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--. SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1856. .
Tar. Txtaxit Xtzs to-day's•paper
will be foetid en article, from• the Greens
brirg„Repubtican, on the three mill tax which
the State of Pennsylvania levies of all
through freights carried by the Pennsylva-
Aailroad. This writer takes a view of the
imposition from the right point, and any un
prejudieed mind cannot fail to see that the
freight carried—whethergrain, flour, or any
thing else--pays this tax of three mills per
ton per mile, and thus in the instance of the
the fanner, whilst the Railroad Company
20 the tax in augmented charge far carry
ing the his grain, and the factor or mer
chant pars it to the railroad, still it is the
unsuspecting, therefore unhurt dud ipicom
plaining, farmer, who pays this enormous
tax at last inn diminished yield from miles
of his produce.
We will not go into a further discu.cion
of this matter, only remarking, with a totem
porary, that the movement has "begun in
right quarter, and when the injustice of this
:tax is felt there, must produce its repeal.
AFFAIRS TN KANSAS.—Aceounts have been
received from this territory, representing
OVA war as almost inevitable, and some of
the eastern papers are already using the sub
ject fur extensi‘e leaders. At present, we
prefer waiting to see some definite accounts,
that can be relied on, before giving any ex
pression of sentiment. The President is: ued
a proclamation in reference to Kansas alititirs,
in which strong ground is taken against the
Free State people, which is supposed to have
been called forth by the fact of Mr. Robinson,
the Governor elect of Kansas, having sent
an appeal to the Northern State governments
for. aid against the apprehended invasion.
An appeal was first made to the President,
by Gens. Rubinson and Lail; for protection,
which appears to have been entirely disre
garded.
fii4rWe learn from the Star that on last
Thursday week, Mr. Hugh Ross, residing
about twelve miles below Wrightst ille, on
the Tide Water Canal, left home, talzi,ug
with him his family, leaving the house iu
4{l arge of a man named Isaac Williams,
who had resided with hint for about
two years, and a little girl. Q.l his return
in the evening he found that Williams had
left during the day, 'wing first rifled a
trunk, from which Ike took twe pocket books_
containing about $360. Mr. Ross followed,
and overtook the fellow that night at Peach
Bottom, where he recovered all the money
excepting two or three dollars, and then per
mAted him to run at large, without puni.h
ment.
ACCIDLNT TO MR. CABS.—On Friday last,
witileMr' °ass ' the Senator from Michigan,
wts comi 47 from the Patent, Office .o.t
or slx steps to the pavement, cutting his
head very badly near the temple, and caus
ing insensibility for a considerable time.
The physicians who wore in atteadauce, ex
pressed the opinion that he was in no dan
ger. At last accounts ho had nearly recov
ered from the effects of the fall.
te..A lamentable occurrence took place a
few days ago at Ponasylvania Furnace,
Blair county. A. dispute arose between
the manager, Mr. George Lyon, and a
a carter, about hauling. After some sharp
words between them, the carter advanced
towards Mr. Lyon, in a threatening way,
when the latter struck him with the butt
end of a whip, hitting him on the temple,
and producing instant death.
CENTRAL .I.Mr.IIICAN AFFAIRS.—On the 31st
ult., his sable. Majesty, the King of the Mos
quitos, arrived at San .Juan from Blewfields.
All was quiet in Nicaragua. Walker's
force is now said to number one thousand
men. Official communication with Minister
Wheeler has been suspended and Parker 11.
French recalled. This has been done in re
taliation fur the refusal of this government to
receive Mr. French as Nicaraguan Minister.
..Owing to ads erse circumstances, the
snow and cold weather, railway travel, as
well as transportation, has been greatly
impeded on most of our railroads. Between
this place and Philadelphia, through the en
e.-gy and efficiency of the officers of the road,
the connections are daily made in very good
time. Betwesn this place and York and
Baltimore, there has been much detention,
but we presume that before long the trains
will go on in the old, regular way.
A Thirg.sxx.—We would inforM the ed:
itor of the gtaiibittlite Columbia s Cotorara Railroad and Columbia and Port De
posit() Railroad, are noe:`4ptrt atid parcel of
rooh other." The former truing 'the Bail
rune, the eastern terinination of which, will
be at or near Newcastle, Del.
A MELANCHOLY SCICIDE.—DanieI Welty
residing in Adams county, a few milesl;eiow
Funksto.vn, committed suicide on !wit Sat
urday morning week, by drowning !Ansel(
in a spring near his, residence. llet,was
about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife 'and
three children.
'lllour.—lteeently in Northampton county,
a school teacher was tried for applying the
rod to a pupil for mitiluitacionr, and acquit
ted. Subordination moat he maintained in
a school, and if it cannot, be done without,
the rod ib the bes , t, most-powerful remedy.
MURDER TRIAL AND CONVICTION.—Lasi
week, at Auburn, N.Y., Jelin Fitzgerald was
arraigned and convicted before the Oyer and
Terminer, for the murder, in September last,
in the town of Sterling, of his father, mother
and brother! We gave an account of the
murder, at the time it was committed.
Cias. Dicam.vs' Woaas.—We invite atten
tion to the advertisenietit of T. B. Peterson,
102 Chesnut street Philadslp4ia, to be found
in to-day's paper.
'Gen. Robert Colvin, a soldier of the
war of 1812, died in Chanceford town hip,
York county, on the sth instant, in the 75th
year of his age.
FOLLY.—Professor Hare, of Philadelphia,
is out in the Iform'sag Times, with an article
on Spirituslis . m, affirming his fall belief in
it as a nevrßevelation, and denying definite
ly the truth. and inspiration of the
Ile ranks with gar divine lord and S*yiour,
the imposter Mehemet, and sneers et the
hope which the Christian Ands in tbs
ises of-the Holy one oi•lsrael.
