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PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENpENT JOURNAL,
clyca3cft7ivrlax:A..
SAITTDAY, MAY It% 1857.
11E:c.ottaza.--We are authorized to an
nounee George Leamon, of East Lampeter,
u. eandidut.., fur the ottioe of I,?.eeorder,
County sub . jet to the of the
C coa tiou.
Mu 16+;
11;: Sue Y.--We are ltuticirlied to
111111011nel: F. Rove, of 'Providence
candidate fur Sheriff. subject
die t,f the 1 - tii:•u
:d4l' 1L to
TF D --11 T thiA Viril•C, a i).ty u, 'cam
1.1,116;1e A 1,1,1 . 1 . , int ritelitltely.
Vf . .11 , c::r•I, , ri ' N /I.lli i.. - -U.
I :tt':e'hQtuiply ‘nrious
Tille, ;sew cirucery, \Vine,
L'ruf. Stuuch'e Exhi
h:tion; 1.1.1 i: ution imrttylt 1 :Slatrtlitt
t:. Coemytints; Letters of
tidismil.tr.ttiou on the I:st. of Culemnu 4.
Jtull, dee'd.; d, IL litthlealtan, Cooper's
nti
! 'rinctu/o, So.; A. Armstrong, Public
ThQuittb Lloyd, Agent, Franklin Fire
.tuturanct.. Company.
j The ric r, 10: th') pilst wed:, has
linen in g,scd *eaft'aig ord.n., and :A. large
au.ount of I aaaw.r has landed here or passed
down to other markets. We understand,
}towel or. thdt the last ftesbet, although a
r ileavv one, subsid,:d too suddenly to bring
down all .:ea lumber that \las on the a tv.
There are It large number of rafts attach•
ed. to the pier is the titer: and it only needs
fit -1.11i.r extent.i,o to make it the most emit
mo,liutts tilt the Sto.rpthanint for tyint;
kip Limber. The water aromad it is deep,
faellitie. f q. 1.1a.1in : 4 be a ts a l e ex.
1.41 in.witing a nuiaber of ran,
broire fr.mi their ineD..ing.l above the bridge,
/art s.oppe..; at ilit pier, whore they com
pletely tip the channel, fl.‘rtnlitg
bridge nom 41:e ‘llole.
%Z•Mt Wo-tabot, a native of
ria, h lect , trell a few weeks since, will
loom e again in the Preql.yterian Church, ern
t smug: lecture corautetwinz
at a quarter beii.ro. eight o'clock. Subject,
influence ni ti late war to n the lloly
rind the prospe.:...- at Christi:laity in the East.
Ailuaitte.llC': free. o.ilk lion will be taken
tip, to aid hint in his 1 , r0fe,,4i. , nal studies, at
the close of the lecture.
Mr. Wortabet it exycte ‘ i to lecture on
Missions in Syria the :•. , ine \ pla,..e, on Sab
bath evening.
411ZA.11.1. .MAGAZINT.—This favorite Phil
adelphia monthly for .lane, is again ahead
of all competitors.
The pre.ent number is capita\
twining touch of the pleasat.; gossi
pears to have become an — institutioi
the mag::.!i»es. ?Ir. Leland ilvotir;
pleaeantly iu his "ca: -, y talk;" ja
New York is delightful; anti inakkt ut
(painted with cone nntabilities scot
ing,
Itrvirtv.-IVe haveinst rt
:elver) from the Amerlean ra•pu`dishe•t; n
the Iteviews, Leotaird Scott Co., N. &.,
the Irestniiioter for the current quarter.--
Its contents are, Pre , :ent Stato or The. - dogy
in Certnan:.: The Hindu Drama; Gunliew
der, and its Etreck on Cul Hu:aim - it Glaciers
and Glacier 'rheuriow. Pntgtess, its Law and
Danuliisn Principalities; Litera
t ore arid j Clllll.l and the Chinese,
Li!erattne.
Lf•a • 4 IllllktratCa
Mcaival, Snreicel, and Scientific
v,efthy the attention of
nictlical men. It cruae.iis t h e full titles of
the iiemAt..‘l, and c.luahlp medical and
tlett firm,
i.e illustrations of each
wiil4(4lN-red for the
bellVtit of (10' 1.t.1114•Intl /LP.
t. - otgb, •low. ,-tllebt;tted
r•it Motilty tiightrieV.
at the i'te,,hyter:att Cheteh. The thort4
ill bc. 'Ton ;NI 7' ; 1...,-tttre to eom-
I'Lof I'. Slimell will ;tile, on Mitre
d:ly (11 , 11 . 111:4 114“., l' , llllic exhibition of the
hi dancing. It is
112 EL. jut enile chess
re:tc.tice, Litt from the pre.gress 'uncle at that
tinge %NC anticipate a graceful and creditn-
1'124. T. , 2 2 . . 1 ID:VIC,. 4 , 11 tide o'CllSioll
V;Bol• Enwstms, who was snelt a ra
ice in I „tar perfortmmee of - Going
Bound the It am, - ...cleat here with Sharp
-1..,'s Troupe, Itm, 'wen deliqhting the Mari
ettiens wi.h a eotepse:„. of his own gettin7,
tin . I rogi es a I:em•ert Imre .M.matly night
in the Odd whiett he announ
ces r...) he the toll:. mir previ. , tim to his de
parture for Baltimore, when he will go
Boot.; the Ilona" as tzstml. Iv hear him.
