YMfc tlOVSG Or ROTHSCHILD.
A paragraph hM been going the rounds of
the prest that the Rothschilds were worth
sight hundred millions of dollars. A denial
of the troth of this statement has been rut
forth. It would be a waste of words to wis
cuss which estimate is correct. The wraith
of the Rothschilds does not consist in lands
and tenement!!, the value of which might bo
ascertained, but in stocks, bonds and other
descriptions of personal property, the amount
of which no one knows but themselves.
They may be worth iho sum suggested, or
even morV : and tboy may not be worth a
ciuarterof that amount, 'it i even within
the nnjre of postibUiiy. (hough it is not
probable that. Jho Rothschilds rosy be wortu
nothing at nil. if, 'for example, they bold
ihe loans lhomelve which they have nego
tiated since tho wsr bepan, the depreciation
on thoso loans, which has tohcu place lot sly,
has caused a loss of Cfty millions of dollars.
Or spain. .a house like theirs, dealing wholly
in fluctiiatinjr securities, inifc'ht maintain its
rredit for rears after it wns absolutely bank
rupt. Pft'ut, Slruhnn Co. is a case in point,
tbtmeh on n sinnller settle.
Tile power of tin Rothschilds may bo esti
mated with more certainty. It. is enormous.
No m'nilo European monarch is strong
nonth to oppose it. So far back ns forty
rears n?o. it proved too Trent for the first
Napoleon ; for it furnished the sinews of war
fo bis enemies ami tints brought about his
downfall. The Emperor, awe in of this,
sought to conciliate tho Rothschilds on bis
return from Elba: but thn head of that, house
repulsed his advances, by the significant re
mark, "there are two Napoleons in Europe i"
nnd timo food showed that the moneyed
Napoleon was the most powerful. At pres
ent, the honso is arrayed nj;niiist I.ouis .Nu
polenn, both because ho rejects their inter
vention in obtaining loniis, and becnusu thn
war. which he has inaugurated, is damac;iiitf
iheirrrcuiities fo seriously. Austria, it is
concerted, has utterly failed to make peace.
The Rothschilds, it is generally conjectured,
are now trying their hands; for the distur
bance in the specie market has been traced
homo to them i and there is certainly a strong
chance rf succors, because nothing will make
England so ready for a peace as a continued
pressure on the money market.
We have alluded to tlio loans negotiated
bv the Rothschilds sinco tha war began.
These loans reach the enormous amount of
five hundred nnd fifteen millions, viz: to
England, 880,000,0(10 ; to Turkey, 840,000,
000; to Austria, 120,000,000: a first loan
to Russia, 8130,000.000 j to Sardinia, ?10.
1)03,000 ; to England, in exchequer bills,
35,000.000 ; and a second loan, just being
perfected, 100,000,000. It is this last loan,
which the Rothschilds, it is said, have agreed
to make in gold, that is supposed to bo r.t the
bottom of the specio movement. Most of
these loans, it is to be presumed, have been
sold out before this, the Rothschild ' merely
acting, in such ca-ies, as agents between the
public nnd tho governments tl at borrow.
Nevertheless, the house that can even tem
porarily assume such a burden, within little
more than a twelvemonth, ninst be one of
gigantic influence, credit and power. It is
now plain that this same house is on tho side
of peace. It apparently favors Russia, if
pence should fail to be made. The conflict
is thus rendered more equal, fur the Allies,
with the Rothschilds ngaitist them, have, as
commercial nations, nn enemy within their
own borders; while Russia, with 'the Roths
childs on her side, has a certainty of being
kept in funds, and money was that in which
it now appears, she wa"s most deficient.
Ledger.
THE AMERICAN.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1855.
H. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor
I'o Am-nTtiHs--Tli circulation of the Sunbury
Aitwnran nmiiiif ine different town on the !tawiihanim
is tn.t exceeded if equalled by art) paper ruW,"hc' North
ere Peiiiis,Irania.
r.IITOIl' TAII1.R.
Rvalues 'otlres.
fifrr' Lirv' n v f irjllaecmder ia already mi ev(
table. The l-iily's i!"ok la the hert pulilientin of the
loud in tlira ruttiittr, and should be m the hatiria of every
family.
. A new vnlutna will r-iinnisnee with the January num
ber, and a Unlev promises In uild new feutyrea to tlie
lmk. it will be n rood lime to euliarribe. Whatever Mr
Godey promises, lie in aura to penotra.
t-ubKtipliotil rectived :it this uilice.
Tint Kotr NnrtiiTi AlMxP-We are indebted to
the eii!fTriinj? publishers. Drwitt A. Davenport, of New
York, for n Pi'pjr of this useful and interestine: little work.
Price 13 1-5 ct. or ?l per U 'Xen.
Tint lIuiM,, Mas's Iwtw Ai.n.c f.n W, la the
title of a valunlile alumnae, pubiiihed by King & Biiird,
Sfluitrn street, riiilartcVU.a.
JocnrxL Tin; Fh.vxm.1 IssT'.Trrit The Novem.
ber nuni'ier of tin ruln'ililc seieutific Journal enmea to us,
fill'il, us usuul, with the monthly list of patents and other
v-ilimlile matter on the subject of meclintiicii, engineering'
&c. Ae
Til r.vesTrta. Nights of Aupit SO ami 21, 1S.1I, and
buy .Pulp r.ilitvitttls w-ns h i:iisseJ, or fallibility of "Styi
ritiui'.ism" cxpoaetl, by F. t Kiver, published by Sanuie'1
Iliic.ti'i', New York. Mr. UM-er of fan Francisco bad
totuenn interesli'ig ficliiiout mirintive, (Inclining the
acnstitions of o dying man. at th.' niniiK'tit of dissolution,
nnd the scenes which opens to the iu! its it enters npon
its future existence. Judge Edmonds republishes it as
true, and attempts to verify it bv a'atinf that he also had
spiritual communications with the fictitious hew of the
acene.
