r
to Tin: ruuLic,
. In submitting to the public the first mimicr tf
the -American," it may be. deemed incumber on
us its neceary and proier to make a few ubsriv.
tion In relation to the establishment of this pn
anj the courge which ita conductor int. nJ to pur
sue in ita puti ligation. The age in which we live
haa ban truly styled the ago of impruvemeii',
which no power on earth can arrest frVit progress.
Tlie applicaticn of ateam to the various purposes
of ait, and the more recent discovery of anudt
ing iron with anthracite coal, promises to Perm) I
vania result that cannot be too highly esti
mated. ...
The great valley of the Susquehanna la toon des
tined to become the theatre of new acme of en
tcrprire and industry, which may well excite the
astonishment of thoae who are unacquainted with
bcr inexhaustible depositee of coal and iron.
Her rugged hi lis and aolitary waste, heretofore
deemed wotthlese, are now eagerly sought after for
the coal and iron which they contain, the must
valuable minerals in nature. It ha teen said that
England owea her present power and, wealth more
to her coal and iron than to all other cause cum
hined. If ao, then Pennsylvania has within her
own borders internal resources anil power of wealth
unsurpassed by the whole Union.
The Shamokin coal region, connected with this
place by a railroad 20 mile in length, which a few
years f ince was a solitary wild, untrodden by the
foot of man save the solitary hunter in ' pursuit of
game, Is now teeming with a busy and industrious
population. The town of Shamokin luratcd in the
coal region, a new vi.lage containing about one '
hundred houses, haa epiung up as if by magic,
aince that period.
These improvement which are hut a commence
ment of a aeries of wotke upon a large scale now
in projjross, recent as they are, have alreudy given
new life and impetus to this section of our coun
ty. With these view and ander three considera
tions, we, in common with many of our most es
teemed follow citizen, conceived that a well con
ducted journal, if properly encouraged, could be
rendered highly serviceable to the community. The
progre.'S of improvement and the rapid increase of
population, indeed requite that the pre sh luld not
only keep pace with the spirit of snterp ite and in
dustry, hut as a pioneer lead the way and at imulate
to exertion the enterprizing and wealthy capitalist.
The establishment of a new pres in this pi ice
haa frequently been spoken of, and was lungrince
in contemplation whenever a favorable opportunity
should occur. We believe that period ka now ar
rived. Our design i to make the American a per
manent and useful journal, convoying utrrful and
interesting information to all classes of readers
Conducted with the utmost decorum, its tone and
aentiments shall at nil time be such, that the most
scrupulous parent may place it in the hinds of any
member of his family with perfect impunity. Low
scurrility and violent personal abuse shall l care
fully excluded from its column. And while we
ahull alwaya be ready and prompt in the expression
of our opiniona upon mattera of public policy, we
ahull alwaya endeavor to preserve that decorum
and extend that courtesy towards our cotemporarics
and others, that one gentlemen baa a light to expert
from another.
To the interesta of the farmers and cultivator of
the soil, the bone and sinew of our country, who.
in an agricultural point of view, form the basi ol
all trade, commerce and manufactures, we ehill tU
vote a portion of our columns, and spread before
them such matter aa shall bejtoth useful and en
tertaining. To the mechanic and all others, we trut we
hall be able to make the American an inlercttiny
and instructive journal.
In politic we shall, aa we have already an
nounced, support the general and state adminisrr
tion. In advocating there-election of Mann
Vav Bbreb and Rickabb M, Johbiob to th
high stations which they now occupy, and which
they have filled with such distinguished abilities,
we shall coufine ourselves to measures and the
principles upon which they are grounded. Kn.iin
ination and low personal abuse which the laucor
of political warfare never f tils to produce, mid
which we regret to say is indulged In to an almost
unlimited extent, by the partizau prian a of ither
Bide, we ahall carefully avoid, deeming it not only
demoralizing to the community and derogat ry to
the high character of the prea, but unwise, im
politic and unjust.
To our fearless and patriotic Governor David R.
Porter, who has thus far identified himself wilh
tho true interests of the state, and whose wise and
fulu aiy nioaxure have received the appro! ation of
every honest avd liberal mind, we ahall extend our
most cordial support. We hve therefore placed
his name at the head of our columns, fully confi
dent that the honest ycomamy of Pennsylvania
will always be found sustaining honesty of purpose
and integrity of conduct iu a justly valued public
ecrvant.
