—.. ; . - , ,■ t THE STAR OF THE NORTH. R, W. Weaver Proprietor.] VOLUME 7. THE STAR OF THE NORTH is rvsusucb xvsav minur maaaiira ST 8. W. WEAVES, OFFICE— Up stain, in the new brick build ing, on the south ride <4 Main Street, third square below Market. TIE MS —Two Dollars per ennom, if paid within iix month* from the time of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months ; no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages ro paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADVERTISEMENT* not exceeding one square \vifl be inserted three limes for One Dollar *nd twenty five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the }-ear. ORIGINAL POETRY. For the" Star of the North." " PASSING AWAY." A zephyr softly fanned my cheek, • I smiled, and kindly bade it stay: It whispered, "other lends I seek,'' And in sn instant passed away. A sunbeam danced across a stream, And cheered ine with its sparkling ray: But like the zephyr was the beam, And just as soon it passed away. 8o friends of youth once fondly loved With hearts so warm, so light and gay, Cheor for awhile our lonely hours- Then like a sunbeam pass away. Trust not to love : its smiles and tears May for a while seem warm and true, And though it may our hearts beguile, 'Tie often false and fleeting too. Talk not of bliss in world like this, For here there is no perfect joy; And pleasures here, like glittering coin, Is always mixed with some alloy. There is a home beyond the skies, May we for that our hearts prepnre: There tear* of woe ne'er dim the eyes, And sorrow never enters there. Buck Horn, Pa. [LILLIAN. REPORT. Of the Committee of the State on Vice and Im morality, upon bills Prohxbitory or Restrain ing the eales of spirituous Liquors. Tbe Committee on Vice snd Immorality re port :—That they have had referred to them by the Senate three bills to prohibit orrestrain the sale of spirituous l.qoors. They have given to these a careful consideration, and that tha Senate may have the whole subject placed before it, tbe committee report each bill in such manner that it may be printed. Wifhout adopting, the commute rfcommeml to be printed the bills entitled, tbe one "An act to repeal the licenae laws, and regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors," An act re lating to the sale of spiritoua, vinous or malt liquors by others than inn or tavern keep er." • Taking into consideration the vote of the people of tbe Commonwealth on the ques tion of a prohibitory liquor latv, and tbe nu merous petitions for such a law, as weN as lha bills referred to them, tbe committee have oome to the conclusion thai it ia more than they should presume todo to determine which measure should be adopted by the Legisla ture, that of prohibition or that of regulation and restraint. Tbey have thought it to be their duty to recommend bill* whioh they conceive to be adapted to tbe one or the oth er measure, accordingly, as a majority of the Legislature shall determine. The adoption of the one will, of course, preclude the other and the presentation of the two bills, may aid members in deciding which is tbe preferable mode of relief. Tbe Senate bill No. If, entitled "An act to prohibit drinknittg house* and promote temperance" is designed to prohibit all retail sales of intoxicating liquors undsr five gal lons, by tavern keepera and all others except for medicinal, chemical or sacramental pur poses. It ia not made prohibitive of the man ufacture and sale of liquor* in larger quanti ties, only because such restriction would be abortive, while the foreign importer may un restrained by our State law import and tell in tbe original package foreign liquors, and because the committee apprehend that out people are not prepared to prefer the con sumption of imported liquor* over thoee of domeelto production. This would be to pre fet foreigners to American producer*. By attaoking the retell sales, and drinking and treating at the public bars, tha evil ia attack ed where it Lommencea its pernicious work, sod thereby it is believed the nee of Intoxi cating liquors as a beverage will be greatly diminished, and the production of domestic end foreign proportionably lessened. Thai the nee of such liquors cculd be prohibited In private house* tinder tha most stringent, form 6f a prohibitory law ha* never been as serted to be practicable so long a* tbe laws of the United States authorized the importa tion, and protected the importer ia making his sale* of foreign liquors. The full Rnd final remedy can only be consummated by a prohibition of importation*. When that ia done then something may be effectually gain ed for lha cause of temperance by prohibit ing the manufacture of intoxicating liquors at home, except for tbe usual excepted pur pose*. „> In tbe prohibitory bill now reported by tbe oonr-miltee, betel aod inn keepers are enu