Perfect bliss is never known in this world ;
ret if there can be a heaven upon the earth,
it is that of a happy home, where love—not
girldhod's romantic ideal, but strong, deep, j
all-hollowing, household love—is the sunshine |
that pervades everything within its charmed j
circle of union. With this blessed sunshine j
resting upon them, let us take our last look at
the Two Homes.
[Frora the I-aneester (l'a.) Express, May 27tli.]
Extraordinary Superstition—A Corpse
Exhumed.
A case of superstition in this county has
come our knowledge, which for ignorance and
and tnoral turpitude exceeds the darkest pages
of the history of Robuekisin or even Salem
Witchcraft, and is a disgrace to the boasted
intelligence of the "Garden of the Keystone
State," with her college, academies, seminaries,
common schools and churches.
On Sunday last the good people of Ephrata
and vicinity were startled and shocked by the
intelligence that the remains of a certain Miss
Sophia Bauman, who died ahout nine years
ago, had been exhuined on that day by two
men hired for the purpose by the friends of
the deceased.- Curiosity was naturally excited
and speculations started as to the cause of such
an open desecration of the ashes of the dead
on the quiet of the Sabbath : and upon inquiry
of some of the relatives, our correspondent
learned that the young lady alluded to had
died of consumption, aud that since her death
two of her sisters, her mother and two broth
ers had died also of the same disease
In all these cases a hereditary taint was
strongly marked and no doubt was left upon the
minds of the physicians and all sensible Der
sons as to the cause of their death ; but the
opiuiions of physicians were set aside by the
incursions of ignorance and superstition, under
which the belief was seriously entertained and
acted upon that by some hocus pocus the
winding sheet of tiie corpse had got into her
mouth, and that by continual suction (the mo
dus operandi of which was only known to the
spirits) she had actually drawn the other live
members of the family after her ; and that un
less this winding sheet was speedily removed
from the mouth of the corpse she would in like
manner cause the premature death of the whole
connection !
Incredible as a belief in such a monstrous
superstition in this enlightened age may ap
pear, it is nevertheless true ; for according to
previous arrangements, the hired resurrection
ists commenced operations on Sunday morning.
The earth was removed, the coffin brought to
the surface, and the lid removed under tt|e di
rection of a committee of inspection ; but to
their astonishment no winding-sbeat was found
there—the poor deluded creatures having for
gotten, in the zeal of their superstition, that
the last shred of a piece of muslin would rot
away long before the expiration of nine years.
With disappointment depicted in their coun
tenances, the committee caused the remains to
be quickly and auictly rc-entcrred, and then
sought their respective homes again to medi
tate upon the doctrine of spook-, and goblins,
and sucking corpse 1
GOVERNORS OK PENNSYLVANIA. —The time is
rapidly approaching when it will lie necessary
for the people of Pennsylvania to select a Gov
ernor to succeed the present incumbent. The
follow ingjlist of occupants who have tilled that
post, we find in an exchange. It may be in
teresting to our readers :
lu 1790, the second State Constitution was
adopted, and Thomas Mifflin elected Governor
under it.
In 1769, Thomas McKean succeeded Gov.
Mifflin.
In 180S, Simon Snyder succeeded Governor
McKean.
Iu 1817, William Findlay succeeded Gov.
Snyder.
In 1820, Joseph Hcister succeeded Gov.
Findlay.
In 1833, J. A Sliultz succeeded Gov.
Ileister.
In 1829, George Wolf succeeded Governor
Shultz.
In 1833, Joseph Kitner succeeded Gov.
llitner.
Iu 1838, the present State Constitution was
adopted, aud David K. Potter succeeded Gov.
Kituer.
Iu 1844, Francis 11. Sliunk succeeded Gov.
Porter.
In 1848, Francis 11. Shunk resigned his of
fice of Governor. According to the State
Constitution, William F. Johnston became
Governor, until the next general election,
when he was elected by the people to serve
three years, as Governor.
In 1831, Win. Bigler succeeded Gov. John
ston.
In 1834, James Pollock succeeded Gov.
Bigler.
