'6ljs uuil i gpg. A PENNSILTAZIA INDEPENDENT JOURNAL. ,C4=PX..at73*Ps•7C-4e-. SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1856. xterllon. Wm. Bigler of the U. S. Senate _will accept our thanks for remembrance in the way of pub. doe. 'We also acknowledge obligations to several other gentlemen in the Senate and Ilotic for repeated favors. Jr° CORHESrONDENTS.--MIS. "M.." nee d ation or satisfaction. Mr. 'Burlingame re )lied that his remarks were not - personal not be assured that we shall find room for I her, always, when It q. articles come up t o I but that he was prepared to stand by them. the standar d o f as published on I The subject was continued, after a few days, of pions by Mr. Brooks tasking his opponent where ,our first page. We like the Ne.ll thought in this piece and, personally, are would be his most convenient place to meet him to "negotiate difficulties—out of particularly susceptible to religious poetry, the district." Mr. Burlingame, through ,of which there is too little published. We prom i se. or " h „ pe, " Mr. Campbell, replied that the Clifton trust ehe will fulfil her House, on the Canada side of the Niagara though we shall Le satisfied if the "measure Falls, was a good place for a duel. Mr. or her melody" is nut "better — than the ar- Brooks through his friend Gen. Lane, de tide she has favored us with. We trust she write , tften. clinch the eontest. The battle ground se- G. will please cons - eler our decision friend. looted was too remote and the way thereto through an "enemy's country." If Mr. ly to her. With care and study will be Burlingame should be killed, the chivalric able to accomplish better thiat A s titan those submitted toour notice, and we feel, in our Mr. Brooks could not reach his home in heart, that although she may experience I safety. Ile had a chance of death by rifle, present mortification at the course we arc and `mobs,&e.;" and by his own earl acknon ledges that he was—if not afraid ,compelled to pursue, she will thank us in ofßtirlingame—rather much scared on ac tho future. It is anything bat pleasant to refuse the admission of articles to our col- count of various other impediments in the umns, offered by those whom we know and Eke, but justice to I hem and the "rest of mankind" requite., cs to •,ay what sball toil appear in our paper as w,:11 as what shall. We shall he glad if she will try again, and will do toward, , her as :she tv obi be done Ma. Entroat--1 'out yt.tt a short article some time ago, which yon have not publ6h tat, or noticed ats rojc,:te I. Will yon state the reason? et. Yes Sir—right of'; per•ton : sending such a connnottieation to an inde pendent pap u, shrnuld Ita‘e common sense enough to ltnow that the cost of it- puhlicm tion, aeeorhug to our established rates, is two dollars tuol twenty-fit e cents. When I that amlant is el we will cheerfully give the article adtnis-ion—as an advertise xttent.--14, The second effort of our young friend S., I Dixon's line. Perhaps it should, but as far shows a marked improtement. Still, for a s our humble judgement goes, we think her own sake, m c _want her to try again, that this time our Southern Representative turd we know she can and will tdt better, and will be wounded by Mr. Burlingame's very nut get angry because we don't put her pro-; solid paper mullet—we hope not fatally. d v ictions in print. She will receive uurl - - - THE DIFFICULTIES IN CALl thanks for her kind expressions and accept FORMA. the largest measure of good will and good ! The citizens of California are in a com wishes in return. We M..: young folks— ' plete state of Revolution. The unwonted always did and always will—as long as we I spectacle is presented of an organized band, have a beart—.and as lung as we live we ex composed of the best- 'eitikens,"Prtiminent Acct to retain that necessary part of our I men of the various religious denominations, ;constitutional arrangement. We predict I setting at defiance the officers of the law, for S. a glorious future and would be sorry and usurping the powers of government. to think any other destiny possible. We Notwithstanding the Governor of the State say to her—write on. "Excelsior." has ordered this "Vigilance Committee" to P. Sir!—lt may be agreeable to disperse, they are ra idly increasing, num- Tour friends. hat if Vultt jiot be - OA n 8.0. m" ..mact.000 Ter ph net,ltro. Irt.tt.tt, iffit wt.t, area, an seem deter nitted' to perseverei "party" to any such doctrine, and decline I their efforts to purge the State of all villains, the offer, if you can make more by ":moth- gamblers, corrupt and criminal individuals. er arrangement" you had letter do so at They have arrested, tried, and either exe the earliest opportunity. Such a n adjust- euted or banished. many criminals who were willmeat"meet your wishes" and lie saris- heretofore permitted to pursue their depre , Ptctory to . ourself. 1 dations with impunity. It is an undenia• A micrl will hear, hi g,c,oil ti n es seo that President Pierce has de clined to respond to the requisition of Gov. Johnson, of California, fur assistance in arms, upon very proper considerations, which, st rangely enough. net et- seem to have occurred to that functionary in making his request. The act of Congre is require:, that, before the President can interpose, in case of an alleged irsurrutien, the Gulornor of the State seeking such interp isite a must convene the Legislature thereof, or assign sufficient mason why it cannot be enlivened. Gov. Johnson did neither but simply called fur aid. as if no obserianee was ileens,aiv en.so scrious an occasion but his ofile;4,l fiat. The Attorney General, to %%bola the appli cation was referred, gir,e a learnodan , l eon elupivo opinion, which will at Ica , t .crzc to enlighten the California fiu‘ertetr. CE:Y^The Coroner's :furies. caw:l:mulled to investigate the facts connected with the recruit catastrophe up in the North Pennsylvania Railroad, hate rendered their verdicts.