NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY
TROPOKO LOAN.
Wo publish' below ft statement of Hie con.
tlition ornl prospects of tlio Nortliorn Crutrnl
Railway Company,
exhibiting the advnnta-
gcs to bo derived from the
ira the extension or that
work to its cor.noctian with tho Southern
nnthrncfto region of Pennsylvania, and the
1 ennsylvnma aul. Now York railroads.
I'heso are so well got forth in tho document
itself that wo need only refer tho reader to
them. An application will be made to our
citizens for the snlo of tho bonds of tho com
pany in order to complete the work, both
from its Nortlrem termination to its connec
tion with other roads, and from its present
termination in Baltimore to navigable water
nt Cantoh- Tho torms of tho loan, and tho
, nmple security offered for it, will .recommend
tho bonds of tho company to the fnvoroblo
consideration of capitalists. Somo of tho
bonds hnv already been disposed of:
I bo Northern Central Railway Company
nro about making a contract to complcto
thoir road from Sunbnry to Canton, and pny
for tho sume iu part of an issue of .'2,500,000
six per cent. Doncis. These bonds to bo so
cured by a mortgage on the wliolo of tho
road and equipment. Tho road is built and
equipped from Baltimore to llridireport
opposite Harrisburg, a distance of 84 miles,
, nnu trom Bridgeport to Hiiiiuiiry, msmncu
of 64 miles ; 26 aro graded and ready for the
iracu, ana or tuo remaining zsasmiiii poi-mm
of the irrmlinrr ia Hnnn A t . lirithrepol't it
fmitlAnta U-ill, Pflnnorlv
Ilia clinvtnct and enfna . rnn fo h tho way of
rlttsburg from the g eat West to Baltimore.
Between Jridgcport and Sunbury Iio the
great coal fiolds of the Susquehanna region
the Pine Grove the Lykeni A
Trevorton and the Shamokin, from all whicli
lateral roads, intersecting the Northern Cen
tral, are built and only waitingthocompletion
of this road to send thoir immense supplies
to market. Tho moment the road is built to
them a largo traffic is at once opened to it,
and in fact the business from this source alone
will be sufficient to give tho road an nmplo
revenue and make it a profitable investment.
Upon reaching Sunbury, it will connect via
tho Sunbury and Krie, and Williamsport and
Elmira with the Krie Railroad at the lust
named point. From Sunbnry to Elmira tho
roads are built and iu operation except 5
miles north of Sunbnry, which is boing built
and will be completed by 1st Sji t.-mber.
The distances aro as follows :
Baltimore to Jridgcport
Bridgeport to Suubury,
Sunbury to Williamsport,
AVilliamsport to Elmira,
From Bnltimoro to Elmira
- New York to Elmira is
84 miles.
64 "
40 "
74 "
252 "
283 "
Differenco in distance
32
in favor of Bnltimoro; thus securing all the
travel and traffic between the South and the
Northwest, with its great population and
resources, which now goes 232 miles out of
its way via New York. At Williamsport,
moreover, it will obtain a fair proportion of
the immense lumber trade of that region, the
product of which now finds a market by tho
tedious and precarious method of rafting, and
the Pennsylvania canal.
The sources of rerer.uo then, for this rond,
nro the connection with Pittsburg and the
Avcst tho coo! trade of tho Susquehanna
region me lumber trado or Williamsport,
and the agricultural product of the rich and
fertile country through which it passes ; and
the passenger travel between tho South and
the N orlh diverted from its present circui
tous route. Either one of those three sources
.would yield a sufficient revenue to ninintaiu
the road, and the combination of all of them
upon its completion, leads to a serious doubt
wnemcr tho capacity of the road will somco
for tho business that will at onco.bo offered,
nnu wr us sources oi revenue thero is no
competitor.
To secure the payment of the bonds we
will give a brief view of what tho property and
present business which tho road offers. Tho
estimated value of tho property of the com
pany, consisting of 84 miles of road between
Baltimore and Harrisburg, built iu the most
suusiamiut manner, ironed with a rail or bo
lbs. to tho yard, in tbo best condition of ro-
fuir ; bonds and stocks of the Wrightsvillo
lailroad ; real estate in Pennsylvania and
Maryland, a largo portion of which, upon tho
completion of tho road to tido water at
Canton, could readily bo sold for tho valua
tion, equipment, machine shops, materials,
(sinking funds and cash, amounts toij4,741,733,
ay per statement enclosed. Amount expend
ed for grading and masonry on tho road be
tween Bridgeport and Sunbury, 800,000,
making together tho. sum of $5,541,733.
Against theso assets the liabilities arc
founded debt of tho company C per cent,
82,630,000.
Tho uctual receipts of tho road for tho first
fivo months of the preseiilycarwcrelG8,80!.
expenditures 81,513, luavuig as profit $87,
200, under tho very disadvantageous circum-
stances of tho general depression in the trade
aim manuiactures an extraordinary defi
ciency in tho crops, and a revision of tho toll
sheet imposing higher rates of faro and
freight, and correcting may abuses which, at
iuo outset, witu strenuous resistance upon
tho part of those liviug and travelling upon
mu nnu oi ma roau, and which they have
grutiually become reconciled to.
times llio Urat of May Ilia receipts of Die road
have largely increased, making it certain Unit
the profiti fur the current twelve mouths will
not be leu thou faoo.oou. The preecui fuiuled
ucul ea.tsjo.uou
Amount proposed to be imued for competing the
road to Suubury and to tide wuter at Cunton, '
and eddiUoau I equipment foi new load - S.suo.oon
, . . ,T:',a' ... s.ino.no,,
Interest on which at o per cent, per annum - 307,600
thus showing tho extraordinary favorable re
suit that tho Road now in operation fur tho
present year with earn net nearly sufficient
not only to pay the interest on tho debt it
now owos, but on all tho debt it proposes to
make for tho completion to tido water and
Sunbury, by which the receipts will bo nearly
trebled the first year. Let us not forget to
mention here that the Canton Company have
donated a right of way through their proper
ty aud wharf front at a point where tho
deepest water is found in tho harbor of Jul
timore and from which its position is tho
most eligible place for a depot. As for the
increase of receipts after thucoinplction shall
nave oeen euocled, tbo following is au esti
mata far within the limits i
t)a the ruad between Baltimoreana Bridgeport,
i Dales ate now ia successful operation .
