STAR OF THE NORTH.
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
lllaaaaelsiir|| V'k*re4y A|il 10, I Rss<
Stale Convention ol School Superintend
ents.
This assemblage met on Wednesday after
noon of last week in Hall of the House at
Harrjsburg. The counties were neatly all
represented. The meeting was opened by
an Bddress from Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes,
and some 15 county snperintendenta were
(hen in turn called on lo explain the operation
of the now law in their connties, and to
point out its advantages and defects. Among
the most interesting of these were the re
ports of {lev. Mr. Good of Berks and Mr.
Wickershsm of Lancaster, the former illus
trating by facts and not by argument what
labot is yet necessary in the cause of edu
cation, and both proving how much can be
done by an efficient superintendent. These
two accomplished gentlemen and soholars
stood foremost in the respect of the conven
tion. The officers of the body were Thom
as Nicholson of Bearer President, Rev. Win.
A. Good ol Berks and Rev. Wm. J. Gibson,
D. D., of Centre, Vice Presidents, E. W.
Conklin of Montour and John H. Kluge of
Lebanon Secretaries.
On Wednesday evening a session was held
in the Hall of the Senate. Prof. Hart of Phil
adelphia lectured on "School Architecture,"
and further reports and details from counties
were then received.
On Thursday morning the convention met
in the Supreme Court Room. Several com
mittees previously appointed read prepared
reports on educational subjects and the ma
chinery of Common School education.
The first of these, in teference to the can
cellation of teacher's certificates, recom
mended that immediately upon complaint
being made to the County Superintendent
against a teacher that officer should take
away the certificate. This, on motion of Mr.
Weaver, was so amended as to agree with
the present law on the subject, and give the
teacher ten days time and notice for a hear
ing with evidence, and a chance to meet
his accusers.
One committee reported in favor of grant
ing Slate certificates of a grade higher than
the present permanent certificates by Coun
ty Superintendents. Bat theie appeared lo
be some difficulty to determine how, where
and by whom such examinations should be
made; and after some discussion the report
was referred back to the committee.
Another committee recommended to pay
school directors a small compensation for
their service, and the report was adopted,
with only two votes in the negativb. But
upon subsequent examination, when it was
found in figures that to pay eckool directors
ihe smallest decent compensation would *-
mount to almost as much as the whole pres
ent Stale appropriation to common schools,
it was almost unanimously agreed to recon
sider the adoption of the reporl, and to refer
it back to tbe committee.
Mr. Cow ol Washington presented an able
report to change the present form of teach
er's certificates, and to have tabular columns
opposite the studies in which figures from 1
to 6 should indicate the teacher's degree of
proficiency in each study, all certificates stili
to be temporary, except the highest.
This it was proposed by Mr. Weaver to
amend to that only the lower grade of these
tabular or classifying certificates should be
temporary, and the better ones subject to re
newal and enlargement by a subsequent ex
amination at the option of the teacher. Mr.
Wickersham proposed to amend this by re
commending that the proposeJ form ol new
certificates be only used in the place of the
present temporary ones, and this was agreed
to.
Mr. Good read an able report on the effects
of the County Superintendency.
On Thursday evening, Dr. McClintock of
the Senate, upon invitation, addressed the
Convention. Gov. Pollock came in and bore
testimony to his devotion to the cause of ed
ucation by a short but encouraging and able
address. Col. Curtin, tbe State Superintend
ent, then spoke, and after him Mr. Hickok,
tbe Deputy Slate Superintendent. Several
more of tbe County Superintendents were
then called on for reports, and among these
the member from Columbia. After some
little further business tbe convention, alter
II o'clock, adjourned sine die.
The convention encouraged and instructed
its members, and its effects will do much to
adapt the new law to the feelings and de
sires of alt reasonable men. It proved very
plsioly that under the old law almost noth
ing was done lo improve the character of
schools; and that while the present law has
not remedied every evil, it is mainly a-eak
because there is too much of deplorable des
titution to be reformed at once by any mode
of operation. All the membeis agreed that
Ihe greatest obstacle in the way of its suo.
•essful operation is the want of qualified
teachers, and Ihe unfortunate necessity ol
giving certificates lo poor ones for the want
of better. The next convention will be held
at Reading.
The North Branch Extension.
On list Wednesday Mr. Buckalew called
op Senate Bill to provide for the repairs and
completion ol the North Branoh canal, from
Pituton northward to the New York State
line. The bill appropriates 9153,006 for re
pairs and completion of this part of tbe ca
nal, and appoints Wm. R. Maffet present
superintendent of tbe division for ten years
from the Ist ol December last, subject to
removal by the Governor for cause.
