STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Dloomsburir, Wednesday, June 18, 1850. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCY. ' CANAL COMMISSIONER, GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County. AUDITOR GENERAL, JACOR FRY, Jr., of Montgomery Co. SURVEYOR GENERAL, TIMOTHY I YES, of Potter County. WA NTED lT TII IS^OFFICE. A Good, sis a. I y Journeyman Printer in a permanent situation and good wages. An active intelligent boy will also be taken as an apprentice to the printing business.— One of 17 or 18 years desirable. CALIFORNIA. It wilt be seen by the accounts per last steamer that the peaceful and orderly citizens of San Francisco have been compelled to es tablish a revolutionary government against the gamblers and rowdies of that community. One of these desperados was put upon his proper level as a penitentiary felon, and there upon felt himself so grievously insulted that he killed a respectable and estimable citizen. For this outrage the sober citizens applied lynch law as a necessary terror to the gang of evil doers. A rude new settlement liae California will naturally draw to it many of the reckless and desperate outlaws who have troubled the body politic as lelons in the eld er communities. But these impurities must break out somewhere in order to carry off the filth that would otherwise corrupt if they were not thrown out ol the social system.— California has by this lime enough moral and orderly citizens to maintain law and deco rum ; and it is a good sign that the purifying process bas commenced. It if a matter of great regret that any ne cessity for such revolutionary measures should ever arise, but when it does cnrne it is im portant that it should be mot with prompt and fearless decision. When gangs ol reck less desperadoes meet for evil they will call no witnesses to their conspiracies. Almost ev ery community has its 6ores of this kind rankling within it, and in a new place like California the lines of refined and secure civ ilization aro not at first so clearly defined.— The steady and most reliuble part of the pop ulation is kept busy in the intense struggle and excitement of private business; for the time and place demand active minds and busy bands. But when reckless plunderers, who slip in to place and power by this chance, grow too bad and bold, the necessity for social se- 1 curity and safely awakens the moral sen'.i-1 roent of the citizens, and self defence along can excuse what would otherwise be a usur pation. Another rrcvclopmcue. In the late session of the Know Nothing National Council a delegate from California expressed bis opposition to the feature of se cret oaths in the order. Upon this a Massa chusetts delegate went on to defend the se curity and strength which secrecy and oaths gave to the order. Among other things he said that while open principles might be suf ficient to attach gallant gentlemen like those around him to a paity, the rabble could not be trusted without a pledge. This is the actual sentiment of every Know Nothing, for it is well known by them that their organization has no intrinsic merit to bold its members together. Secret oaths prove that the parly is only bonnd totgether by bate and fear, and that its members dis trust each other. Sorrowful Accident. On last Sunday afternoon while three young men, sons of Andrew Criveling, of Scott town ship, were engaged in friendly conversation, a pistol in the hands of the younger brother William was accidentally discharged, and the ball with which it was loaded lodged in the brain of the second brother, Archibald, entering near the eye and passing to the back part of the brain. Three physicians were im mediately called, but (he ball could not be extracted; and, though the young man is yet living, there are no hopes ol his recovery. The brothers itre estimable young men, and tbe one in whose hands the pistol was dis charged is, ever since the sad accident, fran tic with remorse. He is about 18 years of age, and the injured brother over 21. Tbe contrast. Every where the Democrats show a united front for Buchanan and Breckinridge and the nominations aro received with that confi dence and respect which insures success. On the other hand, the opposition is divided into fragments and factions until all courage and organization ia lost. The and Nebraska men are divided into Know Nothings. The Know Nothings are divided into nationals and North- Americans. These patties all stand upon sectional platforms, and some sections and are again sub-divided. Thus New .■Llfork is divided between the Fillmore and men until neither of these factions ▼bare any strength. , More Depredations. The gotad citizens of Cattawissa have for some lime felt that the thievish depredations were committed among them under the cov er of night, by some persons too lazy to work and too proud to beg. So on last Fri day night a Committee of Safety watched a couple of suspicious characters, and caught them bringing home some flour near morning, which it was afterward found they had stolen from Col. Paxton, Tbe thieves were given three days to leave the neighborhood, and . . soon vamoused. OT The Hessian fly is desolating the wheat fields N Virginia. In some places, it is said, the yield will not be one quart to the aore. ANTI-FILLMORE NNOW-NOTHINGS.