H.TL MASSER.
JOSEPH EISELY.
Sunbury, Sept. 19, 1840.
LIST OF CAUSES
HOU trial in the Court of Common i'leaa of
11 Nonhumbeiland County, to be held at 8ur
Lory, on the firat Monday of November ueil, being
the 3d.
1 Joseph Trego
vs Martin A. Stock,
vs Thomas Allen,
v Jacks.. n Kcebit,
v- R. II. Hammond,
vs Willi im M Cany,
va Solomon Dm kit brrger
vs Solomon Menu, ,
vs G. LeUenring,
2 George Welahanee
3 Christ & Nesbit
4 George Lawrence
& Henry W. Snyder
6 Adam Shi ler
7 Hamer for Koush
8 Kirkpatiick & Son
9 Dr. Win. Henderson vs Henry Ur .vwi,
10 Same
va Shipraan A Greenough
vs Thomas Grant's adui's.
vs Frederick IWkcrt,
vs J. C. B' Nuurse,
. va Wm. M Caity rt !.,
vs Dr. Robtrl Phillips,
vs Dennis Waters',
vs Henry Batthher,
vs J.J. Caul et si.,
vs Wm. Fotsythe,
vs Jam a Lea,
vs John Filbert,
11 Win. P. Brady
12 Chrixtain Heckert
13 E. Y. Bright
14 Hugh Belaa
1 5 Joseph CSoss
16 James Hilbnurno
17 Peter Kcffer
18 Michael M'Caha
19 Wm. A. Lloyd
20 John A. Lloyd
21 Filbert's adm'r.
2? Wm. A. Lloyd for
John A. Lloyd
23 Henry Fiiek '
24 Coru'ta otTcnn'a
va Wm A'ilson, jr.
vs II. L. Dirffenhauch,
vs Weaver, Lloyd and Ro-
vs Robert Meek.
vs Jscob WheeUnd. .
25 John Dunkle
26 Milton Borough
27 Graves for Hart A Co va John I-eiaenring,
28 Joseph Msrple's ex'r vs John K flee et a I.,
2 'J Porter for Yoxtheimer vs Thomas Cowan,
80 Pctrr Wary vs John If. Purdy cV Co.
SAMUEL D. JORDAN, iW'y.
Prolhonotary'a Office,
Sunbury, Sept. 17, 1840. $
LAST NOTICE.
ALL those ii.de Nod to the late firm of Thatch,
er and Tbompaon, are hereby notified to call
od MttU their accounts, aa they will b left in tbe
- bands of Justice fur collection, without respect to
persons. SAM U Kb TWA rCH K H,
- - SAMUEL THOMPSON.
- 0Cj"Tha books will remain in tny band on'il
ui ii oi uciouer next.
. , SAMUEL THOMPSON,
cuut'urr, Sept. 1 0.- Sw
BOSTON NOTION.
THE LARGEST UNO CHEAPEST HE YS-
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All the useful arts are progressing wilh uup irmllel
ed rapidity, and the An of Printi g is coming in
for its iuil chate f tho commo i improvement.
Di'term'ed m.t to be outdone in any thing that per
tain to hi. pr.fes.ion, where there is a fair chnnca
for exertion and euterprize, the undersigned haa de
ter nil ned upun iriiuij a sheer twice the aizi of the
B.trn Weekly Tnm-a, (and is to take the place
of that paper,) and w ll contain eight columns
more matter thnn tho Brother Jonathan. Thla
sheet will 1ms call d the BOSTON NOTION, and
it is determined that it shall sustain a cognomen so
fill of meaning, and interwoven with the estub
lithcd character of our Yankee city. It will be the
Laitot.iT NawsrA.FKR m irr World with no
exception :uid will lie printed on a sheet thirty
aoven by flfiy-two inches. It will be filled entirely
w'th reading m ater, and will contain Three Thou
s:md Eight Hundred and Eighty Eight squire
inches, or Tweniy-Sevcn rqnare feel of print in fine
type! and a single number will con t tin more read'
ing than an o dinary book of Three Hundred
page. These dimensions will enable the ptibli.-her
to draw largely upon the most popular periodica!
