CO SMOCRAT, 11 HI JLiur V I Ljdfl AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. LEVI L. TATE, Editor. "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TOUCH 01? TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." 82 00 PER ANNUM. VOL. 14--N0. 49. COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. runusnED every satuhdav. nv LEVI L. TATE, Ilf DLOOMSBDRO( COLUMBIA COUNTT, PA. 0 vino k lit ttt nne Drleli RuUditte, opposite Ike EieUngt, (y tide vf the Court Home. 'Democratic Head iue.rteri." TKUMS or SUIlSCniTTION. Ql W) In nlvaitc?, for one copy, for git months. 1 T,1 In uH;i!icc. for one inj.y, nno jenr. a m If nut p.il.l ullliln tho lirt llirco montlis. 'J 'p Ifnotiill nitliin th.i lint ill muuluj. Cv-N nlMcripllnnt.ikcnfor U than (It month., i:o;,7,Hcr''l'c,',,ll''ucJ,,l,,'u',''rrcaras'-',,1,al'l'''vo rorJinarvpvRTi'EMFVTlntprtc-a,nnaJoiiVoiis eteculcit, at tint CituhlUhcilpriccs. I THROUGH DEATH TO LITE. BY HLMU niRBACfin. l!ar ou heard tho tale of tlic Aloe plant, Away u tli nitiM)' clinic t ljr httfiiMc growth of un hundred jrran It ri'tichc iti blooming tima ; And then a uoudrniis builfititufrotvn Jlrc.ikrtout tit.T thousand tlovwri : Till floral queen, (n iu hlnori.ing seen, U Ilia iiriJo of ilio trojiical b-mt-n Hut tho iil.itit to the lljwerii a fcitcriiW, Vvt It hlooms but oncu, and in blaoiujng diva. limp juu furlhrr heard of this At plant, 'i'Lat cr.rn in t!u suimy ilirm How I'very one ofit tlioustaii'l Iljwer', Ai t !;, drop hi tha blooming time, I1 uu lui'.iiit plant that fastens its roots In tho place Uiiro JtfalU on the ground 1 And f.-t as thy ilroj from th djing item, U'ruw lHilyand lovely around, fly Ujn'j; it livdh ft thooiaud fdd In llm young that fmng from thj d?ith of the id J. Hsvp )oiih"ard the ti'e cftlie I'elicari. 'lhe A rat' liiincl tl llahr, Tint 1 1 n; in the African anlittiilet, VVht'r-' tilt' liird that live lotirly arc t Has you hrnrd how it uven in u-nder youn?, And c.irc.iaad toiU for their (Mo,l i 1 1 brings thi'iii waterfront f mntnliiB ufir, And SsUv the sen for their food ; In fa nunc it feeds thcm-wbit luvu can delj?l 'I'Un blood uf it bok'iiu, and jVtdinjj them tliid, Jlavyoit heard the talc thsy trIl of the riwmi, Thi' kiiovv-w hi to blrdt.f the l'ie f It noia:lcily floats 011 thi; sili ry uavfl, It tilently ni a in the brake ; Tor it nave Hi soiitf till the end of hfj, And thn, in tliu ott. "till even, .Mid th" Biddni light nf tin uttiug tun, It i.iisn it oar into heaven 1 And the Mvrcd Arte ftlll..n k. from the tkl; Tit 1U only rung, fui 111 ringm, it dl. . Von h-.M! luard tln'ie tales haU tellyou one. A jireiter and better than till t Have you h-ad of Him houi tho lienem Adore, lit fur u whom thi' hoktd of thuit.aH f Uu tc left lliu thtitrt and anthcmi above, Vur rnrth iu its wailing and uoh, Tj atf -r thi h j ni an J the i 1111 of the crosi, Anddiufor the life of his fouif Cl I'ijiice of Dm lU'blu ! Ofult rtr divine I Vlit uoarow and iaenfice. e jual to 'iliEuet fUe you henr I tin tale -the hent of them all Tliu tale of the Iddy an 1 Tnw f IU diets but Ins tf. in untnld touU, JAwa on In the world anew. Hi ied prevniU, und i Altfng the earth Ac the ytari fill tt h in above ; lletiufiht us to)iitdupthelo''e tf lifi lo r tho nakcof the lif-j of love. Ilirt death in our lifo, llu Ices inour pnin, The joy for the tear, the peace fur the pain. Xw hear these tales, ye weary and worn, Who tor other 1. An up jour all ; iar Saviour hath tol I yoa th sjs I that would grow. Into earth dark boom inut f ill lul pass from the vi w and dif away, And then w ill tna fruit apppear ; The grain that seems loct in the earth below Will nturn many fold in tho ear. ty death eouies life, by luns rmnesgnin. The joy fur the tjar,,thc peace fur the pain. A SERMON, DELIVERED BY THE iW7. JOtiW CHAMBERS, J.VNU.UIY -J. 1S01. I announced to you that my intention was to preach on "God's advice to the people of this country, that we may continue to live in unity and prosperity." And al though the living prophet is not, yet God's word, in all its Hung power, is. Aud what