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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
FaIscbOOd EXPOSED.

Wepubisb below q refutation Of one Of the hun-
dred falsehoods contained ia the last Milton Ledger.
The Ledger fret balIy charged Mr.. Donnell
with having made the assertion. then Mr.. Hegins
mex, in bis paper, ourselves, and having been ex-
posed in these 'ttemp,s OF fa'schood, he now fxes
the charge on Mr. Dewun, and gives Mr.. Peter
ilsughnwout, a respectable citizen Of Rush town.
ship, ss the author NJ. Haughawout comes out
pu licly, and shows that the Ledger has uttered
another falsehood. The Ledger says.
"Some further eridence.--Frr the tspeci.i ed
hc tion of the Sunbury Lawyers, we state that
Lewis Dewdr' told Mr.. Peter Haughawou', Of
Rush ,own,h'p, that Gov. Porter had written to
Charles w. Hegins urging him 10 b.come a cam
ddate for reelection. Dewart also stated to Mr..
n. that ne wished 10 have Higgins returned 20 the
Legislature, because he wanted the Union canal
wdened
"RusH TOWNSHIP, Sept %, 1910.
"Msssus. MassEn & EIsELr-I wish 10 let you
kn w Ina, Mr.. def nbach was wrong, in sitting
in his last Milton Ledge, that had said that Mr..
Dswa'i told me that Governor Porter had written
to Mr. Hegins, urging him 70 become candidate
for reelection Mr.. Dewart never told me any such
thing, and never sad he bad. He said tha, he
haG unders,ood that the Governor bad expressed
wish that Mr. Higgins would como back again. As
to the Union canal, Mr.. D, wait never said anytbine
to me about it, and never told you nor any one
! else. that he had.
"PETER HAUGHAWOUT"
Caught in a falls, hood again, Mr. Diefitnbach-er =
Are you not ashamed of yourself! If you are not,
tAIsc who hire you ought to be.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
" State Capitol Gazette"

The editors OF ,he State Capitol Gazette, an IRE.
sporsble sheet f more than dou,if character.
printed at Harrisburg have thought proper to oh
trude 'hems Ives upon the people of this c UNITY
for rrasons 81 Obvious, that who Is acquain
ted with the peculiar cast and character of these
,oorfhies, can fail to appreciate the purity of Their
mofircs or the integrity Of their con,uc',
Having already, for brief period foundered in
a sphere in which they reapel nothing but dishon-
or nd oistrust. they have resolved To extend III
scene Of their inglo,ous lnhors 10 this county, and
for and patry consideration, have volun-
,cer,d their services to lr,duce and vlfy The cha
racter OF G v Hegins, our late mem er. Theirs
must, indeed, be a folorn hope" who for The re-
mote conti gency If securing the vlte Of Jesse &.
Horton in III. r favor public printers, can con.
descend to degrade their columns such vile pur-
poses
Charity m gh, induce u to suppose that it was
through ignorance that J.s G.. Horton i called by
them, the "reguIarly nominated candid t." No
honorable Intelligent democrat in the county pre-.
sumes 10 say SO, even Horton himsef does not
clam it. We know that " Mr. He.in's did not act
in accordance with the wishes of" these ,coriiieS
when he refused TO vote in their favor as public
printers but gave vote for the /" Keystone" the
firm and tried friends of Gov Por,er and the demo-
cratic par,y. But the State Capitol Gazette is not
altogether alone in the wo:k. There ar few kin
dred PRINTS in this aud the n'ighboring counties
who, like themselves, have been secretly opposed t.
Governor Porter and these, TO a man. are opp sed
to Charles w. Hegis, lnJ are IN favor OF Hor,
ton.
/, vas for the benefit Of the Milton Ledger and
Sudbury Gazette, VIII, are to copy it in their co.
lumns, that this cowarjly attack has tcen made,
and il was for this reason TINT we cond ceni to
notice il, as the state Capitol Gazette, we pre-
sume is not read by five persons in the county OF
| Northumberland.
TIER happening In know something about the
getting up of 'his pafer," is truly astonishing. IL
tn $ place, where The rolretofs of the "Amercan
are known, the "geiting up" and conducting this
paper has never been 10, ked upon o mystery.
The getting up Of the American, however, we can
assure them, has been very dli1'ent from tn get
trg up" of the state Capitol Gaz tie, as Cur
receipts will show. This thing ol gttng up,
especially after "g,,,ing ur-at," should certainly
not be such Terrible bug bear to certain elitors.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