A \.l 01 t r, Ittor.—A riot ocent-rr , l at [Lk
1 . :1.. ,ot 144:relay Itt , t. it appears
that :11_ t attorney of Blair county
and tilo repirters had become
otiensii .1 I, , rti , lll"c OP . citiicaaof that
town in eon' , , t iv•ti , - ow• rPp4-ters nailing
the plaee a • out-11..51-e io•vca." tl9ai't
ettd•••3 rersrmal Oanity, - 2; , ‘ to any one.
96. The q;”veriffir tlke Lill au
thorizing the C,,lumbia Bank to e:it.tblish a
branch in LancastPr, on t.1 , ...,r,c1und of infor
mality., in the applicatlor.
The bill incorporating the, Columbia and
Reading Railroad, has paseed both houses,
nod avraits the Governor's signature.
jpiir•Nl rs. Cunningham, triad fcr the rzur.
der of Dr. Burden, has been acquitted. John
J. Eckel has been released on his own recog
nizance.
McKim has been convicted at Altoona, of
the murder of Norcrnm and ftentenced to
death
The Overla4 Route to Philadelphia.
Is the public acquainted with this route?
Are our readers generally aware of the fact,
that the old monotonous ride over the state
Road can be most delightfully varied?
One day last weer, in the earnest pursuit
of •knowledge, we wandered off from the
main road at DoWningtown, and reached
Philadelphia by way of Westchester. Ah,
the good old days of stages! We rode seven
miles, in one of these primitive vehicles, in
the comparatively moderate period of two
I hours and thirty-five minutes, schedule time.
Of course, the weather being unfit for out
side
passengers, there were more than could
be comfortably accommodated inside; but
equally of course, all were coaxed in, the
doors forced shut, and the whole hermeti
i cally sealed by closing the windows and but-
I toning down the curtains.
The progress of the vehi,le was such as
afford every advantage to the inquiring
mind, fur obtaining a complete topographi
cal 'knowledge of the country; but from the
limited nature of the view through the bulls
eye in the curtain, and with the blinding
torrents of ruin outside—to say nothing of
the foggy atmosphere within—we are only
able to record of the region between Down
ingtown and Westchester, that, while there
is no lack of water, an awful drought pre
vails along the road. Having no previous
knowlege of this fact, we neglected a pre
caution that seemed general with our fellow
passengers, who were, as a rule, fortified
with a pecket "epis,"
The road, when net hub-deep with mud,
on the fiat, along tare creek, climbed endless
and wearisome billet when publie-spirited
and humane passengers alighted, and pre
pared for a not unlikely emergency, a IT-
N ersc action of the machinery.
However, we reached Westchester at last,
and, after circulation was restored, and we
began to have free use of our limbs, armed
with our "cotton," we wandered round in
quiringly. The town, as far as we saw,
heats us for mud, but we have the advan
tage of it in crossings—ours being far the
most perilous during. a "fresh" in the gut-
I era.
Our time being limited to a couple of
hour'., n'e naturally acqUired a thorough
knowledge of the manners and customs of
the people; and feel ourselves competent to
speak at length, thereon; but will confine
comment to a few of the more prominent
characteristics.
Like the natives of Lancaster. during
court week every other inhabitant sells pea
nuts; and as all litigants, witnesses, and
jurors, consume this subterranean luxury,
the trade is probably a remunerative one.—
As we sat in the cars, before starting for
Philadelphia, we made a mental men., "All
travelers by car from Westchester, cat cream
candy," and were about seeking an oppor
tunity to invest, when an irruption of drab
forced us to add, as a supplementary clause,
"except Quakers; and nine-tenths of the
travelers are Friends." So wo suppressed
1 our excited desire for sweetmeats, and got
up a little private Moral drama of self-de
nial, with a heroism not exhibited by us
since our early practice of the same virtue
before "Pappy Sharp's" window, during a
temporary financial crisis in our juvenile
trowscrs exchequer. We being a "Friend,"
could not consistently eat cream candy with
the; worldly.
In broad contrast with the peaceful ma
jority of the cargo, a large prOportion of the
`minority were "men of wrath;" constituent
warts of that bulwark of American liberties,
olunteer force. They rejoiced in the
utl characteristics of the mud-pie soldier,
hair, resplendent plumage, and a gene
mcifico-bellicose exproesion of coun
tenet ce; and shared with our noble regu
lars, who have so recently exterminated
i !Ile 1. owlegs, the privilege of spotting the
regalet m corn which so pleasantly exposes
the pets n in marching before a high wind.
Tito d tot et Westchester is most agree
bly to ate I next a horse stable, with ventila
torA g from the latter. The ears
strongly r minded us of those venerable
and Sal ery vehicles that, until recently,
plied how u.. ' ;l/1 Culumbia and Lancaster, in
the mot -a:og imd night lines. With a rare
spirit of accommodation, the cars, after
starting, ale run up and down the streets,
1 stopping for passengers on hail, like an
omnibus. This precludes the possibility of
lug left behind.
