STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WCAVER, EDITOR. Bloomsburc, Wednesday, May 28, 1856. lIBMOIIt ATIC STATE NUMIN ATIUNB - COMMISSIONER, GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County. AUDITOR GENERAL, JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery Co. ■ SURVEYOR GENERAL, TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter County. Mr. FULLER'S SPEECH. The member of Congress from this dis trict lately felt himself called on lo make an elaborate defence of bis consistency and sentimenla on the slavery qnestion ; and as this speech has been very industriously cir culated by him in this district, it is so made a subject for free and fair public comment. The logio of the whole discourse seems lo be in the following propositions : 1. Mr. Fuller alleges that the published version of Saxton letter and the report of his Pittsburg speech are more strongly Free sci'l in SLiilirnent than were the original. 2. The argumtnlum ad hominerr., ih.it if he has not been consistent on this subject of slavery some Democrats have also been in consistent, and tbat ought to excuse him. 3. That be i a national Whig, and not an abolitionist. The atmorphere of Washington is not fa vorable to a sectional feeling or narrow minded seDliment; and we were therefore not surprised when the member from this Congressional District lately expressed "a de cided preference for white people." It was however late repentance, so far as his party here is concerned; for it is 100 well remem bered how that party in 1854 rang the chan ges on the "Nebraska iniquity," as they call ed it; and how from all its newspapers of the district down to its penny chquers on the public .pavements votes were begged for him on that issue. His opponent had manfully and honestly taken his stand on the question, and Mr. Fuller became a candidate against him. Week after week the Whist pipers at Wilkes Barre, Danville and Pitlston teemed with de nunciations of the "Nebraska iniquity" as tie issue rd ---•--<1 nr no oth er. On that pretence they obtained voles lor him, and that pretence Mr. Fuller says was false. The Whig paper of the members own towr, has confessed that he was elected as an ultra anti-Nebraska man; and in bis speech he confesses that such sentiments were contained in the published version of his Pittsburg speech which he never disa vowed until the late change came over the spirit of his dream. He confesses that the published report of that speech came to his notice immediately, and yet he never pub licly disowned it until now. He confesses that he intrigued in 1849 with the managers of the Free Soil convention to prevent a nomination being made by that party, when he was a candidate for Canal Commissioner. Certainly he did not do this that the abolition votes might fall to bis Democratic antagonist; and it proves that he was a good enough free soil man to vindicate their moat ultra profes sions and pricciples. Even his version of theSaxtoti letter proves this fact. But more still. He not only permitted and hired men to beg votes for him on the anti- Nebraska issue in 1854, but even last sum mer he had his name used a member of Wil mot's Republican State Committee—the very party that sustained Mr. Banks (or Sneaker, and the most ultra anti-slavery party in the State. It is too late in the day now to draw a nice distinction between voting against the Nebras ka bill and voting now to repeal it. No such distinction was made when Mr. Fuller was elected. Every one of his brawlers cried ont for the "repeal of the Nebraska iniquity and nothing short of that." The restoration of the compromise law was the watohword • and the subtle hair brained distinction of say ing he would have voted to sustain the com promise but will not vote now to repeal it now is only a low trick of the demagogue which will deceive no one exceptthoso who wish to be deceived. The Democratic party explained the lolly and futility of any attempt to disturb the Ne braska act. There could then have been no issue on that subject, unlers for a practical effort to repeal it. If Mr. Fuller's sentiment was to acquiesce in Ihe act for which his opponent had voted there could have been no issue between them on that subject. And yet Mr. Fuller fails to mention any other is sue thai was involved in the contest. He has givon no development by vole or action (hat there was any other. He has not reliev ed the old women in breeches fioro the ter ror of the Jesuit*, nor from the fear of being ruined by foreigners. Temperance in rentre County. In Centre county the temperance men seem to be working Instead of talking. A number of tavernkespers tried in the last county court for violating the liquor laws, received the following advice : R. D. Cummiugs, John Bieber, Geo. Peck, and Sarah Dixon, for vi olating the Law of 1856, were each semen ced to pay a fine of $lO, and the costs of prosecution. Thomas Jones for violating the Buckalew Law, and the* Law of 1856, was sentenced to pay a fine of $2O, and to be imprisoned ten days in tbe county jail.