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From tli N. American and V. ft. Gaaette. I
H rENXMYLTANIA RAILROAD STATE
TAX AND TONNAGE NO. .
Tht wonderful increase in thi facilitiea
fur transportation that the In it four yea es
have witnessed, - is tigs lo the tiiemphs of
machinery over animal power, Canal ha
been In use for, age", J railroad arejnven
liona of comparatively recent origin. So
long animal power wag l ha motor, canals
m tinlnined a gr a' iu, e iel y ; when locom i
live. were .nirodticeJ on railroad, iho con
dition ol things, was al .unce reversed, .and
'recent experience abundantly testifies Ihni
fitst-clnss double track railroad such as
lead to Boston. New Vork
.and Baltimore, can carry freights at but lit
tle more than half the eJtpoue par Ion of an
Improvement suoh as the Pennsylvania Cu
nal. " That atich are the fads will be apparent to
'any one who examine the subject J.and it is
mazing that intelligent legislator w ill rc'
their opinions Upon the bare nseit on of
those who are interested in maintaining th3
present order of things, and credit tho de
claration that the canul, with a new toa I
over the mountains, will be able to meet
any competition from without the State. ; To
repose confidence in such representations is
inevitably to bung destruction upon o'jr
Irad", ruin upon our merchants, end injury
to the State. Let the new toad over the
mountains be made. We do not object lo
it it will assist, to some extent, as an aux
iliary to the Pennsylvania Ruilioad. Both
are striving for the same object ; but let
not the delusive hops be cherished, that i'
will restore the main lino to the eapaci'y of
successful competition with the Erie Canal,
nn which there are no transhipments, and
whose magnificent dimtnsions render it
equal lo a navigable river; or with the great
railroad leading to rival cities, upon which
millions of Ions are transported by a motor
that knows not fatigue, and in comparison
with which all tho horse power that could
be plaoed on our canal would be but insig
nificant. . It is in vain lo struggle ngninst the pro
gress of improvement. Trade will flow in
that channel which offers it (he greatest fa
cilities. No obstruction that can be placed
in the way of the Pennsylvania Railroad
will divert the business to the canal, so long
as far superior avenues invite it in other
Stales lo other cities. The fact has been
demonstrated conclusively ; hoise power
cannot compete with steam. To attempt
he hopeless competition now, betrays a dim.
position lo shut out tho lights of experience.
Nothing but a change in the propelling pow
er can restore canals to an equality with
railroads.
I there any hope of such a chango 1
There is. A ray of light even now begins
faintly to illuminate the future., Encourage,
men! is given for the hope that canals may
once more recover their supremacy in econ
omy of transportation. Mechanical im
provement can alone rrs'ore them, (me
fact is prominent and encouraging. Ten
pounds on a straight and level railroad will
move a ton, but ten pounds on n canal will
move several ions. The difficulty in the
way of successful canal competition is, that
the ten pounds of power on the railroad
ro?l but little more than one pound of the
price used on canals. If the power could
te of the same kind on both, canal could
furnish much the cheapest transportation
Great Britain has seen and acknowledged
(be superior economy of railway transporta
tion ; invention has been stimulated, and nn
application of steam to cannl propulsion pro
mines to be successful, and offers encoura
giug for the hopo that a new era in canal
navigation may be introduced.
To adapt the nsw system lo our main line
would require a much larcer expenditure
than the people of the Slate might be dis
posed lo sanction ; but it is not improbable
that a company might be found to take the
whole of iho main line as a unit, remodel it,
and pay lo tho Stato a large annual bonu
coniderabIe exceeding the revenue that
could be derived under Slate management,
and improving it lo.lho capacity of rail road
competition. We believe this lo be possible
but it woulj consume loo much paco to
give our reasons for this belief. The sub
ject is worthy of consideration ; and instead
of checking the progress of tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company in its effort to secure
the Western trade, through fear that it
might outstrip the ciinal,' would it not be
more wise, and more beneficial to the inter
ests of the State, to remove from Iho railioad
all it letters, bid it God speed in it race of
'competition, and, by the introduction of im
provements, give to the canal ii greatest
efficiency t
The day has passed when an improve
ment which has not sufficient iiminsiu val
ue to commend it lo patronage can be sus
tained by discriminative legislation ; and
such legislation is peculiarly unjust when
'directed against a corporation that, so far
from causing, greatly reduces the competi
tion, by retaining upon a portion of the line
a trade that would have been lost to the
whole Pennsylvania.
From the Norlli Ameiicnnaud U. 6. Gnielte.
rENNBYL.VA.MA RAILROAD STATE TAX
O.l TOSSAC.R. MO. T.
! It is said the Stockholder of the Penny!-
'vania Railroad have no reason to complain
of the State lax.' This tax was imposed
when the charter was granted ; they accep
ted ' it with this condition ; they weie, or
should hare been, aware of all the diadvnn
(age; if they were no', it wa their own
-fault ; the Stale ia under no obligation to
. aacrifioe its revenue lor the benefit of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
- Very true I The, Stockholder of the
Pennsylvania Railroad have no claims upon
the Slate; they caif well tuke rare of them-
aelve; tbey have an improvement that will
pay them a fair dividend, with proper man
gement, tax no lax. We do not know
that they have yet appealed to the liberality
.1 . I art -
or sympamy 01 in Mate for the sake of in
creasing their dividends. If they did, the
appeal would not be likly to receive much
consideration. . lbi is not the ground upon
which ina aDatemeni 01 l tie btate lax is uV
manded. It is not lo promote ta interests
of any corportion, but the interests 'of the
ft de, of the whole community, that tha !eji-
'aturrl now asked to remove all injiition re
trii'":i upon trade, It asil In ii"8 Pnn
ylvania the proud pre eminence amongst her
l iter sovereigntiea that nature, by Ihe mag
nificence of her donations, evidently designed
her for. . . . i.
