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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29
Estate of CATHARINE OYSTER, decd,

NOTICE is hereby given that letters tesla
~ mentary upon the estate of Catharine Oys-
ter, late of the Borough of Sunbury, Northum-
bcrand county, decd. have been granted to the
subscriber, residing in said borough. All persons
having claims or demands against the estate of
said dcseadent are requested 10 AXE known the
same to the undersigned without delay and all
persons indebted are desired to make immediate
payment
CATHARINE OYSTER, Ex'trix,
of Catharne Oyster decd.
Sul!ury, april 90, lS54.-6t
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

ZINC PAINTS.
One third cheaper than ,ehte lead, and free
from all poisonous qualities.
The New Jersey Zinc Company
TyAViNG great enlarged their works. and improved
the quality o their products, prepaIed to execute
orders for their
SUPERIOR PAINTS.
Dry, and ground in oil in assorted packages Of from 2j
to 500 pounds alsD
Dry, In nrrels Of 900 pounds each
Their white zlnc, which is sold ground in oil
warranted Pure and unsurpassed Tor body and unilorm
whitcness.
method of preparation has recently been discovered
which enables the Company to warrant their paints to keen
fresh and st III the kegs fur any reasonable time In this
respect their paints will be superior any other in the
market
Their brown zinc PANT, which is sold at low price,
and only he made from the Ziuc from New JeT
sey, is now well known for its protective qualities when
applied 10 iron other metallic surlacrs
Their stone collar pain Possesses all The properties OF the
Brown and is of an agreeable color for painting Cottages
Depots, Out buildings, Bridges, Ne
FRENCH K RICHARDS.
Whnseslle Paint Dealers and importers,
n. w. cor. of 10th x Market Sts, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Arrs, lsSi.-6m.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29
NEW
Clock s Watchmakcrs.


ENAVE jus, opened Clock and Wa,chns%er
n = shop in the building lately occupied hy J.
NJ Simpson, near Tener & Co.'S Store.
IN Market Street, SuaJarB Pa,
Where they have opened, and willkecp constantly
on hand,
GC IG D I Ea%M sa
Silver & Gold Watches, etc.
Also, Jcwelsy,
Consisting Of Gold Breast.pins, Ear ami Fire.
Rings. Meiallions, Cuil:pins. Ledies & Ge,.,s.
mans gold and silver pens alrl pencils. Aiss.
Silver and plaied Tea and Table spoons. al .
spoons, butter knives, &C.,
SFESTAGLIS.
OF all sizes, suiting every age. Spy G,as.es,
Pocke, Books, Of all Sizes Razors, Hair Oil, Re-
volvers, and other pistols, Brushes, Combs, Soap,
&c, &c. Also. large stock of
Musical Instruments!
amongst which are Accordeons, Niolins, Flulius,
Fifes. Flutes.
CARPET BAGS,
Trunks umbrellas, suspcnders. All sizes Of rer-
dy made Shirts and Collars all of which will lbs
sold cheaper than has ever been heretofore sold in
Sunbury.
~ Clocks Watches, Ear and Finger Rings
repaired in the best manner and at the shortest
notice.
Sunbury, Oct. IS, 1e53--3m.
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W. 5. srockNAN. THOMAS o'sElLL.
ST0CKMAN & O'NEILL,
GENERAL
Commission Alertbnitts

e5l NORTH wHADvEs,
Philadelphia.
REFEREN NOES.
Thos. Richardson & Co. Philadelphia.
A. G.. Cattcll & Co.
Rutier & Patieson,
Charles Ellis & Co. "
Burgin & Sons,
Phila., April 8, lS5i.---ly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

The small,po is raging with terrible ma
hgpi'y 10 Bradford county. In the mining
towns WINS Of schoylkill county, the disease has
a'so prevailed for some time past, but TO
very limited extent.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29
ORPHANS COURT SALE.

