STAR OF THE NORTH. *. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Blooms burg, Thursday, Jan. 24. 1850. WHAT OF THK TAKIFFT In defining his position in Congress lately, Mr. Fuller said, among other things, "alllhat I now ask upon Ihe subject oj the tariff is to It'let alone."' Soil would seem the •craliarevenue sctoflß-16 isnotsuch a wicked invention of Beelzebub af'erall the noise that was made by the bar room politician abanl the "black British tariff" and tho awful "ru in" of the country. In truth it has, like every other Democratic measure, sofully vindicated its justice and merit, that the opponents of Democracy are glnd to let it alone. Jast so it is with what a year ago the ene mies of Democracy called Ihe " Nebraska iniquity," and denounced as ' infamous."— They ara driven to own now lhat they have nothing betier to offer, and are quite willing to let it alone. These men easily find fault with others, but now that ihey have a majority in the House of Congerss they must confess to their shame that they huve no improvements lo offer upon the woik of the Democratic ad ministration ; and since they have a few .mors offices they only ak lo be ' let alone." JUaln Teachers' Institute. The following is the work assigned to tho Teachers ol the Main township Teachers' In stitute for its session on next Saturday. We repest it, because the list was not full in our veport last week: Dr. Evans, to illustrate his method of teach ing Rhetoric. Mr. Kabler, do Alphabet. Mr. West, do Geography. Mr. Baker, do Penmanship. Mr. Philips, do Menial Arithmetic. Mr. Krickbaum, Essay on method ol govern ing school. Mrs' Evnns, Essay on Female Education. Question for Discussion: —Shall schools be governed entirely by moral suasion ? The following was among the resolutions adopted at the last session : Resolved, That the thanks of Ihe Institute ere due, and are hereby tendered lo our County Superintendent lor his attendance, and his able and encouraging remarks, which have gone home to tho minds, of both teach er and citizen, and which, like bread cast up .on the .water, will be gathered again. THE GIFT KNTEItriIISE. UNANGST'S Gift Enterprise was declared off on last week, so far as money had been paid over by agents for tickets. The larger pri zes of houses ant! lots were left out of the list. 'Some watches we believe are the lar gest prizes- which fell lo the lot ol any person in this place. None of the prizes have yet been harrded over, aj Mr. Unanget has left for Northampton, Philadelphia or some oiher place to -bring on the jewelry and other prop • erly declared ofi as prizes. NEW LINK OF TELEGRAPH.—A new line of iflagrapU t in yourae of <ron<MvtMlion lo nect with the one extending from Port din ton to Philadelphia. The wires are alrea ly up and ill operation as far north as Danville, and the posts set to within about twenty miles of this place. The company expect to have it finished by the Ist ol March. It tuns along the route of the Catuwissa, Williams port and Erie railroad, and when completed will prove a great convenience and safety lo to travelers over thai road. SENATOR RIOLER.—We are informed that a number of Ihe principal stockholders and ■other interested in the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, in view of the election of U. S. Senate of President Bigler, waited upon him and expressed their desire that the Company should not thereby lose his seiviees. He replied lhat he would endeavor lo continue -the perfnrinance of his ruilroad duties as iPresident, be-towing upon i! all the time not 'required by Ihe public business at Washing ton. DEATH OF COI.. DOYLE.—A letter from Count it Bluff announces the death of Colo nel Doyle, the United Stales Marshal for No braska. Ho accidentally fell a few days Since, and was so severely injured thai lie lived only about half an hour. Col. Doyle was a young man of much promise, and his sudden death will prove a source of much sorrow lo his family and friends. He was .from South Carolina. W The Foreign News by the America is not particularly iinporipnt. One of the ru mors of the dny is that Louie Napoleon is anxious for peace, so anxious that he will, in order to accomplish his wisho.',- even risk a rupture with England. But this se'ems im probable, and yet bis career thus far has been so bold aud unscrupulous, that surprise would scarcely be expressed at any new act o' hit-however desperate or daring. I3T We have been pleased to receive the Hew York Observer in an enlarged form, so that it is now Ike largest newspaper in the world, lis size is 52 inches by 39, and its type surface 3360 square inches in each number. But its merit consists in the qual ity of its matter-as much as in the quantity. £7* The Lvzcrtte Union has again chang ed hands. Mr. H. Boseo retires from the -editorial management, and is succeeded by- Edward S. Niebell and Charles Waelder. Mr. Niebeil is an intelligent, enthusiastic Demo crat, and quiteeffieient in the encountsr with Know-Nothingisra. BOUNTY LAUD WARRANTS.—Tho total enra- j ber of applications for bounty lands at the Pension Office, to Dee. 31st, 1855, was 232.