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CJg-The Public Schools of thin Borough,
commence on Monday, April 30th,and
continue open till Fiiday, August oil,
v.Lcn there will be a vacation of four weeks.
I he following Teachers' have been select
ed to take charge of the school?, viz :
LEWIS D. VAIL, Frincijxil.
Assistants ,
Miss M S. MILLER,
ELIZABETH MALVEN,
" MARY DIEHL,
CATHARINE PALMER,
MARTHA GORDON.
School Examination.
To-morrow is the day appointed for the
examination of the scholars connected
with the upper department of the public
lbools of this Borough. Wc would urge
t'pon every parent and tax-payer, in thi
.bce, to attend, and see what progress
ha; been made by the scholars.
A New President Judge.
The Hon. James M. Porter, President
JjJirc of this District, has resigned. He
tendered his resignation to the Governor
n the 23d inst. His Excellency has np
l jii.ied the Hon. Thomas S. Bell, of Chof-
t- r county, to fill the vacancy. We un
.tr land that Judge Bell, will be in at
t.:. lance at the adjourned court to b
De:
J of j
h M in thi place, on the fourth day
Ai :il next.
Tho Easton Whig, of
. v i. :r.B u, -nf .
"!.J with restored health, will soon be
la
ennc;ed at the bar.
l'.Mo: County. In obedience to an
Art of A.ssembly passed during the early
.i , n i . 1- -'
p-iit oi ie present cession, me peopie oi
Uton County have voted on the question
rf
dividing that County, and the official ;
r.saHis as follows: Whole number ofr, Jr. and Joseph Metzgar; Assessor,;
noJW 5081. of which there xvcre , Thomas E. ileiler ; Asnlant Assessor,.
2')bjlr the division,
xijjrJn a majority of
T:--""-ns fires have been raging in i
t; oprairieeof Carolina. and about Lexington.!
L -nidra.Gtdsdon. and Cheraw: vast aaiountbj
M pmpcrty nave Been oeroyeci. incmu.ng
ufce, mins.lenccs, leiegrapji lines, ranroaas. i
& A fire started in the woods, ubout fif-
. :i . r ii i . 'Pi 1 '
r ri-.u with great rapulity along
' . Railroad, and on Friday evening
n,i!ndliie Fixe Mile Pct.
e4 l eJiagly violent and destroctive, and hapj
Treat injurv to the farms on its route.-;
A .rain loaded ilh cotton, taken in Kings-;
t -r. raurht firn from iLornrrPnl nrimrninpl
... , , ri
,,Alfi 8nfl lW "rs.coniammgcgmy oa.es.i
wire iniiiii.'u. j uu i ciiiuniuur ui iiiu ujiji:
. ' o mi Ut Five Mile Pott, when, finding ii j Samuel D. Phiphcr and John Dcwitt:1 From and after the first day of Janua
.pfibie to pass without extreme risk, they Constable, Simon H. Smith ; School Di-' ry, eighteen hundred and fifty six, post-t-
'urncd to the Seven Mile Post, and the en- j rector.3, George W. Labar and Francis ma? ters are required to place postage
"ftr came to the city for order. During: R. Dunbar ; Overseers of the Poor, Jo- Stamps upon r.ll pre-paid letters on which
- 'grLi part of Friday the city was completely -pb Stcttler, Jacob Di tuck and Anna- such stamps may not have been placed
Fl.r -uded in smoke. " ' ! n5as Ovcrfield ; Inspectors, Joseph II. 0- j by the writers.
.. jverfield and Henry Everitt: Auditor,! By the second section of the act, the
A clave Doctoring bis Sick Master.
4
Post hoc, propter hoc. A gentleman in
VnlMma, in exerting himself one da', felt n
5 ..Idfii pain, nnd, fearing his internal ma
) ..ery had been- thrown out of gear, sent for
a -grn on hie plantation, who made some
f'cueion to medical bkill, to prefcribe for
:n. The negro having investigated the
cifo, prepared and administered a dose to his
p t tJ.t willi ihc utmofct confidence of speedy
c -re. No relief being experienced, however,
Uic iicnileman sent for a physician, who, on
rrr.ving inquired what medicine he had give
ls aiHsterl Bob promptly responded," rosin
i nd alum, bin" " What did you rive hirn thai
f irl" continued the doctor. " Why," replied
Bub, de alum to draw dc pnrls to gedder,
j:id de rosin to snddcr uin." The patient
eventually recovered.