Poor humne - eatuye: unassisted Iv Atte
power from on high, runs off into all kinds
of vagaries and fantasies, generally end
ing, asiti:tlie Chsi , of the bright genius re
ferred to; in-an open and undisguised pra
fession of Infidelity. When a man once so
far forgets himself as to make a Deity of
his own weak reason, we shall soon find
him by his nets 4r.d otherwise, preying in
himself the supremacy of the senseal. over
the intellectual—in shgrt, degenerating into
lleastliness. hundreds—it may he thou
sands—,will be led astray by this wild delu
sion, this Deyil-worlbip, fain to follow in the
footsteps, et the illgstrious fools who go be
fore in the Jack--o-lantern chase. The
- records of llisttiry sl afford no parallel to the
fatuity'nnder consideration; strange that
this age of liglet and refinement should be
earsed with the folly. - An humble faith in
promises oftheTtedeemcsr is sufficient for us
—we need none of- the lying wonders of
diqblerie •and table-tipping—we seek not to
pry into the future by-the medium of blear
eyed, ignorant hags, or cunning imposters
draped in sables.
RCrE.tL OF TUE USURY LAWS.—We notice
that strenuous efforts are being made in our
own as u-ell as the Legislatures of neigh
boring States, for the passage of acts repeal
ing the Usury Laws. Some editors, we see,
have undertaken to prove to a demonstration
that such-repeal must greatly benefit the
poor. We • can't see hoW, for the life of us.
Whatever-good it may effect for the money
lender-,however much it may enhance the
value of money as merchandise—the assis
tance it can render to the poor is mere mocin
shine. We don't believe in that kind of
help for the poor. If Hodge has a mortgage
on his farm, will the liberty given to the
money tender who holds it, to fix the rate of
interest at double the old, benefit him? So
with the mechanic and his homestead. He
finds it difficult to raise the amount to pay
interest at six per cent-make the per centum
optional with the Shylock who wishes to set
him back," and what is the result? Cer
tainly, not his benefit. _lf the repeal of the
law is necessary to the prosperity of tho
country and commerce, say so at once; but
don't attempt to gild the pill—to delude the
poor into a belief that it is for their benefit.
m
I;'"Dyc's Baia. .Yote Delineator: We
have received a copy of this work; and from
an examination, believe that it will prove
invaluable in protecting the business com
munity from spurious and altered notes. It
is highly recommended by numerous Bank
Note Engraving Companies, one of which
says of it in a letter to Mr. Dye:
our Bale; Note Plate Delineator supplies
ger of suffering from Spurious or Altered
Bunk Notes, if brought to the test of com
parison which it furnishes.
Of bad notes, spurious and altered consti
tute by far the greatest number; and as the
"Delineator" accurately describes the genu
ine notes of all the Banks in the country, it
enables any one at a glance to distinguish
between the good and the bad, and reject
the worthless. The work is one which has
undoubtedly required great labor. John S.
Dye, publisher, 172 Broadway, New York.
Single copies, $2,00; or Dye's Bank Mirror
and Dye's Coin Chart Manual, and the Deli
neator one year for $3,00.
siar The .Afedieal Examiner. This excel
lent medical monthly continues to come to
us, always filled with information important
to the profession, and others interested in
the medical news of the day. The February
number contains, among other original com
munications, one entitled "Case of Triplets,
&c.," by Dr. J. Levergood, of Wrightsville,
Pa. The Bibliographical Notices, Medical
News, and record of Medical Science, &e.,
are each well represented. $3,00 per an
nual. Lindsay & Blakiston, publishers,
Philadelphia.
Xs-We have received the January num
bor of Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co's reprint
of Blaclarood's Edinburg Magazine. The
articles in this number, aro The Gold-Screw
and its Consequences, The Now Peace Party
—0 Dialogue, A Military Adventure in the
Pyrenees—Part I.,besides several others, all
sustaining the reputation of the Magazine.-
Leonard. Scott & Co., publishers, 79 Fulton
street, ?.Tew York. $3.00 per annum. The
same publishers alsq issue, the four British
Revrews, all of which with Blackwood are
furnished at $lO per year.
Pennsylvania School Journal.—The Feb
.ruarry_ ..3aumlier_ of this powerful laborer
in the-cause of education has been received;
and judging. from its appearance, appears_ to
be grosiing in favor as well as usefulness.—
It is edited by Tho. 11. Burrowes, and•print
ed by Wm. B. Wiley, Lancaster, Pa. $l.OO
per year.
05r- .77ie Water Care Journal and Ameri
ran Plircnological Journal. We are indebt
ed to the publishers, Messrs. Fowler tt
.:108 Broadway, New York, fur the February
nand= of these Journals. They are each
ably edited, well printed, and no doubt ex
ercise great influence in advancing the re
form, they advocate. Terms $l,OO per an
num, each.
• Jarßizarre. We are sorry to learn that
the editor of the Philadelphia Bizarre dis-
Contin.uwl that most readable periodical with
the last uumbcr. We cannot let this occa
aion without an expression of tho fa-
Farahle opinion • always entertained of it,
and a•wish that before long its editor may
bo heard from in as pleasant a manner.
*Lipt ;(I,—T.,pcbmst street, of the afternoons
and evenings,now presents an animated spec
tacle. The boys, from those of five to twen
tyzfive and thirty years, are all busily en
gaged,4ll sledding. A.nd jedging from. the
tenni* exhibited by those engaged in the
sport:ll6Y must all have their lives insured;
however:Vail may be, we hope.= more ae
eidente!pay take place, and that ell may en
joy thnneelves to the utmost, from the little
fellowwhose ambition is to slide down the
hill in front of a public. institution, to the
big one who aims at greater fun.
