BEDFORD GAZETTE.
-iiERFORO, Pa.—
FRIDAY 514*7 29, IS6I-
B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. |
Wages under the new Tariff.
We find in the city papers cf Saturday last, j
the following despatch
"PHITINIXVILLE, Chester co., Pa., March 22J.
—The Phoenix Iron Company, doing business
at this place, and one of the largest iron man
ufactories in the United States, have just given
notice to their employees, numbering from 1.
200 to 1,500 men, that their wages would be
reduced from ten to twenty five per ceru on I
the Ist day of Apc.il, the same day the Morrill
Tariff goes into effect.''
There is comfoit for the laboring classes,
truly ! This is the reward Democratic employ
ees receive for doing the bidding of their mas
ters in voting for Lincoln ! The cloven foot is
visible at last. Germans, Irishmen, Scotch
men, ye who delve and dig, and toil and moil,
to build up the nabobs who virtually own your
labor,can you be blind to the trickery so knavish
iy practiced upon you ? You were told that if
you would vole for Lincoln a better tariff would
be adopted, the Morrill Tariff Bill would be
come a law, and that in that event your wages
won! Ihe increased. You took the Lincoln jug
glers at their word and how shamefully you
have been deceived ! They have kept the
word ot promise to the hp, but have
broke.i it to the hope. Instead of your wa
ges being raised, they are to be reduced ! In
stead of enabling jou more efficiently to sup-,
port your families, the bread is to be taken cut cf
your children's mdWths, and coined inio dimes
and dollars for the purses of your aristocra'ic
employers. Oh ! how bdfer are the fruits of
the tree you have assisted in planting ! Beau
tiful and exceedingly fair to the eye did it seem
to you, but ashes and dust compose the kernel.
Shall not this fraud be a warning to you in all
time to come? VVjien the wily and oily- \
tongued orators of the "Republican" party,
spread their net of sophistry lor you again, will |
vou not call to mind their specious promises
unfulfilled, and profiting by the remembrance,
turn a deaf ear to their cunning words, and
stand firm and unwavering in your adhesion to
the great political architect of your country,
the unconquerable and time-honored Democ
racy ?
The Germans' Reward.
There is nothing more certain than that the
desertion of the German element from the Dem
ocratic party, assisted in a great measure in
bringing about the election of Abraham Lincoln,
fn tact the "Republican" party cauld not have
been successful without it. Carl Schurz, of
Wisconsin, it will be remembered, traveised j
this State as well as nearly every other Nor- ;
thern State, making speeches for Lincoln, and j
proselyting the Germans to the "Republican"
faith. Well, Mynheer Schurz and other Ger
man "Republicans" are getting their reward,
l'hey ask for office and the Know Nothing feel
ing in the-"Republican" ranks is aroused, and
Schurz Sc Co., are marched out "in the cold."
It was well enough to have their assistance pri
or to the election.but "Abe" can get along with
out them now. What think the Germans of
Liberty township, who came well nigh "Re
publieani'ing" that, distiict, last fall, of the fa
vor bestowed upon their friends by honest Old
Abe. _
Peaceful Disunion.
It looks to us very much, just now, as though
Lincoln and his Cabinet had fallen back upon
the old Abolition scheme of Garrison, Phillips
& Co., to bring about a peaceful severance of
the slave States from the Free. There is a tel
egraphic rumor that Governor Chase agreed to
the proposed evacuation of Fort Sumter, on the
ground that in the course of time the Union
would inevitably be divided into two separate
republics. Taking this in connexion with the
well-known theories of Messrs. Lincoln and
Seward, that there is an "irrepressible conflict''
between opposing and enduring forces in the
North and South, it seems to us to be quite
probable that the present Administration is now
layiog the foundations for a separate Northern
Republic, to be composed of noo-slavehol
ding slates and such of the Border Slave States,
if any, as may be induced to join them. There
can be no doubt (hat such a line of policy would
be agrerable to the great mass of the "Republi
cans" in New England and New York.
A Contemptible Outrage.
The Black Republican Legislature of this
■State, have passed, and the black Republican
Governor has sigtiec, a bill continuing the pres
ent city officers of the city of Philadelphia in
power until the October election. Their term
of office would have expired in May next, and
as it was feared that the Democracy might rout
the "Republicans" at the coming Spring elec
tion, it was thought expedient by the political
hucksters of that city, to have the election abol
ished. Thus the Legislating of Pennsylvania
elects officere lor the people of Philadelphia
for the term of five months from May
next ! Of course, our legislative Solons
could not see anything wrong in this, as the
present city officials are all "Republicans."
The people had better look to their lights, or
their servants at Ilarrisburg may soon assume to
be their masters.
