The star of the north. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, June 07, 1855, Image 2
STAR OP THE NORTH. A. W. WEAVER.CPITOH. itHmmbont Thursday Jane 7,1848. TUB VIRGINIA ELECTION. Henry A. Wire lies been fur twenty years part the roost active and hard working man tit Aia "hot political contests of Virginia. He bat never coca asked himself which would be the slrong party; nor has be spared per sonal friend or foe when they crossed tbe line krbere an earnest conviction of duty im pelled him. He fought aa bravely in the minority with a chosen band devoted to de feat. aa be did when victory was within his reach. His intelligent political faith grew to be a passion in his impulsive, nervous tem perament ; and led him into every (ray. Hit zealous labor made oilier men great; and his unselfish devotion to hia friends made him many enemies. Some of lite old enemies, forgave him out of respect for hia manliness and boner; bat the friends whom his toil lifted into greatness never pardoned his devo- I led friendship. So he was not a strong man in the late contest, as most men understand "that term. He was not strong in (be acci dents of personal position and influence; and was only strong in the power of his cause, and in the manliness and zeal with which he gava himself up to its defenco. He threw his whole sonl into the battle, and neither calculated the chances of success nor the cost of the contest. He went into the (ray with the spirit of the old martyrs, and bat lied almos£single handed and alone—like a man Who defends hia cause until his las; comrade (alls by his side ar.d all seems lost, and fhen rouses himself to strike a last blow against the desecration of his altar and his hearth-stone. The cause of Free Mind and Free Religion was this man's altar, and Virginia was his hearth-stone. Strong men had fallen, and bold men cowered beneath the brute blow and brag of the monster.— Wise knew that tbe alarming wdragon (orm of the monster was only a false painted cover, and the Are it spit was only an artificial toy. One good blow with the trusty sburp- Janceof the Southern Knight and the hideous dragon lay at hie feet. The Virginia gentleman has his passions and his frailties like other men—his weak ness, no meanness—nothing to stain hislonor. He regards it an unpar donable sin to defraud a man of a dollar, but would throw away a hundred dollars to wreak his vengeance on a foe. To him a blonder is worse than a crime. He may have his rices but they are not base ones. He will have bis pride—his vanity, if you please; or perhaps his indoleuco, but he will do no dishonest thing. Hit very crimee'ara the faults of a noble nature, and he will never be guilty of a six penny peccadillo. Such a shameful game as was last winter witneaaed at Ilarrisbnrg for a Ujiiled Slates Senator could never be played in the "Old Dominion. 1 ' Bribery and corruption ia not the everyday charge egainat the legisla'.ora in the Stale knorvn aa "the mother of Presidents." Her statesmen -are not every day caught with their Angers ia the selfish speculations for which legisla tive aid is invoked. They wonld scorn te make politics a trade. Their occupation is statesmanship—their study political econo my. If they have conservatives among them they are not men who fear human nature, but who dread agrarianism anjl fanaticism. And in soma each mau as K. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, we think we see the next Presi dent of the Uni'ed States. The new party of darkltess has evidently within itself the discordant elements that disable it from ac complUhing any object. It has no unity of ,principle or purpose, and so can have no tunity of action. Its members are divided in their professions of political faith, and with many that profession is only a cloak. Tbe question of Humanity and Brother hood—of Christian charity and equality, which ia the basis of Republicanism wi'l lortn the issue in the next campaign; and Hunter of Virginia would make a true-heart ed standard bearer. His character, feelings and history would inspira confidence tu the people. On all questions of national econo my he is safe, and in contest hia clear mind would be a snre guide to victory. We have heard hia name mentioned "io this connection two years ago by men whoee judgment is not often deceived. And though other men have mauy friends with warm preferences; we believe the ehotce of Hunter for a Presi dential candidate would be discreet and safe. AiU-Liqusr Law Media?. The great anrf-.'tquor law meeting was held at Reading on Monday. Two bands paraded the streets atiJ received the delegations from a distance. Sers.'el large bay wagons came in with at least lta? hu man beings packed in and drawn by eight horses. A banner from Lancaster had tbe inscription—"no more clerical legislation," and on tbe revene "we go for tbe repeal of the infamous Jug Law." The meeting was organized in front of the market house, and 5,000 people are said to have been in the crowd. Dr. H. H. Muh lenberg presided, and Gen. Geo. M. Keim, J. Glancy Jonea, Charles Kessler, George