"f the day, both American and Foreign ; and at the
selections will be made with great care, it is believ
ed this paper will f a welcome Notion to every
family. Bcsldca a full synopsis of the current news
of the diy,; aa published in the Boetm D..ily
Tunes,) it will contain Foelry, Populir Ta'rs,
Theatrical Criticisine, Police and olhct Court Rj
ports. Humorous Articles, Ac. &f.
The wh de woild of Literature will be ranvckod
U fill it From the atudy of tho philosopher down
t'.i the police courts, through all regiona of reason,
poetiy, romance, wit, and the efnple record of folly,
we shall glean from the past and the present end
fiom all na ions, to present a pleasing and useful a
combination vf recorded thought and current his
tory, as the world can supp'y or industry produce.
This is our "Bostox Notiok."
This great amount of wisdom and fun of wit
oud philosophy -of novelties and antiquities we
are able to offer, weekly for eix rtvre per copy,
only six cents ! and we can d J it because of the
facili i a of our press and office, and the connection
of daily and wet My publications. For Turns dol
lars we can sell a gear's volume, rqnil in quantity
of matter, wilh every variety a'so, to Fifiy-iwo Vol
ume of Novels, such as aje issued from the press
of this day. Fifty-:wo large Vo'u nra f r Three
Du.lar ! EfTected all by improved m chin ry, and
by a determination that we will not be out June a
en tot prizi and usrfu'nea.
TERMS: Threk Domarb a year, always in
advance no orders, no nutter from what aource,
will be alt ndi d to unless act .nipanied wilh the
CASH. Single copies six cents e ith.
Poet Masters or others remitting Twenty Dol
lars ahall have Eight copies tent to such person
and place as they rroy de-ignate.
GEORGE ROBERTS, Publisher.
NOTICE.
CREDITORS TAKBNOTICE that we have
applied to tho Court of Common Pleas of North
umberland county for the bcnefil of the laws midc
for tho relief of insolvent deUors ; and that the
Judges of the said Court have appointed the first
Monday of November next, to bear u ai d our
creditors at the Court House in Sunbury, when
and w here you may attend if you think proper.
THOMASTOYF.lt,
JOHN JONES,
bis
JOSEPH X POYER8,
mark
HERMAN YT.IG1I,
ROBERT 8MITH,
JOHN BATTOKF,
DVNfF.L BALDY,
ANDREW CARO I HERS
Ruiibuiy, September 12, 1840.
ALL ACCOUNTS remuiuir e in my books
preuoti to the first of Aiml 1840. will lx left in
the handf of a Juslice of the Peaoo for collection.
HENRY YOX'IHIVtER
N. B. Grain of all kinJs will be luken on old
account.
Sept. 12, 1840. tf.
Public Salt.
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans1 Court
of Northumberland Comity, will be expo-ed to sale
by public vendue or outcry, on
Monday, the 19i jay of OrJoh.r nrrl,
at tho Court Mou-e in the Borough of Sunbury. a
certain Island in the River Susquehanna, in Augus
ta Township, Northumberland county, containing
ten acres mure or lea?, late the eatulc ol Jacob
Seathol't, dee'd.
Sale to commence at 10 o clock of said Juv.
when the condition, will I e made known by Fre
derick Lnziiua, Adminia'r itor. rV bonit non &e. of
aaid decedent. JOHN G. YOUNOVIAN.
Sunbury, Aug. 23. CTk. 0. C.
Transportation laiue
TO BALTIMORE.
(TH TITiI VATIB CTVAt
Warehoute foot of Chi taut Strrtt on tht Ptnw
tyh tmia Cunul.
A BOAT l acs t'se wharf of the tub rilwr evr-
ry morning at 8 o'clock, running through to Ba!t
more in three days. Consignments ot proiluce,
iron, dtc, will receive a de 'patch by ibis lin-, which
bas not hitherto been rqualliil by any ottur. Rgt
of freight aa low as by any other ngu!ur line.
References:
JOHN W. BROWN, -
BUCK A. II BR It. 1 , .
KERNAN Si STILLNIUER, B"lln'e
. J. & A. II. HERB. J
Goods intended for Pittsburg, or any point on
the Pennsylvania Canals, will be shipped without
deliy on their arrival at llarrisbur, a this eon
Meets with tha North Amrriran line of Poitable
UoaU to Piltabiurtf daily, and with the Suburban,
n a Packet Line to Northumberland, WiLiiaoisport,
Wilkesbarie, and all intoniMxIiate place.
