H V GEO. W. BOWM^i. NEW SERIES. I Poetry. 1 Gem from Fanny Forreater. We extract from the proof r-heet of •• Alderbrook," .„ >,re-s hv Tick nor & Co., the following touch no'\ "* I <* . . . ..' riza-. by M r " Judson, to her mother, previous •niter voyage t ' Tom ,hi * M>rl a t ' evr >' ears a §°-—■ ,{o '- toH -fib**. (Jive me my old seat, mother, With toy head upon thv knee, I've passed through many a changing scene, Since thw 1 sat by thee. Oil! let me look into thine eyps— Their meek, soli, loving light Talis like a gleam of holiness I'pon my heart to-night. I've not been long away, mother, Few suns have rose ami set > nee last a tear drop on thy cheek, Mv lips in kisses met. 'Tis but a little time, I know, But very long it seems. Though every night 1 come to thee, , Dear mother, in my dreams. This world has kindly dealt, mother, By the child thou lov'st so well : Thy prayers have circled round her path, And 'twas their rosy spell Which made her paths so dearly bright— Which strewed the roses there— Which gave the light and ca-t the balm On every breath ot ail". ■ 1 bear a happy heart, mother, A happier never heat, And even now, new buds of hope Are bursting at my feet. Oh. mother, life may be a dream, But it such dreams aregivep. While at the portals thus we stand, What are the truths ot' heaven ? 1 bear a happy heart, mother ; Vet when ton ! eyes I see, And lieur soft tones and winning words, I ever think of thee ; And then the tear my spirit weeps, rnbiihlen fills my eye. And like a homeless dove I long (Into thy breast to Hv. Tbn 1 arn very sad, mother, I'm vny sad and lone— Ob! there's no heart whose inmost fold Ups to me like thine own— TTiiiigh-suuny smiles wreathe blooming hps, Wbileiove tone, meet my ear. Mr glance of thine, Were a thousand times more dear. TOE fifif LICENSE BILL. An Act to Regulate the Sale of Intox icating Liquors. S-ction 1. Ire it enacted by the S-nnte and i!.-e n| Representatives of the Commonwealth el Pennsylvania in the General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sane, That lrom and alter the passage ot this act, it shall he unlawful to keep al| ii maintain v I/ ii e, room or place w here vinous, spirit i is, n ilt or brewed liquors, or any admixtures thereof, are sold or drank, except as hereinafter proi idee). S-c. 2. That no license hereafter issued to anv venders of vinous, spirituous, malt or brew ed liquors, or any admixtures thereof, either with or without other goods, wares and mer < aniiize, shall authorize sales of said liquors, or any admixtures thereof, in less quantities than ''■ae gallon, except as hereafter provided, nor snail any license for the said sales in any quan i v be granted to the keeper of any beer house, theatre or other place ol amusement. S-c. 3. That breweries and distilleries in ail rails of tls - State shall be returned, classed, as and licensed, agreeably to the provisions ol tlu- of act the tenth of April, Anno Domi ni, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, '•milled "An Act to create a sinking fund, and to provide for the gradual and certain extin t: oil meat of the debt of the Common wealth," ami tiie owner, proprietor or lessee of any and "ach ol the said breweries and distilleries, shall f* assessed and required to pay annually, before 'inning a license, double the rates or tax as ' ' >sec. 11. That it shall not be law ful for the cbrk of said court to i>ne any license, as afore said, until the applicant shall have filed lite cer tificate of tile city or county treasurer that the license fee lias been paid. Sec. I*2. That the venders of vinous, malt, or distilled liquors, either with or without other goods, wares, or commodities, except as herein after provided, shall be classified and rated as prescribed in an act to provide revenue to meet the demands on the treasury arid for other pur poses, passed the 4-tli day of May, A. 1). 1841, and shall pav double the additional rale ot tax in the tenth section of said act specified : but no such license for sales in any amount shall be granted fur a less sum that) s*>o. Sec. 13. That all hotels, inns, and taverns shall be classified and rated according to the es timated yearly rental of the house and property j intended to be occupied for said purpose, as fol lows, to wit : All cases where the valuation of (the yearly rental shall be 10,000 or more,shall ! constitute the fiist class, and pay §IOOO. Where the valuation of the yearlv rental shall be §BOOO, and not more than §IO.OOO, the second class, and shall pay §BOO. Where the valuation of the rental shall be S6OOO, an 1 not more than §BOOO, the third clas--, and shall pay §6OO. Where the valuation of rental shaii be , §4OOO, ami not more than §6OOO, the fourth , class, and shall pay §IOO. Where the valua tion of rental shall be §2OOO, and not more than FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. APRIL 11, 1856. §4OOO, the fifth class, and shall pay §3OO. \\ here the valuation of rental shall be §IOOO, and not more than §2OOO, the sixth class, and shall pay §l5O. Where the valuation shall be §SOO, and not more than §IOOO, the seventh class, and shall pay SIOO. Where the valua tion of tiie rental shall be 300, and not more j than 500, the eighth class, and shall pnv 50: and where the valuation of" the rental shall he under 300, the ninth class, and shall pay §25 : Provided, That in the ciliex of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh no license granted under the 1 twelfth and thirteenth sections ef this act shall j lie fir a less sum than §75, nor in other cities, towns, or boroughs containing over tw'o hun-' died taxnbles, ft'ss than 50. Sec. 14. That no license shall be granted for the keeping of eating houses, except where they may be necessary for the accommodation of the' public and travelers, and shall only authorize the sale of domestic wines, ma I*, and brewed liquors ; and all persons so licensed shall be classified and rated according to (lie provisions of the twenty-second and t went y-third sections of an act to create sinking fund, and to pro vide for the gradual and certain extinguishment of the debt of this Commonwealth, approved the tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiirtv nine, and shall pay double the rates required to he paid bv said act : Provided, That no such license shall be grant.-d in the city of Philadelphia and county of Alle gheny, for a 1-ss sum than fifty dollars, nor in other parts of the State for a less sum than twenty dollars. Sec. 15. That all persons applying for li cense, and classified under tbp thirteenth sec tfon of this act, shall he assessed ami returned as provided in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth sections of an act relating to inns, tav erns, and retailers of vinous and spirituous li quors, passed tb.e eleventh dav of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thir ty-four: and thos'e classifiet I under Ihe twelfth and fourteenth sections of this act shall be as sessed and returned bv the persons and in the manner provided I v law, in the several conn-, ties of*this Stat" for the appraisement of mer cantile taxes: Provided, That in the city of Philadelphia and coiintv of Allegheny, said as sessment and returns shall be made by the Hoard of Licensers as hereinafter proscribed. S"c. 16. That for the purpose of granting licenses to parties enumerated under the six'th section of this act, in the city and county of Philadelphia, and county of Allegheny, tV judges of the district courts, in and (or said counties respectively, shall immediately, after the passage of this act, appoint three temperate and reputable persons, citizens of said counties, and in no manner interested in, or connected with the liquor business, who shall constitute a Hoard of Licenses lor tfeir respective conn ti*s, and the persons so appointed, shall meet at the distiict court room, on tiie Monday next following their appointment, and shall make eath or affirmation before one of the judges of said courts, to discharge their duties faithfully and impartially, and shall, then and there, in the presence of said judge, divide th-ms-dves . into three classes by agreement or lot, with a term of.service of one, two act! three years res pectively: from the first .Monday of February las!, and annually thereaftej, -in the month of January, the said courts shall respectively ap point one petson of like qualifications, to til! tiie vacancy caused bv (he expiration of any term of service as the same shall otenr. and to, serve for a period of three years: and any va cancy in said board, from death, resignation or otherwise, shall be supplied bv said courts re spectively, for the unexpired term thereof. Sec. 17. That immediately liter being quali fied as aforesaid, and annually thereafter, be fore the first day of April, the said board shall give due notice bv advertisement, in at least two newspapers, published in their respective counties, of the time and place of their meeting, when and where, and from time to time, as may be necessary, the said hoard shall proceed lo ap pro lion among the wards of said city of Phila delphia, and wards, townships and boroughs within tiie county of Allegheny, the hotels,, ions and taverns, and eating .houses, to which said city and county may he entitled, under the provisions of this act, and to leceive evidence, for, and against said application and to grant licenses, for which