—The sec lion of the Know Nothing party opposed to the nomination of Mr. Fillmore held a Con vention in New York City last week. The Northern and Weetern States to the numhM ol 18 were represented Ex-Mayor Connß of Philadelphia presided. Simon P. Kasa of Danville represented Pennsylvania on the Committee upon credentials. This conven tion represents the abolition wing of the par 'y- INSURANCE.—The West Branch Insurance Company at Lock Haven is making its way into popular favor and confidence. Its per pstual insurances are a feature to recommend it to all who have firm confidence in the ad vantages of fire insurance, and the Company also make insurances on the mutual liability principle. By the card in another column it will be seen that the Company ha 9 responsi bility and respectability. *m • EF"The Old Line Whig Standing Commit tee of Montonr county met at the office of the Danville Democrat last week and chose Chailes Conk and Eli Wilson as Conferees to select a Delegate from this district to the Lou isville (Ky.) Convention on the 4th of July, with instructions in support VVm. G. Hurley, Esq., of this place for delegate. ty The Northern American Convention on last Monday nominated Speaker Bsnks for President and Ex Governor Johnston of Pennsylvania for Vice President. A poriion of the delegates seceded and nominated Commodore Stockton for President and Ken. neth Raynor for Vice President. SHARFLEV'S MINSTRELS promise to enliven next Saturday with wit and humor. These entertainments have become quite fashionable in tbe cities, and a class of people patronize them who would never allow themselves to be seen in a theatre. WHAT ENGLAND IS WORTH —The material wealth of England is set down in value at £4,447,060,000. Its cultivated soil is valued at £1,700,000,000, its mines at £120,000,000, its dwellings and factories at £450 000,000, agricultural implements, livestock ami man ufactured goods each over £200,000,000, and its mercantile shipping at £40,000,000. Chemistry and Materialism. The renowned L'sbtg delivered a public lecture on "Animal Chemistry" at Munich, on the 19th of January, in whioh he took oc casion to declare, from his position as chem ist and naturalist, his opposition to the wide ly spread views of Moleschott, Vogt, Buch ner, and others of the most rugged material ism. He pronounced himself with dignity and energy against the "domera of mind and vital power," and illustrated and ootnbalted, Irom his profound conviction, their errone ous theories on pure scientifio ground. He showed how impossible it is to explain on chemical principles the existence of even the lowest connecting parts of Bn organism— of a cell or a muscular fibie—and how much more FO to account lor the mysterious pro | eetscs of life and thinking by a changu of [ matter. He demonstrated how unable ma terialists were to distinguish organic combi nations from those purely chemical. Noth ing, he said, was more absurd than to derive the process of thinking and willing from a phosphorescence of the brain, as Moleschntl had done. How much more of thinking stuff, then (material of thinking) would there be contained in bones, which have lour hundred times more phosphorous than the j brain? Lord Polmcrston. England is getting foiuler-and fonder every day of "our Pam," and Peel's expression at the close of the Pacific debate: "We are all proud of him," is becoming a national house hold word. He has been suffering, for some time, an agony from that gentlemanly com plaint, the gout, which would cause any or dinary man to throw himself in the agoni zing poses of a Laocoon. But down he steals every night to the House, on his crutches, not parading them pompously, as the great Chat am did, (for Palmerslon loves women still and does not like tire crutch,) but hiding them, we are told,craftily undet his coat,and stealthily hoisting the suffering toes on the timber, looking about all the time with the innocent air ol a young Italian who has pick ed the pocket of Horace Greeley coming out of Chapin'e Church. Then he sits through the night lively as an undertaker, up to ev erything, down on everybody, and ready with open palm and clenched fist, as the case may be. It is quite amusing to eee the compos ure with which he takes part in all the small fussy talk of thick country Squires, about beadles and beer, and preaching, and poor rates. and such things, as if the great Central American question was not pending, anil whole folios ol Marcy's black letter dispatch es were not to be looked over, with a pleasing P. S. attached: "The printer'could not print fast enough. There is more by the next moil." eF" A forged speech, attributed to Atchis on—beginning "By G d, boys"—and go ing nn wilt] oaths and threats, tbe invention of Redpath, the British abolitionist, is pro nounced not only a lorgery but a libel. Tho Cincinnati Enquirer says that Mr. Weissen ger, formerly of Mississippi, now of Kansas, heard General Atchison's address, ar.d tie clares that it was a calm and exceedingly ef fective appeal to the mer. of hie parly to de mean themselves on the most peaceful and kindly mariner toward their brethren in Law vence ; to respect all their rights and feelings, and show Ihpmeelves the irue friends of law and order.