I onion fufos
LATER FROM KI HOPE.
The America's mails arrived on Saturday,
and they bring us additional European intel
ligence of interest.
The Allies ure making active preparations
to throw upon the lt'iiiie, in tho neighbor
hood of Strasbourg, an army of 180,000 sol
diors, intended first to force tho Uermiin
States, and especially Prussia, into some sort
of an alliance by which the commerce between
her and Kussia will he cut off, and tho latter
isolated ; and secondly, to act against Itussirl
through Polund.
Notwithstanding nil the preparations for
war, peace rumors still abound.
A long and very able uiticlo has appeared
in tho I'refse on the Sound ues question.
This writer sustains Mr. Slurry's circular,
and proclaims loudly that, from this time fur-
wnril. I hn itrinrinln nf I lio fropihiiii nl flip hiirh
seas and their straits is settled. The dillkul- j
ty between the United States and Denmark l
may in fart be regarded as settled upon tho
basis of Mr. Marcy's circular.
On tho 19th the whole coast of tho Crimea
was visited bv a heavy gulo of wind, which !
lasted several hours, and caused soma dam- j
age. An Austrian vosel, having 100 oxen '
and 200 sheep on board, was driven into the I
bay of Sebastopol, ami on apiiroiiehii'ir Tort
Constantino bIio was tired at by tho ltufMuns
Tho captain and crew took to their boat and
abandoned her. and sho soon after went on j
shore on tho South wdo of tho bay. The
Ilussians kept firing al her during the whole
day, and at length she was set fire to, and de
stroyed with all her cargo.
lirs.SlAX PLAN OF NEXT YEAK'S
CAMPAIGN.
A letter fiom Mtscow of tli.j 20th tilt., j
says Tho grand council of generals lately
convoked at St. Petersburg, under the per
sonal presidency of tho Emperor, have set
tled tho principles on v.hieh the forthcoming
campaign shall bo carried on. St. Peters
burg and Moscow iuo to be fortified, and,
with Warsaw, will from tho three first-class
fortesses of tho empire, (ieneral Todtlebcii
has arrived here, and. notwithstanding the
extreme rigor of tho weathtr, tho frost hav
ing set in with all the proverbial violence of
of a Russian winter may be seen every day
accompanied by his stall's of engineers, all
wrapped up in bear-skins, surveying the
ground, and fixing tho poles to designate the
liue of circumvallation, which will be com
menced on the breaking up of tho frost.
Tho cold is so severe that several sentiuels
have been found frozen to death in their sen
try boxes, although they ure relieved every
half hour.
SI ILL LATHI.
ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.
Nkw York, Jan. 21. Tho steamship
Washington, from Southampton, arrived at
four o'clock this afternoon, bringing dates
from London to the 5th inst.
Consols, at 11 o'clock on Saturday were
at87jL r
The Naples correspondent of tho London
Times mentions a report that the king of Na
ples had become favorably disposed towards
the Allies. There was also a further rumor
that he would send a contingent to the Cri
mea. The Faris correspondent of tho same pa
per, gays assurances have been again given in
an official quarter, of the resolution of France
to carry on tho war in tho most vigorous
manner, in tho event of Russia not acceding
to the proposition or the Allies, and that the
Emperor and tho English government are
determined not to ubnto one iota of the terms
on which peace would ba acoepted.
THE UNITED STATES AND URE AT
BRITAIN.
Tho London Times, in reading tho
Wash-
ington Union a lecture, takes occasion to
apeak of tho press and government of this
country in its usual disparaging toue. But
after indulging its whim in this respect, it
says : It is, above all things, desirable that
the two natioin should remain on terms of
peace and amity, and we can answer for the
people of England, whoso opinion tho Wash
ington Union admits wo faithfully represent,
that they desiro nothing more earnestly than
to cultivate the most friendly relations with
all the world, but i tptci;:liy v.ith the United
4-tstS.
The quarrel will never como from our side
but it is quito possible that tiioso whom the
American public suffers to misrepresent it
with the pen and in the Cabinet, may fuo
cced in embioiliiip the governments Jf tho
two nations to u decree and to an extent
which may commit their honor, and render
an amicable solution impossible. The very
men whom tho enlightened American citizen
avowedly despises and repudiates at home
lie may fed it impossible to disavow when
they Lave compromised tho honor of his
country abroad.
It is afavorito topic with those American
newspapers which can never mention Eng
land except in terms of insult, to tpealc of
tho English piers and Uovernnietit as if their
ill-advised Conduct I behted mid repressed
the feelings of good will which are ever ready
to spring up in the AiiKiicau mind towards
Enalaiul.
The Washinrtm Ur.n v.i.ms pathetic
when it tells us'liow tender is tli. affc.-tiou
with which e should have been regarded by
the American pics and it j admirers if wo
could only Luvo In baud imrsolvM meekly
and decorously, la im pivcciwo ol a loti iiy
attached, but susceptible nation. II r.
to
to but facts would seem to ji;
conclusion.
otify a diil'cient
We lmvo filtered into a war tho
mbstan-
tial justice of which no European Power has
ventured to d. :iy. l'roiii the American press
we have met With nothing but abuse. Our
reverses have been exaggerated, our successes
denied, and fdst-lmods l.avo been put forth
ou bohulf of Uuasia in the American papers,
which, to da lur justice, Kussia has never
Lad the efi'roiilciy to put forward in her own.
We sought, unadvisedly as it has turned
Oil, to recruit our urmicii in Canada, but the
American Uuvcrumcnt, while conniving nt
the foundation I
iy Her cilt?.elis ft piratical
ctates in Centra
A America, und licMluling
wbelher to receive their Ambassadors ut tfi j
levees, has refused to be contented with our
explanations, and pushed its demands of sat
isfaction for so trivial a matter to a puint
which the llrilish Government has tlatly re
futed to concodo. Weuru uccuscd of sowing
the dragou's teeth.
