Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-27
The Van Burrn 4 Johnson Meeting at Harrisburg,

ever held at the scat of Government. We cord- /
ally concur with the ''Union," in regard TO its
imposing features, as we sincerely believe no
greater imposition could be practiccd upon the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, than by imposing
upon them Martin Van Burcn, as their candidate
for another defeat in 1911. Sencho Panca Sails.
bury who Processes to be the Chairman of the
Johnson State Central Committee, and who,
few weeks since. published regular bill of sale
tcrests in Pennsylvania 10 Martin Van Ruren
submitted a series OF resolutions, in which are
embodied many curious things The first rcso.
luton pays mcrited compliment to James Bu.
chanan, and says, '.his claims are not cancelled
but only postponed The second resolution
argues because Martin Van Burcn fell with his
party in 1870 they should give him another
chance in 1911. We should have offered, had we
been present, an amendment To this rcsolutio as
follows: "As the pn,ty frll with MayiiS Van
Buyen in 1910" mot us Martin Van Burcn fell
with the party, which Improperly ascribes the
co"se TO the ,BtctD therefore it is unwse and i'm
polite TO incur that risk again III sll." Another
of the resolutions flvors a 'jud cisus tariff
which, at the South. means 30 per ct. duty on
all articles without distincton and at the North
means discriminating duty. and which in fact,
means anything. The President also read a let.
ter from Mr.. Van Durcn. 10 a meeting held at
Shocco Springs, in relation to the tariff entirely
overlooking Mr.. Van rurcns more recent and
graphic letter to Mr. Eitchic. Of the Richmond
Enquirer, which runs "a follows:
ALn,vy. Feb. ?S. 1919.
"MY DE.T Sin Il thank you kindly for your
friendly letter. HAVE At Nu TINE. NOR ANY
WHERE HEsiTArEn rn EMPRESS NY DECIDED MS ,r.
PROBATION or TuE T.RIrr ACT or LAST SESSION, As
WELL N RESPECT TO THE rGI>'IrtE rruN wnIcrr
TT Is rot Nprn. ,s To rr> "DETAILS In good time.
you will have my views in respect to that and
other subjects before the public In the mean
time. believe me to b.. very sincerely your
friend and obcdicnt servant
MARTIN VAN BURFN."
The mos. sensible resolution offered was the
following. by Henry rctrikin.
Reuirfd, As the sense of this meeting. that
the existing Tariff nothing more or less than sui-
fcjcntlv protects the manufacturing. mining az
ricuiturul and laboring interests of Penn.ylva-
MIA and that for its passage. we mainly in
4 .htrd To the Hon JANES BUCHANAN, and
for It's pcrmanrncY we must rely chiefly on his
wcll known consistency and unchangablr dcyo,
ton to his native state and its vital interests"
James Buchanan. Gen. Ca>s. or Col, Johnson,
could easily carry Pennsylvania, but Mr.. Van
Buren. we predict, never will.
c. Among the items Of news brought over
by the steamer Brttania, we find the following
The last item in regard TO the sale of wives
would appear altogether improbable did we not
know that such occurrences are frequently mo-
ticcd in the English papers. Such scenes, OF
course, are generally confined 10 the lowest or
dcrs of society
"Ano,hcr threat has been made TO shoot the
Quecn--thr man was mad
Marshall Bertrand had arrived in France from
this country.
/ ESpartrro was to leave London for Brussels
/ The Frcuch and English papers have hccr
/ excluded from Rome, IN consequences oi the al
tacks they have lately contained on his holiness
| the Pope.
/ Fouricrism is making great and rapid pro
! grcss in Germany.
/ An order has been received by one house il
/ london alone, for $4,000 silver watches, in
/ China, and every hand in London is III active
employment.
Solomon g. Co. have the only contract 10 Gu
canal through the Isthmus OF Panama.
James Bankers extensive sugar works il
Liverpool have been burn, down, Loss 500
/ OOO.
Wives, with halters round their nccks, con
tinue to be sold ia Engla a, one shilling each
Rr<,c>ArIor OF SENATOR SrRAGrr.-Wc lear
from the Providence Journal that the Hon. vii
liam Spraguc has resigned his sea, in tha Scnat
Of the United States. in consequence oithr sud
den and melancholy dcccasc of his brother an
partner in business, the late Amasa Spraguc, EsC
Tuy PowER OF 4 JrsrIcE OF THE PEACE T
DrscuArGr FROM PR,S"N,-lt has been decided b
the Supreme Court of pcnns ylvana, that com
mitting magistrate has power To admit defer
,lant to bail at any time before conviction, mol
withstanding he may have finally committed III
accused This decision is in opposition 10 praC
tice which has hitherto prevailed. II came II
on writ Of error from Montgomery county
and the opinion was delivered on the 18th ms
Statement or the Postmaster General.
The Postmaster General sen, 10 the L. :, Sci
ate ON Thursday last, statement of the vaTlor
uIattrrs which passed through the post offices
the United States, during the month of Octoh,
hast aud an estimate for the year based thereof
The following is an abstract OF the Statement, al
estimate;
Is OcroRER, Tnu YEA
, Number of letters sub
iect 10 postage, 2,022 ,o96 2i,267, 3;