CT How comes il that there are not five demo-
Gratis in II b rough Of Sunbury who viii vote
against G. w. Higgins. Accnrjirc 10 The sta ement
of Horizons friends, there will not he any demo
left sf,er the election. And how comes il that all
The secret encmi' of Gov. Potter are n favor of
Horton. The Milt n Ledger has quoted number
of papers oppos d to Chahes w. Higgins. II is a
well known fact tina, ,very one of ihesa papers
have leen secretly opposed 10 Gov. Potter, and
have h en- forced To clme bl'k to his SUPP by the
voic. Of public pini in his favor. WhaI strong
evidence the pc pile have, that II, rton is no,
true dcmoc at.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
4 QU ESTION.

Will the democratic party OF this county he rul d
by couple of Jeardess boys like The editors of the
Milton Ledger and Sudbury Gazette, who d nounce
every democrat who will not vote as they wish
them to vote! Governor Porter in his e ter to
the Vi tsbuig committee, says: "God forbid that
the day should ever arrive in this country, when
The most ,xa ted indishlual in power may say 10
the humblcst: I" am the standard OF nfa lihil y
agree ,cth me mall things, or be branded
reereant and a knaye--stand of from the ala of
pairiotism-I am heller Than thou" And yet
these boys SIT themselves up as The standard of de-
moe acy, and say 10 t old democrats, who will
no, support sach man as Horton, "you are re-
creaits and kaares"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
The Contractor a yvouId-bc Far


When did Jesse G. Horton become democrat
is question frequently asked, but not so easily an
sweej. 7, il but few years since he was ci-
zen ofhe state of New York, which can be shown
by the records Of the Couit He came TO this
county as a mail contractor, for which he received
large sums of money as extra Pay" Tor woik
which be never done. Now he has suddenly he.
come democrat, and C lis himself farmer; he
cause he has been able to get farm out of the
"txrRA FAY" money re got from the governmcnt
Would the people like 10 know wha, kind of far
mcr he isl Iflhey do just let them go to the ca
nal above Northum crlanj. They " i'll fin1 him there
frniing several Locks" for which he ia TO reap
harrest Of upwards Of TWENTY THOUSA ND
DOLLARS. The next thing TO I've done is to get
him into the Legislature. The hall Of the HOUSE
Of representatives will he a mos, glorious place to
ruuAsn orr MS cRor. The few democratic friends
who are now pushing him forward have also II
finger in Me pie F! Tlcy have share in the crop,
and know very well when Fdrmp Horton gets To
Harrisburg, the way ,ha. he will thrash the doilars
out of the treasury will I've caeiion TO the farmers
who don't farm Lacks on the canal. Horton
must go there say The sre,ulat'rs and contractors;
+" We want more money and we want m re jobs
anl IA Horton will vote for money 10 pay himself,
VIC will come in foi a share of the p'under." Thus
our democratic farmers can see what kind Of n de-
mocrat and farmer Jesse G.. Horton ia. Levi
Dewart, who has been SO grossly slandercd and
abused by Horizons friends, does more farming and
has done more work wi h his own hands in one
week than lIo ton has done, will do in six
months We say leware Of contractors who want
to 60 the leg slaiu for the purpose Of voting hor-
81 ds Of dollars into their own po,kels.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
Salaries Of the Judges.


Inc bedger and ounbu'y Gaze,e have respcc-
lively affirmed, that Mr.. Hegi voted to add
s4O0 to the salaries of the ;uJes He vorrn
A.. fu...;. -,
' 'o's 'A'"'' "o'h tue
journal oi is3S-s vol l, page l4so, will Prove.
The bill from the Journal, entitled ian act to in
corporate the Eas,on Iron Componvv he;,. ,,d.,
A. ~ 9 c.,
"" a"'"' We sun" '''''u 10 ''hehu
the section NY adding the following words thereto:
THAT from and after the first Jay of Jspuarv
one thousand eight hundred and frl, nine, each
of the judges of the Suprem" Court of this COM
mnnwesl,h sh III receive an addition of four hum
dred dollars per annum to his present lary, each
of the judges learned in the law Of the several
cours of the city of Philadelphia an increase of
six hundred dollars per snnum; each of the Judges
learned IN me law OF the several courts IN the
,,,a' w., ~ ,, 81 h os 'ss ., aIe au"u'eu
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
DAILY PAY.