Jehovah said at one period of the world's calamity is still adapted to other periods wheu calamity threatens. The Ilible is a marvellous book. There is no age, no condition, or no circumstance in which man is or can be excluded from its advice. It is full of sound wisdom and advice ; wo til need it, wo always need it, our nation needs it now ; without it wo know not where to go. Sly text i.) found in tho revcnlh chapter of Jeremiah: "T!ie Mr J thai cami to Jeremiah rem the Lord, mylitf "itaait ia the gate of the terfe lioitee, aud proclaim there thti vord, and toy, Hear the vord of the .on, all ylofjudai, thai cuter tal thete calte to u-orehtp the lrd. "Thai tatth the Urd if hoili, the nod of hrail. .Imend your traji aud year doluee, aud I icl.'l eauie jou to dwell in ln flaee. Trust ye not lit lews itoro,. ,or not ImiMfHt Hood in this place, Oods to your hurt. "Then Kill leauee yeu to iieell ia this plaee.iu theldud that I gave to your fathers, for eeer aud ecer,'' It is not Jeremiah that speaks, not the minister, but it is Jehovah, tho God of Is rael and the God of tho Universe, that fpeaks, I may ask you to judge disinter estedly and in tho spiiit of magnanimity, whether ibis advice lo you and me, to the inhabitants of this Commonwealth, and to JU ' rc comply with it. tlw result, will bc tno sauio in all the length and breadth oP this -no temple of the Urd, the temple oj ,,e ijira, , . , j . rporj. i, , teach n"S bccomo a premium ouercti 10 anyone wuo win tempi, of the unaretheee ,,PMllin ti, ara without author- abuse our public officers. I ho papers ; and social your uaue and your uoinge , v V- , .., - 1 ' , 1 urrtiifKi between a man and hit neighbor; f ye oppress n,,t wlion lm pomes. briii?itir with would lose half their interest and circula- : cverj net the stranatr, the fatherless, and the vtdow, and shtd 1 J' r, ,,,,,..,,. ,(in -f tIlv (nd ,l10 hi,nV, truth. All CVerV UlHn, wonderful empire My purpose is neither to think nor frpcak unkindlj of any man. I havo no criminations nor recriminations to make, but a single, honest, Christian, patriotic object before me. This country is not my native land, but it is the land of my fathers adoption, a father that escaped from the power and oppression of evil to dwell in the midst of peace. I can have then uo other object than tho peace and pcipttuity of thi Union, and God forbid, i 1 '10ulu SpOIlK WOrUS OtUer than tUOse wliich tend to our purpose. First, then, G oil civ3 advico to minis- . . V 0 1 icrs iu tunes ot great calamity. "iho word that camo to Jeremiah from the Jjini, Buying, Stand in the gato of the Lord's house and proclaim thero this word, and eay, Hear the word of lite Lord, all ye of Juduh, tint enter in these gates to worship the Lord." When tho Prophet thus spoke to all Juduh, tho nation, oh account of in, was ou the verge of captivity. They had brought down upon themselves the jut indignation of God the God of their Fathers. The Almighty, unwilling to pun ih men, "because judgment ia his strange wort," commanded Jeremiah to ttand in tho pate of his own home that house up on which he had put his name, where the Sacrifice was offered, and tho Finoljoofthe incenso ascended, and to proclaim His word m.to the people. And if Jeremiah thus stood in the gate of tho temple, and tpahc unto tho people, may wo not feel that, as ministers of the Gospel, we may follow Ins erample, standing to this great Western gate, thia Temple of the Lord, sacred to liberty and the rights of man. where the oppressed exile, "with tho dew on his thin lobe heavy and chill," bhall ever find a welcome, and the warm hand of friendship be stretched out to greel him. May wo not, I repeat, stand and speak to this people in their time of trial and calamity? As a, nation, where are we to day t We are on the brink of a. ciil war. This is my firm conviction, and because it is, We de-ire to speak to the people in God's name. Many laugh at civil war. but "Fools ever hmko a mock at tin.' This is no place for laughter ; neither is it the time for ivitici-jii. It 6ccms as if the gates of