A M ftirMak by Lightning;.
The ship Westminster, on her late passupe
from' London to New Vork, was) ttrnrk by
lightning-. Thuoccnrrence is thus described by
H p!ISSI'll'er.
At 1 o'clock, of tlio 14th instant, I was t-tan-din.?
in the round house with the door open,
w itching the storm and music upon the migh
ty works of God's hands as manifested in the
warring clement. I could see the lightnings
Hash through the clouds of spray, from the crest
tt the waves, but the war of the florin preven
ted tny hearing the thunder, Suddenly a ball
el electric fluid burst apparently over the gal
ley with report like that of a piece of ord
nance followed instantly with such a peal of I
thunder as made the ship tremble. Fortunate
ly we had just hove the ship too, and the watch
were all aft linnling tipon the main sheet they J
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Oec. 2, '.843.
Fob 8ai.it.--. fresh supply of printing; pa
per, vis. ! 100 re tins similar in sire and quality to
the sheet on which this Is printed. AlsoCOreama
of super royal, 21 by 58 inches, all of which will
be l. it the. mill price.
(7- V. ft. Paimm, Esu. at bis Real Estate and
Piul nftW ISfn SO, Tina tlr..at ;l ,lot . ,1.1 . ! n.
felt the shock, nnd described it as resembling (hoti.0,, , A tnJ ,0 (wie fJ f ,
the stroke of a billet of wood upon the lep.
Captain Hovey was standing' upon the quarter
deck holdingon with his right hnnd by the main
tnpsail halyard, and was struck senseless upon
the deck. lie however soon recovered his foot
ing, but found bis right hand, arm and side be
numbed by the stroke. I was about eight feet
from him concealed from view by the angle of
the round house, which was filled with sulphu
rous gas, but I felt nothing of the shock.
An Important Discovery. A means of in
Mnnily stopping a hurse when he runs away has
been discovered in France. It is aimple. A
sudden transition from light to total darkness,
h the principle. It is contrived, by means of
a spring connected with the rcinc, to cover the
horses' eyes. This was done in an instance
when the animals were at the top of their speed,
and the result was their instantaneous stop
page ; for the light being suddenly excluded,
horses no more rush forward, says the disco
verer, without seeing their way, than would a
man afflicted with blindness". The theory rf
the invention ia so reasonable that we arc
strongly disposed to believe in the utility of it,
nnd we sincerely trust that we may not be dis
appointed. Pithrior Bread. Melt 2 oz. of butter in a
pint of warm water, then add a imiall tea-spoonful
of yeast. Now beat well the yolks of 3
eggs and stir them in, then beat the whites to
a Ft i If froth and tlir them in also. They must
be the labt put in. licat the whole well to
gether from 8 to 10 minutes, or until the mix
ture will not adhere to the ppoon. Fill the
pans about three quarters full and ret it to rize,
which will take from 3 to 4 hours. It must be
baked in tho pans in which it is set to rite, and
is to be eaten moderately warm.
A Di'tc'hksm County Lady.
for all monies due this office, fur subscription or advertising.
(Xj ArroijiTMr.jcT bt the, Attobwkt Gctta
bal. G. W. Graham, Esq., to bo Prosecuting
Attorney fur Union rounty, in the place of John
Porter, Esq., removed. The appointment of Mr.
Graham bus given vcy general satisfaction.
03 Ths construction of a Kail Road between
Shamokin nnd Potlaville or Minervile, an a to
form a continuous Rail Road thoroughfare from the
Susquehanna at thin place, to Philadelphia, begins
to attract considerable attention. The completion
of this road in not only highly important to the
Reading Rail Road, but will be of immense ad-
Grrnl Doings ot tlie Union County Hireling.
We were present at a large meaiinp, held at
New Beilin on Tuesday lust, by the Democracy of
Union county. The proceeding were of noordi
nary character. Colonel D a a an n was appointed
chairman, assisted by the uaunl num1r of officers.
After several speeches had been delivered upon va
rioua topic. Jacob Reichly railed upon John Por.
ter, Esq., of the Ledger, for a speech. Mr. Porter,
however, declined, alledging thai his democracy h d
received such a shock rocently, (alluding to hi re
nvvil from the office of Prosecuting Attorney,)
thai be hardly knew where he atood. He then, in
return, culled upon Mr. Reichly for a speech. Mr.