We are well aware that tho great Ameri
can Democracy is little used to bu approached
with the language of plainness and sincerity ;
it is hard for truth to exist in the presence of
absolute power, and the same law of human
nature that gives the tyrant his sycophants
gives to the populace its flatterers, mi&leudcrs
nd demagogues.
But it is better that the Ame'ican people
should hear the truth now tbau learn too
late how miserably its interests have becu
tampered with, and how shamefully its dele
gated powers have been abused. We leave
ii to stump orators to prate of "tbo infaut
Hercules growu to manhood j" all we would
ay for ourselves is, that iu the motives that
dispose us to cultivate the most friendly re
lations with the United States, weakueas and
timidity have no place.
Uncommon intelligent are the coroner's
juries in Mississippi. Recently twelve men
a Warren county, in that Bute, returned a
verdict that "the deceased died by the will of
mqq, or toiae otuer dictate, untuovn to tue
jury i"
LETTER OF THE HOI. O R. ATCHIKiOK nf
MISSOURI, O THE AFFAIRS OF KAKftAl.
From Iht Atalanta (Co.) Examiner.
Wo embrace the earliest opportunity of
presenting to the people of Oeorgla ami the
South, a letter from the Hon. D..R. Atchin
son, on the subject of U.fi affairs of Kansas,
addressed to the sonior editor of this prtpcr.
It is a letter we feel satisfied will be read
with intcuse interest by every citizen of our
State.- .
The distinguished gentleman who has pen
ned it, n ud by whoso permission it is publish
ed, hud occupied, for a epirter of n century
ot least, nil eminently nigh position among
the statesmen of the Ciiion ; and, in the .Sen
ate of the United States, over which ho pre
sided with an much sati-faction to that body,
at a very recent period, he fairly earned a
reputation of which we can boat t. as an nolo
and influential Senator, and an anient advo
cnto ir Southern Kightst. Upon the state
ment of such a mmi, every (Georgian car. rely.
To hia appeal every Georgian bliould respond.
He speaks ol Kansas to tlio a own, lor ino
, . . i .1 ...i . r..-i.: :..
sako not only of thoso who are fighting its
battles there, but for Missouri, our sUkr.
whose doom i certain in the event that Kan
sas is Abolitionized, .
Accompanying the letter which wo publish,
wo leceived" another from the gentleman,
from which wo make a few extracts. lie
S.'.VS !
"We ale in n constant
st:itn of excitement here (Platte City). Tho
border 'ruffians' have access to my room day
and night. Tho very air is full of rumors.
We wish to keep ourselves right before the
world, and no are provoked and uirgruvated
beyond suuVrunce. Our persons unci proper
ty 'are not for a numei:t safe ; and yet we are
forbid, by the respect we owe our friends else
where, by respect for the cause in which wc
ure engaged, to forbear. This state of things
cannot la-t. Y on are amlioii.cd to publish
the whole, or a part of what I have written;
but if (ieorgia intends to do anything, or can
do niivlhimr for us. let it be done speedily.
"Let your young men come forth to Mis
souri nnd Kansas 1 Let them come well arm
ed, with money enough to support them for
tweivo months, and determined to seo this
thing out 1 One hundred truo men will be an
acquisition. The more the better. I do not
see how we nro to avoid civil war; conio it
will. Twelve months will not elapse before
war civil war of the fiercest kind will bo
upon us. Wo ate arming and preparing for
it. Indeed, we of tho border counties are
prepared. We must have the support of the
South. We a.ie fighting tho battles of tho
South. Our institutions are at st ike. You
far Southern men are now out of the naivo of
war, but if Wo fail, it will reach your own
doors, pei hays your hearts. We want men,
armed men. " We want money not for out
selves, but to support our friends who may
coma from a distance. I have now in this
house two gallant young men from Charles
ton, S. C. They are now citizens of Kansas,
and will remain so until her destiny is fixed.
'Let your young men come on in squads as
fast us they cau be raised, well armed. We
want none- but true men. Yours truly,
D. R. Atchison.
"P. S. I would not bu astonished if this
day laid the ground work for a guerrilla war
in Kansas. I have heard of rumors of strife
und battle at Leavenworth, seven miles from
this place, but the ice is running in tho Mis
sissippi river, and I have nothing definite. I
was a peace maker in the difficulty lately set
tled by Governor Shannon. 1 councilled tho
Ruffians' to forbcuraucc, but I will never
again council peace. i. R. a.''
THE MEW IXOIIIIIA U Art A IlOltKIBLE
SI fc TAC'LE.
The Florida papers come to m full of In
dian troubles again, and in tbe."Tumpa Pen
insular" of Jan. Mil, we find along account
of the lute attack upon Lieut, llartsulf and
party, by the Indians', from hick wo make
the following extract :
'On Sunday, December ICth, Lient., Ilnrt
sutfand party were halted about tea mil.s
from Fort Dum. On the morning of the
20th they worn lying in o pino grove, half a
mile in extent, and about 5 A. M. were busy
getting ready to march, harnessing, S.c , when
the war whoop sounded, and they received a
volley. This, of course, was utterly unexpec
ted, and all was confusion. Some little filing
from tho party enaued. but several were out
of reach of their arms. Williams wus sixty
yards distant from his rifle, saddling his horse,
uu mado his escape. Thoso who could get
their pieces fired them, and the rest loaded
for tho Lieutenant, who fought bravely until
! Iio was woiinued, wlien lie exclaimed,'! urn
I dune for,' but. suddenly pulling out his pistol,
cneil out, "o ly Iicnvons. tlio pistol lias
saved my life, for tho ball has struck it !'
