B. HAMIB, IMttor A ProprDMer. HimillRV.rA. a3 SATURDAY, MARCH 83, 18G7. , A MBW TEST FOB DEMOCHACT. Our damocralic friends, in tbis County, at elxowlicre, lire la ft quandary. They linve Cot only lost faith, fa lint U termed mo dern democracy, but in the individual mem ber of the purty. They cannot trust each other, and have therefore come to the con rlution to put the Democracy of Northnm IwrUnd county under linnd. Hereafter tbore will be rery few free and ontram meled democrats. At a meeting of the Standing Committee, on the 11th inst., a committed appointed for the purpose, re ported a form of oath, with a sett of rules requiring the persons holding the pr.iinnry elections to go. voluntarily before a Justice, od swear that they will boldthe said election according to the rules of the pnrty. " The rules read as follows i ' 1st. That the above oath ornflirmntinn bo administered to the above named officers, ball be taken before a Justice of the Peace, or aome one legally authorized to administer oaths or affirmations. id. This committee would recommend tbo repeal of the resolution passed by the Standing Committee at tliuir last meeting, imposing a certain amount fixed on candi dates for the payment of expenses of th'j election campaigns. 8d. All persous who rotef? the whole Democratic ticket, or nearly so, at the Inst Uenerul Election for State and county offi cers previous to the one offering to vote, and still continue to remain faithtul Demo crats, shall be entitled to vote at the Pri mary Election for nominating candidates. 4th. That none but qualified Dcmooratlo electors, according to the laws of Pennsyl vania, and within their own districts, shall bo entitled to vote, or interfere with tbo same at the Primary Election for the nomi nation of candidates at any such election within the said county of Northumberland. J. R. lln.nrsn, 1 Q.J. IIartleix, Committee. J. W. Hoffman, ) The 2d rule discloses tlfe fact that candi dates for office are assessed to pay expenses. Burely this is contrary to the principles of true domocracy. No democrat should use money to procure his election. The 8d rulo is rather muddled. The voter must have voted tho whole democratic ticket, "or nearly so." There have been so many of the faithful who have been lately kicking over the traces that some such clause or loop-hole, for escape, was necessary, The words "or nearly so" will allow great lati tude of opinion. The Judge, under his new tangled oath, not tho "iron clad oath," will, bo doubt, be liberal, and proclaim that "Whilst the lump of life hold, out to burn, The vilett (part;) inner tuny return. " The 4th rule limits the right of suffrage only "to none but qualified Democratic dec- tors, according to tho laws of Pennsylvania." If the Committee will only refer to the book and page of that celebrated law of Pennsyl vania that confers the right of suffrage only on Democrats, they will readily carry every district in the State. The chairman of the Standing Committee will, no doubt, enforce tho laws and see that the right of suffrage la kept pure, and that none but democrats be allowed to vote hereafter. THE SUNDAY CAR QUESTION IN THE SENATE. The Sunday car question was debated in tbe Senate, on Tuesday last, or rather Mr. , ..Lo wry made a rampant speech in opposi tion to tho bill allowing the citizens, them selves, to decide by vote, whether the poor people of Philadelphia shall have the same privilege to ride out in the fresh air on Sun . day, in the poor man's carriago, as is quiet ly accorded to the rich, on the same doy, in their private carriages. As this speech was commended and endorsed by our cotempo rary of the Ilarrisburg Telegraph, we ex pected to find something more than mere as sertions and rough witticisms when we read it, but wo failed to find in it one single argu ment that, in our opinion, ought to have weight with any liberal-minded and inteli gent christian or moralist who Las investi gated the subject. The real question at is sue is: What is the proper observance of the Sabbath t admitting that Sunday should be kept as the Sabbath. Some of our most eminent divines differ in what should be re garded as an observance of the Sabbath. To those who think it right to compel others, who may differ with them, to adopt . their views and opinions on moral and re ligious subjects, we commend the bold and eraphntle language of the great German Re form on this subject, who says ; "Keep it (Sunday) holy for its use sake, "both to body and to soul. Hut, if any "whero tbe day is made holy for the mere "day's sake, if anywhere any one sets op its "observance upon a Jewish foundation, then "I order you to work on it, ride on it, to "dance on it, to feast on it, to do everything "that shall reprove this encroachment." Such was the opinion of a great and good man, who bravely fought tyrranny, bigotry and intolerance, in every form, and was not afraid to meet bis powerful accusers, face to face, "if there wero as many devils In Worms as tlrlre were tiles on tbe houses.'1 Uu was in favor of observing the Sabbath, but would never sanction intolerance of opinion in matters on which good men may differ. That Mr. Low ry ahould be tbe champion of the opposition, on this subject, surprises even himself, who says be expects the ridi cule of tbe Press at borne. lrif Tiik Southern Stutes have suffered severely from the recent wars. Whole dis tricts of country have been submerged by fluods. In some parts on the Mississippi, the floods have extended over the country, back to the bills, a distance of thirty miles. Our Southern brcthern have been severely punished fur their sins of omission and com mission. After tho sufferings and depriva tions of tbe cruel war, tbey brought upon themselves, tbey were visited with a famine that left same districts in a state of absolute starvation until aid was Kent them. And now to add to their cup of affliction, tboir country is submerged by water. ti7 Post Master at Pnir,AiEi.iHiA. We are pleasod to learn that the nomination of Col. II. 11. Bingham, for Post Master at Philadelphia, has been confirmed by tbe foliate. Col. Itinglmin Is a young man of excellent character and superior abilities. Duriug