' 1 Calitenia flttus, Anivnl of the Illinois. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA Thr wrcc k of the Golden Age. Safety of her I'ufrenrjtr and Treasure. Xtw York, May 13. The now Ootn California bronglit by tlio Illinois, was con YPVO d fniiii Kingston toHavauabytbe steam thip I'd Iorado. The Illinois brings about 700 pn'nP""' nnJ 81,115,000 of the treasure saved fromlM wreck of the Golden Age. The Disaster to the ulcamship Uo'ucu Age i reported as follows by her pirser, AY m. ""April 21UI..-AI 2 o'clock A. M.. struck on a sunken rock oltthe southwestern of the island of Uiearon. Ship commence.' lea ki g badlv. nu.l it deemed advisable to run the Fhin'i horo, whh h was accordingly done on a smooth , sumly bench, selected lor the pur- ''"'IVro U n stronj probability of the ship being got oil'. After a detention of two clnyj, tho piisenr-crs, mails nnd treasure were tn kon offbv the steamship John L. Stephens, which was rant from l'annniafort'ie purpose. The passengers wore landed at I'aiiuma on tho L'd ol'-Mny. all sufo nnd in good health. Unsitioss in California was very dull, and jnnnv failures had ocrurred. Tho money market continued tight, thc...gh confidence wu partially restored. Seventeen vessels from Atlantic port3 tad arrived at San Francisco within six days. Thn miner? were d ing well ; but, owing to the scarcity of coin, very little dust reached the market. Tlir mint has not resumed ope rations. Haiti had fallen steadily in tin valleys for a week, nnd in the mountains snow had fallen to a great depth. Tho unsatisfactory slate of commercial and other avocations were driving hirgo numbers of clerks and mechanics to the mines. It.ith branches of the legislature had fixed upon tiio aoih of April for a final rejourn ment. A revival of the U. S. Senatorial question is considered very doubtful. An nnti-giiniMing law lias been passed by both Houses, which is f.o stringent in its provision that it is calculated to effectually rloso all the gambling hourcs. LIVLtl FROM CALIFORXIA. Ni.w Uih.ein, May 14. The Hteamsli l'rmethcn, from San Juan, has arrived with California dates to the 21th ult. The steamship Northern Light sailed from Han .lu.in on tho 18th, iust., for New York, with passengers aud 300,000 in trea sure. The papers furnish little news of interest. Tho V S Land Commission, has confirmed tlu W ber claim of eleven s()iiare leagues of land, upon which tho city of Stockton is loca ted. Two heavy failures have occurred, viz : .l ose I in iical, w hose liabilities nro $80,000, and 15. Upton, Jr., for $100,000. lStiMiies continued very dull. There had been no arrivals since the sailing of the last Kteamcr. banders, the nlleoecd forger, has escaped in A vessel bound to China. A largo number of snicides are recorded in the paper.--. Tho revolution in Nicaragua is reported to have received a new impetus in the accession !' lem-ral Mtrioff, Two rich copper mines have been ditcovnr- l in Casta. r:i: uovcrmor ok massaciii:ktt. Has refused to ngrco to tho address of tho Legislature asking for the removal of Judge l.oimg Iroin the oinco ol Judge or i robnto. .1 mlge Loring. it will bo remembered, while aetingas a Lnitcu Mates Commissioner, re stored the fugitivo Burns to his master, a dc vmon which produced some disturbance in iioston among the Anti-Slavcrv portion of i ho population. To punish him for that dc rision the present Legislature addressed the Covcruor for his removal from the oOico of Frobatc, which he also holds. The Uovern cr refuses to ngreo to tho address beeauso the Legislature has no right to remove a judge ut their mero wish, and without cause. As the Governor interprets the constitution, the Judges hold office during good bohuvior, aud are removed by impcachmeut for crime, uml by address for anv dispensation of 1 roy iiioncu that makes them, without criminality, incompetent to perform properly tbo duties nf their office. It is not ullcgcd'that Judgu Loring has committed any crimo against tho laws of tho United States or of Massachu setts. It is not alleged that ho' is rendered onGt for the performance of the dutic" of his ufiieo by insanity, physical incapacity, or any other visjtatiou or I roviuence. lho uovcr nor s.ivs : To the allegation that Judge Loring has (hocked the popular sentiment of MussacliU' setts, it may bo pertinent to ask what the duty ol judges is. Aro they to expound the laws as made by the law-making power, or are they to continue inem m accordance with popular sentiment? When tho timo arrives t hat a judge so violates his oath of office as to shape his ducisiuiis according to the fluctua tions of popular leeling, we become a govern luer.t not of laws but of men. .Supposing, as is allegej, that according to j ma ordinary ualuuciti of con:iieling testi-! uiouy, the decision ol Judge Coring was cr roueiius, uo oue asert or believes that he wilfully adjudicated wrongly aud corruptly. The error, if error it. be considered, was a uiiMtukc. Is a judge, then, to be removed from office, oven if iu the execution of that ofiiee he gives a mistaken judgment? Such mi impractical and dangerous policy would lead to a daily'removal among judicial officer 'fuur inferior courts a3 often us their deci sions were overruled by higher tribunals. The reasoning of the Governor is cood and SxuuJ, and lho attempt of the Massachusetts Legislature to nullify tho constitution and las of the United Stales has been verv properly rebuked by tho Governor. I.XDKI'l-.NDLNT ORDER OF ODD rtLLOWS The Grand Lodgo of I. O. of O. . of l'ennsvlvania, assembled on Tuesday last iu l'biludeiiihia, and judijing from the auanti t v of business before them, be iu cession until the end of the week The following are the oflleers elected, and were duly installed into olnce; M. . O. MC. K. Wright, of No. 30 Wilkesbairet 1!. W. P. ii. M 1. F. (mdio. of No. 34, rhiladelphi: U. W. (1 