A kPKck or WAR, i
Tho wnrliko character of tho newt from
Englnnd In regard to conflict with tbii
country, has created, considerable excitement
In London. Qn our first page will bo found
an intorsstinf letter addressed to tho London
7Ym?. on thM subject,: by a citir.en of. the
United States, In England, a war with tlio
United State would M extremely unpopular,
and no ministry could sustain it. War with
tho United States would be ton times more
disastrous in its effects than with Russia,
whose commercial relations are but trifling
compared withours. f- AVar would , not ooly
greatly depreciate tho value of English stocks
atid cut off tho supply of breadstnfls from
this country, but tho withdrawal t.f the sup
ply of cotton would shut tip tho factories of
Great Britain, and send her operators Into
tho streets, bowline: with hunter, beennrv
and destitution, aud its end would b rovolu
tion or change of government. Nothing but
Inevitable necessity would induce. Englund to
ffo to war with tho United .States. '
aViT Statu Poi'i.trt Exhibition. We are
indebted to Iavid Taggart, Esq., of North
umberland, for a complimentary ticket to this
exhibition, which is to be held at Philadelphia
on Thursday, tho 20th inst. Although we
are no great admirer of the overgrown Shang
hais, or nny c( the unwieldy aud gawky speci,
mens of the feathered tribe, wo would, never
theless, avail ourselves of the opportunity cf
witnessing one of these chicken menageries'
if we were in the city at the time.
keep tho penes. We would advise out yonpg
friends to try it again distance two pares
over a table wenpons, two bottles well
chnrgod with Ueidsick- This would bo moro
pleasant aiid much less dangerous that! burn-i
ing "villainous shlt-petre." , ',1 '
Readiso, We learn from the Gazetl that
a largo bod J of "red hematite" Iron oro has
been discovered near Morganstown. It lies
ubont 17 feet below tho surface, and is of
superior quality.
The editor of (ho GmtUt gives a glowing
account of a carringe that has been presen
ted to him. It lias tho American Englu
painted on the sides, or paneln. The descrip
tion ends by saying that it bus but one wheel
in short ft wheel-barrow. In this section of
country we sometimes hear such a curringe
railed on "Irish sulkey."' . An editor wants
more than one wheel on his carriage to keep
it on the track. 1'olilie.iuus pull so many
different ways, now a days, that tho most
skilful reins-man finds it difficult to keep
the Voad.
PROTKSr OF A MEMBKIt OF PAHLIAMKNT.
To tht lulilnr of tht Ijmilon Daily AVics.
Nothing save nn attack on tho honor nf
England will justify war with tho American
people a people of the same blood, language
and religion as ourselves. Parliament should
jiromptly be called together, and if not, pnb
lic meetings should be held to protest upou
so fatHl a proceeding.
Lord I'tilnierston, as is his wont, is carry
ing the country to the brink of a precipice,
w n ten musi einipr involve its in a war, or
force m to withdraw onr fleet ignominiously.
The American people will not tamely subinit
to fleet of liners being sent to their coast,
withsut p;ood reason, uor should they.
Have we not already enough upon our
bands that we should seek to irritate a proud
und powerful people? What would be the
result of a conflict with the United States,
even were we to come out of it victoriously ?
Onrcommerco and manufactures would be
crippled our monetary affairs in inextrica
ble confusion the const swarming with
privateers a million of our industrial pop-
nlation out of employ the cost of all the
necessaries of life greatly enhanced.
Truly it would be "the beginning of tho
end," nnd mort likely result in civil war and
social revolution. lletter that tho United
States should possess Cuba, and our West
India Islands into the bargain, than we should
risk such calamities. Better than the pres
ent, or a scoro of other administrations bo
driven from power, than they should bo suf
fered to use their secret diplomacy for such
fearful results.
An M. T.
November 1, 1SI'5.
A llvsBAXD AND FaTI1I:R Tl'RSKD VT AF-
ii;n Thirty. Years Abskxck. We heard tho
particulars yesterday of one of those strange
episodes in life in which the old adage of
truth U stranger than fiction, was fully illus
trated. A bout six years sinco, a lady nam
ed -Mrs Martha Wood, aceompunied by her
sou. his wife." and a conplo of children, arrived
iti this city from New Bedford, Mats. he
fctatr d that she was a widow of twenty four
years' standing, her husband having been
inaster ot a whaler, which had been lost at
Fen. 1 lie lamny uavn resiueu iur iu greuirr
part of the timo on Liberty street, Mr. Wood
the son, working at his trade, which is that
of a cooper.
Yesterday morning a gray-headed lid toil
worn man called at tho residence of the fanii
lv, nnd, seeing Mr. Wood, inquired for the
widow, who, being called into the room, while
gazing intently upon tho stranger, whose eyes
were fixed mournfully upon her, requested to
know his business.
-Do you not know me, Martha ?" said he,
arid as tho sound of his voice, like the memo
ry of ati olden melody, nut her e:tr, she gave
vont to an hysterical cry and fainted in the
rmi which wre onened to receive her.
The tale is m told; the ship in which ho
had inado his last voyage from New Bedford,
was cast awav is tho'fcfnuth Sea Inlauds, ar.d
ho wis one of tho few who escaped a watery
ira.vd. After enduring almost unheard of
orivutions. ho succeeded, after thirty years
absence, in reaching his uutive city, l'roin a
brother of h.s wir lie learnert t':eir j ieMJiu
location, and arrived here to Cud her whom
he had left a young nnd blooming bride, far
advanced in the evening of life, while the in
fant, npon whoso lips when last he taw hiin
lio had imprinted ft father's kits, uud who
-ould tbcu scarcely lisp hi name, wa now u
t talwart mm, and lhe bead of a family. How
many hopes nud fears must have agitated the
old mariner as lie again set foot, after hi
long pilgrimage, ujwu his native, soil. On
cinnati Euquiitf. .
nFXIGIOIR !OTI( K.
Service to-morrow (Sunday) cveninjr. in fit
Matthew's Church, ut a quarter before seven
o'clock.
fT Ovstkrs. Mr. Charles D. Wharton,
at his Excelsoir eating house, is in the regular
receipt of excellent fresh oysters, served tip
to his customers in the best style. Familic
supplied by the can or half can.