merated among thorn who may sell for ex cepted purposes, or in excepted qu an lilies. From (hi* it will be inferred that the license laws would not be repealed. Nor should they; for hotels and inns are permitted for other purposes than selling liquors ; and con sidering that there, every stranger end trav eller finds bis temporary home, the security and walfhre of the whole community is great ly interested in their being entrusted only to competent and honest lead lords. They ehoold therefore, only be licensed by (be court after careful inquiry ; end when licensed, ami put BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTV, PA., THURSDAY,. MARCH 15, 1855. under bond lonto afford a prompt and effi cient remedy tbair keeper* should be of a character, and wilt be if the eoorta do their duty, aa safely to be entrusted with the sale of tiquora for the excepted purposes, and un der medical prescription aasny other persons. This will the mora certainly be the cask, since all groggeries, or places established merely for the sale of liqnors aa a beverage will oease ; and the busineaa of hotel keep ing confined to those who will have the more extensive accommodations required to lodge and entertain travellers. The fewer the num ber of them too, will enable them by other sources of profits to make up to some extent, those lost by ceasing to sell liquors as a drink. In the view of the committee, it is regarded as dangerous to commence any reform, ei-1 ther of a prohibitive or restraicing character by a repeal of all the license laws; but if ho tel keepers are denied the profits of selling liquors as heretofore, there is no room to in crease the license fee, and hardly an induce ment to pay the present rites for the privi lege of selling in the excepted cases only— But the 'few numbers into whose hands the business will be thrown may afford an ade quate inducement to many to lako licences that they may sell to patient* under medical j prescription, or in quantities to p'ivate fami-1 iiee. lie license too, with the approbation of a court may, if carefully granted, confer a certificate'of oharacter and make it* profes sion aa object. The sale heretofore authorized in quantity so small as a quart, wsa only in a degree lesa pernicious than sales at tavern bets, as the small cost and ready facility in obtaining the liquor from the neighboring grocery, afforded an easy temptation to the solitary tojfbr or I social party. This facility and temptation will be greatly diminished by extending the prohibition to five gallons; ■ quantity down ] to whioh the importer would in defiance ol [ State authority, supply his customers in the original package. There is, it is believed, no infringement of any constitutional provision by this bill, nor any needlessly harsh provision producing a re-action in the minds of the citizen well dis posed to the cause of temperance, and indu-1 cing a willingness rather to submit to exis- 1 ling evils, then see the powei of the law but to a doubtful issue with a public opinion re volting under a sense of harshness and injus tice, or a conviction of the violation of constitutional provisions justiy regarded as sacred. , , , Against the adoption of a law prohibitory in its character, the committee do not con sider the vole of last October as decisive- There were 373,040 volere who look the trouble to attend the poll* lo vote for Gover nor, of whom but 321,775 cast their vote* either wsy upon the liquor question. There was but a majority of 5,039 votes against prohibition; while 51,265 voters at the polls refused lo cast their votes for or against pro hibition. Why? Obviously they were not againat prohibition, or they would have so voted. They were generally for prohibition, it may justly be inferred, as the committee think, but hesitated from so apprehension that an affirmative vote might sanction some extreme and harsh legislation, revolting to the semte of justice or invasive of constitu tional rights. Under litis aspect of the sub ject, therefore, your committee is impressed with the belief tbat the basis of a public opinion has been afforded and msde known to the Legislature for a law of a prohibitory character, but uot for one extreme iu its en actions or pensl'ie*. The bill now presen ted to tbe consideration of the Senate, the committee recommend ss adjusted with a fair and reasonable regard to that publio opinion wiihftt the support of which no law •houid be passed, or long continued on the statute book. The committee are not unmindful that a large revenue to the Stale Treasury will be lost by the adoption of a prohibitory liquot law, tbe Auditor General's report showing an inoome last year for lavera licenses of 8187,602 16, of which 8142,093 95 came from Philadelphia. Aa large aa this amount is, the committee consider it no compensa tion for tbe loss to tb* respective