Lurm ritOM TKIjis.
The Galveston News, of the 13th, pnb
lisbes the following communication from Mr.
T. A. Pwyer. of Corpus Christ!, by which it
appears the Mexican citizens of Laredo have
taken measures to avenge the Indian depre
dations near that place, and along tho Kio
Ornnde :
The Lipan Indians have been continuing
their incursions from tho Mexican side of tho
Kio Grande, until the excitement and spirit
of revenge amongst our citizens, who hove
thoir farms and settlements along the river,
can be no longer restrained. Almost every
other day men are killed or wouuded near
Laredo by the I.ipans, who cross over to
commit those atrocities, and return to their
encampments on the Mexican sido of tho
frontier. Nor have their out rages been eon
fined to this side of the river alone. They
havp, while professedly at peace with Mexico,
nod under Mexican proteetion, stolen a grent
number of hordes from their so-called friends
living in New Laredo, on tho west bank of
the Kio Urnnde j and, more than suspicion
rests on them of several murders over those
at first attributed to Canmnches Indinns
They have had the audacity to ride into New
Laredo horses stolen from men living there.
In ono instance tliey hud tho horses of the
Alcalde, or Mayor ot the town, Don Juan
Ramos, in their possession, and when claimed
refused, on somo pretence, to ,'ivo them up,
and left the town before they could be forced
to do so. The desire of General Vidaurri to
ascertain the truth of these charges against
tho Lipans is well known ; and, his disposi
tion to punish them has been recently evi
denced by his official organ at Monterey,
Mexico, I'.l Pestaurntor, in which, on tho iith
of last month, he states that summary punish
ment will be meted to the Lipan tribe ou as
certaining the truth of the charges charged
to it.
THE AMERICAN.
BUN BURT.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1856.
II. B. M ASSER, Editor and Propriotor
To ADvntTiMM -The circulation of the Pwibury
American among the different towns on the 9urnttehaiiim
is mil exceeded if equalled by any paper published in North
ern renntylvsniB.
r.TMTOR'S TAItf.K.
EDITORIAL CORREArOSDENCE.
CATASTROPHE AT SEA.
Captain Wood, of the packet ship Ger
inania, arrived at this port yesterday, from
Havre, has furnished us the following account
of his voyage, together with some brief par
ticulars of the siukiny of the John Jlutledge,
by running into an iceberg, and the rescue of
one only of tho ship's company :
On tho 53th u!t.. observed' a shift's boat
ahead j hove to and despatched a bont in
quest of it. Ou approaching tho strange
bout it was found to contain, alive, Thomas
W. Nye, of New Bedford, the only survivor
of thirteen persons, the reni'tindcr having
perished of starvation nnd cold. They had
been in tho boat nine days. Neve's hands
and feet were very much frozen. "The boat
also contained the bodies of Mrs. Atkinson
and three others, names unknown, all be
longing to the ship Juha Rutledge, Captain
Kelly, of New Yoik.
The John Rutlodgo li ft Liverpool for this
port on the 16th of Jauuury; fell in with ice
ou tho lSth of February, in latitudo 45 34
N., longitude 40 oG V.; 'got iuto field ice the
nest day, but succeeded in working clrnr of
it- She subsequently, however, ran into an
iceberg, stove u hole in her bow, and was a
bandoncd ut six o'clock the same evening.
Five boats, filled with the passengers and
crow, left the ship. It was the intention of
Mr. Atkinson, tho mate, to havo left the ves
sl ic the boat which was picked up, but she
broke adrift, nnd he and several others weLt
down with the wreck.
It is conjectured that the other boats,
which were well manned and furnished with
compasses, would pull for tho Gulf Stream,
as tho weather was severely cold. They may,
therefore, be picked up by passing vessels.
Tho compass of the rescued bout was acci
deutly broken j and it being cloudy, her crew
could not shape their course.
After picking up tho boat tho Germania
stood to tho northwest until dark, and then
lay to during the night in hopes of discover
ing some of the missing boats j but ns noth
ing could bo seen of them, tho bore awuy to
tho southwurd, keeping a strict lookout all
tlio time. Imring tho forenoon u very thick
snow storm prevailed, but the weather cleared
towards iiocu. A barque came out of the
ice at the same time us the Germatiia. She
stood to the westward, and perhaps fell in
with the bouts of the John Rutledge.
From Rio Jaxemo. By the arrival of the
barque Jane Williams, Capt. Urqucbnrt, at
New Orleans, the l'icayuue has dates from
the Rio to the '23d of January. The princi
pal feature of intelligence is an account of
tho dreadful ravages of the cholera. This
discaso, which has been prevailing everywhere,
had at length disappeared in Amazonas and
Peru. In I'ernambuco it had not manifested
itself with great intensity, and only in the
southern portion of the province. Great fear
vras felt in the capital of the province in an
ticipation of its appearance ; but no well au
thenticated case had yet been recorded.
From Alagoas, accounts sent state that no
province of tho empire had suffered so much
relatively from cholera as itself. Tho ravages
ut Fiss.ibussti and 1'enodo, especially, arc
said to have been teriible. Happily, the peo
ple did not lose their courage, but met the
hc nurse, as best they could, with such mutuul
aid as they could afford. The uumbcr of
victims ut Fissubussu, containing about one
thousand fouls, is calculated to have been
tight hundred.
StTrwso MixsKfot v. The St. Anthony
Express savs : We apprehend but few per
ilous abroad realize the astonishing rapidity
with which public lands iu the Territory are
being taken up bv ucttiul settlors. While in
Washington recently, we were informed by
Mr. Rice that the records in tho Land Office
Department showed that the umouut of
lands nre-empted in Minnesota Territory last
year, exceeded thut of all the other States
and territories together. Think of thut
not more than in uny other territory or state,
but more thau in all of them together. This
ig tin exhibit of which, as Minnesotians, wo
may justly bo proud, us it show that stran
gers are beginning to appreciate the advan
tages here offered. We presume the records
would show another fact not less satisfactory,
numcly. that as small on amount of land bus
been entered iu Minnesota by speculators, us
in ny state or territory. The reason of this
i, thut but little. Lnd can be found for such
a purposo, actual settler keeping ahead of the
surveys.
