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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
WASHINGTON, Nav 90

The news from Mexico comes this time
from most unquestionable source. The Ad-
ministration have received dispatches, The
treaty will be ratified without doubt You
will have the news in less than Il week. =.
understand that some charges of rather
more serious character than those about which
the Court of Inquiry are engaged, will come
before that body, and that this is the reason
with TO Frederick. OBSERVER.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

o. THE. DANvILLE DEMocRAT.-This
paper published by our friend Cook, has
risen from its ashes, and now makes its ap-
pearance in new and beautiful form. The
Democrat, Judging from its columns, is a
thriving and well doing paper, and is edi-
ted with spirit and ability.
The subscribers to the Democrat have lost
nothing, but have been the gamers Dy the
fire, and they should endeavor to place the
publisher in the same situation.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

~ POSTAGE BIL.-This bill which
ought to have been acted ON and passed
three months ago, has been under consider
alton in the House, and was, reported by
the committee with amendments. We
have not seen what the amendments were.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
FoR THE AMERICAN.

MR. EDITOR As the time is approaching
Tor the selection of good persons to fiji the
various offices at the coming election, for the
county of Northumberland Myself and neigh
bors have come 10 the conclusion 10 offer the
name OF HENRY READER, as an individual
they think most worthy to discharge the i'm
portant duties belonging to the office of
Sheriff. We therefore recommend to the
consideration Of the Democratic Electors of
Northumberland County, HENRY READ ER,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
Correspondence of the Public Ledger]
FROM WASHINGTON

General Cass' Resignation Taylor
expected at Washington-D Departure of the
Yveata Commssioner-The Wigs, &c.
WAsHrScroN May 30, ls4s
General Cass resigned to-day, in writing
as was expected. He will stay in Washing
ton till Monday next, ard then bury himself
till November 7th next. He viii answer to-
morrow the letter of Mr. Stevenson, announ-
cling to him his nomination for the Presiden-
cy, and therein establish the platform on
which he will stand, and by which his follow
ere must be governed. 1t will be wide
enough for the North and the South and the
East and the West TO stand upon and further
than that General Cass will answer no more
inquiries.
As an article of neps, Iwill mention TO you
that III day or two we expect to see Gen.
TAYLOR here in Washington, zen route,' as
think, for Frederick, Md. He will attend
tho Court Of inquiry as witness. AS have
said in several OF my letters, graver charges
are to be preferred against General Scott than
letter writing, and the country may yet be
thrown into feverish state of excitement in
regard 10 the subject
Don Justo Sierra, the Yucatanese Commits
sioner, will leave Washington tomorrow or
the day after He expects nothing more
from this Congress, and told me that England
had promised aid to Yucatan, and that his
mission TO this country was at an end have
no doubt whatever but that Yucatan would
willing become British province.
The news from Mexico is, as informed
you, by telegraph, Of the most peaceabe Or
der. The administration expect the Ratified
Treaty of peace with the next erfival from
Vera Cruz. All rumors Of marches and count.
ermarches are false.
The Southern Wing members Of the House
and a string of Whig Senators will attend the
Wing National Convention in Philadelphia,
to press the claims Of General Taylor on the
attention of the Convention, as the only man
acceptable to the South. Should the North
ern Whigs prove obstinate, then they will
submit their extreme Southern platform, and
in case the North refuses 10 stand on it; run
General Taylor as an Independent candidate
Another plan of the opposition is to rur
Clay or Webster or Mclean in the North anc
TAYLOR in the South, They mean, in this
manner. TO secure Ohio, and New York, il
the North, and South Carolina, Florida, Geor
gia, and perhaps Alabama, certainly Tenn
cssee.) in the South, and to carry the elec
ton into the House The bets here are run
nine high that Taylor will be nominated
One of the New England States has alread.
gone over TO him, and the strength of Genera
Cass in the South will induce other New
England States to follow the example o
Name.
1t is not belieTed here yet that the Barn
burners mean to run an independent candi
date. They will run Taylor only if tn
Wings do not nominate him. Their prefer
ence is John A. Dix. / learn, however, tina
General Dix refuses obstinately to lend hi
name to such a proceeding, but about this
will say more in my next. OBSERVER.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03