W. It. A. Lamberton, of No 1B0, If arris- burg; It. W. U. (S. Wm. Curtis, of No. it, 1'biludelphia; It. W. O. T. F. Knox Morton.ofNo.il, rhiladtlphla j K. V. G. II. to J. L. ofU. S. Wm. English, of No, 15L Philodeliihia. Tho number of Lodges in the Ftat ut the ibe oM85J, were 312'J; Contributing mem bers. 199,197. Kcveoue. $1,334,935 fiolief eranted, 8496,526. It apiware that the re lief granted h overagcu, for frveral years, bull' a million of dollars annually, being a .saving, consequently to that exteul, to the Jiffereut towns, counties and States. It also nppi!tir tluit the revenue hag beeu, at all iimei! so much in excess of the expenditures, hat collective fund has been obtained, which would be nuffieiemly Urge to yield mi iuUret-t gTeat enough to meet the annual b uiands for rel ef. These fdHi speak for rhcttnelves. The XrB Cownt in Aoais. The Bosloo iiniiecript ty it is not improbable that ho wholo doing t Roxbury will be the FubjHCt of legal iuventigstion, and that all the irentieuiio wlio visited the Catholic School will jv a opporluoitv ti defend Ihi in t. blliTC jurjf. THE AMERICAN. BUNBUllY. SATUEDAY, MAY 19, 1855. II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor. To AtYRTUni -Tlie circulation of th Fuiilmry American sm.tiig tlie dirtt-renl biwnt on the urriuehnimn ii sot excerilrd if equalled by any ruiper pukltiheil In Noilh era rettiiivlvams. icnnort's TABt.c. Ttulnea !totlee. Ntw Oootw V wH pall Ihe nttrntiiin of Ihe pot lic to the n.trnliirmeiit of K. Y. Bright, In tnothet rot. una. He l,nf jurt reerivml nd opcneil an lmmene itoek iif new gooila. Hnd it ilclarininut to lene kit filcnJ hi Living Ix fure them r kcp mid j-kv aniclia. 1ei IV. Obt lint juit returned fr rn rhllidelplila vrilh a iieh Mock nf Buring and Slimmer (tooda. Perinf w-!J d. wtll lo mil and examine hit f n!a. No one tan ;m.tc laa sure wuli mi liing pmci wltk liia jndt Knd privet. Tn NaTiohai VmiiirTTt Thia ia tde tllle of a ne paper ruUialicd e.l J.rtey SSwe, Ta., byHenif J B Louis J. CBmmii frn. Tlie nombtr bf.,re ntlta re.it!y printed elite! and iJv.'eolei the princlplea of tli Amenean piny. The riiilncMpriia PrS uas coint to ut tn a now drm The SOS it a vurt Welcome vitit.ir. Thme who di tire lo have likeiietset Uiken Ly Mr. J K. rckrmin, whn lint rooint now ov,t Frilina A. Ora.ilt Suire, hnd belter do to at ouce, at liu wlli Icavt town in a few weeks. rilickwVKla Manilne foi April la rereiveJ. It it ona of the bett foreign review. Tlie present number conUina "How to drew him. !ayclitl:gical Enquiriea, Zaidea: Nutet on Canada : Cliarlet Dlckent, Piste of Miliiia, The Story of the Campaign!." It ia pub'ithed by Lennnrd Scott .V Co., Now York, tu whoee adveriitemeflt we refe.' in niwithci column. The Pcnntylvnnin Farm Journal fur May, eontali.t much that la appropriate tn tde tcnt-n, and impnrtar.t to our far rier fricndt. In its peculiar way. devoted at it It to Ag riculture, Horticulture and Rural Economy, thit Journal hua no superior. fEF The Eattalio.v PARAPEcame oIT on Tuesday at Northumberland, and it is repre. 8entcd ns having been well attended and having pr.ssedofj.in food style. The General and full staff were in attemlnnco nnd tho com panies evinced their nsnal good discipline, and neatness in appearance. CST A meeting of tho Mcehanics of this Borough was held in the Court House, on Thursday, the 10th inst. The meeting was numerously nl tended. Hon. G. C. Welker and Jno. V. V-i-tin addressed them. A committee was appointed to draft resolution which reported ut an adjourned meeting on Thursday evening last. The proceedings were received too Into for publication this week; they will appear in our next issue. C3T The Governor has advertised tho Main Line, including Railroads and Canp.l, from rhilndelphia to Fitt.bt'.nr. and the appurten ances, for sale by public outcry at the Phila delphia Exchange, Tuesday tho 24th of July next, at half-past seven o'clock iu the even ing. O" President Ripler and Chief Engineer Paries, of the Snnbnry nnd Erie Railroad met a committee of the Directors of tho Philadel phia and Sunbury ra:lroad. at this place, on Tuesday last, to select a location for a depot. The place chosen is situated on tho highest ground on the Scott farm, about the centre or the new town plot. Tho two companies will have the tame depot in common. The Philadelphia and Sunbury Company gave the Erie Company thirteen lots for the erection of the building ; and tho latter purchased an adjoining block of the samo number of lots for the pnrpose of building a machine shop. We understand both structures will bo com menced immediately. Tho owners of tho towu plothavo hid out one street expressly for the use of. mil road companies. O" Capti-bs of Lous EAKr.a. The clip per ship "Grape Shot"returued toXcw York on Tuesday, having on board the fugitive I.ouis Uaker, who stands charged with the' murder of Poolo. Tbo "Grapeshot" arrived :it Talmas in 17 days from this port, and laid on and off till tho Isabella Jewc.tt hove in sight, when the officers boarded hor and cap tured tho fugitive. Ul.lilsmil.U LETTERS. Washington, May 11. The Post Oflico Department has passed a series of instructions for the guidance of Post Musters, in receiv ing valuable letters for transmission by mail. The plan U to go into operation on tho let of July, on and after which letters can bo re gistered and receipted for upon a fee of Cve cents being paid Kxtruordiimry care is to be taken to ensure their safe delivery. The instructions' require all letters alleged to be vnlaablo to be registered at the office of mailing, on payment of a registration feo of five cents, and tutored in a receipt bock kept for the purpose, and kept separate fr:a tho regular accounts of muils received nnd sent. The receipt book is to bo kept by the postma.'