Ilnatneia Xotlcea.
We neglectrd )nat week to nolico the April
number of Gonr.r'a Linr'a IIjok. Thin period
ical has already attained wide snd lush a
reputation that it acctns almost uprrfluoua to
selort any single number ai the subject of apecial
notice. They are all rcm. Any one who
tukei the 'Book' is well aware of Ihr marked im
provements which yearly take place. Mr. Godey's
liberality anil extensive experience enables him
to make it superior to any othrr thing of the
kind.
Tho riiihtdrlphia MvairsL Jnrasti. and Re
vcw ia the title of a new paper published by
Evans Ic Moore at $1.S5 per annum. Tt in
handsomely got up and looka well. We winh i'
success.
Tus Stiiikst and S'tHootMiTE for this
month ia before us. Aa uual, it i filled with
useful and instructive matter, suitable both for
the school room snd the home circle.
We refer eur readers to a numlier of new jj.
vertisements in this werlti paper.
Ukitkd States 1Totki t
Philadelphia, M nrch 25, 1855. J
The weather is a subject which every one
is ready to disease, nnd of which every One
complains.
The present season Is at least from three
to four weeks behind the average this spring.
Yet somo early vegetables are to bo seen in
the markets, brought from tlio sunny south.
Fresh shad too, can be bad, but by tho time
they get hore, they look more attenuated nnd
collapsed than any Jnno shad that ever float
ed in the Susquehanna. Within the last two
weeks, much of the ice in the streets has dis
appeared, but the depositos of blnck mad still
remain. Tho accumulation of filth and de
cayed vegetable matter, in some of the nar
row streets, is a fruitful source of disease.
Even nt tho present time, some of tho streets
in New York were, to me, almost insuforn
ble. Tho poor, in the country, who can at
least havo free access to fresh nnd pure air,
have no conception of the rich blessings they
enjoy, nnd for the want of which most of the
humble class in largo cities nre suffering. In
this respect New York is worse than any
city in the Union, Tho number of families
and individuals cooped up iu one building is
ustotiishing. The subject is, however, begin
ing to attract the attention of the legislature.
These tenement houses, ns they are called,
were once considered quite an improvement,
bnt they are productive of the worst charac
teristics of coiuaiutioisni or Fotirierism, with
out any good result". The legislative com
mittee, who havo investigated the matter, say
that more than half the population of the
Fourteenth Ward, it is estimated, live in tenement-houses
somo of the most crowded of
which nro these :
seventy million dollars. This Is nothing more
or less than a tribute by our pcoplo to the
labor of other nations.
In the arts Philadelphia no doubt stands
at the bead of all the cities In the Union, and
In somo brancht s of mechanics she is nnri
vailed. In fact, tho town is ono vast work
shop, and in this consists tho wealth and
prosperity of this great city. Ferhaps, in no
part of tho world, has tho great discovery of
Dnguerre, been brought to such perfection.
If any ono will viFit tho gallery of W. A.
Root, in Chestnut street, he must como to
tho samo conclusion. His Photographs, or
portraits on paper, are very much admired,
and exhibit a degree of perfection littlo
dreumcd of some vcurs since. Somo.of these
pictures, finished by nn artist, in pnstello or
water colors, are reully beautiful, iqnul to the
finest miniature painting, and in truthfulness,
superior.
In my last letter there were several errors
that must have puzzled the uninitiated in
mechntiicul terms. For "clyendrical" read
cylindrical, for "chunk" read chuck, und for
piece" rend pier.
CjrTiin Ice still continues firm on the
Susquehanna. L'ntil within a few days, heuvy
teams have crossed it safely. It can not
hold out much longer under the warm sun
shine of this week. The pnow is melting so
gradually us to lessen the fenrs of those anti
cipating a destructive freshet, and the faith of
some in tho nlledged prediction of the vener
able Mr. Dow is considerably shaken.
Plmnnioiis. No. of
Teft. Fumiiin.
SO by KK) C'J
2.") by 100 40
25 by TiO 24
23 by 100 41
50 by 73 4S
30 by 50 20
Tun B.u.timokk Annual Conkkhknti:
of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed
on Thursday last, nfter a session of fourteen
days. The following ure tho appointments
made for the Norvriu miikkiand District :
T. Mitchell, P. K.
Williamspovt C. P.. Tippett.
New Berry J. S. McMurniy, one to be
supplied.
Muncv E. Il.Wuring. II. S. Mendetihall,
E. K. Allen, Knp.
Milton Franklin Dyson.
Milton Circuit J. ti. McKcihan, Aarou
M. K ester.
Northumberland J. A. Ross, T. Sher
lock. Mil'.linburg R. W. Black, one to bo sup
plied. Lewisbtir? John 11. Dnshicl.
Stinburv T. Tutiyhill, N. W. Colburn
Caitawisfiii J. Y. Rothrock, J. W. St
Danville T. M. Reese.
Montour Mission C. C. Mabce.
riloomsburg G. Warren, S. Barns.
Oraugevillo J. A. Demnyer, J. Gups.
H'.oomingthih T. II. Swit.er, S. Shannon
Luzerne .1 . ('urns, Nathan Slmffer.
Berwick T. Bariihart, M. L. Drum.
IREADFTJI. AFFAIR IN CAMDEJI.
A terriblo event occurred, yesterday morn
ing, in Camden, resulting from tho net of
trespassers upon private property. A short
time previous to 10 o'clock in the morning,
three men, believed to be Frenchmen, were
seen along the river firing nt some kinds of
gnme. Mr. William J. Hatch went towards
tho men alluded to, it is snid, and after an
Interview, took a o-un from nno of tho nnrtv.
and demanded tho two other gnns belonging
to the Frenchmen. This demand, it appears,
was not seceded to. The tresnasscrs started
towards Cooper's Creek, followed by Mr. II.
