STAR OF THE N'ORTIL nt. w. waives, EDITOR. Dloaassbnrg Thursday Slerch Id, 1669. TfcMPERANCP, HKFOROI. Wa ipaite attention to tire report of the 90kate Committee on ♦iee and Immorality which we p<4#tb to-day. it is from the pou of trtr.'Price, who has been sadly abused as being the obarapioq .of (ho '< rum party."— But such things as this report show the force -of public sentiment under our Democratie 'institutions, and this is a much stronger en tgine of -rdform than ail the bond# and pen >altiea of statutes. In England this popular -element hat fully illustrated its force. The .prineiplee of parliamentary reform were some yeari ago discussed by obscure bu{ intelli gent men, until the'haughty aristocracy wore foetid to abandon such abuses as the rolteu borough system, and to enlarge the privileges of ihe elective franchise. The bill was pass ed in pieces, but (he work was well done.— Wellington the true representative of the ar istocracy was unable to stem the torrent, and gave way. Sir Robert Peel was in like man ner forced to go with the curreut in that meaeere, as well as ou Ihe bill tu take Irom Catholics the disabilities of the old law of bigotry.' The law to give the people cheap , bread was in liko manner forced over lite ministries ol Wellington and l'eel; for these . men knew what it meant when Macauley arose as the champion of the people's cause oo the midnight of the memorable debate on the bill for parliamentary reform, and, while 'London was a sea of infuriated delegates gathered from all England lashing (heir rage against the walls of parliament, lie declared to the trembling Lords and Commons -through ,parliament or over parliament this hill mail pass.' We do not mean by this that men like Mr. Price have been driven to change their views -on the subject of temperance reform, but thut reform must not depend on an act of as sembly alone, but on the strength with which the cause, upon its iuheieot merit, appeals to the popular sentiment of right and neces sity. Legislation in itself cannot make men sober nor keep them so, any more than it -can crtate wealth by larifTs and banks; and it can only be effectual for good while it keeps even pace wirh popular sentiment. .True, it -must keep up to the bat tone of publio mor als, and must protect the reformer iu his work of progressive good ; but the moralist must lay the foundation to sustain the super structure of the legislator. The more Democr&tio a government the greater will be the license for wrong, just as in a republic (hero is also a greater scope for good. Men live faster as they live with more freedom, and the character developes itself early and fully. Bancroft against KnowXothinglvui. The great historian, in an address recently delivered before the New Votk Historical Society, spoke eloquently and justly of the obligations duj from the American people. He views the great subject from an elevated stand-point, and bis utterance of truth meets with a warm and cordial response from the hearts of all truly patriotic men. He says: "Ourlaud it more the recipient of all countriea than of their ideas. Annihilate the past of an) one leading nation in the world, and our destiny would have been -changed. Italy and Spain in the persons of Columbus and Isabella, juiued together for the great discovery that opened America to -emigration and commerce; Franeecontribu ted to its independence; the search for the -origin ol the language we speak, carries us to India; our religion is from Palestine; ol the hymns sung in our chu'cbes, some were first beard iu Italy, some iu the desert of Arabia, some on the banks of the Knph ■rates; cor arts come fi 4 om Gieece, our juris .prudence from Rome, our maritime code from Russia. England taught us the sys tem of representative government; the no ble republic of the United Provinces be queathed to us, in the world thought, the great idea of the toleration of all opinions— in the world of action, the prolific principles -of Federal Union. Our country standsthere foro, more than any other, as the realiza 4ion of the unity of the laces." Luzerne Real Estate- We understand that a gentleman in New York has purchased Judge Woodward's Rose Mill property, lyiogon the road to Plymouth, -near the village of Kingston, for $15,000, be ing at the rate of about SIBO per acre, for the entire estate. This is a good prooerty, and handsomely located, situate a* it is, adjoin ing the Lackawanna &Bloomsburg Railroad. It is said that Hon. Henry M. Fuller has entered into contract for the sals of his large •coal properly,lying above Mill Cresk, for SIOO,OOO. The coal lands are being sought after with avidity, as their great vaiua be comes known to Capitalists. No man can make a mistake in buying lands in this Val ley. Mrs. Sarah $. Coveii has aold her Home stead and borough property to Mr. John Carey, •of the Plains, for S6OOO. A good bargain. a The Law Movement. The New York Pick is edited by a gentle man, who was formerly private secretary to' Mr. Calhoun. He opposed theKnow-Noth-, ing movement until tt took up George Law, and now comes out flat-footed for the'new party. In his last paper he saj-st a Georgia correapondent: "when Mr. Calhoun died we made up our mind to have done with poli tics But we see an opening now for the " Calhoun principles," and our coat is off George Law is the man ; be Is sound as roach, and he can be elected. Go and talk to the editor of your Conrier about it."