THURSDAY, HAY 25, 1854.
WHIG STATIC TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
PoIIodi, of Northumberland
loo
TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
George Darsie, of Allegheny.
I OR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Ia n iff IHi2i2i21
j&r We invite attention to the pros
pectus of the "Mercantile Guide1, in au
other column of to-day's paper. Tin;
Guide is an excellent paper. A copy of
it can be seen at this office.
)XT Ion sa Iac'er - will
please accept our thanks for a copy of part
3d of tho annual Message and documents
for 1853-4.
Hon. Edward Everett. This gentleman
has remaned his seat in tho United States
Senate, from Massachusetts, on account
uf ill health. The resignation is to take
Hoot sonic time the coming month. It is
rumored that Gov. Washburn has tender-
1 the seat to Mr. Choatc.
ffie Bank of Xctc Jersey. It is stated
that the capital stock (8300,000) of this
now bank, to be located in New Bruns
iek, has all been taken. The new bank
:A is supposed, will go into operation a-
l out the first of July nest, under very fa
ortble auspices.
Lambertville, N. J. contains at this
t.mc according to accounts recently made
VXY2 inhabitants, being an increase of o
er 36 per cent, in four years.
The New Hope Delaware Bridge.
Wc have heard says the Dcylcslown
Ulliincer, frequent inquires as to what
r-ul ted from the sale of the New Hope
Delaware Bridge, which was made last
inter by the Keceivers. We now un
derstand that tho persons who purchased
u have neglected to comply with t he con
ditions of sale, by failing to make the
ttcoml paymeut; and thus forfeited their
light to it, and have allowed it to revcit
t the Receivers. The amount paid down
at the time of sale, we understand was a
Loutien thousand dollars, 'which sum is
at coarse forfeited.
Railroad Accidents Expensive. i
It appears from a statement made by,
the President of the New York and New
HaTttj Railroad Company, that, for dam-;
c to life and limb by the Norwalk dis-
4 ex a year ago, they have paid already
25iHfO, and that a further sum of
C'i,tOU is yet to be paid.
Eclau'are Canal.
On Snturday last tho trade on this ea
rn! was fullv resumed. The damages
Miiaiucd by the late high water have
been substantially repaired, and the trans
portation of coal by the Mauch Chunk
''titpany, and Merchandize, &c. by the
Lehigh Transportation Company, 13 car
ried on with the greatest activity. Eas
t -n Wtg.
tlxtion of OSlcers of the Grand Lodge of
The election for officers of the Grand
L dge of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, resulted as follows : Grand
Master Thomas Helm ; Deputy Grand
Masser Caleb E. Wright ; Grand War
den D. Francis Condic ; Grand Secre
tary Win. Curtis ; Graud Treasurer
F. Ivuox Morton; Grand Representative
Win. II. Lambert. There was a warm
co a test for the office of Grand Secretary.
Tbo xMcs cast for both candidates were
us follows: Mr. Curtis 12 66; Mr. Ber
tram 1009. Majority fur Mr. Curtis, 169.
XJjT Upwards of 20 deaths by cholera
reeeaUy occurred on board the steamboat
Dresden, which arrived at St. Louis on
Saturday week from New Orleans. The
victims were all German emigrants.
The Approaching- EclipEe.
An Eclipse of the Sun will occur on
Friday, to-morrow, which will bo vis
ible throughout the United States, and
actually annular, at poiuts in the North
eni part of the Continent, from Washing
ton Territory on the Pacific, to Maiuc u
non the Atlantic, that is. the moon at
these poiuts, at the time of it3 passage,
appearing smaller than the sun, will not
cover it, and a bright ring of light will
surround its darkened disc. This eclipse
was first observed 1313; and has returned
eince then, thirfy-ono times, its last eccur
rence having been in May, 183G.
Jiy A black snake, upwards of eight
feet Jong, was killed with a hoc by a la
borer, in &Tieholasvi!lc, Ky., ou Monday.
He appcaro'd to have dwelt uudor a barn,
and 'lived upon rata.
r-arewEKaaMtssa5tft.ifcr.MMJn. f -TT. V - - .
Judge Pollock.