— Chas. Brown for two violations of the Buck alew Law, and for selling without license, coutrary to Law of 1856, was sentenced to pay a fine of #3O, and to be imprisoned in the couuty jail 20 days. Edward Brown for selling liquor on Sunday, selling to minors, and to persons ol intemperate habits, and al so for violating tbe Law of 1856, was senten ced to pay a fine of #4O, and to be impris oned 30 days in the county jail. ihe mountains. For several days past the Catta-moun tain has been on fire to the destruction ol timber and cord wood; and to the terror of the neighbors. This fire is supposed to have caught from tbe sparks of the locomo tive. The Nescopeck mountain has also been burning for several days. This is sup posed to have been set on fire. The Season and the Town. In this season of heat and town 1 needs very much the excellent street sprink ler, with which Mr. Thornton last summer kept the street cool and clean, so that the whitest cambric or most exquisite swell could pass in safety, and all manner of decent peo ple enjoyed comfort and pleasure. On last Saturday evening some neighboring local ity seems to have been visited by a hail storm ; and the cool hurricane of Sunday kopt the streets filled with a cloud of dust during the whole day. The fair weather of the season has been a blessing to all ; not only that the worthy burghers may already boast of radishes and currant pies, and the farmers smile compla cently at the bountiful crops; but upon the score of health and fitness for the labor of the field and building. In town the hot evening* must be relieved by a feast of Huffman, & Else's ice cream, and the scorched stomachs can be refreshed by a dose of pleasant-scented soda water at DT. active fountain. THE CHOI'S. The signs of the limes thus far indicate that theie will be abundant crops of grain this summer, and all class of people wil| have cause for gratitude and thankfulness to Him who giveth daily bread to the children of men. True prices are coming down, but with large crops even farmer* will reap a bountiful harvest of dollars, ar.d the millions who consume will be especially favored.— Since the foreign demand for breadstuff# ha* ceased, wheat in this vicinity would be worth about 81 25 per bushel, but the farmers re fuse lo sell at this rate. There is however, no prospect of a rise in prices. We learn that at Danville Mr. Peter Baldy has brought some 2000 bushels of wheat from Baltimore, to supply the demand at that place. Tax Lnws. Some provisions of the tax laws of this S'.ite are very indefinite and unfixed, and especially that part which relates to the tax on trades, occupations and professions un der two . hundred dollars. One section I the act of 1844 which imr<es a 3 mill lax I on ceriat- oj.ecitic subjects, names, trades, occupations and professions generally among these. But the next one imposes a tax of one per cent, on trades, occupations and professions above the value of 8200, and this has been regarded by some as limiting the more general expression in the 32d sec tion, and thus releasing trades, occupations and professions from all State tax. They are, however, of all values taxable for county purposes, and this makes them in the same naur.er liable for school tax. THE UCENSE LAWS. —In his recent%haige to the Grand Jury of Dauphin county, Judge Pearson gave it as his opinion of the Court, that although the act of 1856 repeals all acts and parts of acts inconsiatent there with, the act of 1834 is still in full force, ex cept so far as it is supplied by the new law. The provisions of the act of 1834, which pro bibils gaming in publio houses, require gond entertainment to be provided for man and horse, compel the proprietor lo receive slran gers and travellers If able to accomodate them, and authorize the Court lo revoke li censes for certain specified causes, are still binding laws. Officers of the Bloomsburg R. R. Iron Co.— Ai ihe annual election, on the Bth inst., held in Bloomsburg, the following gentlemen were elected for the current year: President—JOSEPH PAXTON. Secretary—CHAßLES W. FISHER. Directors. William Logan Fisher, Charles W. Morgan, Richard Drinker, Samuel W Rodman, Edward Motley, Francis M. Rotch, Wm. R. Robeson. TELEORAPHIAO.-Since the re-establishment of commercial relations between Ureal Brit ain and Russia, the Electric and International Telegraph Company have received despatch es direct from St. Petersburg, within a sec ond of their leaving that capital, the length of wire being about 1700 miles. The direct transmission of messages between Loudon and the other principal continental cities is now a matter of daily occurrence. £7* Mr. B. F. Wells has secured the mail route contract between Northumberland and Wilkesbarre .Jt $2,800 dollars per annum.— We hope the mail will now be carried regu larly. The previous contract for the route was #640. (3r The first train of passenger cars ran from Scranton to Stroudsburg on Ihe 7ih ihst. On the Ist of June it is expected the connec tion through to Elizabethpoiut will be wcom pleted, and trains commence running regu larly. Prison Inspectors. —The Judges of the Su preme Court, sitting at Harrisburg, have ap pointed the following gentlemen Prison In spectors, under Ihe recent act of Assembly : —William B. Foster, John Foulkrod, P. B Goddard, William B. Johnson and Stephen Colwell, EW It is reported that the cars will com mence running from Scranton to Kingston on (he Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad in a few days. £7 The Cattawissa Railroad did a heavier business in April las l than ever before. The receipts were, from passengers, #10,359 77 ; from freight, 12,108 98—total, #22,468 75. 