Reichly objected, Hating Ihnt Mr. Porter had no
right to make a motion, a he was no democrat.
Mr. Porter, in h; reply, acknowhdged that hi de.
mociacy ot I ile bud become somewhat alinltered and
disordered, and (hut he found enme difficulty in
determining exactly where he Hon!, or to what aide
he belonged. The chairman here interposed, and
suggest' d to the gcntlennn the propriety of to-sing
up a rbip in order that he might determine by the
wet or thy side lo what paily he actunlly dill be
ll rig, or, in other words, that be m'gbl I e enabled
thua to " define hU position." 'I'hia suggeition
v a recti ted by tho meeting with rounds of ap
pinnae. At itii-a stage of the proceedings the com
mittce i mend and repotted a number of resolutions.
A mot. g llieni w as one, approving (he conduct of
the Hon. John Snyder, and elniming for Union
rounty the next candidate fer Congress. Another,
approving of a judiciuu tariff, and etill arm her,
I approving of the removal of John Porter, Esq. as
Prosecuting Attorney, and the appointment of O.
jiisrEum.
Kitilnrlnl, Conileneeil nnd Rrirrted.
The British Government pav. Prince Alliert
30,000, ($150,0(10.) for his valuable services a
husband to the Queen.
An English piper gives an account of a tea par.
ly of sixty old women, who were the mothers of
eight hundred and sixty-nine children.
In St. Louis, Mo., "John Smith," waa sentenced
to ten y eats' c mfnicinent in the penitentiary, for
stealing.
Santa Anna arrived at Vera Cruz on the SOlh
ult., with an army of 1000 men, and $300,000 to
piy ofl" the troops.
M issachusctts has more tonnage than any other
State in the Union, anil even owns 71,100 tons of
"hipping more than New Vork.
To disMiude his followers from acts of violence,
O Connell tells them Ihnt one live repealer is worth
one hundred dead ones.
Shipments of new Purk have commenced at Cin
cinnati. A Relic. An Albany piper a'ates (list they have
got a small piece of Joph's cojt in their Museum,
abstracted by Mrs. Potiphnr.
The Rsyou Sara, I.., Ledger says "There is a
Cheap and Vol for in Postage.
A large and mol respectable meeting of the ciii
trns of New York, convened, pursuant to public no
lire, in the Rotunda of the Merehanta' Exchange,
and waa organised by calling Curtis llollon to the
Chair, appointing W. W. Todd and others Vice
Presidents, with P, M. Wclmore and Park Bcnja
ruin as Secretaries.
Mr. Park Benjamin read a preimble and reaolu
tions which set forth thot Hie present rales of post
age are oppressive and unjust, and should be
changed for a system that would secure a safe and
spredy and at the same time a cheaper and more
equitable transmission of letters. He called for the
altolisbing forthwith of the Franking piivelege, and
recommended public meetings in the waida and
towns, to petition Congress in relation to this mat
ter. A memorial to Congress was adopted in the fol
lowing form.
1. That the Rates of Postnge now imposed by
the Government ate rxorl itnnt, oppressive to ibe
peo le, and calculated to defeat their avowed object
of miking the Post-office Department pay it own
expenses,
2. That the franking privilege, as it is now au
Ihorixeil and exercise.!, is unjust, unequal, anti-re.
publican, and ought lo be utterly abolished, except
negro womnn now living in this parish, who has ! as it mny be expedient to allow it to cover the
attained the age of about a century and half.
There is an Ameriesn Aloe, or Century Plant,
now exhibiting in Richmond. Vs, The Compiler
fnys, the stalk, which is now about IS feet high, is
W. Gr.ilnim. En. in bis n'aee. After the reo- !
vantage lo Philadelphia, aa we will eudeivor lo i., ,;.. , r . n , n
" lotions Were illnoaeil rtf. I.aiiIiii Homtnpl ftil.Irefi
ed the meeting in a rpiri'ed dutch spee. h, at the
conclu-ion of which the meeting adjourned.
strictly official correspondence of the I'oat .office
Department itself.
3. That not imt third of the correspondence of
the country now pays postage in he mails, nor
t ...:il .:i r , , t
. i:,,u ... . .i ii i l i i "i" hiiiii nit mi's oi imisiiicc ore creai y reuueeu
a little more than a month old, and haa nearly a . 1 " '
thousand buds and btossoma, each as it f.tdesleav.
show hereafter.