Sr. CHARLES HOTEL, PITTSBURGH.— During
a recent visit to Pittsburgh, we had the good
fortune to be a guest of "mine host" of the St.
Charles. We found everything at this splen
did hotel, exactly as it should be, the rooms
comfortable and commodious, the waiteis
servants attentive, and the meals always, excel
lent. The St. Charles is now under the pro
prietorship of Mr. Harry Shirls, assisted by Mr.
Ed Seilber, as Superintendent, and Mr. W.
Tyler, as Chief Clerk.
Cor.BESPCusriE.Nce OF THK BEDFORD GAZETTE.
LOTALS I\ THEIR TRIE LIGUT.
From the village ol Patfonsville, the savans
issued a pioduction, which was published in the
Inquirer of March Sib, over the assumed name
ot TYRO, in which some of our locals were pre
sented in a strange light. The authors seemed
to have been impatient with the tardiness ol ,
she former scribblers, and they set out with the j
inquiry, as to the where-abouts of ''Satter," and j
being unable to determine that, they resolve to
turn scribblers themselves.
For the benefit of those queries, we would ;
say here, that "Satter" is neither "chad," ooi j
has he "absconded," but like the authors of the
article alluded to, he is known in our commu- \
nity as a live specimen of the fawning syco- j
phants,jand chagrined Republicans, who breathe j
in the dulcet warbles of a mule, their ultraism, j
in such ejaculations as "Buchanan will yet
stretch hemp 1" "Fire-eaters of the South!"
"I wish Jimmy Buchanan would get the lock
jaw !" "He should be tarred and leathered !"
Ccc.. Sec.
la said article the Pattonsvilie Lyceum E
represented a? being in a very flourishing con
dition. a regular Teachers' Institute is said to be
in existence in South Woodberry, and several
minor Institutes, called "Shanghai institutes"
are mentioned. It is true, that the Lyceum of
our township is "dragging its slow length along-'
but if those authors can direct us 'o a "regular
Teachers' Institute" IU South. Wo dberry twu
ship, we will frankly admit that we have char
ged them with unmerited eiolism.
We thiuk that some ot our teachers were de- j
termined not to have an Institute, for they seem j
to enjoy themselves better in revelry. At a;
recent auction in Pattonsvilie, it is, said that j
one teacher was seen wall a flask in his pocket, j
the cork of which wa3 too extensive to be con- j
cealed by that shallow enclosure, while anoth- j
er evinced evidence that steam had risen above •
the level oi the pocket. Both ot said teachers
were surrounded by some of their pupils at
that time,
Whilst the good people of Pattonsvilie are
willing that Mr. Eshleman shall have all the
applause, which his "oratorical eloquence" has j
merited for hi.n, they have a right to claim Irom
him, that modesty which would have avoided
such a "puff" in an article, in the contribution
of which, the modern "Horace" himself, and |
his man, "Friday," figured so conspicuously.
That Mr. Eshleman is a "great champion of
| literature," is only doubted, by what may be
j inferred from the following question : "How ■
i can literary affairs , in a township no greater in !
extent than Middle Woodberrv, become so dull
that not even a decent funeral can be got v.p
any more, with a great champion of litera
ture m its midst." Perhaps the election of
Lincoln has had something to with the literary,
as well as the financial affairs of our coun- :
try.
The only literary institutions in South Wood
berry, at this time, that arp doing any practical
good, are the "Juvenile Institutes," or night j
schools, so disparagingly mentioned in the In- j
quirer , by the name ot "Shanghai Insti
tutes."
The grammar of '-hat famous production is
! very little more commendable than the senti
! merits contained in it. In such an expression as
i "will show you fight," it would be well to have
1 a subject, just for the verb's sake ; and in the
advice to jthe citizens of Middle Woodberry,
"those secessionists" aie s| o'teii of, then follows,
"we will drink bumpers with you," a pronoun
of the second person being used, the antecedent
of which is in the third person.
Next occurs a specimen of the authors' punc
tuation : "and on next -lib of July we will
drink bumpers with you as a token of our friend
ly alii nice and sing songs written with a quill"
j &c. What is meant by such an expression as,
i "a token of our friendly alliance, and," fa '<•-
1 ken ef rair "siog songs," or, "drifik
| bumpers," and, (Ji ink) "sing song--," we can
j no more tell, than we can conjecture the toean
! ing of Lincoln's inaugural address.
What mystical lore
"() dulcet cats ! could one more pair like you,
The concert join ami pour the strain anew,
Not man could bear, nor demon's ear sustain
I'he fiendish caterwaul of rage and pain."