— They b u tte attribute the tit-Meat to lite gross negligence of-titre.] F. Hoppe), the eoa d a , ! . vwf the excursion train, whose ilatyir was. a r gating tine, to hate kept the track clear for the regular down train. The', Montgomery csunty jury completely exone-; late Mr. Vansdatoren, the conductor who committal suicide, fiom all blain,s, 't.i ling their belief that lie ti•as rutinin:t. hi, (rain, at the time of the collisbai, is a^rordaiire with the regulations or the is al. II 'pin•l has been arre+ted mid rommittal to await Lis tri:.l. PARDONED.—Franklin T. Ldar, convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions fur robbing the Treasurer's office, has been pardoned by the Governor. Lola r, it will be recollected, plead guilty to the charge and math:restitu tion of all the money stolen. The applica tion for his pardon was signed by many of our most respectable citizens, and we think the not of the Governer in pardoning him will meet the approbation of the whole com munity. Lolar, while in prison conducted propriety and gained the good X At t- tutllt.tuoxm—The Lake Superior himself with .101100 , 1 notices the finding of a diamond I will of the keepers by his uniform good con duct. While there, he learned the "art and that would measure three-fourths of an inch in length, and at least one-fourth of an inch mystery" of basket weaving.—Examiner. in thickness. It is a regularly formed oeta- tar:l l .r. John Fitz having resigned the A ia.t.t CONTII t(7.—The contract fir the grin. and all who lime seen it pronounce it situation of toll taker at the west end of the construction of the Northern Central Rail- a diamond, lint of what exact value is yet un- Columbia Bridge, we learn that the Board road bridge over the Susquehanna at Dan. certain, it lsdng tin. rough state. It cuts , ni • at their . meeting on Tuesday gins , like a knife. and shows all thebrilliam! Ain, V miles above Harrisburg. has been lash appoint ' ed Mr. Jacob G rtildt, of (Mum - - i e y adiamond of i the first water. 'n•hich Liao to that situation. made with Messrs. Lautuan. lktugheity Co., and the contractors will at once cont. ' should n i „t ss t 11 1 :171 ) ; t f' vt l t o t 11: 1 :Ust I t ‘ n i t I l l dt i :lY• t t k rs e I !r s h‘e"P e • DIN I \ Si.nv Ict..--We have been requested menee the work. This bridge will bo the mood was found hv the N% ire c ' tf . : largest in th q g State, and is t o I,e in in tie ll:turfman. while walking on the shore of the to announce that the Episeopal Church in vary best style. it is tii"lit: 11 l that it eon Like. The was es IN ashyd it op. and on re- this place. will be open for divine service, by completed in about two yea•s. eeeding left it exposed to the rays of the sun, to-morrow morning nt 10 o'clock. alien its brightness attracted her attention _ Att7 - "Potiliett/ I s iexter , ft i the tind lt ed it "I'' Sur ttrAtE Cor rtr.—The following cases in Supreme Court from Lancaster County title of a paper received at this m.. ho. ny Dnows ret..----A German about I the taining a marked noticed, csiring us to ^ire , thirty years of age—name unknown—walk- I have been decided and the opinions deliv the prospectus an insertion, for IN hich nc el into the Sclmylkill at the little i dam, just ored. , 1, 1 ;, 1 17 t - }, t e he r Sunday a3 c i e tt e r ra noa : 11iIn'iX,Intuit.‘r.ielvvo-so.dycraarzdet: J. Decree affirmed. shall receive 3. copy of the paper in exchange. It bears the editorial signature of Then hi- drcwned himself'''. He was seen going into Opinion vs. Walters. Judgment affir los Fiske—notwithstanding which. we don't ; the water. but before assistance could be I med. Opinion by Woodward J. feel any particular desire to accede to the rendered he was dead. One of his arms I Mulford & Reeves vs. Shark. Decree af 9. We like to choose our own conmanv.' was marked with the letters "B. K." in Is- firmed. Opinion by Woodward J. dian ink—suppeed to be the nth& of his Blitz vs. Haldeman. Order of Court set name. On his loft hand a finger was want- I aside and procedendo awarded. Opinion by lug—a watch and ninety cents in money I Knox J. were found on hint. M'Lellans Appeal. Decree affirmed.— Opinion by Lewis C. J. TUE CONNECTICLT Kess.ta CuLONV.—The New haven .Patladium is informed by Mr. J. J. Walter, RA., of Now-Haven, who ha. recently returned from Kansas Territory, that the Connecticut Company is well and happily located. They have sonic four bun- `. dred acres under cultivation, and are now ,erecting their saw mill. The population row numbers over one hundred. ANOTHER FARCE. The "Brooks and Sumner affair" has been merged into Brooks and Burlingame— pistols, &c. The simple history of the trans fer may be told briefly. Mr. Burlingame, a representative from Massachusetts, in a speech to Congress upon the "novelties that disturb our peace," took broad ground in favor of the course of the Senator from his State and dealt pretty severe language upon the first notorious and successful applicant of gutty pereha, upon the lead of a man writing at his desk. Mr. Brooks sent a friend to ask of Mr. Burlingame an explan- We desire to do j ustice to all, but we think if any body ever did diNplay the white feather to the public gaze, the noted indi vidual is P. ti. Brooks, of South Carolina, Well, it is better a duel aid not come off; some one would have been injured, most probably, and it would have been another source of agitation. It might have led ton, to greater and sadder results. Mr. Brooks said a single blow from him could dissolve this union, and it is well, all things consid ered, that Mr. Burlingame did not cause him to strike that blow, Seriously—there some difference in meeting men like Gen. Webb and Burlingame, on one side, and Charles Sumner on the other; and Mr. Brooks seems to think there is a vast differ ence in the selection of duelling ground and that it should always be south of Mason & ble fact that adequate causes have existed to promote this sudden uprising. The Gov ernor has collected a few hundred men to enforce the laws, but their number is too small. The committee have erected breast worke in front of their rooms, ph.nted can non to guard the approach, and thoroughly armed their members. It is said they have 400 men constantly on guard, have 4,000 to 5000 muskets, a large number of cannon and plenty of small arms—besides nearly $lOO,- 000 in their treasumy. S\l, ACCIDENT IN 11.tral , nrac.