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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-02

The amendment referred to- and which now stands
as part OF the law, is in these words Prorided
That IT. at any time during the existence of this act
there shall be an imposition Of duties imports in
consistent with the provisions of the act OF March
second thousand eight hundred and thirty three
entitled AN Act TO modify the of the fourteenth
of July, one Thousand eight hundred and thirty-lwo
and all other acts imposing duties imports and be-
yond The tate of duty fixed by tina, act to wit t,peniy
per cent on the raiue Of such imports any Of them,
then the distribution prorid,d this act shall be Gus
pended and shall continue until this cause Of its
suspension shall be removed; and when removed If
prevented by other provisions of this act such dis
tributen shall be resumed"
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RHODE ISLAND LOTTERY, Class 2oI,
For the benefit of Public Schools, TO be drhwn No
yember 20.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-02
100000 20 of 81 500, 10 of $1,000, 10 Of $1,000
PoKoMoKE RIVER LOTTERY, Class lao,

Tickets S5-,Halves 50 50-Quarters 81 25,
Certificates of packages OF 25 whole tickets SOS 90
do do 25 halves 80 50
do do % quarters IL %
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
7. s. Bank Frauds.

The Grand Jury of Philadelphia county hive
presented Nicholas Biddle, Samuel Jaudon, John
Andreus and others, lately connected with the Z,
5. Bank, for entering into conspiracy to defraud
the stockholders Of said bank. NJ. Biddle and his
assncia cs with The exception Of MI Compartments,
appeared by their altornes. An attempt was made
to quash the presenlmen
We sncet,ly hope that this nefariohs business
will be fully investigated and that no legal technii
calites will c united to screen the guilty from
mer,tcd puni hmtni. But The laws, So far as high
criminal offenders have cen concerned, have fire.
Gneny proved a dead letter of late, that we deem
it almost impossible TO convict any one who has
wealth and influential friends to back him. Those
who have been concerned Ia this vile stheine of
puuder-whose hands have been Contaminated hy
base brbcs, (and that there are number OF such
is no longer a matter of doubl) should be held up
10 the scorn of an honest and PlundrTed oommunl-
ty. II they sh uld escape The present invesg ,tion,
which we fear is more than pr, bablc, The esislA-
ture shoald take the subject into their hands, and
sifl he whole matter thoroughly. Truth requires
not shri.k fom any investigation that may be in
stuled.
The following is the letter upon which the pre-
sentiment is predieard. The decision OF the judge
upon The matter to quash the PresentInenl, was
postponed until yesterday.
81 charge Nicholas Biddlei Joseph CowPerth-
1 waite, Thomas Dhulsp, Samuel Jaudon, and
John Andrews. with fraud and theft, in taking
and using for their own benefit and accommo-
dating their friends, the money belonging to
the Stockhoders OF the United States Bank,
which they were literally paid TO guard and
not TO abuse, my proof rs, the report of the
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
.Ah~uIpitiiCs.

To attempt to borrow money on the plea OF
extreme poverty. To make yourself generally
disagreeabc and wonder no one will visit you
unless they gain some palpable advantage by IT,
To sit shivering in the cold because you won't
have fire ill November. TO suppose the re-
viewers generally read more than the title page
oflhe work they praise or condemn. To keep
vour clerks on miserable salaries, and wonder
at their robbing yod. Not To 90 TO bed when
YOU are tired and sleepy because il IL not bed
time. TO make your servants tell lies for you,
and afterwards be angry because they tell lies
for thcmselves--To tell your own secrets, and
believe other people will keep them. To rem
der a man a service voluntarily, and expect
him to be grateful for it, To expect to make
people honest by hardening them in Jail, and
afterwards sending them adritt without the
means of getting work. TO fancy thing is
cheap because low price is asked for it. TO
say man is charitable because he subscribes
TO an hospital. 10 arrive at the age of fifty,
and be surprised at any vice, folly, or absurdIty
your fellow creatures may be guilty OF. TO
vote for candidate at an election because he
shakes hands with your wife and child and ad-
mres the baby.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
Tavern License

