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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

The LAWRENCE DIVORCE CASE is again in
the newspaper, one of the journals having
published Mr.. Lawrence's statement, which
contains portions of the private correspon-
dence between his wife and her mother.
The whole difficulty in this case appears
to have been caused by the lady, some
what petted beauty in the West, putting a
little rouge on her cheeks. Any man of
common sense and proper taste, who knew
how to deal with pretty woman, would
have placed his beard SO often next her face
as to save her the necessity OF resorting to
pink saucers TO heighten her color.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

LAST WORDS OF EMINENT MEN,

The last words of Gen. Taylor recall 70
the mind "reminiscences ofthe last words o.
other eminent men, which might be Vconsis
derably added to. & IA
Napoleon expired amid the raging of a
whirlwind. His last words were "Tete
darmcc.n
Saladin, in his last illness, instead of his
usual standard, ordered his shroud To be up
lifted in front of his tent; and the herald
who displayed this winding sheet as a flag,
was commanded to exclaim aloud, "Behold
this is all which Saladin, the vanquisher of
the East, carries away of all his conquesis."
The last words of Sir Walter Scott TO Lock-
hart were, "Be good man, for if you do not
you will feel it when you come TO lie here"
The dying Wolfe, hearing of the flight of
the French exclaimed, III die eontented"
The curate of St. Sulpice asked the expi-
ring Montesquieu, "Sir, are you truly con-
scous Of the greatness of God!" eyes,"
was the answer of the departing philosopher,
"and Of the littleness of man.n
The heroic Lawrence, perishing amid the
thunders of the engagement between the i'll
fated Chesapeake and the British frigate
Shannon, exclaimed, "Don't giuc up the ship
Sir Richard Grenvile having fought his
single ship against large fleet, until his yes.
sci was overwhelmed by the fearful odds and
mortally wounded, summoned his victors .tC
bear testimony to his good conduct and ex
claimed, ''Here die |, Richard Grenville, will
a joyous and quiet mind, for that have end
ed my life as true soldier ought 10 do, fight
ING for his country, queen, religion and honor.
, When the Marquis of Montrose was taker
and condemned TO die, and his head anC
t limbs to be severed and hanged in publ
, places in different towns 81 wsh," exclaim
S ed he "l had flesh enough 10 be sent to ever
+. city in Christendom, as testimony 10 tn
: cause for which | sufTcr.n
a Sir Henry Vane, when condemned TO die
exclaimed, "Ten Thousand deaths, TO me, CT
It | will stain the purity of my conscience
/ 'ls there any thing on earth | can do fc
you ?" said Taylor to the satircal butIoor
DR.. Wolcott. ''Give me back my youth,
Il was the sad reply.
Is ooh, that | might live" was the dyin
If wish of the patriot Quincy, as he came
l. sight of Massachusetts, t'Oh that might Ii,
IS to render 10 my country one last service !
If The last word of Gen. Harrison were,
t, though he fancied himself addressing son
Of official associate in the government, "Sir,
l. wish you TO understand the true principles
lie the government. | wish them carried OF
ask no more"
IN 81 have always done my duty. am reaC
o. TO die My only regret is for the friends
a leave behind me-" These are the sublin
words, Indicating mind conscious of rec
tudc, asp rit ignorant of fear, and heart fl
of affection, with which the great and go
Taylor was gathered 10 his fathers.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
THE PRESIDENTS FAMILY.

Mr., Fillmore was married in 1926 10 Abb
gail Powers, the youngest child of Rev.
Lemuel Powers. She is still living, and is
described as lady Of great worth, modest
and unobtrusive in her department, and high
y esteemed for her many virtues. They
have but two children. The oldest, son, is
a young man of about twenty-one years of
age, who has just entered upon the practice
of the law in Buffalo. He is said TO be a
gentleman of fine qualities, and worthy TO be
the son of Republican President. The
daughter presents a more notable example.
She is about eighteen years of age. Her ac-
complishments are many and varied, and
her independent, self-relianl character is ex-
hibited in the fact that she is now, or was
very recently, teacher in one of the free
public schools in Buffalo. She is one of the
women of whom the Republic has much
more reason to be proud Than Of all the gay,
gaudy women of fashion, who often show as
much scorn for school teachers as they do
ignorance of the true qualities of republican
character. Such a family win do honor to
The White House
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