—The Her rislouw Th'egrapit states that on Saturday afternoon last four small children of Mr. John 3ledlam, residing in Fr,nt street, were se verely burnt by a careless use of powder.— It appears that daring a temporary absence of their mother, the eldest son went to an old chest where he procured some powder, which he placed on the floor and then igni ted it with a match. The explosion set fire the dresses of the children gathered around . it, and before aid had arrived two were so horribly burnt as to cause death. Of the other two, one was slightly burnt, and the ether. though severely injured, will probably recover. This is truly a lamentable affair. and we hope will prete a warnin4 to both parents and children, for the one never to put powder within the reach of children, and for the other never to touch it fur any par.! pose. CAMP MEErrvu.—A camp-meeting of the' _ Evangelical Association, is to be held in i Cy-The Chester County Agricultnral So- Lower Windsor township, York county, corn- eiety is collecting money. by subscription, mencing on Monday, 11th instant. The to buy an exhibition ground, and erect the camp ground is on land of Samuel Gilbert, necessary buildings. Estimated cost, .T.G, miles from Wrightsville—so the Sear in- 500, of which nearly $5,04:0 are already sub forms us. scribed. Imam 1010 embilij ifffiffeks. A LTxto:c.—The Americans, Whigs . and Republicans of this county, through their committees, met in conference in Lancaster, un Thursday last, in reference to a union of the part:es for the settlement of a county ticket. A call for a County Convention was agreed upon whicb invites all opposed toMr. Buchan an and the Cincinnati Platform; to the exten sion of Slavery into Territory now free; and in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Constitution, the rights' of the States and the preservation of the Union; and of re storing the policy and action of the federal government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson; will assemble in their respec tive districts at the usual place of holding elections, on Saturday the 23d of August, between the hours of 3 and G P. M., in the I townships, and 7 and 9 P. M., in the wards and boroughs, and at each meeting elect delegates to a County Convention to assem ble at Lancaster on Wednesday, Augnel 27, at 11 o'clock A. M., to nominate a County ticket. The Inland Daily says— A resolution was also adopted providing for the election of the delegates in proportion to the number of votes polled for Pollock, allowing each district with one hundred or less votes, one delegate, and one additional cur each additional hundred votes. We understand the above action received the unanimous concurrence of the threesub committees. The American County Com mittee will act upon it on Saturday. The exciting times Wire approaching and the country may still be considered safe.— Politicians of every complexion are on the look out and disposed to lend their aid in every good work—anxious to benefit the home they love and to stand by the right.— We sincerely trust every aspirant for office as well as every voter will be satisfied with the result. As for as we are personally concerned, we hope each and every one of the candidates will he elected by glorious majorities, and thus show to the world that they are all very popular and their services appreciated by the people. IMPORTANT INVEN:TION-NEW SIIINOLT; MA eul Thursday last, with a number of our lumber merchants and business men, we witnessed the operation of a new shingle machine, invented by our townsman, Mr. llney, of the Susquehanna Planing Mill. In our judgment this machine is very far superior to any thing of the kind in use.— The machine saws and planes the shingle to any desired taper, and the only loss of stuff, is the "dust" cut by the saw. After the sawing, the shingle passes into the plan ing apparatus and conies out smooth and regular on both sides. This—the planing of two irregular surfaces at the same time— has been a subject of much consideration heretofore—among inventors, but Mr. Huey has met the demand. Every person present ' at the trial seemed thoroughly convinced that this machine could be adapted to all the pur poses for which it is intended, and we con result and trust he will be remunerated ten fold. We understand Mr. H. has made ap plication for a patent-right which cannot but be granted. We seriously think this ma chine will win for its inventor not only rep utation, but pecuniary reward of great amount. THE NEW SCHOOCHOUCE.—The new school house, now in the course of erection by the Columbia Public Ground Company, will, when completed, be a great improvement to our town. The main building will be 51 feet front by 40 deep—two stories high.— The back building 33 by 20, also two stories. The tower in front will be 60 feet in height The contract for building was awarded to Mr. M. Clepper, at $8,6.10. In addition to the school house, a dwelling will be erected as a Teachers residence. The enterprise is deserving of all praise and the benefits that i 1 1 result to our borough will amply repay the pecuniary investment. The Columbia Public Ground Company, by this liberal and useful disposal of funds, will be thanked by the people. "Give us plenty of schools and we will turn out scholars." said one who ought to know the inestimable advantages of an early education. HISTORICAL LANDMARKS IN WESTERN P.esssii.,v.tra.