6JT Wn invite attkstios to the advertise
ment of the Cosmopolitan Art Association,
in another column. Each subscriber of 63 00
receives a Magazine, worth the money, for
one year, nnd an eqnal chance in the distri
bution of a splendid list of prizes, embracing
some of tho choicest works of art in this
country nnd Europe.
fjr The Nkw LfTiiERAN Church in this
place is now nearly completed, and will bo
consecrated on Christmas day, tho 25th of
next month, at which time, also, ft confer
ence will be held in the church. The building
committee deserve great credit for tho taste
displayed in the erection and fitting up the
interior of the church. The Fresco painting,
by Mr. Francis George, nn artist f-iom Bal
timore, will add much to the beauty of the
interior. The ceiling is already finished, nnd
the side walls will be completed in tho coarse
of another week.
Tho weuther during tho first part of
the week has been cold, cloudy, and bluster
ing. Winter has now set in. The chill blasts
of November seem more piercing than any
other season.
63" Stkam Ferrt and Tow Boat. The
now Steum Ferry und tow boat now building
in this place by Mr. Ira T. Clement, will be
launchod in about ten days. The new boat
is something wider and longer than the "Sus-
quehunna," being eighty -five feet in lengl.th
and thirty-three foot over tho beams. She
will bo double ducked, tho boiler on the first
deck. The Susquehanna being now occupied
exclusively in towing ooats. tho new boat is
designed for ferrying, nnd will provo a great
conveuienco to tho citizens of Sunbury and
Northumberland, as well as a mutual benefit
to both places. It will also p'.uce us in com
munication with our neighbors of Union, now
Snyder couuty, many of whom will be induced
to bring their marketing to this place when
such facilities for reaching it are afforded
We have no doubt but that it will pay.'wcll.
NORTIIKRN (. KXTRAL RaII. RoAD. We
referred two weeks since, to tho postpone
ment of tho letting of that portion of this
road between this place and Harrisburg, on
account of the failure of some of the parties
in New York, who had contracted to do the
work. Wo hove since learned from a reliable
source, that the compuuy have taken the
matter into their own hands, and will, in ft
few weeks, let the road between Sunbury and
Dauphin, in sections. At the latter place,
it will connect with the Dauphin and Susque
hanna, and thn Pennsylvania Rail Roads, and
thus give us rail communication with Phila
delphia and Baltimore. The Bridge at Dau
phin, aud the extension of tho road from
Baltimore to Cauton, will not be let for the
present
(35 There is something wrong in the mail
regulations between this place uud Philadel
phia. While in the city a few weeks kince,
moro than one half our letters sent home
never reached their destination until the
second day. having laid over one day, we have
reason to believe, in Philadelphia. Several
of the letters never cumo to hand at all.
Others in this place have made similar complaints.
Crkat Caxal Pawner A project has
li) a started in Ixuiiana(o connect the Mis
sissippi river with Lak Iiorgno by a canal,
cut from poiut eleven miles below New Or
loans to au Intersection with Bayou fbilipon.
It is believtd that by tha construction of this
work ap eouutry produce could be landd at
Mobile and other iilaces of consumption ttloug
tho tiulf seaboard, at one-half tho cost of
freight and charges, and vie versa, by the
avoidance of th rashipmenU aud ej.pcuMuf
tpjTTherowns no mail agaiu on Tuesday
evening from Philadelphia, on account of the
mail bags hav'ng been changed on tho route
between this and Pottsvillo. These annoy
ar.cco ere tho result of carelessness on tho
part of somebody, which should be remedied
as speedily as possible. (
Cr jak or -octiii'uiii:rland. At an
election for directors of tho Bank of North
i .1 . i i ,i . ., ,
tiiiiueiaiiu, nciu ui mo JiauKlug uouse, on
Monday, the 17th inst., the following persons
wci cbw'suit ty an almost unanimous vole
Samuel T. Brown, Milton.
Fleming W. Pollock,
Puul Muftellcr, -
John Walls, Lewisburg,
William Cauieroti,
William H. Wapplea, Northumberland'
Amos E. Kapp, "
Jess C. Ilorton, "
William I. Greeuouh, Suubury.
John B. Packer, " ,
George Sehnnra fioliusgrove.
Edward Yilsi, Xew Berlin.
Charles R. I'siton, Cattawissa,
Tbe LVir.J iU meet on Monday to chose
l President.
Cl.EAMMiS FROM Ol'R KFIGIIDOK.
Mii.ton. Wo are pleased to lesrn through
the MiUnnian, that tho projected car manu
factory is likely to go ahead, and that build
ings will be put np at nn early day. The
gentlemen comprising the company are
Robert M. Frick, Esq., Dr. Wm. II. Marr,
Dr. U. Q. Davis. R. II. McCormick. Esq..
and J. B. Davis. A court house has also
been suggested, but such an establishment
will be worth a dozen Court Houses, especi.
ally imaginnry ones. A car factory has also
been in contemplation in Sunbury. There is
no point in Pennsylvania where ull the neces
sary materials could be concentrnted on more
advantageous terms. In less than a year
Sunbury will be tho termiui of three impor
tant rail roads.
What has become of Friend Eck, or rather
what has become of his paper. The Democrat
has been invisible for some weeks.
Lkwisbvro. Tho Chronicle is discussing
the threatened repeal of the Division law.
The Juniata Sentinel charged Mr. Slrouse-
the new member, as pledged to repeal. This
Mr. Strouse, in a letter, says is false from A
to Z.
The Chronicle contains tho following angu
lar query :
"Information is desired of the recent meet
ing at Milton, where it wns sagely proposed
to annex Snyder county to New Berlin, and
Union county to Milton ! Also of any inter
esting Railroad correspondence that has beeu
held by any of tho neighboring towns !"
At tho Election on Monday lust for Direc"
tors of tho Lewisburg Savings Institution'
the following were chosen :
William Cameron, Johnson Walls, Byers
Amnions, William Frick. Tho.. Hayes. Lew-
isburg; James M'Creight, Buflaloe, J. G. L.