the war be was a favorite officer on Jeo. Hancock's staff. A few months since Mr. C. M. Hall, tbe late Tost M inter, offered lim tbe chief cleiksbip of the Philadelphia I'oAt cfflc, which Is accepted. ' 'i3firEAi:M.'ttr..Tr TJndcr the Constitntion of tho United States the subject of Impeachment are the President,' the Vice-President, ancV all civil officers, ami tha offenses for which they may be impeached we treason, bribery, aad ether high crimes aad mlsitcaiealors. '.The ar ticles of accusation isuit be lodged by the House of Representatives and tried by tbe Senate. The usual course is for a member of tbe House to introduce a resolution either preferring Charges; or calling for a' com mittee of inquiry. ' After the resolution of impeachment has passed the House, a com mittee is appointed to conduct the prosecu tion at the bar of the Senate. A vote of two-thirds of the Senators present is neces sary for conviction. When the President is tried the Chief Justice must preside. The Judgmout cannot extend beyond removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. The y. T. Tribune, speak ing on this subject, says : The case of Bacon was only one of seve ral which the same Parliament pursued and punished. Sir Giles Mompesson, Sir Francis Mitchell, Bonnet, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Field, Bishop of Lan daff, Yelverton, tbe Attorney General, were all prosecuted within a few months, and a barrister named Floyd, for no more serious ciiVuse than rejoicing at the expulsion of tbe Palatine from Prague, was sentenced to be degraded from the estate of a gentleman and declared infamous, to stand in the pil lory, to be fined 5,000, to be imprisoned for iife, and to be whipped at the cart's tail. The whipping, was afterward remit ted. Three years later, in 1624, the Lord Treasurer. Middlesex, having been impeach ed, through the influence of Buckingham, of bribery, oppression, and neglect ot duty, was condemned to pav a fine of 50,000, and to be imprisoned during pleasure, and for ever excluded from Parliament and the vcrce of the Court. But when the memora ble conflict between the King and Parlia ment, ending in the revolution and Protec torate, broke out in tho next reign, tbe im peaebment of Buckingham himselt was a subject of long and angry controversy. The protection of Clitrlcs "I., who went to the length of dissolving Parliament in order to save his favorito, could not have shielded the Duke long from the vengeanco of the Commons ; but bis career was cut short by the knife of an assassin. . The power of impeachment now became, in tbe hands of the popular party led by Pym and Hampden, a weapon of tremen dous power, and they used it without mcrcv. On the 11th of November, 1040, the House of Commons debated with closed doors, and when these were opened, a ma ioritv of the members, with Pym at their bead, proceeded to the bar of the Lords and impeached Stafford, the most obnoxious of the royal ministers, of high treason. The trial took place in Westminster Hall tbo following March. Next to tbe trial of Vt arren Hastings, it was probably tne most remarkable impeachment case in English history. The Commons sat on elevuted benches on each side of the Lords. The King and Queen occupied private boxes be hind the throne, hoping vainly that their presence would act as a check upon the for wardness of the witnesses and tbe violence of the managers. A gallery was erected for ladies, who paid bigU prices tor admission. The trial lasted thirteen days. Tbe specta tors used to come aa early as five in the mornincr. By seven tbe ball was full. Tho proceedings began at nine, and were often prolonged till two, three, or four o'clock in tbe morning without intermission. The Commons ubandoned the impeachment and introduced in their own body a bill of at tainder, charging Stafford with an attempt to subvert tbe liberties of the country. Convicted and sentenced to death he met his fate with magnificent calmness and dig nity, und has doubtic&s received a more le nient judgment Iron posterity than if bis fate bad been less cruel and his prosecutors more merciful. When Stafford was led out to execution, he knelt before tbe window of a cell which he had to pass, and begged tbe blessing of Archbishop Laud, who was there imprison ed on charges similar to those for which tbe Earl himself was to suffer. Laud was im peached, and, after a year and a quarter, was brought to trial. The cause was pro longed six months, and then was tcrmiua ted just aa Strafford's bad been. The Com mons, despairing of a conviction before tbe Upper House, brought in a bill of attainder, and tbe Archbishop was beheaded. Impeachments, indeed, from tbe time forth, seem to have been, with a very few exceptions, tedious, irritating, and expen sive failures. Charles L impeached the leaders of the Parliamentary party ; but his action was clearly unconstitutional, and nothing came of it. Lord Clarendon was impeached of high treason in the reign of Charles II., aud went into voluntary exile. Lords Arlington and Danby were impeach ed in the same reign, and the prosecution failed. But during tbe insane period of Oates's "Popish Plot," tbe venerable Vis count Stafford was placed at the bar of the House of Lords, charged with complicity in that imaginary scheme, and after a seven daya trial was convicted and executed. His death bad an effect very different from what bis prosecutors desired, and probably did more tban any other thing to arouse the nation from its bloody dream of plots and conspiracy. Indeed tbe tendency of im peachment in modern times has almost al ways been to raise tbe prisoner to the digni ty of martyrdom, and benefit tbe cause for which be suffers. The circumstances of the trial of Warren Hastings are so well known that we need only briefly refer to them. Impeached for tyrannical and corrupt practices during his administration as Governor-General of Bri tish India, he was tried before ono of tbe most distinguished assemblages that ever gathered in Westminster Hall Burke, Fox, and Sheridan making some of tbeir most celebrated speeches as managers on behalf of tho Commons. Tbe articles of impeach ment were brought forward in April, 1780. Two sessions were consumed in preliminary measures. Tbe trial began in February, 1788, and lasted until April, 1705, one hun dred and forty eight d-iys having been actually consumed in tbe process. Hastings was acquitted by Jarge majorities on all tho charges, and puolic opinion, which was savagely hostile to him at the beginning, was strongly in his favor before tbe end ; and iu neither case was precisely just. Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, the celebrated colleague and friend of Pitt, was impeached in 1805 for misapplication of the fiublic money and complicity with a swind iug paymaster, while Treasurer of the Navy. His trial began in Westminster Hall, May 20, 1800, and on the 13th of June be was acquitted by a large majority a result which satisfied nobody of the innocence of the accused, and tended to bring into con tempt both tbe House of Lords and the practice of trial by impeachment That was the last notable Uial of tbe kind which bas taken place in England. William Blount, a Senator from Tennes see, was impeached in 1797, for having in trigued to transfer New Orleans and the neighboring districts to Great Britian, by means of a joint expedition of English and Indiana. A long time was spent fn discus siog the affair, aud it was finally dropped by tbe Houw, tbe Senate having passed a rtiaolutios) of expulsion. The ease of John Pickering, Judge of lh District Ceurt of ' -' tbe District of New Hampshire, who was impeached in March 180& is apccularono. Tbe trial began March 8. and closed on tbe all the charges, and judge Pickering was removed ! from : office. But! it waa clearly shown on tbe trial Hist tbe accaeed bad been for Several years totally deranged. TB itipeaohment or eamuei vnase, an saociata Justice of Ihe Supreme Court of the United States, for official misconduct, was the cause of great public excitement and party commotion in 1804-5. Judge Chase was one of the signers of the Declara tion of Independence, arealoos and. indus trious patriot during the Revolutionary War, and an able and upright judge, though sometimes Irascible and overbearing. The prosecution was Instigated and managed by John Randolph. The articles . embraced eight charges, and related chiefly to alleged arbitrary, unjust, and tyrannical conduct on certain political trials those of John Fries for treason, and of Taylor and tal lender for seditious libel.' After the examination of Mr. Chase's witnesses, seven daya were oc cupied in arguments on both sides, and on the 1st of March tbe vote was taken on each of the charges separately. ' There waa a ma jority in favor of the accused on flvo of the eight charges, and a majority against him on the others, but not the two-thirds re quired by tho Constitution to 'convict. He was accordingly discharged, and retained bis seat on the bench until bis death. James H. Peck, Judge of tho United States District Court for the District of Missouri, was impeached of high misdemea nors in office in 1830. The ground of ac cusation agaiust him was that he had Ira- Erisoned and suspended from . practicing in is court an attorney named Lawless, for an alleged contempt in commenting in a news paper communication upon one ot tne Judges dicisions. The articles of impeach ment were presented by Mr. uucnanan, May 4, 1830. Tbe trial began on the 20th of December, and lasted until the 31st of Jan uary, when the accused was pronounced acquitcd, twenty-one Senators having voted bim guilty and twentv-two not guilty. An attempt was made In 1843 to impeach President Tyler, and this movement derives especial interest from tbe closo resemblance between tue circumstances of Mr. Tylers case and that of Mr. Andrew Johnson. On tbe 10th of January, John Minor Botts presented charges in tbe House of Repre sentatives and uiovod for tbe appointment of a committee of inquiry. The charges accused tbe President ot gross usurpation of power ana violation ol law In ordering tue payment of rejected claims npon the Treas ury; of wickedly and corruptly abusing the fiowcr of appointment and removal; of retain ng men in office for months after they had been rejected by tbe Senate; of abusing tbe veto power, and of other high crimes and misdemeanors. The House refused by vote of 127 to 83, to appoint a committee of inquiry, and so tho matter was nllowed to drop. Judge Watrous of the United States Dis trict Court for the Western District of Texas was accused of official misconduct and cor ruption, and a Committee of the House of Representatives reported in February, 1807, in favor of his impeachment ; but after a ten months' discussion the affair was dismissed, the House resolving that there was no oc casion for further proceedings. The last case of impeachment before the United State Senate was that of West II. Humphreys, Judge of the District Court of the United states in tue District of Tennes see, for complicity in tbe Rebellion. The charges, seven in number, were presented in April 1802, and the trial took place on the 20th of June of the samo year, lasting only one day. The accused tailed to appear, and there was ot course no detense. lie was found guilty by nearly an unanimous vote, on all tho charges, and a sentence ot re moval and disqualification was passed with out a dissenting voice. Tho remedy by impeachment, like the Habeas Corpus act and other laws, is copied from tbe British Constitution. Tho earliest instance of Parliamentary impeachment was in 1370, when Lord Latimer, the Chamber lain, was tried and deposed from his office for extortion aud malversation of tbe public fund. When Richard II was deposed the form of impeachment was adopted. For sometimes tbe remedy by impeachment had fallen into disuse, but the corruptions, du the reign of James I, caussd its removal The most important case, during that reign was that of Lord Cbanceller Bacon, the great Philosopher, Judge and lawyer, who was deposed from office and fined 40,000. Ilia fine and imprisonment were remitted but he died, broken-hearted, five years after. Wednesday, 18th. In the Senate the Judiciary Committee reported a substitute for the House supplement to the Reconstruc tion act. Laid over, objection