Corrcspnbencc.
Maksato, (M. T.,) Sept. "lb, 185".
Mr. Editor : The weather her la very
pleasant at present. Tbe froat hal Dot visi
ted tbis part of the conntry yet, and corn
crops look favorable, Tbe Sioux Indians
re still skulking around. Tbey abot and
wounded Mr. Ueo. Butt, or Chain Lakes,
last week, and other persons aro missing
from tbis place, who aro supposed to be
killed. All tbe settlors of Springfield bare
left, wilb the exception of one old trapper,
wbo 1 know only by the name of Dutch
Charley. lie ba killed a great many Indiana
in bis time, and tninki be Is able to kill more.
May tbe Lord help him to rout out tbe Sioux
nation, for the Government won't.
Our Constitutional Delegates have met in
St. Paul and formed State Constitution for
tbis Territory. Tbey bad quite political
war. The Itepublicans aud Democrats held
separate Contentions aud both claimed a
quorum, finally tbey appointed a committee
oo both aide?, aud tbey met and compromised,
and formed as good Constitution as tbeie
is in tbis Union. Tbey agreed on a North
aod South line, which fires us plenty of
mineral on Superior, and tbe great pinery of
the North, while the Southern part of the
Territory abounds with plenty of the richest
toil there ia in the United States. The
Railroad has been surveyed from La Crots
via Mankato to Sioux City.
Politics is now tbe order of the day, tbe
Democrats rather think they came out con
siderably minus of tboir calculations. We
were honored by a epoech from Kx-Oovcrnor
Gorman Democrat, which commenced as ful
lows: ''Tbe blood that runs through tny
veins is Irish, and I sucked the breast of un
Irish woman, and 1 am proud of it." Then
he commenced by giving the number of in
habitants of this Territory, and by close ex
amination be mado out that they were about
half foreigners ; consequently Democratic
principles should prevail in Minnesota.
lie also tried to apologise for the repeal of
the Missouri compromise or 182U, ana ine
extension of slavery in Territories. He con.
tebded that negroos were not human, that
tbey were a species of the Ourang Outang.
He positively said "they cculd better be com
pared to four-leesed brutes than a white man
could be to a negro." Snch were the senti
ments of the great illustrious Statesman,
Governor Gormon. His audience was com
posed of foreigners and iguoranism. As for
Mr. Gorman's soul, if be lias any, it mast be
small enough to dance in the bowels of a
mosquito, and have more room in proportion,
tuan a oulllroir would in tue 1 acme ocean
I expect to keep you posted in regard to
political matters and Indian outrages.
Yours, I. K. DUNKELBKliGER.
McEw E.NsviLLE, Sept. 21, 1857.
Mr. Editor: We are glad to see that
Mr. Heim, of Upper Mabanoy, bas come out
as a candidate tor Treasurer. He is well
known here ly many persons wbo have stop-
pod at bis bouse, and will receive tbe votes
of most of tbe independent Democrats, wbo
are opposed to having candidates forced on
them. Mr. Heim is known as an industrious
business man, and will receive the support of
that kind of men belonging to all parties,
and will, tbereTore, most certainly be elected,
Ax Uri'ER End Dkmocxat.
(From the Botlou l'ost of Sept. 9th )
Accomplishment of the Great Pedestrian Fat
At '2h o'clock this morning, James Lam
bert accomplished his task of walking 1,000
miles in l.UOU consetuuve boars at liovlston
Hall and thereby completed oue of the most
remarkable leats in pedestrianism upon rec
ord. Such a contempt for the demands of
nature as bas evinced during tbis trial taxing
bis energies to their utmost in the endeavor
to perform a deed which all reasonable peo
plo would justly consider impossible, bas
excited more man usual interest tor bis un
dertaking. He commenced at 10 A. M.. on
Tuesday, July 28tb, and, as stated retired sine
ate irotn tbo ring ibis morning shortly after
2 o'clock having walked oco mile in every
hour for nearly 42 duys. His fatigue two
weeks since was so groat that oven bis friends
abandoned all hope of bis succcess but he
was "on his muscle," and as he affirmed,
"would walk until he full npou the track."
Within tbe last few days that weariness and
stupor has greatly increased, and after being
aroused iroin slumber only by crreat exertion
be would stagger and exhibit other signs of
extreme lassitude, lie was in ibis state upon
tbe completion of the last mile.
The number of spectators throughout the
day, yesterday, was very lurge, and at even
tbe late (or early) hour to which the comple
tion of tbe affair was brongbt this morning
there were crowds in attendance. He made
his first miles in about 10 miuutcs and bis last
in over double that time. At the signal
which signified the termination of the 1000th
milo tbo pedestrian was warmly cheered and
the company followed his example by retiring
to their various places of rest. It is said
that Lambort will receive about $2000 as the
result of this affair. The parties bettine
agaiust him are New Yorkers and tbev have
bad present here two representative who al
ternated in "seeing fair nlav.
As Lambert will now have an opportunity
of answering the requirements of bis exhausted
condition it will be neccessary to use tbe
greatest care in regard to hin for fear that
tie should sleep forever. His phvsiciun ere
scribes a thorough waking and exercise after
very three hours' rest and by strict adberance
to this treatment it is hoped that Lambert
may regain his former strength. Since he com
menced walking be bas lust fourteen pounds
of flesh and now weighs but one hundred aud
thirteen pounds.
Rubbery ( Land Hrglstsr' I) Alee.
Di'bcqur, Iowa, Sept. 21st. The Ilegis
ter's Office at Kuirbault, Aliunesota, was
robbed on tbe night or tbe 15th, of land war
rants calliug for over 30,000 acres of land.
A reward of $500 is offered for tbe dectection
of tbe thief.'