The Horse used by General Taylor in the late
war.
Family and relatives of the late President
The President of the United States and the
Heads of Departments.
The Sergeant-al-Arms Of the Senate,
The Senate of the United States, preceded by
their President, pro tempore, and
Secretary. ..
The Sergeant-at-Arm eff the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The House of Representatives, preceded by
their Speaker and Clerk.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United States
and its officers.
The Diplomatic Corps
Governors of States and Territories.
Ex-members of Congress.
Members of State Legislatures.
District Judges of the United States.
Judges of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of
the District o! Columbia, with the mem
bers of the bar, and officers of the
The Judges of the several States.
The Comptrollers of the Treasury, Auditors,
Treasurer, Register, Solicitor, and Com
missioners of Land Office, Pensions,
Indian Affairs, Patents, and
Public Buildings.
The Clerks, &c, of the several Departments,
proceeded by their respective Chief
Clerks and all other civil officers
volts of the Government. 1q p nn
Clergy of the District of Columbia and
.lua tt elsewhere. y 4l7.H
g Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution.
Corporate Authorities of Washington.
Corporate Authorities Of Georgetown.
Presidents, Professors, and Students Of the
Colleges of the District of Columbia
Officers and Soldiers who served in the war
Of 1872, and in the late war,l
Various Societies and Fraiernilies ~ N the
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

PosT-oFFIcE RoBBERIEs AT ALBANIA
person, employed formerly as clerk in the
post-oliice al Albany, was arrested on Sum
day, charged with robbing the post-ofiice.-
After his arrest, he confessed the robberies,
duplicating also two persons. For several
weeks past, packages of letters which should
reach Albany on Sunday mornings, have been
missing, The clerk alluded to always visited
the office on that morning, which circnm-
stance led to the suspicion against him. He
was watched aud caught in the very act
He will bo examined on Wednesday before
the United States Commissioner.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
NOTICE
To Judgement Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Judgment
Creditor of DIR. John Raker and Emanuel
Kaufman, TO appear on the first Monday of Au-.
gust next, and show cause why the proceeds aris-
ing upon the sale of the real estate of the said
Rakcr and Kaufman, should not be paid out ac-
cording to priority of lien &c.-By order of the
Court. JOHN FARNSWORTH, Proth'y..
Proth'y office Sunbury,
July 5, 1850,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

A MARRYING GENlUs.-There is a man
in the New York penitentiary who has
had twenty-seven wives. He is just thirty
six years of age and has been engaged in
matrimonial business since he was sixteen,
and has therefore had a new wife every
seven months, getting rid of the old spouse,
and courting the new one ad interim. He
declares he will have hundred wives be-
fore he dies, ifthey do not eramp his genius
within stone walls. L',..r
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

TOBACCO PLANTING IN New YoRK.-The
Syracuse Star states that Robert Fleming
and Peter R. Reed have purchased fifty
acre lot three miles northwest of Syracuse,
and are planting the whole of it with tobac-
co, employing some twenty men. They
have also several other fields in different
parts of the same country, from all of
which their crops will be heavy. For
several years past they have been very
successful in growing tobacco at Manlius.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
District of Columbia, Baltimore and
other places.
Citizens and Strangers.

other places.
Citizens and Strangers.
A heavy discharge of cannon announced
the starting Of the procession at o'clock.
The military escort was the largest ever,
seen in Washington. All the troops from the
different stations within reasonable distance
of Washington, were in attendance. The
whole Of this portion of the procession was
under the command of Major General Win
field Scott, Commander-in-Chie of the Uni
ted States Army. The officers and men Of
the Navy and the Marine Corpse were also
out in very unusual force. In their brilliant
uniforms, with their mullled drums and bad
yes of mourning, this portion of the procession
was unusually imposing.
The procession was one mile and half
long. The avenue through which it passed
was densely crowded. Every window was
occupied and the concourse of spectators on
! the sidewalks was immense.
| Flowers were strewed along Pennsylvania
Avenue for several hundred yards leading
from the White House.
The civic procession has been estimated
at 10000; the military at 800 besides com
panies of artillery. There were nineteen
bands of music, comprising some hundreds o
instruments.
The effect along the Avenue, clothed as il
is in sables and densely crowded, was very
fine. I....
Signor Fagnan, an Italian artist, yesterday
took sketch of the head and face of Genera
Taylor, just before he was placed in his cof
fin. No cast was taken, the family of tn,
President being unwilling that the skin shoul'
be disfgured, as it would probably be by tina
process Although much emacated, tn
face of the distinguished deceased preserve
Towards two o'clock the sky became ovel
cast. Considerable wind prevailed, and
shower was threatened.
General Scott, when he arrived in the Ea
Room, wept over the body of his distinguish
> ed companion in arms.
. The Scene at the Burial Ground.
On arriving in front of the Congression
! , Burying Ground, the military escort W;
formed in two lines the first, consisting
the detachment appointed 10 fire the last vo
ley, facing the Cemetery, and thirty pac'
distant from it the second line, consisting
the remainder of the Infantry in the escol
twenty PAGES in the rear. The battery
" artillery took position on the rising groun
= about one bundled PAGES in the rear of Il
Il second line.
:, The Burial Ground was occupied at ;
: early hour this moning, by thousands of pc
W pie anxious to secure places for obtaining
good view of the interment
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
NOTICE

