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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-04-15
MISCELLANY.
EDITORIAL, Condensed and Selected.
this catastrophe.

EDITORIAL, Condensed and Selected.
young lady in New York recently recovered
81 O. 900 dam ,g s. in a case Of seduction.
George Penniman has been fined ten dollars for
smoking seears in the streets of Boston.
There are 1903 regiments in the Btiti-h service,
consisting Of "a 400 rank and file.
Swift said he never knew a man to arrive to EN-.
inence, who was fond oflying in bed mornings.
Diluted Supuic Acid, is said to be a remedy
for the painters collie.
10 Boston, the pas, years, offity boys arrest
ed for larceny, foriy.sev had been newspaper
boys.
Anoiher Mysterious Disappearance.-Colonel
Charles X. Serves is wanted in Phiade phs. He
has unaccoun' ably disappeared from his family
and home in the city.
Mr.. Hiram Hastings was buried eneath an ava
anche Of snow a, the foot of the Ascutney Noun
tain, in Vermont, and perished.
The editor of The Boston Post says he has been
eating hu,er all winter, strong enough to pull over
Solomon's temple.
The ladies' and gentlemen all smoke in a MeIi-
can theatre during the performance.
Public baths are nbou, TO he erected in Pha.
Iepha on an economical plan-bathing 10 be in
one l2I--in the other ct cents.
Mr.. Harry Champion, Of Wes'feld, killed seven
cows at one shoi. We mean es0,os.
| Lord Bacon says, the chief discoveries in po-
litical science made by young men between tn,
ages of twenty and thirty.
A house in Boston sold, in one contract, co,,or
domes,cs for Chin,, to the amount Of thre
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
A hog slaughtered by John Taylor, Jr., Brad
ford county, Pa, weighed when dressed one thou
sand and one pounds.
GoH.-"Harden's Express" passed through
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 22d ult. with $4,000
in gold. for New Orleans.
Father Matthew, the great Irish apostle Of Ten
pcrance, tits sail, will visit the United States sho
y.
The late insuuecton in Rhode Island cost th'
State sos 95sls.
The Chinese worship their grandfalhers, gran'
mothers, aud other dead relations and this is call'
"fami,y worh hip"
A Mr.. Midget. ofthe Massachusetts, Legislature
has nine sons bei,peen the ages Of l6 and
, years. That man has "done The State some sc
, vice. and they know it," If they don'' they Orter.
Enormous quantities Of Champagne are prsPar
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Mr.. Van Bnrrn and the Presidency,