JSfThe National Hotel sewer, in Wash
ington, D. C., is being cleansed, and the fact is
mentioned that some of the men employed in
the work have got sick. This is, of course, de
signed to show that the deaths which have oc
enrred were not attributable to poison, but to
malaria engendered by the foul air of the ho
tel. It may be that this is so, but the care
ful avoidance of any official investigation, and
the frequent publication of mere voluntary
statements of this character, as though they
ought to be sufficient to answer the purpose of
such investigation, seems curious and unac
countable. In any other place than Washing
ton this whole matter would have undergone
a thorough sifting at the hands of the public
authorities long since. There they seem de
termined determined not to recognize any such
necessity. We do not wish to be understood
as favoring the idea that diabolical poisoning
was at the bottom of this unfortunate occur
rence. But there is sufficient mystery to de
demand thorough and searching inquiry.
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—'HIE Ogdens
burgh Amruan is informed that there is now
building at Kingston, C. W., for Dr llae, to
be ready for launching nbout the first of June, a
vessel of 96 feet keel, 19 feet beam, and 9 1-5
feet depth of hold, with centre board, and
measuring about 125 tons. She is composed
a part of the final expedition that is now fit
ting out by Lady Franklin in search of Sir
John, which it is said will dispose of the bal
ianee of the fortune left her by her husband.
P. T. Barnum, it is stated, has been
▼ery unsuccessful in his trip to Europe with
"Hittle Cordelia Howard" and Tom Thumb,
lie was followed, too, by his creditors, who
watched their opportunity to levy ou him, had
bis speculations proved a fortunate one. It is
said to be bis iuteution to return home, take
the beuefit allowed aim by law, and then go
back to England b
True and Spurious Democracy.
We have already recorded Governor Pol
lock's approval of an act passed by the late
Pennsylvania legislature, providing for the sale
of the main line of the public works of Penn
sylvania for a sum not less than $7,500,000.
If, as is clearly contemplated by the law, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company makes the
purchase, the price stipulated is $9,000,000, ;
the whole amount to be paid in the live per j
cent, bonds of tha company. Of these bonds, I
SIOO 000 will fall dne July 31st, 188, and
and anuuully till 1890, when $1,000,000 will
fall due, and the same sum yearly until the
whole is paid. The company and its connec
tions are released from the payment of all oth
er taxes or duties on its capital stock, bonds,
dividends, or other property, except for city,
borough, county, township and school purpos- i
es. The purchaser of the works will have a i
perpetual corporate succession, but the legisla- j
ture may revoke the privileges granted for j
abuse of them, a judicial decree of abuse be- j
iug previously had, and full compensation be- :
ing made to the the stockholders if the state
decide to resume the franchises.
Such a disposition of the main line of the '
public works seems to be in harmony with that j
truly democratic policy which insists on .sim
plifying and reducing, as far as far as practica
ble," the functions of government, and relieving
it of responsibilities which can only be proper
ly discharged by private hands ; a policy as
much demanded by the interests of the state
as of individual citizens, as the corruption and
I mismanagement of t lie canals belonging to our
own state have, in times past, abundantly
j shown. Nothing can be more incompatible
with a pure and economical administration of
j public affairs than to bestow on the officers of
i government the power of rewarding numerous
political dependants with the remunerative po
| sitions which arc usually in the gilt ot railroad
:or canal corporations. The distribution of or
j dinary political spoils is bad enough, without
! the addition of new incentives to political de
! generacy.
i The course of the late Pennsylvania legisla
ture, in getting rid of a dangerous aud unprofit
■ ble encumbrance to the state appears to us,
as we have said, a return to tlie true policy.—
But we observe that the Washington / nion,
1 the organ of Mr. Buchanan, has taken a stand
directly adverse to it and proposes to rally its
followers in the coming state election under
the banner of "Repeal." This is but another
sign of the recent political revolution, indicat
ing that in Pennsylvania, at least, the party
in ((position, now headed by David \\ ilmot, as
well in its state as its national platforms, is
more democratic than the so-called democrats
i themselves. — Evening I'ost
The Grain Prospects.
Wheat —Our fanners arc in a better heart
about wheat thau they were a few weeks ago.
The prospects is somewhat better. Some
pieces of full wheat heretofore deemed worth
nothing, now promises to yield a light crop,
aud spring wheat is most excellent. We have
similar reports from other regions.— Winches
ter {III) Chronicle.