to its consi deration being made. A resolution for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the conduct of the Printing Bureau of tbe Treasury Department was agreed to. In tbe House, in Committee of the Whole was considered tbe Senate joint resolution appropriating 1 1.000,000 for the relief of the destitute people in the southern and southwestern States. Mr. Butler offered a substitute to the effect that $1,000,000 be appropriated for the relief of tbe widows and children of the Union soldiers starved to death in tbe rebel prisons of Anderson ville, Salsbury, Libby, Millen and Belle Isle, A lengthy discussion ensued, and the matter was not disposed or. Thursday, 14th. In the Senate Mr. Ram sey offered a bill authorizing the Southern Pacific Railroad toextcud iu road westward through New-Mexico and Arizona, to the east boundary of California. The supple mentary Reconstruction bill was taken up and discussed. In tho House Mr. Covodo desired to intro duce a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate certain reported irregularities in the Treasury Department, but objection was made. Mr. Julian introduced a bill to Ox the time for tbe election of Representatives and Delegates in Congress. Fkidat, 15th. The Senate passed the resolution prohibiting tbe sale or introduc tion of liquors into the Capitol buildings. Mr. Pomeroy introduced a bill to secure the speedy construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, southern branch, and telegraph line. Also, a bill granting lands to aid in tbe construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lawrence, Kansas, to the Mexican boundary line. The supplemental Recon struction bill was debated for three hours. Mr. Sherman introduced a resolution to re move the disability to hold office from Robert M. Patton, of Alabama, and Joseph E.Brown of Georgia. , In the House the Committee on Retrench ment reported joint resolutions directing the Secretary of tbe Treasury to sell tbe gold, amounting to $100,000, claimed by the Richmond banks. An amendment that the coin be placed in the Treasury was agreed to, and the resolution waa passed. Mr. Wood called op the New York Custom House matter, and, after a discussion, Mr. llulburd's resolution to revive the Committee on Public Expenditures was adopted. Mr. Scbenck offered a resolution instructing tbe committee to inquire into tbo conduct of Henry A. Suiythe, tbe Collector of New York. . . . . Satcrdat, ltb. In tbe Senate a resolu tion was adopted directing the Retroach moot Committee to Uvestigate the conduct .-a V of tbe Printing Bureau of tbe Treasury. The House joint resolution . relating to the Iticliroond bank coin waa called up and passed. Tbe supplementary Reconstruction bill waa takes up ana amendments were adopted, snaking tbe elections by ballot, and requiring that a majority of registered voters shall vote on tbe. question of a con vention. Tbe bill as amended was then passed, ayes 88, nays 8. Messrs. Buckalew and Hendricks voted nay; and Mr. Johnson, of Md., voted for tbe bill. Tbe other Dem ocrats were absent. The bill goes back to tho House for- concurrence in the amend menti. .'1.1'' .-i . Tuesday, 10th. In the Senate upon mo tion of Mr. Trumbull, took up the House joint resolution suspending all proceedings relative to payment lot slaves enlisted or drafted into the ierv&e of the United States, but at the suggestion ot Mr. Davis it was aid over until to-day. Mr. Morton reported the joint resolution authorizing tbe refund ing to the State of Indiana for expenses in curred in repelling the John Morgan raid. Some opposition being manifested to this resolution, on motion of M. Fessenden it was laid over. M. Conncss introduced a resolu tion of inquiry in relation to the divulging of the proceedings of the Senate in executive session, and authorizing the President of the Senate to inquire into tho matter, with authority to send tor persons and pnpera, At the request of Senator Conkling it was laid over until to day. The House bill to supply an omission in the enrolling of the bill to provide lor increased revenue upon Imported wool, was passed, as was also the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to is sue one complete suit of clothing to each invalid soldier in any regular soldier's home in the United States. Mr. Johnson stated in the Senate yesterday that it was tbe de sire of Hon. Philip F. Thomas, the Maryland Senator elect, that bis credentials should be referred to the Judiciary Committee, as be courted the fullest investigation into all his public acts, and li is credentials were so re terrcd. Mr. Cole introduced a bill to further define tbe qualifications of members of Con cress, but without action it went over. Tho committee of conference on the disagreeing votes ol the two Houses on the supplemen tary reconstruction bill made a report, which was concurred in, and tho Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned 1 ho House agreed to a Ioint resolution prohibiting the further issue of agricultural college scrip to any State lately in rebellion except Tennessee, until they Bhall have been restored to their rights as States in tho Luton. Mr. Stevens called up the bill uitro duccd by him some days ago to confiscate the property or those engaged in the rebel lion. This bill is sweeping in its provisions, and should it become a law. would be terrible blow to the already prostrate and suffering South. Mr. Stevens undertook to address the House at length in support of his bill, but bo was overcome by his physical infirmities, and bis speech was read for him by the Clerk, at the conclusion of which the whole subject was postponed until the sec ond Tuesday in December next. The House then took up the bill appropriating one million of dollars for relief of the destitute in the South, but after a somewhat rambling debate, it was laid over without action. Tho conference committee on the disagreeing votes on the supplementary reconstruction bill made a report; which was concurred in, and the House then adjourned. Terrible Itlot at Carlielet Carlisle, Pa., March 10, 1807. Last evening two soldiers came into town. When near the Court House, they