Solmi qija cog Vqlfe4.- -
Sr. Taman prip,',"tt Da Tl damppetra
tti hayek been pAij getertikubaetved fin
our Placci. We beheve that ingtlu whOle
of thepresent rsiqp,th,this year, &stop sillac
tionlirthe i t emdingfi "love *iiiiilsfr„,i or the
interchatiging optokenkofOndshii or ":cifq
footled, Tots !enslave minittiere
thingpteastng
in,:Thematuit g
this character, altogether different from that
occasioned by those horrid; and oftentimes
indecent, caricatures displayed in .the shop
windows. We hope for the siike of PrOprieti,
if not as an evidence of :the. refinement of
community, that - the practice of sending
these latter,' either for the studied purpoie
of insult, or as a matter of sport, willspeed
ily come into disuse. We take the follow
ing from among the traditions in reference
to the orig:n of this day:
"Madame Royale, daughter of Henry the
Fourth of France, having built a palace near
Turin, which, is honorof the saint, then in
high esteem; she called Valentine, atthefinit
entertainment. which she gave in- it, was
pleased to order that the ladies should-re
ceive their lovers for the year by lots, reserv
ing to herself tho privilege of being inde
pendent of chance and of choosing her own
partner. At the. various balls which this
gallant princess gave during the year, it
was directed that each lady should receive a
nosegay from her lover, and at every•tourna
ment the knights trappings for his horse
should be furnished by his alloted mistress,
with this proviso, that the prize obtained
should be hers. These pleasant interchan
rres among the "young people" finally grow
into a custom, and thus originated the ex
change of love tokens on St. Valentine's day.
SCIIOOLMASTER WiNTED.—The York Re ,
publican gives the following specimen of a
written handbill, posted up somewhere in
this county, and says "the Schoolmaster is
wanted over there, arid no mistake." We
agree with theeditor when he says, "If people
only knew how ridiculous they make them
selves look, by plastering hotel walls and
other public places with such awful 'mur
dering of the Queen's English,' as is here
exhibited, we do not think that they would
consent to be laughed at by everybody for
the paltry sum asked for a printed handbill
put up in genteel style, with the grammar
and orthography both correct." But if he
thinks York county any more exempt than
Lancaster, from this want of the services of
the Schoolmaster, he is much mistaken, as
some precious specimens of "polite litera
ture': fathered by natives of York county,
exhibited to us, fully demonstrates. But
liere . is his specimen:
LeA hear
railing maTch TaKe Plase on febrery 2
next Saterday at the House of Daniel s daub
or john barlow in the borrow
„For a Fat•llog tinting About 400 Hun:
dred will botuntende at 12 o'clocK a
NoOn Come All-and Shoo your Loock
danl S daub
john barlow
001.1.41111 A AND OCTOIZARA- RAILROAD.-At
a meeting of the stockholders of the Colum
bia.and Octorara Railroad, held last Sater
day, 9th instant, at Col. Herr's Hotel in
!!!!
... . tt,..ttlenaen Wer
to servo for the ensuing "year:
President--Joseph Schoch.
Directors—Cornelius Collins, James Pat
terson, A. S. Green, John Griffin, William
Wheeler, Hatton Mercer, Samuel A. Worth,
Jas. L.Reynolds, Davis Kimball, J. G. Hess,
George Steele, A. Scott Ewing.
CoLusioN.—On Wednesday evening last,
as the Way Train of cars from Philadelphia
was coming into Lancaster, it same in col
lision:With a freight train, also heading tow
ards the west, but which had stopped at the
depot for water; and the consequence was
that the engine of the way train was smash
ed and badly broken, the rear car of the
freight train was broken and thrown off the
track, and the second car (from the rear)
was run under and lifted on the top of the
engine which caused the disaster. No data
age was done to any of the other cars, and
no person was injured.
PARTRIDGES.—We understand that our
friend Mr. J. H. Black, mine host of Black's
Hotel, has adopted into his family a large
number of the "Bob White" tribe. The
birds are receiving his kind attention—and
who that has trusted to his hospitality has
over failed of that—to be set free in the
spring, vigorous and happy, giving hope of
fine sport thereafter. We hope that Mr. B.
may, in return for seasonable kindness,
never want for a "good find" in his future
rumbles with dog and gun. His actions
prove him
.to be not a mere "pot-hunter,"
but a true sportsman with a heart worth
having. • •
AccfnEsr.—Mr. Jacob S. Dellett, of the
firm of 31eCorkla.k. Dellett, was severely in
jured on last Wednesday evening, by being
thrown on the ice in Locust street.
.Ife
was standing in the street ip iornpapy,with
a number of persons who were "looking at
the "boys" sliding, when he was struck, and
tripped up by a sled, the fall rendering him
insensible for some time. We believe he
has recovered front the effects of the "tum
ble." The sleds can't be stopped When un
der headway, without upsetting some Noe;
so it appears, as we noticed a number of
`scatterments."
Dr.a.u!—Many of our readers will remem
ber Jos. Strait, a tall, lean and lank colored
man, who made himself useful in doing
such 'jobs" of work as our citizens had on
hand when he was the first one that turned
up. lie ism() more. Jos. has gone to "that
bourne from wh slice no traveller e'er returns."
lre died on Monday last, of consumption, in
the count' prison, where he had been sen
tenced six months for an assault and bat
tery.
LEcronz.—We are requested to, state that
Mr. Willis, of Battle Creek; Michigan, pro.
poses to deliver a lecture to the citizens of
Columbia, in the basement of the M. E.