M'Klroy of Lancaster and Mr. Zeigler of Hsrritbnrg addressed the meeting. Strong reeolutions were passed against tbe law, and one hundred guns were fired. Qt The Democrat spins ont a half column to My that it said nothing in the quarrel be tween Beat and Case. Well who cares if it didn't 1 How very clever and kind to Bast it seem* to grow ! Of Tbe high water of lha river occasion ed a break in tbe canal above Beach Haven last Sunday, but the break is again repaired and the boats moving- Tbe telegraph office in this place has been removed from Judge Rupert's store lo Dr. Vagnit'e new drug itore. ■ : Tin Bulletin Corrected. Tbe Philadelphia Bulletin should etato one rebuke f its presumption fairly. We did not link Koow-Nothmgism with Mr. Hike, Mrs Patterson and the Maaaauheserta legis lature until the Bulktm amassed for its new party all the virtue, temperance and religion of the land ; and began to join Democracy with Ram. When the tree planted by Ned Buntline and rowdyism, and nourished by bigotry, prejudice and fanaticism lhall once bring forth some better- fruit than the nullifi 1 cation act and deviltry of the Massachusetts 1 legislature, deoent men may ask for a gralt, 1 but not before. I Massachusetts ia the only plaoe where Know-Nothiugism had a fair chance to ex -1 bibit itself. It was neither cramped by old line Democrats or WJtigs. It sent out a t.tor -1 al reform committee to correot lbs religion of Catholic schools, and the most appropriate 1 man they cbuld find in all the legislature for 1 a hear! lo such a Committee was Mr. Hiss— the most proper company be could find for such a mission was Mrs. Patterson. A com mittee of investigstion had to be appointed lo investigate the conduct of the moral inves -1 ting committee. We judge the tree by its 1 fruit, and repeat that in the state of Salem witchcraft, where the lute abolition legisla ture abolished the constitution of the United Slates, is the only place where Know-Nolh ingism has proved ill faith by any works. It is only because the Bulletin tried to prove this was the only safe party for the Temper ance cause to rely upon that we felt like re buking sanctimonious hypocrisy. So shamelessly has that Know-Nollting | legislature shacked the moral sense-of the, people that Gen. Wilson, their own United] States Senator, was compelled to disown the i party that elected him ; anil'to rave his own I credit he rebtfked it iii the following strong ' terms: "He had no sympathy with that narrow, ! bigoted, intolerant spirit that would make j war upon a race of men because they hap-1 pened to be born in other lands—a dastardly ! spirit that would repel from our shores the j men who sought homes here under our free | institutions. Such a spirit was anti-Ameri- ; can, devilish; he loathed it from the bottom of his heart." He further said: " He regretted to say that there were some members of the American party in favor of excluding, by constitutional amendments all ] adopted citizens from office. He deeply de- | plored the action of the Legislature of Mass- i achusetts in proposing an amendment to the ] Constitution embodying this doctrine. Ho j hoped the gentlemen who had given their , voles for this proposition—a proposition that | would not permit Professor'Agassiz one pf ( the first living scientific men of the age, to fill, under Slate appointment, an office even of a scientific character—would see their er- I ror and retreat al once from a position wtiich | juslioe, reason and religion condemned.— | What little iufiuence he possessed would be given with a hearty irood will lo defeat this j propqs-iion.'' IT We are informed by a gentleman ac quainted with the facta that only so much of the 6th section of the English statute of frauds was enacted by the laie legislature as pro vides thai no person shall be made liable for ! (ho debt, default or mii-carrisge of another except by written contract, or sortfb memo randum signed by the party to be charged. Mr. Price was anxious lo enact the whole of the 6th section, and made a motion to that effect which was resisted and defeated. The provisions as to contracts relating*io lands would change oor present system which is settled and known; and would produce uncertainly and mischief. The requirement that all parole contracts should be execulatde within a year, is unsuiled to the circumstan-* ces and habits of our people. For these and other reasons, urged at the time, Mr. Price's motion was defeated. As to the provision actually passed it is one of some value. Following the exact phraseology of the English statute, it has al ready undergone judicial interpretation, and its application in almost every conceivable case is known. No one ought lo be liable for another's debt or default except upon cloar grounds. And without such a rule as this statute af fords, perjury is unuvoidabfe in a vast num ber of cases; and a dangerous coloring of ev idence, which is as mischievous as perjury, will produce a wrong verdict in many others. The cases of Petriken vs. Baldy, (found in the reports) Miller ti*. Jones, and others tried in this county that might be named, would never have been heard of under such a law as the new one. Courts have often regreted that such an act was r.nt in force with us. In the ab sence of such an act they have attempted by construction of the rules of 'evidence to reach its benefits. But, io the meantime, the law is left uncertain, and judicial legisla tion is, at the best, imperfect and unques tionable. APPOINTMENTS BT THE GOVERNOR.