purpose they shall inquire into tiie moral character and sobriety of the ap plicant, and ascertain the locality, comtnodious iiess arid extent of the houses and property proposed to be occupied for the purpose men tioned in the petition, and whether the said li censes shall be required for the accommodation of the public; and the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions ot the said counties shall pro duce before said respective Hoards of Licen sers 1 fte aj plications tiled in their offices, with proof cd° publication of notice as aforesaid.: and shall, as a majority of the said Hoard shall de termine, mark on said applications, "granted" or "refused :" and the said Hoard shall at the same tune decide upon the sufficiency of the sureties in the applicant's bond upon justifica tion or proof, fir which purpose, and in th* discharge of their other duties, the said Hoard shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations with the like effect as if taken in a judicial proceeding in court. Sec. 18. That whenever any license, as a foresaid. shall be granted hv said hoard, they shall agreeably to the provisions n< the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act, and according to the classifications therein con tained, estimate and ascertain the annual sales of said venders, and ol said keepers of eating houses, and the yearly rental or valuation of the house and property occupied- or intended to be occupied as a hotel, inn or tavern, and shall de cide upon the rated pi ice to be paid for said li censes fir one year,according tosaid classifica tion. The petitions and bonds, in nil cases where tiie application may be granted by said board, shall be returned to the said clerk's office and licenses therefor be issued by him at any time after five dav;. from the dgteol said return, Freedom of Thought and Opinion. unless an appeal he taken, as hereinafter pro vided, from the decision bf said board upon any apportionment, classification, or petition, as a foressid, in which at such time and in such manner as may be fixed by rule of Court the said Court of Quarter Session* shall forthwith proceed to consider and determine upon said appeals ; and in the event of any apportion ment or classification being set aside, the said board shall proceed to correct the same accor ding to the older of said Court: and if an ap i peal from any license shall be sustained, they shall return from the applications already made, ' such as may be most meritorious, subject, how ! ever, to an appeal in like manner, and so from time to time as may be necessary. Sec. Ift. That appeals ftorn av apportion ment, classification or giant of license by said "board mav be taken to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper county : Provided, That the exceptions thereto shall be in writing and sustained bv oatli or affirmation, and shall be filed in said clerk's office within five days after the return, but no appeal shall he taken to any apportionment as aforesaid, unless the excep tions thereto shall be signed by at least twelve citizens of the ward, township or borough af fected thereby. And if exceptions to the gran ting of any license as aforesaid shall be sustain ed bv saiil court, the decision ot said court shall state upon which ot said exceptions the said li cense may be refused, and shall he endorsed up on the petition, and returned by the tlerk of sail! court to the Hoard of Licensers. Sec. 20. That after the lapse of five days as aforesaid, or as said appeals shall be determined bv the Court, the said clerk shall make out and is'-ue to tiie proper persons said licenses, which : shall run fir one year from the first day ol Mnv : but no license shall he issued unless the applicant shall hav*paid the following fees, to ; wit : To the clerk ot said court Ibr publication of notice and petitions, and for all other servi ces, one dollar, and tor all the services of the ' Hoard of Licensers one dollar, which latter a niount shall be accounted for and paid over weekly to the respective treasurers ol said city ' or county, to delrav the necessary expenses in ' cured by said board for advertising, stationery, and otherwise- Each member ot said Board ot : Licensers shot I receive five dollars for each day necessarily occupied by him in the discharge ;of his duties : Provided, That it shall not ex ceed in any one year the sum of five hundred ' dollars, and shall be paid upon warrants on the ■ State Treasurer, drawn bv the Auditor General, in favor of tlie parties entitled to the same. Sec. 21. That if anv person shall give, be ; stow, or -itemise anv monev, reward, office, or anything of value, to any member of said Hoard of Licensers for the