STAR OF " THE"NORTH.
R. W. WEAVER. EDITOR.
niooniKbiu-R. TharsdHV, lire. 0. 1855.
■LET TUB PACT RK A WARNIKG.
We hope thai the legislature which is soon
to convene will lake warning from the reck- i
less one of last year. The error, and rotten
ness of that body should be a warning for all
time to come. It look neither political nor
moral principle for itR guide, but went alone
by the impulse of secret conspiracies which
ruled the majority of its members, and count
ed only the chances of success. It set itself
Op for a Reform body, and was more corrupt
and selfish in its disposition of the public
money than any previous legislature in
Pennsylvania ever dared be. It hypocriti
cally prated about Temperance and morals,
while some of its Temperance members who
Toted for its liquor law were during the ses
sion more than once disgusting spectacles
-sufferinglrom mania potu.
The new legislature will do well to remem
ber that the mass of the people have seen all
this and have loudly declared for a change.
Manliness and honor m'.ui become the stand
ard for public men, and. ine day of dark con
spiracies apd revolting hypocrisy has gone by.
Teucbers' Association-
We hope every teacher in the county will
endeavor to be at Millville on next Saturday.
Much can be gamed by a mutual effort to
learn and improve; and every teacher should
• find some idea of practical utility to contri
bute to the general stock at such meeting.
There should be a feeling of unity and fra
ternity among teachers. They should mate
their business a profession by acts ; and then
they coed not tatk about its dignity, for they
will feel that dignity. Every teacher will feel
him or herself strengthened by intelligent in
tercourse with others whose minds run in the
same channel, and whose business is to gar
ner up thoughts that shall be of advantage to
Ihe occupation of a teacher. The exchange
of these thoughts will enrich faster than the
commerce in material properly, for in the ex
change by teachers no one loses and each
one gains something.
The Directors of every district shoulJ and
doubtless will give to the teachers the lime
spent in attending these meetings without
deduction of pay: for every teacher will be
better able after each meeting to interest and
instruct the school in his or her charge. The
ttmo will be spent to the profit ol the schol
ars as well as the teachers, for the improve
ment of the teacher will result in advantage
so the school. _
Literary Notices-
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER is
the title of a new pictorial quarto which start
ed at New York on the Ist of December,
and of which we have received a specimen.
It contains more than Ballou's Pictorial, and
si to be a nnwpaper. The first number con
tains engravings illustrating a number of
scenes in the jout'l'RV nod adventures of Dr.
Kane's Arctic Expedition, and articles of so
lidity! and interest. It is pub. l,s bed weekly
for $2 a volume ol 6 months, or SI per year.
Track .Leslie is also the publisher of a Ga
zette of Fashion, and of Frank Leslie's New
York Journal. From the evidence ho has
shown of taste in his other publications we
may predict success to ihe Illustrated News
paper.
DYE'S BANK NOTE DELINEATOR is a new
publication which contains a perfect descrip
tion of every part of all the genuine Bank
Bills circulating in ihe United Stales and
British America. The work is 14 inches long
and 8 wide, and contains 300 pages. Its
preparation is said to have cost 330.000, hav
ing been over three years in course of com
pletion. Price 82 per copy, or S3 with Dye's
semi-monthly Bank Mirror ami Coin Chart.
Address John S. Dye, 172 Broadway, New
York. We copy the following certificate as
to tbe value of the work from a reputable
firm of engravers:
ORNRE or DANFOHTH, WRIGHT & Co ,)
A 'ew York, October, 1855. j
JOHN S. DYE, Esq.,
SIR: Your "Bank Note Delineator"seems
to posses* unqualified merit in the detailed ;
description it gives ol all genuine Batik Notes,
and combined with your Mirror, describing
the counterfeits, you offer to the public a
work ol much utility as a protection against i
frauds it: paper currency
Respectfully yours,
DAMORTII, WRIGHT & Co.
SATURDAY EVENINO POST.—We take pleas
ure in noticing that this excellent journal is |
about entering another year of its prosperous \
and useful existence. The Post has always i
occupied a high position among the family
papers. If we may judge from w hat the ,
Post has done we can predict for it a useful,
beneficial and profitable career during the
coming year. Le.'ters from foreign lands,
the weekly news ol the world, sketches of
life, adventuro and cha'aoter, ag:icultural
matter, accounts of the produce and Block
markets, a batik note list, and the lighter
mat'ers ol fiction, poetry and humor, have
all been mingled in its columns. Its' edi
torials are ably written, touching on all Jh®
topics of the day, by a gentleman who
stands high in literary circles.
Siogle copy, 82 —4 copies, 35—3 copies,
(and one to the getler-up of Club) slo—l3
copies, f and one to the getter-tip ol the Club)
$15—20 copies, and one to the getter-up of
Club 820.
A Practical System of Book-Keeping by 6in-
Sle or Double Entry. By Ira Mayhew, A.