keepers Of public houses, whose license en-
plre IN January, or persons who may wish to
commence keeping public house, should recoi-
lect they are required, under IA law Of the ses-
SION OF lSil, to give public notice. in news
paper printed III the county where application
is made, for at least three weeks previous to
the setting of the court at whlch the license is
10 be granted
Now whether the gentleman wishes TO pro-
mote the interest aud comfort OF the treve' ling
community-of 90 give his decided appreciation
to the grog-department-or whether his BUMP
OF AcQUIsITvENEss, through a strong and pre-
vailing desire for ADVERTISEMENTS, has gained
the ascendency we are not exactly prepared
TO determine We are however strongly in
clined TO believe that the governing motive is,
the OUTCOME to the printer This however
is ne ither new nor strange the whole liquor
FRATERNITY beng governed by motives otin-
terest Compel liquor dealers to destroy their
fellow man rs an act fchorIty, ,rnrecompensed
and the work of destruction, IN this respect,
VIII at once ceasc.-lt is indeed surprising
that some persons are so cstrdnged to VIRTUE
and MORAL PRINCIPLE, that pmLANIHRoPy Is
entirely overbalanced by the love of money.
The above precious extract is fom paper called
the Temperance Advocate" published at New Brr-
lin, Pa. We have always manifested, our
lumns will show. a warm interest in fvor of the
temperance cause, and nowhere has the cause pro-
gressej more rapidly than in This place aud # we
are not greatly mistaken, tie true secret Of their
is greatly owing to the udcious course pur-
sued by the members belonging To the society. In
the temperance cause we know there are enlisted
some oil our most esteemed and worthy citizens
whose d.siHieresicohiess no one would question.
But unfortunately, there are always some Who sue
cced lush uating themselves into societies Of this
kind, whose motives are at least doubtful, aud who
are ready TO attack The motives Of others for
the purpose OF screening Their own. Whether "the
/ gentleman by name, John Porter, Esqn' who we
believe, pIoesses TO he the principal editor of the
"Advocee," falls in this category. whether the
article which indited in discharge of our edto>
rial duties was such a one to require the above
infemberate and injudicious notice, we shall leave
for a temperance loving, well a tolerant people
TO decide. The gentleman has probably not for
gotten the fable of the OK and the frog, and for his
personal SAFETY, may have thought it necessary to
open safety valve, TO give vent to the plethora OF
his philanthropy, lest the same fate might befai
him, that proved so cslamnous 10 lhst aspiring H.
tie animal
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

Or The following beautiful lines by the late
Edward Chapman Of this place, wore written some
time Curing the last war; They have been fire.
quenlly fepuhl shed, and universally admired.
few years since Of the Philadelphia weekly pa
pers furnished them u lis renders, as the produce
ton of some wli'cr previous to the Revolution.
Had editor looked over the sixth s,anza, which
alludes to events that transpred subsequent to our
Revolution, he could not have fsed percciving the
blunder, as the poet evidently audes to the wars
of the French Revolution, then raging throughout
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
The Woman and the Serpent.

The New Orleans Crescent City gives us
an account Of young lady. who, having said
her prayers, (young ladies' then do say their
prayers in that city, read ever her loves last
letter, aud wet it with her tears for the fftieth
Secretary of the Navy, or the Commodore,
would not allow him 10 leave his ship, and fly
on the wings OF love and steam to her artns,--
warmed her pretty little feet, aud wrapped them
up nicely i'll flannel, turned down the clothes,
when 10! there lay nicely coilcd up the arch
eneuy of woman. The pretty young lady
screamed, as she was in duty bound to do,
which soon brought assistance, and the serpent
lost his life for his presumption.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
Melancholy Suicide,

About four weeks since, Peter Heller, q young
man aged about 80 years, suddenly disappeared
from the resdei ce of his mother, widow, re,iJing
il Augusta township, about four miles from this
thrown out Ivy him on the subject OF ,uicide--wth
an intellect not wholly unclduled, his mother and
family entcrtIined fearful aPprehensions of his
safety. An intiectual search for several days wa
made, without discovering any trace of his person.
On Thursday week last, as MI Richie, who re.
sides about four miles beyond MIS-. Heller, was
leading an old horse which he intended to shoot,
and While passing into un'requcned part of the
woods, along a steep dccivity about bundled
yards from the road, he Discovered the body of the
un fortunate young man suspended by the neck
from the limb Of tree, Ey means OF his handker-
chef, which he used for that purpose. In this ST.
tua,ion he had been suspended, swinging 10 and
fo, for the space of three weeks with his coat Lear
ly of, hanging by one sleeve. l'h, limb from
which he suspended not being sufficiently high,
one knee was necessarily crooked, and Almost
touched the ground, while the other leg was drag
ging. lie had been married in this Ilrce but a
week previous to The commission of this f,al act,
which, we believe gave offence TO the family of his
parent. A jury Of inquest was hold upon the TO-
dy, and q veldcI given accordingly
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
The Union Of the wigs.