eounties arising from tha maintainanee of prisoner* and paupsrs, made such by drinking intoxi cating liquors; and much lesa can it begin to compensate the irreparable damage done thereby to the people in their health,morals, and doinestio happiness, to say nothing of the peril induced to their immortal welfare. That must unsound legis lation tbat raises reveun* at so fearful a they cannot b* faithful legislators who seek to fill (he publio treasury at the aaurifice of tbe constitutions, tbe happiness and live* of tbeir fellow twinge. They eannot be true representative of their local conslitneae), who pay a tribute to the Slate that oosls that constituency many times the amount pecuni arily ia lost labor, IS prison aud poor-house expanses. It is a poor and profitless invest ment for parents to toil to feed, clothe and educate their children to the period of man hood, or for our oitizens to tax themselves to the extent of millions every year to school their children J If the owners of • groggeries and public bars, may at pleasure mar the good work, and destroy the hope* of parents and of the republic, by destroying the men tal, moral and physical capabilities of tha people, thus raised and waived at great cost with tbe poipose of making them good oiti zens. If it it worth while making these heavy expenditures to mike healthy, moral and intelligent citizens, it is worth some sacrifice, and if need be, some expenditure lo avert groat and seductive evils from them, and (©preserve them healthy, moral and in telligent citizen*. >. But lha economical view of the subject doss not slop with the consideration of tha expanses of maintaining the victim* of in temperance as paupers and criminals. Thsre is lost to productive industry end the wealth oi lha community, the labor of those who jttodnoo the element* for and manufacture the liquor; the labor of those engaged ia telling it j the labor of those who abandon their employment* snd spend their time in diinking; than is also lha loss of the gram that is perverted from the purpose of food to sustain life, to that of drink to destroy life.— There is the lota also, of tha labor of those who cease from labor from impaired health, impaired resolution of character, and who are untipiely out off by death. 6f the ex teat of the actual losses thus undoubtedly sus tained, no statistics can be framed to give us the sppalling results; and the imagination , could hardly overreach tha reality. On lha other hand hew indefinitely beneficient would be the results of the labor thus lost, if wall acd simply directed to produce food, clothing and education for tha people, is equally be yond computation, and only to be nalized by a hopeful imagination, enthnaiastio for the good of onr fellow being?. Instead of dis order and waste, and a damaging deprecia tion of moral and physical energy, prodnoing enervation, idleness despair and death, and instead of dragging down helpless depending families into poverty and iisgraco, the world would witnasa a perpetual onward progress of healthful and cheerful industry, tb* accu muLtiou of the comforts of life and of wealth; and respectability and prosperity would orown tbe efforts of bonsst enterprise. If indeed, internpettnce could be made to cease, then would tbe world be rid of that evil that more than any other preveut* it* becoming that paradise which a beneficient Creator, left fur tbe sin of man, desired it to be. Tbera is also a political bearing in whioh the subject is to be viewed. Taverns and treating are a resource had for influencing voters ui tbe political canvass. It is one that all candidates oanno'. alike resort to, and (he less scrupulous have thus an advantage over those who are more conscientious, and tha reault cannot be otherwise than detrimental to the public welfare by elevating to office those men who are the least scrupulous and least likoly to ssrve their constituents with fidelity. While a degree of social liberality and good fellowship is thus manifested, the purity ol elections and freedom from all un due bras (herein, is a'purpose too sacred and dear to the American citizen to be thus in vsded without daep apprehension by every one who holds dear his country's welfare and honor. There is yet a further consideration of the subject that should engage the attention ot the philanthropist snd statesman. It is a law of our nature, that the sins of the parent in their consequences are visited upon the offspring. Our race is impared and.damaged by intemperance; and wa wickedly mar the beautiful handiwork of the Almighty. Tbe moat perfect of His creation. His laslcrown iug work, with which well pleased, He pro nounced good; we, by perverting His bless ings, make bad and destroy. Him that God made in his own image, erect and oomely and glowing with health, man makes besot ted ar.d bloated deformity, and