tk A.U ftlOrll.T, IttPllflTA.IT rfoit
,.-,? Nhjtirn.' ' i
t!keti- of Anay.i ot Proldrnt-R-porltd Ar.
r Worth Ctn'l I'illuto, and Col.
Ihinenn. Hy (trdrrnf My'er.G'cwrrcj Stfifl.
rtembereot Conrreee Rt'tiriojj from Queretaro
'.in Dieejhi Pronooiiearmiilo hy Suldiers in
: rV'r til Santa Ai.nn I Itn BiniHtl ft.-vnlic
li'.n -R.i-'t.imotitH with in Atniy ol 9.000
(i- in Ml Scott ami the M. xrn Newspapers
, The schooner Portia, Cap!. Wkkemsn, arrived
heir on Sunday a.'ieiMOon, basing tailed fiom
Vera Cruz on the 1st unit..
Tie-news ol tbi arrival if ry important, and
first of all, the story about Santa Anna' being
at the head of 13,000 men, and threatening and
overawing Congress, and the despatch of Gen.
Worth to Queretaro to protect Congress all
turns out to b mere moonshine ; no mor au
thentic than On. Scott's famous entry into Mex- !
iro in t hi middle of July lait. A gentleman
thoroughly conversant with Mexican atTaira. who
cams passenger on the Portia, assures Da that
fiom the beat information he could obtain be it
satisfied that in place of being in command of
eighteen thousand men, Santa Anna has not eigh
teen hundred, ror even a Imndred and eighty fol
lowers With Ibis rumor falls a good deal of
very judicious composition upon the renewal of
the glories of Napoleon, the return from El
ba, &r.. &c.
Gen. Anaya was elected President of Mexico
on the I lib inst. He has once before been Pro
visional Pi evident. His present trm of olfica
extends only to the 8th of January next. He is
known to be In favor of peace. Informing bis
cabinet he continued Mora y Villt&nil in the War
Dcpsitinnt, and made Pena y Pena, Ute the
President, his Secretary of State. The whole
administration is in favor of an honorable peace,
and one of Its first acts was to dispatch a com
misoii to the city of Mexico to reopen negotia
tionswitb Mr. Trist. The commissioners were
Senors Conto, Aristian and Cuevas and General
Hibcen, the first two bavin; been on the former
cnrr.misiion. Mr. Trist'a powert had been re
voked prior to the arrival of the commission and
a Gen. Scott possessed no powers lo treat with
them it is presumed they were referred to our
Government at Washington.
The next most important intelligence by ibis
arrival ia the reported arrest ol Gen. Worth, Gen.
Pillow and Lieut. Col. Duncan, by Geu. Scott,
t he resort is tbst letieis written by these gen
tlemen reflecting upon the commander-ill chief
hue fallen into his possesion, upon which he at
once arrested them. We have not yet received
any letters from the city of Mexico later than
the 2 ltd ol November. They make no mention
of these arrests, but we have letters on the Ma
lia Cuit from the city of Mexico, which we pre
sume will elucidate the whole matter.
Here is an extract from another letter which
gives us an account of sharp affair with guer
rillas, which is very creditable to our aims :
Mtxico. Nov. 19, IS47.
On the 8th inst., tbirty-six wagons belonging
to merchants in this city and Puebla, left the lat
lei place with a lo: of tobacco, dry goods and
biai.dy, destined for this city. On reaching San
Martin, Gens Rea and Torrejon, in command of
the gut:nilU force there, made a descent upon
the wugons, captured them and started off for
QuereUio, via Tlascala -Information was con
veyed to Gen Lane at Puebla, wbo started after
tLem with a force of infantry and the cavalry
command ofCapt. Roberts. ' When they reached
Tlascala they found tht enemy there, and Capt.
K lm had been sent to the rear of the town,
seeing a movement to run off the train, charged
upon th- guerrillas, completely routing them,
killing seventeen and taking thirteen officers
prison-rs In the mean time portion of the
wagons, which bad been taken mile from tbe
town hy a party of tbe enemy, were set on fire
an! six destroyed before the infantry came up,
who rescued the remainder. 1 think this Will
be a lesson to the guerrillas, and teach them that
the Americans are determined to protect the
mercantile interests of ibis country, no matter
to what nation the merchants may belong.
