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A PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENT JOURNAL.
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giTURDA.Y, JAN. 10, 1857.
"Winny Woodbine" will re
ceive our kindest regards fur her remem
brances. We congratulate her upon her
"merits," and ausure her that her favors are
thankfully accepted. The other articles
wiil appeal in eeltzun.
i nisNas.—We tender our thanks to Mr.
naldeman, of the firm of Miller & nalde
man, for a large bottle of superior ink of
hir own manufacture. We understand this
firm is succeeding very well, and we trust it
will continue to floorish, and that the part
ners wal both experience the delight of in
creasing treasures.
To lion. A. E. Ruberts, of H. R., Wash
ington, for valuable public documents.
'Mel. C. S. Kauffman, our townsman who
with the commencement of the present ses
sion of our Legislature, took his seat as a
member of the II ,use, we are under obliga
tions fur numerous favors. We trust the
C.A. will receive all the reward his most
ardont expectations demand. Ile deserves
lasp;,y existence, and we have no doubt he
will prove a useful and working member of
the Legislature of 1857. If he intends to
continue "indulgeace in politics," we will
be highly gratified to see him Governor of
the State, ere lung.
Ce‘The Republican Cowl, or American
&may in the days of Washington, is on our
table again, owing to the kindness of the
Messrs. Freeman, so well known as enter
prising book agents, in Lancaster. The
numbers just received fully compare with
those heretofore sent us and merit words of
praise. This is certainly one of the most
elegant works issued from the press, each
number containing an engraving worth the ;
sum of twentpflve cents—all asked for the
monthly parts. F. X. Ziegler will pay at•
tention to all orders for this work. We on.
dorstand that its sale in our town has been
very large and numbers are attaching their
names to the list every day. When bound
the book will be a splendid ornament to the
centre table, as well as an intonerhull luxury.
sesWe have al.to received from the sante '
publishers additional copies of The Pictorial'
Cyclopedia of Biography—ono of the best
works published. Each number contains a
handsome steel plate of those distinguished
in the world, both in the past and present.
It is in fact, as its title indicates, ''a series
uf original memoirs of the most distinguished
persons of all times." It it edited by Dr. I
Hawks. L. L. It., and when completed will
contain GOO engravings and steel plates.—
Y.very student should possess a copy of this
valuable work.
Fira,a '..W.krnr.w.—This bold apostle of
temperance, died at Ciak, Ireland, on the
9th of December. Ile was a gentleman
a - mink whom not rt.srerd multi he se;rl—n
divine fearless and as far as human ken
mold view, faultless. The citizens of the
Emerald Isle, as well as all who heard him,
felt that his efforts in behalf of the unfortu
nali were of a truly earnest and pious char
acter. A contemporary truly says, "No one
ever showed greater patience in suffering
and fatigue, greater gentleness of temper,
greater seal in the cause of religion and mor
ality. Ills death will be lamented by the
pp , plo of all countries and all religious sects;
for he was one of the few true, disinterested
self-sacrificing reformers of the ago."
VS/I.Th° State Legislature met on Mon
day last, and organized by the election of
David Taggart, of Northumberland, as
Speaker of the Senate, and J. L. Gctz, of
Berks. as Spoakor of the House. The vote
tqr Mr. Taggart was IS to 15. That of Mr.
Getz was 52 votes, against 40 for S. P. Mc-
Calmont, Republican; 2 scattering; 2 mem
bers not voting. From the accounts, it ap
rears that there are 47 votes all told. against
the Democrats, in the House, giving them a
elear majority on joint ballot.
MaltirlLC DZATIT.—Wei learn from the
P)ttetown Ledger, that a man named Peter
('row. of Douglass township, Berke county,
wet with a horrible death, on Tuesday night
last week. He was engaged in burning
lime for Mr. Jacob Bower, of that township,
and it is supposed that, being very cold, he
wont to the top of the kiln to warm himself,
hod becoming stieed by the gas arising there.
from. fell forward upon the limestone. Lie
wasfonnd on Wednesday morning the cloth os
burned from his body, which was much
coarred. The deceased was a man of soma
SS orso years of age. He leaves a wife and
seNeral children (mostly grown) to mourn
hie loss.
ser'ne II.:-risburg papers contain lb f.r
raidahle lirt of application& far bank char
ters, from which we learn that thore are
eleven applications 19r banking prit lieges
f P'liladelphla, on an aggregate capital of
S 11,316100; while fur the country there
are twenty4iso applic•ttkai. for an aggre
gate - capital of ;6,6'23,003; being a total for
the State of thirty-Kit: applications, and en
anregato capital of ;21,000,000,
d" The alarm-bell belonging to the Laa
rel ?ire company bug been re -cast, and will ;
be placei in the cupola nun belugerecte4 as
soon uR it is or the
bell is 1,2;3 pouwls, and it 1.0!1\1 , 1 the ci
lowing inscriptku: Webb, Lau
-301 Fire Company, N.). 1, York. PA. Insti
tutel 1803 ; IncorporateA 1840." On the
Qprnsite side of the bell is inscribed, "Bahl
tavre, Maryland, 145.5."—Thrk Advocate.
ter The number of taxable inhabitants of
York county, according to the returns of the
Aaeassors in the Commissioners' Office, is at
iltis time, 14,987.
noTToro gentlemen of Charleston went
oat co Sunday last fur the purpose of fight
ing a duel. The Mayor having got infurma
tient of their intention, sent the police to
Abetleldof battle, GA prevented the meeting.