Hannah and llaker were wounded ut this
time. The survivors then separated, and it
is presumed the plunder alone prevented the
savages from pursuing them "
As soon os tho news reached Fort Myers,
Col. Drown ordered companies E. and I. to
be in readiness at daybreak, with teams und
a six-pounder. They were ready, and de
parted in fullstrcugth fr the battle ground.
A letter says :
'Company t! and the citizens were left to
protect Foit Myers, cannon were planted,
defences erecUd, houses pierced for musketry,
and every precaution adopted to prevented
surprise.
' On the arrival of Col. Drown at the sceno
r f conflict, n scene n.et their view, of a de
scription so horrible, that words cannot de
scribe it j for th corpses of the four unfor
tunates nere still ubovu ground, although in
a revolting condition. Tlu-v were scalped
and mutilated. Their death was. of course,
1 caused by the large quantity of balls which
: had pci'loi'utcd their ln ju.-i. cheats, Ac. :Lut that
, they wero mutil.ite.il, wlnle still living, is tvi
! dent from the signs of warfare around tin m.
' such as the tearing up of grass and sod, tho
; position, the bits of clot lies remaining in their
i hands, t'urran was a remaikably athletic
i man; ho held a piece of an Indian's shirt still
! in his giusp. They were all decently interred
where they lay ut h'Ut what there was of
tlieui, Tor the turkey buzzards had taken toll
of mortallity, and left little but bones for the
sexton and worms. Many a heart turned sick
as they gazed on the work of demons, and
many a vow was registered whoso fulfillment
will brifig sorrow and desolation into tho ca
bins of our foes. Nolhiugwas seen of Indians
on tho route, going ur coming, though doubt
less the Indians saw tliem. -Mlliave return-
eJ Sllfu Us tliev went
safu us thev went, suve and except tho
faliues of a ioumev wheie tho water as oft
mid-deep. All the Fort Deynaud command
have returned eufu to their post, and the sumo
at this place. llartMilf is located and ten
derly cared for, in an upartment of. Colo
nel lirowi.'d ; hid wounds arc healthy, but the
bull still remains unextructed."
WoilK ON THK NollllIF.BX Cfntrai. Rah.
wav. The work on tho Northern Central
Kailroud, under the contract lately made for
its completion first to Millersburgand thenee
ut the opli in of the company, so fur as tiie
time is concerned, to Sunbury in Pennsylva
nia, has been commenced at' two points near
and iu this city. The contractors who have
thus made a beginning aro Messrs. Duike
and Lauman, whose initial operations are un
dertaken iu the one case at a distance of oue
mile north of the Holton or outer depot, and
in the other at Canton, near the Philadelphia
road w hero it parses out from lialtimore. We
understand that these gentlemen are ready,
as soon as the right of way is definitely ar
ranged, to commence their labors all along
the lino of the prescribed route, and with a
force sufficient to complete the road in such
time as could be reasonably required for such
an undertaking of iti character and esteut.
Under these euergttlio and experienced con.
tractors, there in no doubt that this impor
tant link in the chain from the Chesapeake
Day to the western lakea will become M
tretdily u possible e"fiie4 fcct." B jltimor
5vn.
THE AMERICAN.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1856.
II. B. MASTER, Editor and Proprietor
To ADvniTt--The eirriiiminii of the tJoiilmry !
Ainrricini union lite different towns on the uruelmniia
Is not exceeded if equalled liyeny paper published in North
rrn Peimsvlvaiua.
K HIT OR' ft TAI1LK.
llusineas Notice.
We rail attention to tho advertisement
of
Chns. Megarge & Co-
Also Id the advertisement of Hubert C
Ilel-
fenslein.
Also to the advertisement of Chas. Pleasants.
A lo to advertisement of SheritPs fairs.
CJ-Wo aro indebted to Hon. It. P.rod
head, F-li SliTcr. David Taggart and J. II.
Zimmerman, Esqs., and others for documents.
W To ancient .StnscRinF.RS.-We have Tl, V vision of tho ,ciimi1 ia UU
on our books a number of subscribers living i more ratable, the net revenue being 6323.
at a distance whose accounts are of long 1 81G- A fl'Jcn" so it was proposed to
" ' .n ,i a r . i i i or. A AAA
standing. Many of them, no doubt, would
pay if they were hero to do so. To such we
would say, send the amount by mail. We
shall have to cut the acquaintance ol some of !
our distant subscribers ere long, if we do not I
hear from them.
CITThe Coai. Tradr to Ei.mira. A coal
train now leaves this place every morning at
7 o'clock for Elinira, loaded with the black
diamonds from the Shamokin mines. Tho
passage of the first train nbout a week since,
over the bridges leading to Northumberland,
about a mile above town, greeted our citizens
with a rumbling noise that they did not at
first comprehend. The passage of the train
over the bridges is heard very distinctly all
over town.
Da. Kant's forthcoming work, giving a full
account of his last voyage to the Aictic re
gion?, is now in the hands of Messrs. Child
& Peterson, of Philadelphia, and promises to
bo one of the most magnificent and elaborate
works ever issued from the Press in this conn
try. There are to be no Iofs than three hun
dred illustrations, among them twenty four
steel engravings, including portraits of Dr.
Kano and Mr. Urinnell. The work will bo
issued in two handsome octavo volumes, as
early as possible, at tho low price of 3 for
the set.
On our firat pago will bo found nil blerest
iug sketch of Dr. Kano by Dr. Elder of Phil
adelphia, to which wo refer our readers.
CT'SliKATOIt DlGIXIt AND Mr.. DfCIIANA.V.
No sooner wr;s Governor L'igler elected U.
