The star of the north., February 07, 1856, Image 2

STAR OF THE NORTH.
'* a. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
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Oloomsbunr, Thursday, Feb. T, 1896.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Court opened in Btoomsburg on last Mon
day with a full bench and large attendance
of people. Samuel Melick was appointed
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
The first case was the Com. vt. Nehemiah
Kile for fornication and bastardy. The de
fendant went to trial upon the plea of not
guilty, but the jury found him to he the father
of the bantling and he received the usual sen
tence.
Com. ve. William Vandyke was an indict
ment lor selling liquor to a minor. The
Grand Jury returned a true bill and the
prosecutor John Vanhorn to pay the coals.—
This prosecution grew out of another indict
ment which was found against John Vanhorn
for larceny. John was put upon trial for
stealing goods and money from the store tif
Charles Neyhard in Buckhorn, and the jury
found him guilty. He was sentenced to 20
days imprisonment in jail.
Indictments were preferred against Isaiah
Cole of Benton, and William Vandyke of
Buckhorn for selling liquor, and though it is
understood that the facts were fully proved,
the Grand Jury returned both charges not n
Uue bill and the county to pay the costs.
The Supervisors of Montour township were
indicted for not tepetfingTnada, nnd the Grand
Jury returned both charges not a true bill and
the connty to pay the costs.
The Supervisors or Fiehingrreelc were in
dicted for not repairing roads. Returned a
true bill.
The school district of Scott vt. the School
District ol Bloom was an action to recover
the balance of a school fund. The settle
ment upon which the action was brought be
ing decided to have been in formal, the
plaintiffs suffered a nonsuit to procure a new
eettlemem.
Isaiah Shuman vs. the heirs of Jacob Shn
man was next tried. It was a feigned issue
to try whether land conveyed to the plaintiff
was a gift or an advancement from his father.
Mr. J. W. Msynard of YVilliamsporl was en
gaged with M'. Baldy for ihe plaintiff. Com
ly, Pleasants, Hurly and Clerk for the defend
ants.
On Wednesday morning the Grand Jory
presented the following report and were dis
charged:
To the Honourable Judges of the Court ol !
Quarter Sessions ol the peace in and for the
county ol Collumbia.
The grand inquest of the Comrponwelth
of Pensylvania enquiering lor the Body of the
county ol Collumbia, RESPECTFULLY RF.-
PORT that they hava Examined the public
Builuinge belonging to said oou.itv ami find
them in Reasonable Good repair Except the
belfery in ftont and cornish and wood work
in front of court housbe repainted. We fur
ther Disaprove of Any thin held in the Court
hous such as litlel petty shose Contrary to
the laws wicli grants the peopal and commis
sinors acording to Purdou page 172 section
nine.
We further Recommend the Comrnishinora
or one ol them to view the Bridge over Big
fishing creek at Light S:reet in Scot Town
ship as it is Repoarted the butt merit giving
way.
All of wich is respectfuly submitted this
sixth day of Febnarv 1850,
SAMUEL MELICK, Foarman.
Nicaragua.
The new government of Nicaragua, under
the benign iufluence of Gen Walker'* Yan
kee army, seems to be pretty well establish
ed. His force is constantly increasing, and
the other States, although they may feel hos
tile lo the General's power, are evidently
afraid of him, and willing lo let him alone.
North American enterprise is beginning to
show itself, and if peace can be maintained
lor a few years, the whole face of Central
America will be changed ; instead of idle.
' ness and tbriftlessness, the result of bad gov
ernment and ignorance, Yankee energy will
be everywhere visible ; commerce, agricul
ture ami the useful arts will flourish, cities
will spring up, and Ihe waste places will be
made to' blossom as the rose." And all
(his will be the result of a little fillibustering.
Oregon.
The deep snows and cold weather prevent
• vigorous prosecution of the war. All the
Indians in the Territory, with the exception
of a very few who pretend to be friendly,
are said to ba in arms against the whiles ;
and several hundred of these, in a body, are
ao well posted that it is almost impossible to
reach them without certain destruction. So
far the brunt of the war has been sustained
by volunteers, who have acted proden'.ly and
bravely, but ts soon as the cold weathercea
•M, and the snow disappears, the regulars
under Gin. Wooi. will take the field in con
junction with the oitisen soldiers, and some
bard fighting may be looked for. The latest
dates are to the 16th of Dmmlh*. vs-owtn*
bed been heard of Cel. Kelly's command,
whioh marched for the purpose of recaptur
ing the lorl at Walla Walla, since the Bth, |
and soma fear was entertained of his safety.
BRADBURY'S CONVENTION—During the
present week Mr. Bradbury, the musical ge
nius has been holding a convention in the
basement room of the Presbyterian Church,
for the instruction of a class in music. His
c|**s ba* been large, and the members ex
press themselves pleased and instructed by
their attendance. On Wednesday evening
they gave a musical concert in the Court-
House, which was highly gratifying to the
performers and audience.
