STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Illooittsburg, Thursday July 20, 1855. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ARNOLD PLUMER, j OR VENANGO COUNTY, nuOK NOTICES. TIIE OLD FAIIM HOUSE. By Mrs. Caroline 11. I Buffer Laiiig. Philadelphia: Chas. H. Da- ( vis, 39 South Fourth Slteet. Mrs. Laing—formerly Miss Butler—is an ] authoress of no mean reputation ; and in the work now before us, she has produced one ' ol the best pictures of tiie varying lights and j shades of American domestic lite that has j yet been presented. Her style is pure and 1 sprightly, her characters graphically drawn, and the whole plot of the story is managed with copsiderable artistic skill. We can hon estly recommend this book to our readers as a very plensant fiction, which will serve to interest, if it does not instruct them. BLACK DIAMOND; or Humor, Satire and Sen timent treated scientifically by Professor Julius Cecsar Hannibal; in a series of bur lesque lectures darkly colored, originally published in the "New York Picayune." A. Ranney, 195 Broadway, New York. Every newspaper reader has met with some of tbe quaint and spicy sayings of the Professor, and we think no one has met with so much that hp will not wish for more. The book is brim full of wit and satire, and is every thing it professes to be. It furnishes that kind of dry humor which is only to be Toon I in America, and is polished by tbe art of a gentleman and a scholar. GODEY'H I.ADV'S BOOK for August is receiv ed ahead of time. It is an excellent number, from first page to last. The plate of fashions, and patterns for a variety of articles of dress and household use, will particularly com mend it to the ladies, while the literary con tents will suit all sorts of readers who can appreciate what is really good. Godey's Magazine, like good wine, keeps on im proving with age; and as a publication for ladies, it may be said to have no equal.— -With tbe number, the editor sends us a sup plement containing some thirty receipts for tbe most approved Summer Drinks—all tem perance compounds, of course—which may be bad for 12£cts. or four postage stamps, on application to Louis A. Godey, 113 Chest nut Street, Philadelphia. the Manner Township. On last Friday, Mr. Reuben Kuittle coffee ' tor of Franklin township, paid to the County 'Treasurer tbe lull amount of Slate lax due from that township for the present year, and • received a receipt in full. His oxhoaerations upon the whole stale tux were only 53 cents. We believe a number of o'her townships might settle their duplicates just as easily as Franklin, il the people and collectors would try. For the preseut, Franklin is ahead.— ' Who comes next 1 Merwlck Camp AlcelUg. A CAMP MEETING W ill be bekl on Berwick Circuit —to commence on Fiiday, ihe 10th of August, 1855. Tbe grove in which the meeting will be 'beld lies some two miles north east of Ber wick, on the laud of Alexandei Jamison,. Esq., and near the residence of Mr. Ruuben Kisner. THE DIFFERENCE.—When a mar ol foreign | birth becomes a citizen of tbe United States, | he takes an oath to Buppcrt the Constitution. I When one who is an American by birth joins the Know Nothings, he takes an oath to op pose that Constitution. This is die difference between them. As obdeience to the Const i tution and laws is the first duty of ail Ameri can citizen, let ua BSK which of the two' is, in spirit, tbe best American, and fittest to rnle America J LT The crop of wheal in Union county, Pa., a wheat growing county, is unusually large this season. The only difficulty the far mers encounter is that of sotting hands to take it off. Without the aid of the patent reapers, now in use, much grain would, no 1 doubt, be lost in the fields. In Lewisburg, wo understand, that contracts have been en tered into for the delivery of the new crop wheat In thirty days, at 31 50 per bushel.— Tbis is still a high figure for those who have to buy, but yet a heavy reduction on 82 50, the rating price for tbe last two months. ONE of the planks in tbe Know-Nothing I platform is "that tho office should look for i tbe man, and not the man for the office."