— Boston Post. IN PRESS.—A Duodecimo Edition of the complete worksoP'Boz," (Charles Dickens.) This work will be issued in ten different styles to suit the taste and the pocket of all. This series ol books has been gotten up at a great expense, but the public will doubtless remu nerate the publisher, by purchasing tho work as it appeare, as it is designed to be the handsomest and cheapest work ol the kind ever issued from the press. T. B. Peterson, 102 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Rising in the World. It is not uncommon for young men to com plain that there is no longer any chance of a poor clerk rising in the world. The power of capital, they say, is so great, that success is impossible without it. Unless one has money, they add, it is useless to expect ever to get into business. And under the influ ence of this gloomy opinion, many become careless, indolent and thrillless, and seem to otdinary observers to verify, by their ill for tune, their disheartening belief. But experience continually oontradiots the notion that a poor young man cannot rise. If we look over the list of rich men in Phila delphia, we find that nearly all of them be gan life with little or nothing. Gtrard was a poor boy. The late Mr. Ridgway oame to litis city, a country lad, almost penniless.— What is true of Philadelphia is true also of New York anil Boston. Aslor began with nothing. Abbott Lawrence had only a pair of stout hands and a willing hesrt and a good character for his original capital. To any person familiar with the milltonairss of the United States, a score of similar examples will occur, ' On the other hand, the sons of rich men who begin life with the capital which so ma. tty poor young men cove.t, frequently die beggars. It would probably not be going too far to say that a large majority of auoh mon - eyed individuals either fail outright, or grad ually eat up the capital with which thay com menced their career. And the reseon is plain. Brought up in expensive habits, tbey spend entirely 100 much. Educated with high no tions of personal importance, they will not, as they phrase it, "stoop" to hard work. Is it as'onishing, therefore, that they are passed in the race of life by others with less capital originajljL but more energy, thrift and indus try? Rflf these virtues, alter all, are worth more Than money. They make money, in fact. Nay, after it is made, they enable the possessor to keep it, which most rich men pronounce to be more difficult than the ma king. Theyonng man who begins life with a resolution always to lay by part of his in* come, is sure, even without extraordinary ability, gradually to acquire a sufficiency, es pecially as habits of economy, which the res olution renders necessary, will, make that a competence lor htm which would be quite insufficient for a more extravagant person. It is really what we save, even more than what we make, which leads us to fortune. He who enjarges his expenses a 6 fast as hie earnings increase, must always be poor, no matter what his abilities. Anjl content may be had on comparatively little. It is not in luxuri ous living that men find real happinesß. Lcdgtr. The Uody or Veitrmgrnber Recovered. | On Thursday, the 29th ult., Sheriff Wilber, I accompanied by H. Metcalf, Esq., and Dr. ' 11. Dana, proceeded to the lake, in Elkland township, for the purpose ol finding, if possi ble, the body of Veitangruber, who was mur dered by Kamm, and sunk in the lake last fall. They commenced draining the lake on Thursday evening, and by Saturday morning had drawn it down about three and a half foot. Early SatnrJay morning the body was discovered by H. Metcalf, Esq., abonl six feet from 'here, and some half a mile distant Irom the place where it was first buried. The body /as enclosed in a sack, and sunk by three large stones weighing about twenty pounds each. The sack not being long enough, the body was bent double, and put in with the feet and head together. It WHS immediately taken out and examin ed. Decomposition had commenced on por tions of the body; one wrist was so much af footed that the hand dropped off, but consid ering the length of lime it has been laying there, the body was in a tolerable good slate of preservation. Three distinct marks, made apparenily by an axe, were discovered on the head, and the right side of the skull was entitely broken in. No other maiks were found on the body. The head was decapitated and the body interred by the side of one of bis children, in the grave-yard. The skull is now in posses sion of Dr. C. H. Dana, of this place. The Sheriff informed Kamm on Sunday, that the body hsd been recovered. He ap peared greatly agitated, butsaid very little.— Sullivan Democrat. Two W celts Later from California. NEW ORLEANS, June 11.—The Steamer Daniel Webster has arrived from San Juan with San Francisco dates to the 21st ult.