Santa Anna has assumed the command of the
army in Oajaea He says that he was deprived
of the command by. Pen y Pena, in order that
the latter might find no obstacle! in 'making
peace with tha Americans He avows bis de
teiniiuatiun lo oppose any negotiation for peace
with tbe Americaa forces occupying any portion
of the Mexican territory.
viwdarow Oaitreare by America Traapa
Mmh Piwsx ludlans.
St if a Kttt.d und Twenty Wounded
ritrtttURo, Dec. 20lli. 1847.
Inte'lijiei'Cn lit beuii received from Fort
Main t'l 'he ti.Vh Oetoher,, piving the psrtictl
r of a detestable ma'sacre (hat had occurred
here. The A'neriesn tr.-op? bad invited a num.
ber ol Pawnee Indiana into the Fort, who upon
Mime eltyjhl elm rf s ,trrl were set upon and
eerrn killed and tweiry a minded by Col. G l
pui'e men. Thia horrid outrage waa aoiniuitted
tiurin the absence nt dl. Gilpin.
Penle't Court f Death hat been considerably
injured by Are at S'. I, ilia.
The upper M iBieipui it almost doted by ice.
A Great Tonnki. A tunnel, two and a quar
ter in lies in lenyth, is in the course of construc
tion, mk.'c' the 1ulo nf Liverpool, designed to
connect the rsilroait depot at Edghiil with the
North rwks at the water's edge, where the for
eign sliippini! centres. This great tunnel Is to
t railed the Victoria Tunnel, and when it it
completed ships' esrgns will be taken directly
o 'he depot at Fghi". without lb present hea
vy cost for cartage. 1'bt mnnel underminea in
- itt course several church-!, which will be only
- 00 feel above tbe roll of the locomotive. The
railway company i London and Northwestern)
. nave lo pay coiriieusalioii to tha owners of every
- nouse and building under which tbe tunnel
.atsct. .Two thousand oien are now employed
Kn tbi great work, the tiperatiout of which are
very dangerous, shaking tntctiaat tha fouoda
I
iuui of the houses aboe.
Hia im U.xtmt. -Col. Sherburne, uf
Phll..UI...i. ...I... . 11 4.1- iii .
F ' puoimnru Dong n,
h -"! up (lift wrath of
nil- imiion ,w reury, smi e votes nearly six
l oliimna lo lhcilciii.diiioii of the Mucy CuIikipI
What particiil.rly Nrniiecs Hit Mercury's indiK
nation, it the ttmi'liieoii bi cnmie to at to the
coneT)iiPiicea i if a wr ln-iwen the U. Htttp
snd Gn at Urilain, wh. cli he en) s would prndtice
lo Knpland thrp thm;:
"A financial em! itniney rriaie; a n be 1 1 ton in
Iri land and a 4itvp(fe ot Hie cotton manufae
tuie ; against which no government would
stand."
And anme speculi'mnt upon a review in
Hyde Park, in which lie indulges the idea
"Whether the child wat nut then born in the
UnitriJ Suti'8. who, bclnre the present century
lia.l pied a way, would either mto or hear of an
American army f 50 (H)l) men being reviewed
in tlyde Park, while the American bvnm-r
pi oudly fl atid lr.nu the H.irM- Guard, White
hall, as the head quarters id Ilia American coin
inomler in chief."
The Mercury culls him a madman and fool,
though twye wisely, ' let tie turn hit tolliea to ic
cniiiit; Inr though 'a fnol'a lil be tiawi thot,' it
I ie ant wiee to cotitenni rviii 'a fnol'a bolt' alio
getlier " This is the beet edvioc the Mercury
tuuld (;ive, and indeed tin true lunda to av rt
any i-ucli dire calmiii'y to liig'sud, aa the an
tlior euppieee. Let the envernment deal jntlly
towards its people, and it will, become impreo;
nsble tj asaaulit fmin without li the confidence
and h(1 ction it creates at home.
- Pile afa nattta tinaka.
The New York Putt anya: Dr. Lee, nf Hart
ford, Ci nn., who hat prtcticed exteniively at
the Hnuth, states that he hut treated five cae
of rntile ennke bite, and all ol them enrceislully.
His remedy it nlceh'd-c liipmr e therj rum,
b-amly nr ein given in lr,e doses. A halt
pint eitry fifteen tmnu'et, inakinp a quart an
hour, is i:ot loo innrh, lo be given aa soon at
poaa.ble after the b:tc. Tliit renn ily list been
uied at the S -u: li to a (irent extent, and has ne
ver been known to lull of a rnre. The I qunr
abaorbtor deadenn the fatal virus, and never in
loxiCHlea the kubject to long as the virus of the
replile it in the ryetem.