Sinee the weather has improved and the
snow, ice aud dreariuess of winter have disap
peared, the farmers and the press in the "ru
ral districts" of this and other Western States
are cbauging their lamentations over proba
ble short crops iuto cheerful predictions of a
goodly harvest. The winter wheat, its aseer
certaiued as the season advances, is not so
budly killed, after all—aud the opiuion is
gaining ground that it will on the whole turn
out as well as the previous years.
Some of our agricultural friends, with the
assistance of the "bull" in the grain market,
succeeded in rendering themselves und their
friends unhappy and miserable at the opening
of every spring by imagining and croaking over
"short crops" ami "a light harvest." When
they happen to see a blade of winter wheat
that has been slightly touched by the frost, or
the part of a wheat Held submerged by the
spring freshet, they are terror-stricken, and
dream of nothing but empty barns, empty pur
ses, and empty stomachs.
We venture the prediction that the yield of
wheat at the coining harvest in the West, will
be more abundant than it lias ever been at any
preceding harvest, and that the grain crops in
this country of every kind will be most ample
both for lioine consumption and the foreign de
mand. We almost daily hear reports indica
tive of this state of things, from various parts
of our own and neighboring States, since the
season has fairly opened. The winter wheat
in most localities looks well, and a liberal ex
tent of soil is being devoted to spring sown
wheat. The quantity of corn that will be
planted this season is almost incredible, and
with anything like favorable weather for plant
ing and growing, by far the heaviest crop of
coru will be gathered this year that has ever
been Imrvestediu this country. — Chicago Jour
nal.
LATEST COVN'F.EUFI.ITS. —6's on the Farmer's
Hank, North Carolina—vig an eagle on a
tree—female kneeling and reaping, on the right
—Z. Taylor and (* on the left.
s'so i ibe Pio.ince'.o.vn Hank, Provineetown
Mass., raised from l's—vig. marine view.
s's on the Railroad Hank, Lowell, Mass., —
vig., train of cars in lower left half of the
note—s and tive strips of lathe work on the
right.
10' son the Libsrty Hank, Provide.ice, R. 1.,
raised from Ps—vig., boys catching a horse.
10's on the Hatters' Hank, Bethel, Conn., —
vig., an eagle and a shield—female head and
Ten twice on the left end.
10's on the Citizens' Union Hank, Rhode
Island, altered. Vig., marine view—girl with
grain on the riirht—lndian with bow on the
left.
s's on the Cranston Hank, Cranston, R. I.
Vig., three females—Washington aud horse on
the right—Franklin on the left.
li's on the Middletown Hank, Conn. Vig.,
three females—three across each end—ship on
left of vig ; in genuine it is on the right.
2's 011 the Exchange Hank, Hartford,
Conn. Vig,, a train of cars—female aud shield
on the right—female, sickle aud grain on the
left.
10's on the Park Bank, New York City,
raised from 2's. Vig., Park fountain, child's
head on the right end and eagle on lower left
corner.
10's on the Chemnng Canal Bank, Elinira,
N. Y., raised from 2's. Vig., milkmaid and
cows—lndian on the left.
10's on the Mechanics' Bank, Newark, N.
J., altered from I's. Vig., man, hammer and
anvil.
Governor Gardner, of Mass., has ve
toed the resolutions passed by the Massachu
setts Legislature appropriating $190,000 in
aid of the Kansas sufferers.
Srabfori) lleportcr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Kllttrsitao fllornmn, 3nne 4, 1837.
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MONKV may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an
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for its safe delivery.
FOR GOVERNOR,
DAVIS WILMOT, of Bradford Co.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
W3VI. MILL WARD, of Philadelphia.
FOR JUDGES OK THE SI'PKEMK COURT,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co
JAMES VEECH, of Payette County.
THE FARCE PLAYED OUT.
Gen. WILLIAM WALKER has "got through"
in Nicaragua. The farce—a farce, though
horribly tragic in some of its incidents—of
, which he was the hero is played out, the enr
| tain has fallen and the lights are extinguish
! ed. His career has been brief, full of vicissi
tude and variety, and entirely destitute of that
lustre which he evidently intended should at
tach to it. He has " capitulated surren
■ dered ; given up ; given out ; come home.—
I The celebrated General WALKER is transfer
red into a broken-down, unsuccessful, unhonor
■ed private. The great (illibustcr bastilli-bust
| ed.