— She left San Juan on the 6th inst. A most intense excitement had been occa sioned at San Fraurisco by a man named Casey, shooting tho editor of the Bulletin in the street. This occurred on the 14th nit., when Casey was arrested and put in prison. On the 16th, Mr. King died, and tbe whole city became n scene of excitement. The old Vigilance Committee called a meeting, and placards of an inflammatory nature were posted op, calling upon the citi zens to take the law in their own hands. On Sunday, (lie 18th, an organized force of 3000 citizens, divided intodivisione afiTt com panies, marched from the committee rooms, and look possession of the jail. They look from thence Casey, and a gam bler named Cors, the murderer of Col. Rich ardson, and carried them to the committee rooms, where tbey remained strongly guarded when the steamer sailed. Both the prisoners, it is supposed, will be hung. The whole city was draped in mourning for Mr. King's death. He was highly es teemed by the whole community. Casey was formerly an inmate of the Sing- Sing Penitentiary, and a statement to this ef fect in the Bulletin occasioned tha difficulty. The Cnmmittee is fully organized through out the Slate, and are said to have 5175,000 contributed to carry these measures into ef fect. Tbey have resolved to drive all tha gamb lers out of the State. Tbe proceedings of the Committee of Vig ilance have been characterized by the moat perfect order and propriety throughout the excitement. The committee have plenty of time and ammunition. Haas Meeting. A large mass meeting was held at Inde pendence Square, Philadelphia, on last Tues day evening, to ratify the nominations of Bu chanan and Breckenridge. Among the speak ers were Mayor Vaux, who presided, Gener al Cass, Judge Douglass, Howell Cobb, Wm. B. Reed, Henry M. Phillips, and Senator Brodhead. The crowd was so large that a stand was ereoted at a southern section of the Square irnLsnottw set of speakers held forth there. AnwyftwSese speakers was Hon. H. B. Wright Ttajm Wilkeabsrre, whose speech is thus reported in the Peruuylvi.nian: The Hon. H. B. Wright, of Luzerne Coun ty, was the next speaker. He Baid he had just returned from Cincinnati, where he had been a delegate, and had helped to place in nomination his first choice, and the choioe of Pennsylvania, JAMES BUCHANAN. The Un ion of the Stales bad, at last, conceded to Penn sylvania what she has been rightfully claim ing for the last fifteen years. A worthier man, of more exalted inlagrity, purer moral character and greater politioal experience than James Buchanan, does not exist. [Ap plause. In November next we will show that Penn sylvania ie true lo her son and true to the Constitution. He warmly commended the administration of General Pierce, and said tbat be wosld retire from the post which he had occupied with great honor, and with the blessings and millions of freemen. I He spoke of Stephen A. Douglass as the cloud by day and the pillow of fire by night, that was to guide the destinies of the coun try in the future. The young men found a worthy leader in bim, and in 1860 be would be the man of their ohoice. [He proposed three cheers for Douglass, wbioh were given with a will.] After denouncing the anti-chiislian doc trine of the Know-Nothings, be urged the par ty to fight manfully in the glorious cause of country, and its sacred creed—the Constitu tion. The Democratic legions are the true freemen of the land, and they will buokle on their armor, and through gloomy influences, battle for the right, till they march in glori ous victory to the White House. He said, —The Persian arrows overshadow the sky, said the followers of Leonidas, in the struggles of Thermopylae. Then, said he, let us fight in the and he saved Greece. The Alps are before us, said the soldiers of Hannibal. Then, said he, let tbem be surmounted ; and he planted his col ors upon the nates of Imperial Korne. Im possibility—it is a word written in the dic tionary of fools, said a young and aspiring soldier, and his name was Napoleon. Ani mated by acts like these, let our maioh be onward. Let no obstacle impede our prog rets. Let us fight in the shade, let UB ascend the Alps and laugh at impossibility, with a wonted purpose, a common energy, we can overcome all opposition, and our sucoess is as certain as the dawn of another day. With Bucbanati and Breckenridge inscribed upon our banner there is ns such a word as fall. It must be—it shall be. Mr. W. referred to the thousands of the old Whigs who were disgusted witb the Know Nothing deetrines, and who would cordially support the Cincin nati nominees. He spoke of the national platform which had been adopted, establish ing civil and religious liberty, reaching from ocean to ocean, and embracing the welfare and happiness of alt men. It denounced pro scription on account of birthplace or religion, and placed all on equal footing. It deals out justice without reference to condition. He was rejoiced to see the principles of the Kan sas and Nebraska act incorporated in the platform, because they were the germs of Stale's rights and personal liberty unrestrain ed by sect or condition. They were .the principles which induced the Boston lea par ly to act as tbey did, and principles that would forever dwell in the hearts of freemen. [At this moment several delegations entered with drums, transpaienciea, and music, and were loudly cheered. Me.