Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-09-14

papers from this to the elections at low price,
we propose 10 furnish the american" or our
German paper, until the elections, for 2Jcts for
one copy, or five copies for one dollar.
o. Our absence from home on business,
mus, be our excuse for want of the usual quaint
ty OF editorial this week.
u The Conferces of the 18th Congressional
District, met at Nlnncy OH "Wednesday last,
| and nominated GEN, WM. A. PETRIKEN,
oi Lycoming 4 better nomination could not
have been made. The General will be triumph
antly elected. "Old Northumberland" good for
| 1000 majority.
! CO Go.rEs We were favored few DAYS
since with some oithc finest grapes that can be
produced They were the genuine isabella, -
! from the garden OF Mr. Edward Goblin, of this
I place. We have often wondered and regretted
/ that people paid little attention to the cult
walton of good fruit especially when ii can be
done with so little labor and expense. There
are a number of gardens we know, in this place,
that produce fruit equal TO any in the State, but
we would like to see its cultivation more gencr-
that the coming fall would be an excellent time
to set out shade trees There is nothing that
adds much TO the comfort of domestic life
both in appearance and reality, as the planting
of shade trees about cur dwellings and places OF
public resort and the cultivation of good fruit in
our gardens. These are cheap comforts, acces.
sible alike to the rich and the poor, and they
foolish who do not enjoy them.
G-y- TnE NORTHUMBERLAND VINO Mass
MtErrNG.-Wc are not able to give a full ae,
count of this meeting, as we had but a few mo-
ments TO spare before leaving for the city, on
the same day. 1t was, however, large gather
ing we think about equal 10 that at Milton
We counted the sections they passed the
bridge, and made four hundred and eighty one
of about four each. Making over nineteen hun
drcd in procession, exclusive of the boys and la
dies, who probably numbered about one thou
sand The meeting, we presume, was attended
by something like three thousand. We never
saw so many ladies' at one gathering as on thi'
occasion. The meeting was being addressed by
John Adams Fisher, of Dauphin, when we left.
We regret TO state that a fire occurred abou
il o'clock, in the tavern of CuARLEs S1oEs
which was entirely consumed The great con
course of people who assisted in carrying water
enabled the citizens to arrest the flames and pre-
vent them spreading, The Sunbuy Engine
{ were sent for by express, and were on the groun
, in less than 30 minutes after being notified.
O. We stated in our last that Mr. Buchanan
was at Danville, at the meeting the 5th A
5 he was certainly expected, and we had been in
D formed that he had passed through Northumbcr
{ land on his way thther, we wrote the paragrap
in question on Thursday evening and did not fin
out our error until next day, after our paper
were all worked off 1t is, we know, an unm
portant matter, as the meeting was over and
, could deceive no one but as there are certai
< captious and ill-natured persons who eve
disposed 10 find fault, we have thought prope
TO make this statement
= ~ ELECTION NEws.-The returns iror
Il Maine, as far as heard from, show democrati
" gain The democratic candidate for Governo
+ will be elected by 700 majority. Vermont, a