ELOrEMRNT r AM OBPHAK HKIRBSI
K'trRAORDINARV PROCKBOINRS.
The Claiberne (Mississippi) Advocato, of
the 31st ult., has an account of an extraordi
nary series of events, which is published
under the heading, "Elopement, marriage,
civil commotion and bloodshed," and of which
the following is a condensation :
About four or six weeks ago there eloped
from Terryville, in Claiborne pariah, one Dr.
Clement and one Sarah T. Wafer, an orphan
heiress of ft wealthy Louisiana planter, being
nt the time ut school at Terrvvillo. To Ar
kansas they proceeded with llie utmost ties
patch, where the nuptial ceremony was duly
jicrformed.
On the return of the parties, homeward,
Ihey were met by the brother of the bride,
James T. Wafer. Jr., who proceeded, as the
elory goes, at once forcibly to dispossess the
bridegroom of his seat by the side of his tear
ful bride; but he was afterwards allowed to
accompany her to tho residcuce of tho said
Wafer, near Terryville.
The bridegroom and brido remained but ft
short time at the last mentioned place, and
were then allowed to proceed to tho home of
tho doctor, Arcadia, a village in Bienville
jmiisu. In this village Dr. aud Mrs. Clem
ent had lived, so far as we arc advised, in tho
comfortable enjoyment of about 0110 half of
their honeymoon, when the Brule was sua.
denly summoned to the bedside nf a s'.ck
sister, (a Mra. S.) then at the residence, of
her brother, the aforesaid Wafer.
The youthful bride, at the house of Uer
lirothcr, signed a letter written by her brother-in-law.
(Mr. S.) in which she accused the
Doctor of having basely imposed uj,on and
deceived her ; said that he wt toward in
allowing himself to be chast'.sed ljy her bro
ther ; that he was old, ugl'y, ami no physician j
that she could not love Lim and never did;
and that she could never consent again to live
with him.
Mrs. Clement stion uflcr accompanied her
sisier, .irs . ana other relatives to tho
home of anotl'.er ster, Mrs. 1., who also re
tides oil Rod river, in the parish of Bossier.
Dr. Cl"nienV followed in pursuit, accompa
nied by fifteen or eighteen stalwart friends
from ubont Arcadia, all armed cap a ie.
Arriving nt the house of Mrs. D., they do
ma'iided the person of Mrs. Clement. Amidst
Bitch a warlike display Mrs. Clement could
do no less than yield, which sho did on tho
condition, it scorn.', that she be taken to the
residence of her undo, the Rev. James T.
"Wafer, one of our most estimable citizens,
who resides in this vicinity ; at whose house
it was agreed sho should remain unmolested
for the space of two days (Friday and Satur
day last,) at tho expiration of which time she
should announce her decision as to whether
she should live with tho Doctor in futuro or
not, in which decision all parlies agreed to
acquiesce.
II "r brother, not being wholly satisfied
that his sister would be dealt with according
to the agreement entered iuto on lied river,
set himself about raising a corps of men,
armed in liko manner, who proceeded towards
tho residenco of his uncle on Thursday even
ing last, for the purpose, it is presumed, of
rescuing his sister. On approachiug the
house, the sudden clicking of a dozen or so
of double barreled shot guns warned tho par
ty nf danger, and they retired.
Tho brother then came to Homer and gave
Information, upon which tho Deputy Sherill,
Gentry Wurren, proceeded at tho dead of
night, with some twenty armed men, sum
moned for the occasion, to the residence of
the Rev. Mr. Wafer, to make arrest of Dr
Clement and party, for the forcible abduction
and imprisonment of tho fair heroine. Thu
deputy and his party narrowly escaped being
shot as they approached the house, and would
certainly have been fired upon had not his
official mission been promptly niado known.
Dr. Clement and his party submitted to the
arrest.
Next morning (Friday) about 9 o'clock,
cur puaceablo towu was thrown into violent
commotion bv the sua Jen appearance, in our
midst, on horseback, and with double bar
reled tuns, of tho entire body of men, some
sixty in number, thrown together as above
slated on the night previous, and in the cen
tro of tho concourse, mirabile dirtu, the hero
and heroine seated side by side in a buggy !
Very soon alter the an ival, a gun of one
of the armed party was accidentally dischar
ged, the contents passing through tho win
dow of the law office of our esteemed fellow
citizen, J. M. Thomasson, who, standing at
his library at tho time, received a glancing
Eliot just above tho left hip. It inllicted a
bad wound, but we are happy to state it will
not be attended by serious results. (About
the eame time, we understand, a foreigner
had a part of a thumb shot oti" ; but how this
occurred wo are not accurately advised.)
A writ of habeas corpus, on the affidavit
nf J antes T. Wafer, Jr., was also issued by
tho lion. Harmon A. Drew, Judge of our
District Court, which was served upon Dr.
Clemont. commanding him to produce thu
body of Mrs. .Sarah T. Clement, and show
cause why ho deprived her Of her right oud
liberties. The defendant failing or refusing
to make immediate answer to the writ of
habeas corpus as commanded, was ulso ar
rested for contempt of court. The trial on
thoso several writs came off on Saturday.
His Honor discharged the defendant, Dr.
Clement, in both cases.
On Monday, tho parties arrested for the
abduction and imprisonment of Mrs. Clem.
eut, appeared for trial before Justice Milli
cun. Dr. Clement was put on trial first.
The sisters of our heroine had just arrived
after a whole night's hard travel, from lied
River, to give testimony. Mrs S., a beauti
ful, dark eyed, intelligent and resolute wo
man, was put upon the stand. New facts,
in this straugely complicated case were re
vealed by her among them that her sister
Sallie had been engaged, bofore her elope
ment with Dr. Clement, to her (witness's)
brother-in-law, Sidney 8., that .Sallie had re
ceived a letter purporting to be from Sidney,
in which he upbraided her for her infidelity,
fee., aud discarded her forever j cuder thu
influence of this letter, which was really a
forged one, Sallie hastened into an elopement
with Dr. Clement, whom sho did uot lovo,
and whom, on a more familiar acquaintance,
the hated. Dr. Clement, however, was dis
charged from arrest. Tho counsel for the
prosecution, on the following morninir. de
clined to prosecute the accomplices of Dr.