ORPHANS COURT SALE.
ESURSUANT TO a decree of the Orphans
u Court of Northumberland county, Penn
sylvania, made on the third. day Of April,
1854, the undersigned William II Marshall,
Guardian of Cecile Viel, minor child OF
Josephine Bousquet Viel, late of Bordeaux,
in France deed, will expose To sale by pub
lie vendue, and will sell on Friday The twenty
sixth day Of May, 1854, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon, at the house of William M. Wea-
yer, lnnkeeper, in the town OF Shamokin,
Northumberland county aforesaid, the undi-
vided iuteres, of the said Cecile Vie, mi
nor whatever the same may be (being one
equal undivided twenty fourth part or share,
more or less) in twen,y five certain
Tracts of Land,
TO wit in all lha, part OF The lands embrtcel
within the said twenty five tracts, which
situate in the County of Northumberland,
Being twenty five certain Tracts of land
which were patented TO one Richard Soder-
strom, by twenty five several letters patent,
dated respectively The nin,eenh and TWEEN
iieth days Of March 1875, enrolled in Paien,
Books No % and "a, aud were by the said
Richard Sodersrom, by Deed dated The
twenty second day OF April 1895, recorded
in Norlhu nberland county, in Deed Book X,
page $50 &c, granted and conveyed unto
Jane OLier, Augustine Bousquei, John Bous-
quet and Henry Lewis Dupesquier, their
heirs and assigns, as tenants IN common, and
not as Joint tenants, and were then situate in
Mahanoy township, Northumberland county,
now partly in Northumberland county, and
partly in Schuylkil county, Pennsy ylvania,
and were Surveyed on warren,s. granted 10
a., fol
according TO the official survey thereof re.
speclvely, as follows, TO wit: John Darr 399
acres and allowance John Did 444 acres
aud allowance ; Mary Dar 3S2 acres and
allowance Peter Darr 400 acres and allow.
ance Luke Darr 3S5 ceres and three quar-.
ieIs and allowance Smith Evens 800 acres
and allowance Luke File 336 acres and al
lowance William Harrison Ala acres and
allowance; John Hoglin 202 acres and half
aud allowance Luke HoeIin 406 acres and
a quarter and allowance Robert Irwin Ala
acres aud allowance; Luke Boyle i07 acres
aud a half and allowance; Abigail Lukens
430 acres and three quarters and allowance
Robert Poor 393 acres and allowance; John
Smith 4I0 acres and a quarter and allowance /;
Luke Smith 43s acres and a half and allow
ance; Robert Smoke 39s acres and quar-
ter and allowance; Abigail Smith BAT acres
and allowance Robert It'd 375 acres and
three quarters and allowance, Luke Fidler
$50 acres and quarter and allowance Smith
Lukens 4Si acres and quarter and allow
ance John Housel 345 acres and three quar-
tiers and allowance; John Meading 376 acres
and allowance Jeremiah jackson 800 acres
and allowance and Mary Smith All acres and
quarter and sllowance-and containing in
the whole nine thousand eight hundred and
twenty nine and half acres and allowance
The Sale to be for the best price that can be
had for The same and for cash 10 be paid at
The confirmation of the sale.
WILLIAM H. MARSHALL,
Guardian.
By order Of the Court,
Up. PURSEI., elk. o. G..
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Orphans Court Sale.

Va EAAo4Ao OVuAU Ed1C,
N pursuance of an order of the OrIhans' Court
N of Northumberland county, will be exposed to
public sale,
On SATURDAY, the 9th day of MAY, next
on tho premises, the following described Real
Estate, to wit Thirty acres Off of the north east
corner of a
Certain Tract of Land,
situate in Shamokin township, county aforesaid,
bounded on the north by lands Of Daniel Miller,
on the east by lands Of Nancy Woverton, on the
south by lands Of said Nancy and Michael Zim-
norman, and on the west by lands of said Mi
chael and Philip Persing, containing in all about
Two hundred and Forty acres. Late the estate
of William Psrsing, deed. Sale to commence
at 10 o'clock, 4. NJ. Of said day. when the terms
OF sale will be made known by
PETER PERSlNG,
Une Of the Executors.
by order Of the Court
J. 7. PURSEL, OK. o. G,
sunbury, April s, ls54.-}
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NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that The notes. boo,o,
and accounts of Samuel Thompson, decd.
late oil sunbury, are now ia the hand. of q. NJ
forks, Esq, for collection All persons knowine
themselves indebted to said deceased are reone,t.
Cd 10 call and settle Immediately ii they esire 10
save costs.
MARIA THOMPSON, Adm,ixr
=, Of said deceased.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

Rail Road Letting.
ENROPOSAI.S will he received at the Railroad
d Office at Williamsport until o'clock p.
NJ, Of Thursday the 18th of May next, for the
Grading and Bridging of the Road-bed from
Wilamspcrt to Lockhaven. Also from Milton
TO Sudbury, in all distance of IS miles.
Plans, specifications, &c. may he seen For a
week previous to the day of letting, at Williams
port.
Contractors.
Williamsport, April %, lS5i-3t
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Valuable Property for Sale