.It is not a fall from the Pnn.yWn!
Railroad Company, but from every tax payer
in the State, to which Ihe Legislature is now
req.ii.ed te respond. , It i question whether
one source or revenue snau o
ibe acrifiee of a greater J whether it ie
pedinol to dime and lose dollar;
whether it is better to continue a lax, and
lose a trade that would directly and iu'diroctly
pour into Ihe treasury a ten-fold greater rev
enuff. ""'
What would bo the condition of our
Schuylkill coal trade, with a lux .upon the
lonnago of the Reading Railroad! 1 no
S.-huy ki I Cmial was in ope-anon long
before the project of the railroad had been
conceived, ll might be said that, being a
creation of the State -having received vnaie
ly from legislative action it had claims up
on tho au'.hot of its existence for protection
ntraiust injurious competition. But the Rail
road was chartered without lax; it commen.
ced operations ; freight on coaf become
greatly reduced, the business vastly increas
ed, until tho enormous tonnage of neaily
three IMilliotis per onnum is passed over these
improvements, taxing both lo almost their
full capacity. The value of taxable property
, minded with the coal interests ha Increas
ed by millions; a laige population has poured
into the mining district j numerous towns
have sprung up under Ihe healthful influence
of this great trade; and ueneuts oi a
permanent and important character have re
..ilmd to Ihe St te. But suppose a lax had
been imposed upon Ihe Reading Railroad, lo
protect Ihe interest of Ihe canal, would
results have followed 1 Instead
I iueu j.,..--
of a tonnage of three millions, it is doubtful
whether Ihe business would have reached
one million; and can anyone believe that
Ihe rcvenuo from a tax, large as it might up
pear, could compensate for the losses that
would have been sustained by the public
and by Ihe State in checking the rapid de
velopement of this prolific region, and the
large increase of wealth and population that
havo resulted from tho system of low char
gest If low charges have done so much for the
Schuylkill Valley, is there any reason why
similar effect should not follow their appli
cation lo the valley of Ihe Juniata 1 The
Pennsylvania Canal has been in operation for
many years; but what ha it done tor lum
ber and coal interests of the Allegheny re
gion 1 Comparatively, nothing. " And it will
do nothing so long as a pronionary mx ior,
bida ihe transportation of these articles by
railroad
It is time that the citizen of the interior
should awake lo a sense of their condition,
and demand, in terms which can neither be
unheard or misunderstood, relief from the
oppressive burden of taxation which they
alone are required to bear, and which, at the
same time, takes from them their ability to
bear it. Pennsylvania
.foreign 3? c w s .
ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.
LATER FROM El'ROPE.
FRANCE.
A republican demonstration took place in
Paris on the 13th, at w hich nearly 20,000
men were assembled in procession, the oo
casion being the funeral of Madame Raspail
Ihe wife of the celebrated Slate prisoner of
that name. A detachment of calulry und an
immense police force were present, and pre
vented any speeches over Ihe grave.
The Pope is said lo have postponed the
date of his visit to Palis.
SWITZERLAND.
Switzeilund la represented os being slill
greatly agitated iu consequence of Austrian
measures, and it was feared ihut some col
lisiou would take place.
GERMANY.
An American lady ha been arrested at
Heidelberg, charged wilh having revolution
arv Diimphlet in tier possession. Nie was
. . -
direct from America.
AUSTRIA.
The town of Cremona has been placed in
late of eigc, in consequence of an Au
Irian sentinel having been killed.
It is domed that Mazziui escaped on
boaid an Eugliah frigate, and he is still sup
posed to be in Piedcmonl.
Marshall lluynau died at Vienna on the
14th iiut.
AUSTRALIA.
Advices from Australia to Ihe 10th of Jan
have been received. The yield of gold at
the diggings is reported to be greater than
ever. About 100,000 men were at Ihe va
rions diggings, averaging ten ounces each
per week. Tradj was brisk and price were
suMained excepting in flour.
EGYPT.
Advice from Alexandria state that grain
had declined considerably, and several fail
ures had taken place.
INDIA. .
The Overland Indian M ail had arrived at '
Loudon, wilh dates from Calcutta lo Vtb.
Sth, Bombay to Feb. 12th, and from China
lo Jan. 13th.
The Australian mail packet Australia had
put back for the fourth lime leaky, having
.s n rti c? i
spiung a lean in Hie nay oi Discay. one
was only saved from foundcung by the con.
slant exertions ol the crew ana passengers
at ihe pumps.
The new revolution iu Ava is confirmed.
The King of Durmah ha been disposed by
hi brother, and Ihe English Ambassador
had sel out for ihe Capitol.
Commerce in India was active.
The advice from China stale that ihe re
bellion waa making rapid progress. Trade
was inactive, but large operation had,
however, been made m teas, at an advance
in green and Congou.