Shindel, Selinsgrove.
The former Officers were rc-appoiuted. and
a semi-annual dividend of 4 per ceut. was de
clared. A son of Mr. Daniel Aurand was drowned
in a sink iu the cellar of his house on Fourth
street. The water in tho sink, which was
carelessly left open, was nearly level with the
Uoor of the collar. The little fellow proba
bly actuated by a childish curiosity to seo
what was in it went into the cellar, fell into
tho siuk, and was drowned w ithout being able
to give an alurin.
MiuDi.tHti.u the prospective Metropolis
ofSuyder county was the scene of an ani
mated contest for County Seat Committees,
on Saturday la.-t. About thirteen hundred
votes were taken, and tho following Commit
tees chosen :
Location Committer :
J A COB K E RN, Beaver Tp.
JACOB BO LENDER, FrankliuTP
ELIASSTAIILNECKER do
Bcilwnij CoMMirrr.E :
GEORGE MOATZ, Middleburg.
GEORGE J. SI10C1I, Frankliu.
JOHN L. RENN1NGER do
Bixi.kkontk. Tho inarch of improvement
is indicated by the erection of a new Court
House.
Tho Whig says, "tho friends of the Lewis.
burg. Centre und Spruce Creek Railroad bad
a meeting at Boaltburg lately, at which $73,.
000 were subscribed.
rorrsMi.i.E. The Journal says the cngi.
ueers are locating a uraiion rouu irom the
Dauphin and Susquehauna road to the col
lieries on horuerry creek, which will open
that region either to tho Baltimore or Phila
delphia markets.
D. I). Christ, constable, gives notice that
bo will arrest all pedlars fouud selling by
retail within the couuty, ,
The school directors of the borough have
made an able report, 75 copies of which have
been ordered by the State department. The
school system is well managed iu Pottsvillo.
A duel without shooting. The Philadel
phia Ltdgtr gives au account of an afiair be
tween Col. Wotherill and Adulpbus Moore
growing out of a diy;m)a at a bull recently
heblat Pottsvillo. As Iba parties got out
of tbe care at Schuylkill Haven tho coustable
front Potttville arrested Itafli, return4 with
tUem to FottsTille when they wero bojn to
54y Hon. Henry M. Fui.i.rr, of Luzerne,
has been favorably noticed by many of the
whig and American papers, in connexion
with the Speakership in tho next Congress'
Mr. Fuller is a gentleman highly esteemed
by all who know him, and bv all parties. His
election in a strongly democratic district is
tbe best proof of this fact. A more popular
presiding officer could not be selected. We
quote the following article on this subject,
from the Philadelphia Daily .S'uri :
IIO. IIKMtY M Fl'LLFR.
We nrrt pleased to find that the conserva
tive feeling of the North is settling down with
much apparent uinmimily upon this gentle
man as the candidate for Speuker of tho
House of Representatives. Jlis individual
claini3 and those of tho Keystone State, which
ho in part represents, are great, and we sin
cerely trust they will be regarded. Mr. Fuller
has tho legislative experience end decision of
character which are requisite tor the presiding
otlicer of the lower branch of Congress j is
sound on all the controlling questions of the
day j a lover of his country ut large and not
warped by narrow sectionalism, und would
dignify the position in connection with which
he lias been named. If Pennsylvania makes
an urgent claim on his behalf for the Spea
kership, we do not see how the can be disap
pointed by refusal. I'hila. Sun.
Correspondence of the 1'ulaie LedKer.J
LLI Ttll FKII.VI IIAMBllta.
7 ho Singular Accitlentt on the Philadelphia
and lltartiiig Railroad.
IlAMiunc, Berks Co.. Ph., Nov. 20. 1855.
Mtusrt. Editon : i regret to give you an
account of two singular Railroud accidents
that happened within a mile of our town, und
resulted in the deaths of two worthy citizens
of this county.
Yesterday morning, at about half-past S
o'clock. Mr. Jeremiah Jaeohy was was walk
ing on the track, about half a mile below this
place, when the Pottsvillo train of passenger
cars was approaching : ho suddenly changed
over to tho other track, at the very minute
when the Philadelphia Express train passed
by, nnd ho was caught between the curs, nud
instantly killed. He was carried to his home
a short distance from the spot where the nc
cident happened, and one of his neighbors,
Mr. Philip I). Miller, who was on his way to
.town, stopped in, and assisted in arranging
the corpse, and then proceeded to town, and
gave an account of the sad occurrance, charg
ing the unfortunate victim with too much
carelessness, and felt assured that no such ac
cident should ever be full him. as hu always
exercised too much precaution.
Mr. Miller, alter having finished his busi
ness in town, proceeded homewards with his
horse and wagon, and, when arriving at tho
house of the unfortunate Jacoby, a number
of individuals (who were collected together
on account of the accident) beckoned and
halloed to him not to cross the railroad track;
but he moved forward and gnined the other
side, when his horse backed his wagon on the
track, and ho was caught by tho cowcatcher,
and was so much mutilated that he died short
ly after.
AD EFFECt OF POST OFFICE MISMAIV--x
, AOF.MEMT
Tho Boston Pott in noticing a terrible in
stance of suffering at St. Louis, Caused by
Post Ofnc6 mismanagement or robbery, lays
a man wbo went thence to Texas, to return
immediately, found some profitable business
which would detain him soveral months, and
therefore wrote to his wife, enclosing 8160 for
jie'r present wants. Tho letter never reached
her, and being with five children, turned out
of her homo for I on-payment of rent, and
driven to desnuir by the idea that her hus
band had deserted her, she drowned herself
and youngest child in the Mississippi, the
unhappy husband nud father, receiving no
answer to his letter, returned to St, Iiuis to
Dinl himself a widower, and his children sup
ported by public charity. 1 ho postmaster
who stole that 151) will have a fearful ac
count to settle with a department the Head
of which it is impossible to cheat or decieve
DtfTERMlNKn TO PdlLISH TUB FACTS. The
lust steamer brunirhl information from Eng.
land, that when Mr. Buchanan, our Minister
at tha British Court, had inquired tho reason
of the late reported increasu in tho British
naval force in the American waters, no was
answered by tho presentation of a bundle of
Rlbdnvits Irom the Jtnlish Consul at icw
York and others, acttiug forth their belief
thuttho bark Maury was lilting out as a
Russian privateer. The New York Chamber
of Commerce have held a special meeting in
reference to this subject, und have appointed
a committee to investigate fully lite lacts In
the case, in order that they may bo spread
before tho world in defence of those directly
or indirectly assailed. The bark Maury was
the second vessel of her kind which her own
ers had built nud lilted out for tho China
trade. The New Yolk Merchants do not
like tlie imputation that, they would engage
iu privateering or piratical pursuits.