This makes $40 in place of 900 but the
colonies have not yet elected their represen.
tatives. i.. +
The speeches in the Assembly are well
worth your perusul. The Presse is still as
violent as ever in its attacks on the govern
ment 1t seems to be the betenoire of nj. de
Girardin.
Although the moderate party are in pow
er, and thetest may be hoped, the ultra re-
publicans are powerful body, +and will not
lose an occasion to do mischief The very
debates in the young assembly prove the pas
sions which agitate them.
Orders have been given 10 arm the whole
coast of the channel; Boulogne and Dunkirk
in particular.
BREsLAu, May 3, 1sls.--The following
paragraph appears in paper published here,
and purports to come from a correspondent in
the city of'Yienna -
''The Papal Nuncio, viala, is still here, al
though tie ambassadors and Tuscany have
been got fid of. There is as yet no public
manifestation of breach with the Pope but
every circumstance that occurs here tends to
show that if Plus TX. advances one step far
ther in the affairs of Lombardy, or'if'he in
te.feres with them in any way but as me-
diator, then .Austria utH separate herself COM
pletcly from all spiritual connection with the
See Of Rome. The example Of Austria-the
most powerful of the Roman Catholic States
would lead to the emancipation of the
whole of Catholic Christendom from the su.
premacy of the Pope.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

u The weather is as variable as in A.
pril. In the beginning of the week it was
exceedingly warm. On Wednesday we
were comfortably seated, near a coal fire.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

THE N 5MfN.A rroNs.

The proceeding of the 4th day of the
Convention containing the ballotings we
give in full this week. The result has pla-
ced Lewis Cass of Michigan, before the
democracy of the Union as their candidate
for President, and VIM. o. Fuller of Ken
tucky, new Conmander-in-Chef of our
forces in Mexico, as Vice-President. The
character OF these distinguished individuals,
is so well known, that, comment by US lis
unnecessary. Gen. Cass has long long
been before the public. First, as Cover
nor of Michigan, then Secretary of War
under Gen. Jackson, by whom he was ap-
pointed Minister to France, where he great
ly distinguished himself in his successful
opposition to the quintupt treaty. On his
return home he was elected U. s. Senator
from Michigan in which body he always
maintained distinguished position. The
National Intelligencer (Whig) speaks in
high terms of his moral and intellectual
character Gen. Butler is one of the most
popular and worthy men in the Union.-
The Convention could have selected no
man who would have given more general sa-
tisfaction. The editor of the New York Tri-
bune (Whig) says swe have always con-
sidered him honest brave and manly, and
we know he made capital run for Gov
ernor in 1914.
Our readers are well aware, that our
preferences have been in favor of Gen. Tay-
lor, whose character, in many respects, is
similar to that of Gen. Butler, and for whom
we have always entertained high and ia
vorable opinisn. We.had hoped to have
seen him brought oa.t by the democracy, as
their candidate, but in this, we have been
disappointed. The ticket is probably as
strong one as the Convention could have
made, and will be we'll received, excepting,
probably, in New York and South Carolina
where both extremes, of slavery and anti
slavery, seem to be somewhat dissatisfied.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