-The Pittsburg Chronicle says that the recent ' visit of Hon. George Bancroft and other distinguished gentlemet. to the scone of Braddock's Defeat, near that city, has disclosed the fact that the. land- marks of that memorable event have beet. almost lost, even. to those who are resident in the. immediate neighborhood. The visit of Mr. Bancroft was timely, inasmuch as it resulted in rectifying the errors of locality . which have occurred and have received the sanction of some writers. The same paper states that the 0141, block-house erected by Cul. Bouquet, in 1754, is still standing in that city, but in suctra, net-work of alleys and narrow thoroughfares, that the stranger cannot discover it, and but few of the citi zens could point it oat. It is, moreover, left to the charge of those who will allow it to crumble into ruin. The paper points to our city as an exanifli - e for the citizens of Western Pennsylvania to follow in regard to the care of interesting relics. We don't ob ject to the praise, but must take occasion to say that we, also, hive our deliquincies.— Look at the old house_ in Letitia Court, which was once the residence of the founder of the I city of Brotherly Live. Look at the old slate roof house at Second street and Norris Alley, where the principal characters of the Revolutionary pericid. resided. Both will crumble into ruins before many years elapse, and some of the mot - it - interesting of the his torical associations connected with this city, will have lost their . .asible landmarks, with all their suggestive , wealth.—.2Vorlh _dnteri- THE LIABILITY OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. The liability of telegraph companies for damages on account of errors in the trans mission of messages over the wires, appears to have been fully demonstrated in a case recently tried in a court of law in Ohio.— The complaint was that a message directing the purchase of a Itirge quantity of wool at 40cts, per pound, reached its destination with the 40 changed to 45, and as this wool was purchaed at this latter figure on the strength of the message, the plaintiff brought an action to recover the loss to which he was exposed, laying his damages at two thousand dollars. The judge held that the rule of damages was the difference between the price actually paid under the despatch, and the market value of wool at the time and place of purchase, and judgment was given for the plaintiff for $750 without interest. THE CORK 'rum—About a hogshead of acorns of the cork oak have been introduced from the south of Europe, and distributed in the Middle and Southern States for experi ment, or to test their adaptation to the cli mate. This tree; in its native country, where it is an evergreen, usually grows to the height of twenty or thirty feet, but in England there anopecimens which exceed .... i i fifty feet in height with a diameter of more than three feet. e substance familiarly known to us as co ,is the epidermis, or outer bark and see Imes grows two or three inches thick. t w,. su,. a is the ) anes,grows , a subject of great tional importance that plantations should e established in various parts of the count for the purpose of grow ing this useful su tance, particularly in the event of a war 1) weer, this country and Europe in conseq nee of which the supply would be cut off. TALE-nrAnixe.—Never repeat a story, un less you are certain it is correct, and even not then unless something is to be gained, either of interest to yourself', or for the good of the person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he who indulges in it, grows more fond of it in proportion as lie is successful. If you have no good to say of your neighbor, never reproach his char acter by telling that which is false. He who tells you the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults, anal so the dish of news is handed from one to another until the tale becomes enormous. "A story never looses anything," is wisely remarked: but on the contrary gains in proportion as it is repeated by those who have not a very strict regard fur truth. Truly, "the tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS.—The libraries now connected with Harvard Col lege, Mass., contain more than 100,000 vol nmes. Of this number. 70,000 volumes are in the library in Gore Hail. The others are contained in the Divinity, Law, and Medical schools, and in the libraries of societies of under graduates. Atrocious Fraud on the Public I Arregl and Commit/al of the Powelralnr. We learn front the Philadelphia press, I that Hollis who was charged with counter feiting so extensively the labels of Iloilo ! way's Pills, has been committed to Mova mensing jail for trial, in default of bail. The examination showed that the immense sales of Holloway's Remedies in this country had long since excited the cupidity of a class of , miscreants known as "medical counterfeit ers?' The establishments of Professor Hol loway, in every city of the Union, had been closely watched, the extent of their busi ness ascertained, and finally a system of counterfeiting planned out which, in extent and magaitude, has probably never been equalled in this orany othercountry. We hope the fortunate arrest of the chief conspirator, Ileitis, will tend to explode the whole scheme; all the material of the rascally combination is now in the hands of the police. It is somewhat difficult to counterfeit the reme dies of Professor Holloway with impunity. His agents "ewer the land," constituting on all-pervading "vigilance committee" whose Argus eyes are ever open to his in terests and the interests of the sick, which are in fact "one and inseparable." Hollis and his gang forgot this independent medi cal police, ever on the alert, all in direct I communication with the office in New York. They left out of their calculations the bound less pecuniary resources of Professor Hollo way: and under-estimated his zeal and lib erality when engaged in bunting down the double knavery that tampered with the pai -1 lic health while it sought to rob him of his reputatitm. The timely discovery of this scheme of wholesale rascality, will, we trust, be a warning to "medical counterfeiters." The counterfeit plates, labels, &c.. are all in the hands of the authorities of Philadel phia, and the conspiracy is utterly crushed. Its effect has been to exhibit in a more striking light the unparalleled popularity of Holloway's Pills, for only against the lead ing medicine of the age would such a scheme have been organized. 