This estimate is nude oa the revalue of the pre
sent mouth, front waiek it is veiy moderate
Revenue from Uimugfc passenger aud lorul tra
vel from Bridgeport lo Suufcury .
Revenue from geueral and tlirongh tonnage, iu-
eluding local tonnage and Coal trad .
Mail pay at 2tJ0 per mile, pries now paid by
governineut for H miles ....
Revenue from Express goods ;
850,000 tons of Cori earned to Canto, over 100
miles of ruad at i cents pst auil
6'U0,OUO
176,000
150,000
11,1X10
1,000
600,000
Total
Deduct expenses at Uio high rate of 00
l,tkJP,0H0
percent . . . Snej,8no
Interest on existing debt of St, 8n,u00
at per cent ... 1e m
Interest oa sroposed debt of ii, 500 ,000
at pst ess . . . is,,,),,
1,?US,UU
We have been careful to avoid an
estimate of the resources of the road and ar
confident that the result will far exceed our
Biawjiucuus, inueou mo revenue from the coal
iraue atone id ine socona year after the onon
ing or tbe road, will exceed ia all probabilitv
the amouut wa have estimated for the entire
receipts, it may not oe amus to stats here
i uai one company, tbe I rovorton, are ready
1. .n..J uui niu i . I . i . . -
i'j Balm ouu.vov unia ui cinu toe nrsi year
provided ine roaa can transport jt, nnd to
furnish 1.000 to 1.600 cart to ossist in car
rying it. Tho expenditures by the, different
coal companies in the Husqucnanna region,
in opening their mines and building lateral
roads to connect with tho Northorn Central
when completed from Bridgeport to Sunbury,
excf-eds $5,000,000.
The mines aro opened and the lateral roads
urn limit anil return, from this larire expend
iture depend entirely upon the completion of
tuo .Northern central lioon. jn iac
see nn irood reason why tho Coal traffic of
this Bond shouldjfit no far distant period,
rivnl ltn nf hn mmlina Railroad i and in
view of the great disproportion of cost, why
tho result of its business snonm noi o uiu. o
profitable. The estimateor27o,li'u inroug..
travel, and $150,000 through freight, cannot
foil to bo considerably within bounds. W hen
wo have not only the immense t ravel not
the northern port of New Ytf
l.aKos onu me eoumi, "- ,i,B
between tho rich and populous va !
SuT-qnehannn, Philadelphia "
qt.ehan.m.i ..... .,.. - , ,,
Ki
tho fine agricultural country which tl s Koad
in a market, wo should noiuesu.,...
sco th
per cent,
seo tho revenue from these 6om.e. ,
bevoi.U our csunin-. - """f -.. -
ound and VnVthy condition of its affairs at
nont and the immense resources to bo nc-
iiuircd by tho oprniug of the uniinisnc.i pnri
Jf it wo cannot but think the security offered
:. rili most perfect of its kind, and that
tl.n bonds will be considered by tho public a
cheap and most desirable investment.
The Bonds will bo protected, in addition
to the mortgage, by a sinking fund of one per
cent, per annum, which will bo invested in
these Bonds while they can bo obtained at
par or under. The sinking fund will redeem
tho bonds at maturity, they having 30 years
to run.
Estimated Vulne of the Property of the Xor-
them C entral llauicaij Company, under the
Acts of Consolidation.
1st. 84 milee of Rond between ftnltimore and linn iebure.
bnilt in the most BubstnutiHl mnnnei, ironed with
a rail GO lln. to the yard, wooden superstructure in
the best condition of remlr, bridges on Howe1!
plan, for the most port new, sidings, wnter sta
tions, mid stat ion-houses included, at
(145,000 per mile S3,SO,000.00
(This portion of the rond is now in snccessful operation.)
2nd. 61 miles under construction between
lint rishurg ami Sunbury, 87 miles now
graded ready for the superstructure, on
the remaining 37 miles a large portion
of work has been done, consisting of
grading, masonry, tie., cost the Com
pany eoo,ooo oo
3d.
The Company hold the Bonds of the
Wrightsville Railroad Company, (a
road connecting the State Road, from
rhilnpelphia to Columbia, with their
Rmdat York, 19 miles long, with a
00 lbs. rail, iu good condition,) secured
by a first and only mortgage, upon
which the interest is regularly paid,
rained at 883,1100
Holds a claim ngniust the
Wrightsville Company secured
by pledge of real estate, tho in
terest is regularly Pal, besides
a portion of tlmt Company's re
venue is annually appropriated
towards its liquidation, valued
at
Holds also 3,173 shares of the
Capital Slock of the Wrights
ville Company at parglSS.toO,
r tSO per share, on this the
Company received u regular di
vidend of 9 per cent, equal to
8101 per sliare -
34,630
179,733.00
Noti Value oi'lhis Block, per President's report, W0.
4lh. Value of Real Estate in Maryland and
Pennsylvania, as per recent appraise
ment, (property in Marylaid exempt
from taxation)
Value of Road Equipments, stationary
machinery, in shops, mati-nuts on hand,
city track, &c. ...
finking Eund for loon of 9 5(10,01 ) to lute
Yoik and C. R. R. Company
Cash and other available means
251,000 00
Sill.
600,000 oo
on.
13,0110.00
15,000.110
7lh.
15,541, .33.00
THE MAIN LINE.