GEORGE W. LAYNO.
tlarriaburg, Sept. 9, 1840.
Itemoval.
BOOK-BINDERY.
THE undersigned have the gratification of in
formirg the public, that notwithstanding they were
ao unfortunate as to have their bindery burnt down,
in March last, they have opened a very extensive
one, in Locust street, In the new building directly
opposite Gleam's Hotel, and are prepared to execute
all wotk in their lin. with desputcii, and in a su
peiior style. Their RULING APPARATUS
and other Machinery are naw, and of the first order
and latest improvements; and tbey feel confi
dence in their facilities for (.Win, perfect aati.fao.
tion to all who roiy favor them w'uh their orders.
Bank. County offices, Merchant., Mechanics
and others, can be supplied with BL ANK BOOK)
of every description, which for neatness and dura
bility, will be equal to any made by the Uniud
Si'1- HICKOK dc CAN TINE.
HAKJ?IBURO, repi. 9.
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PROSPECTUS or a mw Votcat, Th
great increase in the subscription list of the
Casket since the first of tha year, warranta the
most rxtensive improvement on the first of July
next at which lime a new volume will be com
menced with increased vigor. Nothing need be
said of the firm basis on which the Casket stands,
i being elreidy tb oldest migaxine in the country.
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home or abroad ; and beside the monthly ateel en
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ments i unequalled, and they are alwaya accom
panied with an appropriate sketch. No wood cuts
disgrace the work. VV In lever sppear iu the casket
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It is wholly origin 1, of the h ghest ouler, and
sustained by WRITERS OF THE FIRST
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like character. I he variety for which the t a ket
is eelcbrnted, ahall suffer no diminution ; but on
the contrary, every exertion shall bo made to in
crease ita interest.
SEVERAL ROMANCES ot Tit REVOLU
TION have already appealed, and other shall follow
in the course of tho volume, presenting when finish
ed, a complete picture of the manner', and a his
torical account of the great battles at that time.
Thus, the Caket, instead of being filled wilh sickly
sentimentalities, aima at a true delnea'ion of
human nature iu every variety of passion
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terly, or a often a any really new styles arrive from
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or Til a
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ILK SO
CIETY, AND RURAL ECONOMIST.
EDtTFB BT GIDEO B. SMITH.
THIS Journal waa established by the American
Silk Society, for the purpose of diffusing practical
information on the cclturs or si lb in he United
Stales. It has now bein published one yiar, ami
may be considered work or standard ch tractcr.
The first year' iiublication, couipii.iiig the first
vo'ume, containe a mssa of valuablo inloimitioii,
and it wdl be the of j-ct of the editor to make
the second equal in all respeH if not superior, to
the first. 1 be important Tact ia now eta' Indie d be
yond any question, that the people ol the United
States can make silk ch sarin and b rttcr than
any other nation upon earth. It Ins been proved
by unimpeachable testimony, that the entii cost
ii f producing silk ready for ma ket, does not exceed
TWO HOLLARS 1KB TWHTTriVB CUSTS FtB
roi'KD, and its lowest value is rot a dollars asd
rtrrr ckhts; alao, that osa acaa of ground plant
ed in morus multicaulia, will produce the fust year
the trees are planted, focrtx-lioht rounds or
silk, leaving a clear profit to the producer of okk
uiinimtn amid eight DOLLARS ! Ii hss also been
proved that the children and females of any farmer's
f irmly can, with the greate t possilI- ease, produce
from fifty to a hundred p unda of silk every )Car,
without any cost whatever to the expensis ot the
farm after the trees are planted; -nd ther. fore, that
the whole amount of silk will be ao murh clear g in,
a ty from (225 to ? 150. YY tin these facta we Rub
ra I town intell gent people wethec it is not a great
and imporlmt object for them to introduce the cul
ture of silk in every farmer s family in irie Luioa.
To enable all our farmers to make si k. the 'Jocr
hal or tub Amibicah Silk Svcitu' was est ib-
lislieJ; it contains lain practical direction for ccl-
TIVATISO TBK TRtXS, rKCBIBO slid BEARtRO SILK
worms, beklirb tni silk, and prep .ring it for
market, dec, besides all other infarination that can
be r quired to enable any pt rson to enter upon ihe
business, either on a large or small scale. Every
fiiend of his country, into wh so hands this paper
may fall, will be d iug a patriot and philan'hropisi's
work by iuduriruj hia friend and neighttouia to en
ter their names upon the li.t of aubrcriber.