There was a time when WALKER might have
I succeeded in his designs. Questionable as was
the propriety, the justice of those designs, he
nevertheless once held their triumph in his own
| grasp. The rock upon which lie split is one
upon which others have split before, and oth
i ers will, probably, split after him. From the
! hour in which he issued a decree establishing
| Slavery in Nicaragua, his influence began to
' wane and his prospects began to darken. I hat
decree was the knife with which he committed
j suicide.
Who shall be responsible for the blood that
has been shed, for the outrages that have been
perpetrated upon the soil of Nicaragua, dur
ing the career of the defeated and discomfited
fillibuster ? What is to be the end of the
matter ?
Will the United States Government receive
the runaway chief to whom it yielded its half
way support in Nicaragua, and uphold him in
the disgraceful insults which he perpetrated
upon the sacred cause of Freedom and Right?
Will it endorse his bloody acts, his infamous
decrees ? We shall see. One thing is cer
tain—it can no longer pursue its former vacil
lating policy. It must speak now—it must
act now. We await the utterance and the
deed.
PIANOS, M EI.ODEONS, tic. —We take pleasure
iu recommending Mi. G. 11. Ei.us of Bing
hamton, to those who contemplate purchasing
Pianos, Melodeons, &c. lie sells, either at
wholesale or retail, instruments from the best
manufactories in the United States or else
where, at the lowest prices, and warrants en
tire satisfaction. Having had some dealings
with Mr. E1.1.15, we speak the more willingly
and confidently.
The Binghamton Republican says that Mr.
ELLIS " has long been engaged in the busi
ness, and has experience and skill in the ac
commodation of his customers. The number
of Pianos which he is constantly putting up in
our village and vicinity, would seem to show
that times cannot be so dull as many suppose,
and that there is a great deal of thrift and mu
sical cultivation among us. At any rate, if
bank notes are scarce our citizens seem to re
sort to musical notes for consolation. Prom
the encomiums pronounced by our friends on
the Pianos which they have procured from
Mr. ELLIS, both on account of their excellence
and cheapness, we can confidently recommend
him to all who wish to ornament their houses
with such an elegant, useful and cheerful piece
of furniture."
fta?" The d ark clouds which have so long
hung over the Ncwburg murder appear to be
lifting, and some rays of light are thrown upon
the case. The body of the woman has been
identified by a French negro as his wife, and
some important testimony, which is for the
present kept strictly private, has been secured
by the Coroner toward finding out the mur
derers, if murderers they are.
The Kansas Aid appropriation by the
Massachusetts Legislature has failed in the
House for want of a two-thirds vote. On the
question of passing it over the Governor's veto,
the count was—Yeas, 144 ; nays, 138.
MS&T Joseph Brennau, a compatriot exile
with Mitehel and Meagher, died in New-Or
leans on the 21th. lie was the editor of a
new daily paper, The Times, started but a few
weeks since.
BPSU " Dred Scott," with bis wife and two
daughters were emancipated Tuesday by Tay
lor Blow. They had all been conveyed to
him by Mr. Chaffee of Massachusetts, for that
purpose.
teg?" The packet boat "(?flzc//f,"commeuced
running between this place and Waverly on
Monday last. Tlie high reputation enjoyed
by this boat for speed and safety makes any
recommendation unnecessary, while Captain
Smith will be on hand as usual to attend to
the comfort of passengers. The "Gazelle"
leaves this place at 1 1-2 P. M. p and arrives
at Waverly in time to take the trains east or
west. Returning leaves Waverly after the ar
rival of the mail train in the morning ; a stage
also leaves this place at 8 A. M., and returns
tha same evening. By their arrangements
persons desiring to take any train, either east
ward or westward bound can be accommodated
STATE SENATE. —The terms of the following
Senators expired with the close of the late
session :
David Taggart, Ilep., Northumberland Co.