Last evening, nn effort was niado to sell
tho 11 ain Lino of the Public Works of Penn
sylvania, iu pursuance of an Act of Assembly,
pussed .Mny 8, 1855, "to provide for tho salo
of tho Main Lino of tho Public Works." At
half past 7 o'clock, Gov. Pollock, Attorney
General Franklin, Col. A. G. Curtin, Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, tho Commission
ers appointed under tho Act, and the auction
eer, John 1$. Myers, Ksq., made their nppenr
uuee in tho rotunda of tho Kxchnugc, which
contained probably three hundred persons
anxious to witness the salo ami pit re huso of
tho principal stem of tho Pennsylvania im
provements. Mr. Myers, by direction of Gov.
Pollock, commenced the preliminaries of tho
salo by reading tho terms prescribed by the
act: i'heso were, that no bid less than S7.-
500,000 should bo received, and that a depos
it of 100,000 should bo retmired from tbo
purchaser, tho samo to bo forfeited to tho
Stato unless the conditions specified by tho
act wero complied with. In default of the
immediate payment of this sum of $100,000
in available funds, the Main lino was to be
again put up for salo. A bid was then soli
cited by Mr. Myers, but there was no re
sponse, lie then commenced at fifteen mil
lions, and after the usual manner, descended
o eight millions, and from that sum by liuii-
ivu luousunds to tlio minimum price or
00,000, without receiving a single bid.
Governor Pollock, after cnnsiiltMiim with
Mr. Franklin ami I others, announced 1 hut if
no i offer wero inndo within fivo minutes, the
sale would be adjourned. This failed to bring
nu oner, ami tnere not being tho slightest dis-
i"ii.uu nmiuH'sieu, tue Governor stuted that
the sale, if adjourned, would be without a day.
After a short delay, the sale was adjourned
tne die, aud the act for the sale of the Main
miiu uas ngain proved futile.
Governor Polloelr fomniiioil in il. t?
chango for a considerable timo, and was in
troduced to a number of our citizens. The
lauure oi tue sale was a source of much re
gret. Ledger.
New Haii.boad Routs o N'ew Ynnw-
a learn from the Minerf Journal, that
Kllwood Morris, Ksq., Kngineer and Superin
tendent of the Dauphin and Husnuehanna
Kailroad, has been recounoiterinir the route
for a railroad from Auburn to intersect the
l-ehitrh alley llailroadat Allontown.lcadiiiir
directly to new York. Mr. Morris ia one
of the most taluuted Engineers in the country,
tinu no nas uiscovereu a rouio dv wnico a
road can be made from Auburn to Allen towu.
a distance of 38 miles, with a grade not ex
ceeding 16 feet to the milo runninir Fast, aud
32 feet running West. Py this route Potts-
ville would be brought witluu a distance of
110 miles of New York city and the road
can be made at a cost of about 61.200,000,
and for Jt'-',IH1,000, fully equip
Lusiues3. The following aro t
iped for a largo
tue distances:
Miles.
Pottsville to Auburn, 10
Auburn to Allentowo, 38
A lion town to Fasten, 17
Kaaton to Now York, 75
Total, 140
The Construction nf i h link )ot vaaii If am.
burg aud Allontown, is all that is wanted, to
open to Reading, as well as the whole Schuyl-
.... ryBiou, tuis snort and direct route to
ww lorn.
n
ham M.;r :-t? h ? .?
vera rloii. 7 i "aoioy rails, Alasa.,
.a erT7. 1'V- , "J " '"J"u . .Lo CBti-
i lucurto lor f 160,000.
THE AMERICAN
BUNBUBY.
SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1855.
H. B. MASSEB, Editor and Proprietor
t AnvTisaas. -The circulation of the Punbury
American aimmg the different towns on the Surnuehsima
Is not exceeded if equalled by any pirT published, in North
cm Pennsylvania.
EDITOR'S TABLE,
tlnslnr-ss Notices.
Goncv' Laut'i Book for August, ia nn ex
cellent number. The plate of fashions, and pat
terns for a vnricty of articles of drcsa and house
hold use, will particularly commend, it to the
ladies, while the literary contents will suit nil
sorts of readers who enn appreciate what is good.
Godry'i Magnzine, as a publication for ladies,
has no equal. With the number, the rdito,
sends us a supplement, containing soma thirty
receipts for the most approved Summer Drinks
all temperance compounds, which may be had
for 13) cts. or four postage stamps, on application
to Louis A. Godr-y, 113 Chestnut street fhilada.
AntEtiicjkit Law RcflirrF.R. We are in re
ceipt of the July number of this valuable Law
Journal. It contains tho usual amount of legal
matter interesting to students.
Billot 's Pictorial still continues to main
tain Its excellence, as the best pictorial publica
tion in the Union.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
A Camp Mkktinci for Sunbury Circuit will
bo held in Dr. .1. W. Peal's woods, three
miles east of Sunburv. nc&r the Centre turn
pike, lending from Sunbury to Pottsvillo, to
commence on Friday, August 17tli. Preach
ers and members of adioinine circuits and
stations nro cordially Invited to attend.
Sunbury, July 28, 1855.
C3Wearo indebted to tho lion. James
Cooper fbr a copy of tho Report of tho Com
missioner of Patents.
63TMr. Jeremiah S. Hall, of Danville, has
received the appointment of PostOfTico Agent
on tho Mail route between Williamsport and
Flniira.
C"It is staled that Gov. Pollock has ap
pointed Jas. Hepburn, Esq., of Philadelphia!
Law Reporter for the Supremo Cotirt. Mr.
Hepburn resided iu Northumberland, many
years had tho reputation of being a good law
yer.
tS" Map of Northumberland County.
Mr. K. Yolk nor, of Lowisburg, proposes to
publish a map of Northumberland County,
similar to tho map ho has published of Uuion
county. Mr. Yolkmar is now engaged iu
collecting tho materials and making the ne.
cessary surveys for that purpose. Ho conies
well recommended, and we trust ho will meet
with tho success ho deserves, as a correct
map of this county is much wanted at this
time.