Pane Failed The Woodbury Bank, of
Woodbury, Conn., and the Eastern Bank of
West Killing)1, Conn.," , failed on Friday
morning last. Their note are worthies.
SUNBUltY AMERICAN AND SHAMQKIN JOURNAL
I
'TEE'AIOPJCAIT.
SUNBURY. ,
ATI R DAT, APRIL 9, IM3. ,
,ft M.
B. HASHER, EatUr Pr.prlM.r.
To Advt.bsks. Th eireutatloH ot the , Sunbnry
Am.rlcn amon tli different towns on the Susquehanna
I s not exceeded If qualld J W pnnw roWi in North
rn Pannsylvanta.
Democratic State Nominations.
f
FOR CANAL COMMISStONKR ;
THOMAS FORSYTH,
Of Philadelphia County.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
EPHRAIM BANKS,
Of MiJJlin County.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL:
J. PORTER BRAWLEY.
Of Crawford County.
C7" Airs. Fillmore died at Washington
oav Wednesday last, of Pneumonia. Her
remain will be taken to Buffalo.
03" The member of the Good Intent
Engine Company are requested to meet this
(Saturday) evening, in the Court House, at
7 o'clock, P. M.
$y Considerable excitement was crea-
...... , . ..')" r"-c ui junto ii rvniicv, urcensu.
ted in this place on Tuesday morning by T,)is -f ,ho Taca , M .
the appearance in Market street of a rabid
dog. He came in from Ihe turnpike and
passed through the street to the river and
thence to Ihe corner of Broadway and
Whortelberry. where he was shot. In his
course tie bit eight or len ol the canine
race, and several persons narrowly escaped
him. All the dogs known to have been
bitten were promptly shot by their owners-
Hydrophobia has been prevailing among
the dogs in several of the adjoining coun
ties, and too much precaution can not be
taken against the propagation of this terri
ble disease.- The borough Councils have
ordered all dogs running at large to be se
curely muzzled, under the penalty of death
in cas of non-compliance.
(C7 The Susquehanna i in good raiting
order. Quite a number of rafts and ark
passed down during the week. The lum-
ber that has gone down is principally from
the months of the large streams, the water
not having been sufficiently high in the
smaller creeks to permit the passage oi rafts
to the river. Most of the limbernd lum
ber is yet to come down,
r7 Nuisanccs. The bridge over the
'Gut' on.the Centre turnpike is so badly con
structed as to endanger the lives and limbs
of all passengers. The embankment at the
eastern abutment is too steep and too nar
row. This deficiency has existed for a
number of years and has been increased
at every flood. Now it is almost impassa
ble. Every one is complaining of this
nuisance, except the proper officers.
Broadway is disgustingly disfigured by
boardpiles, heaps of coal, shingles, and the
skeleton ol a house. All these are ob
structions of the public highway aad ought
to be removed. Part of nearly all of the
streets and alleys, are obstructed by heaps
of ashes, manure, old vehicles and rubbish.
It i the duty of the supervisors to remove
all of these, at the expense of the owners
of the adjacent lots, or of the persons who
placed the obsl rue" ions ia the streets. It
is also the duty ol Ihe Grand Jury to pre
sent these officers for neglect ol duty. Either
remedy will work a cure.
IU" Arthur Stbing, indicted for the
murder of Ellen Lynch in Sauthwark, a
few weeks ago, has been convicted of mur
der in the first degree.
Since the rendition of the verdict it has
been ascertained that a man named Charles
M'Quilan sat as a juror in the case in the
place ol Bernard Corr, who was regularly
summoned. M'Quilan was present during
the whole term answering to the name of
Corr. This irregularity will discharge the
prisoner from that indictment. He will
no doubt immediately be tried for the mur
der of Mrs. Shaw, the sister of Mrs. Lynch.
. The Couit sentenced M'Quilan to sixty
day imprisonment for the contempt, and
fined Corr thirty dollars, a a defaulting
juror. The Court expressed their regret
that the law did not allow a heavier fine,
and severely repumanded both of the par
ties.
Kr'-The Alanthls Tree, or Tree of
Heaven has been prescribed by act of Con
gress. . None of this species are permitted
to be planted about the public grounds.
The tree ha been ascertained to emit a ve
ry poisonou effluvia, extremely deleterious
to health and life. Those who have been
unfortunate enough to live iu Ihe neigh
borhood of these tree when they were in
blossom, can not lail to have an unpleasant
recollection of their sickening snd oppres
sive odor. . Thii odor ha beeu known to
produce death in persons of a delicate or.
ganization, and bat an injurious effect upon
the health ol the most robust. The poison
ou qualities of the tree increase with it
age and growth, , . . ...,- i
,A number of our citizens, jve obierve
have planted trees ot this description, a or
namental shade trees about their dwellings.
They will be obliged lo cut them down In
year or two, as soon ai the disagreeaal
qualities develope themselves, and wa re
commend to those who are acxtoui to pre
erve the health of their f .mili'i lo com-
I rnenca the destruction of the tree at once"
DT The workmen have commenced
laying down the rail on Ihe Philadelphia
and Runbury railroad. . The work is pro
gressing rapidly.
r- The excavation along Ihe hills Just below
thU Borough on tht line of the Suquehanna
road ha been commenced. The contrac
tor are much in want of laborers.