In a medical journal ot Charleetnn, some
years since. 1 read of twncKee in p.int, in
which lirjje draurits nf ruin, immediately alter
being bitten by a rattle-make, eared thu pa.
tirnts. One watliat of a criuntryman, who, in
passing through a puce id new ground, trod on
a rattle snke, and waa severely bitten nn the
ancle. Expecting dealli to follow before he
could reach hie Innne, and happening lo have a
bottle of West India rum in hit pocket, he tn. k
a heavy drink of it -more Iroin a purpose of
bring un; on iutexiculion, and thus renderinu
him unroiiK tutu of bit iletperate situation, than
Iroin any knowledge of its remedial effect. He
lay down under the eliade of a in e, fell into a
fcotind sleep, and, on waking up, felt no ill ef
I'ecta from the wound. Upon hi cse being
made known, atiinulus came into repute, and
was uerl in the neighborhood with micceM in
nlhei inn'aace of the kind. The next number
of the Medical Journal pave another exsmpleol
its powerful counter-irritant influence in the
CJse of a negro man who was bitten in lle
baud by a ra tie snake, nrd n ernding to tli
IniUoe for his mauler, bavins felt the areni o'
thnpnition towards hit vituls, and hud down to
die, on being treated with ei veral swallows nt
raw rum in the course of an hour after the in
A ction of the funca, and after a sound umi ot
three hours' durul Km, Inn nmster hud the rati
taction of eeeinjr him wake up a uound man;
thus proving that tlieifli'Cta of the virus act
through the nervous system, and ihut the pro
per remedy it a tpetdy and active ktiuiulua.
Hoo Txadr The Cumberland Mountaineer
of the 16th says
There are at present in town over ten thou
sand hogs, awaiting transportation to Baltimore
by the Railroad. Every day seems to increase
the number, and it is computed that they con
sume four thousand bushels of corn per week.
So great ia the demand lor corn, that farmera
can readily obtain a dollar per barrel, while on
some parts of .the National Road, tbe pi ice ia
higher.
The Cumberland Civilian ol the 17th says
We continue our Hog chronicle. There are
now about 9 000 lings honked at the Rail Road
office for a passsge to Baltimore. Resides these,
a large number have taken the turnpike on their
way to the city. We learn that 10 000 more are
on tbe National Road within thirty miles of this
place. These poikers affoid a market here for
about S3, 000 worth of Corn weekly.
AcctDfcMT o Thk LsNcasi sa Raii.aoao 1 h
liallimore Clipper mentions an accident that oc
curred on tbe Lancaster Railroad on Tuesday af
ternoon .
Winn near the "Hiid in hand Depot," some
seven or eight miles from t.am-ater, the cart
going at a rapid rate, ran over a female, com
pletely severing her bead from her body. Our
informant ssys the accident happened at a short
curve ; and the moment the engineer discovered
a person upon the track, he made every ef
fort to stop the locomotive, but In vain. The
unfortunate deceased was aged between 93 and
30 years, and resided in the neighborhood.
A Sis set at The New York Post say a, a ru.
mor is current in certain circles that the late
P. G. Stuyvesant left an annuity of $1,000 to
Bishop Ondetdonk, on condition of bis resigning
bia office. '
Tms GovtetoB of New York bat issued a
proclamation appointing the 9-Vb of next month
a day of Public thanksgiving in that Common-
wealth
THE AMERICAN
8atritit Itecrmber 18. M47.
t. ft. f'.fWIKH, Erni mt hit litnl E.
tmtemtul Oms? OtKre, corner aV!$rf and Chrtnut
Strttl I'MlmdrlpM, mt kt ItflU .Y. I Bit
Vei Hirt, JVtw IVrit, S. K. dtrntr BnU
limrt mmd Corerlet., Ralttmorr, cmrf .Y 16
mite Sit re', B'm, se mtkrittd t art ere
(frewf, sir (I receipt lor ult metrics dtte fMs
Are, far oatsci-latMn mr mdvtrtimtng,
E. IV. CARR, mrner of Third and Dork
Slrrtti, Sun Riiildingt.' oppnxite Mrchanl'
ExchuitfTt!, Philadelphia, i$ also authorised to
met at our Agent.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Urn. ZAaJIIAIlY TAYLOII.