" • EVIRTBODT WILL BK GETTING MARRIED I
They cannot help it. Profes-or llondou', of
New York, the great philosopher, has made
it so easy. He has let the cat out of the hag
in fobe matters. In his book on the *' Bliss
of Marriage" he has dissected the whole art
of love, and leachea the subtle mode of ere
atiog it, in any parson you please, at will
Hare is a secret, to be sure, to let out to the
world 1 The girls will bewitch os, In spite
of our teeth. What shall we do t Everybody
trill ba getting married I—Day Root.
OT The report which we publish to-day
tipon the right of slave tranait through Penn
sylvania is from the pan of Mf. Montgomery,
and quits crsditabls to bis intelligence and
Brians.
Kite WESTON : OR, To Wat AND TO DO. fly
Jennie Be Witt, Beautifully Illustrated with
8 engravings by N. Ort. Filrttl 26. Dc
WITT & DAVENPORT, Publishers, 100 It 162
Nassau Street, N. Y,
Through the medium of Action,'lo be able
to convey great moral tru'.ha, and at the aame
time to amuse, instruct, and imbue the mind
with ths lessons which it has been the au
thor's aim to impart, without the reader's be
ing at all sensible of the influences brought
to bear on him, is the very highest triumph
of Genius. Such is the case in the work be
fore us. It treats the subjeot, though not a
novel one, in a more sensible and practical
manner than we have ever known it done
before, and us, that we do not
seein to be reading a story, but beholding
living characters, and scenes passing, as it
were, in a panorama before us. The style
is elevated, the plot effective, and filled up
in a masterly manner. The moral lessons
inculcated in it are such as to give it a claim
to the favor of all the good. The character*
are drawn with a close eye to nature, and
marked and distinct in their delineations.—
The scenery of Ihe picture, its lights and
shades, are true to lite. We could easily
select groups worthy the attention ol.a paint
er, perfect specimens of art. The love scene
in one of the early chapters, is a Derfecl
gem. The heroine, sweei Kate, is a model
of all that ia loveable in woman, combined
with firmness of purpose and rectitude of
character, sufficient to banish even Ihe cher
ished one (ram her heart, when fuund pursu
ing the path that leads to destruction, and
from which even the voice of the loved one,
charm she ever so sweetly, was unable to
draw him. Charles, 100, the erring, fallen,
but still noble youth, is a striking; character.
We think the bcolt marks the advent of
one in the fields of literature, who is destin
ed not only to adorn it, but also to be the
means of doing much good with her ready
pen.
The fair authoress is the daughter of the
celebrated Dr. Dowlingof Philadelphia, him
self an author of no small celebrity.
The Ice Embargo at Ihe YVesl.
The Western newspspers all speak of the
serious effect upon business produced by the
suspension of navigation on the YVeslern riv
ers, particularly the Ohio. The boaltare ly
ing idle, and lu(orer areout of employment,
the want of employmentaAects the retail bu
siness of the cities and towns, which, in turn,
reacts upon commercial transactions. The
hotels are almost empty, for now that the riv
er is closed, travelers only move about be
cause of the most urgent necessity. There
is some apprehension felt of a sudden thaw.
Steamboats, coal boats, and all kinds of river
craft are frozen in such a manner that a sud
den thaw and flood might occasion serious
loss. This apprehension may, however, be
somewhat relieved by the fact that a wide
portion of the country to lite South is covered
with snow, and sou'herly winds which are
necessary, as well as a warm sun, to a sud
den thaw, get thoroughly cooled before they
reach (lie more northerly stream*, the chief
avenues of internal commerce.
The cold has been intense along the sec
lion of country embraced and watered by the
Mississippi. At St. Louis heavily loaded
tsams have bean crossing (he river for weeks.
From Cairo to New Orleans the navigation is
impeded by the river being full of ice, and
in the neighborhood ol Vicksburg and New
Orleans, the ponds have been frozoq so hard
that ice (torn six to foutteen inches has been
formed.
Know-Mothinglsm.
Under the more euphoiiious'name of Amer
ican*, this party, which was no overwhelm
ingly beaten at the last election, it beginning
again to look up. How long it will retain
the name it now seems to delight in, or how
soon it will merge with the Republicans, it i*
impossible to say—but in either case, wheth
er it retain* or chsnges, it will still be, in prin
ciple and purpose, essentially Know Nothing.
Ah, well, let it pass I We did hope that the
scorched snake would never raise its head
again to poison the political atmosphere with
its foul breath, or to fascinate with its devil
ish eyes the weak and thoughtless whom it
erst held in worse than Egyptian bondage.—
We do not fear it, except,as a moral scourge.