young scamp, somewhere in the vicinity
Of his teens, whois all invention when achance
offers for playing off trick, hut all stupidity
when his task is to be learned; who is, in
word,
"A drncc at Syntax, but dab a, law"
played off a joke OH both his p,tcrnol and ma.
tcrnal grandsires, yesterday, which is worthy
Of being PIcAyU>IzED. Both OF the old folks
sport pcrukes, as they have lawful right to
do, for nature long since refused to afford CO.
vering for their craniums Both ofthcm dned
at the house of our juvenile hcro's father, and
after dinner both ofthcln sat beside each other,
and talked mtently of times that wcrc. The
love of their mutual grandson seemed to be
equally shared by them both. He mounted
the knee Of one, pulled the other by the coat
button, or GENTLY rubbed his baud over his sil-
very beard. With all his apparen, affection,
there wnsa
Laughing devil in his eye"
which told that mischief was brewing in his
mind. When he threw the old men complete
~ Off their guard, he managed to tie To both of
their wigs string which string he tied to
their chairs.
When night approached, and Immediately
after heavy shower, both OF the octogenarians
rose, tomakc their way home; btt 10! their
wigs respectfully cung to the chairs were they
had been sitting. They formed themselves
into committee Of two, TO discover the cause
of the obstinacy of their wigs, anG were not
long in ascertaining it was all TO be attributed
20 their hopeful grandson. As if the mere ty-
ing of the wigs TO the chair was not enough to
make the Joke complete, he labelled them
THE union Of the ,ciss for The sake cfhhe Union. =
! The father Of the young joker was thrown
| into the most violent passion, by the occur
renee and threatened to inflict severe corpora
punishment upon his son, as soon as he came
within scope of his chastisement. ! he gooc
old men laughed heartily at the arch waggery
Of their grandson, adjusted their wigs, sal,
! that when they were at his age they even die
worse than that and before they left they
made the father promise TO forgive his son fo
uniting the wigs, for the sake Of the union
lIcayune.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

investigating committee, made TO the stock
holders in April, 1911.
AS to the idea Of tire above being breach of
trust only, tits not so it's too idle and insult
ing To be pretended or entertained for one mo-
nent; away with it then, and forever! These
men were servants, and paid Grtheir services;
50 are Your family domestics to whom Won give
in charge your plate, and other vamobles.
But if they appropriate it, or them, to them.
selves, they are unhesitaiingly charged with,
and proceeded against as for theft, aud why not
Nicholas Biddle and tho res,
AUSTIN MONTGOMERY"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
S27,000,O00
l9,663,00O
Juta1
$4,000 600

Balance in favor of Pennsylvania S3666,0o0
To finish the Improvements now under way
IN the State of New York, including the city
watcrworks, will increase their state and city
debt to 6o Millions at least; while seven
millions will more than finish all our works
now commenced, aud leave US I5 millions less
in debt than New York &; with nearly twice IS
.rHanv miles of canal and rail road. These ca
nails and rail roads of Pennsylvania, when com
pleted, will, we believe, more than pay the in
terest upon the cost of their construction, and
besides will have added to the permanent value
E1;he real estate of this commonwealth, more
than ONE HUNDRED MlLLIONSOF DOL
LARS.
The vicious banking system which, under the
administration of Joseph Ritner obtained so
complete an asccndency, and the corruptions
and eXtravigance commenced by those who
controlled that weak man, have very much
embarrassed our finances, but few years Of
wise legislation will show that the croakngs
of those who would lessen our credit, were but
the vagaries Of their own imagination, or the
overaowings of their jealousy.-tkeystone.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

o., A Juror in CARLISLE was fined SIS for not
attending at special court, His excuse was,
that he took no newspaper, and was no, aware of
tie time. The Judge intimuied that this was but
an aegrayaiion of the offence and that every cool
citizen was morally bound to tlke a newspaper
Those who borrow or take no paper, had better
save their fines well character, by taking one
Erthnith.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