takes from him his glorious intelleot. And this degen eracy must be fell to Impair our nation©) strength, our capacity for self-government end ability for defence. Tbe individual aud I national character are impaired in virtue, resolution and physical powur, and the in centive <o great sacrifice or high achieve ment is lost. The people of F.urope effect' to regret the degeneracy produced by our olimate. If ibis be the unavoidable cause of such an effect, it becomes or the greater necessity for us to ©void adding to it the certain degeneracy produced by intemper. ance. One of your committee has bad op pertunity recently to observe the deeply damaging effect upon the people of our parent isles, by the vast amount ot, intem perance to which tbey are addicted, end to have tbat observation confirmed by the testi mony taken, and report made by a commit' ts* el tbe British Parliament. Intemper ance there, is estiag into the vitals of the people j and with a climate most favorable to health, so undermines tbe constitution as to baffle the skill of tbe physician and sur geon, while it cannot be doubted, that the military arm of the government is sensibly impaired by the damaging effects of intern peranoe. To estimate the aggravated ex 'lent of the evil there, it may be stated tbat it was testified before the Parliamentary Com mittee, tbat the coat of drink to the Un iled Kingdoms, per annum, ia from £70,000,000 to £80,000,000 sterling, and hi its conse quences in the cost ot poverty and crime at aa much more, together, 150,000,000 or 750,000,000 of dollars! It become*, there lore, indeed, American statesmen to refleot upon and avert in time a waste of sueh tre mendous extent, and calamity so unmiti gated aod aggravated in ha consequences. It is true, publio opinion most advauoe with us to sustain the law, but the law should not in a good cause fall behind public opin ion. They should keep paoa with each oth er, and favorably act and ra-aot one upon the other, and advance together as far as at tainable in the right direction. But it ia not alone theatopping of intoxicating drinks eith er by law or by public opinion, that should be attended lo by philanthropist* or enlight ened legislators. The people, when not at work, must have some amusement or occu pation • and they wiR work the better for having had innocent and healthful amuse ment, such as give* vigor to the body, or in telligence and slasticy to the mind. British Tintfc M< • statesmen unable lo give up the rdvenue from spirits and beer, (a revenue, bow great may be inferred from tb* fact of two London breweries payitg .each • million dollars of excise per aaanm,) unite with the pubbe spirited friends of tire people in pursbaeing and laying out parks, and opening soologioal gardens, snd museums, and gallarlea of atat aary, and painting, gratuitously to the peo ple, ioi their improvement end emersion, from the haunt* of vioe and intoxication.— Shall wa no; begin to do likewise f Shall we continue to spend mUtiona of tbe peo ple's taxes every year to teaoh the children to read, and then, when they have learned to read, afford tbem no facilities for reading, and no inducement IO presmsp them ia (he pathos of virtue! Printing Rie by steam, keeps up to the ago, nay, % pioneer to all other improvements, and boajti are cheap.— Shall the people then not hjtr* libraries to read in evary neighborhood f It Is believed to be the cheapest expenditure that can be made, and will produce even grea ter than tbe public school*, As compared with the eost, in preierving tip youth from vice, iu making the people mire intelligent and peacefully inclined to as obedience to law and goad order. Though vastly lei* is donf in England for popular education than hare, Liverpool ha* taken a *ucessful start in forming libra ries and reading rooma for the ieopto that are resorted tb in crowd*, and wift beneficial re sult*. Such a purpose I* maifi a feature in the bill* now reported; bur it* execution will of course depend upon the willingness of the people of each to carry out the design. It is a permit*!** Dot a com pulsory authority. The effective way of making good citizens is lo lay hold of their intelligence, cultivate it, inspire love for their country and fellow men. Tbey then become tbe sure friend* and protectors of public order, add love tbeir government and iu in stitutions the more from perceiving their operations to be beneficient uoon them*— VVitb all our justly boasted freedom aud free institutions our goveramenu have never yet done justice to the people iu providing in struction and healthful recreation, whereby the more completely to enlist their feelings on the side of the law, and make tbem iu patrietio defenders. Such a policy would save to our city polioe system* and prison expeuses large expenditures, ae our fearless reliance upon the patriotism -of tbe people for national defence, avfMMN necessity and danger of a largo Shall the governments of the people do less for the people than the old monarchic* of Europe?