were attacked by A. Uammil and P. Gilmorc. Neither party were hurt. The soldiers then left for tbe garrison. At 8 o'clock about fifty sol diers came in town, armed with carbines, revolvers, sabres, and halted near the Court House and fired into a crowd of citizens who were standing near the point where the polls were located. The citizens drew revolvers and fired, when a general riot ensued. The soldiers ran and the citizens pursued the soldiers firing back, and when, on reaching the edge of the town, they took a position. The guard came in from the post, and the firing was kept up. The guard having ar rested 'some citizens and started for tbe gar rison, meeting Hammil, who had a gun, was ordered by the guard to lay it down. On refusing be shot him. The ball struck left of the right nipple, And came out near the left shoulder blade. Ho died in three hours. Mrs. Stuart, standing in the door at her home, was shot through the left foot; Thomas Zimmerman through the right fore arm, crushing bones; Jacob Small, through the centre cf the right hand; Halli baugh, in the head, crushing the scalp all citizens. Two soldiers were wounded, one in the head and one iu the leg the former mortally- For several nights soldiers have been in town creating much disturbance. About four hundred are now nl tbis post. Serloua Flood Iu tbe Koulbwet. Cairo, 111., March 14. The officers of the steamer Rockford, just from the Arkansas river, report tbe country overflowed, and great loss of property aud suffering of in habitants. Twenty-seven lives were lost at Helena by the flood, mostly frccdmcn. The steamer Peter Bolcn was damaged by running into tbe bank at Red Fork, and lost pait of her cargo, ono soldier and one deck hand. the water twenty feet deep im tue city of coattakoooa-reofle starving, ac. Cincinnati, March 14. The Union Con vention to-day nominated Cbas. F. Wilstach for Mayor. Tbe Gazette' Nashvillo special says tbe reports of tbe suffering at Chattanooga and other places along the Tennessee river, are appalling. At Chattanooga, on tbe 12th, the water was from twelve to twenty feet deep in tbe city ; many bouses are toppling over, and others are floating away. The Mayor, with a posse of citizens and soldiers, were foraging among the loaded cars for food. The agents of the railroad protested, but tbe mayor said the people were starving. Twenty-five dead bodies were seen floating down the river at Bridgeport, Ala., on tbe 12th. Tbe loss of property is estimated at a million of dollars. General Carlin, at Nashville, was making efforts to send rations through to Chattanooga. ' Republican Progress in Mexico. The latest intelligence in&irrns us that the Re publican forces of Mexico are rapidly posses sing themselves of the whole of the Atlantic coast, thus cutting off tbe retreat of the Im perial army at and near Queretaro, and diminishing the chances of an escape of Maximillian in case be sbonld be routed. Tbe important towns of Orizaba and Cordo va have been occupied by the Liberals, who expected also to capture Vera Cruz immedi ately after the departure of tbe French. Tbe great battle between Maximilian and tbe Liberals was expected to take place about tbe 10th of March, but if we are to judge from certain passages in tbe late accounts Max. will aim for the coast and be glad to get away with a whole skin. We bare news by way of San Francisco that a Republican force has actually entered the city of Mexico, and that Juarez himself waa only three marches from tbe capital. Tbis news may be true aa communication between tbe capi tal and Vera Crux bad been completely severed. The Legislature of Rhode Island it con sidering the propriety of making it a penal offence to get up a publio masked ball, pun ishable with $500 tine in the first instance and one year's imprisonment for" a repeti tion. ! . i ' mXETITKlft. I There will be a blue tulip at the Paris Exposition. , . Tlie Jewish tvopotoien Inf. St, Louis Is ten thousand.' II it Geo) Pcabody aave that! after bit-return from London, be shall take up kit resi donee ta Sal cm, Mass. ' 'A I h v. L. W.1 Jerome. -of New "York. h lost within a short period about $1,000,000 by the decline of Paciflo Mail stock. Michigan has followed tho example of Uhlo in refusing to enfranchise? the. negroes, i here is an alarming exodut or able bo died negroes from Kentucky. In Mound city. III., on the Ohio river. serious suffering exists in consequence .of tho inundation of the town by the bigb wa ter. An association to encourage immigration to California hat been formed in San rran cisco. Brigbsm -Toang sent $100, recently, to Jamvs Pine, Esq., of Pore Byron, New York, to pay a board bill contracted thirty years ago. ' . , i' Tho wages of the female operatives at the Merrimack Mills, in Lowell, Mass., have been reduced, and some of tbe girls are on a strike. Statistics prove that but ono Pennsylva- nian in a thousand arrives at the age of 60 years. A daughter of a St. Louis chimney sweep is shortly to be married, and the father bas issued no less than eight hundred cards of invitation. . An epidemic has broken out among tbe bogs at Lyketis, Pa., aud the Heginter says large numbers of them arc dying, tbe disease being very latal in its character. One man in Gardiner, Maine, has made $40,000 from ice cut from tbe Aroostock river. Tho Prince of Wales is said to bo writing a book about what he saw in his tour in the United States. Peach trees are in full bloom, and tbe trees are puttiug on their summer dresses in the Uult States. A rural town in Maine has bad a ball, the proceeds of which are to buy a hearse. A man was knocked into the creek, and his head held uudcr water while his pockets were being robbed of $350, near Petroleum Centre, last Saturday night. In the death returns of New York, last week, tho hanging of Wagner, the wife mur derer, comes under the bead of ''Deaths from accident or negligence." Ono of the young men who drank corro sive Bublimate, thinking it whisky, at Co- pake, N. Y., has died, and the other will probably recover. Miss Carmichacl, the poetess of Salt Lake, having become the one wile ot one husband and left Mormondom, is about to publish a book on tho Mormons and