S. Senator, than the question arose whether
his election was to bo considered a Duchanan
triumph or a triumph of President Pierce
the fi tends of both having claimed tho result
as a triumph of their own. The I'e nnsy-Vi-nian
was, of course, highly indignant that any
one should doubt Mr. Ducliauan's right, title
and interest to Pennsylvania, and her polili.
cal influence. In this dilemma Senator Dig
ler felt it incumbent ou himself to define his
position, which he Las done by stating that
he is the firm friend of Mr. Duchanan, mid
wi:I do what fie can to promote his election.
The prospect of the House of Reprcsenta.
tives nt Washington is apparently no nearer
dlccting an organization now than it was a
month since. Tlio members meet nt the
usual hour, oiler propositions, make explana
tions, define their positions iu regard to thoir
political standing, then vote several ballots
for speaker, and then adjourn. This childs
play has been going on for six weeks nt an
expense to tlie government of not less than
120,000. And yet the object, compared
with the waste of timo and bad example, is
but small. The speaker's patronage in the
distribution of honors and pecuniary rewards,
is no doubt tho difficulty in tho way. Tim
first law passed after tho House is organised
should bo one to provide against the recur,
renco of such scenes of disorganization as
are now enacting at asliingtou. I ms
might bo done by enacting a law that the
House should ballot a certain number cf
times each day, say live days, after which a
plurality should elect if a majority did not
elect.
Ci" The Philadelphia .Suit and other papers
speak favorably of J. L. Uetz. Esq., editor of
the Heading Gazette, now a member of thB
Legislature from Old Derks. A man capa
ble of editing a paper like that published by
friend Uetz, will find no difficulty in holding
an honorable position in the legislature or
uny other deliberative body. Tho present
legislature contaius a number of excellent
representatives.
(ft-Edwurd Miller, Esq, the Chief Engi
neer, lias been elected President of tho North
Pennsylvania Railroad, in place of Thomas
Fernon, Esq. The contest wus a warm oue.
The Legislature of New York has passed
a law that uo religious or benevolent society
shall receive any bequest or devise, tho an
nual income of which is over 810,000, and it
must Lave been made at least two mouths
before the dcuth of the testator, In no case
shall the bequest be more than one fourth of
tbo estate. This is a good law.
Tbk Contractors in tub Exqmsii Army
have a profitable business. Some of them
clear $300,000 a year. Oue man who furn
ished fodder for horses made the sum of
8233,000 the first year of but contract.
Tub Cholera i Austria. From tbe 1st
of May ftp to tbe 10th of November, 549,099
persona bad tbe cholera in tbe Austrian em
pire, t88,039 recovered. 2?06l died, and
to, "OS were still oudrr mtdicut treatment.
Correspondence.
Correspondence of tho American.
IlArutisni'ito, Jan. 22, 1853.
The Election of Slate Treasurer -Vetc Hank
Charter Oiiin Oimmisioner$ Jieport'
The Xem l.icente Law ami repeal of the
"Jug Law." llcmovul of the Supreme
Court.
The election for State Treasurer yesterday
resulted in fuvor of Henry S. Magraw, Esq.,
who had previously received the caucus nom
ination. Mr. Magraw is a gentleman of good
abilities, and an energetic politician. Ho is
a lawyer by profession, and formerly practiced
at Pittsburg. A few years ago hn went to
California, from whence he returned, and has
now mado Lancaster his place of residence.
The legislature, having disposed of the offices
of Senator and Treasurer, will now set to
work in earnest.
Most of tho applicants for Bunk charters
will, uo doubt, bo greatly disappointed, as
there is no disposition on tho part of the
House nt least, to increase the Ranking capi
tal. In the Senate there will bo less di Hie al
ly. That body reported two bank bills, a few
days since, one of them fjr a Hank nt Shamo
kin, in your county.
I I no nepori oi me v. anal commissioners
j shows n better exhibit than 1 hal expected.
J The net revenue of tho Columbia Railroad is
ig! 12,838 42, or over jcvtti percent on it9
I cost.
EC" " "nprovemon. ior aooui
Speaking of tho North Pranch Canal, and
of its probublo early completion, the Report
;,J8 : "ou,u l,us uu wV "1
P?rt of the approaching summer, the
CM 1.1 I.- l:l....l U.. it...
Doard have entire confidence, that witt tho
increased receipts on the now finished lines,
which will result from the contemplated mod
ifications of the toll sheet, tho gross revenue
from our public works will amount, the com
ing year, to $5,200,000."
The Board take strong ground against the
repeal of tho Tonnago Tax. The last fiscal
year it amounted to Sl'.lC,U3y "G and in five
or six years more it will reach in all probabil
ity 8200,000. If tho tax on coal and lumber
had not been repealed by the last Legislature,
it would havo reached in tlio aggregate, the
past year, to at leart S2 10,000.
Tho Hoard compliment the Collectors and
other ofXcu'3 on the public works fur their
f.J.!ity.
Hen. William Wilkcns. of tho Stale Sen
ate, has introduced the following new license
law- and a substitute for the "Jug Luw" and
all other laws or parts of laws, now in forco :
Sectiou 1. Declares all taverns, hotels,
inns, ale and beer houses, victualling houses
and restanrnnts, as well 03 ull public places
or rooms kept for the sale and retail of vi
nou3, f'pirifou's and malt liquors, unlawful
nn'es3 licensed according to the provisions of
this act.
Sec. 2. Declares that no person but a cit
izen tho United States, of good moral and so
ber character, shall be licensed to sell liquors:
that every person so licensed shall give b.-,nd
in toe sum of one thousand dollars, condition
ed that ho or sho shall not deal in any udul-
toratod or mixed liquors; and also that ho j
or she will not suffer any drunkenness do- j
bauchery, disorderly revel.-;, or unlawful games
to be enacted in said house.
Sec- 3. Two classes of tavern, inn, or ho
tel keepers may bo liccAsed. The one clas,
chargeable with the higher rate of assessment
for licenses, shall be authorised to retail
wines, brandy , spirits, malt and brewed li
quors ; and the other class, paying a lower
rate of 03scsjuient, shall be confined to the
vending of cider, beer, aie, porter and malt
liquor.