- Tbe.Seuate Committee on Banks has reported §dersely to the application for the Montour Bga|c of Danville. • Important to Old Soldiers. We publish to day in foil tbe*new act of I Gongreia which gives to all the aid artdiers 110 aeres of gnd to ihoeiit who have drawn smaller war ants heiaiofora, enough more to make 160 acres. Our tnanks are due to Hbn. S. P. Waldo, fur forms and instructions necessary to make applicatioe in proper .form, i feince the forgeries of Ford and Voiiderfmith, the Pension Department is more strict in the allowance of claims, and the new forms are more exact than old onea. Two witnesses are required as vouch ers, and other precautious introduced., The instructions say that -wMere the setviA hat been rendered by a substitute he is the per son entitled to the bounty. A widow, or if no widow a minor child or minor children, may claim the benefit of the act. Persons within the age of 21 years ou the 3d of March, 1855, are deemed-miuors; To obtain Ihe-benefits of this act, the clai mant must mttke a declaration, under oalb, substantially according to the form annexed to the instructions. The eignatuTe of the ap plicant must be attested, and his or her per sonal identity established by the affidavits of two witnesses, whose residences must be given, and whose credibility must be sus tained by the certificate of (he magistrate before whom the application is verified. No certificate will be deemed sufficient in any case, unless the facts are certified to be within the personal knowledge of the magis trate or other officer who shall sign the cer tificate, or the names and places of residence of the witnesses by whom the facts are es tablished be given, or their affidavits, prop erly authenticated, be appended to the cer tificate. The official character and signature of the magistrate who may adminirter the oath must be certified by the clerk of the proper court of record of his county, under the seal o( the court. Whenever the certificate of the officer who authenticates the signature of the magistrate is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the signaluro to be amneuticated, the certificate must be attached to said paper by a piece of tape or ribbon, ihe ends of which must pass under the official seal, so as to prevent any paper Irom being improperly attached Jo the cer tificate. Applications in behalf of minors should be made in their names by the guardian or next friend. Where thore are several mi nors entitled to the same gratuity, one may make the declaration. The warrant will be issued to all jointly. In addition to proof of service, as in oilier cases, the minor must prove the death of his father, that no widow survives him, and that he and those he rep resents are the only minor chilJren of the deceased. If a party die before the issue of a war rant to which he wouM be entitled, if living, the right to said warrant dies with him. In such case the warrant becomes void, and should be cancelled, arid the party next eulilled in right of the service claimed should make an application ; and if there be no such party, the grant lapses under the limi tation of ilia beneficiaries to the bounty. If the claimant die after the issue of ttie war rant, ihe title thereto rests in hit heirs in law in the same manner as real estate in the place of the domicile of the dectrased and can only be assigned or located by said heirs. PENNSYLVANIA STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL V r e have received from Mr. Maxwell the an nual report of the Pennsylvania State Luna tic Asylum, for 1854. The institution is lo cated near Harrisbnrg, and the buildings are extensive and commodious. The report in forms us thai the whole number of patients admitted to tho institution during the four years it has been iu operation, although a reasonable number have been discharged as restored or improved, yet there is a remain der which increases annually, and may be considered as a permanent charge. This was 37 in the year 1851, and 106 in 1852, at.d 182 tri 1853, and .214 in 1854. During the ia.t year W4 patients have been admitted,7o being sent by tin) public authorities and 