[. New York : Published by Daniel Bur
gess & Co.
A book with the above litlo has been plac
ed on our table. It is a very plain work, well
adapted to farmers and mechanics, as well
as merchants. It is the most comprehensive
system that we have yet seon. Price only
iorty-two cents. Wo would advise our reed- (
ere to eend for the work
ROSE CLARK, by Fanny Fern. Messrs. Ma- I
son & Brothers have furnished us with a copy
of this work which will evidently be one ol j
the most popular publications of the day.—
We have only been able to read little in it, {
but enough to show that the style is like
"Fern Leaves"—full of vivacity, impulsive
sensibility and warm, heart-moving sentiment.
The work is very well printed.
COCHT PItOCKEUINGS.
COURT opened on last Monday in this place.
Samuel Hears was appointed Foreman ol the
Grand Jury, which adjourned early on Tues
day afternoon.
In thp case of the Com. vs. Sarah H. Smith
a nolle prosequi was entered.
There was only one indictment before the
Grand Jury—Coin. vs. William Fairman and
J William Howell, Supervisors of Mounlpleas
! ant Township, for not repairing public road.
| Returned not a true bill and John Ale the
| prosecutor for costs.
The only case of general public interest
which was tried was that first on the trial
I list which was a trial of ihe validity of the
will of Wm. Trimbly, late of Scott township.
Ii was contended that the testator was not of
sound mind when he made the will, arid this
was the only point in contest. There was
some conflicting testimony, but none that
was not reconcilable with the other. The
verdict was in favor of the validity of the
will. Comly & Hurley for the will, Bucka
! lew & Clark against it.
The tun • [ie Lycoming County Insurance
Company us §irnon F. Kase wavlor an in
stalment claimed on an insurance note given
by the defendant to plaintiff. The plaintifl
proved note and assessment thereon, but the
defence relied upon the fact that no noiice or
demand for the payment of iho instalment
was shown, as required by the chaaer of
ihe Company. Also, that, according to the
charter, the suit should have been brought in
court lor the whole amount of the note if it
had become forleited by the non-payment ol
an asssesse.l instalment, and could not for
want of jurisdiction, he brought, as it was,
before a Justice ol the Peace. The view ol
I the defended was sustained by the court,
[ and the plaintiff suffered a non-suit. Hurley
| for plaintifl, Baldy for defendant.
Enoch Howell vs. Isaiah Shuman. It ap
j peared that the defendant had indirectly ob
| tained a horse belonging to Mr. Howell,
1 which he refused to deliver up whm it was
j demanded by Mr. Howell, unless be was
J paid 325. He alledged it had been a gift by
; the plaintiff to Mr. Mann, and claimed on
i Ihe trial that he had at any rale a leiu upon
| the horse for tavern reconing for keeping
j him, which should have been paid before he
j could be required to deliver the horse. The
| Jury believed that the horse was hired and
j not given away, and gave a verdjet for^piafn^
) tifl for $42 64. ""
| The ntvJTcase was William Shaffer UJ. Jas.
j Mott. /fliia was a sun fo* a balance claimed
j as ygfaue for flour sold by plaintiff to de
j fuqffaul. The whole contest was as to the
j price that the defendant should pay for the
■(flour. Verdict for plaintiff for 8)63 50.
j On Thursday morning Mr. Stewart applied
| for a new trial, but the court refused a rule.
I Jackson lor plaintiff.
I Jacob Hosier us. Benj. P. Frick was an ac-
I lion for the value of railroad siile furnished
!by plaintiff. Tbe case is still ui progress us
j we go to press.
Danville Uauk.
At an Election for Directors of this insti
tution for the ensuing year, the following gen
tleman were unanimously elected, viz:—
Peter Baldy, sr., E. H. Baldy, C. H. Frick,
W. H. Magill, C. M. Shoop, Ti.omas Woods,
' Dan7'ille; John K. Grotz, Bloomsburg; John
! Sharp.'ess, Catlawissa; J. G. Piper, McEw
ensville' J. V. Good lander, Milton; P. Bea
ver Lewisbur® ' Benjamin Scboch, Selins
grove; 11. F. Maus, Van'*y-
I At the meeting of the new Board of Direc
tors on Tuesday last, Peter Baldy, sr.; Esq',
was unanimously re-elected as President of
the Bank. By the way, Mr. Baldy lias but
recently recovered from a protracted illness
of several months' duration, and it will afford
great gratification to Iho business community
| in this section of country to learn that his
i health is so far restored as to allow him again
to attend to his accustomed avocations.
A Dividend ol 5 per cent, has been declar
ed by the Bank for the last six months.