Church, SatUrday evening, 16th inst.,
at 71
o'clock- Subiect. "The growth and pros
perity of ths iirest,7
DiviVE SERvIcE.—Wp are requested to
announce thaithe Rev. Dr; Nevin, of Lancas
ter, will preach in the German Reformed
Church of this place, .to-morrow „inerrant;
and evening. services commencing at 10 A.
31. and 6} P. M. •
afirChss. G. Gonter, Esq.,formerly of this
place, has become one of the publishers of
the St. Louis Price Current—an excellent
paper for the business men of that city.
Semi the Westmoreland Republican.
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gotsi-11 tiaia Wks 'or e Cod* far
rafilltuad has' - au iAtersMt in .We waffef get
t,..,
-thitrity al * elsWlrket. AW the :armors
lame, andA nritto 1r espeifin 'whicih oar
enciimstsuselt
..havrelMageKl4o miCh as i in
this. In 18.10" a bad 4 .-.• Entlitir wheat, lie.,
CO*. instil " brigttabarg.nOirgreittOiest,
i c,
aid-wheii u:'' ' Vitirtere half.ilatts' le no
body would buy- it, and when they did it was
Itt low-prices.lll2 1851 - wa Sold our flour, the
best of it, at three dollars a barrel. in 1852
we did somerhat.better, Mid now since the
Pennsylvania Railroad is open, we get 'prices
high enoulleitad perhaps lately, a little too
high. But this-is in consequence of the war
in Europe and a short crop year before last,
and will not4ast long. We must all expect
to get the lust price for our preclude of the
Eastern mallets, after deducting the ex
penses, and we are just as much. worse
-off
than SVC ' a right to be, in proportion as
these exp s are greater than they ought
to-be ur ' rids in the West are fairly worth
as - lb - licit lands East of the moun
tains as die difference of the cost of transport
of the East cities. I mean that we must
expect to as much poorer than if living in
the East as the cost of getting to market
greater thatiln the East. But if the State
steps in ann , f s. brees us to pay a tax on our
farm crop - hich is not paid by people gen
cral ly and tjtereby makes a difference between
us and ourfellow-citizens elsewhere,it seems
to me to baunfair, and to be still more un
fair if it 141. tax laid on our crops, because we
are very fq from the markets and are for that
reason itself necessarily and naturally com
pelled to TZny a price for carriag e of our crops
to these markets, from a grea part of which
people in the East are exempt, because they
are handier to Philadelphia.
This icrwsactly . what is done by the "Ton
nage Tat," as it is called—a law by which
every QC of freight which goes over the
Pennsylvania Railroad has to pay more than
one doll 4 into the State Treasury. This we
have to pay and we who use this Rail Road
alone have to pay. The people everywhere,
(we alone excepted) who transport on any
other 14 Bead or by Canal, Turnpike or
any other mode of conveyance throughout
the State( are free &owl any such charge.—
Almost every County in the State has some
public improvement, and all persons send
their property on these improvements for
whatevet the cost of the freight alone ie.—
But the people of these 'Western Counties
have to_pay besides this freight, this tax,
which rib one else has to pay.
On every bushel of wheat we want to sell,
the State steps in and levies three cents—for
she will nut allow us to scud it over the Rail
Road without paying this, and we cannot get
our whditt to market to sell it, except by
sending.it over the Rail Road. The State
thereinto really makes this distinction, that
the man who lives in Lancaster or other East
ern Co - Unties may send his wheat to Phila
delphia..., and after paying the expenses of
earring-only, put all he sells it for in his
pocket., The man who lives in Westmoreland
and other Western Counties cannot do this
withot 't paying tho State fur the privilege.
Why , (mid our wheat be taxed three cents
a bush 1 if the Lancaster raised wheat goes
free? •
if there was to be a favor shown,
ought*, not to be towards those who need it
nioxitAzand do not those most need who by
distance from market are obliged, under any .
circumstances to go to the greatest expense
before•they can turn their crops into money?
- int&ricaster County, when wheat was
no dollar a bushel it was only worth
-dollar here. The State wants three
cents rem every bushel of somebody's wheat
7 chooses to take it from those
dollar man go scot free. Hcrivever prices
change, the rule is just the same—whoso
ever gets a good price and can afford to pay
something pays nothing. Whoever happens
to live where distance enhances eost and
makes - the home price low—that is the man
who
d gets a bad price—must pay all that is
pai.
Here we have been, until lately, for litany
years almost cut off from a good market;
while in the East, the North-Eastand South-
East they bare had this advantage. The
reason was very plain. They had railroads
and wo had none. Our money helped to build
the Columbia Railroad and all the State Im
provements which have run us into debt forty
millions of dollars. At last we manage to
get a road of our own. Then some "wise
man from the East" undertakes to say that
although we have waited so long, and la
bored under such disadvantages, and suffer
ed such odium, and paid so much money
and all without any good whatever to us,
that - before we shall use this road, that is at
last.built, we shall pay a particular, special,
exclusive, discriminative and odious tax that
was,never thought of before and nobody
else pays.
And when we petition for its repeal and
ask to be put on a common equality—Repub
lican fashion—with our fellow citizens in the
East, we are told that to relieve us from this
tax will "lessen the revenue very seriously."
