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, 1844-03-23

Disastrous Firs.-The Louisville Jour
nal of the 18th sayS-About l o'clock
this morning, a fire broke out on Pearl
street, between Main and Water, and
notwithstanding the great exertions OF
our fircmen, the flames devoured three
large four-story brick warehouses before
they could be subdued. The buildings
were owned by Samuel X. Page, Esq
The n in which the fire originated was
occupied by Mr.. Shockley as a feed store
and coal office. The other two contain
ed a quantity of beef and salt, belonging
to Messrs. Usher and Smith. We are
unable 10 ascertain whether the proper
ty was insured. The loss, We presume,
cannot fall short of $4,000
, 1844-03-23

FeHRSy.Yontla CaAaiS.-We learn
from the IeahSl i."nrIn lndt Tie canal
Commissioners have Instructed the
SUPERVISORS along the lac OF the
Pennsylvania canals to have them IL
readiness Ior the reception ol wafer
~ IAc l5h INST.
St0J5ng.--Ihc Usage leomau, OF
lac 1tn lust, says:
"Un Saturday evening last, about
d oc.och, Tie Hon. Benz. l.. Major,
senator from lhIs district, Was stab
t by LiJan Cherry. Cherry Was
uri ana examined before Jud c
NlIeEl. Alter Il PauentcAaminatIou
o ne Case, aud mcarIHa ma O.
testimony. Cherry WdS Glscharscd.--
" have La cOumenIs 10 n.ahe on
The OCCASION. The supremacy Of
The Jaw should be maintained at all
hazards.
The wound appeared 10 be innict-
ed with a small kuIIe, which entered
the lett side just below The region Of
the heart, without penetrating the
abdomen. 1t Is supposed thal the
cartilage OF the ribs and perhaps the
pleura has been slightly wounded.-
Mr.. Majors situation is deemed very
critical
, 1844-03-23

The girls of Padigum drink a pint
OF yeast before gong 10 bed at night,
TO make them RISE early in the NOR
ming.
, 1844-03-23

We notice the death of MIR. Rlnjamin
P. .NGior, State Senator from the War
saw district. His death was occasioned
by a stab inflicted by Elijah Cherry, in
an afray which grew out of a resolution
introduced into a political meeting, by
Mr.. Cherry, calling on Mr.. Major to
resign his seat in the Senate.
, 1844-03-23

COaches for Merico.-The n. York
Express, Of the 9lh inst, says: About
sixty days since, Eaton Gilbert s Co., Of
Troy, received a large order for stage
coaches and harness from Mexico
This order they completed last week,
and shipped $4,000 worth of their
coaches and harness by the Housatonic
railway for New York, whence they
will be exported TO Vera Cruz.
, 1844-03-23

.AurdT.-Mr. james Fegan Of this
county, shot a man by the name of Rhodes,
near New London, in Rails county, some
two weeks since. Fegan gave himself
up TO the nearest Magistrate, by whom
he was committed for trial, and after the
examination entered into recognisancc
in the sum of $500 for his appearance
at the Rails Circuit Court, on the first
Monday in April next.
, 1844-03-23
President Tyler's Administration seems

President Ty!er's Administration seems
TO have been signalizcd by Calamities.-
1t originated in the death of Harrison
Next died Mrs. Tyler. Then came the
tragedy Of the Somers-then the death
of Lcgare-then the destruction of the
Missouri; and now we mourn the terri
bic disaster on the Princeton.
, 1844-03-23

N,.or Weimor,. formerly 4 ci.i-
IN OF ii!s countg. Is >yuk,n Of Cor
ti"yc.Gn: Of O.e-rn. and Should
Senator Atchi>or's TIL pass. lie will
mo>iHkelv he appointed. Wc undr--
stand lie HIS been recaE,rcnd"i br
a number of the influential men OF
the State. ard some of the most
prominent members of tie Senate
and House have been written to by
them. Major Wetmore vas an Oil
Ger in tie last var and received sew
cral severe WOUNDS; h. IS, his rr-ht
arm by 4 ten pound shot u the storm.
ing ol the batteries n Fort Erie--is
well acquainted with Frontier lie.
having Travelled al over tie State and
Territory OF Missouri. he was the
compiler Of the Gazeteer OF Missomi.
BoonsIick Times.
, 1844-03-23

THE FoURIER ASSOCIATION, situated
in Mclean county, Pa, is represented to
be in a suffering condition. Many of the
families which have been induced to join
in the enterprise, are destitute of the
necessary provisions and clothing, and
several leave daily.
, 1844-03-23