The following letter from Judge Pol
lock to the editors of the Commonwealth,
will set aside all the speculation of press
es in the State, concerning the intended
resignation of Judge Pollock:
Milton, April 24th, 1854,
Bear Sir: Your favor of the 19lh
mat., has been reeeiveu. xuv iuv.
my contemplated withdrawal from the
Gubernatorial canvass, to which you re
fer are without tho slightest foundation
iufaci, and certainly were never author
ized by me. I do not know their origin;
their design is more apparent. Ilaviug
accepted the nomination coufcrrcd, under
circumstances so flattering to myself and
cordially approving the Resolutions of
the nominating Convention, I have neith
er the will, nor the right to decline. I
am prepared to meet the responsibilities
of my position, and to sustain the issues
made by the Convention. The salo of
the public works is a measure demanded
by every consideration of interest and
public policy, and ought not to be pre
vented or delayed. Opposition to the
Nebraska Bill, is theduty of ovcry friend of
freedom and the rights of man. Patriot
ism, national faith and every principle of
humanity, protest against the enactment
of such a law. Let the people speak; pol
iticians must hear and obey. Truth will
triumph, although vaulting ambition may
overleap itself. But I will not enlarge.
Accept my thanks for your kind ex
pression of regard, and believe mo to be
Yours Very Truly,
JAS.POLLOCK.
A Curious ExKibiton. It is said that
one of tho most iuterosting departments
of tho Crystal Palace exhibition is that
which is assigned to lost articles picked
up by the police. Among these there
arc about three hundred lace cambric
handkerchiefs some valued at 850. There
are also about as many veils, a lcrgc stock
of gloves, an extensive assortment of ba
bies' shoes and stockings and some hun
dred articles of Jewelry, pieces of which
range as high as SI 00 in value. Locks
of false hair are interspersed with other
teariug apparrel, and a bottle of brandy
occupies a conspicuous position. Speci
mens of almost every thing which is ca
pable of being lost may be seen there.
As the steamer Lady Elgin was pro
ceeding up Lake Michigan, last week,
with a large load of freight and passen
gers, among which was a collection of an
imals for exhibition, the helmsman sud
denly found it impossible to move the
steering wheel. The captain swore and
the mate took hold of the wheel but could
not budge it, so, at last tho engino was
stopped, and all hands went. below to as
certain the cause of the difficulty, when
they found that the elephant annoyed
perhaps by the rattling of tho wheel
chains had wound his trunk round them
and was holding them as if in a vice. On
the keeper remonstrating with him, he
let go, and behaved quite well for the rest
of tho passage.
The Secretary of State of Pennsylva
nia, in accordance with tho law recently
passed, invites proposals until the first
Monday of July, for the purchase of the
Main Line of the Public Works. No
bid will be received for less than ten mil
lion of Dollars. In consequence of the
reduction of tolls by the Canal Commis
sioners, it is feared that no sale can be
effected. The bill authorizing a sale al
lows the purchasers to charge the same
tolls as those charged by the State. The
Canal Board, however, very unexpected
ly reduced the rates of charges about
twenty per cent, before the bill was sign
ed by the Governor, and had become a
law and thereby frustrated the design
of the Legislature. To remedy the evil
consequence of this uuforseen act of the
Canal Board, a bill was introduced near
the close of the session to empower the
company purchasing the line to increase
the tolls ten per cent. This bill went
through the Senate and was scut to the
House; but that body refused to proceed
to it consideration. By this reduction of
the toll sheet, the Canal Board have not
ouly jeopardized the salo of the Main
Line, but have caused a vast reduction
of tho State revenues. The truth of the
matter is, the State plunderers are de
tcrmiucd that the public works shall not
be sold if they can help it, and Governor
Bigler backed them up in this righteous !
resolution. To get rid of the public workp,
therefore, it first becomes necessary to
drive away the vultures who prey upon
them. The managers of our public im
provements are like the horse-leech's
daughters their cry is 'give, give' but
they are never satified.
The state of the money market is such
as to interfere materially with the busi
ness of constructing the important rail
roads now in course of construction.