For Ilia SuhImut American.
BY TELEGRAPH, DATED) ,
LEWisnoar., March 30 h, 6 o'clock, P. M
The dwelling house of Jame Russel in
Chillisqunque twsp, Northumberland coun
ty, caught fire and burnt to the ground about
an hour ago. Origin of the fire and amount
of loss not yet known.
APPOITMESTS FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Common rumor seems to have settled
down into a general conviction, if not an
ascertained fact, that Ihe following appoint
ments have been or are nbout being made
by President Pierce for Philadelphia :
CoLl-ECTon Chaile Brown.
Si'RTEYon Reuben C. Hale.
Navai. Orricr.n Nathaniel R. Eldred.
Navt Agent Cnpt. A. D.iy.
Postmaster Gideon G. Wescolt.
Important Appointments. Selah R. Hub
ble, to be First Assistant Post Master Gen-
eial, vice, S. D. Jacob", removed.
John A.Campbell, of Mobile, Alabama,
lo bo Judge of Ihe Supreme Court of the U.
c ; .. r T...I. ftr:. .i t t
xvas nominated by Mr. Fillmore and tho
Senate refused to concur.
Gen. Joseph Lnne, of Ind., to be Governor
of Oregon Territory.
Isaac J. Stephens, of Massachusetts, to be
Governor ot Ihe Territory of Washington.
David Alason, of Iowa, brother of Senator
Mason, lo be Commissioner of Patients
Nathaniel Hawthorne, of Mass. (author of
I the Campaign Life of Gen. Pierce) to be
Consul at Liverpool. This is one' Ihe most
lucrative officer in the gift of the President
and is said to be worth f 30,000 of $40,000
per annum.
Weslley Frost, Marshal of the Western
District of Pennsylvania, vice John Dickey,
deceased.
DREADI'L'L ACCIDENT OX THE BALTI
MORE AND OHIO RAILRAOD.
Baltimore, March 28. A most distress
ing accident occuired about two o'clock 111 is
morning, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
rimt nhiint 70 tnilpa ivpttt nf Cm m lipi l:i ml
Th8 UiU) off ,he , . anJ a mmiber
(lf p.IMenaPr, were killed and wounded.
1 lie aceiiieui oceurieu ai J o'ciock ini
morning. The train was coming East from
Cumberland. It consisted of a baggage
car and three passenger cars, drawn by one
heavy and one small engine. When passing
the "eight feel filling" on section 76, de
scending a curved grade of 116 feel to the
Cheat River, the heavy engine started the
rails binding iho rails to Ihe ties. All the
train passed over safely, except Ihe two last
passenger cars, which, by ihe paiting of
the track were thrown down the liver side
of tho embankment, fulling the frightful dig-
laifce of over 100 feel, and making four
somersets before they reached tho base,
where they were shattered to fragments,
anil many of the unfortunate inmates wero
either sadly injured, or instantly killed.
Thero.were forty passengers in Ihe two
cars. Iho lollownig are dead: Daniel
Holt, of Baltimore ; Aurelius Sallie, sup
posed to be from South Carolina ; Lewis De
line, a French emigrant, returning home
from California : Riehard Clayton, of Wells-
ille, Va. ; a young lady and a middle-aged
gentleman, supposed lo be from Kentucky ;
small step-son of Robert Murray, the Su
pervisor on the road, and a child of Mr.
Geise, of St. Louis, on his way to N. Yoik.
Mr Geiso and his lady were both much
injured. They ure now with their three
other children at Cumberland.
A train left Cumberland this morning, for
the locality of the sad occurrence, with phy
sicians and comforts for the sufferer, who
be brought lo Cumberland at 5 o'clock
this evening, w hen full particulars of the
accident, together with the names of the
wounded, will be received.
Mrs. Ogle, of Philadelphia, who was in
the train wilh tun other passengers esaaped
uninjured.
Miss Isaacs, of Indiana, who wa on her
way to riuiaiieipnia io visu ner menus,
and who was in charge of Dr. Cudwallader,
wa instantly killed. Dr. Cadwallader will
probably recover.
Terrible Steamboat Disaster on Gal
veston Bat TmnTT-six Lives Lost. New
Orleans, March 28. Intelligence has been
received here of a most terrible disaster,
w hich occurred nn the night of ihe 23d inst.
on Galveston Bay, Taxea, by which some
thirty six live were lost. As ihe steamer
Neptune and Farmer were racing from Hou
ton loGalveston, the latter exploded ber boiler,
killing instantly ihe captain, cluik, second
engineer thirteen of the crew, and a number
of the passengers, about twenty of whom are
either dead or missing. About twenty pas
sengeis escaped, mostly ladies.
Tut School Question in Cincinnati.
An immense Mas Meeting assembled in
Maiket Square, on Tuesday nigh1, in Ihis
city, lo nominate an independent Ticket fur
oily officers to sustain the Common School
and -oppose the demand of the Roman Catb
olics, in regard to a divission of the School
Fund. All political and party line were en
tirely laid aside, candiute were selected
with a single view y the school question.
Many Germans, both. Romanists and Jews,
participated, and pledged themtelve la be
iu favor of the ptople'i colleges. . Great indig
nation wa expressed, at the attempt of for
eign eclesiastio lo interfere wiib the Com
roon School System. t ., b
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR, DATED
Cofwmtio 7ou, PAifa-i I
March 28, 185. ")
Business hat nevor been more brisk than
in ha been In Philadelphia thl eason.
