Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-07-31
rr,K ceal TRADE.

The quantity sent by railroad this week is
4l,453 04--by canal, Al, ,406 00--for the week
82,S59 05 tons. The quantity sent shows an
increase Of 2.2Se tons over last week--but it
| falls short Of the supply for the correspond.
ing week last year.-5finers' Journal.
INoREAsFn ANNUAL BRIrIsn ENIeRATios TO
THE UNITED STATEs.-The annual report Of
| the British Emigration Commissioners, just
published, states that the total emigration
| from the United Kingdom for the past year
to has been 2l2,575. showing a moderate In
crease on the two preceding years, but still! a
falling off 1866 Gag from the average Of the
four years from 1851 TO 1854. The Domber
| of emigrauts who returned from the United
States during the year was l5,44S, Of whom
| ll.l54 arrived in the laat half of the year, du-
| ring the progress Of the commercial crisis
Last year, the remittances from the United
States by previous Irish euigrants, to ena-
BILE their friends to join them, amounted to
| ouly G503, l65, while the average OF the pre-
| cediog ten years was about million sterling
A Curious coincidence in Pennsylvania po-
| litics, is noted by the Harrisburg Telegraph
The Democratic State Convention Of the
4th Of March selected a candidate for Su-
preme Judge from Philadelphia, and candi-
date for Canal Commissioner from Fayette
county. The Republican Convention of July
l4th selected candidate for Canal Commis-
sioner from Fayette county. Porter and
Reed, the respective candidates FOR Supreme
Judge, are near neighbors, living in the same
city. Frost and Frazer, the opposing aspi-
rates for Canal Commissioner. are residents
OF the same county, living within eight miles
Of each other"
DECLiNiNG.-Slaves down South have fall
len in price great bargains" in flesh are
reported in the papers. A Mobile paper
reports that the Sheriff Of Sumpter county
sold batch of FIVE. A woman about 80
yeals Of age, with three children nearly large
enough TO begin to work, brought Sl,525.-
boy rather ordinary III appearance, 2l years
old, sold for $1,000, aud a girl about % years
old with her child brought Sl,C002. Very
few attended the SALE aud fewer still came
prepared 10 buy.
IMPROVED Coal SPILTTEE.-A Coal splitter
is in use at Roudout by the Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company. 1t takes the Coal
from the boat, crushes it and separates the
small Jumps INTO four different sizes, which
are carried of in buckets to respective despo
stories. The machine is worked by steam,
and attended by about fifty men, and will
break aud seperate 1000 tons ol coal day
chine was performed by 300 men.
| Tue CRoPs IN NORTHERN INDIANA LENA,
! Stephenson Co., lll,,July 10, lS58.-Our
wheat crop is q failure. Some fields may
yield half or three. .lourths of a crop, while
| half TO three -rourths OF the whole will not be
cut, Many fields Of oats are badly injured by
rust, which have never seen in this county
before. Barley has mostly failed. Corn
! looks well where the seed grew aud was not
! devuurrd. Fruit will be scarce. | may have
onetenth as many pears, plums aud apples
as the blossoms promised .-Corespondence
cfMe eveaing Past
AN IMroRTANT lTEN.-From the single
port Of Norfolk, Nn., there we're shipped d.
ring June and to the present time in July,
97,O99 packages of early fruit and vegetables
valued at 336 900