Pennsylvania State Lunatic Kospitalr
We have not been furnished with a copy
of the report of this institution for the j
year 1854, but from a synopsis published '
in sonic of the city papers, we learn that; Shannon, Henry Eilenbrgcr, Clinton
-f the whole number of patients admitted j Urodhead aud George F. Bamberger;
to tba institution during tho four years it ! Assessor, John I. Labar; Assistant A-
bas been in operation, although a reason-J sessors, Thomas Brodhead and Henry Ei-
able number have been discharged as res-j lenb'crgcr ; Auditor, James G. Kintner;
t rcd or improved, yet there is a reraaiu-' Town Clerk, George F. Bamberger.
dcr which increases annually, and mav be ToI5 tiaiiua
coDHdored as a permanent charge TLi Justicc f h p .f,. Ad
was thirty-seven in tho year 1351, aud n . 1 1 m i v- t j o i
f j i 10;o i Constable, Charles Kiser; Judge, Samuel
one hundred and six in 18o2, and one u c n
i i j a I,. ;nicri i . Mudcuberrer ; bupervisors. Christian
hundred and eighty-two in I rod, and two c. i iit i t n-
t i j juLinis";! ri ti Stout aud Peter Bonser ; Inspectors, H i
bundrod and fourtqJi in lo&4. Dunngtbc , ' A i-
i ..aZa en,.? ram Blower and J nomas Albert : Audi-
Jast Tear one hundred and tort'-four pa- . 7J .- ,r , . ,
J , . , f j tor, Petor Merwinc; Assessor, Win. Ad-
rnts have been admitted, seventy being ' . A ' ... ,,..,
twenty-six patient-, of whom one hundred
and twelve have been discharged, twenty
cvcn as restored, twenty-two as improved,
thiity as stationary, and twenty-two byj
death. Of the remaining two huudrcd;
and fourteen, the number of timl ij nn:
hundred and twenty-seven, and of females
eighty-seven. The report says that more
than threc hundred patients cannot be ac
rorutnodatod in the institution with benefit,
jnd as applications for admission aro in
rrraHHg, many uiUbt necessarily bo re
fused. In viow of thin, the niauagerrf re
commend the e itfibh-hnie'U of another.
Eoiougli and Township Office
The following U a complete lUt of nil!
Officers elected in the Borough atid tlif-
j ferctit townships, in this Count', on the
1 1 flth insr. .
' 5! i'ju font's.
Justice of the Peace, Michael M. Bur
net; Constable, Charles Sliafer; Judge,
Oiin B. Cordon; Inspector?, John Keen
er and Thomas Stone ; Assessor, Nelson
Cooke ; Chief Buries?, Joseph ,7. Postcns:
Councilmen, James C. Paljuer. John II.
Wolfe, by dcuhani Walton, Philip S.
Brown and Oliver D. Stone ; Overseers
r ii, 11.,,.; .1 t r i ,
ol the i'oor, Uaiiu'l J. U.-trauder and
xi-.mii. - m. ..... c-.i.-ivk. ,
William Clement
N. Stokes, Theodore Schoch, Philip Swart
wood ; Auditor, Abraham Bm-h ; Town
Clerk, George Swartwood.
'-- viiv(iui? ; no.
Justice of the Peace, David CobU and
j William B. Thompson ; Constable, Fran-
cis iveiicr ; Supervisors, Benjamin Van
horn and niram Warner; J mire, John
Pope; Inspector, John Gearhart and
William Madden; Auditor, Theodore
Drodhcad ; School Director.-, Charles
Hcbard, Joel B. VHet and William B.
Thompson; Assessor, John P. Gearhart ;
Overseers of the Poor, John P. Dov.ling,
E;q. and Samuel Case.
i..,. -u
Ju,ticeof the Peace, J. E. Iloodma- ,acoD xrawij uvcracew oi t ,e
cher; Constable, Charles Everitt; Su- Z' and Barnct Mixsell
Dcrvisors. Jesso SiHn anA PhJlm iimE,. Scjlonl Erectors, Jacob iicjniucl and Ja-
Ovcrscersof the Poor, Eeuben Ifeiwy
v,.l n O- i: . c i i -r.. '
.mi liuiuj, oignn ; ccnooi L;ircciors, I'e
ter Gilbert and William F. Edmunds;
Assessor, George B. Weis ; Judge, Dan
iel H. Wiess ; Inspectors. Thomas Alte
mose and John J. Green ; Assistant As
sessors, Michael Smith and John J. Bnr
thold; Auditors, Thomas Kinlz and Jos.