purpose of influencing his : action in granting any such license; or if any oteti'ber nwwfolinard shall accpt the -arac foe his vote or influence therein, any person so of finding shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or. and on conviction thereof, he fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and suffer imprison ment not less than one month, nor more than three months. ' Sec. 22. That every person licensed to sell spirituous, * inous, n alt,or brewed liquors under this art, shall frame liis license under a glass and place the same, so that it may at all times be conspicuous, mi liis chief place of making sales, and no such license shall authorize sales bv anv person who shall neglect this require ment. 1 Sec. 23. That the commissioners of the sev eral counties, and board o| licetvrs, shall fur nish a certified list of all persons so appraised, with the classification, as made out and finally determined upon, to the treasurers ol their re snective counties, or of the citv of Philadel phia. the case mav be, who shall within twen ty days thereafter transmit to the Auditor Gen era! a copy of stub list, and shall receive and colled the sums to tie paid lor such licenses, in the manner directed by law, with any lees pay able thereon. Sec. 24. That it shall be the duty of the Au ditor General to charge the said city or county treasurers, as tiie case may b u , with the amount payable bv the several person* in said lists: from the payment of any part of which amount, said treasurers shallonlv be exonerated by pro ducing satisfactory evidence to the department, that the party or parties so returned, failed to obtain a license as afoiesairl. Sec. 25. That it sha'l be the duty of the Au ditor General to return to the Legislature annu ally, in the month of January, a statement, ar ranged in a tabular form, of the number and I classification and license rates ot ail importers, brewer , and distillers, keepers of hotels, inns or taverns, eating houses, and venders of vinous, spirituous and malt or brewed liquors, either with or without other goods, wares and mer chadize. designating each county separately. Sec. 26. That where any license may In granted as alur-said. under the classification ot the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth, sec lions of this act, it shall not be transferable nor shall it confer the light to sell litjuclrs as afore said in anv other house, building o* place than (lie one mentioned, and described iutthe license, nor shall the bar nf'any apartments so called or used, be underlet, but if the party so licensed shall die, remove oi cease to keep said hotel, inn, tavern, eating house or store, the said court mav grant a license for lite remainder c>f the year at anv term ol the court, to his or hei successor who shall comply with the law in other respects, except solar as relates to pub lishing of notice. SIT. 27 That the number of licenses so grant ed to keepers of hotels, inns or taverns in the nmgreeaie shall not exceed in the cities one to every one hundred taxable®, nor in the several counties of the State, one to every one hundred and fiftv taxable®, the number of said taxables to be taken from (lie returns of the preceding vear, and it shall be the duty ot the courts of Quarter Sessions of the respective counties, (the City of Philadelphia and county of Allegheny, 1 excepted w here the board of licensers shall per form such duties) immediately after the pas sage of the act to apportion the aggregate num ber of hotels, inns or taverns so to he licensed under the provisions hereof, among the cities, boroughs, tow ns and to-.vnsbips of their respec tive counties, which apportionment shall be made with reference to the convenience of the public and the acccmmodation of strangers, travellers and sojourners: and the said Court may, from time to time, as occasion may arise, alter, enlarge and change such apportionment : Provided, That the number of licenses to keep ers of eating houses shall not exceed in any city or county one-fourth of the number of ii censes for hotels, inns and taverns to which the said city or county may be entitled. Set-. 28. That any sale made of vinous, spir ituous, brewed or malt liquors, or any admix tures thereof, contrary to the provisions ot this law, shall !>e taken to be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of the offence, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace, of any city or county, the person so offending shall !* SrortM WoNnritrnr, !>• CAl'i:.