The few friends that Mr.. Van Buren, has still
le, siraining every nerve cffec, his nomina.
tim. Wesay The feic friends, because we beieve
that Mr.. Van B.ren has a smaller number Of sup.
porters among the people than any candidate that
has yet cen brought before them, aud we trust the
time will long be hefoie few in,c,e ted parii1an
leaders will he enabled to thrust him upon the peo.
pie as their candidate. NJ. Van Buren profrsses,
we b lieve, TO be q democrat. Yet his conduct in
his efforts to keep himself constantly in Office is at
variance with all the principles of democracy, and
shows him TO be an aristocrat Of the first water.
Besides having long been in office. in his native
state he has held the office of President and ice
President eight wears, and had he not been one Of
The mos, unpopular men in the union, could have
been easily elected for four years more. After
having leen most shan efully distanccd. with ell
the patronage ofthe gcnerSl government at his heels,
We think j, insul ing 10 the people to offer him a.
gain as a candidate E. = the hirh station to which
they once reluctantly elevated him, and VII ch no.
thing but for his own want Of popularity COMPELLED
him to Yield TO his coious rival. victory which
should teach the democracy not TO force upon them
man for whom they have but Ii tie affection. f moi
want Of confidence. When the present consti.
tuition was formed, few ultra high toned federal.
lists were anxious to have engrnfted upon tha, adj
mirahle in st:ument q number OF Offices with life
tenure, MEASURE which was repudated by every
democrat. There are but few, indeed, that would
dare q, this day, to advocate such a measure, ye
We find Mr.. Van Buren, and his friends endeavor
ing to efec, in practice, what every democrat then
refused to sanction by law. These are, we believe
the opinions Of more than nine-,enths of the de-
mocracy of the union. and ha, these opinions wer'
once the views entertained by Mr.. Van Buren, him
self we want no stronger evidence than his owl
declarations in his letter to Gov Rey nolds of Mis-
souri, declining the nomination offered him by tn
legislature Of tha, state, in the following words.
"No one can expect, or should desire, TO b
always in office under a government and insti
tutions like ours and have enjoyed that pri
vilege long enough TO satisfy my utmost ambi
ton"
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pocket, on the left breast Of his frock coat dirk
knife, raising il suddenly and turning il quickly
in bis hand, Tor blow Mr Braton at once drop.
,rnm. and around to the right Of the Clerks desk
where Mctiowan caugh, up to him, and there in |
the presence Of the assembled representatives, Of the
people OF Pennsylvania, drove the uplined kn fe in
to his back hut the blow alighcd fortunately on the
eh shoulder blade, the wound inflic ed, though an
ugly cash. was not serious. No second blow was
struck, we believe for the members rushed in and
arrested the further progress Of the homicide. The
knife was taken from McGowsn and proved to have
been bent into curre, by meeting with the resist.
,ance Of the shoulder bone. The force and good
will with which the blow was given may be es
mated from this fact-thoush it is pos bls that the
impetus Of the motion of running gave unusual
force to the blow.
While this scene was going on, aud after !, had
closed. the greatest and mos, intense excitement
prevoiled-,he whole house in commoon.-
the members rushed from their seats into the
before the Speakers char-business for the time
being was almost suspended. After the knfc was
taken from MCGOWAN he protested to his seat and
Mr.. Bra,ton was taken in the room of the Sergeant
at Arms, and the extent OF his injuries examined
As soon as order could he restored somewhat
Mr.. Deforj offered resolution to appoin, c nm
mit,ee of 'hrce to examine and report on the cir.
cums'ances of the assault which was agreed to
without debate, with an amendment, increasing the
committee to five, and give i, power 10 send for
persons and Papers. The Speaker appointed the
following members as the committee Mcssrs De-
ford, Elwell, Morris, Hahn and Skinner.
| An hour or So af er this, a constable came to
he door Of the II use with m gisir,te's war
rant for McGowa aus arrest, on the cha'ge Of "as-
sault and battery. with intent TO kill" There
was no power TO execute the warran, on Mr. Nc
Gowan while he was in the House I; but 1T the
suggestion Of some Of bis friends he came out and
surrendered hms II, when he taken l., fore
Justice Snyder, and bound in $1,000, { his
appearance 10 answer on the charge laid in the
warrant. The ahvc is a plain sta'emen, Of the
facts as they occurred, without bias or prejudice o
any kind.
Wha, order the House will take on the ahov,
dsgroceful and horrible affair, will be on Mon
day, when the Committee reports. They were en-
gagged all this afternoon in taking testimony Al
the members with whom have conversed, seen
to have come 10 a solemn determine lion ,ha, the
owe TO themselves, 10 the law, to society, and tn
character of the Commonwe llth, to eIpei Mellow
an from his seat Indeed, some Of them intima,
tina, if,his is not done, they will resign their seat
and 60 home-,hat this is no longer place 70
any decen, man. II is a question with many whe
,her the impuni,y which followed the "nose. .pul
ling" sfl.ir, may OF iu some degree lave led I
/ this catastrophe.
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Ur Commander Mckenzie has been entirely ac
quilted ly the Court Martial of all .he charges al
legged against him. The Presiden, has approved
of the decision of the Cour, Martial. A mos,
righteous verdict, to which nineteen. twentieths OF
the people will most cheerfully respond. A more
precious scounjrel than young Spencer, probably
never run unwhipt Of justice. He has a brother
now in Texas, who, by his own confession, is but
little better There are mono without their troubles
in this world of wickedness and woe, and The great
generally have double portion. Few men have
had more domestic affections than Secretary Spen,
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Q1T The canals have been opened for some days
past, and the navigation resumed. The gradual
thawng of the late deep snow has prevented sud-
den or unusual rise. There can, therefore. we
think be bu, little danger in anticipation Of any in
jury in consequence of the spring freshets
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U The Office Of the "SUNBURY
AMERICAN" has been removed to
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ley, adjoining the New Store of II. B.
Masser. Business or orders left at the
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ANOTHER ALLEGED PuBAC DErAuLTER.-
Henry r. Schoolcrah was arrested in New
York on Thursday in civil suit instituted a
gainst him by the United States, to recover
sl6.972. the amount of the alleged deialcation
in his capacity of Indian agent in Michigan.
The Court ordered him to give bail in 10000
% abide the issue Of the suit
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a. We have o6hand sixty teams Of print.
ing paper, similar in size and quality to the sheet
upon which this is printed. Also 36 rcsms Of su-
per Royal ei by % inches which will be sold al,
cos, and carriage, for cash.
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Respectfully yours,
ANGUS McDUFFlE.