oThe n Y Herald SAYS an effort will be
made TO place in nomination Governor Skunk.
We fear the people are satisfied with new
men, and predict that in such a case, the lead
ers will have no easy task again to hoodwink
and bamboozle the people"
The above paragraph which appeared in
our paper few weeks since, during our alb
sence at Philadelphia, has stirred up the
ire and patriotism of several of our con-
temporarics to an awful degree. The edi-
tors ofthe NIiltonian, under their sore az
ffiction, have devoted to this, and our no.
tice of Militia trainings, two entire para
graphs, each somewhat larger than piece
of chalk, while our magnificent and mosl
-Brigade--division of the PennSvlva-
MIA Militia and publisher Of the Columbia
Democrat has got aStride, not exactly of
his high horse, (the Bob!tailj but another, Ro-
snante equally notorious, and well known
by the length Of its auricular appendages,
and goes even further, by presumiag to fin
ish our work by additions of his own.-
Now, the Colonel is perfectly welcome to
get up as many jobs as he chooses, provided
he stamps them with his own name, but,
for ourselves, we have no desire to haze
coblers or tinkers attempting TO Patch our
work however ''unfinished" il may appear.
We acknowledge the Coonels great vei-
satiity Of talent and promptness to turn
things to account. We were therefore
not surprised that he should so readily shift
himself from one Rosinante to another
And if, in almost the twinkling of an eye,
he has been enabled to dsmount from the
! Northern Nag 1912, to secure an easie,
seat BY mounting the Southern Nag 1916,
| it should be attributed solely to his superior
tactics and love of change. However we
shall not complain, inasmuch as the para.
graph in question has enabled the gallant
Colonel TO sing 10 paens to ''the power,
that be-" And if he will only take the
trouble to mark the article, and send tn,
paper to our friend Jesse Miller, Secretary
of the Commonwealth, we would almos
undertake TO guarantee him Commission
in the army, provided always, that h'
would not insist going into immediate anc
active service, Or offer himself as an aid t.
Gen. Scott.
T A large portion of our paper -thi
week is taken up with important foreigl
news. The news from Mexico in relation
to peace is still involved in doubt. Tn
latest accounts say that the treaty will b
ratified, but whether the Mexican govern
ment will be able to sustain it, is q matte
of some doubt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

o. APPOINTMENT BY THE Posr MASTER
'GENERAL.-Abraham Lunger to be Post
Master at 'Pottsguve, in this county. This
appointment supersedes the office at Bonds
vile, Columbia county, which will be dis.
continued. The appointment of Mr.. Lun-
ger will give general satisfaction.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

Rev. j. E. Bradley, of Lewisburg, will
preach in the Baptist church to morrow
Sunday evening, at early candlelight.-
subiect-Bible society operation.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

O5@ Cur readers will find an excellent
article on our last page.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

C We are indebted to Gen. Cameron
and the Hon. Jas. Pollock for public docu-
ments.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

San JAcINTo PAT.-This celebrated Indian
Chief, who is carrying such terror into white
settlements of Yucatan, is of Irish descent
The Delta says hisfather was an lrishman of
great weight and influence with the iucate-
cos and his mother is an Indian woman. He
is possessed of great courage, actively and
irmness and in many respects strongly re-
sembles Carrera, the Indian President of
Guatemala. rr..
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

o." TaE CEoPs.-Grain in the ground
generally looks well, and promises favor
able yield. The grass crop will be abund-
ant, especially in the bottom lands. On
high ground, in some places, it has suffer-
ed from the drought in April. Of freii,
there seems to be fair prospect, although
in some places We understand, peaches
have been frost killed.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

MAINE DELEGATEs.-The Wings Of Main'
have sent two Taylor delegates to the Nation
al Convention,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
THE GREAT INVENTION OF
PURCHASERS OF ELEGANT Ann
CHEAP CLOTHING.
AT PRICES EXTREMELY Low,
Is Still in Session at the '''i
PHILA DELPHIA WARDROBE

Is Still in Session at the ~
PHILADELPHIA WARDROBE,
los Chesnut Street.
The session of this Convention is conducted
with unparalleled harmony, snd the amount of
business done is immense. The President--P.
K M'NElLLE, assisted ~ numerous Wire Pre-.
sdents, presldes with great efficiency and the
Treasurer is kept constantly busy with receiv.
ING money THs BELEGATns to this Convention
are in fits of delight, and have unanimously con
sented TO nominate p. Il MNEIrLE as
GENERAL TAYLOR,
VI the United States II every one Of the 100.
600 patrons ofihe hiladel phia Wardrobe, shouId
vote for hm-P r. M'Nelle. will proye a mos,
lrout'esome rival to other Presidential come.
itors.
We are happy to say that at this convention
all sets of Delegates are received, and no mart,
mems money Is accounted just as good as any
no'y MONEY This .inasnanimity is highly eI.
lraordlnary
June 3. iSiS--S.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
TE.E CHEAP
Brush, Comb and Variety
STORE,

DOONIIS > AND BHOI fffN,
BRUSH MANUFACTURERS,
MD DEALERS IN COMBS & VARIETIES
No e5 North Third. beh,p Race 81. and North
Est conner Of Third and Market streei,
PHILADELPHIA.
W HERE they offer tor sa general assort.
W ment of AL kinds Of Brushes, Combs and
varieties which they are determined 10 sell
Lower Than can be purchased e seMhere.
Country Merchants and others Purchasing in
The above 'inr wal find It TO their advantage to
cal before purchasing elsewhere as the quality
and prices will be fully guaranteed against all
competition
ihiladrlphia, June 3, lSIs-ly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS FROM EUROPE.