— j It appears that the office of Sheriff in Louis- I ville ia now looking for eight Know-Notbings I to fill it. Oh, humbug, thou art not confined | to Baroum and tbe wooly horso '. ( ••••' r IV A public examination of Mr. Biad- t ley's school at Danville will take place on t the 27tb inst. The Rev. Dr. Yeomatis will { deliver an address. ' - c t Our acknowledgements are due to the Hen. ' H. B. Wilght, for a copy ol the ninth annual ' report of the Board of Regents, of the Smith- eonian Institution—a valuable public docu- f meot. > ..m . * r 17* The Lycorfung Mutual Insurance Co. t has paid 8534,772 60 for losses and damages t by fire. It has now 15,611 policies, cover- i ing 820,000,000 of property, and $2,140,000 f in premium notes. C 7" We are informed that Gov. Pollock t lias appointed James Hepburn, Esq., of Phil- I adelphia, DLW Reporter for the Supreme Court. I i— t OF On Saturday last, six hundred land [ warrants were issued. Hereafter between s five and six hundred warrants will be issued b daily. The averaga heretofore has been two v hundred and fifty daily. C Correspondence oj the "Star. 1 ' From Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, July 21.—Among the ITEMS of gossips is the report that tho Know-Noth ings will not nominate a Canal Commission er this fall, but intend to lull the Democrats into a false security by n seeming " masterly inactivity'' and then to make a desperate strike at the election for members of the leg islature. This will be a faint copy after tho Russian trick of retreating at Sevastopol un til they led the enemy just over the mine, and then by putting a match to the hidden magazino beneath, blowing up some 3,000 of the enemy. But the Democrats will like ly be looking out for secret mines. Great excitement has been produced by the outrage committed in open day upon the Hon. J. H.Wheeler the accredited minister of the United Stales to' Nicaragua. He took passage on the steamer Washington with his llireo tiegro servants who accompanied him to Nicaragua from choice and not from com pulsion. A frantic abolitionist l'assmore Williamson, who wna concerned in the in famous Christiana affair headed a band of negroes, and entering the steamer forced Mr. Wheeler's servants to leave him. The servants insisted that they waned to "go with their master," but when Wheeler inlet feted to protect them, one of the lawless gang of negroes thrust himself in front ami said with a threatening gesture, if you inter fere I will cut your throat on the spot from ear to ear. Several geutlemen offered to as sist Mr. Wheeler in the forcible reclamation of his property, and the summary punish ment of his assailants, but he dosired no ri otous outbreak, and answered that he ' lived in a land of laws, and would 6eek whatever redress he might have in a court of justice." The general opinion was Williamson should have been put under the jurisdiction of Judge Lynch, and very few men in Mr. Wheeler's situation tvnclJ have left him off with life. It was a most shameful and bru tal public robbery, and would be heralded a burning disgrace to any nulion of barbarians. A habeas corpus has been issued by Judge Kane of the District Court of the United States. Yesterday, Arthur Hughes, Special Agent of the Post office Department, arrested at Reading a man named Adam H. Smith, who had been for a time a clerk in the Fort office at Richmond, Northampton county, on the charge of robbing the mails. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, confessed to taking one letter, containing 3100, mailed at Strottdsburg, for tho Kaston Bank. He had purchased with this money a horse and wag on, and had been on a pleasure excursion to Harrisburg, Carlisle, &e., with a female com panion, tvhnm he bad persuaded to run off with him from Plainfiekl, near Richmond.— The horse, which was still in his possession, and is valued at $175, he gave into the charge of Coi. Hughes. He had disposed of I the wagon but a few hours previous to his arrest. Several letters had been missed for some g time from the Post office at Rtclimand, where Smith had charge of the mails tem- I porarily, and a con; le of weeks since suspi cion had rested on him, from his baving in his possession several SIOG bills. Hearing these suspicious he made immediate arrange ments to leave, and telling bis wife he was obliged to be absent for a day or two, he t went over to Plainfield township, and in i dttced a young girl, to whom he had been paying his addresses for soms limp, to run > awuy with him. Tbe young lady is said to • be ol a highly respectable family, and pre j viously bore a good reputation. Smith was i