thay have dona for another country. Mr. < Malthoa, one of the profoundest ihiakers of hie day, calculated ibat the population ef England would increase ao rapidly, suppo sing it* natural growth to be unchecked, that at the end of a certain lime the noil would not yield a eubeitience for the half of the peo ple. For the other balfatareation waa the on ly proepeet, unleea a merciful Providence would kindly send war, peatilenoe and plauue. to thin them out, and reduce their number to gluel with the quantity ol food, which they Maid produce. Tlue dismal theory waa be lieved by the foremen men in the world; and it would have been true, if the land had not afterwarda, been cultivated with greater •kill, than before. But it turned out to be a total miataka. The population of England did increase, as rapidly aa Malthua predict ed ; but the egricuitural products of the coun try have increased in a ratio two hundred and fifty'per cent, greater than the popula tion. The people, who were to have been starved long ago, or else prematurely cut off by millions al a blow, are living better than ever, with two and a half times aa much food for each individual, aa they bad when the theory waa announced. With the system of collivaiion practised now in some parts of Europe, the soil of Pennsylvania, could be made 10 support fif teen millions of persons. There are large MgiOnt in Scotland, naturally poorer than ■ny land we have in this county, and under • sky far leu genial than ours, covered all over with crops, which lbs richest valleys in the West, would not be ashamed of; and wheat ia produced, bushel for bushel, at a leu expense than it is here. This is but the beginning ol the end. All that has yet been done, is as noihing, com "pared to what may yet come. Hitherto, Ag riculture has been traveling over rough roads, in an old fashioned slow coach. She is a bout to lake the railroad, and with a mighty train of her sister arts, she will go sweeping •long. Not being either a prophet, or the •on of a prophet, I have no right to predict eoything. But one of these days, we may he startled by some grand discovery, which wilt bnrst upon the world, like the light of a new sun. Very sober-minded men live in tbe hope of seeing such things. Ona of the moat successful farmers in this Sla£ has de clared his conviction, that, before long, ma nures will be so concentrated, that a man can oarry out, in his pocket handkerchief, what will enrich the land as much as a hun dred wagon loads would now. This is very extravagant, no doubt, and quite aa foolish ' as it would have been thirty years ago to prophesy of railroads, telegraphs, or daguer veotypes. About fifteen years since, a per son, whose name I have forgotten, said, that be knew how any plant, from the tallest for •at tree, to (be tiniest blade of grass, could be made to grow four limes as fast ss it does naturally, and with almost no additional trouble. The government refused to buy his secret, though the most distinguished men et Washington, lo whom it was confidential ly revealed, certified their belief in it. If it be really true, it will.be heard of again. It would be something to raise four crops a year, instead of one. Actual experiments have repeatedly shewn, that a plant may be made to germinate, rise above the ground, unfold its leaves, and grow lo maturity so rapidly, that it seems to the beholder like magic- Electricity, I believe, is the stimu lus used. A gentleman in England laid a Wager, that he could raise a dish of salad, fit for use, in less than three quarters of an boat from the moment the seeds were depos ited in the ground. He tried it, and won the bet. Professor Espy has proved, in a man ner which admits of no denial, that even the • weather may be controlled, and extensive rains ba produced, by artificial means. It has been done, more than once in our Slate. In Florida, where the materials can be easi ly had, it ia no uncommon thing, in a dry time, for persons to get up showers, at an hour's notice, on their own private account. Perhaps such facts as these are more curious than important. I mention them, merely tn •hew that there ia something to hope ior in tbe future, not from these things only, but etberr, as yet not dreamed of in your philos ophy. These are but the shadows, which coming events have cast before them. The wave whiclf will bear us onward, has not reached na. Bnl we feel it swelii ng beneath US, and see its lofty crest in the dislsnce. In • little while, it will lift us nearer to the stars than we ever expected to be in this life. But how are the Agricultural Societies to help litis cause? I answer, much, every way. No great change has ever been wrought in the habits of any people, without a uni ted effort. Political principles, moral re forms, religion itself, are spread only by so cieties. As a bundle of sticks, tied together, is stronger than any separate stick, so is the ' united effort of an organised body of men, more powerful than any separate efforts, which can be made by the individual mem bers. When yon have a building to