Much or thi I without doub,i, caoed by the
rail road, now leading from thi city. The
citizen of Philadelphia are aware of lhi,
and hence their anxiety for the construction
nt thaSunburv k Erie road. Nothing deci
siva ha yet been done in relation 10 Ihe
city ubscription, though things are in train
which will, 1 think," bring aoont a compro
mise of the difficulties. Rail toad are very
different afTaii from rail road built and
eonduoled teu or fifteen years ago. They
are now much belter constructed and more
skilfully managed and have become exoellen!
dock.
This morning there was qnite a crowd
around IheCouit House, for tho purpose of get.
ling a sight of Spring, the murderer. He had
been taken there early in Ihe mortting, and
placed in Ihe Court room to uvoid Ihe
crowd. Through ihe politeness of one of the
police I was admitted into the room before
Ihe Court opened, in company wilh a few
others. The guilty wretch was silling in the
dock, crouched up in the corner with his
hand partially over his eyes. He is doggedly
sullen and obstinate, and refuses s istenance
and though a reckless and hardened villi.in
steeped in crime, he in, withal a craven nnJ
a coward. This morning, before the opening
of Court ; hu was boasting to one of the offi
cers, of some diabolical and disgiaceful vil
lainies that he had perpetrated. The offi
cer refusing lo listen any longer, told him
that he was the most black-hearted villain
be ever knew. A motion has been made for
a new trial, on Ihe ground that a man who
had not been summoned, appeared and ser
ved in ihe place of another, under a false
namo The Court this morning fined the
absent juror $30, and imprisoned the one1
who volunteered his serices, for sixty days,
in the county p:iiou.
Splendid buildings of granite and fieestone
are rising iu grandeur in almost every direc
lion in this vast city. Extravagance keeps
paco wilh wealth and hundreds of thousands
ate lavished upon fine buildings, equipages.
Sec. Among the late fashions I have nisei
ved quite a number of ladies wilh high heel
ed gaiter They certainly do not walk with
iho eiace and ensn that ladies do in ihe
slipper. The God of nature never intended
that a pnitionof our muscles should be relax
ed, while others should be kept in a constant
strain, thus giving to the dandies in high
heeled boots a soil 6( siting hall gait. One
of the great conveniences of iho city is Ihe
number of Omnibusses. You can now ride
to any part of the city for three cents.
In passing along Arch Street, n few days
since I olserved that Mr. Van Loan, the
celebrated Dagnerreolypisl had removed his
quartets to the Corner of Sixth and Arch.
He has, in his gallery, some beautiful speci
mens of Dagunerrcolype and nme mest
admirable Talbolypea. His rooms arJ crow-
ded every day, a sure evidence that he
knows how to please.
Tub Japan Expedition it is rumored lias
been countermanded, but what truth there
ii in Ihe rumor we know not. It is a pity
after all Ihe fuss which has been made
about this expedition that our government
should not have Ihe opportunity of trying
the conciliatory effects of Paixhan persuad
ers upon 1 1)0 unsocial and inflexible lie.ilhen
who presides over tho Empire of Japan.
It would show the nature of the "amity and
friend.-liip" w hich aro about to ba offered
him.
French Fleet Ordered to Nicaragua.
-ll is stated that Louis Napoleon is about to
send a naval force In Sun Jaan de Nicaragua
lo demand from the muncipal authorities
there satisfaction for fines levied by them
upon Erench subjects for their lefusal to
comply wilh some of the demands of the au
thorities of that place. The French govern
nienl, before deciding upon -the course, made
demand upon I lio Biitish government, bul
lhal government replied that it had no re
ponaibility in ihe case, for by Irca'y with the
United Stales il had relinquished all authority
and dominion there.
A GnNn Enterprise. Wo publish iu
oir present issue. Ihe proposition of Mr
JilflAH I'ERIIAM Ol I'llllaUelplllit, lo give
away some 12,000 articles of value lo ihe
purchasers of tickets for his exhibition of Ihe
Panorama of California. These tickets cest
21 each, and admit four peis in lo witness
Iho exhibition. They also afford the holder
nn opportunity of becoming owner oi Ihe
Panorama itself, estimated to be worth 810,
000. Every ticket ensures some prize lo its
purchaser. (Sue advertisement in another
column.)
Vice President Kino, it was lately stated,
declined to take the oath as Vice President
of Ihe United Slates while remaining in Cu
ba ; but a lelier now appears in Ihe New
Oi leans paper representing that the oath
was administered lo him at Malanzas on ihe
4th instant, in the presence of some twelve
or fifteen gentlemen..