Items oftfoSrs
Eiiie and Noam East Railroad. The
company owning this work have asked and
obtained permission of Mr. Cusey, the State
agent, to remain in undisturbed possession
of tho road until the 21st inst., when a full
meeting ol thu stockholders is to beheld to
determine for or against the acceptance of
the Erie bill The company has had ample
time to do this before, but neglected it.
Governor Pollock withheld his signature
from the bill for the purpose of endeavoring
to effect a compromise between tho conflict
ing interests ut Erie, but finding it ut lust
impossible to arrive ut any amicable settle
ment, he recant ly signed the bill uud sent Mr.
Casey to Erie, to take charge of th road as
Statu agent. 'J'lii-s seems to have brought
thu company to tt knowledge of their position,
and time is asked to hold the meeting of the
stockholders. Mr. Casey has relumed to
Harrisburg, but will go buck to Erio in time
to receive und act upou the decision of the
stockholders.
Tiik Coal Tradk. Tho quantity sent
bv Railroad this week amounts to 42,303 15
by Canal 32,013 15 tons for tho week
75.317 10 tons. Total by Railroad 2,111,.
0CG 00 against 1,001,618 17 tuns. Ditto by
Canal 1,014,670 02 ugaiust 814.033 13 tons
to same period last year.
The Coal Trade still continues large and
the demand fur some kinds is fair but the
prices rule as low as ever for second quality.
Tho cheico veins maintain tolerably fair
prices considering the state of the trade.
Several Operators have stopped within the
week.
The Lehigh Company have given notice
that their Canal will be closed on the first of
December, iu order to give an opportunity
to make the necessary repairs on tha lino of
the works for next year's business.
The Schuylkill Navigation will, wo learn,
be kept oiicu uutil closed by ice. Miners'
Journal.
Tub Pacific Railroad Rcinkd. The af
fairs if tins rond, it is said, have reached a
crisis by the late disaster. Bridpo after bridge
is bioken down, stopping travel und cutting
oil receipts, anil its condition is represented
as littlo belter than bankruptcy. Comment
ing on this, the St. I.ouix Intelligencer says:
Although the President und Directors
have not yet acknowledged tho fact, it is nev
ertheless well known that the road is utterly
broken down in means and credit, uud mast
soon he abandoned its hopelessly bankrupt,
unless some new and as yet undevised step
be tnkeu bv the city of St. Louis and by the
State to save it. The Board of Directors
perhaps feel reluctant, iu the present state of
public feeling, to throw up their trust and
acknowledge their inability to sustain tho
work. But it is no timo lor fulse pride, and
tho sooner the confession is made the better."
The new British Commander in the Cri
men, Lieutenant General Sir William Cud
rington. is now in his 50tlryer. He is the
oldest surviving son of Admiral Sir Edward
Codtingtoti, the victor of Navai ino. He en
tered the Coldstream Guards in the year 1S2V
and was connected with them for thirty three
veurs without seeing any war experience, yet
ite rose from rank to rank until he became a
Major General, in 1854. just at the com
mencement of tho war with Russia. He went
to the East us an amateur, but on the return
of the CJuaterniaster General, Lord Do Eos,
on account of ill health, Brigadier General
Airy was appointed to succeed him, aud Gen
eral Codrington was appointed over Airy's
brigade. He figured at Almn, Iukcrmaun,
and the last attack on the Redan. The lat
ter wns commanded by him. If that be a
fair specimen of his generalship, the change
in the command of the British forces can
scarcely be regarded as an improvement.
The Mormon Emigration is hurried on vi
gorously by the breuvheis und agents employ
ed for the liurposo. Lately, the funds of
some of the agents ran short on thn route,
and they borrowed money to the uuiount of
fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of aid
ing the emigrants, giving drafts on Brighain
Young for the amount. Of course tho lend
ers wero Mormons, who lost no time in pre
senting them to the Salt Lake, to Young
himself, for payment. But he had not so
much money convenient, und the presenta
tion of the drafts troubled him so. that hu
preached u sermon on li:c text, "f;'oir this
lime forth do not fret thv lrizaid ;" iu which
he declared that he would pay when hu was
able, and not before a system of banking
with which, we presume, the holders of thu
drafts do not feel p.n liculai'.y pleased.
The War or 1812 Nationat.Conventios.
The Defei tiers of the Country in the Wur
ol 112, who met last January in the Citv of
Washington, me requested to assemble tuere
again on iho approaching Aimi'ciaarv ol the
Battle of New Orleans, pursuant to tlie reso
lution adopted nt their )a.-l session, to wlilth
time uud place the Convention adjourned
As many of the Dt legates htivo gone to their
last account, since that adjournment, it is re
commended that adfiilinnal Delegates be
chosen. Many important propositions will
be presented to the consideration of the Con
vention. Meetings should bu held forthwith
iu several States, to make tho necessary ar
rangements. A full attendance of Delegates
is very desirable.
J. B. STnnKi sn.
President of the Convention, elected 1655.
Br.AOTiru. and Trcc In a late article in
Frnzer's Matraziue. thii brief bat beautifu!
passage occurs t "Education doce not com
mence with the alphabet. It begins with a
mother's lookwith a father's smile of appro
bation or a sign of reproof with a sister's
gr-ntlo pressure of the band, or a brother's
noiiie net or lorbearance with bandstul of
flowers in green and daisy meadow with
bird'd nests admired, but not touched with
creeping nntt. and almost Imperceptible em-
U)eis- wnu uummm? oees ana glass Deemvei
with pleasant walks in shady laoei, and
with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly
tones, niu! words to mature to acts of benevo
lence, to deeds of virtue, and to tho source nf
all good, to God himself." ; ..