No portion of the article seemeu so conge
i nial to the writers' element, as that which rela
; ted to the secession movement in Middle
; Woodberry - and, (judging from their language)
j they huriefftheir taunts at the WoorJben vite.
with smiles as ghastly as those which come
Irom the grim face of Greeley, wffio prefers the
preservation of the Chicago platform to fifty
Unions.
This famous Pattonsvilie article was finished,
"signed, sealed and delivered," Ftiday forwar
ded it, (perhaps free of postage,) republican
head-quarters, and Horace returned to the town
of Woodberry, whence he came. In a few
clays this interesting LOCAL appeared in the In
quirer, when, oh horrible! the citizens of Mid
dle Woodberiy have been assailed ; and then
"With smooth dissimulation, skilled to urace
A devil's purpose, with an angel's face,"
"Horace" must hasten to the {rescne ; and the
fledglings of Pattonsvilie must beiirifoi rnr-d, by
•he next issue of the Inquirer , ttiat uch con
duct toward the good people < f Middle Wood
berry, can not—ox RE NOT —be p-acticed with
impunity.
I In conclusion, we wouid suggest to those
! writers, that they need give themselves very
i little uneasiness, concerning the secession move
ment in Middle Woodberry, while such Demo
crats as Dr. Smith, A. L Beckhceffer, Wm. M.
Pearson, Henry Fluck, Esq , and many others
that we might name, are there to take care of
the interest of that portion of Bedford Coun
ty. !:
SOUTH WOODBERRY.
March IG, 1861. '
The Emperor of the French has contributed
ten thousand francs towards a purse which the
Academy of Sciences proposes offering for the
best essay on the question of the "Reproduc
tion of bone when broken or crushed by acci
dent."
ALL FOUR. —Martin Van Buren is the only
individual who has filled the four highest po
sitions under the American Government. He
has been United States Senator, Secretary of
Slate, Vice-President and President.
-
The amount of specie brought to this country !
from Europe, from December 15 to March 16, !
was $11,3"20,4-55. Dunng the same time, a- !
bout £>5,000,000 of gold was brought from j
California.
The people of Fredicksburg, Va., have vo
ted to establish free schools.
Important fnni H'asbiigtou.
THE ORDER ISSUED FOR THE EVACUATION OF
FORT SUMTER.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 23d.—The President .
yesterday issued an order to Major Anderson to
put his command in readiness toevacuate Fort
Sumter upon the arrival at that pbee of a U. S. 1
war steamer. Colonel Lamon, of Illinois-, the
confidential friend of the President, was sent
hearer of despatches to Major AnJefson. The
evacuation will lake place upon ttv arrival of,
the s!e?iner which has been despatched by the ,
Secretary of the Navy.
There is no intimation whatever, on the part j
of the South Carolina authorities, that any at- •
torupt will be made to prevent tne evacuation j
in such a manner as the United States Govern- !
ment have seen fit to employ. Major Ander- j
son will salute his flag and embark with his j
command. Major Anderson is ordered to re- j
port North.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHARLESTON. —Capt. !
Ferguson, ol the steamer Planter, who return
ed this morning from For*. Sumter, reports 110
preparations for e\acuation. M a;>r Anderson
wa3 rather increasing the f.-hces by pouring
molten lead in the crevices of the sally ports,
strengthening the weak stone work, &,c. Capt.
F. carried the turci'ure ol Capt. Foster from
Sullivan's Island to Fort Sumter—indicating no
present piospect of breaking up housekeep- )
ing. *
The policy about Major Anderson being al
lowed to leave with the honots ol war, is un
der consideration.
The Columbia sailed to-day without taking
his men.
The works on Morris Island have advanced,
with such rapidity that no fleet with reinforce
ments can pass the batteries. There i*s the ut
most vigilance night and cay, and all suspi- ;
cious vessels are obliged to come to.
The evacuation of Fort Sumter was confi- j
anticipated, and reported to have oc
curred.
It is reported that the twenty million gov- i
ernrnent Inan has been subscribed from one of j
the Southern citi-s alon*. People of lg£ge ar.-i
smaii means are subscribing here.
Major Anderson declines receiving veibalor
dess to evacuate Fort Sumter.
The Charleston Courier of the 21 st inst., re
ceived here, savs the assertion that tbe term of
service of twenty six of Major Anderson's men
had nearly expired, is a mistake.
Major Anderson was daily in expectation ot
receiving orders to evacuate Fort Sumter,
The supply of provisions and fuel was nearly
exhausted.
If he is no! speedily relieved he will be com- t
pelled to burn some gun carnages. He stated
that the fort would be given up to the South
Carolina authorities alter an examination by
the authorized officer and receipt for the prop
erty.
Col. Lay had a Innsr interview whfr-Gfcv.
