Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-21


wsfid, than os,r 0esmsss, which accounts for
their dsvsteddess 10 General jackson, and the
same warm feeling they now manifest for Gen. \
Tayior The southern portion Of this county |
10 made up almost entirely OF Germans, and
more honest, industrious, and we'll doing people |
10 not to be found. They are also a reading |
people, which fact We know from the circulation
Of our German paper. Alsree majority are de.
mocrsts, though in,ons township Of several hun.
dred votes. four. .hths are wings i. the adjoin.
ing township. Of the same size. about seven.
eigh,hs are democrats. Yet these men Of differ.
ent political opinions and strong party bias, are
nearly unanimous for Gen Taylor. The demo.
Gratis are warmly attached TO skunk, and will
give him q hearty support. But for President,
they know no distinction and all 60 for Taylor
Co Gxs. WV, F. PackEs Defeated by Faise
Return. MIR. Packer. few days since, di.cove.
red the important fact that ne vac, at the last
election, duly elected . member Of the legisls.
:ure, by a majority Of eight votes over BENZ F.
Psuling Esq, his whig competitor, who was &c.
turned and served the entire session. Mr.. Pack.
er in his statement published at length in the Ly.
coming Gazette, says that he was considerably
surprised after the election last fall to find that
he had fallen twenty votes behind the party vote
in Porter township, Clinton county. where he
had many warm friends, and supposed that Judge
Ives. his colleague, had received 90 many dead
votes, a. the whis vote had not been increased
Upon inquring among his friends there, recently.
he found that this not the case, which led to
an EXAMINATION Of the elertion returns. which
revealed the fact that Mr.. Packer hal 50 scores
on the tally raper, and on the returns made up
from the tally Paper. were the written words,
"Wm. r. Packer has s;ri!y-nine roies," which.
however, was csrsied out on the margin, in fig.
ures, 40 votes, thus giving the election TO Mr..
Psuling by supposed majority Of ~ votes, when
| Mr. Packer was in reality elected by a majority
offs votes. VIM B. Foster. Gen Houston and
VIM. F. Packer each had 50 votes, and Allison
White and Judge Ives had 70 votes each. in Por.
ter township The whig vote was 4s, except
James NJ. Power, who ia" 40 votes. II is to be
regretted that Mr.. Parker did not make the exa.
ination sooner, or that the return judges did not
| read the setarns. 1ai1a" s1at F'tt- tt| .
.-sr. r. ff. $3.50. ..Tt.t3
LAScAsrxR County PRopucIIoSs.--Mr. Tobias
Strhmau, of Conestoga township. Lancaster
county, Ps., has now feeding . mammoth steer
which he raised from calf and is said to be the
largest ever fed in that county, his weight being
about 1000 pounds. He is 0 feet, Q inches in
length, and measures round the body 9 feet, 8
inches anc is feet across the hpunehes.
We find the following in the New York cou.
rier Of Friday
There 10 rumor in the stree. to-day that the
Secretary Of the Treasury has succeeded in ma
king n contract with the house Of RorHscHILp foI
the supply Of coin 10 the armies and Commissa
riat in Mesico, Of all the money they shall re.
qnire--asainst the drafts by the proper officer,
on tie Treasury at Washington. We were mol
able TO ascertain the accuracy of the rumor-
much less the terms OF which, if al al-the ar
rangement has been made-but as it seems 10 BE-
probable, and would certainly be advantageou.
to both parties, we think it right to give it hea
ring.
By such an arrangement, European CREDITOR
Of Mexico, whom the RorHscuips may be surpo
sed to represent. would receive their property ir
specie--in Mexico. avoid all the danger OF eo''
dscfos and other dangers incident TO the present
dersnged state Of Mexico--sake Bills On the Uni
ted States Treasury At Washington. which d
maturity could be converted into good Bills o
Exchange on England. .. . D.. 30 t
On our side. by such an arrangement, oil trans
portstion Of specie from the United States Il
MEXICO would be avoided, the shock 10 our banks
incident to large expenditures Of coin would be
avoided, and not least the risk Of Transporting \
from the see coast 10 the armies.
Upon the whole, therefore, As there is NANTES
advantage TO both parties in such 40 arrangement
we Gesm it altogether probable that II has beer
made, and only marvel that it or some like A.
rangement had not been earlier made.
pRraprrL ssIrwnEcK - Loss cf me S,oedis'
Bark Idunn--One HUNDRED and Seventy fu,
Persons Dro,cnsd "A teiegrsphie despatch from
Boston for the New York Herald makes the fol
" lowing melancholy announcement 1.-THE shi
: Chsnunsa, Psttsn, from Liverpool. 18th uls.
u bound TO this port, reports that on Moadsy morn
ing, 9th inst. at one o'clock. the weather fosty
he came in contact with the Swedish bark lduns
& from Hamburg for New York. with 200 person
on board and that the bark sunk in 30 minute
siter the collision. Captain Patten immedistel
!, sent his bosts TO the rescue, and with one boa
:. from the bark. picked up 81 persons-i72 per
shed. Among them was Capt. A, A, Mober,