— Let us replace taverns end groggeries not only with schools, but with libraries, reading rooms, lectureships, museums, gardens and parks; and in time the wealthy and munifi cient will leave to them galleries of fine arts where there tastes may be further improved and refined. The principle of a prohibitory law i* that which lies at the basis of allgovernment.— It is the principle of self-protection. Socie ty must be capable ef defending itself; of catting out the evils that assail its well be ing; or its fails in its end, and fosn hah sur rendered his natural liberty for a protection he does not obtain. It may defend itself from the evils ol iotempereace, as it may from others that alike sap the foundations of good morals and good government. All sound jurists ogre*ia tMalisKik hi the pre vision* for carrying so oh a law in* execu tion alone that it baa oome iota conflict with the fundamental eonstitulion and infringed its salutary provisions for tb* protection of the citizens. I But it may be, although it ia said the con stituency of a majority of the members voted for prokibition, that a majority of the Legislature will not now vote for a prohibi tory law, tins* there was no actual majority of the voters of the whole State who voted in favor of lhs measure. The committee, therefore, have prepared what they oonsider a stringent license bill as tbe lowest measure if reform tbe Legislature can adopt with any regard lo the demands and the agravatioos of an evil they dare not disregard. It adopts tbe machiaery of tbe existing general laws, requiring all who woald sell under five gallons to take Define from the court ia all parts of the State, After full adver tisement of their application, and subject to objection and eontest by tbeir neighbors, and the decision ot the court after bearing all parties aa to the occasion ef granting the li cense- All are to be bnt under bond, with warrant of attorney, to enter judgment for a faithful observance of the law, tbe license fees ere increased three-fold, and none can sell UDder a quart who is oot lieecsed to keep aa inn, and in any eity ha* not at least six rooms end twelve bed* for the exclnsive use of travelers. In the oity of Philadelphia, were the free system now exists, there will be besides the general provisions oi tbe Iswa of the State, a board of three appraisers io be appointed by tha oourt, composed ef three reputable and temperate appraisers, In o* manner in terested in tire liquor bneiMesq. whose doty it will be to inquire into tb* Mhro of tbe Bp plicant and without whose certificate bis ap plication cannot be mac!*. ' Tbe license is to be framed and placed conspicuously in the place of business; eon stables end policemen are to make visitation and report of violation* of law; nod viola tion* of law are to be punished by hues nod imprisonment and forfeitnr* of license- In toxication in public places is fined and pun ished aa an offence; the famishing of liquor of those who drink on the premise* to iotox cation is punished as a distinct offonoe; be sides a responsibility enacted for all resul ting damage. The committee are folly aware of the re pugnance of many pore end conscientious minds to any iioense laws, as seeming to give legal Sanation to a business Ihst.thay can re gard aa nothing bot an unqualified evil. To each tbe committee have to say that they re port a stringent license law only in the el-, tentative that a prohibitory law can not be obtained ; and ae * great mitigation of evils that wonid become more rife and destructive without each restrictions as the licenae law* impose. In legislation, tbe world has to be dealt with aa it is, and it is not always, nor very commonly, that we can successfully ask (hat whioh I* tha best, bnt only that measure which under the cimamsiance*. is tbe best that can ba obtained. By adopting n license law it wonid not, therefore, be understood that the final measure of reform will have been attained ; but a step of progress made towards a more complete eradication of in temperance. Protection of Hotel Reapers- Mr. JOHNSON, el Northampton, a few days sine* iniroduce44nto tha House a bill for lha protection of hotel keeper* Thebill provide* that guests at hotels shall deliver their mon eys, goods, jewelry end other trainable* Into the aotnal custody of tbe proprietor or his proper agent, and on leaving their rooms are to ieposit their key* at tbe office, loholJ the proprietor liable for moneys or clothing sto len. It farther declares, that persons becom ing guests at hotels, without means to pay their bills, scouring for any time hot longer than a week, and not giving notice of such inability, are vagrants, and as snch shall be subject to conviction before any alderman or justice of the peace for any period not longer than thirty days, and authorises the proprie tor to detain such delinquent until tbe prop er officers can be obtained. The bill also gives to hotel keepers a lien upon tbe bag gage of guests for accrued debt for a period of not longer than one week, be. French Spoliation Dtft. Tbe historical facts upon which tbaae claims are founded are these: la tbe yea? 1788-9, the U. S. were in a stale of quasi war with the than Republio of France.