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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
Dealers i'm "Thc Ouecr.''

When we published an account OF the
arrest of four parties in this and Lebanon
counties, on Thursday last, we promised
further developments. Since then the Off
GERS of the Secret Service Division (Col
Whitcly's) have arrested and placed in the
prison ofthis county Milton Zerger, knowen
as the "Flying Dutchman.n Catharne
Frantz, Michael Kerns and Elias Hoffman,
of Mechanicsburg, on charge of dealing
in and circulating counterfeit United States
Treasury and National Bank notes.
Michal Kerns and Catharine Frantic had
a hearing on Saturday before United States
Commissioner John II. Briggs and were
committed to prison in default of $4,000
bail each to answer at the next session of
the United States District Court in Phil
adclphia. The Flying Dutchman was held
in similar amount, and Elias Hoffman
will have hearing tomorrow. He has
however, made n free and full confes-
sion in regard to his connection with the
business. The evidence, we learn, shows
that these parties belong to an organized
gang of deale rs in counterfeit notes, having
purchased them i'll large quantities from
manufacturers and dealers in New York
and other places, and then sold them in
smaller quantities to ''shovers ofthc quGer''
or parties who put them in circulation.
1.-THE Flying Dutchman" was indicted
with Jerome Whitman and Wm. NJ 'keever
for highway robbery on oathe of Elias
Hoffman, but while they were captured and
tried, he managed to elude the officers until
last week when he was taken up by the
police for drunkenness. lie will DO doubt
have an opportunity to visit the Eastern
Penitentiary and spend some time.
Catharine Frantz kept sort ofiunk shol
in the vicinity of State and has not borne
the dest reputation imaginable. She was
charged at one time with receiving stoler
goods, but as the evidence was not sulil
cient 10 prove her guilt she escaped, and
now appears in new role, much to kel
surprise.
Michael Kerns is The proprietor of q
hotel on railroad street, which has beef
a resort for rough, "koniackers" and SINH
lar characters. lie was indicted at one o
our courts for passing counterfeit fractional
currency, but through some manner ol
other escaped conviction.
Elias Hoffman is the party who appear
cd as prosecutor at the last session of cour
! against Whitman and McKeever.
In the course of the trial it was alleged
by two Of the witnesses for the deftns,
that Holman visited the vicinity OF Ali
sons hill to purchase counterfeit none,
from the parties mentioned, but he stoutly
protested his innocence.
The whole party will he taken to Phil
adelphia at the next session OF the L. 5
District Court for trial.
No more arrests have been made since
but ii is thought that others implicated il
the transaction will be captured ere long
Harrisburg Telegraph.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
New Hampshire Election.

CoNCoRD, March 14.-Thc election in
the State of New Hampshire for Governor,
Railroad Commissioner, three Congress
men, and members Of the Legislature, took
place to-day. The Republicans supported
James Pike and the Democrats James H..
Weston for Governor. Up To & O'Clock p.
m. the election returns show large Demo
cratic gains, and the election of Weston is
possible ifnot probable. Bell, Democrat,
is elected to Congressin the "a district.
Manchester gives Pike, 1870 and Wes-
ton, LOB against last year, Stearns, Rep,
l,G9l Pcdcl, DEM, 900, aud Flint 81,
Manchester gives Stevens, Rep, for Con-
grcss | 500, and Bell, pcin., l,7W. Forty
eight towns heard from loot up, Pike, =
52l; Weston, S,Udl; Cooper Labor Reform,
lUp
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
Fire in She Oil Regions.

PTrsBURG, March l0.-At an early
hour this morning fire originated in the
which place was composed almost entirely
ofwoodcu buildings. The tire spread across
the street and ON both sides as far south as
Alken's hall, and north to the bank of the
creek, leaving the American House stand
ing. Fiity-cight buildings, dwellings and
stores, besides barns, &c, were destroyed, =,
the fine sweeping five acres clear. Among
the heaviest losers are Jas. Rutherford,
hardware entire stock and building, loss
$1,000; Petroleum House, furniture and
building, $4,000; II. G, Wachter, gro
ccries, stock partly saved 5000; Owen
Gallncy, liquors, 10000. The entire loss
is estimated at Sl5Q0O0.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