74 by their frieudt, ainuutliiug, with the remain der front the previous year, tr an aggregate of ?26 patients, of whom 112 hav* been dis charged, 27 as restored, 22 as improved, 30 as stationary and 22 by death. Of lbs re maining 214, the number of males is 127, and ol females 87. The report says that more than three hundred patients cannot beaccotn dated in the institution with benefit, and as applications for admission are increasing, many must necessarily be refused. In view of this, the managers recotntneud 'he estab lishment of another institution io Western Pennsylvania. Of the pa'ienta that havebeen in the institution since its estalflismenl, 333 were natives of Pennsylvania,aod ltMoffor eigu countries, 57 being from Ireland, and 27 from Germany. Ibe New Postage Luw. The Post Office Department calls attention of Postmasters and the public to the new postage law,requiring that all letters between places in the United States shall bo prepaid from and after the Ist bf April, 1855, by stamp or otherwise, and that from and after the Ist of January next Postmasters must place postage stamps opon all prepaid letters upon which suoh stamps may not bare been placed by the writers, or which may not be enclosed in stamped envelopes. From and after the Ist of April, 1855, the postage | to be charged on each single letter for any distance in the United Slates not exceeding 3000 miles is three cents, and over 3000 miles ten cents. The law does not change the existing rates or regulation in regard to letter* to or from Canada Or other foreign countries, nor does it aflect the franking priv ilege. The provisions io regard to Ihe reg istration of valuable letters will be oatriyd into effect, andepeofal instructions Issued to Poetmasters on the subjec', as soon as the necessary blanks can bo prepared ami dis tributed.— Phila. Ledger. BP" At the instance ol Mr, Buckalew, the bill' repealing the act which established a ferry at Centreville, in this comity last week passed the Senate. I*" We are pleated 10 learn, thai the new I io^Ttfmr j working toqfie felkpwisfaopon of (is prarif. i tore, Last-week it turned oet 126 loos of good pig metal,' j v ' j,., , " .j Ist %, tw Tb Tunkhaanoek"J)emocret censures Senator Pipit tod Mr Latinop, lor voting In favor of Siikpn Cameron for United States Senator. " 1 * m iar The editor of the Luzerne Union has given a column of his paper%> the cause cf education, under supervision of Mr. LESIIER the County Superintendent. - ty Those persons *OO will this spring visit the city to buy eny furniture will do weW to call on Mr. H. F. Hoover in Second street below Dock. W Correspondents from Harrisburg in form us that Governor Pollock's administra tion is turning to the strong favor of the "old line" Whigs, and gives very cold comfort to the'Know-Nothings. ur The proposition to loipi anew county from part of Bucks and the rural districts ol Philadelphia is finding much favor in the legislature. The corruption andextrsvagancu of the Know-Nothing city government is dis gusting every body. , iv We shall bo pleased to publish next week the speech of Senator Buckalew against the praotice and principle of municipal sub scription. It hasthe ring ofsound,solid, good sense ; and its tone will please every honest man. We understand that the Susquehanna Di vision of the Pennsylvania Canal will be opened on the Ist of The North Branch Canal on the 16th. DIVISION OF UNION COUNTY.—A bill for the j division of Uuion County, with a clause sub mitting it to a vole of the people, ou Friday j the 16th inst., has passed the Legislature. The Baltimore Conference of the Me.ho- i dist Episcopal Church convened in the city j of Baltimore on Wednesday the 7ih inst. j James W. Clark ha become associated i with Theodore Wright in the publication of the "Lycoming Gazette." BP The boats commenced loading coal at Schuylkill Haven on Tuesday of last week. They must expect early boating. BP" To-morrow (Friday,) the township elections will lake place in this county. t?" The epicures at Tamaqua feast on j fresh shad. J t# Last Saturday the fourth annual com- i raericement of the Philadelphia Femalej Medical College took place. The degree of J M. D. was conferred on six ladies. The in- j •illation is seid to be in a fioutishing condi tion, and during the past session it has had j 40 students, though a number of these at-' tended only to acquaint themselves with raodical eeier.ee. Some ladies who in other years graduated are r.ow engaged as practi tioners, and draw large fees from the mod intelligent families in the laud. 1 1. I.USTH iocs MEN. —The New York papers are full ot the death of Poole, a notorious pugilist, who was killed in an affray with some other ruflians of the same stamp.