The Milton Ledger contains the proceedings
of a suit, which the editor of that paper instituted
agninst E. Y, Bition-r, Esq., for five dollars, for
printing tickets in 1843. The Justice, Henry
Frick, Eq., however, after hearing witness on both
sides, decided, the plaintiff had no cause of action.
The editor says, that "this, no doubl, was the result
of justice and equity." We know nothing of the
rase, personally, and cannot conceive the ground
of eompluint on the part of the Ledger against Mr.
Bright, unless it is beeause the editor hit lieen de
feated on bis own dunghill. If there has been any
error, he should blame the Justice or the witnesses,
and not tho defendant.
Since the above was written, Mr. Bright has re
quested ui to aay lhat he never authorized Mr
Porter lo print tickets, and thai he proved by one
r.f the editors of the Miltonian, that he declared, at
the lime he had hia tickets printed at lhat office.,
thai Porter should not print any ol his tickets. He
also proved lhat Porter's tickets were not correctly
printed, and could not be used.
Soap-Stone Ghiddi.es. As the season of
jianralvt is coming on, it may bo interesting to
some of your readers to know, that a griddle
made of soap-stone is greatly superior to the
ordinary kind made of cast iron. They require
lew greasing, and are not subject to the frequent
changes of heat and cold which occur to the
thin iron ones. They should be of any size re
quired, and about I to 1 inch in thickness. I
have one in use, and the cakes baked on it are
better than from theordinary kind, and is giving
greater satiblaction to those in the culinary de
partment. Exchange.
The editor of the 'Baltimore Farmer and
(Jardener' isay, that the best remedy he ever
tried in his family for a cough or cold, is a de
coction of tho leaves of the pine tree, sweeten
ed with loaf biiour, to be freely drank warm
when going to bed at night, and cold through
the d:iy.
A Ci.i:rical SniFi.K. A Demnrara paper
of the 10th ult., gives an account ol a tcujjle
in a Catholic Church of that colony, between
the Bibhop and a Dr. Clirton, also a Catholic.
The Doctor committed a breach of canonical
i tile, by bt-iiidtng within the railing of the altar
while reading prayers. Tin Bishop collared
tho Doctor and ordered a policeman to take
charge of him, the result of all which was cross
actions at law, and both parties were bound o
ver for trial.
(Jj Congress will meet on Monday next. A full
quorum, it is thought, will lie present, when the
Message of the President will be read I1 is s iid
lhat the President will certainly recommend the
annexation of Texas to the United States. This
will be like throwing a fire brand into the House.
The Southern members will generally favor the
measure, whilst the northern and eastern members,
with some from the west will never consent to it,
especially as Texas would lecomea tlave state.
ffj' PosTAor. Congress will be petitioned this
wiutri from every siclion of (he Union, for a re
duction of postage on letters and newspapers. The
pre-ent r.itrs of postage are so Inch, aa to drive out
of the rraile on our great thorougbfsrea, at b-avl two
thirds of the b Hi r and pnpets. A large meeting
was recently held t New Yoik on this subject. A !
uniform postage of 5 cents on all lettera not exceed,
ing half an ounce was recomtnen led, and a half
cent on papers The Hairislurg Union proposes
rati a of A, 10, and 15 ets according to distance.
We obj, ct to ibis, as those who live at a grent dis
tance have greater necessity for frequent corres
pond! nee and should not be taxed for it. In
n gurd to newspapers, the postsge should not he
more than a quatter ofa crnt, when carried with
in the cotin'y. This rule would produce a gieater
revenue than the pre-ei.t rates, since not more than
one fourth of the papers now distributed enter the
muil.
ing a clear drop of honey, etc.
The eanal boat Fur Trader, at Rochester, N.
Y., to, k fue, and the body ,.f a Scotchman, named
Howie, was found in the c.ibin, burnt lo a cinder.
He had become intoxicated, and was thua unable
In make his escape.
The F.jprclt of Trrrar. The T.on.lon Athenav
urn siys "A lad in good health, about 12 years
old, awoke in the night, screaming from the vivid
impression made upon his mind by a dream, in
which he thought he was about to be murdered.
The nextday hia hair began to full off, and in a
fortnight he was quite bald."
In his paer, Major Noh boasts (bat of the im
mense numbers of Jews in New Yoik city, not one
ha ever demanded oid, as a paupc-, from the over
seers of the poor.