lodged iu jail at Reading. Gov. Iteider and the Mtssourlaos. The Kansas Herald relates tbe following of I Governor Reedcr: , "On one occasion, a gentleman approach ed GoV. Reeder, and said he heard a friend at i Weston, Mo , rematk that if Gov. Reeder re turned to the Territory be would gather up a company of men, ten thousand if'neces sary; and search every part of the territory, if need be, to find and hang him. The Gov ernor very cordially lliauked his informant for the intelligence, and remarked: "Tell j'our friend that whether he comes at the fia-'tl of ten hundred or ten thousand men ii will rrr.'ike no difference; I skull never be mobbed ; and your friend, if ho makes a demonsira'ion in that direction, may rest as sured that minutes are numbered, for I will put a bc'tl through his head, though I know 1 shall be cot into inch pieces ten min utes afterwards.- I shall pursue my legiti mate business uniniei'tupled, else tho invader of my rights shall pay l ho forfeit. Struck by tn'tblnlnp. Oil Friday afternoon last, a heavy thunder storm passed over this place Ii om North-west to South-east. The lightning st.'uck a tree hi North Danville, scattering it to |. ieces, and also the sloie of Messrs. Hancock & Foley, near the Rough & Ready Rolling Mill jn i.Vis borough, but fortunately without doing mi.'cb damage. It entered tbe chimney above iha' room occupied as an office, and went down tbe studding into the ground, knocking off the plastering, and breaking several looking glasses, clocks, &c., in its course. The wife of Mr. Jacob Miller, standing near tho coun ter iu the store, at least thirty feet distant, was prostrated by tbe fluid, and severely but not dangerously injured. She remained io- j soiisibla for about five minutes, but the i prompt application of. water and timely med ical assistance soon restored her to conscious ness, and she has now, we are glad to say, nearly entirely recovered from the effects of thesltoke. There were a number of persons iu the store at tbe time, but nobody else was hurt. — Danville Democrat. PBOHIBITION IN ILLINOIS—The full official vote on the subject of a prohipitory liquor law, at tbe late election in Illinois, was 78' 239 for the measnre, and 95,571 against it, leaving a majority of 17,332 against. Cook county, which contains tbe city of Chicago, polled 8,989 votes, and gave 1,375 majority ' against the law. The total vote cat! iu the Stale on tbe subject was 173,810, but tbe full i vole of tbe Stale would probably exceed 200, i 000. Correspondence of the Star. From Poltsvllle. POTTSVILLE, July 23.—The Know Nothings have had quite a boisterous time in forming their county ticket, but the nominations are now made and reported as follows: For Sen ate John B. McCrenry of Tremont. For As sembly Wm. E. Hammer, Francis Dangler, County Commissioner Peter Miller, Sheriff Daniel Koch, Treasurer F. A. Whitaker. The contest was mainly between the Cameron and anti-Cameron wings of the faithful. The. Cameron men are defeated for the present, but they know that their voles will bo need ed and so wait for tho nominees to hand over their pledges to Simon before they commit themselves. Charles Fraily was de feated for Senate by over 400 majority. Both he and Robert M. Palmer, Cake, Viiet and | Co., are with tbe'KuovviNothinga. That old patriarch C. M. Slraub, with Uernaid Keilly and George D. Boyer, are now Ibo faithful sentinels on tho watchlower of the people's cause. Siraub is truly a man of the people, and whatever he may lack in over-refine ments and delicate polish he fully makes up in gooJ, strong common sense. J Agase of some interest was tried here be i fore arbitrators lately,. It was an action ! brought by Dr. Gorman vs. Rev. J. S. Mortis of Tarnuqua, lor alleged slander from the pul pit and privately. It appeared that the cler gyman nail warned Ins congregation piivate ly and publicly against employing Dr. Gor- I mar.