Dorshimer.
Justice of tho Peace, John Ilartcr; Con-.-table,
Anthony IT. Berber; Supervisors,
Anthony Cr. Berber ami "Danii-1 Smith :
Judge, Joseph Borgrr ; Inspectors, Rcu-1
ben Chriatman and Jacob Englert; As-!
thelsessor, John M. l'rantz: As.itant As-
sessors. Anthonv Frxuiv R,.r.,r. !
Overseers of the Poor Pnul JJ-rcr-and
Adam Smith , Town Clerk, Jacob Cor
rcll.
Rasaiils;!.
Justices of the Peace, Charl
-r it. ,
ton and Charles I
x,.M forma is experiencing atrcauy the enects
. Miller; Constable, c , , , ,. c" .i
' , 'jof the bad policy of importing more than
icrvisors, Jesse an , , , r
Charles Kuth
ouner
i Huskirk and Joseph Kcmmcrcr : School '
Directors, John Marsh, Joseph Kcmmer-j
;Ocr; Uversocrs
Poor, Frederick!
Kiscr and Andrew Groner ; Town Clerk, j
'eter Williams; Judge, Samuai Custard. I
Jrkosi. !
. ;
Con.stabfe, James EdmonJ
les Edmonds; bupervi -
"?nfd An"7 SlPc.r;
inters U illiam Lm-
. i
?ora QC0T(rc Sctzer
Inspectors, John
...J A -I...
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railey and Jonathan Keener
r . '
.
.TSualic BssulaiFioicI.
q ?ca j
H. Eilcnbcr-
i 2Cr and ltudolnhus Smith: Supervisors,
t. . .Joseph lliulUe and John Kcmmcrcr; An- 'auvcnutmcni in .u:c ui uai kacuuii,us.
and oUd against, j0SCph A 7j05Sorj . Inspectors, Jo-! As it contains information important to
for the division. seph H. liouser and Emanuel Bittenben-! r readers, we deem it best to give it
i .-
.u -maul uwui , .juui;, -JUM-pu,..,!.,: tn
i 1 f r 1 - - " " f
tlir. linnc nf Lulker : Assessor. John PosMntrcr : A.- . i i ,. , .
" " . . , ' , " :re ! ui) every sinsse ictier conveveu in me
it had sisiaui Assessors, Joiin u. uraiiev. I'niiip J h(lftr(ipn :n fl- TTnffnd ctnt
n,e fire ivapj g "Mjr j Auaitor uobr i V. i-raney ; for a di,taDCC not csccedinc threc thoa
1,
W illiam Uverneld : Assessor Jacob an- Postmaster General is authorized to cs
auken ; Assistant Assessors, S. W. Labar tablish a uniform system for the rcgistra-
and John Clark ; Town Clerk, Jacob IR ftion of valuable letters. This provision
Eilcubcnrcr. .nf the law will be carried into effect, and
Constable, Josiah llcckmar. ; Supervi
sors, Amos Shick and Casper II. Metzgar;
School Directors, Daniel Metzgar and
George Transue ; Assessor, James S. Bis
binjr ; Assistant Assessor, George Warner
and Gideon Burritt; Auditor, John S.
Bisbing; Inspectors, Linford D. Bellis
and Samuel Shick ; Judge, John Alliger;
Town Clerk, Enoch Werkheiser ; Over
seers of the Poor, Johu Woodiing and
Jacob Lon.
SicJitrifird.
Justice of the Peace, Samuel Gasebeer
and -4bram Fenner; Constable, Samuel
Williams ; Supervisors, Jacob Cramer,
Thomas McNeal and Charles liouser ;
Overseers of the Poor, Charles M. Strunk
and Daniel-Custard : Judne. John Huff-
man; Inspectors, Evan Croasdale and
Henry Miller; School Directors, David
Butz and Philip Grcenamoyer
Polk.