After the last eelttetant traveler had been
revel:' I upon I'. get aboard, we went off
at a verb fair spevd. The stoppages were
reasonably fl4.squerbt, and we dropped, here
a Plain mat, 'r beanet with impervious
quilted cover, (it wse a wet day,) looking
like a Conestoga wegrm, there a volunteer
in all his glory. We autieed that the latter
was wisely deprived of :'is offensive weap
one, but, instead, each now carried a fresh
shad; and, as far as we could judge, the
size of the fish was graduated tt, the rank of
the warrior; the commtveding oftieer rejoic
ing in one that might have been caaght un
der our dam, while the dr.tunner wielded
what we took to be two number !sixteen
mackerel, in brown paper.
We enjoyed a beautiful view of the great
Chester Valley, while riding to thejunetion.
The road keeps the top of the ridge; and,
forgetful of the useless climbing of the Mate
load up to the plateau, we were wondering
when we should commence descending to
it, when the telegraph poles appeared rising
gradually from the valley, and we soon
Istruck the old rails, and rushed over famil
iar ground to the city.
1 We can cordially recommend this rather
1 1 circuitous route, to the traveling public; and
those having plenty of time, and, like our-
salve', placidity of temper, will do well to
try it.
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Ent - main, CnANcre.—Andrew Hopkins,
Esq., htNing been appointed to a government
office in the west, has retired from the edi
torship of the Harrisburg Patriot and Union,
and is succeeded by It. J. Haldeman, Esq.
Thomas J. Keenan, of the Pittsburg
Weekly Union, has also retired from edito
rial life. John 11. Bailey .l Co. are his suc
cessors.
Ercurius Beatty, Esq.. we perceive by his
valedictory. has retired from the Carlisle
Ewald. Mr. Wm. 3f. Porter has purchased
the paper and will be its future editor.
For the Cobenthie Spy.
Tko e6lnlnbia Mannfactisring Company
it is sincerely hoped, that the citizens of
;Columbia, will not let slip the opportunity
of subscribing stock and organizing this
company as soon as possible. The interests
of the Borough, require tbat something
should be speedily done to eve employ
ment to the worthy mechanic, and a stir to
business, that has been long overlooked.
It will not be unworthy the consideration
of all those subscribing stock, that they de
termitic to keep the control of the affairs of
this Company in the hands of our own citi
zens, and not permit btrangers, resident
abroad, to usurp the management as is the
case with the Gas Company, the managers
of which, seem to do as they please, and
neither make dividends, nor Furnish any
account of their doings to the stockholders;
but act as if they were sole owners and en
tirely irresponsible to any one.
The citizens of Columbia ought, therefore,
to own a majority of the shares subscribed;
and no arrangement should be made with
any man or company that will divest them
of the management. Cottnam.
TUE MAIN LINE:—In cast the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company becoMes the pur•
chaser of the Main Line, which will no
doubt be the ease, the price to be paid will
be nine millions of dollars, of which $lOO,-
000 is to be deposited with the bid, and the
entire payment is to be made in five per
cent. bonds of the Company, the interest of
which is to be paid semi-annually. Of these
bonds, $lOO,OOO will fall due July 31st,
1858, and $lOO,OOO annually thereafter un
til July 31st, 1890, when $1,000,000 will
fall due, and $1,000,000 annually thereafter
till the whole is paid. In case any other
parties than the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany purchase it, the price will be seven
and a half millions. The act requires the
Governor to advertise the sale within ten
days after he approves the act, and to fix
the day of sale not more than forty days
after the passage of the act.
The tenth section of the act provides that
the purchasers shall have power and au
thority to own and employ locomotive en
gines, cars, boats and horses, and to convey
passengers and freight, of whatsoever de
scription, within reasonable time after pos
session is taken of the works or any portion
thereof, and charge and receive tolls and
fare fur the passage and transportation of
persons and freight, and to have excluaive
right to furnish all the motive power on
said railroad—Provided, That all persons
with cars, horses, boats and freight may
pass over said works, they paying tolls there
for, and the use of said works shall be gov
erned by such general rules and regulations
as said purchasers may from time to time
ordain. No discrimination in tolls or charg
es, or in priority of passage through the
locks shall ever be made against any boats
or tonnage passing through to or from the
Susquehanna division of the Pennsylvania
Canal. The rate of toll on freight or ton
nage over the said canal, from the junction
to Columbia, coming from the North and
West Branch and Susquehanne:„canals, shall
not at any time be greater than the toll now
charged as per toll sheet heretofiire publish
ed by the Canal Commissioners for the year
1857. The purchasers to keep 'open the'
present connection at Columbia and Middle
town with the Susquehanna, Tide Water
and Union Canals, and at no time to dis
criminate against the trade or tonnage pass
ing to or from the said canals; neither shall
they at any time charge more for botits or
other crafts passing the out-let locks ati Co
lumbia and Middletown, than is now charg
ed for the passage of boats or similar crafts
through other olit-let locks owned by the
Commonwealth.
Accinvir.--An old man named Jesse
Kneer, a brakesman on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, met with a serious accident on
Saturday afternoon, between Dillerville and
the Little Conestoga bridge. Ho slipped
between two bumpers, and was dragged
nearly a mile, when he left go his hold on
the bumpers, and fell between the rails.—
The whole train ran over bin, the brake bars
catching his buck. Singular as it may ap
pear, none of his bones were broken. lie
was severely bruised and cut. The train
following the one he was on discovered him,
and took him to Columbia where he resides.
—lnland Daily.
We understand that the injuries suffered
were nut dangerous, and that Mr. Kneer is
improving.