Politically its power has forever been des
troyed. It has been shorn of its locks—and
there is no God to whom it can pray with
any hope of a restoration of its strength, even
tor a dying struggle. The pillars of the tem
ple oannot be shaken by it—and henceforth
all it will be fit for will be to plot treasons
which it cannot accomplish, and to proclaim
principle* which it never wishes to fulfil. We
pray the young men of the country to beware
of entering into th's foul embrace; to avoid it
as they would a pestilence; to neither touch,
mature age, who have so far seen
and avoidetl its abominations, there is no dan
ger that they will be caught by the hollow
hearted profession it makes. They have en
rolled their names on the list of Democracy,
preferring to be pure, patriotic and national,
Milter than impure, traitorous and sectional.
The American party, as a party ol power, is
eraentially dead, and cannot he resuscitated
by the attempts of interested leaders to breathe
the breath of life into its nostrils,— llarrisburg
Union.
LEGISLATIVE CONTEST.—The Committee on
the contested election ca*e of John G. Mr-
Ghee, it is understood, have agreed on their
report. It has not yet been made to the
House ; but will be eaily on next week. Mr.
McGhee will be deprived of his seat, and Mr.
John B. Beck will gain it. The whole vote
of one of the townships in. Putter county was
thrown out, not because of any irregularity
in the mode of conducting the election, but
because it was held at a different place from
that specified in aa act of Assembly, hut at
the place specified in the Sheriff's proclama
tion. With lie township excluded, Mr. Beck
had a majority M the votes east in the Legis
lative district. This ehange wilt increase the
Democratio force in the House to 87, and de
crease that of the Republi
can* to 33. Mr. Beck was a member bi the
House at the session of 1864, and waa for
merly Sheriff of Lycoming oonnty.
REPORT
Of the Majority of the Judiciary Committee of
the Home of Repretentutives, on the transit of
Slave Property through the Commonitealth of
Penney Ivan ia.
The Committee on the Jadioiary, to whom
was referred the petition of Col. Joseph Pal
ton, of Catlawisse, praying for au enactment
of a law securing to the citizens of elavehold
ing Stales of Ibis Union, the right of trannt
through thi< State, with their slave property,
respectfully report:
That they have had the subject of ths pray
er of the petitioner under consideration, and
have come to the conclusion that the right of
traneit through Pennsylvania, with their
slaves, is alreudy secured to the citizens of
the slaveholding States by the law of na
tions and the federal Constitution, and that no
statute of this State affects to disturb that
right.
Before the adoption of the Constitution of
1787, slaves were held and recognized as
property in all the States of the confederation
save one. Each Slate, was a sovereign and
independent republic ; and that comity wbich
is recognized by the law of nations, as exist
ing between friendly: powers, extended to
and prevailed among thejseveral Stales, .and
ihe right of transit with their then undisputed
properly was not contravened.
Upon the adoption'of the Constitution, pro
perty in slaves was positively recognized, and
especially protected by the provision for Ihe
rendition of fugitives from labor. Slavea
wt-re recognised n. legitimate property at that
lime, not only by Ihe federal Constitution,
but also by the laws of Ihe of
ihe Union, incloding.Pennsylvania. Having
adnpled the Constitution, and thus plighted
her honor to theffaithful observance of all its
covenants, she will not now dishonor herself
by denying her bond, or .violalingfany of its
obligations.
The law of nations gives the right of peace
able and ordinary transit to both person and
property, and that right is tatified and con
firmed by the* Constitution,{more especially
in the clause which reserves to Congress the
exclusive right to regulate commerce among
the States. This reserved power it constru
ed by the Courts to include intercourse and the
transportation of property, and most clearly
excludes the right of individual States to pro
hibit Intercourse and the transportation of pro
perty is, of course, referred to the focus in quo
of the alleged owner. The Constitution de
clares that''the citizens of each State shall
be entitled to all the privileges and immuni
ties of citizens in the several States," and will
any Pennsylvania!! deny his own right to
pass with his property over and along the
public highways of Virginia ? And if he
will not, why are ihe rights of the citizens of
the two States not reciprocal 1
; Your commitlee. der.y that Pennsylvania
has passed an unconstitutional law, interdict
ing peaceable and friendly intercourse be
tween the citizens ol the several aister Stales
of this Union, and refusing to permit their
property to persons. The
act of the Pennsylvania Legislature of the Ist
of March, 1780, as explained by the act of
the 29th of March, 1788, recognizes the prior
right of persons, with thair domestic VlarvA,
I to pass through and sojourn in this State for
six months, and does not attempt to disturb
' that right, but declares alt slaves to be free
' who are retained .by iuhubitants residents
end intended residents. Thus we have a
clear distinction made and kept up between
the rights in this respect, of passers through
and sojourners, and inhabitants, residents, and
intended residents.