ber life among tliem. Green leaves begin to appear on tbe ma ple trees in ltichmond. One Cincinnatian has sued another for selling him a mocking bird that won't sing, A butcher in Wheeling, during the past tbirtv-three years, has made 625 miles of sausages. .' A simple looking frccdman recently pre sented himsef at the "Bureau" in a Southern State, and expressed a desire to be married, "All right, fetch your sweetheart along," was the reply. "1 nam t got none, mars r, was the reply ; "dcy tole me it was your bus'ness to nnd ma oue." A Canadian practical joker lias been an noving Kingston people by painting the Fenian coat of arms on their fences. The entire valuation of the taxable pro perty of Kentucky last year was$302,855,052, an increase over the previous year ot $ 3UU, 802.717. An English medical journal says that legal steps have been taken in England to arrest the practice ot certain ot tUose quacks who, having been struck off the rolls ot the col leges, still add to their names the initiuls indicating the possession of their titles. A sleeping car on the Niugare Falls road rati off the track on Wednesday morning near Rochester, and landed iu a ditch. Aside from being waked up rather suddenly and somewhat frightened, the passengers were uninjured. It is rumored that John G. Wbittior, the poet, is to be married in his old age, to a widow of Philadelphia, w ith whom he bas been in love for tbirt; years. - General Glceson, who is now military director of the Fenian Brotherhood, bas given a contract for two thousand uniforms to a large clothiug firm in New York. The unanimous opinion of the London clubs is "that the recall of Mr. Motley from Vienna is disreputable to Mr. Seward, disgraceful to the President, and a misfor tune to the American people." A mot of Prince Napoleon is being repent ed in the tuliuns: "The Emperor has twice deceived France first in 1848, in making her believe that he was a fool; next, in 18C5, in making her believe be was a genius. Two physicians have been appointed by the authorities of Columbus, Ohio, to attend to the small-pox cases, which are becoming numerous in that city. Primitive Ikon WonKs. Mr. Samuel Baker, describing the natives living near the banks of the Nile, Africa, says they make excellent iron weapons, although, the blacksmiths have nothing but stones for an anvil and hammer. Tbe natives, however, are absolute savages. The men have no clothing, but tbo women wear what be calls "a shirt of mail," an apron nine inches long and six inches broad. Ho obtained one of the "shirts," which had belonged to the wife, of a chief, and be found that it had been made of rings of iron, neatly joined to gether. The work had been done by a blacksmith, who had used a cleft stick for a pair of tongs, and a stone for an anvil, and another stone for a hammer. A man, who was charged with ten gallons of whisky, which a grocer put in an eight gal lon keg, said be"didn't mind the money over charged so much as he did the strain on tbe keg.",. J. W. Hobnob of Parkersburg, West Va. tays that Dr. II. Anders' Iodine Water cur ed him of Scrofula. He bad 87 ruoing Ulcers when be commenced taking the medicine. Persons afflicted should make a note of this, and send to J. P. Dinsmore, 88 Dey Street, New York, for a circular concerning this re markable remedy. Great Floods. The continuoua though moderate raina we have bad for the last month, extended to tbe west and southwest, but there they were very heavy, raising the rivers to an inordinate height. A fearful amount of damage has been the consequence in Tennessee, western Virginia, Ohio, Indi ana and other States. The lower portion of Cincinnati was submerged, and in Covington, on the Kentucky side, hundreds of houses were under water. Near Louisville, the river is reported to have flooded a tract of country thirty miles wide, completely devas tating the farms along tbe bank. Stacks of bay, wheat, oats, &c, have been washed , away, and nearly all tbe steamboat landings are under water. In East Tennessee bouses, mills, barns, and bridges without number have been carried away, and railroad travel bos been almost entirely suspended. Tbe damage to tbis section alone is estimated at $3,000,000. . Tbe levee near Mound City gave way, and that city is threatened with inundation. At Knoxville over S00 persons 1 were washed out ot tbeir homes. Judge Lynch holds court fn Jobnao county, Mo. A vigilance committee is in operaiioaf,TwidsperadAes have been shot', aaci taree others navif' wistiy leu lor pant UBkaown. A notorious gambler wat sus pended front lr at Warrenaburgh, where lis twang for thsce days, as a warning to the gambling fraternity. ,,,). IAlaAama ut h Riant Path. A Re publican convention was held at Huntsvillc, Alabama, on the 0th inst., and Is one of the results of the recent measure of reconstruc tion by Congress. This convention is merely prefatcory to aadther, to b held n May, whereat the loyal men of tho State Will pro ceed to reconstruct it. With her vast colored population Heartily In favor of tho move ment, tho prospeot seems to be good that Alabama will toon register herself with the raciical majority or States. This it simply surprising, but the world moves. Indian War; The late murders and mas- sacret by thr Indians will, it seems, be fully avengou oy the Government. - We have already the information that Gen. Crook with ' United States troops encountered a force of Indiana in Stein's mountain and killed 03. We cow learn that Mai.