Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-06-27
Correspondence Of the Public Ledger.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsnINarnn. June IL.

WARRINGTON. June IL, 1s46.
learn today that the Secretary Of the Treas
ury has given directions to the Collectors OF the
several ports of the United States TO grant clear
ances t, American vessels for Matamoras, thus
throwing open that port, and the Northern prov
inces Of Mexico, to the productions and manu-
fac,,,res Of the United States, free of duty +.
ven should the blockade be raised, foreign YES.
sells would be compelled to pay duties, and Thus
this trade is secured to American vessels exclu.
sively,
Many papers. perceive, are expressing the
opinion, that the Government ought to have ex.
elusive possession Of the Magnetic Telegraph.
II is, perhaps, not generally known, however,
that by one ofthe conditions in the articles Of a.
gtecment and association constituting the Mag.
netic Telegraph Company, the granters Of the
patent right reserve 10 themselves and their as
signs the power 10 dispose of the entire excln.
sive privilege secured for Morses patent for
the whole United States, 10 the government Of
the United States, in q general bargain or ar
faneemcnt, under any law or resolution which
shall be passed by the goth Congress for that
purpose, but in that event they shall pay over
10 the holders ofthe stock which may have been
issued to these subscribers. who shall have paid
IN the first forty.five thousand dollars or any
part thereof, Of the capital stock Of that COM
pany. twice the amount paid in; and if the
stock representing such payments shall be at
the time bonn fde above par in the stock mar.
Lot Of, .L.lJ L. Al,
market value Of such stock. This is funda.
mental condition efthc original articles of asso,
ciatic,h and by it. it will be perceived, the right
oi the grantees to convey any line established,
or to be established 10 the government, will ex-
pire with the present Congress.
NAuvoo.-The Hancock Eagle announces
the restoration of tranquility to that 'neighbor-
hood. Maj. Wsrren's troops left for Quincy
last week, to be mustered into the u s. ser.
vice. New settlers are fast arriving at Nauvoo,
and the city of the Mormons will soon be filed
with an industrious and christian population.
The Mormons are anxious to sell the temple
Immediately. and the Eagle expresses the opin.
ion that sale of it will be concluded in few
days. There are number thieves in tho
neghborhood, who continue their depredations.
in the absence Of an efficient police. The NJ "
settlers have held meeting for the purpose Of
organizing sn adequate police, and for Starting
schools The Eagle says:
The limited number of Mormons left in this
ouniy continue their preparations for departure.
Ono hundred and torty.sx teams have crossed
the river at this place since the date of last
weeks report by the troops, and . large number
have been Fsrried over at Fort Madison.
Many are leaving in steamboats,. and as far
as We can Judge by observation, the number
of Mormons who depart by this conveyance a.
bout equals that of the new settlers who arrive.
We perceive that most OF those who now
cross the river with their teams, push directly
forward for their destination.
With two or three exceptions, the camps on
the Iowa side have disappeared, and we under.
stand that the road 10 the Des Molnes river Is
literally thronecd with wagons and cattle.
A,,he rate they now move, it will take them
near year 10 reach the Pacific.
Iflhe Morhons do not starve upon the way
side before they reach Mexico, they will come
of better than we anticipate. The last ac-
counts from the 'Camp of Israel" represent
their condition as anything but comfortable.
Provisions were becoming scarce. and an ad.
ditonal supply could not be procured. A small
portion of their whole number only have as yet
crossed the Missouri river.
TERRIBLE Hat STORM IN IELiScis. the Cd
inst, great damage was done in the vicinity of
BelleSille. illinois, by hail storm. The driver
of stage near Gov Knney's was knocked off,
and the horses away. Hogs, sheep and fowls
were killed, and the crops were all utterly de-
stroyed, The stones were larger than good
sized list So says the papers.
There Is a well known custom prevailing IN
our criminal courts, of assigning counsel IA
such prisoners as have no one to defend him.
On pne OCCASION the court findinga man accus
sed Of theft, and without counsel. said to a wag
of q lawyer who was present, Mir, please
withdraw with the prisoner. confer with him,
and then give him such counsel as may be best
for hi. interest," The lawyer and his client
withdrew; and in fifteen or twenty minutes tho
lawyer returned into court, alone. Where il
the pIisonerr asked the court. He has gone.
your honor, said the hopeful legal limb Your
honor told me to give him the best advice
could Tor his interest and as he said he wa