BOUNTY LAND APPLICATIONS.—' The unpre
cedented large unmber of three thousand
four hundred applicants, under the bounty
land act of March 3, 1855, were received at
the Pension Office in Washington, on tbe
4th inst" Total number of applications un
der tbe set, np to present time, forty thou
sand three hundred.
The Mew York Prohibitory Liquor Law.
The Now York Legislature has passed a
prohibitory liquor law much more stringent
than that of Pennsylvania; and it has re
ceived the Governor's signature. In the
House the vole stood 80 to 45, and in the
Senate 21 to 11. It does not prevent the
manufacture of liquor but only its sale by
the small, and the drinking of it. It may
be kept in private houses, and where it is
sold for certain lawful purposes books of
sale must be kept by the vendor and sworn
to. A fine of ten dollars is imposed for get
ting drunk in any store, grocery, tavern or
public place, but none for getting drunk in
a private house. Cider cannot be sold in less
quantity than 10 gallons. No license shall be
granted to any lavern, oyster cellar, reßtanr
ant or eating house; and the whole law
goes into effect on the fourth of July next.
A bill has already been introduced into the
Senate lo repeal the lay.
According to the census of 1850, there
were in New York State in that year 189 dis
tilleries and breweries, employing $2,585,-
900 capital, ami consuming 2.062,250 bush
els of barley, 1,647,266 bushels of
corn, 909.067 bushels or rye, and employ
ing 1,676 hands. And the mauufacture was
647,700 barrels of ale, beer, &e.; 9,237,700
gallons of whit-key, 2,488 800 gallons of rum.
The Anti-License Law.
The "quart measure" which the legisla
ture took down last Wednesday received the
following vote on the first section, which is
about a fair test.
Yens —Messrs. Allegood, Avery, Raker,
Ball, Bual, Bowman, CalJwell. Chamberlin,
Clapp, Clover, Creswell, Cummings, (Phila.
Co.) Cummins, (Somerset.) Downing, Evs
ter, Fearon, Heicber, Foster, Foust, Guy,
Gwinner, Harrison, Hodgson, Holcomb,
Hubbs, Kirkpatrick, Krepps, Lune, Laporte,
Lathrop, Leas, Lot!, M'Calmonl, M'Clean,
M'Connell, M'Cullough, Maddock, Morris,
Morrison, Muse, Page, Palmer, Pennvpacker,
Powell, Ross, Simpson, Smith, (Allegheny,)
Smith, (Blair) Smith, (Phila. city,) Ste
wart, Sturuevant, Thompson, Thorn, Water
house, Wood and Strong, Speaker, —s6.
Nays Messrs. Barry, Hub, Carlisle,
Christ, Craig, Crawlord, Daugherty, Don
aldson, Dunning, Kdinger, Frailey, Frank
lin, Free, Fry, Gross, Ilerr, Linderman, M'-
Conkey, Mengle, North, Orr, Reese, llitlen-
Louse, Sallade, Sherer, Stehley,
Witmer, Wright and Ziegler—3o.
Libel Sail.
A libel, suit was lately instituted by Mr.
Fletcher against Mr. Norton, for reproaching
the motives of iho former gentleman in pub
lishing a life of Judson the Burmah Msssion
ary, without the consent ol Mrs. Judson, and
in fact against her remonstrance. But Mr. j
Norton was acquitted, and Mr. Fletcher will |
continue to publish that edition of Judson's j
life which seems the more fair and impartial |
of the two. It would certainly be strange if'
only one edition and one version of a man's
life could be published, and even that one
the product of his family and friends. The
public have a right to an impartial report of
all things. It appears from this controversy
that Mrs. Judson was offered 920,000, fill
Dr. Wayland's life of Iter husband, and that
her share of the profits was 912,000 when
Fletcher's life of Judson was undertaken. It
is said that her property ftom Mr. Judson and
otherwise amounted to 910,000 more.
The Constitutionality of the liqnor Law.
The passage of a liquor law, restricting the
sale of liquors in Pennsylvania and New
York, has caused a great deal of excitement
among liquor dealers, and they seem deter
mined lo test the constitutionality of such
legislation. It ia contended by them that, as
the act of Congress licenses and authorizes
the importation of liquors, the sale of it in
any measure cannot be prohibited by local
jurisdiction—that such legislation is an as
sumption of a right to regulate trade and
commerce expressly given by the States to
Congress. It is important that the prinoiple
shall be settled by the highest authority, arid
a formal decision of the Uoited States Su
preme Court ia the beat way to set'le all
donbt upon the subjeot.
The Boston Nunnery Investigation.