In the Borough of Sunblry
ys'IlE subscriber offers for sale the following
property in the Borough of sunbury, viz
THE HOUSE
And two contiguous Lots of Ground,
on the south west corner of Market Square. now
occupied 10y the subscriber as u store and dwell
ling. Also;
THE STEAM SAW MILL
OH the river bank, together with one and half
acres Of ground. Also: a double two story
frame
Dwelling House and Lot Of Ground,
in Elderberry street. Also; six acres of
ground at the Point, adjoining the susquchanna,
on which are erected two frame houses wagon
house, &c. Also
A House and Lot of Ground,
in Cranberry street, near the river, on which lot
are also erected three lime klns. Also
A House and half Lot Of Ground.
on the north east corner of River and Dewherry
street, occupied by Augustus Clement. Also:
Twenty-Thrce Vacant Lots
on Elderberry street.
IRA #. CLEMENT.
Sudbury, Jan Ia, ls54.-tf
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HOUSEHOLD GLASSWARE

HOUSEHOLD GLASSWARE
From the Principal Factories and late
.4uction Sales.
HNOMPRISING full and desirable assort-
z ment at 25 FER CENT BELow USUAL RATES.
Dealers and others will do we'll to call before
purchasing elsewhere. 900 Packages now on
hand
EDWARD F. CORFIELD,
l52 South Second Street, (above Spruce9
PHILADELPHIA.
Anil 90, lS5i.-3m.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29
Treasurers' Sale.

A LIST Of the unsea,ed lands advertised
IA for sale by Francis Bucher, Treasurer OF
Northumberland County, agreeable 10 an act
of the General Assembly Of the Common,
wealth OF Pennsy lvana, passed The ls'h OF
March ls45, and the supplement thereto
entitled, an act directing the mode OF selling
unseated Lands for taxes and other purposes
will be exposed 10 public sale at the Court
House, in The Borough of Sunbury, on ihe
18th day of June, 1854, at 10 O'Clock, A. M,
The following described trac,s OF land Tor
arrearages OF Taxes dne and ihscosts accrued
on each tract respectively, postponed from
day 10 day, unless previously discharged, 10
wit:
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DOCTOR JOSEPH w. CAMERON,

OVOfVH SVoEfH W. CHMEhUN,
REsPEcTFUI.LY informs tho citizens Of
~ the borough Of sunbury and vicinity, that
he has Permananlly located himself in said
Borough; aud oilers his professional services to
those who may wish 70 employ him. for the
present he-eah be found at weiyers Hotel.
sunbury, March ~, ls5l.-tG
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29
REMOVAL.
MISS JANE FINNEY
INFORMS her friends, both in town and coun-
try, that she has removed her

Fancy Dry Goods Store
to her former residence, corner of Chestnut and
Cd street, opposite the new German Reformed
church. and not unmindful Of past kindness, she
solicits continuance Of their patronage. She
has just received an elegant assortment of
Bonncts, Ribbons, Ldces, Needlcrork
of various kinds, lady's gatcr boots and sandals,
stationery, muslins, lawns, ginghams, and every
variety of goods suitable for the season, cheaper
than ever fer casa or country produce.
Sunbury, April s, 1854
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

CIRCULAR.
T5NIE subscriber begs leave respectfully TO in.
IL form his friends and the public generally
that he will continue the business Of a
Cabinet Makers Finding Store,
in all its various branches at The old stand. No,
l3l South Second ST., below Dock ST. Philajel.
phia and respectfully solicits a continuance of
the very liberal patronage bestowed upon the late
firm of Il. & l.. Thompson, assuring his friend,
that every exertion will be made by hiurself and
those in his employ to merit a continuance of
their much esteemed favors
THOMAS THOMPSON.
Phila., March 4. 1854 6m. r
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

RAGS WANTED.
REING extensively engaged in the manulac-
~ turc of paper, we will pay to Country
Merchants and others having Rags for sale, more
than the present market prices-CAsn.
JESSUP Il MOORE,
Paper Manufacturers.
PnILApELrnTA--Nos. 2i and &C North st.
lst Street below Arch, between 5th & 9th.
Phila, March Is, ls51.-2m.
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ORPHANS .COURT SALE.