..... _
CW A NOVEL PRESENTMENT was lately
made by the Grand Jury of the Allegheny
county Criminal Cou-t, which was so dis
j tasteful to sundry officials as to cauao an ef
; fort to suppress its publication. This, how
j ever, only stimulated the curiosity of the |
public and of the newspapers, and, aecor- j
dingly, the offensive presentment has been
I fished up and published. It i 9 an odd affair,
, and moots the question whether female
equestrian trials hi agricultural faits and ba
by shows, "and suchlike improprieties," are
I not indictable offences I The Grand Jury
j asks the Court whether it has not got too
many tipstaves, and whether something can.
not be done to prevent tnecommiliing magis
trates of the coun'y from sending to Court
such a mass of petty cases of assault aud
battery, &c., as they do at present.
GT LAND WARRANTS have depreciated in
price about 12 4 cenls per acre within a week.
Some of the city dealers were no doubt bit
in their extensive operations in this kind of
slock. The ptice had been kept up above
the general expectation, but the probabilities
are that there will now be further .depress
ions in tbeir price.
CW THANKS.—We are pleased to have re
ce/veil from Col. Wright, our attentive late
Conn.fossman, the Congressional Globe and
for the last session of Congress,
and the! Ag'tioullural volume of Ihe last Pat
ent Office Report. They are documents of
value and interest, arid we ure glad to see
that our friend has pot forgol'en us.
GT Our readers will be pleased to notice
that Mr. B. P. Former has commenced regis
tering his sales in our paper. As he is the
best and principle Auctioneer of the county,
persons who attend vendues will find regular
items of interest in that part of our paper.
Thirty-Fourth Cougi ess—First Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.
SENATE—The Senate was called to order
at 12 o'clock, and the members elect were
duly sworn in.
The daily hour of meeting was, on motion
fixed for noon. Adjourned.
HOUSE—At noon the House was called to
order by Mr. Forney, the Clerk of the last
Session, and the scene of confusion, which
had up to this lime prevailed, suddenly ter
minated.
The roll was called, when 225 members
answered to their names.
On motion of G. W. Jones, of Tennessee,
the House proceeded to the election of
Speaker, by i viva voce vote.
After the nominations of the various can
didates, the first ballot was taken, with tbe
following result:
VOTES.
W. A. Richardson, (dem..) of Illinois, 74
Hetirv M. Fuller (Am.,) of Penn'a., 17
Lewis D. Campbell (Rep.,) uf Ohio, 53
A. C. M. Pennington, ol New Jersey, 7
11. Marshall (Am.,) of Kentucky, 30
N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts, 21
A number of other candidates were voted
lor, and much excitement prevailed. There
was no election—one hundied and thirteen
votes being necessary to a choice.
Three additional ballots wete then had
without effecting a choice. On the last bal
lot, the vole stood
Richardson, (Dem..) of Illinois, 72
Campbell, (Repub..) of Ohio, 57
Ranks, (Kepub.,) of Massachusetts, 22
Pennington, of New Jersey, 8
Marshall, (Atner..) of Kentucky, 30
Fuller, (American.) of Penua'a., 17
And 16 votes scattering.
There being no election, tbe House, on
motion, adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.
SENATE.—The Senate was culled to order
at noon. Messrs. Hale, Durkee, Yulee and
Pearce were sworn in.
The Rev. H. C. Dean was elected Chap
lain, when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.—The House met at 11 o'clock,
when, on motion, the balloting for Speaker
was resumed, and the first ballot (fifth,) re
sulted A follows:
VOTES.
W. A. Richardson (Dem.,) of Illinois, 74
Lewis D. Campbell (Rep,) of Ohio, 58
N. P. Batiks, (Rep..) of Massachusetts, 23
Henry M. Fuller (Atner.,) of Penn'a., 20
H. Marshall (Amer.,) of Kentucky, 19
Scattering, 26
There being no election, 111 votes being
necessary to a choice, other ballots were
had, resulting as follows :
Sa/llots. 6th. 7th. Bth. 9th.
Richardson, 75 74 75 75
Campbell, 57 54 51 51
Banks, 25 28 32 31
Fuller, 22 20 20 21
Marshall, 18 20 18
Fl'.e-wßa'iff Timrrber "of votes polled wss
223—necessary to a choice, 112.
There being no election, the House, on
motion, adjourned.
THE COAL BUSINESS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
The Miners' Journal, speaking of the pros
pects of the coal business in Schuylkill coun
ty, confiims a statement of a correspondent*
of the Ledger, that difficulties existed among
the coal operators, and that quite a number
had failed, though they are with few excep
tion, but small operators. The c.-sl trade of
Schuylkill county, it believes, is in as good
condition, and as prosperous, as at any for
mer period of its existence, exoepting alone
last year. The very prosperity of last year
has in a great measure been tbe cause of the
present difficulties to many operators. At
the height of the flood tide of success, the
operators made extensive improvemeuts,
with their accustomed energy, instead of re
trenching, and waiting tor a season or two,
when continued success would have warrant
ed the step which has been taken too hasti
ly. The low price of coal this season and
the amounts which have been expended by
operators, as slated, have involved many of
the operators; bu: the journal sees nothirg in
the existing state of the trade a
I ptntc. /
A MILLINER QUEEN.—Although It was no
secret that the King of Denmark had con
tracted a morganatic marriage with a milliner
of the name of Lolla Uasmusser., whom he
has elevated to the rank of Countess Dari
ner, yet that step had never been publicly
or officially made knowu. It therefore caus
ed a great sensation when the King, at the
court and levee he held on his birthday at
the palace of Christiansborg, in Copenhagen,
caused her to be present, and presented her
; to the foreign ambassadors, requesting the
I latter to notify his marriage to their respect
j ive courts. On New Year's day she is to be
i elevated to the rank of Duchess.
THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION, adopted by the
" Free State Convention," is to be submitted
to a vote ol the people oo the 15:h ol Do
certifier. It submits the question of slavery
in Kansas to a vote ot the people in the Ter
ritory. Under its organic law the bounda
ries of the proposed new State extend to Ihe
Rocky mountains, some seven hundred miles
from the Missouri river. Governor Shannon
calls the " Free State" movement revolution
ary and treasonable, and says the laws enac
ted by the Legislature govern the State.
DON'T PAY FOB ITSELF.— The present low
rates of postage and the high charges of
ocean mail service keep the Poet-Office De
paitment in debt to the General Government
and call lor annually increasing drafts upon
the Treasury. It is staled, in advance of tbe
Postmaster General's Report, on what ap
pears to be reliable authority, that the deficit
in the Post Office Department for the present
year will be about two millions and a half
of dollars, or some three-quarters of a mill
ion more than last year. There has boen
added during the year some 3,700 miles of
road service to the operations of the Depart
ment.
CONGRESS. —The House of Congress bad
another heat yesterday in the trial of an elec
tion for Speaker, and with the same result as
the previous two days' work—no election.—
Six ballots yesterday, making nineteen in all,
still left Ihe matter undetermined, and tbe
House adjourned, to go through the urns
cararaoniss to day I
The "Rupture" Alarm la England.
The London papers stHl keep up their ab
surd noise about the "rupture" with the Uni
ted Stales. The "Times" tries to escape from
the consequences of the alarm it had created
in the public mind by keeping up a terrible
fire of indignation against the fillibusters of
the United States. It very patronizingly takes
the "best portion" of the American public
eentimei.fs of flle native population towards
Great Britain, assuring us that these senti
ments are very cordially reciprocated by the
people of England. It is, the "Times" says,
the French Socialists and Jacobins, Italian
Red Republicans, Hungarians and Poles, driv
en into frantic hatred, of all government by
Austrian or Russian tyranny—-refugees from
every country in Europe, and adventurers,
pirates, and fillibusters from every country
in the worl), and last, though not least, Uni
ted Irishmen, from whom immediato danger
is to be apprehended, because they, being
the most aofive. control politics in this coun
try, the "beller classes" in America being 100
much absorbed in business to attend to their
Government.
All Ibis -itfise about filibustering in the
United Slates is, of course, a dodge, a politi
cal trick to lessen the indignation at home
and abroad, which would very naturally be
felt itself
has been 'tilhbustering attempts
in other countries, and violating the sover
eignty of neutral nations by foreign enlist
ments. There was never a period since the
adoption ol the Constitution in which the af
fairs of this government were so completely
as now under the control of the native popu
lation, or in which those who represent the
business of the country took a more scltve
part in politics. Ii is the influence of these
which has made fillibustering contemptible,
defeated the Object of Kossuth's mission to
this country, and kept the United Slates firm
in its neutral policy—acfing honorably, con
scientiously and justly towards ali nations.—
The government is thoroughly imbued with
tho same sentiments, and all i'.s official acta
prove that it hardlv reciprocates them. It has
no need, therefore, to irritate and insult the
| British government to repair a damaged char
| acter at -Iwrna Ac.l if the British govern
i menl only took half the same care to respect
| the rights ol other nations, it would not, guilt
stricken, have occasion to cry out slop thief,
when it sees a Constable in pursuit, or charae
criminally against others, when it sees an
Attorney General preparing an indictment
against ilaelf.
Bearding the Lion,
The Grand Duke Constantine sepms to have
fsothe ol the vigor ami boldness of his fatlibr,
j the Emperor Nicholas. It is stated in a Paris
paper, the Pays, in a letter from St. Peters
! burg, that in a Council of War he proposed
| to arm and equip the whole fleet of Crons
! tadt, Revel, and Sweaborg, to embark 20,-
\ 000 men of picked troops, to make sail at a
| propitious hour, to force a passage through
| the allied squadrons, or await their depait
ure, an J life Ytlcmurmtiey left llio Ballic to
effect a landing in Scotland or England. The
Empress opposed the enterprise, and the Em
peror hearkened to his wife's advice. It is
said, however, that he has again advised it,
and that his idea is that he could sack and
burn London, or bury himself or his troops
under the smoking ruins under the first com
mercial cities of the world. This may be
only the gossip of newspaper correspondents,
but if Russia had anything like the resolution
and fearlesness which animated the little
Dutch republic of Holland in 1666, the Lon
don merchants might be thrown into as great
an excitement as when the fearless Deßuyter
secured the English channel, and anchoring
off the mouth of the Thames, offered battle to
the British fleet- But the Dutch have enter
prise ; the Russians have none. Holland was
a republic; Russia is t despotism. This po
litical difference'may account for the enter
prise of one, and the present apathy of the
other. A nation without enterprise will nev
er be the masters of the world.— Ledger.