Sec. 4. A Court of Quarter Sessions shall
bo held iu each county within twenty days af
ter the passage of this act, and then appoint
the first sessiou, not more than ten days
thereafter, for tho purpose of hearing peti
tions and granting licenses.
Sec. 5 Tim taverns, inns, hotels and pub
lic houses shall be arranged and classed ne.
cording to the estimated and adjusted yearly
rent, or ns the case may be, according to tho
annual estimated valuation of the house and
property intended to bo occupied as one of
the said public houses, and the rated prico
of a license, for onu year, shall bo as follows,
to wit :
For the first class $1000, in all cases where
j tlm adjusted yearly rent or valuation of the
1 house and property occupied or intended to
be occupied for that purpose shall be $10,000
or more.
For tho second class, thcre tho rent shall
bo gSOOO and not more than S;10,000, tho
prico of tho license shall bo $800.
T'or tho third class, where tho rent shall
bo $0000 and not more than ?rtH00, the price
cf the license shall be $G00.
For tho fourth class, where the rent shall
bo S4000, and not more than $G00O,the price
of tho license shall be S 100.
For the fifth class, where tho rent shall b0
2000 and not more thnu $-1000, tho price of
tho license shall bo $300.
For the sixth class, whero tho rent shall be
$1000 and not more than $2000, the prico of
the license shall be 8200.
For the seventh class, where tho rent shall
be $500 and not moro than S100O, the price
of the license shall be $100.
For the eighth class, where tho rent shall
be $300 and shall not be more than $j0O, the
price of license shall be S30.
F'or tho Oth class, whore tho rent shall be
$150 and shall not be moro than $300, the
prico of license shall bo $30.
For tho tenth class, in all cases where tho
rent shall be under the sum of $150, the price
of the license bball bo $25,
Sec. 6. That taveru, inn and hotel keep
ers, who retail only cider, beer, ale, malt aud
brewed beverage, shall be classed in the same
mannei as above mentioned but shall only
be required to pay one half tho rates aud
sums above enumerated.
Seo. 7. Amends the act of tbe fourtb of
May. 1841.
Seo. 8. Regulate the amount of license
to be paid by Rectifiere of liquors.
Bee. 9. Regulatea the amount of license
to be paid by Distillers and Brewers.
See. 10. Prohibits licensee from being
transferred to another by, the person to wbqm
tby w irv grated
Sec. 114 12. Not Important.
Sec. 13 & 14. Exonorates druggists,
apothecaries, auctioneers, anil persons enga
ged in the business cf bottling cider, ale, por
ter and beer, from taking out licenses.
Sec. 15. Fixes the penalty for adultera
ting liquors a fine of from $50 to $100, and
imprisonment for six or twelve months.
Sec. 10. Continues the ''Sunduy Law" Iu
force, and also the act of the eighth of May,
1854.
Sec. 17. Not important. !
Sac. 18. Fines and penalties for violation
of this act and selling liquors contrary to lawt
Ac. First offence, $50 i second offence
$100.
Section 19. Enjoins it as a duty on con-
table, to mnko return of any violation of
this law failing to do which, they shall be
fined $25.
Sec. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 25, 2G, and 27.
Relative to the duty of Courts in granting li
censes iu Alleghany comity and Philadel
phia See. 28. Repeal of the "J ug Law."
The bill will no doubt undergo numerous
amendments, tmong which thero will be an
nmeridment authorizing the Courts to grant
licenses to restaurants, brer houses, Ac, to
sell malt and other liquors. Tho bill, ns it
stands, authorizes a license only to hotels.
Mr. Wilkins on Tuesday Inst road in place
a bill to abolish thfl Northern District of tho
Supremo Court. This was dono upon the
petition of the Judces of the Court. Tho
Judges talk about making an annual pilgrim
a"o to Sunburv. The time was, when better
men. such ns Tichlman and Duncan, deemed
it no hardship, but were pleased with their
annual pilgrimage to your place, and that too
when there was no rail road communication.
Then tho public good was consulted, now the
couveuience of the J udges.
More Axon.
TIIIUTY FOIHTII CONCJHESS.
KlrBt iteetloit.
Washington, Jan. 21.
Senate. A number of petitions vero pre
sented from retired and disniissd officers of
the Navy, complaining of thu uctiou of the
luto Navy Doard.
Mr. Dell, of Tenn., while approving goner
ally the action of the Hoard, thought that
Lieut. Maury's eminent services should have
exempted him from a sentence which he con
siders a world of degradation.
Mr. Mallory said Lieut. Manry had been
r.ssigned a position on shore at his own re
quest. House. Mr. Doyoo mado an ineffectual
motion to rescind the resolution prohibiting
beliate for o:io week, unless a Speaker shall
sooner be fleeted, except by unaninioJ3 con
sent. Mr. Faulkner offered a resolution that, if
no Speaker shall be elected by Monday next,
tho members shall resign, nnd an adjourn
ment ensue till the second Monday in Slay.
The resolution was laid on the table by 26
majority.
Mr. Snecd submitted a resolution, thnt tho
supporters of Mr. Dunks select one candidate
from the friends of Mr. Fuller and one from
tho friends of Mr. Richardson ; that the sup
porters of Mr. Uichardson select one from
the friends of Mr. Dunks nnd one from tho
friends of Mr. Fuller; that the supporters of
Mr. Fuller select one from the friends of Mr.
Uichardson and one from tho friends of Mr.
Dunks, and that the members so selected
shall be considered tho only candidates nomi
nated, tho lowest on each liial to be dropped
until an election is effected.