Ckkmt. May we nsk our friends of tho
Philadelphia I.edycr to exercise a little more
caution in giving credit, l.ast wceu th"
Lcdijcr credited un article from this paper, in
regard to tho crops, to tho Panviilo Democrat.
This week another artitlo entitled "Our con
nection with western New lork and tno
Lakes," was credited to tho Sunbury Gazette
Now it is a matter of somo importance to bo
correctly quoted in a paper so extensively
read and circulated as the Ledger.
tJjTKXNBYi.vAsiA Rklikk Notks. A Stato
law txk effect on tho 1st inst., requiring
them to b) received for taxes, or redeemed iu
par funds by the Stato Treasurer, nnd theu
destroyed, while banks, county treasurcrsi
toll collectors, etc., are expressly prohibited
from paying them. out. This is an excellent
law and should bo strictly observed, as gold
and silver aro abundant throughout the coun
try.
tJ5" Statk Aokhtltcral Fair. The list
of premiums for tho Stute Agricultural Fair,
to bo held at Hurrisburtf on tho 25th, 2Clh
27th and 28th of September, is published.'
Tlio total amount of cash premiums offered
by tho Society is $5,59. These premiums
range from 100 down to 1. There are al
so embraced iu tho premium list, thirty-one
silver Cups and Goblets, and eighty-threo sil
ver medals, and a number of bronze medals,
CSTOur Friend Godcy, of the Lady',
Hook, has been swindled out of $15, borrowed
money, by a fellow calling himself John B,
Potts, who pretended to bo tho editor of a
paper at Muncie,' Indiana; but who turned
out to bo an incorrigible scamp. Godcy is
tbe last man we would play such a trick upon,
Ho would bo sure to put us into his " Book
ss he did Mr. Potts, and then we should be
come notorious in every nook and corner i
tho United States.
tif"Tlio Mormons in Utah are suffering
terribly from tbo ravages of the grasshoppers,
which are devouring their crops, and every
spocics of vegetation. In California, grass
hoppers are always abundant. The Indians
in that state feast on them as a great relish.
The Mormons, not being very fastidious in
some of their tastes, might convert them iuto
something useful. Grasshopper soup would
no doubt bo delightful.
(3- Tbe Whig State Central Committee
met on Monday lost, and after organizing,
Gxed the lltb day of September next for the
meeting of the Whig State Convention, which
is to be held at Harrisburg.
FiniiT Between Politicians. On the 16th
inst., during a political discussion at Colunv
bia, Tenn., soma bard words passed between
J General Tillow and A. J. Donolson, Esq
and a blow given by the latter was returned
by the former, whoa friends interposed and
rettery peace.
GLEANINGS FROM OUR rlatlOHBORS.
LEwrsBURO. Mifllinburg is In the field as a
rival of Lowisburg, for the Scat of J ustice of
Uuion county. A corresponaoni irom mu
flinburg gives a number of reasons in tho last
Lowisburg Chronicle, why that town should
be solectod. Among them they lay claim to
more central position to ploasant location
to pretty girls to longevity to plenty of
churches, preachers and doctors. In reply to
this the Chroniclo contends, and very proper
ly, that Lowisburg is moro control ia regard
to population, though not googropbically, that
tho Lewisburgers aro more progressive, have
river and biggor stores, and are severa1
miles "nearer tho world," than Mifllinbnrg
nor will thoy knopk under in regard to the
amiability and accomplishments of tho ladies.
As for preachers, lawyers and doctors they
claim to have any quantity, enough to set two
towns togetherby the cars. Thus far the editor
of the Chronclo had made out a strong caso
which ho afterwards weakened with tho fol
lowing overt act of treason :
Tho four townships and Milton Boroueh-
above Montour ridgo in Northumberland
county, would bo much better accommodated
for all county business purposes at Lowisburg,
tnon nt buniiury. M alio iewisburg the conn
iy sent, with good and attractive county build
ings erected in tho spirit of the guarantee of
Lowisburg to tho county, and no Legislature
could rcfuso the prayer of tho peoplo of thoso
nvo upper nnd comparatively isolated districts
to be "ro-onnexed" to Union county. That
this is the anxious wish nnd hope of hundreds
of tho farmers on tho othor sido of tho river,
we are well aware ; and as Gov. Snvdcr sign
ed a law transferring himself from Northum-
uerianu to l nion county, wo hope to see Gov.
Pollock sign a law transferring himself also
from Northumberland to Union county, each
without removing from home. AVith a coun
ty seat at Mifllinburg, no such hope or expec
tations could be cherished ; nt Lowisburg no
thing could be more probable.
Now we have no idea that Gov. Pollock
would sanction any such thing. Ho has rea
son to be proud of his native county, and
would never agreo to a dismemberment of its
fair proportions.
Tho Chroniclo also contains tho annual set
tlement of tho Borough accounts. When
will our officers give the tax payers of Sun
bury nn opportunity to soe how their money
has been expended T
Danville. Tho Intelligencer notices the
death of ono of tho hands in the Rolling Mill
occasioned by drinking too freely of cold wa
ter. An anti-temperance friend at our elbow
quotes this ns an argument against tlio Maine
Law and asserts that many a man has hastened
his'death by mixing too moch water with his
whiskey. The office and store of the Rough
and Ready Iron Works was struck by light
ning on Tuesday last. A Mrs. Miller, iutho
store at tho timo, was considerably slunned
Reapi.nu. We learn from the Gazettothat
there is a rumor that some Eastern capitalist
liavo proposed to purchase tho subscription
bonds of that city, to the Lebanon Valley
railroad. Several accidents occurred on tho
railroad by persons standing or walking on
tho track. On Thursday morning, as a train
of eighty loaded coal cars was rounding the
curvo at tho Neversiuk, just below Reading,
the bumper-block of ono of tho cars dropped
upon tho track, thus checking the train at
full speed, and overturning some twenty-threo
cars down tho embankment into tho Schuyl
kill. A very largo quantity of coal was upset
iu tho rivor, aud some of tho cars were broken
to pieces j but, fortunately, owing to prompt
uncoupling, nouo of tho brakesmen were in.
juredT Tho road was not obstructed by the
accident.
