Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-10-01
cuApTEn OF ACCIDENTS.

On Wednesday of last week, yonng man
,amed Chas Long, met with a sudden and
death, in Donaldson's Sharp
Mountain Coliery, in Tamaqua. He was .
in hauling the coal dit from the {
screens TO the dirt heap, with a mule and
dump cor, and while sitting on the car riding
along accidentally fell of on 10 the rail, the
car loaded with coal dirt passed over his neck
aud shoulder, severing the head and arms
from the body, causing instant death. The
remains of the unfortunate youth were fol-
lowed to the grave, on Thursday, by large
number of friends.-ON Thursday evening
of last week, John Whalen, an Irish man
aged about 25 years, employed on the Mine
Hill railroad was so badly beaten by gang
of miscreants about Weslwood, that he died
on the following Friday morning. .--Chas.
Beckman was accidentally killed in the mines
Of Richard Kear, near Mnersville, on Thurs
day afternoon of las, week. Mr. Beckman
was a member of the Minersville Artiller-
lists, which company notice his decease, by a
series Of resolutions expressive of their re-
9aTu LOT nltn.---ON lne morning OF lne lOtn
inst, miner, named Patrick Matthew, was
instantly killed in The mines of the Tucker
Colliery, Tuscarora, by a fall Of coal. He
leaves large family, who were dependant
upon his daily labor for support-A mi
ner named John Bresen, about 90 years Of
age, was killed in the mines of Ojgers &
Chalfant, near Minersville, on Saturday al
ternoon last.-M'ning Register.
REDUCTION OF THE TARIFr.-.Secreiary
Guthrie has issued circular, in which he
says that in consequence Of the accumula-
ton of money in the treasury, the ensuing
Congress will probably reduce the present
tariff He therefore asks for information Of
the working o!ihe present rates of duty upon
the leading branches of industry of the coun-
Try, and OF the eifec, 10 be expected from
the proposed modification. He thinks that
the reductions, if any shall be made, should
be 50 arranged as 10 afford an equal partci-
patton in the benefit 10 every interest and TO
every section Articles which enter into
competition with American products are
those, he says, about which there will be
ses to abridge the labors OF the customhouse
by adding to the fee list articles of general
consumption and articles paying little duty.
THE PENNSYLVANIA CORNWALL MINES.
The Harrisburg Union gives the following
sketch of the Cornwall Mines, about twenty
five miles from Harrisburg:
There appears TO be three conical mounds,
hea we'd up from two 10 three hundred feet
above the level of the plain, and covering all
area of about ninety acres, the eIlire con
tents Of which is a mass Of the purest and
best iron ole in Pennsylvania. There is nc
: removing superintendent earth, and sitting
and sorting ore here, and no miners required
The whole hill is cut down in benches a:
contractors would remove gravel for an en-
: bankmeni, and every pound dug is lon ore
, that neither requires roasting or preparation
before going into the furnace. These mines
have been worked one hundred years, an,
they look as they might last for ihousan,
more.
We learn that MIR. Worrel, compe,en
engineer, has made a measurement of The
, mines, from which he estimates them to con
tain forty millions of tons of ore above tn,
water level, aud ii is quite probable tha
S there is twice as much below the water lev
:. ell According to this estimate here is sin
gle tract Of land occupying the room OF al
ordinary Pennsylvania farm, that would pa
e the whole debt of the State and leave larg
= surplus.
= This ore is now being sold and worked n
f al the rate Of about four hundred tous pc
day, and when The Lebanon Valley railroa
is bnil Two thousand tons day of it can b
p sold. All that is now taken away has TO b
4 hauled in wagons over plank road FIVE mile
4 to the Uuion canal. When the railroad
finished tracks can be built Into the pits, am
The ore shoveled nlo the cars from IN
;, banks, and these mounds will furnish trad
for II railroad for "A hundred years 10 come
q What magnificent eslale-what an invau
:, able deposile is here, being enongh to max
iron for len railroad tracks round the enlr
world including sea and land
York AND CUMBERLAND RAILROAD ELEc
rIoN We learn fIom York, Pa, that ih
annual election for officers of the York an
q Cumberland Railroad Company, held in lhg
>. borough on the 23d ul,., resulted as follows
=. Presidenl-John Herr Direciors-John |
Kennedy, 2. II Sullivan, r. NJ. Magraw, Joh
:, Iough, Frederick Waits and Eli Lewis
Mr.. Magraw was elecled TO ill the vacal
:. cy in the Baltimore directory, and Eli Lew
in that of York.