raise, you do not invite your neighbors lo come at different times, and requesttsach one to take a lift by himself. Io that way they might break their backs without doing you any good. The building will never go up, un less they all lift together. If agriculture is to be elevated, it can only be done by a simul ianeona lift. At such a raising, you oan wall afford to spend all tbe time that ia re quired. Tbe emulation exoiled by such a society, though very important and useful in its ef fects, ia the least of its advantages. The County sociatiaa are in communication with the State society, and with one another. A good thought might be made to travel among them almost aa fast as the telegraph could qarry it, and a humbug exposed by one, need never trouble the rest. All tbe societies in the State ate, ia fact, but one; and you have the multiplied strength of all to aid you in •nv enterprise you wish to carry. But the great purpose they serve, ia seen in these pe - riodieal exhibitions. They are the beat means ever yet invented, of collecting the eviden eee. and satisfying the people, on tbe whole subject. Tbe world ie full of imposture. No man but a fool would ohaoge his mode of cultivation, or throw away hie old imple ments for other*', unleea ba kntu that ha waa doing so for tha better. How can ha know, unlet* be ba* an opportunity of examining 1 Seeing it believing. Here, all the success ful experiment* made in the whole county, (and many of those made flsewhera,) bra annually brought together, tod subjected to public inspection; and for each one of them you tbe sensible and true avouch of your own eyea. It was well said, in en address delivered here about aix month* ago, that we come here not to hear arguments, bat to serr facts, and look al demonstration*. 1 ought lo remind you, that lha Stale Soci ety ia not a mere voluntary association of pri vate individuals, but a public Institution es tablished, protected and gus.vded by law Some or you may not know, that the profits nf its exhibitions have already made it rioh. One of its officers to',d me, a few weeks ago, that it had shout forty thousand dollars in its treasury. Forty thousand more were proba bly added last week at Philadelphia. It ia proposed to invest this fund, or a portion of it, in the purchase of a large farm, and lo es tablish a school there, at whioh scientific and practical agriculture will be tally taught;and ' presume without any expense lo the pupil, except the labor he bestows on tho farm- Halt a dozen such schools may be establish ed in the course of the next ten years, and it will, perhaps, be your fault, if you do not have one in this part of the State. Every oitizen has an interest in this insti tution—l mean the State Society. You have a legal right 10 be represented in its coun cils, and should see that you are. I do not know, or believe, that it has yet been touch ed by any man who ia not perfectly honest. Its active members are certainly far apove suspicion. But its funds are swelling rap idly, and it seema very difficult in these times, to have much treasure deposited any where, so safely that thieves will not break through and steal. Somerset County—and every son that claims her for his birth place, or hit abode, may speak it with honest prids —has never produced a public defaulter, and her people never knowingly sanc'ioned an act of bad faith. From the highest lo the lowest of her officers, every one, for sixty years, has settled a clean acoount. In the glory of this enviable distinction she stands almost alone. It is fit that such a County should be well represented, wherever there is a common fund, that needs watching. There are some other topics which ought not to be overlooked oneuch an occasion as this. But I have already taxed your pa tience more than I intended. The future of this great country ia full ol exciting hope. But it depends entirely on the tillers of the soil, whether that hope shall Ibe realized, or not. The neglect lo improve our agriculture will be followed by the de cay of all else that we ought to cherish, in morals and government, aa well as in the arts. Mexico has gone all to pieces—the property of her people is Ihe spoil of robbers, and their liberty the plaything of a tyrant— simply because her agriculture is half a cen tury behind the age. But for this she would have had an independent and stable govern ment to-day, and might have laughed to scorn the force we sent against her in the late war. A well cultivated soil produces not only grains, grasses, and fruits, hut an other, and far more precious crop—men men who know their rights, and date main tain them—a bold, honest, aiTd intelligent ppople—the just pride, and the sure defence of every nation On the other hand it startles the imagina tion tn think what we may become in a few years, if we adopt the improvements already made, Bnd keep pace with those who are yet to be. We have the grandest field to work upon that was ever opened to tbe in dustry of man. A territory is ours, stretch ing through every variety of climate and soil, j