Mii.to.v. Tho Miltoniau contains a call
for a Whig County Mooting to bo held
at Sunbury on tho Cth of August, to make
arrangements for the October elections. Wm.
F. Nagle, Esq., has procured the requisito
amount of slock to the Sunbury and Erie
road to securo a freight and passongor depot
in Broadwav.
n.i.iAM.si'ORT llio Uazotto contains a
notice for a meeting at Will amsport on tho
20th, for tho purpose of organizing an ngri"
cultural sock'ty. Our neighbors have not
shown their usual enterprise iu this matter.
Tho Press mentions that a number of bats
wero discovered bctwoeu tho weatherboards
removed from a bouse, nnd 232 of them de
stroyed. ' A correspondent of tho Gazctto
calls this "wanton cruelty," as tho bats are
harmless and livo only upon insects. Hep
burn McClure, John Mclvinney and John
bite, lsq., ofler sixty acres of town lots for
sale.
New Berlin Tho Times notices the do
st ruction of Shoch's grist mill, near Freoburg,
by Croon the lGth. Loss 3,000. Insur
anced glCOO in the Uuion County Co. Motz'
distillery in Washington township was also
consumed on Weduesday, tho 18th inst. Tho
Times is also down on the Governor aud
Lindley Murray. It is hard to say whicli
suffers most in tho following paragraph, the
Governor or the Grammarian :
His advent eclipsed the Eagle's flight : he
now exhibits to the reader the laughable ex
ploits of a Muskore duck with a brickbat
danerlinir at bis tale. Go it Jug Law 1 Go
it JSunks I
C3TWatkrmelox8, Tomatoes and Peaches,
We observed a few days since, at the fruit;
and confectionary store of M. C. Gearhart &
Co., in this place, a fresh supply of the above
articles. Messrs. Gearhart & Co., keep every
variety of candies aud other articles ia their
lino. Their advertisement will appear in our
next.
CiT The continued wet aud moist weather
since Friday week last, has prevented , our
farmers, who are now in the midst of harvest,
from gathering their crops. Ia some instau
ccs wheat has already commenced growing
on Thursday there was, however, a change.
and a prospect of fair weathor.
r fkrct or tue Prohihitory Law. Siaco
the euactuient of tbe "Maine Liquor Law,'
the bottlo, flask and demijohn trade has in.
creased a hundred per cent, in our city, says
the Boston Bee. They are sold for country
trade, and there is hardly a person or family
who leave borne on an excursion, but what
takes a pocket pistol, filled with balm, no
doubt, for a medicine ' ia case of sickness.
We bear of one dealer on Washington street
who has sold nearly one thousand flasks since
the 4th day of July. Is not this little dan-
gorous sucking for young folks, and will it
promote tho temperance cause T Wa saw
v family party ia a railroad train tba othor
day, probably bound on a tour, with no less
than four flasks labelled "Cologne." One
of them were passed round for a smell, but
instead of smclliug tbey nearly all tailed.
sjyThe following lines which we copy
from the "BUnrre," a periodical published la
Philadelphia, may not rrove uninteresting to
many of our readers. Our neighboring Bor.
ough has been, on moro than one occasion,
the subject of song, and there is certainly
much in its pleasant location and the varied
and beautiful scenery that surrounds it, cal
culated to awaken tho emotions as well as the
inspirations of the poet.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
written to illustratk ax knoravino in an
album.
"On Susquehanna's sido, fair Wyoming,"
Who has not henrd delightful Cavtiikli. Binpt?
And sure, by none, who once have seen the
Spot, ,
Can that sweet valley ever bo forgot !
Though years have passed since I have trod
its plain,
Which years maypas3 pro I shall tread again,
With fond emotion still my bosom burns,
When busy memory to that vale returns :
I see again each well remembered scene,
Viewed with the friends that tccrc, in days
hare been j
Again I visit ench enchanting spot
Lake, Monntaiu, Waterfall, Rock, Dell and
Grot :
Or take, in dreams, by Susquehanna's wa
ters.
Sweet moonlight strolls with yonung's fair
daughters 1
Yet not nlono (although Poetic toast.)
Is fair Wyoming Susquehanna's boast ;
Far from whore, North, she leaves "tho Em
pire Mate.
Aud still, from small, approximates the
crwat.
As, in her varying moods she downward
flows,
Fierce in her wroth, but lovely in repose,
She bears a mirror though Old Fcnn's demes
nes.
Studded with gems strewn thick with sylvan
scenes ;
Till, whero her Sister's waters Jviss her
strand,
Nestling between them, lies Northumber
land.
pretty town, though small, and (I regret
it.)
So brief my sight of it, I half forget it ;
though 1 did sco it, years since, passing
throurrh.