THE DEMOCRAT AND THE COUNTY
OFFICERs.--We abserve that our nei eighbors
of the Democrat are already engaged in
putting the county officers, and devote
half column to throw dust in the eyes of
their'readers, TO draw their attention away
from the forthcoming auditors report. The
Democrat is more generous to its friends
than just to some others, by classng all the
officers together as belonging to the Ring.
This we should suppose is not very fatter-
ing to several of those officers, from the
fact that they have never before been sus-
pected as belonging to the Ring. But, we
presume the editors of the Democrat in or
der to screen their particular friends of the
Ring, have taken the good and bad together
in order to cover up the defects of the latter.
Their readers will no doubt look upon it as
Il decidedly rich joke, while the innocent
portion of these officers will have to grin
and benr it.
The following rich paragraph is intended
TO help the Commissioners out of their
dilemma.
"Across the hall, to the right, is located
the County Commissioners Office. The
duties OF this Office are principally discharg-
ed by the Commissioners Clerk, Jno.
Farnsworth, Esq, under the control of the
Commissioners, Martin L. Bucher, Bastian
Stepp and Jacob Hunsecker, all OF whom
are honest, sober and intelligent men, who
look to the interest and welfare ofour county
in the performance of their responsible
duties. We venture to say we have never
had more efficient and economical man
ugCment of the business of the county than
ut the present time, which is creditable to
the Commissioners as well as their clerk. :"
How the above Will tally withthc auditors
report, remains to be seen; and we would
advise all the tax payers to compare the
two together and Judge for themselves.
We are inclined to think that it had been
better for the editors Of the Democrat, not
20 have been so hasty,as it may make them
feel rather cheap, when the public find that
the facts do not correspond with the asser-
ton.
The closing paragraph is intended to
cover up everything But as the people
are somewhat acquainted with the trans
actions of the offices of The county, they
will no doubt see the pith of the Joke and
treat it rs such. 1t is as follows
Altogether, "a better corps of County OH
GERS have never graccd our Court House,
and our only desire is that We may continue
20 do honor to our grand old party by ele-
waiting TO office equally good men in the
tuture.n
AS a compensation for the catering
notice Of our county officers by the Dcmo-
crat, we suggest that the next contract for
furnishing iron bridges, be awarded to the
editora OF that paper, lfthe Commissioners
should be ungrateiul enough torcfuse them
the Ring should at once take action in the
matter,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
NEW IIANrsmRE ELECTION, The New

NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION, The New
y ork IrjJu0tc says:
New Hampshire is always Republican
on a Presidential election often close on
any other Blu. il has not gone Democratic
since ls5l, until yesterday when We seem
to have lost the Governor, all the Con-
grcssmcn, the Council, and probably the
senate while the House is, only claimed
for the Republicans BY majority OF from
son TO twenty, in a body OF over three
hundred members. On the vote from lGj
the Republicans gain on last years vote
$50, while the Democrats gain 3l3G, net
Democratic gain ul 2i76,
New llamEhre has not become Demp-
cratic, This vote means mainly, IL not
wholly, Republican apathy, born OF over
cuntdenca and the continuous triumphs ot
sixteen years, aud Republican disaticc,ion,
cngepdered by local quarrels, liquor aud
the unwlse and untimely summer lrouble,
IL Is not by the continuance OF such cause
that parties are saved aud Il Ihe lesson ls
% hn learned Ia time for 1879, il has uut
been given usa month too s1on, i.et as
take i Ipr warning and luc,Iymgut a"l
c'utt hl ruHkE.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

SALVATION We are informed says
the Miners JoWnaI, by a Doctor of this
Borough that he was appealed to by a poor
woman--the wife Of miner--from Mt.
Lalec, on saturday, to visit her three
children who were almost dead The
doctor consented, and upon examining the
little ones he found that starvation was the
malady that had seized upon them, and
upon inquiry, learned that the family had
been living ON corn meal for nearly two
months. The doctor informed the woman
that nothing but nourishing food would
save their lives Think Of this, ye that have
plenty aud 10 spare.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