How Swindlers are Punished in England.
Sir John D. Paul and his partners, Messrs.
Sirahan and Bates, who were for many years
leading London bankers, failed some time
since, and disclosed that they had, when
pressed for money, disposed of securities
placed in their hands on deposit and applied
tho money to their own necessities. They
were arrested and tried for the offence, and
we learn by this mail that the sentence pro
nounced upon them is fourteen years trans
portation. Sir John D. Paul was a baronet,
a magistrate, a leading member of the church
anj of several religious and charitable soci
eties; his connections, as well as those of
his partnese, we highly respectable and in
fluential. Yet they have been sentenced to
the same punishment as would have been
allotted to them if they had been the lowest
criminals. There is a.lesson in the sentence
by which we may profit. Such swindles as
that of Straham, Paul & Bates have not been
unknown in this country. But we are not
aware that any Wall street operator was ever
sentenced to fourteen yeais imprisonment, or
even four. Old England is not afraid to deal
out justice.
KEEP COOL, JOHN BULL.—The Washington
Union , in the course of an article on the pres
ent condition of affairs between Englaod and
the United Stales, says
"God forbid that another war should ever
occur between the United States and Great
Britain ; but we are confident that, if such a
war should occur, ire could raise three hundred
thousand men for the invasion of England with
less troublethirty th ousand for
The invasion of Russia !
IT Two scamp* r.amed Stoddard and
Lee, were arrested last week, for passing
counterfeit money at Williamsport. Over
>2,000 in counterfeit bills was found on their
persons. They were to be tried at Williams
port this week, and they will no doubt soon
have better employment provided for them
in the Penitentiary. They were sentenced
for 23 months.
tr On last Monday, Wm. Cameron, Esq.,
of Lowisburg, was elected President of the
Bsnk of Northumberland
Agricultural meeting.
Pursuant to a call, the cilizens of Colum-'
bia county convened at the Court House, or.
Monday, Dec. 3d, 18h5, to consider the prac
ticability of organizing an Agricultural Soci
ety, and from the attendance given it wat
plainly proven that there will be no doubt of
its permanent organization.
BENJ. P. FORTNER, ESQ., of Franklin, wss
called to the chair, and Dr. John P.Taggarl
was chosen Sectetary. Mr. Fortner on la
king the chair staled the object of the meet
ing in a very able and intelligent manner.
On motion of Col. L. L. Tale, a committee
of four were appointed to report a list of of
ficers.
COMMITTEE REPORTED.
COL. JOSEPH PAXTON, Piesident.
Dr. John P. Taggart, Cor. Secretary.
Col. John G. Freeze, Recording Src.
E. P. Lmz, Assistant do.
Joseph VV. Hendershot, Treasurer.
John Robeion, of Scott, 1 r <<
Veniah Reese, of Hemlock, > ,
Peter Kline, of Franklin, \ lorr
Ori motion the list of officers as reported
were accepted. Several addresses were de
livered: after which the meeting adjourned to
meet again on Thursday evening Dec. 6th.
BENJ. P. FORTNER,
Jtro. P. TAGOART, Secy. Pi est
Winter Is Coming.
Quietly, yet surely, old Boreas' breath is
stealing on us, bringing death to earth's ver
dure, and a chill to the hearts of the poor.—
The joys of summer are gone. Its many
colored flowers—its waving foliage—its sun
ny skies and balmy air, are seen and fell no
more. Withered leaves like youthful hopes
are scattered before the winds, and go rust
ling dowu the cold earth like the expiring
murmurs of childhood. A little longer and
! the boughs which sparkled with the morning
dew, and sheltered the glad hearted little
I songsters, will be bare ami cheerless as the
| breaths of many homes, once happy, but
| now, alas! deserted. A little longer and the
; wiiite snow will cover the fields where mer-
I ry feet sported, and lay cold and cheerless as
I the tablets which mark the last resting place
|of loved forms ! A little longer, and the icy
j blast will pierce the hearts of poverty, and
. bring tears to the eyes which cheering Sum
j mer has taught to sparkle.