1 It would be well for the trade to be nn Itheir guard against similar frauds for the future. One scheme of imposture is put down, but the popularity of the medicines may give rise to others.—X. F. Nat. Pol. potepokti):ACll[OstAVlvitio EXTEAORDINARY POLICE CASE IN LONDON. A. son of Sir James Graham appeared be :'ore the Mayor at Windier, to complain of ~ rutal treatment from i police officer. He had been dining with the officer: of the Gren adier Guards, at their mess, on Saturday evening, and on arriving near - Windsor bridge, about half past twelve o'clock in the morning, a policeman took hold of him and said, "I arrest you sir, for uttering coun terfeit coin." The officer persisted in taking him to the station house. On their way thither, the defendant, turning round, said to the complainant, "You are trying to swal low something," and knocked him down.— The policeman and another man then knelt, on complainant. The policeman put his fin ger into complainant's mouth, and thrust it under his tongue, and down his throat.— Complainant struggled to extricate himself from such rough treatment, when the police man hit him in the face, the effects of which were still visible. It turned out that it was a case altogether of mistaken identity on the part of the offiTer, and he was fined £1,75., including costs, or a default, one month's imprisonment. THE WAR AGAINST W.kLKEII.-A letter from San Joso, Costa Rica, says: We have received here—that is to say, the President has recieved—renewed assuran ces, on the part of Guatemala, San Salva dor and Honduras, that they will attack Walker on the north, while they press him to makes strong diversion to the south.— Their plan is to march upon Leon, where we are told that Rivas, the hitherto dupe of the American fillibuster, has intrenched himself after throwing off the dishonorable yoke.— There they will meet the malcontents and hence vigorously push the Walkerites from Grenada to Rivas, when they hope to enclose them between two fires, as they presume that by. that period the Costa Ricans will again have gained possession of that town; thus Walker would easily be thrown into the waters of the lake, or dispersed through the forests to die of starvation, if not under the knife. Such is the plan of the valientes Njos of Central America. The question is whether they will be able to carry out this magnificent plan. PALACE DISCOVERED UNDERGROLTSID.—The remains of a magnificent palace have been discovered under a garden in the Isle of Ca pri. It must not only have been splendid in structure but in situation, commanding a view of the bay of Palermo and .Naplcs.— Marble of various colors were used in its construction, and all its apartments, so far as the excavations have proceeded, are of the most spacious and elegant character.— The door-way is twelve feet wide, and of white marble, and the rooms are paved in mosaic, while the walls are painted red, blue, yellow, Sc. Several coins of the reign of Augustus and Tiberius, have been found, some of them disclosing the curious fact that the coins of one reign were at times recoined in another. TIIE MORMONS.—TIIOO. 01ShEllSen, of St of the Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, in North America; from which it appears that America contains G 8,700 of that sect, of whom 38,000 are in Utah ; 5,000 in New York; 4,000 in California; 5,000 in Nova Scotia and Canada, and 2,000 in South America and the Islands. Europe contains 39,000 ; of whom 32,000 are in Great Bri tain and Ireland; 5,000 in Scandanavia ; 1,000 in Germany and Switzerland ; 5,000 in France and 5,000 in the rest of Europe. In Asia there are said to be 1,000; in Africa 1,000; in Australia and Polynesia :1,400; on travel 1,800. There are besides 8,500 schis matics, including Strangites, Rigdonites and Wightites. These numbers amount in the aggregate to 110,500, and it is supposed the whole sect cannot exceed 120,000. LUNACY IN ENGLAND.—The tenth report of the Commissioners of Lunacy states that the number of lunatics confined in asylums, hospitals, and lisensed houses in England, is somewhat startling in amount. There arc in asylums, including private patients as well as paupers, 6,298 males, and 7,525 females; in hospitals, 791 males and 837 fe males; in metropolitan licensed houses, 1,105 and 1,486; and in provincial licensed houses 1,386 and 1,215; making a total of male and female lunatics so confined of 20,640. In addition to this large number there arc 550 lunatic criminals, of whom 438 are males and 121 females. R. W. EMERSON AND THE SPIRITUALISTS.- ..Mr. Emerson in the last lecture of his recent series in Boston, spoke of the manner in which a great man's thought diffuses itself and gets repeated, in a generation or two, widely and mechanically. After using sev eral other illustrations he said that the law is strikingly revealed in the midnight fum blings over mahogany throughout this coun try now, to get at the secrets of the spiritual world. It always happens, ho said, that whatever spirit is called up—Franklin, or Fenelon, or Napoleon, or Abd-el-Hader—it is always Swedenborg that answers. That is the cow from which all the milk comes.