THE SEASON.
For the last few days we have had an al
lotment of weather which has occasioned a
number of persons to say that they never
felt it colder. It has been ,old enough, dear '
knows, and we dread the reflection that it
may get "more so"—as it was last winter,
Oh, ye, of liberal hearts, in the winter think
of the poor. Remember that they have not
the wherewithal to procure comforts— !
and, if the means are yours, that it is your
bounden duty t.) aid them in their hour of
need. "Charity cevereth a multitude of
sins," and every one of us requires some
blanket of that kind to shelter us, not only
from the aspersions, inuendoes and reflec
tions of those of our kind and character on
earth, but from the frowns of a higher Power
in the regions of immortality. We all sin
in different ways and degrees, but there is
"A Providence that rules our ends,
Rough hew them as we will."
There is a Power above who regulates and
controls the affairs of Ills subjects, and who
I will hold accountable all who depart from
the way he has drawn out.
He is merciful and forbearing, kind and
loving ? and we should oftener than we do,
remember His merciful bearing towards us
and his "great help it, time of peril."
The sermon nn the mount (commencing
Mathew. Chap. we think one of the
most beautiful compositions ever written.—
(\o uninspired man could ever have uttered
the sentiments there recorded; no man not
possessed of the Iloavenly Spirit of Him who
was sent from Gud could have reported in
such deep, thrilling tones of earnestness,
mingled with a sadness that always
words marked!
I the of our Saviour, such a. speech.—
God was the author—one of his Apostles the /
recorder. Every week and feeble individual
should rend that sermon and gather froth I
it words of hope and consolation.
But we have wandered from our subject—
have not, however, forgotten the poor. We
ask assistance fur them. We crave from
him who dwells in lofty tenement and has I
vassels and serfs at his side, a liberal gift.—
Wa ask him to look around among the suffer
ing families and dispense his own charity and
we have the words recorded in the bust of
Buoks that it shill be returned to him with
interest fur better than his presern, it/vest
ments in stocks, bonds and mr‘rtgqp.,•es ever
pay. There are rewards in eternity as well
as punishments—there are promises as well
as threats.
We have been led to these very hasty re
marks by the tale of a little girl we met a
few weeks since in the street. She was, ap
parently, about ten years old—of a prepos
sessing appearance, but wretchedly clad,
scarcely having raiment to cover her person.
She told us, end we afterwards ascertained
her story to be correct, that her "father was
dead, her mother in ill health, and herself
hardly able to go about." (Such stories are
common—we expect to hear them whenever
appeals are made to our person by the little
vagrants who perambulate our larger towns.)
There was something in this little girl's face
that spoke 'MIMI and we stopped to inquire
into her history. We have not room to give
it now, but only to mention that she said
atin hod ;.• e.rtntron
who is rich and able—who would not give
her "even a penny." She asked him to go
home and see if her story was true. Ile was
"in too much of a hurry," and she—poor
little soul—created in the image of her
Maker—endowed with a mind like his who
refused her a pittance, went on her way, sor
rowing.
"Thut's inhuma nUF to man,
Males cou tu1a.1.4 thoubtuala mourn."
The little girl wept bitterly as she told
her story, and we are not ashamed to say
that a tear end heartfelt prayer was united
with her petition as we saw an honest and
hard working man, who had been listening
to our talk, come boldly up and give a sum
that caused the smile to take the place in
the sweet blue eye, and to make her heart
feel merry. We thought, as she tripped on
afterwards with such an elastic tread, that
God would remember that man when all
accounts have to be rendered to him; we
thought that angels looked on that deed of
a noble heart, and—we did think—their
presnice was about us.
We hare written a simple story, bat we
have written it from the heart. Its truth
fulness is its only merit as far as we are
concerned: as to him to whom "much bath
been gicen"—we say not a word, hut God
help the poor.
A SAD SPECTACLE.—The editor of the
Philadelphia Daily News says that "as he
was riding home the other evehing in an
omnibus, he encountered a young and beau
tiful girl, dressed in the last extra of fashion.
She sat beside him, and appeared to be, as
he thought, overcome with sleep. The event
proved, however, when the time came for her
to get out, that she was almost helplessly
intoxicated, and it was with difficulty that
she could be landed on the side-walk. The
exclamation in the stage was unanimously
one of disgust." Who can be surprised that
cacti a spectacle gave rise to feelings of dis
gust! Had she tender relatives or kind
friends—who can picture their feelings on
the taking place of such an occurrence—oh,
what the:r misery and anguish of mind'.—to
what measures would not they resort to res
cue her from the yawning gulf of entire
ruin over which she is impending! And
what if all efforts to rescue should fail—the
victim doomed to shame and wretchedness
here, and hereafter to the pain of a lost soul.