The Boston press are alii! engaged in the
discussion ol the acts ol the Committee of
the legislature, who, under the pretence of
investigating the religious institutions of that
State, entered a private school kept by some
ladies, ransacked the place, obtruded them
selves into the private apartments of the la
dies and ever, examined their clothing, for
which public services they rendered a large
bill against the Slate, including an amount
for liquors, which in a temperance commit
tee, rather astonished the liquor law advo
cates of that Slate. The whole condugl of
the committee was such that, if they bad be
haved in the scandalous manner alloged in
any gentleman's tesidenca, would have in
duced the occupant lo have expedited their
departure with an application of the toe of
his boot. As the building contained only la
dies, the committee escaped tite punish
ment their indecency deserved, but the press
are very properly holding them to account,
and the committee seem to sit very uneasily
under the investigation.
rr IT is amusing occasionally to step in
to aome of our public places, and hear some
puffed up, shell of a—we had almost said—
man—with more impudence than brains,
gaseir.g about foreign influence—the d-A-d
Irish,&c. We always look upon such chaps
with a great deal of pity and forbearance
The poor fellows hadn't the advantage of
our common school system, and therefore
great allowance abould be made ior the
thickneaa of their heads. Gen. Lafayette,
the Frenchman, was of small account, in the
days of the Revolution, to this country—and
the gallant Shields, an Irishman, did poor
service in the Mexican war, according to the
logic of these worthies.
Cy The two Easton Banks discounted pa
per last week to the amount of 9400,000.
17* We invite the attention to the adver
tisement of Mr. Hodge who proposes to open
a school in this place next Monday. He has
been teaching bete during the winter, and
is qnalified lo teach til he professes, There
are many persons in the county desirous to
teach next winter who will find Mr. Hodge's
school a good place lo Improve themselvee.
BP* The sickness of the editor will excuse
for any omissions or errors of (his week.
CP*Miss Mary Barklsy It Co., have recei
ved their new stock of laabionable millinery
goods, to wltioh persons of taste and dress
will do well to look.
C. C. Sholcs, Esq., formerly of Danville, a
Printer, has again been elected Mayor of the
city of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
E7* Two hundred and forty lavern licen
ses were gt anted by the court in Berks coun
ty last week.
iy Prof. Burrows, of Lafayette College,
Easton, has resigned the Professorship of that
Institution. He was escorted to the Phil
lipsburg cars by tbe students of tbe College.
ty The pews in a new M. E. Chnrcb, at
Pittsburg, were sold on Monday for 922,000;
one a aaessed at 9600 brought 9770.
Gov. POLLOCK'S inconsistent coursn on tbe
Rank question, is the subject of jast repre
hension all over the Slate. Tbe independ
ent press speaks of it with much severity,
and even the papers of his own parly cannot
avoid expressing their displeasure.
ty The opponents of tbe Main Law say
that Neal Dow was elected Mayor of Port
land by a trick of the Assistant Assessors
who were his friends, and left off the lists
of voters some 600 or 700 names nf those
who were opposed to the law.
PHILADELPHIA POLITICS. —The old line reg
ular Whigs of Philadelphia hove completely
separated Irom the new Know-Nothing par
ly, and formed a separate thicket. When
the roll of delegates was called, each mem
ber of the Convention had to pledge his
honor that he did not belong to any secret
political organization, commonly called tbe
Know-Nothing Order, to which such replies
as " I do not"—'do not and never will"— i
"I did, but thank God f don't now," &c.
were given. Several nominations were made,
and a committee of superintendence appoin
ted, with lull power " to place such names
ou the Whig ticket as they, in their judge
ment, may deem advisable ; provided, a va
cancy should occur I'.V resignation or other
wise." Auolher Whig Convention, chiefly
consisting of members ol" ihe new order, has
also nominated a Ticket, which is said to
contain the same names that have been pla
ced in nomination by the Know-Noibing
party in their secret lodges'or councils. The
regular old Democratic Party have also nom
inated a full ticket. Their memberq had to
take an oath that they did not belong lo lh
new party. Altogether there will be very
exciting times in the city of brotherly lore
in June next, when the election will take
place, which is for municipal officers only.—
Danville Democrat.
GOOD ADVICE. —The Journals in thn West
sre urging the farmers to nut in abundant
crops of spring wheat, potatoes, corn, and
whatever may serve as a substitute for wheat.
There will be no supply from last year's
crop, and the farmers need not tear low pri
ces. The next year will furnish abundant
demand for all that the soil can produce. It
is famine and starvation prices that we have
to fear, and not a glutted market. The dry
fall prevented them from getting in wheat
freely, and they must not rely upon what Ihe
far west may produce to make up for their
lack. Let them cover every spot they can
occupy with something that will do fur Ihe
sustenance ol man or beast, or both.— Ledger.