Then cornea the act of 3d of March, 1847,
which repeals so much of the act of 1780,
"as authorizes the masters or owners of
slaves to bring and retain such slaves within
the Commonwealth for the period of six
months, in involuntary servitnde, or for any
period of lime whatsoever." We believe that
I this act hugs the wind closely, and sails be
tween the rock of the Constitutioo on the one
hand, and the whirlpool of its open repudia
tion oa the other. It does not purport to take
Away from their masters the domestic slaves
attending upon their persons, as they pass
through this State. It does not prohibit the
bringing of them within it. It only for
bids the bringing and retaining of them here.
It may affect the slaves of sojourners, bht it
cannot reach persons or slaves in transitu, be
cause they are not both brought and retained
within this Commonwealth. Anaclof As
sembly will not be construed to be uncon
stitutional by implication, nor when a con
stitutional construction.can be'fairly given to
it.
This Commonwealth.has properly abolish
ed slavery within her own bounds, but be
yond them she has no jurisdiction over it.—
Our Southern bretltern are protected in their
property by a stronger bulwark than an aot
of the Pennsylvania Legislature; and your
cnmmiiiM anr.oi consent to disgrace our
Commonwealth in the eyes of the civilized
world, by assuming to give that which she
has neither the power nor inclination to take
away. >
Your committee therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolution;
Resolved, That the Committee be dischar.
ged from the further consideration of the sub
ject.
Pfrgiriio and Pennsylvania—Acquital of Par
sons.—A jury at Hullidaysburg has saved Vir
ginia the necessity of passing any more strin
gent laws against Pennsylvania. The jury
has said that Parsons, who was accused of
kidnapping and assault and battery, in the
arrest of a person claimed by him as a slave,
is not guilty of the offences charged. The
member* of the Virginia Legislature, who
slandered the people and the eourts of Penn
sylvania, by declaring their belief that Par
son* could not base a fair trial in this State,
ought to be a* prompt to remove this unjeat
imputation, as the jury ha* been to show that
it waa undeserved. Nothing has ever oceor
ed in the judiciary history oi Pennsylvania to
wariant any seeh imputation. The courts
faithfully perform thair duties in all queatious
at issue betweeo the citizens of the respect
ive Slates, and jurors, whatever may be their
private sentiments upon the subject ol slavery,
never allow thair ieelings to prejudioe the la
gal light* involved, or] disregard the estab
lished principles of constitutional law.
. EDUCATIONAL.
Rules fer School Government
Mr. KRIWBOS, the Sujerintendentof Schuyl
kill county, hat suggested the following rules
for the government oTechoole.
I. All sohoq property shell remain in the
actual posteMbn of the Board of Directors
and their suoeissers.
11. Applictiknllor the admission of schol
ars into the aeiools shall be made on the first
and third SlMfdtf of e<ph month, to the se
cretary of the fcoard, nesrest director or su
perintendent, as circumstances and conveni
ence may dictate, Who (hall keep a register
of the name and age of each pupil, togeth
er with tlio date of hit or her admission,
and the school to which each shall bare been
sent.
111. No child shall be admitted into any
other school than that specified in the permit
or ticket issned by the proper person.
IV. A child having any contagious cr cu
taneous disease, shall not be admitted ; or
having been a Imitled,shall be exoluded from
the school by tbe teacher till such time as he
may be entirely cured thereof.
V. From the first of April to the first of Oc
tober the sessions of the schools shall be from
8} A. M. to >2 noon, and from 1} to 5 P. M.,
with 25 minutes recess in the middle of each
session. From the first of October till the
first ot April the session shall be from 9 A.
M. to 12 note j 'and from 1 to 4 P. M., with
a recess of 15 minotoe In emoti as.
cept the which may have '
recess of ten minutes at the end of every hour
at the option ol the teacher.
Vf. At the opening of each morning and
afternoon session a portion of Scripture shall
be read aloud byjthe teacher.
VII. Such books as are approved of by the
Board ol Directors only, shall be used in tbe
schools.
TEACHERS.
VIII. It shall be the duty of teachers to at
tend at their respective school rooms, during
the winter season at least half an hour, and
during the remaining portion of the year at
lea9t fifteen mineies before the time appoint
ed for the opening of the schools, to sea that
good order is observed by the pupils while as
sembling.
IX. No teacher shall be absent except on
account of sichiteis, unless by special per
misson of a majority of Iba Board of Direct
ors.
X. Each leachffPor ; n caße two teachers
be emplojed in the same room, the principal
teacher shall, on Saturday next preceding the
fiisl Monday in each mouth, forward to the
Secretary of the Board of Directors a report
of the names, ages, attendance, progress and
behavior of all the pupils under his or her
charge. In uddilioo to Ihis the teacher shall
keep a register of (he name and age ot each
and every pupil admitted into bis or her
school during the whole term.