The Springfield Gazette says freight car waa
backed off the railioad track near the depot, i-ilo
and tho franking privilge abolished
4. That a uniform charje of fire crwt,i, in ad
j vance. on each letter weighing not more ihm hill'
! ounce theieafter, for all di-t.inces, would afford ai
least aa much revenue, and be vastly more beneficial
to the public, than the present exorbitant rate.
5. That the present arbitrary, capricious and ex
cessive charges on the conveyance of printed mat.
I ter olhrr than newspapers, in the mails, seers di.
I rectly calculated lo drive awav custom from the
j Department, when its plain interest should I.m.I it
I (iicoutt and attract Inisine-s. as all of us are obliged
j to do if we would live by it. We would, therefore.
j requeal the adoption of a uniform rate of postage of I
j one half cent on every newspaper, p. riodical, or
! linted aheel, conveyed in the mail, when the pist
jageispaul in advance, and double that sum on
eich sheet which nny be so conveyed, when it is
not so paid in udvnce.
C That the reduction of our rates of postage to
sums computed, and payable in the Federal Cur.
fj Dailv Papkr at Hahhisbc bo. The edi
tors of the Democratic Union, published al Harris
burg, will publish a daily paper during the session,
which will contain the full proceeding! of the le.
gislature. The following are the terms :
Dailt during the srssion (Super Royal sir.e) $ 3 00 j
r.Mi-wr.Rir " (Double Koyal size) 2 00
Wki ki.t permanent auhscrihers, (twice a wtek
during the session) , . . , 3 00
Subscription left at this office, will be forwarded
to the editors.
HtNBT lli'KHLftH, Esq , of Hxrrisburg, is
spoken of as one of the candidates for Clerk in the
House of Representatives at Washington.
X A new company ha heen formed for the
purpose of running a line of Steam Packet Canal
Beat on Ihe main line, between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia. Tkey will run Ihiongh in 02 hours.
fXj" Some villains r cently eel fire to (he Court
House in Carlisle. The fire waa confined to the
ro on in which Judge Hepburn had hi library, and
did not materially injure the building. The Judges
loss, however, in the destruction of bis book a
mouiit lo about 1000.
Ati empt lo Dtcor Slav. An attempt wa
made in Washington city, on Friday evening, to
decoy awuy right or ten slaves, and lake them to
Canada. A coloied man, named Thomas Small,
wood, ia kuppnucd to be the outhor of the attempt.
A bundle of letter was secured, directed lo slave
in Washington, dated at Torooto, and signed by
negroes who once lived at the former place, but who
have run away, from lime to time, and are now re
aidenta there. One of ttics letters (the latest) ia
datud 30tl October last, and advise them t escape
from thi "laud if bondage" and go iheie and join
ibem "on Queen Victoria' lands." The ufiicer
took poMcsiiuji of the horse and wagon, as weH
a all lb !!. The latter wcie all committed to
jail.
A F.maie Saiiuh The Bangor Whig eey
On Tuesday morning there was found, upon the
wharf near Ihe loll-briflge, a woman's entire clo.
thii'K and scicral locks of hair. These article were
soon identified as U longing to Mercy A. Worthing,
a g'nl obout H years ol ge. It i uppoed lhat
the asumi d ihe gnrh of sailor, and ha abandoned
home and fiii tide and virtue, for a bleak ani vicious
foyage on the tempest of life. Such e"tKe must
inevitably bring with il a daily and h.xi'ly punish
ment, anJ i most likuly to end iu iqwu diFgrsce,
degradation ami ruin."
Mr. Jane Vsndcrg'ift, advirtistng her hubud,
Myii I.a'ge whisker are a sura indicalioit f a
iuW Wu take the Ub wofJ U il.
crj- A Thievish Doo. While in Philadelphia
a few wet ks since, wa heard a singular financial
operation talked of, which we do not iccollect to
hve cen reported in any of the city pajiers. An
honest porter bad Ifen sent by hia employer to the
Bank of the Northern Liberties on some business.
Or. his return home, when about a square from ll.e
Bank, in Callowhill street, he looked around and
observed a large pocket book in the mouth of bis
dog. He took il from hint, and on examination
discovered thai il contained a large iiumlwr rf Bank
notes, supposed lo have been about f 10,000. Ho
immediately returned the pocket bookand money
to the Bank. The. only way ihe officer could
account for ihe " abstraction" was, that the dog had
entered the enclosure and taken the pocket book out
of a large iron aafe, in which il had bceu deposited,
and which had been lift atanding open.
fXj Tha. The last new from Texas contra
dicts the story that President Houston wa con-
niving with the British Government, to throw
Tesas into the bands of that power. The British,
however, have laid a claim for 20 millions of acre
of land, which they have determined lo resist.