The New Orleans Picayune relates most
dabolical attempt made by mulatto girl, aged
about IL years, in the employ o. MIR. Perez,
on the person Of an infant in her charge. 1t
seems, says the Picayune, that Mr.. Perez had
employed the slave to take care Of his child, an
infant not more than eight months OF age.
Some days ago the infant was observed to be
suffering under a complaint that bafiled the
skill of the attending physician, and at last the
parents came to the conclusion that it must
have been poisoned. Their suspicious fixed
upon It's nurse, the girl mentioned above, and
after questioning her repeatedly, she at last
acknowledged that she had puta quantity OF
powdered glass into the little sufferers food
Nor did her cruelty stop here-she had mixed
several pins in saucer ofsyrup and compelled
the unfortunate infant to swallow Them Not
content with this, the female fend struck the
child over the head several times with BAN
boo cane, and tried to push piece ofstick dowr
its throat! After fully investigating the charS
es brought against her, Recorder Bertus com
mitted her to prison to await q further trial.
There are sald 10 be 500 persons in the Pool
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o. The legislature will Adjourn on Tuesday the
18th. We should like to them pass the Non.
imprisonment law, and the law in relation to Tide
Water notes, before the adjournment.
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or The New York charter election has termi.
mated in favor Of Morris the democratic candidate
for Mayor, Ivy a majority of 6OO0 votes.
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Money Matters.

The rates of discount on demand notes are i'm
proving, and we hope long We shall he able to
announce to our readers, that the notes of all SOL
vent banks are again at par
Relief Notes have improved considerably within
the last few weeks. The following are the rates,
according to d ckneIl's Reporter of Tuesday last:
Relief Noes Of Penn Township. Moyamen ing,
County. Erie, Northampton, Towsndo, Wilkes.
barre and West Brarch banks, 6a6!
Pittsburgh hanks, Columbia Bridge Co., Farmrrs
bank of Lancaster, 5a5I
Bank of Penn.ylvsnia 2a3
Mechanics bank Of Philadelphia, Northern Iiher-
ties, Delaware County. Chester County, Ger
rlantown, and Farmers bank OF Bucks Co, par
! o her Relief Notes, 81
| The New York and Philadelphia banks have re
solved to receive the Spanish small coins, only at
| the following rates, viz:
fps, cents.
Lewis, 10
! Quarters, %
These rates are fixed in accordance with an assay
made by the mint, which gives thei intrinsic value
as follows, viz: c. m.
fps,
Levies, II
Quarters, % S
The Butchers, Grocers, and neatly all the des
lers, however, take them a, the old rates. Here
we are prepared to say, We shall he happy a, al
times 10 receive rs much Of the above coin as ma.
bo offered a, the highest and best rates.
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u On our first page, our readers will find Q
number of interesting articles.
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az All articles not possessing any peculiar 10.
cal interest, should be as brief and concise us pos.
siblc
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Monroe Edwards

This adroit rogue, i, appears, was no, drowned,
nor has he effected his escape from Sing Sing
prison. The following letter the subject is copied
from the New York Courier:
SING SING. April 6, isi3.
A. NJ. e. SIXTH, Esa.
SIn,-I sent word TO the Police Of your city
that Monroe Edwards had drowned himself or es-
csped-We have since found him concealed in one
Of the shops; the reason why we supposed he had
drowned himself, was that one Of the convicts said
that he saw him jump off the dock, and there was
also found in his cap lying on the dock, a note
stating that when that should be found the deed
would be done. Respectfully yours.
ANGUS McDUFFlE.
Il is stated in the Herald that on the m,rning
after he was mi sed. Edwards was discovered by a
keeper in the shoe shop, snugy slowed away in o
closet, with good supply of cakes, crackers, and
brandy sufficient to last several days, or until ks
could conveniently escape. contractors agen
has been arrested, and brought before Justice foe
on suspicion of having furnished him with Ihes'
articles, which are expressly prohibited, otherwis'
aiding him in his attempts to escape.
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There are sand to be 500 persons in the Poor
house at Montreal.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-25
From the Missouri Reporter
HOW 1T WORKS,