—as being a drunkard, and "more like a shoe-black or a butcher than a Doctor"— that he was a "blackguard" and had not paid his board—that he (the Reverend) "would as soon see the devil come to see his people or any one as Dr. Gorman." The language was strong throughout. But in reply Mr. Morris said the Doctor had neither character nut practice to be inju red, and proved that he had not paid his bills at Pittstoti where he previously lived and tried to practice. It appeared that he left Itis partner there to pay bis board and rent, and collected debts which were due to his part ner. Dr. Darkin, the partner, testified that one day when he came into the office Gor man was drunk on the settee, and said he had debauched a female patient. German's land lady LISO testified that lie got beastly drunk, ' and she saw men take his boots off and tum ble him into bed—that before her husband was dead he promised to make a lady of her 1 —said be preferred her to the Widow Malo -1 ney whom he sparked, &c., &c. Site turned 1 him out of her house and tefused to let him 1 come in again. The award was in favor of Mr. Morris, and the Doctor to pay the costs. Kansas Legislature—Message of Governor [ Itecdcr. KANSAS CITY, July 10.—The message of Gov. lleuder has been submitted to the Le , gi.-lature, just assembled. TbeGovernorcon [ tends for the right of the people to settle their , own affairs, uninfluenced by other States, and says the Territorial Legislature may act on , the question of slavery to t> limited extent, and temporarily regulate it. lie directs at . leniion to the definition of the boundaries of the counties and distric's, and the qualifica , lions of voters, and recommends the enact , meut of a-striugent liquor law, on accouul of j the Indians. He thinks a light tax only will s be required; contends that pre-emptions may , be taxed, and recommends the immediate establishment of the seat of government. He , announces the population of the Territory to , be 3,383 females, and 5,133 males. , The Legislature passed a bill fixing the . Shawnee Mission as the temporary seat of , government. This bill the Governor vetoed, but it was subsequently passed by the Legis lature over the veto. Tho Legislature then adjourned to meet at tbe Shawnee Mission. THE K. N.'S AT READING.—Mr. George C, Slouch one of the editors of the Washington (Pa.) Commonwealth, and an aider and ab bellor in tbe election of Gov. Pollock, speaks thus of the appearance of the Know-Noth ings at Reading :—"The Council was com posed of what I conceived, judging from I saw of- them outride, respectable looking body of gentlemen ; but the profanity of some indicated pretty clearly that llioy were not entitled to ail the 'decency' and 'monthly' to which theymake pretensions. A very large number of Ike members are, I know, old broken down politicians—men who had lost whatever influence they may have bad in the political world, ar.J, like many in Washington oounty, were induced tojoin in the vain and duiusive hope of re-building their IOM fortunes politically." ET The Whig Convention of Cambria comity met in Ebensburg on Tuesday list. After Examining tho credentials of delegates, a pledge was signed by sijfteen uf those pres ent, that they had not been, were not now, and never would become members of any secret poliiira! organization, know by the name of "Know-Nothings," or any other name. Five of the delegates relnsed to sign the pteJge, whereupon a motion was made and carried that they be not allowed a seat, when they accordingly withdrew from the Convention. Col. Alexander M. While was L ion"unaled for Assembly, and a number of other gentlemen nominated lor the various coun(y offices, but no vote was taken on any of the nominations except for Assembly.— The conve.iL : ° n was from being full, al though most .of Ihe districts in the northern part of the count,'' were represented. J^^BOUUABDLES — -L" Erastus Know- Nothing to theßeading Conventions in the Philadelphia papers, de."ying, as "JM unblushing falsehood," the stale."! enl that id "boiled tbe Convention." He ■>.*<." that "the Counoil was perfectly in all its proceedings," and says: | "It is a fact that cannot be denied that t£9r Convention was packed with a majority in if irom Allegheny County, pledged (o tbe ac complishment o( a certain object, and a man who did not advocate free soil sentiments found no favor there. It was therefore im possible for the prooeedings to be 'harmoni ous.' " 17* Mr. Jeremiah S. Hall, of Danville, has received the appointment of Post Office Agent on the mail route between Williamsport and , Elmira. Appalling Sacrifice of Lire. War was'declared against Russia by Eng land and France in March, IBs4—only sixteen months ego. The prodigious loss of life which hoslilites have, during that short space of lime, occasioned, begins to call forth remark from the European press. The