The steamer United States arrived at
New York on the lst, with days later
news. There has been great confusion in
Paris. An attempt has been made to over
awe the government. The populace with
banners, marched in procession, and forced
themselves into the National Assembly and
declared the Chamber dissolved and new
government was appointed. The troops of
the line and National Guard were called
out when the mob retired Most of the
ring-leaders were arrested. A great dcmon-
stration, in favor of Poland, was made
The Austrians were defeated by the Ital-
ians, in severe battle at Verona.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

u The President has sent message to
Congress in relation to Oregon. The in
habitants are asking aid against the threat
ened attacks of the Indians.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

GEN. CApwALApER has Withdrawn his re-
sienation, and will probably return to Mexico
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

INTERESTING TO PosTMAsrERs Congress
has just passed an Act amending the Act of
lSi5, relative 10 compensation to Postmast-
ers. The new Act provides that the rates of
commissions, authorised to be paid to Post
masters by the first section of said act, shall
be allowed and paid to Them, on the amount
Of postage received IN each quarter Of gear.
and in due proportion for any period less than
a quarter, instead of being allowed and paid
on the amount received for ii gear, as was by
mistake provided for in said Act.
Sec. ?. And be it further euacled, That
all Postmasters, whose commissions have
been diminished by their being allowed and
paid on the amount of postage received in a
year, instead of on the amount received in a
quarter shall be permitted to Teseite and ad.
just their accounts according to the first Sec
ton OF this act, aud shall be allowed and paid
such sum as may be justly found their due
on such reset.iepent cf their accounts.
Sec Aud bs~ il iiirtlier -eliaeted, That
the Postmaster General be authorised TO eni-
ploy, temporarily, such additional clerks as
may be found necessary for the resettlement
of the accounts Of Postmasters authorized by
| this act. ,
Sec. 1. And be it further enacted. That to
the POstmasters at Offices where the mail is
regularly to arrive between the hours of nine
o'clock at night and five in the morning, the
commission OH the first hundred dollars col
'ected in one quarter may be increased by
he Postmaster General to a sum not exceed
ing fifty per cent.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

EMlGRANrs.- nprecedently large num-
Der of 10, ,o35 steerage passengers arrived at
the Quarantine Ground, New York, on Satur-
day and Sunday, mostly Germans, and in
good health and circumstances The vessels
in which they came were in very clean
state Soue seventy cases of smallpox were
the whole amount of sickness amongst this
large number Of passengers.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

PENNSYLVANIA RAIL RoAD.-The Company
which has this great work in charge appear
to be pushing it with considerable energy.
The contracts are all progressing as rapidly
as is consistent with economy, and the road
will be put in action as far as Lewistown du-
ring the ensuing winter. The line to Hun
tingdon will be ready for the rails early next
summer. The light work between Hunting
don and Holidaysburg will be contracted for
in time to be completed as soon as the points
now being commenced are ready. This ar
rangement for the work has been made In
order to bring capital expended into activity
with as little loss of interest as possible. II
is expected that the road will be ready to
Huntingdon in the summer following the pre-
sent, and to the Portage by the opening ol
navigation the ensuing spring.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

~ The New York Barnburners, whose
delegates seeded from the Baltimore con-
vcntion, will hold a convention at Utica,
on the 22d of June, to nominate candi-
date for President and Vice President.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

Manufacturers 3s
Military men 3s
Municipal magistrates 80
Commssaries of government & employers SO
Literary men and journalists 81
Farmers IS
Engineers 8
Proprietors so
Unknown 242
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