The Capitol, Extensions. The appropri
ations for the Capitol Extensions have been
as follows :
September 30, 1851, $100,000
By joint resolution of April 4, 1 852, 500,000
Uy deficiency bill for year ending
June 20, 1853, 400,000
By general appropriation bill, ending
June 30, 185 1, 600,000
By general appropriation bill, ending
June 30, 1853, 750,000
By general appropriation bill, ending
June 30, 1856, . 325,000
By general appropriation bill, ending
June 30, 1857, 750,000
By general appropriation bill, ending
June 30, 1858, 900,000
Total, 84,325,000
It is estimated that (1,185.183 will still be
necessary for their completion, so that the
entire cost of tbe extensions, when completed,
will be over five and a balf millions, and it is
thongbt that tbe new dome will not full short
of one million and a half; so that the Auieii
can Capitol, when completed, and by the
llnishiug touch of art crowned tbe finest
building in tbo world, will have cost about
ttn millions of dollars.
S" At the late Criminal Sessions in
Schuylkill county 91 bills were acted on by
tha Grand Jury, and 71 found true. Judge
Ilegins deals very summarily with criminal
offences in that county.
Joseph II. Brown bas been appointed In
dian Agent for tbe 8iou jo Minnesota, vies
I laodres, resigned.
THE AMERICAN.
UNBURY.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1857.
II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor.
To AanitTiMRt.- -The circulation of the Banbury
American among the different town on Die Buiquehanna
not exceeded ifequslled by any paper pablnhedin North
em PenniTlvinia.
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Democratic) state nominations.
For Governor
Oen. WILLIAM T. PACKER,
OP LYCOMIXO COUNTY.
Judges of the Supreme Court,
Hin. WILLIAM BTftOSa.nf BerJis Coanir.
Hen. JAKIKS THOMPSON, ef Erl Const.
lor Canal Commissioner,
MMROD STRICKLAND,
Of CHESTER COCNTT.
Democratic Coitntt Xominationb.
pen a Ton i
B.C.. WRLKEIt, sunbury-.
Subject to the decision of the Conferees.
ASSEMBLY I
JOS. C. II MODES, Turbal.
SHERIFF l
MENRT J. READER, Lewi.
rROTHONOTARY !
DANIEL BECKLEY, Zeraa
COMMISSIONER :
SAML'EL ENT, ahumokla.
TREASURER :
JESSE M. SIMPSON, sanbsry.
AUDITOR:
O. .PPATTON, Ruah.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
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Godey's Ladt's Book for October, al
ways in advance, is already on our table
rich in matter and embellishments, and well
stored with OBeful patterns an information for
the Ladies.
2 Ladies LTomk Maoaii.nb. This excel-
lent periodical for October is before us. Its
reading matter, engravings and colored Fash
ion plates are among the best. The name of
T. S. Arthur, as Editor, is sufficient gnaran
tee of superior worth.
taT Tbe letter of our Elysburg correspond
ent and much otber matter is unavoidably
crowded out this wee'..
SJ3T The Senatorial Conferees met at Dan
ville on Saturday last, but made no nomina
tion. Tbo vote stood as follows : Cbas. A,
Buckalew, of Columbia connty, 4 ; George C.
Welker, of Northumberland county, 2; Iteu
ben Keller, of Snyder county, 2. Montour
county had no candidate. The Conerees
will meet again at Milton, Saturday (to-day),
The Montour Rolling Mills at 'Danville
have been suspended on account of tbe heavy
failures in the east, and the tightness of the
money market.
SjJ" scicidk. Christian Oingcricb, of
Washington township, Suyder county, on
Wednesday of last week, by banging himself
with a silk handkerchief in bis barn. He was
about 70 years of age.
UT I'ai'l Leidy, Ksq., of Danville, was
nominated for Congress by tbe Democratic
couferees ot that district at Wilkesbare, on
Saturday last on the 57th balllot.
CS The Academy of Music of Philadel
phia, as a place of amusement bas no taped-
r in this or any other country. It is just
such a place of resort that was greatly need
ed, and will add much to the pleasure of
strangers aod others visiting the city.
Tuk Scbbidizkd 108 In tbe Daily
Xetci of Monday last, Mr. II. B. Swoops,
Chairman of tbe American State Committee,
publishes a list of fifteen newspapers in tbe
iuterior of this Stale, which were subsidised
or paid for their support of Fremont last
fall. 1 be list was furnished by Gov. Ford, of
Ubso, for tbe New York Herat J, to rebut the
charge that he had misappropriated tbe sum
of 020,000, which the Herald says was placed
in ui bands to subsidise tbe press iu Peon
sylvauia. Mr. Swoops says bs does not say
that tbe papers referred to received the
mosey, which is a question between, tbem and
Gov. Ford. Tbe amount said to bavs been
paid to tbe fifteen was $6,490, in sums from
81,000 to
lift PRIMARY ELEtrlott SYSTEM.
The editor of the Guztlte attempted, in bis
last paper, to controvert our views In regard
to the delegate system, as compared with the
present miscalled popular vote system in tbil
county. Our neighbor professes bis inability
to comprehend all we stated, V know mat
It is eilrsmely difficult to convlnes individu
als in regard to erroneous views when inch
views accord with their own selfish purpo
ke7 Tbe people, however, begin to under
stand it, and so do tbe defeated candldatel,
who are pretty well satisfied by this time
that there is no fairness in a contest for a
nomination ; against candidates v. bo ars
adopted previously, at the secret lotting of
the offices In this place. We repeat that
nnder this system, the least deserving and
least popular candidate may be nominated,
which could not be the case nnder. the dele
gate system without imputing fraud and cor
ruption to the delegates. And such an or
ganization is therefore an imposition on the
candidates "outside tbe ring" who are, nev
ertheless, encouraged to keep the track by
faithless nromises and treacherous move
ments.