ORPHANS COURT SALE.
s N pursuance of an order of the Orphans Court
z of Northumberland county, will be exposed
to public sale, ON
. SATURDAY, the goth day of MAY, next,
on the premises the following Real Estate, to
wit = -" e
A Certain Piece or Parcel Of Land,
situate in Lower Mahanoy township, county
aforesaid, adjoining lands of Isaac Drcibebeis,
Samuel Trego and others, containing ore hun
dred and twenty acres. and ore hundred and
four perches-and marked purpart No. |, in the
return of the Inquest. Late the estate of Batzer
Bordner, decd Sale to commence at 0 o'clock.
A. NJ, of said day, when the terms of sale will
be made known by
GEORGE n. BORDNER,
one of the Administrators.
BY order Of the Court,
JNO. p. PURSEL, elk. o. c.
Sunbury, April 90, le54.-)
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NOTICE.

rESHE annual meeting of the Stockholders Of
IL the Green Ridge Improvement Company
will be held mt their office, Carpenters court
Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 9th day of Nav
1854. at l2 O'Clock, NJ.
The election of Five Directors will be held at
the same time and place.
WILLIAM WISTER,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Phila., April %, ls54.-3t.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

BY order Of the Court,
]. p. PURSEL, elk. o. c.
Sunbury, April 90, ls54.-\
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-29

II NDlAN CHoLAGoGUE--An excellent
q article for the cure Of Fever and Ague, Bil.
lious Fever in,ermi,Ient OF Remiiient Fever, lust
received and for sale by
April 20, 1854. |. w. .TENER A. co.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-02
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Extract from private Letter communicated for TIE TRIBUNE
HosoLULU, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1854
have again the pleasure and honor of serving in
our Legislature as Speaker of our House oil Repre-
sentstives--a position not quite 80 distinguished as
that held at Washington, yet perhaps scarcely less
operous from the great ignorance OF our native meta
beers of parliamentary forms, and from the fact that
all business has to be transacted in two languages
English and Hawaiian, the latter being the standard
in our laws in case Of any discrepancy IN the Two
versions.
Our House Of Representatives consists of twenty.
eeyen members Of whom only Elk myself includedl
are whites, understand Englifb; and one half the
native HawaiisDs have seen legislative assem-
bly, before. You may easily imagine that to preside
over the deliberations Of such an assembly is no
very easy task. Our politics are not here as witd
you divided by any very distinct party lines, 6u,
every one does what is right in his own eyes, or what
may be most pleasing to bis constituents or perchance
to those who sit in high places and hold the power
Annexation seems Just now TO be coming on apace,
and right glad that it is so. Ii is, in my opln-
ioD only resource to escape from inevitable an
arcby which our best thinkers predict for us on the
death of our present King, unless annexation takes
effect previously. Negotiations are believed to DO
far advanced, aud probably ere this time next year
we shall both again be under the stars and stripes.
Our mails ordinarily 60 through either
way in from forty to fifty days-sooD hope 10 Dc
reduced to twenty-five or thirty days oy ste am COM
municatiOn between US and San Francisco. we are
hourly looking for our steamer on her second trip.
We already have small inter-island steamer of some
$50 tuns soon to be reinforced by another OF about
400 tuDs. We have steam Touring mill just started
to grind Hawaiian wheat into Hawaiian -four, and so
for the future to furnish our breadstus, and are
in hopes Of good success in our enterprise.
Farming here lie profitable, but needs some little
capital to start with TO make it so. Wheat, well
plowed and sown has averaged this reason thrtyhve
bushels TO the acre, and commands 81 80 per bushel
But one needs 90 600 TO O., 900 TO begin with. At
that you might do worse than come out nere-without
II, better not come. Young mechanics of steady
habits are in great demand, and sure of good,
steady, paying employment. No chance here for
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-02
A FIGHT IN KANSAS.

From The Weson Reporter Oct. H.
On the 9Th inst was terminated the most uniortu'
nate affair which has stained the virgin soil of ansas
1t seems that difficulty had for come time existed
between Samuel A. Burgess and William A. Borden,
both formerly residents Of this County, with regardto
land claim on Stranger Creek. Each of the parties
claimed a squatters title to the quarter section
Thew met upon the ground to ADJUST their conflicting
claims The matter then proceeded from words to
blows among which Borden was knocked down by
stones. and Ratchet thrown by Burgess and his son,
and the two Davidsons. Fleming S. Thompson then
ipterfered assist Borden and was stabbed by some
of the party in two places II was feared that Ihomp
sons wounds would prove fatal, but we are happy TO
state tina, he is doing better and thought TO be
recovering. There seems, from the testimony, some
doubt by whom the fret blow was struck. 1t is GER
tain however that all the men foar on one side and
two on the other) were engaged in the nehe Samuel
II. Burgess, John Davidson and Wesley Z. Davidson
were arrested by Marshal NJ. Clark, upon writ is
sued by His Excellency, Gov. A. II. Reeder The
examination was set for Friday the 18th lnst when
the parties appeared. After laborious and very
careful examination, the Governor became satisfied
that there was probable cause to charge guilt upon
the defendants. Judge s. w. Johnston, one of the
Supreme judges for the Territory, admitted the pri-
soners to bail, which the Governor fixed at the sum
of $4,000 for Samuel ii. Burgess and Wesley G. Da-
wilson, and the same amount for John Davidson.
They will be tried at the first term Of the District
Court of the United States for the Leavenworth Dis
trict in the Territory Of Kansas.
A correspondent Of The Weston Reporter, writing
from the neghborhood, gives the following account
of the affair:
"The parties are all settlers upon very excellent
land in the vicinity Of Stranger Creek. dispute
had arisen between Mr.. Burgess and Mr.. Borden
about the right TO claim which had been decided by
arbitrators. There was also controversy existing
between Borden and Davidson relative te another
claim upon which the latter had erected a house. On
Monday, previous to the examination, Borden,
Thompson and some dozen Others, partly armed with
guns came up TO Burgess house, where Davidson
was then at work, expressing the determination OF
having the matter settled without delay, and decar
ing that the house should be moved. Burgess or
dtred them 10 leave; and from this warmer words
were used, when general fight ensued. Borden was
thrown at him, while nearly st the same time, Thomp
son received two stabs. No other person was Sc
,erely wounded; and the evidence was conflicting
10 which gave the first blow"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-02
MEXICO.