These five are the government, with pow
sts 10 appoint the members of the different
gavernlIcnt departments,
That Lamars1,c had SO few votes is to be
attributed to speech Of his in defence OF
Ledru Rollm, who would otherwise have been
excluded. It is reported here to-day that Le-
dru Rollin has resigned.
Louis Blame is completely cnt out.
The following is the composition OF the
National Assembly, as given by the Commune
de Paris:
Members of the ex.Chamber of Deputies i2s
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-03

General Cass' Northumberland Taylor
expected at Observation-Disclosures of the
Iueatdn Commssioner-Thc Wings, &c.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-03

RoBBERIEs AT MOLINE AND Rock IsLAND.-A
gang of thieves has been broken up at Moline and
Rock Island, Illinois The first scoundrel arrested
was young man named VIM. H. Rogers, upon
whose person was found watch stolen some time
since from Capt. Wilson. He was also identified
as having committed several other robberes at a
boarding house in Moline. Rogers was committed
to jail at Rock Island The night afterwards, he
was taken out Of prison, by company of citi-
zens, taken short distance out Of town. and forced
to disclose the names of his associates in vllainy
John Burton, a resident of Rock Island, was i'm
plicated by this confession, and arrested; and an
other of the rogues, by the name of Langdon, was
pursued and arrested, and stolen property found
Jpn him. He was committed to jail
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-03

THE GREAT STEAMER.-The Buffalo, On. " pa
pers have elaborate notices of the new steamer En-
pire State, which is pronounced the most finished
river or lake steamboat in America. Her tonnage
is 1sO0-that of a good sized ocean steamer-and
she can carry 1900 passengers. Notwithstanding
her enormous size-310 feet in length and IS feet
hoId-she draws but feet of water, showing the
perfection Of her model. Three days is to be her
usual time between Buffalo and Chicago. Her en-
CINE is pronounced to be as massively beautiful as
steel and iron can make it. Her cabins are fairy
land realized In all respects, she has been built
as perfect as money could make her. The cost
(S15O,0O0 shows that money has not been stinted
ON her
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-03

Results OF AssoCIATIoN.-We have given IN
in this number a description of Odd Fellows HAL,
an edce erected for the use of the Order by lolnt-
stock association of its members, and now nearly
completed, in a style of magnifcenee which has
no parallel in any similar edice in this country, and
perhaps in the world. [See first page of the Cres-
cent? We wish to point 10 this spacious, common
Gus and elegant structure an example OF what
can be done by association. single man can
erect howell which viii barely shelter hlm' a
number of men, combining their efforts, can Duiia
a comfortable dwelling and we have only 10 ex-
tend the principle of association TO produce vast
palaces suitable for every purpose Of social he;
Odd Fellows Hall affords magnificent place Oh
meeting for thousands of Odd Fellows We have
Int 10 carry the principle little further, and the
families the wives and children Of Odd Fellows
could have for drawing rooms, parlors and cham
bers edfces as spacious and convenient, furnished
with luxury and adorned with art The splendid
refectory might furnish meals for hundreds of our
families, and our whole social life might thus be
brought into conditions of beauty and harmony.
We are surrounded by the finest examples OF the
benefits of associated capital, skill and labor By
these means, instead of each man making ms
own path through the forest, we have TURN
pike roads, paved streets and railroads. Instead OF
each man padding about our rivers IN his own ca
noe we have steamers that carry With unequaIied
speed, comfort and luxury, thousand passengers.
By means of association we have vast hotels, spen
did public buildings and magnificent churches.
There is, apparently, but one step more Tor asso-
citation to take-it is the organization of industry
upon the same principles, and the Introduction OF
spendOr and luxury into our everyday lie, as wen
as into our amusements and occasional pursuits
There is more labor and wealth wasted every year,
in the present order of things, than would suffice TO
make us all tolerably rich. There is an infinite
waste in trying to get along without association;
1t is Just such waste there would be If we should
burn all the steamboats,, and hundred thousand
people should paddle up and down the Hudson,
each in his own canoe. To be sure, such a mode OF
navigation would be very Independent, and secure
men from coming in contact with disagreeable per-
sons and all that but as we have tried the steam
boat and got along pretty we'll, we may be excused
for preferring it.-N. Y. Sunday Dispatch.