THE following are the appointments for
the Central Pennsylvania Conference ofthe
NJ. Z. Church made at Carlisle on the 18th
inst.
WILLIAMsPoRT DISTRICT. Curns,
presiding elder, Post-otlicc, WiGllamsport,
Pa.
Williamsport--Pine street, W. Harden :;
Mulberry street, II. Ilinkle Price chapel,
j. +. Ockerman Third street, ). C.. Swal-
low Newberry, j. b. Polsgrove Circuit,
=. Hunter one to be supplied Montours-
vile, j, a. Gerc uughesYile, ID. Il. Nc
Closkey Tiyioli, j. G. Heck one to be
supplied Muncy, j. B. Cuddy Watson
town, }. W. Olewine, {. w. Burnley Mil
ton, W. 4. llouck, ID. {. John, sup; Lew
isburg, i. Ilodgson Millinburg, j. A.
WoodcoOk Susquchauna, j. +. Davis :;
Salladasburg, g. Liedy; Cogan Valley, to
be supplied by u. Bird English Centre,
TO be supplied by W. Autcs Liberty Val
ley, T.. NJ. Chicoat Jersey Shore, j. \.
Melici; jamestown, Il. T.. Kelly Great
Island, y, i. Taylor; Lock Haven, J. w.
EangIey, j. Il, King, sup; Salona, Crosth-
waite, one TO DC supplied llyner, K. III.
COlburn Remove, \. NJ, Creighton West
port, j. \. Rothrock, sup; Leidy, to be
tuppled SlnncmahOning, l.. >, Croue, one
10 be supplied Rmporiuul, n. J., Drum ;
Caledonia, \. b, llooyen W, l.. Spotts-
wood, president, aud IL. \. Curau, Pro-
iessor in Williamsport Dickinson seminary
members OF Mulberry street quarterly
conference }. l.. liobb, Professor ia pcu-
ulngton seminary,N y. j., member OF Salads
burg quarterly conference.
DANNILLE DISTRICTS, Barnes, pre- i'd
ing elder, ,p0st-ollicc, bloomsbury, pcnnsyl-
yania Danyllle, ~, Paul's, ;. Creighton (;
lhnyillc, Trinity, g., ", c. Naulossou
Northumberland, Is, +. stevens Washing
tonYlIlc, III. Wilson, \. ), bowman ;
liloomsourg, is. IL, Creyer Espy and
Light street, :, W, Sears OnngeNille, f..
l., Crcytr lientoh, j, Guss, c. ]" hen-
scolor Berwick, " W. Evans Berwick
Cirea.l, 4. Britain, q, 4. Singer Bloom
iugdale, Is, t. King one 10 bo supplied
Nuhlonburs, II, b. furIner Shickshinny,
G., ", Miller White Haven, j, \, de-
Moycri Hickory Run, W, ", l,oese
McalhyrlS j, r. Wilson ilazeltun, T.,
II, locum Joansyllle aud Audyurpld, T..
l. ANarll ; tDuynsham, \, ", tulburn,
one 90 b. supplied CalgRissa, 4, ~,
krsior liiahurs, j. L. Brown, Iheo,
/ 4ala hhamuklu, y. =. buckingham
| louigIha, A, g. lrusthWaitr Mount
Carmel L. T. Dyer Ashland, a, ~.
| HuNw IIoyurlun, 4. o. Cirea suyder-
town H. IS, Aieudruhall sunbury, J, G.
msiy aelllspguyr, i, sliue lataWiss
summary, j, ihusou Akrgs, nomhyr ol
AiaH laaa qutriely eunitlyurp N.
loFgrnoe, corresponding secretary Pam.
aihanla bible tpeltiY uemher at lluliy
church, lanslllp quarterly eoul,Ituee,
tAAthus c0uuiY has 0uls onf blinl and
three dtai and dunb Itlsoas
TnE Mgbsn. Meihsf, Il lehanon hay,
lAssn eunlfagl ~ baill 5ul case.
hr ursl har ~ nilfuad u0n eA,g mal,
in Atge,l county, Has ulHds la ihp nah
epihs, "a hhealRad tuFnaee hsl Nrt s.
heeh. Alkan,.s
O. hinsae "a, hfmfii aan a.pi sn,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

a hEW thapHAsGK toArAsY, Tho
legislature fpe,niR Incorporated sn iu,
Numlauln lisagl ~ Mrpclllsi IAllaas
ikAyeE D. a lA,ldY, hainur Nofks, a
lAubarh, lthT Nusha. a.. "a shuap.
Jacob = ldrl l. lohas,m iApl g.. Mrich.
~, ~ nsila alsF. Ma. ~ lants., Nu.
seal aul ! hsifiN 1850 ,ha llafd hah
Drsanlsfi NJ gluluna 4 ii MildY, lnsl.
ANi y n nhap kif fitfhif ~ eco
Hiaf n AmWfiatu hIuislt
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