~W. concluded by ear nestly appealing to all who had heard him to plant themselves on the platform of the party, and to uphold the principles which it enunciated. . His address was one of thril ling eloquenoe, and was enthusiastically re ceived. Judge Donglas and the Democratic Na. Clonal Convention. On Thursday last Judge Douglas address ed the subjoined despatches to Hon. W. A. Richardson, a member of the Illinois dele gation in the Democratic National Conven tion. We give these despatches in the order tbey were written and forwarded by tele graph : WASHINGTON, Jane 3, 1896. DEAR Slß: —From the telegraphio reports in the newspapers I fsel that an embittered state of feeling is being engendered in the convention, which may endanger the har mony and success of our party. I wish you and all my friends to bear in mind that I have a thousand-fold more anxiety for the triumph of our principles than for my own personal elevation. If the withdrawal of my name will contribute to the harmony of oar parly, or the succesa of the cause, I hope you will not hesitate to lake the step. Espe cially it is my desire that the action at the convention will embody and express the wishes, feelings, and principles of the De mocracy of the republic; and hence, if Mr. Pierce, or Mr. Buchanan, or any other emi nent statesman who is faithful to the great issues involved in the contest, shall receive a majority of the convention, I earnestly hope that all of my friends will unite in | insuring him two thirds, and then in making bis nomination unanimous. Let no personal considerations disturb the harmony of the party or endanger the triumph of our princi ples. S. A. DOUGLAS, Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON, Buruet House, Cincinnati. Ohio. WASHINQTON, June S, 1856 —9 a. m. DEAR SIR:—I have just read so much of the platform as lelatae to the Nebraska bill and slavery question. The adoption of that noble resolution by tbe unanimous vote of all the Stales accomplishes all the objeots I j bad in view in peimitting my name to be ' used balore the convention. If agreeable lo my friends, I would much prefer exerting all my energiee to elect a tried Kateemin on that platform lo being the nominee myself. At all events, do not let my name be used in such manner as lo disturb the harmony of the party or endanger Ibe success of the work so nobly begun. S. A. DOUGLAS. Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio. WASHINQTON, June 5, 1856—Dp. m. Mr. Buchanan having received a majority ol the convention, ie, in my opinion, enti tled to the nomination. I hope my friends will give effect to the voice of the majority of the parly. S. A. DOUGLAS. Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio. PRESIDENT PIERCE'S SPEECH, AT WASHINGTON. I congratulate you, my fellow citizens, up on the occasion which brings you here, and I indulge the confident hope that the joy with which you hail the harmonious and unani mous result of the deliberations at Cincin nati, may be strengthened and deepened by the ratifying voice of our countrymen. It is pleasant to realize that, however other par ties may be divided and distracted, there is nothing with us but union of purpose, and will be nothing but union in action. From this hour to that when the polls will be open ed in November, all prejudices and personal animosities among those who should culti vate mutual regard and afiord mutual sup port, will be laid aside. Nay, even prefer ences which may have existhd in our ranks, are already no longer remembered. The preference ol every friend in this crisis, who cares more for the country than for himself, devotion to the cause, and an earnest support ol the standard bearers who are to lead us through the great struggle, will be the con trolling sentiment of the Democracy, North and South, East and West. We are all, I am sure, quite sincere in our convictions, that not only the prosperity of the Republic, but the perpetuity of this blessed Union, de pend essentially upon the vindication and maintenance of the principles declared by the recent Convention. But these principles can be vindicated and sustained only by concerted action, and that can only be secured by organization. Hence fidelity to this organization and ifs usages becomes, like fidelity to principles, a cardi nal virtue. The latter can only be manifest ed and made effectual through the former.— My friends will hava duties to perlorin in the canvass, which my position alone will ptpvent me from attempting to fulfil in per son. It is never to be forgotten by me, that in 1852, older and better soldiers—(cries frdJn the multitude "not better,")—than my self,* Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Cass, men who had been faithful and tried leaders through many years of labor and conflict, were pass ed by, to call me from the retirement which I had sought, and to which I shall return without regret. May I not add, gentlemen, if life be spared, I shall go back to the place of my birth, with a consciousness of having adopted no single measure of public policy during my administration, which I did not believe to be demanded by the best interests of my country, nor one which does not to night command the approbation of my judg ment and conscience. Tbe conduct of those older and better soldiers, of whom I have spoken, and of the younger but better sol dier, Judge Douglas, who I am glad