-Gen Hancock wat to march from Fort Leaven worth on tho 16th inst.. with a strong do tnehment of regulars Tor tbe scene of the late horrible massacre. All the emigrant trains win be fully armed and organized for dc fence in case of attack. Custom Statistics. During January last there were imported into tbe United States from foreign countries goods to the amount of $22,939,848 in gold. The exports lor tne month were $37,003,747, of which $20,008,085 was cotton. For the last six months of 1806 the imports were $209,234, 081 in gold, and the exports $180,415,004 in paper. j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO BUILDERS ! SEALED Proposals will b received at the office ofL. T. Rohrbnch, Era., in Bunbnrv. for tbe ereotlon of TWO Jtw SU11UUL 11ULSU& one in the Nortbwett llUtriot and one in the Southeast Di- triot, in the Borough of .Sunbury, Pa., between the nourt ol 7 and s o'clook r. M. on tbe zutb or Marcn, 1H67. Plans and peeiOoationl of the buildings can oe aoen at we Law umce ol Mr. Konrbaca. J.B. LKNKEH. L. T. KOHRBACH. I Building 8. P. WULVERTUN, I Committee. J.M.LOVE. I Banbury, March 2:1, 1867. . PERSONS having unrecorded Deed, are remind d that tbey roust be recorded, according to the Act of Aanembly which require, that "All deed, and conveyance, for real elate in this Commonwealth, .hall be recorded in the office for Recording Deed, in the County where the land, lie within mx month after tbe execution of such deed. and oonveyanoe; and every .uch deed and convey ance not recorded a. aforesaid, (hall be judged FRAUDULENT AND VOID against any .ubsequcnt purchaser for a valuable couideration unless men deed, be recorded before the recording of tbe deed or conveyance under which such subsequent purchas er or mortgage .ball claim." t5r Those having old Deed, will profit by paying trict attention to the above March 23, 1807. soiiCE to co.vi'UAcroas . 5 Bridges to be Let. THERE will be a Letting of Bridge, a. follow. : One over Shainokin Creek, in tbe borough of Sha niokin. One over Shamokin Creek near Paxino. One over Little Shamokin Creek, near tho farm of Solomon Malick. One over Little Shamokin Creek, near the farm or Ueo. C. Welker. One over the Stream near the residence of John Markle, in the borough of Sunbury. - The two first will be let at tbe bouse of Wm. Roth, In Shamokin Borough, on the 10th of April, the three other Bridge, will be let at tbe Commissioners' Office, on tbe 12th of April, 1867. Plana and speoi fioation. will be exhihited on the day. of Letting. HUGH MARTIN, ) JNO. ECK.MAN, SCom'r.. SOLOMON BILLMAN. ) Cas. WEAVER, Clerk. ; , . . , , . .' Commissioner'. Offioe. ) Sunbury, March 23, 1807. j ' THACHER & CO.. WHOLESALE DEALER IN Boots Shoes & Trunks, No. !, North ithSt., PHILADELPHIA. March 23, 1867. 0RPHANS'C0URTSALE. IN punuanoe of an order of the Orphan.' Court of Northamberland county, will be exposed to pub lie .ale, on the premise, in the Borough of BUN13U. RY, on SATURDAY tbe 13th day of APRIL, A. D. I(jtl7 : A certain Lot of Ground, situate in the Bo rough of Sunbury, in the county ot Northumberland and State ot Peuusylvania, numbered and designated in tbe general plan or draft of said Borough a. lot number one hundred and twenty eight (128) ; Bound ed on the north by an Alley ; on tbe east by lot num ber oue hundred and twenty-wven (127) ; on the south by Dewberry or Aroh street ; aud ob the west by an Alley, containing in width or front, on said Dewberry or Aroh rreet, sixty feet, and in depth two hundred and thirty teet with tbe appurtenances. Late tbe property of Clarinda Urant, deceased. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M., of said day, when the terms and condition, ef sale will be made known by BEN J. HENDRICKS, Exerutur By order of the Court, ) J. A. J. CUMMINGS. Cl 'k 0 C. Sunbury, Maroh 32, 1867, ) Executor's Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that letter, testamenta ry having keen granted to the undersigned, on the estate of Clarind Grant, lata of tbe borough of Sunbury, Northumberland oounty, Pa., deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and thoee having claim, to present them tor settlement. BEN J. HENDRICKS, Exeoutor. Sunbury, Maroh 23, 1867. ot LVl'AUIATOUACCO, INTRODUCED by the eelebrated Traveler, Bayard Taylor, from Mt. Lebanon. Tbe finest Smoking Tobaooo known il is described by Mr. Taylor as "sefl, aromalio, and of delioiou. odor, resembling that of dried roses ;" maturing very early, wed sown aa late a. June will perfect a crop. We offer oboice seed of tbl. valuable variety, from seed of Mr. Tay lor's own raising. Prioe (by mail, pottage paid,) 25e per package. EDW'D. J. EVAN'S A CO., No. N. Qeorge Street, York. 1'a. March 23, 1867. Im a. hoop - NEW SPRING STYLES, 0oa Owm Mb." embracing every New and Desirable (Ue, style and Shape of Plain and Trail Hoop okirta, , t 1-4, 21, 2 3-i, I, S 1-4, I 1-2, 1 S-t and 4 Yd.., round every length and (iie Waist ; in every respect First Quali ty and especially adapted to meet tne wants of Kirst Class and most fashionable Trade. Oca Owa ueb," of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more elastic, more durable, and Keally Cheaper than any other make ef either Single or Double Spring Skirt in the Amerioan Market. They are Warrant ed la every resneot, and wherever introduced give universal satisfaction. They are aow being exten sively told by KeUUere, aud every Lady should try them. A. for "Hopkln't Own Make," and tee that each Skirt is Btamped "W. T 110 PK IN '8 MANUFAC TURER. S28 ARCH Street, PUILAD A." No others are Genuine. A Catalogue containing Style, Sise and Retail Prioas, sent to any address. A V ni. form add Liberal DUoount allowed to Dealers. Or der, by mail or otherwise, promptly and carefully filled Wholeaale and Retail, at Manufactory and Salesrooms, No. 628 ARCH Street, PHILADELPHIA. SKIRTS made to order, realtered and repaired. TERMS, NET CASH. ON PRICK ONLY ' , ( WM. I. nOPKISS. 1 . March ni86T.X10mw t 1. AGEHTM WAxinZtK FOR GREKI.EVfJ Histoiv CokfrLtrra. ' Eirnosnt aaai Orroavcaitv! - UaraaaLLeLaa Buccbm : I Taw Hiatus eunanuie aeeoaale us arul m hundred BatUaa not (eeemUt fueud in tka ew bet work, on laa Ke bellina, even la thoje saiMt widely eiieeleled. Now that bauuv's Hiataav k ooatplried, Its p"pulaMty it (ream than ever besorea, and telle wilt e rapidity wkiek makee il the aaoet valuable work for Caitvaseare eves pubtee. Adriiete O. D. CASE k CD., Fuhliabcn, al Haul.. Com., Ctevetemt, OkM, et DeiteH, MmHi. - March It, lS.4i. ,tl DREXE "& 'C 0 '.i 4, b ownaia intra street. (MTwatlV k-AMTftT ft CnSSftCT,) "' Philadelphia,, . A--'N K E R S, AND DEALERS IN ' B QOTEfiNMENT 8ECTJEITIES i x .17.30 , ffJXE, JtXY, AAD tldlRT OOXT11TID i I1TO 6-SOa ' Tnthovt onarge, and at present with a PROFIT ' ' ' to-& Bolder, GOLD, SILVER, . 