County Superintendents
We learn from our exchanges the election
of the following Superintendents, and their
salaries:
Lancaster, John S. Crumbaugh, $l5OO
perks, Win. Goode, 912
Bucks, Wm. 11. Johnson, 1000
Montgomery, Dr. 11. Acker, 900
Luzorne, J. L. Richardson, 800
Westmorel'd, Jas. It. McAbee, 800
Lebanon, John IL Cludge, 760
Northampton, Hilburn, 600
Adams, Wm. L. Campbell, 400
Chester, Dr. Frank Taylor, 1000
York, Dr. Blair, 1000
Washington, J. 11. Longdon, 800
Blair, John Dean, GOO
Beaver, It. V. Avery, 350
Butler, Thos. Ralph, 300
Somerset, J. K. Miller, 475
1 Lawrence, Thos. Berry, 500
nemer, C. W. Gilfellan, 600
Columbiii, Wm. Burgess, 400
Snyder, Dan'l S. Boyer, 200
Union, David Ileckendom, 600
Tna "Hoc D l SEABE."—According to a
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
the hogs that die of what is termed "hog
cholera" arc, in the western towns, con
verted into lard oil, as the most profitable I
use to which they can ho put. The disease
attacks the young dock, and generally ex
hibits itself after their feeding on stilt slops.
frogs dying of it cannot he salted, as no
amount of salt will preserve their flesh. If
exposed for sale it must be as fresh pork.—
Any animal dying from disease in its blood
cannot be dressed and have 10 healthy ap
pearance. Any such meat exposed for sale
can be detected by its dark and unusual
color, Bed it is against such meat, supplied
from sources nearer home, that theientutnu
nity should he on their guard,
Arrest of Judge Vendersmith.
This morning about seren o'clock, Daniel
B. Vondersmith was arrested by Deputy
Marshals Jenkins did Johnson, and kept
in their custody at Hopple's hotel until this
afternoon, when they took him down to
Philadelphia, there to await his trial upon
several indictMents which have been pend
ing against him for over two years, for forg
ing land warrants.
It will be recollected that in the early
part of 1859, Mr. Vondersmith. then ono of
the Associate Judges of the Court of Quar
ter Sessions, and George Ford, Esq., one of
the most prominent members of the Lan
caster Bar, charged with a similar offense,
both forfeited their bail and left for parts
unknown. Vondersmith went to Europe,
via New York, having been escorted from
this city to Philadelphia by some friends in
a sleigh, and after traveling and sojourning
in Europe for over two years, returned to
New York souse time last Fall or Summer,
and eventually ventured home again, where
he has been since last September. His pres
ence at home was not generally known for
a long time, bet of late he had become less
cautions, and rentured out to visit some of
his neighbors in day-light. Ile had also
commenced fixing up the beautiful grounds
connected with his residence, placing his
favorite flowers in the Summer-house, and
had introduced the water into the fountain
in his garden, the pipes having been torn
up or disarranged while he Was making the
tour of Europe. These arrangements look
ed as if he vas making preparations for a
permanent residence in his old home, and
one, to see him there, would hardly have
supposed that ho was liable at any moment
to be snatched up by a United States official
and transferred from that pleasant retreat
to the gloom of Moyamensing prison.
We have been looking for this arrest for
some time past—although the Judge and
some of his friends insisted that "the mat
ter" had all been "arranged" with the Uni
ted States officials. Certain domestic diffi
culties in which he played a prominent part
and formed the hero of a vast amount of pri
vete scandal among gossips, gave him a
dangerous notoriety, and made him enemies
in quarters where he least suspected them
to exist; and the United States authorities,
having a knowledge of his whereabouts,
owed it to themselves to Make the arrest.—
While we rejoice in the fall of no man, there
is no reason why a man occupying so high
a position as that from which Judge Von
dersmith fell, should not pass through the
same ordeal of justice that would be imposed
with so much promptness upon some poor
and friendless girl for stealing a few can
dies and dry goods.
We understand that Deputy Marshals
Jenkins and Johnson were up on Friday
last, and made arrangements with ox-con
stable John Conner for Vondersmith's ar
rest. They then returned to Philadelphia
and came back this morning. In the mean
time, Conner, had the premises "reconnoi
tered" yesterday, and introduced the officers
this morning through the back yard into
the garden where they found their prisoner
on his knees, with trowel in hand, dressing
up a flower bed.
It was the design to .take him down in the
eleven o'clock train, but the Judge did not
get his trunks packed in time. There was
a largo crowd collected at the depot this af
ternoon to see him off.—E.rpress, May 12.
EDUCATIONAL—VISITS OF THE COUNTY SU
PERINTENDENT.—EdUCSIIODa Meetings will
be held in the following School Districts, at
the times hereinafter specified:
Little Britain, Tuesday, the 10th, at 3
o'clock, at the new school house, Poplar
Grove.
Fulton, Wednesday, the 20th, at 3 P. M.,
at the Rock Spring School.
Druroore, Thursday, the 21st, at 2 M., at
Chesnut Level,
Pequoa,
Conestoga and Conestoga Centre, Friday
evening, the 22d, in the Methodist Church,
It, candle light.
Manor, Monday, the 25th, at 3 P. M., at
the Prospect Hill School, and in the evening
in Washington borough, at candle light.
Rest lietupfield, Tuesday, the 26th, in
the e,vening.
Meuntville, at candle light.