Suppose it does then, we are very seriously
oppressed. The greater the injustice, the
stringer the argument. You say you can't
afford to do without this plunder because it is
so large. Make it twice as large and your
argument is twice as strong. It is only
When the victim of oppression is stripped to
the skin that such an argument stops.
mill venture to say that, in spite of the
office holders who make such arguments,
whin our brethern on the other side of the
mountains understand how wo are taxed fin
-their benefit, that they will repudiate such
bireficed reasons for such barefaced acts and
wilL-do ma justice. Why don't we all look
atfthese matters for ourselves? If we had,
we Ahould not now have every acre of our
land mortgaged to pay the Forty Millions of
State debt with which we are saddled by the
past proceedings of the petty politicians at
Harrisburg. We should not have had over
. t#67millions of dollars to pay for the new
State road over the Alleghenies, running a
considerable distance along side the Penn
sylvania Railroad already built, which road,
when finished, will cost more to keep it a
going than the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany offered to carry all the State freight for,
and' which, therefore, is wholly useless except
to give offices to a few needy politicians who
turtocrlazy to earn an honest living and ex
pea to fatten on the public plunder.
send von, Mr. Printer, more letters
on these subjects if you like this well enough
to publish it; and will undertake to show to
the satisfaction of any man not corrupted by
politics, (and I hope most of our politicians
mean well, I am sure those whom I know do
and are generally right in this matter too,)
that this tax injures the State in place of
benefiting it—makes it poorer instead of
richer—is all paid by us whit raise - produce
or those who mine coal or cut lumber in the
West and. amounts practically, not to the
three mills a ton a mile only, but 'to about
three times as much, and that we who are
thus taxed actually help to pay a large part
of the untaxed freight of the Eastern Coun
ties'. And, if you are not, afraid of his horns,
I will also turn loose for the public gaze, an
amazing Bull, begotten by the copulation of
ignorance withprejudice, calved in the last
annual report of the Canal Commissioners,
and whicli is more Irish than Ireland itself.
A. WESTMORELAND FARMER.
De+rft• of 14SAAC A. PENNYPACKER, M. D.
—The Philadelphia Sun says this distin
guished Professor in the Philadelphia Col;
lege of Medieine, has passed away to .the
spiritland. lie was extensively known, and
exerted a commanding influence in the high
potion which he occupiot
PENNSTITABIA LEGISLATURE.
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the afternoon - ion 'lO. Valldsle L . r
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tposed.,thereto, byWirars.4rown ,
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- 10V . e're' r -- , ":„0- Tithout initgiiir;oh
rirei - riThimiever, the Senate adjourned.
_,ln the Houseskrasolution.to adjourn from.
Friday the 15th toWednesday the 2fith inst.,
was adopted. - The bill to repeal the act ex-
I empting coal and lumber from the tonnage
tax was reported with a
. negative recommen
dation. The Select Committee in the eon
' tested election case of Beck, Democrat,
against Magee, American, reported in
favor of Beek, who.-was -sworn in and took
I his seat. The house resumed the consider
ation of the bill to incorporate the Francis- I
can Brothers of Cambria county, which was
debated until the adjournment.
FRIDAY, February B.—ln the Senate, the
joint resolution from the House, to adjourn
over from the 15th of February, to meet
again on the 20th, was taken up and adopted.
The joint resolution nroposingcertain amend
ments to the Constitution was taken up and
passed Committee of the Whole. The Tay
ern license bill was taken up and desated
by Messrs. Browne and 3.leClintock until
the adjournment.
In the House, the bill to abolish the Usury
Laws was debated and indefinitely post:
poned. The joint resolution instructing
our Senators, &c., to vote for the repeal of
the Kansas Nebraska act, and the substitu
tion of the Oregon bill therefor, was deba
ted at some length, and indefinitely post
poned—yeas 51, nays 31.
SATURDAY, February 9.—ln the Senate
carious incorporation bills were introduced,
and Mr. Buck:dew made a lengthy speech
upon his resolution to amend the State Con
stitution.
In the House, a bill to encourage emigra
tion to Liberia was introduced, and the bill
for the security of certain transporters on
the public 'works, passed finally.
MONDAY, February 11.—In the Senate,
after the presentation of various bills of in
corporation, the consideration of the Tavern
License Bill was resumed, the question being
upon Mr. Browne's substitute. Mr. Ingram
spoke at great length against the substitute,
and still had the floor when the Senate ad
journed.
In the House a largo number of memo
rials were presented. The bill to abol
ish the office of Superintendent of Common
Schools was reported back, with a recom
mendation 'that it be passed.
TUZsDAY, February 12.—1 n the Senate,
after the presentation of various bills, the
discussion upon the liquor bill was resumed,
the question being upon Mr. Browne's sub
stitute. After a long debate, Mr. Browne's
substitute was agreed to—yeas 10, nays , 13.
This is regarded us a defeat of the Wilkins
bill. Mr. Crabb introduced a bill to incor
porate the Bank of Pottstown.
In the House a number of bills were
introduced, among the bills presented
was one relative to vagrants in Lan
caster county; the bill to incorporate the
Franciscan Brothers, of Cambria county, so
long debated was passed finally—yeas CO,
nays 20—a party vote.
WEDNESDAY, February Ig.—ln the Senate,
the consideration of the Tavern License
bill was resumed, and the various sections
of Mr. Browne's substitute were adopted, ns
far as the 10th, with various amendments.
In the House, various supplementary bills
were presented, and the bill supplementary.
to the Act to incorporate the Harrisburg,
Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad was te
en u and debated until the adjournment.
a number of bills were repo •
which were bills to incorporate the Potts
town Gas Company; and fur the security of
travellers on railroads. The bill relative to
bonds issued by railroad companies, at less
than par, was taken up and passed finally.
The tavern license bill was passed to second
reading by a vote of 17 to 12, after which
the bill was ordered to be transcribed as
amended and printed.
In the House, the bill to divorce Helen IL
and John B. Jordan was reported and
passed finally—yeas 84, nays 2. A bill was
read, in place, relative to moneysnt interest.
The bill to provide for the election of a State
Printer for a term of years, and for the re
adjustment of the prices, passed finally—
yeas 46, nays 31.