the city of refuge were opcu, and with tho same avenger of blood closo upon us, it become us to enter in and be safe. What more fearful calamity could fall up on us than civil war ? IVtileuce mi"ht rage, and famine guant stalk over our laud; but what are these to a civil war, and c-pecially ia this couutry a country of brothers, men who scarcely know what fear is! In every community wo would fiud brother arrayed against brother, and en gaged in deadly Mrifo. Under these cir cumstances, it becomes God's mini. ton. io be faithful ; and Biark, it is tho Lord's word which mu-t be spoken not the mero fancies of a man, uor the promptings of bis blind instincts, but God's word. "Hear tho word of the Lord" "'Jitts taitli the Lord u) llusti." We want not the word of Presidents, Synods, uor classes of men, but we want tho word of tho Lord, as "thus saith the Lord" from the Lord of Hosts. In the iccond place. IVhct tho minis ters are to preach. In the third and fourth verses wo have the subject matter, in part, at least, of what wo have to sayj under this head : "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, tho God of Israel, amend your ways aud your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in tliin nbiee " "Trust ye not in ljing words, saying,' The temple of the Lord, Tho templ'o of the Lord, Tho temple of tho Lord are' Mark again. The Lord of Iloils, tho God of hratl, and the same Lord of Hosts is the God of our Country, with our thirty four tribes of men, with the blood of free men in their veins. Whenever a minister stands aside from Mi,l,ln Wmise of their authority, v. , nmr. that the chief cause of tho difficulties in our beloved land arises from unauthorized religious teachings. Instead f . ....nlnncr ...en. In tho spirit of tho third .,,.. nf (nvt. manv plaeo themselves in lofty positions, aud claiming afar higher derco of wisdom, and vastly moro piety tUCV v. 1- . than is really possessed, cry, "Staud asido, . V , ,r. .!. Ml fliia thn the r,eonle instructed out of the pure word of God, and not from false esogesu, which . ntHAcr vji-i -.. 1 i.itu mi ...m- u BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., often render tho ificaning of words enig matical and almost bejond comprehen sion. Third. What tho Nition must do. In tho fifth and sixth verses God speaks to us : "For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings j if ye thoroughly cxecuto judgment between a man and bil ncighboi j if ye oppress not the stranrrcr. tho father! Ips-j, and tho widow, and shed not innocent blood iu this place, neither walk after other gods, to your hurt." Nothing could be plainer than this. The sins of our nation are unquestionably fearful, and it is our business to look at some of them. Wo have personal sins, ministerial sins, State sins, and National siiiSjin which all aro more or less concerned. The violation of every command in the decalogue, is to bo witnessed in all the towns, boroughs, and counties throughout our land. Some may think this a hard saying and one needing some qualification Wo havo no qualification to make, believ ing as we do, that evtry comuiaud on tho decalogue is violated in every town, and township of our country. God Almighty s laws are set at defiance. Let us look a moment at tho decalogue. We havo not a right to speak to you, but with a "thus sai.h the Lord," and if wo utter one syllable not thus qialiScd, throw it from you. Cast it from your mind, as the Summer breeze carries tho chaff from the threshing floor. First, then "I am the Lord thy God thou shalt have no other gods before me." How many of the people of our cities, towns, and counties aro living, totally, practically, and daily in the service of any Ueiug, save God Almighty! Then '-Thou shall not take tho name of the Lord thy God iu vain." Can you find a spot iu tho geographical boundaries of this nation, where the name of God is not blasphemed ! Then The Sabbath day. Is thero a State that keeps strictly tho Sibbath ) a city, or a county that observes it? You know, and I know that men most positively and