from the wheat lands ot New England, ly ing, for half the year, four feet deep io snow, to tbe orange groves of Texaa and New Mexico, where winter never comes—valleys of unbounded fertility—mountains filled with inexhaustible wealth—lakes that spread out with a sea-like expanse—rivers, which mske , those ol Europe seem like brooklets in com parison—every thing, in short, made on a scale of magnificent grandeur. The child may now be born, whose old age will look upon the American people and see them three hundred millions strong. Suppose such a population, doubling itself every twenty two years and a half—living under a gov ernment of equal laws—moving onward and upward, with Ihe energy which freedom alone can inspire—and aided by the highest ■ science in making the most of their natural advantages. Who shall curb the career of such a country, or set a limit to its deep founded strength ? Milton himself never dreamed of a power so boundless, or a peo ple ao blest, even in that enrapturing vision, when he saw, "a mighty, puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man alter sleep, and shading her invincible leeks," or like an eagle "rnuing her mighty youth, and kind ling her undazzhd eye at the full blaze of the mid-day beam; purging and scaling her sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radi ance. The man, who, with liia senses open lo the truth, would thwart such a destiny, or refuse bis aid lo accomplish it, as a traitor— not to his country alonn—but lo tha beat in- I terast, and highest hopes of the human race. NeweLrooe.— Of all the Statesmen of Eu rope tnd America who look part in publio af fairs at the fall of the first Napoleon, the only one now remaining in place is thit Russian Minister, who commenoed his political ca reer as a powerful foe to the Napoleon dynas ty, which he still lives lo combat. All the publio men ol the United Slates, who were then eminent in political life, have departed; a new generation occupy their place, lo Europe none remain but Nesselroile, the pa triarch of statesmen, who has survived two Imperial masters; who, as the first Minister of Alexander Ihe First, opposed to the aggres siont ot the great Napoleon, and now, as the Minieter of Alexander the Second, is the vig orous foe of Napoleon the Third. tr The ludiana Presbytery, of the Cum berland Presby'erian Cburob,bas suspended from tbe ministry one of its clergymen for "unchristian conduct," for asaiating slaves to escape to free territory by the underground railroad. Th* minister bed boasted or tha number of slaves he had aided to escape in this way. STAR OF THE NOItTH. R. V 7. WBAVBR, EDITOR. Bloomsbnrg, Thursday, Oct. 11, 1895. HISTORY OF SUMPTUARY LAWS. Is tbe heat of political excitement the blood all rushes to the bead, and even good and honest men grow as blind to the light of rea son as a bat lo the rays of the ann beam— Now that the fever ia over, the patient may be fit for cool reflection and rational counsel. So let us reason together : It is a little more than a year ago since tbe leaders of the Temperance party sold them selves to to the Know-Nothiiiga,and the cause of moral aeourity wae prostituted to thesolfish purposes of political partnership. For John ston, Cameron, Hamilton and men ol that class tbe te.nperance party was sold in return for a few offices, from .a Flour-Inepeotorship down to poor-overseerehip, The honest por tion of the temperance man were deluded; and those were aickeoed with hypocritical cant who had helped to educate and mould public opinion until the Buckalew law placed sound landmarks npon the statute book, and the Sunday liquor law told that another step had been taken in the right direction. The popular will was insulted by the passage of a law which was founded on no correct prin ciple of morals or public policy, and con structed without consistency or the least knowl edge ol jurisprudence. Members of the le gislature voted for the law because they had promised the temperance party to do so in re turn for its votes, and not because they be lieved in any moral principle of abstinence or self-denial. Indeed men went for it whose | lives and habits are a scandal to any pretence of moral rectitude; and who were delight ed to think that the law would in a year be repealed. Legislation alone ia not moral reform, any more than definitions and recitations in them selves are learning. There must be a stami na behind in the minds of men, ar.d a spirit to inspire, before we can look for any good result. If legislation could create wealth, labor would become obsolete; and if statutes alone could make men moral there would no longer be any need to teach %nd preach. It doea uot prove that a man ia fit for a law maker because he can dive deeper and come u|fdirtier than tome other man in the cess pool of political profligacy. To legislate wise ly requires a full knowledge of the human mind ; and an integrity that knows no fear.