But should an inebriated female be regarded
with more loathing than one of the opposite
sex! Custom sanctions it; that's the vast
difference. Oh. custom, who can number
your si no. Put usage aside, and endeavor to
discover the real difference—and, In, it has
all vanished. There is none—man or wo
man who trend in this dangerous path, you
are on the same level; and though the world
may regard the different cases in different
lights, does He who judgeth in righteousness
and truth?
Altair At. or Moms()!vs.—The ship Colnra
hist arrived at New York on the Ist inst.,
from Liverpool, bringing about 300 passen
gers, including 221 'Mormons under the con
duct of Elder John Williams. The Mor
mons were landed at Castle Garden, to re
main there a day of two, until they can be
temporarily provided for. They are mostly
from England.
Torn ana eotfpf 1111111 as.
Bouocon Erzarins.—The following is the
vote given at the election for borough officers,
on Monday last:
Chief Bargees.
R. Williams, 151
Wm. F. Given, 132
Assistant Burgas:
Samuel Read, 151
J. S. Liet, 101
John Hippy, 12
Town Council.
A. Pelan,
F. S. Bletz,
John Felix,
Henry Brandt, 132
Isaac Piney, 136
W. S. Dickey, 132
School Directors.
E. K. Smith,
M. Clepper,
H. M. ;North,
B. Rohrer,
Cyrus 11. Jacobs, 133
High Ceastabre.
henry Brimner, 141
Richard Derrick. 141
The vote for High Constable being a tie, it
was agreed by the parties interested to cast
lots, when Mr. Derrick was pronounced the
successful competitor by the officers appoint
ed to determine the result.
COLUMIIIA LITENAttr ASSOCIATION. —This
I society met on Wednesday evening last, and
finished debating the question—'•ls a gov
ernment justifiable in depriving a wilful
murderer of life?" At the conclusion of the
discussion it was decided in the negative.—
The following question was selected fir de
bate on next Wednesday evening. January
14—"Ilare prosperity and increase of wealth
a favorable influence upon the manners and
morals of a people?" The interest manifested
in this society by many of our pelde, is very
great, its is evidenced by the large attendance
at the meetings. We hope to see this in
tei est increase; and. as the question above,
selected for next meeting, is an exceedingly
interesting one, and nuggestise of abundant
thought, we have no doubt there will be n
large attendance of speakers and spectators.
PToTRACTE.D MEETINC%—A series of .-ervi
ces are now being held In the M. E. Church
under the direction of the pastor—Rev. Mr.
Mecaskey. We learn that already much
good has been done and that there is a warm
interest manifested in the cause of religion,
by the whole congregation. The services
enmatence every evening at 7 o'clock—ott
Sunday at the usual hour. Mr. Mecaskey
is assisted by a number of efficient ministers
and the meetings are all of a deeply inter
esting character.
RELIGIOUS Normcs.—We are requested to
announce that Bishop Potter will preach in
St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, this place,
tomorrow morning—Divine service to com
mence at 10 o'clock. This church and con
gregation have been without a Rector for
some months. We understand arrange
ments have been made to secure tho services
of Mr. Appleton. who will shortly finish his
studies at the Seminary in Alexandria.
IgirlV. H. McConkey, Esq., of Wrights
ville, had a coat stolen from Cooper's Hotel,
in Lancaster, on Tuesday night last.
,The
coat was nearly new ana tne pocaets -con
tained $2O. It is bad enough to miss cloth
ing in this way, but much worse to be de
prived of the "manner and means" of living
on this earth, as we are compelled to do by
the use of money.
ZE1„.,..k.t a stated meeting of the Vigilant
Engine and Hose Company, held on Friday
evening, January 24,1357, the following of
ficers were elected to servo three months:
lxtistant Directors—llenry L. Duck, John
R. Smith. John D. Wright, Daniel Gohn,
Edward M. Shriner and William L. Smedly.
Custodiers—Philip Schalk, Isaac D. Cul
merry, Scott Patton, Samuel Filbert, George
Gohn and John W. Fisher.
IPE9...Mr.G.W.Heekrothe, who manages the
affairs of the restaurant under Gault's Belle
vue House, ever anxious to accommodate
his patrons, has lately attached several im
provements to his saloon, which will undoubt
edly meet the wants of the public. Mr. H.
is always anxious to please, keeps the best of
everything in season and will no doubt con
tinue to receive the liberal custom at pres
ent extended to hint.
FIRE AT TOE LANCASTER CO. BANA.-A
little before 12 o'clock, last night, an alarm
of fire was given, which proved to proceed
from the cellar of the Lancaster Cu. Bank,
where it, had caught from the furnace. The
engines were soon on the ground, notwith-
standing the cold, and the fire was got un
der before any very serious damage was
done.