— Transcript. STEAMSUI I" EX MOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE.- The steamer Empire State, from Fall River for New York, exploded her boiler last Sat urday night, off Point Judith, by which six Ipersons were killed and several passengers scalded. Among the killed is Ezra Wil liams, third engineer, and Mr. Kiteham, the boiler maker. The Empire State put back t .e t t o Fall River, where the passengers were ransferred to the steamer State of Maine, which left for New York at six o'clock next morning. The boiler was only a year old and had recently been inspected. The steamer was carrying less steam than usual. INTERESTING AGRICULTURAL DISCOVERY.- Mons. Orange, a distinguished agricultu rist near Aix, in France, has discovered that the water which flows from gas manufactories, being highly charged with ammonia, may be efficaciously used as manure on wheat lands. M. Orange employed this water on a field of five acres, which produced three successive crops of wheat without the assist ance of any other manure. This water al.o contains azote and hydrogen, VIRGINIA GOLD MlxEs.—The Richmond Despatch has the following in relation to the gold mines of Virginia: The proprietor' cf the quartz gold mine...in Orange county, is about to ship fifty tons of ore to England, to be tested there by parties negotiating for his mine. The United States mines owned bya gentleman in New York, are about beitig opened. The wash ingof the Vaucluse sands refuse, yields $l5 per -ton. - The Mitchell mine in__Siettsylvania has been valued at $150,000 by a party in New York. The Gardine mine, in the same county, is yield ing well. All the energy and capital re quired to work these mines comes from the North, which may yet do wonders in devel oping the resources of Virginia. The. SANDWICH ISLANDS.—The rapid -rise and extraordinary prosperity of our empire on the Pacific, have given a vast importance to the Sandwich Islands, and in California particularly, they aro now the sutject of much attention. They have become a pop ular summer resort for Californians of lei sure, and the commercial relations already established, give promise of a most valuable trade. As a mere place of sojourn for tour ists, they present strong attractions in their remarkable volcanic scenery, and the quiet beauty of the cultivated regions. All visi tors agree that they are entitled to the desig nation of the "garden of the Pacific." A line of trading vessels now runs every fort night between Honolulu and San Francisco. SALE or BEDFORD SPRINGS.—A correspon dent of the Baltimore American, writing from Bedford Springs, July 24th, says: "For some days past negotiations have been going forward for the purchase of the Bedford Springs property, including some 1,500 ocresof land, by a company of six Penn sylvania gentlemen; and I learn to-day, on good authority, that the matter was finally concluded this morning—the price of pur chase being finally fixed at one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Of this sum, $lOO,OOO are to remain on mortgage, and of the balance of $70,000, the old proprietor agrees to take $30,000, thus leaving $40,000 to be furnished in cash by the new proprie tors. THE PERFECT PATTERN.—Once, in all hu man history, we meet a being who never did an injury, and never resented one done to him, never uttered art untruth, never prac ticed a deception, and never lost an oppor tunity of doing good; generous in the midst of the selfish, upright in the midst of the dis honest pure in the midst of the sensual, and wise far above the wisest of sages and proph ets, loving and gentle, yet immovably reso lute; his illimitive meekness and patience never once forsook him in a vexations un grateful, and cruel world.—Christ in Ills tory. A MONSTER ESTARLISTIMENT.—TiIe great est clothing establishment in the world is that of M. Godillot, in Paris. He employs sixty-six sewing machines, kept in motion by a steam engine of nine-horse power, and which sewed all the overcoats for the Cri mean army. The superintendent of the estab lishment is the Emperor's tailor, Dussantoy, • • of cutting o t fifteAliitt.4 ar once, almost with the rapidity of lightning. Besides the machines, Dne thousand women and girls are constantly engaged at sewing. SerA Model of a train for the Emperor of the French, has been tried on the railway line between Paris and Tours. It consists of five carriages communicating with each other by a gallery. There is a drawing room and a bed room; in fact, a complete set of apartments. Another new carriage for six people, was also tried. It contains eight beds. A ticket, with the use of a bed, will cost double the ordinary fare. ri , •R^Commodore Robert F. Stockton has written a letter withdrawing from the con teit for the Presidency. His associate on the ticket, Kenneth Rayner, withdrew some time ago. This slightly narrows the con test, one ticket being entirely out of the field. Fillmore, Fremont, Buchanan and Gerritt Smith are the only men now regularly be fore the people as candidates for the Presi dency. ararto. COLUMBIA LUMBER MARKET WHOLESALE PRICE.. Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00 Culling do 13 00 21 Common do 18 00 Ist Common do 30 00 Palma do :li; 00 Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00 Do - do do long lengths, 13 00 Pine Scantling, 15 00 Plaster Lath, 52 000 3 00 Shingles, 12 00@j18 00 4:o*lfkit)S44;itiiiii3:4:**l, FLOCK.—The only sales made public are 200 barrels fresh ground superfine, from old wheat, at 5G,44, and one hundred bbls. sour Flour at $3,25, per bbl. For home use the transactions are also limited, within the range of $6,500'7,50 and $8 `ti bbl. Corn Meal and Rye Flour remain inactive, but firm, with further small sales of the former at $3, and the latter at $3,50 bbl. Cam:v.