C, whereupon all were discharged.
Thus euded the first act in this drama.
Tho ucxt has already opened, for whilo the
exritement was going on in Homer, our
neroino was spirited away to parts unknown ;
but the general opinion is thut she has been
transported to Arkansas, wbero sho is pro
teeted or guardod by forty duublo barrolei
ehot runs and a howitzer. And thither i
considerable part of the multitude, recently
assemuiou in ur ordinarily peaceable town
have betaken themselves, "armed and equip,
red as tho law" doesn't direct.
Wasaisgto.v. Nov. 25. The Union snv
that it is authorised fey the State Deportment
to say, that Mr. Ducl.tuan had tyo conferen
ces with the Kaii of Clarendon, in relatiou to
the West India eouadroo. The Karl
d that Ibe squadron badhoeu despatched for
urfuita uuinvnuiy to Uie U nited states
lis oujew was v protect the commerce of
Great Bnlian araiust Ratiiun Frivateers,
throe or four of of which wre fitting out at
New orfc, one beuijj uearly ready t go to
sea.
This particular vessel traa a large, fast
clipper, specially iateoded to intercept Brit
Uli ships conveying gold to Europe from
Australia, with llie purpose bra to capture
one ef 4ra Cunard steamers, la justification
of this statement, the Karl of Cltwendoo re
ferred to the case or the bark Maury, nt rep.
m the anidavits communicated by
IIORRIBLR TRAGEDY IU CniCAOO.
Last evening about 7 c'clocV two dischar
ges of a pistol were heord in West Randolph
street, between Veoriannd Sangamon streets,
and Alderman Ellilhorp, who wag near by,
rushing to the spot, fonnd Edgar A. Ingcr
soil, tender of the Randolph street bridge,
with a pistol-Bhot in hit breast, and his wife
also shot in the breast, staggering away,
while the Instrument of death was still in the
murdrtr's trasm , ;
Mrs. Ingersoll was taken to the house of
Mr. chnw, wncre urs. J'reer, iirowncii ami
Hollistcr were called to her assistance, and
at last accounts she was still alive, with a
Possibility of recovery. She was shot in the
left breast, between tho third and fourth
ribs.
Ingersoll never spoke, and died about 8
o'clock.
Ho was shot in ahont the same place that
his wife was. I n his '(incket was found thiity
thrre dollars in gob, and n letter of which
tho following is n, literal copy, and shows that
his action was premeditated.' It was written
in pencil on both sides of a small piece of
paper, and is intended for a brother residing
in thU city, who has a carriage shop on Canal
Btrr.et.
"CiitCAOo. Nov. 4. 1855. Dear Brother
Charles, 1 would like very much to see you
but time will not permit. I will ask one
favor of you and the last, I beg of you to see
that Lizzie and myself are Burrifid together.
1 wish you to take Ida Amelia Ingersoll in
your care mid give her my gold watch that
she may have it as a present from her father
1 am sorry to think that I am about to com
mit this offel deed, but my feelings are more
than I can express. Life is sweet, but I had
sooner part with it thun be separated from
one that I love so dear no one can know my
feelings their beyond my reach to explain I
shall fetch this letter to a close by bidding1
yon adiew Give my love to father and moth
er and Brothers.
Tour Brother,
'EDGAR E. INGERSOLL."
Upon his person was fonnd two cheap pub-
I;--.: k' I . 1 !. raMntl
llCullons mum pjTiir tu im'o
purchased and read. From these the miser
able man may have received the idea of his
desperate crime, or by them wrought up to
its commission.
Tho little Ida Amelia referred to in the
letter is an infant of about a ear aud a half
old. She is. indeed. brought to a sad or
phanage.
It appears that the principal actors in this
trarredv have been on terms of disagreement
for some time, on account of the brutal treat
ment of the husband, and she had commenced
a suit of divorce. Ineersnll had just returned
from .Cincinnati, where he had found her
brother, Charles I. Morrison, and brought
him here to endeavor to etlect a reconciliation
between them. East evening he called for
her, and after much hesitation on her part,
they went out for a walk ; and on their return
and just before reaching her residence he
hrcd. hat their conversation was. no one
knows, but it is probable she persisted iu her
determination to live apart from him.
P. S. At tho last accounts, Mrs. Ingersoll
was improving in her condition, and would
probably recover.
THE AMERICAN.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1855.
II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor
To Advfftkhr - .Ths circulation of the Puuhury
American nmtug the different towns on tlte Siunufthamia
li not exceeded if equalled by sny paper puliliehed in North
ern Penmvlvanta.
EDITOR' TABLE.
Bnelnee IKeticei.
Ntw Clotiiimo. We refer our readers to
the advertisement of John V.Martin who has
juat received an excellent aortmet of Clothe,
Caasimerea, Veatinga &c. Mr Martin haa dis
played excellent taate and judgement in the ac
lcction of hie goods.
Nsw Onoiia. E. Y. Bright advertises a now
supply of choice dry gooda, groceries and other
articles just received.
OnrHAjss' Cocrt Sale. David Reaaer ad
minisirator of A tlnm Neidig dee'd, advertiaes tho
real estate of said deceased fur sale.
THE HORDER TROIHLKS IX MISSOVIII.
Cival War Threatened. Tnc fact that the
Secret League of IMatte county, Mo., has giv
en Mr. Dark, the late editor of the I'arkvillo
Luminary, who is on a business visit to I'ark
villo, notico to leave the place immediately,
or he would be lynched, has been brought to
tho attention of the Legislatnre of that State
by a member, Mr. Blair, who, ou the 13th in
stant, offered a resolution calling upon the
Governor, and, if necessary, the President of
the United States, for such aid ns might bo
necessary to protect Mr. Park in his person
and property. This motion gave rise to a
protracted and sharp debate, and finally re
sulted in rejecting Mr. Blair's motion, upon
the ground that when the Paikville people
need the aid ot the Governor or I'resutent,
they could get it by the asking. In tho
meantuno great excitement prevails at 1 ark
ville. It is said tho League have threatened
to destroy tho town if Park does not leave.
