Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23
LETTER PROM THE EDITOR, DATED
sr. NICHOLAS Horst, |

hhaueipnls IN tne OclOck hpos o'es WV
Camden & Amboy road. Seven passenger
cars were filed, and this 10 but one OF the
six or eight daily trains between New YORK
and Philadelphia During the summer season
this is decidedly the most pleasant route, as
the distance from Amboy TO New York,
about 40 miles, is performed by steamer.
The scenery along the river-the splendid
country residences on its banks, as you mp
proach New York, is not equalled in any
other part Of this continent-and in some
respects not by any country in the world. In |
all the elements Of great commercial CITY,
| New yo,k is greatly ahead Of Philadelphia. |
Great enterprises that would cause the de.
| liberations of years, in Philadelphia, are
almost of daily occurrence in New York.
Railroads are projected and aided wherever
they can be made to subserve New York |
interests. The Sunbury & Erie road, had il |
led to New York, would have been completed
years ago. The consequence is that this city
| Is the great centre of trade as well as OF
travel. While on this subject, it may be
as well to add that every indueement is held
out to strangers to visit New York The
Hotel accommodations are on magnificent
scale, and are ably conducted. This Hotel,
the ST. Nicholas, has at present about eight
hundred guests-and yet it is the most quiet
and orderly house in this country.
The Pennsylvania Legislature a few days
since, passed bill to make n Railroad from
Reading to Columbia, by which it is intended
to make short cut from New York to
Washington. in connection with the new road
now making from Reading to Allentown.
This is New York project, aud will be
carried ont.
The discovery of pearls in o small stream
near Patterson, n. j., II miles from New
York, has caused a great excitement in that
neig hborhood. The Now York Herald sent
q reporter to the place, who has given long
un6 interesting account of the discovery, de-
scribing number Of pearls found, worth
ruary last. MIR. Hover, u carpenter, with three
Of his neighbors, in consequence Of the high
price of food and scarcity of work, went TO
gather some muscles. They returned with
about two dozen, each and according to the
story, Mrs. Hover spoiled pearl worth $25,-
900 in trying TO cook it soft for breakfast.
The following colloquy ensusl with the report
or of the Herald:
Mr.. Hower-I felt something hard when
l opened the muscle, but did not notice il
particularly.
Mrs Ilower-I put the muscles in pot TO
boil them for breakfast, and they must have
been in there nearly an hour; when took
them out they seemed tough, SO l put them
into pan TO fry them, but in doing SO
noticed something white like bubble of dir
in one. ] took it out and struck knife
against il, saying it was hard as stone.
Mr.. Hower-l cried out il is pearl, it is,
a pearl and true enough it was pearl,
worth S25,000-the largest and finest one in
the world, SO jewellers tell me, but oh, it had
lost its color.
The poor man looked sad here and paid At
made him sick for two days, but his heroic
vile now cheer.d him up as she had formerly
done, telling him he would find another
Next day a jeweller in Paterson told MIR.
Hover he did not know the value Of the in
jured pearl, but offered $40 for it. 1t has
since been placed in the store Of Ball, Black
u Co. MIR. Hover thinks the color is re-
turning into it, and that it may yet come back
so us to be worth ten or fifteen thousand dol.
lars. For the poor mans sake we say amen.
lie has not been pearl hunting much since
his first discovery, though he has found
another small pearl aud sold it for 500.
The municipal government of this city is,
at present, in great quandary. The oppo-
nents Of Mayor Wood had an act passed
recently, legislating the police department
out of Office. The Mayor contends that the
act is unconstitutional, and has appealed to
the supreme court, aud refuses to surrender
his authority.
The news from Utah is highly important
Brigham Young, with his DANTE band Of
desperaloes, has overawed the United States
Court, threatening Judge Stiles with instant
death if he did not adjourn the court and
promise to enforce no other laws, than the
laws Of the territory, administered by Mormon
officers. With revolvers aud swords pointed
at his breast, they compelled him to execute
their designs. 1t was rumored that Brigham
Young has fed. and that the Mormons are
split up with dsseusions among themselves.
Later news. however, informs US that he ia
still at Salt Lake. 1t is to be hoped that
Major McCulloch, Of Texas, will accept the
Goveruorship. Btave as Cesar, and perfectly
fearless, he would make Brigham and his
confederates in villainy, tremble 10 their
boots. 1t will not do for Mr.. Buchanan TO
pursue the tcmporising policy of Presidents
Fillmore and Pierce, in the affairs of Utah.
A crisis has arrived which demands action
on the part of the government, if We would
avoid being disgraced in the eyes of the whole
civilized world.
s4S The "Hom Gazette" is the name of a
new paper in LewiSburg, published by L. q.
Orwig. 1t presents neat appearance, and
We trust Mr.. Orwig may succeed in his enter.