n sAs Edisev If TAe Neur- York FresmdH's journal!
DEAR SIR; The Government papers. some ten or
twelve days ago, published a report from Gen. Am
pudia in Monterey N. Leon stating that he had been
attacked on the nth ul by 200 insurgents whom he
succeeded in dispensing after fifteen or eighteen
hours fight, and that he would give the particulars
afterwsrd which have not yet come 10 hand, al
though our paper here Tac Ssgho) publishes arti-
cles from the official organ of that city up 10 the
18th, by which II appears that the insurgents were
having pretty much their own way in that DEPART
nent.
A report got into circulation here lately that the
Government troops have been defeated in the South
and In Mchoacan also bat cannot get at the truth
with respect 10 what Is passing beyond this city We
know, however. that besides the south and west
Tamsulpas, N. Leon and COshuila srs in a state of
revolt, and that this Government has received many
expresses Of late without publishing any new victo-
rice, which leads tho public believe that they have
met wi revorses ofsome consideration besides which
thsrs is report tina; Yanez has pronounced in Quay
mae which il not at all improbable.
The indians continue the war still in Yucatan, and
the ssyages tbsir depredations in the North without
receiving sny assistance from this Government. The
s.ven millions received from the United States has
toe much II Il, Z Is SAID having goae
,stO me pockst Of Santa AHAa. The troops sent
siIsi The insurgents desert when they can. hey
lTe bLo fed and clothed while 1--WE or six thousand
= ca k'pt here n the capital ;o'protect His Ugh
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v.u psd and clothed in fine fantss-
- a,sssss HE monkeys. in their en1eavors 70
go them ike The guard Of Napoleon, for IN show,
parade, etiquette and all kind OF humoug NaPoieon
z eonsdertd BY His ighness the only model worthy
n limitation, a. So!ouque the black Emperor thinks
slso: but anything useful he thinks Of initiating
from other natiobs. He has had shot % many nsur-
gents that they in turn are shooting bis officers also
and this state Of things cannot continue great while
longer for the Mexicans tired of him. seeing that
he does nothing but what tends TO the final and utter
ruin of the country and he appears 20 delight in con-
tiDuipg the measures most obnoxious to them, A.
though be were TO be their Dictator always, and II
were impossible for them to think Of removing
him from power again
There are several officers still under arrest for their
opposition to the Spanish chiefs that have been put
over them in the army and the Governor OF the dis
trict had TO give an order compelling the people 70
illuminate their houses on the last national feast say
ing that they had no patriotism because they had
done il of their accord on the previous ones tpS
disgust Of him becoming more general daly. ne
does not however hesitate 70 quarrel with MS pest
friends, although from what we read IN the En-
glish paper here, il must be supposed ne IL on
good terms with Mr.. Richards, its owner, ana
agent of the bondhOlders, but who, IL We may
Judge from that paper, ought to 9e considerel
as much sycophant as any servhe Il, .he
Spanish paper C,Onica, of New YORK, could nave
done 10 offend the latter articles from it used to be
conied bere-being against the United States-out he
has given an orc er lin addition to repeated ones here
tofore against the admission Of publications deroga
tory TO hin or bis governments, nstructing the au-
tborties TO burn every copy Of the Cronca that may
In future reach these shores Finding but few now,
T,uppose worthy of the Order Of Guadalupe among
the yiL he has recOllected at the last hour, the
dead and has decreed that the Order shall be be-
slowed on all the past heroes who commenced the
revolution for Independence.
Tna nHt q IL