progress of enlightenment and o( not seem, from the calculations that to have rendered war less bloody thmi of yore, nor to have diminished the aggregate cf losses by exposure and disoase. Since the declaration of war by Turkey, in the autumn of 1863, the loss to that Empire is estimated at 130, 000 men. The French have, since their ar rival in the Crimea, lost 70 000, dead or in valid ; whiie the British have suffered to the j extent of 30,000. The loss of the ltussiaus is variously estimated from 350,000 to 300,- 000. Austria, too, though not at war, has sufTered immensely by diminution of force in the unhealthy localities where she has been obliged to place her armiss. Taking also into account the mortality on board the ships of war and transports, and among laborers of different kinds allached to the armies, of whom there are thousands in the Crimea, it may be assumed that from 600.000 to 700, 000 men have perish ed or become invalid sinco the commencement of the war.. What the amount ef morialiiy will be when opera lions shall be conducted on a larger scale— when bloody battles shall be fought in the open field und gigantic contests shall decide the issue of campaigns—rernaina hidden in the future. The wars of the French Repub lic and Empire cost to Europe 6,000,000 of raeu ; but, if we may judge from the past eighteen months, the present struggle is des tined to exceed all that have gone before it in the wide- spread destruction which it will cause.— Journal of Commerce. TheflMoney Market- The interest on the public debt of the Com monwealth will be paid on the Ist proximo, the requisite amount being already in the State treasury. Indeed there will be, we learn, some two or three hundred thousand dollars on hand after the interest is paid. Wo do not wish to bo understood, however, as inti mating that '.he treasury is now in a particu larly good condition. On the contrary, we are assured by good authority that the Stale finances have not been in a worse condition than at present, since the year 1844. The temporary loans of the Slate, we understand, airy ad y exceed a million of dollars, a very largh sum, and one, from present prospects, not likely soon to be lessened. The with drawal of the cars and boats from the main line of the public works by one or two large transporting firms, wo are told, will lessen the receipts into the treasury bom the works some two hundred thousand dollars or more.—Led ger. LIT An anonymous writer in Philadel phia has published a thick pamphlet, in which i unfolded "A New Theory of the Creation and Deluge." Among the novel doctrines set forth are these: The earth was formerly surrounded by a luminous ring, like Saturn. This ring was composed of va por congealed into a band of ice, which was finally broken up and melted, descending like a universal Niagara upon the earth.— Saturn will by and by, experience a similar deluge, and we shall no longer see that filan et surrounded by luminous rings. There were no mountains before the flood ; only liti'e hills, the loftiest of which were not more than twenty-eight feet high. There was light before the sun, moon or stars were visible on the earth. RAILROAD JOKE. —We understand that an old farmer, who happened with his team in Milton, lately, to sea the locomotive for the first time, asked for the owner of the " Ma chine," and wished to know how much he must pay for a ride oi fifteen minutes, sup posing the ride could be had through and about Milton. He was told the price, 25 cents per 15 minutes, which he paid, look a seal, and at the expiration of tbo time, the train was stopped within two miles of Danville, when the traveler was let out to walk back to Milor, some twelve miles—where he found his team wailing for him.— Danville Intelligencer. M'LLE RACHEL is to receive, it is said, for playing two hundred nights in Americn, two hundred ar,d fifty thousand dollars, besides all the traveling expenses of herself and ber suite are to be paid ; all the salaries of her chambermaids, and she is to have a carriage and the requisite servants always at her dis posal. If these are the terms, Mr. Felix's share of the profits will be small indeed'— There is but little dependence however to be placed upon these previous announce ments. They are done for effect and to cre ate a public interest in the enterprise, for the manager to turn -his profit.