— One reepeclablo paper gives his. biography, with as much laudation as is usual when some individual dies whose life was made illustrious by publio service and private virtue. The next thing will probably be an enlogium upon the life and public services el Jack Sheppard.— Ledger. CATHOLICS HOLDING OKFICC. —The Senate of Massachusetts have passed, iuconcurreuce with ihe House, an order directing the com mittee on constitutional amendments to leyorl an amendment prohibiting Catholics from holding office in that Commonwealth. The order was amended by itiseiling Ruir.au be fore Catholic. These liberal minded law makers should I at once re-enact the famous Blue Laws.— Nolhi' g could be mora consistent with the above proportion, as they originate from the same fanatical les'Jing. 4<S' •' " ANOTHER SCHEME BROKEN tor Cooper has been appointed l'residc.?t Ol Col. Ktnney'e Central American Expedition. The pioject appears to have fizzled out rapid- J ly since the suspicion of filibosterirm has tainted it, whether justly or not we do not know. There is one fact certain, the break ing up ot all the schemes for the acquisition of territory by lutce, shows that theft has not yet become so popular as to be incorporated as a principle in our national ethics. In the nalmy days of the Grecian Republic, steal ing was not considered s crime, hut our re publio rests on belter moral foundations than the Grecian, and gives therefore promise of longer endurance. A RIGHTEOUS VMDICT.— In Noblesville, la., Mrs. Julia Fiyberger brought suit against Martin Moumjoy, for damages csassd by liquor sold by the defendant to the plaintiff's husband, John Frybergar. She charged that the defendant's liquor had mods bar husband a drunkard, bad caused him toloae hi* time and waste bis money, and claimed one-thou sand dollars damage. The jury gave her a verdict for.ssoo. Judicial Salaries. A bill has been reported in ihe House of Representatives to raise the salaries of Judg es in Pennsylvania. Tbia bill fixes the salary ol the Judges of the Courts of Philadelphia at $3500; Alle gheny $2750; Chief Justice ol the Supreme Court $2750; Associate Justice* of the Su. preme Court $2500; the Judges of the sever al districts under a population of 75,000, $lB - from 75,000 to 100.000 population $2200. The increase is about 20 per cent. The pres ent rate was fixed twenty years ago. r-tzare from lUIMgm Oxtt LegMitiirre at Uarrtsborg. A ootemporiiy' declares that marry of the present ntem'bM ot the 'Pennsy'lvania'Legis lalure, belonging | f , all are Shame fully incompei^t; but attributes their elec tion, by what sf ems t brat a (MfradoXleal as sertion to thei." utter obacurity as individu als. Our cotqhpoiary, however, is not far wrong. Thsfc no question that the standard of nftpViaiity bas been steadily declining, forminy years, in the Legislature of this Commonwealth., are apt prepa fed to say, with our cotcmporary, that the present Assembly is the worst we ever had, bftt certainly if If bad enough. Before :thad j beea in session a Wio*th, dinrges of bribery I were so openly'mnde on its loor, that a com- I millee of inquiry hSJ to be appointed to in vestigate the subject. A legislature ought to be, like Cesar's wife, above suspicion.— When it beeomes necessary to take notice officially of accusations like this, it may be considered established that, whatever the commiuje report, there has beea corruption somewhere. If wo tire to jadge of the way in which political affairs .are conducted, by the talk of politicians themselves, it ia regar ded no crime to bribe, provided, to use their own phraseology, they "cover up iheirown tracks." When such language is employed, wn may be sure there is secret guilt. Much of Itie Iwuempetency, profligacy and venality legislators is to be attri buted to the facrthat po'Hics has sunk into a trade. Men new follow it for a livelihood, and not, as to enhance the public good. The timeWs, and within the mem ory of many yet tving, when legislators were chosen, like Ciicinnalns, for their eminent public virtues. \But now, as our cotempora ry has observed; it is obscure men who are most olten elet-ldd. Obscure, we mean, as individuals. Peisons, unknown to their fel low citizens generally, either as worthy, in telligent, public spirited, sagacious or hu mane. But they are dot obscure in the pluces, where, by the to which politics have sunk, tl e wires are pulled that elect our representatives, livery grogshop knowsthern every demagogue'has their acquaintance, every venal seeker alter oflice is in their in tercut Or they Jflrtuuwn, nominally as re formers, bnt really us old political hacks, who, by a sort of leap-ffog, mount to power over the backs of the people. In a word, they are anything but obscure in the world of trick ery, double sh ullling, and corruption, though obscure eriongh in the more elevated