Democratic Central Taylor Com
rulttce Hon John C Bucher. of Dauphin county
Hon John M Read, of Philadelphia city
Hon Richsrd Vanx do do
Robert Allen, Kq do do
Andrew Miller. Eq Philadelphia county
Samuel D Patterson. Esq Montgomery county
Franklin Vanxiint, Esq. Bucks county
Joseph J Lewis Esq Chester county
Dr William Gray, Delaware county
Henrv W Smith, Esq Berks county
Hon Ell's Lewis, Lsncaster county
Charles W Hegins. Esq. Northumberland co
Hon John Snyder, Union county
Col Jsmes Burnside, Centre county
Robert J Fisher. Esq York county
Oliver Watson, jr Esq Lycoming county
Gen J K Morehead. Allegheny tonnty
Col Israel Painter, Westmoreland county
Thomas J Power, Esq Beaver county
Hon Edward derrick, Bradford county
Hendrick B Wright, Esq Luxerne county
Francis W. Hughes, Esq Sr hoylkill county
James L. Gillis. Esq. Elk county
James Peacock. Esq of Dauphin county
Hon William Dock
do
Gen Simon Cameron
Benjamin Park, Eq.
(tan Christian Seiler
Philip Dougherty, Esq.
O. Barretl. Erq.
Francis C Carson, Esq.
James Brady. F.q.
Edward A. Lesley, Esq
do
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K7" For Sals A strong and well made two
horse wagon, entirely new, for sale, cheap, by
H. B. Masser.
C7" Thb Wxsther Winter has now com.
menced in earnest. We had quite a respectsble
fall of snow about a week since, but the founda
tion was too soft to make it availdable. Since
Tuesday last, the weather baa been cold, which
will prove most acceptable to poultry dealers
and sausage makers.
fX Poci.TtT The late warm weather pro
ved some what injurious to poultry dealers- A
huckster, with about two hundred dressed tur
kies, was obliged to throw his whole cargo over
board, on tht load between thit and Polttville,
a few weeks since.
C7" PlTISUl KO AD CONOELSVILLK RaILROAD
Comcant The legislature, last winter, passed
a supplementary law, autboiising this company
to transfer their stock to make a road West
Iroin Pittsburg. Part of tbe stockholders have
accepted the terms of tha new art, and elected
their President and officeis. The stockholders
lavorable to the original route have done the
same. As the rase now stands, there are tttn
companies organized under one t barter, both clai
ming to be the right one.
Tax oh Nr.wrrtns We are pleased
to see that a determined effort will be made to
repeal tbe law taxing postage on newspapers
within lh county, or under thirty miles. Tbe
inequality of the present law, aud tbe injustice
it indicts on the country Press, is beginning to
be seen by members of Congress The number
ol letters sent through the msils last year, is a
bout 55 millions. The number of newspapers
about the same. The increase of postage on let
ters, last yesr, over the year prrcerding, is $372,
813 21, w hile the increase on newspaper postage,
over last year after deducting 35,609 23 paid by
the British government, for carrying her closed
mails from Boston to Canada, is only about $45,
000. And it is probably fair to attribute about
tbe one batf of this sum, say 922,000, to the an
nusl increase of papers, which, during a period
of war may be considered under, than over tbe
mark Here, then the whole reading portion of
the Union with its two thousand Presses is an
noyed and subjected to a great deal of vexation
as well as expense, to save the paltry sum of
(S3 000 ; making piobably, on an average, a lit
tle more than SlOon the issue nf each Press,
w hich is probably not one half the expense in
rurred by tbe publishers on account of this mia
erable law.
Cy The news from .Mexico is of a more pa
cific character tban any that has been received
during the war. Geo. Anaya tbe newly elected
President is of tbe peace parly, and he has cho
sen for Jiis cabinet, men of lha ssme character.
Mr. Trist having been recalled, there ia now no
one authorized to treat with Ike Mexican com
missioners. Tbese appears also lo be some diffi
culty with our Generals. Gen. Scott, it ia aaid
bat arrested Gena. Worth sod Pillow.
1X7 Tbe city papers are loud in their com
plaints against the Post Master General, for not
continuing the anail on tha rail road between
Washington and Richmond. Tbe proprietors of
tbat road exacted more than the law allowa, and
performed lest service than most of the roads.
We dooot think tbe Post Matter General it to
blame in this instance. He could not well have
acted other wise, without submitting tot (rots
imposition.