17" There is at present residing in Lehigh county, a widow lady, named Betsey Krider, who last week witnessed the one hundredth anniversary of her birth day. OT Rav. P. Willardof the Lutheran church removed from Danville to lake charge of a congregation near Carlisle. 127 The Canal Commissioners have ap pointed Edward F. Gay, Esq., Slate Engt neer, to take effect from the 17|I| instant. CORRESPONDENCE. We give place with pleasure to the corres pondence between the members of the Bar in tbia county and Judge Conypgbam upon the retirement of that gentleman from the Court* of this county. It ia creditable lo both parties; and will be interesting for the jus tice as well as for the compliment it paya to an upright and respected Judge. BLOOMSBURG, May Bth, 1856. HON. JOHN N. CONYNOHAM, Dear Sir: As your offi cial relations with us, are about to terminate, we feel that some expression of our regret at this event is, as becoming in us, as it is de served by you. In this unostentatious manner therefore we desire to assure you of oor respect and ad miration for your chaiacter both as a man and a Judge. Your advent here was preceded by the highest reputation for integrity and learning, and we bdjf leave to say, that upon a retro spect of the years during which you have presided over our Court, no single act of yours, official or otherwise, rises up lo im -1 pair that reputation. After having proved you, we cheerfully bear good testimony iii your favor. You have more than met onr highest ex pectations; your uniform courtesy to the Bar; the love of justice which has marked yonr official career; the stiicl impartiality which has guided and controled your judgment, have laid not only us, but suitors in the Courts, under obligations, whioharenot easily repaid and will never be forgotten. Be assured that in leaving us, you carry with you our sincerest wishes for your pros perity. Fervently hoping that you may continue to adorn the office, which you now fill, for ourselves we ask no greater boon than, that your successor should be like unto you. We subscribe ourselves most respectfully, members of the Bar of Columbia county. W. G. HURLEY, JAS. PLEASANIS, J G. FREEZE, M. E. JACKSON, L£ H. BALDY, C. R. BUCKALEW, v- B. IC. RHODES, R. F. CLARK, FRANK STEWART, I W. WEAVER/^ ALEX J. FRICK- Messrs. William G. Hurley, James Pleasants and others, member* of the Bar of Colum bia County. GENTLEMEN: I hasten to acknowledge, ht my earliest leisure, on my return home, the note handed me yesterday, as I was leav ing the Bench in your county. I thank you for this kind testimonial of your regard, with, I can but think, the too flattering expression of opinion as to my Ju dicial career. I feel, that 1 have conscien tiously endeavored to fulfil my official duties, as well to the Bar as lo the people; and while, I have no doubt, at limes erred, (who has not?) whenever 1 have been successful in! carrying out my intentions, I know, that my success has been rendered more eay, by the promptness, the ability, the honorable con duct, and the whole moral tons of the mem bers of the profession, practising in yourcouu- Our connexion has been to me most truly agreeable. ( look back through the nearly five years of my presiding in your Courts, and find the recollection of no single act, no single expression on your part, calculated to disturb the harmony of our association. Accept for yourselves, Gentlemen, collect ively and individually, the assurance of my warmest regard, and of my most earnest wishes for your future welfare. Permit me also through you to tender to my respected associates upon the Bench, and the people ol Columbia county gene rally, my I kindest farewell. I remain with great respect &c. JOHN N. CONYNGHAM. Wilkesbarre. May 10, 1856. AN "AMERICAN" LEGISLATURE—The New York Heiald has the lollowing amusing ex position : "A Nut for Ihe Know Nothings. —We have before us a list of the members and officers of the last Assembly of this Slate, with their places of bfrth, &o. There are 149 in all—a large portion of whom, it will be remember ed were elected as Know Nothings. Their constituents will be amazed to learn that the only man out of the whole party, who was of American parentage was Francis B. Spi nola, whose father was an Irishman and moth er an American. Not one of the others was sprung from natives, either on the father's or mother's side. The fathers of Ihe 149 were as follows Englishmen, 80 ; Germany, 10; France, 6; Holland, 14; Scotland, 12; Ire land, 16; Wales, 9; Switzerland, I; Italy, 1. The mothers were of foreigu'birth (with the exception of Mr. Spinola,) in about tbe same proportion." The War—lts Cost.