— Privateers cruised and made captures; na tional vessels met and fought oo the high 'seas; and on laud there was tha array of armiea, io 'be anticipation of formidable war. Tkss lire revolution which placed Bonaparte at tbe head of the French Gov ernment. Tbe U. States urged upon France indemnity for the confiscation of preeeediug years. It was answered that they were made under the authority of a government that had passed away, and like assignments and continental money, they no more bad value. In short, the French government re fused to satisfy these claims; but as tbe ur gency of them by tbe U. S. was disagrees -1 b!e, they had inserted in the treaty for tha purchase of Louisiana a provision that the further prosecution of these claims should be discontinued. It is upon this provision that these claims reel. Wln a recent speech in the U. 8. Sen ate, Mr. SEWARD road* use of this remark: " I belong to one vo'untary society, the Christian Church- I belong to but one polit ical party. They are open societies. They meet in broad day light and invite all per sons. I shall join no others. Secret So cieties! Before I would bend the knee, or join a secret association end swear to sub mit my judgment to that of ober men, I would suffer my hand to be paralyzed. Pro scribe a man because he was not born in tbe same town, county, Stat* or Country ? 1 se riously advise people hereafter to be bofrt in the United Stales, to be converted to the Protestant Church, and to be bom white if they can. But if they come into the world, notwithstanding my advice, with black faces and worsted hair, I shall not add a feather to tbe disabilities under which they natural ly suffer thereby ." ACTION or MIND OR MIND.-<What9ver draws | a man out ef himself, make* bim ariser and better and happier; at least, if it does not, the fsolt is bis own, and he has to answer for abusing one of the most effectual mesne of improvement Whicn Providence bat placed { within his power. He cannot benefit others without being benefitted iu return, either by tbe influence of his own action, hi* own feelings, or by tbe gratitude with which it is more than repaid on the part of their fellow creatures. Ascetios may sey what tbey please; but seclusion is neither favorable to wisdom nor to virtue, and least of all to en joyment. Tbe diamond i* polished by dia mond dnat; and the fine particles thrown off io disclosing tbe spark* of a hundred inferi or one* may be required to bring out the lnstre of a gem worth a thousand. Tha attri tion of mind* of all orders is equally necat sary for perfecting the capacity of the leas;, and developing the excellence oi the grea test.—/. Montgomery. AM Exert LEST LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT A bill has has been reported in the New York Senate, which provides that no estate, real or personal, shall hereafter be bequeathed, de mised or conveyed to any corporation, body politic or person, for pious or charitable uses, except the same be done by deed or will, duly acknowledged and attested at least six months before the decease of the testator. Counterfeits,— Girls with hollow checks and full bosoms.— RE. Paper. Krtow•Nothing Letter read Ik lirii New York leglalntera. Mr. Rickerton, of Greene county, N. Y., a member of the house cf Assembly, read to that body the following letter received by him from aK. N. brother, ft illustrates iu e striking manner the bash oharacter of that organization. It will Be seen that it relates to bis vote for United States Senator. CATSKILL, lannary, 1855. | "Mr. M. L. Rickerson— Dear Sir and Bro.: I regret to hear that you mado application for a withdrawal card from your C I am pleased to hear however, that your ap plication was not granted. "I leard, moreover, that you are pledged, and were previous to election, or your nom ination, to vote for \V. H. Seward. "Now, I hops thai I am misinfdrmed, and that you will bo true lo the sacred ob ligation* you have taken, aud to the promi ses you have made to me. But if yon are not, you will not be permitted to withdraw from your C • •*< , but you will be expel led, and notices will be sent to every C in the State, (some one thousand in number) of your expulsion, and reasons why—name ly: lor being a traitor and perjurer, and not to be trusted in any business transaction ; and more