"A joke goes a grent way in the country,"
said Sydney Smith, "I have known one last
pretty well for neven years. I remember
making a joke after n meeting of the clergy,
in Yorkshire, where the Rev. M r. Buckle was,
who never spoke, w'ten I gave his health,
suying that hn was a buckln without a
toiignc. Most persons within hearing
laughed, but my next neighbor sat nnmoved
and sank luto thought. At last, a quarter of
tin hour after we had all done, hn suddenly
nudged mo exclaiming: "1 seo now whnt you
moan, you mean a Joke." "Yes sir," I said
"1 believe 1 did." Upon which ho began
laughing so heartily that I thought he would
choke, and was compelled to put him on bis
back.
Anr.KsT or Srrrosr.D Rail Road Thieves.
The Illinois Central Rail Road Company
has suffered considerable loss, recently, by
the plundering of their freight curs by per
sons unknown. A sharp look-out. was accor
dingly kept at several stations along the lino
of the road, and on Thursday lust two men
were caught in the act of taking trunks nt
Joliet, Illinois, who proved to be Geo. T.
IKltns, a conductor on the Illinois Centre.!
Railroad, and J ohnson, keeper of a grog.
gety at La Sallie, Illinois. They were both
committed to tbe Jail nt Joliet.
Ti e "Japanese Potato Plant." Vintcnrta
Joponico. hus been successfully cultivated this i
season by n florist in New Y'ork city. Hot
planted otct twenty roots in May last, in pots
in his hot house and when he dug then up in ;
October they had, in some cases, grown to j
the length of two feet. All grew finely. i
This root having been recommended us a !
substitute for the common potato, is now in!
grent demand. It grows fast, can boeultivu
ted in any climate, und will do well in any
soil, though sandy loam is preferable. j
Handsomk Acksowlkdhemknt. The New
YorK firm of Grinnell, Miuturn Co.. (where
of Mr. Henry Grinnell, whoae princely liber
ality fitted out the two Arctic expeditions in
search or Sir John Franklin, is a member.)
will clear, it is stated, the pr-sent season,
three quarters of a million of dollars upon or
ders fioia the British government tor grain,
sent to that house by reason of Mr. G.inntH's
connect ion with it.
Borsn to Havb a Rrn. A few davs
since, a boy of fifteen years of ago uskrd for
a passage on the cars from Buffalo, N. Y.. to
Erie, Pa., but Was refused. Ho contrived,
however, to creep, nnperceived, under the
cars, und, clinging with his hands and feet f
the nuder braces and brakes, rode in that un
comfortable position, the whblu distaucs 95
miles !
A Patm TTcATt Tai. Tho ship
gold from California to New York, it
have paid between three and four mill
dollars to tho New York insurance c
nic8 in tho last five years, whilo tho
gate losses of tbe insurers have not ex
$200,000.
A Question ron Col. Kinnet. It
tlfat siuce Col. Walker's late successes
dotermiued to drive his former friem
Kinney, away from tbe Isthmus altog
As thsro are some doubts of his ability
this, wo wonld, therefore, like to ask if
Newspaper Salb. Col.. A. K. Mc
has gold the Cbnmbersbnrg Jltporifrrx,
Whig establishment to Washington 0
and George Fystcr, Esq's., for $10,20
is considered ono of tho best newspaper
cerns in the interior of the State.
Father Peter McLai oiilik, in an ad
to thepublic of Bath, says he and his C
lie people throw themselves upon the pi
;iuq oi me r rotes t ant citizens ; und lie !
it to them to say whether the corner to
a Catholic church shall be laid or not;
The Norfolk News learns that an (
reached there on Tuesiiny, directing id
ships at tho Gosport. Yard to be fitteil
immediately lor simi. The News is of op
that the issuing of this order is caused b
ticipated difficulties wills England.
A Woman whs resides on Wnshin
street, Hartfurd, and is possessed of a h
seme property, was arrested in a dry
storo in that city on Wednesilnv. and In
stolen light stulfs were found onlier prem
The depth of Niagara river, under th? ;
pension Bridge, is estimated by the cngi;
to be 700 feet, 'i'hi-, wo believe, is dei
than any other rapidly running stream in
world.
John Davi... cf I'.aslon : J.is. I. Stroth
of Lrhitrh ; Henry S. Mini raw. of Lancas
and William I). Boas, of Mari'Minnr, are s
ke'i of as candidates for Slate Treasurer.
E'yht Rev, Bishop Early, of theMcthoi
Church, arrived in IJiehninnd Inst Sum
fiotn ICuMsas. He has just returned from
ani.'.:ng the Kansas conference.
Hi.;T''r.iCAL' LrTKKaTVHE. Tho English
papers by tho lust steamer informs us that !
the subscription for the forthcoming volumes
of Macuulay's History of England, hud reach
ed the large number of 34.0)10 copies, al
though the price is to be 10s., nearly nine
dollars. Thu list had not been closed, and
there was a probability of its reaching 40,000
copies, or more.
Sisori.-AR Discovert. The Roe'nestcr (N.
Y.) Union status that Mr. C. E. Davis, but
cher, in Centre Market, took from the sto
mach of nn ox, which he slaughtered, u hollow
bone, iu which were two nails and the handle !
of a silver teaspoon. Thu bone had been so
long in the stomach ir thu animal, that the
edges ar.d corners nf the broken boue were
worn smooth uud the surface wai polished.
Monr. Counter! MTS. Several counterfeits
on the consolidated Bank were put in circu-!
itttion un halnrday. j htca ot tho notes of
the denomination of $5 were passed in stores
on Market street, and in Second street some
were pa6fed ulso. Tho counterfeits are said
to bu very well executed. Phtla. ledger.