— There are many strange corolaries iii mental philosophy. But there are only two ways to treat the aggregate mind of the public. Ei ther the virtue and intelligence of the mass ie sufficient guard against the frailty of human nature in individuals, or the government of the rulers is the only raiety and security to "pro'ect" and think for the many. The first is the basis of republican fraternity—tne last the creed oi patriarchal despotism. It seemed to us last winter that very few if any members of the legislature were con versant with the history of sumptuary laws. They are no "new thing," but as old aa the twelve tables of ancient Home which enn trolled the wastefulness of prodigals, and unnecessary expeaditure at funerals. The I appetite for luxury increased with dominion and riches, and sumptuary laws were from time to time enacted tiom the 566 th year of the city down to the time of lha emperors, restraining, by eevere checks, luxury and ex travagance in dress, furniture and food. They | were absurdly and idly renewed by the most extravagant and dissipated rulers—by such conquerors as Sylla, Julius Cesar and Augus tns. During the middle ages, the English, French anti other governments were accustomed to limit, by positive laws, tbe extent of private expenses, entertainments and dress. Some traces of these sumptuary laws existed in France as late aa the beginning of the last century, and in Sweden in the latter part of it. The statute ot 10 Edw. IIL prescribed the number of diehes for dinner and supper, and the quality of the dishes. The wsges of labor und the prices of commodities and econ omy in drees were regulated by law in the earlieet settlement of that Massachusetts bolony which buried the witches at Sa lem. In 1778 there were acta of the legis lature of Connecticut and New York limiting tbe price of labor, the products of labor, and ! tavern charges. The statute f New York was suspended within three months after it was passed, and repealed within tbe tame year. In the Blue Lews tbe Puritans with terri ble terseness enacted-—" No Quaker shall re ceive nourishment or lodging. Whosoever shall turn Quaker shall be banished and if he return be hanged." The following are •orne further extracts from the same code:— "Art. xvii. No one shall run on the Lord's dny, nor walk in his garden nor elsewhere, but shall ouly walk lo and irom church witt gravity. Art. xviii. No one shall travel, nor cook, nor make the beds, nor sweep lire house, nor cut hair, nor shsva on the Lord's day. Art. xxxi. Air are ferbidden to read the English Liturgy, to keep Christmas, lo oiako mime pies, lo dance, lo play upon any in ! strumem except the drum, the trumpet, or tha jewshdrp. Lying was punished with stripes, blaapba- I my with pillory; and the use of tobacco waa rigidly piohtbiied. "No man shall use to bacco withoct having exhibited lo the magis trate a certificate signed by a physician, set ting forth that tbe use of tobacco is necessary for him. Then hasball receive a license and may smoke. It ie forbidden to all inhabi tants of this colony to use tobacco upon tbe highways." Extracts fretn the judicial rec ords, at tbe period wffbn the blue laws were in vogue, offer more coraioaNe tails, and are of *o indecent a prudery that our pen refusee to reproduoe more than an idea of their in ctedible details. In 1660, during the brilliant raign of Loaia XIV., and the debauched reign of Charlee 11., was registered thus: Mey let, 1660, —Jacob Maemurlin* and Sarah Tuttle wars called before the courl tor tha following reasons: On lb* marriage day of John Poller, Sarah Tnillo waited Mm. Mao ranrline lo ask for sotns thread. Mm. M., aent her into the room of bar daughters, where aha found John Potter and his wife, both of whom wero lame, and in apeeking to them she made nee of very improper txpreasioni. TherAame in Jacob Potter, brother of John Potter, and Sarah Tattle baring let fall her gloree, Jacob picked them up. Sarah asking lor them, he refused unless she would gire him a kise, whereupon both sat down, Sarah Tattle with her arm on Jacob's shoulder, and his about ber waist; tbay remained (bus near ly half-an-hour, before Mary Ann and Susan, who testify also that Jaoob did gire a kiss to Sarah." Here comes in the testimony as to where were the arms, foreheads, lips, analy zing that kiss with a rigor beyond all oriti oisnt, and filling three pages with more aston ishing, prudish, immodest, serere, and in a word licentious writing, than can be found in any norel. Jacob and Sarah are both ad monished and fined, the court declaring "that > it is a singular and ever lo be deplored thing that young people should hs.ve such ideas and should thus mutually corrupt each other." Sarah is of unjustifiable corruption in word and speech, and Jacob's conduct and manner are "uuoiril, immodest, corrupt, blasphe mous and deriliah." So he must go to prison and pay a fine. Columbia County Klgbt Side Up. Although the rote on last Tuasday was rary light in this county, the returna aa far as recsired indicate the election of the whole Democratic county ticket, and also of Mont gomery for Assembly. The majorities will be small ranging probably from 300 lo 500. A number of guerilla Democrats out the ticket which they pretended to support, and went for Cola and Staley, aa the returna indi ' cate. We this (Wednesday) morning full returns from seren townships which together last fall gave Pollock 70 majority. Thia fall the majorities in tbem sum up y follows: Nicholson, ' 78 Sis ley 150 Cole, 140 This is about one third of the county, and if the remaining townships run in the same order the majorities for the Democratic tioket would be about as follows: Plumer 750 Montgomery 525 Millar 600 Harris, . . , ... 