— Since the commence ment of the Eastern war, England has lost 19,584 gallant men by death in action, wounds and disease ; and 2873 have been besides discharged from the service on account of the two latter causes. England haa sealed her declaration of unflinching devotion to the cause of national independence by the sacrifice of 22,457 gallant soldiers. Of these, 1993 fell bravely in action ; about 1634 sunk under their wounds ; 4279 died of cholera, and 11,451 of other diseases. Englaad has lost in all 22,457. The losses of the French so far as they have been ascertained, amount to 60,000. Count Orloff has admitted in Pa ris that the Russian loss has not been less than 500,000. The loss sustained by the Sardinians has not been, and the losa sus tained bv the Turks never will be ascertain ed. C 7 What a pity it it those oonfounded for eigners will keep on coming to tbe United Slates' They will certainly be our ruin, in the end. The. latest outrage of tbe kind it tbe arrival at New York of the ship Matilda, from Antwerp, with 264 Dutchmen, who are reported to have in their hands, at least three quarters of a million of dollars, all of wbiob 1 they intend to invest in western farms. HP" THE FOLLOWING is a copy of an article recently published in (be Penntylvania Inqui rer, of Philadelphia. The premises laid down seem strongly substantiated. Since the pub lication of this anirle the Board of Directors of the Ridgway Farm and Coal Company have deoided to raise the price of their Farms or Shares from Two Hundred Dollars to Three Hundred Dollars aftar the first of JUDS. The ResourqflAoFpendsylveeta~A Glaace l Elk Couuty. At the present, (Me ommiy sppatn to be the scene of eetive improvement. Great in terest has been naanifested in this direction within the past year, especially since the Sunbury and Erie Railroad this county and the lakes has been placed under contract. From present appearanoee, if the reasons upon which the public conclusions are founded are true, and we have no cause to doubt them, it is soon destined to be one of the wealthiest and most important in the Stele. An immenea amount of capital is now being invested in this vioiuity from our own oity and that of New York. Coal com panies are being started to oommence opera tions immediately upon the completion ol the western end of the railroad to Erie, which is now under contract, and a large force at work. The following are some of the rea sons advanosd upon the subject:— The Western end of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad connecting Elk immediately with the great market of Jhe Lake*, is new under contract, and a targe force at work grading the road with all rapidity. Sufficient money haa been raised tf complete this end. The Tyrone and Cleaifield will slso connect with the Sunbury and Erie at St. Mary's ; besides these, the Allegheny Valley will pass thro' in the course of i few years, and connect with lbs New York and Erie Railroad at 01- ean. Ridgway will also be the terminus of the Venango, connecting with the West. It is necessary to be fully aware ol the termi nus, of theis roads as well as their route, to understand the value of the location. Before enlsriog upon the location, we will consider the mineral and agricultural wealth of the country, which gives the land its value. The principal part of that county is underlaid by three veins of bituminous coal. The first, on an average, 3i feet thick; tbe second | third, tram 6 to 8 feet. Above the coal lays a strata of the best limestone, and between ehcb vein is a vein of the riohest iron ore. Until wilhin the past year or so, (be land not being suffi ciently explored, these important facts were unknown. The soil is a fine agricultural soil, and said to be neither hilly nor stony, with the exception of the portion known as the barrens, upon which no value is placed, and which are generally in the bands of reckless real estate agents, who have done much to injure Western Pennsylvania by de crying all elhe r lands and imposing (heir's upon their victims. There is a fine agricul tural settlement, and the crops produced are large and generally sure. Possessing these advantages, the develop ment depends, as before observed, upon the railroads, hut more especially upon the com pletion o 4 the western end of tjLm Banbury and Erie, which it is believed, from suffici ent reasons, will be done wilhin two years. It will then possess the entire control of the Lake market. We will give a short extract, iri considering (his subject, from the Putli vilie Gazette:— "The great bituminous formation of the Allegheny, in running eastward, gradually ascends, until the measures finally run out in Potter county, where no coal exists. Thus Elk is about the most easternmost county, if not the last one, in which beds of workable coal are found; and in view of this fact, the coal trade will necessarily constitute one of the most profitable features of the Sunbury and Erie, as well aa that of the northern end of the Allegheney Valley Road. The dis tance from St. Mary's to Erie is about one hundred miles, and the coal could be afford ed in the city of Erie at a coat varying little from two dollars m ten. The