The war in Europe so absorbs foreign cap
ital that no extensive sales of our stocks
can be effected in that market, and rail
road stocks are just now very heavy and
drooping at home.
The Sussex Register has entered on its
42d volume, and like good wine its flavor
increases with its age.
o
Cure for Corns. Mr. Cooper, in his
'Dictionary of Surgery,' has the follow
ing infallible cure for corns : lake two
ounces of gum ammoniac, two ounces of
yellow wax, and six drachms of verdigris;
melt them together, and spread the com
position on soft leather; cut away as much
of tho corn as you can, then apply the
plaster, and renew it overy fortnight till
the corn is away.
'A Broth of a Boy.' The Dublin
(Ireland) Freeman states that Owen Duffie
of Monaghan count7, is 122 years old.
When 116 he lost his sccoud wife, and
subsequently married a third, by whom
he had a son and daughter. Ilis young
est son is two years old, his eldest ninety.
He still retains in much vigor his mental
and corporal faculties, and frequently
walks to the county town, a distance ol
eight miles.
-,.
Another Confidence Man.
A gentleman named Craig, from Eas
ton, Pa., stopping at the Girard House,
was cheated a few days since, out of two
gold watches, a valuable diamond breast
pin, and 200 in cash, by a young man
calling himself William II. Steven, and
who gave Boston as his place of residence.
Mr. Craig alledges that he met with Ste
ven previous to his visit to the Girard
House, and formed a slight acquaintance
with him. Steven, presuming upon this,
managed to ingratiate himself in Craig's
favor to such a degree, that when he ask
ed him for the loan of S200 and his watch
for the purpose of making a display, it
was at once given to him. Steven also
borrowed a gold watch from Craig's son.
and after displacing his jewelry and mon
ey for a few hours, took a sudden leave,
without paying his bill due the Girard
House. A warrant was issued yesterday
and placed in an officer's hands, who in
tends to proceed to Boston, the supposed
destination of the confidence man-Ledger
of Thursday.
Mr. Wm. II. Stevens, tho '.'gen tie
man" above alluded to, had been stopping
at the United States Hotel, in our Bor
ough, since the 14th of March last, pre
vious to his going to the City. Ho is a
vounf? man of about tweutv four years of
age and of a very gentlemanly address.
When he first came to Easton he stated
that he was the son of a wealthy broker
living in Boston, that he was traveling
merely for pleasure, and that he had the
interest of 011,000 per year p laced at hi.--disposal,
which he was bound to spend a
mong all his friends, lie made many
other large pretensions and backed them
by bhowing 100 bank I ills, giving cham
pagne parties, galantiug the ladies about
town, tec., and appeared' so "respectable
and nice," that the utmost confidence was
placed in him, and he was admitted into
some of the first families in the place.
Before leaving for Philadelphia however,
he called on a number of his friends and
made loans of different sums of mone
''for a few days only," which have not
yet been re-paid, and in all probability,
never will be. He is no doubt an old
hand at the game. Should he be arrest
ed he will be brought back to Easton
for trial. Eastonian.
Novel and Simple Cure for Blindness.
An American in Paris communicates
the following to the Eceting Fast of this
city: I witnessed, the other day, the
treatment of some blind patients in the
Hospital of the Invalids, which was new
and curious to me. The simple steaming
for half a minute, or until a little warmth
was felt, of the vapor of hydrocyanic acid,
in a small phial held to the eye, was all
that was done. This process is said to
cure the various diseases of the c'e as if
by magic. One child had been totally
blind from six days old; had bceu taught
to read on the raised letters by the hu
mane system taught in the blind school;
but it could now see these letters, and it
was a curious phenomenon to behold
could equally read them by touch and
sight 1 The only difference wa3 a singu
lar alteration in the tone of voice and
pronunciation when reading in the two
ways that by the eye being far more
natural, and like the usual reading to
which we are accustomed, than the other,
which was monotonous, and with an air
of difficulty even amid the singular read
iness acquired by this method. Other
cases there were of the wonderful pro
duction of the power of vision to those
born blind: but I will select the case of
a girl 22 years of age, and thereforo ful
ly capable to comprehend and to answer
any questions put to her. In utter dark
ness for thirteen years, she can now see
her way, and can distinguish counten
ances and colors. If possible, a more
marked instance of the efficacy of the cur
ative process was exhibited in a young
man, who had worked for many years at
bookbinding. Inflammation and subse
quent eminent treatment, lancing, &c.,
had rendered him so totally blind that
for some time before, and during the first
two or three attendances for the applica
tion of the prussic acid yapor, he was o
blijed to be led. But he told me that
now he could safely dispense with such
aid, and readily discern objects. A gen
tleman from Canada had been afflicted in
one eye with cataract and blindness for
ten years. His remark to me was, that
when ho first came to England he could
not, with the diseased eye, distinguish a
cow from a horse. He could now gee
pretty well.