Snow. We learn by telegraphic despatch-
ct, that snow to the depth ot one r.ieli tell at
Boston on Saturday night ; and at Chatham
Four Corners, on tlto Hurlein Railroad, the
iiow commenced at 3 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon und until 7 o'clock ; t;t that hour
ten inches of snow lay on thu ground. Tho
storm then changed to lain.
AnExciti.no Time. On Saturdny last, a
fin back whale was seen oil' Pruvineetuwii,
Mass., and, instantly, some, fifteen bouts star
led iu chase, one of which soon got fast to
him, ond was dragged at a terrific rate for
some distance, but the immster by some
means gut clear of the harpoon, uud escaped.
Valuable Kins Dr. J. B. Davis, of
South CuruliiiA has recently sold fifteen three
quarter breu cushmero kids, seven months
old, and oue pure bred two years old Cush- j
mere duck, to a gentleman m Tennessee, for
$400 the ewes at $200 each, and the buck
at SI Hi',0.
At Davenport. Iowa, the citizens arc bei
supplied with fresh oysters, by express dai
from Philadelphia.
Wm. Porcher Miles, Professor of Matl
matico of the Charleston College, has rusig
ed, having been elected Mayor of CharlesU
Mr. Jehu Gentry, u soldier r,f the Revo!
tion. in his one hundred and fifth year, died
Albemarle county a few days since.
. Mr. Thackeray has consented to repeat h
lectures on the Georges, in New Y'ork. at ll
request of several proniineut bternry men.
From East Tt'iin'ssec. we learn that rot
is selling at from 25 to 40 cents per bushel
wheat $1.10 a 1.25.
A traveller in Canada We-t estimates th
turr.lus of wheat in that province at filtce
millions of bushels.
Arri ks me so plenty on the Western R.
servo, Oh'", that they are sold ou the tree
for ten cents per bushel.
IIoMCf.PATiiic Cot i Tf-r.. The comer s'or,
of a new lioiiiceiialhie college was receiitl,
laid in Cleveland. Ohio.
The Gi:am Jmtv of Pittsburg ha "pre
seiited'' female equestrianism ut agricuilara
fairs us a nuisance.
Jrnn Li mi Goi.tvmith. it is said, has beet.
nt tucked with seme terriblo disease iu the
fitce.
A few days ego fifly slaves cro sold at
Charlotte C. 11., Vu., lor 25,-l0il.
The Supreme Comt of Indianu has decided
tbe Prohibitory Liquor Law unconstitutional.
Ex-PresidoMt Fillmore recei.lly dined with
the King of Pi ussia.
Some men' do .Wmiiig good, iu order thai
they ui.iy do evil with impunity.
Moitii.i: dry has 2!!,0n0 inhabitants, by a
census jttsl taken.
Eels weighing five pounds arc caught in
the blue waters of the Juniata.
New Advertisements,
NOTICE.
I. O. O. P. The member of Sunlm'V l.odc,
Nit. 203. are hereby notified that n rjucetuni
of importance will he brought before ihe Lodge,
on botunbiy ci-ruin the Ui of December, next.
II v order of the l.oilm'.
macl.w :i:.um.u:T, sec-
Siinburv, Nov. "I, IS.')."). '.It
Improved Ilonsr. Suok. We have been
shown by the inventor and patentee. Mr. W.
II. I ewers, an improved horse shoe, which
seems to accomplish all that has been w.tuted
lor the comfort und safety of that useful crea
ture the horse, tin the end of tho shoo are
moveable steel springs that relieves the ani
mal's limbs from tho shock of striking tlio
ground. It has also moveable corks that can
be slipped into place when tho ground is
slippery, liy thu driver, in a minute. It it
the intention of the patentee to dispose of
the rights for the various sections of the Uwi
ted Slates.
Imhoktakt Pkockkiiini-.s. Several du.tln-
f;uishtd merchants of new York hnv recent
y had their property attached by tho United
States Marshal, to satisfy judgments from tbe
obligations of which they had supposed them
selves released by the operation of the gener
al bankrupt u':t. The proceedings are taken,
says the Journal of Commerce, pursuant to a
recent decision of "the United States Attor
ney Gt-nerul, that debtors to tho United
States r.ro not absolved from their liabilities
by virtue of that act, and that tbe government
has the same legal right to proceed to tho
collection of judgements against those who
subsequently obtained certificates cf release
as it tho bankrupt law hud never been iu
force.
Tho French Floating Butteries, of which
we gave a description yesterday, were tested
very effectually ut the assault on Kiuburn
where the Russiun shot, at tbe short range of
eight hundred yards, had no effect on them,
the balls bopping back from their iron sides
without leavuig any impression, some such at
a pistol ball makes on tho target in a shoot
ing gallery. Ou one buttery thero wero visi
ble sixty-three shot market on the plates on
oue tido, without counting tbe marks of oth
fcra wkich glanced aloug the docks or ttruek
ike edgot and angles of the bulwarks; and
ail tbe damage done to the battery was the
light etartiug of three rivets. The men of
the batteries are all below, except a lookout
man in a ihot prosf box eo deck. ' v '
Vcmjcatios ok the Laws. We have fre
quently directed attention to the necessity of
making more generally known the legal acts
of our Legislature. They are now published
in pamphlet form, nnd not one citizen out of
ten thousand sees a copy, ono we nave to lee
lawyers or intrude upon office holder to
know whut rules are to govern us. All laws
should tie published in tho newspapers, and
we again open the subject, in the hope that
our brethren in tho interior will take it up
und press it upon tho atteution of the next
Legislature. I'hila, Sun.
The Bitmsii Wheat Crop A recent es
timate of the British wheat crop, published
by Mr. John Cuird, in the Londou papers,
bat attracted attention ou the other tide,
from the luci mat ll reuucea I lie deceit, as
compared with ltM, to one-tenth, and tbe
growth or last year being unusually heavy,
the writer assumes that 2.612.500 quarters,
or 22,000,000 bubhels will supply thedelicien
cv iu the annual consumption of the United
liucdom. which, hesavs. "it little more than
one-half the average annual importation of
tha last five years." Hit figures for the crop
of 1855 are 15,187,500 quarters ; the wants of
the K-iugdom 18,000,000 quarters.