veins are ex tremely regular, and the coal can be uniform ly mined in drifts, at an aggregate of some forty cents per ton, and carried one hundred miles by railroad, over descending grades, and without the usual allowance of five per cent, for depreciation, for one dollar per ton ; thus leaving to the operator a profit of sixty cents per ton, exclusive of landlord's royally, which may be estinated at twenty-five cents per ton. Now the Elk coal can be delivered on the wharves at Erie one dollar per ton cheaper than any Bimilar coal that cow goes there, or to any other point on the Lake shore. Thus, it wiil be peroeived, a stupendous coal business is certain to accrue to the Sunbury and Erie Road the moment its Lake ends shall have been completed ; and one of the inevitable effects of such trade will be to give extraordinary value to the lands." These conclusions are no doubt founded upon solid grounds. The prospects are much greater than when eoal was first introduced at Pollsville. Then the market was small on account of its being so little used. Here there is a market of nearly two millions, and it only wants the completion of that end of the road to spring at once innwexistence.— Elk, also, has the advantage of being supe rior agricultaral land to snpport a mining population. The coal being at hand, will, also, induce the manufacture of iron, as bi tuminous coal is superior to wood, and as observed, it is the nearest land to the Lakes, possessing the advantages of both. Properly which a few years ngo was sell ing at several dollara an acre, has now gone up enormously. The Elk and McKean Im provement Company are going into exten sive operations. They own 120,0(10 aores, and the Company ia composed of John C. Cresson, Esq., Hon. Henry M. Watts, John K. Kane, Esq., Samuel Mason, Esq., Morde oai L. Dawson, Esq., Frederick Fraley, Esq , John Livezey, Esq., William Biddle, Esq.— They are selling their lands at fifty dollars an aore, each share representing one acre. The Ridgway Company, whioh has a tract of nearly 30,000 acres, are selling it at eight dollars an acre, but they intend to raise the price on the first bf Jane. The officers of 'his Compeny are Cbarlea K. Landis, R. Grif fith Porter, Franklin Butler, Jameß Peters, Samuel W. Catlell and others. A large Com pany is also about being formed in this coun ty for the manufacture of oil. VERITAS. PERENNIAL MASSACRE. A WARMING AND A RECOMMENDATION. The morlalily among children bora in Amr. ioan cities, beaia an immeasurably higher ra tio to the whole mortality than in any of the cities, even the most unhealthy, in the Eas tern Hemisphere. The deaths resulting from improper medical treatment, and lack of prompt attention and care, are higher among the adult population in thia country, than in any other country, savage or civilized.— Throughout these United States of America (Go* bless them I) there is not one household in a huna, a j t bat has not its grave. People may-voii begin to take this solemn fact to heart, and ask, jg thie always to be 1 We justly pride ourselves MI our superior in telligence, but ia it not humiliating to us to be obliged to acknowledge that through our own oversight and carelessness, life baa ha come shorter and more uncertain among ua than with any other people? Let us pause a moment to enquire how thia awful mortality is produced. The women of Ibis country are proverbial for the implicit reliance whioh they place on professional skill on all the diseases and ail ments to whioh they are subject. For rea sons whioh we do not purpose here, to dis cuss, the inevitable consequence is, that wo men are always ill, or nearly so, and their children, in whom the effects of that illness are perpetuated, and constitutionally affected, so that for them prolonged life, in a majority of cases is a sheer impossibility, short of a miracle. Again, the extremes of tempera ture in ibis country are so far apait, and va riations occur so suddenly, that without some means of maintaining the system in a well balanced condition, that is, without some means of preserving the blood pure, and keep ing it at an equitable degree of heat, stand ing good health ia utterly beyond attain ment. Then comes (he momentous question, where shall we obtain that grand "desidera tum" whioh is to avert illness, or to remove it in all these cases? Innumerable nostrums have been proposed, and the more high sounding their pretensions, the more com plete has been their failure. The only uni versal remedies for disease that have stood the test of time, that have served alike the lofty and the lowly; that have elicited the unqualified ecomiums of the highest medical talent; that have received the approval and patronage of Royalty, ; that have laid three Continents under obligation ; that have never yet been pronounced inefficacious by those who used them ; that have never yet failed to benefit the sufierer ; are Holloway's Pills and Ointment. This is no high-flown and exaggerated eulogy; it is a plain state ment of fact. We have no interest in puffing Professor Holloway or his medicines. Tbey need no such equivocal recommendation as that. We