DIR, FRASKLlN.-The Liverpool Standard Of
Nov. 18th, publishes at length, lecture de-
livcrej on " ednesday evening, Nov. 18th, at
the Royal Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte
street, by the Rev. Hugh McNeile, on the life
and character Of DR., Franklin, in behalf of the
Printers Pension Society, in London.
The house was densely filed, and many more
would have been present had there been room.
The stage was beautifully decorated with the
English and American flags. The identical
printing press at which DR.. Franklin worked
in London, as a jourhoyman, in the year l72J-
6, and which for the last three weeks had been
gratuitously exhibited to the public by John b.
Murry. Esq. of New York, prior 10 its being Ia
ken TO America and deposited with the Philo-
sophical Society of Philadelphia, was placed on
the right of the Stage, and created general at.
tenton. 1t was worked previous 10 the deliv.
cry of the lecture, and impressions of IA vcrba.
tim copy OF a letter written by DR. Franklin tc
the Rev. George Whitefield, we're giyen tC
the audience.
newspaper was shown that was printed n
the days of Franklin, in Boston, and also 4
number of the Boston Notion, of July 18th
The enormous size of the latter, placed along
side the former, created considerable amuse
ment. The lecture was delivered at the re
quest of number of the citizens of Liyerpoo
and America, and the proceeds amounted Il
E2JO.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

ABoLIrIoN.-We have seen il stated that the
Hon. ]. q. Adams is the champion of ubofnonS
ism. We apprehenI that this is a mt,takc. lie
mairtains the right of petition al subjects hut
Is, (hniess we greatly mi taken) adverse to any
interference with southern institutions, We think
that the denial of the right OF petition has proju.
ccd more injury than benefit, and that the abolition
spirit would be much more easily quieted by calm,
diguiied and energetic report agan.t their dIsor-
gsnzing doctrines. We would meet the question
which sbolilionsts have raised fairly and firmly
and If they still PresisIsd in their ridiculous prelen
sions, Nc would receive their petitions and place
them among the waste paper of the House.-Bah'
CEPir.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

UT According to a letter from The State Trcasu.
Ter, the amount falling due fnr in crest on the
state debt on the lst of February next, is $780,
600, and the balance in the Treasury on the l. 9th
D cembcr, 1871, was s9is,207 20, being IN ex.
cess Of more than s4s 600 over and above the sum
REQUIRED 10 pay the interest.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

0Jr The Reading Gazette is mistaken in sup
posing that we intended to injure the character of
their iron and limestone. We have no Gouht
of It's excellent quality hut Of It's superiority to our
own, stated by the Gazette, is what we have
deemed exceptionsbe.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

ROADS IN MlcnIGAN.-l he roads in Michigan
are said TO be the finest in the world. They
can scarcely ever be called muddy A pair Of
small country ponies draw 90 to % bushels Of
wheat as a regular load, say u to , tons, The
soil is flee from stones, and dries very quickly
after the heaviest rains.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

MIR. j. Fennimorc Cooper has published uno-
thcr letter in the Albany Argus, which closes
as toliows:--
/ ask leave 10 say, that five libel suits have
been brought against the editor and publishers
ofthe Evening Journal, since the trial ofFo1da,
and that more are under consideration. The
ascendcncy Of the law or Of the press shall be
fairly tried. Yours respectfully,
J. FENNlMORE COOPER.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
ODE TO COLUMBIA.
br EDWARD CHAPMAN, ESQ

rittn during, or al the close ofMe las; War.
Columbia's shores are wild and wide,
Columbia's hills are high,
And rudely planted side by side,
Her forests meet the rye;
Yet 'nsrrow must those shores lie made,
And low Columbia's hills,
And low her ancient forest laid,
Ere Freedom leaves her fields;
For It's tie spot where. rude and wild,
She played her gamb1ls when q chhl.
The breeze that waves the mountain pine,
Is fragrant and serene,
And never clearer sun did shine,
Than lights her vallics green;
Yet putrld must those breezcs blow
That sun must set in gore,
Ere footsteps of foreign fe
Imprint Culumbia's shore:
Foi oh! Columbia sons are fec
Th,ir hearts lre1t high with Liberty.
Though deep and wide her streams that flow
Imp1tuGus To the tide,
And thick aud green her LAUREL, grow
On every rivers s!e;
Yet should some transatlantic host
Pullute her waters fair,
They II meet them on the rocky coast,
And gather lauNs there:
For oh! Columhla's sons are brave,
Aud free as oceans widest wave.
For aiming boldest cuiras,cr,
lhey'v mines of s,erling woth.
For sword and l'uckler, shield and spear,
Embuwe!ed in :he earth,
And erc Columhia's sons resign
That boon their fathers won,
The polished ore from every minc,
Shall glitter in the sun:
For hdghts the hlales, aud III rp The spea
Which Freedoms SOILS To battle bear.
Let Britain boast the deeds shes done,
Display her rroph es hight,
And count her laur'Is bravely won,
In well cont sted fight.
Columbia can array band
To wresl that laurel wreath,
With keener eye, and adler hand,
To strike the blow Of death:
For whether on the land or LEA,
Commhla's fight is Victory.
Let France in Hood through Europe wade
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25