—A letter dated lowa Point, Kansas, Feb. sth, says :—This has been a day of intense ex citement in our qui-t town, caused by a voting lady of this neighborhood being lust Irs a snow storm. The facts are as fallows : A Miss Martha Perkins, who resides five miles from this place, was on a visit to her brother-inlaw who resides here, tin Tuesday last, the sth inst., she started to walk home.— It was snow ing hard at the time she started and continued for two days. The snow was then eighteen inch* - deep. Her road was mostly over high rolling prairie, the snow beating di rect!' in her face. She pursued her journey with much difficulty unlit within a mile ot home, when she lost her way and rambled about until sunset, when she took refuge for the night in a deep husliv ravine. There in the deep snow she constructed a very ingenious little house out of tire tall weeds that grew near by : and there she spent the first night of camp life, without frod to sustain life or tire to warm, or any clothing except her apparel to shelter her, from the storm, the little weed house sire had erected being the oniv thing she had to keep her from exposure to the bleak winds and how ling storm. Early next morning she started out in pursuit oi her home, but went entirely a different course. After travelling all day, fre quently through snow Fur feel deep, exhausted and fatigued, her feet frozen, abandoning all idea of ever reaching home, she stopped and a erai{i built her weed hut. In this little frail ten ement she resigned herself to her fate, and it came well nigh bewig her last resting place up on this earth. She remained in this situation, and at this last named place, (rom Wednesday until Saturday, about 12 o'clock, when she was found bv a party who were in search of her. She had been tAit four days and a half, and four nights, exyxa* ,j d to the merciless storms on the prairies. weather was intensely cold. During tw o nights of her exposure, the thermometer ranged from 17 to 20 degrees he low zero. She said to those who found her, that she never slept during the whole time, be lieving that if she had gone to sleep she would never wake again. Henry Hay on 4 atlioUcisnit The following letter from Kerdotk v's e|n. quent son. was addressed to 'Gardner Jones President of the University of .Notre Dame du Lac, near South Bend, Indiana : WASHINGTON, March 23, ISSO. Dr.\n Sir. l have received and attentively perused the letter which, at the instance of the President and Faculty of the 1 niversity of No tre Dame dn Lac, you addressed tome the 14 th inst. Jn that letter they have done me the hon or to express their approbation of a speech of mine in the Senate ot the t nited States, the object of which was to heal all differences, and amicably to adjust all controversies, arising out ofthe existence of slavery in the United States. Such testimony proceeding from a highly re spectable body oi' gentlemen, retired from the world, and regarding justly the interests which belong to another and future slate ot existence as paramount to all other*, affords oie an inex pressible degree o! satisfaction. Nor isail this diminished 1 v the fact that we happ-n to profess different religious creeds, lor 1 have never believed that that of "the Catho lics was anti-American and hostile to civil lib erty." On the contrary, 1 have with great pleasure, and with sincere conviction, on sever al public occasions, borne testimony to my per fect ; t-rsuasion that Catholics are as devoted to civil liberty, and as much animated by patriot ism. as those who belong to the Prott slant creed. I am not surprised, that, in the seclusion of those whom von represent, great solicitude should be fell lor the snf. ty and preservation of that Union which iscursniest guaranty of peace, order, libertv, and public happiness, I hope and believe that dangers winch appeared to threaten it have diminished ; but there is still greater occasion for the exeicise of a spirit oi concord, mutual concession anil harmony. 1 request vou to present to the President and Faculty assurances ol'my respectful acknowl edgments, and accept yourself those of your re spectful and obedient servant, H. Clav. Ni:m.ctierxKzze:a EXHUMED.— -It is staler! that Col. Rawlinson, who Uat present engaged in prosecuting the discoveries commenced by La van! and Hotta, and in exhuming from the mounds of the long lost rival citiesof Ninevah and Babylon, ihe instructive remains ol this once gigantic power, has lately discovered, in a state of perfect preservation, what is believed to be tlie mummy ot Nebuchednezzer. The litre ofthe rebellious monarch of Babylon, cov ered by one of those gold masks usually i'ound in Assyrian tombs, is described as very hand son,,—the forehead high and commanding, the IVatuies marked and regular. This interesting relic of remote antiquity is lor the present pre served in the Museum of the Last Jndia Con)* pany.