Gov. Ramsey's Case On Saturday the U
S. Senate resumed the consideration of Ihe
resolution to authorize the Committee on In
dian Affair lo investigate the conduct of
Gov. Ramsey in conueoiion with payment
to the Sioux Indian. It wa moved instead
of the committee to appoint a special com
mission of three person. Mr. Hunter ob
jected to commission silling in recess, as
calculated to bring Ibe benale into cJisre
pute. Mr. Cooper concurred, and suggested
a commission to lake testimony on interro
gations filed, to which Mr. Badger said ihe
commission could not compel ihe attendance
of witnesses. Finally the subject wa la
bled. ' '
Dcsats upon the Uon Question
Quite an interesting debate took place in Ihe
U. S. Senate, on Monday,' between Messi
Hunter and Brodbead, relative to tha iron
queslion. The former gentleman introduced
a resolution calling for information from tht
Secretary of the Treasury, wilh tha view
of effecting a compromise between mam:
factniara and consumers. ' ' ' '
Aano ExraoiTion. Thevarion expedi
tion that have been fitted out wilhin the las'
five year, for tha discovery of Sir John
Franklin, have cot an aggregate of 758,.
486. Nearly eight year have elapsed with
out tidings from the missing voyager. No
less than fifteen expeditions in all, consisting
of thirty vessels, beside boats, have been
ngrged in the pursuit, and the effort i still
continued. ....... .
It i stated that the annual cost of I he army
and navy of the United Stale per l ead for
Ihe population is sixty-seven cents. The ex
pense of Ihe same establishment to Great
Britian and Ireland per head is S2 56; lo
France, (2 10 to Germany $2 28.
Gov. Bigler has signed the death warrant
of JamesGreen, (colored,) convicted recently
in Adam county, of the murder of Samuel
Mars. He is to be executed on Fiiday, the
15th day of April inst.
Missouri and the World' Fair. The
Missouri Legislature ha ndprnpriuted 84,000
for the proper representation of thai State at
ihe New York World' Fair in May next.
L. M. Kennell ia the agent of the Stale.
The Whic State Convention. The Whig
State Convention assembled in Lancaster on
Thursday, and on the first ballot nominution
Moses Pownall of Lancaster county, for Canal
Commissioner Christian Myers of Clarion
county, for Surveyer General ami Alexander
M'Clure of Franklin CJunty, for Auditor Gen
eral.
Four North Carolinians have been ca'led
lo Ihe Navy Derailment since 1829 John
Branch appointed by Gen. Jnrkson ; Mr
Badgar, by Gen. Hairion ; Mr. Graham, by
Mr. Fillmore ; and Mr. D-ibbin, by -Gen
Pierce.
Hon. John Dickey, of Beaver, Marshal of
ihe Western District of Penusj Ivania, died
very suddenly.
An Agricultural Society has been formed
in Columbia county, ll will not bo long
until there is a similar society iu ench coun
ty in the State.
The Whigs of Ihe borough of York made a
clear sweep at the election last spring, elect
ing their entire ticket, save the candidate for
Constable, by a handsome majority.
In marriage, prefer the peison before
wealth, virtue before beauty, and the mind
befoie the body; then you have a wife, a
friend and a companion.
AST WEEK, with the cln of Lent and tin
lircinnui? of the opera, there was a ercat
blossomi ic of the Snrini; fashions. The lad rs
arc all busy in ir .:ir: liin, and the prMttonicn
are t o, it we nay judge by 'he cnimtmitlv inrrcS'
siim demand of faliionnUlc suits, suitable for the
S-r:ng teisiit at Kojkliill & Wilson's ('lothiniy
Store, No. 111. Chr.uiul street, coiner of Franklin
Plnrr, Philadelphia.
A liilaurlplua, JNov. O. 1802. ly. cw.
K7-P0lS0IN'G.ca
Thousands of parents w ho use Vermifuge.
composed of Castor oil, Calomel, &e. ore put
aware, that w hile they appear lo benefit the
patient, they lire actually laying the tonntla
I ions lor a series t f desrnses, such ns saliva
tion, loss of si:ht, weakness of limbs, &c.
In another column will be found Ihe adver
tisement of Hobensack's Medicines, in w hich
we ask Ihe ntteiiln n of nil directly interested
in their own as well ns their Children's health.
In Liver Complaints and all disorders nri.-ing
from llioso of u bilious type, should make
use of the only genuino medicine, Hoben
sack's Liver l'ills.
O' " fit nof dcceivetl.,, but ask for Hoben
sack's Worm Syrup mid Liver Pills, and ob
serve thai each has tha signature of Ihe
Proprietor, J. N. HOBENSACK, as none
else are cenuitte.
91 A El It IF,!),
On the 20ib ull., by the Rev. P. Willt.nl,
m- rv r . . . . ' '
mas, both ot bhan'.ukin loan, iNoiihuinucr-
laud co.
I I K O.
In Selinsijrove, on Sunday Ihe 27lh inst i
Mrs. LOl ISA, w ife of Gideon Leiseurmi;.
and daughter of the Rev. J P. Shiudel, aged
a bun l 41 years.
I)C illiUliCt
5.
Philadelphia Market
March 30, 1853.
Floi'r anb Meal. There is rather more
demand for Flour, w ith sales at f S per bbl.,
at w hich holdeis are firm. Select and fan
cy brands are held at S5 a $M-
livc ri.oi-a is steady ui
Cons Mkal Pcniia. is dull al S3 per bbl.
Grain. Sale of red al 107 cents, and
118 for prime While.
Kye Is in demand : sales al 82 els.
ConN Sales
uf Pciiua. und Southern al
60 cents.
Oats. Sales of prime
Southern at 41
and Penna. al 41 cts.
Whiskey. Sales in bbl. are making at
23Jc. a 24c. and l-.hds. al 23 cents.
Baltimore Market
March 28, 1853.