The young man who wouldn't associate
wtih mechanics, is now acting as degree!
master in the order of wood-sawyers.
County Superintendents.
Among the agencies for the improve
ment of the Common School, its friend?
have generally demanded, 1. a separate de
partment of Education in the government;
2. JSonnal bcliools for the due profession
al training of teachers; and 3. County
iSiijierintctidcJits to stir up and unite the
efforts of those engaged in and connected
with the schools in each county, and to
administer efficiently so much of the pow
ers of the system as are strictly profes-'
sioual or depend on the government head.
It was most desirable that all these a
jencies should have been granted at this
paiticular juncture, when there is such a
manifest awakeniug, in every quarter of
the State, on the subject of educational
improvement. But the Law-making pow
er has willed differently, and only con
ceded one out of the three demands; and
it is now the business of all concerned,so
to make use of this now agent as to de
rive tho greatest possible amount of ben
efit. How shall this be done? is the ques
tion. The answer will not be difficult, if
the nature of the office and the object to
be effected be steadily held in view.
Tho Legislature have, wisely we think,
given tho appointment of the County Su
perintendant to the Directors oi the coun
ty in which he is to officiate. Parent
have always been and ought to be, jeal
ous of the removal of the powers of the
common school system further from them
selves than the absolute necessities of the
case require. Their immediate repre
sentatives are the Directors, chosen by
themselves, dwelling among, and respon-
rible to themselves, -but, it is iouud ny
A.n;in t m n f. Dirontnrs frrnv;ll! V ?ilh-
UAJJvl liU VMW -J -
er have not the leisure, or arc not quali
fied for the performance of some of the
duties assigned to them by law. Among
these are the examination of teacher?,the
regulation of the branches of study and
the strict professional visitation and su
pervision of the schools. Hence arises
the necessity of another agency in the
system; and hence also the propriety ol
mvin--' the selection of the arent to the
agent
power which is the direct
of parental authority.
representative
Not only, moreover, is the arrangemeut
in conformity with the nature of tho sys
tem, but it is one eminently calculated to
render the agency itself useful and effi
cient. The County Superintendent, be
ing the officer and representative of the
Direetors, will naturally possess their con
Gdeucc and bo enabled to exercise a ben
eficial influence upon them. His sugges
tions as to the imnrovement of school
nouses
the cradins of the schools, the in-
troduetion of proper apparatus, and the
other numerous improvements which arc
so much needed, and of which Directors,
from want of experience, know so little,
will have greater effect, than the same
recommendations from an officer placed
in antagonism, whether real or supposed
it matters not, to them. lie will be their
officer their representative flictr coun
sellor; and in those capacities his powers
for good, ii he be a man of experience,
tact, and common sense, will be almost
unlimited.
But while the Legislature saw that, be
ing the administrator of very grave pow
ers heretofore entrusted exclusively to
Directors, he ought to be chosen by them,
they also saw that, having professional
duties of the utmost importance to dis
charge, he ought always to be chosen
from the body of teachers. How else
could he discharge his strictly profession
al duties As well might a person un
learned in the law hope to properly pre
side as a judge ou the Bench, or a lay
man fill one of the chairs of theology in
a school designed for the education of
the clergy. Not only therefore was there
an urgent necessity for the provision that
the County Superintendent should be "of
skill and experience in the art of teach
ing," but there was evidently a noble de
sign to dignify and elevate the Teacher's
profession itself. Heretofore it was rare
ly named or thought of as a regular oc
cupation, much less as a high and perma
nent profession. Hereafter from the
date of this school law of 1651 it takes
its stand among the learned and honora-
uie proiesdions
J. uu
strict
examination
of teachers and the exclusion from the
ranks of the profession of all who do not
reach a certain standard, at once estab
lish its grade; and the high mark of the
teachers own lawfully constituted officer
The County Superintendent held
out to the honorable ambition of all, will
elevate and stimulate the whole profes
sion.