! Winter is coming, but it brings no terror
! to those who have happy homes and cheer
ful companions. They will close the win
dows, draw around the fires and laugh at the
angry blasts that howl fitfully by. But how
ill-clad, ill housed and ill fed poverty will
| shriek from the piercing air that comes steal
ing through every crevice and chilling the
| life blood as il.courses through their s|iivr
-j ing frames! God pity them —saintly charity
| will senj its missionary boxes to clothe the
j heathens of a distant clime—and our poor
! will suffer. Such is the world. We shut
our eyes to the want of our neighbor, and
| weep over the imaginary ills of those who
do not care for our charily.— Pa. Patriot,
| *****
A Million of Men In the Field
<
The present struggle between Russia and
! her enemies, says the New York Herald, has,
, we dare say, drawn ofT a million of men from
' the uvocationsor pastimes of peace, who are
| now in the field, in the bloody business of
| war, to say nothing of the thousands sacrifi
j ced already to this insatiable Moloch. A cir
| cular printed at Vienna, estimates the Turk
| ish and Allied forces at 309,000 men, with
i out including the Turkish army of 24,000
j men on the banks of the Danube. The enu.
| meration is thus made up;
Under Outer Pasha, 45,000
At-Kara, 18,000
Krzeroum and Trebizond, 20.000
In the Crimea, on the Tchernaya, 95,000
Enpatoria, 60,000
Kertsch, 16,000; Kinbnrn, 12,000, 28,000
On their way to the Dnieper, 25 000
Sebastopol, 8,000; Masiax, 10,000, 18,000
1 Total, 300,000
! Add Turks on the Danube, 24,000
And we have a grand total of 333,000
| And this does not include the Allied naval
forces of the Baltic and Black Seas, and the
Sea of Azoff, which will probably loot up
another item of at least fifty thousand men.
On the other side, Russia has about 200, •
000 men in the Crimea, perhaps 50,000 about
the Caspian, Kara and Turkey on the south
shore of the Black Sea, 100,000 at and about
Nicolaieft, 20,000 at Odessa, and perhaps
200,000 at St. Petersburg, Cror.stadt, Swea
borg, Helsingfors and the Baltic coasts gen
erally, with reserve in Poland, and detached
squads scattering around her vast frontiers,
equal to 200,000 more. These figures, if |
summed up and added to the forces of the
Allies, will give tis over a million of men ap
propriated to the humane occupation of cut
ting each other's throats, and destroying by
fire, sword and bomb-shells the homes, the
hopes and the happiness of millions of help
less woman and children. And all apparent
ly resulting from a puerile quarrel concern
ing the Holy Places of Jerusalem.
We can now believe that the thirty years
war in Germany originated from a dispute
about a well bucket, that the first French rev
ulu'.ion was precipitated by a diamond neck
lace, and that the British fleet lately detailed
to this side the Atlantio was for the express
purpose of arresting Russian privateers and
the Irish-American revolutionary expedition
destined for Dublin. " What a great fire a
small spark kindleth."
The Weather at the North.— ln the vicinity
of Utica, N. Y., the sleighing is good, and
the stage coaches departed from that city on
Friday morning on runners. At PittsfieW,
Mass., on Wednesday last, there was good
sleighing, and at Albany, ice lormed an inch
thick on the canal on Thersdav night. The
Montreal Pilot, of tho 19th, says : "the bells
are jingling merrily through our streets, and
we suppose that winter may be considered
as fairly inaugurated in his ice-mantled do
minions. The thermometer is only six de
grees above zero."
vw A STATE CONVINTION of military men,
will be held at Harrisbnrg, on the third Mon
day of January, for the purpose of adopting
measures for the iroproveraenl of our Volun
teer system
I Arrival or the Atlantic!
ONE WEEK~LATER FROM EUROPE
NEW YOKE, NOV. 30.—The steamship At
lantic, from Liverpool, with dates to Satur
day, the 17th inst., arrived at her wharf thi*
evening at 9 o'clock.
Ibe War.
The latest despatches from the seat ot war
report officially from Lord Stratford Redclilfe
a victory gained on the sth of November by
Om.ir Pasha, over a force of (en thousand
Russians, mostly Georgian militia, at the riv.
er Ingoar, which Omar l'ssha, with the Turks
20,000 strong, crossed at four different points,
taking sixty prisoners, three guns, and cau
sing a loss of 400 in killed and wounded.—
The Turkish loss is 300.
A private despatch, which evidently refers
to the same encounter, says the Turks cross
ed the river Anakava and stormed the Has
j isn redoubts, after they pushed forward to.
! wardi Kulaia.
j Kara was still besieged, but appearances
indicate that the Russians will retire to Ti
j Hie.
There is nothing new from the Crimea.—
! Both armies were wholly occupied in hutting,
| preparatory for winter.
Only a few ships remain in the Dnieper.—
The bulk of the fleet is leturuiug to ConsUn
| tinople.
A desululory fire is kept up between the
North and South side of Sebaslopol, and the
fortifications of both sides are being aug
mented.
The latest dates by letter are to the 3d of
November. The weather continued very
fine.