A hen about half wnv nc.rnaa tlm creek, a
sctiflle, it is said, ensued between the deceased
and one of the men, who had a gun in his
Hand, wliiru terminated in the tleatli of Air,
Hatch, who was shot through the head, and
his body left lying where ho fell, upon tho ice
nnou Cooper's Creek. Tho shot killed him
instantly, blowing his brains completely out.
J lie iircnetriitors ol llin act immediately neu
nnd two of them made their escape. Tho
third man, Adolph Delso, wus arrested nenr
Cooper s I'oint, wlnle lying in t lie street,,
pretending to be nsleep. Mr. Hatch was 15
years of age, resided on the corner of Sixth
and Cooper streets, anil has left a, wifo and
four children, lie was a member of the
City Councils, nnd for three yours represent
ed North Ward iu that crtpacity.
Dining the afternoon, Ollici r Johnson nr
rested one of (lis parties, who. it is alleged,
participated in the nflair, at the Kensington
Depot, where he was just about to purchase
a ticket lor New York. Alter the commis
sion of the filial net. he had shaven his mous
tache and whiskers off. He is a shoemaker
by trade, and kept Iioum' at No. Hi Locust
street, where he rented rooms to others. He
is a married man.
Courseer Erliend, tho other one in tho
parly, was arrested at the house of I .en mi
liard't, in Locu.,1 street. He is n Frenchman
and a shoemaker. The two were taken to
Camden and had u hearing before Mayor
Shroff. Two Germans, who reside on the
place, testified to seeing the transaction, and
also slated that the three arrested were the
parties endured in the allinv. They were
Stout.
J5" The Litrkakv Sociktt met us usual
on Tuesday evening. The lecturer was S. R.
Peal, Esq., and the subject, "Action" was
treated by liiin in a very happy manner. All
who listened to him were extremely well
pleased. Tho debate was sustained by
Messrs. Cornyn, Wolverton and Clement.
II. J. Wolverton, Esq., is the lecturer for
next Tuesday evening.
Am Auum e. A very respectable ship
owner atssured us, several days biuce.that he
was in possession of evidence goiuq to prove
that tha government of I'rosident Walker,
of Nicaragua, had been recognized by Great
Urituiu. which had likewUe concluded with
bis representative at the Court of St. James,
a treaty consenting that tho Mosquito terri
tory be annexed to tho Nicaraguuu Republic.
We regarded the story as a piece of gossip,
and did not publith it. The same gentleman
ruiterulvd the statement yesterday, and of
fered his personal rtr-poinobilny for iU truth ;
but we still think it probable thut there is
somo mistake about the mutter. We do not
doubt tho mora than willingness of Great
DriUin to get rid of the Mo.squitos in any
LouorabW way but we can hardly believe
tbu would duuin (A is method of accomplishing
tho object a feasible one. the would uot
like to play into tb Latwls of American fili
busters. A'. Y. Jour, of Com.
IxTKRKVriNOj ISO CHINA Til AVMrland
niadbringsdttUsfn.nl Hong Koug to Jan
uary litU At Macao tao very larga fires
broke out on the 4th and 5th Instants, and
destroyed the greater portion of the t.'hiness
town, iiiclmlmif iUa hj.r I'nu.i.r.i- ,.r
thousand houses ara said to hava been de
stroyed, snd property to tits exteut of n.oie
iJrTiiE TitusTEFs'of tho Academy'met on
Saturday 'evening last. Tho members ure
Rev Wm. W. Montgomery, Rev. P. Born.
C. Pleasants, W. I. Greenough, 1$. Hen
dricks, I. W. Tener and S. R. Peale, Esqrs-
I. W. Tener, was elecledJFresident ; Rev.
Mr. Montgomery, Secretary, nnd Rev. Mr.
Rorn, Treasurer.
t" The Elkction on Friday last was a
spirited contest. The parties were nearly
equally divided. The result was os follows :
Justice of the Peace. E. G. Markley.
Cunstalle Elias RrosiouR.
SchotA Directors James Pcard, Francis
Bucher.
i'oor Ocerscen Francis B. Potts, Henry
A. Uucher.
Judie of Elections Samuel Fetter.
Inspectors Samuel Snyder, C. Weaver.
Assessor John (J. Fry.
Auditoi Peter W. Gray.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS).
The following is a correct list of the Justi
ces of the Pence and Ceustables elected in
the different townships of the county ou Fri
day last :
Justices of thk Peace.
Sunlury E. G. Markley.
Push Alvin Hughes.
Cameron J. II. Kramer, Solomon Dun"
kelberger.
Mt. Carmtl John II. Jumos.
Upper Muhanoy G. Adam.
Jaclson R. W. Zartman.
Washington Peter Reed, W. D. HoSman-
CONSTAILES.
Sunha ru Elias 1? roc to u s.
Northumberland Jas. D. Slater.
Hfiltrm Joseph Hougeudobler.
Chilistpinque John Simpson.
Ihdu ware J a mes J oh nson.
'J'Mbat Abraham Kissinger.
Lewis John Lamphar.
I'oint W. Leaker.
Viper Auousta Michael Kciffor.
Lower Augusta J R. Clark.
Push Thomas Woodsido.
SliamoLin James Lynn.
Cnal Elias Eisenhart.
f 'cr il'lhanny Daniel Dunkelberger.
Lower Mahany Murtin Bachinan.
iirve Mahaniiy Adam Lenkcr.
Jackson Isaac Albert.
Jordan Win. Keniple.
Cumeron Samuel Long.
Zerle Anthony Gillespie.
Mt. Carmtl George A. Keeler.
II u.7ii'iioii Solomon Iiilhua i.
