Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-30
Letter from the Editor.
Hs RRIsnuRo, Jan. ~.


or divorce. which, however. do not meet the
'ame favor they formerly received at the hands
,f the legislature. In almost every case the com.
nt,ee have reported sgsinst granting the prayer
of the petitioner. A sprishtly. intelligent, and .
wealthy young lady from Albany, is now here
unwilling hear, to her "licgc lord" She |, d..
cdedly handsome, and winning IN her manners, .
and ! am much mistaken II she docs not gain her
point for how can man, young or old, grave OF
gay, resstthe persuasive cloqusnce Of beautiful
woman, who comes not only with boned words
on her lips, but with language in her eye,
species OF eloquencc more irresistible than ,ha,
oi Demo,th-nes OF Cicero She is now twenty.
one, and has been married about SIX years with
two little responsibilities;
There is a great deal OF interest manif ,,ed
here by the whiss IN regard 10 the nominal on of
their candidate for Governor The chances are,
howrvcr, decidedly in favor Of Gen. Irwin, al.
though some Of Coopcr's friends still hope against
hope. The news, TO day, that Chester county
had gone for Irwin. was however quite camper
Instructed for Gen Irwin 81; recommended
for Irwin, lC; nninstructed. bu. whose choice ir
Irwin. 22-total, 6? Instructed Tor Mr. Cooper,
81 recommended ior Cooper, 9; uninsttuctcd,
bn, for Cooper, io--to'al, 2o.
BY the above il will be seen, tha, Gen Irwin
him on the first ballot.
In regard 10 the cemoc ratio nomination for Go.
vernon. things are not SO positive Gov. Skunk
will, am inclined TO think, have 4 ma ioriiy Of
telega,es; but the impression is general and most
decided, that il would be most impoli,c TO put
HIM in nomination. lie stands now in the same
relation to the democracy Of Pennsylvania, tha,
Van Buren, did 10 the democracy Of the United
States, and the convention may Gnd il necessa.
~. as was done at the Baltimore convention, and
apply the twothirds rule. II is well known that
many Of the delegates instructed for Gov skunk
are in favor OF a new nan.
The State Temperance convention convened
at this place TO day. The cars from Philadelphia
las, nigh, and this morning, brought on about
lao delegates. John Il. Cough, the celebrated
Temperance Lecturer, is 10 speak TO night, in the
Methodist Church lie will no doubt attract an
immense crowd TO hear him.
The supplement to the Central Rail Road bill,
allowing municipal corporations TO subscribe TO
the stock Of railroad company, was lost, yester.
day, but was reconsidered this morning and post.
poned This is intended to legalise the subscrip
, ,ion Of Philadel phia TO the Central Rail Road.
TT A r.. D..1 D.
at Philadelphia has created quite commotion
among the friends ofthe central route. The in
preston is becoming almost general, that the
route by the West Branch OF the Susquehanna is
the proper one The citizens of Philadelphia,
with few exceptions, had no idea of the rela
! tive merits of the two routes and many of the
sub.c ribers, and some among the heaviest, have
! entirely changed their views, and come out for
the Sunbury and Erie route.
| GrS Scorr AT InE SEAT OF WAk-A cores
| pondent ofthe New Orleans Times, writing from
Mafamoras, says IL; will be gratifying TO the
| friends Of Gen. Scott TO learn he is very we'll re
ceived by the troops. His commanding and mill
tary appearance, combined with the suavity o.
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pinions of many who have never seen him"
GIN WooL-A letter from an officers in Gen
Wool's command Dec Of, mentions the extra
ordinary march which that division had made te
join Gen. Worth-the infantry marching on one
day nearly 40 miles. at 10 believed that The
enemy meditated an attack upon our forces in de
tail, bu, was deferred from striking the blow by
the rapid concentration Of our troops, making
our army (at Saltillol fully 1000 strong
Respecting the rumors recently published II
the Washington Fountain, The "Union" has the
following equivocal contradiction:
A budget Of Biunders-Several miss,ate
nonts. which appear 10 have originated in thi
city, are now in circulation in the newspap pers
Such a. tha, General Taylor has been recallec
from the army of Mexico, and that he has beer
ordered 10 Washington. Such too, is the rumo
said TO be founded on the authority of Commo
dore Perry, "tbat the Castle of San Juan de Vi
loa is not TO be attacked, and also tina, Commo
dore Perry vii not return to the Gulf of Mexi
co.. Such too, is the rumor ths, "gorvernmen
il in possession of the ultimate conditions o.
which Mexico will consent to make q pesc
with The United States, and that 1t has deter
mined to sccsde to them, il Congress vii! ems
BILE the Executive to meet the views Of Mexico.
} We know not upon what authority these thing
have been reported; but certain it is we do nc
bel'evs there is any sdrquste authority or foun
dslion for either of these statements.
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