—About 5000 bus. good Southern Red Wheat was disposed of at 153 c, and 2500 bus. White at 163®165e. Sales of Pennsylvania Rye at 71(ii472e, and 3000er 4000 bus, mostly Southern Yellow Corn have been disposed of in lots, at 65@,G8c, as as in quality, mostly at the latter rate.— Oats are in steady demand with sales of 7000 bns Penna. at 41@42c, mostly at 414 c afloat, and 1500 bus. new Southern at 37.3, at the depot. Waist:Er is scarce, hut the demand is limited at 3002.10 for bbls, the latter for Prison, and 36C4' . .37c for Drudge.—.2Vorth American, 31st ult. BALTIMORE MAIMETS Fun - R.—There were sales reported this morning on 'Change of 550 bbls. new How ard Street super at $7.25, and of 500 bbls. choice old dn. nt the same figure. Rye Flour is firm at $3.62,1, and wo quote Corn Meal nt $2.50 for fresh ground Country, and $3.50 bbl. for City Mills. GRAM—Good to prime red wheat sold this morning at 150,160 cts., fair whites at 150®155 cts., good to prime do. at 100® 158 cts.„ and choice lots do. nt 170 cts. Corn sold at 62®04 cts. for good to prime lots.— We quote as before Penna. at 42 cts., and Maryland Rye at 60302 cts. The receipts of Oats were about 2.W0 bushels. We quote new at 29®33 cts., and old at 34®30 cts. Sales were made to-day at these quotations. AVntsaFr.—The sales were at t8(340 eta. Balt. American, 31st ult. A CONVERTED L . ...Mt:1N.-At the late Meth o list Conference, the presiding bishop intro dueed!quire Grey Eyes, a venerable Indian Chief of:the Wyandot tribe, 'who %vas one of the first fruits of the mission among that people when they lived in Ohio. The tribe have now removed to Kansas, and the Grcy Eyes has come from that distant land to at tend<•tlie Conference. He is an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church and is said to be a remarkable man. DE GRATH'S GREAT ELECTRIC OLL.—For Neuralgia, Piles, Swellings. stiff Joints, Cramp„ Deaf ness,Eurache, Headache, Pains and Bites of Mosquitoes, This oil has cured 110,000 cases in the lost four years. Be sure you get De Grath's Electric Oil. "-All others are cheats. Depot, CV South Eighth street, Philadelphia, nod for sale by druggists everywhere. July al, 195.6. • ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.—HEAn AND YOUNG—.PROF. WOOD'S HAIR RENTORATIVE—WiII restore gray flair to its original color permanent; made to grow upon bald heads; remove all dandruff or itching, destroy all diseases of the scalp; and if used say once or twice a week regularly, will pre vent the hair from becoming gray or falling, to any imaginable uge. Read the following teen rooniabi and we defy you to doubt. (Says the Waverly Nag: seine Success to the klenius whose tonic we say Turns back to its col& the hair that was gray. From the Boston Herald SOMETIIING WORTn KNOWING!—By using Professor Wood's Hair Restorative, gray hairs can be perma nently restored to its original color. The subjoined certificate from Johnston & Stone, Gardiner. Me., is but ono of the many instances that are daily coming to our knowledge of its wonderful effects. It is no longer problematical, but a self-evident truth, as haus dreds in our community can testify. GARDVXSR. Me.. June 22, 1955. Prof 0. J. Wood—Dear Sir:-1 have used two hot 'les of Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative, slid can truly say it is the greatest discovery of the age for restor ing and changing the Hair. Before using it I was a man of seventy. My hair has now attained its origi nal color. You can recommend it to the world with out the least fear, ILA my case was one of the worse kind. Yours, respectfully,-_ N. MURPHY. BROOKFIELD, Mass., Jan. 12, 1b55. Pref. Wood—Dear Sir:—Having made a trial of your noir Restorative, it gives me pleasure to say that its effect had been excellent in removing intim, motion. dandruff. and in constant itching tendency with which I have been troubled from childhood, and hus also restored my hair wl Mb was becoming gray to its original color. I have used no other article with anything like the pleasure and profit. Yours truly, J. K. BRAGG, Pastor of the Orthodox Church, Brookfield. From the Editor of the Real Estate Advertiser, 2' School Street. • • Boicrox, March 20, 1854, • Prof. Wood—Dee r Sir—Having become premitture ly quite gray. I avast induced some six weeks since.. to make a trial of your Hair Restorative. I have used less then two halides. but the gray hairs loom disap peared; and although my heir has not fully attained its original color, yet the change le gradually going on. andl have great hopes that in a salon time _my hair will be as dark as formerly. I have also been muck gratified at the healthy moisture and vigor of the hum. which. before, was harsh and dry, and it has ceased to come out its formerly Respectfully yours, WorCesier eo.,Mass., Nov. VI, 1854. Profit). J. Wood—Dear Sirs-4 takepleasure in bear ing voluntary testimony to the magic effects of your wondertul Bair Restorative. As far back as 1836 my hair commenced falling oil, until the top of my scalp become bald and smooth as gloss, and it has continued to fall for a great manyyearsmothwithsionding I have used many celebrated preparations for its restoration. Seeing your advertisement, I was induced to give your article a trial, and to my utter astonishment, I found after it few applications that my heir became firmly set and assumed a very glossy and beautiful appearance; mid, by the time I had used a quart bottle my bald head was covered over with a young and vig orous growth oflintr, which is nous from one to two incises in length, and growing very fast. Yours, Italy HENRY GOODRICII. HAIR RIi.TOR4TIVE —ln our columns to•dny will be found Prof. Wood's naverusement of the above article to winch we cull attention. What it has done, we have witnessed upon several of our acquaintances in St. Louts. Hair once gray met our view, black or brown, as the Cane might be, being the color of early, manhood; and us fine and glossy us silk, and that Willlool any oilier implication thins the Itestorative.