Two hundred of tho leading citizens have
held a meeting, and requested Mr. Park to
remain. At the same tune a committee was
appointed to meet u committee of the secret
body, when they came into the town, and rep
resent tho wishes and determination of the
citizens of Pnrkville. The St. Louis Demo
crat says :
Much discussion took placo on the streets,
and Mai. Hichardson, Col. Summers, Col.
Capt. Bui upy, and others, made speeches to
the crowd in support of justice and rijiht.
When the committee of the secret organiza
tion arrived, they were met by Col. Burns,
when much exciting discussion endued, when
the committee left town. Next day another
committee arrived. In the meiinlimu several
men from the surrounding counties had gath
ered into tho town to defend Mr. Park.
Anxious to restore peace, Mr. Park made
nn address to tho committee, declaring that
he hud come iu a private capacity to transact
business, and while ho could never concede a
singlo right, ho was ready to do anj thing that
was minify and honorublo to. provcut tho effu
sion of blood ; but ho wns in the bauds nf his
friends. Col. Burns then asked them if they
were satisfied, to which they responded, "no."
Col. Burns then said : "Then let the princi
ple be settled in blood. We nsk tho honors
of war. Set your day and we will meet yon ;
but don't sneak down in the night. Come
openly, and blood will flow as freely as in tho
Mexican war. Ve tight lor principle, for
right."
Col. Summers added : "Let them come,
and the streets of I'arkvillo will be hotter
than hell iu fifteen minutes." Meetinrrs. both
of the friends of law and order, and of the se
cret lengue, contiuued to be held up to the
timo when onr information terminates, and all
sinus oi exciting rumors prevailed. Uur m-
lormant learns tunt propositions for civil war
and disunion bad been strongly urged by
members of the secret league.
Mr. Park, it will bo rcnembcred, gave of-
icnco to those who now pursue linn by Bonio
strictures on the slavery question in his paper
(The Parkville Luminary) lust spring, when
it was seized br a mob ani thrown into the
river. lie had up to that time resided manv
years in Parkville, and was in fact founder of
tho town.
Ijy We are requested to invito all our citi.
zens who are desirous of organizing a Literary
Society, to meet 8t tho Court House on
Tuesday evening next. Judgo Jordan will
preside, and an address be delivered by Gen.
Clement. Ladies and gentlemen are invited
to attend and especially the yonng men,
whose interest it is desirable to secure in the
organization.
It will be seen, by reference to our ad
vertising columns, that a meeting of tho
"Good Lntknt" Fire Company will be held at
tho Court Douse, on Monday evening next
As matters of importance will be brought
before tho meeting, it is hoped that every
member will attend. Also, all persons desi
rous of joining tho Company are respectfully
requested to be on hand.
g$ TiiASKftciviNr) Dav, in this place,
passed off without any unusual mnui e-t.iUt,ns
Perhaps no individual had occasion to render
up thanks, with a moro grateful hert than
Dr. Bealo of Philadelphia, who was pardoned
by Governor Pollock, and liberated ou that
day, from p.'ison, in which he had been con
fined nearly one year.
KZ Bank ok KoRTiur.MBKni.ANP. On
Monday last tho first meeting of tho now
Board of directors was held, when an election
for Presideut took place, which resulted in
the election of William Cameron, Esq., of
Lcwisburg, by a unanimous vote.
C" Tkaciiehs IxsTiTfTB. We have recei
ved from the County Snperintendant n com
munication, requesting the teachers of this
county to meet at tV.o court house, in thi
place, on J uesduy, December ISth, to orga.
niso u Teachers Institute. As the coininuni
cation has already appeared in some of the
papers, we merely refer to tho subject.
Winter In some of our northern
states and in Canada they are already enjoy
ing the music of the 'merry sleigh bells."
We have not yet had any thing but a slight
attempt nt snow. There must have been
smnewnni moie, eustwaru, ns the coal cars
i Sliamokiu camo in one morning last
cek, entirely covered with a vestment of
snow. 'I he weather, the last week, has bee
nol, cloudy and boisterous, with occasional
treaks of sunshine.
tST Fine op a Grain Stack. On Saturday
morning, uliout D o clock, our citizens were
summoned to a firo on tho property of Col.
no. Hans, near tho Philadelphia & Sunbury
Railroad, about a mile from town. Tho
parks from tho coal train had set on fire a
stack of oats, which was entirely consumed
There was a stack of wheat between the
burning stack and the barn close by, all of
which were in imminent danger. The Good
stent and Washington Compauies were
promptly on the ground, and did good service
in protecting tho barn and the grain stacked
around it. Grain should never bo stacked so
near a rail road. There is alwavs great risk.
resented
Mr. Barclay to Mr. Craiupton, end by him
transmitted to the British government, and
t the same time laid before oar goreroaunt. ! promise was a icrmnt."
A pric eless jewel.
Hon. Edward Everett, in bis eulogy on the
1ate Abbott Lawrence, remurked:
"Ills business lite extended over two or
three of those terriblo convulsions which
shako the pillars of tho commercial world
but they (list ui bed in no degree the solid
foundation of his prosperity. He built upon
tho adamantine basis ol probity ; beyond re.
nrouch. bevoml suspicion. Hit life iruvo i
lofty meaning to tho fumilliur lines, and you
elt, iu Ins presence, tuat
"An bonrjt man it the iiubleat work of God."