(J A Frenchmsn and his wife, lately attempt,
rd to smuggle eight hundred gold and silver
watches into New Yoik. A large number ofthem
were ingeniously quilled in the petticoat of the
I wife. The fiee trader at once set up the cry of
j "a high tariff," when in fact, the duty on these
I witches, wa almost nominal, only 7 per ct,
" Immfnre Sacrifice. The splendid Mar
ble Banking I louse and I aut, situate on Chesnut
street, Philadelphia, belonging to the late Bank
of the United States, was sold at Auction on
Tuesday lust, by order of the Trustees', for jS'i'i,
0(H1. Hardly mfFicient to pay for the steps in
front of the building." Hotttville Umpotium.
fjfj" SoMaTiimn of a mistake, friend Palmer.
The bit i.lone, rf the U. S. Bank, which hia a front
of l.'iOfeit in Cbesuut street, would sell fur fl.10,.
000. The price a-ked for the whole i 5300,000.
There ia some talk that the General Government is
about to purchase it. The aile referred to ia part
of the lot and matble building adjoining the Bank
of the U. States.
Jim in mi Raiihoao. The I. it Miners' Journal
says that the President of the Coinp oiy, Mr. Cii-
er, has g. ne to El gland for the purpose of Hoiking
i.rr kcnn nts fur the iron ol Ihe fCcond track. This
Tact, when taken in connexion with the receipts as
.ul lishid from week lo week, argues a prosperous
and encouraging state of existence for the company.
NonntsTowx lij i iho ii. Norriatowii Railroad j
shares have recently risen considerable in priie,
wlin.li ia atlril'Uti il, says the Ledger, "to a ni'Muii
that the It. ading Itai'ioad Company purpose to
purchase the Nnrri.town road, or lo use it, and
thus wholly avoid the Stale wo ks. Such an cm
li)nni.l i the rend would certainly give the
rhairs incressed value but that such an union is
likely to uciur, our icailes are aa c ipable of judg
ing a ourselves.
Stum s thkCakal. We have been struck
with a slut, tnent in ihe Lunc st. i (Pa.) Union, lela- j
live 1 1 u voyngeof an iron strainer, t lie Pioneer, from
New Yoik, v a Philadelphia, to Luiicdtttr, wihan
assorted cargo, consigned lo John .N. Lane, Mei
A Son, Jo rph Howil, and others in that city.
The IV lieer left Philadelphia en Fri.lav, the 3d
till., descended the Delawaie at ihe rule of ten
km t- au In nr. pi.sscd 'hrough the I 'he.epeake and
Delawaie Canal, cro-a d the bay to HavrcilcG race,
ami ascended the Tide Water and Su-qui hanua
Canal lu Columbia, at the raic of five knots, per
burning the whole distance in Iwiuly-six hi.u.a.
W e shall It 1 1 anxious lo know how this mode of
navigation icsuhs on sec, nd ii th.id trial.
the river, f ist Wednesdoy, kUling a calf and four j rency of this Union, is demanded by a just regard
tut kies, and seriously wounding a venerable cuw. j lo national character, no less than lo the obvious
i r.i.
An E.iiibsh nnner. snc.kin, ofltussel's the v,v. cu.irn.en ' " l0.lft
o i i i "
calisi) attempt lo marry Shaktpeare's most tragic
sc. nes to mtisir, suggests as a subject for the next
adaptation, ihe President's message.
The Wheeling, Va., Times say that a very in
telligent Flench gentlemen, who is well versed in
the silk business, intend going into Ihe culture of
silk in that vicinity.
The New Oilcans papers stite lhat one thousand I
k gs of powder were recently seize I on board a
vessel at lhat port, under an ordin ince of the city
fur the preventation of fires. The fine for such vi
olation of the law i. f25 ssr bun !rcd pound-'. At
tins rate the owner cf Ihe powder ei7.e l upon will
be compelled to piy a fine of about f 5000.
7. That the ienal enactments and denunciations,
by which it is sought to compel the people lo sup
port the Post office, when their own interest and
convenience may be better subserved without il,
are a' surd, lyrsnnical, inefficient for any good pur
pose, and ought lo be abolished.