VNHE undersigned, appointed by the Orphans
Il Court of Northumberland county, to make.
distribution to and among the creditors of the
estate Of John Bloom, decd, hereby notifies all
persons intered that he will attend to the duties
of his appointment on "Wednesday, the 3lst dav
of July 1850, at his office in the borough of Sum.
bury, at 10 o'clock A. NJ - ..,-r. ......F
CHAS. J. BRUNER, Auditor.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE EDI-
T. Amrsrsar H ersss
Ncw York, Jpty lith, $3.50.

AMERIcAN HoTEL}
Ncp York, Jpty iith, $3.50
The voyage from Caps May toEew York
by sea is delightful The steamer Kenne-
beck touched at the Ca pc between and 8 |
O'Clock, P. M took on number of passen-
gers, rounded the Cape, and in a few min
nies was ploughing the ocean, and landed her
passengers next morning at o'clock, at New
York. To one who has never witnessed it, a
sunrise at sea is magnificent sight. An i'm
mense luminous body, emerging, as it were,
from the mighty deep, is of itself almost worth
a trip to see. The scenery for thirty miles,
as you approach New York, is grand and i'm
posing.
The present is the travelling season 10 and
from the watering places, and the Hotels are
pretty well filled. We noticed short time
since the Improvements of the American Ho-
tel, kept by Messrs Taber & Bagley in this
city. This Hotel which has been partially
rebuilt and enlarged, is one of the most pleas
ant and best regulated hotels in the country
The new ladies' ordinary is model dining
room ventilated by louver in the centre
the glass and the panneling of which are
richly painted in arabesque ornaments, great
number of new lodging rooms, and parlors,
bathing rooms, boudoirs, refurnished, painted,
papered, decorated, carpeted, gilded, lighted
and beauiifed have been added 10 their es-
tablishment from attic TO cellar; and it is
now, although not one of the largest, yet un-
deniably among the incest and best regulated
houses of It's class in the world.
The New Workers boast considerably oi
their water works. 1t is indeed stupendous
work and COSTS over ten millions of dollars
The water is conveyed for 40 miles in an i'm
, mense culveri Of stone masonry, over vallies
, hills, and streams The Croton Reservoir
above 42d street, is a splendid pile of mas
sive stone masonry about 40 feet high. The
, journey from New York 10 Philadelphia owe
the various lines of the Camden and Amboy
r company, is pleasant and soon accomplished
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

gold WHITEY," the veteran war horse Of
the hero of Buena Vista, formed an afec-
tive and affecting part of the procession at
Washington, on the occasion of what the
Journal of Commerce calls '"the funeral
obsequies," on Saturday. The editor says
that ''the associations connected with him
crowded upon every ones mind. The old
charger as he paved the ground, and
neighed at the sound of the bugle, seemed
proudly and impatiently 10 look around for
his rider, and once more to bear him on
the field"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

NJ Office is hereby given, that letters testa--
~ mcntary, on the estate of Thomas Vastine,
late of Shamokin township, decd, have been
granted TO the subscribers. An persons having
demands against said estate, are requested to pre-
sent them for examination and settlement, and
those indebted are requested to make immediate
payment. WILLIAM VASTINE,
AMOS VASTINE.
Shamokin tshp., July l3, lS5O.-6t
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