07" The friends -of Mr. Buchanan and Mr.
Dallas are at loggerheads in Philadelphia. Thar
have been meetings in lavor of each, as a candi
date for the Presidency. At a late war meeting,
at the State House, both parties were struggling
to put a man of their own at ripe in the chair and
the pneeting wat broken up with considerable
ronfusinn. In tha Ledger & few days since, we
noticed aa an advertisement, a long extract from
Mr. Buchanan's oration at Lancaster, on the 4th
of July 1815, in which Mr. Buchanan was not as
complimentary to the democratic party and to
President Medison, aa tbe friends of the polite
and distinguished aecretary could bave wished.
K7 LtwisTowa Bask. The notea of this
Bank, are telling at a discount nf from 30 to 70
per rent in Philadelphia. It is hard to say what
they are worth but the Bank must have been
most grossly mis managed, if they are not woith
half price, .
07 E. W. Hutter Esq., has taken charge of
the Lancaster Intelligencer. Mr. Hutter has
been anxious for several years paat to get back
among tbe corps editorial. He is au able editor,
and will no doubt improve tbe columns of tbe In
telligencer. E7" S"ark Bitx. The death of Dr. Wainright
of New York, by the bite of a rattle snake, has
brought considerable censure on the medical fa
culty of tbat city. It will be teen, by an article
in another column, that apiritoua liquors ot any
kind, administered in three or four doses of s half
pint each, every fifteen minutes, is a certain cure.
Congresalanal Preceeitlaaje.
Waihisgiom, Dec 18, IS4.7.
The Senate was not in session to day.
Hotsx Tbe speaker announced the report of
the Select Committee on the rules of ordeis
which was taken up, and the question recurring
on agreeing to a aubstitute for part of the origi
nal report, which substitute extends the time
that each member may occupy in debating any
question in tbe House or in Committee of the
Whole to an hour and a half, but givea a member
reporting any measnre from committee, tht
right to open and close a debate, and allows,
where a debate is closed, by order of the House
any member five minutes to explain in Commit
tee of the Whole any amendment he may offer.
Mr. Pollock moved to strike out the words
"and a half," in effect restoring the one hour rule,
with modification noticed.
A debate ensued, in which Messrs. Pollock,
Cobb of Ga , Smith of Conn , Woodward of S C,
Henly, Smith of la , Vinton, Rockwell of Conn ,
Morse, Wick, Holmes ol S C , Thompson of
Penn., and Goggin, participate).
Mr. Brodhead moved tbe previous question,
which was sustained.
Mr. Pollock's amendment was adopted ayes
112 ; nays not counted.
The aubstitute, as thus amended, was then a
dopted ayes 1 16 ; nays not counted.
Tbe rule was reported by tbe committee, au
thorizing a register to be kept by the clei k, of
those intending to debate any bill, resolution, or
other matter, and the order of speaking to be de
termined by lot. Rejected.
Tbe rule tbat members may address the House
in committe of the whole from the cleik's desk,
or some place near the Speaker's chsir, waa a
dopted. Also, a lule that, except during the last ten
days of tbe session, tbe Speaker shall not enter
tain a moment to suspend the rules at any time,
except on Monday, and except, also, for the pur
pose of going into committee of tbe whole, or
providing for discussion on relieving the com
mittee from (he furlher consideration of any bill
referred to such committee after the action,
without debate on all amendments that may be
offered.
Also, the rule that whenever the Committee
of the Whole finds itself without a quorum, the
chairman shall cause the roll to be called. Tbe
Committees will then rise and report tne names
of Ibe absentees, which shall be entered on the
journal.
Also, tbe rule tbat ic Committee of the Whole
all business shall be considered and concluded in
the order of relerence by the House, except the
general appropriation bills, which may be refer
red at the discretion of the Committee.
On the last rule reported by Committee, pro
viding for tbe Standing committee on tbe Smith
sonian Institution, a debate aiose, in which Mes
srs. Hilliard and Johnston of Tenn , spoke, the
latter denouncing the manner in which legislaiion
bad been conducted relative to Ibis institution.
Before any question upon this rule was taken
Mr. C. J. lngersoll offered a resolution wbicb
was adopted, that the rules last offered to tbe
House, with modifications this day adopted, be
the rules of the House for tbe present session of
Congress. Adjourned.
Womsm in THt Aanf Official documents
ttate that there are at least 2300 women attached
to the American army, rooking, washing, and
attending tbe sick.