FIRE.—The Philadelphia Daily Morning
Tinzes sayS—A fire broke out in one of the
fourth story rooms in the rear of the new
and beautiful St. Lawrence Motel, in Ches
nut street, west of Tenth, about ten o'clock
yesterday morning, and extended from the
fourth story to the attic, and burnt through
the roof. The damage by fire was compar
atively small, compared to that by water.
The building was flooded, and the carpets
and some portion of the furniture were dam
aged. The entire loss will probably reach
$2OOO, which is covered by insurance. •
HOW i 0 ACCOMPLISH IT.—Can you fall in
love? Do you know how? Were you ever
in love? Never mind blushing! Would you
like to make somebody love you? Of course.
That's understood. Well, it can be done,
and very easily! Yes—no matter how averse
to you may be the lady or gentleman, you
can make his of her heart turn to you like
the sunflower to the sun, and living only in
the light of your affection. But how? " Just
read that mysterious work, advertised in an
other column of our paper to-day, by Pro
fessor Itondout, of Mow York, called "The
Bliss of Marriage." Ile gives you the whole_
secret.—Daily Macs.
it*:!)...The inauguration of the equestrian
statue of General Jackson took place in NeW
Orleans, on the 12th inst.- There was an
immense military and civic procession, and
the display was grand and imposing.
It*T-Mr. Dallas expects to leave for Eng
land in tho steamer of the sth of March.
His son, Philip N. Dallas, has Leon appointed
Secretary of Legation.
Sarin Congress very little of general in
terest is being done, on Wednesday last the:
House elected Mr. Wendell, Democrat, Prin
ter. Ire received 91 votes being a majority
of the poll.
U. S. SENATOR.—In the Maryland Lcgis.
lature, on the 14th instant, Anthony Ken
nedy, the American candidate for U. S. Sen
ator, was elected for the term of six years,
from March 4th, 1857.
WI-Attention is invited to the advertise.
ment of Messrs. French, Richards & Co.,
dealers in Superphosphate of Lime, Guano,
Plaster, &c., to be found in to-day's paper.
Btraxin.—The Church of the United
Brethren, in Blanchester township, York
county, - wn.s entirely consumed by fire on
Sunday last.
Accincsrr.-"—We iinderstanii a boy tin
Wrightsville had his leg broken one day
this week, while engaged in el4fing.
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naversary of the . P - ' S l iet r I '
Promoting Agriculture, ma lebrated , :":4
Sansmc /fan on Mo 1. a °°°- -
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Landreth„the P en soar ti mm
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f oal of the cloth , the meeting ad i s •
uid
in the course of his ' net
the eleventh of February, 1785, twenty-three
eminenteitisenrof-Phihnielphialnettogether
"at the shin' of the Cock,' in Front street::
to form themselves into a socipty for mutual
instruction in rural affairs. The result was
the formation of thelirst agrkultural society
establiihed .in the United States. Aihoiik-'
the "honorary rnemhen!'rere_Gen. Wash
, ington, Charlis Carroll , of - Carrollton; Baron
de StenbeirfAlinittii- Xinfaiette and George
W. P.,'Costii.. ,
FROST, 114. RAILROAD CAR Wnsets..=-:-Thb
Albany 'Arm' says that during the kit
three weeks, upon the' Eastern end of the
Albany and Utica division of the Central
read, six large six-inch axles in driving
wheels were snapped off. Last ,week the
spokesof one of the five-foot driving wheelsof
an express engine were all jerked off of the
hub at .a crack, and the rim of the wheel
was thrown up into the cub. The fracture
of the axle takes place in all cases close to
the.iabeeL. . The break is vertical, and with
a com - paritively plane face where the iron is
inferior, and jagged and . stringy where it is
excellent.
The fracture of wheels and axles takes
place mostly in the early morning, about
sunrise. The day succeeding one of intense
cold is more fatal to iron under strain, it is
said, than the cold day itself. Straining is
deemed a severer test than percussion.
*Gov. Goiman, in his late message to
the Minnesota Legislature, estimates the
population of the territory at 75,000. He
announces that the President has given him
notice that the three tribes of Indians nowre
siding in the territory cannot be disturbed
and sent farther west. All the tribes are
peacable and friendly. Nearly everyivillage
in the territory has•a school for the education
of small children, and the colleges and semi
naries of learning in St. Paul are in a flour
ishing condition. Twenty thousand acres of
land, partly agricultural, and partly pine,
have been chosen fur school purposes al
ready.
THE COLD AT rnE Sourn.—The Norfolk
Herald says-that the ice in the river is be
coming formidable. At present, navigation
is open, it adds, though the steamer Crisis,
after starting on her regular run to the
Eastern shore on Tuesday, encountered so
much ice below Craney Island that she found
it the safest plan to put back. In James
river an attempt was made by the hands on
board a schooner, frozen up at City Point,
to ascertain the thickness of the ice, and af
ter cutting down to the depth of six feet,
they found no water.
sia"The Prohibitory' Law has been sus
tained ha'NeW York by the Court of APPeals•
which is the court of last resort in that State.
This' will create a new excitement in the va-
New
- York city; wher e a at
large, and 'individual "imbiber?' uncom
monly. numerous. It is also said that
there is no hope that the present Legislature
will repeal the law, and if altered at all,
will make it more stringent.
POWER OF TUE PRESIDENT TO COMMUTE A
SENTENCE. Washington, Feb. 13.—The 11.
States Supromo Court will affirm the judg
ment of the District Court of this District in
the case of Wells, who was sentenced to
death in 1852, but which sentence was com
muted by . President •Fillmore to imprison
ment for life, thus settling the question
whether the President has power to com
mute as well as pardon. The minority of
the Court dissent.