President Tyler has presented 5000
TO the mother Of his black servant, who
was killed at the time of the explosion,
On board the Princeton.
, 1844-03-23

Co,piction.-We lear. tLat the Rev.
Mr.. Weinzephilin, the Catholic priest
who was charged with committing rape
III Evansville, Indiana, some two years
ago, has been convicted, and that he was
yesterday committed to the p~enitentiary
at Jacksonville for the term OF five
years. Louisville Jour.
, 1844-03-23

.4aother Church.-The corner stone Of d
new Catholic church was laid yesterday,
i'll Soulard's addition TO ST. Louis. The
new building is situated on the hill near
Mrs. Soulard's house, and will lie a con
sPicuOus object in approaching the city.
The liibernian Society, the Catholic
Temperance Society and a large con-
course Of citizens were present on the
occasiOn.-Mo. Republican.
, 1844-03-23

Wise'S District.-Judge Bagby has
been unanimously nominated as the loco
foco candidate for Congress, in the Acco-
mac district, lately represented by Mr..
Henry A. Wise.
, 1844-03-23

CAssIus NJ. CLAY has announced his
determination to emancipate all his slaves
in the course Of the present year. Mr..
Clay is a very large STAKEHOLDER, and is
, 1844-03-23

II Rumou.-It is stated, that two o.
the Professors of the St. Louis Medical
College, We're indicted by the Grand
Jury, which adjourned on Friday last,
for a misdemeanor-arising out of cir
cunstances connected with the late mob
in that city.
, 1844-03-23

both Wings and Democrats lock upon
this showing up of the Judges as
mere CANNON, and the ballot box will
show it"-and that which buttwo weeks
ago you pronounced ''pretty good Demo-
cracy" viz: Opposition to clique dicta-
tion"-you now declare in the case of
Col. Boon to be a "departurc from an
cient and tried Democratic usuagc.'-
But perhaps you did not speak ''adUisea-
iy' when you pcnned the first article
A distinguished English statesman has
said that Goods never change their opin-
ions, wise men sometimes do" If this
be true, and a man is wise in proportion
to the frequency Of his change Of senti-
ment, then are you Mr.. Editor, one of
the most profound political sages of the
day. VINO.
UgpGR RIO RrHE.-Tne following
Interesting paragraphs from tie Cad
do lShievePorr) Gazette Of the 2Isl.
u.'im":
TIE Miaaihas been up Red Xiv.
CT Fl 'y mics higher III n any Steam
beat has ever been. Hle Clp'an in
formed Us that he obtained sore cot
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

@ DEcLrNATIoN OF Mn. Van REY-By re.
ferring 10 letter from Washington, in another
column it will be seen that rumors are ahoat
that Mr.. Van Buren,, whose nomination is now
rendered certain, intends, after the nomination at
baltimore has been made, to decline in favcr of
Gen. Cass, We trust this may be true. With
Gen. Cass at their head, the Democratic party
would 60 into the field free and untrammeled and
with zeal and spirit that would ensure success.
On the other hand, Mr. Van Burcn, by such an
act would acquire more honor than if he could
even succeed being elected
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

The DESTRUCTION OF The Poor House at
Quaise, Mass, caused the death OF ten persons
instead Of eight. The Nantucket Enquirer
says:
There were fifty-nne persons in the house,
besides the family of Capt. Timothy Bunker, the
keeper. Capt B. lost all his effects and forty
dollars in money. There were Is of the pau
pcrs bedridaen-- one Of them we are told had
not walked for about twenty years.
Old and infirm as many of them were, it
seems miracle that so many esca ped with their
lives Ono lad jumped from the third story
! window, and escaped without injury Ano-
| ther jumped from the second story window,
and also escaped being injured. One man low
cred himself TO the ground by means ofa sheet
which he tore in strips and tied together.
Great numbers Of our citizens instantly re-
| paired to the scene of action, TO render such as
sistance as was possible. Good service was
rendered by those living on the ad jaccnt farms :;
Mr. Charles A. Burgess, in particular, we heard
named as having been the means OF saving Sc
veral lives, s,raining himself severely in so do
ing. One of the pauper inmates--a woman,
named Phebe Lovciss,-also personally rescu.
ed two or three persons, at the immediate risk
OF her own life. Mr.. Burgess, by means of a
ladder, stove in window of the third story, and
here found an old man and his wife in bed. He
informed them of their danger, and the man
got on but the woman refused to move Mr..
b. took her out Of bed, got her on the ladder, and
conveyed her in safety 10 the ground, she strug-
Cling ali the while to prevent him from accom-
plishing his benevolent purpose-this deed Of
daring.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