A :SlT'STiators DrssrrEALorcE.--Samuel
Sayer, of Perinea, a laborer, left home on
Monday evening, the sth instant, saying
that ho acne going to Lnrtenster to see a
.ick friend. since which time he has not
been seen or heard of. That he has met
with scone foul play is surmised by his
friends.
CRIMINAL STATISTICS.--The following
eta tement exhibits the charges brought before
the grand jury of Lancaster county during
the year 1856. It includes all the bills
acted on, whether ignored or returned true
bills:
Assault and battery. 71
do. to commit rape, 2
Arson, 6
Bawdy house, 1
Concealing death of bastard child, 1
Disorderly house, 5
Fraudulent voting, I
Embezzlement, 1
False pretences. 4
Fornication and bastardy, 16
Gambling, 1
Keeping gambling house, 1
Kidnapping, 1
Larceny. 93
Manslaughter, 1
Misdemeanor, 95
Malicious mischief, 4
Nuisance, 2
Passing counterfeit money, 1
Robbery, 1
Receiving stolen goods. 7
Rape, 3
Surety of peace, 24
Selling liquor on Sunday, 3
do. to minors, 2
The charges under the head of "Misde
meanor" were mostly for selling liquor with
out license. In many eases several bills
were found against the same person. Such
hills are counted but as one in this table.—
Era m incr.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
The annual message of Governor Pollock,
is an able and interesting document. It
commences with the financial statement of
the Commonwealth. The total debt of the
State, funded and unfunded, is $40,101,835-
25, being a deduction of $366,158 97 from
the previous year. During the year 1855,
the debt had been reduced $630,601 2. The
large sums absorbed by the work on the
completion of the Portage Railroad and North
Branch Canal, relaying the South track of
the Columbia Railroad, &v., have now ceased
and the cessation of these extraordinary de- 1
mends on the treasury will leave a still lar
ger portion of the revenue to be applied to
the payment of the State debt, which the
Governor thinks it now established can be
fully paid without: increasing the subjects or
rates of taxation. The revenues of the past
year exceeded the ordinary expenditures
$1,265,095 SG, and for the current year it is
estimated that the excess of receipts over or
dinary expenditures may reach $1,500,000.
Allowing 400,000 for extraordinary expen
ditures, thero will be at least $1,000,000 to be
applied to the payment of the State debt.—
At this rate the debt could all be paid off
before the close of the year 1879. The re
venue of the public works fur the past year
was $2,006,015 66 of which sum $1,229,272
86 was derived from the Main line, $426,-
820 51 from the Susquehanna and North and
West Branch, and . $349,922 29 front the
Delaware Division. The Governor thinks
there is no necessity for enlarging the Dela
ware division. The Portage Railroad wants
still another appropriation to complete it.—
The North Branch Canal. also, though "com
pleted," needs further work. The Gover
nor is still in favor of the sale of the Main
Line, as the revenue of that part of it be
tween the Junction and Pittsburg largely
exceeds the expenditures. As to banks,
a judicious increase of chartered banking
capital to meet the growing wants of trade
and population in the Commonwealth is fa
vored. It is recommended that the provi
sions of the act of 1850, forbidding the banks
to issue the notes of banks located out of the
State, be applied to private bankers. The
county superintendency of public schools is
endorsed and its !maintenance recommended.
The Governor also again recommends the
establishment of Normal Schools, and the
extension of aid to Teachers' Institutes. Ile
also urges the establishment of turagricultu
ral bureau, a revision of the laws regula
ting manufacturing and improvement com
panies, a reduction of special legislation, the
early passage of the appropriation bills, the
revision of the militia laws, the erection of
a State arsenal in Philadelphia, the enact
' meat of new laws to prevent illegal voting
at elections, etc. The conclusion of the
message takes strong Republican grounds
against the extension of slavery.
RE POLYGAMY' or UrArz.—lt is asserted
that polygamy is legally proscribed in Utah.
but it is kept up by the priestly government
in spite of the Territorial law. This results
probably, from the fact that there is no
statute law errs kind in the Territory rag
kept as a church regulation, probably for
the purpose of introducing this immoral
custom, so destructive to social purity and
the intersts of Chrislis.nized civilization.—
The law against lewdnesz. is sufficiently
wide in its scope to embrace and condemn
the practice of polygamy as a crime against
society; and Judge Drummond urges it as a
duty of the citizens ce the Territory to re
spect the acts of the Legislature as the su
preme nutherity, without regard to the as
sumed dominatioriof the church, which is
as much subjectel to the laws of the country
as any citizen. All persons, therefore, who
are not legally married in other States, are
liable to indictment, ptrticularly, however,
when two or more wcrnen are cohabiting
with one man. Thiif is the first blow at the
priestly yoke of oppression in Utah.
COST or LivelN TOE WEST.—The St.