Yailkee Sullivan, the noted pugilist,
is basking in the sunshine of royalty
at the Sandwich Islands. The royal family
take lessons in "the noble art of self defence,"
and Kamehameha has got to be a handsome
scientific bruiser. His subjects follow the
royal fashion and fisticuffs is the general
amusement.
wirThe Cr. S. Senate has passed a reso
lution, instructing the committee on finance
to inquire whether the smaller Spanish silver
coin may not be removed from circulation, or
have a value established by law to. accord
with their intrinsic value, to avoid fractional
parts of a cent.
xtar:A Washington letter says that the
dispatches from- the. British Cabinet to Mr.
•Cmmpton, atie pacific and cordial towards
the United States, and are of such a char
acter as ought to dissipate the slightest shade
of doubt that . anydifficulty endangering the
peace of the two nations, can grow out of
the Central American puestion.
se-Erory vice and folly brings a train of
secretnnd necessary punishment. If we are
lazy, we - must expect to be poor; if intem
perate, to be diseased; if luxurious, to die
prematurely.
. VirMuch sickness prevails in the city
and vicinity of Austin, Texas, more than
is usual in winter, the prevailing disease
being of a typhoid character.
e-Mr. Buchanan, in•a private letter to
a friend in Washington, states his intention,
on the arrivalof Mr. Dallas at liindon. to set
out on•a two months' trip on the continent.
sier Ai Washington, Hon. Albert Rust, of
Arkansas, has been hold to bail to answer the
charge of committing pi assault upon Hor
ace Greeley. .
Stir Letters from Macon, Ga., state—"the
weather there has been awful." The cold
has not been so intense for fifty r ymrs as it
was during January.
Holloway's Pills, an unfailing Remedy for
all disorders of the Chest and Lungs.--Oli
ver Thompson, of Little Falls, New York,
was certainly in a most deplorable state of
health ten weeks ago; his lungs, eo the doe.
tore told were completely:Amy his
chest, and , in. faet.his, bo dy . generally, had
scarcely au atom of fl e e on it, so thur:had
he become. In addition to this, he hid
cough which completely shook him topieees,
(these are his own windsi)lihblirjtilt *rad
on Professor - Holloway to inform him, that
all these eimplaints have been, removed by
Holloway's Pills, after he bad used themfor
seven weeks and twoAays,. and ha now feels
better than he ever did: in his life. These
Pills will readily real:love all diseases of the
sPlnpaeh and bowela;
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;,4 . .. _ : 15M31-11A7L.
'.' tht.iitafo3its. , -ketek" of the life
of 7:1 _ .." . ..,- . • 1 Y ,,,,:• - .- Ilion an edito
-Asti& -:
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illuiltr,ation 'iii tissiriess tact and
tale may point to Ass 'career of Pro
fessor *a...r-,_the prorietor of the most
Politihsmodialtite of t40114 . e. 'The rise and
mii=iss - traorgipmffanan have had
g thepialiisa - Agentury. He
has visited nearly_ eiiiii . y.Court in Europe,
.and....obtained-peenihalnioniisfor, the sale of
his preparations *Om' most of the crowned
' heads 0f... - tlie. Old;VW" - The queens_ of
Spain and Portugal; thekliiisAof Naples and
' Sardinia, grantealikirsmdiences; and in St
Petersburg, whisk.. 914 hsz,;igislted a short
Altne:before,the,eqinhkeneem - ellt of the war,
he was treated with iStrited - Consideration
by the lai&Ossitraxidthe nobility.
'Travelling in an elegant private carriage
attended hy.x. ::=zier; his equipage attract
ed attention in the : ., asps and Villages thro'
which he, pe.f:sed. The- hotels where he
lodged were tz.Aegeik :by persons of the first
distinction, and the best society on the con
tinent courted his acquaintance.
"The subject-of these remarks is unques
tionably an 'ambitious man, and his skill
and enterprise hive placed' him far in ad
vance of Billie _predecessors, and contempo
raries in the same profession. He stands
alone; and the fact that he can maintain his
high position, despite the interested assaults
of envy and presumption, proves that his
medicines have an Intrinsic value, which
the world understands 'and:appreciates.
"The sums expended.,in - advertising by
Professor Holloway would be incredible if
they were not authenticated by his books.
His payments to the press range from $150,-
000 to $200,000 per anntrin. There is not
printed langusigein which his advertisements
do not appear. -
' "The ramifinationd of hit business extend
from the focal point—his rest establishment
in the Strand, London—over the whole face
of the earth. _ •
"This extraordinary man is now in this,
country—in this city. The Tribune in a just
tribute to his matchless enterprise, says,
that having like Alexander, subdued the
Old Mold, he is now preparing to conquer
, .
the Yew. ' .
"Professor Holloway has not been tempt
ed hither by a thirst for gain—for his wealth
is Sufficient to satisfy the most exigeant wor
shipper of mammobut by a philanthropic
desire to extend the benefit of his medicines
among a people whose" cliiiracter he admires
Everybody is, of Bourse, sexious to see the
greatest advertiser in the world. In a very
short period, the American reputation of
i Holloway's Pills and Holloway's Ointment
i will rival their European fame."
Da - Walker. P. 0., Centre co..,Pe- Feb. 6. 1f 4 .56 —John
Brown, Eeq , Philadelphia P.O —Deer Sir•.—The bottle
you sent me at "Electric Oil' , has done me so much
good that I wish you to send me two more for which I
enclose the money. Pay to Dr. smith and Prof. Do
Grath, that if their Oil cures me up. I can sell $I 00 worth
in a short time What is the wholesale price! If the
next bottle does inc as much good as the first, then I nos
a well nina. Yours, truly ,
. s Auxsos., Sr, P. M
The above letter was banded to us, and, like liundreda
more, shows that De Gnat& "Electric Oil" is on its
heavenly mission.