500 Fabringer, . . • . . 750 But as the townships lo come in yet are generally Demoeratic and the yule light, the majorities will uot range so high. P. S. —Orange has since been received which makes matters better for Montgomery and worse for Harris. In Pine the vote runs nearly even. ( olußbia County Election Returns. Plumer. Ntchofton. Mont. Staley. Bloom, 98 179 76 198 Briarcreek, 20m 23 Cattawissa, 28m 30 Franklin, 13m 15 Greenwood, 48m 50 Homlock, 110 30 107 43 Madison, 84 77 80 80 Orange, 110 16 Scott, 25 97 26 *96 Sheriff and Treaturer. Miller. Fortner. Harm. Cole Bloom, 88 187 88 187 Briarcreek, 34m 2ra Cattawissa, 35 10 Franklin, 22m 10 Hemlock, 108 43 104 49 Madison, 83 76 79 83 Scott, 2? 96 27 97 Montour county Monlgomer) will have a majority of about 350 in Montour. The township majorities are MONT. STALCT. Danville, North Ward, 20 South Ward, 10 Liberty, 98 Valley, 5 West Hemlock, 19 Cooper, 16 May berry, 6 Mahoning, I Plumer will have a majority of between 400 and 500. Wagner is elected Commis sioner. This is, we believe, the first time that the Borough of Danville has given a De moors tic majority since 1844 Not witty enough to pass for s Trick, The Know-Nolhings feeling that they could make no headway against the Demo cratic ticket in this county, and that they were in debt to us for many political blows dealt them in the " Star" noon their vulner able and sore spots, Ist their malice leak out by voting for us for Auditor out of spUt. Their wit seems to have been about as nearly ex hausied as their strength, if they found any sport in tbe operation. It has been our pride to be a source of an noyance to the midnight conspirators, and the true Democrats of the county have con gratulated us upon seaing that our dafenca of the people's oafnse is apprkeialsd by incur ring the malignity of the cowardly and mean, The enmity oif such weak and narrow-mind ed revenge as was attempted to be manifest ed on Tuesday is creditable to an honest man ; but this very movement of the Know- Nothinge is e confession by them that their touch is contamination; and that they them selves know of nothiug more disgraoeful than their support. Ws have been need to stand in tbe van of Democratic ranks end take the blows in the contests; and if lifa and health is spared ue, bigotry, intolerance and profligacy will meet ns yet in many a fray. • ■ The Kleetion- Soms stray telegrams from Luzerne indi cate tbe election of Harrison Wright Esq., Dem., to the Legislature. In Danville Montgomery hatha majority ol 30. Plnmerone ot 62. J edge Black's Address, This classical production will come to our readers like a genial sun after tie storm of political elements. It will be reviving light end wertnth to the mind of cultivated literary taats; for it it donbtful whether any other soholsr in Pennsylvania, oouldequal the fine finished production. The Medley Reformer. This spirited eud energetic Journal is re ceiving encouraging compliments for talent and oorreot thought. The basis of the Eclec tic school is, we believe, to seleet thoee prin ciples and practioea which ara good, from the several systems of medical praotice, and to combine tbem aa tba correct method.— Certain it is that medical leience needs ye' much reform, and the world has been doctor ed 100 much—with drugs. Whether the Re formers will do better,experienoe must prove. We have copied a number of interesting articles from the Reformer ; and wa suppose it ia generally understood that the typograph ical part of that book ia done at this office. We are prepared to do wotk of that kind in a style to oompare with city jobs ; and with such material as are not generally found in a country printing office. The Counsel of Age. The following, which we cut from a Ten nessee paper, is a portion of a letter from a clergyman in Louisville, Ky., whose name is not given, written te one of his flock. "I am now in my 7<th year, and have been in the ministerial office a little upward of a half otntury. During the long course of my ministry, ten years occupying the old home stead, and upwards of forty in my present location, and under different phases of the po litical atmosphere, I never saw it my dnty, or felt the slightest inclination to preach what is generally called a political aermon. And if by one word or even insinuation from the pulpit, I ever disturbed or interrupted the feelings of a politioal hearer, 1 never knew it. I never entered the electioneering can vass for any man, even my most favorite po litical friends. And when I