—O. N. il'orden (old-line Whig) Notary Public at Lewisu. ur fi) Union county. In place of H. C. Hiokok lu'fi i who has removed to Harris bnrg. Reuben Dowuir.g to be Proihoootary of Luzerne county, in plaoe of i)l, Anson Curbs, deceased. MORE THAN THEV WANT. —The San Fran cisco (California) auction marts are crowded with Chili and domestic flour; cargo affer cargo is offered, under the hammer, to be sold lo tbe highest bidder. The lowest sale of a good attiole of superfine has been at $5 50 per barrel. CP* Mr. A. C. Mensoh has received a large assortment of new goods—bis second arrival this spring. He keeps hia stock re plenished, as wall as he oan where so many customers carry away goods. It ia said that the Know-Nothmga have altered a portion of tbe Declaration of Independence, making it read thus: '-'Lite, Liberty and the pursuit of Irishmen.'' W Tbe Lancaster Saviug Institution has busted. Deficit $300,000. Assets $120,- 000. • { nOOKNOTKBS. LABOR: Its History end Prospects. By R. D. Owes. 30 cents. Fowler It Wells, New York. HINTS TOWASD REFORM. Consisting of Lec tures, Essays, Addresses and other Wri tings; Second edition, enlarged. By Hor ace Grealy. $1 25. Fowler & Wells, New York. Every intelligent laboter of the land Should read these two works. The first is a lecture, fall of thought and suggestive facts Though we cannot subscribe to all the views of Gree ly,Jjis book has much in it that will inter est, and awaken the sluggish mind to action. He ia earnest, and if there were more bouks in the same vein and pleasant style as this i one the world wonld be better for such ' resting. He has evidently the right end in view, and seeks the amelioration of human ' nature. If he errs as to means, let others seek out the true course. EDUCATION : its Elementary Principles found- j ed on the Nature of Mfln. By J. G. Spurz heitn, M. D. With an appendix, contain ing a Description of the Temperaments and Analysis of the Phrenological Facul ties. 87 cents. Fowler & Wells, N. Y. NATURAL LAWS OF MAN. By J. O. Spurzbeim, M. D. An important work. 30 els. The mental and moral philosophy of Spurz heim is true, sound, plain and simple. His style never strains for effect, because lie writes like a man who understands his sub ject, and feels that,it needs no meretrioious j adornment lo make it interesting or give it ] importance, llis work on Education has many valuable suggestions in it, and the |"Boston Med. 4" Surg. Journal says with jus j lice : "We regard this volume as one of the ; most important that has been offered to the ! public for many years." ] Tho terse little work on the Natural Laws ] of Man contains what has sineeAieeu re-wril | ton and said over again a thousand limes, ; but never with more strenglh and beauty than tit this compact-book. CHRISTMAS STORIES. Bv Charles Dickens. ("Boz.") ' ' DICSENS' NEW STORIES. Containing The sev [ en poor Travelers. Nine New Stories by the Christmas fire, Hard Times, Lizzie Leigh, The Miner's Daughter, Fortune Wiklred, the foundling, etc. T. B. Peter son, Philadelphia. Whatever prejudice Americans may now feci against Dickens because he spoke too freely and honestly of their faults, it must be confessed that his fictions are the most healthy works of their kind which the pres ent age has furnished us. The moral i 9 for cible, and yet not mawkish or Puritanic.— -The pictures are true and done by an artist. The style is not hacked that it may make make more noise, nor is the subject ever lasting blood, love and murder. The first of the volumes we note above contains some pleasant sketches of travel in Italy, and a Christmas Carol, The Chimes, Cricket mi the hearth, Battle of life and The Haunted Man. The edition is a fine one, printed on good, thick paper. Several cheaper editions are also publiebed by Mr. Peterson, and all the writings of Dickens in uniform style of print aud binding. THIRTY YEARS IN THE U. S. SENATE. By T. 11. Benton. 1). Appleton & Co., N. Y. This work has become almost as familiar to the American ear as the name of its auth or; but its contents should become quite as familiar to the American mind. While the work exists no National Bank can over be chartered in this republic. It has all the ego tism and arrogance which is characteristic of Benton, but it has also his intelligence; and is a true and faithful history of the govern ment while he was such an important part of it. The work contains facts whioh cannot he obtained elsewhere, and they are arranged so asilo interest lha readet as well as to instruct. Every man who makes any pre tension to political information should read it. CONSTITUTION OF MAN. By George Combe, The only authorized American edition.