Far from being ashamed of hi humble be.
pi n oiii us. ho was nroud of them, as the mer
chant princes of Florence, at the height of
their power, and wueu tuey are giving the
law to Italy, preserved upou their palaces
the cranes by which bales of merchandise
were raised to their attics. A rounir pentle
man luld me yesterday, at Newport, that two
or three month ago, Mr. Lawrence took
from hit waistcout pocket, aud exhibited in
nis presence, a pair or blunt scissors, which
uau teerved him for doily use at the bumble
tuimiif uceuieni oi tua iniaiiw.au i rv km f...
bis iwrsonal integrity, M t. Ciiuirmau, to which
you alluded, J am persuaded that it the dome
oi me mate House, which towers over his
reaiuence in Parle street, hail
to a diamond, and laid at hit feet at the bribe
ot a aisiioneat transactions, he would have
spurned H line me aKt he trod on. Hit
, t CONOR BM. -
Congress will assemble next Monday. A
quorum will be present, no doubt, on the first
day, but as the political complexion of the
Honse is entirely dilTorent from any previous
Congress, there may be gome difficulty id
electing a speaker and organizing Tor busi
ness. Neither of the three prominent parties
of tho IIouso, Americans, Democrats and
Whigs, have a clear majority, bnt the Ameri
cans are decidedly the strongest, and will, no
doubt, succeed in the election of their enndi
date for speaker end clerk. Tho session
promises to be a stormy one, growing out of
troubles involving tho Bhivery question the
Kansas nnd Nebraska elections. Our im
pression is that the Kansas election matter
ill bo settled or cut short by rejecting both
Gov. ltecder and Mr. Whitfield, and rcfering
the matter back to the people. These are
the views of such men as Gen. Cass on this
ubject, and will be likely to prevail. There
may have been some irregularity in the eleo.
tion of Gov. Reeder, but there can bo no
question that a large majority of tho people
of Kansas are favorable to the election or
the Governor and opposed to the introduction
of slavery into the territory. The President's
message will not be sent in advauce as here
tofore, and if there should be any delay in
organizing Congress, there is no saying when
it will be delivered.
The Senate will stand, Democrats, 32 ;
Opposition, 25; Vacancies, 5. The House
will stand, Democrats, 81, Opposition, 152-
Vacancy, 1. Number of Territorial Dele
gates, 7. The seats of Messrs. tuller, of
Muine, Marshall, of Illinois, Dull, of Iowa,
and Harris, of Maryland, will be contested in
the House. There are now five vacancies in
the Senate, the terms of Messrs. Fitzpatrick
of Alabama, Atchinson, of Missouri; Petit,
of Indiana; Cooper, of Pennsylvania; nnd
Gwin, of California, having expired on the
4th of March, 1755.
rgr New counterfeits aro multiplying as
fast as the new Bunks go into operatiou.
Already a counterfeit $j bill has made its
appcarancu in Philadelphia on the Consoli
dation Bank, one of the now Banks which
has just commenced business i
Another Coi'ntkkfkit. A counterfeit 85
bill ou the uew Consolidation Bank of Phila
delphia, has just made its uppearnnco. It is
pnolograpli oi llie geiiuiue bills of the
Bauk, aud of course is a very fair likeness,
but the fraud is one not calculated to stand
the slightest scrutiny. On the genuine bills
there are two red V s in thu body of the bill.
which in the photograph are black, and the
signatures of tho officers resemble lilliogra
pine ink, instead oi inn nrigni black ol wri
ting fluid. It might carelessly be takcu ns
genuine, bnt a little care will detect its true
character. There are new counterfeit $5's
on three of the Philadelphia Bunks, now in
circulation, namely: Mechanics' Bauk, Com
mercial Bank, and Consolidation Bank.
Lxamine closely all ,Vs offered purporting
10 be on either ol liitse isanus.
A GubbKN IU i.e. Oue of tho rules of
the Reading Railroad, got up in a neat vol
umo, for the use of the conductors of tho
Passenger trains, is as follows :
"In all cases of doubt and uncertainty, in
variably pursue the in fat course, even if it
should delay train full of impatient passen
gers."
We look upon the Reading road as one of
the best managed roadt in the country. It
it laid that not a tingle passenger has ever
been killed on this road, while iu bit seat-
Yet the tonnage of this road perhaps exceeds
that of any other iu the world.
tST Good Corn Charlet Btout, of Mont
gomery county, has raised 12 acret of com.
which yielded, by actual measnremeat, 104
bushels of (belled, com per acre.
GLEAMMGS I'ROMOltl NEIGHBORS).
Mii.ton. We learn from tho iHltonian
that corn is selling at 50, 55 and CO cents per
bushel, and is dull at thot. Largo quantities
had been bought several weeks since by spec
ulators, and much of it spoiled. "Served 'cm
right." Wo have no sympathy for graiu or
provision speculators. The editor is down on
tho handsome Colonel of tho Democrat, for
saying, in relation to tho contemplated car
factory, that "he would rather see it commen
ced than so much talked of," aud charges hun
with throwing "cold water" on tho towu im
provemcnts. Tho Colonel should be less ex
travagant, and not waste this valuable beve
rage, which is fast coming into use Tor tho
purpose of diluting nnd neutralising bad
brandy. Tho only trouble is, that the legis
lature may prohibit its use, in quantities less
tbnn a quart
The Colonel, in the Denncrat of the 1 1 tit.
announces that he is "still alive," which is
rather surprising, under tho pressure of the
numerous good things ho acknowledges to
havo received, lie commends highly the
farm of Judge Montgomery and his skill as a
fanner his excellent potatoes, turnips and
cabbage. Tho Judge, wo know, generally
manages well whatever ho undertakes.
LEWisnrnn. The papers of that place aro
busy discussing the division question wilh the
Miltnnian. The Chronicle imagines that our
neighbors of Milton are aspiring to becomo a
county seat, and says, wo have heard for some
time of the secret offers by a few malcontents
to try to renew agitation and turmoil respect
ing tho Union county seat, and the most false
and ridiculous stories are set afloat to pre
pare the public mind for a bold stroke ot
some time deemed propitious. The plan was
briefly this to just take Snyder county and
tho western part of Union nnd attach them
to New Berlin; the remainder of Union and
the upper end of Northumberland of course
to be annexed to M ilton leaving Mi.lille
burg and Lcwisburg with County Sites erect.
cd by the edict of the people under the law,
utterly useless.
Wn.UAMsroiiT. Two strangers calling
themselves W. F. Stoddard and J. W. Leo
were arrested for passing counterfeit bills on
the I'.aston and oilier banks 82000 were
found in their possession. The Railroad
ticket office wns robbod of 300. John and
Chas. Carpenter, employed on the Elmira
roud, were arrested on suspicion and one of
them adquitted; Hughes' Hotel was robbed
of $25 worth of silver ware.