[SECOND DESPATCH ]
The War In the (rimes,
A St. Petersburg despatch says the Em
i peror left Nicolaieff on the 7th of November
! for the Crimea, to thank in person Gortscha
kofT's army. He returned, vis. Moscow, to
| St. Petersburg.
j Up to the 12th of November the Allies had
| not undertaken anything in the Crimea.
I The exportation of Breudstuffs had been
, prohibited in all the Turkish ports, and im
. porlalions allowed duty free.
| A portion of the French fleet had arrived
I in Biecos Bar.
| A private despatch says Russia has abso
| lutely prohibited the export of breadstuff's,
| Sweden is expected to follow her example.
\ The Allied fieete at the mouth of the Bug
! and Dnieper had been reduced twenty-eight
j vessels.
| The official accounts of Generals Williams
and MouraiefT, of the attack upon Kara, have
I been published.
Kesninptlon ol Negotiations
i General Weddell had been summoned to
j Berlin. It ie reported that he is again to be
I despatched to Paris on peace projects,
j Numerous communications are being six
changed between the Courts of Vienna and
{ St. Petersburg, but it is thought the prelimi
j naries for peace negotiations will not take a
: definite shape till the arrival of Sir Hamilton
Seymour, the new British Minister, at Vien
; na. ,
| A Berlin despatch, dated the 3d, says it
appears more and more positive that the pre-
I limiuartos are being arranged at Brussels
| with the assent ol Russia, for the resumption
: of negotiations.
| Notwithstanding all the denials are persist
; ed in, it is believed that peace is not far off.
England.
! It is rumored that the Secretaryship of the
I Colonies, refused by the Duke ol New Cas
j lie, will be given to Frederic Peel, who will
I be succeeded in the war office by Mr. Lay.
ard.
j Gen. Codrington accepts the command of
I the army in the Crimea.
I Orders and ribbons have been bestowed
! on Generals Pelissier and Simpson.
I The Chartists, under Ernest Jones and oth
i er former leaders, have reappeared in a pro
| test against the recent expulsion of the refit
; gees from Jersey.
Sweden
Gen. Canrobert had an audience with the
King of Sweden and met a cordial reception,
I but nothing as to the success of his mission
|is known. Rumor says it has reference to
| an alliance between a member of the Bora
i parte family and the royal family of Sweden.
The Latcst—Ur Telegraph.
LONDON, Saturday Aftornoon.—Consols clo
scd weak, at 88
There is a rumor of the probable early ilia
solution of Parliament.
It is reported in Paris that Canrobert is to
demand the hand of the daughter of the King
| of Sweden for Prince Napoleon.
The line of telegraph from Simpheropol and
Nicolaieff to St. Petersburg has been open
ed.
DARIEI. WEDSTER IN lIIS YOUTH.—A collec
tion of Daniel Webster's letters, with biog
raphical notes, is about to be published ic
Boston, from which a correspondent of the
New York Evening Post extracts a few pas
sages. It appears that Daniel, while a law
6tudent helped to support his brother Ezekiel,
at college, by copying deeds, &c., the latter
occasionally recruiting his finances by school
teaching. The correspondence between the
two, on the ways and means, is inisresting.
Daniel writes to his brother, under date of
Salisbury, N. H., Nov. 4, 1802, as follows :
"1 have now by me two cents in lawful
federul currency. Next week I will send them
if they be all. They will buy a pipe—with
a pipe you can smoke—smoking implies wis
dom—wisdom is allied to fortitude—from
fortitude it is but ond step to stoicism, and
stoicism never pants for this world's goods.
So, perhaps, my two cents, by this process,
may pot you quite at ease about cash."
Again, as late as June 10th, 1801, he
writes from Salisbury, after having declined
a comfortable office, in order to pursue a
profession :
" Zeke, I don't believe but what Provi
dence will do well for us yet. We shall live,
and five comfortably. I have thia Wbek
come within an ace of being appointed Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for Hillsbor
ough county. Well, you will say, you are
no better off than if you had not come with- \
in an ace. Perhapa I am—say nothing,
but think a good deal, and do not " distrust •
the gods." !
Medical Summitry.
A cues in which the umbilical coid mi
fifty-one and a half inches long is recorded in
the Londen Lancet. It was coiled six limes
around the neck, and once around the thigh.
The longest one on teconl is given by Bau
deloque, of one fifty-seven inches.—Dr.
Storer relates a case of Chorea in the Boilon
Medical and Surgical Journal which be-suc
cessfully treated, after the failure of other
remedies, by administering six drop* of the
Tincture of Indian Hemp three times daily
Orfila once being examined as an ''ex
pert," on a capital trial, was asked by the
President whether he could tell what quantity
of areenio was requisite to kill a fly. The
doctor replied: "Certainly, M. le President,
but I must know beforehand the ago of the
fly, its BOX, its temperament, its condiiious
and habits of body, whetlrer married or tin ■
gle, widow or maiden, widower or bachelor.