Mr.. Higgins has been charged by his opponents
with having voted 10 raise the wages Of he mem-
hers of the legislature to rom dollars day. Ths
news sPers that published tie slnnder, merely make
the statement, aud do not publish extracts from the
jou mails of he house, % spread the whole pro-
cocding before the people. The following is the
b II hit was before the house on the subject, and
Mr.. iIesiI voted against it, The act of 1914 re-
ferred 10, rai ed the wages 10 ar dollars per day,
and the ret oil 1921 educed them to three, which is
he PIice now paid to membsrs. 1.-THE act of 1921
had I've, repealed and that of isl4 revived pro-
posed in the following section, the dali, pay would
have been raised again to four dollars. We make
these prep ratory remarks. that all readers may
understand the quesrin that was elore the house.
The S section Of till No. 33o being bef re the
h use, viz: Vol |. term 1880, p,ee 6i6,
"Resoivcd, That The fret section Of an act enii-
tlsi an oct rspuclng lhe siaiies Of sundry public
officer. and daily pay of nemhers of the legisla-
luIe passed Janusry ls b, A. ID. 1921, be- and The
is hereby repealed, and the said act, TO which
this is . supplement, en'itl,d an act Pro,iing Sr
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
The False Charges.

Among the many fal.ehoods that have been pub
hel respecting the votes of Mr.. Higgins in the
Legislature, those in which it is stated that he
voted for resolution to raise the pay of the MEM
brrs TO four dollars day, and nc, TO add to tho
slarles Of the judges The sum of $500 per year.
TO show the utter destitution Of ruth which char
acterzes ih'se rha'g.s, publish 10 day the
sections offered on these su jrcts, with the yeas
AMI nays thereon. II will be perceived that Mr..
Higgins orposel To both these aot.' ID voted
against them. His name is reco rded among the
NAYS on both questions, as my be seen by the
Journa to The respective pages OF which we refer
those who wish t, pur.ue tho exam nation. The
whole list of reasons why Mr.. Higgins IN uld no,
be re elccte', which have been published in the
IL dyer" and Gazette" equally destitute
e truth, US ihe prominent matters to which we
have reiered They all false and cannot be
proved.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
DIAsOGIE

The public generally a'e not aware of the con-
temptible measures and msre esen atoms TO which
Jesse C. Ho,tan drsccnds for the s.ke ni trnlucing
his opponent and making votes for hims,lf.
The following Dialogue took place between Mr..
Horton and respectable man in August:
Nr. Hr ION Wen, will you give US liz, at the
elccti n!
Mr. NJ don, know. Who are you1
Mr.. Hrton My name is Horton. 'spose you
know my business! ! I'm running for the 'SeaIbly.
II go for three dollars da-. IIegns got .fon
last year and wanted more.
Mr. NJ don't know how that is; but sup
pose if you get in you will take all you can too.
Mr.. Horion-Oh no I'll only charge three.
Give us lif,, won't you!-l Erh Jesse on the
pacing rony]
Such course of eloctionesring is extremely dp-
or..iitn,c; and rs NJ. Horton knows Il is false, ho
is entirely u;jusfable in the assertion. II can e
ds'inctly proved tha, he did asscr, in plain terms.
that NJ. Hegins received four dollars day last
winter It can he as distinctly proved, nay, every
intelligent man already knows, ,ha, this allegation
is unqual,fedly faiset Can we exPec' integrity
in a ieprcsc ntati,e Who is guilty of such Perver.
ions Of truth to obtain the office
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

ar Hsw many Thousand doll rs did Horton get
for Extra Pay" as mail conir clor for rrvic, o
never peIf1rmedl How many thousand does he
expect for his job on the canal We say To our
farmers, you 10 not wan, to pay heavy state tuv-
es, never send speCuators or contractors to the
legislature. Let the Contract rs once g. m riiy
in the leg ,Ia,ure al you will see tie safe d. b,
increased eight or ten millions in few yelrs.
What do they care fof yearly saIe tax Of lwen.
ty or thirty dollar, when they can make thousands
0ai uf heir contrsct
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