— With twenty engravings and a portrait of the author. Price, muslin, 75 els. Fow ler & Wells, New York. This standard work ought to be more gen erally circulated In lha shape here indicated. It is a work lo be studied, and the intelligent reader * ill find much assistance to the text in the edition published by Fowler & Wells ■s above indicated. It is creditable to the intelligence of tbe age that more than 300,- 000 copies of tbe work have been sold, and that it has been translated into the French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Italian Lan guages. Tbe moral responsibility of mau has never been more clearly demonstrated than by Combe in this book, and religion can desire no belter auxiliary to Holy Writ. MEDICAL REFORMER: edited by Drs. John & Pretty man. Printed at the Office of the "Starol the North,'' Bioomeburg, Pa. The June number of this periodical is pub- ' fished, and its coatenle are very readable— We gave one extract last week from Dr. John and another upon our outside to-day from the pen o( Dr. Prettyman. Tbe sxtract from Prof. Friend's lecture is also published in the book. In the mechanical finish of tbe work we improve each month. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK—The June number of this magazine has beeu received. The la dies will find the different departments of fe male accomplishments filled with useful in formation. The engravings, colored fashion plates, patterns, &c., are very pretty, and can not fail to please. With the July number begins a new volume, and the present would be a proper time to subscribe for this valua ble magazine. $3 per annum. Address L. A. Godey, Philadelphia, Pa. COIT or LIVING IN PARIS.—The high cost of living is as much a subject of complaint in Pari* aa it is in this country. Beef coats three franess or fifty-four cents a pound. A chicken costs five francea or nearly a dollar. A turkey coats ten frsnces. Game in season U worth more than its weight in gold. A leg of lamb, which a year ago sold for about three fiances, is not at present to be had un der five ; fish has followed tbe ascensional movement in proportion. The exhibition of the World's Industry would necessarily raise the price, and beef, it was expected,Brould be four franoes a pound. tW Tbe Pension Department ha* com menced id jssue land warrants. EDUCATIONAL. School Appropriation. The following are the sums dun to the several towashipa of this county as School Appropriation. Benton 865 80 Locust 8156 80 Bloom 191 80 Mifflin 95 90 Briarcreek 134 05 Maine 50 05 Beaver 65 80 Madison 112 70 Catiawisia 127 40 Mountpleasant 67 55 Centre 88 90 Montour 31 85 Fishingrtreek 86 45 Orange 93 10 Franklin 42 00 Pine 58 45 Greenwood 107 45 lloaringcreek 41 65 Hemlock 91 35 Scott 116 55 Jacksou 39 20 Sugarloaf 45 50 UNIFORMITY OP HOOKS. An intelligent school teacher of Locust township in this coonty writing to us says: "In the progress of my labors and experi ence in teaching, the greatest difficulties I have had to encounter, not only as an em barrassment in the arrangement and ratine of school exercises, but as an insurmounta ble barier to the desirable success and im provement of my pupils, has been the com plicated variety of class books brought into the schools." In answer to his request: we have never met a Board of Directors that we did not nrgo this subject to their attention. In some instances the Directors have done their duty by adapting a sef of books; bfat the teachers have failed to enforce that act, by still recog nising every kind of book* brought into the school. But if people and directors wish ( good and cheap schools they can only have them by a uniformity of text books, then en larging the school districts, and employing only competent teachers. PROM THE WEST. An a number of our friends Lom Orange and Greenwood havo lately started on a Weslorn tour of inspection, the following extract from a letter of H. J. Wolverlon of Sunbury will be interesting to readers in the upper end of the county. It is copied from the Sunbury Gazette, end is well written. It is dated st Fort Das Moines, lowa. Fort Des Moines is situated on the Des Moines river, which ia navigable for sleam boats a portion of the year. It contains a populatioa of about 1500, all the houses and stables are full to overflowing. Its location is a low one, about nine or ten feet above low water ma-k, and from what I am told, eome few feet below high water mark.— 8 Our tickets from Sunbury to this place (Fori Des Moines) exclusive of oor living and incidental expense here, cost just $37 00. Living is no small item of expense here, and at for incidentals, all along the line and here they are a set of sharks. All have come here to make a for tune, and they asp trying to do it. They all know yon, and know just what you war.l, and if you would want what they want you too want, you would want them to have all your money. Fersora coming here must look and judge for themselves. It is* diffi cult to get an impartial statement of existing facts. The statements of lawyers, landlords and speculators, are all ex parte The doctors seem to be lights of the sec ond degree here, unless they are specula tors. Nobody wants them un'.esrf in extre mis. They sro generally young and of hum ble means; their eyes are not so widely open to speculations as some of the other citizens; they generally do a good business, their statements are generally the most relia ble: they can also tell you where to gel good horses. The men here are very socia ble; the ladies, too, look nice and pleasant, but don I speak. 