Jaines M. Sellers, Rep., Juniata
William E. Frazcr, Rep., Fayette
Francis Jordan, Rep., Bedford
John C. Flenniken, Rep., Greene
James 11. Walton, Derm, Monroe
John W. Killinger, Rep., Lebanon
Jacob G. Shuman, Rep., Lancaster
James J. Lewis, Rep., Delaware
N. B. Browne, I)em., Philadelphia
William A. C'rabb, Rep.,
INCREASED FEES.—A bill has passed the
Legislature to enlarge the fees of District At
torneys throughout the State. The fee for
drawing an indictment and prosecuting offen
ses in Oyer and Terminer, which was 84, now
810 ; a bill in the same court returned " igno
ramus," which was formerly 83, will now cost
§5 ; indictments and prosecutions in the Quar
ter Sessions, formerly $3, are now $5 ; a bill
" ignoramused " in the same court which was
81,50, is now 83 ; a case settled by leave of
court, formerly 81,50, is n w $•. every case of
surety of the peace, formerly $1,50 is now $3.
It will thus lie seen that criminal costs are to
be more than doubled.
GRAND LODGE OK I. O. OF O. F.—The fol
lowing named gentlemen have been elected
Grand Lodge officers of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, for the ensuing year, viz : M.
W. ( irand Master, Robert A. Lamhcrton ;
R. W. D. Grand Master, Elias Wildinan ; It.
W. G. Lambert ; It. W. G. Secretary,
Win. Curtis; It. W. G. Treasurer, M. Rich
ards Muckle ; R W. G. Representative to the
Grand Lodge of the United States, I). Fran
cis Condie.
fetf TI ic New Cent Coins were paid out
freely at the United States Mint, in Philadel
phia, on Monday and Tuesday last. The ap
plications for the new Cents were sonumerous
that on Tuesday the Director of the Mint gave
notice that applications for further exchanges
would lie postponed for a few days. On Mon
day the news boys were busy selling one new
penny for two old ones, or two new pennies for
three old ones, Ac.
The " Xorth Branch Democrat ," con
gratulates itself upon the representative dis
trict made by the new apportionment bill—
Wyoming, Columbia, Montour and Sullivan,
with two members, and says "there will be no
use of the Republicans making any nomina
tions as they can elect nothing." How do you
like your Senatorial district, neighbor ?
Hon. JAMES BELL, United States Sena
tor from New Hampshire, died on Tuesday
last ; and Hon. Senator BITLER, of South
Carolina, died on the same day.
fey- The Tank House, at the Danville Kail
Koud Station, was burnt down on Weducsday
last. No further damage was done.
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. —Geu. Sam Houston
has declared himself an independent candidate
for Governor. Ho addressed the citizens of
Brazos on the sth, and spoke at Galveston
on the 18th inst. It is said he will canvass
the entire State.
fe£-A new time table has been made on
the New York and Erie Railroad, the Waver
ly portion of which will be found iu another
column.
fey- The boiler of a steamer exploded Fri
day at Toronto, killing two men. It is thought
that ten more were killed as that number are
missing.
A KNOW NOTHING PUBLISHER IN TROUBLE.
—A hearing was had at Philadelphia, on
Monday, before Alderman Ogle, on charge
of libel preferred by Mr. Flanagan, of the
A "eus, against Col. Fletcher, of the Daily
Sun, and the latter was held in SI,OOO bail.
After Flanagan had left, Fletcher, used abu
sive language, which was taken up by a friend
of Flanagan's, when the abusive epithet was
repeated, and Fletcher received a blow. He
drew a pistol, but his friends interfered and
disarmed him. Fletcher was again arrested
and held to bail on a charge of assault and
battery and carrying coucealed weapons.
WHITE LABOR MOVEMENT IN WASHINGTON.
—A Washington paper says :
" The democrats of Washington are pro
testing against the practice that has prevail
ing in that city of several employing negro
slaves as messengers in the several executive
departments of *he national government, as
these situations are very desirable, and would
afford acceptable employment to many compe
tent and worthy white men. The idea of giv
ing uegroes the preference over the white
men in public employment, is considered an
outrage by the democracy of the federal city."
KeiF General Walker's friends in New Or
leans say that within thirty six days he will
go back to Central America, with plenty of
men aud nieaus.
Oreat Excitement in Ohio.
Arrest for harboring slaves .- — Tight between
State and Federal Officers — United States
Marshal Arrested.