Al the suggestion ot Lewis Tiipp.m, the Ge.
neral Committe. was ordered lo be enlarged lo
I twenty-one, the President of (he meeting bcintr
Chairmin ; and said commit'ee was authorized to
collect facts and funds, and do every thing in its
power to promote the object of postage reform.
Consequences of High Ptnge
The Evening Express of yesterday thti. il-
John Quincy Adams is an early liser. The i lustrates the operation of the present onerous
edilor of the Cincinnati Message, of the 13th, J rates of postage :
A Dishonest Postmaster Pnnleherl.
E A.Crandall, postmaster at Cainak, fieo.,
has been convicted of faking money from a let
ter directed to Jesae Uicketon, Carnak, Geor
gia, and sentenced to ten ycart hard hilar in
the State prison of Georgia. At the request of
Ricketson, Crandall wrote a letter, consigning
some cotton, directing its sale and the remission
of the proceeds to Rickefson. The cotton was
sold, and the money (some !14fl) remitted ac
cordingly. Crandall, being postmaster, took the
letter, opened it, and used part of the money.
NVhen applied to by Bicketson, lie paid over tho
money, but alleged that he opened the letter
because it was directed to himself; and, to make
this appear, he lore ofT the hack of the letter,
directed the other half to himself, and appended
lite Augusta post-mark in writing. Rieketson
apneared contmt w ith the transaction at the
time, hut subsequently went to Augusta and as
certnined the facte. Other moneys having heen
lost on that route, and the above facta coming
lo the knowledge of Mr. Alexander, the general
agent of thn Post-office Department, he at once
had Crandall arrested and indicted. The spe
cial agent, writing to the Post maslcr General,
says "it is rrrtain lhat Crandali has stolen from
the United Slates mailt), at his office, Camak,
within two months past, over yj,(H)() that I am
able to trace to him by conclusive circumstan
tial proof. 1'liilad. LcJgtr.
Joseph I.ong has espoused Jane Wrunn, in
Petersburg, Vl. Hope they will find life in the
I.iiit" Wrunn, pleasant and prosperous.
II I.TI M OK K ."i Ut KET,
Office tf the U vi timohk A m ebica.v, Nov. 27.
Ff.OUli The muket for Howard street Flour
continues without much alteration, and holder u
nifornily ask ft 37 for good mixed brands, at which
price we note a Sale or two to-day. The last set
l ling teceipt piice was f t 25.
We hear of no transactions in City Mills Flou'.
Some holders ask f 1 37 J, and others arc wilbn?
to sell at 51 23.
GHAI.V The supply of Wheat has not been
huge lu-day. The sales show no change it price.
We ipiote good to prime al 83 a 03 cents, and in
( rior to good at 70 a SO els. Fauvly Flour white
wheal is worth 05 a tOit cts. Corn is in ileur.i'vl.
Sabs in-day al 35 :i 40 cts. for new whi.e and at
40 a 42 c nts fir ne.v yellow. Old is worth 15 a
1G cts. fof ve'low and 40 a 42 cents for wbito. We
pi ile M l. Rye at 00 c's. Sales of O ils at 21 a 23
cents, according to pmhty.
WHISKEY. The demand is limited. Small
sales of bhds. at 22 cts. and of bhls. at 2.1 cts.
Costaoiot. A person wh.'se blood is pure
may enter the pc-t-house unharmed ; while one
whose blood is eortupt wou'd inhale the contagion
in the street. The virulence of ihe infection will
depend not on the st ile of htm who imparted it,
but solely on the sta'e of hit fluids who received
it. The same is true of Infineon, and every other
suppo-ed contagious disease. Jirnndrrth'h Tee.
table 1'ttitrrxnl I'illt being a direct purifier of the
blood, and a cleanser of the stomach and bowels,
will be found singularly eircctive, not only in pre
venting but curing diseases ; because Ihey remove
from thcb xlv that which produce a fuul state of
blood, b fore il has lime to produce gangrene or a
ny o her fatal i fficts.
Pur.h.iso of II. IJ M.tssrr, Sunbury, or of
thn auents, published in another part of ibis piper.
says 1 We saw John Cjuincy Adams at 5 o'c'ock
this morning, from our office window, reading in
hia room at tho Henry House.