— Ledger. The Cause of the Abandonment by the Allies af the Tchernaya. —lt is said that the result of the reconuoisances lately.pushod beyond the Tchernaya have revealed to Gen. l'elissier, the Russians so strongly entrenched among the mountains that ho has abandoned for the ptesenl, and till the result of the actual at tempt upon Sebastopol shall be known, all ideaof attacking the Russian armies outside. A new organization of his lorcea which has just commenced would seem to confirm this ■i of the Tchernaya, been diminished in he command of Gen udge Jordan, ol Sun burglars, cn Sunday ough the cellar door, ant iiy of silver-wase. is offered for the ap prehension of the thief or thieves, and the roo'.overy of the properly. UmtdiUL REPRESENTATION.— At the recent election in Virginia for Governor, where the excitement ran high, 156,759 votes were pot Ic ed ; Illinois, on the liquor question polled 170,810, but there was a small vute out. It is iair, therefore, to estimate that the Young Giant of the West has 40,000 more voters than the Old Dominion—although the latter I baa four more Representatives in Congress. Arrival of the Canada. THREE DAYS LATER FKOMEULLOPE. HALIFAX, July 18.—The Cunard steamship Canada, from Liverpool, wiih dates to Satur day, the 7th inst., arrived here af 11 o'clock, to-day, and sailed agair. at 2 o'clock for Bos ton. - The weather in England has been favora* hie, and the accounts as'to the growing cropv were encouraging. Fronrtlie Crimea. Lord Raglan was buried on the 3d of July, gmid gieat pump and military display. It was rumored in the camp,and at Constan tinople, that Gen. I'elissier was about to be superseded. The Allies were steadily strengthening their advances against the MalakofT. A telegraphic despatch from before Sebas lopnj, dated July 4lh, says the works were progressing satisfactorily. The French battery of thirty guns was nearly completed in of the Careening Bay, to keep off the Russian ships. General Simpson telegraphed on the 4th that there was nothing new since the last ac counts. A curious incident is, that Gen, Eyer, with 2000 British troops, penetrated into the sub urbs of Sebastopol itself, and held possession of the houses in one street fcr seventeen hours, but being totally unsupported, he retired at night-fall. The inference is, that had the as sault been general, or systematically planned, the city would have fallen, or at least its first line of defence might have been car ried. French letters of Juno 23d say that the ar my was full of confidence. The approaches were pushing forward to the MalakofTlower, and a French battery of 30 guns was nearly completed in front of the Careening bay, to keep off the Russian ships, their fire having caused much loss on the 18th. . Vienna papers say that Gostschakoff had sent for 24,000 more men, as he had re infoiced Liprandi's army with another divis ion. • The Turks and Sardinians, un let Omar Pacha and General Marmora, have made incursions into the lateral valleys of the Tch ernaya without meeting resistance. Numerous works of art, captured from the Kerlsch Museum and from General Wran gel's private collection, are on the way to Paris. Mr. Stow the Commissioner sent by the London Times to the Crimea, to administer the balance of the Hospital Fund, fell sick from over exertion, and "routine" excluded him from the very hospitals he was aiding. He was carried in a scorching sun,'to tho church at Balukiava, where he dieJ a victim to official inhumanity. The Turko-British contingent force, now numbering 6,000 men, is in camp near Dom usdere. Careful estimates show that this war has already cost hall a million of livres, and yet no decisive battles have taken place. A despatch from Berlin, dated July 4th, states that the town of Nystadt, at the en trance of the Gulf of Bothnia, has been bom barded and destroyed. Russian accounts under the date of June 19tb, say the Allied flotilla of 180 guns fired for eight hours against the batteries at the mouth of the Narva, without effect, and then withdrew to Seskar Island. June 20.