IK-atiim
9 nnd 11 Crosby street
135 Crosby street
38 Elizabeth street
219 Elizabeth street
31 Marion street
73 Mulberry street
And six stores.
Another establishment well known os the
'Barracks" iu Gc.rck street, included two
houses, three stories high, on u lot of ground
one hundred feet front, It contained one
hundred und twenty families, consisting o'
about five hundred and seventy persons, 270
being German and 230 Irish. Another,
known as the '-Cottage Place," containing a
whole colony of German rag pickers, and was
eo filthy that tho committee shrunk from ex
amining it. Another, known as 'the Bigdad
Hotel, alias the Match Factory," contained
fifty families of all kinds und nationalities.
The rooms in theso miserable dens rent for
from three dollars to eight and a hall dollars
per month. In tho first one, the rents range
from four dollars to six. In the Bagdad
Hotel they rangn from six and a quarter to
eight nnd a half dollars per month. Another
building rents for 400 per month, or 8-1,800
per annum, and in a majority of instances
theso houses aro made to produce from forty
to ono hundred per cent, on their fair asses'
sod vulne. An additional distrusting feature i nines a coon full of chickens and four young
committed to await
Tuesday in Ma v.
a trial on the second
Thk Ai.i.ki:ki St.Avru CArri-nro at X
YotiK. The schooner Falmouth seized at
New York on the rharge of having been
fitted out for the slave trade is a beautiful
clipper, of about 2M tons measurement, and
arrived at New York on the 7th inst., from
Baltimore. She was sold inline liately niter
arriving, bv Captain Warren. Iier owner, for
S3, 500, which was paid, cash down, pi go!.!,
by parties to him unknown. The Tribune
savs :
The schooner is a rakish schooner or 2..0
tons, painted black, with a red fillet around
the base of her bulwarks. She is lilted up
with all the appliances of a regular slaver,
and in her hold, which runs clear lore and aft,
could stow away 5(10 or COO negroes. A large
quantity of rice, beans, and pilot bread was
on board. Her hold was stowed full of casks
of firewood, ami lumber for n sluve deck
Two imniensu coppers were lso on board,
together with a number of spoons nnd dishes.
The medicine chest, from Milhnu's. was
stored with lint and castor oil enough for an
. . . f . F .....I
urmy. A large tiuniuer ot can oi picM.-rM.-u
HuM RoM.rr) nt Enftfi.n.
Monday morning M r. Joseph Howell was
knocked down nl his distillery at this place,
and robbed of his pocket-book containing
live hundred and eighty-seven dollars. The
outrage was perpetrated by two men, (stran
gers) armed with n slung shot. They escaped.
Fifty dollars reward is offered for the arrest
of the robbers.
Finn at M i.skrsvii I v. A firn broke out
in a block of old frame buildings in Miners
ville. on Friday niulit of last week, which
threatened ut one time to be quite disastrous.
The lire was communicated to the flour and
feed store of .Jacob Shlareman, and to the
Drug store of Dr. Gibbs. who is at present
away from home. The office of tho JUilletin
was also on fuo at one time, but the flames
were speedily extinguished. We have not
learned the amount of loss occasioned by the
sad calamity. Mining Pi yitter.
signify bis Intention to the Chief Burgess to
lease the premises for another term, u snaii m
his duty to select ono person, and the Chief
ucrgess tor tho timo being slioll select, one
Person, which two persons so selected and
chosen shall have power to select and chose a
mini person, whose duty it sunn peioua
lair anil reasonable vearlv value on tlio promi
ses, and the amount so fixed and certified by
them to tho town council shall be the nmount
of rent which the lessea shall ny to tho bor
ough for such future term. The persons so
selected ns aforesaid shall bo first duly sworn
beforo a justice of tho pence, to do lustice
between the parties, according to tho best of
tnoir judgment.
Also Prsolved, That tho limn for the erec
tion of tho wharves on the premises leased
shall bo fixed as follows : "to bo commenced
within two months from tho date of tho lease
and finished within six months," and if not
finished within that time, the lease shall bo
void, nud tho council ut liberty to lease tho
same to other parties. Adopted ayes i,
nays .1.
Tho following proposition was then offered:
New Yntk Middle coalfield, and Locust
Mountain Coal and Iron company wish to ob
tain a lease from tho corporation of that part
of the river bank between Market street and
Dewberry street, for the purposp of shipping
coul, to lay down tracks and erect wharves
not to interfere or obstruct the public land
ings J. M. BfCKEL, Prcs't
N. Y. M iddle Coul Field Co.
J. ANSI'ACH. Jr.. Pres't
L. M. C. i I. Co.
On motion ef the Chief Burgess.
Ptsnlred, That tho Chief Burgess bo in
strueted to enter into leases with the said
companies, forull that part applied for, so a
not to Interfere with any other lease that may
have been heretofore granted the rent to bo
ten dollars per nnnnm for every 115 feet, ex
tending along tho bank, and the lease to be
in accordance with the form adopted by the
council.
On motion of J. Haas,
Ptsnlrtd. That the Chief Burgess be nil
thosized to collect the rent, now dim from
George Lvon and Samuel Mantz for a lease
which had been granted to them by a former
council, for the fishery below the Shaiuokin
dam.
Mr. Hans laid beforo (he council a memo
rial from B. Hendricks in regard to lenses
granted him, which on motion of (J. B. Wei
ser, was laid over until next meeting.
On motion of ,1. Hans,
P, snl ceil, That tho Supervisors of the bor
ough of Sunbury be authorized to repuir the
river bank nearly opposite John ami Allen
Hopper's, ho to do tire work ut the expense
of tlio borough.
; On motion adjourned.
LM L WII.Vr.RT, Clerk.
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II. II. I I.SSIXI,,
Umbrella and Parasol Manufacturer,
No. 2 North I ourth St., N. W. Cor. of Market
PHILADELPHIA,
Una now on hand an extensive assortment uf
the newest and mot desirable kimla, inrlui'in -many
i'EW STYLES not heretofore to he had
in tliis market. An culmination of our stock u
solicited before purchasing clicwherc.
rr" Price n low aa onv houte iu the citv.