Justice of the Pe
Justice ot the I eace, Philip Kresge; pcr room, where the gas had been turned! one ot the Departments at Washington,
Constable, Conrad Frabic; Assessor, Cor- j down, and gave vent to her wearied spir- who was sent upon this dirty business,
nclius Smith ; Inspectors, James Shafer jit by ejaculating, "Thank God, they are having cot into difficulty in Ohio, crow-
aud Michael Heiney; Judge, Peter Kel-iull
ler : Supervisors, Peter Kunkel, sr. and
George G. Hawk ; Overseers of the Poor,
Dawalt Fisher and William M. Jones;
Town Clerk, Joseph G ruber ; School Di
rectors, Reuben George, Daniel Sacger
and Aaroji Hin"y; Auditors, George S.
1 Hawk.
Paradise.
Constable, Andrew L. Storm ; School
Directors, Oliver D. Smith and John J.
Price ; Supervisors, Abraham Transue
and James Heller.; Judge, Elijah Dcch ;
Overseers of tho Poor, ...Samuel Bowman
and Charles Henry ; Inspectors, Charles
Transue and George W. Nauman ; As
scssor, John Storm ; Town Clerk, Levi
Transue ; Assistant Assqsors, Jacob .Bow
man and Adam Utt.
Si icv.
Justice of the Peace, Jacob Price ; Su
periors, Peter Sees and Josiah B. Snow:
T.w? CJ.. lii. t c t i Tr .
"u"r5,: wnin i rice ; ccnooi ujrcciun:,
m t i tit',,. -,,
.Christian Pcnnel. William M. Burrows,
Peter Sees and Charles Price; Inspectors,
n imam Kj. aim joun a. rnw ; vs-
scssor, llobcrt Lomax; Assistant Asses-j
sora, Joseph Fetherman aud Georpclnk :
tll'ltl lfl -iinvnn I til.
Constable, James S. Price ; Overseers -of :
1 1.,, U n r T..1. l AA-'tir ir
Town Clerk, James Palmer.
Justice of the Peace, Joseph AKcmose;
Constable, John G ruber; Judge, Jacob
ttonscr; Inspectors, George Mixscll and
Henry Altcmosc ; Assessor, Charles Bus
kirk; Assistant Assessors, Samuel Metz-
gar and Enoch Van Buskirk; Supervis
ors, Peter Arnold and John Mixscll:
Auuitor, j'jnoen an iiusKiric ; lown
I cob Bonscn
!
Juttice of the Peace, Silas L. Drake ;
Constable. George Hollered ; Supervisors,
Daniel Groncr and Daniel Lee ; Over
seers of the Poor, Charles Swiuk and
John Fclkcr ; School Directors, Robert
W. Swink, Joseph B. Miller and William
I S. Bees ; Assessor, Wayne C Drake ; As-
.-itant Assessors, Stroud Burson and
Melchoir Dreher ; Judge, John Frankcn
field ; Auditors, Robert Brown and Jame?
Kerr ; Inspectors, Joel D. Dunlap and
! Lewis L. Keller
C??S
; Town Clerk, Peter
'rhc'c WSiS an arrival from California,
'a,ure of California had adjourned suic
j . . : j t. l l x : i fc i.
; ffiuioui cicciin" a u.o. oeu;uor.
liiisiness at San Francisco has been en
tirely prostrated, owing immediately to
:i p: 1 i.: l . f..:
line iaiiuru oi iivo uauMiiir uuuh. jiu:-
j cue is auie 10 pay lor.
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Kc7 Postage Act. j
Wt
find the follow inserted as an
?lace in our columns :
Ao?fcc to the Fu
1'ost masters.
otice is !,crel)
Notice to the Fitulic, and Instructions to
eby given, that, agreeably
to an act oi Vjuij
to an act of Congress approved March
Uj 1SS5 tlre follo
are to be charged,
U nrApril mzl j
on and after the first
in lieu of these now cs-
Tnfi inilfs inn cent
From and after said Grit day of April,
jprcpaymcnt on letters is required, ex-
jccptillg Upon Such as arc to Or from a
,forein eountr, o
'foreiL - n country, or to officers of the cov
ernment on official business. The frank-
inn-nrivilerre remains uncbanfred.
special instructions therefor will bo issued
to postmasters, as soon as the necessary
blanks can be prepared and distributed.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.
Fost Office Department, March 9, '55.
The meat Crop.