P. —lt ought to be known that this Oil is a very ex
pensive medicine to make, and is not a compound of
sweetened water, but is a valtible thing, and is doing its
mighty work.
IrrOnly Oirtee,M) South Eighth street. below Chesnut
pIap.'DALLEY'S GENUINE. PAIN EXTRACTOR'
will subside the pain and inflammation from the seve
rest burns or scalds, fit from one to twenty mimics -
and that It will heal site wound without rear, and ef
fectually mire Fever Sores-Pilev-Salt Rheum-In
flammatory Rheumatism-Sore and Inflamed Eyes-
Cuts-WounPs-Bruiter--Old and Inveterate Sores
-Scald Head—Cam. and Dunions--Erysipelas-
S,prains-Swellings-Felons--Chiblainv-Bites of In
sects-Swelled and broken Dreast-Sore Nipplev-
Erupt ionr-and all other iltflatomsatory and cutaneous
diseases, where the parts affected con be reached.
Don't be incredulous-about the many diseases
named.terbe cured by only" one thine-but reflect that
the sew, but positive prop cities which the Dailey
Salve alone contains, and-g heretofore enumerated
-one to . four-can reach not alone the afore-men-.
• but many more not enumerated.
Gal
me inwardly fer *coral J i g revids e
es""lMlss
Each• box of aeottine Halley's Pain Extractor haw
upon it a steel plate engraVed label with the virtu ,
tare of C. V. Clicketter.lecio.3proprietors, and Denny
Dailey, Mattufaeturer.. All - oilier, are counterfeit.-
Price 25 cents per box. -
KrrAll orders sbouldlie addressed to C. V. Click
ener & Co., SI Barclay fireet, New York.
September Z). .
DR:. ISA AO THOMPSON'S much celebrated;
EYE WATHR. "Its merits stand unrivalled."
Title old, (fled and invaluable remedy for all diges—
tes of the eyes, after stood the test of over
Fifty Years, andlGe debuted for it still increasing. iv.
now, end has been for-the past two years, offered for
sale in an entire new drools. Each bottle will have a
Steel Plate Engraved Envelope. with a portrait of the
inventor, Dr. !eaae Thompson, New London; Comm..
and a fac simile of his signature, together with a foe
simile of the signature of the present proprietor, John
f.. Thompson, No. lel and 163 River street, Troy,
New York. and none other cats be genuine.
The proprietor bas been compelled to make this
change iu the style of the wrapper owing to the large
quantity of counterfeit wbieh lor the pustjew years
hits beekpalmed woe, the "resadomity, , and especially
at the west.
Purchasers are particularly requested to buy none
but the above described, and as the mit label hereto
fore used hai been called in, any Mond in that form
the proprietor dbis aot'besita eb pronounce counter
feit.
For vale by 011 the reipeetable dreggisto in tun
United States and Camden. (Sep. 294123%
'Of :1; ratto.
Ills) fur, rip 30 m..,1E1 :4 o4i
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Common Call Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do. 13 00.
2cl Common do 18 00
Ist Common do .. 30 00
Panne' do 3000
•Hemlock Doi:FIJI and Scantling, 11 00
Do do 'do long lengths, 13 00
Pine Scantling, • • 15 00
Plaster Lath, ' $2 00® 300
Shingles, 12 00(18 00
• PIDIADELPHIA. MARKETS.
FLOllA.—Standard brands are held at
$7,50®7,75 per bbl., without finding buy
era, most holders asking the latter rate.—
For home use the demand is limited within
the range of $7,75@{510 per bbl. for common
to good brands and extra, the latter for
fancy family flour. Rye Flour is lower,
and about 150 bbls. sold at $5,50 per
Corn Meal is without demand, and Pernea.
Meal is nominally held at $3,50 per bbl.
Gains.---Some 1500@;1800 bus. sold .
small lots at 170qt185 ets. for reds, and 180 :
gyao eta. for white, as in quality; 2000 bus.
prime Delaware red sold some time since,
WAS piked to-day . at 175 cts. 11.513 is about
stationary, with further sales of 1.0,000 bus.
Western, mostly for future delivery, at 110
eta. ' Co rn is dull to-day, with sales of 4@
5000 bus. Penn's - yellow at 66®67
'mostly at-the former rate, in store, which is
a decline. Oats—Some further sales of
Penile are reported at 41 eta.. par bui..
Wniarr.—Wequete hhds. at V•cte.. sad
bbls. at 301t3 , 1-,ets4 and veryNethedbing.—..
-North ..4rserteasi Feb. 14.
. ZALTUIRIP3 MARKETS.
Ft.ocia.Their, were reported on 'Change
this .morning sales: of 1,850 bbls. Howard
Street Flour, a part of which was in settle
meat of contracts, at $B. The market for
both Howard Street and Ohio Flour was
steady at the above quotation. Nothing do
ing in Bye-Flour and Corn Meal.
Gaatrr.—White Corn may be quoted to- I,
day at 584462 eta., and yellow do. at 600
62 eta. Yellow Corn sold to-day at the fig
, ures named above, both by measure and
I weight. A lot of 800 bushels fair white
wheat sold at 183 eta., and some parcels of
good to prime reds sold at 173(4175 cts.—
We quote good to prime white Wheat at 185
o.l9s.c4s.,37tislatter figure being the nom
inal rata -Tor Tercels imitable for family
Flour. We note sales of some 650 bushels
Virginia Aye at 108®109 eta. We quote
Pennsylvania Bye at 115 eta. We note
sales to-day of 600 bushels Ohio Oats at 41
eta.. We quote Maryland and Virginia do. l
at. 364g438.pt5,..
Wasincr, (mote as before City and ' .
Penrisylvinfiollirinsky at 31a31.1 eta. — I
Bart AnesPiarit; Feb. l4. ,
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