Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-04

raise the largest hogs and there are usually kill
ed, in this place, some of the finest porkcrs in
the country. In fact, one of our streets has been
nicknamcd Pork street, in consequence of the
large hogs raised init few days since Mr.
Charles Weaver, of this place, sIauthercd a hog,
about IS months old, that weighed ISl pounds
Friend Charles is a good democrat and that he
goes the "whole hog no one can any longer
doubt
OS~ Thar BALL.--A very entertaining Ball
came offat the House of Capt JAS Lee, at Nor
cumberland, on New Years night. 1t was a
social affair, got up by some of our young friends
of Northumberland, irrespective of party, and
was we'll attended by the young ladies and gen
tlemen of Northumberland, Sunbury, Danville
and Milton 1t is a long time since so
many handsome ladies, much beauty con-
! grcgatcd together. The rising generation are
certainly improving in personal APPEARANCE and
/ will, ~ doubt, reach that climacteric. to
/ which their predecessors had arrived, in those
/ primitive days, some or 10 years since, when
we figured upon such occasions. a friend at
! side, who was wont to attend with Us on such oc-
singular. that formerly when the word gentlemen
chain was given, in dancing cotrllion, there
was little OF no difficulty in encircing the la.
dies, but now he found it difficult to get around
them. Whether gentrman's arms had become
shorter, or ladies had actually grown larger in
size as we'll as appearance, was TO him matter OF
some doubt and speculation,
" THE Coal TRApE.-Mr Budd, the Weigh
Master of the Danville * pot,svile Railroad, at
this place, has furnished us with the amount of
Coal carried over the road to this place, for the
year lsii, which is l3Os7 tons.
o. THE UNIoN STAR attempts 10 get out OF the
dilemma in which it placed itself few week,
since, in regard TO our course during the late
campaign, ia relation To the tariff views of Mr.
Polk and Mr.. Clay, by attempting 10 evade the
tue issue in question. We expected nothing
else The writer probably thinks lame apollo
gy better than none at all
I C5y@ THE NEw LIBRARY OF Law AND EQTI
ry.-We are glad to see tha, Mckinley and Les
cure, of Harrisburg, propose to publish by sub
: scriprjon periodical aw-work, under the fore
going title, to consist of the best productions o
the press of England under the direction o
Francis ]. Troubat Esq of Philadelphia, Hon
Ellis Lewis of Lancaster, aud Wilson McCan
, dlcss, Esq of Pitoburg
This work W II contain the best productions o
/ English law authors, without regard to priority
of claim on the part of any American publisher
Such books are now notoTiously too dear, lh'
+ reason is, that as fast as they appear they becom
Y mouopolics in the hands of the booksellers in tn
= Atlantic cities. Under the plea of right acquire
h by the addition of notes of American decisions
It the latter claim an undivided title 10 those work
|. and set burthensome price on them.
u This work will be issued monthly in number
. of lG0 pages, printed on fine white paper an
i good new Long Primer Type, at seven dollar
!. per annnm payable alfycarly The first nun
Der will be published on or about the first of Ma
:. next
2. D3-The Philadel phia Ledger, one ofthe best pa
D. pers in the Union, appeared in an entire new dres
r. of new type on the lst inst The machinery
% this extensive establishment is we'll worth a v
~ sit from any one who may visit the city.
CO TnE CASE OF DoRR-The Supreme Coul
of the United States at Washington, on the appl
= cation of the friends ofGov Dorr of Rhode Isanl
W for Iabeas Corpus decided that they had no j,
v rsdiction in the case The authorities Lay
III since permitted DORIS father and mother to pa
r, him visit in prison. His counsel have also bee
allowed three visits of three hours each