thought proper to offer my suffrage at the polls, it was always done by a silent vote, in an unobtrusive man ner. Ido not know that 1 ever gained a vole secretly or indirectly for any man. Indeed, I alwaya thought it unbecoming the gravity, the dignity and saeredness of the pulpit, as well as deirimental to the spiritual edifica tion of the people, for tha ambassador of Heaven lo turn aside from his Master's work to mingle with the multitude, where little else is to be heard but wrangling aud jangling about men and measures, without any addi tion to, but most certainly detracting from, the credit and influence of his clerical char acter. Of all the offices ever held by man, that of an ambassador of Christ is the most dignified and responsible. "No other post affords a place Of equal honor or disgrace." The Clergy sod the Prohibitory Law. Tha Church Journal, lbs ablest organ of the Episcopal Church, edited by Jobn H. Hop kins, jr., son of Bishop Hopkins, of Vermoul, assisted by several other Episcopal clergy man, has published a striking article on tha folly and fanaticism of the Prohibitory Law. It argues that everything is good, if used in moderation ; that the Maine Law is no reme dy for intemperance; that the aim and end of its supporters is a bad one; that it is folly ia the extreme to attempt to remedy evils of excess by forbidding altogether the moderate use of things that of themselves are produc tive o( benefit; that the wine used at the supper table of Cana of Galilee, and all other wines mentioned in the Scriptures, were in toxicating; and thai the ban of the Almighty rested not upon their use, but their abuse; that wine-drinking is not the worst of social evils, but (as we have often said) gluttony far exceeds it; that it is nonsense to prohibit bad liquors to the healthy and allow them to the sick, ftc. The Church Journal deals a severe blow; its article will sbock the fanatics; but the argument ia marked by sterling good sense throughout. Tbe Harvest in France, The falling off of the harvest in France is a matter.ol deep concern in that country, as it will impose great sacrifices on the country which, with a long and expensive war, will 'presa severely upon the people. Tbe Paris Moniteur, of the 21st ult., says the deficien cy is one twelfth of the usual harvest, or about two millions English quarters of grain, equal to sixteen millions of buabels. The remedy is to bold out tbe most liberal inducements to importers, to allow tbe most perfect free dom to transactions. The Mtfpiteursays if the government was imprudent enough to lower the average price ot grain, by causing corn to be sold at a loss—if it should think fit to take inquisitorial measures against tbe holders—those resolutions would lead to a result entirely to the contrary of the one de sired, a panic would seize npon all corn-hold ers, it would disappear from the market, and foreign com would not enter France. Con fidence and freedom of trade are the invari able cunses of the prosperity of commerce, and oonsequently the causes of abundance. In Great Britain the crops appear to be about, an average. In Western Germany there is a deficiency, it is said, but a very large sur plus oo the Danube. In Russia the harvest is plentiful. The Georgia Election. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 6. —The latest re turns from ihe Georgia election render it ap parent that the only American candidate cer tainly elected to Congress, is Robert P. Trippe, in the third district. The Democrat ic oandidatea in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth districts, Messrs. Seward, War ner, Lumpkin, Cobb and A. A. Stephens, are certainly eleoted. In the second ind sev enth districts the result is still in doubt. The majority of H. N. Johnson, the Dem ocratic candidate for Governor, is about 5,- 000. The Legislature will have a Demo cratic majority. THE ELECTION IN GEORGIA, last week, wg9 one of the qaietest and most peaoeable ever held in that State. Io Savannah, a commit tee of citizens was appointed to preserve the peace, and many of lbs proprietors of public houses, at the request of the citizens, closed up their establishments for the day. OT Fashionable gentlemen and all the rest of mankind can be suited with sometbina new ar.d nice to decorate the outer man St Dreifusa & Co's Clothing Store. Mr. Kline has laid in a new assortment, and can accom modate you. EDUCATIONAL. ■ . . , To Directors. Teacher 's Wages : Core plain Is are made about the hardship (I) of enhanced Teacher's wages. This depends upon circumstances. The laborer ia worthy of his hire, and in this field of labor the wages should correspond to the qualifications of the applicant. Direc tors should attend, and carefully watch, the public examinations, and afterwards scruti nize the certificates, and pay more or less per month accordingly. In this way they can always protect themselves against im position. A good teacher is always worth good wages, but not a poor one. School Law and decisions: Directors and other school officers, will govern themselves by the pamphlet copy of the School Law and Decisions, just issued by the Department, to the exclusion of all former editions; which last, from the nature and necessity of the case, are absolete and no longer of author ity. Decisions. 