10 GREAT SALE.-The Monteur Iron Works
at Danville, erected by Biddle Chambers & Co,
were sold at Sherif's sale on Monday last. The
two Anthracite Furnaces are probably the most
splendid buildings of the kind, in the Union
The whole property, which consists of about
seven hundred acres of land, with numerous
buildings, iron ore and limestone, sold for S3S,-
200, subject to mortgages and other liens, a.
mounting to about s3l 900; making in the whole
upwards Of seventy thousand dollars The pro-
perty was purchased by Mcssrs. Caswell and Muir.
dock, of New York, who held large claims against
the same Mr., Peter Pady of Danvlle, in con.
nccton with a mercantile firm of Philadelphia,
were their competitors at the sale, who intended,
if they purchased to put the works into operation
without delay. Terms of sale, 10 per ct down
and the balance in April next which is equiva-
lent to a cash sale We did not hear what the
purchasers intend doing with the property, but
presume they will not suffer the Furnaces 10 re.
main idle
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

THY CANES CAsE---A decision made few
days ago in the Supreme Court of the United
States, on the case in which Gen. Gaines and his
wife were plaintiffs and the executors of Daniel
Clarke, of New Orleans, defendants. A Wash.
ington correspondent of the n. Y Evening Post
says that the points on which the defendants ap.
pealed have been decided against them, One Of
the points has been decided absolutely, and the
two other points with qualification that requires
the cause TO 60 again before the Circuit Court,
but which will not probably affect the result
This decision makes the General and his wife
the lord and mistress of an immense property
some say fifteen miilioas Of d,Aiars-Pha Ledg
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

DJT OUR IoTELs.-A correspondent of the
Pottsvlle Emporium, speaks in terms of high
commentator of the excellence of Weitzel's IIo.
TEL in this place, at which friend had stopped
during the Special Court. Speaking of the fare
he says
"Amonr the rarties presented by the table II
hOfe at WclizeFs, were a couple of large Wild
Turkcs, sho, in the ncighborhood, which were
remarkably fat, well favored and highly rel.
ished by the guests. Aud among other lux.
urIes and dellcacies, pheasan's, gooseoerry
tarts, srlnged beans. and preserved corn. fg,-
red prominently The House is q model of
cleanliness and order"
The truth is, Sunbury has been long ceebra-
ted, not for its magnificent or splendid Hotels but
for the excellent accommodations found within
them, any one ofwhich, in regard TO the culinary
department, would compare favorably with ma
ny of the large and extensive hotels of other
places. As specimen of our landlords we would
refer TO Mr. Geo. Prince, formerly of this place,
who, in the opinion of many capable of Judging
keeps the best Hotel at Harrisburg.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

Dg- THE News from Harrisburg, this week,
we confess, but nevertheless true The members
have been debating Mr.. Coopcr's 900 million
stock scheme, based upon the public lands but
there is no prospect of its passage, The sale OF
the public works is, we presume, disposed Of, as
Nr Farrelly has reported against it, and very
properly too. Some Of the city papers contend
that because a few papers in the interior have
spoken in favor Of the measure, that it would be
popular among the people, A very great mis-
take, as nne-tenths Of them are opposed TO any
such plan. Mr. Roumfort has introduced new
revenue bill, II provides that for the purpose of
| equalzing the assessments and taxes for the use
Of the Commonwealth in the different counties of
| the State there shall be appointed seven Com
missioners, who, or majority Of whom, with
the State Treasurer, for the time being, shall
constitute Board of Revenue Commissioners,
whose duty it will be TO meet al Harrisburg with.
in ninety days from the passage of the act, on a
day certain 10 be fixed by the State Treasurer
of which due notice shall be given by him to said
Commissioners, and annually thereafter on the
first Monday in May. The Commissioners OF
| the county are TO transmit, ten days before the
meeting of the Revenue Commissioners, a state
ment of the valuation of all the property in the
county. The duty of the Revenue Commission
ers is then 10 adjust and equalize the tax in tn,
respective counties, according 10 valuation.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