— Ifit has done this upon others, will it not do the same tor any of our readers whose ••frosty pates" were once like the "raven locks" of Lochirl , n warlike chief it they will try it? We think so.—Jacksonville Consti tutionalist. October del Address 0. J. Wood & C 0,312 Broadway, N. Y. n 1111214 Market street, St. Louts, Proprietors. T. W. Dyo't &Sons wholesale Agents, Philapelpliia For sale by W. J. Shipman, Front street, Columbia Pa. Nnrelt 15, 1856. DR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S much celebrated E'l %VATRR. ...Its merits abed This old, tried and invaluable remedy for all discs- PEP of the eyes. atter having stood the teat of orr Filly Year., and the demand for it atilt inerenaing, is • -1,• *um*, otahreo for lode in on entire new dress. Each bottle wilt have a Steel Plate Engraved Envelope. with a portrait of the inventor, Dr. Isaac Thompson. New London, Conn and a fee simile of his aiganture. together wok a fat. simile of the signature of the present proprietor, John L. Thomparm, No. till and 1(13 River street, Troy New York, and none other cam be genuine. The proprietor has Item, compelled to make this change in the style of the wrapper, owing to the large quidstuy of eounteifeit winch tor the past few years has been palmed upon the community, and especially at the wear. Purelin.ers are purtieulrirly requested to buy 11011 C but the above de.eribed, mid as the met, label hereto fore uved ha= been called in, any round in that form the proprietor doe'. not he.itrue to pronounce counter feit. For pale by all the respectable druggiqa in ilia United Staten and Camillo 4. TO - DALLEV'S GENUINE PAIN EXTRACTOR wit] subside the pain and inflammation from the seve rest burns or scalds, in from one to twenty mi•raitetc and dot: it will heal the wound without scar, and ef fectually curer Fever Sores—Piles—Salt Rheum—ln flammatory Rlicumatism—Sore and Inflamed Eyes CUM—Wounds—Bruises—Old and Inveterate Sores —Scald Bead--Corns and Bunions —Erysipelas— Sprains—Swellings—Felons—Chiblains—Bite.s of In sects—Swelled and broken Brenrd—sore Nipples— Eruptions—and all other inflammatory and cutaneous iliseeses, where the parts effected can be reached. Don't be incredulous about the many diseases named to be cured by only one thing—but reflect that the taw, Out positive prop cities which the Dailey Salve alone contains. and as heretofore enumerated —one to four—con reach not alone the afore.men- Ironed disen.esr, but many more not enumerated. Query —Do not regular physicians prescribe cal°. met inwardly (en scores of different diseases. Each box of genuine Dalley's Pain Extractor has upon it u steel plate engraved label with the signa ture of C. V. Clickener & Co..proprietors, and llenry Dailey, Manufacturer. All others are counterfeit.— Price tirs cents per box. Iry - A All orders , should lie addressed to C.V. Click eller & Co , SI Barclay street, New York. September tN, n'DR. SANFORD'S INVIGORATOR is recom mended to the public, relying upon its Intrinsic excel , knee to secure it fuvor. For all 13ibotct 'maces. it may be truly and safety relied upon as being . fully capable of removing the d Iseu.eo for which it is recommended, and for giving tone nod vigor to the general system. Its qualities hove been fully tested in a long prac tice, by the proprietor. Through the urgent 1.10110112- tlOll4 of many, who have used and been benefitted by it. the proprietor has been induced to place it before the public. For nil Bilious Derangements, Sich Ileaduche. Chronic Diarrheca, Habitual Cmtiveness, Billows Colic, Dyspepsia, Pain in the Stomuch and Bowels, General Debility. Female lVeahness. &c. For sole by druggists generally, and by Sern'l Fib born. Columbia, and J. A. woe. Wrightsville. Pa. Dynti & sons, aenerul neat', Philadelphia., e nd alma by Sanford & Co , N. Y. May 3,18313-1 y ID.SYPIIILIS, SCROFULA AND DISEASED BLOOD: For these terrific diseases, Carter's glpa nisli Mixture is the only sperific. ' The proprietors have in their possession over one Inind red certificates of the most extraordinary cures effected by it. We refer to the certificate of Richard Adams, late High Sheriff of Richmond. Va; Edwin Burton. Corn. tnis,.inner of the Revenue sgsr Richmond; General Welch, of the Mammoth Circus; Dr. Ruudley, of Washington City; Mr. Wm A. Matthews. and C. D. Luck, E.g.. of Richmond. Va.; Mr F. Boyden. RI-. elinnge Hotel, VI, ; and a host of others, who have seen cosies of the worst descriptent cured by Carter`, Spanish Mixture. They all certify that it is the great est purifier of the blood known. Sic advertisement. f.l one 1f .'5O. On the 17th ultimo. by the fleet James N. King, Mr. _Anastum Sens:mow= to Miss MART Strotrat, all of Marietta. Lancaster county, Pa. By the same, Mr. BANIFS. IiARNER to Mrs. MARGARET KNOB, all of Marietta. On the asst ultimo, by Rev .1. FI. Menges,Mr A-NDILEW BORN to Mrs. REBECCA BROWN. ZXLr.2_.:=D. On the 'nth ult., after a lingering fllneee, CLATrow ilmmy, infant son of J. J. and Elizabeth B. McLaughlin, aged nine months. But thus, another angel now singe praise before the throne of God! On the 24th ultimo. Joux Fcraa, aged 25 years and :mouths. On the 2dth inst.. in this place, 01.11Ctitri Trouts, son of llowaral and Catharine tattle, aged 8 months and Pt days. Tare-thee-well. our child, forever, thi• world we've lost our joy. Dot in the nest we ne'er shall sever, There well final our angel boy. Thin bud was only blown A while on earth to stay— Bat lila, a glorious nose bell bloom Bright in eternal day. Wall Paper. TETE have ion received another lot of pretty styles, 1 V low priced wall paper. A good assortment always on hand, at H C. FONDEIISMITII'S reople'r Corh Score ; Colombia Aug. 2,'Z6. 112 1 ErMEMI
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