Msxicas Bouutt Land Wassants. Tbe
Commissioner of the Land Office reports to Con.
gress that bouuty land warrants, which are still
being issued to the soldiers and volunteers of tbe
Mexican war, will soon appear in large qusnti
tics in the land States ; and being available for
location upon tbe public land subject to sale at
private entry in all tbe Slates and Terriloriea of
the Union, msy be expected to take the place
of money to a very great extent. 7,317 Mexi
ran bounty land warrants, for 160 aereteacb,
have been Issued, and 1,190 for 40 seres in all
1.213.840 acres, of which only 3,320 acrea have
been loeated.
A third "livi.no eatLCTOx," Major Gen. Ed.
ton. 39 yctrs of age, 4 feet 3 inches high, and
weighing only 33 pounds, ia exhibiting at Con
cord, N. IL
Tut Blac Toaarc, a htal epidemic, it quite
prevalent in Danbury, Conn. Several persona
have rectntly died taith tt, endcthtit aie totes-
pcted tohvei
' ' FotTBt Amxricar.
The Baclwhtat Calf.
Here'a a health to yon tweet buckwheat cake,
At on the griddle you brnwnly bike,
And when swimming in butter, hissing hot,
You're spreading your perfumes 'round tht rot ;
For tince my birth,
By the blazing hearth
I've watched to tee you bake,
Then left drink a cup,
Ere we go to sup,
To the tweet brown buckwheat rake.
Though you bave lived long beneath the tun,
And bave teen, in your time, great lott of fun,
You never grow old, nor your pltce forsske.
But remtin the tame brown buckwheat cake;
And old Jack Frost
All bt power has lost.
My fingers and nose to bite,
Where yon are seen,
Tor yon are, I ween,
A warm and cheering sight.
You have comedown from old merry times,
l You often heard the Christmas chimes ,
And old Santa Claus. when his tssk was done,
Has feasted on yon till the rising sun ;
And each old knight,
When retnrned from fight.
His supper of yon did make,
Then we'll drink to yon,
Till we all gel blue,
You i harming brown buckwheat r'..
The following paragraph, from the Delta, will
will enabla the reader to form some idea of the
funir which Ihe presence of Old Rough and Rea
dy has created in New Orleans :
'One of our friends, w ho occupies a very fine
house, says, that if it will in any way contribute
to the eclat of Gen. Taylor's reception, he hesno
objection that an addition should be msce to the
programme, that his house shall be fired, in order
to make a splendid bonfire, by way of concluding
the ceremonies this evening."
Tut (im.D ur Ri ssia. The spectacle of the
Emnernr Nicholas romine to the aasiitanee of
the finances of western Europe has surprised ma-
' 1
ny, especially when it is remembered that twen
ty years ago Russia, now apparently the richest,
was the poorest of the fire great powers. This
sudden rise to wealth is owing to the discovery
and working of the gold mines in the Ural moun
tains Thet mines were known in the dsys of
Herodotus, but subseqnently lost sight of, nor
was it until the close of the last century that
their tretsuries were again brought to ligl.t. In
1823 they were first regularly worked. Up to
that period, all the gold found in northern Russia
amounted annually but to 450.000 dollars ; while
the product of the Ural mines for 1810 w as com
puted at three millions of dollars. This was e
qual to the whole quantity of gold furnished, in
that year, by all the rest of the globe. Hence
Russia may be conflicted, at present the ereat
mine from whii h this precious metal is to be fur
bished to the civilized world. This increase of
the quantity nf gold in circulation is fortunate
for commerce, the demand for a specie currency
increasing annually, the world over.
The average contribution by the English rail
ways to the local and parish rates every year, a
mounts to five per rent, of their earning, aaid to
be nearly 9,000,000 a year.
Horrid Dsatii Last evening a person em
ployed al the Roxbury Chemical Works, but
whose name we were unable to ascertain, while
walking across a plank which was placed over a
targe kettle of boiling alum, accidentally fell into
tbe kettle below. He lived about nine hours af
terwards in the most intense agony, when death
put an end to his sufferings When the clothes were
removed from his body, large pieces of flesh ad
hered and came off with them Button Jour.
Smith McMickkn, Esq. We are pleased to
learn tbat thit gentleman hat been appointed
Postmaster of the city of Mexico. Salary, f 150
per month. Mr. MeMickin is a native of Lyco
ming rounty, in thit ttate. where hit numerous
friends will be glad to hear of hit promotion and
perquiaitet.