—The Allies made a descent on Kotka Island, destroyed the telegraph, and burnt the Government stores. Great Britain. On Friday [light. Mr. Milnor Gibson asked the Government for an explanation as to Lord Jonn Rujstrll's recent conduct at Viennn, in stating, among other things, that Great Brit ain never contemplated a restoration of Po land and Hungary. Messrs. Cobden, Roe buck and D'fsraeii all attacked Lord John, after which the matter "was dropped. General Pqpl was to move the previous question against Mr. Roecuck's vote of cen sure. Lord Elgin, it is said, will be appointed Postmaster General. France- Oil the sih of July tho Legislature voted the loan of 750,000,000, francs, fn addition to this loan, an increase of taxation is propo sed, namely, one third increase of duty on all spirits, ten per cent, on railway passen ghrs and goods, and a new war "decline'' of I indirect taxes, it is expected, will produce seventy million of francs per annum. A DESERVED COMPLIMENT. —The Russian i government has given a very large contract to Bancroft & Sellers, at the corner of Six teenth street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Phil adelphia, for building the machinery neces sary for fitting up two extensive Machine shops at Cronsladt. These shops wilt have to do all the work required to keep lire Rus sian fleet, steamships, &c., in repair. CHlNA. —the Tartar Emperor of China, Hienfong, is reported to be dead. The in • surgenls still hold Nankin, but we do not hear of their making any advancement towards I'ekin. Canton remains quiet, in a political sense, but the donlestic state is frightful, in consequence of the famine. Si: John Brown ing has made a treaty, which opona Siam to the European traders. Lours NAPOLEON has nor lost the shifty turu which was necessary for him to adopt in the days of hia poverty, when he practiced a little stock jobbing in order to make two ends meet. When thero is important news from (be Crimea he surpresses it for several hours for the purpose of operating in the funds. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN WISCONSIN.— B. S. Garland, of Missouri, the owner of the fugitive slave who was rescued from jail in Milwaukee, in March last, by a body of men acting under the leadership of S. M. Booth, sued Booth lor $1,600, the value of his slave, and has recently- obtained a verdict for that amount of damages. A PROLIFIC GRAIN or RYE. —Samuel Molo ney, of Allegheny county, Pa., has raiaed Irom a single grain of rye, 67 stalks, each oootaioing 60 kernels, making in the aggre gate 3420 grains I SULDEN DEATH. —We understand that one of the beaters in the Montour Rolling Mill; on Wednesday evening last, while very worm, drank too moch water, and died in abonl live honre. He was a German whose name is unknown to us. Ho leaves a wife to mourn his loss.— Danville Intelligencer. TUB CONSTABLE AFTER THE K. N'S.—A day or two ago, a constable seized upon the fur niture of a Know-Nothing Lodge, on the Ridge Road, near the Drove Yard, Philadel phia, for debt, and disposed of the same by auction. PENNSYLVANIA STATE PAW.—Tho premium list (or this fair, to be held at Harrisburg in the (all, offers cash premiums amounting lo $5,059, ranging from SIOO down lo $L— There are also embraced in (he list thirty-one silver cups and goblets, eighty-three silver medals, and a number of bronze medals. RTllon. Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, has decided lo accept the Judge ship of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and will retire from the office of Commission er of Pensions, about the first of next month. Ci?* The Treasurer of Montour County has paid into the State Treasury the full amount of Slate (ax for that county. IIOLLOWAT'S PILLS a certain remedy for Indigestion nnd Liver Complaint.—Maria Armstrong (27), ol Edgartown, New Jersey, suffered more than most people Irom indi gestion. accompanied by Liver complaint, several very clever medical men lold her she was in a consumption, nnd her friends des paired ot her ever recovering, as she had tried every- thing they thought likely to ben efit her, without success. At last she tried Hollo way's Pills, which quickly assimilated with the blood, removed the obnoxious mat ter, and thoroughly cleansed and renovated the system. The result is, that she was per fectly cured, and now enjoys the best ol health. Theao pills are also a certain cure for all diseases of iho stomach and bowels. IMPORTANT TO FEMALES—DT.CUEESKMANS' PiLi-s.