Louis Intelligencer says: "Everything need
ed to make a family comfortable is exceeding
ly dear. Rents, now enormetts, are going
up every quarter-day; coal, which should be
plenty in our streets at six or eight cents a.
bushel, is scarce at fifteei, and as the Illinois
wagons have stopped coming on account of
the exhorhitnnt charges of the Ferry Com
pany, it is likely to get up to twenty, and
perhaps to double that; wood seven to eight
dollars a cord at the levee, and advancing
every day; flour seven to eight dollars a bar
rel, and not extra at that; butter thirty to
forty cents; eggs thirty-five cents a dozen,
and poultry out of reach of common purcha
sers; potatoes two dollars a bushel; and game
only to be thought of by those who are able
to fare sumptuously every day. If these
prices rule now, to what will they arrive
with a closed river fur two or three months.
Why such a state of things should exist is a
question easier asked than answered.
A Keokuk paper says that the rent of a
little shanty thereabouts is five hundred dol
lars; coal forty cents; wood six to eight dol
lars; and other articles at same rates. At
Burlington, an editor says, it takes almost
every cent a man can raise to buy provisions
for his family, consequently he has no mon
ey to pay his debts, and so we find it in all
our exchanges, throughout the West.
REPORTED CAPTCRE 07 A BEITISII VESSEL.
By SPANIEfiI PIRATM—There is a Very gen
eral report in this town, that the vessel
which Captain Taunton, of Poole, command
ed, is in the hands of the pirates. It is said
that they were coming from the West In
dies with a cargo of Logwood, and when in
the Spanish main they were literally be
sieged by swarms of those sea robbers who
infest that part. The pirates it is said, com
pletely ransacked the vessel, taking from
the captain all his charts and the compass,
and from the crew every article they possess
ed; and, not content with that, offered the
captain and the crew their choice—to "walk
the plank" or take to the boat. The latter
alternative it is said they chose; and it is
further reported that they landed some
where on the coast, and are under the pro
tection of the British Consul. The vessel
was a three masted schooner, and belonged
to Whitstable.—Poole ffrratd.
lI.VDEPENDEST ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
Interesting Statistics.—The last fiscal year of
the Order, in the United States, ended on the
3Uth of June last, The annexed tabular
statement, relative thereto, which is com
piled from the annual returns of the State
Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments to
the United States Grand Lodge, at its last
annual session, in September last, cannot but
prove interesting to both those within and
wihout the pale of the Order:
No. of Subordinate
Lodges, 3,397
" members, 193,614
" initiations du
ring year, 20,20 G
" deaths, 1,971
" brothers relieved 21,743
Arn't paid for relief of same, $335,834 23
Nu. widowed families
relieved. 2,491
Am't paid fur relief of same, 71,715 99
" for education of or
phans,
10,663 33
" for burying dead, 74,572 66
Total relief for the year, $492,780 21
Total receipts of lodges during
the year, 1,180,325 22
No. Subordinate En
campments, 612
" members, 23.749
" initiations during
year, 444
" members relieved, 2,196
Am't paid for relief of same, $30,693 39
No. widowed families
relieved, 77
Atn't paid for relief of same, 2,038 75
" for burying dead, 5,061 00
Total. relief during year, $37,83G 14
Total receipts for encampment
during year, 102,868 14
" " lodges & encamp
ments during year, 1,283,193 3G
" relief granted by mama
during year, 530,672 35
Excess rec'pts over expendituress7s3,s2l 01
Ma. An attempt was made on Friday
week to murder Christian Resoling, Esq..
the eminent lawyer of New Orleans. Dr. E.
B. Harris entered his office and attempted
to stab him with a dirk. Mr. Roselius saw
him however, in time to catch his arm and
thereby saved himself from any injury. Mr.
Harris was immediately arrested and taken
before Recorder Fabre. lie was subse
quently admitted to bail in the snm of $l,-
500. Dr. Harris, after being released, went
home, about 3 o'clock P. M., and took two
doses of strychnine, and in a few moments
was a corpse. As a key to h:s attack upon
Mr. Resoling, it may be stated that some
lime since he lost a brother at the North,
and that he was appointed one of the exec
utors of his estate. In consequence howev
er, of some circumstances lending to suspi
cions of his sanity, he was discharged from
his office of executor by one of the courts.
Mr. Roselius, it appears was his counsel,
and his discharge by the courts seems to
have excited his mind, which, strange
enough, took the singular direction above
narrated.
EXCITEMENT IIsT Tsxs:Essr.E.—Exagerated
reports of excitement in Tennessee, regard.
ing anticipated servile insurrections are Mr-
Pointing> ;.% , I•
in question was limited to the Iron Works
on Cumberland river and their vicinity, and
to Sumner county. It has now almost en
tirely subsided in Sumner county; the plot
was limited to a conspiracy to kill two or
three men, and has been thoroughly exposed.