absolutely violate this holy day. Yet iu the lviii Chapter cf Isaiah, God gives tho observance of tho Sabbath as one reason why prayer will ba answered aud repentance accepted. Then in relation to honoring parents. How many families can you find iu which the childreu act toward the parent as God commands ? Is thero not a total disregard of parental authority ? Gray hairs are trampled upon, and tho venerable form hurried in sorrow to tho grave. "Thou shalt not kill." Is not murder rife everywhere ? Some can remember when a murder, committed in any part of UT W wl litis toTw l lAw bosom of every man. Your speaker can remember when the idea of a murder was a terrible idea. Occasionally tho Wail would be stopped, the life of tha driver ioouardized, but now minder is almost a dailv occurrence. Aud when the assailant is leprous with crime, he is shielded aud protected. "Thou shalt not commit adultry " All over this land is this abomination found. How many in your own city, ercn thoso high in position, aro recreant to this holy obligation. " Thou shalt not steal." Why wo are almost a nation of thieves (if wo believe the half of what we say.oue of another). If a man is seeking an office, the hopu of emo- lumcnt aud gain is a-cribed ns bis only motive. The deepest plans ot deception and fraud are everywhere to be seen. " Thou shalt not bear falso witness." This is one o! the great sins o..i..e pco (pie, Wo aro all the timo bearing false I ' . .... witness the one of tho other. The presa groans with falso statements ot ono por tion of the community against tho other. We, of tho mini-try .too often take up gar bled statements and repeat them to tho detriment of our fellows. There is almost this forms one of the tiusot w Inch wo must , repent ' Thou shalt not covet." Is not this violated fearfully every day ? We not on- ly covet, but wo steal, regardless of the oh- ligations to God. And hero let inu ny iu . .. , . . , passing, that tins command, in my Jung- liicnt, bears directly upon the exed ques- tion which is this very day at tho bottom of our political disturbance. Is it not nu undcniablo fact that tho tenth command- mert as absolutely recognizes tho right of nronertv in the man servant and tho inaid servant as in tho wife, tho house, cr any. thing else that is thy neighbor's I From the first to tho last then, the wor- al law is set at defiance. , jinuery uuu corruption aro mo in tuo land. Is it not a proverb, that if yu would have a bill passed at Harrisburg, you must go with pockets well filled with money. What are wo to think of this ? If a poor man goe3 before your courts for justice, no matter bow just or right his ause may bo.docs bostand an equal chance of receiving justice as does a rich man ? Aro not thoso things in this Stato ! God then savs to us, "Am-ntt thy way." Then wo havo that prince of sins drunk enncss sustained by law and countenan eed by practice. This sin, this vicu, that has broken in upon all that is peaceful, manly, and magnanimous. See when it lays its grasp on a young man that young man may havo abilities which would ena ble him to stand in the Senate Chamber, and by his eloquence enchain the listening car ot multitudes. Yet lie is conveited into a drivelling idiot, gropes his way to an early grave and lies dowu iu hell. Where is tho State, or the town where this siu is not seen in its onward march I Tho marriage contract. Wo find it set at open defiance. Wo find divorces granted in the face ol tho direct teachings of Jesus Christ. A celebrated legal gentleman told me he believed the prico of a divorce was twenty dollars. To what a condition have we come, whither have wo drifted ? Jesus says "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, cominittetli adultry." Yet is not this treated as a thing of naught? The Uiblc teems with instruction to hus band and wife, to master and servant. You will find.boyond a doubt, in all these relations much that is wrong, and tho wrong must be repented of. Is not advan- tige taken in the business transactions of lite? Are not the widow and the father less oppressed ! Must wo not repent of all the.se ? Our repentance must bo thorough and sincere : wu must not repent of one only, but of all all the sins of the nation, in all the relations of life. But what are wo to understand defiantly by the sins of the nation ? Only those sins which aro common to all the States and commu nities of a nation, can be called national tins. There is an institution of our land which is regarded as the great source of the evils of our couutry. From this, howev er, I take the liberty of dissenting. 