We can very readily answer the qnestisn
which the Gazette will consider a "settler" if
satisfied, although it wonld be folly to suppose
that the editor would acknowledge himself
satisfied. We contend that it would be mora
difficult to operate on 40 honorable delegates
than on the 2,300 voters icaltered through
the connty, however honest they may be, be
cause the delegates are known and are acting
publicly, under tbe eyes of the different can
didates, whilst under tbe present system, i
hundred different agents may be out, secretly
misrepresenting matters in favor of the com
bination "inside the ring," without those out
side knowing anything abont it, until they
find themselves suddenly kicked over, as was
the case in the late election the actors in
tbis case being unknown, operating secretly
and underhanded. If we bad room we might
state otber reasons.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION
The seventh Annnal Exhibition of the
State Agricultural Society will be held at
Philadelphia from the 19th of September to
the 2d of October inclusive. Among the
Judges the following have been selected
from this county, viz :
Devons Jos. R. Priestley, Northumberland,
Native or Grade Thos. Johnson, "
Fat Cattle Vim. L. Dewart, Sunbury,
Match Horse James Tngfrait, Northum
berland,
Trotting HorstsA. E. Kapp, "
Swine Wm. Elliot, "
Poultry Alexander Colt, "
Plowi and Flowing Match Elijah Crawford,
Milton,
Cultivator, Grain Drills J't.-Wm, T. For-
sythe, Northumberland,
Wagons, Carts J-c John L. Watson, Wat-
sootown,
Fanning Mills j'C A. II. Stone, Northum
berland,
Heaping Machines J-c Georje Mowton,
Trevorton,
Machinery Geo. Merrick, Northumberland,
Leather -c Dan'l Brautigam,
" George Apsley, "
Grain and Seeds W. II. Ljehow, -
Vegetables John Taggnrt, "
Domestic Manufactures Wm. O. Lawson,
Milton,
Manufactures II. B. Masser, Sunbury,
Carriages jc Jesse C. Ilorton, Northum
berland,
Muxi'i-af Instruments Rot- B. M'Coy, "
Flowers, Plants $c S. R. Wood, Chulasky,
Stoves M. D. J. Wilhington, Northumber
land,
Cutlery, Glass Jc W. P. Witbiugton, She.
mokin,
Hams James Pollock, Milton.
The following are from our neighboring
counties.
Devons Joseph Paxton, Cattawissa,
Fat Cattle R. Musser, Lewisburg,
Imported Cattle C. R. Paxton, Cattawissa,
Sheep Jas. R. Dovii", Selimgrove,
Fanning Mills Henry C. Eyer. SeIinsgrovf
M. II. Taggart, Winfield,
Manufactures Charles Cook, Danville,
The President, though fond of a joke, has
bas in these appontmeots, no doubt, looked
to appropriateness. Whether tbis was his
desigu in tbe appointment of our friend, tbe
Major, on Fat Cattle, we can't say. He is
certaiuly no bad judge qf fut beef, especially
when roasted. Had there been any commit
tees on Fish, we most assuredly would have
been appointed cbairmun on "Brook Trout,"
inasmuch as we served on. a private commit
tee, of that character, at Ralston, a few years
since, on our way to tbe State Fair at Ro
chester. That committee was composed of
Messrs. Bractigam, Kapp and Taggart of
Northumberland, and ourtelf. The commit
tee discussed the subject thoroughly over the
sapper table, on which were placed, if we
recollect right, a dish of twenty-one Cue trout.
Tbe two first named, after having disposed of
three trout each, retired from the table. Ws
remained with Mr. Taggart, aud managed to
put away four of them under our jacket.
What became of the remaining eleven trout,
bas ever since beeu a subject of dispute be
tween tbe President of the Stale Agricultur
al Society and ourselves, wbo will persist in
charging us with the eleven trout. When
bantered with the improbability of such a
story, by those wbo compare his corpora)
proportions ana digestive powers, with our
own, he attempts to solve tbe difficulty by
saying that our nether appendages were made
hollow.
fcj" Our Milton neishbors, held a meeting
to - adopt measures to purchase a lot for a
permanent Fair Ground. The Miltonian re-
plies to the strictures of tbe Sunbury Gazette
on tbe selection of, tbe Judges, that tbe mem
bers were more numerous on their side. The
Gazette is wrong, however, in discarding law
yers as incompetent for Judges. Few men
have dote mora to promote Agriculture in
Pennsylvania than Judge Watts tbe first
President of the State Society tha late
Judge Peters and a number of otber distin
guished "limbs of tb law."
sj The .trial of Clark and Mrs. Twiggs
for murder st Danville, was coutinued to next
term. Objections wars made to tbs panel of
Grand Jurors, on the ground that tha names
of the absentees and those that had been ex
cused, wers not put back Into ths wheel.
TOTAL 1083 THE STEAMSHIP
CENTRAL AMERICA.
FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Arrival of the rescued at Norfolk and Savon-
tioA 7'k Millions in Specie Losts
'. i ' NoaroLK, Sept. 18.
Ths stenmsliin Central America foundered
on Saturday last, when two hundred miles off
Cape If atteras. . Fifty passengers, including
26 females, wers rescued by the Norwegian
barque Eloiss, which bas arrived at this port
Ths officers wers all lost sxcept Mr. James
M. Fraser. Ths chief engineer, Georire E.
Ashby, took a beat aod deserted ths ship sn
hour before shen went down. Ths two mil
lions of dollars in specie, which were on board
tnu Central America, ware lost.
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK
BY A SURVIVOR.
The Wreck of the Central America State-
mentnf Henry II. Childs.
Savankau, Sept. 18.
