Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-03-27
EDITORIAL coRnEspoSDEScE.
JONES HOTEL, Philadelphia,
March 30, 1853.

tutu u utClutu Improvement bUo ibhSb
Southern and Western merchants, in copsid-
cradle numbers, have arrived, and merchants
and others are beginning to look up with the
revival of trade. The Hotel keepers too are
made to appreciate the beneficial results OF
this revival in the filling up Of their houses,
the effects Of which are plainly visible in tho
cheerful countenances of the landlords. In
this respect none have more reason TO con-
graduate themselves than Messrs. Marshall
& Powell, of Jones Hotel, which establish.
mcnt, though always ranked among The best,
has been growing rapidly into popular favor,
under their management. The weather too
has thrown Of its winter garb and assumed
more spring.like appearance.
In New York, understand the improve
ment in business is not yet so decided, but q
week or two may make q decided change
In the meantime the government Treasury,
which last year was laboring under plethora,
occasioned by the fullness Of its vaults, is now
almost collapsed by the depletion going on
by the heavy expenditures. Tho receipts
| from the customs, last week, amounted to
only half million of dollars, while the
expenditures reached one million and half
At this rate government would at the end
Of the year, be in debt fifty millions, but this
state Of things must change, and, perhaps
soon agreat change will be felt, though proba-
bly, rot enough to avoid the necessity OF a loan
The Kansas question lie drawing to crisis
in Congress, and it is now pretty generally
conceded that the Lecompton Constitution
cannot be forced through.
The bill of Mr.. Montgomery, of this State,
referring the Lecompton Constitution back
to the people Of Kansas, which was referred
to select committee by majority Of eleven
! is Of itself, conclusive evidence OF the defeat
Of the Lecompton bill except in such shape
! as will render it obnoxious to the Southern
fre-eaters, and render it an administration
defeat, instead of triumph. If anything
was necessary TO seal its fate, it has been
done by the speech Of Senator Crittenden, OF
Kentucky, one Of the ablest and most talent
ed men in the union for many years the
compcer and companion Of Clay, Calhoun
and Webster in the Senate, and in many
respects the equal of either. He says the
Lecompton Constitution is not the Consttu-
tion of Kansas, but OF the convention that
framed it, and that the whole OF the proceed.
ings which brought about the result Of that
Constitution were fraudulent and disgraceful
to all the parties concerned. Such testimony,
from such source, and coming too from
representative Of slave State, has not been
without its effect.
1t is to be regretted that Mr.. Buchanan
should have staked his popularity and his
political reputation on this result. He
should remember that he is not General
Jackson, nor backed by the popularity Of
General Jackson, and if he were he must
fail under the crushing effects Of such dead
weight as the Lecompton swndle. But Cen
jackson never would have tolerated such U
farce as the Leconpton Constitution. He
never would have permitted the voice OF the
people to be violated by the rufliauism Of the
South or the fanaticism Of the North.
Mr.. Buchanan, in his unfortunate policy on
the X ansas question, has rot only suffered q
most humiliating defeat, upon which he rashly
staked his whole political reputation, but he
has dragged down with him many Of his
warmest personal and political friends, some
OF whom, in order 10 support his mad schemes
on Kansas, were compelled to sacrifice not
only their principles, but to Stultify and com.
f promise their characters for veracty and
: consistency.
The notorious ohm Calhoun, President Of
the l.ecompton convention, has at last been
compelled to declare the result Of the late
X ansas election. lie las carried the returns
!. in his pocket for two months, declaring some,
; times that the slavery party had majority
in the legislature, and at other :imes thai
+ the free State party had the majority. When
ho first came on TO Washington, he told
= Judge Douglas that the slavery party were
elected by several thousand, without resart
II to the fraudulent returns Now he states, by
rejecting the fraudulent returns, which ht
admits wero such, he says the free State
j. party has triumphed. Finding that sucl
vianous conduct was mjuring Lccompton
and that that great swindle was doomed t
certain destruction. lie was obliged to dis
gorge the returns although he repeated,
stated he would never declare them unit
the Lecompton Constitution was admitted
d" The Legislature has resolved to adjourn oil
- the s3d Of April. The members will there
j. fore have to go earnestly to work in order t.
get through.
Judge Ludlow has struck terror into til
corrupt officials that surrounded the crmns
court. lie sentenced Deputy Sheriff Lair
to imprisonment in Jail for 20 days, and
fine of $50 for aiding in packing Jury in
murder case. High Constable Carson h
bound over in the sum of So 900 for perjury
A DEADLY EPIpEMIC-A letter received i
Baltimore, Md, from the University of Vii
ginia, and dated Sth instant, says that
fatal epidemic, resembling typhoid fever, hn