Pickens and Gen. Beauregard.
ARE THE ENGLISH COAL MINES EXHAUSTED ?
During the recent debates in the British Par
i Lament on the commercial treaty with Fraiice,
a question was raised about the coal supplies
|of England. Some persons took a very gi >omy
I view of the subject, and succeeded in frigh'en
ing the weak nerved portion of the Biitish
puolic. into a belief that at r.o very distant pe
riod they would have to seek some substitute
; for coal. Others, more sanguine, took the
j opposite view, and affirmed that thefe would
ibe a bountiful supply of the piecious mineral
: for at least five thousand years to come-.
This discussion was not without its results,
|as Mr. Hull, a competent authority, has mve.s
--i ligated the lads 3116 published for the general
enlightment a wort: on "Tb Coal Fields o
jGrcat Britain." Mr. {-[iiil's concluaioos arico
i an noii-. *tr * does not aver .ha'
the coal are quite inexhaustible, but lie
' allays immediate apprehensions by showing
| "that for rr any generations to come the mineral
I resources ol England are capable of bearing
i any drain to which they can possibly be su',-
| jected, either for home or foreign consumption."
; Meanwhile John Bull can keep himself warm
and meet the difficulty half way. Before two
hundred years have passed cvex his head lie
wiil probably have solved many new problems,
among others that ot deep mining. The miners
j cannot no-v work as tow in the earth as the
j coal lies, on account of the temperature, which
: increases progressively from the surface dovvn
; wards. The limit to deep mining is conven
i tionally fixed at four thousand feet, and
some of the coai strata are ten thousand feet in
thickness, and thus a measureless store of fuel
lies beyond present reach. But the aid of
science may help to accomplish what, at this
date, looks impracticable, and it must not be
I forgotten that the commonest appliances of
! to-dav were toe impossibilities of the past.—
! Mr. Huil is entitled to the deep gratitude of
1 the English public for his comforting assurance
: that their apprehensions are not only baseless,
but 'hat their coal fields are and more
lasting than they had imagined.
FIENDISH. — IVe learn from the Salem (Ind.)
Times that an inhuman wretch in an adjoin
ing county to Washington deliberately plotted
the following, by wh'th lie put his wife to
death. It seems that to accomplish his hellish
work, it was necessary to employ his own son,
a small boy, to as>ist him. He set his fence on
fire, and instructed his little sou to perpetrate
the deed. After he had set the fence 0:1 fire,
he sent the little hoy to the house after his (ihe
boy's) mother, to come and put the fire out,
while he (the lather) secreted himself in the
woods near by, telling the boy before this, that
while his mother was engaged in extinguish
ing the fire to approach her from behind and
set her clothes on fire, which he did, and be
fore she was aware, her clothes were in a blaze,
burning them entirely off. and of cour-e burn
ing b>-r to death. The Times does not slate
that the inhuman wretch has been arrested.
TIIE MINNESOTA Corpr.R MINK. —We fake
the following Irom the Lake Superior Miner:
The result of operations at the Minnesota mine
during the past year is encouraging in the high
j est degree. The work done is greater than
! that of any previous year, and Ihe amount of
I copper produced is larger than that of any sim
j liar period of time. The Minnesota mine has
j paid to the stockholders twelve hundred and
; eighty thousand dollars in cash dividends, be
j sides the dividends of shares which now repre
sent the Rockland Supetior, Flint Steel, and
j Lake Superior mines. The net earnings of the
| past year will probably triable them to divide !
j at least SIBO,OOO more, which will make their
total cash dividends amount to $1,4-60.000.
Now, the total cost to the original stockholders j
was only $66,000. Truly, the success of this
great mine will not suffer in comparison with
any similar enterprise iu any part of the world
DISTRESSING CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.— -The
) Binghampton Republican says "We have
; just heard from one of our citizens who return
ed from Arraiat, Pa., about tifrelvF miles south
'of Susquehanna Depot, of a singular and dis
, tressing case of hydrophobia; About two years
ago, Miss Sarah Low, daughter of Lewis Low,
j a respectable farmer, started to visit a m-igh
\ bcr across the fields a short distance, and after
) going a little way, was furiously attacked by a
large dog, (afterwards ascertained lo be mad,)
i who tore all the clothes off her ; but
I reaching a stone fence, Miss Low succeeded in
| getting over, and the dog, in attempting to fol
| low, pulled down a large stone, which, falling
; on his foot, held him fast, and Miss L , escaped
i as she supposed at the time, without being bit
ten. A lew months ago Miss Low was mai
! i led to Mr. Albert Townsend, and on Sunday,
j the 3d inst., while herself and husband were
j riding in a carriage to her father's house Mrs.