The resolution was laid on tho table, nnd
the House then again voted for Speaker, with
the following result :
Danks, !2 I Fuller, 31
Hieliardon, ('( Pennington, 2
Campbell, of Ohio, 3; and Messis. Porter,
Haven and Shorter each one.
Necessary to a choice, VO.
Mr. D.ust offered a resolution declaring it
as the sense of tho House that Messrs. Danks
Richardson, Fuller, and Pennington, by
withdrawing their names, would remove the
obstacles to an organization.
Mr. Fuller said he wirdicd to remove one
obstacle by withdrawing.
Cries of "no, no."
M r. Pennington remarked that this was
the first intimation that he had that he stood
in the wav of an organization ; but he did
not longer wUh to occupy that position.
Mr. Rust then witediew his resolction.
Corrc&poiiilcuce if Hie Nerth Aiiieiieuii X U.S. Gu7eltc-
Washington, Jan. 21, 185(5.
The official advices by the America do not
in any way change our friendly relations with
England.
M r. Duchanan writes that no real prospects
of a peaceful settlement of the Eastern
question are entertained by the Priti.-h Min
istry j und that England is preparing the
largest fleet that ever floated for operations
against Russia in tho spring. Louis Napo
leon, it is understood, is desirous of extrica
ting himself from thu embarrassments of the
war. us he has seemed the prestige which ho
chiefly desired.
General Cuss is preparing ft speech on the
question of slavery iu the Territories. It
will probably bo delivered on Thursday.
Tho President communicated to the Sen
ate, in Executive session, to-day, Lord John
Russell's letter of Junuury 10, 1?:)3, to Mr.
Crnmpton, which wus submitted by the latter
to Mr. Everett, at that time Secretary of
State. It declares that tho Dritish govern
ment intends strictly to carry out tho Clay.
ton-Dulwer treaty, nnd to assume no sove
reignty, direct or indirect, in Central Ameri
ca. The Senate removed the injunction of
secresy, aud the letter will bo published.
The government has received no official
information as to the recent bloody outrage
in Kansas, announced by tho Telegraph. The
Senators conferred informally to-day as to the
policy of advising the President to send a
military force to preserve peace in tho terri
tory, and to protect persons and property
against tho Missouri invaders. Some of the
Southern Senators predict that civil war is
inevitable in a short time.
Patents Issued in I855- Tho whole num
ber of patents issued in the year 1855 was
1943. The number for additional improve
ments was 10, and the number of re-issues
wus 49. The number for designs, included
in the totals abovo stated, was C7. New
York 552 ; Massachusetts 304; Pennsylva
nia 237; Ohio 133; Connecticut 108 ; New
Hampshire 47 ; Vermont 33 j Rhode Island
2(5; Maine 21.
Aid for Kansas. A public meeting was
held in Chicago, on Monday evening, the 7th
instant, at which resolutions were adopted,
unanimously, eulogizing the recent struggle
of the Free State party in Kansas as a great
moral victory. A subscription was started
to remunerate the Free Soil settlers for the
losses sustained by them iu defence of their
rights, aud about $1200 was subscribed oa
the spot.
Ci'sfoos Fancy. An eecentrie gentleman
of fonfbne. named Saunders, baa tukea a. fun.
ey taf mild bouse in tbe neighborhood of
Lontl 1 t-itb atone from tbe fortifications of
Bob 4nol. Ha hn ronsnnt in a. lit tU fu.
MR. BRIGHT ON TUB VillTED STATES.
At a public meeting of the Marsden Me.
chanics' Institution, at Manchester, on the
14th December, Mr. Bright, M. T., in the
course of a speech, deprecating tbe war,
said t
"Many of yon have relatives or friends in
Awericn. That young nation hns a popnla-
lion about equal to ours in these islands. It
has a great internal and external commerce.
It has more tonnage in shipping than we have.
It has more railroads than we have. It has
mure newspapers man we nave, it has in
stitutions more free than we have that hor
rid slavery or the south exceptod-and which
is no fruit of its institutions, but an unhappy
legacy of the past. It has also a great man-
uiucturing inteiest in diflereut branches.
That is the young giant whoso shadow ever
grows, and there is tbo truo rival of this
country. How do we stand or start iu the
race? Tho United States Government, in
cluding all the Governments of all the sove
reign States, ruises in taxes probably from
12,000.000 to 15.000,000 sterling in the
year. England this year will raise in taxes
nnd loans, and will expend, nearly 100,000.
000. This population must raise, and will
spend, probably, 80,000,000 within this year,
more than that population will raise ' and
spend, and in America there is far less pov
erty and pauperism than in England. Can
we run this race on theso terms und ngnimt
these oddst Can we hope to bo as well' off us
America, if tho products of our industry aro
tnus swepiaway oy the tax-cat hercr, and in
the vain scheme of saving Europe from itn
aginary dangers ? Can poverty be lessened
among us, can education spreud, can the bru
tality of so many of our population bo up
rooted can nil or anything that good men
look for come to us while the fruits of onr
industry, the foundation of nil social and
moral good, are squandered in this manner ?
Pursue the phantom of military glory for ten
years, nnd expend in that timo a sum qnal
to all the visible property of Lancashire and
l orlishire. and then compare yourselves with
the United States of America, and where will
you be ? Pauperism, crime and political an
urchy. nro the legacies we nre preparing for
flT children, nnd there is no escupe for us
unless wb change our course, and re.-olve to
disconnect ourselves from tho policy which
tends incessantly to embroil us v.ith the na
tions of the continent of Europe 1"
Tartar Sitr.r.r. In a communication, ori
ginally published in the Progressive Farmer,
Dr. Lmersnn, of Philadelphia, gives scum
interesting information relative to this new
breed of sheep, lately introduced into the
United States from the Northern Provinces
of China. He describes them as of good
size, with prominent or Roman noses, ears
drooping forward, and agreeably expnssive
faces, which are covered with fine glossy hair.