TaE DEATH OF GOVERNOR REYNoIBs-On
the table near where Governor Reynold fell.
was letter, explaining the cause which led to
his self destruction. 1t was addressed TO Col
w. G. Minor, and was as follows;
In every situation in which have been rla-
ced have labored to discharge my duty faith
fully TO the public, but this has not protected
me, fer the last twelve months, from the SIAN
ders and abuse OF my enemies, which have rem
dered my life burden to me. pray God to
tergive them and teach them more charity.
My will is ia the hands of Jas. l.. Minor. Esq.
Farewell, THes. REYNOLDS.
The Missouran, ard in fact most OF the pa
pcrs OF that State, speak in the highest terms
of the deceased, and his devotion to the inter
ests of the State, yet his virtues as q man and
his usefulness as public officer could not save
him from the Shafts of calumny, which reck-
less and unprincipled conductors ofthe partisan
press so invariably direct against the highest
merit and the most exalted patriotism. How
unspaing and semorse.ess must have been the
abuse which drove man to the act Of self des.
iructon to escape iti
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

D- Two CONVENTIONS will meet at Harris.
burg on the 4th inst.--Democratic and whig, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for Govern
or. A candidate for Canal Commissioner will
also be nominated, to supply the vacancy of Jesse
Miller, whose term expires at the end of year.
Delegates will also be appointed by the Demo.
cratic Convention to the Baltimore Convention,
to be held on the 4th of May next for the purpose
ofnominating OF candidate for President and Vice
President. The State Convention will, without
doubt, instruct her delegates to. support RICHARD
NJ JOHNSON for President Mr. VAN buren,, it
is true, has already secured delegates enough for
nomination, ot Baltimore, but, il is TO be hoped
that himself and friends will see the mpropriety
of his course and the utter hopelessncss of his
election, by that time, and that he will be induced
for the sake of that party which has stood by
nm for the last twelve years, to yield to less
Objectionable, or at least more popular candidate.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

t57@ The WAsHINGToN correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger has the following, in rela.
ton TO the new Post Office Bill
"The report of the Post Office Committee will
bring TO light some of the most singular facts
among which will mention but one, communi-
Gated to me the other day by the chairman, Mr.
Merrck 1t appears, from reasonable calcula-
tions, that no more than half the epistoary cor
respondence in the United States is carried on
by the mails The whole number of letters
franked and postage paid, carried by the U. S
mails, appears, from official reports of the Post
master General, not 10 exceed 81 millions in
Great Britain and Ireland it amounts, from off.
cial reports, 10 2OI millions. This disparity is
not accounted for by the difference in the popu.
lation, and still less when take into considcra-
tion the number of people that can read and
write In the United States the whole number of
white persons above 30 years of age incapable of
reading or writing, amounts TO but 5io, ,693 in
Great Britain and Ireland it amounts to 5,3ll,-
! 907. OF the number Of persons in Englanda a.
bove 90 years of age, and capable of reading and
writing, each receives on an average 263 letters
per annum; in the United States he receives but
43-and we may safely assert that at the great
distance our people live from one another, and
the amount of intelligence of which they are
possessed, they have quite as many inducements,
and certainly the means TO write, as the popula.
tion of Great Britain. Three scvenths of our
whole white population know how to read and
write while in England the number amounts
scarcely TO the fourth part of the whole popula.
| tion. We must, then, suppose that our popula.
ton write great many, and perhaps double the
nusnbes of letters, but prefer sending them by
/ private conveyances, and that consequently the
! Post-otIice Department is made severely to
suffer for its present exorbitant rates of postage
Mr. MeTrick calculates that if our populat! !or
write as often as the English, and were TO aya
themselves exclusively of the mail, the amount
of revenue from the Post-ofice Department alon,
would amount TO Sal, $50, Gal, if those that ar,
able to read and write only are taken into proper
ton, and s., ,099 106, basing the calculation mere
ly on the gross amount of population"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02
A Startling Joke.