{T. exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia. Mi.
; F. nurried on to their destination, and during
the night .Mrs. T. was attacked with spasms,
which were so violent that it required several
men to restrain her she attempted during the
spasms, to bite any one within her reach. She
continued in the same way up to the time our
! informant leit (l-riday morning last) and it wa..
supposed that she could not survive much lon
ger. It is believed by her friends that when
j attacked by the mad dog two years ago, there
must have been some abrasion of the skin not
observed at the tune, through which some virus
fiom the mad dog peiietiated the system.
1 HE "OIL FEVER." —The papers of Western
Pennsylvania continue to bring accounts of
"oil" discoveries and wonderlul "strikes." In
fact one half the population in tbe oil region
seems to have gone wild on the subject, though
) there is not a few that have strong suspicions
I that land speculators liiie gut up the exci'e
. ment with the views of "greasing" their own
pockets. One of our Pit toburg exchanges savs;
j "Large quantities of oil continue to reach
j our city daily. Six hundred and thirty-eight
. barrels were received ytstenlay, ol which near
ly lour hundred bairels came up the Oniu.
j Since l he discovery of coal oil in Pennsylvania,
; seventeen thousand barrels have oeen received
in Pittsburg, and $21 3, 5U0 worth of pniuFd
oil has been sold. Great activity prevails
among manufacturers of machinery, and Ja.-g*
sums have been expended in purchasing stears
j engines and other necessary a; uaratus i;r bo
ring the eaith in search of oleaginous wealth.
| Tlie gtneialiy received theory that the recent
; discoveries of oil are indicative of the speedy
j destruction of the world, is done away with by
| the following evidence of the antiquity of the
1 "oleaginous." We give it for the benefit of
lour more apprehensive readers "When i
! washed my steps with butter, and the rock
poured me out rivers ol oil."—Job xxix, 5.
LJFE IN NEW YORK.— Wholesale. Amalgama
tion.—Quite a sensation was created in the
' vile purlieus of Oak and Roosevelt streets, N.
j Y., just before daybreak on Tuesday morning,
: by the descent of a posse of police upon a noto
rious house of prostitution kept bv a woman
j named iVlaiy Fleming, with a view to the re
• covery ola young "irl, seventeen years of age,
J named Mary McUf !( pie, from Troy, who had
| been inveigljefl .V- den. The scent s which
' met the eyes of the police, on entertaining the
j brothel," will lurnish the'richest material lor a
:"kiver." Amalgamation was in full blast in
every room in the house, and the equality of
the races was disgustingly manifest from cellar
jlogarref. Several white females were found
j living with black malts. The police took the
j mistress ot the house, together with about a
j dozen specimens of her black and white bcard
-1 i custody, and the whole party were
U|V for e,* a at mm*, whi r .J ct ."eloped
Nets in the "social system" of the Foui tii war*
which ought to induce the American Mi-siona*
ry Society lor the Conversion of the Heathen
to map out the whol • district as a mucii more
■ piornising field than any that can be found iu
Polynesia or elsewhere.
) IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. —The State Legis
■ lature met on the 18th inst. The members oi
i liie House and Senate took the oatii ot allegi
j ance to the new Government, a few of them
i undi r protest.
Governor Houston and the Secretary of
I Siate have retired from then offices and suiren
! den d the archives.
Governor Houston has issued an appeal to
1 the people denouncing the State Conven
! lion.
j The Convention has passed a substitute for
j the Army hill, providing for the racing of on-
I ly one mouoted regiment.
The Texas State Convention, on the 16th
1 inst , passed an ordinance declaring, on the re
j fosal of Governor Houston to lake the oath uu
'der the State Constitution, the office of Gover
! nor vacant, and appointing Lieut. Governor
| Clark Governor. The office of Secretary of
j State isalso declared vacant.
An order of the Confederate Government has
i been issued for the purchase ot the steamship
! Habana, to be immediately fittid out as a war
steamer.
GRAIN AT THE WEST. —It is stated that a
mong the immense quantities of grain now in
store at tbe West, destined for shipment to tiut
f do and Oswego, 011 the opening of navigation,
there is at present stored in the gr> at ware
houses of Sturges. Buckingham "5c Co., on the
I Illinois Central Depot grounds, in Chicago, the
I amount of nearly a million and a half bu-tfels
jofgiain. In warehouse "B" there are 21-T,-
j 585 bushels of spring wheat, 567.534 bushels
lof barley, 7,883 bushels of oats. Total 801,1 IS
i bushels, or by weight, 22,672 tons. I>; vvaie
jhouse"A" there are neaily 700,000 bushels of
jaraiu, and the quantity will increase until ihe
amount 111 the other is reached, unless in a
i short time owners commence putting it on
board vessels in the river.