have an interest in the welfare of humanity and so has he. He is a cosmo politan (a citizen of the world) his sympa thies are confined to no clime or race. Ev ery man is his neighbor, and therefore he feels bound to do good to him as far as he can. And how can he render him better ser vice than by bestowing on him the greatest of all blessings—HEALTH. His medicines have already met with a most enviable ap preciation in this country. But they cannot be to widely diffused. Every man and wom an is liable to sickness; therefore every man and woman should have these Pills for com plaints of the system, and this Ointment for local afflictions, such as wounds and sores. Every family should be furnished with both. How could better provision be made for the year just begun than to provide against the misfortunes of ill health and the thousand and one other evils that follow in its train.— N. Y. Sunday Mercury. PERSONALITIES IN CONORESS.—One of tho principal causes of the frequent disturbances in Congress, is the disrespectful allusion of one member towards another in debate.— Among the representatives of the oountry, assembled on the business of the nation, we naturally look for the good breeding, the dig nity, courtesy, good sense and practical char acter which distinguish any other body of oitizens assembled together on business of importance to promote the common good. What assembly other than the politicians at Washington would use so much acrimony of language when speaking of each other, such studied insult, such bitter revilings and such contemptuous epithets and allusions as dis figure the speeches of so many members of Congress. At any of the meetings of our merchants at the Exchange, or of any of our rnanufacturars or mechanics, such bitter per sonalities would not be listened to for a mo ment ; and even at our commonest town meetings, such indecencies would be likely to cause the speaker to be hissed indignantly from the stand. Why, then, should that be proper and allowable in Congress which is prononnoed indecent and ungentlemanly in every other public placa ? Is individual abuse or personal disparagement considered necessary to freedom of debate ? Is it not an abuse of that'privilege a licsnliousnass of tongue which invites to violence and neces sarily leads to lumuh, disorder and violation of law? The correction of the abuse is within the power of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, and the rule should at once be laid down that the member of either House who wanders so far from the discussion of the question be fore it as to make a personal allusion or in dulge in suy contemptuous language towards another member, should at once be called to order, forfeit his right 10 speak upon the sub ject while it is before the body, and'be pub licly reprimanded by the presiding officer.— This rule, rigidly enforced, would put an end to the personalities of the vulgar minded in Congress, and wbiob, when allowed, are ao apt to draw superior natures into following the loose example.—Ledger. TUB SUAMOKIN (PA.) COAL RIOION —Mr. C. W. Peale, of Shamokio, Pa., in a letter to the President of the Williamsport and Elmi ra railroad, stales, (bat there are now in ope ration in that region, ten different oollieriea, capable t>f producing about 600,00 C tons of coal annually; alio, four new ones, which will go into operarion this aeaion, with room for a great macy more, whiob will be open ad whenprer the market needs them. A Han Voluntarily In HMI for 49 Year*. The I ait London Illustrated Newt baa the followingOn Friday, lbs 7lh inst., were consigned to their final raating-plaoe, ir. the churohyard of Keigley, Yorkshire, the mor tal remains ot one of the molt eocentrio in dividuals that ever ffived; in faot, a parallel seems scarcely possible, of a man voluntar ily going to bed iu good health, and remain ing there for a period of forty-nine years ! He went by the cognomen of "Old Three laps," in the neighborhood,but his real name was William Sbarpe. Ha lived in an isola ted house called ''Worlds," (probably an ab breviation of "World's End,") not far from 1 Brsithwaite, in the parish of Keighley. He was the son of a small farmer, born D. 1777, and from an early ago showed little predisposition to steady work. When thirty years of age he took to his bed and the room, which he never left till carried thence on the day of his funeral. The cause of this ex traordinary conduot is supposed to have been a matrimonial disappointment; his wedding day was fixed, accompanied by a friend he wended bis way down to the parish church, and there patiently awaited the arrival of his bride elect; but she never came ; her father having sternly and stesdily refused his con sent. Henceforth the young man confined himself to a small room, nine feel square, with the determination of spending the re mainder of his existence between the blan kets—which resolution he kept most unflin chingly. At the time of Sharpe's death, the window of his room bad never been opened for thir ty-eight years. In this dreary abode did this strange being immure himself. He constantly refused to speak to any one, and, if