(If ero that way you travel, so should you ;)
t li
es just at the point where como together
North and West Branch, as they're cul
Tho
led, but whether
North empties into West, or vice versa,
Are points which, if you ask, "I cry you mer
cy r
I havo forgotten, if I ever knew,
Althoneh. 'tis certain ono stream's formed
from two :
Behind tho town some hills seem to connect
So says the picture t don't recollect 'em ;
i;ut what 1 do remember 'mongsi tuo rest,
Is that, as you approach it from tho West,
bridtfo or size leads over to tne town
I pray you, don't mistake it for that one,
"Tho Bridgo of Sighs," Lord Byron stood
unon :
They've no resemblance or, I don't sco
any
Tho Venice structure and tho Pennsylvania ;
That led to death who crossed it welt might
shiver
This lcado across tho Susquehanna River 1
Tho town, as I remember it, was pretty,
With rather more of Village air than City ;
Yet much of wealth und true rcfiinemeiit
tells
Neat dwellings, haudsomo Churches, snug
Hotels ;
It has a Bank too, and for "Lions," one,
At least, in its Cashier, fumed Priestly s son:
Priestly tho Author, Patriot, and Sago I .
mostly tho (JliutntHt greatesvoi ms age :
Profound Philosopher, and learned Divine,
(Although his Dogmas form no creed of
mine I
Who, from high Calvinistic in opinion,
Became first Ariun, and then Socinian ;
(If you tho difference betwixt tho ftro know
That much, at least, moro than I know, do
voti know !)
Great us a writer, noble os a man,
His faults, if faults he had, Jet others scan :
I reverence Genius ! If by those who havo
it
Tis misapplied, bo Ho tho judge who gavo
When, by oppression, from tho Old World
driven.
Ho sought this spot,aiid'neathyou blue-areh-ed
Heaven.
With courage high, nnd will that would not
lulter, ,
Reared to his Faith, iu these wild woods, an
Altar :
Say that his Fuith was error, yet shall I
That Faith, becauso 'iis not my own, decry T
Grant he was honest, wanting the true light
He did ms duty that which hk pekmkd
RIllIlT !
Here passed his waning life, and hero he died,
And buried lies by Susquchunna's side.
I weut to soo his gravet for much I prizo
These spots where rest the good, tho great
the wise ;
I would havo liked to seo his son too, but
Twas alter hours, and tho "Jsank was
"shut !"
I had a plan to make tho Cashier me see
I'd a BaRk note aud meant to draw the t-tie
cio,
Unless (here I designed to show my breed-
lap,
Ho would oblige mo with a Check ou Read-
inp,
For the amount, at sight not one duy later,
I only wisUed to Bcrve bun in tho matter I
But, as tho Bauk was closed to my vexation,
And the stage started on, right after sup
per.
The note, perforce, remained in circulation,
And from tbo xsauw 1 never drew a cop
per I
By way of apolopy for any errors wheth
er of omission or of commission in this faint
outline of a description of one of the loveliest
little towns in tho Keystone State, which
may be apparent to thoso who are "uative
and to tho manor born," the writer can only
plead his very brief acquaintance with bis
subject, having never seen it but once, and
that many years ago, when he passed through
it, ou a journey northward ; it being iu the
days when the stage coacli was still recogni
zed as "one of the Institutions" of our coun
try The hasty observation of fifteen min
utos stroll about the village cannot be suppo
sed to have been very minute, neither, it is
proouDie, were tne recollections of them,
some five years afterward when these lines
were penned, remarkable for their distinctness
or accuracy. Added to which, the march of
improvement (a it has invaded Northumber
land) will since then, I dare say, have assisted
to make that, which was at least a mere "out
line," appear now, to those fumilliar with the
locality, only "a rancy sketch.
t'i'his must be confessed a barefaced "Po
etic license" having had no one to point
out to ma the last resting place of the Phi
losopher of Birmingham, nor indeed the time
to visit it if 1 had. Tbe text must be under
stood, merely, as saying ukut tcoulj kats
dons if I could I 1 here can be nothing in or
about Northumberland fits pretty girls alone
excepted) which it would aflord me so much
pleasure to see as the osavi or Dr. PsiaT-
LT.
New Joss, July 19. The Court . of Ses
sions this morning decided that, under the
uew law, iniported liquors cannot be soM
after lbs origiusl packages ars brekea.
A LETTER FROM BISHOP DO ABIE
To the Editors of the Courier and Enquirer.
A paper called the Profiibitionitt, dated
"Albany, June, 1855," has reached me by
mail. It purports to be edited by "the Ex
ecutive Committee of the New York State
Temperance Society j" nine persons, not one
of whose names I have ever seen, or hoard of,
before. Under the head of "Texts for the
Clergy they print tho following s "A short
time since, the Roy. Mr. Perkins, of tho
Episcopal Church, in the Stato of New
Jersey, and a member of the Sons of Tem
perance, dined with his Bishop (Rt. Roy. Dr.
Doane.) who pouring out a glass of wino,
desired the reverend gentleman to drink
with him, whereupon, Mr. Perkins replied :
"Cannot do it, Bishop ; 'wino is a mocker ;' "
Proverbs 20, 1. "Take a glass of brandy,
then,' snid the distinguished ecclesiastic :
"Can't do it. Bishop ;" 'strong drink is ra
ging j " Prov. 20, 1. By this timo, the
Bishop becoming somewhat restive and ex
oited, said to Mr. Perkins : "You'll pass tho
docanter to tho gentleman next yon V "No,
I can't do that either, Bishop ; 'wo unto him
that givnth his neighbor drink, thot puttcth
thy bottle to him ;" Hcb. 2, 15
It is more than seven years sinco .this fool
ish falsehood was set in motion. At that
timo it had a great run. I naver .contradic
ted it. To hunt cockroaches would bo os
wise as to pursue scandals. Nor do I do so
now. But many did at that timo, some from
tho love of truth, some in the generosity of
friendship. And tho vermin seemed to havo
been killed. Among othors, the Rev. Dr.
Lyons, a Presbyter of Philadelphia, addressed
a letter to the Rev. Mr. Perkins. IIo gave
it tho most explicit contradiction. This was
published. The Rev. Christain Wiltberger,
now a Tresbyter of Massachusetts, then liv
ing near Mr. Perkins in Pennsylvania, ad
dressed a letter th his county paper, the
Newton Journal. That was published.