Such, hastily, arc the nature and the
objects of tho office; and the duties of all
parties to it are plain : Let Directors
select tho beet and most efficient teacher
they can find in the county, and pay him
well; and let tho teachers of tho county
honor themselves and their profession, by
the hearty, unhesitating support he has a
right to expect at their hands; thus even
in the absence of normal schools and a
State Department of education, such a
reformation will be seen, in one short
year, as shall justify the establishment of
the office, and ensure the grant of all else
that may be needed.
Ihe Sections relating to tho office of
Co. Superintendent, are here added :
count y superintendents.
Sec. 37. That there shall be chosen,
in the manner hereinafter diroctcd, an of
ficer for each county, to be called the
county superintendent. It shall be his
duty to visit as often as practicable the
several schools of his county, and to note
the course and method of instruction and
branches taught, and to give such direc
tions in the art of reaching and the meth
od thereof in each school, as to him, to
gether with the directors or controllers,
shall be deemed expedient and necessary;
so that each school shall be equal to the
grade for which it was established, and
that there may be, as far as prac
ticable, uniformity in tho course of studies
in schools of the several grades respect
ively. x
.Seo. 38. It shall be the duty of each
county superintendent to see that in eve
ry district there shall be taught orthog-
raphy? reading, writing. English grammar'
geography and arithmetic; as well as such
other branches as the board of directors,
or controllers, mayrcquire. In case the
board of directors, or controllers shall
fail to provide compeleut teacher3
to teacH the several branches above
specified, it shall be the duty of the
county superintendent to notify the board
of directors or controllers in writing
of their neglect, and in case provis
ion is not made forthwith for teaching the
branches aforesaid, to report such facts
to the Supcriutendantof Common Schools
whose duty it shall be to withhold any
warraut for tho quota of such district of
the annual State appropriation, until the
county superintenbeut shall no'tify him
that competent teachers of the branches
aforesaid have been employed. And in
ease of neglect or refusal of tho board of
directors or controllers to employ such
competent teachers as aforesaid, for one
month after notification by the county su
perintendent that such teachers have riot
been provided, such district shall forfeit
absolutely its whole quota of the State ap
propriation for that year.
Sec. 39. That the school directors of
the several couuties of the Commonwealth
shall meet in convention at the seat of
jusiice of the proper county, on tho first
Mouday of J-ane next, and ou the first
Monday of May, in each third year there
after, and select ww? voce by a majority
of the whole number of directors present,
one person of literary and seieutifio ac
quirements, and of skill and experience in
tho art of teaching, as county superintend
ent, for the three succeeding school years;
and the school directors or majority of
them in such convention, shall determine
the amount of compensation for the coun
ty superintendent, which said compensa
tion shall be paid by the Superintendent
of Common Schools, by his warrant drawn
upon the State Treasurer, in half yearly
instalments if desired, and shall be de
ducted from tho amouut of the State ap
propriation, to be paid to the several school
districts in said count'.
Sec. 40. That it shall be the duty of
the president and secretary of the trienial
convention of directors, to certify to the
the Superintendent of Common Schools,
the name and post office address of the
person elected county superintendent in
pursuance of the provisions of this act, I
and those of all the other candidates who
received votes, together with the amount
of compensation. Upon the receipt of
such certificate, if no valid objection be
made, the Superintendent of Common
Schools shall commission the person so e
lected for the term of three year.-; but il
objection be made, within thirty days, to
the issuing of such commission, the Suner
intendent of Common Schools may re-
ml
quire such evidence, under oath or affir
mation, in regard to the election or quali
fications of the person elected county su
perintendent, as he shall deem necessary,
and shall then issue his commission to the
person, properly qualified, who shall have
received the highest number of votes.