The fleece is unshrinkable, nnd best adapted
for felting purposes and tho coarser fabrics.
Tho value of the breed, he thinks, consists
mainly in the remarkable facility it offers to
supply animal food of the most excellent
quality, nlmost at pleasure, the ewes having
lambs twice a year, und from two to four at a
time. An eWo belonging to him brought
three lambs iu February, 1S55, all of which
were raised to maturity. Eaily in Novem
ber she had two lambs more, whilst her tuo
February ewe-lambs each brought a lamb ut
the samo time, making her a grandmother in
nine months, and her progeny within that
time no less than seven I
With respect to the qualities of the meat,
the Doctor states that, when in China several
years ago, he was not a little surprised to ob
serve the cugerness manifested for mutton.
Although capons, gamo and other luxuries
were common upon the tables, he never sw
a leg of Tartar mutton introduced where any.
thing was left but the bones. He ut first
attributed this relish for mutton to its high
price, ordiually ubout 50 ceuts per pound.
Dut he was afterwards convinced, that, after
making duo allowance for tho cost, there was
still more due to the intrinsic good qualities
of the meat, which is entirely free from anv
woolly or other disagreeable taste, und re
maikably delicate. A pair of these hheep
may be seen in the public yard of the Dlack
Dear Hotel, Fifth street, below Market.
Thk Cmmkan D'U'NKards. The corres
pondent of the London Times, the historian
of the day of Duluklava, ho who told the
fearful tale of the disastrous winter cf '54-55,
has been iguominiously mobbed from the
Crimea. The New York Tribune says this
was in consequence of his letters about the
drunkeuness in the Dritish camp and his
recommendation in order to abate it to re
tain Gd. per day out of the pay of the soldiers
and place it in the .Savings Dank to their
credit. After stating that the sober men iu
camp took proper measures to express their
disapprobation of the course of Mr. Russel,
tho Ti ihwie says, the drunken party took a
more summary course. They assembled iu
force, stormed bis hut, ruined his property,
and, it is said, personally maltreated tlie
worthy correspondent of Printing House
Square. When Mr. Russell applied to
headquarters for redress and protection, his
request met with no attention. Mr. Russell
had, from tb" first, been very obnoxious to
the majority of the Dritish ofliceraon account
of his exposure of their professional short
comings, and they were only too glad that
the common soldiery had treated him iu n
way their own position prevented them from
doing. Mr. Russell has consequently been
obliged to quit the Crimea, wo fear, for ever.
Theso facts have not yet been made public
iu thu London papers, but have oozed out in
the gossip of tho Clubs. Phila. Sun.
Ekviskd Edition of the Diklf.. The Ed
inburgh Jieriew h-s an article on the ineonve
liieuces of the common editions of tho Dible,
not one i f which, it says, can bo read with as
much ease and comfort as uny ordinary bonk.
The writer recommends that the Dible should
be printed in several volumes; that the chap
ters bo abolished, and the divisions bo mado
ns the subject changes; that inverted commas
should indicate passages spoken or quoted ;
that the double column be ubolished, and that
there be one edition of the Dible in which the
writings of each author should form a dis
tiuct volume by itself.
Tun First Load of Coal, direct from the
Lehigh mines to Treuton, urrived iu that
city on Thursday last. Trenton is within six
hours of tho coal mines.
Lord Drougham has issued a new work, en
titled "Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's
'Principia.' "
AStevm Coxcert. The Doston (Mass.)
trains of Monday reached Hartford, ft., ut 4
o'clock, on Tuesday morning, impelled by
eleven locomotives, all furnishing charming
music from their whistles.
An Enormous Salart. The First Pres.
byteriau church of New Orleans have made
overtures to tho Rev. Dr. N. Ii. Rice, of St.
Louis, Missouri, to become their pastor, with
thu promise of $7000 salary.
We learn from the New York Express
that Mrs. Mayor Wood Las a baby. The
Empress Eugeue is yet to bo heard from.
The'I.egislatnre of Maine Las repealed the
law of the last session, prohibiting tho State
Courts from naturalizing alieus.
We learn from the Cincinnati Price Current
of the 16th inst., that the nember of hots
packed there this season, to date, i 366,873.
1'lus is an increase of 40,00 bogs over last
seasoe.
A firm in Worcestor, Mass. advertise 4000
bbls- of flour, on consignment, comprising tbe
choicest brands, at from 60 cent to f 1 leu
than current price, i his look like a pre-
Col. LehmanniriaWt Itia nM nlitinr nf (be
Napoleon wars, is lecturing in New Albany,
inu., before the Mokuna Society.
Dichcns did not write tbe story of the ju
venile lovers in the "Holly Tree Inn," which
is from the pen of Mr. G. A. Sala.
When is a woman a vehicle t When she is
a "little sulkey."
MARRIAGES.
On the 10th inst.. bv the Hev. H. II
Mr. Jacob Mai.ick, to Miss Malmda Pkr"
si.NO, both from near Dear Gap.
On the 20th, by tie same, Mr. David 8.
Adaes to Miss Mahqarf.t Martz, both of
Shamokin township.
On the 23d tilt., by the Rev. E. P. Rarkcr,
Mr. Dasiei. Si.aoi.f. to Miss Racii kl Tuart,
both of Shamokin township.
On the (1th inst.. by tho snme, Mr. Chas.
Rovlh to Miss Catharine Diblf.ii, both of
Shamokin tp.
On tho 17th, by the same, Mr. Solomou
S ii tLL, to Miss Rauiki, Mohoan. both of
Shamokin tp.
On the 13th inst., by Rev. Th. Frilzinger,
Mr. William Sxvnr.it to Miss IIarhiet
KiscMiAi-.r, both of Upper Mahanoy.
Philadelphia Market.