Jersey Shore. Mr. Cuininings, editor of
the Vedette has retired and inteuds settling
in Iowa. The llejtubKcan says :
"The Kteani excavator, at work in the deep
cut opposite that place, on tho Sunbury and
F.rie Railroad, is removing me eanu in
manuer calculated to excito tho wonder of a
son of the green isle. It is removing on an
average about three hundred yaros oi earin
per day and if not interrupted will be ablo to
clear tho cut in the time specilieu, wincn we
believe is about one year lioin this time.
I foel no unklndnes,TiOhotRilT to the
foreigner whatever. I am willing; to oner
bim everything every blessing onr country
affords. I will tell him "Come thaw them
with us." If yon have been the object of
oppression tn a loreign lano, comejiersj snu
be free. If in a foreign land too have Buf
fered from wnnt, come and share In our
plenty. Our laws shall protect your freedom,
which you cannot enjoy anywhere in the
world beside. But we reserve to. ourselvw
the right to govern ourselves. (Peala of ap
nlnnse.i
Leave that to us. ' Yon shnll have all the
benefits that onr free institutions afford,
That is the treat boor, which we offer
What other country in the world offers the
sameT None. Can one go to any foreign
Innd and become invested with the poor polit
ical privileges conceded to the peonle of it!
Nn, not one. Come hero and take every
thing but the right to govern us. We must
take care that wo shall not be mado aliens in
our own lnnd. Tho liberty is ours. Our
blood and that of our fathers have beon shed
for it. It is ours hy our right, and our title,
and this land we intend to govern, and we
will govern. (Applause.)
I believe, fellow citizens, that a change in
the naturalization laws is necessary to the
preservation and purity of our ins'itntions.
Who else can understand them but he who
mado them T Where else in the world have a
people been found capable of making; such
institutions f And shall he who mado tbem
trust them to hands not taught to this work t
No ! we cannot safely trnst them. VVe nave
in our hands a great and mighty trust for
the whole human race, to show that man is
capable of self-government. We have had a
long training for it. We think that we are
capable of it, and wo intend to assert our
right to it. Let none interfere with us in
this great work.
Our adopted fellow citizens, received under
the sanction ot our laws, nnd bound as mucn
a wo are to assist in this great work. When
thousands and hundreds of thousands are
pouring into the country from the overflow.
ing ponulution of foreiirn lauds wo must
guard this right. The sumo obvious policy
demands it at our hands. We must do it
nnd wo will do it. (Applause, and cries of
wo will.
Huh grout principle will go on. It mny
be reviled. Those who maintain it may be
reviled ; but the principle which is so conge
ninl to an American heart, will indicato itself,
and it will lie triumphant. (Applause.)
do not doubt this at all. Only let usbo true
to ourselves. Let no reproaches bo cast
upon us by disappointed purties or parlizan
or disappointed ilenutL'oirues turn us aside
from this crcat work. Persevere, nnd sue
coss is inevitable. 1 1 is a feeling in tho heart
ol every American citizen.
It is a proud ihiusr for any to say, "I am n
citizen of the ereat commonwealth of Penn
svivania." But is it not uci-eater thing to
sav, "I am a citizen an American citizen
citizen of the United States of America?'
(Applause.) That we can now all say.
THE FREEMAN1 JOl IINAL,
The official organ of Archbishop Hughes
never loses an opportunity to attack tlie per
son or the policy of hx-President Fillmore
To show our readers how our statesmen are
reviled, and tho republican sympathies of our
country mocked, we make an extract Irom
lust Saturday's Journal, which, referring to
the civililn s bestowed upon Mr. tillniore in
lenuu, siivg :
"Some of our European cotemporaries do
certainly make great fools or themselves iy
the lndiscriiiunating way in which they lavish
their attentions on Americans whom they
suppose to be influential. This Mr. Fillmore
was never elected President of the United
States, hut only to the very inferior post of
Vice President. The occurrence of General
Taylor's death made him acting President
During his administration, and by his act. nn
American national vessel was sent tn Ion
stantinoplo for Kossuth, and Mr. Fillmore
never showed strength enough to crush the
un-American sympathising with foreign red
republ.canism, which did so much to excito
distrust of American institutions and iuten
tions on the continent of Kurnpe. It was M
Fillmore's Secretary of State who laid him
sellout to worry and nnnoy Mr. lliilseinan
the Austrian Charge so much so thut the
latter retired from ashmaton till the en
ofbis administration. It w. is the weakness
of Mr. Fillmore that allowed constant feve
of pretended intervention." in Kuropeun
affairs to excite ami do mischief at home nnd
abroad, ll was only on the accession of the
Democratic parly to power that these foreign
scapegallows received their final quietus.
We have no objection to Austria pitying
court to any Anieriran, but we think, never
theless, that in this case the Austrian eagle
is a goose.
1 Tni CoissAi, Washinotoh " JioHcsmirr. 1
The casting of the horse for this monument,
at M unich, Is one of the great feata of modern
foundry, at fifteen ton! of bronse had to be
melted and kept in a sUte of fluidity. Por
several drryt and nights previously a large fire
wat nt these hngo masset, which required to
be stirred at times. When the bronzn was
liquified, an ultimate essay was made in a
small trial cast, and to highten tho color some
mors Copper was added. Snccrtsivoly all the
chambers through which the metal had to
flow in the form were cleared of tho coal with
which they had been kept warm, and the mas
ter examined all the air spiracles and the is
sues of the metal ; the props of the tubet
were then placed, and every man had his duty
and place assigned to mm. t many, me mas
ter, amid the intense expectation of tho many
art ametuers present, pronounced the words
"In tho name ol God," nnd then three migh
ty strokes opened the fiery golf, out of which
the glowing metal flowed in a circuit to the
large forms. The sight was magnificent, and
in the little sea of fire stood tho master, and
gave his commands abont tho successive
pening of props. Uot vaponr poured iroin
the sir spiracles : in the conduits, the metul
boiled in waves j still, no docision yet, os the
influx ot the bronze in the very veins oi tno
figure could be but slow. At once flaming
showers jumped out of the air conduits, and
the master proclaimed the cost to hnvo suc
ceeded. A loud cheer followed, when the
master approached Mr Crawford, tho artist
of the Washington Monument, to congratu
late him upon this success. Another cheer
was givon to M de Wilier, the cniei oi tne
oynl foundry of Munich, who bad personally
conducted the work. The Builder.