'I he Journal of the American Society is published
month'y, in pamphlet form l rach number contain
thiitj two octavo pages, pi inted on ntw type and
haiidaoma paper, wiih a priuted colored cover.
Tr.RMe i Two dolltrs a year, or six copies for
ten de'la s, 'waya to lie paid before the work is
sent. All subscriptions to beiu wilh the first num
ber of the yesr, and in no esse v. ill the work be sent
to any aubscriber longer than it .hull hav le.n
paid for.
fXj N w (i bscbibxbs, who tals the first nd
second volumes, wdl be charged only Tbreb Dol
lar for the two year.
Works ot Nature.
I.N a atite of health the intestinal canal may be
compared to a river whose watei flow over the ad
joining land, through the ch.mi.el nature or art
has made, and improves their qualities; and to keep
up the comparison of the river, ao long aa it tuna
on smoothly the channels arc kept pure and healthy;
but if by soma cause the course of the river is tor
ped, then the water in the canals ia na longer pure,
but oon becomes stagnant. There is but one Isw
of circulation in oatu a. When third ia a super
abundance of humorial fluid (si-rocity) in the intes
t nal tube, and Convenes lakes place, ll fl ws
back into the blool teasels, and infiltrate iuoif in
to the circulation. To establish the free course of
th river, we must remove the o struetions h ch
stp its free coure. and tho a of its tr buLry stream.
With th body, follow ihe earn natural principal j
f. m ve. by that valuable purgative medicine Itran
d'tlKjt Vnivertal Vegetable Pills, which ar an ef
f. dual assistance of nature, th superabundance of
humors iu tha intestine ranal. By per.-everiug in
this practice, the ways of the circulation will then
be ietorrd to tho full exercise of their natural func
tions, and a stale of health will l firmly eatabluh
ed Remember, never sutler a drop of blood to be
taken from you- Evacuate the humors as often
and aa long a they are degenerated, or a long
you are sick.
Dr. Brandreih's Office in Philadelphia, ia at No.
8, NORTH EIGHTH street, where his pills can be
bad at ii cents per box, with full dirocuons.
OTlK'nly agent in Sunbury, is H. B. Master Esqr.
bunbuiy, bept, 9, IS 10.
ASTOXISItlAU IWC'ItliAStlt
FOUR THOUSAND NEW SUBSCRIBERS
IN TWO MONTHS! 11
Whr we Aral purchatttti1 tho olj an J well
known establishment of t'.o
Saturday Evening Fd4t
we sts'ed that the paper circulated o widely
mong th tteady, reading portion of ihe United
Siatca, that we entered upon our Icbor with full
con fid met of the future. Our success has since
been beyond our most sanguine expectation, aaour
weekly receipts overbalance those of any cotempo
tary aper. Our lift has continued to awell up,
with unexampled ropidity, end we have the confi
dence, that at the present rale of increase, we shall
be enohlod in a few month to boast of more than
33,000 subscribers! When we commenced our
lab r, we announced distinctly, that the tone of the
paper should be decidedly moral, and that nothing
ahou'd be adin.tted into our columns, which the
most fnsiidiou father could disapprove of, and de
term ned that aa an approved Family Paper, it
should not contain a paragraph, with the spirit of
which a parent would not wish to hav a daughter
familiar, and vie therefore, with thia view, announ
ced that no theatrical noticea ahould appear in our
columns, and that we should tie opiioeed to theatrra
as thing calculated to injure the healthy action of
an hoiicst mind, aa creative of exhibition demo
ralizing in tendency, and fearfully permcioue in
fact. There were not wanting blusterers, who
made a great parade of opposition, and Croakers,
who predicted duf apeedy downfall, but we threw
ourselves upon the sober, rational and experienced
portion of the people of the United States for sup
port, and we nave been nobly sustained.
W thought and expressed the opinion, that
hovVrver careless many might be upon thia subject,
that few, even if they did not entirely disapprove
of such entertainments, cred a! Oat having the
gross detaili forever paraded before' the eyea of
their children, and the sickening and nauseating
eulogy of all kinds of character made familiar to
their minds.