Ilenrv II. Childs. one of the rescued pas
sengers, states that tbe Central America left
Havana on tbe Bin insl., naving naa ueugoi
ful weather and a calm sea from Aspinwal to
that port. On the afternoon of tbe day of
sailinir from Havana we bad a fresh breeze ;
and ob Wednesdav it blew very strong. At
niubt it increased and rained iu torrents. On
Thursday tbe wind blew a hurricane, and tbe
sea ran very high. Un irriday me siorm ra
ecd wilh unabated fury, and at 11 o'olock A
M.. it was first known among the passengers
that tbe steamer had sprung a leuk, aud was
making water fast.
A line of men was formed, who went to
work in bailing the water from ber engine
room, the fires having been already extin
guished bv the furnaces being overflowed
Wo gained upon it so much that the firemen
were enabled to get up steam again, but tbis
coutinued for ouly a few minutes, when the
fires were again extinguished and the euginea
were abandoned. The bailing, however, was
continued in all parts of tbe vessel, aud kept
i. . n ii a j m. I..:
up uuiii sue unany went uuwu. jjuiiu. x ii
dav night tbe water gained gradually, but all
being in good spirits, we worked to the best
of our ability, reeling that when morning
came we might possibly speak some vessel
and be saved.
The fatal Saturday came at last, but brought
notbiug but au increased fury of tbe storm.
Still w worked on. About 2 o'clock P. M.
tbe storm lulled a little aod tbe cloud broke
away, so that cur hopes were renewed and we
all worked like giants. At 4 o'clock P. M.
we spied a sail and fired guns. Our flue be
ing at balf mast it was seeu aud the brig M a
rioe, of Boston, bore down upon us. We
theu considered our safety certain. She came
near and we spoke to tier and explained our
condition. She luid tbo about a mile dUtaut,
and we iu only three of the boats, saved, pla
ced all the women and children, aud they
were safely put on board tbe brig.
As eveuiair was fust approaching, we dis
covered auolher sail, which respoudud to our
call aud came near us. Copt, llvrudou told
our crippled couditioa and asked them to ley
by and seud a boat, as we had none left. She
promised to do so, but this was the lust wo
saw of ber, except at a distance, which grew
creater at every mouieut.
At 7 o'clock we saw no possibility of keep
ing afloat much longer, although if we could
do so until morning all would be savvd in a
short time. A heavy sea for the first time
broke over her upper deck, and our hopes fa
ded away. Life preservers were then furnish
ed to the passengers and we seut up two
rockets. A tremendous sea then swept over
us, and then ths steamer iu a moment went
down.
1 think that some four hundred or four hun
dred and fifty souls were launched upon the
ocean, at tbe mercy ot tue waves. 1 ue storm
at tbis time bad entirely subsidod. We all
kept near together, and went as the waves
took us. Tbure was nothing or very little
said, except each ono cheered, aad courage
was kept np for two or tnree nours : and 1
tbink fur tbut space of time, none hud drown
ed. But those who could not swim became
exbuued, and one by oue graduully passed to
ttornity.
ine Dope tnai boats would be seut to us
from the two vessels spokeu to soon lied from
us, and our trust was alone in providence :
and whut belter trust could you or 1 ask fort
1 saw my comrades rust siuking, aud at one
o'clock that night 1 was uearly aloue, upou
the ocean, some two hundred miles from land
I, however, beard shouts from all that could
do so, that tbey were not far Irom me ; but 1
could not see them. Within au hour from
this time, 1 saw a vessel, which 1 judged was
about oue mile from me. luking Iresu cour
age, I struck out for the vessel aud reuched
it when nearly exhausted, but was druwn on
board by ropes. It proved to be a rsorwei
gian barque, from Balize, llondurus, bound
for Falmuutb, Englund. I found on board of
ber some three of my comrades, and at nine
o'clock the next morning we bud 49 noble lei
lows on board. And these are all 1 know of
bavin been saved. We cruised about the
sceue of disaster until we thought that all
alive bad been rescued, and tnen set sail
Ws found tbe bark abort of provisions, and
tbe crew living on gruel. We hud some tea
and coffee to refresh ouiselve?, and at noon
on Sunday, spoke this American bark (tbe
Saxony) bound tit Savannah, who supplied
us "lib provisions and took five ot us on
board. . Oar names are B. 11. Ridley, of
Maine; Jabez Howes, of San Frauuisco;
Jieory 11. Cbilds, of .New xork.
The Norwegiun barque theu set sail for
Charleston with the balance of thu forty-nine
passengers, l ueir names names uniorluuale-
ly 1 canuol give. Ine lew 1 recollect are
Capt. Badger, of Baltimore; Mr. Fruzier.se-
cond olbcer ot Ine Uentrul America; 11. r,
Brown, of Sacramento ; Billy Birch, of the
San rrancisco Minstrels; A. J. Easton, of
Sau Fruucisco and Fletcher Augusta, of
Maine.
There is also a lud saved some seven years
old, whose mother was wilh the otbor ladies
placed on board the brig.
P. S. There were three passengers that
got into lue boats that saved the women and
children, which were known to me. Their
names are Mr. Priest, of Lonir Island : Thos.
Payne, of Stamford Connecticst, and a Mr.
Joues.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
One hundred Saved by the Brig Marine Arri
ved at Norfolk Nearly two-hundred Sur
vivors.
We have at last the full account of the ter
rible disaster of tbe sinking of the Central
America and the great portion of her Califor
nia pusseuger. The details us furnished by
the Agent of the Associated Tress, by pas
sengers, aud slips from the offices of tbe Bal
timore American aud Norfolk Herald, pos
sess a pa uful interest. It is gratifying to be
able to slate that tbe number saved by the
brig Mariue is uearly a hundred, instead of
tweuty three as wus first reported. This with
the niuely-five seut to New York in the stea
mer Empire City, and tbs five in tbe Saxouy,
at Savauuah, makes altogether about two
hundred persons saved out of fiivs hundred
and twenty-six.