spoken to never answered, even those who wera his constant attendants. His father, by his will, made provision for the temporal wants of his eccentric son, and so secured him a constant attendant. During the whole period of this self-imposed confinement, he never had any serious illness, the only care of indisposition those about him can remember being a slight loss of appetite for two or three days, caused apparently by indigestion, and this notwith standing, he ate on the average as much as any larm laborer. Though arrived at the age of seventy-nine ye ars his flesh was firm, fair, and unwrinkled, save with fat, and his weight was estimated at about 240 pounds. The curious used to come from far and wide to see him, but whenever a stranger was ush ered into his den, he immediately buried his head beneath the bed clothes. About a week before his death his appetite began to fail, and his limbs became partially benumbed, so (bat he could nut lake his food in his ac customed manner. From this attack he seemed to rally, and not until the evening before his death were any apprehensions entertained that the attack would prove ul tima'ely fatal. However, during the night of Sunday, the 2d inst, he became rapidly worse, and died at four the following morn ing. Shortly before he expired he was heard to exclaim :—"Poor Bill—Poor Bill—Poor Bill Sharpe !" the most connected sentence be had been known to utter lor many a year. Assault upon Henator Sumaar. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Immediately af ter the adjournment of Congress 10-day, while Mr. Sumner was still in the Senate chamber, Mr. Brooks, of South Carolina, entered, and approached Mr. Sumner, accusing him ol li beling South Carolina and his grey-headed relative Mr. Butler. Mr. Brooks (hen im mediately struck Mr. Sumner with hi* cane, and Mr. S. fell. Mr. Brooks repeated his blows until Mr. Sumner was deprived of the power of speech. When he desisted, Mr. Sumner was taken np and cartied to his room. It has not been ascertained whether his*inju ties are serious or not. When the attack was made Mr. Sumner called lor help, but no one interfered until Mr. Brooks ceased the assault. Some, who were eye-witnesses of the oc currence, aay Mr. Brooks atiuck Mr. Sumner as many as fifty times over the head. Mr. Sumner was sitting in an aim chair when the assault was made, and had no opportnni ty to defend himself. Opinions on the sub ject are contradictory, many applauding the act, and others denouncing it aa a cowardly a'lempt to beat down freedon of speech. It will undoubtedly give rise to an excited de bate in the Senate 10-moriow. Mr. Brooks has been arrested. Tbe complaint against Mr. Brooks was made on tbe oath of William Y. Leader.— Mr. Brooke appeared before Justice Hollings head, and was held to bail in $6OO, for his appearance to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Sumner baa two severe, but not very dangerous wounds on the head. Mr. Brooks' cane wae shattered into a nnmber of pieces. Missouri Politics. ST. Loins, Mo., May 23.—The Democrat publishes Mr. Benton's reply to the letter ad vising him of his nomination for Goveruor. He neither accepts or declines it, saying that he will keep the matter under consideration until his return to Missouri. The Democratic National Convention.—Cin cinnati, May 26.—The city is rapidly filling up with strangers, in anticipation of the Dem ocratic National Convention, to assemble on Monday next. There have been numerous arrivals from Virginia, Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee, and a fulj delegation from Mis sissippi. IRARISTAN, Baroum's country seat, is to be ■old under the hammer, next September. It is valued by the owner at half a million, but, under a forced tale, it ia not expected to bring the amount of the mortgage the Je rome Company have npon it, amounting to $167,000. THE "RSSTRAININO LAW."—Luzerne iaaaid to be the only county in Pennsylvania where Ibe number of tavern licenses have been in creased by (be new law. Last year, tbe number of I icensea granted there was 80.— The number under the present law is 107. Resignation of llCe Canadian Ministry—Tor onto, May 22.—the remainder of the minis try- hare resigned. The Governor-General sent to tbe house of Sit Allen MoNab, the late Premier, who is confined by siokness. It is now rnmored that Col. Tasobe has been sent for to form a new ministry. I Kansas Aflalrs. Washington, May 23.