CINCINNATI, Friday, May 29, 1857.
Deputy United States Marshal Chnrchill
and eleven assistants left this city last Tues
day, to arrest four persons in Mechautcsburgh,
Champaign County, in this State, charged with
harboring fugitive slaves nine mouths ago.
The arrests were made on AVtdncsday, when
a writ of habeas corpus was taken out, but be
fore it could be served, the United States of
ficers, with their prisoners, were beyond the
of the county. Another writ was taken out
in Greene County and served by the Sheriff,
assisted by a large crowd of citizens. The
United States officers resisted, and several
shots wore exchanged, but finally the United
States officers were overpowered, taken pris
oners, and brought to Springfield for trial for
resisting the Sheriff in the discharge of his du
tv. The greatest excitement prevailed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The United States Marshal telegraphed the
Secretary of the Interior to-day for instruction
regarding the arrest and imprisonment of Uni
ted States officers at Springfield, but the na
(tire of the instructions received in reply has
not yet transpired. Judge Levitt, U. S. Dis
trict Judge, issued a writ of habeas corpus to
day, and the Marshal has gone to Springfield
to "serve it. In case resistance is afforded, it
is reported that the United States troops will
be called out.
CI.N'CIX.VATI, Saturday, May 30, 1857.
The United States Deputy Marshal Chur
chill and his assistants were brought before
Justice Christie, at Springfield, tliis morning.
Messrs. Elliott and Churchill were arraign
ed on two charges—one for assaulting Deputy
Sheriff Compton, and the other for assaulting
Sheriff Layton with intent to murder.
Messrs. Elliott and Churchill asked, through
their counsel, that the amount of bail be fix
ed for their appearauee at the next term of
Common Pleas. Their bail was then fixed at
$2,500 each on both charges. The balance
of the party, eight in number, were required
to give bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, and refus
ing to do so were all committed to jail.
Latest from Kansas.
LKCOMITOV, Kansas, May 28, 1857.
Gov. Walker arrived in Lecompton yester
day. lie was received very quietly, lie read
his Inaugural. It was a long paper. It de
clares that the Territorial laws shall be enforc
ed ; criticises the action of Free-State men,
and declares that the position taken shall be
maintained by the whole force of the Govern
ment.
A Nominating Convention was held here
for candidates for Constitutional Delegates.—
Surveyor General Calhoun, Jones of The
/ uion, and a man named Hulling, all Pro Sla
verv, were nominated.
Gov. Walker passed through Lawrence on
his way here, and assured the people there
that everything should be fair.
ST LOUIS, Saturday, May 30. 1857.
The Lecotnpton correspondent of The Demo
crat says the apportionment will distrai.e He
one-half of Kau-ns, and that only twe ity out of
forty counties will be represented in the con
vention. Some counties where no census has
been taken are allowed a representation on
the list of voters on the old election books,
and other counties have written to acting
Governor Stanton for election precincts, lie
replied that be could do nothing, there being
no law to supply the omission.
A card has been published signed by 62
prominent persons, urging the State Legisla
ture to reassemble on the 9th of June and
complete the State organization.
RULOFFE, TIIF. ESCAPED WIFE MURDERER.—
Mr. John S. Knapp, residing at Havana, an
officer of Schuyler county, hearing the descrip
tion of the team of horses which were in our
village on the sth inst., and lav which Ruloffe
is supposed to have been carried away, went
to Corning on the 14th, and at tlie stable of
Mr. I 'eir found a team claimed to be the same,
which had been left there on the 6th inst., by
a man calling himself Isaac Allen. The team,
when left, bore evidence of unusually hard dri
ving. On the 16th a man, calling himself
James Henry, cauie to Corning after the hor
ses, with a bill of sale from Allen. Knapp
arrested Henry, and SheriiV Ives brought the
team and prisoner to this village last week
An examination of Henry will be had to-day,
Wednesday. The person arrested is about
five feet nine or ten inches in hight, weighs one
hundred and fifty pounds, has dark-brown hair
not quite black, long features, talks quite mild,
and lias lost one eye. Whether he will be im
plicated with KulofTs escape is very doubtful,
although the team is probably the one here on
the sth.— lthaca Journal, May 27.