A Coon SHor.-Jdmes. Eben and Jonathan,
brothers, and sons Of the late James Phillips,
of Lynn, started on Monday morning at So
clock, and returned at q the same morning,
with ONE HUNDRED AS0 TWELVE SRA Ducks,
killed at one firing !-On Tuesday they like
wise killed NINETY and on Wednesday, oSf
HUNDRED, and then returned home TO lheir
usual days labor-Saiem Adr,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
Editorial Miscellany.

From 5000 to 5000 turkies have been sold cvc-
ry day in the New York markets, during the last
week.
There are about 100 vessels in the oyster trade
between the Chesapeake Bay and New York. each
making four trips, and carrying 900 to $500 bu,
shells per tip.
The amount The leather manufactured in New
England is said to exec cd 35 millions Of dol ara.
More forgeries in New York, says the Tribune.
An attempt is making to repeal the Bankrupt
Law.
The Arabian language contains 1000 different
words for StOord 400 for lion, 400 for serpent and
so for honey What famous language for love
and war.
Captain Hatch of Boston sentenced 10 five
years Imprisonment, in Rotterdam, for killing n
man in sef-d, fence, on board bis .hip.
The tolls on coal on the Srhuylkiil navigation
have been reduced as follows from Pottsville rs
cents, schuyhi Haven 10 cents, and Port Clinton
so cents.
Ca,tago, town in Central America, containing
10000 inhabitants, destroyed in September
last by an earthquake. But two houses left.
One in 7houSanG.-'rhe number OF clcrgymcn
in the United States is $4,000. White population
) 095, ,OCO.
The State Of Indiana will lose upwards Of two
millions of dollas with the Morris Canal and Ban
king Company, for bonds sold for internal improve
mcnt and banking purposes.
Col c. NJ. S'rluh l,cturcd on Arrogance befrre
the hthcncan Inst tue, Poitsville, on 1hur,d.y
evening, the 18th inst. We advise the Colonel to
keep his lectures un il the approaching session Of
he leg stature for the benefit of the members.
/ II i, said if wcks for lamps are frs, stepped in
vinegar ard then di d, it viii prevent the oil from
smoking.
a. hn Rrnd,lph was ce'eb s,e- for h powe's
of ar a III. In d. .ha lie was sometimes unusually
utter und severe with his Opponents. There il,
however scarcely any provoca,ion that could just
fy The following remarks:
Randolph and Clay.
The following nd to be the words Of John
Randolph which led 70 the challenge of Henry
Clay 10 duel in lS25.-Ihey were uttered we
believe, in secret session of the Senate, aud how
they fou their way INTO the newspapers we are
at loss to know ~. Y. Net0 Era.
"Tui1 man (manknd crave your pardon)
this worm- (liue animals flrsiye the insul,l-=
was spit the womb Of meancss-was "a std
toa higher h;e than he was born to, for lie was
raised l. tho society Of b!aokguards. Some f,r.
ture-kjnd to hiu-crucl to us-has tossed him
to the S-c.e,arysh of State.
&c ntenp, has the property of descending, but
she s'0ps far short o. him. She would die before
she would reach him; he dweils below her fall.
would hate him if | 1ti not dcspise him. 1t il,
not rchathe i, but lrsre he is, that put, my though,
in action. That ALPHABET which writes the
name Of 1Aers,tss, Of b!ackguaras squaiIdty, TO-
fuses her letters for hun.
THAT mini which thinks on what it cannot OK
p,css, can scnceIy think on him. An hyperbols
Tor meahncs' would be an s!ipSts for CL.r."