LORD ERSKINE died on the 19th nf March,
in Sussex, England. He was the son of the
great Lord Erskine,and married first, in 1800,
Miss Cadwalader, of Philadelphia, who died
in 1843; secondly, in the same year, Miss
Travis, cousin of his first wile. The deceas
ed peer began bis diplomatic career as min
ister to the United States at the beginning of
the present century, and he only
hie post of minister at Munich in 1843. Hia
eldest >on, Thomas Americus, now third
Baron Erskine, is the successor to the title.
ABOLITION or THE STATE DUTY IN ENG
LAND.—The Hquse of Commons of the Eng
lish Parliament has abolished tbe stamp du
ty on newspapers. This acl affects lit# so
cial and political interests of the British Em
pire more than the war with Russia. It is a
concession to the people, which will be at
tended with the happiest results. It is
another evidence of the liberalizing tenden
cy of the British Government, seeking the
greatest good ol the greatest number.
ST COST or THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
—Tbe cost of the State of Massachusetts for
the visitation of tbe Committee on Nunner
ies to the institutions at Roxbury and Low
ell was $l2O. The expense ol tbe visit to
Worcester was 999 90. Total 9219 90 for
visiting three Catholic institutions. So says
the Boston, Msss., Herald.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS re LUZERNE.— The Grand
Jury reported that tbe exigencies of tbs pub
lic business require the erection of a Court
House, County Jail, and buildings for tbe
accommodation of tbe Courts and of the sev
eral officers ol tbe county; and for tbe re
ception and safe keeping ol tbe records, &c.,
and concurring in tbe report on tbe same sub
ject made by tbe Grand inquest at January
sessions.
BP* THE Harrisburg Morning Herald of a
recent date slates plainly, that If tbe Legisla
ture can't elect tbe Senator—and can't pro
vide for tbe sale of the publio Works—(both
of which they were specially elected to par
form,) the best ihing they can do is to pass
the most moderate Appropriation Bill possi
ble and make way for their snccessors. And
a Jury of tbe People would respond, "so say
we all!"
California
I* still in a transition state from a confused
encampment of adventurers to a regularly
tablished community. All things consider
ed, ihey have been getting on
They have built up towns and cities, and
have organized a prosperous commonwealth,
unparalleled in iu rapid progress in the his
tory of the world. They have done much
within the last seven "years to establish soci
ety, law and order upon a social basis; and
ol late they seem resolved Ip keep pace with
" all the modern improvements" ol the At
lantic States. They have recently passed an
act " prohibiting all barborons and noisy
amusements on the Ldrd'a daysuch Sab
bath pastimes ts pugHism,bull-baiting, bear,
dog, chicken and jackass fighting, which
will place Sen Francisco ahead of New Or
leans. It is also expected that the State Leg
islature will pass shortly • stringent anti
gambling law. They have already passed a
bill in one house to prohibit rallies, lotteries
and gilt enterprises; and a bill for suppress
ing establishments of ill-fame has passed
both houses. To crown all, it is expected
that, before the Assembly rises, California
will be blest with that latest Yankee notion
of general happiness—the Maine Liquor
law.
Another illustration of the way they do
tilings in California, is furnished in the des
cent of the people—the sovereign people—
upon the branch bank of Adams acd Co, at
Sonora. Their vault was broken open by a
mob, and soma forty-seven thousand dollars
were paid out by the committee appointed
by the people to holdors of certificates. Pop
ular sovereignty this, in the true California
acceptation.
Then again, the California Statesman was
established to aid in the re-election of Dr.
Gwin to the United States Senate. Good
place, heavy mileage, it pays. But ii ap
pears that the parties establishing the paper
did it upon very liberal prouises, which have
not been fulfilled. So they have instituted a
suit for 920,000 damages. Let all newspa
per men, therefore, even in California, re
member this: Trust not to the promises of
politicians—make them pay as they go for
tbeir advertisements, like other people, and
let them publish their own newspapera.
Prohibitory Laws.
The rise and progress of laws in various
States prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
drinks, is to be seen in the following ab
stract ,r ,
1851— Passed by the Legislature of Maine.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of a Minne
sota.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of R. Island.
1852—Passed by the legislature of Massa
chusetts.
1852— Ratified by the people of Minnesota.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of Vermont.
1853— Passed by the Legislature of Michi
gan.
1853—Ratified by the people of Vermont.
1853—Ratified by the people of Michigan.
1853—Its submission to the people pronoun
ced unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court LA HIKIMKU.
1853—Pronounced unconstitutional by the
United States Supreme Court in R. I.
1853—Supreme Court equally divided in
Michigan.
1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in Masa.
1854—Passed the Legislature of New Vork.