—1n reply to a reso lution oflered by Mr. Barbour, iu the House of Representatives, requesting the President to communicate whether the United States soldiers had been employed in Kansas to ar rest persons charged with tha violation of car-' tain supposed laws, enacted by a Supposed Legislature, assembled at the Stiewnee Mis sion, eto. The Secretary of War responds, that the instructions from bis Department, dated the Istb of February, Col. Sumner and Lieut. Col. Cooke wers directed to aid, by military force, the constituted authorities in Kansas, in suppressing insurrection or inva sive aggression against the organized territo ry, or armed resistance to the execution of the laws, in case the Government, finding the ordinary course of judicial proceedings and powers vested in the U. S. Marshal inade quate for the purpose, should make a requi sition upon them for military force to aid him in the performance of that official duty. Under these instructions, and upon the requi sition of Governor Shannon, a detachment of troops, under a Lieutenant, was ordered to report to the Governor, to sustain the consti tuted authorities in the enforcement of the laws. The Secretary says, the instructions from' the Department being directed exclusively to the support of the organized government and constituted authorities ol the Territory, con vey no authority to employ soldiers to aid, by making arrests or otherwise, in the en forcement of the supposed laws enacted by a supposed Legislature. The Department, Inerefore, presumed and believes that tha United Slates soldiers have not been employ ed to make arrests under the circumstances stated in the resolution. An Impudent Lawyer Rebuked. —A few days since, a female witness, in a case tried in the Supreme Court at Lowell, Mass., was asked by a lawyer, how long she had lived with her husband, from whom, it seems, she had been separated. "That's my business, not yours, sir," was the curl reply. The coun sel on both sides look fire. A brief passage at arms ensued, when the court was appeal ed to that it would compel the witness to an swer. Judge Metcall's reply was very brief, very quiet, and very pertinent: "The wom an's right—it's none of your business Tux WEALTH OF TRINITY CHURCH, N. Y.— The rector >,f the above church estimates the whole properly in its possession at 810,- 000,000. Judge Jay shows it to be double that amount. There is no ecclesiastical cor poration in England that has so much wealth in its possession, and it is questionable if another similar church organization in the world possesses so grent an amount of mon- - led means. . IN PECUNIARY DIFFICULTY.—The firm ot Coleman & Stetson, of the Astor House, New York, have suspended payment, in conse quence of certain accommodation bills which had been accepted for on account of the bro ther of the senior partner, in Cincinnati, les see and principal shareholder in the Burnett Hone. The partnership is dissolved, and the liabilities are assumed by (he junior port net. who will carry on the basinets: JUDGE MCLEAN.—This gentleman is out in a letter, in which he takes the ground that Congiess has the power to prohibit but not establish slavery in a territory. This is ta ken as an admission that he is willing to be the Republican nominee for the Presidency. .17* It is staled that the bride of Major Rains, U.S. A., who uaR married in New burgh the other day, received from her moth er a bridal present in the shape of a ferry property worth 8300,00 p. Thai's betterthan waiting for death to make the heirs rich and happy. WILLIAM OVKRFIKLD, Jr., has been appoint ed Supervisor over the Delaware Division, in place of David Evans, deceased Mr. Over field is a very competent and efficient young man and will make an excellent officer. 17"The Railroad Companies between Phil adelphia and Cincinnati have made arrange ments '.o turnish those desiring to attend the Democratic National Convention with Ex cursion tickets at 817. Cheap enough. ~ AS AMSFTAAAFT,,' On the 10:h inst., by G. P. Lore, Esq., Mr. THOMAS STACKHOVSE, Jr., of Columbia Co., to Miss MARGARET MIRIER, of Jordan township, Lycoming county. On (he 13th inst., in St. Paul's Church, Phil adelphia, by Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., J. A. MOORE, of Pottsville, and M. JULIA PALMER, daughter of V. B. Palmer, of Phila delphia. On the 15th inst., by Bev. George Warreif, Mr. PAUL KELLER, of Jackson township, to Misa CATHARINE A., daughter of Mr. Abra ham Brode, of Jerseylowu, Col. Co. On the 14th inst., in Mifflin by the Rev. P. Steely, the Rev. D. W. MILLER, formerly of York county, Pa., and Miss MARIAH L. FOWLER, of Berwick, Col. Co., Pa. GGGJLJL In Bloomsburg, on last Friday, Mr. lOHN BARTON, aged about 72 years. The deceased was one of the old burghers who first gave to Bloomsburg a looal habita tion and a name. More than thirty years ago he was one of the most active and enterpri sing business men of this region. He was for a number of years engaged in mercantile busines, and we think was tbe first Postmas ter of Bloomsburg. He afterwards removed to Philadelphia, but, through oib'-ts, met with some reverses in business and again re turned to bis early home. He was reepeeted for intelligence and kind ness in every relation of bis life, and remain ed in full possess kin of every faculty of bedy and mind antil the end. Only a few days ago we taw him upon tho street, and his lamp of life bnrnt down until wiib a flicker ing pale light it expired. But a# the objecta of earth grew more dim and faint to bim, tbe inner spiritual light grew more bright; and be looked upon hia approaching change of existence without terror or fear but with com posure and Chriclian resignation. In Espylown, on the 19th inst., RACHEL S., daughter of Thomas Curamiugs, aged neat 4 years.
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