March 20, ISoC 4wc '
(Lommuiucalcb,
For the Sunbury Aiiif-nctui.
Xkar Mii.tov, Pa., March 23, litfC
Mil. Editor: There is so much lowness.
meanness anil absolute falsehood in S A 'n
I'mtiti St vti :s A'litiri-t.Ti n.vi, Society. j uncalled fot attack ou me that any farther
A meeting of the Executive Committee of attention to him. is like casting pearls before
the I'nited States Agricultural Society was ! swine. Seeing that he cannot answer the
held in Philadelphia, on Thursday ol last ; proof of my reply, which showed that hu had
week. The object of this meeting was to ar ; charged me with what was notoriously fals.
raii'.'e certain preliminaries for the next An- ! he makes other insinuations equally false. I
I mil r..Mi)liitloii, wlneli lias Heen lixeil to take
place in Philadelphia, on tho 7th of October
i next, and which it is proposed to crnduct on
u scale of unexampled splendor. It was de
i t ided to embrace, as objects of the Exhibi-
liave proven so Hilly m several comnuinica
tions that an increase of my salary would not
have increased our tax or diminished our ap
propriations, from the declaration of the state
superintendent and the tacts iu the case, tual
is that theso human pens havo m many in- j
stances a story underground, in which all the
unwholesome filthiness of the upper stories is I
aggravated, by darkness, dampness, and tho j
drainage through them of the entire bnililingsi
Tho whole "cellar population" of the city is
estimated by ono of the journals at from fif
teen to twenty thousand'souls.
The laboring poor havo truly a hard time,
especially during the winter. Life is to them
but a constant struggle forexistence, hence
the great and increasing number of children
and others, begging in tho Hotels und streets.
This evening, while writing. 1 have been ti
proached by at least twenty littlo boys mid
girls, for charity. Some of them apparently
not more thau six years old, nre out as late
as 11 o'clock ut night, several miles from
home.
General Janie?, the United States Senator
from lthode Island, has introduced into the
Senlte, a new tarift It'll which if passed w!Ii
mako an important change in our revenue
system.
Gen. James has himself been nti extensive
manufacturer, and is ouo of those sound and
practical men whose opinions will huve great
weight iu congress on this important subject
Mr. James' plan is briefly this. All com
modities to be divided into four classes ; the
first consisting solely of spirituous liquors to
pay 80 percent (instead of lUOas at present;)
tho second, u large and comprehensive c!assi
comprising almost everything in which Amer
ican industry comes into competition with
that of foreign countries, to pay 3(1 per rent.
(instead of CO, SO. 40. H9 and 2." per cent ;v
tho third, comprising raw materials, nnd the
old free lit. to be free; the fourth, including
all articles lot emimuiuUd, tu pay 20 per
cent ad valorem.
Ono of the nni: t important mollifications is
on wool, which hi hill proposes to put on the
fieo list uftcr June, lb57. The object is to
enable our manufacturers to import tho cheap
eoarso wool, to mix with our ok n, unti thus
enable them to compete with foreign manu
factures. Tins modification, it is baiJ, is de
rired by PciiBsylvaniu and other wool grow
ing states.
The Report elicits many important facts,
ono of which, tdiows that the quantities of
foreign dry goods thrown upon the market
since 1st January last, amount to no less
thau .ISjl.tXi, viz. :
sheen, agricultural implement, cereal and
meat were found, together with spirits and , vegetable products, poultry, and native fruits
(.rami Jianqiiet, in which la
tion, horses and horned cattle, swino and j no one but a stupid igiioramiis. or an imlivid-j t;I1K
iu tlo
fry LK1TII OF C'OMMOPOBK CONNOR. Coill-
modore Connor died in Philadelphia on
Thursday last, after a service of forty-six
years. J le entercu me L mica Males ,avy
as a midshipman in 1809, but was too young(
at thut period, to gain much distinction. He
wus in the engagement between the Hornet
aud the British sloop-of-wur Penguin, when
the latter was captured, aud iu the action re
ceived a wound. lie acquired, iu the service,
the reputation of thoroughly uuderatuuding
his profession, of beiug a brave officer, aud of
possessing great sauvity of manner. la tbo
Mexicuu war he was selected to command tbe
naval attack, at tbst time believed to be ne
cessary, against San Juau IVUlloa. Ho
helped to plan, with Gen. Scott, tho lauding
of ths army at Vera Cruz, and bad every
thing iu raadincss for carrying oat this design
stheu bo was superseded by Coin. Perry.
tJT Tus Columbia. Democrat appeared lost
rck iu an nt ire new dres.
grantors. From every package ana oarrei
all direction marks, as well as other signs
which could lead to the contents being traced
to the store where they were purchased, or
the person to whom they were sent, were
carefully erased. Indeed, nothing could be
found on board, so far as we could see, which
indicated who she was owned by or where
she was hound. After giving the necessary
instructions, Mr. MvKeou went ashore,
where he was soon followed by the Marshals
with the crew haiidciilled, on thuir way to
the Kind's Cotmtv Prison.
It is blso stated by tho samo journal that
not less than thirty "vessels ae titled out for
tho African slave trade, at that port, every
year.
Ai-riioitiTY ok Railroad Comhttohs. A
Worcester (Mass.) Court has decided that
railroad conductors havo a riijlit to put any
j passenger out of tho cars by force who re-j
fuses to comply with the rules of the coin-
pany. A pa.-.-enger wis-liccl to remain on me
platt'oiiii tt tho cars, (a very dangerous posi- j
tion.) und refusing to enter tlm car tho con- ,
doctor put hi'ii oll'utthe next station. The!