A Woman Swimnino thr M isstrstppi.
Lloyd's forthcoming Stenmbont Directory
gives a thrilling instance of tho necessity for
women knowing how to swim. When the ill
fated Ben Sherrod was in flames on the Mis
sissippi River, and the lady passengers who
had thrown themselves into the water were
drowning around the boat, the wife of Cap
tain Castleman jumped into tho river, with
her infant in her arms, and swam ashoro, a
distance of half a mile, being the only woman
saved nut of sixteen. Sho had learned to
swim when a girl.
Several Unforti'natb Pigeons Shot, and
One Pkieon Plcckep. Two gentlemen, W.
King, of Florida, and B. Duncan, of Ken
tucky, tried their skill in shooting pigeons
lately ut Cincinnati, for ten thousand dollars
a side ; tho winner to have the whole twenty
thousand. The trial lasted two das. King
hit 123 birds and missed 21 ; Duncan hit 130,
und missed 20, and. of course, wulked offwith
tho twenty thousand dollars.
Chicago, Nov. 23. The Kansas Constitu
tional Convention passed, on the 10th inst., a
schedule declaring that the Convention shall
be submitted to to tho peo'ple on the loth of
Liecetnber. It ratihed, it provides lor the
election of a Governor, Lieut. Governor,
LAI 1ST ARRIVAL,
largest and Best Assortment
CHEAP, HANDSOME & DURABLE.
f lllE subscriber taXes p'eeanre tn Informing
his cuetomers and the public jrenerntly that
he is now in receipt of an unusually larse and
Splendid Assortment of New Goods.
To endeavor to enumerate the one hundreth
part of the articles would be ukcIcs. Suffice it
to say, they have been selected with lh crentcit
care, and they will be disposed of nt as low prices
as the same quality can be purchased elsewhere.
My motto is
"Quick Sates and Small Prflftn."
He takes this method of preeentbis; to the
public his thanks for the lihcTnl i sironnue extend
tied to him, am) liv stitrt attention tn hnsife,
he respectfully solicits a continuance of tbe name.
It wilj be advisable for purchasers to cull and
examine his assortment before pnrchnsirin ele
where. All kinds of produce taken in exchnnce.
EDWARD Y. LRIUHT.
Sunbury, December I, 185S.
NOTICE.
TOTICE is hereby given hv the School Di
rectors of the Sunbury Dintrict t Col
lectors of School tax for said district, and all
Treasurers for same, who have not muled their
accounts, thBt S. R. Tcale, D. W. Shindel and
James Btnrd have heen appointed to audit al-.
accounts withalorenaid district which remnln un
settled, and that they will meet at the olfice f
8. R. Pealc, Esq., in the borough ol' Sunhurv,
on Thursday, the 13th day of Bcccmher, prox.,
at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose nhove tia
ined, at which time and place said collectors ami
treasurers are requested to attend, otherwise set
tlement will be enforced by law forthwith.
SAMUEL GUSSLER, l'res't
Lev! Seasholtz, .See.
Sunbury, Dec. 1, 1835. 2t
ORPHANS COURT SALE.
N pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Northumberland county will lc exposed to
public sale, on
MONDAY, the 7th day of JANUARY, next,
at the Court House in the boroueh of Sunbury,
the following described real estate, to wit: 1ft.
A LOT OR PIECE OF LAND,
situate in Upper Augusta township, adjoining'
lands of JIarinan G. Kline, land cut oil under
the $300 law, from this descrihed tract, and set
apart for the use of dio children of the intestate,
and approved at November Term IN3S, nnd :l:c
I next descrihed piece, containing filleen acree.
more or less Also the undivided half of a tract
of land in said township, adjoining the firft de
scrihed truct, and land of Stein and of James
Camphsll, contaii.ins ahout thirty live acres, of
which about tenly five acres nrc cjmircd, and
on which are ereclcd a Log House ami tttablc.
Lute the eslate of Adam Neiilitf. deceased
Sale to commenco a' 1 o'clock, 1', M. of said
day, whsn the terms oj sale will he made known
by
DAVID REESER. d'tor.
ily order of the t ourt,
Jno. I'. Purse . Clk. O. f.
her. 1, ISJ5.
ritato Auditor, Judges of tho Supreme, At
torney tieneral. and Members of tho Assem
bly, on the third Tuesday of January. It al
so provides that the Genital Assembly shall
secure the enlorcenient of the sixth section
of the Bill of Rights before tho fourth of Ju
ly next.
St. Los-is, N"ov. 2H. Tho committee of
the citizens of St. Louis, appointed to report
upon the recent disaster on the Pacific Rail
road, report it to have been caused by the
high rate of speed. The minority of theenm-
.... . . i. , .. ij.j , ,
declares the total insufficiency of the bridge , j.nuVt a. 1).', 18SG. m the forenoon
REGISTERS NOTICE.
jVOIICE is herrhy given to all I.cpatec
to bear its own weight.
A New Maink Liqcoit Law. The Port
land Advertiser states that Judjrc Wells, the
Democratic1 and Liberal candidate for Cover
nor or Maine, has nearly completed tho draft
of a new lirpior law to be submitted to the
approaching Legislature. It is said to con
tain all principles of the old license laws thu
sale by licensed persons, of not less than a
certain quantity the liquor not to bo drank
on the premises distillation for medical and
mechanical purposes to be allowed, ic.
Il.LNKSS OF M ADKVirtT.sEI.T.R RACHEL. Tho
illness of this distinguished tragedieiino has
become so serious that her further perfor
mances in tuis city have been postponed, and
she is to proceed to the South immediately.