Manheim twp., Wednesday, 27th, in the
evening'.
NefNvi le.
West Earl. [The blanks will bo filled this
week.
Earl,
East Lbmpeter, Saturday, the 30th, at
2 P. M., at \ Entorprize.
\ . .
ANOTHER VICTIL—No clip the following
from the Ilariisburg Daily 2Elegraph.
J. M. B. Petrikin, a member of the House
of Representatives from Lycoming county,
is now lying in a critical condition at Bueh
ler's hotel. Ho is one of the victims of the
"National epidemic," and his recovery is
very doubtful. It is a mystery to us that
such a horrible crime as was perpetrated in
Washington, by which so many lives have
been, and doubtless yet will be sacrificed,
should escape detection. That the disease
originated from impure atmosphere we don't
believe—our first impression was that it was
a deliberate attempt to poison the President
and others, and all that has since come to
light has tended to strengthen that belief.—
We believe in the divine declaration that
the murderer shall not go unpunished, and
shall not disbelieve its truth in this instance.
Hale and hearty men of our own and other
States have fallen victims already, and an
other is now lying in our midst on the verge
of the grave. Justice may be slow but it is
none the less certain, and though the crimi
nals may for a while escape, eventually they
will find themselves in its scales, and as the
weight falls their punishment will be.
TUE, ' MORMONS lynx ncrer.—The Deseret
/Vele:, Brigham Young's organ, assumes a
defiant and warlike tone, declares that the
principle of squatter sorreignty shall be vin
dicated by the Mormons, and that under it
the people of Utah have the right to choose
their own rulers and model their own insti
tutions, without regard to the general gov
ernment. The Colonel of the let Invinci
bias advertises a school for the Legion, where
the poor will be taught the infantry and
eavalrydial free. President Kimball, boast
ing of "what the Lord had done fot him,"
in an exhortation, said he had twenty-three
boys living, ten dead, and lots of girls,
RIOT IN CLEARFIELD COIINTY.—On Friday
last, a desperate affray took place between
the raftmen and log-floaters engaged in
their different vocations on Clearfield Creek.
It occurred at a point called Driftwood Isl
and, and resulted in the severe wounding
of five logmen, and the ,dtstruction of a
quantity of provisions, tools, &c. The fol
lowing persons were injured:
Geo. Chandler, shot m the back.
.T. F. Parsons, shot in both legs.
David Cameron, shot in both legs.
Geo. Miller, shot in forehead and hands.
A Frenchman, name unknown, was also
shot.
The logmen were completely routed, the
raftmen being well supplied with firearms,
and horsed to desperation by long suffering,
having resolved to win the field or die.—
Immediately after the rout of their adver
saries, the victors betook themselves to the
destruction of their property, tearing down
their cabin, destroying their boats, three in
number, and throwing their provisions into
the creek. They then burnt the tools of the
logmen, throwing the iron portions into the
water. None of the raftmen were injured,
so far as we have heard.
This outbreak was not unexpected, but
has long been feared by the peace-loving
citizens of Clearfield. The two parties have
long maintained a threatening position to
wards each other, and the affair we have
recorded is but the natural consequence of
long standing animosity. The raftsmen
have suffered great inconvenience from the
running of loose logs, and have made re
peated crofts to prevent it; while the log
floaters, deeming their pursuit perfectly le
gal and honest, have persisted in their
course. But the matter has now come to a
crisis, and the time has arrived when the
strong arm of the law must interfere to pre
vent the recurrence of such scenes hereafter.
The contest of physical strength has now
commenced, and until the difficulty is finally
settled, Clearfield will be a miniature Kan
sas, and the fights between the opposing
parties will be as frequent and sanguinary
as the feuds with which that Territory was
recently distracted.
A bill to prohibit log-floating has been
for some time before the Legislature, and
we hope some definite action will soon be
taken on the subject. As the ease now
stands, neither party understands their real
position, each deeming the other wrong,
and looking upon themselves as much agriev
ed and injured. This state of affairs should
be no longer permitted to exist, and the
only way to end it is to dispose of the bill
now pending at Harrisburg.
Pass the bill or kill it, gentlemen of tho
Legislature, and the people of Clearfield
will abide by your decision, be that what it
may.—Tyrone Herald.
Latest from California
A bill had passed the California Assem
bly appointing a Board of Examiners to
fund the indebtedness of San Francisco ac
cruing previous to July, 1855.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee, by
direction of the Assembly, reported a bill
preventing the immigration of colored per
sons to the State. The bill will probably
pass. •
The Senate had passed the bill to submit
the Isayment of the state debt to the people.
The mining news is very favorable but
business was dull.
It is generally thought that the people of
Oregon will adopt a State form of govern-
ment and a Constitution prohibiting slavery.
A report was prevalent at Carson Valley
that Brigham Young had been compelled
to flee from Salt Lake to savhimsell from
the fury of his flock.
Mr. Fletcher the United States Consul at
Aspinwall, has returned to Panama, and
issued a proclamation prohibiting the entry
of adventurers who have taken or intend to
take part in the Central American war, into
Panama.
The dates from Bogota are to April 7th.
Senor Ansemana had introduced a project
into the Chamber of Representatives for
placing the Isthmus of Panama under the
protection of N. Grenada, England, France,
the United States and Sardinia.