- £00; and the number uliowqd or granted 77,700, out uf 186,524 which had been ex-, •mined. HP* The citizens of Danville determine to have their town lit up with gas, snd are or ganizing a Stock Company for that purpose. BP" An educational meeting was .held at Washingtonville, Montour county, on last Tuesday evening. An Eluqacnt Tribute to Jnclcson. In a speech recently delivered by Col. Ed ward Picked, Jr., in referenoe to the Demo cratic victory in Tennessee, l:e said : "It was well for the memory of tbe immor tal sage of tho Hermitage, that the bigoted crusade against foreigners should receivceuch a rebuke from the people of the State beneath whose soil his mortal remains repose. In every drop of his blood, an Irishman. His father was one of the Ifish patriots whose brow turned pale with indig nation at llu oppressions and insults offered to his native land. Ilis mother's cheeks were fanned by the soil breezes that blew over the blue bay of Dublin, and wreathed in tbe ro ses that grew on the green sod of Erin. But if, as the hero of New Orleans was ascend ing the steps of ihe capitol to take the oatli of fealty to tlio Constiiuiion of the United Siatss, a foul whisper had reached his ears lhat llis President elect was an Irishman, and therelo'e an arili-Arnericaii, one hand would have been laid on his breast, and the other would have grasped his sword, and he would have said, 'yes, in every drop of my blood 'and every nerve of rn> arm, I am an Irish man; but here at last is an Ameiican bean, that, le it beats, will love the Constitution and the liberality it guarantees, and here is an Ameiican sword that aha' 1 , be ready tode •fend lhat liberty till .this arm is paUiask in death.'" Amrrlcaus Must Knlc America I If one not acquainted with the tricks anil falsifications ol the Kr.ow-Ncthings, should i hear their war-cry of "Americans must rule ; America," rays ihe Washington Union, he : would have strange feelings. Lei us exam- j itie into this empty brag, and so expose a 1 new inconsistency of the Know-Noihtngs.— ! Congress, in vinue of our constitution, line j Ihe right of legislating, and lie who legislates I t: rule>!" The Senate consists of 62 members, I and the House of Representatives of 234. i All of these are natives of this country ; not j a single one is of foreign birth; yet the Know- ! Nothing cry is, "Americans must rule Amer ica !" Instead of the foreign-born citizens of our country exerting a political power equal lo their specific power, Ihey are in this respect, not represented in our national legis lature at all. Our total population amounts, at present to übout 27,000,000, of which neatly 5,000.000 (exclusive of their children botr. in this country) are foreign lorn. If these five millions should be represented in Congress on an equal fooling with the native born, of the Senators fourteen, and of the ; 234 members of the House fifty-three should j be foreign born. Yet the Know-Nothings, in ; spite nf all these facts, persist in proclaiming , their hypocritical doctrine, "Americans must rule-America 1" How hlmh Ought Scholars to Read at a Les son?—We are sometimes asked th's ques-[ tion, and we think it an important one. "Not 1 how much, but how well,' 1 should be the | motto of every Teach#!. Often one para- 1 graph is enough for a lesßon. Supposo this sentence lesson : we ladt abouf birds?" It would be far belter for the Teacher lo insist upon the rising inflection opqp leasts and the fall ing upon birds, and continue lo practice Ihe class until all can read it correctly, inan lo read pages without it. When that sentence is read correctly, a point has been made—a principle developed. This is true of all read ing in school. Too much is generally read, unless be'ter. What is irna with regard lo reeding, is likewise true of spelling. Too much of it is done. Every wort/ missed should be learned before it is left for another. How often is (his neglected. The most of out lit tle scholars are not able to master more than one difficult word at a lesson, so as to re member it. If but one word is permanently learned at a lesson, progress has been made. A letter from London says that most of the French Ministeis expect that Russia will j accept of the terms of peace proposed, while a majority of the British Ministers think <Mh erwise. The Russian paper published at Brussels, concludes an article with (his lan guage:—"As to an ultimatum having been tendered by Austria, there is nothing in ihe recent acts of that power to induce us to be lieve that she is disposed to show hetself more vigorous towards Russia titan she has been hitherto lint if it were a well ostab ! lished fact that Auslria had sent to Si. Pe tersburg such a message as is ascribed to her, then, certainly, we should be farther than over from peace, ff, since the confer ' ences, Austria has changed her opinion as to ; Ihe terms of peace which Russia might sign, she, however, retains her opinion as lo those which it would be disgraceful and impossi ble for her lo accept." IIOUNTY I. A NO LAW. The LAW of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land for services in ihe hue