Iler physician recommends a visit to llavau
na. PlSCOI-RACIKB TO MlSSMNAP.IES. Oil the
Island of Fate, in tho South Sea, two miiun
aries, with their wives, wero recently roasted
and eaten by the natives whom they were at
tempting to Christianize. The "good cause"
seems to be making rathtr slow rivgrcss in
that locality.
Creditor nnd oilier persons interested in tho
estates of the following named persons, thai the
Executors, Administrators, and Guardians of
"aid Estate have Tiled their accounts wilh the
Register of Nrtiium'iH-rlund Courilv, and that
the same will l e presented to the lb (.'cans' Court
of
of
gr Hon. Jno. J. Crittenden, of Kcutucky,
formerly Attorney General under Gen. Tay
lor, who is one of the most prominent candi
dates of the American party for Presideut-
recently delivered a speech in Philadelphia,
from tho balcony of tho Girard House, from
which we make the following extracts :
Fellow Citizens Iara a Kentuckian; I
am more thau a Keutuckian ; I am an Ame
rican citizen. (Applause.)
I am such by my principles and the senti
ments of my heart. I do not desire to be a
partisan. The long experience of a life time
makes nie rather ambitious to bo a patriot
than a parlizan. In the performance of that
duty, 1 desire to do whatsoever 1 cun to pre
serve tho free institutions of my country pure
iy camo from tho bands of our lorolath-
ers I Applause.)
Here in your great city was the Declara
tion of Independence pronounced, lour
great SUte contributed to make good that
declaration, and to establish the freedom
which you now enjoy 1 wish to see it preserved.
I am of the American party. (Ihree
cheers wore proposed and giveu for the Ame-
ricau party, aud tnen mree more ior tuo
Union.)
1 have adopted it from no lelQsh consider
ation. I have adopted and iuteod to pursue
it without fear of cousequences, from a sol
emn conviction that it is my duty to my
country to do so. I am a single individual.
My voice is a weak aud a small one ; but it
shall be devoted to this cause, front a solemn
conviction of my heart that 1 owe it to a
country that haa bestowed ou me honors aud
powers fur beyond my deserving. I have no
pretensions and no aspiratious whatever.
1 mean to do nil duty in this great cause i I
oieaa to preserve the aoveruignty of this
great country to the people tt tbie country.
Cost op R mi.wav Ri nxiso. The cost of
the smallest locomotive in use. is from six to
eight thousand dollars each. The larger,
which weigh thirty tons, anil can draw a train
of sixteen cars buldiiig eleven hundred pas
sengers, is twelve thousand dollars. A first-
class passenger car costs three thousand dol
lars ; second class, eighteeu hundred ; freight
car. six hundred.
. The F.rie road four hundred nnd Cfty-nino
miles long has two hundred und three loco
motives, one hundred and two first class pas
senger cars, twenty-eight second-class, forty
eight cars for bau'gao und mails, twelve hun
dred und twenty-two box freight cars, eleven
hundred and eighty platform ditto, two hun
dred nnd ninety cattle curs, and ono hundred
imnricr trucKs in all, tliree tnousatid one
hundred and eighty-cifiht vehicles, worth
about four millions of dollars.
Tho Frio roud employs live thousand men,
to wit : Twelve superiutendants. forty-four
passenger-train conductors, eighty fruight
truin conductors, four hundred and fifty en
gineers, four hundred brakes-men and baggage-men,
six hundred and seveuty machin
ists, ninety ticket sellers, sixty telegraphic
clerks, one thousand laborers, eight-hundred
trick repairers, and others. I ho company
pays in wages and salcrius oue hundred and
twenty thousand dollars a month, or a million
and a half annually.
there are single miles of the l.no roae the
grading of which cost one hundred and seven
ty thousand dollars a mile, and tho bridge
over the staruccu Creek cost three hundred
thousand dollars. Iu fact, a railroad is a very
costly piece of business, and Erie stock is
nuctatiug !
New Haven, Ct., Nov. 25. Yesterday
evening two policemen, named Thomas Cuui-
mings and m. Grunt, attempted to arrest
a man in an Irish groggory, when a gang
present fell upon the oftic.fers and beat them
so severely thut Cuininings died this moruiug
f 1.;., . :. r. i .7
recover.
Washington, Nov. 25. My former des-
patch having been authorizedly contradicted.
I repeat, on tho best information, that the
present determination is not to forward co
pies of the President's message for the dis
tant newspapers as heretofore, iu advance of
its delivery to Congress. It may not even be
printed till that time.
Mixti'kr or Copper with Ibon. Dr. Di
onysius Lardner says that the admixture of
one per ceut. of copper with cast iron, while
in a state of fusion, was found by Mr. Per.
kins, the inveutor of the steam gun, to pre
vent ita bursting under ex t rem pressure a
fact in metallic manipulation thai w of much
importance to mechanics.
New Advertisements.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING!
MERCHANT TAILOR,
STJMETJUY, FA.
Respeclfclly informs the citizen of Sunb iry and
the public' generally, that ho has jost received
Irum l'hiladelphia, a choice and select assormeut
of Cloths, Cussiiucrcs, Ave , viz :
French black Cloth, plain and twilled,
lilack Heaver do fr overcoat.
Fine blue cloth.
Claret cloth.
Cussiiucrcs Trench black corded.
da do do Doeskin.
de do grey mixed Doeskin.
Vesting plain iilack silk velvet.
do Figured velvet. 1'lusli velvel.
do lilack satin ficured.
Woolen Shirts and Drawers.
Gentleman's Pocket Handkerchiefs.
do Neck-ties.
All of which will be sold or made up to order iu
the latest and best style.
aunbury, Deo. I, 1855 tf
DEPARTMENT OF COMMON
SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Harrlsbarg, Kov. 28, 1855.
fj'O the School Directors of Northnmber
1 land county. Gentlemen ! Application
having been tnndo by the Hoards of Ditcctors
nf a majority of the School Districts in Nor
thumberland county, stating their desire to
increase the salary of tho county Superinten
dent of said county: you are respectfully re
quested to meet in convention at the Court
House, in Sunbury, ou Saturday the 2'.'d day
of December, Is jo, at one o'clock in the af
ternoon, for the purpose above stated, accor
ding to the terms of the eighth section of the
Supplement to tho School Law, approved
tue Bin ouy oi May, t8:;.