than this, our members swear they will burn you in effigy in every village in tbe county, if you do not prove true. — Now, -these are not mere threats, to be for gotten, but will be carried out to the veiy letter. Now, 1 sincerely hop* you will prove yourself a man in this emergency, and not be led by a party demagogue, who baa al ways been your most bitter enemy, aod now make* his brags that he makes you do anything he wishes, in spite of all yoor ob ligations and promise*. Now, you must be well sware that if you vote for Seward, it will be your political death-knell. Besides the promises they have made yoq.wili not be kept after Seward is elected. Toil can do w hat you ohoose lor all they care. "It ts currently reported all over the coun try now, that you have been bought with money and promised to vote for Seward.— Every man I meet, almost, from the country is asking about you, and it seems they can not believe you will debase yourself so much aa lo violate yonr oath, and (hoy all say you will do (hut if you vote for Seward; and you are as well aware of this as 1 are. Now, remember that you alone are to snfler by this course, and I trust and hope you will not do what you will regret when toojlaie. Yours, fraternally, J. II VAN GORDEN." AN oinßjtei:.- VVe are informed by good suihority that at the election in Franklin, last Friday, the K Ns. resorted to the following outrageous con duot to carry their point. Mr. Jas. Watson, a worthy citizen, had been induced to join their Order, aud, seeing its charaoter, bed several time* asked for an honorable dis charge from them, whioh they had refused to give him, though they had promised todo so when he joined them, at any lime he should ask it. Friday he went to the election and infottn ed them that he could not vote their ticket, bntshould rote against them. Whereupon tbey took bim one side and told him they would prosecute bim for perjury, on '.he oath whioh he took when ha joined them, if he dared vote against their ticket. Wishing to avoid difficulty, and not exactly under standing his rights, he retorned home with out voting at all. An outrrtge of this kind calls for the se verest public condemnation. If ij has come to this, that freemen can be prevented from exercising a freeman's prerogative in this Republic, l —and tbat men bound together by J secret oaths have becotno Id bold at to art I tempt to control the ballot-box by sueh means, it is high time that measures should j be tsken to have our rights add privileges defined, aud to punish witb the penalties ol the law those who conspire at tbeii over throw. Tha following is the statute against intimidating voteA at the polls: "If any person or persons shall use or prac tice any intimidation, threats, force Or vio lence, with design to influence nndaly, or overawe any clsctor, or to prevent bim/rom ooling, or to restrain the freedom of ohoice ; socb person, or persons, on oocviclion, shall be fined in any sum no*, exceeding five hun dred dollars, and be Imprisoned for nay time not less than one, nor more than twelve months."— Montrose Dem. Hon. Thomas H. Benton, in conversation with a friend on Saturday last, in a very ex cited manner said, "If I were President of the United States, sir, 1 would keep beside me a pile of blank vetoes, and a* fast aa the plundering bill# passed Congress 1 would send in a veto! veto!! veto!!! sir, send in a veto." EJT Every man deems that be has precise ly the trials and temptation* which are the hardest of all for him te bear; but they are so because tbey are tbe very one* be needs. —Rkhter. , tW If you wish to be happy, keep busy; idleness is harder work than plowing, a great deal. There is more fun in towing an hour, than there is in a yawning century. OT* Bashluluets ia more frequently con nected with good sense, than we find assu rance—end impudence, on the other head is often (he effect of downright stupidity. > Or Love is onr highest wotd, and thesyno nime of God. [Twe Dollar* per isiaa NUMBER 8. Old Soldiers' B*Hly Land Bill as it pass ed both notes* of COSfffes*. The bill passed by Congress,give* 160 son* of land to evety individual Oho baa served in any of tbe wars of the United Slates since 1790. The sections of the bill are as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute qf Rep resentative/ of ike United Statei of America in Congrtu aisembled, That each of the surviv ing com missioned and non-oommtasioaad officers, musicians and privalas, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, orraflitis, wbo were regularly mustered into the serViea'ef ■he United Stales, and every officer, commit . sioned or non-commissioned, seaman, orli , nary seamaoi marine, clerk, and landsman ! in the navy, in any of tbe ware In which tbia - ' country has bwu engaged since ITPO, stid each of the survivors of 'the militia, or volunteers, or