Court said that us the rules of tho Corpora
tion, forbidding riding upon tho platform ol !
the cars were reasonable and necessary, and
were several times brought to tho utteiition
of complainant, the conductor had a right to
prevent complainant from tiding upon the
cars and ihe right to use reasonable force in
ejecting him therefrom, lor lion-Compliance.
CoMi.vri to tiikir Si:xsi;s. Gov. Robinson,
of the Topcku Government, in Kansas, acting
in oppo.-ition in tho territorial government,
appears to be fully awure of the delicate
position in which ho is placed, lie wisely
recommends that no ineusure shall be adopted
iu opposition to the General Government, or
the Territorial Govcrnnieiil while the latter
remains with the sanction of Congress ; tunl
a joint resolution has been adopted by the
Legislature, thut the laws passed bv that
body shall huve no eifect till a future Legis
lature declares them ill force. This is de
claring iu plain words that tho Topcku Gov
ernment cutisi'iors itself an unauthorized and
illegal assemblage. With this returning
good sense, the d.tliculty will be more eusiiy
urraiiged, so that a t'lto expression of public
opinion in tlio territory may bo speedily
reached.
ind wines. A
dies will participate, was also settled as part
of tho programme, and it was ugreral to np
proprialo from lJ,(Mt0 to 10,001) dollars in
premiums.
Laxcastkr City. They have a Market
Master in Lancaster cily, whose business it is
to seize ami condemn, for the benefit of the
poor, nil butter, bacon, ham, lard, Ac, brons.'ht
to town of less weight than offered fur. Ho
is doing quite a thriving business.
Nkw Cot vTi:ni kits. There is another new
counterfeit afloat, of which persons should
beware. It is a Five, on the Erie City Bank.
Vignette two females with a shield between ;
on either side a medallion head. The vig
nettee of a genuine Five is a steamboat, ship
and other vessels.
.Settlors Accidvxt. A serious accident hap
peued nt Rending on 'llinrsdav evening last.
As tin" up passenger train was passing Ches
ii ii t street, mi old eentleman bv the name r.f
Rhodes, attempt d In lump olithe cars, while
they were going at the rate of fifteen miles i
an hour, which resulted in tlio curs pas.-ing
over and cutting oil' one of his feet.
Wr.i.l. llr-rKVEii Ti:'HMol u.s. Gold me
dals to the value oft.'ino. have been ou'.erel
by the City Council of l'oi t.-iiioiith, Vii., to
be presented to the Surgeons of the Naval
llop,tal there, for their attention to the sick
during the yellow i'. r epidemic.
I.tt.
a an, tot
t,lii.".,tj
a.a,ens
8IJ,C36,(W
7.4rs.9.w
7,315,87S
Mautli of January
Month of february
Tliraa wkU iu Mmrh
Of this aggreguto of Twenty-seven millions
iu less than three mouths, uo less than six
millions were in woollen goods. 'Ihe inade
quacy of the production of domestic wool to
our home demands may be readily shown by
the statistics exhibiting the import and coo
sumption of wool and woollen manufactures,
also the product of wool iu 18o3-4.
Dunieuic wool pruduccl, Iba SU,OUO,000
laipoflol, IU. ...... 21 lyrKI
vFoolWu ManuJactuiea Imported . . j itt.oou.uuo
The merchant mills of F. E Harrison, nt
A ui'.ersoii, S. C-. v.' bun, e l down ou the
IJihin-l. The) co.-t ln.i.iiil. About lllll)
hii-diels of wl.t ut Htm bui in d. iusuni! tor
C jucil.
Hoit.o'.Tvv's Oimmi:m ami Pii.i.s certain
Remedies for Rhciiincli-ni. lleiny I'm t.
uged ;.'J, of Natchez, M ississipii, wus a se
vere sufferer from this complaint, und tried u
number of r: -puled remedies, hoping they
would bent fit him, but hu becainti t-o bad at
ho t, as to be entirely confined to his bed,
ami he ua unable to move either hand i r
foot. While ho was in this horrible condi
tion, a r.eiid brought him a quantity ;l
llollowav's Ointment and Pills, which he
immediately comiiit need to use. he soon found
himself gradually improved by them, nod by
persevering With them lor eleven weeks, he
was entirely cured, and has since enjoyed the
best ol' health.
ual fond of falsehood, can any longer,
luce ol such testimony, harp on that.
1 am glad to know that the public, general-
1r tlllilerstalul the neittec niul liint S ll'j
false chargii-s can only expose his hollow, rot
ten aud degrading intentions. Ilo commen
ces his last article by thinking that as many
mistakes might bo detected in my letter as
are found in his. Now S. A. B. if you can
think such a notorious falsehood in regard to
my letter, it is no wonder thut you can think
and write falsehoods on other matters con
cerning me. I defy you to show errors in my !
letter. On this subject all who know me and ;
see your urticle, know that you think on that i
point, what, if you knew anything, you would I
know to be I'aLo.
S. A P.. says : who ever heard of such I
wild tlateiiii-nis? Lancaster, Berks, Chester,
See., paying no more tax than Northumber- j
land ! Well, who did ? I never made such u '
statement and your insinuation thereinto is.
untrue. I said a had to help these comities
pay high salaries for their superintendents
which is true; nud that our county ought to
have a larger sum out of the $o0,llu0 which is
also tine, and to show my honesty in this
matter 1 said fiolu the beginning if the bal
ance of i nr share would be given to I ho
schools of our i unity, I would not ask a dol
lar more than I was receiving. As the mat
ter now stands every tennblu man knows it
to be unfi.ir.
The lion. C. A. Black, Secretary of the
Commonwealth under Govcrnot Bigler, tt
most distinguished man, and certainly iu favor
of what he thought fair nnd honorable says
in his Report to the Legislature in Januaiy
1 ".;, "some of the counties a already inti
mated, having put down the salaries nl an un
just, if not absurdly low standard. This fea
lore of the law should f think bo remedied.