The Havana correspondent of the True
Delta says that a private letter has been re
ceived stating that Gen. Walker had evacu
ated Rivas, and had taken refuge on board
a British man-of-war at San Juan del Sur.
IVAserNoToN, May 13.—Fayette McMul
len has been appointed Governor of the
Territory of Washington in the place of Mr.
Anderson, declined.
The letter received from Mr. McCulloch's
deputy Marshal, merely expresses a belieT
that the Major "who was not at home,"
will accept the Governorship of Utah.
National Safety Saving Fund
It has long been our intention to make
some remarks in relation to the Saving Fund
system in general, which has been product
ive of such great public advantage, both in
Europe and in this country, but at present,
we have only room to give a few suggestions
in relation to the Safety Fund of the Na
tional Safety Trust Company.
This old and well established institution
has acquired such a high reputation, that a
great many of our wealthy citizens have se
lected it as the best place in which to de
posit
their money, and people who have
large sums which it is desired should be
kept with a special regard to security, often
come from a great distance to put their
money in the Saving Fund, where the depos
itor gets interest for it, and from which he
can obtain it again at any moment it is
called for. It will be readily understood
that an institution which confines its busi
ness entirely to receiving money on interest,
and which has nearly a million and a half
of dollars. all in Real Estate, Mortgages,
Ground Rents, and other, first class securi
ties, as required by the charter, possesses
elements which no train of circumstances
can shake, and which will never fail to com
mand the confidence of people, who do busi
ness with it. The office is in Walnut street,
south-west corner of Third, Philadelphia.—
Fitzgerald's City Item, Phila.
TUE MARRIAGE Cosraacr—:--Loox Oar,
Guam! BEWARE, YE Bors!—A case of breach
of promise of marriage has roeently been
tried at Rochester, New York, (a great
place, by the way, for novelties,) in which
the following is given as the substance of
the Judge's charge to the Jury:
"The Judge charged that it was not ne
cessary to maintain the existence of a pro
mise of marriage to prove that defendant in
express words or terms made a promise to
plaintiff. Any cireumstanceswhich usually
accompany parties while holding the rela
tion of an engagement of marriage, might
properly be laid before a jury, and if suffi
cient to warrant the opinion that such an
engagement existed, it was all the Jaw re
quired. It is not necessary that there should
be a promise ofmscrriage in direct phraseology
—no formal promise is required. Frequent
visits of the parties—retiring from the soci
ety of others—seeking to be apart by them
selves—expressions of attachment—presents
—going together to places of amusement—
walks and occasional remarks in hearing of,
others, are circumstances usually relied
upon to prove that a marriage engagement
exists, and if such are strong enough to
produce conviction upon the mind, they are
all that is necessary to answer the law."
GLEANINGS FROM GB.AIIAN
As we write, the minters are at'work coin
ing three millions of the new cents, and by
the time that this June number of Graham
has floated over the country, the little shi
ners will also have burst headlong into the
pockets of the people in an overwhelming
tide of—nickel. By the way—nothing
like speaking betimes, you know--how
would it do to give the new cents a still
newer name? The old soldiers were always
called "coppers," and by analogy, we pro
pose to call the new recruits "nickels," to be
shortened to "nicks" or "nix." Should the
the term"take," we may expect to hear the
popular expression, "nix come arouse" ap
plied by gentlemen to such refractory "nick
els" as persist in hiding in a corner of the
pocket—or by creditors to debtors. The
New Yorkers may call them "Knicks," and
we have no doubt that in a few years some
ingenious antiquary will prove that the term
wag derived from Knickerbocker. By-and
bye, there will be a fresh coinage of them in
1858, when they will be ingeniously divided
into Old Nicks and Young Nicks. Let the
world say what it will to our proposition, it
cannot be denied that it is a very perfect
nick-name. "Lel us depart," as the boy said
to the salad.
The Nagadoches Chronicle very gravely
asks, why a boy in corsets is like Texas?
and at once proceeds to answer the question,
by saying it is because he has a Gal-vest-on.
The "annexed". tarns up in the ever-live
ly and spirited Philadelphia Transcript:—
"SxnrmPixo.—The greatest parsimony in
the matter of names, occurred a few years
ago in a countr y y village of our acquaintance.
A woman, quite noted for skrimping her
husband, as well as her children, having a
child some two or three mouths old, was
called upon by a neighbor one winter day,
and the conversation between the two wo
men, naturally enough, turned upon domes
tic matters. Amongst other things, the
name of the infant was asked. The mother
at once replied,' Oh, la, Mrs. C., we haven't
given it any name yet. I kind o' thought
I would wait and see if it would winter
through.'
It is said that the difference between
a balloon and a dandy is, that the one is poll!
so light, while the other is so polite.
SIMPLICITY OF Examen DRESS.—In the
families of many of the nobility and gentry
of England, possessing an annual income
which, of itself, would be an ample fortune,
there is greater economy of dress, and more
simplicity in the furnishing of the dwelling,
than there is in many of the houses of our
citizens, who are barely able to supply the
wants of their families by the closest atten
tion to their business. A friend of ours,
who sojourned, not long since, several
months in the vicinity of some of the wealthy
landed aristocracy of England, whose ample
rent-rolls would have warranted a high style
of fashion, was surprised at the simplicity
of manners practised. Servants were much
more numerous than with us, but the ladies
made more of one silk dress than would be
I thought here of a dozen. They were gene
rally clothed in good substantial stuffs and
a display of fine clothing and jewelry was
reserved for great occasions. The furniture
of the mansions, instead of being turned out
of doors every few years, for new and fash
ionable styles, was the same which the an
cestors of the families for several generations
had possessed—substantial and in excellent
preservation, but plain, and without any
pretensions to elegance. Even the carpets,
on many suites of parlors, had been on the
floors fifty years, and were expected to do
service for another half century. With us
how different is the state of things! We
are wasting an amount of wealth in this
country, on show and fashion, which, if
rightly applied would renovate the condi
tion of the whole population of the world,
and Christianize, civilize and educate, all
mankind.—Calender.