CoNGRESS1oNAL.--1n the Senate on
Monday, upon the reference Of the French
spoliation bill to the Committee on Foreign
Relations, Mr.. Sumner took occasion TO
call the attention of the Chairman of the
committee to it, expressing the hope that
lie would take charge Of the business and
press it forward. Mr.. Cameron very pro-
perly replied to the dcposed Chairman, that
he would do The best he could with the
matter, bat he thought it hardly fair for the
late Chairman to expect the new committee
to secure in one session law which that
Senator had failed to have passed in ten
sessions.
In the House several bills were intro
duced, one by Mr.. Braxton for acquiring
title to the Arlington estate, by the pay
mcnt of $500, 900 to the devisees. The bill
was tabled on motion of Mr.. Butler by a
vote of 115 to a. A concurrent resolution
by Mr.. Dawes to adjourn on the 10Th with
out day was adopted 125 to 67. "A joint
resolution offered by Mr. Farnsworth pro-
viding that from and after its passage no
tax or duty shall be levied or collected on
foreign coal, was adopted, 1872 to 81. On
motion Of Mr.. Randall tea and coffee were
also placed on the free list, 12l to 40. A
motion Of Mr.. Wilson, of Indiana, to sus-
pend the rule and pass the joint resolution
asserting the power of the Government to
impose the enforcement of the fifteenth
article of the amendments to the Constitu-
tion ofthe United State, and declaring the
thirteenth, forteenth and fifteenth articles
of amendment to the Constitution duly
ratified, was defeated for want of q two
thirds vote in its favor--the yeas being 103
and the nays rs.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

AS yet there are no signs ofa resumption
of the coal operation. Miners and labors
by the thousands are still idle throughout
the coal regions of Pennsylvania. Added
to those are thousands of Mechanics and
meu in various avocations thrown out of
employment by the stagnation induced BY
the suspension in mining and shipping Of
coal The Pittston Gazette of last weck
says:
1.-The statement made by Franklin b.
Gowen, of the Philadelphia & Reading r.
II. Company, to the Legislature, is an able
exposition Of the history and progress of
these suspensions, and should be carefully
reviewed and understood, and by none
should it be more carefully peruscd than
by the wOrkingmen and miners. While an
All-wise Providence seems to have distribu-
ted coal with liberal hand, and evidently
designed that it should be cheap, it does
not seem natural that any combination
should decree that it shall not be sold at
less than certain price. We believe it to
be in the very nature Of things that coal
should be as low, and governed by the
same rules, viz, demand and supply, rs
other staple commodities are, aud which,
in growing country like ours, with new
markets opening almost daily, is not likely
to dwindle down to a price that will not
pay the labor bestowed upon its production
n fair remuneration. But il is evident that
if coal is not to be governed in price by
supply and demand, but must be kept VI
to a certain price, despite of circumstances
its consumption cannot and will not in
crease rs it otherwise would. Hence must
things grow worse and worse as the mining
population of the country increases from
year to year. That coal production has
been greater than the demand is evident
and to remedy this it would seem wise on
the part Of the mining population to provide
that a portion Of their forces should seek
other pursuits, and not insist that while
there is a superabundancc of mining labor,
coal must not be sold below any certain
figure. The principle is one which the whole
world, ifw except miners themselves, vii
ever wage war against. 1t is sustained by
no precedent in the history Of trade.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

pHuN $50. ON Thurday, Of last week
q eulurtd man named Oen, Dover, ilom
Georgetown, IL, g., was drowned iu lhe
river at this place under thn iliiuW,ug
circumstances. Ito, la company With lpur
other mru, an Ol whom wrru employed IS
Art,tann, MAhlug, scult a Co., un thp Cat
nNlssa extension, Nent uut la "a small boat
81 t,atsn gas rup IA iho nrN bridge, aud
un rpaghlng lhe Alldlp 81 thv rhrI, lAt
boat aas eapsi9pd, aiad lhs men all lhrgaL
opL 4 maa namei Murphy and leo
~ lAs ulhels seTe bafely useutd alive, agl
Dover Nhu aasa gnni selnipl b, lust
Ais llh lhrough hls ellogls ~ sase ong "A his
eaml aAiout lie bply vac uui recovered,
pnlns lD she 'tsHsth VI lhs eR-sHpt ai lhis
lsiint MHiaHnH.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