XI. At the close ol each session, and at the
beginning o! each recess, it shall be the duty
of teachers lo open tbe door and windows of
the school-room a sufficient length of time to
: permit a healthful circulation of air through
I every part of.lbe io^m.
XII. It shall be the duty of teachers to see
that fires are made, in cold weather, at a sea
sonable lima to reader ibeir respective school
rooms warm and comfortable by school time;
to lake care that the rooms are properly
swept and dusted, that a due regard to neat
ness and order is observed both in and around
the school-house; that any part of the houses,
desks, tables, seats and apparralus lo the
same, and all (be properly entrusted to their
charge, be not cut, scratched, marked or in
jured and defaced in any way whatever.—
And when any repairs shall be needed to the
school-house or sny of its appurtenances, it
shall be the leacher'sduty lo inform the Sec
retary of the Board of Directors thereof in
writing.
XIII. Teachers should not lake occasion,
doring school hours, to write letters, nor to
read letters, newspapers or books, exepl for
tbe purpose of acquiring some information
which may be necessaty to enable them to
elucidate to a class or pupil some subject or
lesson then being, or about to bejreciled.
XIV. Teachers will remain in their re
spective school-rooms during recesses, so as
to preserve quietness and order among pu
pils.
XV. Every teacher will be held responsible
for the good order of bis or her pupils while
going to and from school, and for the execu
tion of all the roles and regulations as laid
down by the Board, and are accordingly in
vested with full power and authority to carry
the same into effect. '
XVI. Parents and guardians are at liberty
to prefer charges egsinsl teachers, but shall
not, on any oocaiion whatever, interfere with
the government of tbe school, or with teach
ers while in the performance of their duty-
Wheo complaints are made, they shall be in
writing, addressed to the Secretary of the
Board of Direvtnss.
PUPILS** BEQVISrriONS.
XVII. Popils are required to be puneloal
and regular in their attendance at sebool; to
study lessons assigned by teachers at home,
when not inconvenient to the family—in such
cases to bring a certificate of the fact in wri
ting ; to bring notes for absence, dated and
eigned by persons authorized to do so, and
stating the duration of absence; also notes
for tardiness and for occasions when popils
are wanted at horns before the regular hour
of dismissal; to clear the mud, snow and dirt
from their feet on entering tbe robool-room;
to take their seals, if lbs teacher be in, .as
soon as they arrive at the school-bouse ; to
appear at school with clean faces and bands,
and combed hair, and as neatly and decently
clad as circumstances will admit, so that they
may be at all timesjprepared to receive their
friends and visitors in a respectable manner;
to bow gracefully and respectfully on enter
ing and leaving tbe school-reom ; to be pro
vided with the necessary books and station
ery ; to pass through tbe streets on Ibeir way
to and from school in an orderly and becom
ing manner.
PROHIBITIONS.
XVIII. All pnpils are prohibited from smo
king or chewing tobaoco while on tbe school
premises ; (rom using any vulgar, indecent
ior blasphemous language; from going off
tbe play ground during recesses or school
hours; from using fire-arms, gun-powder or
fireworks of any description on the school
premises.
XIX. Every pupil who shall, accidentally
or otherwise, injure any aohool property,
whether fences, gates, trees or any building,
or any part thereof, or break any window
glass, or injure or destroy any insltiimeni, ap
paratus or fnrnituro belonging to the school,
shall be liable to pay all damages.
' XX. Every pupil who shall any where on
or around the school premises use or write
any profane or unchaste language, or shall
draw any obscene pictures or representa
tions, or cut, mark, or otherwise intentional
ly defaoe any school furniture, or building, or
any properly whatever belonging to the
school estate, shall be punished in propor
tion to the nature and extent of the offence,
and shall be liable to the action of the civil
law.
The Rod in School.
In Northsmpton county last week, a case
was tried which involved the rights of a
teacher to use the rod severely in school where
there is a serious provocation. A teacher,
named Seip, was tried for applying the rod
to a boy for misbehavior, and tbe question
was whether the scholar got too much.
Tbe Court said the material part of the
case lies on the compass of whether Seip
punished the boy with undue severity. A
teacher ha* a right by the common law to
punish his pupils for misbehavior, and tbe
law cannot define the extent to which he
may go, except in ihis, that he may punish
if he does not exceed the bounds of moder
ation, but if he uses an undue or
punishes so severely as lo be entirely dis
proportionate to the offence, and altogether
beyond the bounds of moderation.
That tbe Court would not decide whether
the teacher ought to have corrected the child
or not. He stands in the place of the pa
rent, and all the jury had to do was upon the
excess or undue severity of the punishment.
The introduction by a teacher of pistols and
bowie knives into a school would be alto
gether improper, but the birch had been tbe
teacher's sceptre from time immemorial.
That tbe Jury ought not to hold a teacher
accountable unless there wae*st strong case.