1 'spose its because they a'int ac quainted. The country here for beauty and fertility can uot be surpassed. It ex ceeds lire most sanguine expectation of its visitors. The improvements though this Stale are also almost without a parallel for (he short time it has been settled. The eas tern portion begins to assume the appearance of some of the eastern Slates, excepting the old and delapidated buildings in some of our eastern Stales. Land here in lowa is as high as it is in our own Stale. Lots in Fort Dos Moines and in lowa City salt at the rate from fifty to one hundred dollars a foot Iroot. Wheal is worth from 81 42 to 81 45 per bushel in lowa City, corn and oats 25 cents. Ia Forte Des Moines wheat brings from 70 to 75 cents, corn and oats 20 cents. Medium sized two-story houses rent for from 8250 to 8300, per annum; Hotels from SIOOO to 83000 per annum; taxes rate from one to one and a half mills on the dollar for County and Slate purposes; legal interest is 10 per centum, hut money here readily and safely commands 40 per centum. The immigration hither exceeds any rea sonable idea of any person seeing it by at least one half, and will increase with the fa cilities of (raveling. There are now three railroads in progress of coneliuction to this plgce, one from Lyons, one from Devenport, and one from the city of Muscatine. This Slate is now destined to be the garden of the West. I like it belter than any country 1 have ever seen. The soil is deep and rich, the land is level but dry. The traveller here frequently finds himself in the midst of one vast prairie, without any object to obstruct hit vision, and bia eye oarries him on to where the Indian sky and laud seem to meet each other, and almost imagines the visual' line that girts bint 'bout the world's extreme. This country oflera great pecuniary advanta ges to farmers and speculators ID real estate. The professions are crowded, and tradesmen are sufficiently numerous for the demand, except carpenters. There are no stones here, therefore no stone masons needed. Oxen here take the place of horses, aod lead on the prairie grass. Tbey break their prairies first by a team of Irom six to ten yoke of oxen. Bf Wednesday's Mall. The Steamship Afrtoa brings Liverpool dates to the 26th insl. The Vienna Confer ence ia to be re-opened. On the 19th the Russians made a sortie at Sebastopol, but no decisive result followed. The British parliament was to be opened on tbe 4th of June. It was expected that by tha 20th of Jane every available man in Great Britain belonging to tbe infantry regi giants will have embarked for the war. Correspondence of the " Star." FROM PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, Jane 4th, IBSFC. The Female Medical College of (hit city is attracting some attention from the auccesa of aome of its graduates. Of theae there hare been 64, and some have earned from 850 to 8100 per week lecturing on Physiolo gy, while others have realized 81,000 from their drat year's practice. The College ia n ow modestly and pleasantly located at No. 226Areh Street. Prof. Cleveland is Presi dent and Marmeduke Moore Treasurer of the Institution. To place the College on a per manent basis i:a projectors are now selling out yearly and life scholarships, as ia the custom with Colleges in these day*. To the lovers of art the Academy of Fine Arts is the moat pleasant place in the City for. a visit—no, it must be for a day's study. Such paintings os the " Deliverance of Ltyden" by Wihkamp, " Death on the Pale Horse" copidd by Allston from West, or such ata. tuary as *Steinhauser's Hero and Leander are each in themselves a whole volume for contemplation and reflection. A very wicked case came up before Al derman Hibbard on last Saturday, proving a conspiracy to ruin a family and aome da ring feats of a pair of bold, bad but "strong , minded" women. It was illeged that a young daguerrean artist recently travelled through Pennsylvania with his mother and two sisters, of whom one was about twenty yeara of age and quite beautiful, and the other nine years. At a small village in Jef ferson county, they look up their quarters at a snug hotel kept by a very worthy gentle man, the husband of a fine looking woman, and the father of an interesting daughter.