sphere ol public virtue, patriotism, capacity and hon" est)-. To a certain extant, nevertheless, it is the fault of the. people that such legislators are chosen. It is the indifference of the public at large which enables artful men to make a trade of politics. At the late special election for State Senator, for example, bnt two-thirds of the voters went to the polls: and the delin quents were about equally divided between the two parties. To ward meetings three fourths of the electors never go at all. Is it a wonder that the management or public af | lairs falls into Mounds it does? A trier- Tfliaut, who'shotnPßffoct the details of his business, as citizens neglect the details of government, would soon bo ruined ; and is it surprising, therefore, that public affairs have got to their present pass? The people have nobody to blame bttthemselves, that Harris burg is full of ignorant, corrupt, artful and hyp ocritical legislators; that everybody belives, though nobody, perhaps, can prove, that bri bery is going on all the lime; and that, if the Commonwealth is not disgraced—ruined it cannot be, thank God!—it it because the com munity at large ha* 100 high a character for public virtue to be uffected even 6y the acts of its agents. From the Boston Pos'. | I-ieul. Gen. Icoii Bombard* a Hhl| and Know-Nothing Falschood- Hon. William S. Darnell, the anti-slavery t Know-Notbirg member of Congress from l Massuoi. dsetts, assorted, in hi* lec | lure* in couely, that the Oathoric vole was offered to Gen. Scott at the lute | Presidential election, several persons who heard him determined to get at the Iruth of the matter, and therefore a ! dressed a loiter to tho distinguished veteran, who returned the following reply. It is a cliochor :* NEW YORK, March 1, 1855. 'GEHTLEMEN:—-1 have just received, through the Hon. Mr* Hibbtrd, M. C., at Washing* ton, your joint letter, dated the S4th nit., ir. which you say to me that, in some recent political addresses, delivered in yonr neigh* Lorhood and in yonr presence, the speaker declared subs'anliaily, that in the last Presi dential canvas*. " Bishop Hughes, of New York, proposed to Gen. Scotl'to sell (he Catholic vote, who hesitated to reply ; when the proposition was in ado to Gen, PnVftse, and aocepted, ant) a Jesuit was paced antic head of the Post Of fice Department, that Bishop Hughes' de mands wero assented to by the parly to whom he first proposed, except that it de manded a cabinet officer, upon which you hesitated; and the proposition was made to Gen. Pierce, and he assented-" And your letter to me is thus concluded; " Believing the statement to be lalse and basely calumnious of the fair fame of your self and the other distinguished gentlemen implicated thereby, we would respectfully request of yon to iuforrti ns at yonr earliest convenience whether the statement of Mr I hastsn to say that tits statement or state ments I have quoted from your letter, as above are in respect to tpyself, ABSOLUTELY FAI.SE, and J have no. donU they a r c equally to in rtSfeot to my yt&kul friends and oppo nents in the conveys alladad 10. I remain gentlemen, with great respeot your obedient eervent, i ..'ft WINDFJELD SCOTT. ■■* r- . NEW JERSEY LEUISLSTIOH.— They have a '• bribery and corruption" case, in the New Jersey Legislature. A member of the House was otfe red #IOOO lo vole the several bank bill* before that body. The House has siDoe killed these bank bills,, It .will be good for New Jersey if the same eflvut will follow the causo in the same proportion. " fßbntatienut EJcpartnttttt. 1 Teachers' Associutioe cftolumjyfa l o in pursuance of notice given by the Com mittee of Invitation, the Teachers' Associ ation of Columbia County me' at the Court- House, in Bloomsburg, on Saturday, the 10th of March, at o'clock, t, M-, the officer* ol the last meeting present and acting^ Mr. Wm. Tvahler read a report oft Mathe matics, and Mr. Abia John a report on Geog raphy. On motion .of Mr. iurgess it wqs Resolved That is Coramittea of live be appointed to report permanent officers of the Association. William Burgess, Wm. Kahldr, "Samuel J. Bealer, Nathan W. Stecker, ami Xbia John were appointed the Committee who retired and after consultation reported the constitu tion lately adopted by the Lycoming county Association, and officers under i'. The con' stitution was discussed, and after being slightly amended was adopted in the follow ing form: CONSTITUTION. ART. I.—A'umc. This association shall bo called "The Columbia County Teachefs' As sociation," ART. 2— Object. The object of this Asso ciation shall be the mntual improvement of its members in the the.ory and practice of leaching; and the advancement of the canse of education generally, throughout the coun ty. ART. 3.