The Jury returned a verdict of "Not Goil
ty." and directed tbe prosecutor to pay the
costs.
GRAMMAR or COMPOSITION. —An ingenious
and useful work has been prepared by Mr.
David B. Tower, who is well known by his
educational books, and Ml. B. F. Tweed,
with this title. Its object is to teach the struc
ture of tbe F.nglish language by a series of
simple exercises in the art of composition.—
It enables the pupils to learn the grammatical
principles of the language in the most easy,
yet most effective and impressive way. The
exercises are arranged with skill, and there
are evidences of thought and good sense in
every page.
Dr. Velpenu and bis Love Powders-
J. C. Merrill uliat Dr. Velpeau, the love
powder man, whose arrest and subsequent
discharge was noticed a few weeks ago, was
last week arrested in New York, charged with
defrauding various persons in tbe West by
advertising in the Western newspapers that
if any one would send him $2 he would
furnish them with a powder by the use of
which they could win the affections of any
of the opposite sex who could be induced
lo swallow tbe powder. By these advertise
ments it appears he has received from thirty
to forty letters per day, many of which con
tained money, and several persons who have
bought and tried the powder, and found it
wanting in the qualities attributed to it by
tho doctor, have writtej to the Mayor about
it, siiiil bis Honor says he has determined to
stop the love-powder business. When the
doctor was first arrested, he promised to
make no more powders and to return the
money that he should receive to the senders,
but it is said that be don't do so, but pockets
it, and continues to send forth bis love pow
ders. The Mayor locked him up to await
examination.
To STOP POTATOES ROTTINO.—An experi
enced agriculturist informs us that about fix
years ago be applied slacked lime to potatoes
that were partly rotten, and it immediately
arrested tbe decay. Potatoes that were part
ly rotten when the lime was applied, remain
ed as they were, the progress of tbe rot be
ing slopped, while potatoes to which tbe lime
was not applied, continued to rot and were
lost. Sines then he has made it a constant
practice to apply slacked lime to his pota
toes as he lakes 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 the
potatoes—about every ten inches as they are
put down. He considers this as perfectly
protecting them from rotting, as he has nev
er bad a rotten potato since he practiced it,
and he believes that potatoes thus used are
rendered better by the action of the lime.—
We advise tbe farmers to try this plan, as it
can easily be done with them all.
THE WORKS or NOAH WEBSTER.—II is
supposed that with the exception of the Bi
ble, (he lexicographic works ol Noah Web
ster hare the largest circulation of any book s
in the English language. Nearly twelve hun
dred thousand copies of Webster's Spelling
Book were sold by one firm in this city last
year, and it is estimated that more tbsn ten
times as many are sold of Webster's Dic
tionaries as of any other series in this coon
try. Four-fifths of all the school books pub
lished in the United Slates are said to own
Webster as their standard. The State of
New York has placed 10,000 copies of Web
ster's Unabridged in as many of har public
schools. Massachusetts has, it, like man
ner 8248 of her schools, nearly all;-and
Wisconsin and New Jersey have provided
for all thei( schools.— Commercial Advertiser.
HOTELS SHOT UP.—Since Judge Barrett's
charge to the jury, intimutiog his intention to
enforce the Prohibitory Liquor f-ew; the ho
tels in Milford have closed their bars, and
resolved to sell no more. They are earnest
ly looking forward to the repeal ofthe law
Milford Herald.
ARRIVAL of the ARABIA.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
HALIFAX, Jan. 31. —The Cuoard s'eemahip
Arable, from Liverpool, with dales to Satur
day, the 19tb Inst., arrived at half past nine
o'clock this evening, btinging 107 passen
gers.
The Dews is important, as indicative of in
early peace.
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Timbs telegraphs, tender date of Wednesday,
the 16lb, to A. M., that Russia has uncondi
tionally accepted lbs propositions of ibe Al
lies. This is reported suthealio.
The news caused an immense sensation.
The funds rose lo three per cent., cotton a
I farthing, and a panic ensued in the other
markets.
The actual facts are that Count Nesselrode,
upon being handed the Austrian and Allied
note, was informed by Count Esterhazy that
he was not authorized to enter into discus
sion ; but if the note was not accepted un
conditionally before the 18th, lie and all the
Austrian Embassy would leave Petersburg.
I*o prevent this, Nesselrode will commu
nicate with Vienna direct, and Ptince Gorts
chakoff at Vienna had a talk with Count Bu
ol, in which the former produced a memo
randum expressing the general inclination of
Russia lo negotiate, but proposing certain al
terations.
Count Buol received the document, but in
asmuch as it did not contain nn uncondition
al acceptance of the propositions, Austria
could not reply, without the concurrence of
the French and English Ambassadors.