war, re quires ameni!me. n ! to a particular that does great injustice io quf.'c a numerous portion of our utlizeus, wlio at"" justly entitled lo bounty land. The act ol 1850 allowed, in tlie absence of record evids.nce, Ibat parol proof might be made lo establish 'he claim of the applicant. The act of 1855 inquires record evicence in all such cases. This is all wrong. Cases have come under our own observation, where one third of the compa ny, or all who wcro living, were willing lo testify to tho services of individuals, who are deprived from obtaining their bounty land, because their names do not happen lo be on the rolls at Washington We trust that our able and efficient Senator, Hon. Richard Brodhead, who was mainly irtalrumenlal in the passage of the late act, will en deavor to procure a supplemental act, au thorising and requiring the Commissioner of Pensions to receive parol evidence in such cases. CT The Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, has bean nominated for U. S. Sen ator by the Democrats of the Mississippi Legislature, on the first ballot, by 12 major ity. 17* The ice on the Lehigh was not ao I thick iu fifty years aa it ia this winter. Legislating lor ltullroad Security. Mr. Trice has introduced into the State Senßte a bill tor the security of railroad tiav eling, which defines duties, fixes liabilities, and renders that certain in statute law which now depends upon legal and decisions. The bill requires that the bag guile and freight cars shall invariably be placed in front of the passenger cars; steam tyiisiles to sound on alarm at eighty rods from any crossing of the high way at the same level; speed to be reduced on ap proaching a draw ; the running time to be so regulated that no two trains moving in oppo site directions shall be on the same track at the same time, without a switch and siding between them, unless the train that is out of time is preceded by an agent on foot, eighty rods in advance, with signal; when fcr.y train is stopped when another is expected, a signal is to be sent eighty reds in the proper direction. In enclosed, or fenced parts of the country, cattle guards to be constructed at every commencement and termination of such enclosure. When a rail is raken up for repairs, a signal is to he placed at eighty rods distant each way. It is made a misda , meauor for any crossing a railroad with a horse or vehicle, or driving any animal on it when n locomotive is approaching within fotty rods of such intersection. It is ulso made a misdemeanor with ninety days' im prisonment, for a railroad conductor to get intoxicated. SSOOO is the greatest amount which may be recovered of a railroad for j any person's death through its negligence.— | No recovery of damages wheu the person is | injured acting contrary to the printed regula | lions of the company. The punishment for , injury through the negligence of any eta j ployee of the road is twelve months' im j prisoument. )f death ensue, the punishment is the same as manslaughter, l'ersons who j put obstructions on railroads, whereby death ensues, shall be iried for murder. If injury | is caused, the punishment is ten years' iin i prisoument. The bill appears to be a fair | one, sufficiently guarded for pnblic protee -1 lion, and not oppressive to railroad compa nies. No (treat Friend to thu flutters. We saw a hat last week on the head of one of our subscribers who called at our office, that ho had worn for Ihe last forty years. Of course he did not wear if every day, but kept it for Sunday tee and wore it occasionally on holidays. It was 6tiil a good hat and look ed as though it would last forty years more. The owner assured that the changes of style made it a fashionable hat every five or six years. We mention this little circumslanco to show what can be done by economy and how dearly most of us pay for the privi lege of ' keeping in the fashion." With a little cure this man has made a single hut last rnanv years, and it has answered his every purpose. We have often made the acquaint ance of sons of v. farmers who could make a Sunday co,. t , t st them ten or twelve year?. Such habits of economy were char acteristic of the German Farmers, but they too an fast giving way, and wq see and daughters of Ihe present generation grad ually becoming more "fashionable." The boys are not content to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, but drive their horses, wear Shanghai coals, and even sport a mustache, while the girls seem entirely to have forgot ten the good example set thern by their mothers. They have learned to know that costly fans are handsome, that the fashions of the bonnets change four times a year, and that coming to town in a handsome now bug gy or an expensive sleigh, is more respecta ble than riding in an old-fashioned sleigh with a tulip painted on tho back, or a wood sled. W3 lemember the time when the country girls who visited town on Battalion day carried their shoes and stockings in their hands until they approached the town, when jhey tvjjiuldeft clown by the road side and pull them 011; bnt those days have passed forever. We fear very few boys of ihe pres ent thy will make a single hat last forty years. —Easton Argus. Finn! Finn!!