DISCOURAGING FOB SUOAK CONSUMF.RS. —In
addition to the alarming intelligence of short
crops from the sugar-producing Islands, and
the monopolizing operations of sugar is to l>e
found, the New York Times has the still fur
ther discouraging news that the French Cred
it Mnbihtr is about to purchase up ail the i
best sugar estates in the Island of Cuba. If
that mammoth company should sucecd in get
ting possession of the sugar-plantations of the
" Queen of the Antilles," we may as well give
all hope of ever again returning to the days
of cheap sngar, and it would be as well for
every housekeeper to see where a teaspoonful
of sweetning can be dispensed with. We
must eat less cake, fewer preserves, give our
children fewer candies, take our pills without
sugar-coats, eat our strawberries an natural,
and drink our tea, as the Chinese do, without
sweetning. It would r quire a very moderate
degree of economy in the use of sugar by onr
housekeepers to bring down the price of the
article in spite of short crops, speculators and
the Credit Mobiher. And we are not sure
that the general health of our people would
not be improved by the change. We are, be
yond question, the greatest sugar-consumers
iu the world, and many of onr diseases may be
attibuted to too free use ot sweet food. Let
there be an attempt made to bring about a
moderate reformation in this respect. It
will be certain to have a good tiuauciul effect
if none other.
THE DANVILLE TRAGEDY. —Dr. Simington
last week returned from Philadelphia with
the necessaryxhemicals, retorts and other ap
paratus to test poison. The contents of the
stomach of the late Mrs. Clark were then ana
lyzed, and, in the judgment of five of the phy
sicians present, arsenic was discovered bei/ond
the shadow of a doubt. The contents of the
stomach of the late Mr. Twiggs will be submit-1
ted to a similar analysis.
County School Superintendents.
We have compiled below what we believe to
be a substantially correct list of the newly
elected County Superintendents, and the sala
ries fixed by the respective Conventions of Di
rectors.
Adams W. Lee Campbell. ftion
Allegheny C. W. Quick, ' 1 000
Armstrong, Robert W. Smith, *OO
Beaver, R. X. Avery,
Bedford, Henry Heckerman 500
Berks, AVRA. A. Good, '
Blair, John Dean,
Bradford, C'has. R. Coborn, loon
Bucks, AS m. 11. Johnson, 1000
Butler, Thomas Balph, 3,^,
Cambria, S. B. McCoruiick, 800
Carbon, Thos. L. Foster, 4 >(>
Centre, J. I. Porrell, gQ ( j
Chester, Franklin Taylor, 1000
Clarion, John G. Magouigle, °,(ui
Clearfield, 1,. L. Still,
Clinton, Jesse 11. Berry, (JQQ
Columbia, AS illiam Burgess, 4fm
Crawford, S. I*. Bates,
Cumberland, Daniel Shelly, fi0()
Dauphin, S. I). Ingram, 3 W
Dele ware, Charles AS*. Deans, 500
L'k, Charles R. Early, 40^
Eric, AS m. H. Armstrong,
I"ayettc, Joshua A . Gibbous, 300
Forest, Cyrus Blood, 20f>
franklin, P. .SI. Shoemaker, 500
Fulton, Robert Itoss, 200
Greene, A.J. McGlutnphey, 4t;i^
Huntingdon Albert Owen, (JOQ
Indiana, S. P. Boleman,
Jefferson, Samuel McElhore, dOd
Juniata, AS'in. SS*. Burchfield, 500
Lancaster, J S. C'rambaugii, 1500
Lawrence, Thomas Berry, SQO
Lebanon, John 11. Kluge, 700
Lehigh, lliram J. Schwartz, 500
1 Luzerne, John L. Richardson, 000
Lycoming, Hugh Castles, 300
McKean, Luther 11. SS'isner, 250
1 Mercer, Calvin W. Gilfillan, 600
Alifflin, Abraru I). Hawn, 600
| Monroe, Charles S. Detrick, 100
Montgomery, Ephraim L. Acker, HOO
Montour, A. IJ. Putnam. 500
j Northampton, Valentine Ilillburn, 600
Nortbumberl'd.J. J. Reimensnvder, 4i!o
IVrrv, Theodore P. Buelitr, 400
I Bike, Philip F Fulrner, 100
Cotter, J. Ilendiicks, 300
j Schuylkill, J. K. Krewson, 1000
; Snyder, D. S. Buyer, 200
! Somerset, J K Miller, 475
, Sullivan, C.J. Richardson, 300
Susquehanna, B F. Tewsbury, 600
: Tioga, Newel L. Reynolds, 000
! L iiiou, I). Heekendorn, 600
V euango, Wm. Bergwin, 500