1. Collection of old duplicates ■ Directors can not compel the constable under the proviso to the 31st section of the law of 1854, to col lect old duplicates that have expired, together with their warrants, by their own limitation. The only legal remedy is by suit against the delinquent tax-payers. 2. Yearly contracts with Teachers : There is nothing in the school law, or sound policy, to prevent Directors from employing teach ers bv the yoar, instead of by the month or quarter, if they prefer it. But great care should be taken that no such contract be made with an'unlried teacher—unless his vouchers are indisputable—nor with one of doubtful qualifications or character; or such as might prove disastrous to the schools, or create difficulties in the district. HARPER FOR OCTOBER.—We have received thin number from Mr. Poller of Brooklyn The illustrated articles are on Nicarangua, by E. G. Squier; Bears and Bear Hunting; the Araucaniane, a Review of E. Revel Smith's interesting notes of a tour in Southorn Chili; the Panama Railroad, and the conclusion of Thackeray's Newcomes. Other miscellane ous papers of interest, and the usual record of monthly events, literary notices, editorial matters and fashions, with a comic illustra tion ol Mr. Shot's piscatorial experiences, make up an excellent number. BT Somebody having started the report that Horace Greeley was a K. N., a Mr. Po sey wrote him inquiring into the truth ol the charge; to whioh Horace thus pointedly re plies : • NEW YORE, Aug. 17, 1855. Sir : —I was never consciously within hi mile of a Know Nothing lodge, aud never could have been induced to join one 011 any account. By plaotng your foot against the author of the filly report noticed in your let ter, you will be certain to kick a great liar. Yours, &c. HORACE GREELEY. A. F. Posey, Esq. CV A cheap food movement has been atarted in Boston. It it intended to organ ize an association o( citizens to purchase food directly from the producers, and get rid of the provision dealers, whose combination, it is alleged, kaeps up priceß. A meeting has been held to carry out '.his design, and a great many facta were presented seemingly confirming the belief of the existence of such combinations ot speculators, aided by ac commodations from banking institutitions UT The Yellow Fever continues to rage with much malignancy at Norfolk*and Ports mouth, and a number of distinguished doc tors and nurses are nmong the recent victims. Fifty-four of the Southern Doctors and Nur ses have left for their homes. The wife and daughter of Chief Justice Taney died at Old Point Comfort on Sunday—the daughter from yellow fever. fe*r- A Beudouin Arab stallion has just ar rived in Philadelphia, of the celebrated Kylar. breed in Eastern Arabia. Ha is of a grey I color and fonr years old ; 810,000 has been refused for him and his owner requires 812,- 500. The horse was 166 days on shipboard, during wbich lime he never laid down. He is said to be in excellent health. TY MR. SINGLXTON MERCER, who twelve years ago killed a man in Philadelphia, by the name of Heberlon, for the seduction of bis sister, died of yellow fever a few days ago at the United States Marine Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. A REMUNERATIVE RAILROAD.— The receipts of the Galena and Chicago (III.) railroad have been over 81,200,000 for the past six months—enough, after allowing 50 per cent, running expenses, to pay a half yearly divi dend of 11 percent, on the cost of the road, 85,600,000. The length of the road is 221 miles. LARGE REWARD. —The American Express Co. have offered a reward of 810,000 for the recovery of the 850,000 in gold, alleged to be abstracted or stolen during the course of transmission Irom the land office in Detroit to the sub-treasury in New York, and an ad dition*! 85000 for the arrest and conviction of the persons who committed the fraud. A FIGHT BETWEEN DIGNITARIES. —The Lou isville Courier states that a fight ocourred in Richmond, Mo., the other day, between Hon. M. Oliver and Gov. King. They were sepa rated just as the Governor was in * (sir wav of getting well whipped. The Governor struck the first tick. The quarrel occurred in lb# court-room, and originated in the examina tion of witnesses. The Judge fined Ibem 850 each. THt LONDON TIMES ON KINO BOMBA. —The Time* winds up a desdription of the Neapol itan tyrant as follows:—"Let the meanest ma i in these kingdoms—steeped though he may be in poverty even to the lips—afflicted by all the afflictions which can try humanity —all Job's miseries upon him without Job's patience—(all down upon his knees and thank God that be is not as the king of Na ples." Know-Nothing Convention. BOSTON, Oct 3.