Ga. Tailor and Ma. Clat. The New Or
leant correspondent of the Charleston Courier
tayt :
' "I am told that the General expressed the
warmest admiration and friendship fur Mr. Clay,
but dissents from some of the opinions as to
Mexico expressed in hit recent grett speech It
it ssid that his views are very similar to Mr.
Calhoun's, in regard to takiag and holding a line
I in Mexico."
w ..." ... . .
rowaa or omrr as to lls -It has just
been decided in the court of Appeals, New York,
that married women cannot make wills devising
personal property.
It was estimated by a reporter, at the trial of
Warren Hastings, that a speaker generally used
about seven thousand words per hour.
Osaaoi To tbe ttatetman, the Oregon terri
tory presents the prospect of a future empire :
to Ihe business man, a boundless field of wealth ;
to the philanthropist, a land lo which the op
pressed and down-trodden millions can lies; but
to tbe physician, wbo seeks to operate by na
ture's laws and remedies, tbe Oregon appears a
vast berb gsrden, luxurirnt with antitdotes for
human suffering. And it may not be long, if the
popularity of Wright's India Yxostasli Pills
continues to incresse, before the Oregon will be
scoured for tbe needful plantt.
Caution. To avoid couuleifeiu, porehee from
those only wbo rto show a certificate of agency,
representing tht Itnding of Willism Penn tnd
roiapue the labels on ihe box with tbe fee timilet
ou ihe certificate. To be genuine, Ibey must be
exactly alike, aignsture and all. Beware of coun
feiis and imposition.
fXj- The genuine for sale by Htaai Massxa,
sole sgenl for Sunbury, and other tganu, publish
cd iusnotbei part of this pspsr.
Taa llatrraatTM Pills. The B amlrrth I
" ttret,glh fnr weskne-s hey ate liked hei
those who have taken the most of them. Dr, 11
dieth csn give pertonol leference lo thousands
have bai n restored from e led of sickness by ;
use, when evr ry other means had proved ent1
unavailing. These raeea are cminmlly occur
in this c'ny ard in eveiy part of the Union.
Urandreth'a l i t. if you are mt perfectly beat
snd they will restore yu .f medicine en do
biCi.u e ihey expel those humors which are
Cau of impurity nf the blood, and al the same f
the l ody is Mrengthened by the operation of
most txeel'ent medicine,
fX Purchase of H. Master. Sunbury, or of
agents published in another part of this psper.
JHARHIKn.
On the 16th inst., by the Rev. 11. Iloftn
Mr. Samikl Rkadi:b, son of Joseph, to Miss
led, daughter of Isaac Kline, all of this coun
In St James Church, Muncy, on the 16th it
hy the Rv. B. W. Morris. U M. Ellis, so
Wm. C. Ellis, to Emzabitk, daughter of Di
Masters, of Greenwood, Columbia county.
I d 1 1: p,
At Northnmberlsnd, on Monday morning I
j Mr. WILLIAM CRUTCHLEY, aged about
t yr-
! 1'IUCt. CURRENT.
Vurrtfted wrtk'y ltf Henry Matter.
Vnr.T, .... IS
Rtx, ... . 7
Coai. . . . . S
Oats. 4
Bcttek, ..... I
V'lSB, .... . t'
Pots;,
FLAXsstn, ... .12:
Tallow, ... l:
Bkrswax, -
Flsx, ... f
JL STPkAT CALF.
iME lo Ihe premi-e of the nuiHcriber,
Point t.-vrnhip, Northnmherl md coun'v
bout two momhs since, a BULL CALF, red, w
white spelts, and s white spot on its forehead
! bout 18 or 20 month olJ. . The ower i ream
! eJ lo fomB "J'w"1. '- l rol cr I'"
I . .1.. .. - ... 1 . I - - - - I:
and tike it awsv. or il w II l-e I I ace .rding
law. JOHN MA8TEI.LEK.
Point, Dec. 25, 1847 Si
Wrlplit'-s Indian Vegetable i'lllr
Henrv Ms-r. eunlury.
F. & .1. K-iuffiiiKii, AuinxU township.
John H. Vine nt, tiii!iqiinipte.
Kane cV ileie"l'eeer Elv-lui'K.
S-miel H tli. Little Mahnn.iy,
William Deppen, Jack,-n.
Irelind si d Haynes. MrEwrnnvdle.