There should bo some power given ts the
hool IVpartment to increase such salaries
fMI E subscriber ia sliil engngej in the iiinnn
factuibi? of superior Machine Cartls fur
Cotton and Woollen factories. The best qii ihiy
of Leather and Wite used iu innkinn the almve,
and alter tin experience of tvcnlj-lie years, is
prepared to warrant iheui eiutl to unv made in
this country. I am also mukicg superior J.r,i;licr
Bands, cemented and copper rivitei!, the stretch
taken out by powerful niucliiiicry. E!tali.r
Mr nps for Grist .Mills also.
Leather Hoof, of superior qnantv, made as
above. JOll.N H. HAmKELL,
No. It.') Eolith I'liLtw Street,
lla tllilorc, Md.
March "', IS.1C. Cm
PKIEMtsi CENTRAL LEV GOOD TOi:E,
6. E. Corner Eighth & Aich Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
TI'MIE aiih&rrihct havinrr matic tcrv important
JL ailiii ions to his establishment, by cuiinc, l,n
the first lljur of his Oiil Morn tvilh that of the
beautiful lour story building ailjoiniiifr known
aa II tRioT II ti t., (surmounted with a hie.lt
Cupola, invites bis Oli' Customer! and Friends
to an oauiinatioii of an Entirely New S'ock of
FANCY AND STAPLE HI! V GOODS,
delected cipresly iu rrfer euce lo the present
opening.
The assortment compri-es:
caiiiiiable Diesa MtitcrinK, of new and ele
gant kinds,
Piai.l India J: Black Silks,
Shawls, of all kiinls,
Hosiery. Glovrii A Mitts,
Ein'.iroidi-rics A I. ii.cn (.'amhrick HauilKerc'ls,
Furnishing (Iu.nl. of h II kinds,
! li is!, Linens, Flannt-ls, Moiceii. Aic, lo which
air utklnl .ew liouil ilittlv, ot elioicc ilcscnp-
CIIAKLEs ADAMS.
P. Persona wishing a splcnJind view of
tlip City and Vicinilv, cm ascend the Cupola,
by u private Siaiiway which will be found wrll
wotili a vivit.
M;wcS 5: . f.-Sm w
at least to a sum rynd to irhct a particular j Emanuel St rob
KTOTICE I
OTICE ia hereby gitru tlut I n:n not n
' ' member of any partnership in the firm name
of M.isser it Ilowen, nor in the name of li aweu
St Masscr, and that I will not be responsible f,.r
any acts of either of saiJ linns, nor pay any t'li
iMLteuicutit entered into by any oilier person in
rillirr of the name alorcsaid.
JOHN F.OWEN.
Sunbury, March 2". ISiC.
LIST OF JURGF.S.
GKANH JCKOi;.
.'ir..irv. Paliicl Haas. E'i Iien;er.
I. over Auiju.-ta. II "iil.u:-.i Malick, IVter
Reeser.
J,iu!. P, Gibbon?.
Chili.-juapic. B ui. ,'art.l,;:l t.
MiUnn. llngli 1. y.'arr.
1 1 iris. Andrew Ki-rshuer, Fred. Murray.
Torl.f.l. A--1 Everett.
'flan-are. Thus. 1. Arnold.
Push. Sianly Geurhart.
si.o:,-nkin. Horatio G. Taggart, M.ililon
((iichniT, .'oh u Fugely.
( '.,.; Peter Hoainier. Wash. Smink
Jordan. it. II'. Trontuiaii, 'eter Troul
iiian. John k. II ei-t.
Z,;rhe. . B. Reaver.
I'fpir MidnHi'i;,: Soloman Folk.
lover Muham-y. Jacob 'l.illips, Jt,hn
Beit.
TRAVEKssE Jl'POK.
bury. C. O. Bachinan. John Hopper,
Total
2H0,OOU,uuO
From reliublo data, it is estimated that the
total eonsawptioo of Wool iu the I'uited
States is equal to 300,000,000 pouude, and of
this ouly si'xty millions are produced in tbe
United States, leaving two hundred aud forty
million pounds to Is supplied by foreign
couo tries, for which we pay annually, estima
ting the value of tbe raw material only, about ' ffccl on gardeus
l!.iKscr.K of Niw York. An editorial
statement in tho Journal if Commerce in
forms us that tho niitioiiul government las
been for many months past, engaged in
strengthening the fortiticatiotis of the harbor
of New York, by substituting guns of a very
long range aud large calibie for those pre
viously in use. The new guns ure tuunttfuc
tured ut West Point, iiud distributed to the
various militurv works in tho neighborhood of
New York us fast us they uid ready. As re
gurds tho material of war, tho Jouiuul Fays
that there is always a large nmount of it ac
cumulated in tho depositories near that eity,
and another paper fays that ut present the
store is unusually great. The existing works
have been much strengthened, und ure kept
in a high Mate of tmcieucy, and additional
defences are proposed to bo- constructed.
This is one of tbe lessons taught by tho Rus
ciuti war. We uro glud to see that our gov
ernment has bud tho sagacity to appreciate
those teachings, and trust that the sumo ac
tivity manifested to put New York in a com
plete state of defence will be shown towards
other important points, which ut present are
but poorly cured fur.
As'TlirtAcui Asuks. It is now generally
well known that outhracito, or bard coul ash
es long deemed us worthless to vegetation,
aud as un actual injury to the soil ire en
docd with properties which render them
valuable wiieu uiinlicd aa manure. 1 ersoBS
residing iu the wciuity of cities aud sea port
towus, would do well to bear this fact iu
uiiud, aud to collect as large quantities as
practicable fur the beneht of their crcits
We bavs pleuty of cvideuce cf tbeir excellent
I KOll 1- DIOS Ol' llOltOl C.II COIM IL
Ct)t Nt ll. ClIAMHKII. )
SiMii KV, March T2, L-jG.
Siixiii. Mi:i.tim: Council met at ij
o'clock. Present, Messrs. Rockefeller, Chief
Burgess ; S'nindel, Wei.se', Pruckemiller,
Beck, Covert, Beard, Snyder, Clark, Haas
und Smith.