LATEST FROM JAPAN.— Trade with the Uni
ted States. —Letters have been [received in
j New York from Mr. Harris, our minister.! at
i Yedo, dated as late as tiie lOf h of December,
i The heal'h of Mr. Harris has been entirely re
j stored, and be was in thp-active performance
i of 4 hisofficial duties. He represents the feel
] ings of the government and people of Japan
|to be in the highest degree favorable to this
I country. Mr. Harris differs essentially from 1
!the opinions of recent letter writers from Japan, \
) in regard to the [prospective importance of the ;
j American trade. There is reason to believe
1 we mav expect large importations of teas and
nlks from there during the present year. The
ambassadors who visited the United Stales had
resumed their official employments, and were
loud and sincere in their acknowledgments for
the honor and kindness shown them while in
the United States.
INDIAN MASSACRE*.—A correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican w ritinst f' oln Tucson, Ar
izona. urnier date of the 25th ult., complains
bitterly of the neglect of the General G >vern
i ment in not affording them either civil or nrui
| itary protection. "We have lived," says the
j writer, "through lawlessness and crime, with
over fifty deaths per annum by violence, in a
' community not numbering more than 3,000
whites, and have iuauguiated enterprises which
will enrich future generations, but now all our
energies are prostrated by the neglect of Gov
j eminent. Already, this year, though two
! months have scarce elapsed, we have lost eigh
teen men by Indian massacres, and our fu ure
promisei to be recorde. "even more oloodv than
; the past."
A "FUGITIVE" SLAVE —A ft W dav sNit OE a
j great excitement was createu in Hadb-y, Mass.,
bv a "fugitive slav c " who went about '.own
j soliciting aid to enable him to reach Canada.
He found hearts ami hands open to aid him in
| his escape from otficers who weie reported to
:be on his heels. Towards night it was ascer
j tained thai the fugitive was a white in.l is who
had blackened Ins lace and dressed himself for
; the occasion. The fellow, it is presumed, knew
■ very well that in that abolition region a white
I man meets with very iiitle sympathy, and
| therefore painted himself black in order to
imake "a raise."
MASONRY IN MASSACHUSETTS. —The Hunker
; Hill A irora reports that the'number of persons
I received into the Masonic institution in Massa
chusetts far several years past, has been as fol
lows : 1857, 1002; 1858,951; 1859, 1188;
1860, 1323. Five dispensations for n-w lodg
es were granted ; seven new lodges constituted,
and twelve new halls d-d-cated, during the last
yi ar. At the close of the vear there were
113 lodges in the State, and thiee in South A
ime.ica, under the jurisdiction of the Grand)
| Lodge of Massachusetts.
TOBACCO FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.—
| The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch states that Jas j
| Gray's Sons, merchants of that citv, have been 1
J av\ irded the contract for buying tobacco in the ;
I Richmond rnaiket for the French g-uv.-nment. I
. lh* firm named are the sub-agents for parties I
i iu York, who have the whole contract f r
; t.e United .States. The tobacco hade is a
im 11 >p!y with the French government. which
j it }l. ds yearly a revenue of alioQ tnirtv-tive
mi ii'ius of do tars. The profi on lh-* Rich- j
I uioni contract must be in the neighborhood of,
I $29,000.
PRODUCING MLV£R BV ARTIFICIAL MEANS.— I
| It : . -aid that a German chemist has discovered
a meiii d by which he produces sterling silvei
| at a co t oi about seventy-five cents per ounce,
and that a company is forming to work
, 2i> overy on a profitable scale. The appliances
{ r* -quired are certain cbemicai "preparations and
a galvanic appaiatus o! sutlicient power to act 1
|on them. Should the experiment succeed on i
| a large scale, the profits will be handsome, and !
j additional weight will attach to the opinion:
) that all metals are resolvable into two 01 three ;
; elements.
Mr. HATES ON THE COLLECTION OF THE REVE
: NUE. —The St. Louis Democrat of Monday gives j
currency to a rumor that the Attorney-Gene
ral, Mr. Bates, has given the opinion to Presi
! dent Lincoln that the revenue cannot be col
lected, rxc'-pt undt-r (be law of 1809, which
• renders it necessary for collectors to reside
' within their respective dMricts, and therefore
it will be impossible to txece'e the jaws with
: propriety, even were it otherwise feasible, in
I vessels.