Tbs women snd children wera saved in tbe
brig Marine; about twenty of the ladies sa
ved, have been widowed by tbis affliction.
Ths brig ran down under ths ship's stern,
when all ths boats, six in number, wers order
ed to be lowered alongside, but three of them
wera stova and rendered useless. The re
maing three wers brought alongside, and all
tbe ladies with their children seated in tbem.
The boats appear to have mads several trips,
and if night had not corns on, it !s probable a
much greater number would have been saved
Tbe last trip took a number of men passen
gers, includiug the chief Engineer, who is cen
sured for deserting tbs ship.
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY.
Ninety-one Survivors on board of her,
x New York, Sept. 20.N
The steamship Empire City arrived her
last bight from v Norfolk, with ninety one of
passengers and Crew of the Central America.
Among ths passengers is Alexander Gardner
of Philadelphia. r ; ' -
..STATEMENT OF CAFr- THOS. W. BADC.LHi ,
Capt. Thos. W. Badcer.wbo is among the
saved, and who bas arrived hers in tbe Lon
sians, is able, from his experience ss a sea
captain, as well as from tbs close connection
In which bis exertions on board the wreck
brought bim with Capt. Herndon and officers,
to give a mors accurate and reliable acconni
of the difsster thoo perhaps any other of the
saved. We have taken down from bis dicta
tion tbe annexed full and interesting narra
tive t
At throe o'clock on Friday afternoon I as
sisted in organizing and putting to work bail
ing gangs, to bail out if possible, the engine
room and steerage, rne passengers joincu
willingly and cheerfully in this effort. An
attempt was made to raise steam os the don-
key engine to pump tha ship out, using the
bertbs and otber woodwork oi tue snip lor
fuel, but tbe engine woula not work, from
what cause was not known. At five o'clock,
after consulting with Capt. Herndoa, I assis
ted in cutting away the foremast, which some
what relieved the sbip. Ibe ship bad laid
perfectly easy whilst the machinery was in
motion, but she was in the trongh of the sea,
making heavy lurches to leeward.
1 rom twelve to four o clocK on aaturdny
morning tbe water gained fast on us, as the
men were fatigued and worn out by incessant
labor and exposure to the storm. At 4 o'
clock the gale somewhat abated, but heavy
sea continued, the water being then nearly
up to tbe second cabin floor.
At daylight on Saturday morning, however,
all bonds took hold .tgnin wilh renewed vigor
to tree tbe sbip. Tbe water was thus again
kept at bay for an hour or two more, during
wbicb signals of distress were sol, and a vigi
lant look out kept for sails. The ladies were
even anxious to assist us in bailing, and cheer
ed us up in our labors by their calmness in
mesa trying limes. a o o cioch auoiuer at
tempt was made to raise steam in the doukey
boiler so as to work tue steam pninps, nut
the attempt again fuilcd, and all hope of re
lie I from that quarter was abandoned.
At 10 o clock on Saturday morning, the
men again yielded to tbe seventy of tboir la
bor, and the water again commenced to gum
on us, but the bailing wus still continued.
At half past one o clock a sail hove in sight,
to the wiudward, which proved to be the Ma
rine, of Boston. At 3 o clock she rounded to
at leeward of ship, whon boats wore lowered
bailing still going on. In lowering the boat
two were stove by tbo heavy sea that stil
prevailed, wbicb left only three, aud one ol
them in a bad condition. By 5 o'clock
succeeded iu putting on board the Marine all
the women and children, twenty six in nuin
ber, during which the male passengers most'
continued at their work. The boats could
not carry more than five or six owing to the
high eea, and tbey made saveral trips to an
from the Marine. When the boat that took
the lust two of the ladies came alongside, the
chief engineer jumped iu tbe boat, and was
followed by severul otber gentlemen. 1 wo
other boats came alougside afterwards, when
there was a rush to jump in tbem by tbe
mnle passengers, involving great dangrr. By
tbis time the brig had drifted a long way to
leeward, which made the trips of the bouts
long, and by this time it was dark, so that
tbo boats did not again return.
About dark, a vessel, behoved to be the
schooner Sovereign of New York, ran down
under our lee. We hailed and told him that
we wero in a pinking condition, risking bim to
lay by ns all night, which he promised to do.
The bulling in tho meantime continued te
progress, but tbe tgater had by this time rais
ed half way up to the lower cabin, and was
rapidly gaining on ns- There was, however,
no cesation of the hailing until one hour be
fore the ship sank, when all hope of keeping
her afioat until daylight was relinquished.
This was ubout seven o'clock on Saturday
evening.
I should, howover, mention that two honrs
previous 1 had a conversation with Cuptain
Herndon, who, after consultution.ngreed with
me that the ship must go down, but it was
still advisable to keep it uy as long as possi
ble, and we did not mnke known the result of
our conversation but urged all bands to re
newed eOort. Captuiu Herndon rt quested
that the second officer, Mr. Frazicr, aud my
self should remain with him, and expressed
his determination not to leave the ship while
there wus a soul on board, but would remain
until she sunk from under him. His only re
gret was bis family and ho died like a brave
man.
At 7 o'clock, on Saturday night, the water
was up to the floor of the dining saloon nml
all then went to work calmly to devise means,
each for their safety. A half hour previous
to the ship sinking there were two lights seen
some distance to the leeward, supposed to be
the brig Marine and the schooner that spoke
us an hour or two previous, but baviug a
fresh breeze and high sea they wero unable
to work up the windward.