.ter, or a person specially designated by him for that service, aud all registered letters to be tcceipted fur on delivery at the ofiiee of their destination. Eit.ns!:s iiy Coi-sty TitEAsritERs Tho Attorney Geuerul, (Mr. Franklin) has given an opinion on the new liquor law, to the effect thai licenses for tho sulo of liquor must bo granted as heretofore by County Treasurers up to July 1 the licenses to run until Octo ber. The tux will bo tho eanio as for a whole your. Thus, thtso whoso licenses are (luted after tho 15th April (the day the new law was approved) will pay ns mncli ns those who oh tuiurd lieeii.es before thut date the licenses in one cute running only to October, and iu the other to April next. Judge llegins. of Schuylkill county, has given an opinion to the same effect as the Attorney Geuerul. In Chester county, where by a special law, all licenses for the sulo -C liquors (whether by tavern-keepers, or keepers of restuurunts, beer-bouses. -e.) huve tu be approved by tho court, Judge Iluines lat week refosed to approve of any license, thereby putting a prohibitory law into immediate operation, with the txccpticn of those taverns licensed ia January. The about I. S. Steamship Supply, which is suiting to m mediterranean. will brio; I : k camels to be uecd as beasts of burdi ii M tue arm v. editorial corresrondknce' United States Hotri;, Philadelphia, May 15, 1855. J In my last letter I referred to tho contrb. versey between Archbishop Hughes and Senator Brooks, quoting a number of extracts from the correspondence. The Archbishop had asked for a suspension of pnblic opinion for ten days. Publio expectation was there fore excited, as many were anxious to see what he could say in reply. The New York Courier and Enquirer of to-day contains a long letter from the pen of tho Bishop ad dressed to the publio. His letter will not dd to his reputation. It is made up of a kind of special pleading and evasion of the renl facts in i'mup. It does not disprovo that what Mr. Brooks stated was substantially true, Cut merely goes to show that Mr. Brooks' statement was not correct in all its particulars. Ho says tho whole number of deeds quoted by Mr. Brooks is 40, while tho Record in tho Registers office shows 32, a difference of 14. The whole number of lots held by the Bishop, Mr. Brooks states to bo 101. The Bishop makes tho number 24 less, admitting that there aro 77. The value of tho pfoperty. the Bishop says, is much less than Mr. Brooks estimated it. He goeslnto a metaphysical disquisition showing the dif ferent kinds of falsehood, all of which ho insists Senator Brooks is guilty of. Head mits that the legal titlo of this property is in himself, br.t denies that it belongs to him, tic cording to equity or justice. He complains that the country Press particularly have sided with Mr. Brooks, and liRd passed judgment ngainst him without waiting for his reply. He complains that he is called a foreigner. He says that he was naturalized 40 years ago that he hat been an American, is an Amcri can, will and shall bo an American although he will never forget his native land. The Archbishop winds up by condemning the church property bill as being unconstitutional. Governor Pollock came to town yesterday, He was waited on by a committee, and to. day I saw him in a carriage with a number of other persons on a tour of sight seeing through the city. Politics in this city is so much mixed up with other issues, that it ij hard to say what party will remain uppermost more than n few months. The liquor question will enter largely into the politics of the next campaign Some of the liquor men are determined to rc sist tho law. The Sunday law is evaded by boarders buying enough on Saturday and taking it to their rooms. PtTIUFIfcU BODIES. The removal of the bodies of deceased per sons from the old English or Presbyterian Market street grave yard, in I.ewisburg, to the new l.emetei v, is btill tromir on. nnd we have heard of threo eases in which tho bodies were found more or leas petrified. The soil is a lime stone formation, nnd part of llie yard sometimes being very wet. accounts for tlie ptienomeucn. In tlie last case, the body of a man buried less thuu twenty years ago, in tne prime ot me, wns louucl completely changed lo stone, excepting tho head nnd part of tbo neck, which had decayed. Tun while in some rases after death tho body crumbles to dust, and hardly an atom of ashes can be found where was a full-grown man, in other instances by sumo operation equally strango the particles became changed into limc-stnne rock, as hard and as heavy as mar ble itself ! I.etcUburg Chronich. TRACI-.IIY. A strange nffuir occurred at this place on Tuesday last, resulting in tho death of a man wuo gave Ins name as Y Uliam Jjnruam, aim stated that his home was in Northumberland county. Pennsylvania. The circumstances of tho wise seem to warrant a belief that tho un fortunate man was insane. On the arrival of the Sacramento stage nt noon, Durham among others, stopped at the National Hotel, fur din ner ; as ho was leaving the house, Mr. Echols thn landlord reminded him that he had not paid for his meal : Durham answered that he had no money, but would pay him when he came again. Mr. Echols said "that is all right" and Durham went away. It appears from the evidence that ho proceeded directly to the store of Newman dc Co., and asked for a bowio knife, and upou one being shown him ho took it and left the store wiihout paying for it. which caused Mr. Peldberg, one of the firm, to follow him. He returned to tho Na tional and asked tboRe in tho bnr-room, where tho landlord was. Th'y directed him to the dining-room. He then entered tho dining room, but not Gliding Mr. E. he entered the front hall where he met Mr. E. eulering the hall from tho parlor. Durham immediately rushed at him with the bowio knifo and Mr. E. retreated through the bar-room and into the dining-room, closing tho door after him. As Durham was pursuing Mr. Echols through the bar-room, Mr. lh my J. Marsh, of Illi noUtown, and Mr. J. W. Miller, stage agent, culled to him to put up his knife, when he immediately abandoned tho pursuit of Mr. Echols nnd run at Marsh uml Sliller, with tho knifo raised to Btri'ue. They retreated into the hnll. Durham still following ; when he was within four foot of Marsh, tho latter drew hi pistol nnd shot him down. Tho bull struck Durham in tho throat, and passed nearly through the neck. Durham died about sunset. Marsh immediately surrendered him self to tho magistrate, who after hearing the fuels, discharged him from custody. A coroner's jury summoned on the follow, ing morning returned a verdict thut deceased cainu to his death by a pistol shot, fired by Henry j. .naisii. in ueccbsurv eell-tiulence.