1854—Vetoed by Gov. Seymour ol N. Y.
1854—Passed by one branch of the Legisla
ture of New Hampshire.
1854—Passed on branch of the Legislature
of Maryland.
1854— Passed by the Legislature, but the two
branches failed to agree in Pennsyl
vania.
1854—Passed by the Legislature of Ohio.
1754—Voted for by the people ol Wisconsin.
1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in Ohio.
1854—Passed in a modified form by the leg
islature of Rhode Island.
1854—Passed by the Legislature of Con
necticut. "•
1854—Passed by Ihe lower branch of the N.
J. Legislature, defeated by one vote
in the Senate.
1855 Passed by the Legislature of Wiscon
sin and vetoed ; modified and passed
and agaia vetoed by Gov. Barstow.
1854—Passed for the second time by the
Legislature of New Vork, and be
came a law of the Slate by the sig
nature of Gov. Clark.
Right States ami one Territory have thus
passed prohibitory laws. The question has
failed in four States through legislative disa
greement. It has been submitted to the
people and retained by them in lour other
Slates. It has nowhere been repealed by
legislative action, though it has been four
times set aside by the judiciary, and in one
instance re-enacted in a modified from.
Things in Kansas —A letter from Kioka
poo City, Kansas territory, of the date of
March 28th, 1855, says the streets are being
rapidly graded, the laborers receive 91 5o
per diem, and that the following are the usu
al pricea of provisions: Pork 6 cents per
pound ; beef 7 cents; venison 9 cents; mut
ton 7 cents; chickens 92 per dozen; turkeys
75 cents ptr psir; geese 25 cents each ; eggs
124 cents per dozen: floor $4 50 per one
hundred ponnds; wood 82 per cord, deliver
ed. Competed bookmakers are particular
ly wanted.
High pruet of Flour in New York. —Floor
has risen to thirieendo liars a barrel for choice
brands, and twelve to twelve and a half for
good ordinary flour, such aa bakers uae.
Thia is higher than flour baa rated in New
York for many years. In 1837, when the
flour warehouse of Eli Hart & Co. was bro
ken open by a mob., it sold at from 911 87
to 812 a baratl.
Extraordinary Dilution. —At Stralham
New Hampshire, a number or deluded per
sons are busily engaged in digging (or gold,
which a pretended wiloh of Portsmouth in
formed them thsy would find in a certain
spot. She told them that if they dug deep
enough tbey would come to a rock before
reaching the treasure, and having encounter
ed a rock, they have commenced blastiog it,
and are now quite sanguine of attaining the
object of their search.
THE ANTI-LICENSE BILL PASSED.
Tbs bill lo repeal Ihe tavem-Hcense laws
and restrain the sale of liquors, bat become
a law, having passed both brandies o( the
Legislature, and received tbs Governor's ap
pro val. Ws publish it below, entire, as fi
nally enacted. It Is materially different from
the bill originally introduced in the House,
by Mr Cummiuge.
An Act to Restrain the Salt of Intoxicating
Liquors.
SECTION 1. Beit enacted, t[c., Thst from af
ter the first day of Ootober next, it shall be
unlawful lo keep or maintain any house,
room or place, where vinous, spirituous,
malt or brewed liquors, or auy admixtures
thereof, are sold and drank, except as here
inafter provided, and all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SECT. 3. That if any person or persons
within this Commonwealth, shall keep for
sale and sell, or in connection with any oth
er business or profitable employment, give,
receiving therefor any'price, profit, or advan
tage, by any measure whatever, and at the
same time voluntarily aflord a place or any
other convenience or inducement by which
the same may be used as a beverage, any
vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed
or any admixture thereof, he, she or they,
and any ore aiding, abetting or assisting
therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meaner, end upon conviction, sball be sen
tenced to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dol
lars and undergo an imprisonment not ex
ceeding one month; and for a second or any
subsequent offence, shall pay a fine not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars, and under
go imprisonment not exceeding three
months.
BECT. 3. That if any two or more persons
conspire or act together, by which one may
sell and the other provide a place or other
convenience fordrinking, with intent to evade
the provisions of this Act, each one so offend
ing, upon conviction shall bo punished as pro
vided in the second section of this Act.