Til fciiaiuoklnwiMl Schuylkill llnll Itoads.
Nr.w Rail Roars. We understand that the ci
tizen of Shamokin and Sunbury have convened to
gether and approprialed a certain sum for the pur
pose of having a proposed route for a nil nal su.
veyed fiom the former place to this district. We
leuin that an engineer is already engaged, and sc
cotdinii to his project Ihe proposed road will inter
red t').' Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Road al
the Broad Mountain. Il is asccrtcd by thtse enga
ged in this unduiukiiig, thai the whole route can
be couipleled w ith but 800 feet of tunneling.
Miners' Journal,
The object of the "new railroad," lo which ihe
Miners' Journal refers, is understood lo b,i the for.
"Wednesday was picket day fir the steam
er at Boston. Many hundred- of letters went
from this city to Boston, not one tenth ofthem
through the mail, we are sure. How were
they carried then ? Why, the banks or mer
chants made tip a package, sealed it, and di
rected it to their correspondent in Boston.
Somebody took it on for '.'.") cents, it is proba
ble. Who that gnmrlnxly is, every body knows,
but it is not any body's business to tell. The
package in the hands of the Boston correR.
potident, he breaks it open, ond lo ! it is full of
letters for the steamer ; and it is not the some
body'ii business who brought it on, to know that
there was in it a single letter. He took it as
a package of goods, or of any thing else. The
.Tf .1 li It I K It ,
On ihe 2fi h till., by the Rev. A. Briltain, Mr.
Ju.he.vii H Sr. Cum lo Miss Jclia As Faux
worth, both of August i township.
I'l Turbiii township, on the lfth nil., by Ihe
I lt-v. Jamea Williamso i. Mr. Si no Lacmtx, of
Delaware township, lo Misa H a n h i kt Mahsii, of
the former place.
In Wi kesbarre, on the 10th. ult.. by Ihe Re.
Mr. Cl.nton, Olivkh Watsovi, E-q., of Willi ims
port, lo Miss M tin r. rr a, daughter of the late Judge
Score, i f Wiikesharre.
In Mibon, on ihe 231 nit., by the R.-v George
H.ldt. Dr. Koni.nr M'Ei.hatii to Mis Siiiiaii A.
Wrrt.s, both of Mooresbutg.
On the 7ih ul'.. by the Rov. Mr. Ewinir. Mr;
D.mkl G Yomis to Miss Mm ELiznaru Hort
WKLt. both of Northumberland.
At Philadelphia, i n the Hill ult., by the Rev.
Dr. Parker. Mr. Hrvsr WiLKixa.of Baltimore,
to Misa Habiukt llf.ent HS, daughter of Jaini
Boston correspondent pays the Boston posttnas- ; Hepburn. Esq., of Philadelphia
Sliy.l'ltK HI Tllfc NtW VuHK Cl'kTO.M Hoi'Hk
Oiiicms. A tiiiuir of 118 valuable ciJJ and
silver watcht, several boxes ofjwelry, and silvei
spoons, lo a latge amount, was made on Monday,
by a Custom House officer iu New Yo k. The ar.
licit It longed to a passenger in the packet ship U
tica, from Havre, Hi movement excited suspi
cion, when be was searched, and watches, jewelry
and spoons were founJ in his boot and pockets.
Mr. Gail, jeweller, of New York, and hia wife, c.
bin passengers, were ol servttd to slip into their stale
room, which wa inatanlly searched. An under
coat made for the purpose lo fit the lady, wa found
with fifty watt he htudsomtly quibed in it, also, a
bill for the grntleman, filled with watehea, all be
longing to Mr. f J, it, end which would hav been
smuggled on shore in a short lime.
An Historical Society ha heen org nixed at
Pittsburg, Pa., with the Hon. II anna r Denny for
il PresiJtDi.
j ter one cent for each letter, and the Boston
t Kwtinastor is hound bv la w to despatch all these
.nation of a connection l-etwecn the Phil ulefpUia U(J f n mais nowcan thc
ana roiisviue raitronu aim tne nnannutin anu oun
bury railroad. By way of Poltsvillc, th re is an
interval of about tiflccn miles, between the present
Western termination of the railroad from Potlsville
to Ciratdville, and the Eastern teimiuntion of the,
laiboad from Sunbury lo Shamokin. By the route
lo Schuylkill Haven, it is alleged, that the interval
lo f irm a continuous road, is seventeen miles from
the Shamokin road lo the Western termination of,
tho Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven ladroad.