— Officert. bee. 1. The officers of this association shall consist of a President, six Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Recording and Corresponding Secretary, and Executive Committee ; and they shall each perform the duties usually assigned to such officers.— Sac. 2. The ExeculiveComniittee shall con sist of five members, whose duly it shall be to prepare items of business for the consid eration end action of the association. ART. 4.—Sec. 1 Of Memberekip. Any Teacher or School Director in the county may become a regular member of this as sociation by subscribing to the Constitution and paying an initiation fee ol twelve and a hall cents. Sec. 2. Of Honorary Members. Any friend of education may be elected an honotaiy member of this Association ; and to honorary members shall be accorded all the privileges of regular members, except that of voting and holding office. ART. s.—Of Public Lectures. This Associ ation shall, through its corresponding secre tary. from time to time, invite any woll qnahfit'd person to deliver a public lecture befere it, on any subject connected * ith the cause of education. AHT. 6.—Ten regular members present at any meeting, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of ordinary business. An*. 7.—This constitution may be altered or amended by a vole of Iwo-ibirJs of the regular member*. The following officers for the Association were roported by the Committee : President —R. W. Weaver. Tife Presidents —Wm. Kahler and John G. Freeze. Recording Secretary —William Burgess. Corresponding Secretary —John C. Stokes.* Treasurer —Nathan W. Sleeker. On motion ol Mr. Everett, Henry S. Men denhall and Charles M. Hill were added a* Vice Presidents, and the report was then adopted. The Committee's report of con stitution contemplated only two Vice Presi dents. . Tr.e change to six was made in tho Association. Mr. Burgess then read a well written eisay upon tho Art of Teaching. It was then Resolved that an Executive Committee o| five be appointed to arrange business for the Association at its meetings. The following persons were appointed un der the resolution: William Burgess, Sam uel J. Bealer, Abia John, Miss Martha B. Younte, Miss Sarah Jane Walker. It was then' Resolved that when Ibis meet ing adjourn, it adjourn to meet at Mitlville on the third Saturday in May, The President then addressed the Associa tion at some length in an appropriate and in structive manner. ' Tho afternoon now coming to a close the Association adjourned. Month'y Decisions, Explanations and In* | strucUons by Uie State r-uperlntendent. 1. Interference in the Discipline of the Schools. It is the duty of Directors and Teachers to maintain the discipline and authority of their schools, against the improper interference of parents and nil others; and if such inter ference developo itself in oveit acts of tres pass and violence, the ofTonder should be ! handed over, at once, to the custody ol the law. 2. Immoral, cruel, or meddlesome Teachers, I should not be employed or retained; but friv olous fractious com plamts should not bo countenanced or encouraged by Directors. 3. Authority of Directors to administer oaths: In the investigation of difficulties between leathers and pupils, or their parents, Direc tors mnst determine the weight of evidence from the age, character and intelligence of the witnesses, whether minors or adults; but have nd !*c'#l authority to administer oaths or affirmation?- 4. Division of school money in a district: There are no aub-distriots under the new school law, and there can be no division of the school money, in any district, by the tax able or the scholar. It is the duty ol the di rectors lo keep all tho schools of the district open the same length of lime, at the expense of the entire district, and pay all the expen- 1 ses of the schools for tuition, fuel, &c., out ol the district treasury, without reference to sub-division lines, but so as to do as nearly as possible equal justice to every part. 5. Expense oj building, Ifc., school houses: School houses are to be rebuilt, and repaired at tire common expense ol the entire district, and not solely of the citizens in the immedi ate vicinity; nor can Directors shorten tbe term ol school in a particular house on that account, or reduce it to an inferior grade, in order to reimburse their building expendi tures. 6. Arrangement of studies tf classes: Teach ers possess loe exclusive right, subjeot only to the control of the Board of Directors, to classify and grade their pupils; and oeiiher parents, nor anybody else exoept directors, have any right to say what studies shall or shall not be pursued by the scholars in each school. Pupils who persist in re losing to study the branches prescribed by the teach er, should be expelled. But teachers, in fix ingtheir classes; should carefully endeavor pnpils, and arrange them accordingly. ; 7. *lhefifty cent tux on trades, professions and occupations, prescribed by the section 307>f the school law, is separate from, and independent of all other takes, and is in ad dition tberetf. 