SECT. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or keep for sale, any vinous,
spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or an)
admixture thereof, io case not hereinbefore
prohibited, in a lees quantity than one quart,
nor witiiont license granted by the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Ihe proper county, on pe
tition presented for that purpose, to be adver
tised according to the first section of the Act
of the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one, supplementary
to the various Acts relating to tavern licenses;
but no such license shall be granted to other
than citizens of the United Stales, of temper
ate habits and good repute for honesty: Pro
vided, That no certificate shall be required
or published as mentioned in the act herein
referred to : Provided, That no license for the
sale of liquors, as aforesaid, shall be granted
to the keeper of any hotel, inn, tavern, res
taurant, eating house, oysterhouse or cellar,
theatre, or other places of entertainment,
amusement or refreshment. Provided Fur
ther, That io much or any act or acts of As
sembly as requires a license from a city or
county treasurer lo authorize the sale of
spirituous vinous or malt liquors, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
SECT. 5. That the said Court, by theirruies,
shall fix a time at which application# for said
licenses shall be heard, at which time all
persons making objections shall be heard.
SECT. 6. That it shall not be lawful for the
Clerk of said Court to issue any license, as
aforesaid, until the applicant shall have filed
the bond hereinafter required, and the cer
tificate of the City receiver or County Treas
urer, that the license fee has been paid to
bim.
SECT. 7 . That the appraisers of License nn
del this Act, shall be appointed as provided
by existing laws, except in ihe city of Phila
delphia, where, on the passage of this Act,
and (hereafter at the beginning of every year,
three reputable and temperate persons shall
be appointed by the Court of Quarter Ses
sions, to appraise dealers in vinous, spiritu
ous, malt or brewed liquors, as aforesaid, and
of distillers and brewers, and to do and per
form all duties now enjoined by law, rot in
consistent herewith ; and said Appraisers shall
be citizens of the United Stales, in no man
ner oonnected with or interested in the liquor
business, and shall be compensated ae now
provided by law.
SECT. 8. That no license shall be granted,
without the payment to the Receiver of Tax
es of the city of Philadelphia, or to the Treas
urers of the other counties of the Stats, for
the use of the Commonwealth, three limes
the amount now fixed by law, to be paid
by venders of spiritoous, vinous or malt li
quors, or brewers and distillers: Provided,
That no license shall be granted for a less
sum than thirty dollars.
SECT. 9. That the bond required to be ta
ken of all persons who shall receive a license
to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed li
quors, or any admixtures thereof, shall be in
or.e thousand dollars, conditional lor the
faithful observance of all the laws of this
Commonwealth relating to the business of
vending such liquors, with twosuflicientsure
ties and warrant of Attorney to confess judg
ment ; which bond shall be approved by one
I of the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions
I o f the Peace o! the proper county, and to be
filed in said Court; and whenever a judg
ment for any forfeiture or fine shall have
been recovered against Ihe prinoiple therein,
it shall be lawful for the District Attorney, of
ihe proper county, to enter judgment against
the obligors in the said bond, and proceed
to collect the same of the said principle or
sureties.
SECT. 10. That every person liceneed to sell
spiritooua, vinous or malt liquors, as afore
said, shall frame his license under glass, and
place the same so that it may at all times
be conspicuous in his chief place of making
sales, and no license shall authorize sales by
any person who shall neglect this require
ment, nor shall any license authorize the sale
of any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors on
Sunday.
SECT. 11. That any sale made of any spir
ituous, vinous or malt liquors contrary to
this Act, shall be taken to be a misdemean
or, and upon conviction of the offence, in the
Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper coun
ty, shall be punished in the manner prescri
bed by the second section of this Aot.
SCCT. 12. That the provision* of this Act,
as to apprsisment-and license, (hall not ex
tend to importers, who shall vend or dispose
of said liquors in the original oases or pack*
ages, as imported, nor to duly commission
ed auctioneers selling at publio vendoe of
out-cry, nor to brewers or distillers selling in
quantities not less tban five gsllons ; not (ball
anything herein contained, prohibit the sale,
by druggists, of any admixtures of intoxica
ting liquors as medicine.
SECT. 13. That it shall be the duty of every
Constable of every town, borough, township
or ward, within this Commonwealth, at ev
ery term of the Court of Quarter Sessions of
each respective county, to make return on
oath or affirmation, whether, within his
knowledge, there is any place within bis bail
iwick, kept and maintained in violation of
this Act; and it shall be the especial duty of
the Judges of the said Courts, to see that this
return is iaithfnlly made ; and if any person
shall make known to suob Constable the
name or names of any one who shall have
violated this Act, with the names of witness
es who can prove the fact, it shall be his du
ty to make return thereof, on oath or affirm
ation, to the Court, and upon bis wilful fail
ure so to do, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon indictment and con
viction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
in the jail of the county, for a period not less
than one nor more than three months, and
pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
SECT. 1 1. That this act shall not interfere
with any persons holding a license, hereto
fore granted, until the time for which the
same was granted shall have expired; nor
shall any license which may be granted be
fore the first day of July next, authorise the
sale of said liquors, or admixtures thereof,
after the first day of October next, contrary
to the provisions of this Act.