- Auburn Cat.) Whig. U.Kt 1 lO.VS IN VIHGI'VIA. The following reports of recent elections in Viigmia, give some indication of what may be expected at the Governor's elcctiou iu that State on the 2 lib inst : PfcTERsuiT.o. May 7. 3 o'clock. T. M. The election of Mayor, City Council, and other city officers, tool, place to-dav. At 3 o'clock. Bambxnt, the know Nothiug candi date for Collector of City Taxes, was ten votes ahead of nil tha other candidates. The vote between tho otbor candidates, (Kuow Nothings and Democrats.) wns about a tio. Eight O'clock, P. M. The entire Demo cratic ticket has beeu elected, with the excep tion of the camliduU) for City Collector! for thut cilice toe Ivnow-rtolbiug candidate bas a majority of six votes. Tm O'clock. The election here to-dny, is hailed as a Glorious Democratic Triumph. The Know Nothings have been routed there is a Democratic majority in tho Council and all the municipal t!Icer are Democrats, ex cept one. P. t. At the hour of going to press at 10 o'clock, last night, we learn that a despatch has been received iu the city, stating thut all the Democratic caudidutes, except one, have been elecled by majorities rangiug from 60 to 100. HarVkr's Ferbt, May T. At the munici pal election which came off here to-day, the Democrats elected their whole ticket. The majority for their candidate for Mayor is 34 ; and for Recorder. 23. The price of meat has risen 13 per cent, in Paris within two months. It U now entirely beyond tha means of the poor. DECIMOS or GOVERNOR REEOER. Gov. Boeder has e-iven his official decision in regard to tho recent election frauds in Knn rah, and hag ordered that new elections tnko place in the following districts, on tho 2'2d of the present month. We presume the pro-slavery party will not yoto, but that they win understand to prevent tlie Tree State par ty from voting s rirsi uouncil district tor importation of votes and for illegality In tho returns. Tho tvholo number of legal votes in the district, according to tho census, was 406. Tho pro slavery vote was 004. becond Council District l or importation of votes, and beeauso tho judges of the elec tion were not properly qnnlifieil. Whole number of votes in tho district, 212 j pro-slavery vote 317. Third Council Dirflriet For importation of votes, and for violently expelling the law- t it i judges at one ol tlie polls, w iiolo num ber of voles in tho district 193; pro-slavery voto 589. Seventh Election District For importa tion of votes, and bocnuso tho judges of tho election were not sworn at oil. Wiiolo nntii liumber of votes 240 , pro-slnvery vote 478. Tenth Council District For importation of votes, and for illegality in tho returns. Whole number of votes 48C j pro-slavery vote 1129. Eleventh Election District Because the voto was not taken by ballot at all, but t iea voce. In the Sixth Couucil District, all the ille gal voting was done in one prcciuct, which the Governor enst ositlo, and declared the Republican candidate elected. POCIABI.E CI.UB HOl'SES EFFECTS OF TIIF. Proiiimtohy Law. We copy the following from the Rochester Union. "In Massachusetts, whero they have tho most stringent p.--.V.:bitnry liquor law that con bo enuctcd, such as would enjoy some of the.60cial comforts of which the law deprives them have resorted to a new expedient to ac complish the desired end. It is proposed by cili.'AMis ol isoston to uiiiul ciuD Houses ly tlio ea-sido, to which the members of the club can resort at leisure time nnd partake of lux uries, such as the law will not allow them to purchase ot retail. Those houses will be stored with liquors imported by the club, awl carried directly thither and consumed by tho importers. N'o sale will take place on" this side of the Atlantic, and consequently there will bo no violation of (aw. It has been inti mated that similar club-houses will be estab lished in the cities of this State if tho Maine law is enforced. We suppose that, such establishments can exist legally, and that, under the constitution, there is no power to prevent their existence. ' CAnisYixa I.ETTcns rv Extresses. The Washington correspondent of tho Journal of Commerco, says : "The Post Offico Department is now ma- King vigorous etlorts to prevent tho violation of law and the curtailment of its rever.ues by the private expresses. Tho evil can be rem edied by law onlv o f.ir ns to lessen its re sults, which threaten seriously to impair tho revenue of the Department. But what is the use of laws without morals T The community choose to encourago everv attempt to evade the laws mill cheat the Governmcut out of the postage of threo cents on their letters. They would pay probably a prcininm to every private carrier. The experiment of cheap postage is so important to tho whole country, that every right-minded business man ought to endeavor to sustain it, by paying his pestnge to the Government, "instead of a private post, set up in opposition to that of the Government. Hokkiule Affair in Texas. Four Mexi cans entered the house of an American resi ding at Las Cruces, near El Posa. ovcrpow. ered