THE Reorganization of the Standing
Committees of the United States Senate
took plase last week. In making the chan
ges in the committees, which takes place
every two years, or at the beginning of
every new Congress, when old mumbers
retire and new ones come in, the Hon..
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts,, was
dropped as chairman Of She committee on
Foreign relations and the Hon. Simon
Cameron of this State, appointed in his
place. Mr.. Sumner has, held the position
for some twelve years with signal ability,
and his removal is attributed to the result
of his disagreement with the President and
Secretary Fish, in regard to the removal of
Minister Motley, and his opposition to the
annexation of the San Domingo. 1t is
alleged that thore is no social inter-
course botwoen Mr.. Sumner, with either
the president or Secretary of State. and
that the public interests demand that the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign af-
fairs should be at least on speaking terms
with the two officers of the Government.
There appears to be considerable feeling be-
tween the parties which is to be regretted.
Mr.. Sumner is statesman of undosbted
ability, and IN point Of learning and in
dustry has no superior in the Senate. But
he is not deemed by many as a safe leader.
With deep rooted prcdiudices and deter
mined will, lie is often impracticablo and
hcadstrong. The position he held brought
him constantly incontact withthc Cabinet
We think Mr.. Sumner should have resigned
if his personal relations with the President
and Secretary were such as to prevent
social intercourse. Gen. Cameron, we un-
derstand does not desire the position, and
Senator Morton of Indiana, who has no
superior in Congress will succeed him.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

THE tobacconists of Cuba have formed a
society for the protection Of their interests.
Mo,EBY has opened bank at Warren
ton, Va, but not in the way he used 10 open
banks in lhe war,
TnE New Orleans ice factory runs siN
machines, each costing so. 900 In gold, aud
freezes sixteen tons of lee daily Tho
water is pumped from the Mississippi, puri-
fed, aud ifozcn into blocks three iuches
thick and twelve by twcnIy-iour inches Ia
area.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

Missouri KU ELUX.-A new secret
Organization called the Order of the Cru
Gadcr3, has been cstablishe in Missouri, for
the purpose oiaiding Democratic principles.
1t is supposed to DC another name for the
Ku kluX, but in Justice to the Democratic
papers in that State, it should be said that
they dcnounce it. The two wings of the
Republican party are now united and in-
structed by their unfortunate experience of
last fall, propose to make common cause
against their common enemy.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

CoNdREss,-The Forty-lirsl Congress
came 10 an end on the ith inst. at II
O'Clock M.-tho forty-sccond Congress, in
accordance with The uaw law on the sub,
icct, assembled Immediately after the ad-
JouFnncnt Of the old one aud proceeded to
on organization, The officers Of the old
House were fero-elecled hy the ncw one. ms
follows;
James q, bhine, Sl.,ak,r,
edward Mcpherson, Clerk
y, C. Ordway, scrgant-at-Aru.
o. $, burton, Doorkgeperi
W, s. kius, Postmaster,
=, g, lutleE Chaplain
The forly-hrst Congress ai.l be distln-
Fuished iu history hy tho fact that Il wac
the hrat m which AL ths slatgs wego gep-
irsen1gd alleg the Great hebelll1u
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18

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tH ffilf Ga lhf fHsNlnE bfaT ibf hillkhtldfls
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
Sunbury Cattle gnsurance
COr,panV,

THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR TIE
, YEAR ENDING JANUARY lst, 1871.
Number of Policies, 7l2.
Amount of Property Insured, S52,@l5OG
Amount of Premium Notes in force, S3i, 1900
CASH ASSETS.
Amount loaued Mt interest, &3OOO,0p
Amount in Trcasurcr's hands, 100000
Amount due from Agents, -. *iOO,9J
Amount due from other sources, $4,000
Available Capital, G39,239, %