Sec. '11. That it shall bo the duty of
the county superintendent to examine all
the candidates for the profession of teach
er, in the presence of the board of direct
ors or controllers, should they desire to be
present, to whom thej' shall first apply in
his county, and to give each person fouud
qualified a certificate, setting forth the
branches of learning he or she is eanable
of teaching; and such examination and
certificate shall be renewed as often as a
ny such teacher shall be employed in
teaching any branch of learning other
than those enumerated in his or her
certificate, and no teacher shall be employ
ed in any school to teach other branches
than those set forth in such certificate of
said teacher: Provided, That the county
superintendent may annul any such certif
icate given by him or his predecessor iu
office, when he shall think proper, giving
at least ten days previous notice thereof,
in writing, to the teacher holding it, and
to tho directors and controllers of the dis
trict in which he or she may be employed.
Sec. 42. That the county superintend
ents shall annually, on or before the first
Monday in June, forward to the Superin
tendent of Common Schools, the reports
of the several school districts of their re
spective counties, and shall also them
selves make an extended report of the
conditionof the schools under their charge.
suggesting such improvements in the
school system as they may deem useful,
and giving such other information in re
gard to the practical operation of common
schools, and tho laws relating thereto, as
may be deemed of public interest.
Sec. "43. That until after the election
of a eouuty Superintendent, provided for
iu this act, it shall be the duty of the Su
perintendent of Common Schools, by pub
lication at least three successive weeks, in
two newspapers for each county, if so ma
ny there be, but if none are published in
such county, then by printed notices sent
by mail to the secretary of each board ol
directors of each school district in such
county, of the time and place for holding
the trienial convention of directors; who
shall then and there assemble, and select
a presiding officer from one of their num
ber, and the directors then present shall
proceed to tho election of a county super
intendent in the maimer hereinbefore pro
vided. The notice that shall hereafter
bo given of the assembling of the afore
said trienial convention, shall bo by the
county superintendent, in the manner a
bove provided. All expenses of giving
notices, directed by this section, shall be
paid out of the same funds as the salary
of the county superintendent.-
Sec. 44. That all vacancies in the of
fice of county superintendent, shall be fill
ed by tho appointment of tho Superin
tendent of Common Schools, until the next
trienuial convention of directors; when a
uy existing vacancy shall be filled by elec
tion in the usual manner, for the full term
of three years. v
Six thousand buffalo robes the first
arrival of the season were sold at St.
Louis on Saturday at $3,01 per robe.
..
A sporting gentleman iu Mobille
has offered a premium of S500 (in the
form of a bet) to any man in Alabama
who can drive six cats in harness,
A Defenco of Polygamy.
A wife of one of the Mormons now a
member of the Utah Legislature, named
Pratt, writing to her sister in Nashua,
N. H., holds the following argument in
favor of polygamy. The letter is so well '
composed that we are inclined to think
that a woman, capable of expressing her
self in tho smooth style in which it is
writton, could never consent to allow such
a mind to lower itself into the indulgence
of the auimal socialities and sensual grati
fications necessarily consequent upon u
life of polygamy. If Mrs. Pratt dictated
this letter to her sister, sho must belong
to that school of women who Solomon en
countered. "Whose heart is snares,-and
nets, and her hands as bands. The sin
ner shall be taken by her."
Here are the extracts :
" For instance, I havo (as you see, iu
all good conscience, founded on the wortt
of God,) formed family and kiudcred tics,,
which are inexpressly dear to me, and
which I oan ncvor bring my feelings to
consent to dissolve. i
"I have a good and virtuous husband
which I love. We havo four little chil
dren which are mutually and inexpressi
bly dear to U3. And beside- this, my
husbaud has seven other living wiveSjand
one who has departed to a better world.
Ho has in all upwards of t went--five-children.