—On Friday evening last, übout 11 o'clock, our town was aroused by the cry of fire, which broke out in Lewis Lang's store next door to tlio Montour Court House. The storehouse and dwelling house 1 of Mr. L. burnt up. The Court House took j tire at the end next the burning building, and was considerably damaged, but by the gallant exertions of our citizens, tho build ing and public records were all saved. The Court House was insured, and Mr. Lang had an insurance wo understand, of §IOOO on his store and buildings. Another fire occurred in our Borough on Wednesday morning last,at 6 o'clock, which burnt up entirely the large lan house of Berry Deen, near the river, destroying several hun dred dollars worlh of leather,and other prop erly, beside the building. No insurance. It fortunately happened that both of the fires occurred when thero was no wind, and when the buildings were covered with snow. Danville Intelligencer. How TO ACCOMPLISH IT.—Can you fall in love? Do you know how ? Were you ever in love at all? Never mind blushing I Would you like to make somebody love you? Of course. Thai's understood. Well, it cati be uVnc, and very easily I Yes—no matter how yo" "lay be the lady or gen tleman, you make his or her heart turn to you like the sui.'fiower to the sun, and liv ing only in the light of .V ou ( affection. But how ? Just read that mysterious work, ad vertised in another column of our paper to day, by Professor Rondout, ot New York, called "The Bliss of Marriage." He gives you the whole secret. TICK ICE BUSINESS—The excessive cold of tho last eight or ten days has made ice of the most solid and compact kind, and our deal ers in the article us well as those owning ice-houses, have been busy at work putting up a good supply. EFFECTS OF TUB WAR IN ENGLAND The Manchester Examiner, an able English pa per, says that the increase of pauperism in Manchester has been nearly fifty per cent, in 1859, above the number in 1854. Fiom the Potlsvitlc Gaeilte. Combiuatloo to Iteducc the Iron Duty. A Washington Correspondent of the New York Tribune says, "it is ascertained that a formidable Combination of importers of iron in New Yo|k, and manufacturers in lingland, has been organized, looking to u demonstra tion upon (jongress for the repeal of the du ty on or failing in that of a law bound ing it for five years, with a retrospective fea ture so as to include corporations which have beeu lobbying here for the last two years." That such an effect will be taade is almost certain, and looking at the probability of such a scheme, in what estimation must we hold the representatives in Congress from this State who vote for, and our presses that advocate the election of Banks, a known free trade pol itician, to the Speakership? Do Ihoy wish to give the sway over the House in the hands of that faction, or are they so wedded to, and so determined to carry out the proscriptive spirit of Know Nothingism, that they will do it even at the sacrifice of the vital interest of the Commonwealth 1 Should they succeed in electing Banks, these aro questions that will be answered through the ballot-box next autumn, and they who baiteroff the Coal and Iron interest of the State to secure the action of Congressbotiile to the Catholics, will hear the curses orflftnl'ragoil and indignant pub lic. This then, to track with the notions of the Tribune, throws in some twad dle about the tariff of 1846 as follows: "This organization assimilates in charac ter to that which appeared when the tarifl of 1846 was proposed, and is understood to be supplied witli the same 'material aid' which was said to have enlightened the wisdom and influenced the votes ol members of Con gress on that memorable occasion. Tnis blow at our industry would be disastrous to those interests which most require to bo fos teted, anil it remains to be seen whether an open and barefaced attempt to procure spe cial legislation for British manufacturers can be carried through anAmericnn Congress by the assistance of British gold." This foolish and exploded humbug about "British gold" in ytipeclion with the tariff of' 42, and for the honor of the inventors of the story, it should be allow ed to sleep. The measure that it was expect ed would be made odious by the fiction, has survived the clamor of demagogues, and in history will be recorded as one of the aiding causes of the last ten years of unexampled prosperity. But the most bareface effrontery we have ever witnessed, is in the fact that in this State most of the presses that in '46, and since, charged the Democratic parly with be ing bought by " British gold" to favor a low tariff, are now themselves, these same presses, advocating tho establishment of a free trade dynasty in the lower house. Heretofore they have advocated "protection for rhe sako of protection," and now they, at one sweep, would not only destroy ptoleclicn, but would throw away every cent ol revenue from that source. Now as th ese presses raise the clam "r " f "British gold" against the Democratic parly