The Mcsscnger, published at Ilanna
bal. Missouri, learns from farmers that
.the prospects lor a good wncat crop
'throughout nothern Missouri are inore
. f it.
promising than they have been for some
years past. In Illinois the prospects for
an abundant wheat crop arc also good.
We learn from the Alton Courier, the ed
itor of which paper has recently made a
trip across the central portion of Illinois,
that, "however short the crops might have
been last year, it has not deterred the
farmers of the State from seizing every
portion of favorable time during the fall
for sowing their wheat, and the rcsull
hhows that there arc at least twenty per
cent, more acres now in wheat than in
any previous year. The winter has been
'esceedingly favorable, and if wc should
) be blessed with our ordinary spring,
Illinois will have an amount of wealth in
that single crop which it would be difficult
to estimate."
A Heartfelt Sentiment Inopportunely
Expressed.
A large and brilliant party was given
shiouable circle a few weeks since,
hundred miles from our metropolis,
stivities were kept up to so late
that the fair hostess became com
pletely wearied out. Some fifteen min
jutes after tho ladysuposcd the last of the
guests had, left, she walked into the sup
stuffed and goncl" "2fot quito all,"
squeaked a voice, "1 nave returned to
find an ear-ring which I suppose I dropped
while at tho supper table." The hostess's
chagrin can be belter imagined than de
scribed, when, on turning round, Bho dis
covered one of her nearest fashionable
neighbors ! Boston Fupn
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iuipwiflllill'Wr I Ml I'
A certain Cure for Scrofula.
Nicholas Loncsworth, the famous mil
lionaire and wine grower of Cincinnati,
.... . it . ,". r..i .
publishes tUC lOHOWing cuiu iui aciuiuui.
uPut 2 oz. of aquafortis on a plate, on
which you have two copper cent?. Let it
remain from 18 to 24 hours. Then add
for ounces' of clear strong vinegar. Putt
cents and all in a large mouthed bottle,
and keep it corlscd. Begin by putting
four drops in a teappoon-ful of rain water,
and apply it to the sore. Make the np
plication three times a day,. with a soft
hair pencil, or one made of soft rags. If
very jutivfvt, put more water. As the
sore heals apply it weaker. I request
editors, in all parts of the Union,, and a-
broad to copy this, and to republish it
; , :'-.. . mnrtrr i PM
flua,lC1 VAvnVnPn
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Cincinnati, 0.. Nov. 18, 18o4.
P. S. Capt. Ilarkncss, ot our city, tlie
' ! annlicd it without wat
. .- - . . f 11 . 1
r, ana no miormeu
! l,n tl.ni.l.f !f rx-ah 11 Vinrn liia r
IIIC lllillj IIU HIVUJJIIU it liuuiu uuiu
off. But the next day it was cured. His
was a small sore, and had been attended
to for months by one of our best physicins,
without any benefit.
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Shooting Affair at Dunkirk.
The Fredonia Censor, of Tuesday, the
loth inst., states that, on the previous
Saturday night, a couple arrived at Dun
kirk in the cars, and stopped at the A
mericau IT? i?! ?he.m thev passed as hus-
nanu anu wuc. ju wuuu. muiuiug uv.
true husband of the woman arrived in
pursuit, and requested to be shown to
their room. Being directed to it, he burst
in, and presenting a loaded double bart
relied pistol at tho gay Lothario, attempt
ed to discharge it, but it failed. The
scuffle being heard by others, assistance
arrived, and the wcanon was taken from
him. lie was taken before a Justice,
and examined in the afternoon, and in an
interim of the trial, while standing at the
doorway, he levelled another pistol, which
ho had procured subsequent to the 6rst at-
1 tempt :it the destroyer of his peace, and
Ultiiai "uu ii. x utiu iiuaacu uiu iu-
tended victim, but tho injured husband,
supposing it had proved effectual, de
clared that both were now ruined, and he
was satisfied. Subsequently he appeared
convulsed, and avowed that ho had taken
poison, but whether this was actually the
case is not determined.
The Dunkirk Journal gives the name
of the husband as Wainwrighfc and that
of his wifo's paramour a Miller; and
states that W. married his wife in Clear
field County ,in this State,about three years
aj,0 sue oeinrr tnen 0niv aoout niteen
years old. He treated her very badly,
nu Mnier, wuo boarded witii them, at
length induced her to go off with him.