Tho Chief Burgess stated the object of tho
meeting, and remarked lhat the timo has now
como when tho pcoplo of tho Borough are
called upon, through their representatives, to
decido whether they uro ill fuvor of confining
the business created by the coal trade, within
tbe limits of the Borough, or whether they
would prefer sending capitalists so remote
from their own places of doing business as to
render the trade of little or no benefit to tbe
community, and in in uny iustuuees drive that
very business uwuy which tho people have so
loug und anxiously looked for, thut it might
reiider our flourishing town more prosperous.
That it wus idle tu talk about the river bank
being kept uny longer as a mera matter of
pleusuie or ornuiucut thut the business of
the place must necessarily interfere with any
such object, u fact thut bus been manifest for
the latt three, or four yvurs. Ho thought
that tho river bunk might as well bo yielding
a revenue to the borough, as to be lying in a
state of iuuctioii and decay. He also stated
that in a few years the bank would pay all
the Borough debt, aud all ordinury expenses.
Tbo Chief Burgess thou ulTurcd tho follow
ing resolutiou t
PtsulrtJ, Thut the Chief Burgess shall
Lavs power to insert a clause iu all leases of
the river bank, "That if three mouths before
1 the eii iiili'jfj of the teiui, tbe letsce
' nnntv would be etititlcd to rtceice out ot tht
thirty thousand dollars, f c."
It was doubtless in view of this very recom
mendation that a law was passed authorizing
directors to increase the salaries of superin
tendents before tho expiration of their term.
Now for acting under a law which doubtless
hud its origin in the recommendation of so
distinguished u man us Hon. C. A. Black, the
convention, which nu t ut Simbury. and which
had it not happened to bo ou Saturday, and
besides a very rainy dav, would havo becu
numerous, U meanly called by S. A. B. a
Puinn Convention, und I am slandered. Wo
never intended to ask for more than what we
thought our county would be entitled to, out
of the thirty thousand dollars, which was hou
orable and just, und 1 regard it low nnd meuu
iu S. A. B. to ussert ony thing else. 1 con
clude iu remarking that in all 1 have said or
written ou this subject I meant no reflection
ou tho whigs or tho Know Nothings as a
purty. but intended my remarks only for such
individuals of those purties, who manifest iio
regard for deeenry, honor or truth, nnd who
would if they could crush every one who does
not btdong to their party. Without replying
to ull the silly, mean und littlo insinuations of
S. A. B., 1 now bid him adieu, und whether
aB he says, ho is still a whig; a natural or a
manufactured Know Nothing, 1 am satisfied
that all the articles hu writes, or troubles
others to write for him, will be of littlo or no
service to him. compared with a good spelling
school, and that hu will suit such a school
much belter than the Senate or tht House or
Representatives.
J. J. R.
Cjjc IJlarhfts.
Philadelphia Market.
G bain. Wheat is in better supply, but
prices aro uncnatigcd. Sales ol giodredgl
65 a t 15. and 1 75 a t 83 for prime wheat.
Rye is dull w ith sales at SI per bushel. Corn
is iu fuir requost j sules of yellow at 59 cents
iu store. Oats uro tclliug at 37 cents per
bushel.
WuisiiEV is held Crmly barrels at 23 a
Cvu'.i, ai-i LLdo. -t icaU.
Snrtlnudnrland. Joseph B". Hare, Henry
ll.tas. 11 'in. Elliott, John liunham, Il'm.
Forsythe.
I'l'.ini Baniel Ililbish, A iktn Ynndling.
Chilifjuaipjc. S o 1 o in u n I e u 1 1 e r, Thomas
Allen.
Milton. Samuel 1. Joitlan, John outz,
Jacob B'heeltr.
,((' David .Montgomery. John Frymiie,
John Klupp, Robert Moutgumerv, Samuel
Shade.
Turbut. David Marr, Chatles Polluter.
J'tlaicarc. James Durham, II. J. Reeiler
Jacob Brown, Daniel McKaue.
l.iacir Aityu.ta. f'asper Stflair.
I'fper Augusta. Charles Gaiinger.
.yliam-din. John Campbell, H'm. Shull
Daniel Aimmel, H". II'. Y'erbing, B'm. Farley,
Daniel Conrad.
Coal. yenry YauGaskin, John Caldwell
y.irbe. Andrew A. eim, Jacob Gass.
Cameron. John eim.
Jordan. George Guise.
Jackson. John Galen Smith, . nry ,iff
tnan, Samuel Mulick, Jacob i!b sh.
Lower Mahanon. Michael Linker, Jacob.
Spoils.
J.ittle Mahanoy. Isaac D. Raker.
PETIT JLKOr.S.
Sunbury. Francis Bucher. JVtcr iilc
man, Geo. C. H'elker, 'hibp Reno.
yorthumberlamt. I avid ilkert.
Chihsijuaixt. J. M. Nesbit.
Mtlton. Charles Stout, David Grouser.
Lewis. David B. Montgomery, Samuel
Mengis, Daniel keller, Fertliituud 'iper,
J( nn F. Derr, Aduin Shoylcr, jr.
Vtiu'a-c. Amos Auderton, Couily E.
Vincent.
Lower Augusta. Georgo Fuushold, John
Zimmerman, H'm. Reeser, A-nry Sbipc.
I'pprr Augusta. Pvlvt Coble, Jacob StMH
boltz. Push. James Bryson.
Ani'iA. -Solomau rogely, Simon Boh
iur, fl'iii . Muenth.
Coal. Daniel Epldin, Il'm. Cherrington.
Mt. Carmel Johu . Yarutll, iVler
Stroh, IVlix Lereb.
Jordan, B'm. Shndo.
Comeron .H'm. Kramer.
I'jper A.iAuny.--'hilip Roitie.
.'.( jo Johu Uuhiier.