1 do not so read the Bible. That there aro evils conueeted with involuntary servitude in this country, cannot bo denied. But can you find any social relation 111 which evil is not found U tho mari iatre iclation for ilistauee,excmptlrom it? Will, to-day wo are iu trouble, and ii is said our trouble grows out of tho national sin of slavery. M'l. ... !- . - I .' , f i, . responsible lor that iu which ho has no part. But is it not remarkable that in re gard to this sin, in which four millions of human beings are he'd in bondage in our country, and which is declared from the pulpit, the press, aud the rostrum, to bo a siu, a damning sin, one which will exclude a minister from the pulpit, and a man from tho Lord's table? Yet they will tellyou they do not want to interfere with it where it is wo only want to oppose its further cxtcn fcion. Aow, it it uo a siu, it should bo re pouted of an 1 done away with at once ; wo should not wall it up, nor fence it in. God does not say to Israel, repent in part "but thoroughly repent and wholly cleanse your ways." Thi-, is what wo must do,in dividually and collectively, North aud i ooutu, Let us take the sin of Drunkenness. Would it do to confino it to tho North. Would it do to have Sabbath breaking uu- 1 known iu tiie North, but universal iu the Ifl .l Ll.tl .1. , South. Shall wo say that covetousness should not eomo this sido of tho Mississip pi. God says repentance must bo through work. All sectional feeling must bo buried be yond tho reach of tho plummets depth. The kindest feeling of a political, religious character must bo cariied out. constitutional privilege granted to aud our mutual privileges re. spectea m letter ami spirit, noarcan terhood of States, a baud of brothers, and it is to be feared too often 1 se sight of du tics, and nnxous only for our rights. 1 We -peal; of liberty of speech and pres. they aro well enough but they have their 1. ... -I... 1. limits, ouuuiu wo cany uur ngms uu- youd their limits, when, by so doing, wo are throwing u burning torch, which will spread ruin on our brother's domains? We must try to bo consistent aud utiend to our duties as laid dowu in tho word of God, and lights will como "Hear tho 1 word of the Lord. Isaiah VI, 8th, "Ho SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1801, hath showed theo oh man, what is good, . and what doth tho Lord require of theo, but to do justly and lovo mercy and to J waiK numuiy Willi tny uoel. " Honor must characterize our people let us do- je U enact-d, .jr., that tho corporato tormino that whatever is sinful is not to bo namo and title of the Suubury and Krie walled up. but to be swept away not a laiiroa(l be, and tho same is hereby romnaut left. If we do so, what docs God , changed, to that of tho Philadelphia and say ? If we all do this "then will I causo Krio Railroad, by which namo and under you to dwell in thii place, in tho land that which titlo tho said company shall here I gave to your fathers forever and ever." after be ,nanagcu aj conducted, with tho iiu no not give tuis lanu to our tamers and Ho promises it to us? This is, tho statement of God. Shall God's advico bo complied with ! If it is, good will result. Which shall wo take? Will wo humblo ourselves and each man repent, of his own sins! (each will then havo enough to do.) God calls upon us so to do. Will this na- tion reform ? Will we do what God wants us to do? 1 ho quo-tion comes to you and to ttif , and it comes closely. Wc will have for repentance, the poss ession of this land, which was