|
| A New York paper gives an account of a
startling joke perpctrated upon barber, by
Babe, the pirate, sentenced to be hung on the
| 9TH OF this month, which, it true, shows
strange recklessness and Indifference in q man
on the verge of eternity.
No sooner had Tucker, the barber, entered
the cell, than Babe, who is very athletic man,
seized him by the throat and, with herculean
effort forced him against The wall, and demand
ed his razor, saying that his time had come, and
he was determined TO cut his (Tucker's) throat
and then conclude the tragic act by performing
the same operation upol himself Tucker re-
fused to deliver up the instru nent of death.
when Babe renewed his energies, and twisted
the ncckclo,h Of Tucker with one hand, while
he held the two arms Of his antagonist with the
other. "Gire me the razor" says Babe, "whlc
I end your existence and mine also. Quick
quick or I'll strangle you to death !" "Mur-
der-.murdcr," shouted Tucker, at the height
Of his voice. "Silence-silence - cried Babe
"Give me the razor, or I'll twist your neck off
"IIellow-hellow ~ bawled Tucker. "Mr
-murder--murder-- p help.-Tm
kllled-come TO my rcscue-oh oh !-,nur-
er-murder-murd"-
AT this moment Mr.. Keeper Fallon, who had
been on the corridor below, rushed 10 the cell
door, and threw II open, when he found Tucker
standing with his back against the wall, pale as
mooni ght and shvering as though at the height
OF an aguc fit, while Babe, who stood opposite
him, was convulsed with laughter, and shook
his sides as though they would crack at the
fright he had given barber Tucker, Keeper
Fallon instantly saw that Babe had been prac.
tising startling joke upon Tucker, and he al
so roared with laughter, but Tucker quietly
| edged towards the cell door, and instantly dar.
ted out, as though still fearing of the threats OF
Babe that had so terrified and appalled, him. He
refused 10 shave Babe but after considerable
solicitation consented to hold the glass while
| the gay pirate shaved himself with the razor
that Tucker had so pertinaciously refused to
deliver up. A side glance from Babe, as he
1ourished the razor, caused a second fit of fague
| place his arm against the wall to keep the glass
from betraying his emotion. The operation was
| finished and Tucker left ; but he avs that it
will be rarity ifhe ever enters his cell again,
as, whenever he thinks of Babes determined
manner and fe:ocious aspect, whether it was in
earnest or not, he cannot avoid shuddering at
his previous fright This Babe is strange fell
low-thus to play off his jokes while stepping
into eternity; but we believe he will evince the
same desire for practical jokes until he suffer.
the penalty of the law for the offence of which
he has been convicted.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

ANoIHER New CouNrERFEIT.-The last Ger
mantown Telegraph says The best specimen
of counterfeit note which we have yet seen, was
received on deposit at the Bank of Germantown,
a few days since, 1t is on the Mechanics Bank
of Philadelphia, and of the denomination of Five
Dollars-Letter B-No. l94l-dated Nov IA
lsi3-payable to T. Jones or bearer-signed w,
Thaw, Cash'r, and ]. B. Mitchell Pres't. The
Vignette grain field with reapers, and female
nursing an infant II is totally unlike the genu-
inc note, but was supposed TO be an issue from a
new plate, circumstance which often takes
place without modification, The counterfeit
reads "The Mechanics Bank, will pay" &c,
while all the genuine notes read "The Mechan-
les Bank of the City and County of Philadelphia
a." which is the corporate title. The note, how.
ever, is well calculated to deceive but must a,
once be a.,.,,.d af.r r.ading this nOfs-ics.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEyER-In let
ter from MIR. EDWIN CHAPLIN, of st. Helena, S.
c., recently published in the Charleston Mer-
curry, he describes the following treatment for
Scarlet Fever, as having been eminently sue
eessful. lie says "out of Sd cases where | ad-
ministered the jalap, not one remained in bed
more than one day"
Directions-Immediately on the first symp-
toms, which is sore throat, give a full dose OF
jalap, to an adult 60, 70, or even 50 grains, at
night give strong red pepper tea, from tea
cup full to pint, according to age aud violence
OF the symptoms; the nexi day give small
dose of jalap, say half the quantity given the
day before. continue the pepper ;ca ri nght
on the third day Il there is any soreness RENAL
ming in the throat, give dose OF salts, winch
will generally effect cure (; the doses ofcoursc
must be regulated according to the age Of the
patient.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02

burn, Mass, made descent recently, and took
in custody seven gamblers, with their imple-
ments of gaming, consisting of twenty-three
Fighting cocks" valued by their owner at fiji:
teen hundred dollars. The sheriff said it was
his duty to destroy the implements of gaming,
and he accordingly decapitated all the fighting
cocks. The owner of the cocks resides in Bos.
ton, and is eghty-seven years old. He says he
has followed the business Of cock fighting for
h1y years. The h.,.ads of tho -. Lave &C..
In o...aeF tha, they may be presen,
az al,nssses sgOinsl the venerable gambler.