REDUCTION or WAGES.—A correspondent of
tin* New "y>riv Ihtaid -ays that one ol the !ar
-1 gt *1 mami rciuri-s in the country, situated at
■ Phccuixvi.'.'e, iu this Slate, will reduce wages
! from ten to twenty-five per Centum, aller ihe
first of Apnl, w hen the new tarili act i- to <*o
into tfiect. l iiis prospective reduction is said
to have been announced to about twelve hun
dred workmen. II so, it j s lio t the effect of the
j operation of the tariff.
! TT-F 'or a number of yeais pa>t a religious
body, known as tiie African Methodist Episco
j pal * "'inference, has been in the habit of hold
ing ,t- annu I meetings in Baltimore, and tfiev
| had appointed to meet again during the present
: month or early in April. The Boatd of Police
: deems such an assemblage unlawful, as it in
fracts a provision of tbe code which prohibits
; the assembling in Maryland ot rioti-resident
| colored people, and Lave, therelore, wivei) in
; structious I > forbid the meeting.
1 PERPETUAL MOTION —SeII-winding Clock.—
i The Water Jcffersonian says that Mr. Robert
: Hitchcock, of that place, has invented a clock
j that never requires winding up by hand, and
will keep running until it is worn out, if lep a
lone. After being put up it requires no further
attention, it also acts as a ventilator. The
invention is designed especially for town clocks
and large otfice clocks, to any of which it can
be applied. Mr. Hitchcock has received a
HORRIBLE CASE OF POISONING —Thirteen
! efson- Dead.— lae Cincinnati Gazette savs :
U e have reports of a hornble case of poisoning
at Rock ford. 111., by which a whole family,
consisting of a father, moth'-r and eleven chil
dren have been destroyed. Tile poisoning was
pioduced by rating pork, in (he curing of
which some deadly substance (probably blue
vitriol) bad been used by mistake for saltpetre.
THE PEACH BUDS. —The editor of the Rural
..\ew I orktr, .-ays he has continued observations
in regard to the condition of the peach buds,
and finds them injured in Western New York
more than at first disposed to believe. There
may be a few saved near the lake shore, or in
close proximity to some of our inland lakes,
and in a few favored localities, but the crop is
gone.
GROWTH OF ILLINOIS.— The Illinois St/dc
Journal contains the official census of (hat
State, by counties, furnished by the census 1 u
reau at Washington. The total is 1,711 735.
She now stands the fourth State in population, j
1 coming next to Ohio, and has outstripped in (he !
j last decade, seven ol her sister States, v,z |
Massachusetts, Indiana, Virginia, Georgia,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky, each !
oi which exceeded her in population in 1850. I
: PREPARING FOE SEA.—- In Milwau
kee and nearly all of the ports upon the upper
lakes, vessels are preparing to get under way
and it is thought within one week hence, most
of the shipping will be entirely rigged and re
fitted for service.
Up to this day no less than 10,000 applica
tions for post mastership? have been filed in the
Postoffice Department. 1
CENSUS OF THE UN.TED STATES,'— 'THE ofG
c.a census of the United States complete
and it show,* lota! of thirty-one mill,on!, tour'
hundred and thousand, eight hu"
dred and ninety-one (31,429,89] ■
01 these three {millions, in*'hundred and
s'ave? thou^nd > hundred and one, ar*
I a. . Or. Tue/day nigol, oVTast Week as a
burthen tram was apomaching Hackensack
| bridge, in New Jersey, ,he draw-brid"* wa,
discovered to be open. The discovery wa
maue too late, and the locomotive, cars and en
j eineer, were precipitated into the r.ve'r j„
| twenty feet of water and mud. The engineer
j wag badly injured. °
j TURNIP JUICE WINE. a witness in a case
j before the Court of Sewion at New York las'
j week, disclosed the fact that the wine which
: had been so.ld by him while in the employ 0 r
the defendant, was made of what wag called
j "turnip juice." This was "made to sparkle
|by Irom vitriol and marble dust, and then
; labelled champagne." No wonder the Vn
j teinperale persons 00 often die prematurely.
In the town of Concord Mass., according to
; the recent census r-turns, there ar* annually
i manufactured i 00,000 pat!?, and 75,000 tub*
j worth $94,000 ; 2.000 grosws of p PtiCi V
! |?4 0d /' 000 ; 2,000 S ° f S ° ld ' ea! ' WO " U '
It is stated that $10,000,000 are annually
gambled away on faro in New York.