Warren, L. L. Spencer, 600
Washington, J. II Long*lon, 800
\S T MVne, Samuel A. Terrel, 1000
Westmoreland, J. K. MeAfee, 800
Wyoming, John G. Spalding, 150
York, A. R. Blair, 1000
ANOTHER THEORY OF THE HOG CIIOI.EPA—
THE HOG W '•KM. —We have already noticed
the alleged developments made by a dissection
of " departed" hogs at the Edinburg John
son county, 1a.,) distillery, which indicate,
that the "cholera" is reallv a"consumption"
We ST, st.il later, iri the Paris (Ivy.,) Citi
zen, a letter from Dr Dougherty to l)r Peck
over, in which another theory is advanced,
likewise based on fli-sc t on. If both these
i statements are correct, and we certainly are
not in a condition to dispute either, " hogchol
| era" would appear to be a sort of name given.
| in total bewilderment as to the real disease,
to pretty much any complaint that will kill a
hog. excepting, possibly, the hammer and
knife of the slaughter house. I>r Dougherty
I says :
" Upon examination, I found the brain, spi
nal marrow, lungs, livers, heart, stomach, the
j large and a part of the small bowel, without
! disease. But that portion of the small bowel
; next the stomach, was literally filled with
! worms to the extent of several feet, and in a
high state of inflammation.
"The worm was from two to fire inches in
j length, resembling in appearance the Asearis of
the human subject, but harder, more active,
! and apparantly more tenacious of life. So
closely were they crowded in the bowe's, that
their form could be distinctly traced through
\ its coats.
j " The disease, then, of which the hog dies,
: is inSamatron of a portion of the small bowel,
j caused by this hard, active worm, and produ
i cing the symptoms noticed in its course, viz :
i drooping, indisposition to eat, diarra i a, ami
finally convulsions of death,
i " The treatment, it seems to me, must be
altogether preventative. 1 do not hclieu 1
the worms could be dislodged by any treat
ment after inflammation is set up : but bef re
this, while the hog is apparantly well, able to
eat and drink, I have no doubt that they may
be destroyed or removed in many instances by
I judicons management."
The Doctor Thinks the disease " income.m
i nicable," and the best remedy is some mei.c
cine to dislodge the worms in their eonr-e o
: development.
NORM AT. Scuooi.s.—A proposition is on foot
• for the establishment of Normal schools. !
j the instruction and qualification ot teacher- bu
the duties of their profession. A bill for rao
purpose, dividing the State into twelve .
mal School districts , has passed the L g ' 1
turc. The schools are to posses the fellow, a_
requisites : An area of ground of not ,<>> taan
ten acres—the necessary buildings to coie.i.o
a ball of sufficient size to comfortably seat
thousand persons—lodging and refectories 1
the accommodation of at least 300
Each school is t v contain a library for the
use of the students ; also, a philo>ophu a 'p
paratus, Ac. The facility is to be co" 1 !'"" ''
of six Professors of known ability alio < •" 1
tion ; the school to be under thesupervi- 1 n v
a board of trustees.
LUMBER AT MIDDI.KTOWN— The amount of
lumber at Middletown now is enormous lor
sons who are acquainted with that oi <i'C
will readily conceive the immense qnantitic
of shingles, boards ami logs lyins tlirie, w H
we mention that the Swatara, from it>
tion with the Susquehanna, up to the t ' llin '
so full, that it is impossible tor any 11,(1 '
enter, and the banks ol the latter stn am <■
u long distance above and below the town ai
crowded. We paid a visit to this place m
morning, and were surprised to witness
bustle and activity pervading every 4 uar '
of the town Tlie lumber business may 1
seen there in all its activity, and it is we
worth while to those who are not ® l ' ( l ,,a,n
with rafting o| erations to visit Middlcto
Jlarriibitrg Telegraph.