TIE utraism of the enemies Of all banking is al
read! placing the Democracy Of the country in
false position, to the extent that it is understood
The illinois Gazette, Wing paper says:
ain our legislature a proposition has been made
to exclude all bills Of a smaller denomination than
twenty dollars and bill is likely TO pass requiring
spelc payments for all public dues. And our banks
mus be wound ur, without the slightest intimation
thai we to have any other local currency We
notice the spirit in the Legislatures Of M.sou-
ii add Ohio. II the banks of these States were no
better than ours there would be some plausibility in
Their course but they go in for the principle pro.
INDICATED by the great gun Of the party-thc Globe
to have all banks wind up the expiration Of their
charters, and thus gradually exhrpate the banking
syNem. But It is a satisfaction to observe that in
regard TO this ultraism-ths exploded idea of an ex
cltsye hard money currency-there many sane
AMI sensible men OF the Democratic school, who adj
vecate a wellreguated banking system-a system
btsed only upon the precious metals who in this
particular with the Wing party, except the prin-
cple of individual liability; who favor their modih-
c,tion and improvement not their destruction. OF
tbs class OF journals, prominent in the Democratic
inks, we may cite the Missouri Reporter, Cincnna-
/ Enquirer and Richmond Enquirer"
The Globe is the only Democratic paper in the
East which advocates an exclusive metallic curren-
,y, If we except one or two penny papers in New
York that take their cue from the Globe, or from the
writer Of the money articles in the New York He
raid. we q scoNefi by ue way tbat one OF those
papers undertakes TO read the veteran editor Of the
Albany Argus out of the Democratic f61d. The Al
bany Argus having frequently expressed its opposi-
ton to the Of the ultras in the city Of New
York. its ed tor was congratulated by the Daily Ad-
vertiser receiving the appointment Of State Prn-
ter. Tho Advertiser preferred Mr.. CrosweIl to q
more ultra Democrat On this the ultra paper said
awe are not surpr sed to find such comment, up-
on the appointment Of State Printer in the old Fede
raj Daily" The Federal presses generally have
abundant reason to " congratulate" each other
Though they and the principles which they advocate
were sgnally rebuked by the people the last cleo
tion yet those who maintain political sentiments,
scarcely at variance with theirs, TO be reaping
all the fruits of that hard-won victory
If we do not part company with the Albany Argus
and Richmond Enquirer we shall feel tolerably safe
notwithstanding the views Of the Globe the JefIer.
Inquirer and writer Of the money articles Of the
New York Herald.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-25
JUSTICE.


The different branches of the Democratic party are
coming together again in Ohio. The Cincinnati En-
qurer Of the 7th inst. says: :" We glad to find
the following additional assurance that the Statesman
did not sustain the radicals, the unconditional hards'
if the Statesman is where il has alcags BEEN
we know of no difference OF opinion between it and
the Enquirer:
"We never had expressed opinion against re.
chartering, with proper restrictions, the honest and
sound banks; we had only doubted whether many
such were to be found. We charged with be-
ing favor of hard money and the destruction of all
banks still in existence many of them extending
a space Of ten years to come-and no man in the
State more anxious that they would not explode
than were. We were opposed to the recbarter
Of any new bank the extension Of any old one ex-
cept under the most rigid restrictions and if bankers
would not submit to that, went heart and soul
against any further tskering on the subject.
awe hope now both understood
The " hards are by this time used up in Ohio, as
they will be every where else. They have, however,
done much mischief-partialy disorganzed the party
and good feeling and harmony may not be res
ored before the next election. 1t is to be hoped the
rational portion of the Democrats will forgive the
of their rash and inconsderate brethren The
- hards convinced that their notions crude
they are, cannot be acknowledged the standard
of orthodoxy, and they should submit to the will of
the party, promptly, and with the best grace they
can
The old solvent banks of Ohio will now be renew
ed, under additional safeguards, and will be
established safer principles. Thus salutary re-
form will take place. instead of destruction.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-25
THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

The following amendment proposed BY Mr.. G
Laubat, was under consideration in tho French
Chamber Of Deputies at the last accounts II will
be seen that II refers to the Right Of Search Quos
ton:
"For the strict and honorable execution Of the e
conventions, so long they shall not be abrogated
we rely upon the vigilance and upon the frmnes Of
your Msjestys Government; but struck with the IN
convenience which experience has demonstrated and
for the sake even Of the good understanding ne
cessary for the accomplishment Of the common OBJ
eot, We hail with all our wishes the nome nj when
negotiations, conducted with prudence and earnest
ness, shall have replaced commerce under The
exclusive surveillance of our own flag
Had the Acadia been detained another dsy, shs
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-25
From the Philadelphia Mercury.
PRESIDENT TYLER.

The Administration Of "honest John Tyler" is be-
coming more and more popular in every part Of the
Union. Demonstrations in favor OF his nomination
for the Presidency pouring in from every quar-
ter. The honest, the INDUSTRIOUS the patriotic
those who sincerely wish to promote the welfare Of
the coutry, and who would not ruther see 1t cursed
by one man than flourish under snother'-are com
ing to his aid and promise to deliver us from the
hands of politicians and the professed wire.
workers of parties. The President will soon have a
fair field. In New York and New Jersey his friends
already organizing, and Pennsylvania, II we un-
derstand the signs, is to follow. II honesty,
straight-forwardncss, and life unsweryingy devo-
ted TO principles together with all the virtues which
grace private life, can make a man favorable can
didate for tho Presidency pih the people, John Tyler
of Virginia is the man.