him and his wifo, and bound them hand nnd foot. Tho party then accomplished their diabolical deeds of violence upon tho person of tho lady, and departed leaving husband and wife bound in their own house, and with out the means of extricating themselves. On ihe following morning some ono visiting the houso discovered their condition und released them. The husband collected a party nnd pursued the Mcxicnns. They were e,vm overhauled, brought back and confined hi jail. They contrived to make their escape, howev er, on the first night of their incarceration. They were again pursued, overtaken, and hung, Juoge Lynch presiding. Texan paper. Bak.mm's Babt Show. Mrs. E. Oukes Smith writes a very properly indignant letter about Bui mini's unauthorized use of her namo as one of the judges for his disgusting baby show. The monstrous exhibition seems to hang fire evcry here. No decent woman will show herself or her baby in such a place. But still, there aro enough women iu Sew York of a different character to get up a show ij-ito attractive to the fancy lnvn, the idlers und the blackguards of the Bowery and Broadway, and as theso latter are pretty numerous there will be jolly times in tho American Museum, unless Mayor Wood, in his capacity of con servator of public morals, should interpose to put a stop to the exhibition. A New American Manitactcre, that of plato glass, has beeu commenced in Williams burg. N. Y., where plates of glass ten feet wide and twenty feet long, will be made. A plate ten feet square can bo mado so strong that it will hold a ton weight, and so clear thut we could read the fiuo print of a news paper through a piece four inches thick. It is a singular fact thut the best English plutc glass is mado from American saud. With New Jersey, possessing the proper raw ma terial in so rematkublo a degree, it is singular that this urticlo has beeu so long imported. Hon. AValtek T. Colqi itt, who died at Macon, Geo., on the 7tb in-tant, was a prom iuoutStiiUj Rights Democrat of that Slate, on eminent lawyer, and often officiated as a Methodist clergyman. He represented Geor gia iu tho Houso of Representatives, many years ago, and was subsequently chosen L. b. benator. On tho expiration of his term in tho Senate, he retired to private life. Mr. Colquitt was a great natural orator, and had, whilo he took part in politics, a leading in fluence iu Georgia. Jt'PCE Black for President. The Roclc Inlander, an able Democratic paper, published at Hock Island, Illinois, in oil artielo enumer ating tho various probublo candidates for tho Presidency, says "unolher man who would worthily fill tho offico, is Chief Justice Black of Pennsylvania j a man who towers above the common herd of politicians, as Mt. Wash ington would above ono of our Illinois prai ries, License Question. Judge Galbraith has refubed to grant licences to inns and taverns in Erie county. He also decided that there waia.no law in existence at this time which regulated the sale of liquors ; that all luws relating thereto, punishments, tc, have been repealed, aud no law can be effective until October tho 1st, at which time tho new Jaw goes into effect. By this decisioii it appears, that every b dy can sell iust as much liquor, until October first, as they please, without fear of law, as no law puuuhiug the same in in existence. Tbo Artesian Well, at Charleston, S. C, after penetrating to a depth of 1,23'.: feet, bas reached a hard rock, the Wing of which is found to be painfully slow and tedious, so that thus far it has only been pierced eighteen in ches. It ia thought that the aid of steam will bv to be called ia to move the machinery. A Warning to Keep Off. The Kansas Herald of Freedom nuts forth the following Warning to persons who may be disposed to re-enact the scenes at Parkville, which re sulted in the destruction of tho Luminary press : It wax said by the rioters in rarKvnie last Saturday, that tho destruction of the Lumi nary oflico was designed as as examplo to others, nnd it is very knowingly hinted that ours will meet with a similar fate. Very well, wo havo concluded to give any number of per sons who wish to perpetrate such act of folly. a Tree pass to "kingdom come, and we pledge them every assistance in our power. Proba bly many of them never took on upward jour ney, and would like to try tho experiment of sailing on ablaze of glory, such ns a couple ot kegs ol gunpowder, exploded at an oppor tune occasion, would furnish. What ts Baooaof.! In a recent suit in New York the question catno up whether a gold watch is an article of wearing apparel to bo deemed bnggago. A passenger on the Hudson River Railroad lust hi trunk, and brought up Etiit against tbo railroad compa ny to recover the value of .its contents, among which was a gold watch. In the lower court judgment was given for the full amonnt claimed, and the company appealed to the Superior Court. The decision was sustain ed, the court deciding that a gold watch is an article of wearing apparel, and when not carried about the person, but in a trunk, while travelling, is to bo deemed baggage. The Fool's Death. A Mr Roglstone re cently died in London, who, in ten years, lit erally ate up a fortune of 150,000 pounds ster ling. This singular pereon traversed all Eu rope for the sake of gratifying his appetite. In 1819. ho actually seduced tho cook of Prince Potompkin, in Russia, from his ser vice. He had agents in China, Mexico, and Cnnnda, to supply him with the rarest delica cies. A single dish sometimes cost him fifty pounds sterling. A rival of Apicius, but wi ser than the Roman, he waited until nil his patrimony was consumed before he quitcdlifo. On the liith of April nothing was left him but a solitary guinea, a shirt and a battered hat. He bought a woodcock with tho guin ea, which ho hnd served up in tho highest stvlu of tho culinary ait. Ho gave himself two