becauso the tariff of '46 was too low to keep out British goods, as they asserted, it is certainly prooer for the public to ask wlwse gold it is that has brought these "protectionists" around, and made thorn the advocates of a free trade policy that will j let in Biitish gooda without any government tax whatever. If the Democrats, in carrying out this long avowed partiality for a revenue tariff with in cidental prelection, could be suspected of corruption, how much more obnoxious to the charge are these pretended protectionists, who rant against free trade, and yet labor for the triamph of free trade by electing the mas ter spirit of that doctrine to the Speakership in Congress 7 With them there has been a complete somerset, and the question is who paid them for playing the harlequin. The above quoted New York anti-Demo cratie journal <M£4-rt it is British gold that is now working tor the free trade movement, and as the anti-Democrats of this Slate are the sole movers from litis section, we are per fectly willing that their kindred press should name the reason for their course. Of course our Nix-Wisser presses and rep resentatives will wince some under the im putation ; but yet they must bear the charge as it looks very probable, and is made by one that ought to know. Democratic Nomination of Slate Trcas uier. HARRISBURO, Jar.'y 18.—The Democratic members of the two Houses met in caucus this eveniog, to nominate a candidate for State Treasurer, when, on the first ballot, H. S. Magraw, of Lancaster, received a majori ty of all the votes cast, and was declared nom inated. The vote stood—Magraw, 40; Ham lin, 13; Goodwin, 7 ; McClintock, 7; Scatter ing, 12. Mr. Fonniman was withdrawn Whole number present, 79; necessary to a choice, 70. The election takes place on next Monday. Our foreign Delations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Union eays that no such question as the suspension of di plomatic intercourse bad been before the Cabinet. Our relations with Great Britain are certainly delicate, and porhaps critical, but a proposed withdrawal of Ministers is not among the evidences going to intimate Iho delicacy of those relations. The Union nays —"We cannot deny that there are serious questions of difference between the twagov ernmeols." The Alliance between France, England and Spain. — WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—1t has been ascertained ''Mm source, (hat the long tnlkedufalliatice between Spain and Great Britain France, has been formally consummated, Spain binding herself to send into the field from ten to twenty thousand men in the Spring, and ber interests, particu larly in Cuba, to be protected by France and England. irf The contraotors in the English army have a profitable business. Some of them olear 8300,000 a year. One man who fur nished fodder for horses made the sum of $238,000 tbe first year of his contract. Horses Shod without Nulls. Mr. Lewall,of life w London, Ct., has in vented a horse shoe that is to be worn by the horse without being nailed to his foot He makes the wholo in two pieces, employ ing in addition, two 6mall screws to aid in screwing the parts together. Both are made of malleable iron—the lower portion, or sole, being very similar to the horse-shoe ordiuarU ly employ ?d, but with a groove around its exterior, and without nail holes. The upper portion, or "vamp," is.thin, anil bus a flange projecting inward from its lower edge, to match the groove in the sole. These parts are so arranged as to secure a tight and firm connection, and the whohl is made addition ally Gecuro by the aid ol the set screws be fore mentioned at the heel. A shoe of this kind once fitted, the vamp may bo made to wear out a great number of soles. The ex terior may be highly finished and plated with silver, which gives a very flashy appearance to a team of livery horses, or the shoe may be enamelled jet black when intended for while or grey animals. One practical advan tage derived from this style of shoes is the facility with which they may be removed or exchanged, EO that a skillful hostler may ex change the shoes, or rather the soles, on every occasion when the presence of ice or th<| like renders it desirable, and may even be expedient in extreme cases of exhaustion, as with race borsee, to remove the shoes al together for a time, and allow of u more re freshing rest. To Stop Potatoes Rotting. —An experienced agriculturalist informs us that about six years ago he applied slaked lime to potatoes that were partly rotten, and it immediately arrest ed the decay. I'ota'oes that were partly rot ten when the kmc was applied, remained as they were, the progress of the rot being stop pod, while potatoes to which the lime was not applied, continued to rot and were lost. Since then he has made it a consrant prac tice to apply slaked lime to his potatoes as he takes them up. He lays a thin layer of lime on the floor where the potatoes are to be laid, and sprinkles some of it on tie pota toes—about every ten inches as they are put down. He considered this as perfectly pro tecting them from rotting, as he never had a rotten potato since he has practised it, and he believes that potatoes thus used arc ren dered belter by the action of the lime. We advise the farmers to try this plan, as it car. easily be done by t'lem all. Great 7'ypngrahhical Feat. —The most re ( rnarkabla of all performances in the way of j rapid publication, has just been effected by a j Philadelphia firm—Messrs. E. H. Bullet & Co.