Those who bad succeeded in keeping them
selves afloat, soon scattered over tho surfuco
of .the ocean for a distance of about a mile.
One bour after tbe ship sank 1 saw a light
at the leeward, which was seen by most of
those rescued, supposed to be that of the
schooner Soveruign, but it soon disappeared.
We knew that the ships to leeward could not
reach os and turned our gaze in the opposite
direction.
At I o'clock on Sunday morning we saw
approaching ns undor futl sail, with a strong
breeze, the Norwegian bark Ellen, ran into
our mid6t, and those on watch wore astounded
with the cry of human beings. 'Capt. John
son, the commander, immediately hove bis
vessel to, under short sail, and commenced to
rescue us. The steamer at this time had
been down over five hours. lie launched his
boat, and threw out ropes and buoys, and did
everything that good Beamansbip aud a hu
mane heart heart could dictate to save as
many as possible. I was the fouitb one res
cued, and witnessed the noble exertions of
himself and crew througbont the night. He
coutinued bis search among tbe drift wood,
tacking backward and forward up to 12
o'clock oo Sunday, but did not find any one
after 9 o'clock in the morning, and conse
quently relinquished tbe search at noon.
STATEMENT Or ME. Wlf. BIRCH.
From Mr. Wm. Birch, of the San Francis
co Miustrels, whose wife is among the saved
on board the brig Marine, and who was him
self fished up by the bark Ellen, after six
hours' exposure iu tbe water, we obtained
some interesting particulars of the fearful
experience which he has goue through :
Mr. Birch bad tied a abort rope to bis arm,
thinking it might be useful, and started for
ward, where a raft was iu progress of con
struction. Oo the wheel-house he saw Capt.
Herndon, still calm snd self-possessed. Re
membering that Captain Luce, who was on
the wheel-house of tbe Arctic when she went
down, was saved by clinging to it, be for a
moment thought of taking a position by Capt.
Herndon. Fearing be would be struck by
the chimneys, which wera abreast tbe wheel
house, he coutinued on to the forward part of
tbe boat. At this time the most of the pas
sengers were on deck, dispersed in different
quarters, the greater number perhaps being
aft and upon tbe hurricane deck. Arrived
forward, Mr. Birch secured a piece -of board
and stood ready for ths final plunge. A
second lurch drove soother large number into
tbs ses, and .almost Immediately afterward
came a third lurch, aud then the steamer
settled rapidly, going down, as our informant
described it, with what seemed tbs rapidity
of an arrow from a bow. Us was drawn
down, down in tbe vortex caused by ths sink- j
ing of ths vessel, receiving two levers blows
on the shoulder from what he supposod to be
id iron Dar. in tbe lightning like thought ol
bat fearful moment he gave up hope, but
uany toe aownwara tendency was arrested,
nd be shot up to the surface amidst a con
fused mass of snuggling human beings, mixed
wnu noaiiDg; ooaras, parts ol tna hurricane
deck, loose boards, and ether light portions
of the sbip, which had broken away from the
hull. .1
Mr. Birch, on his return to ths surface.
had involuntarily grasped some boards, and
sustained by these, reacued the uaicnway, on
which mere were already three young men.
He secured himself to this with tbo piece of
rope, and, with bis companions, watched for
H ..:i 1.. i-f. i- 1..
ciuj auti iuat iiugui uriug rvuei. vi ueu ua
first rose to tho surface, as far as could be
seen, and everywhere around, were beard the
shouts and cries of the hundreds wbo were
struggling in the water for life. Gradually
these subsided. Man)', who had secured
nothing to float npon, soon sunk forever; the
others were separated by the force of the
waves, and were driven off in groups. All, it
may be presumed, were earnestly watching
lor reliel, but during many anxious hours,
none appeared. Shouts continued to re-echo
from the different parties, who hoped thus to
attract attention, and these finally brought to
their aid the Norwegian bark Ellen, Capt.
Johnson, who, bearing cries of distress,
rescued those nearest to him, and, learning
from them that others were still iu the water,
continued bis search until nine o'clock the
next morning, at which time forty-nine per
sons had been rescued. He contiuued cruising
around the vicinity until afternoon on bunday,
when, no more being seen, the Ellen bore
away for Norfolk, the nearest point. The
conduct of Capt. Johnson merits tho highest
praise. 11 is uction iu com.ng to the aid or
the sufferers was prompt, and ibe search con
tiuued as lone as a hope remnincd that ano
ther life could be saved. His kindness to
tbo saved was afterwards nuceasing.
UK. MA.VLOVKS STATEMENT.
P. Manlovo gives the
Oliver P. Manlovo gives the following
statement: I had provided myself with a
life preserver and a piece of a spur, and dc
lerniincd to go down with tho vessel, wilh the
great mass of tho passengers, all of whom
stood about, bracing themselves upward, se
curing thoso articles most available to buoy
them up. The vessel Ouully went down stern
foremost. I was standing hour the smoke
stuck at the time, and wo wcru all druuged
under tho water with the sitikiug sbip. Tho
genorul supposition is, that we wero all drawn
under the surfuco at least twenty feet, and
when we rose wo were nearly stifled. The
rapidity with which 1 was drawn down tore
the rpar from my hands, and the life preserver
from my body ; aud when 1 reached the sur
fnce my clothing wus almost all stripped off
of me. I however mot a friend who hud two
life preservers, who guvn me one ; and we
ulso seized on pieces cf the wreck, which
helped to sustain us.
About four hundred of tho passengers wore
struggling about, most of them having lust
their life preservers, and others seizing on
pieces of the wreck which came up with us.