The vigilance committee turned the leaders
over to the law, and they will be dealt with
by the courts. At the Iron Works there is
no doubt that the negroes had talked of an
insurrection. The plot was utterly absurd
and impracticable, except so far as it threat
ened the lives of a few men at its first out
break. It has been fully exposed and the
lenders summarily punished. The excite
ment and alarm have not been a tithe of
what it has been represented to be else
where; and slaveholders have felt far more
apprehension for their slaves than for them
selves. This may appear strange to some
of our Northern brethren, but it is certainly
so.—Nasheille
A LAD ASSAILED IN BED ST A RAT.—We
are informed that a lad, aged eight years,
was severely bitten by a rat a few nights
since in this city. The little fellow was put
to bed by his father, who left home to trans
act some business. Returning in about two
hours after, he found the pillow under his
child's head covered with blood. He awaken
ed him, and found that he had been attack
, ed by a rat, which jumped upon the bed and
inflicted a wound upon the nose of the buy.
abriven away, it returned and inflicted
another wound on the left ear of the lad.—
Again he drove it away, after which the rat
returned a third time to renew the attack,
but could not, the lad having closely cover
ed himself with the bed clothing. The
wounds received, it was thought bhe med
ical attendant, might prove serioulnihe Ind,
however, has recovered from them.—Sao.
Geer. & Jour.
A Mcuoarsi Or JOE SlflTH.—There fell
under our eye the other day, a three dollar
note of the Kirtland (Ohio) manufactory
of false tokens. It was dated twenty years
ago, and boars the signatures of Joe Smith,
and the worshipful Sidney Rigdon, two of
the arch Mormons, one of whom is defunct;
the other, we believe, still flourishing. We
pronounced it a curiosity, but the holder
did not so highly value it. Verily, in this
case, "the evil a man did lives after him,"
for the three dollar sham was recently paid,
by somebody in this good city of Peon, to a
woman who earns her bread with her needle.
If anybody's conscience is pricked, we will
gladly be the channel of righting the wrong.
The note would form a good "accompanying
document" fur the Utah petition for admis
sion as a State, when the sugject comes be
fore Congress.— U. S. Gazette.
gerlsrael lluntingdon the father of the
great forger, now on trial, at New York, tes
tified last week, as follows:—"My son Charles
was prone to take things that did not be
long to him, had altered the family record,
and would tell untruths—giving two differ
ent stories about the same fact, without any
motive for it." Witness had designed ma
king him a lawyer—owing, we presume to
those excellent traits of character.
GOVERNORS
Of the States and Territoriesfor the year 1857
The following exhibits the names of the
Governors of the different States and Terri
tories, their salaries and the time at which
their terms of office cease:
Alabama, John A. Winston, December,
1857, $2,500.
Arkansas, Elias N. Conway, November,
1858, $l,BOO.
California, J. Neely Johnson, December,
1857, $lO,OOO.
Connecticut, William T. Minor, May,1.857,
1,333.
Delaware, Peter F. Clausey, January,
1858, 81,300.
Florida, 51. S. Perry, October, 1858, 1,500.
Georgia, llenry V. Johnson, November,
1857, 3,000.
Illinois, William a . Bissel, January, 1859,
$1,500.
Indiana, A. P. Willard, January, 1850,
$1,400.
lowa, Jamos W. Grimes, December, 1857,
$l,OOO.
Kentucky, Chas. S. Moorehead, August,
1857, $2,500.
Louisiana, R. C. Wickliffe, January, 1858,
$6,000.
Maine, Samuel Wells, January, 1858,
$1,500.
Maryland, T. Watkins Ligon, January,
1858, $3,G00.
Massachusetts. Henry J. Gardner, Janu
ary, 1858, $3,500.
Michigan, K. S. Bingham, January, 1859,
$1,500.
Mississippi, John J. Wilma, January,
1858, $3,000.
Missouri, Trusten Polk, December, 1858,
$2,000.
N. Hampshire, Ralf Metcalf, June, 1857,
$l,OOO.
New Jersey, William A. Newell, January,
1859, $l,BOO.
New York, John A. King, January, 1859,
$4,000.
N. Carolina, Thomas Bragg, January,
1859, $2,000.
Ohio, Salmon P. Chase, January, 1858,
$l,BOO.
Penngylvania, James Pollock, January,
1858, $3,000.
Rhode Island, Win. W. Hoppin, May,
1357, $l,OOO.
S. Carolina, It. F. W. Alston, December,
18.55, $3,500.
Tennessee, Andress- Johnston, October,
1357, $2,000.
Texas, E. M. Pease, December, 1857,
$3.000.
Vermont, Ryland Fletcher, October, 1857,
$750.
Virginia, Henry Wise, January, 18G0,
$5,000.
Wisconsin, Cubes Bashford, December,
1857, $1,250.
Territories.—Term expires with a change
of administration.
Oregon, Wm. L. Currie, $3,000.
Minnesota, Willis A. Gorman, $2,500.
New Mexico, David Merriwether, $2,500.
Utah, Brigham Young, $2,500.
Washington, Isaac J. Stevens, $2,500.
Nebraska, Mark W. hard, $2,600.
Kansas, John W. Geary, $2,500.