The pair have resided at Orlean, 2"ew
York, since October last; but Wainwright
having tracked them out, they escaped to
Dunkirk. After giving an account of the
affray, the Journal adds:
" Wainwright was immediately arrest
ed and committed by Esq. Brown to May
ville Jail, to await his trial for assault
and battery with attempt to kill, and
Miller recognised to appear as a witness,
and being unable to procure bail was com
mitted to jail likewise. We understand
both Miller and Wainwright are under
bonds in Pennsylvania, for some unlaw
ful acts committed there."
The Warren Railroad.
The supplement to the charter of this
road, having excited a good deal of dis
cussion in the Legislature, and beiii a
subject of interest to mauy of our patrons,
wc copy the following notice of the meas
ure from the Trenton correspondence of
the iScwark Advertise!:
"The Warran II ail road Company rep
resent that they are constructing two tun
nels one at Yanncss Gap, twenty-eight
hundred feet long, and one at vass Gap,
nine hundred feet long; that the Yanncss
Gap tunnel, although let to the best con
tractors in the country, who are driving
it night and day, with men and steam
power on account of water and the hard
ness of tho rock, it is found impossible to
complete it in time for connecting roads;
as this road is intended to connect the
Central Bail Boad of New Jersey, with
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Rail Boad, and will bo an important link
for the transportation of coal, and in the
general north western trade.
The privilege asked for is the right to
construct a temporary road over the Van
ness Gap Mountain, to operate until the
tunnel can be completed, and an cxten
sion of time to complete the tunnel, be
cause of the impossibility to accomplish it
during the existence of the present char
ter. The Morris & Essex Railroad Com
pany have opposed tho application, be
cause they own a surveyed route through
Vanness Gap, for the contemplated ex
tension of their road to the Delaware riv
er, and they claim that the change of track
applied for will interfere with their loca
tion, and that the design is to render this
change permanent instead of temporary.
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JJjThc administration and its press
es have for months been engaged in de
nouncing secret political organizations as
embodying every thing that is base, mean
and anti-democratic. One would think
that such a virtuous crew would not be
guilty of the very offence which they have
so fiercely condemned. Yet, alas! for the
consistency of the Shams; it has leaked
out that agents have been sent from
Washington to the West, particularly to
Ohio, to institute what arc called "Sa
Nicht" Societies composed exclusively of
foreigners, and intended especially as a
counter cheek to the Know Nothing As
sociations. One S. W. Johnes. a clerk in
ing out of a drunken frolic, felt impelled
to make a clean breast of it, and so let
out the secret of who ho was, and what
business he was pursuing. After this, wc
hope the Washington Union, and other
Pierce organs, will be a littlo more mod
est in their attacks upou tho Know Noth-
lugs.
husscx Ii agister.
I I TTI
A Veritable Sea IConster.
The lawrence (Mass,) Home Review
states that Mr. A. D. Pillbury, of Law--rence,
while in Ipswich a few days sinco,
discovered upon the ice opposite that town
a short distance from the shore, a queer
monster jof'the seal species being one of
thoso curious animals known among fish
erman as sea lions. Procuring assistance,
he succeeded, after a desperate struggle,
in killing and capturing the creature, and
by the aid of ropes, dragged him to the
shore. His prise weighed three hundred
pounds.
Fall of Black Snoic Professor Fair
child, of Oberlin, Ohio, states that on Feb
ruary 7th they had in that region a fall
of dark-colored snow. The crystals were
in tlic form of dense icy pellets, above' the
twentieth of an inch, and when melted it
yielded about a half inch of water. The
suow had a distinct smoky taste, and on
filtering it through paper a dark sooty
substance was obtained.
Oil from the Bmccls of a Mountain. It
is reported that a large number of springs
have been discovered in Western Penn
sylvania, which, by a process of evapo
ration and distillation, yield an oil equal
n purity to the best sperm oil. It is rep
resented as furnishing a brilliant light,
and as not being affected by the cold with
the thermometer fourteen degrees below
zero. It is said that four thousand gal
Ions of this oil has already been produced.
Is there any truth in the report ?
A Common School State Convention
The Superintendent of the common
schools of Pennsylvania has issued a call
for a State convention of county superin
tendents at Ilarrisburg, on the 11th day
of April nest, for mutual consultation,
and the discussion and adoption of such
measures as may tend to a more complete
and effective organization for the advance
ment of common schools and the cause of
j popular education.
.