given to our fathers ; possession will be given to us for ever. We desire to urgo you as we urge ourselves to repent. Will we do so at once or will we rush on madly to ruin. Shall old men out of tho muster roll, talk of war, or shall the people bo for peace? Let mo ask Shall this fair and happy land be involved in the horrors of a civil war ? Shall those beautiful lakes and rivers upon which our commerce proudly ..oat oeer msoneuwititt iemcouotsiaugii- tered brothers? Must the air of our love- ly valleys, lull sides and mountaiu slopes be mietl with groans of the wounded and dying fathers, sous and brothers of this .t.w.uu. , imuuui namo I ak, must tho list of widowhood ho , luai.u.., augmcmcu : onaii tnecry ot the f.. I 1 9 tit It . I . I orphan in piteous tones, be heard ascend- in:; iro.n every neartiistono in this lauu ! vJI nll .1 . a- ci n , , uuui, tin. iuu Ul 11113 HIUUH s riiri.i. ll.tl.U be cut down and she left to totter alone to the grave ? Shall these fertile fields bo whitened by the holies of American free men laid low in death by slaughter weap ons in tho hands of their own brothers ? Americans, God is speaking to you hear ken to him; stop aud think. Christian, closet, youself with God, and speak unto Him with your full and bleeding hearts, Go and sit by tho side of that shrino which contains tho sleeping divinely watched over e :..,.,.-,., i wi.:.... o i pray spare this fair heritage bequeathed by such a Father and purchased at such a price of blood and treasure. Oh'.could we wake from that long sleep and raise that noblo form, would ho not h.t his hands in holy horror, and cry peace, peace, we are all brethren. My brethren shall this glorious republic become a by-word and a reproach in the mouths of nations of the earth ? I coufess to you to-day that one of the bit- tprt tlinuvltM of Ihj I..,-. - our distracted couutry, is that tho very na- tion whose bands our fathers burst and cast from them should point tho finger of scorn at us and cry, Aha! aha I My country- men shall the name of Washington perish as a thing of naught can it bo that the sun of this Hopuulicis to go down in a night of blood, never, never, again to rise? Forbid it, Oh, thou God of our Fathers! Pray thcu, I say daily pray, and each man humble lnniselt unit turn to Uou that he may bless us. My brethren when my Master was born the heavens of Jordan wcro vocal with angelio voices crying "I'eace on earth, aud good will to men.'' My F.ithtrand my God, may this be tho Bong that shall asceud from th'j lips and heart of every Ameiicau citizen, now and iu all time to como. Oh ! America ! Oh! United States of America, may this be thy proud titlo for'ver 1 God, iu mercy .grant u. .iuieu aim .vii.cn. UEM.UIKAUlit, J1KTKOU Was on tho morning of the 11th ult. , . . .. . . scon at a quarter Ceforo 3 o places ill Illinois. It was very laro and : .. . , , , , ... . ,-, enter satisfaction on tuo rccoru mciuui, bril iant, aud exploded with a report like , , . . . ,. ' t. .- ., and cancel and surrender tho same to the a cannon. It remained in sij-ht from three , ,. . in , , , .t sa d I' d ade p ua and Lne Kailroad Corn to fivo seconds, aud disappeared iu the 1 northeast, its courso having been eastward with great velocity, in a right line a little inclined downward. At Genova three or four large meteors were neon, but accounts from other places mention that thero was one body like a ball of molten iron, and somo smaller ones, apparently merely detached poitionsof it. In some places tho explosion is spoken of as having been tremendous, liko the bursting of n loud, deep, rumbling sound, that gradually died away. At Birrington and Lake Zurich the houses shook, and vriudows rattled, and tho people awoke from sleep very much alarmed. Tomatoes mako good cat-sup, mouse juakc3 a good cat-supper. but 'JL'lio SUUbury and JErlo Hailroad.