YANKEE FIGHTING.—The memoir of Sir
Charles Napier, just published in England,
contains many passages interesting to Amer
icans. We select a couple of paragraphs:
When at Bermuda; in 1813, with his reg
iments, Col. Napier, writing to his mother)
says: "Two packets are due, and we fear
they have been taken, for the Yankees swarm
here; and when a frigate goes out to drive
them off, by Jove they take her! Yankcep
- fight well, and are gentlemen in their mode
of warfare. Decatur refused Cardon's sword
saying; "Sir, you have used it so well, I
should be ashamed to take it from you."—
These Yankees, though so much abused, are
really fine fellows. One, an acquaintance
of mine, has just got the Macedonian; he
was here a prisoner, and dined with tee; he
had taken ono of our ships, but was himself
captured by the Poictiers, seventy-four; being
now in an English frigate, if he meets us we
must take him, or we are no longer sover
eigns on the ocean.
Prom Bermuda, Charles Napier sailed for
America, and became engaged in some of
the daring and disasrtous operations carried
on against the Americans by the Govern.
meat over which King George 111. exercised
a despotic power. The bush method of war
fare struck him as cowardly, and as for the
system of loading cannon to the mouth with
odds and ends of old iron, it was his abhor
rence:—"Seven thousand men are at Balti
more, and we have no such force; still my
opinion is, that if we tuck up our sleeves
and lay our ears back we may thrash them;
that is if we catch them out of their trees,
so as to slap at them with the bayonet. They
will not stand that. But they fight unfairly,
firing jagged pieces of iron and every sort of
devilment, nails, broken pokers, old locks of
guns, gun barrels, everything that will do
mischief. On board a twenty gun ship that
we took, I found this sort of ammunition reg
ularly prepared. This is wrong. Man
delights to be killed according is the law of
nations; and nothing so pleasant or correct;
but to be doused against all rule is quite
offensive. Why don't they kick like gentle
men. A. 24 lb shot in the stomach is fine;
we die heroically; but a brass candlestick for
stuffing, with a garnish of rusty twopenny
nails makes us die ungenteelly, and with the
ebolic."
Bay-We are authorized to announce Igr.
JAY CADWELL, of Lancaster, as a candidate
'for the office of Sheriff, subject to the de
ttision of the Union County Convention.
Alay 1857.-tc.
LOVE IN CLllNA.—Meadows' history of
the Chinese and their rebellions, lately pub
!jelled in London, is the most philosophic
work which has yet appeared on the Chi
nese. A chapter on love contains the fol
lowing story:
A Chinese who had been deeply disap
pointed in marriage and had grievously suf
fered through women in many other ways—
retired with his infant son to the peak of a
mountain range in Kweichoo, to a spot
quite inaccessible to the little footed Chinese
women. lie trained the boy to worship the
gods and stand up in awe and abhorrence
of the devils, but never mentioned women
to him, and always descended the mountain
alone to buy food. At length, however, the
infirmities of age compelled him to take the
young man with him to carry the heavy
bag of rice. As they were leaving the mar
ket town together, the son evidently stopped
short, and pointing to three approaching
objects cried—" Father, what are these
things? Look! lookl what are they?" The
father answered, with a peremptory order—
" Turn away your head; they are devils!"
The son in some alarm turned away, nos
tieing that the evil things were gating at
him from behind their fans. He walked to
the mountain top in silence, ate no supper,
and from that day lost his appetite and waa
afflicted with melancholy. For some time
his anxious and puzzled parent could get no
satisfactory answer to his inquiries, but tit
length the young man burst out, crying
with inexrlicable pain—"Oh, father, that
tallest devil—that tallest devil—father."
I>x ,Rev. Mr. S. was preaching in one of
the Methodist Episcopal Churches in this
city, and there was in attendance A good
Methodist brother, very much given to re
sponses. Sometimes those responses were
not exactly appropriate, but they were al
- well meant. The preacher, usually
lucid, was rather perplexed and felt it him
self. He labored through his first part, and
then said:
"Brethren, I have now reached the con
clusion of my first point."
"Thank God!" piously ejaculated the old
man, who sat before him, profoundly inter
ested. The unexpected response, and the
suggestive power of it, so confused the
preacher that it was with difficulty ho could
rally himself to a continuance of his dis
course.
Zts3".We are authorized to announce that
CURISTIAN SHENK, of the City of Lancaster,
will be a candidate for the office of Sheriff,
subject to the decision of the Union County
Convention. '
May 2, 1857.—tc.
PROTIIONOTARY.—We are authorized to
announce that PETER MARTIN, of Clay twp.,
will be a candidate for the office of Prothono
tary, subject to the decision of the Union
Conn ty Conven tion.
April 25, 1857-tc.