Thero were contradictions in the Calender nt
Hartford, and in the Banner of the Cross at
Philadelphia, and in I know not how many
moro. Nevertheless, the Prohibitionist says,
"More than a hundrod papers havo lately
published this statement. With almost as
poor nn opinion of their tasto to circulate
such vapid trash, as of their charity to attack
a man by nnmo, without enquiring of him as
to the truth, I content myself with leaving
Mr. AViltbcrgcr to answer it. I suppose
there is no man more devoted to the caime of
tho Prohibitionist. But he tempers his tera
peranco with truth.
From the Kcicton Journal.
BISHOP DOAE.
"Mr. Editor: An article appeared in
your paper a few weeks since, stating a con
versation said to have passed between Bishop
Doane end the Rev. Mr. Perkins, at tho
Bishop's table, at which timo ho asked Mr.
l'erkins to drink a glass or wine, who re
plied, "Can't do it, Bishop, wino is a mock
er," &c.
" hen I read the article, I doubted very
much whether it was founded in fact. Having
occasion to write to Mr. Peakins recently on
another snbject, I cut tbe article from your
paper, and unclosed it to him. inquiring as to
its truth or falsity. Mr. Perkins has since
uitormed mo that there is not a word of truth
in the statement in question, and that he had
never Alined with the Bishop iu his life.
"1 presume, Mr. r.ditor, you quoted it rrom
another paper, under tho belief that it was
true. Now, as there is a doubt in somo
minds ns to the propriety of dragging tho
names of prominent men before the public.
and holding them up to scorn and derision,
even .when facts are published, it appears to
mo no more than a matter of justice to con
tradict the statement, inasmuch us it is en
tirely false,.
ltespccuully yours,
C. Wiltbercek."
General Land Office Restoration ok
Lands in Missouri. Wo understand that it
is in contemplation to restoro to market in
September next, tho rcmoininp lands with
held rrom sale or entry along the routo or
tho Hannibal or St. Joseph's railroad, in the
northern part of Missouri. These lands
comprise two strips of unappropriated lauds,
(nine miles broad,) cxtendinp entirely across
the Slate from tho Mississippi to tho Missou
ri rivers, and lying outsidu ol tho six mile
limit ou euch bide of tho routo of tho railroad.
llaviup been unavoidably reserved for salo or
entry, their restoration is calculated to tive
a new impulse to tho neighborhood which
they embrace They nro situated in the dis
tricts subject to salo at I ulmvra, rnyette,
.Milan, and 1 lattsburg.
The Postmaster General lias issued nil
order that it shall be tho duty of tho posthitis-
tcr, or of one of bis assistants, in all cases
immediatuij before the ollice is swept or other
wiso cleared of rubbish, to collect aud ex
amine tho wasto paper which has accumulated
therein, in order to guard against tho possi
bility of loss of letters or other mail mutter
which may have fallen on the floor, or havo
been iiiterminplcd with such wasto paper dur-
lnir tho transaction of business. 1 estinasters
must be careful to use, in mailing letters or
packets, all wrapping paper tit to bo used
if.,.!... nii.1 lltA Diiln nfnnv qiii'Ii ttnnnp i clript.
ly forbiddcu by tho regulations of tho Depart
ment, iho ciuservanco oi tins oraer win
guard against the chance of lettors being sent
to tbo paper-mills.
The Recent Assault upon Governor Rced-
er in Kansas is said to have been premeditated,
the desipn being to shoot him to get rid ot
him. This is certainly an effectual mode of
disposing oi an oouomous person, uui iu mis
case it missed fire. Stringfollow is the name
of tho Governor's assailant, a namo ominous
ly suggestive of Lynch law, and it may be of
tbe fate reserved ror its bearer, who, it is said,
is a resident of Missouri, and bas nothing to
do with Kansas atlairs.
Concealed Weapons. An English officer
visiting the cemotery of a Russian church, at
Kerlsch, after its recent capture, was greatly
surprised to find a number of now craves.
As uo one had been killed, and as no epidemic
malady prevailed in the town, he conceived
suspicions and had the graves opened. He
found in them no fewer than fifty magnificent
brass guns, quite new, and a great quantity
oi projectile 8 ana gunpowder.
For th Ameriram
BEGISTEU AND BECORDKR.
Ma. Kditor,
The time is now at hand when we
should moke selections of candidates for the
different county officers, and in doing to we
should endeavor to select sucn men aa are
both deserving and capable We trust tbe
time has gone by when a clique or a few in
tervsted politicians can make the selection
of candidates and then order the voter of
the county to vote the ticket that they have
made. 1 he name of tbe Kev. hichard j
Fihiikb haa been frequently mentioned
connection with the office of Register and Re
corder. No one can doubt his capacity or
integrity, and no one who knows htm will say
he is not deserving, lie bas labored faith
fully for many years in the ministry, with no
other reward than a bare subsistence. Pis
ease and physical disability alone have com
pelled him to relinquish bis post, while a large
family dependent on him for support, eom
pellsbim to engage ia some business for that
purpose.
. These are, Mr. Editor, among tba reason
that will iuduee many to sapport Mr. Fisher
over any other taadidate that ran be named.
' Al'OlVJ'A.
Philadelphia Market
July 25, is
GRAIN. Wheat continues in fair sn
with a modcrato ieqviry. Soles of 2:
bushels of Southern and Pennsylvavia re
1 70 afloat and prime white at $1 80a
afloat. Two or threo small lots of Je
Rye sold at $1 12. Very little Corn o
ing ; a small lot of yellow sold nt 99coft.
Oats are in better demand ; a lot of Pe
sylvonia sold at 5Gc afloat, and 08c in stor
Baltimore Market.
July 24, 1855.
FLOUR. Sales of GOO bbls. City Mills
$8 75, nnd 550 bbls. do. at $8 62. Wheat
Sales 81 65al 70 for Red, and $1 75 a 1 I
for White. Ordinary $1 40 from store.