— in placing before the public their edi tion of the third and fourth volumes of Ma canlay's History of England. The whole process was accomplished with a degree of speed hitherto unrivalled. The London edi j tion contains sixteen hundred octavo pages. I Of this large work, the types were picked j up and set, the pages stereotyped and print | ed, and copies of the first edition of ten j ihopsauj eopi es wero in ihe hands of the publishers, bound, within fifty working hours iTrom the commencement of tho work. Such speed should astonish the London publishers. When their edition was already stereotyped, and 20.G00 copies ready for de livery, they announced the fact, and 36,000 subscribers presented themselves. The pub lishers asked 0 delay ol one month to pre pare the additional 16,000 copies.— Xorlh American. Simple Mode of Cutting Stone —Among the French machinery will be found a very in genious and simple mode of cutting stone, exhibited by a man named Chevaliere. He causes a wire 10 run at a high velocity over the surface which he wishes to bisect, and by dropping on it a mixture of sar.il and wa ter the operation is rapidly completed. The hardest granites yield so quickly to this pro cess, that tho inventor can with one horse power separate it at the rate of a square foot per hour, the wire mnning at the rate of forty feet per second. Using the ordinary saw, tho same amount of work would require three-horse power and would expend 15 Irs, worth of material, instead of 1 i'r, which is all that Ihe wire costs.— London Mining Jour nal. FOR TIIE WF.ST.—The Indianapolis Journal states that quite a sensation was produced in that city, on the 12th inst., by the arrival of forty-five orphan boys, who had been gath ered up in New York city, and after having been kept some lime in tho Orphan Asylum thero, wero being taken to the West by some benevolent individual lor the purpose of finding homes for them among the farmers, so that they could be brought up without ex posure to the moral malaria of a city atmo sphere. The name of the benevolent gen tleman could not be ascertained. KANSAS.—The Free-soil men in Kansasoau tion their friends in other parts of the country to believe none of the reports from that terri tory, as the telegraph is in the hands of the "border rutrains." The "border ruffians" give Ihe same caution in regard to the reports of die Freo soil men. The public will soon begin to take them at their word. There is scarcely an occurrence which happens there which is not most grossly exaggerated, and which has to be corrected by subsequent in telligence. The last report of a battle between tho two parties, and several persons being killed, proves to bo nothing serious and no body hurt. FROZEN TO DEATH.—The Davenport Ga zelle states that four men were frozen to death near Fort Dodge, and that eight others were missing. The stage-driver ou the route be tween Cascade and Ar.amosa, on Wednes day last, became so chilled that the passen gers were obliged to carry him into a private house and wait some time before he was able to proceed, inside the stage to Anamosa, one of the passengers supplying his place as dri ver. At La Salle, Ihe driver of a coal carl was fouod frozen to death, sitting on his cart. THE JUG LAW. —Wa notice that a great number of petitions have been presented in both Houses of the Legislature praying for the repeat oi the Jug Law of last session. Philadelphia ftlurkell. Ftoun AND MEAL.—The market for flour is very dull; shipping brands are freely of fered at 88 25 per bbl. Family flour seelft at from 88 31 to 8 50 per bbl. The inquiry from relailers and bakers is freely met at 88 02 a 900 for extra and fanoy Brands. Bye Flour —small sales at 86. Corn Meal is wilbout demand. Pennsylvania is offered at 83 6?J. GRAlN.—Wheat is inactive and lower; sales of Southern and Pennsylvania red, at 81 81 a 2 and small lots of white at 82 12 a 2 15. Rye is steady; free sales of Peen., 1 200. Corn is in demand; sules of new yellow at 80 cents per bushel. Oats are inactive.— Last sales at 43 a 440 per bushel, for South ern and Pennsylvania. WHISKEY is very dull; seles of bbls. at 31 a 350, and hhds. at 33 a 34. * CLOVERSEED is less notive at 88 a 8 37} per 04 lbs., and Flaxseed at 82 10 per bush el. t3T Female politicians aro very numerous at Washington. During a session of Con gress they ore particularly busy. Most of them come from the Southern and Western Stales—the wives or widows of M. C.'s and govgjnmenl officers. Some of these ladies nTe admirably posted up in the political his tory of the country. They understand ma ny of the tricks and trammels of legislation, and always And out the weak side of a new or doubtful member. As solicitors for office in behalf of friends they are indefatigable and irresistible. Sate if the Doyteslown Exhibition Grounds.