8. lax oft single frcenuf. There is no legs! way of escaping the poll tax on single free men, except to have the law repealed, or— get married. 9. Payment of school money by the State Su perintendent ; rue Superintendent does not accept orders fsota, or step payments due to, any officer connected with the Department. Warrants on the State Treasurer Bre issued to rhe order of tba persons officially entitled to (Ire money, and to on others. Any other course would be without authority of law, and would 'lead to endless embarrassment and confusion in the accounts of tha Depart ment. AT ■ .IT KOSSUTH UPON ENGLAND AND FRANCE- Kossuth has published another long letter, showing how Euglandcame to be involved rn the war with Russia. According to the Hungarian leader, England would not have gone to the Orient if Louis Napoleon had .not resolved to go. Englaud was afraid to let him go a'one, and so she followed him. He goes into a long history to prove that England has been at: unwilling bobtail to Louis Napoleon. He argues that if Louis does not succeed in his policy of alliances against the Czar, he falls by the Czar; where as, if ho suceeds so as to CAUse serious ap prehensions to Russia, he drives Revolution in the hands of Russia, and be falls by w hat he desired to avoid. But it is only he who falls—Frar.ce would not fall with him. With England it is different; the fall of the Gov ernment is the fall of the couutry. England has) no army more. Hence she is com pelled to lean upon Louis. He adds; Now, imagino all Europe hanging on the thread of one men's—and suoh a man's—life and lucky and then imagine that thread bro ken. Oh! how ibis (ctten Babel will break to pieces at one single blast! Men of Amer ica, be prepared for great events'. And if you desire to have a future, be prepared to deserve it, or else you likewise will be swept away by the inexorable logic of events. The French army in tho Crimea is tremb ling on tho brink of a military revolt. Read the letter I to day send to the Sunday Times, i here enclosed. The war is not popular in Francs. Palmerston, at his late visit to Paris, was so much striken at this fact, that he ail vised the Emperor to resort to some " con stitutional concessions," but be fears to paint the evil one on the- wall—ho- might step down, of course. The unpopularity is such that not one volunteer recruit is to be hud in warlike France, either for love nor money. The ''conscripts" betake themselves to their heels by hundreds. Their families are made responsible, and can get no substitute under 6000 frunces, (82,400.) At Paris, pe tween the " grade" and the •' line," a dozen duels day by day. Difference and division in the head-quaiters of Bonapartism, and in the very midst of the family. Fould and Morny are for peace at any price. The " Emperor'' is for war, but only as " a sim ple diversion a f esprit public," and there fore a war restricted to the Crimea, and to the Pruth at the utmost, just as Louis Phillip pe desired to make the war in Algeria. Certain member* of the "lamily" tell him that '.his is as much as to lose the only real army he has, and to oppose France to a coa lition, without having any force to oppose but raw recruits, badly paid, because it is a fact that he has got no Generals, (the Cavar gnace, Changarniers, Lomoricieree, Redeaus, Lefies, Charrases, remaining irreconcilable. Tho " Emperor" asks: "Well, what is to be done?" Some of the family answer; "Re call the army from tha Crimea; leave tbe English to do in the East as they can, and a ' Polish campaign' with the whole of the resoorces we have felt." Upon this the Emperor gats in a fit, and shoutf: "So you advise.nevolution ! D—n you, rather Nicholas." Anil he sen da forthe lawyer Hetmont, and orders him to draw up a memorial showing that Momy, after hav ing been Momy for 46 years, ia bit own le gitimate brother, a full blood the heir to the Throne, upon the of the Roman law Pater est qoem myta demons!)ant. The memorial is the course of preparation- Very likely you will soon have tome Bona partes ic America again, probably wihoui pasporte, if the peoplo will let them go. How He BECAME A MII.LIONAIBE —Mr Mc- Dooough, the millionaire of New Orleans, baa engraved upon hie toinb aseries.of max ima, which he bad prescribed as the rules for his guiJance through life, and to which his success ia business is mainly attributa ble. They are so sound, and contain so much practical wisdom, that we copy them: " R'.'fe* for the Outdance of my Life, 1104— Remember s!ys thai !;Nw is one of the conditions of our existence. Time i* gold; throw not one minute away, but place eacb one to acaount. Do unto all men as you done by. Never put off till to morrow what' you can do to-day. Never bid another do what you can do youself.