- The following is the bill introduced in tho House of Kcpresontativcj on Thurs- (Jar bv Jlr. Ball ofKric samo effect as if tll0 uamo tllcrcof uaJ not been changed. Section 'J. That said Philadelphia and Urie llailroad Company bo, and is hereby authorized to execute and issue under its corporate seal, fivo thousand bonds not Itxcccdirg in amount tho aggregate sum of ! l,0u0,u00 sterling money ot Great ! Uiitnin. or S5.000.000 lawful monev of the United States; any number or all of which may bo issued for JC200 each, sterling money aforesaid, and any number or all of which for $1000 each, payable in twenty years from the date thereof. The said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of 0 per cent, per annum, payablo semi annually, and shall not be subject to taxation; and as security for the pay-j incut of principal aud interest of said bonds, the said company is hereby au thorized to execute in trust, under its corporato seal, a mortgage of the whole line of its Railroad, finished, unfinished, or to bc cubed, from Suuburv to Krio ; ,Iarbor) auJ hj appurtonancc, ' ;nelu(linJ ,i M,,,,is ,,,,1 , .,iru i tilc he placed thereon, together with all' :,, ri ,..,. rlllt nrii-ltp,! , .Q , ...... , j -0" alj franchises which sa il. mortao-o silnii i, .lnliv,! , .,.(, l.,..! ' Iiamed. aud recorded in tho snvrr.il COUU- tics in which the property bed, or any part thereof tbcreiu descri i..i ,i r i . ...... ' ' 1 lutfuul) 'ay uu situate, and shall thereupon bo and remain the first mortgage on all property therein do-! scribed until fully satisfied, except as to that pait of the road of said company which extends from Sunbury to William sport, on which a mortgage for 5100,000 now exists. - Section 3. That said Philadelphia and Krje Itailroad Company be, and is hereby 'authorized to execute, under its corporate 'snnl. foitv bonJs for Sinn ()()(! li nnm. l,0 jn forty years from the date thereof, ! . ... - . ' j j , 1 1 -j - , hearing interest at tho rato ot six per Cl!I1, ..a aftor iTan. ls, 18r, and ,.,.. tLo na,mcllt tilcreof bv. a mor,,ace to be cs,cuted to the Commonwealth of th0 wh0le lino of railroad, finished, unfin- jcj, or to be finished, from Williams- rort lo tlie harbor of rjri0) al)d all tll0 real cstat()) rigllt3) privileges aud fran- chises of the said Company, which said m01.tgag0 ba deposed in the office of tho State Treasurer, and shall there- - - - - ---o o- 011 ai (, property therein described until (ay satisfied, and the said Company may deliver tho said forty bonds to the Com- niissiotiCM of the Sinking Fund, in pay- mcnt of all tll0 Cve per cc,)t. bonds of the Sunbury and Krio Itailroad Company ,low owned by the State ; and upon such paymont j,,, mad0, it shall bo the duty 0f said Commissioners to cancel aud sur- rCDjcr lll0 ,a;j fivo p,r c:nl. bonds to the . n...,. ,,i it slmll lin the dutv of tho Stato Treasurer forthwith to cancel and surrender all tho five per cent, bonds now owned by tho said Company deposit ed in tho Treasurer's office, under the provisions of the act for the sale of the Stato Canals, approved the 21st of Apiil, 165a. Section 4. That upon presentation to the Trustees of the Mortgage for S7 ,000,000 duly executed under the provisions of the I said act for the sale of the Stato Canal: of all tho 5 per cent, bonds cancelled or nt!.l tin, i.nvmpnt. whereof was intended linnil a yji .tit mu I'v vmh i i i -J l. .lm e-til ,iif-irtT!,,rn. It o'clock, at various,1, , . ..... .., 1 ' . - .. -i p.uiy. In thoIIouo Mr. Gordon called up his resolution iuquiiing of tho Attorney General of tho Stato by what authoiity tho defaulting banks, suspending specie payments for over thirty days, continue to hold their charters. The resolution was adopted. Tiiosb people who turn up their noses at the world, might do well to reflect that it is as good a world as they were ever in mil as much better ono than they arc likuly ever to get into again. "Ma, get down on your bauds and knees a miuute: please." 'Why, what on earth shall 1 do that for, my pet ?" "Cause, I want to draw an elephant !" VOL. 24 Death and Starvation In Now Yoik. From the Tribune. A sad case of destitution came io tha knowledge of tho Fourth Ward Police, about 4 o'clock oh Monday afternoon Officer Bade found in the tenement house, No 02 Madison strccf, in tho upper part of tho bu-Uding,- the lifeless body of a man named John Williams, about 33 years of age, stretched upon tho floor. From Lis appoaranco ho had probably had tho con sumption, and being unable to procure tho necessaries of life, bad laid down and dill from starvation.