Commodore Stockton hut written a letter to
the Trenton American, on tho occasion of
their lute rejoicing ever political victories.
in givvi un enure concurrence iu mepnuci
Diet Ol tha Amnriran nartr. ahich. hit aavl
bare for many year bad tho approval of bit
a4 kotj heart, .v.u : . ;
The Canada Grand Think Railway
The opening of the first link of this stupen
dous work was to have tuken place on tho
19lh inst. Tho whole cost of the road, when
completed, from Quebec to Port Sarina, ut
the foot of Luke Huron, will be ubuut thirty
million cf dollars.
Juvenile Travellers. Four children, the
oldest h.it fourteen yeurs of age. arrived at
f rovidcnce K. 1., on saturuuy Morning from
Ireland, having made tho voyage alone, for
the purposo of meeting their mother, who
was at work in a factory in that vicinity.
Postage Stamps i.v Chili. Postage
stamps have been introduced into Chili.
They uro of a square form, of red color, and
about the size of an r.uglisu postage stamp.
On them are printed the words "Coroot forto
Franco Colon Chile 5 ceuteuos."
Heavy Fall ix WnKAT. A large wheat
elevator was completed at the month of tho
ueneaee river, ucar Rochester, in. x ., a lew
weeks sinco. Ou Monday morning last the
building contained 80,000 bushels of wheat j
the weight crushed it ; about 10,000 bushels
went into tbe river Ijss $30,000.
A V all-able Lump. The Middlotown
(Conu.) Seutiuel suys that a pure piece or
nickel and coba It oro. worm .uoo, w i-
keu out of tho Chatham Cobalt Mine a few
dva since. It it said to be worth more than
anv muss or these ores ever vaauu uui ui
. f . . i i i -. ..
mine iu tuo norm ai, uud time.
A Panther Killed. A boy, named
Wlinlno nnlv 11 ream of aee. killed a pan
trim- a few rlnva ai'nce. near St. Jamet, South
Tha animal measured feet
1 Ul ... J- t.A;l. , tllA llARfl VII
100)4 , . 1 net iu wik"i -
inchet round j itt paw 1 iuche long and J
broad, and hit weight 130 pounds.
Tn Virst Railroad im Iowa. Tke Mia.
cldttinnl and Missouri Railroad it to be opened
to tho city of Muscatine, Iowa, on the 20tb
iust. It it an extension, under diSerent
of the Chicaso and Rock Island
Railroad, ,
Th Harrlsburu Union tar that borough
hat to fur advanced at to afford a "free Ioto
ORPJIAXS COURT SAUL
1 X purbituiii r of an otiler of the Orphan' Court
of .Niirliiunilietland county, wll I'C exiMsol
to puhlic sale, on Mll.Ml li'. the liih day of
DUCEMUijK neit, m the (..remits, t'ue loliou
iug descrilied iral cstuie tn it :
The uiu!iviilj one half pari uf a
CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND,
Situate in the township of sMi.ttnukin. ciuuty
aloroaiJ, intjui ning him! of Jom'.Ii Wili.i ison,
Jacob uiul l).ihl Kiiil, Win. 11. ,1 ueiii li und
others, containing Sue, cu Ai res, or therea
lioiiu, with the appuileiMiiii't'S. I.nte lite estate
of lli'V. I. P. iSliiuuVI, ilec'il. S.ile to coiiiincure
at It) o'eliK'l,, A. M. of nanl ihiy, when llic term
ol fulc will lt m ete known by
.1. (i. s. MitNUUl., )
M. I.. SHIN Ut'.U.
b'V "iJer ol the Court,
jno. i it i:t:i
Siitiluirv, Nov.
Exel'UtotS.
e Court, J
t:i., C'lk. O. C.
5U, H.V Is. )
association." Harrisburg alwayt wm a fatt kinds.
towa in tome wavs ... , SuiiUrrKv,:i, UfcV-Si
NOTICE.
Estate cf Emanuel D- Cockley,
of liainoWn.
N OTICE i hereby (,ien to the Creditors and
all olhr ra interested iu soid estate, that I
have hern appointed Auditor to hear anJ deter
mine upuu the exceptions tiled In the arcoum ot
N ill i am . Knnkni, assignee el suul L,. I).
Cocklcy, and will attend fur that purpose at n-y
office, iu lh borough of Sunbutv, in Northum
berland county, on Tuesday, the lllhdayof
December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
WM. I.UREENOIUH, Auditor.
Dy order of the Court )
Ii-
of Common I'leaa, North-
Uttilirrlaiid county.
Jaiuea Btard, l'roth'v. 1 1,. 8.1
Ruiihury, Nov. 84, 1855. ul
ZIBA BIRD'S ESTATE.
'V'OTICE ia hereby givca to all parsons con-
' rented, that tbe undrraisned appointed A -
ditor in the matter of the exceptions to the ac
count of Joaeplt Uud and Samuel lieaucr, exec
utor of Ziba bird, dee'd, will attend to tlie d li
lies of lu appointment at bisotliee iu the borough
fMunbury, on Friday, the Ulh duv of Decem
ber next, at 10 o'clock A. M. of that duv.
WM. I. GUKENOl'till, Auditor.
Sunbury, Nov. 24, le)j5. ij
Estate of JOSEPH LAHE, dccU
VOTICE ia bereu given that latter uf A Jaii
lustration uon the estate of Joseph l.ulir.
late of Lower Mahanoy townahie, .N orthuinl'"
lanil county, dre'd, have been Bruited to the un
deraigned, residing iu Ueorgeluwn, in said town
ship. All persona having claim againi avid
ealalt are requested to present tliein without de
lay for settlement, aud all prraons'tiidcbled are
desired to make buineilnrt payment.
GUOUUK LAHR, Ad'tor.
Georgetown Nov. 14, 1855. 6t.
Sew BUppoFiTdiroES.
MR. THOMPSON respectfully informs her
friends and customers, that she ha receiv
ed a new supply of ausuUr liquor tat different