Wbith route will be preferred ia altogether uncer
lain, nor haa any Engineer expressed an opinion,
il is believed, as the intended examination has not
yet been made. 1'he inclined plane on Ihe old
route by Pol'aville, ate objected to impediment
lo travelling, und it is allrged that the route to
Schuvlkill Haven may le conducted without such
plant a. Were thi 7, by either route filled up,
and another gap on the Wiltiamsport and Elmira
railroad, there would be a continuoua railroad
from Philadelphia lo the centre of the State of
New York except the forty mile of eanal na
vigation from Sunbury to Willtaiuiport. Our ci-
tiaens cannot regard the proposed connexion with
indifference. Were the interval between the Sha.
mokin and Ibe Schuylkill completed, a continuoua
railroad fiom Philadelphia would be within five or
iz miles of our iron woika, and Ihe project long
contemplated of constructing ihi short road lo the
Shamokin road, would, probably, I soon accom
plished. A statement of the probable cost and in
come of this extension from Danville lo the Sha
mokin Coal Region we published in thi paper a.
bout iwe yeaia ago, to which article w will refer
in a future number. Danvillt Dcmocrut,
Post OfTice Department help this It cannot,
j indeed ; anil thus business is now done be-
tween all the large towns from Buffalo am! Bil
j litnorc to Boston. But few pay postage, or
i mean to piy postage as they hire been paying,
! much longer."
Ci'Biot' Rklic. Our towninan, Fii.sm 11.
Nichols, Esq. has in his possession one of the ce.
lebraled Washington Pennies," an account of
which his been going the rounds of the late pHrs.
It hsa on one stde a likeness of Washington, and
on ihe other side the American Eagle, with ihe
dale 1791. But thirteen of Ihcso Pennies were eoi.
ned, Washington having caused the die to be de
stroyed, aa oon a one of the coin was shown lo
him, with his own ltkencs upon it. 7t. Emp.
On the 5th ult.. by Divid Marts. E-q.. Mr.Gso.
Kju. to Mis Sahaii Swama, both of Rush town
ship. On the 9th inst., by ihe same, Mr. Gun, Pr.
sinii, of Columbia county, to Mis Mabi J'iicrs
to, of Shamokin township.
PK1CK CUUIIKXT.
Corrected uvikly hi I It my Yiuctheimer,
WllCAT,
Kir,
Cob, -
Oats,
PoBK,
Flaxsckii,
Bl'TTKB,
Dt:.WAX, -
Tallow,
Drihi ArrLis,
Do. Paachks,
Flax,
HkcKitii Flax,
Euas,
- K5
Ml
40
25
5
1(10
10
25
10
75
200
a
10
6
A Nice Toy. Among other pretty toys in Bon
fanli' tore, Broadway, New Yoik, one ia spoken
of as being lather a pretty affair the price being
one thousauJ duliart ! It i in the form of a nufT
box, which i made of fin gold, out of which, when
it i wound up, jump a small canary bird, that
ling a waltz and disappear. It i au Ingenious
affair. All the wheel run on diamond'.
AnvtBTisiMo. The Catskill Recoidsr says,
with much truth : "Show u the man among u
who ia continually complaining for lb want of
trade, and at ihe same lima ia wondering"how the
dickens" such and such places have so great a run
of custom, wa will show you one who i too penu
rious to spare ten or fifteen dollars a year for advertising.
"Good Intent Tire Company.''
A STATED MEETING of Ihe Company will
le held on Thursday evening next, at 7 o'clock,
at the School House. Punctual attendance is re
quired. CHAS. J. 15RCNER.
Dee. 3, 1813. Secretary.
NEW GOODS.
fl-IHE subtcriljcr ha received a fresh upply of
I Fall Goods, which he will sell chesp for cash
or country produce. II. il. MAoSbK,
Sunbury, Dec, 2d 1 8 1 3.
FORESTVILLE
Hit ASS sUlGIIT DAY CLOCKS.
riHE subscriber ha just received, for tale, a few
X of the above celebrated Eight Day Clock,
which will be sold al very reduced price, for cash.
Also, superior 30 hour Clock, of the best mike
and quality, which will be sold for cash, at f 4 60.
Alan, auperior Brass 30 hour Clorks.it f 8 00.
Dec. 2, 1843. H. B.MASSER.