HUMILITY-
There is peculiar power in a silent spirit.
It acts secrtly, but uneasingly; and every
one feels its influence. Its impression*,
like those of the stars, burst open the foun
tains of morality—and oh! how they gush
forth into the great Spirit of the Universe !
And then, Poesy, in her fairy-bark of Love
and Virtue, spieads her sails to the peaceful
breeze, and floats down with the smooth
current.
Solomon said, that "The fool is known by
the multiplicity of his words —how many
fools there are then I Another ancient phil
osopher said, "If you wish to be wise jou
must listen much and speak little'*—there
be few who thus pursue the proper path of
wisdom.
The power and btauly of a silent spirit is
its Humility. To the student of Human Na
ture, it conveys the most beautiful concep
tions; while it subdues the envy and jeol
ousy, which sre always hovering upon the
surface of the heart, and whose fire-gleam
ing eyes are ever darting their rays of hatred
upon the successful. An humble individual
can form but a small estimate of the power
he exerts in a community. That moral at
mosphere in which he moves, repels the vi
cious and vain-glorious; while the innocent
of heart, the trus christian and the philoso
pher are attracted by it, and love to feast on
its heavenly sweetness. It matters not in
what sphere he moves, —lor nil spheres are
! alike to him ;—he is quickly remarked and
appreciated. This power acts upon the
heart—excites those solemnly sweet emo
tions, jwhich meh the soul to tenderness and
wraps it in reflection.
But the beauty of Humility f Who can de
pict it?—lt is not tho harmonies blending of
colors;—it is not regularity and symmetry of
proportions; it is not that fantastic splendor,
with which art is dressing everything to
strike the eye and pervert the heatt! Oh,
no ! —Like the dying strains of the lute, it
fills the soul with the modt beautiful associa
tions, arouses those noble piinciples ol love,
and peace, and charity, sunk deep in the
heart by the weight of those more selfish
ones, which are always in a state of fever
ish excitement; —it carries us back to the
sunny days of youth when Innocence with
her beautiful white mantel spread over us,
stamped everything with the glow of life.—
All these beautiful associations and emotions
we naturally transfer to the object that exci
ted them.
Every one should be humble; the Lawyer)
because he subsists by the errors and mis
doings of men; the Physician, because he
is the servant of all; the Divine, because he
is the follower of the meek and lowly Sa
viour—all should be bumble, because all
are dependent I w. T. B.— Carlisle Herald.
Skinning a man.
The New York Day Book of Saturday
says: " Bill Poole, over whose death some
folks are trying to make a "lime," and who
had the " tallest funeral," fo use the Bowery
slang, of any man that ever died in New
York, was yesterday before the Court on a
charge of assault and battery. It is rather
odd to try a man after he is dead, so the Dis
trict Attorney went on with the case of his
associate in the outrage, who was brought in
guilty. It appears that Poole and a man
named Williams attacked a oarman at the
Amos street dock, last summer, with knives,
and not only literally cut his clothes off his
body, bat also severely wounded him. The
Recorder said that it was one of the greatest
outrages he ever heard of yet the principal
person engaged in it is now considered a
mart) r to American principles! If the States'
prison had a few such devotees to American
principles, New York would be much belter
off.
New Yore Market.
The Tribune of Wednesday last says
breadetoffa continue to rise with small stooks
and good demand. Good Flour is worth
89 60 a 810, Wheat 82 SO a 2 75; Corn
81 07 aBl 08. Pork and Beef are firm at
high prioes. Cotton continues steady but is
not active.
Church Struck by Lightning.
Eastern Pa., April 14.-The Moravian Cburoh
in this place was struck by lightning at noon
to-day, and thrf roof much injured, No oth
er damage was caused.
Arrival of the America at
Halites.
THREE DAYS LATER NEWS.
THX VISNNA CONFERENCE.— The Steamer
Baltic brought intelligence that the first of
the foor bases of peace waa unconditionally
accepted by Russia, and that the second was
proceeding favorably. Since then the sec
ond has likewise been accepted, but diffi
culties of a serious nalare have occurred on
the third.
The Western Powers, foreseeing trouble,
did not propose the demolition of Sebtstopof,
but modified their demsndsinto a reduction
of Russian power in the Black Sea—in re
compense for which, tbev offer to eveeuate
the Russian territery. The Russian Pleni
potentiaries reply that they are aot author
ized to accede to any such terms, and must
remit the matter to St. Petersburg. Here the
Conference stands still.
All tbe plenipotentiaries have sent to tbeli
Governments for instructions, and the Con
ference will probably be adjourned until
fiuat authority shall arrive. Meantime, lb*
fourth point is uudei discussion.