There has been an advance of from 3 to
cents per bushol for better qualities. Cor
scarce nnd in demand ; sales of White 102 .
105c j Yellow at 78c. Rvo 110c. Outs 50i
58c.
SUNBURY
Wheat.
Rtk.
Conir.
Oats.
Potatoes,
Beeswax
Heckled Flat.
Butter.
Eons. .
Pork.
Flaxseed.
Tallow.
riUCE CUFUIENT
850
125
go
A3
90
25
12
7
New Advertisements.
TVOTICE. Pemons having licenses to ri;fy,
will pleaoo ertl nd settle before or at Au
gust Court- All licenses remaining unpaid after
that time' will bo placed in the hands of a Justice,
for collection.
F. BUCHER, Trcan.
Sunbury, July 27, 1855. 2t.
ASTRAY COW
""J A ME lo the premises of the subscrilier, in
Upper Augusta township, some ten day
nincc. The Cow is of a brownish red color,
with spots, as also a star on her forehead. Suid
cow is a muly, nearly fresh milked, and of me
dium size. The owner is requested to conic
forward, prove property, pay charges and tnko her
away, otherwise Bhcwill be disposed of according
! law.
JOHN CLARK.
Uppc' Augusta, July 28, 1855.
NOTICE.
"aJOTICE is hereby given that I have tn!;cn
up" snd now hotel ir, my posscnaion. NINE
SHEEP, without any particular marks. They
enn be seen at tho stable of Mr. Chas. Weaver.
The owner or owners are requested to enme for
ward, provo property, pay charges, and take
them away.
OSCAR C. KEIHL.
Sunbury, July 21, 1855 3t.
IJTRAY HOBSEis REWARD.
CTRAYED away from the stublo of John
Hummel in Northumbrian, on Sundav
night last, a light bay horse, six years old, and
about 14 hands high. He has a small star or
white tnaik on the forehead. Any person who
will return the horse to John Hummel, Noith-
uinherland, or give information whero ho ran bo
found, will receive a reward of five dollars.
WM. BURTON.
July 21, 1855. 3t.
FOR SALE!
BLACK Bob Tailed Horses will work
5 well singly or together, in harness or under
saddle. Apply to
HENRY LONGENECKER& CO.,
Shamokin Iron Works,
Shamokin, Pa.
Shamokiii, July 21, 1855.
FOR SALK 1
f TEAM ENGINES 90 Horse power each.
With boiirrs. Would make excellent punni
2
ng angines, together with 2 large blowing ryhu-
rs, sininnic lor a blast lurnace. Apply to
HENRY LONCENECKER & CO.
Shamokin Iron Works,
Shamokin, Pa.
Shoinakin, July 21, 1855,
Estate of JOHN K. CI AKZ, dec'L
"jATOTlCE is hereby given, that letters of ad
' minixtrution have been granted to the subscri
ber on the cstato of Jhn K. Clark, lato of
Jordan township, Northumberland county,
dee'd. All persons having claims against the
estate, and such that are indebted thereto, are
requested to make an early settlement.
8AM LEI. CLARK, Ad tor. .
Jordan tp., July 21, 1855. Gt.
Notice to Teachers !
WANTED one male and one female teach
er to take charge of the public schools in
Trevcrton, Zerbe township, Norlh'd co. Schools
commence on the lstday ot September next, and
will continue at least six months. Applications
may be muJo to Benj. Uearhanlt, Pres't, or to
WILLIAM APPLE V, 8ec'y.
Trevcrton, July 21, 1855. tsc.
J. B. DOBBINS,
No. 22 South Wharres,
AUOVK CIIK8TNUT STREET, l'HILADKLrHIA
DEALS IV
a-TT-cVisro,
IMPROVED Super Phosphate of Lime, r.m-
drctte, and Land Plaster. Having etcrv
facility for supplying alt articles in the above
line of the best quality, at the vejv lowest mar.
ket prices, would most respectfully solicit a cull.
Alsn, Cheese, Soaps, Candles, Spices, &c.
Duiiiry, July XI, 1855. c3m.
IMPROVED
SUPER PHOSPHATE OP LIME.
THE subscriber informs Dealers and Farmer
that ha has crre&tlv imnrnmnil iI.a .,i,.liiu ..r
o j i I""' i ' j
his-
Super Phosphate ef Lime,
And now confidently recommends the article
manufactured by him, asscrERioa to any in tho
market. You are invited to call, examine and
try it. Also Peruvian and Mexican Uuano, Oils,
Candles, Soap, Ac., tt the lowest market rates.
JNO. L. POMKKOY,
Successor to Thos. W. Morgan,
Nik and 10 South Wharves, Philadelphia.
I & Farmers can load on two private alleys,
snd avoid the erawded wharf.
rbiUu, July 21, 185A c6m.
Photography ! Daguerreotypes ! !
A NEW EBA IN ABT I
J. E. McCLEES,
(Successor to McClees Oermon,)
WOULD call the attenion of tbe public, not
ouly to the auiwrioriiy of the Dsguerreo
types, the Hyalograpb, (by some called Ambro
tyne.) and the various styles of Photography on
psper ; but to the fact, that parties at a distance
possessing a small daguerreotype, may, by send
ing it to No. 160 Chestnut sL, have mads fiora
it by the meant of Photography, and the talent
I th tml Artists, a portrait ot ai ie, from
a small Locket to tbe full sise of life.
A small book eanUining description, prices,
Ac, Ve will b sent gratis to any parson ma
king th request,
McCLEES
Philadelphia Photograph Establishment,
No. 160 Chestnut st, below 7th.
Phila., JuJy l, 185&. t
TKICOPHEROUSa doi. for sale by
May 10. WEI8ER & UK'IN'ER.
fOR sale at this aflica.
rior Black Ink,
- Cauls Modi, ins at 3b ru. Pur Essrao i
Ciiarar, K5 csnt