MINES ON FIRE
The Miners' Journal says, a fortnight
since, the Peach Mountain vein, up the Nor
wegian worked by Rogers, Sinnickson & Co.,
and the property of the Delaware Coal Com
pany, was fired at the air shaft, below wat
er level. The vein from the start burned so
fiercely, that all attempts to check the flames
proved fruitless, and the lessees occupied
themselves in removing the machinery, etc.,
of the operation. It is thJught that the fire
13 toe 11,./rK 01 some miner ctissatisneurwitn
the reduction of wages, which is the rule to
establish at this season. By the act, the
incendiary has stopped one of the most val
uable red ash collieries in the Region, has
entailed possibly, considerable loss on the
lessees, and thrown out of employment many
miners; upon whom nt this severe season are
dependent scores of women and children.
It is contemplated to turn a portion of the
Norvregion Creek into the mine, and thus if
possible, extinguish the Are. The lessees
have another operation on the Diamond vein
and are opening two other veins on this
Same property.
The Mt. Lafree colliery—Charles Miller's
—took fire last May, and has been burning
since, below water lerel. The fire origina
ted in the old workings. The operation was
closed and water let in. Last week we un
derstand, the mine was filled up, and ere
this the fire has been, undoubtedly, extin
guished.
THE PROGRESS OF THE COFS:TRY.--It is
stated that the population of the eleven in
fant colonies in 1701 was 362,000. Georgia
and Delaware were added to the number
about 1749, and the census reports give us
1,046,000. In 1775 the thirteen Colonies
contained 2,303,000 whites and 500,000
slaves. After the adoption of the Constitu
tion, in 1800, there were thirteen States,
with 3,172,664 whites, 50,436 free colored,
697,807 slaves. In 1350 the States bad in
creased to thirty-one, and the population to
19,550,000 whites, 434,000 free colored, and
2,204,000 slaves. Now the total population
is nearly thirty millions.
ECONONF OF THE ARTS.—The horse-shoo
nails dropped in the streets, carefully col
lected reappear in the form of swords and
guns. The clippings of tinker's shops, mix
ed with the parings of horses hoofs, or cast
off woolen garments, appear afterwards in
the form of dyes of the brightest blue, in
the dress of courtly dames. The bones of
dead animals yield the chief constituents of
lucifer matches—phoschorus. The dregs of
port wine, carefully rejected by the port
wine drinker in decanting his favorite bev
erage, are taken by him in the form of Seid
litz powders. The washings of coal gas re
appear carefully preserved in the lady's
smelling bottle as an =morticed salt.
lltsr•The five great lakes of North Amer
ica have recently been surveyed, and they
give occasion for the following figures:
MIENWIMM
Superior, 35.5 160.938 627 32,000
Michigan, 430 108.900 687 20,000
Huron, 200 160.300 574 20,000
Erie, 250 80.200 555 6,000
Ontario, 180 65.500 262 6,006
Total, 1,315 575.888 2,705 84,006
Sitter tzt °Rte.—The Ohio Farmer esti
mates the profit on sheep in that State the
last year, at $6,000,000, and the whole cap
ital invested at $60,000,000. The number
of sheep is probably 5,060,000, and the wool
clip last year reached 10,196,000 lbs., one
fifth of the satire wool clip of the Union.
EDITORIAL GLEANINGS,
Gams TEAS.—The Missionary Advocate
for January contains a long letter from the
Rev. Dr. Wentworth, at Few Chau, China,
from which we make the following extract:
"Several American ships are now lying
in port awaiting the arrival of green teas.--
The English, who love the leaf unadulterated,
have taken the first cargoes of the season,.
and sped homeward with them. The Amer : -
leans are green enough to prefer an infusion
of Prussian blue, rendering that article so
scarce and high in the vicinity of the 'green,
teas' that the natives can hardly afford to
use it on the venitians of their verandahs.
If some hundreds of good ladies who go with
their heads tightly bandaged a day'or twa
in each week with sick headache, and whose
only remedy is 'green tea,' would only aban
don altogether the use of 'green tea,' they_
would find in the remedy itself the source•ot
the disease."
HEAVY FALSE PRETENCE OPERATIONS.-.
The New York Mirror of Saturday says:
"Augustus Silvey, a dry goods dealer at
Bangor, Me., was brought to this city yes
terday by officer Campbell, on a requisition
granted 1)3 , the Governor of Maine. lie
stands indicted in this city, for obtaining
$l7OO worth of goods from Messrs. Mills lc
Ray, Liberty street. Besides this, it is al
leged that the prisoner is a regular,conft
donee man, baying obtained goods the same
way to the value of $60,000 or $70,000 in
this city, and about the same amount in
Boston. Silvey pleads honest intentions,
and declared his purchase to have been 'all
right.' lie is held to bail to answer."
NECESSITY roe ALLOYING METALS.—Many
persons entertain the wrong idea that pure
metals, for every purpose, are superior to
alloys, and a mixture of any two or more
metals depreciates the quality of them all.
The fact is that alloys generally are superior
to the pure metals for most purposes,
because pure metals are more liable
to crystalize. Thus, zinc requires to
be alloyed with a small quantity of
lead before it can be rolled into sheets;
when perfectly pure, its power of crystal
izing is so great that it cannot be rolled.—
Gold is so soft that it has to be alloyed with
copper or silver, in coins, to prevent its wear
ing out rapidly.