The captuin had cut away the upper works of
the vessel, so that when the hull sunk they
would float off; but they were drnggud down
and camo up in fragments. Many persons
were killed, stunned and drowned by being
struck with pieces of the wreck, whilst thu
pieces were to others the ultimata means of
safety. An occusior.ul flush of lightning
showed to each other a sen of struggliug
forms. Each strove to encourage his friend
with hopes which he scarce felt himself At
first we wero all together in a mass, but sou
the waves separated us, nnd at each success
ive flash of lightning, we discovered that wo
were being scattered over a wide area, and
soon found ourselves apparently ulouu ob tbe
boundless ocean. About ten o clock he was
picked up by tbe boat Ellen, and hud the sat
isfaction of finding others or. board her.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.'
Steamship Disasters. The nppulling loss
of life on the Central America litis no purullel
iu the annuls of American' stcumship naviga
tion. The nearest approach is the disaster
which befel the steamship Arctic, on the 27th
of September, 13"4, by w hich something like
three hundred and tifty lives were lost. The
steamship San Francisco, belonging to the
Pacific Muil Steamship Company, which
foundered in the Atlantic on the H.'itli of
December, 1853, was lost undercircumEtances
similar in many respects to the disaster which
has just occurred ; though the number or lives
sacrificed was much less, not varying far
from two hundred, including 150 United
States troops.
Taking a retrospect, with a view to recount
tho various catastrophic which have hi f.illen
ocean steamships owned in or trading with
the United States, we find that the following
have been entirely lest :
Name.
President.
Columbia.
Humboldt.
Fate.
Never heard of.
I'diintion.
3.-10,000
300.000
600.000
200,000
300,000
480,000
300,000
700,000
CSO.00O
300,000
140,000
All bunds saved.
All hands saved.
City of Glasgow. Never heard of.
Ciiy of Philuda. All hands saved.
Franklin.
All hands saved.
Sau Francisco.
Arctic.
Pacific.
A few saved.
A fejs saved.
Never heard of.
Tempest.
Never heard of.
Central America. A few saved.
84,250,000
Exclusive of about SI, COO, 000 in specie.
If the cargo wus included, these figures
would be more than doubled. The President
was lost in the year 1841 ; no one knows how
or where. - The Columbia, in nautical phrase,
'broke ber back" on the rocks on the Ameri
can shore of tbo Atluntic. Tbe City of
Philudelphia went to pieces on the rocks near
Cape Race. Tho City of Glusgow sailed
from Liverpool March 1, 1854, aud was not
afterwards heard of. The Greut Britaiu
came near being included iu the list, having
lain ashore for soma mouths at Dundrum
Buy, coast of Ireland, but is now engaged as
a transport for India. The Franklin aud
Humboldt went ashore and broke iu pieces
tho former on Long Island, and the latter
near Halifax. The Arclic and Pacific were
lost as uheudy recorded. The irou steamer
Tempest, measuring 1500 tons, sailed from
New York Feb. 12, 1857, with a crew of
from thirty-five to forty mo, and was uevcr
heard from. On the Pacific, several fiue
steamers have been lost, generally of a
smaller class. The Independence, for in
stance, was totally lost, wilh one hundred
and twenty lives; and the Tennessee, St.
Louis, and Yankee Blade, Wiudtiuld Scott
and others, became totul wrecks.
English steamers, iu waters contiguous to
tbe United States, have fared little better.
Wilhio a short time, we have bad to record
the loss of the fine iron steamship Canadian,
on the St. Lawrence ; also the steamship
Clyde, and severul steamers iu the West
ludia Islands.
A calculation as to the number of lives
lost in these steamers makes a totul of about
seventeen hundred. This loss being irrepara
ble, no consolation can be derived from the
fact that a large proportion of it might have
been prevented by a division of these ships
i compartments by water-tight bulkheads;
bnt there is opportunity to make the adoption
of such a means of safety compulsory upon
ths owners of all sea-going steamers, aud
thereby doing much to prevent tbe recurrence
of catastrophes such as we too ofteu bave
occasion to deplore.
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Harrisburir. 72 Locust atrnot .
July 23, 16(57. Iy.
O.tYCIESJATED HITTERS.
An opinion having been asked for me in
consequence of the formolu for preparing
Urygenatetl Ihllers being known to me 1 ex
press tno following in lorm !
The composition of these P.illers intlui'nj
those medicinal substances which experienced
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oction on tho svstoni when deranged by 1'fvcm
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No I Pino Street, "lloston lCth Dec, 18.V2.
Seth W. Fowlo & Co.. 139 Washington
Street, Propretors. Sold by their age tit
every where.
Cjjc gliirhcts.
PLilfidclphia Kaikct.
Sept. 18"m.
Grain. The receipts of Wheat continue
quite largo, though the market is inactive.
Good red is hold al 1 32 a 1 ,Tf, and 51 A t
a SI 4.") fur prod white. Salts of chnicj
Kentucky at IU f.0, ami very superior Roan
oke at $2 2."). Rye is stonily ut 75 ci'iitn.
I em is dull, nnd HUl Faks uru mulling ut,
Tfi a 7i-'c. (Juts nre in demand al from 2l :i
21 cents per bunne!.
Clovtrsicd ShIcs of priino nt S71 per
CI lbs.
Whi-key Rales at 23 eta. iu hlh. r.a 1
in hbdg., at 27 con (9.
SUEBUF.Y PRICE CUEHEKT.
Wheat,
Hye, - .
Corn, . .
Oats, -
liurk wheat, .
I'otatucii,
Flaxseed.
CO
CO
87
Ft)
75
00
25
Butter,
Ess. -
Tallow, . .
Lard, - - -Pork,
- - -Beeswax,
- .
Diicd A( j.!es,
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New Advertisements.
3rr.oTjn i floup,:
rOK 8A1.E 13 V
M. C. (JEARUART.
Sunbury, Sept. 20, 1S.57.