GRAIN. Sale of Wheat to-day at 100 a
105 ci for good to prime reds, and 105 a
110 ct. (or w hile,
Corn is in ery good supply Sales to-day of
white ut 50 a 52 ct., and of yellow at 54 a
55 ut. The la i go quantity in maiket, how
ever, caused price to give way, and al the
close no more lhaii 54 ct. could be obtained
for yellow.
Sale of Maryland Rye to-day at 63 ct. and
Penna. at 84 els.
We quote Maryland Oat sells at 37 a
38 ct., and Pennsylvania tt 40 a 42 ct.
WH1SKEY.---Sah;s of bids., lo-day al 23
Is, Wa quote hhd. at 13 cl.
.SUiXBUKY i'lUCE CUUItliNT
Wheat.
Rta.
Cobb.
Oat. . .
Potatois, .
Butts.
Eaes.
Pobk.
Flaisiib. .
Tam-ow.
Bkkswax
' Hscblbb Fhi.
Dbisb Afh.es.
Do. Peacbes.
FlA
100
75
6)
40
87
16
1
8
1S5
10
IS
, 80
800
List of Letters
REMAIJtlfia lit THE POST OFFRK
at Northumberland, March 31, 1853,
in
Kriuer Miss Ann E
tiro use Simuel
Barrett John R
Butler Samuel
Bucklcw Peter
Burgard Joseph B
Bower Ira
C r '
2 Knous Solomon
Lonbridge Abraham
Lenehan John
Letcrmer Robert
Lyons Mist Jane
Lyman Jame
Case N V
JSL
Chief Engineer of Sun-Mitchell Barney
bury ana Harnsourg uainrry jacoo
toad Miv oher Charlef
Criswell Hon Jas N
F Nee Bridget
Frees Geo VV . 0 '
Fisher Adam ONaile Marks or Ja
Fisher Miss ElizabethOReiley John
G
arnett Andrew
Perner Frederick
Trice Thomas i
Pearson John
R
Russell James & JnO
Smith
S
Swart John G
Smith G W
Seigel Alexander
Sharron John
Gallaugher Bernard
ift Mary
II
Ilarley James
Huris Wyatt
Higby Wm
Hay Maty
(Timor Even Sen
lidrty Isaao
Harney Isoao
Haggey Mis lsabellaSafeton Samuel
it V
Reefer Maranrett Vurdaanjr Mr Mary
Kunkleman Franklin 2 W
fCester Messrs E C Winchester J J
Oi 2 Y
Kiikbridge E Young Messrs Thomas
& Sons
MARGARET VVEIMER, P. M.
Borough Ordinance.
1. Do it ordained, Ac. That from and after
the puMieation of this ordinance, no dug or bitch
shall be suffered to run at largo in any of t'le
streets, lanctor Alleys or the borough of funuur,
unless hi or she ch ill he securely rnii7.!rd liy a
safe and substanti.il wire muzrlt1, sutlicieut ti
prev nt h'm or her from hitinsrany person or an
imal, under a penally oi ic uullau?, io
lie surd for and recovered from the owner of tho
d.ip,os debts of like amount ore now by law re
coverable; one half to the person whs sues fot
thj same and the other to the ue of the ber nigh,
2. Any do? or latch founl rui.n ns at !a-se in
any of the street, lanei or alleys t f said bonus.!!,
unless imi77 ed ns a hove required, sha.l lie killed ;
and the Chief Burgess is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of
FIFTY CENTS in favor of m y person who
shall make satisfactory proof llmt ho has killed,
any dog or hitch so running at hirer unimi7i'eil.
1. W. NIH.U1,, Assist. Uurgess.
r. M. SHIMJKL, Cll,
Sunbiiry, April 2, lSf.3 It.
Notice
FS lierehy gl'cn to tho?e who In Id the ofT.cc of
Overseer of the Poor, biipirv's irs, Col'iclor,
Treasurer, &c, for Ihe txirouti of Nunbtiry, and
who have not j et settled Ihrir accounts that Ihry
are to meet nt II. lomiell's bll'.ce.on Monday, the
IStli day of April next, for the purpose of having
their accounts audited.
l)y ord.-r of the Burgess
P.M. KHINDEL, Clerk.
Runbury. April 2, 1353. 3t,
Notice.
THE COAL TM.N IMPROVEMENT AND It.
R. COMPANY.
AN Election will be hold by the stockholder
of the Coal Kun I iiprowiiient and h'aiirosd
Company, ut Ihe Franklin House in the city of
Phil idelpliia, on 'J'urs.'ar, April l!Hh, 1 1-53, I e
tween I ie hours of I and 4 o'clock P. M. of said
day, for the Election of I'no Direct ri of paid
Coinpnnv,
P., la. April 2, IS. St.
(Ins Fixtures S Lumps.
HE1IDKICK, miUSIEG & MtOTHEB,
No. 201 Nor h 2-d st. a'we Vine,
ruiLADEi.riui.
fAVINGhud many ye.rs p a ticnl iirini
encs iu the lui-hi'i. en J as nil vrk sold
by u is inanuf. c tired un.'c. our iinuicdiale super
vision we are enabled t o l'ur U p iichnsrn superi
or articles in every branch of our trade upon the
mod favorub'c 'or ns. A I o ir store may he found
in every variety and siy'.e ol (At'n'. Uut anJ
I.nmp Chandeliers, Pendants, Side lirai kcts for
Halls, Churches, &c, Tns Ihfiuivkii Pixt
Oil I.Axp, Also, l'luul, I.ard nud Oil Lamps,
Sj.i.ind 'hs, Uoqp.cr holders. Parlor, Ni;;l t and
Reading Lamps on hand. I a np CUs cs ULbes,
Wick Shades, &e.