The Ambassadors of those Powers accord
ingly sent to London and Paris, and received
in reply, that the Western Powers had no
motive to change that decision, already care
fully considered, andfartber, that if Russia did
not accept by the 18th, Count Ederhazy and
the Austrian Legation would leave Peters
burg, and Austria Feek to obtain the armed
co-operation of the other Powers.
The next day the English government pub
lished a despatch from Minister Seymour, at
St. Petersburg, as follows: "Russia agrees to
accept the proposals as a basis of negotia
tions."
This qualified announcement curbed (he
excitement, and the alatmists begin to fear
that Russia merely wan's to gain lime by de
ceptive negotiations.
Mean time the funds remain steady as pre
vious to the above announcement.
The Vienna papers represent affairs as most
serious and alarming, and that all the person
nel of the Austrian Embassy have received
orders lo quit St/ Petersburg.
ir COAL it rising in price in Boston and
New York. In the former city, trie price has
increased two dollars on the lon. This is
censed by the shutting up of the river Dele
ware, whereby the shipments to Boston and
New York have been suspended. The yards
in the eastern cities are becoming scarce of
the article. The.same cause which makes it
scarce in Boston and New York makes it
plenty in Philadelphia, though the quantity
weekly sent down .from the coal region is
considerably diminished, being intended on
,fly to maintain the supply of this city. The
trade at Pottaville is very inactive, in conse
quence of this condition of affairs, and n will
not revive till the river is opened.
Philadelphia itlaikcts.
FLOUR AND MEAL.— Flour is very quiet, and
prices of all descriptions favoring the buyer.
The inquiry from retailers and housekeepers
is met at $8 25 a 9 foreztraand fancy brands.
Nothing is doing in llye Flour and Corn
Meal. |
GRAlN. —Wheat ia inactive and in limited
supply. A small amount of white sold at
190 c. Good red is held at the same price.
Free sales of Rye at 116 c. Corn is very
dull, and prices are lower. Soles of yellow
at 70c in store. Oala are unchanged. Sales
of prime Pennsylvania at 41 a 42c per bu
shel.
WHISKEY is very dull—sales of bbls. at
32 a 32} c, and hhds. at 300.
CLOVERSEED is coming forward, and sales
are making at S8 124 a 8 25 per 64 lbs.—
Flaxseed is in demand.
ECLIPSES DURING 1856.—There will be two
eclipses of the sun and two of the moon Ibis
year. A total eclipse of the son will take
place on the fifth of April, and an annular
eclipse on the 28th of September, both visi
ble here. There will be a partial eclipse of
the moon on the 20th of April, which will
be visible early in the morning, and a simi
lar eclipse on the 13th of October, visible in
the evening. 1
Forty Days Without Food —A'lady named
Miller, upwards of 70 years of age, residing
about eight miles from Pittsburg, has been
lying seriously ill for some time. Daring the
last forty days she has not eaten a morsel of
food of any kind, and her only drink is water.
She is a widow and a mother of a family.—
Her physicians have not given tha disease
any definite name. Sho was still alive, though
very weak.
CONURESS AT LAST OaoAirizED.—The long
struggle in Congress is over, and the organi
zation of tha House has been effected by the
election of Mr. Banks, by a vote of 103 to
100. This is the result of two months' labor, 1
and the expenditure of two or three thousand -
dollars. The contest trifling as it was, has
not beeq without its good results.
Pay of Jurors and Witnesses. —A bill has
been introduced into the House of Repre
sentatives at Harrisburg to increase tbe pay of
Jurors, summoned to Court, to one dollar
and ,fifty cents per diem, and of witnesses to
one dollar. This ia but simple justice. Tbe
bill should receive the eupport of every mem
ber, and be speedily enacted'into a law.
t#"The new State Treasurer, Mr. Msgraw,
will go into office on the Ist of May next.
S. M. PETTEMCILL & Co., Advertising
Agents, No. 119 Nassau Street, New York,
and 10 Slate Street, Boston, are authorized to
receive and receipt for advertisements and
subscription o this paper.
Corrtijxmdrnt* of iht Public Ledger.
I,ETTBR?FRO|II AR RI SOU RG.
HARRISBUHO, Jan.'29.
The Home he* been engaged for several
days upon a bill lo provide for the fencing of
railioads for the belter protection of life and
property. Tbie is a different bill from that
introduced into the Senate by Mr. Price, al
though referring to the same general subject.
