bbl Gbain. Wheal is rat he j more f,,.,.).. feml at SI 80I60 for new pijrrie 1, 1' SI SOil 75 for new while. Rv,e ,! scaice. Last sales of Pennsylvania nil bti. Corn is dull al the decline. Sal.,,, rents, afloat, tor jcllow. Oats aie sesre Sales of new Delaware at 38 cts. Whiskey is scarce and tells at 34 cent bbls. Piisou bbls. 35, arid drudge K, 33 Ealtimore Market Aug. 15, R5 WHEAT. -Piiccs tuled at abr.ut tho tires of Saturday, and we. quote fair to 1 leds 135 a 145 els. ; good lo piime do 145.1 160 els. ; fair lo coed whites m 145 els.; good lo piime do at I Son 1 70 els ; choice lots of white for tilru and fu flour at 175a 180 cts. SUNBUKY PRICK CUIU1H.V WllKAT. I!tl. - Culm. ... Oats. Potatiiks, - Dssswax - H-CKLSU Kill. - BrrTsa. lsns. . . . PoKK. Flaxskkb. - . . Tallow. Kew Advertisements. Notice to School Teacher riMIE School Directors of the borough of : JL bury will meet at the public scbool I: j in said borough, on Wednesday, ut 1 o'clock, P. M., lo receive tin the :i(llh Iocm, P. M., lo receive the ct rtiticuti applicants for schools, and select two mule , to comillece on Ihe 1st Monday of Seoie. 1 i..-. ,-..( il...v r... ii. r. j ensuing. Liberal wages will be given to 1 I teachers. A well qualiied female teacher is de.sin tako charge of Ihe more advanced young la By order of the Hoard, S. K. PEA1.E, Sec Sunbury, Aug. 19. 1854. 2t. l GUANO ! GUANO! rjpKE subscriber, tele agent lor the ! Peruvian Guano in Pliilndelphia, ha on hand a large stock of PURE PERUVIAN GUANO, fully sufficient for the Fall demai d, whir will sell at the lowest Cash price, in lots lo j cither dealers or farmers. H.J. CHRISTIAN. I Sale ApfTt fnr Plnlnrltlntti No. .8 North Wharves, and 97-Norih V titreet, Philadelphia. August 19, lHo. 3m. To Country Merchants. IT.UIT AND CONFECTIONARY. RUBIN CAM & SELLEBS, Wholesale Manufacturers and Dealers 1 CONFECTIONARY OF ALL KISl No. 1 13 North Third St , Lclmr liace, Philadelphia. TPHE attent ion of I)ea!ert is requested I -- examination of their stock, which wil found to bo at trust equal lo any in this cil POliKKi.N PHI ITS ofall kind- in season.' N. B. Orders by in til or otherwise prom attended to. . Phila., Aug. 19, 1854 3m. PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS No. 21 Arch Street, above Front, PHILADELPHIA. THE subscribers have on hand, and are 1 atantly manufacturing Sieves, Riddles, Screens, Woven Wire. of all mrahca and widths. Also, all kind: plain and fancy Wire work. Dran and . Wire Sieves of alll kinds; Bras and Cn Y ire Cloth for Paper Makers, cVc. t'jlim and Dandy Rolls covered in the best manner Heavy Twilled Wire for Spark Catch Sieves for Brass and Iron Founders, fci Wire, Window Wire, Safes, Traps, Dish Co Coal and Sand. Screens, Ac. BAYMSS. DARBY A UXN Phila., Aug. 10, 1854. 3m. Front Street Wire Manufactory. WATSON & COX, i'irir, ti.dle,.Scrn and Wire Clvth MANUFACTURERS, No. 40 North Front Street, Corner of Coomb's Alley, between Markfl 1 Mulberry (Arch) Streets. Philadelphia. TANUFACTUKE of superior qusliiv, B: and Iron Wire Sieves of all kinds; Hi and Copper Wire Cloth for Paj.cr Makers, 1 Cylinders and Dandy Rolls covered in the I manner. Heavy Twilled Wire for Spark Catch fcievea for Brass and Iron Founder. Sari Wire Window AVire, Ssfet, Tra) s, DUti Co Coal and t?and Screens, Ac. Fancy Wirt) w of every description. Phila., Aug. 19, 1854 3m. To the Voters of Northumberland Ccun At the urgent solicitation of numerous friei throughout the counly, I oiler myself lo y consideration at a Volunteer Candidate for COUNTY COMMISSION:!?, and promise, if elected, to discbarge the dulici the ollice faithfully, and to the best of my ululi PHILIP KEN N Lower Augusta, Aug. 19, 18.il. ORPHANS COURT SALE. IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans Co ol Northumberland county, will be rxpoJ public sale, en SATURDAY, Ihe 33d dsy SE PTEMBER next, on Ihe premises, the I lotting described property, to wit : A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, situaltd in Whortleberry street, in Ihe Uoroo of Sunbury, and numbered in tho gtieralplsn aaid Borough, No. il brinj a corner I. bounded ou the aeulh by W hortleberry aim 00 the eaal by Fawu slrest, en the north by 1 alley, aud on the west by lot N.. silly fe Iront by 2-0 feel in depth, eouuiniiig aoocl or third of an acre, -ior or low. Lale ibe estalt Martha tioodharl dee'd. -"ale lo comr.ence 10 o'clock, A. M. of aaid day. when the lerr will be node kni by FKANCId BL'CHEK. Adm'r. By order of the Court, ) J. P. Pt RSEU Clk. O. C. i ' Buakury, Aug. If, Iff!. )
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