Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-09

CotNrINs fHe Cost. ---Om expenses 10 the
Mexican ~st, trct. ,,s commencement to tha, 4
nf the ensuing session ot Congress, will proba
My be si2o,WDbtkn AIma,iug thc, we occupy |
and garrison all MeNrco Win 10000 men. our
expenses in getting them thete will probably |
excerd sr5, 0(f> yNN), tor the frs, six menihs af
ter they are called OIL. From the expiration
oi 'ha' time. we can make the occupied country
maintain them.
This is one side Of the account Wha, is
the other Under American rule, Mexico would
be @or,h 10 the United States, sums ncalcula.
hle. IN Ism, un6cr ,sriif almost prohibitory,
nni in ,he mid,, ~ all the paralyzirg Influences
Of bad and unstable government the revenues
Ct MeSico exceeded Si6hWoDUO A staple
government aud the American tariff wonld very
! soon qnndsuple mis- amount and then leave IT
| |" increase with the increasing prosperity of The
country. Shon'f 1t be conquered and annexed,
thnrcnch retorna'iuns should be introduced.
| The oiergtown es'ates OF the p,Nndetag Gene.
rails sIn,uld be ronfeca,ed, and sold as public
lands. The feudnl restraints upon landed pro.
perry shcud Ire removed. as q measure for ex.
,in2uishing mschievous landed aristocrocy,
and converting the actual cu'tNstcrs into land
owners Freedom ut religion should be guar.
anliedi and this would relieve The landed pro
perty from many exaetions of the Chntch.-
The whole rabhla Of Mexican military officers
should Se turned Out OF connnl.sfon, aui left to
get their living by ,,nnest @ork. instead of
lraud and ruatcry. Liberal Inducements in
clicepness nj public lants, shonld be offered TO
emigrants lrom the United States and Europe,
esr,rio'!y fy,m Gcrnnny Schools should be
established al the pubn expense, in every town
aud village. in which the teaching VI the Eug.
| lis', lcnguage should DC re,,uircd. All public
records. legislative OF judicial, should be kept
in the English language. No Mexican should
! hohl any onicc umier the Mcxro American gu-
vernn'en,, without competent knowlrdge of
English. Puddle Heieer. ... i.r-..,..
4 APExnoes TRAo.pt. - A realisation Of The
s'ory ui Gnrvra, treated both by Roger, and
Shelley. ard ~ the song Of the "Mis,letoe
| B'mgi,," occa.r.i st Glasgow un Saturday last.
Three y,s,ng boysr two of then, sons Of Mr.. J.
Wilson, bnihie,, Ealkwgc,c, aud the other =
ION of hrs hrp,her, Mr.. Cha,lus Wilson, were
hs,. As the rest uf the isr,ily were down the
water ,bp bpys' rbs,pce a, frat Cccasiuuct; no
| great unens'ness, at II was surpassed that the
| youngsters, the ekest Of whp,n was about II
yeats .; s, ha,! sci o!i to join their mother and
the rec, vi ,he family. As Rn,hiug had been
heari 81 ,;e,,, MIR. Wilson ieit hune early ycs-
'efday mr"'ng with the ip,'n,,cn OF psurerd
,ug hn ileiensbuts, whcre Inc family were, To
| asccr,nln II the rnnaways WIRE there. lie had
IN, been hing AWAY, w'cn n rs,,er who takes
rharge ut nurse Sek'nging 10 MIR Wilson, wen,
10 ,he Stable kr The purpose uf procuring some
rrovendet ft the Snlrnn' The proeender j.
kept in rorn rhpsr--a box six feel long and
ahont thsre tcep with Three srpera,e cumpart
meats and s,-c,i,-ea IN the ou.sibe with an tpr
hnEp, whioh iiis in,o staple in The shlc Of The
chs'
Tn nlSrnmg ,hc Id tho man wan hotr mr. strrk
IN at 'ud'ug ,he three yo,n: boys mutIonless D
the bott,m o' the ches', each occupying one q
, the compartments iie immediately summoned
|
, nunh ,ha, twn os them, James Wilson, aged J
{ and Charles Wilson. about a year Younger
were quite dead, and had been 20 apparently fol
a considerable length of time. The youngest
a bny between seven and eight years, Shove.
some signs of life, and by promp, medicOl stten
dance he gradually revived 10 rs 10 be able II
state what had nd to the melancholy catastro
pho. The brothers and cousin had gone into lht
chest in search nf beans. and while 30 engaged
the I'D, which, AZ has been already stated. i
secured on the outside by an iron hasp. fttin.
INTO .,nplp. closed On them In falling. III,
hasp ~ /, unst unfortunately happened, fsc,
intn the ssp pie, aud all the united strength OF hi
gv,or cap,rcs oss insuliic'cu, TO enable them {,
= tomb. ".- #." ..t.i is ra.rsf
IN the side al which The youngest boy wa
iuund, the lid did mt tit 81 close as The o,he
parls aud 10 The llnlisd supply of air which Ia,
!, been admitted through this rreyice is 10 BE- at
!, u:buted bis preservation. They had endesvu,
q ed 10 support each others courage ne we'll a
they could IN their dismal dungeonj and betor
A., giving up hope, one rf them broke the blade Q
!, pen knife IN the attempt to make an in, isio
:, through the side of the chest. After they had eS
q haus,ed themselves with una,aiing shon,s az
b, cries, which were NO, heard on earth. they al
joined in prayer This is The last rrcumstanc
which the surviving sufferer rerol ec,s, as b
y soon after became insensible. To aecouGS iu
:, no nose having been heard, 1t may be mentior