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<et us Reason Together*]
WHY ARK vvi: SICK?
It has l.een the lot of the human race to bs
weighed down by disease and sufleiing. Hoi.
loway'a Piila are specially adapted to the relief
of the Weak, the Nervons, the Delicate, and
tbo Infirm, of all dimes, agea, sexes, and con.
atitutions. Professor Holloway personally su
periutends the manufacture of his medicines In,
the United Stales, and offers them *o a free ami'
enlightened people, as tbo best remedy the world
ever saw for the removal of disease.
These Tills Purify the Blood.
These famnue Pills are expressly combined to
operate on the stomach, the liver, the
the lungs, the skin, and the bowels, correcting
I any drrangement in their functions, purifying
the blood, the very fountain ot life, and thus cu
ring diseaso in all its forms.
Dyspepsia anil Liver Comjtlaints.
Nearly half the human raco have taken these
Pills. It has beon proved in all parts of iho
world, that nothing has been found equal to
them in caßes of disorders of iho liver, dyspep
sia, Bnd stomach complaints generally. Thev
soon give a hoaliby tone to these organs, how
ever much Jerangcd, and whon all other moans
liavo failed.
General Debility. 11l Health.
Many of the most despotic Governments
have opened tboir Custom Houses to the in'ro
j duction of these Pills, that thoy may become
the medicine of the masses. Learned Colleges
admit that this medicine is the' best remedy ev
er known for persons of delicate health, or where
the system has been impaired, as its invigora
ting properties nover fail to afford relief.
Vtmale Complaints.
No Female, young or old, should bo without
this celebrated mcd:cine. It is correct and reg•
ulates 'ho monthly courses at all periods, acting
in many esses like a chaim. It is also the best
and safest medicine that can be given to chil
dren of all ages, and for any complaint; conse
quently no family shuuld be without it.
Holloway's Pills are the best remedy
known in the world for the following
Diseases.
Aslhma Diarrbma
Bowel Complaints Dropsy
Coughs Debility
Colds Fever and Ague
Chest Diseases Female Complaints
Costiveuess Headache
; Dyspepsia Indigestion
Influenza Inflammation
Inward Weakness Liver Complaints
Lowness of Spirits Piles
Stone and Gravel Secondary Symplon#
Venereal Affections Worms, of all kinds
Sold at tho Manufactories of Prof. HOI.LO
way, 80 Maiden Lane, New-York, aud 2-14
Strand, London, and by all respectable Drug
gists aud Dealers cf Medicines throughout
| the United Stutes, and the civilized world, in
| boxes, at.25 cents, 6-J cents, and SI each.
CS" There is a considerable saving by ta
kiug the larger size.
[ N. B Directions for the guidance o! pa
tients in every disorder are affixed to each
Box.
SU KIU FFSA I7K
DY virtue of sundry writs of venditioni ex
*-* ponas there will be exposed lo publio
sale at the Court House in Bloomsburg, on
MONDAY the 3d day of September next,
at 1 o'clock in the ulternoon the following
| real estate to wit:
; All that certain lot of ground situate in
' Hemlock twp., Columbia oounty, bounded
and described as tollows: On the north east
! by the main road leading from Bloomsburg *
I to Jerseytown, on the south east by lot of
I John Pensb, on the south west by lands of
John McUeynolds, and on the north weal by
lot of Daniel Newbard, containing one fourth
of an acre be the same more or less, where
on are erected a two story frame dwelling
house, a frame shop, and a frame stable,
with the appurtenances.
Seized, taken in execution as the properly
of Henry Fuus and William Faos.
ALSO,
At the same time and place all thai certain
tract of land, situate in Briarcreek township,
Columbia County, containing fifly arces, be
the samu more or less, bounded as follows,
lo wit: On the east by lands of David Shaffer,
on the south by lands of Wm. Krwine, on
die west by lands of Henry Deitrick, on the
north by lands of John Kisner and Henry
Shaffer, whereon arc erected a one a half
story brick bouse, a frame barn, and a saw
mill, with the appurtenances.
Seized, taken in execution as the property
of Samuel Kinehard.
Coiulitions of sale. —Ten per cent of the pur
chase money lo be paid when the properly
is struck ilown, and the balance on the fol
lowing Wednesday noon.
I JOHN SNYDER,
Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I
Bloomsburg, July 25, 1855. {
Trial List for September Term 1805,
1.
2. Samuel Uosell rs. George Doilson.
3. Daniel Sbullz Ex's. vs. Daniel K. Sbulta
ei. al.
4. Adam Kline et. al. t'i. C. F. Mann et. al.
5. Peter Melick's Com. vs. S. F. Ileadlv et.
al.
6. Daniel Hower vs. Jonas Berninger.
7. Joseph Sharpless vs. Jamison Harvey.
8. A, B. Hilliard vs. Daniel Sponenberger. *
9. Enoch Howell vs. Isaiah nhuman.
10- Johtiathan J. Hogeland vs. Israel Ashton.
11. Susannah Hail vs. Archibald Henry.
12. William Edg4ret.al.vr. Alexander £d
gar.
13. John Donnelly el. al. tu. John Smith.
14. Wm. B. Peterman vs. George Painter
et. al.
15. John L. Fliq!; V s. Samuel Brualer.
16 - -oseph Hampton vs. Samuel Henry.
17. Rev. Isaiah Ralil vs. John Wotkf.eiser.
18. Hugh Toompaon vs. Augustus B. Pewrce
•t. al.
19. Win. Al'Kelvy et. al. vs. Jonathan Mos
teller.
20. A. B. Pearce vr Hugh Thompson.
21 Wm. M'Kelvy et. al. vr Jonathan Model
ler.
Administrator s
NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of Jacob
Rnhrbach, late of Franklin township, Col.
county, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned residing- in Sunbury, Northum
berland oounty. ( All persona indebted to tho
estate ure requested to make payment with
out delay, aud those having accounts to pre
sent their, for settlement to
JACOB F. ROHRBACH,
Administrator.
Bloomsburg, July 28, 1855 —6m. "
Fancy Paper,
Envelopes, Pen*, Ink, Writing sand.&o
ap be found althe cheap Book store of
JOSEPH SWARIZ,