Willi.im Heinin & Broiher. Milt- n.
I'oisjlhe, Wilson cU Co., NoitumherlsnJ.
.Ismn Reed. I'olteeroVi!.
(J. W Scoit. Ro-hMile.
W. & R Fi gelr. Shemnkintown.
Rhnde A Farow Snyderstwu.
Amos T. Ueisell, TnrtiutsviPe
RrnneviPe Holehue, Upper Maho'vy.
J. hn G Runn. do do.
E. T Pil er, Wtoiitnwr.
H'ho'e le, -it the office d generil depot, I
Race si., Philadelphia. I). c. 18, 1847. ly
Public Sale.
mmriLI. be sold, at Publ e S le. at U.e Cm
Iloune in ruiilury, mi Mond.iy the 3d
Jsnuarv next, a FARM in Upper Augusta tow
hip, JV' rthumh- rlai d county, formerly the p
prriy ef Wm. snd Rub rt Hunter, containing I
acres, 100 arie of whit h are cleared and in cul
Vi.ii. n. The improvement are a lare two stn
dwel ing houae, a large hank hs'n. snd nu'huildir
There is a lnrge orchard on ilie premises, and
scrrs nf tneado well watered. The F.irm lies
the Sham- kin criek. bIm ut 3 miles from funhui
and il.e railroad to Sham. 'kin pae through i.
An undisptHahle tide will he tiiven, anJ the co
ditions ra ide known on the dav "f 'e.
CHARLES W. HEtilNS.
DecemKer II b, lf-57. 4l
Anotlirr Farm
THE heir of John Yoeiim. dee'd.. offer fores
all thst Farm of theirs siiuate in Shstn -k
townahip, Nmlhuiiiberland county, near Rnu
town, snd adjoining lha old Rtambsch stsnd i
said lownahip. containing about two hundred srri
more nr leas, in a food atae of cultivation. Tl
Rail R ad from 8unlirv to Fihamokintwn pasai
through it. F'r iwtienl r enquire of
HUGH H.TRAT8. SmitTiown,
nr JOHN FARNSWORITI.S.n.burr,
Dee. 11,1847. or any of the heir
Rale on the Helm of Daniel Ilol
lenbarh, slec'd.
To the Hon. Judges of the Or.hn' Court t
Northumberland County j Tha Petition
Jo'ep Foulk. Sitrainintre'or of Daniel Hollen
brh, dee'd.. Reieeifultv Repreaenisj
rTH AT 'ha ssid deceaaed. In his lifetime, entei
, jt , p.ro rMttf. w th 8ini(lM u,h f
, the in him of thirtv-eisbt arret snd one i-ere'
! f Isml. in J.ekm township, in said rountv. ad
ll't I J-af L II : t a
joining land nf Jacob Urnsius. nd other land nf h.
decedent, at the rate often dollars per acre, stric
ineSsure one third of the purchase m n -y to re
main in the hands of said Samuel, during lha Via
lime of the widw of George Hollenhaeh, dee'd
the mother of the devM., the inlere.i thereof to bt
psid to her snnusllv, during her lifetime, and tht
prinrip-il to the dee'd.. on her desth : the said Sa-
j mue entered ilo poaaeeaion of Ihe land, and hai
paid $180 of lha purchase iboney to decedent.
Your petitioner then fore prsy your H-ntrs to
admit him to mike proof of the said contract, ami
that specific execution thereof msy be d.-cel. the
petitioner I directs! lo make a deed lo Ihe said
Samui I Bush.
Nov. 8th, 1847. Read and Ruled on the Heirs
la appear by Ibe 6rt dey ol next term, and ahow
rauno whv proof of the contract- should not bo
mtde. Of all which, the atid heirs are hereby re
quired lo take notice,
THOMAS A. BILLINQTON,
Sheriff's OrBee, Sunbury, Sheriff.
Uee 4 ib, 1847.
HOT TOO LATE.
GREAT BARGAINS msy yet be hsd tt Pea
' kt'b Stori. He still h is a larie sair menl
ol Gooda. which he will sell si flrtl cost. Beingdrv
termined to di.e mtinue the butnaa, ha will sell
very .w. A saving of 95 or 30 p-r rent, csn be
made by po chslng at his store. Call snd eism
ino for yosjraolvaa. fX All kinds of cooouy ( re
duce taken, al too highest market prira.
fuubury, December lib, 1117, if
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