J DISBASKJ OF THE CHEST AND
diseases are toa well known to require any de
| 'Cription. How many thousands are every
year carried to the silent grave by that dread
ful scourge Consumption, which always corn
i niences with a slight cough. Keep the blood
I pure and healthy by taking a few dosesof JUD
SON'S .MOUNTAIN HERB PILLS each week
: J 'id disease of any kind is impossible. C'on
| gumpti n and Lung diflicultirs always arise
; mom particles of corrupt mailer deposited in
I the air-celis by bad blood. Purify that stream
! : ' : l e an 'i 0 will very soon carry off and de_
s'r ry the poisonous matter ; and like a crystal
; river flowing through a desert, will bring with
it and have throughout the body (he element
oi health and strength. As the river leavin lT
j he elements of fertility in its course, causes the
, before barren wasfe to bloom with flowers and
fruit, so pure blood causes the frame to rejoice
in strength and health and bloom with unfading
: beauty.
J I.'DSO.V "s MOUNTAIN HEED PILLS ARE SOLD
BY ALL DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
markets.
WLDNESDAY, March 26,'61
The FLOUR market is very quiet, with a
very limited inquiry both (or shipment and
i home consumption, and there is no particular
| anxiety, on the pailcf holders, to realize.
| Sales for shipment of 400 hbls good superfine at
j 5 00 ; 150 bbls Lancaster county extra at 6.62,
; and lOObhls fancy at 6.25. The sales to the
retailers and bakers have been moderate wilhin
the range of these figures, and choice lots at 6.
374 and 6.75.
j RYE FLOUR is dull, and has declined 25c.
A sale at 3.25.
Pennsylvania CORN MEAL is rather scarce,
i and held firmly at 2.87.
'• The receipts of WHEAT are small from ail
s -urces, ami the offerings at the Gorn Exchange
' light. The -is a good inquiry chiefly lor ship
ments, and prices are firm. 'Sales of 10,000
)"s. me -ii-'ing fair and good W (-stern red at — I.
28 anil J. 30 ; fair and prime Western Pen'a. at
1.25 and 1.28; Southern do. at ;i.30 ; tnlerior
whir.- at 1.30 ; common to good'do. at 1.45.
R5 L is dull, Pennsylvania 3elling at 66 and
; OS cents, the latter in a small wav.
i CORN is in demand and prices firm. 2,500
j bushels new yellow sold at 58 and 58ic in store
inclu Jing some not good at 50 and 54c : lots a
(1 >a wnuld bring 60c, but there is none here.
OATS are selling m a small way at 32 and
i 33e f >r Penn'a.
BARLEY is scarce. Of BARLEY MALT,
a sale of 8 ; >0 bushels was made at 98 cents,
iue i RO\ ISION market continues very
j inactive, and the only sale we hear of 's 45,-
000 lbs. loose shouldi rs and sides, iu salt, at
6? ten's lor the fi.mir.er, and 8{ cents for the
latter, 60 da\ 3.
The SEED market is quiet at $4 75 and $5
per bushel for Cloverseetf, and none offering;
! 100 bushels I imothy brought $3 per bushel'
and some Flaxseed $1 50,
WHISKEY moves ofTjslowly at IS cents for
Pennsylvania barrels; 18 acu 184 cents for
j lor W .stern do ; 17 cents fat Drugged, and 17*
!• cents for bngshea<f.
—:?2akbkk:l
Ki.FRN—ALBA UGH.—On the
1 ish ins: , at the residence of Mares Rcers Esq
|in St. C'air (p., Mr J. E. Scott, Blickbu'rn, to'
' Miss Margaret Lllen, daughter of John Al
| baugh, ol lowa, formerly., of ibis place.
WILLIA MS— W H ETSTON E— On the
cist int., at tiie house of the bride's father bv
the Re--. J. Hannaberry, Mr. Charles Williams,
to Ali-s Mary C. Whetstone, both of Napier
township, this co. '
MOSES—BLA "KBURN.—At the Vs=-
i deuce Of the b de's father, 12th mst., by the
I ' v,r ' naoel Mas-,. to Miss
. l-.miraJ. Blackburn, both of this county.
-llled- 56
ovM A 'V riol< "~ la C've, Frbratry
7 r V; e^ of '' le heart, William Reese,
v ' n ,2o years, 3aioa!hs
and lb days.
I McBUIESXY._A, Blood, fie, March
ilVi':; , !"' Dau-ht„r of l,Vv. Johl,
Mc Llhenny, Aged 33 years and 8 months.
1 hJ J [ Z To n Ule 21 st Rosannah
Lutz, aged 88 years, 2 months and 7 days.
Her days were many, Bn d ber end was
peace.
J^ T OTICE.- "
rion* n r 11 L P Pr " ns 'Otiefated for subscrip-
Plark T # I. D f wll and Bloody Run
TIFIC'd 111' * RHTJ DPL U* °M D CORN P* N Y>AF hereby no-
TH ; BOOK W 'LL be left With He, my LO
COUeCtIOn ' ,f not P" d th.
JOSF.PH w. TATE,
March 15th, 160r ideOt ' & C ™P*Y-