A great baby Show U announced by
Barnum to come off at the Amcricao
Museum, N. Y., on tho 5th of June, last
ing four days. Infants under five-years
of age will be admitted from any-part of
the world. Cradles and retiring rooms
will be provided for 100 babies and their
attendants, and the premiums will be a
warded, ranging from 100 to $25-
Now is "sugaring time" in Vermont,
and the Tcrraonters are full of work and
sport. The amount of sugar annually
made in the State is Gr00(y)00 lbs., worth
8650,000.
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Singular Occurrence. During a
thunder storm on the 9th in.-'t., the house
of Amos Wooten, near Wilmington, N.
C, was struck by lightning, which in
stantly killed a little son of Mr. W., and
injured, more or less, the whole family;
nlo. discharging two loaded guns, one of
which was melted at or near the breech.
Census op Mexico. The Mexican
papers have recently been publishing a
census of that country. From it wc gath
er that there arc in that country S5 cities,
192 towns or large villages, 4,900 vil
lages, 119 missions, &c.; 170 haciendas,
and 6,092 farms, &c. Population 7,853,
:J95. Col. Fremont has recovered his suit fori
44,000 acics of land in California, through
the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court,
and is thus made the richest man in A
mcrica. Col. F. paid three thousand dol
lars for the land.
Curious Case of Seduction.
At Rochester on the 21st instant, Eliz
abeth Rombcrgh, a smart, young swiss
girl, only eighteen years of age, appear
ed before Justicc Moore and made oath
that Benedict Salle, who is a man of prop
erty, had seduced her under promise of
marriage, and had failed to fulfill his ob
ligations. Complainant stated that she
had been but a few months in the. coun
try, and went to reside with Salle about
the first of January last. That she had
waited patiently for him to consumatc the
marriage contract, but ho failed to do so,
and now 'gave her to understand that he
did not intend to do so. A warrant was
issued for Salle, and placed in the hands
of a policeman, who some time after re
turned with an old man of seventy, lean
ing upon crutches, and apparently just
ready to step into his grave. This was
Salle, charged with the seduction of the
fair young Swiss girl of eighteen. That
ho was guilty of all with which he had
been oliarged was soon made clear to the
magistrate and all present. He said that
he would marry the girl with pleasure.
Upon making this announcement, the face
of therfcmalc was lighted with joy, and
her eyes sparkled with delight. She was
as ready and anxious to havo the cerc
moucy performed as ever bride could be.
It was proposed by the parties that the
judge at once unite them in the bonds of
wedlock. Justice Moore declined to of
ficiate. Uc said he could not be the in
strument of joiuing tender youth to decrep
id old age there was no imperative rea
son why the' should marry, and many
why they should not. They went away
in search of a priest, who has less com
puuetions than the police justice.
Fast Day. The Governor of Maine
has appointed Thursday, the 12th of A
pril, as a day of fasting and prayer, but
what for is not stated. In the Island of
St. Kitts, West Indies, tho Governor op
pointed a day of thanksgiving and prayer,
in consequence of the cholera having
ceased its ravages.
Post Office Bobberies.
The secret agents of tho Post Master
General have done a brisk business lately.
Within the last two months, somethinir
like 20 mail robbers have been arrested
in different parts of the country, and a-
bout half of thorn have boon triccHind con-
lemncd to imprisonment.
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Presidential Candidates' for 1856;
Democratic, Daniel S. Dickinson.
Whigt Nobody;;
Steam, GEoiirjE Law.
Knmv Nothing, "Sam.'.
Fiisio?i, Somebody.
The contest will be probably between
Somebody and ''Sam." The race is to
be an "orful" one, and the result is"a
"leetlo'' doubtful.
The Sritixa Flight. In Indiana,
wild pigeons are flying in greater abun
dance than ever before known in tho
Spring'of the year. They pass over Terrc
Haute in clouds by the acre. Their course
is northward in the morning and south
wardly in the evening.
J. Elijs Bonitam, Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee, and for a
number of years known as a leading pol
itician in Pennsylvania, died at Carlisle,
on Monday evening of last week, aged.38
years. .