We drtormined also, that while the paper con
tinued under our control, it ahould be strictly neu
tral in politics, and that as news and literary jour
nalist e had nothing to do with the matter ; this
dcti rmi islion has been strictly and rigidly adhered
to, and while we ahall continue to give our reidcrs
such public document as may be deemed of inte
rest to all, and such a' history of the progress of
political events, as are strictly In keeping with our
duty, and the character of the paper, we shall stu
diously and thoroughly avoid any contamination of
pariizm politics.
The psprr it now printed in a new and beauti
ful type, has received the praise of many editors of
tuste, as 'the handsomest family sheet in the Union.'
Our efforts have been directed to the combining
of beauty and aimplicity wilh utility and latc.
The Post ia printed on a atout wh te paper, ren
dering it neat and durable for filing.
In addition to these efforts towsrd perfection in
the mechanical department, and exterior of our pa
per, no labor, and no cost been spared in the de
velopement of intellectual strength. The present
variety of interesting tales, original, from foreign
and domestic magazine, together with the valua
ble contributions of our own circle of literary
frienda will continue to give intereat to the paper,
while everything important and worthy of note that
nappens in the Old World or the New, shall be
Collected and collated for the taste of out rea
ders. The Ladies' Department shall always be choice
and aelrct, and shall receive strict attention, while
such things aa may interest our juvenile readers,
md that impoiiant and large class of our readtrs,
the Faimir will not be nerloqkd. Iu order to
grutify, aa much as possible, the laudible desire of
our country readers, a portion of our attention will
be devoted to the collection and diffusion of such
News, Memoranda, Tables, Facte, Hinta, &c. as
may seem important to agriculturist, and ihe pop
ulation resident without the confines of our great
cities 1'he state of the mmkeis and the fluctua
tious in the prices will be regularly and what is of
more moment, Currecily given.
We have ever been opposed to the constant
bluster and parade msde by some editors, about
the excellence of their papers, and have resolved
that the Saturd y Evening Post, shall be conduct
ed, aa to speak for it-elf.
Our renter will alwaya find in it columns the
esrliest and mct authentic information, es well as
the most choice and rnteitatning literary mailer.
We hrve totally discarded the ay.tem ol filling the
paper wi.h quack advertisements, but prefer giving
our rejdeis from week to week, entertaining read
ing matter.
And we feel assured that we ahall be no losera
thereby, aa but few readers care about having a p er
filled with descriptions of these nauseating com
pounds. Th Saturday F. veiling Post, will be furnished
for $2 per snnum in advance, or una copy threo
years for $5. To those who wish to subscribe for
a Philadelphia Msgaxine, we will furnish a copy
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GEORGE R. GRAHAM A CO.
No 30 Cartel's Alley, Philadelphia,
Certificate of Agency.
THE following are the duly appointed agents in
their respective counties, for the sale of Brandreih'i
VtetlabU Universal Fill.
Nonhumbeilar d county i Milton Matkey Sl
Chambeilin. Sunbury H. B. Masser. M' Evens
ville Gedde, Green St Wall. Georgetown V.
Midhngdr it Co.
Union county : Lewisburg W.dl Ac Gedde.
Miffjinburg Pellm in & Bet-kly. New Berlin
John M. Benfer. Selinsgrove Eyre dt Co. Mid
dleburg Isaac Smith.
Lycoming county t Williamsport John Smith.
Newberry M. &. J. C. Fun-ton. Muncy W. A.
Petrican. Jersey Shore James H. H pburn.
Columbia county I Danville T. & E. B. Rey
nolds. Caitawisaa C. A. Brohu. Berwick Shu
man Jt Riltenhouse. Blooinsburg-John K. Moyer.
Sunbury, Sept. V, 1840.
George IV. Layng,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MER
CHANT, Ciiisbi't Stbibt Waxar, IIabbisbobb,
IS prepared to reeive Good and Pioduce at the
new warehouse, which hi arrangement, will ena
ble him to forward with despatch to Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Williamsport, Wilkesbirre, C duikhia,
Lancaster, or any other point on the Pennsylvania
and Union Canals, and the Pennsylvania and Har
risburg and Lancaster rsil road.
Good from Philadelphia for Harriabmg, Carlisle,
I'hamberabarg, die. cVc, forwarded with rare and
expedition.
Coal, PtitTtB, Salt aaj Fisb, constantly for
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Essayists. Miss Mary W. Hale, Professor
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