— The famous Doylestown Exhibition grounds, together with the fragments of what war once the Exhibition Building, was sold by the Sheriff on Saturday last for 36, 550, sub ject to a mortgage of 82,871. ft was pur chased by a company, who it is said propose either to re-eiect the building and conlinue it for Exhibition purposes, or build a Semi nary for the education of young Ladies: The latter we think would be the most profitable investment. A THRIVING dir.—The St. Paul (Mitt.) Times, has an article giving the business sta tislics-of the place. Jl shows an average in crease of business over last year of some 30 to fifty per cent. The nine warehouses on the levee are set down as having done busi ness of over 81,000,000, on an aggregate cap ital of 860,000. Navigation open 7 months. Whole uumberof steamboats arrived, 560- Estimated number of passengers over 80,000. "THE HOLT TREE INN " —We have receiv ed from the publisher, T. B. Peterson, Phil adelphia, a copy of this publication. It is written by Charles Dickens, the announce ment of which alone is sufficient to insure for it a wide circulation. This book is made up of Christmas and New Year's stories which cannot fail to excite a vast amount of inter est. EST The Legislature of New York has pas sed a Jaw that no religious or bonevolent so ciety shall receive any bequust or devise, the annual income of which is over 810,000, anil it must have been made at least two months before the death of the testator. In no ease shall the bequest be more than one fourth of the estate. This is a good law. The Prohibitory Liquor Law in New Bruns with.—ST. JOHNS, N. 8., JUII. 21.—At a meet ing of fifteen hundred inhabitants of Freder ickstown, on the I9th inst, the Mayor presi ding, resolutions condemnatory of the prohib itory liquor law weru carried by a vote of five to one. Speeches were made on both sides. The proceedings were harmonious and con ducted with much good feeling, closing with three cheers for the Queen. THE WESTERN PORK TRADE.—The price of potk at tho West continues dull, and the sup ply large. The quantity from Kentucky this year will far exceed the last. In Ohio, the receipt of hogs at Cincinnati, by railroads, during the past week, was 29.000, against about 19,000 the previous week. The total number slaughtered for packing, at Cincin nati, so far this season, is 257,375. On Sat urday last, hogs were held in that oily at 85 13 a $5 22, without sales. Accident to Ex-Governor Corwin. —On Tues day evening, as Ex-Governor Corwin was walking at tho corner of Vine and Fourth streets, Cincinnati, he slipped, and falling on tho iCo-covered sidewalk, received a fracture of the neck oi the thigh bone, within the cap sular ligament. At last accounts lie was do iug well. Dreadful Accident —The Boone Co. (tnd.) Ledger stales that three interesting young la dies, on going to bed at a Mr. Hunts', near South Salem, Hendricks county, a few eve nings sir.ee, took a vessel ol live charcoal in to their bed-room, and on (be next morning were all found dead. A NEW USE FOR SHANGHAI CHICKENS.—A farmer in Greenbush, New York, is said to keep Shanghai chickens in bis orchard, for the purpose of frightening the hogs away. PATRIOTIC LADIES.—The Imperial Princess es of Russia have sold their diamonds, and paid (he amount received for them into the coffers of the Stale. The number of revolutionary pensioners grows less and lesa. It is now reduced to 726. The number of revolutionary widows receiving pensions is 5,552. W Prof. Holloway, the celebrated Pill and Ointment man, expends 8150,000 a year in advertising. ty Bucks county has thtee Democratic candidates for Canal Commissioner—How ard R. Sager, Joseph Morrison and Edward Nicholson. Two million acres of land will be brought into market in Kansas Territory by the first of next June. HT Bears are very plenty in some of the northern counties of this State this season.— Two big fat feilowa were killed in Potter coun ty last week. The Hutchinson family aro going to settle in Minnesota and quit singing. HP" PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL ROAD.—WD see by an article in the Pittsburgh "Commer cial Journal'' that the receipts of this road for the past year have been over 24 per cent, of the cost of construction—being the best paying road in the Union. BP" A San Francisco letter says:—The ex tent of the segar business here is immense. A single stand within a large hotel has been rented for 820 per day, payable daily. I know of another of less note for which $4,- 000 per annum has been paid lor the last two years. Tho Consumption ol the 'weed' in California is awful. BT Miss Josephine M. Bunkley, the young lady who created so mnch talk about a year ago in consequence of Irerescape from a con vent at Emmetsburg, was married in Weldin, N. C , on Monday of lust week, to Dr. S. Andrews, of Perth Atnboy, N. J. PATENT FOR PIPE MAKING.