— Never Covet what ia not your own. Never think any matter so trifling as to deserve no tice. Never give out that which does no: first come in. Never spend but.to produce. Let the greatest order regulate the transac tions of your life. Study in your course of life to do the greatest amount of good. "Deprive yourself of nothing necessary to your comfort, but live in an honorable siin plmily and frugallity. Labor, then, to the last moment of your existence. Pursue strict ly the above rules, and the Divine blessing and riches of every kihd will flow upon you to your heart's content; but first of all, re member that the chief snd great study of our life should be to tend, by all means in ou: power, to the honor and glory of our Di vine Creator. John McDonough, New Or leans, March 2d, 1804. The conclusion to which I have arrived is, that, without tem perance, there is no health; without virtual no order; without religion, no happiness' and that the aim of our being is to live wise ly, soberly and righteously." „ - - MAW ■AH—SI ,1 ENOLXHD COUNTISO TH* Cost or THTWTL —Mr. Bright, a clear beaded merchant of England, anJ a member of Parliament, lia-t been'figuring op one year'* cost of the .war. Me calculates that tbe British are paying one hundred and fifty millions of dollars mora for food on adhount of the war, while tho government-are spending one hundred mil lions cf dollars exlia on the same account; and what isthere obtained in return? is selling'in England for 73s - id. a quarter, or is. 6d. higher than the highest price ever known since 1819. Yet tbe harvest of JBA4 in Englund was the ptoduurirw ev%t known. He gives U as his solumu belief thai if litis foreign policy Jceap| food M 9 >*> high, six millions' quarters of iom bcfng kept out of the country by War, Worn two years are over the Governmotft will, gjioor Englishmen in the streets. Hundreds 'of sailing vessels,- and sixty or seventy of tho largest steamers, instead of carrying passen gers ami manufactures to all parts of Ibu world, are now employed most unprodno lively in carrying soldiers, horses, stores, shot, end shell to the Crimea. In the trade of the Bailie there is a falling off of 5000 ves sels, about 50 per. cent, in the English, and nearly 90 per cent, in the Russian. The vessels of the other Srates have also suffered a proportionate diminution. Pru-sia has ! suffered slightly; .Sweden forms tire ordy .*- j oeption.— Ledger. Mexican News. Some curious "intelligence'' in the form of Mexican news comes to us every few days from New Orleans. The last was that Santa Anna was preparing to leave Mexico, alarm ed by the progress of the revolutionists under Alvarez, and that he hud sent the sfereii . millions of dollars receivod from tho United States out of tho country. This ridiculous statement is the more inexcusable from the fact that advices, as late as those pretended to be quoted, show from tho Minister of Finance in Mexico how the money has been appropriated, tuid that Santa Anna never had possession of it. The march of Alvarez to the capital, (by the way, he has been inarch ing there for the last year.) is probably equal ly as unfounded. FROM TIIK SANDWICH ISLANDS.— IF'ashmg fori, March 12.—Mr. H. H. Field reached this city to-day, from Norfolk, as bearer of des patches to the Government from the Sand wich Islands. He came passenget in tha Illinois from Asninwall. It is understood that there are now no hopes of the annexa tion of the Sar.dwich Islands. The King and his advisers are strongly opposed to the measure. HI In New Berlin, on the 20th ult., by Rev. Mr. Baruharl, Rev. J. A. DEMOYER, of the M. E. Church, (lormerly ot this place,) and Miss SUSAN FRY, of New Berlin. On the 22d of Feb., by Lloyd Thomas, Esq , Mr. DAVID WINNER, of Catiawisia township, and Miss SARAH MARTZ, daughter of Joseph Martz, of Franklin iwp., Columbia county. On the 16th inst., at Deen'a Hotel, in Dan ville, by Rev. J. E. 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FLETCHER, Publisher, AUDITOR'S NOTICE, NOTICE is hereby given that the under signed, appointed by tbe Orphan's Court of Columbia county Auditor upon the excep tions to the account of John Weliiver and Richard Demon Execntors of William Wel iiver, late of Madison township Columbia county, deceased, will attend te the duties of his appointment at tba Court house in Btoomsburg on Friday the 4th day of May next •( 10 o'clock, A. M., where and when ■II persons interested will attend if they sea proper. JAMES PLEASANTS, Auditor. Bloomshurg, March 15. 1855.
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