Van Buren, is ELECTED OF not--ske Is sure to be-
president of household. gs&
On The other hand, the whig admrer Of the f.
male half ofiog cabin suloies don't know the trap
he is in. The Indies don't go TO such convocations
for nothing they. They ore looking further
than next November mothers looking for their
daughters, and daughters looking for themsclvcs.
That log cabin cut, got out hy our neighbors of the
New Era would he well labelled "TroP to catch
Husbands" The matches made by there political
gatherings, are innumernble and The young men
who n ter themselves that they are laboring for
The berlies of the county," have sold th'r own.
Give us the woman for manag, mcn,, ye'.
Brother Jonathan
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
How 10 get a Nomination.

When the delegates in the county convent N
will not nominate you, get tw niy-hve OF your
friends together in one corner of the couniy-get
the pretended friends Of another candidsle to de-
ceive him-Iy,I then have a resolution passed in
your favor This was the way in which Jesse &.
Horton got his n,mination-this is the way John
Mckinney was deceived, and this is the plan OF
the would-h democratic juno in tie Forks to de-
stroy the democratic party.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
a Chance.

The friends Of Ho ton, in order 10 deco We T. e
lion will come out in fivouI of tie Wings. Now
we state to all who sub,cribers to our paper,
may choose TO subscribe that they may withdraw
their subscriptions we change our l,li les,
and Ihi, we will not charge them one cen, for The
subscription to our paper, in that event.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
MI TI.v raN BURE.>

We publish in tins weeks Papcr an excellent
letter from Mr.. Van Buren, in answer to a commit
tee If gentlemen of Philadelphia, resTec,i his
opinion of the tariff the wages of labor, &c. II i'll
sound democrat aud a true friend of his country
Let every one who is desirous of knowing the
Presidents Opinin OF hese important subjects,
cad he lelte-.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
correspondence.
PHiIApELrurA, August goth

PHiIaDrLrura, August goth 1870.
TO the Hon. M. VAN Bunxs, Prcad, Mt Of the
Uuitel States;
DEAn Shuttle undersigned, I,ort on Of your
fellow citizens, rcques, your answer 10 the follow
ing qurries:--
Are you in favor Of Protective Tslihl
Did yoo vote for, or support property qualifi o.
ton fot voters, IN the convention Of New York!
Are you in favor Of reducing the standard Of wa
gesl
Whether you are in favor Of the Secretary Of
Wars plan for organizing the Militia
These questions are not made for the purpose of
unfriendly criticism, but only from sincere wish
to have your own views on these subjects.
Your f low citizens,
ISAAC LIPPNCOTT,
VIM. r. POTTS,
G. HAMS,
N. b. EVANS,
A. S. FREEMAN,
JOSEPH FRAZER.
Dir.ct to Isaac Lippinco,,, No. 2I0 Callow hill
street,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF JUSTICE

A few weeks since we published an cxract from
we c in favor Of removing he county seat from
Sudbury 10 Nor humberlan1. Mr.. Youpgm,n sa d
il was fal.e, as he had read hat paper and i not
see l.. Now we ask every honest man t. lock at
The Miltonian PUBLISHED IN the l2Ih September
ST. and see whether we have no, stated the truth
and NJ Youngmin an uniruh. The paper can
be seen at our office at any time.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
An Honest Confession.