RATTIER TOO FAST.—It appears the an
nouncement that the Hon. C. P. Villiers had
been appointed British Minister to Wash
ington, was rather premature. A corres
pondent of a New York paper says that Mr.
Villiers accepted the trust, but adds: "We
are informed, however, on the best authority,
that subsequent difficulties have arisen, of a
personal nature, which have caused the mat
ter to be held in abeyance for the present,.
It is possible that the footing on which Mr.
Villiers proposes to place his household at
the federal capital may not be entirely con
sistent with the somewhat niggardly salary
allowed by the British governmem to their
representative in the United States,"
VOTE OF CITIES.—The following list shows
the number of votes cast at the late Presi
dential election in nineteen of the principal
cities in the United States. They are not
all official, but are substantially correct:
Nern-nrlt.- N. 3., 9;397
New Orleans, 8,678
Milwaukie, 7,563
Rochester, 6,903
Louisville, 5,856
Detroit. 5,766
New Haven, 5,607
Providence, 5,481
Troy, 5,362
Reading, 3,287
MON:
Philadelphia, 70,198
Brooklyn, 28,919
Baltimore, 26,988
Cincinnati, 20,628
Boston, 16,444
Chicago, 11,634
Buffalo, 11,362
St. Louis, 11,077
Albany, 9,605
THE GAROTE.—This new method of robbery
has been introduced into New York, it hvi
ing been successfully practised upon a prin
ter one night last week. Garroting consists
in seizing a man by the throat and choking
him so that he can give no alarm, while a
confederate rifles his pockets. He is left
strangled and almost senseless, and before
he can get breath, the robbers are beyond
reach. This trick has been all the rage
among the more daring thieves of London
for a year or two past.
SALE OF SLAVER.—Messrs. Goddin & Ap
person sold, Wednesday, by auction, for Mr.
IV. W. Harvie, commissioner, twenty-four
slaves, consisting of men. women and chil
dren, for the agregate sum of $16.170
making an average of each slave of 8673 75.
The highest amount obtained, $1,015, was
for a likely girl, and the lowest amount,
$l2O, was for an aged man.—.Richniond En
quirer.
NORMERN CENTRAL RAILROAD.—On Fri
day a locomotive was run over the Northern
Central Railroad from Harrisburg as far as
Millersburg and the track was found irr
good order. The Harrisburg herald says
that Mr. Reilly, the efficient superintend
ent of the road, is pushing the work upon it
with commendable zeal, and it will not ),e
long until it is completed as far north as the
rich Lykens' valley region.
tay-The Erie City Rank was obliged to
close doors on Wednesday last, at II o'clock,
A. M., on account of the run made upon it.
Its assets are believed to be sufficient for all
its liabilities. The hope is also expressed
that it may be re-opened in a few weeks time.
No Faxitr can afford to be without Mus
tang Liniment in their house. The tunny
accidents we are liable to. may render It
necessary any moment, and nothing is ca
pable of performin,q, such a certain cure.—
( Extract.) "In lifting the kettle from the fire
it caught and scalded my hands and person
very severely—one hand almost to a crisp.
The torture was unbearable. It was an
awful sight. * * * The Mustang Lini
ment appeared to extract the pain almost
immediately. It healed rapidly and left no
scar of account. en AS. FOSTER, 420, Broad
Street, Philadelphia-" It is truly a wonder
ful article. It will cure any case of Swel
ling. Burns. Stiff Joints, Eruptions or Rheu
matism. For horses it ebould never be dis
pensed with. One Dollar's worth of Mus
tang has frequently saved a valuable horse.
It cures Gelds, Sprains, Ringbone, Spavin
and Founder. Beware of imitations. Sold
in all parts of the habitable Globe.
BARNES tt Pang, Proprietors, New-York.
Dec. 13, 1956-Im.
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.—A retired clergy
man, restored to health in a few dam after many
year. of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make
known the means of cure. Will send (free) the pre
netllllloll used. Direct the Rev. John 51. Dagoall, N..,
59 Fulton rtreet. Ilrnok Ty'', N. V.
September 606.4m0s
ID-DR. SANFORD'S INVIGORATOR IP mem.
mended to the Wily.. relying upon its Intrinsic excel—
lence to secure it favor.
For all Batons snacks. it may be truly and safely
relied upon as being fully capable of removing the
dueeases for which it is recommended, and for giving
tone and vigor to the general system.
Its quutmes have been fully tested in a long rue
nice. by the proprietor. Through the urgent solicita
tions of molly, who have used and been benebtted by
it. the proprietor has been induced to place it before
the puble. For all Dillon. Derangement., Sick
Headache. Chronic Diarrhea, Habitual Costiveness,
Bilious Colic, Dyspepsia. Pain in the Stomach and
liinwels. General Debility. Female Weakness, ke.
For sale by druggist. generally, and by Semi Pll-
• • n. Columbia, Pa , and J. A. Wolf, Wrightsville, Pa.
Dp ott & Sons, general agents, Philadelphia—and also
by Sanford ir. Co ,N. Y.
aye, 16504 y