FOURTH OF july ToAsT, given at Wor-
cester, the heart of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, #ilg.eH J3et
sold Bachelors-Leailess trunks in
garden of roses. Each dwelling is TO them
suggestion, each birds nest standing
admoniton." t' h1i9 o2r 0rm
Well, it is. eh spno mfla
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

DEATH OF S. S. PRENrIss.-We learn
from Natchezn Of the death Of Hon. s. S.
Pren:iss, the distinguished lawyer of Missi-
ssippi,s He had beer suffering from i'll health
for some timssF Mr. Prentiss was one of the
ablest men in. the South. He was formerly
in Congress for brief period.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

A LITTLE GIRL, walking one day with
her mother in graveyard, reading one
after another praises of those who slept be-
meath, said, 81 wonder where they bury the.
sinners'
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

G5- The following persons were ap-
pointed the committee Of correspondence
for Northumberland county, at the late
Williamsport Convention
Hon. John Montgomery, John p. Pursel and
]. M. D. Wilmington.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
TERRIBLE RAvAGEs OF THE CHOLERAIN
MEXICO.

BALTIMORE, July 16-P. M.
The New Orleans papers, received by the
mail tonight, have dates from the City OF
Mexico to the 25th of June. The Cholera
was still raging TO a frightful extent, and
tloo hundred dying daily! During the month
there had been eight thousand cases and t,Oen-
ty-seven hundred deaths!
AT Zacatecas the Cholera was equally bad
The deaths averaging eighty per day.
On account of the prevalence of the ChoI.
era, the Mexican Congress, was unable 10 OBJ
tain quorum.
1t was rumored at Vera Cruz that the
deaths by Cholera averaged one thousand per
day a'
The Pope's return was celebrated in grand
style in the City of Mexico. 1 30 Hai1uH
The approaching Presidential election is
exciting much interest. One paper proposes
Santa Anna, who is ineligible-not being a
resident. Hf'lU aaa '.slg
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
AUDITORS NOTICE.

n Office is hereby given to the creditors. of
L said defendant that the undersigned appoin-
ted auditor to settle and adjust the rates and pro-
portions of the assets of the estate of Samuel
Smith, deed. late of Pent township, Northum-
berland county, to and among the respective cred-
tors of said decedent will attend to the duties of
his appointment at his Office in the borough of Sun
bury OH the first DAY of August next at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. WIN. J. GREENOCGH.
Auditor.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

GT Our readers will find on our first
page, Professor Webster's confession, which
was necessarily crowded out Of last weeks
paper.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
July 20, 1850.

G5~ After an absence of several months,
the editor has again returned to his post
In doing SO he takes this occasion to return
his thanks, to his talented young friend,
who occasionally ofiiciated for him during
his absence.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
THE LATE FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.


The Philadelphia Bulletin estimates the
loss of life by the fro in that city, at 80
killed, 100 wounded, 0 drowned, and II
missing-total 1856, Many of the houses de-
stroyed were very old and inferior, and their
destruction no great loss, The actual area of
the fire is about 100 by 775 feet, covering
some ten acres of ground, and the loss in real
estate is about S7OO,OO0 OF the burnt build
ings, the Bulletin says:
Many of them ought TO have been remo
we'd long ago, and their destruction now can
only be viewed as a matter of regret, from
the immediate distress and loss 10 their in
mates. In every other light the fire will
prove a benefit. The old buildings and
crowded courts that have been over popula-
ted for years will now, we hope, be built up
with fine substantial buildings making the
burnt district one of the finest portions of the
city.
The Philadelphia Sun, says
A calculation has been made by number
of gentlemen, and the number of houses, STA
bles and stores destroyed, is set down at three
hundred and forty SIX. There were probably
about three hundred dwellings, allowing a
man, wife and five children for each house.
makes the number of human beings rendered
homeless by the disaster two thousand one
hundred.
1t is said the fire originated from friction
of the windlass of hosting machine in the
upper story.
Mr.. Pittlield and wife, who resided at No
10 New street, were al Cape May. Not a
solitary thing about their house but what was
destroyed. There is scarcely one brick on
another of the building. ,..
C. C. Rapburn, Second above New street,
was with his wife and children at Red Bank
at the time of the fire. He had the sum OF
$500 up stairs in his bed chamber, which
was probably lost amid the ruins. His house
was open, however, half an hour before the
fire reached il.
Hugh Catherwood whilst looking at the
fire, had his pocket picked of the sum of one
hundred and sixty-five dollars.
The light of the fire illuminated the sur
rounding country, and was seen distinctly at
the distance of 80 miles The scene as view
ed from the Delaware was awfully sublime.
Persons who saw the explosion from the river
describe il as most fearful sight.
The shock of the explosion was felt at Will
mington, Delaware, and the light of the con-
ilagration was seen at Trenton, N. ].
RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATEs.-Some
one curious in railroad science has compiled
| the foIIouino tahla ,bo,yin., thu number of
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democratic electors of Northumberland
county, arc respectfully requested to meet at the
usual places shielding delegate elections in their
respective Boroughs and Townships, on Saturday
the 9TH day of August, 1850, for the purpose of
clccting delegates to the Democratic County Con-
vention to be held in sunbury on the Monday fol-
lowing, to form Democratic ticket to be supported
at the ensuing fall election.
G. M. YORKS, SAMUEL ENT,
WM B. KIPP, SAMUEL LANTT,
REUBEN HARTMAN, VIM. WILSON,
A. ARMSTRONG, II. READER, Snr.,
SAMUEL Il. BROWN.
Standing Committee.
July 20, 1850.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
CHOLERA 4.