0'J ; "''''iff''1 ' : COMPOUND INTEBE8T BOTES WANTED.. Application, by mall will receive prompt aUen "j lnro"nion oheerfully furnwhod. ki and Bond, bought nod .old on ooinuMioi here or in New Vork. Order, aolioited. February 2J, 1807. Sm Harden ced by .Hull. WE offer a large and complete assortment of Freeh Seed., embraoing. OVER 2S0 LEADING VARIETIES. -(inoluding all the Noveltie.,1 which we ftt?nlt carefully put up in packet., BY MAIL, POSTAGE PAID, at our catalogue price.. All our Seed, are oarefully tested beforo .ending out, and are , 8 WARRANTED TO GROW, if properly planted and oared for. OUR NEW PRICED DESCRIPTIVE CAT LOU UK is mailed to any address, on reociptof .tar for postage. r EDW'D. J. EVANS A CO., m u ,o, Vo: N Ueor8 Vork, Pa. March 23, 1867. Im J PBUIT OBNAMENTAIi TKiitua,"" Vine. Nmall 1 'rat to, 4lirul, BEDDING PLANTS, AC. FOR TUE SPRISti OF 1867. j We offer for the present season, a large and com plete aarortment of NURSERY STOCK, embracing a large variety of thrifty, well-grown Trees, which we are prepared to furnish at the annexed pricos, and to whioh we invite the attention of Fruit Grow ers and Planter. Fruit Trees, Vises, io Standard apple., 4 yean old, loading kinds, Dwarf " 2 yean old. Each. Prdoi. PrlOO $30 S3 25 $25 00 (on Paradise,) Crab Apples, 2 and 3 yean old Standard Pean, 2 and 3 year. old Dwarf Penra, 2 yean old Standard Cherries, 2 years old Dwarf Cherries, 2 yean old Standard Peaohes, 1 rear old 50 60 60 60 60 60 6 50 5 50 6 50 6 00 6 00 6 00 3 25 4 00 H 00 8 00 5 00 5 00 10 00 5 00 8 00 40 00 40 00 54 00 ti 06 30 25 00 ,00 do do Halo's Early, 1 year old 40 do do on Plum 75 Dwarf do do 75 Apricot., do 75 Apricots, on Peach 50 Van Buren'a Golden D'f Peach 1 00 Nectarine, and Almond. 50 Standard Plum., on Plum 75 Dwarf do on do 74 60 00 40 00 55 00 8 00 N.B. Extra .iied tree, of many of above can be furnished at extra prioes. Lurrnnta and iKHieeberriea as Raspuernet and Hluckbei rie. uu Stiawberriee W. A Ibuny, Triompb de S 50 5 00 is 00 Russell's Prolific, 0m Seeded, Leiinig't White, Cutter 50 t turunda (Knox't 700) Agriculturist, Im Consume. Mead's Oropet Catawba. Isabella end Cuntuu, 1 (XT . J , IB. I ,11 Cuticmd, I year, Istelnst, Duma, Ituui.iid Proline, 4e , ynr. 1st elim, Delaware, Rebecca. Ac-, 1 yr lit claw 25 t 50 f 00 IJ Ot 30 Ot 50 75 7 00 I (Ml 9 00 Alleti'tA Kocer'l H vhrula. I vr l.t .).. I M mm lima, l.rnellu Adimndar, 1 y, lit clast S 00 It 1 0 Foreign varieties, lendmif kinds 75 4 00 Fmneju vurities, new kinda it 00 to 3 Ml N. U. (jrapetby ilozm less, and strawberries by dot or 100 mailed Postage Free, at abuve prices. ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. Sliude Trees, leading kinds, 8 to 10 feet 81 each 810 p( "4 per hundred. Peraluous Ornamental Trees, a flue asenrtment 50 to 1 t a uu ui iu lai per u,.z , 41) 00 u 7S 00 per 1110. Deciduous Oriumieiitul Sliruht, ts loSOcti each, 9 501 500 per dux. 0 110 to 40 uo per hundred, dunning Ornamental Shruhs, 5 to 50 each, 8 50 to S t P" x, U 00 to 40 00 per hundred. MISCELLANEOUS, Each Per dox Ter 1( English Walnuts It Spanish Chesu't 50 t 00 Downing". Everlieiiring .Mulberry and Dwurf Proline Walnut . J 1 00 10 00 Asparagus Rome 1 Rnulnrli, Myall's l.innaee 5 00 15 1 Arner. Arhorvita?, ir hedgrnr. 20 00 to30 I Osage Orange, for hedging, 80 per 1,011 1 1 Packing done in Ihe beet manner, in hnlrt or boxes, r which a moderate charge ia made. Goods ere prompt forwarded by Express, of Uetlrood, to all poiuts. Ueserl live Catalogues mailed to applicant., enelotiug tiainna. EDW'D J EVANS & CO.. t VORK, Pennsylvania. March t3, IS7-lru .Wl'ICK TO 1'Alt.nEItN. T0RRINQTON & HODQKINi MANUFACTURERS OP H A. "W BONB SUl'EK-PIIOSPIIATE OF itunlturj-. Pa. LIMJ AS the lessen is at band, we offer to the farme our Super-Phosphate, which aa a fertiliser ( S beat, Corn, Oats, Potateea, Grass, Ac, caanot excelled, and warrant it a permanent improver ol , '".'.. ALL KINDS OF 60IL, (not excepting any.) It doe. Dot act aa a sitnr .timulaut for one crop only, but U lasting in its etleo which can be proved by the farmers of Chester a adjoining oountiea of this State. Also of the a jaoent oountiea of Delaware and Maryland, w have seed our manufueture for the last 8 yean. We ask a trial thi. .pring, confident that the who purchase, will continue to patronise. For Wheat 300 lb, per aorc drilled or sown broa oast. For Cora 150 to 2001b.. per acre dropped in hill, planting. Fur OaU 150 lbs. per aorc sowu broadcast. For Potato. 400 lfae. per acre Mattered ia row. -For Grate, 300 lb, per aorc a. a top dresser. This quantity on Grata land., will produce aa 1 oreaae in Ant crop of 1 to 1 1 tons per acre. '"'-"GIVE IT A TRIAL. We know that the result will be aatufaotory. Sold ia Barrel, and Bags, at 5T per 2000 lbs., our new ,- Meuaiaftictory, East Market Hirer Also .hipped to all point on the Phil'a. A Er Northern Central, Laokawaoa 4 Bloomsburg a Shamokin Valley Railroad.. J. K. TORRTXGTON ED. HODUKIUS. Sunbury, March 16, 1867, $150 REWARD ! $500 IN GOLD STOLEN : nVlE above reward will bo paid by the aubtcrit X for the recovery of the above money, or the 1 rest of tbe guilty pereon who committed the robbei or fucb tutor raauon aa will lead to the arrast a eoaviueion ef such Benoa er pereoae. The mon was in gold coin, via 1 Eight tio gold pieces, one them marked V. K., on I0 gold pieoe, marked .' R. The remainder waa In gold piece, of f 10, j (2,50 and SI, making in all Iva hundred dollars gold. The robbery waa oommitted on the prcuii of the tubtcrtber, Valentin Klaae, residing ni Snydcrtown, in Shamokin township, Nortbumb land oowaty, eomeume cine August 1865, but I uppeaitioa ia that it waa don on tbe night of t Saih of February, whea Mr. and Mr. KleMtuppot they were drugged by some aarootio a. they all without waking until late the following morning. VALENTINE KLAfcE Bnydertown, March It, 186S. AdtaUalatrator'a !tiee. ETTF.RS of edmutuu ration on the aaale of Cathai j tsMtghart, terfirt, lately M Delaware towiwh eUuiaberlaadeuarrty. haviac been treated to the 1 denigned. by the Register of eaid eouuty. AH p1 indebted to Ihe eem wtM taeke imtaadnte rr """ llkiee bevMtj eleime a. tints Ike eatat, will prteenl in aly atHkntUeeied. - .... ti , 1. XT. WEEKS, Adtaiaisnatot Dttawaittwr "tiTk I. lrJ.-t I