— Tho travellers now set their wits to work to get this nice home for themselves. While ihu landlord was absent the young dagtier reotypisl induced the wife to elope with him to New York, and Irom thence they came to this city, having along with them the child of the faithless wife. The landlord, on his return home, was greatly alarmed and uneasy at the absence of his wife, the alleged conspirators having told him that she had merely taken a ride with the young man. In the meantime ev ery eflbtt was made by the mother and daughter to induce the forsaken husband to forget his wife, and cling to the "girl left be hind her;" but he refused their entreaties, though, at the same time, he acknowledged 'thai he only wanted his child, and that the mother Should r.ever be clasped to his bo som again. The mother and daughter, find ing their schemes unprosperous, made tracks for this city, and, on their arrival, sought out the runaways, and stopped at the same hotel with them. The disconsolate hushaod also came on, and, after a diligent search, discov ered their wherebouts. The wife, hearing of the arrival of her husband, removed, with her daughter, to another hotel, and thus sa ved herself from arrest at the time the others were taken in charge. She was, however, discovered on Saturday, aud taken to the Al derman's office, and she was about to be committed to prison, when the huband re quested the officer to take her to the hStel, and see that she was kent in close confine ment. This was done, and the husband slept in an adjoining room with the officer, who used his best exertion* to obtain the wife's forgiveness. He at Inst relented, and the same day returned to bis home with her who had caused him such anguish and disquie tude. The other parlies were held to bail for their appearance whenever wanted, the lanJlord of the bouse at which they are now residing giving security for them, notwith standing their indebtedness to him is quite a large amount. The whole ease, according to the allegations, exhibits one of the cool est eftotla to obtain a good honr.e that we have ever seen on record; and also shows that this travelling family are as devoid of feeling as they are of principle. Liquor Excitement In Portland, PORTLAND, June 2.—Mayor Neal Dow, in anticipation of the action of the City Coun cil, made a purchase of 810,000 worth of li quor lor the city agency.. The liquor remain ing on his bands, several citizens entered a complaint under the law, and a warrant was j issued for the seizure of the liquor. The Mayor has called a special meeting of the Al derman this afternoon, when i! was voted to purchase it for the oily. The affair has occa sioned a great excitement, and there ia much anxiety to know how the matter will iermi-< nate. SCCOND DESPATCH. A Liquor Riot—The Military Called Oat—The Mob Fired On—One Man Killed—Several Others Wounded. PORTLAND, June 3.—At 10 o'clock last night a noisy mob assembled about (he building used as the city liquor agency, and attempt ed to break in for the purpose of destroying the liquor stored there. The police attempt ed to preserve tho peace, but the mob becom ing more threatening, two military companies were called out to enforce order. These pre cautions, it was hoped, would deter the mob. but, at a later hour, they broke into the buil. ding, when the military drawn up opposite fired a volley, killing Ephraim Bobbins, of E&stport, and wounding several others, soma severely. A sound of the Rifle Guard followed up the volley, by a charge upon the mob with bayonets, which caused a rapid dispersion. One old gentleman, who is said to have been quietly on his way home, received a severe bayonet wound during this charge. A few arrests were made by the military, when the mob entirely dispersed, and peace appears to be restored, though an intense excitement prevails. Another man is reported to have since died of his wounds. BP" A " WORK or NECESSITY.—'The Police Court of Boston, on Friday, decided that sha ving on Sunday ts a work of necessity, as mnchso as preaohing a sermon, and no more of an ofTence against the Sunday law. The barber artists were, therefore, discharged, in vested-with the right of free labor, with razor and shears, seven days in the week. ty Mr. David Reder k elected Treasurer of the Lewisbnig Savings Institution in place Of Mr- Shelter, tesigned. For Ihe Slur of the North. NEW YORK CORHKspONDKNCE. Nfew YORK, MONDAY, June 4, 1865. THE METROPOLIS. The Great Raby Exposition—Probable Exhi bition of Marriageable Young Ladies— Where war Malselt Born—Matielt a* a lover—Hit Faithfulness—Hie use of hove Letters—A Niw Book bp Henry WardJßtechtr. The Tenure of the coming week ia the opening of ihe Exposition of Infantile Hu manity. The one hundred fat and whole some specimens called for, Ihe public are informed by advertisement, have been se cured, and there is no further room except for twins, triplets, and quarterns, or still more exaggerated instances of human fecun dity. It is therefore an established certainty that, in spite of the opposition of leading journals, the appeal of Mrs. E. Oakes Smith to American mothers, and the general incli ' nation to ridicule the project, this strange exhibition will actually oceur. The grand Baby Show will be inaugurated this very day; we are not informed with what partic ular ceremonies. Undoubtedly the vocal ef forts of the hundred and