CHOLERA AT NAsHvmLE.-Wc. learn by
joint extra issued by the four Nashville pa
person the 5th inst, that owing to the preva-
lence of the cholera there, all the daily papers
have been suspended. This list of deaths
for the Sd and 4h, though incomplete; en-
braces 48 names, and it is added
The disease is not confined to any particular
location, but seems to have taken general
range through all quarters of the city. The
corporation are burning tar, &c, in different
parts of the city. Guns have been fired in
many elevated parts. Business is generally
suspended and everything about the city
wears a settled glqom.n
The deaths on Friday, 9Th instant, are said
to have amounted TO sixty On the 9th there
were nearly one hundred. At the prison the
disease was on the increase. 1t is more fatal
malignant, any rapid than it has ever been
known there.
CHOLERA AT THE WEST The board of
health Of Cincinnati report % deaths from
cholera on the 9th, and 80 from other diseases
and OH the 10th, 80 from cholera, and SO
from other diseases, making 1923 deaths for
the two days AT Louisville there have been
few sporadic cases. Two deaths from cho-
lera have occurred al Shelbyville, Ky, and a
number at Dremon Springs, Five or six deaths
had also occurred at Rock Spring mills in
Bracken county. Three deaths from cholera
are reported in Chi licothe, o., and several
at Columbus.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

10 TALL RYE.-Judge Welker sent us
a stalk Of rye, grown on his farm near this
place, which measures eight feet four inches
in length.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

E Thompson's Susquehanna Express,
we are requested to say, will be suspended
until September next. This Express has
been a great convenience, the loss of which
would be greatly felt if entirely discon-
1;n.oJ
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

O- HARvEsTING.-Our farmers are in
the midst of their harvest, and the crops
promise an abundant yield. The rains on
the first part of the week created some APP
prehcnsions for the safe housing of the grain.
The continued heavy rains on Thursday
and Friday will, we fear, seriously iniure
the grain, most of which is still in the fields.
A flood seems almost inevitable.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

The death of Gen. Taylor and the con-
sequent dissolution of his cabinet, will, no
doubt secure the passage of Mr.. Clay's Com
promise bill and thus settle this perplexing
question, we trust, forever. Until this is
accomplished nothing can be done in Con-
gress in the way of legislation. The great
body of the people are perfectly willing
and most anxious to have this great ques-
ton settled upon almost any terms, which
are not wholly unjust and dishonorable in
themselves. II is the ultras of the South,
and the abolitionists of the North, who deal
in distractions instead Of looking to practi-
cal results, that cause most if not all the
difficulties. Let both these extremes be
Topped of, and Congress will again be re-
stored to quiet, and the country to its won't
ed prosperity. Had the present cabinet
and the friends of the bill been united it
would have passed in some shape ere this.
But each insisted on his own plan, and thus
division would, of course, bring about de-
feat. President Fillmore is said to favor
Mr.. Clay's bill, and his cabinet will neces-
sarily coincide with him in their views.