Jesse C. Horton said the other day, in this
lace, that he knew that he was not regular
B nominated, but that it was as so nomi
nation as he wanted!! Any thing 70 deceive the
democrats Is good enough for him. Du, STOP Jes-
se Ire democrats on this side Of the river are not
as ignorant as you and friend Deiienb,cher take
them TO be-
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

contractor into office, who has received thousands
ffom the public treasury as "EXTRA PAY
for carrying the mail, and now wants to go to the
Legislature to vo;c himself few thousands extra
pay for bis contract on the canal.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

Il is stated that SO. 600. .msskets have been man
ufae ursd at Springfield, Mass. within the last fou'
years.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. J. G.. DucmEn,0
Own +. JouSsoN,
J.NEs PEAcocK,
BENJAMIN P,RKE,
JonS NJ. FousrsR, = Dauphin.
+. W. Hurrrn,
Micn,rL BCRKr,
J,coB Bsau,
HERMAN ALaIcKs.
PErgR HAY, pL,.,,.,:.
JossPH T.. NEAL,
Dawn I.rS u, p:,
ii. II. Van ANRISaE,S %
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|. Gn,mg w. Snick IL. Frederick Sr th.
2. Benz ,min Miillin l3. Charles Mcclure.
Frederick Stnrvcr IA. ]. NJ. Gcmmell.
2. VIM II. Smith. Is. q. NJ. Hollen' ack.
4. John +. stenman, I6. Leonard Pfu'z.
John Dow lin, IL. John Horton, =.
Henry Myers. ls. William Phil on.
s. Daniel Jacohy. 10. John Morrison.
6. Jesse Johnson. 90. Wes,ly F,os'.
7. Jacob Able. 81. Benz. Anderson.
8. Geo. Christman. %. William Wilkins
o. WIN Shoener. -. a. X Wright
10. Henry Debut. %. John Findl'y.
IL Henry Logan. 25. Stephen Barlow
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THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, October 3, 1910.
ELECTORAL TICKET,

J,NEs CLAnKE, of Indiana, 1So;,
Ggo c. LEIrEu of Delaware,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-03

Direct to Isaac Lippncou, No. 2Io Callo~h hill
street.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-03-03

A report is going the rounds that in October
IA last DR. Darling brought into this place dead
body, which he lodged in room over nv store
where he invited in several young men, who fell
to mutilating it in very unbecoming manner
cutting off the head the legs, tho arms throwing
them abou', burning the flesh, &c DC. Whether
this base fabrication manufactured for the in.
jury ofDr Darling, or for the purpose of lettering
the more tender hearted from calling at my
store, by making il appear probable that should
they call they might stumble over the severed head
o rnangled limbs Of fellow creature, know not,
neither do care. Thus much have to say, ths
whole is as base falsehood as jiend uttered.
DR. Darling bought Of DR. Crosby of Hanover, NJ Fl.
SIX Teton, and some other trfing anatomical pre-
partitions, which are, and have been in his
Office, "a room in the upper story Of my STOREY
where any gentleman them by calling l
assisted him in carrying them into his room and
positively know he has never had any thing else
of this nature since he came into town, and here
pledge myself TO prove my statement if called on
Report says that these ISLANDERS put in ci,cu-
laton by certain young men who attended school
IN this place last fall, probably for the purpose Of
lmmortalizing their name by becoming UNI
common liars. ] advise them to check the report
or they may be called on TO prove IT.
JOHN c. DARLING.
Concord, Feb. 81, 1910. l35wl
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-03-03
MILK SICKNESS.

This singular disease for the discovery Of the
cause of which large rewards have been offered
in The west still continues efIec. the cattle in
that section. The Warsaw (Ky.) Patriot states
that it nj present prevails TO some extent i'll the
neighborhood of that place, and has been ntIen-
ded with most fatal effect, ut least IN in.
stance. The Patriot says:
The family Of Mr. Charles Boggs, living in
the upper end Of this CO, has been severely af1lic
ted from eating the beef OF Il steer which had the
s,remble' a short time before it was klIed--Nlr
Boggs, we understand had always ridiculed the
general belief that poison could be comnunira'
ted to the system by using The milk or eating
the beef Of can!e effected with the "tremhIes'
as it is generally called. About four week ago,
one of his beef cattle was taken with the disease
but in few days appeared to have recovered
from it, when MIR Boggs killed him and used the
beef IN the family. All the family were imme.
dia,eIy taken sick Mr. Boggs, his wife and a
young lady have died of the disease, and some
of the other members of the family are not ex
nc cted to live.