This bill is in charge of Mr. Montgomery of
Montour county, and is supported by a num
ber of the leading men of the House. The
indications are that it will pass that body, ft
provides Ist, Thai the KsiUasd Companies of
the Commonwealth shall, within nine months,
erect good and sufficient fences along their
roads wherever to the protection
of private properly and the prevention of ac
cidents, logelher'with such eatile-guards and
other ereclious as are required in connection
with such fences, and upon default of the
company to erect such fences, be., it shall
pay treble damages for any injury to person
or property oocai-ioned by suoh default. 3d,
Upon petition lo the Court of Common Plans
ol any county, setting forth a necessity for
the fencing of any railroad in said county,
the Court shall appoint lira competent and
disinterested viewers, whose reports may be
confirmed by the Court, or be revised by
other viewers,* or {vpouj confirmation, be
made binding upon the company- 3d, The
fences, &c., to be kept in] good repair, Ice.,
and in default thereof the company to be li
' able In treble (tamngas to any party or per
son injured by|soch neglect.f 4th, The act
to apply to all companies heretoloie or here
after incorporated ; the first section to be op
erative whether the view provided in the
second section be had or not; the compensa
tion of viewers to be St SO a day, the view
ers not lo be residents of any township, bor
ough or ward through which the toud tbsy
are appointed to view may pass.
B. IVFORTNE*R,3AucIIonPfr,
WILL SELL
On the 10th inst., at Lloyd Thomas',
Evq , in Franklin township, his entire rem
nant of merchandise and house hold goods.
On the 11th iust., at the lata residence of
Stacy Margerum, in Cattawissa, a large lot
of liquor house furniture, &c.
On the 9th day of February inst, in Frank
lin township, a house and lot of Titos. Howcr.
On the 16th of Febraary, in Cattawis*a,the
tavern stand,one house anil a tract of timber
land late the property of Stacy Margerum:
On the 23J, in Franklin township, a*house
and lot of Thomas Clayton.
iy Persona who desire the aervicea of B.
P. FORTItfCn as Auctioneer will do well
to engage him before advettising the date of
their aale.
CR EVERY HEADER will please notice the
advertisement headed "2b Perione out of Em
ployment," and aend for a full descriptive Cat
alogue of all our Illustrated Works.
To the unitiafed in the great art of selling
books, we would say that we present a scheme
for money making which is far belter than
all the gold mine* of California and Australia.
Any person wishing tn embark in the en
terprise, will risk little by sending to lite
Publisher, $25, for which he will receive sam
ple copies of the various works, (at whole
sale prices) carefully boxed, insured, and
directed, affording a vary liberal per rentage
in the Agent fur his trouble. With theae he
will aoon bo able to ascertain the most salea
ble, and order accordingly. Address, (post
paid,) ROBERT SEARS, Publisher, IBi
William Street, New York.
On Thursday, the 24th ult, by the Rev.
Francis M. Slusser, Mr. JAMES W. SIIIPMAN,
to Miss Hrvrrn A. M CLICK, all of Colnmbia
county.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. CHAS
WINTKRSTEEN , to Miss HANNAH RIDER, all of
Columbia county.
On Tuesday, Jan. 29th, by the Rev. D. J.
Waller, SYLVESTER B. FLICK, to TACT E. ST*-
ER, all o( Montour county.
On Thursday last, Jan. 31st, by the same,
GEORGE CONNOR, to MARY F. daughter of
William White, Esq., all of Columbia Co.
In Berwick, Jan. 19th, by Elder E. M. Al
den, Mr. Jons KEI.CHNIR, to Mils AMANM
BOON, both ol Centre township, Co'uinbia
Co., Pa.
In Berwick, on Wednesday last, by the
Rev. I. Bahl, Mr. NATHAN N'trss, and Mise
DIANAM KECK, both of Mifflin twp., Lexeme
co., Pa.
In Orangeville, on the 31st nit., by the Rev
J. A. DeMoyer, Dr. D. H. MONTUOMCRY, and
Miss AMELIA B. KLINE, daughter of Jacob
D. Kline, Esq., both of O-angeville.
For the cake sent us the happy twain have
our thsnks, and our best wishes for a long
life of happiness and pleasure.
Ten Dollar* Reward!
BROKE from Bloomsburg Jail on Saturday
night, January 26th, SAMUEL FULL
-1 MER, a prisoner, aged about 20 years. He
is a little below mediant size, of regular form
in person, and when he left was dressed in
a brown frock coat- The above reward will
be paid for the arrest and delivery to the
Bloomsburg jail of the said Samuel Fullmer,
by STEPHEN H MILLER,
Bloomshnrg, Jan 28, 1856. Sheriff.
To Rnilder* and Others.
WANTED, to establish an Agenoy for
the sale of Wood Mouldings, of which
there are from S2O to S2OO worth used in vr.
ery house that ia built. Our advantages, in
the use of a Machine that will work a whole
board into mouldings at one operation, and
the large amount of capital employed by the
Company, enable us to give a liberal com
mission. Pattern, book,furnishad,containing
250 patterns. Address
J. D. DALE.
Willow si., above Twelfth, Pnild'a.
Jan 18, 1855. I
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is uow the recognized' Standard, '''constantly
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io our Legislative bodies, and in pnblio dis
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