—ATI EcgHsh man has obtained a patent for the following method of making pipes ; he takes thin stride 01 wood, and bends them spirrlly and dia gonally, and fills up the interstices with as phalt of cement. It is said that the non conviction of Baker lias given new life to ruffianism ir. New York. There is no franking privilege iu England. Even the Queen has to pay her penny. THE work on the Washington Monument lias been suspended for want of funds. B P. FORTN KR. AuclioueerT WILL SELL 0.1 the 25th end 26:h, in Maine township, Columbia county, the entire furnace stock horses, and merchandise of G . & R. Shuman On tbe 10th proximo, at Lloyd Thomas', Esq , iu Franklin township, his entire rem nant of merchandise and house hold goods. 1 On the 11th prox., at the late residence of Stacy Margerum, in Cultawissa, a large lot of liquor house furniture, &c. Cy Persons who desire the services of H I*. l OIH Wril as Auctioneer will do Well tp engage him before advettising tbe date of their sale. IT Hollowuy's Ointment and Pills, an in valuable remedy for Dropsical Symptoms.— Mrs. Emma Huntly, of Houston, Texas, aged 45, last fall was thrown upon a bed of sick ness, her feet and legs began to swell, strong ly indicating dropsy at this period of her life. Iler husband became greatly alarmed, as it was leared that she could nut recover, so dreadful was the attack. After trying many remedies without benefit. Mr. Huntly at last put her under a eonrso of Holloway's Pills, which she took for about three weeks, and ti.e swelling considerably diminished; by continuing litem five weeks more, she was completely cured. These Pills will also cure all bilious and liver complaints in a very short time. C 3" S. M. PETTENGILL & Co., Advertising Agents, No. 119 Nassau Street, New York, and 10 State Street, Boston, are authorized to receive and receipt for advertisements and subscription to (his paper. 'J . ~" 1" In Berwick, on the 12th inst., Mrs. MAR UAIIET SGLT, nged 61 years, 5 months and 18 days. Dssfritmfioii ol' Prizes. rrnHK distribution of prizes drawn iu E. JL Unangst's Gift Enterprise, will be dis tributed by Jesse G. Clark at his Book Store in Bloomsburg on the 10th day of February next, and the prizes will remain in his hands forty days from that date, subject to he called for at any day wiihin that lime. No property will be distributed unless tha tickets which drew the prizes is presented. Circulars with a full statement of the draw ing will ba distributed. JESSE G. CLARK. President of the Committee. Bloomsburg, Jan. 23, 1856. rpllE Ladies of the Lutheran Church would respectfully announce to the citizens of Bloomsburg and vicinity, that they propose preparing a PUBLIC BIIPPGR,on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY sth, 1858, in MRS. BIGG-' bouse, on Main Street, nearly opposite Leacock's Hotel, Bloomsburg, for the benefit of the Church. The patronage of the friends of Benevolence is respectfully solicited. IT** Supper Irom 5 to 8 o'clock, P. M., af ter which the patties can be served with OYSTERS AND ICE CREAM. Bloomsburg, Jan. 23, 1856. LETTER from the Hon. THEODORE FRE LI.XUIIUYSEN, President of Ringer's Col lege, N. J.,to A. Rarncy, No. 195 Broadway, New York, Publisher of Johnson's Philosoph ical Charts: 4 NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 19, 1855. DEAR SIR: I thank you for the Philosophi cal Charts. They furnish an admirable sub stitute for the far more expensive apparatus. These Charts, hung on the walla of the school room, iu all which ( hope to aee them, will spread beloru the scholar a palpable illustra tion of tho great laws in Natural Philosophy. He will learn inuch of God from the works of His hand and the ordinances of His ap pointment. The small volume that comos with them, and a little explanation by the teacher, will render the Charts one of the most useful means of instruction. Verv respectfully yours, THEODORE FRELINUHUYSEN. Mr. A' Kanney. There are ten charts in all, each measur ing 34 by 52 inches, and the set contains, altogether, about three hundred diagrams, illustrative of the moat important outline principles of the Natural Sciences. Beside the essential diagrams found in tbe ordinesy text books, these charts contain several ori ginal illustrations, and possess the merit rarely found iu school books—of being en tirely original in plan and arrangement.— They are, moreover, highly ornamental to a suhoot room, and obvi&te the necessity of philosophical apparatus which would cost from 83,009 to 85,000- Price of the set of ten charts, neatly c'jJ. ored and mounted on cloth, accompanied with an explanatory key (a bound book)--919 Neatly colored and mounted on thick pa per without cloth, including the key . . . .jo In sheets, plain, on thick paper, stronalv bound, including the key .. Booksellers, Teachers, Agents, and all in terested in Education, are respectfully re quested to address the publUher, Adofphoe Ranney, No. 195 Broadway, New York M ;! or * ,j °py in the above shall receive Not. 8 and 9 of the above series of (-harts, which are on Astronomy and com plete m themselves, accompanied with the key, post-paid. A. R. /■THIBET SHAWLS with silk fringe, a hoe lot just received and for sale by A C. MENBCH.
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