When satisfied on these points I can sinner
your question." Prof. Johnston, the au
thor of "Chemistry of Common Life," re
cently died in Scotland, in the 59th year ot
his age. The btiman bralti when lakru
out and soaked may be dilated ont so that the
convolutions disappear ; it then has a surface
of more than six hundred square inches. Its
weight in an adult male is from forty to sixty
ounces. The number of death* from the
Yellow Fever iu Norfolk up to September
20th was about 1100; in Portsmouth about
575. Among these were some 28 physi
ciatis. Dr. F. Wilkinson records a esse in
. lite Lancet of having performed Lithrolrity
successfully on a man eighty-sis years old.
A smart little discussion has been going
on between the Editors of the Medical Exam
iner and the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour
nal respecting the propriety "of holding on to
the W in Whooping Cough " The former says
ho dors not intend to hoop or make a loud
cry about it, while the lattergives assurance
of still holding on to it. The American Med
ical Gazette says that a great deal of th,
Quinine iu the market is more or less adul
terated with arsenic, piperirte, strychnine, etc
Soaking lamp witk in strong vicegarsnd
allowing it to dry thoroughly will prevent it
from smoking We learn that Prof. M
Cabbert of the Memphis Botanico Medical
College and of the Worcester Medical Insti
tution is dead. A writer in the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal tells of a case
in which a w hole family, consisting of pa
rents, children and servants, repeatedly catch
ing the itch from their house-dog For er
ery 100,000 individuals in Franca there sre
108 persotis blind, 82 deaf and dumb, 125 i
nsane, 118 goitrous, 125 hump-backed, 25 bav.
ing lost one or both arms, 32 having lost oae
or both legs, and 62 with club-foot.
Medical Reformer
AM ASTONISHING MAM.
FAMED THROL'GHGL'T TUX WORLD
j New York and London are now the grest
! manufacturing depots for Holloway's Pills
and Ointment. From No. 80 Maiden Lane,
this city, and No. 244 Strand, London, are
aenl forth, daily, millions of boxes and pou
of these inestimable medicines. The heavy
duty imposed by our government upon pat
ent medicines, and the large and constantly
inoreasing sale of Holloway's Pills and Oint
ment in this country, determined the propri
etor to make this city his residence. Our
republican system of government is also in
harmony with the predilection* of Professor
Holloway ; and though Kings and Emperors
have conferred upon him [honor* and espe
cial favors these will never be so gratifying
to hirr. as the grateful hearts of millions of
free citizens, who without any endorsement
of sovereign authority, freely patronize his
celebrated remedies for the prevention and
removal of disease.
Ass member of the medical faculty, hav
ing long witnessed the inefficiency of the
profession in curing disease, and being fa
miliar with the errors ar.d follies of the pro
fession, we feel it an imperative duly to ao
quaint the American publio with the arrival
ol this distinguished physician in our city.—
His fame, in a measure, preceded htm to oar
shores, but the extent of the good he has
done in the world has never yet been pro
claimed to an American public. Great as
his reputation is, it is destined to increase far
beyond that which ever adorned the cbarao-
I ter of any man whose profession was that of
healing the sick.
We shall embrace other occasions to ex
plain to the American people the system, the
theory and mode of cure adopted by Professor
Holloway. His Pills and Ointment, the one
taken internally, and the other applied exter
nally, *ot >n harmonious conjunction, and if
his directions are followed, w.ll eradicate ev
ery disease incident to man in all climes.
They purify and cleanse the body,and restore
healthy action in every organ. Our apace
will not permit us to say more at this time
respecting this distinguished man and his
celebrated remedies. He has one ambition,
and it is an honotable one. He wishes to
have ths world for a patient; and be wiji
succeed in his desire.
It is our object to audresa the American
publio in a series of articles, showing con
clusively that, in the whole history ol medi
cal science, no medicines have ever been of
fered for their use which are so cfficacinoe
iu restoring health and preventing disease a*
thoso of Professor Holloway. In this serial
of articles we shall necessarily explain much
of the human system, and those physiologi
cal laws of tile controlling our bodies, both
in health and disease. The American pub
lic are sufficiently intelligent to judge of their
own interests, and it is no longer in the pow
er of those styling themselves regular physi
cians to conceal from them important truthe
concerning their health New York Citizen.
B. P. FORTNER, Auctioneer,
Will sell on the 12lh & 13th of this month
the entire slock and household goods of Jno.
Krum, dee'd, at his late residence in Cooper
township, Montour county .
On the 14tb the entire farming stock acd
grain of the Widow Brown in Maine town
ship, Columbia couDty.
On the loth iiiat. the farm of Alexander
Mears in Locust township, Columbia oo
OT Persons who desire the services of B
P FOBTSEII ss Auctioneer will do well
to engage him before advertising the date of
(heir sale