- From tho Brooklyn Eagle. A poor lone woman, Mrs. McMullen, residing at 177 Hudson avenue, learning tho death of hor husband, who bad gone into tho country in search' of employment, Combined with her destitute condition, so disheaitencd her, that sho resolved to end her troubles by taking a largo dose of laudanum on 'I'ucsnay night. The rciult of course was fatal. From tho New York Day Book. It will be seen by our police reports that' 000 poor people soucht lodrin? in tho station houses last night. Thousands aro sull'cring for want of food and clothing, many aro dying actually dying of star vation. Wo report another case to day. Meantime, preparations aro going on to make war on the South because it cannot recognize the blessings of negro equality, Kro.n the New York Sun. The office of the Sunerintondcnts of tho Poor, iu the basement of tho City Hall, is dailv thronged bv unfortunate mrsons. - o i ' mostly females, seeking relief. They stand tor hours waiting their turn. A few it is suspected, are impostors, but doubtless tho great majority are in actual want. A day or two since an affecting incident occurred. A young woman who had been standing ''or fcom t'me in the cold, damp hallway, fell down from exhaustion, and it was 6omo time before sho could bo restored to auima tion. The stato of her physical system was evidently the result of the want of the necessaries of life. OimvAUD Beautv. I cannot under stand, says Fredcrika Bremer, tho import ance which coitain people set upon outward beauty or plainness, I am of opinion that . s .. , . , a 1 true education, such at least as has religious fouudation, mu t refuse n noblo calm, a wholesome coldness an indifference, or whatever people may call it, toward such-liko outward gifts, or tho want of them. Aud who has not CTperienced of how littlo conscqucneo they are, in fact, for the weal or wo of life ? Who ha j not cxpericnecd how on nearer acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty looses its charm, exactly according to the am also of opiniou that tho want of outward beauty never disquiets a noblo nature, or will bo regarded as a misfortune. It never can prevent people from being amiable and beloved in the highest degree, and we have daily proof of this. Cool. A gentleman residing in a vil lage finding that tho diminution of his wood pile continued alter his fires were out, lay awake one night in order to obtain, if possible, some clue to the mystery. At an hour when all honest folks should be iu bed, hearing an operator at work in the yard, he ciutiou-ly raised his chamber window, aud saw a lazy neighbor, endeavoring tc got a large log iuto bis wheelbarrow. 'You re a pretty fellow," said tho owner, "to come hero aud steal my wood while I sleep." "Yes," replied tho thief, "and Isupposa you would stay up there and see mo break my back with lifting before you'd offer to come and help me." A STiiANOEii riding along a road, ob served that all tho milestones were turn ed in a particular way, not facing the road, but rather averted from it. Hu called to a countryman and inquired the reason. "God bless you, sir" replied tho man, "the wind is so strong; sometimes iu these parts, that if wo weren't to turn the backs of the milestones to it, the figures would be blown off them clear and clean." Such is the crowded stato of tho Paris thoroughfares that during tho year fivo thousand persons have been woundod, aud seven hundred killed, by tho vehicles of all lands which fill tho streets and render tbo crossing of the latter almost impossible to pedestrians. Tun ancient cooks carried their arls to the most whimsical perfection. They were able to servo up a whole pig, boiled on ouo sido and roasted on the gther. it
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