more infants will form a prominent portiou of the exercises; and it may be another item in the pro gramme, that Barnum will undertake to kits the mothers—a sort of service in which be seems lately to have taken some prepara tory discipline, with a*oertain German lady, whose husband wished to extort 825,000 from the Great Showman, as a compensa tion to himself for the intrusion on his mari tal rights. But it is of little consequence' how the show is to be opened. The impor tant fact js, that it i< to be opened at all Therein is Barnam's triumph. Against the host of extraneous, adverse influences, and againt the still stronger drawback of the inherent ridiculousness of his own project, Barnum has succeeded. Having got his hun dred babies, he will find no difficulty in gel- ] ling'people to look at thenf. ] When the babies have gone home, the ! unrebuked and progressive genius of the successful showman will proceed to some new and yet unattained depth of audacity. He will perhaps announce an exbilftiion of single ladies of marriageable ages, with suitable premiums for their different degrees of fatness, sixe and beauty, to be adjudged by,a committee of disinterested bachelors, and with extraordinary largess to each fe male on exhibition who shall sncceed in consummating there, a marriage with one of the visiting gentlemen. This would not be the first instance in which the great show man has made the sacred marriage cremony a subject of vulgar speculation. The espe cial champious of morality among the urban press mig.it denounce the but that would not intimidade nor yet incense Ihe cool-headed projector. He would even And satisfaction in this notice of himself and Vis schemes, as so much advertising gratuitously furnished. He would never cowhids'ibe ed tors, or sue them ftfr libel, but would say in the language which Neilekens addressed to ; his acquaintance of the press—"My doar friend, abuso me as much as you please; but whatever you do, don't pass me by in silence." Depend upon it, if Barnum ad vertises the Exhibition of Marriageable Young Ladies, it will turn out a brilliant suc cess. I have just keen looking over proof-sheets I of the "Star Papers," a book by the Rev. Henry Ward Beeclier. This work will have an immense sale, if for no other reason than that the public will be anxious to see how Mr. Beecher succeeds as a writer of light lit erature. As a controversialist, his ability is known all over the Union, and to some ex tent in Great Britain ; but there are many : ' who have never looked upon hind as possess- I ing any other knowledge or power than that which his connections with a religious sect, and with many of the real and sham reforms lof the age, has called into play. But Mr. Beecher has shown himself in everything he has undertaken, to be a vigorous man; in the '-Star Papers" not less so then elsewhere. 1 think if be had gone into business as a mer chant, or had become a farmer, or a soldier, be would have been as much distinguished for go-a-head-a.ivencss in any of those pur suits as he now is in the church. The "Star Papers" contain letters from Europe, articles on Irouling, school reminiscences. &c., &c , that formerly appeared in the New York lnde pendent , with which Mr. Beecher is connect ed* There is nothing in the whole book tbat even approximates sectarianism, and for that ,reason it will, I think, have the effect of ma king for its author hosts of new friends and admirers. Among the important matters of discussion at present engaging the attention of our city government, is that of the birth-place of Mat sell, the chief of our police. Witness after witness has been brought forward, and the subject is yet as much in the fog as when Ihe brilliant idea first entered Ihe noodle of an Al derman,of investigating the momenfous ques tion. Where teas Matsell born? The fact that he was born. implies the necessity of a place, unless their was some such relation be tween him and his birth-place as existed be tween Peter Schlemyl and his shadow, The latest and most important testimony derived is that of Mrs. Sarah McKeever ( nee Wether ell) which-is reported to have occasioned much sensation among the committee of in qnisitionr This lady testified thai she was acquainted with Chief Matsell, when he was a fast young man; that he made love to her, and she returned his profession with sineere affection. But the faithless swain wts at the same limn courting Ellen Barrel, whom he finally married. And that when he deserted her (Miss Wetherell) so perfidiously, ha nailed up the lender epistle of affection which she had indited to him, in his intended fath en-in-law's dye-house, and made them and herself the bolt of hie heartless ridicule. A man who could thus behave himself to a la dy whose liability to- ridioule lay in the faot of her loving a fellow so thoroughly con temptible, ought to suffer all that inquisitori al committees upon the subjeot of bis birth place are oapable of inflioting upon him.