State troope of any State or Territory; called Into military service, and regularly mustered therein, and whose servi ces have been paid by the United States, shall be entitled to receive e certificate or warrant from the Department of the Interior for one hundred and sixty acres land; and where any of those who have been ao mus tered into service and paid shall have tfeceiv ed a certificate or warrant. be shall be enti tled to a certificate or warrant for such quan tity of land as will make, in the whole, with what he may have heretofore received, one hundred and sixty acres to each such person having sbrved as aforeiaid: Provided. The person so having been in service shall not receive said land warrant if it shall appeal by ttie thuster-rolls of his regiment or oorpd that lie deserted of was dishonorably dischar ged from service. Provided further, That the benefits of thll section shtll be held to wsgon-raasteri and teamsters wbo may have been employ ed, under the direction of competent author ity in time of war, in the transportation of military storef anil snppliea. And ftihbbr protided. That the provisions of this act be applied to ihose who served as volunteers at the attack on Lawisiown, in Delaware, by the British fleet in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve end fifteen: Sec. 2 And be it farther enacted, That in case of. the deatH Of toy person wbo, if living, would be entitled to e certificate or warraut, as aforesaid, under this act, leaving a widow, or, if no widow, a minor child or children, such widow, or, if no widow, sueh minor child of children shall be entitled to reoeive a certificate or warrant for tbe same quantity of fond that stlth deceased person would be entitled to receive uoder the pro visions of Ibis act, if now living: Provided, That a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any such widow to such a war rant, if she be a widow at the lime of mak ing her application: And provided, further,' That those shall be Considered miuors wbo are so at the tithe this act shall take effect. Sac. 8. And be it further enacted, Thaf in no case shall any such certificate or war rant be issued for any service less thati 14 days, except where the person shall ac tually have been engaged In battle, and un less tbe party claiming snch certificate ol warrant shall establiih his or her right there to by recorded evidence of said service. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That said certificates or warrants may be assigned, transferred, and located by the warrantees, theif assignees, or their heir* at law, accord ing to the provisions of existing laws regu j lating the assignment, transfer, and location of bounty food warranto. Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That no warrant leaned under the provisions of (bid \ act shall be located on any publio lands, ex cept such aS shall at the time be subject to sale at either tbe minimum or tower gradua ted price. SkC. 6 And be it futther enacted, That the registers and receivers ot the several fond offices shall be severally authorised to I charge and receive for tbeir services in lo cating all warrants under the provision# of this act the tame compensation or per (ren tage to which they are entitled by tbe la# lor sales of the publio lands, for Cisb, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents pot acre. Tbe said compensation to be paid by I the assignees or holders of sock warrants. SEC. 7. And be it further enabled, That the provisions of tbis act, and all tbe bounty fond laws heretofore passed by Congress, shall be extended to Indians, in the tame manner and to tbe same extant as if the said Indians had been While men. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, Thai the officers and loldieta of the revolutionary war, or tbeir widows or minor chilren, shall bs entitled to fbe benefits of this eat. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the benefits ol this act shall be applied to and embrace those who served m volunteers at tbe invasion of Pittsburgh, in Sept. 1814; also, at the battle of Ring's mountain in the revolutionary war, and the bUltlb of Nicko jaok, against the oonfed*rated lavage* of the South. Sao. 10. And bb it further enacted, That the provfoiohs ol "hi* act shall apply to the chaplains wbo served with the army in the several wart of lbs conntry. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be applied to flotilla men and to those wbo eerved aa volunteers at the attack on Lewistown, in Delaware, by tbe British fleet, in the war of eighteen hun dred and twelve end fifteen. Lietrr. Huste*.— The Hertford Timet saye that thw gentlemen, lately dismissed bom tbe service for bringing tbe Bain bridge home without loess, i going to Russia, to offsr his services to the Car.
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