January 23. 1S.',6.
GraIV. Wheat is inactive aud lower;
snles of Southern and Pennsylvania red, at
SI Kl a 2 and small lots of w'hite at $2 12 a
92 15. live is sternly ; free tales of Penn.,
I'Jiic. Corn U in demand ; sales of new vel-
low at SO cents per bushel,
live. Last sales at 43at4c
Southern and Pennsylvania.
Oats are uiac
per bushel, for
SUMU llV I'UkT. Cl'UUC.YJ'
V.'hi it. - COO
Kir. - 11
Cum. 50
Oat. J5
Potitozi, 35
I'ctiwn ur
Hn ki.mi Km . tu
Dl-TTSH. - . 2"i
Dnot. - - 3
I'.nm. - 15
ri.Atsi.tn. -
T allow. - - 10
New Advertisements.
FABH TO RENT.
VIS' occupant ia wantrd (or the farm in Crush
Valley, formerly owned anil occupied hy
Philip Slamtiach. Thrrt is on the preininaa a
comfortable House r,d Darn, and a never failing
yp.'fns; of watfi.
A good applicant will find tlw terms desirable,
and poaaeaMon given immediately.
IiOlSLKT C. HEI.rENSTEIN.
!amukiii, Jan. 2fl, 1S5C if
TO BENT.
STO!iE KOO.M on Market Square in Sun
fury, an J two rooms adjoining.
CHARLES PLEASANTS.
January
16, 1856. If
REMOVAL.
CHARLES MAGARGE k CO.
HAVING REMOVED FROM NO. Zi COMMERCE ST
TO Till.
Sjuth-Wc.it cor. of Sixth and Carpenter Sts ,
PHILADELPHIA,
to rail the s'.tentien of Purchasers tj
thri
eir ciienaive asaortment oi l a per, nn
Paper .Makers' Material; Printing Papers for
Liouk and Newa. Water leaf, aized, uncallen
dind and callemlered. of all qualities and price,
nhvav on tin ud : Hardware and Manilla Pjpers,
Trunk IWrds, Hinders' Boards, Hanging Papers
A.C., A c.
Particular attention ia invited to their exten
sive assortment of
LEDGER PAPERS,
7 Vein .'.'if most CtWiratetl Manvj'actoriet in
the Country.
Among their WRITING PAPER STOCK may
be found
Coot. Nuir, IVIio Post
A lUntio Note, Thin Medium,
Ui!i Po!. Demy,
tjnarto Post, Medium,
pool's Cap, Kovsi,
Plat Cup, blip. Ru)al
Imperial.
Plate Paper, of etery drsrriplinn, size and
quality. Map Paper, in gieat tarirly. 1'n
velopc Papers, while, liutV, and gold, eillicr laid
or voe. Colored Papei, line glazed, and other
varirtiia.
.Maii'il'.irlmerK are inviled to exacine their
stock of Rags, Foreign and Domestic. Ulearh
iug Powcrrs, of approved brands: Alum, ground
or crude; iS.il Soda, cda Ash Pell'iigt, Wiru
Cloths, I'll run.sir inc, and Paper Mukera' Male
rials generally.
11?" They are also prepared Iu lake ordera cf
odd sizes and wrilits of uny of the above dr.-crq.-titin
ol Pullers.
Jituu.irv 0, 1S50 61110
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Ry virtue of a writ of I.everis Purias L 111
din-clrd will lie exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House in Sunbury, on Monday the 1 H lit
of February next, the following described pro
perty to wit :
A L'P.RTAIN TRACT OR riECEOK LAND
Situate in Rush township, Northumberland'
counly, adjoining lands of William Scott. James
Lckman and others containing one liundreJ
and twenty-two acres more or less.
ALSO A certain tract situate in Rush town
ship, adjoining lands of Uenj. P. Vaatine, Win,
Kase, Win. Seotl, Uenjamin L. Vaalineand the
above deseiihed land, containing one bundled
and four acres more or less.
ALSO. Tho undivided half part of a Tract
called the "Mill Tract," situate in Ruli town
ship, adjoining land of Ueijamin P. Vaslinc,
cunliiiiiing Un acres, on which are erected a
lirist Mill, a dwelling House and liarn.
ALSO, iu said township, tbe undivided half
part of a certain Saw Mill erected on land ut
lleiijuinin P. Yasline, with any rights aud privi
leges thereunto attached.
Seized taken in execution and tr be sold as
the property of Thomas J. Vaatine.
HENRY WKISE. Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office.
Jan. SS, 1856.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOB SALE.
fpllE subscribers, Execntors of the estate of
JL Henry Masser, dee'd., otVer nt private sale
the following property vis: A Urge two stoiy
frame dwelling bouse, together wiib about
50 ACRES OP LAND,
Situate in Lower Augusta township adjoining
lands of Daniel Kaufman and ethers now in the
occupancy ef lolia H. Kaufman as a store end
dwelling. Tbe house is new and the location a
good one for business.
Also a TRACT OP LIMESTONE LAND,
in said township en the liver about 6 miles be
low Sunhu.y, adjoining lands of J. T. M'Pherson
and ethers, conlaiuing, etout 90 acree. The
soil i productive and contaius limestone end
other minerals.
Also a traet ef LeuJ, containing ebout J9
acre on the bill, about two miles below Sunbury.
sdjoiHiH. Lads of the h.us of the late Jobo
ConiMl a m! olbere. There is, oa this tract, a
small orchard of choice fruit.
Pot further particulars apply to tbe subscribers.
H. B. MASSER. 1
P.O. MASHER, S Executors.
rjt.iMJiatlbt.lER.
du.itoj'y. Janus' 1. tl it
sl ft b , g,n fjr iBS purpose ef tUaiuiD" It ' raotiitory symptom tfa decline In breadstuff.
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