hours cf rest for an easy digestion, and then iutnped into the Thames from Westmin ster Bridge. Tub West End of Cities. The Academy of Sciences in Paris have been investigating tho causes which almost invariably mnko the west end of the city more fashionable for a place of residence than the east. Tho scien tific conclusion has been arrived at, that it is owing to the atmospheric pressure. The ba rometer column is affected bv the wind ; that which lowers it most is from tlio west. When the wind blows from that quarter, tho smoke, the gus, tho miasma, all tho offensive cllluvia of the city is pressed down to tho earth by the heavy air. When the east wind blows, the air is lighter, and the deleterious emanations rise higher and puss uuay. Thu philosophy seems rational although it is not probable, that tho reason has heretofore been understood by those who have chosen tho west end of cities instead of the east for their residence. A letter from a gentleman in Springfield, Mass., dated April 30th. lins the following in reference to tho Arkansas Gold Mania: "Yesterday fifteen or twenty of our citizens started for NcofIiu, where they aro to join a company of near one thousand persons all bound for tho Witchetaw Mountains, about four hundred miles from this place and up the Arkansas river. Seven persons, residents of the county of Newton have receutly return ed, some of whom nro said to havo realised three thousand dollurs in fifty days' digging and washing. Quite an excitement prevails here, und another company is to go out as soon as the guides and pilots return. Kansas Ol'trachs. We learn from the Rochester Democrat thot tho Rev. F. Starr, Jr.. a Presbyterian clergyman, for three years past settled at estnn, ITatto county Mis souri, ha arrived at Rochester, having been expelled from Weston by the same gang of ruthnns who threw tho types and presses of the Parkville Luminary into the river. They gave him notice to quit within two days un der penalty cf being Lynched, and ho "deem ed it prudent to leave. It docs not appear that he had ever preached against slavery, bnt only thut ho was a clergyman of Northern origin. The Law of Lieel. Tho Massachusetts House of Representatives, last Thursday, or dered to a third reading a bill further to" pro. tect publishers and others from libel. The Springfield Republican, commenting on this law, and referring to a case familiar to the readers of the Ledger says truly, that "the law of libel needs reformation, both by stat ute and bench. It is a hundred times resor ted to now for purposes of persecution and small gain, whero il is once for honest vindi-. cation und strict justice." Pullie Ledger. Thr Pav of tue French Soi.dikr is one cent per day. Out of that magnificent en dowment he must pro vide himself with thread, needles, ic, to keep his uiv.fnrm in repair. Then he must replace nil things lost or spoiled while in bin possession, from the army stores. He is furnished with one pair of pan taloons and one pair of shoes per year, and ouo coat every two years. On leavingservice at the eud of the seven years, tho pun, sabre and coat aro takeu from him, and whatever is left he is entitled. Lofisvii.i.R. May 12. The Courier, of this morning, publishes a Ion? letter from Prof. Morse, addressed to Bishop Spalding, in answer to the Bishop's charge that Morse could not prove that Lafayette ever used the expression, that "if ever the liberties of this country were ruined, it would be by Roman ish priests." Prof. Morse proves that La fayette did use the expression ; and also that the Bishop's proofs to thecontrary are wholly incorrect. Chicago, May 12. We learn from Spring field that a destructive fire occurred there this morning, by which thn best business part of the city, on the State House square, was consumed. Nine splendid stores and a num. ber of other buildings were destroyed. The loss is estimated at Sl.'iO.OOO, but is mostly covered by insurance. Tho fire was tho work of an incendiary. Atrocious Mi'kueb. On the night of the 3'1 inst., three men went to the houso of Mr. Fahrenbaugh, near Wild Cat Bridge, Indiana, and. having obtained admission, beat the old mail and bis youngest son severely, and drag ging the other sou, Cephas, out of doors, shot him dead. Five men were arrested on sus picion, next day, three of whom were fully iudeutified by Mr. Fuhrcubaugh, aud his sur viving son, as the murderers, and forthwith lodged in juil at Delphi, InJiuua. Tue Kino or Belgium ia a Protestant, though his subjects are mostly Catholics. The Kirg of Saxony is a Catholic, though tho greater part cf his subjects are Protes tants. Tho King of Greece is a Catholic, though most of his subjects aro of ihe Greek Church. Of the 15.500,000 European sub jects of tht Sultan of Turkey, 11.370,000 are of the Greek Church, and 260,000 aro Cath. olics, whilo only 3,800,000 are Mchamiue duus. Prodnco is high enough everywhere, but in Nova Scotia nearly every article of the kind seems to have reached fumiue prices. On the 5th inst. flour was selling at Halifax at six teen dollars a barrel. When wa consider that Cauada raises a Urge surplus of bread stuffs, this is somewhat extraordinary. - i Heavt Damage. W. B. Sccbnrs, a young man of good character, hnd the misfortnno, last summer. In Memphis, under the operation of n city ordinance, lo bo entenccd to tho chain-gang in atonement for some trivial of fence wherewith ho wns charged. Whilst working on the bluff, with a chain around his ancle, a heavy pile of dirt fell on him and broke his leg. Thereupon, ho brought suit against the city, claiming $50,000. The jury found a verdict for tho plaintiff, and awarded him $25,000 damages. The Esni.tsti Armt in the Chimea. Ac cording to the London Times correspodent, the English army in the Crimea could only muster 22,606 men early in April, notwith 'uuding tho constant arrival of tho reinforce