All tvori iftirraiitr.i or no sale.
Fr c'ory N . 80 Nohle street near 4th.
Remember St re 2 . Ut 2nd street, licit door to
J. Stewart Depuy's Carpet stoie.
Phils., April S, 1R33. 3m.
TaOoT Gifts for the People.
Extraordinary Inducements
wittiest the moving "f ll Paiior mi i of tho
UCl..l. WlAUb
lo
CALIFORNIA.
Now exhiliiiett l.y Jl!-l.Ul I'lilill AM, the Tropnetor
of the .ni .Mil .Mirror.
Mr. l'KIUl.V.M bci leave t; propoie distributing to the
citizens of l'hiljlelhia, llullimore, New York, und the
adi .iuinir nlncet, a numter nl
VAl.L Alll.K AND COSTLY GIFTS,
inrluitii)!; Urn
MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA .
N-w drawing ciowilrd hnuitri nt the
AMSK.MU1.Y lll'IIOJlNGS,
the exhihili n of wliieli hua refilled lo ita ownera wilhin
the tiat thrtM yeura, a ctrur proiit ol l'.' UUtl. hali-lsrlory
tr.vf of thia cuu be oLUuncd al the t Uicc of the Asvenibly
tuildinir.
'I'lie pi in upon which it is proposed to present soma
Ha.OOO worth . f Ailii Irs in. by llitr ante of
U UU0 TICKKTri
at
ONK DOLLAR F.ACtl
eieh ticket to aihmt KOt'il 1'tTkons to the Pimornina at
any exhibition when the h use is not lull, thus giving to
tch purchaser the WultTH or ms Monkt, ImwhIl-s aft.trd
I ig htm an op.v. 'Nullity to oblum one of the following arti
cles, viz :
I'unntaina. valued at - - CI0.OOO
Piano. ' . 3-'ju
liold VWh, " Ion
a Uold Wl.t -I os, i. . . l.OO
10 efts Silver Ten Spivus, SO
SO Uold Pens m 85 rat h, - 3 4)
600 Ot 1J Hei ci t, at 1 cich. 1 (-00
11,331 Sieel Hiigraviiiga, at il cenls, aa
To assure the nubile ihut cv rv thin will be done I'uirly
and honestly, the following named gcullcincn have been
selected as a uoniruuiee, vi :
Ueorge w. Dewey, sill Chisln it st , rec. Art i.uion.
F. P. U Richards, 17 j Chestnut st , lin;urrreotVit.
V. A. iloyt, Merchant Tuil r, c -iruer Teulli and Chest
nut a'leets.
Th nias A. Filsurerald. Proprietor Otv Item.
Willunn II. Si.kelf, Proprietor IWly llegistcr.
Jutnra S. Wallace, i'ninrieUir Daily un.
P. A. Cregnr, Piiucia S. hi ill Jsl Urriiiimer Miool.
I'ndil whose supervision the liifls will be distributed lit
Ihe following iiuuner, imi the IMIi of AHil, or as soon as
the Tickets are ajld, due notice of which will he given
Tne Committee wi I aeulup in la llOenvcli si. pra -ism
ly alike, l-J.UOO orders iin one kind ol note .cr l'-r the
vunous gills. These stalled luickagrs will !' Iluir usl.ly
mised together, and will be e I under ; :o.d kef
until the day of 1 r . senlaiion. v. i ' l-V - I ti e lick
a a will call at the Oilice of Hu- Assatnb , I n ilinir. ua
Mr. Ja-nes II. Fai'aud, No 1 Chestnut smei, will pre.
s. nt the W.0O0 sealed envelopes ituliarrimiiwtely
Orders for tickets bv mint, Bldie.sed lo J. Tertian) AS
aemblv Huildiug, will be pr.wiptly si tended lo.
Tickets fot suleatlhe Assembly Buildings, from I A.M.
to III r M. Also f .r sole at the l.l a d House, W ashing
ton House, Jones1 Hotel, Anioricun House, United State
It .tel, Franklin House, Merchants' Hotel, I'm. n II. use,
and other Hotels, and at ihe priuciiwl Mimie 8lore
KXHIIIITIONM KVI.RY AFTLHNOON and F.VL-NINt.,at3,aiid7Jn-cl.ick.
.
finele Tickeia. as usual, tents. Children liatf-pricc.
Put., April , Ibo3. 4fc
EDUCATION. I
MR. HOSEA W. ATW'ELL Under his
acknowledgement to Parents, lor lh
flattering encouragement bestowed on him, and
would herewith announce that ha will commence
another term ot hi school, about the middle of
April, nexL He respectfully solicit a cenline.
auce of their patronage. '
runbury, March id. 1S5S. 8t. ' 11 '
For Sale. - '
500
BUSHELS OF POTATOES by the
auharribcr. -
CHARLES CAW LEV. ,,
Drj Valley, March 10, 1853- .
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