All these mothers and children
are endeared to me by hindered ties by
mutual affection by acquaintance and.
association; and tho mothers in particu
lar by mutual aud long continued exer
cises of toil, patience, long-suffering, and
aisterly kindnoss. We all have our im
perfections iu this life; but I know that
these are good aud worthy women, and
that my husband is a good and worthy
man: one who keepj the commandments
of Juses Christ, and presides in his fami
ly like an Abraham, lie seeks to pro
vide for them with all diligence; he loves
them all, and seeks to comfort them and.
make them happy. He teaches them the
commandments of Jesus Christ, anil
gathers them about him in the family cir
cle to call upon Im God, both morning
and evening.
"lie and his family have the confidence
esteem, good will and fellowship of this
entire Territory, and of a wide circle of
acquaintances in Europe and America.
" He is a practical teacher of morals
and religion; a promoter of general edu
cation; and at present occupies an honor
able seat in the Legislative Council of
this Territory.
"Now, as to visiting my kindred in
New Hampshire, I would bo pleased to
do so, were it tho will of God. But first,
the laws of that State must be so modifi
ed by enlightened legislation, and the
customaand consciences of its inhabitant.-,
and of my kiudcred, so altered, that my
husband can accompany me, with all
his wives and children, and be as much
respected and honored in his family or
ganization, and in his holy calling, as
he is at houie, or in the same manner as
the patriarch Jacob would havo been ro
spected had he, with his wive3 and chil
dren, paid a visit to his kindred.
"As my husbaud is yet in his youtht
as well as myself, I fondly hope we shall
live to sea that day.
"For already the star of Jacob is in
the ascendency; tho House of Israel is a
bout to be restored; while ''Mystery Bab
ylon," with all her institutions awaits her
own overthrow.
"With sentiments of the deepest affec
tion and kindred feoling, I remain, dear
sister, your affectionate sister,
Belinda Marden Piiatt.
"Mrs. Lydia Kimball, Nashua, N. II.
"P. S. My kind love to your husband,,
and all inquiring friends."
A German known as Dutch Charlie,,
was recently murdered iu Colorado County
Texas. As the body was surrounded by
people, an Irishman proposed that tho5o
present should successively place their
hands upon the body of the deceased, be
lieving according to an ancient supposi
tion used by Sir Wult.-r Scott in St. Val
entine's Day, that whenever the murder
er touched it the wouuds would commence
bleeding anew. The suggestion was act
ed upon, and, says a correspondent of tho
Biehmond (Texas) Inquirer, as soon an
a man named Hildebraut applied his hand
the blood began to flow. Ilildebrant was
arrested, and shortly afterwards commit
ted suicide.
.
Scarcity of hay in the lumber regions
of Mainu is severely felt this season.
Twenty-five dollars atou is readily paid,
but sufficient cannot be obtained. Cattle
will have to take to browse or die, as tho
snow, ut last account?, was very deep.
If jj5::vU:I;Ij:;i DSarEcvf.
Tuesday, May 23. The export de
maud for Flour continued limited, and
the only tales reported are 500 brls, a
good brand, at $8 75 per brl, and la200
brls extra at S3 87A:i9. 5a000 brls llyo
Flour sold at 85 25a5 37A per brl. In
Corn Meal nothing doing.
Grain There is but a limited amount
offeiing, and prices are steady at S2 05
per bu. for prime red, and 82 12 for white,
at which some small sales havo been ef
fected, llye is scarce and worth 81 12"
al 13. Corn ia iu demand and has ad
vancedsales of 7abO0O bush yellow,part
at 78 cents, part at a price to be fixed. .
In Oats no further sales havo been re
ported, Whiskey Salcd of brls at 20 ccntSjancl
hhds at 25 cont3.
Hew York Itf uritut.
Tuesday, May 23. Flour, &c. There
is more doing in Flour. Sales 5000 brls
at 88a8 31A for common to straight State,
and 83 31$a8 8H for Ohio and MichU
gan. Canadian Flour is better, with salea
of 1 400 brls at 87 75a7 31 Sales 1200.
brls Southern Flour at 83 50aS 0-1. Ejo
Flour steady; sales 200 brls superfiue at
86 50. Corn Meal dull at S3 75 for Jer
sey. Wheat steady; sales 2000 bush led
Western at 82. Eye firm at 81 12.
Corn bettor; sales 46,000 bii3h at 66372
Oats heavy.