Prince Gortschskoff, on the 26th, moved
for the ad.m iasion of Prussia.
SEBASTOPOL. —Lord Raglan'A latest despatch
announces a steady fire, without any change
in the aspect of affairs. Important opera
lions are, however, going on.
The Russians continue to strengthen tbe
works which they recently threw up in ad
vance of the MalakofT tower. These are
not isolated works, but are part of an ad
vanced line ot defence, and consequently it
is indispensable for the Allies to destroy
them. With thia object in view, the British
are pushing forward a parallel from an ad
vanced point on the right, with a view to
form a junction with a corresponding paral
lel which is being made on their side by the
French.
Nightly encounters lake place between tbe
French and Russian riflemen. The latter
have been repeatedly dislodged, but again
return to their pits, under cover of the Rus
sian batteries.
CONSTANTINOPLE— The tresty of Alliance
between Sardinia and Turkey it signed.—
The death of Prince Menschikoff is re
ported.
FRANCE. —Drouyn de 'lHnys, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, has gone to Loodon to held
a consultation, and will afterwards proceed
to the Conference at Vienna.
As officially announced in the Moniteur,
Napoleon and Eugenie, will visit Victoria in
| the middle of April, at London.
BOROUGH STATEMENT.— By the statement of
the receipt! and expenditures of the Borough
of Danville, for the last year, it appears that
the indebtedness of the Borough is now-<
. $7,086 94
Last year it was 3,701 53
Increase, g3 )385 4 ,
No LICENSE —The Court of Quaner Ses
sions of Washington county, in this State,
hare determined to grant no license to lav
erns for the sale of liquor for the ensuing
year.
ty The quantity of land required to sat
isfy the claimants under the late Bounty Land
Act passed by Congress at its late session, is
estimated at seventy-fire million of acres.
UT Lola Monte* is about returning to the
stage, in her double capacity af actress and
danseuse. She has made an engagement with
Mrs. Sinclair, and after a brief tour of Cali
fornia, will return to "the States."
nr The Empress Eugenie of France be
gins to win the hearts of the French people,
even as Josephine of yore. She is more
beautiful than Josephine ; bnt perhaps not
so graceful or interesting—yet like ker, she
yearns for a child.
Col. Freemont has recovered bis suit
for 44,000 acres of land in California, through
the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, and
is thus made the richest man in America.
Col. F. paid three thousand dollars for the
land.
On the 12th inst,, by Rev. Wm. J. Eyer,
Mr. THOMAS L. DEAN, of Cattawissa, to Mise
REBECCA TRACS, of Montour township.
In Berwick, on the Bth inst., by Eld. E.M.
Alden, Mr. SILAS KISNER, and Miss C. K
KEENER, all of Berwick.
In Cattawissa Valley, on Sunday evening,
the Bth inst., by the Rev. I. Bahl, Mr. WM.
LINDEMUTH, and Miss S. A. LINDEMUTH, both
of the former place.
At the same time and place, by the same,
Mr. ABNER BIDDINGS, and Miss AMMA KLINE,
both of the former place.
On Thursday evening, April 6th, at the
residence of Mr. Dennis Pureed, by the Rev.
H.Tullidge, Mr. MATHIAS GIRTON, to Miss
MARTHA PURSELL.
Ic Bloomsburg, April 7th, by the same,
Mr. JOHN KLINE, and Miss EERIE VANCE,
youngesi daughter of Mr. Thos. Vance. „
In St. Matthew's Church, in Sunbnry, oa
Wednesday evening, the 11th inst., by Rev.
W. W. Montgomery, Dr. I. W. HveHEs, of
West Phila., to Miss A. E. DONNEL, dauah
ter of the late Judge Donnel, of Sunbury.
At Northumberland, on Friday, the (th
inst., JAMES TAGGART, Esq., aged 64 years
and 2 days.
SCHOOL.
rpHE subscriber would respectfully an
nounee to the citizens of Bloomsbur*
and vicinity, thai he will open a SCHOOL io
jthe Academy on Monday, Jvril 23<L for in
struction in the common anil some of the
higher branches.
Facilities will be furnished to such persons
as desire to prepaie themselves for teaching,
and if a clasa of such is formed in the school,
a course of lectures end instruction to them
will be delivered by Mr. Weaver, the Coon
ty Superintendent, without eny extra charge.
Ratu of Tuition for Ttrm of 12 Wtekt.
Orthography, Reading, Writing, and
Arithmetic commenced, $2 50
Arithmetic adv, Grammar & Geog
raphy, $ 25
Algebra, Rook-keeplog, Philosophy,
and Astronomy, 4 60
Latin oommeneed, 6 00
J. M HODGE.
Bloomsburg, April 17, 1665 i