CLERK or QUARTER SESSIONS.—WC are au
thorized to announce, that SAMUEL EvAxs of
Columbia, will be a candidate for the office
of Clerk of Quarter Sessions, subject to the
decisions of the Union County Convention.
WOOD'S HAIR RTE.—This admirable article in
rapidly improving the hair. No article of a similar
hind, now before the public,
.enjoys it better reputa
tion us a restorative and invigorating hair tonic. Its
peculiar chemical qualities have a beneficial effect
upon the growth and character of the hair, giving to
o thy and glossy texture to that which was formerly
of a coarse and dry nature. It has also. we under
stand. a tendency to preserve the youthful color and
appearance of the hair, and destroying or counteract
ing the effects of age. With each recommendations
in its favor we hardly perceive howany lady or gen
tleman should be without so valuable an adjunct in
their toilet The article may be had of the Druggists
throughout the country.—AUssouri Democrat.
Itlay 9, 199743,
COYIPLETS CURE 01: PILES, ♦an HUMOR 01 , rue BLOOD
• • .
110111 Cr. March 27, 1655.
I'. V. R. Coventry & Co.: Gents-1 have been trou
bled for a long tune with the Bloody Piles, Those who
have been thus afflicted will know the pain and misery
I have suffered. And further than this, I had always
sores in my mouth. and an itching humor on my back
A friend of mine iii Auburn advised me to use "Bath's
American Compound," the most successful medicine
ever introduced. I tried it; two dollars worth of it (two
bottles, has cured me entirely. I will. with pleasure,
any Mutinies regarding my case.
ISAAC SMITH,
Formerly an officer in the Auburn Penitentiary.
Bath's American Compound owes its sUcCess to
the intrinsic curative properties of the vegetaidr,
which compose it. It eonisiiis a Compound Fluid
Extract of Brach Drop or Cancer Root,' , now first given
to the Public, but long krown to the Indians as a never
failing cure for Seroiulas, Consumption, Humors of
the Blood. slid chronic di•ehses in any part of the
system. This inedieine can now be had of all
Me dealers in the United States and Canada. See
advertisement in another column.
April 15, 1b57-2in
WHITE TEEM, PERFUMED BREATH AND lIRACTIFTL
Commaxins—can be nequirnd by uningthe...taim of
a Thousand Flowers." What lady or gentleman
would remain under the curse or a dinagreeable
breath, when by uning the "BALM OF A TRODRAND
FLOWER+ . as a dentifrice , would not only render it
sweet, but leave the teeth white an alabaster? Many
persons do not bow their breath is bad. and the nub
)eet is so delicate their friends wall never mention it.
Beware of counterfeits. Be Aare each bottle in sign
ed FETRIDGEdc CO., N. Y.
For mule by all druggi.tb.
Feb. 1.1.6me0w
Cip Barfittg.
COLITZ&B2 I B
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do 13 00
2il Common do 18 00
Ist Common do 30 00
Pannel do 36 00
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00
Do do do long lengths, 13 00
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, S 2 0046 300
Shingles, 12 00@18 00
PHILADELPHIA NAEXETS.
Amt.—We quote Flour at from $7,37 to
$7,G2 forgood and choke brands, and $7,750
8,25 for extra and fancy lots, as in quality.
Corn Meal is in better demand, and 1500
bbls. Penna. Meal sold at $3,56, and 300
bbls. Brandywine at $3,85 per bbl. Rye
Flour is firm at the late advance, the last
sales were at $4,62 per bbl.
WHEAT.—SmaII lots of good red sold ear
ly in the day at $1,83, and about 2500 bush.
good white at $1,88®1,90e afloat. Rye has
advanced, and sales of 1500 bush. Penna.,
have been made at 100 c. Corn—We quota,
Southern and Pennsylvania, at 82c. Oats—
Some 6000 bush. POHEIR., and Delaware
have been disposed of, part to arrive, at 58 .
®59c., afloat.
Wutsxxv is better, hhds having been sold,
at 32 cts., but are held at 33®34 ets., the
latter for prison with small sal ea. —.2V . • A meri-.
can, May 14.
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Flom—Extra Flour is firm at $7,50 for.
Western, $7,62}®57,75 for Howard Street,
and $7,75®58 per bbl. for City Mills. 11. ye
Flour could be sold at $5 per bbl. There is,
however, no stock in market. Corn Meal
has advanced. We note a sale of 100 bbl..
country at $3,50, and we quote City Mills
at $4 per bbl:
G RAIN.-Wheat continues very firm. There
were some 2000 bushels white at market to
day, most of which was sold at $1,80®51,86,
cts., for good to prime lots. We quote reds
at $1,70®51,75 eta., for fair to good, and
$l.BO cts. for prime. Yellow Corn sold at
77®82 cts., and white at 77®79 cts. fuc
fair to good, and a lot of 2000 bushels prune
brought 80 cts. We quote Pennsylvania
Rye at 97 ets., and Virginia Oats at 48049
cents.
Wntszair.—We have reported to-day sales
of 200 bbls. City Whiskey at 33 cm., and of
50 bbls. Ohio do. at 34 cts. We hear also
of some small lets of City Whiskey being
sold at 34 cts. Whiskey is held at the close
quite firmly at 34 eta. for City and Penn
sylvania, and 35 cts. for Ohio.—Bali. Amen
can, May 14.