— Give the committee 'more power'—let the investigation be pursued—constitute the pub lie a board of examination, and authorize every man,aye, and every woman, who meets the Chief, to demand of him where he was born. "i Temporal Power of the POPE. A general council of the Catholic Bishope was recently held at Baltimore, and an ad dress issued by them to the Catholic laity, in ' which the question of the civil and spiritual ' allegiance of members of their church is [ fully explained. We extraot ihe follow ing : r Beloved Brethren of the Laity, we em brace you all with parental affection, and en. ■ treat you to waik circumspectly, for the days i are evil. You know what manner of pre cepts we have given you in the name of the I Lord Jesus; for this is the will of God, your ! sanctification. Practise patience, forbear > ance, charily towards all. In the exercise of your rights as free citizens, remember ; your responsibility to God, and act as free men, but not ae having liberty as a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God. Res pect and obey the constituted authorities, ' for all power is from God, and they that re sist, resist the ordinanoe of God, and pur chase for themselves damnation. To the General and State Governments you owe al legiance in ail that regards the civil order; the authorities of the Church challenge yoct obedience in the things of salvation. We have no need of pressing ibis distinction, which you fully understand and constantly observe. Yon know that we have uniformly langht you, botb publicly and privately, to perform all the duties of good citizens, and that we have never exacted of you as we ourselves have never made, even to the high ' est ecclesiastical authority, any engagements inconsistent with the duties we owe to the country and its laws. On opportune occasion, we have avowed these principles, and even in our communications to the late Pontiff', we rejected as a calumny the impu tation that we were in civil matters subject to his authority. Be not disturbed at the : misvlMements of our tenets which are daily J made, or at the effort to deprive us of our | civil rights, and of the confidence and esteem of olir fellow citizens. Formiatrieas is the combination for this purpose, we do not despair that the justice and good sense of the nation will soon dis cover the groundless character of the eufpi cian thrown on the fidelity of Catholics, whose religion teaches them to respect and maintain the established order of society, under whatsoever form of government they may be placed. Brethern, let the light of your example shine before men, that they may see your good work and glorify your Father who is lb Heaven. Pray for the con version and salvation of all men, for this ie the will of God, who desires that all men may be saved and may come to the knowl edge of the truth. * Given under (tit hands, in Provincial Council, at Balliuiofe, .the 13th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1855. fF. PATRICK, Archbishop of Baltimore. tR. VINCZKT, Bishop ot Wheeling, F MICHAEL, Bishop of Pitisburg. ! fJoHN, Bishop of Richmond, j tJ- NEPOMUCEKE, Bishop of Philadelphia. ffosuE, Bi-hop of Erie. J BARKY, Administrator of Savannah. * P. N. LYNCH, D. D, Administrator of Charleston. On the 30th ult., by the Rev. Wnt. J. Eyer, Mr. JOHN ADAMS, nud Miss HANNAH CROSS LEY, both of West Hemlock, Columbia co. In Berwick, on the 26th ult.. by the Rev. I. Bali I, Mr. JEREMIAH BOND, of Mifflin twp., to Miss SUSAN RITTKR, of Salem Luzerne, co. On Thursday morning, May 24th, in Wilt iameport. by Rev. Joshua H, Derr, Dr. NA THANIEL 11. DEBN, of Bucks county, (former ly of Columbia county;) and Miss MAST ANN, daughter of C. H. Doebler, Esq., for merly ot Bloorosburg. By the Rev. D. S. Tobias, on the 22d ult, in Rebersbnrg, Mr. JOHN H. ADMAN, Mer chant ot Logan's Mills, Clinton county, and Miss AMELIA TOBIAS, of Brush Valley, Cen tre county, Pa., and formerly of Blooms burg. QMHBSfe In Madison township, Columbia county, on the 17th of May, JACOB SWISHER, Esq., aged 60 years and 1 month. On the 29ih of April last, of Cholera, at Lexington, MO., JOHN H. BOWMAN, aged 60 years. The deceased was formerly a well-known resided! of Colombia county, and for Ihe last twenty years a citizen of St. Joseph's eounty, Michigan, where he was much esteemed and respected. He was one of the most en terprising men of ihe West, and has been several times honored with a seat in the Leg islature of Ihe State of Michigan. IOLLS AT BEACH HAVEN COLLECTOR'S Orrtce, J Beach Haven, May 31, '55. 1 H. W. WEAVER, Rao.: Dear Sir,— The amount of Toll collected at this Office during the mor.th of May, 1855, ia 827,109 08 Amount per last report, 13,136 21 Whole amount from Ist Dec. last 40,145 29 " " same perlbd last year 43,765 23 Decrease " " this year 83,619 94 Respectlolly yours, PETER ENT, Collector. ASTOTYDING WORK BYA SPIRITUAL DELUSIONS.— BEING A KEY to the Mysteries of Motmonism and lb* "Spiritual YVife" system, as praotised by Brigham Young and his associates at Great Salt Lake City. By a Mormon and hie wife, secedera from tbat singular aect. Beautifully illustrated. 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