CST" The Evening Bulletin offers to pay
handsomely any spiritual mediums who
will summon the spirit of Nicholas Ro
mankoff, and if he is defunct he will of
courso answer and inform the public
when ho died; how he died whether by
apoplexy or poison: if poisoned, who kil
led him; what be was killed for; what i
the propectr of peace in Europe; what ef
fect did his death produce on the stock
market; what is the price of consols; is cot
ton down or up; how is flour, and what is
the state of the market for beef and ba
con, to say nothing of putty. Here's a
chance!
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A bill to secure to women equal rights
with the sterner sex, making marriage
a species of limited partnership, with pri
vate and joint property, and securing to
widows the guardianship of their children,
has been ordered to a third reading in tho
House of the New Jersey Legislature.
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The Ocean and its Depth.
Professor Olmstead, of New Haven, has
contributed to the last number of the New
Englandcr (a quarterly publication) an
article entitled "a Philosophical Survey
of the Ocean," from which wc extract tho
following paragraph. The author com
mends highly the labors of Lieut. Maury.
.The waters of the ocean cover nearly
three-fourths (or more exactly, fivc-scv-cnths)
of the surface of the globe ; and of
the thirty-cighi millions of miles of dry
land in exisienec, twenty-eight beloug to
the northern hemisphere. The moan
depth of the ocean lias been variously sta
ted, but may for the present be taken afe
four miles ; the numerous soundings now
in progress will soon enable us to speak
with more definite on this point. Enough
has already been donc-to prove the depth
is exceedingly unequal ; that like the sur
face of the earth the bottom of the ocean
here rises in mountain peaks, and there
sinks in deep valleys. Until recently the
deepest sounding ever made was that by
Captain Scorsby in the polar seas, which
was short of a mile and a half. As late
as 1843, the maximum sounding was that
of Captain Ross, in the south Atlantic,
and gave 27,000 feet or a little over Eve
miles, without finding bottom. But more
recentiy, at a point of the Atlantic farth
er north, Lieut. Walsh, of the U. Schoon
er Tanc, without reaching bottom, to
the depth of 34,200 feet, or nearly G
miles. Within a short time Capt Dinham
communicated to the Roal Society a re
port of having reached the bottom of the
Atlantic, in a passage from Rio Janeiro
to the Cape of Good Hope, at the aston
ishing depth of 7,70G fathoms, or miles;
a depth so profouud, that the plummet
occupied in its decent from thareel near
ly V hours. From these results it ap
pears that the depth of the ocean exceeds
the heights of the mountains, since the
loftiest summits of the Ilimmalaya are a
little more than 28,000 feet, or 5 miles.
Notwithstanding these in the immediate
vicinity of places where no bottom could
be found, were spots of no uncommon
depths. The facts indicate that the bed
of the ocean is diversified like the surface
of the earth. TheGulf of Mexico is thought
not to exceed on an average one mile r
and the Greenland seas aro of such mod
crate depth, that whales, when harpooned
often run to the bottom, as is indicated
by appearance when they rise again to.
the surface. Whales are even supposed
to seek a part of their food at the bottom
of the sea.
A Mother's Prayer.
A mother had heard of the arrivaliof
her sailor-boy outside the Cape, and was
awaiting his return with the anxiety a
mother alone can know. With faith
strong iu God, she prayed for his safety.
News came that the vessel was lost.
The father, an unconverted man, who
had preserved a sullen silence, now wept
aloud. The mother observed, "He is in
the hands of Him who docth all thing3
well," and again the subdued and softened
spirit bowed, commending her son and ber
husband, in an audible voice, to God.
In tho morning, the little gate in front
of tho dwelling turned on its hinges, the
door opeued, and- their son, their lost,
loved son, stood before them. The vessel
had been driven into one of tho harbors
on the coast, and was safe. The father
rushed to meet him. His motfier, hang
ing on his neck, earnestly exclaimcd,"My
child, how co mo you here!" "Mother,"
said he, as the tears coursed down his sun
burnt face, " I knew yoiCdpray mehomc.yr
What a spectacle! a wild, reckless youth-
ack nowlcdging tho efficacy of prayer.
It seems he ra3 aware of his perilous sit
uation, and that he labored with the
thought, "My mother prays; Christian's
prayers aro answered, and I may bo
saved." This reflection, when almost ex
hausted with fatigue, and roady to givo
up in despair, gave him fresh strength, and
with renewed courage he labored till tho
harbor was gained.
Christian mother, pray for that son who
is likely to be wrecked in the storm of life,,
and his prospects blasted, forevcri "lie
may be saved. -