ments. Of theso C000 would only be availa ble in eztrimin, nnd tho ordinary strength of the army In bayonets would not exceed 15,000 men. It thus appears that the government have not thus far succeeded in repairing tho daily waste from wounds, exposure, sickness and death I A Gonn Joke. The City authorities of Marysville. California, recently passed on ordinance for tho removal of outside stairs in that city. While the Council were in session a few (lays after, tho stairs leading to tho Council Chamber were removed, and tho dig nified members of that body, according to the Herald, was compelled to "shin" down the posts of tho building. Sad Result of Jesting. On the 2d inst., at Memphis. Tenn., a young man. in a spirit of levity, said to Mrs. Green Wermcley, a respectable lady in delicato health, that her huobaud had beeu seriously injured by a dray running over him. The announcement gave her such a shock that she immedictcly fainted aud in a short time was a corpse. Fnolanp and America. An nblo article in tho last number of tho Westminster Re view, upon tho Constitutions and Govern ments ol the various countries of tho earth, says that it "is no longer England, but the Xorth American Republic, that has becomo thu pole-star to which, from ull sides, the eye of struggling nations turns." A significant udmission to come from an English source. Anglo-Saxon students consume the mid night oil in their lamps, but the Russian stu dents will not give it a chance to burn they drink it up. When the allies eutered Paris, tho first tiring they did was to shin up the lamp-posts and swnllow tho oil. Tho French theatre was saved from plunder by allowing them a free range of tho lamp-room. SisorLAR Escape. A fow days since, while Mrs. Danforlh, of Warren, Pa., was engaged in her usual duties, a heavy thunder storm came up, ond iu the midst of its fury a light ning stroke ascended upon her. bunting tho hair from the crown of the head to' the bark of the neck, meltinghnr hair pins, and proceed ing dowu her body leaving its mark as it went until it passed through the floor. . Strmige to say, the lady lived and is rapidly recovering. When tho office of Adam's Fiincrs Com pany at San Francisco was taken pottcs.tiou of ly tho trustees, on the occasion of thft lute failure there, it is stated that 15,1)00 letters were found lying there, of which many were I addressed to well known citizens. These let ters hud been deposited with the company for i conveyance from ilo'V York to San Francis-1 co. i Mexico. A'ctr Orleans, Mny 11. The j steamship Orizaba, lias arrived from Vera Cruz, with Mexican dates to the Mh int. I Santa Anna has gone to the South with j troop.?. It is reported that n number of soldiers havo revelled und ksutd a prouunclamento. j Cknsis of Ramus. Tho aggregate pop ulation is stuted ut 8.101, whereof aro males and 3,373 are females. The number of legal votes in 2,877 number cf natives of j tho t'uited States. 7,171 ; of foreigners '1 to 8, nndcf tlavcs ll2. The Last Word. A bill has been iutro- j lucid iu the Massachusetts Legislature pro- ! tiding that, in criminal trials, the prisoner's I counsel shall have the closing argumeut in stead of the prosecuting attorney. The PorE, iu return forth splendid of tho value of about two million reals hundred thousand francs recently pre-: tiaru -four .-nted to him by the Qnecu of Snaii;, has seut Le majesty the body cf St. 1 elix the martyr. :cr FoTAnEH. About seven thousand dollars' worth of potatoes were entered free of duty under the reciprocity treaty at tho custom house, Bostoi, on Monday. Removed. Tbo Washington (J. C.) l?tar says that Mr. Fabeni!, lato Commercial Agent at fian Juan, has been remuvud by the Secretary of State. New PosT-Omen. TLc Poatniastcr Geu erul orders tho establishment of a Post-office at Rupert, Columbia County, Pu and ap point Geo. S. Gilbert Postmaster. Dr. O. Fields lus been convicted in Col umbus county, N C, of manslaughter, for killing F. M." Stephens, and sentenced to be branded and imprisoned six months. Ho is only nineteen or twenty years of age. Tha navigation of Lake Winnipiseogee is open for the season. Tho fairy steamer Lady ol the Lake commenced its trips from the Weiers on Monday. FfoiTivE Slave Law. A bill practically nullifying the national statue, has just passed both branches of the Massachusetts Legisla ture. It is styled a bill to protect personal liberty. Martin Eastwood, who has been on trial at Rochester, for thu murder of Edward Brere ton, in January last, was found guilty of wilful murder. Virginia Election. This election takes place on Thursday, tho 24th of the present month. Tho Governor, other State officers, members of Congress and of the Legislature, aro to be elected. About seven thousand dollars' worth of po tatoes were entered free of duty under the reciprocity treaty, at tho Boston custom house last week. St. Louis, May 12. Tho ucw steamer Georgetown, with government stores, was snagged yesterday, six miles from the mouth of the Missouri river, and became a total loss. Extradition or Fugitives. A treaty has been concluded between the United States and the Kingdom of Hanover, for the mutual ex tradition of the fugitive from justice. Chicago, May I t. Mr. J. W. Patterson, of the Parkville (Kansas) Luminary, whose office was recently destroyed, has returned to his former residence in this city. Queen Victoria will not visit Paris until September uext, when Ihe industrial prizes will bu awarded. Only ninety American ex hibitors have applied for 8 pace. Wholesale Marrying. Six sisters were receutly married in the same night, at their touse, in riomereet county, Pa. Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, is nomi nated for the next Presidency, by theGaloua im.j jiuveriuer, . St. Louis, May 12. The meeting at I.ea- yenworiu, on tne otb mst., resolved to let the law take its course with reference to McCrea. Tho New York Post understands that sev enty babies Lava already eutered the lists for prires at Burnum's Baby Show iu June next. Chss. W. Slack, who is only 27 years of oge, has been elected Leaker pro tempore of tue Massacnusctis Legislature. Sheep. Thera ara nearly fit millions of sheep in the Stato of Ohio. ritOlEI.DISGS ortot.MiL Council Chaxrer, ) . StNBPRY. JVtay 10, 1656.) Council met pursuant to notice. The fal lowing members being present, were duly sworn in according to low, and took tbsir seats, viz : Chief Burgess, Wm. M.-R6ce" feller l 2d Bnrgess, D. W. Shindel j AssistlJ Burgesses, n. J. Fry. Dnniol Druckeroirier. X. Jacob O. Beck Councilmen, James Beard,' -Fredk. Lararus, James Covert, K. Y. Bright, Samuel Snyder, John Clark, John Hass. O. W. .Smith i Clerk, Emanuel Wilvert ; Hqjh Constable. Fredk. Merrill. On motion the minutes of last meeting were rend, ond. on motion, adopted; On motion of D. W. Shindel, Retohcd, that a committee of .three be appointed to audit oil the unsettled accounts of Supervisors up to this time, Whereupon tho chair appointed Daniol . Shindel, E. Y. Bright aud James Beard aa sa'd committee. On motion of S. J. Fry, Rrolred, That a stated meeting of this Council be held on the , First Tuesday of every month John Haas" made a motion that tlw pro ceedings of each meeting of this Council ba published in lho Sunbury American. D. W. Shindel offered an amendment, that "and Gazette" bo inserted after "American," the ayes and nay being called was negatived Yeas 2, Nays 10. Mr. Haas' motion was then taken up and agreed to. On motion of James Beard, Resolved, That a committee of threo bo appointed to investi-, gate tho Financial affairs of the Borough, and report at next stated meeting, Whereupon tho chair appointed J. Beard, John Huas aud Jacob O. Beck, as said com mittee. Tho council proceeded to elect a Treasurer, whereupon Frederick Lazarus was duly elected. On motion thn Council proceeded tobollot for Regulators,, when the following persons were duly elected, via ; D. Rockefeller, E. O. Markleyi and J. B. Packer. On motion adjourned until tho Cr.Bt Tuesday of June next. EM'L WILVERT, Town Clcrl: (Driginal )ocfnt; TILE EAKLY DEAD. As fiowrets close their cye When twilight shadows fall ; So gently did our loved one, Obey nn angel's call. Wo thought it hard that death, Should press so fair a flower; We thought her lovelinrFP, Would shield her from his pow'r. Rut though hrrlifo wns short, It answered life great end ; And us wo sorrowing, Above hor ohIics bend ; We would not call her back, To this dark world of gloom ; Though bitter tears we shed, Upon her childhood's tomb. What has the donrTme lost, A troubled sch of strife ; Tempest and billow tossed, For niich is human life. What has the dear one gained, A luinio of peace mid love ; From earthly thraldom free, Sa.'o. ia His arms ubuve. Beneath thu bright warm txd. We know she sweetly rest? ; Her hands in r lumber crossed. Upon her spotless breast. And when earth storms are pn.-w.l. All Sinning, sighing o'er; We k iow we'll meet our loved one, On that uriirht hupnv shore. A LI. IE. Norih'd, May 8. 130.r. T-IEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate of HASON HENRY, Dec'd. Votice hcrebv given, that fetter of ! ministration have lijrn granted to tha nulwn- her on the estute of Muson Henry, late of Uooer Augusta townsliip, .Northumberland rutintr, dec'd. All pcriuiis having cluiiun against the c-Mate, a ii.l nuch that are inilrlitrd theretv, n:t requested to inil,u an early tettclmcnt. 'I I.' uiidersigr.ril administrator will le prrpfiil st l.'.e house of thri Lite decerned, on Saturday, tl.e U'.l inst., to make luisl setteliuent. MICHAEL AKXOLD, AJ'tor. Uiper Augusta, May 19, 1S.5 Ct. Extraordinary Arrival of ' j"M IE subscriber takes pleasuro in iiifurmii.t liis customers and the public grnsr illj lli.t he is now in receipt of au uu usually large ui.i Splendid Assortment of New Goods. To enjeavor to enumerate the one huiitlrcu port of the articles woulJ be uwlrss. ISuliirs it to say, they lime been seltctej with the grrtt csre, und they will be JiOAeJ of at as low j iires us the time quality can be purchased clsewncic. My motto is "Quick .?iVf and Small Profit a." lie takes this method of presenting t.i tit public his thanks for the liberal patrouagn enta iled to him, and by stiict attention to huice, lie reiipccllully solicits a continuance of the uine. It will be advisable for purchasers to call si.J examine his assortment before purchasiu; f where. All kiudsof prnduee taken in cc!isn;t LI) WARD V. lilUUUT. 8unbury, Muy 19, 1855 Adjourned Court Proclamation. jVOTICli is hereby given that an a.ljoumeJ L Coint of Coiniuon Tiess will Jjs hc'J for the county of Northumberland, in the House, in the borough of Sunbury, couiuiruc',!J on Monday, the 88th inst., at lO o'clocl. A. and to continue oue week. Given under my hand st Sunbury, the 1'jti -W May, iu the year of our Lord one i'mM eight hundred and fifty-five and th pendence of the United States of Aiiks''1" 79th. God save the Commonwealth HENRY WElSE.fV C AM I'll INK and Fluid of the bM H' For sale by WEISER BRINKS 8utibury, May 19, 1855. "iTeBERLNE. Yeratria, Uhinordine snJ chonia, just received by May JO, IS55. WEISER A ET?!'N'" JjOOFLAN U'S Hitters at " May H. WElSEUi BKl-Nf;.. UL'SDAND'8 Magnesia for sale l-y May 19. WElsER & BKl'NtlL fTMlASli' Vsanctic Ointment at -I- .May 19. WEISElt 4 BRl'N1. BLACK rutty a ood orlicle d" "J May 19. WEfsER & BKl Si J E RMrTeLLI. Maccaroiu aud O" tkh' V jut received by ,-vrR IAHNESTOCK'S Vermifuge, I Ma, 19. WEtSEBAHJL- 1JALNTS of every description jut ff"'. May 19. WENER & KLNtB WINES and Li.Uor for Medicinsl r"rJ!M' at WEISER A BBl4, fiimburv. May 19. 1855 . rYK!COPHEROU8 6 doi. for "If.rR IMiEM.IBLE INK at t vrit n 0
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