—Tbn Know Nothing Slats Convention assembled at thn Tremont Tem ple, to-day, and '.be attendance waa large - Henry J. Uardir.er, the present Governor, waa unanimously renominated. Henry W. Bonchly, President of the last Senate, was nominated for Lieutenant Gover nor. A full ticket was nominated, and the plat form adopted at Springfield re-affirmed. Gov. Gardiner has accepted the nomina tion, and in doing so, defined his position at length. His speech elicited much enthusi asm. The Convention then adjourned sine die The Kansas Election. ST. Louis, Oct .8 —RelurnaJjom the Kansas election state that in Atchison connty and Leavenworth City, all the votes were given for Mr. Whitefield, the pro-slavery candidal* for Delegate to Cnr.greea. Partial retorn from Doniphan show the election there to have also been all on one side, Whitefield receiving all the votes cast. a Ihe Konsns Election. KANSAS, Oct. 2—The returns from three counties show a heavy vols for Whitefield, pro-slavery. Shawraee and Indian counties are supposed to be pro-slavery. A few votes were polled for Reeiler, but the Free-Soilere generally did not vote. All is quiet . Democratic Convention. BOSTON, Oct. 4—The Democrats of Salem, Mass., met yesterday and appointed Dele gates to the State Democratic Convention. The Convention unanimously adopted a resolution recommending the re-nomiuatiou of President Pierce. Frightful Explosiou and Loss of Llin. I'oTTsvn.HjOct. 4—We have ■ report from Minersville, of n frightful fire damp explosion in the minetftjl Gideon Bast, on Wolf Creek, near Minersville, by which five petsons were instantly killed am) many were wounded. AN AWFUL BORE.—The Honsac Tunnel, in Massachusetts, for railway purposes, wjll not be completed lor four or five years to come. A new machine, of great power, ia now in course of construction at New York, to be used in boring the drift, or headway, the old one being found 100 cumbrous to be easily managed. The plan of culling out the entire cavity of the tunnel, 24 feet in di ameter, by the machino, has been aban doned, and the new one is to be bore a shaft of but eight feet in diameter after which the work of blasting will be com paratively easy. Bounty Land Warrants. —The number ot applications received at the Pension Bureau is 218,900, allowed 40,228 warrants issued 36,956. The applicants will be pleased to learn that arrangements hsve now been per fected which will insure the issuing ot five hundred bounty-land warrants per dsy from the Pension Office. The labor attendant on the preparation of auch a daily number of warrants can be only understood and appre ciated by those familiar with the great care and accuracy with which all the business of this office has necessarily been transacted. CHEMISTS have found our terraqueous globe made up of sixty-three so-called elements ; of these, thirteen are most widely distribu ted, and of the latter again, one—oxygen composes about two-thirds of our globe If is present as gas in our atmosphere; we drink it liquid as water, and carry it about with us aa part of our nerves, our muscles, and our clothing; it feeds our blast-furnaces ar.d quenches our fires, while vast stores of it are locked up in IhesoliTl rock. Effects of Slate and County Fairs —When the first State Fair was held in Ohio, about six years ago, there was scarcely one store in the State for the sale of agricultural im plements. Now, nearly every county town not only boasts of such a convenience, but the farmers will buy none but the latest im provements. Price of Bread in France. —Bread in Paris ie now at If. the 41b. loaf, and out of Pari* If. 10c. and If. 20c. even. This for any one who knows what the poor man'* life i* in France, is truly serious. Recently in Paris, several bakers were fined for not having suf ficient quantity of bread in the;r shops. HIST TO GRAIN SPECULATOR*. —Seven thou sand bushels of wheat were purohaeed in Lo gan county, Ky., last week, at Si per bush el. IV Mr. Mensch, at the "cheap corner," has openeil a new lot of fine goods Tor the fall and winter trade. And what is more, he sells at the cheapest rates. In Bloomsbnrg. on the 20th all, at the house of Col. John Purse I, by the Rev. H Tnllidge, Mr. STIAWBRIDCE A. WILSON, to Miss CAROLINE PURSEL, all of Bloomsbnrg. On the 18th ult., by Rev. J. S. McMorray, Mr. THOMAS C. ELSE, ol Montoorsville, (now of Bloomsbnrg,) to Miss MART FESSLER, of New Berry. In Bloomsbnrg; September 26, by Rev. E. A. Sharretts, AUGUSTUS GROVE, to Mr*. CHAR LOTTE JONES, of Bloomsburg. THE BEST ARE THE csaociaadExcPDßst3 i a , e EMPLOY the BEST TEACHEHS and use the BEST BOOKS in your schools and your children will learn more in six months than iq three years with inferior ones, and you will SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY IT BANDE&'s NEW are the best Readers. WEBSTER'S are the best Dictionaries* GREENLEAF S SERIES ARE THE BESt ARITHMETICS. PELTON'S IS THE BEST SYSTEM OF Splendid Outline IHapa. WILSON'S ARE THE BEST SERIES OF LAMBERTS ARE THEBEST WORKS ON xrarsisaoiMMHro s blower Sc Barnei, Publishers, Booksellers If Stationsn, 39 North Third Strset, PHILADELPHIA. October 11, 1855.—3 m.
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