Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-05
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Inscription Of tne SEcItNous 'SVacCo "dTenouse |
a, the port Of Liverpool. shsws, BY the follow.
ins statement, ,hA. John Bal, III his folly, does
considerable at pu6ins. It will be seen, too,
that Urele Sam furnishes = greater part Of the
material,
Nearly all the tobacco stored hereis from the
United States OF America, but principally from
the State OF Virginia. It is all in an unmsnufae.
tured state, consisting Of the light brown leaves
rolled together and comptessed. The ware.
house contains the largest quantity towards the
beginning Of winter. or inst alter time has been
given for the autumn leaves to be gathered. dried
and sent across the Atlantic. On the day OF my
visit, it was calculated That about twenty thou
sand casks were in the warehouse; and IL we
suppose each Of them to contain, on an average,
twelve hundred weight, we have an aggregate Of
twen,y.six millions eight hundred and eighty
thousand pounds of tobacco. realizing revenue
to government OF nearly four million pounds ster.
ling. Although this, however, must have been
the accumulated stock, the yearly Quantity enter.
ed for home consumption in ls42, was 20 ,209..
3eo pounds increased to this amount from g..
900 900 pounds imported in i7as. The duty re.
ceieed in the former year was f35so,io4 The
ideas called up by .ueb 4 mass of tobacc" are
perfect!y staggering. ffthe material rninistered
TO the necessities OF man. the sight Of so many
| nI,ions of pounds would be qnite cheering.
But to think that the tobacco piled in such aoan'
titles here. is all TO vanish in smoke .hSoneh the
| medium Of the mouths OF enlightened Britons,
quite overpowets the ina enaton, and complete
| " battles the grasp Of common sense. The idea
| Of a nation like the British which is now doing
snch wonderful work for all time. gravely, and
as a matter Of course, putting ont in smoke, Or
inhailing in dust every year. more than twenty.
two million pounds weight Of tobacco, and find.
ing ways and means to pay between three and
four million pounds sterling for the privilege to
do so is really, to say the least OF H. very hum.
bling to the pride Of the nineteenth century. And
vet this is not all have merely Indicated the
quantity on which duty is paid but Mr. Mae.
rulloeh calculates that one.thrd OF that eonshha.
ed in Great Britain :s supplied by the smngger
which will give, as the grand annual total, abon,
thirty three millions and half pounds weight
This il only aeoGt sixteenth part less than the
quantity We require every year for home con
sumption ofthe more innocent and amiable lux
ory, tea Tobacco may. as Arthur cayley in
his Life ofsir Walter Raleigh says, be
"Poison that cures varor that affords.
Content more solid than the smile of lords
Rest To the weary To the hhngry food;
The last Kind refuge OF the wNe And good"
TIT Cosr or GLORY From an account o.
the Battle OF Cerro G,rdo in the Jalspa Star
we extract the following:
"Capr. Roberts company tAl went into &C
tion with AL officers and mcn. His position
was most exposed, being within the range o
grape. canister and round shot Of oil the work
and The muskrtry Of the principal height; o
the al, "a we're left dead shd wounded OF
the held. Every officer except himself Wa
struck and First Lieut. Ewell was Killed. No
an instance, however, OF scal,eting or hesitation
wac known amen his men, and through show
crs of every kind of shot they had moved o.
and kept position with the coolness and preci
sinh OF men on drill Probably in the histor
Of Arms not one instance is recorded where nae
were kept in order under destruction and ca,
, mage 10 terrible Those left unhurt were una
BILE to carry off,he wounded
A letter from the editor of the New Yor
Herald. now in Paris, linus speaks Of the ofin
! ions held on that side OF the Atlantic in refet
ence to the Mexican war:
: The news OF the fighting between Gen. Tsy
4 lor and Santa Anna. before sal,ilIo, has prodr
}. ced great sensation in Europe. The contr'
z d,c,ory nature Of the sccoants. At hrsr, and IN
want Of oiticia. details, had thrown the journa
b Of London and Paris into great exutation at th
4 troseects OF reverse ot the American arms
e bu, we have Just received Gen. Tsylor's adm
= rable dispatches. and all is right. There is q
y great syrips,hy Tor Mexico. either among th
!. governments or the journals Of Europe, bt
d there is an esgeruesr to interpret eveTying
d favor of Mexico, and against the United State
D itis truly astonishing how these feclin:
X sdrs, out beyond all control, at every oppor,'
il nifty. The goeerntien. Journals Of England a.
h no, more overjoyed at whs. they call the =
D. verses Of the American arms, than the Orgsl
T. cf the French iaieisttS, in Paris.
d Tn. Prrs FIxni.-The following nosis
D. appeara in the culinary Of the London NoTniu
o. Chronicle Of the S0th ul,.:
"Ou the 29,h inst. at the hodse Of her SON ]
10 law. The Earl OF Rsnforley. No. 40 Berkl'
50 squsre. the Hon. SosaiA MARoSarr SruAR
70 grand d-daueh,er OF ihe celebrated William Pen
- founder and proprietor Of Pennsylvania, q