EJSIirilM E.VS MEE'I B Mi.
4 Fublic Meeting nf the Fisher.i.en nf tli
Susquehanna itivcr and all other hit mlly
to the cause will be hrlJ at the tMiUic huu?e ,,'
(Iorge Keen, ShamiAin D.im, Simler enmity,
on attinlny the 3d duy of October, 1 857, iii
Inke into consideration the lest meana of aecui
ing an open passage for tbe fish which B-cJ t i
annually visit eur river, hot I avo been cloavd o..t
li V Ibe improvements uf the blale.
Diaiinguithed j caki r will to prcKcnt to al
dreax the people.
By order of the Fishermen Committee.
Georg I.yon, Sunbury. i. Fis!ier.8humokiii D
Smn'l .Mantz, " Win. Keller.
L. K. Hummel, Selinsgr'e Dan'l Gaujler, "
William (Jnugler, "
September 2G, 13.')7. It
Uy virtue of u certain writof Lev. J'n. '..i ni.i
directed, will be exposed to public sul ut th.i
Court lloiiso, in Sunbury. on SATURDAY,
the 24th of October, at 10 o'clock, A. M ,
the following properly to wit :
All that certain four story, with basement
five stories, brick building, intended for ;t
hotel, messuage and tenement, sitnnto in tl. i
town of Shamokin, county of Northumber
land, I'fiiasylvunia, S" feet in front and .V
feet in depth : bounded on the North by tlix
street or space on tho bank of the Shati:okl:i
creek ; on the South by Arch slrer-'l ; on I'm
Kust by Market street on blr-ck No. .17, in
designated and marked upon the poncrhl plan
of said town of Shamokin, and eccupyinr
parts of lots Nos. 1, 2, and 3 upon snid block
S'o. 37, and the lots or pieces of grotiud and
curtiluge appprtennnt to said building.
Seized, tuken into execution, mid to he solil
as the property of Thos. Bumgardner, Joseph
Long und Duvid Losguecker, nnd Joseph
Long, owners or reputed owuers, mid Henry
1'hilippe, contractor.
HENRY WEISK, SUrif!:
Sheriff's Office, Sunbury, )
Sept. 20, 1857. J
AUDITOR'S NOTT.CS.
George Baldwin,
, " In the Court of Co
! I'leaaof Northu
i i land county,
mm mi
v.
umber-
Ammerman, Zuern
Weitzel. J No. 47, Aug. T
1S57.
(Ex. Doc.)
The umleiMgneJ Auditor appointed by tho
aid Court to report the facta, and make distri
bution of tho fund arising from tho sale of per
sonal property of the above named Animcnnan
Sc Weitzel, Jefeudantv to and among the par
ties entitled to the same, will attend to the dutie
of his appointment at hi office in Sunbury on
Tuesday the 20th day of October, 1857, at 'J
o'clock iu the forenoon.
11. J. WOI.VERTOX. Auditor.
Sunbury, September SO, 1857. 4t
BHOOKBR&. UABSH,
Auctioneers
AND COMMISSION ilKRCHANT?,
261. North Third Street, 1 door leloie
rillI.ADKL.ruiA.
SAI.F.Sor Iloni ShoM, Dry U.hnIi. Ciiih
MNr""' U'uU''"!" "'"' U-Joils, Ac , KVKltv'
Tl'ir.t-
kvi:-
f" Country Sioickeepert anil ol!i-n will ulwayi fin,l u
mr Evening tfuU a a taievauililesinil.le uuortu,ci,t ol ih
above komI., t,, I ,n Mi u suit Inlyeis.
UimhI parkrd mi lb p.'iuiit lor Country Trail..
Ptjil. 30, 1.-57 c. 3ll).
LANDKETHS1
AGI CULTURAL WAREHOUSE,
21 and 23 South Sisth Strett, near the
Nos.
State House, Philadelphia.
TVil floors of this ipncioiii l.niljii.p, t-m-lnl i-aprn.iy
for Ilia Proprietors' trmle, lire itort-il witli SceiU uuj uuL
plvaieula ut llllclt-st to Furtiiciiuud (lur.lt'iiejg.
SIXTY VKAIIfcilOtiTALy.teHKD.
The autiaLTilirra ilemia to t-all ih utteiitiou of every una
intricate.! m Ktiriniiia au (jbrileiiuifr, to Un-ir will sf-Jn-t.
ft! itoi-lc of Apricultmul Implement and MHcliinery
Great variety of liorlicullurul Tuob, warranted Garden
and l-'luwoi Seeda, Uraaa uud Vle'-ii beeda of tbe in, at l
liable quulity
Tlie Agricultural Implement! a,, Id lij ar inoa lv
manufactured al war bleam Work, lirulol, 'a. ' .
iluvuuj filled up Una eUl.lihmonl without xegrni ta
eipenae, with the ni t eoinplcle luni-hiiierv, for the iiihii
ulaclurauf vaiioun Inula of AS'rn-ulluial Implement. Wa
are now prepared to aupply all artU-le iu litis line liUiv
wiual, il uh superior, lo auy thing uf the kind aver bciora
onered to the pill-he.
LANDHKTH WARRANTED GARDEN SEEDS
Have Ueu before tha puhlie for upwurds ol amy years
their wiite-atiaul popalurily, and the constantly inrreo:
int demand man year lo yeur, is 1'ie best evulcnoe of ioU
superiority over all oiaeis. .
Llr C-wntry uterrhnuls can be supplied with ecds 111
papers, or hulk, ue I he most liberal lenua.
Uioomsitole. hi Bristol, fa., our usitUn StA m,....
contains laiee suwlred and sevculy acies, and is the iui.
gest esMbushiueiitof its kind in the world T -
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