Very Respectfully Yours,
A. (1. CURT IN,
Superintendent of Commou Schools,
Dec. 1, 1855. 3t.
saiu uay, ior continuation ana a.lu'.vuiice.
Carl John, dee'd, settled by hia Ad'tur Henry
TeilV-T.
Fpler (icorge, dee'd. settled by his Ad'tor Aaron
Kelly.
Everill Joseph Sr., settled bv his Ad'tor Wm. V.
Everitt.
Eckert George, dee'd, settled by bis Ad'tor "sn
N ice.
Ferster Rarhara, dee'd, settled by her Executor
Daniel Reil..
Kline. Joseph H. dee'd. (final) settled by his A d-
uiiniitrator Dennis C Caul.
Persing Wm. dee'd. settled by one of his Ri'f-
l'eter Persing.
Poiter John, dee'd. settled bv his Executors D.
Urautxam and Wm. II. Wapplcs.
Terkins J. C. dee'd, (final) settled bv hit Ad't r
Peter 11. Masse r.
Renn Adam, dee'd, settled bv Lis Ail't-T D. T'.N.
W. V. Silverwoo.1.
Tjylur BenjAiniu, dee'd, settled hy Lis A i't- .
Samuel Kurinan.
Rebock Michael, dee'd. get'ded by his A lir.i-.' .!
Martin Uehock.
Kramer John. det'J, settled by his Ad'i r W'-.n.
Kramer.
Eshhuch liarhara. dee'd, acttled by her AJ'lor
Daniel Eshhuch.
ICellev David, dee'd, settled by one of his ex'lois
Aaron Kclley.
Dniiiihcller Michael, dee'd, settled by I. is Ad'tor
Peler Drumheller.
Bcisi-I John, dee'd. settled by his ex'tor Jacob
H. Kaiill'inan.
Wolverlon Itaac, dee'd, settled bv O. P. Palton
nJ I.ambeit Krkman, Ad'tora of James Kck
maii, dee'd, who waa one of the executors ul
Isaac Wolvcrton, dee'd.
Ross Mary, dee'd, aeltled by R. I. Taijffirt, ex
ecutor of James 1'aggart, deed, v-hnuuslne
ex'tor of Mary K ss, dee'd.
Rubendahl Catharine, Sarah & William, seltlsd
by their Guardian John Daniel.
Herb Daniel, settled by his GuarJiau Daniel
Herb.
Pcitfcr Elian .settled by his Guardian Jacob lid
bish.
Troxel Joseph & Catharine, settled by John tr
nmith one ol the executors of leore Muiln,
dee'd, who was the Guardian of said Juseph
aad Catharine.
8nyder Simon, dee'd, settled by his Ad'lor Jacob
iSeasholiz.
JOHN P. PURSE L, Register.
Register s Oilice,
Sunbury, Dec. I, 1855.
The Lutherans of North Carolina have
fixed upou Newbury a the location for their
new College. ,
AGENTS I AGENTS 1 AGENTS 1
Persons accustomed to procure subscribers
for Rooks, Magazines Ac, or get up clubs for
newspapers, are requested to send us their
names and address, and we will forward them,
free of charge, a specimen number of a publi
cation for which they will find ready sale ;
and we will allow them a commission of 60
per cent for their services.
J. BRADFORD BROTHER,
No. 3 Courtland St., New York.
December 1, 1855. 3t.
CAMBRIC, SwisB, Mull, Bobinett, French
Uces, Checks, Collars, L'ndersleeves and
Chemisettes, Heak dresses, Velvets and Yelvet
trimmings, Turkish counterpanes, Elsnkets,
Broche, Thibet & Bay BUM Shawls, for sal by
Buubury. Dec. I, '5a. E. V. BRIGHT.
PROCLAMATION.
TV OTIC'E is hereby given that tlm several
' Courts of Common Pleas, General IJnarter
Sessions of the peace, and Oprhau' Court, t'oort
of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery,
in and lor the county of rorlhunilcrlaiKl. to
commence at the Court 11c. use, in the borough ol
Bunbury, at ID o'clock, A. M. on Monday, l!,e '
7th day of January next, aud will continue
TWO WEEKS.
The coroner, Justices of the Peace and consta
bles in and for the county of Northumberland, are
requested to be then and there in their proper per
sons, with their rolls, records, in(iiiilions, and
other remembrances, to do those things to their
several offices appertaining to be done. And all
witnesses prosecution in Iwhalf of the Coniinun
wealth anaiusl anv prisoner are also requested ao.l
commanded to be then and there attending in their
proper persons to prosecute against him, as shall
be just and nol U depart witaont leave at UVir
peril. Jurors are requested te be punctual in their
attendance, at the lime appointed agreeable to
tl,lr tintires.
Uiven under my baud at Sunbury, tho 1st day ot
Dec'ber in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five and the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America ihe
79lh- I L.
GoJ save the Commonwealth.
HENRY W'EIsE. Sheriff.
13RENCH black cloth, plain Sl fancy Cassi!
meres, CamnstU, Overcoating, Satin and
Silk Velvet ml patterns, Silk and Wool Hals,
t ap Scarfs and Montsy Jackets, for sale by
Aunburv, IW. I 'M. , K. Y. UIHT.
Good Intent Fire Company !
A MEETING ofihe Good Inteut Fire Compa
ny will be held at the Court House, on
Monday evening next. Punctual attendance U
requested.
Br Oanta er ias Paxsimsr. -
Suuhnnr, Dec. I, IH-
COB ERG. French Merinos, Persisn cloth,
Pari twill, Chinltes, Delansa, Debegns,
Alapsras. Uilks, Wool plaids, Mjhair lustre.
French, Scotch and American Ginghams, jusi
received and for sale br
isunburv, Pee. 1 '.VS. .. E. V. BRJCHT.