-v-The combinations of ingredients in theso Pills, is the result of n long and ex tonsive practice; thy are mild in their oper ation, and certain in restoring natueo to its proper channel. In cvary instance li.ive the Pills proved successful. Tho Pills invaria bly open those obstructions lo which females are liable, and bring nature into KB proper channel, whereby heath is rcatorcd,and the pule and deadly countenance changed to n healthy one, No female con enjoy good health unless she is egutai ; end whenever an obstruction lakes place, whether from ex posure, cold, or any other cause, the general health immediately begins to decline, and the w ant of such a remedy has beer, tho cause of so many consumptions among young female. To ladies whose health will not permit an in 'creascof their family; those Pills will prove a valuable a.quititioli, as they will prevent pregnancy. Headache, pain in tho side, pal pitation of the heart, loathing of fond, and disturbed eleeu do most alwavs ariso from the interruption of natuie; aud whenever that is th e cose, the l'ills will invariably remedy all these evils. Nor are llicy less efficacious in th e cure oPLt ucoirhoen, commonly called the "Whites," These Pills should never he ta. ken during pregnancy, as thry would be sure | t cause a miscarrigae. Waranted to he purelv Vegetable, and free from anything injurious to life or health. Full apd explicit directions a.company each box. These Pills are put up in squaro flat boxes. Perons residing where thtro are no ageney established, by enclosing One Dollar in a let ter postpai d to Dr. C. L. Chcescman, No. 38? Blocker street, N " York City, can have them sent to their respective addresses by return of mail. In Cuttawissa township, Columbia county, on Saturday morning, July the 27th, 1855, ELIZARETIPB. KI-LER, ageil 27 years, 8 raos. And 7 days. In Bloomsburg, on IRI Sabbath morning, MRS. SOPHIA A. SIIARRETTS, wife of the Pa - of the Letberan congregation of this place, and daughter of George C. Strickhauser, Esq., of Gettysburg, Pa.; aged about 28 years. The raven wings of death closed quickly over ihe hearts hero made desolate and sad, and the mourners are many more than the comforters, for even the stranger's heart feels lhat the pall of grief is over him. I: is but a few short months since the deceased came among our people, and we chronicled in a few brief lir.es, as a thing too sacred for par ade, that a new life of loveliness and light dawned upon her. She wove a web of sym pathy among the beans of many friends, which we may hope shall now be a chain of goldtn itr.ks to draw them to the Throne of the wise and good All-Father on high. De votion made her a home of happiness, and gentle goodness surrounded it with all lhat makes life worth living lor. Her funeral on last Monday was a very impressive one. After the burial, the servi ces in church were conducted in the follow ing order: Prayer by the Rev. D. J. Waller, Singing by the Choir, Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Wiilerd of Danville, Impressive Remarks in German by the Rev. Mr. Ever of Catla wissa, Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Goodrich and Singing by the Choir. Mourn not lor her the young Bride of the Vale, Our tiayest and loveliest, lost lo us now, Ere life's early lusler had lime lo grow pale, And the garland of Love was fresh on her brow. Oh, then was her moment, dear spirit for fly ing From this gloomy world, while its gloom was unknown — And tbe wild hymns she warbled so sweet ly, in dying, Were echoed in Heaven by lips like her own. Weep not for her—in her spring-lime she flew To that land where the wings of tbe soul are unfurl'd; And now, like a star beyond evening's cold dew, Looks radiantly down on (he tears of ibis world. OPESSJTifii Anderson's Academy OF DRAWING AND PAINTING, At the "Exchange Building." "Any person who can learn lo write caa learn to draw." THE I.adies and Gentlemen of this place are invited to call and ir.spect the Collection of Paintings, now on view, most of which are original Sketches from Nature. Many persons labor under the idea lhat a talent for drawing is necessary. This is wrong, and therefore Mr. A. invites all who think so lo call al his rooms, and be will prove lo them the fallacy of such an opinion by teaching the pupils lo execute, in a few lessons, what oannot be accomplished by any other system. Each pupil guarantied lo Draw and Paint from Nature, and if unsuc cessful, no charge will b%?nado. Gentlemen engaged through the day, can receive instruction at night. But one data will be taught in this place. Bloomsburg, July 26, 1855. I