to see now standing by the great and good man General Cass, who for so many years has had not merely my confidence and respect, but my affection, will never cease to be gratefully remembered by me. They were all in the field, not merely to encourage and direct, but actually to lead the column. Their energies were not put forth because the standard was in my hands, but because its bearer was, in their estimation, for the lime being, the impersonation of those sound con stitutional principles which they believed could alone give stability and permanence to this glorious fabrio of our institutions. It is cheering to know that the action of the late Convention places the statesmen and pa triots who are to lead us now, upon the iden tical platform which I accepted, with full conviction of my judgment, and with every sentiment of my heart, and that they are to occupy it with the standard lowered never an inch, so far as the strict construction of the constitution, and the vindication of the con stitutional rights of every portion of the Union are concerned. Much and justly as we admire the patri otism, attainments sad private virtues of our standard beaters, there will be nothing like man worship in this contest. Men become comparatively insignificant, except as in atruments, when great principles and the vast interests of a country like ours are in volved. There will be, on your part, no ap peal to unworthy passions, no inflammatory calls for a second Revolution, like those which are occasionally reported as coming from men who have received nothing at the hands of their government but protection and political blessings; no declaration of re sistance to the laws of the land, no invoca tion to the shedding of blood, by those who have bad none to shed when our country men have atood face to face with foreign foes. But the issue will summon you to a claim, earnest struggle for the constitution, and consequently for the Union. You will bear yourselves like men determined to cling latitat sound instrument as the only security from general wreck and the only refuge from universal ruin. Men who feel and act with you will cling to it with patriotic wisdom and steady lortitude, and they will defend it, if need be, wilt heroic valor against all as saults from without or from within. That a signal triumph awaits you in such a cause 1 entertain no doubt. If, as I fully believe, our fathers were not only guarded and sus tained through the changing scenes and struggles of the Revolution, but were inspir ed after its close to devise and adopt this constitution by Omnipotent Power, we may repose upon a humble but unerring faith that that Power will not permit'the madness of their children to destroy it. Except, gentle men, ray best wishes for you, collectively and individually, and my thanks for Ibis grat ifying call. ur Tbe following humorous nl eccen trie letter has been received in referenoe to to St. Marys and lands in Elk eounly: MAMIEIM, Lancaster Co., Pa. Messrs- Editors: —There f . has been much excitement and inquiry in our neighborhood as to the lands of the ''Ridgway Company" located in Elk county, Pa. Advertisements seem to have gone abroad in almost every direction, where John Gut temberg's ointment is at all used, and even within the quiet shades of our own pleasant litlle village that same printer's ink has held up to view the wounderfu! attractions and be longings of these Western Pennsylvania Lands. A farm and a home'seeming almost to be within my very reach, and at a price 100, so comfortably moderate, that f dropped from my grasp the Evening Star, in which was detailed the advertisement and began to reflect. Action prompted meat once to pre pare for a t[ip to Elk, and the next day, with carpet bag in hand, and determination in heart, I embarked upon the excursion. By railroad I set out lor Tyrone City, in Blair county, at which place I found an excellent team belonging to the Company in wailing, and ready for a start to St. Marys. Young Mr. Schullx, under whose supervision and Jehuship this department seemed to be, 1 discovered was an excellent companion, but ofT we must go, so hurrah! boys—"gel away dobbins from before us 1" And away he went, for tbe land of big lree9 and maple •ugsr. During the whole of this trip I observed no roughness in the roads, nor had I any occa sion to regret my hurried exodus to the set tlement, now for the first time looming upon our sight. This must be attributable to the entertaining conversation of our whip, who every now and Ihon would cheer us with a lively joke or story, for in truth let me say it —the roads were of the roughest kind, jolting one's poor bones most terrjffically. Christo pher Columbus and Andrew Jackson ! what was ray amazement when I begau to behold more clearly the tidy and thrifty habitations of St. Marys, in all ils virgin purity of white wash and humility. What, during the whola ride from Clearfield had I seen to compare at all with this? Around and about everything gave indications of neatness and hospitality —and, as the Queen of Sheba once said to Mr. Solomon several years ago—that even the Aa/f had not been told of his kingdom, so the moiety bad not been written, of the glory of this place. Although now only,as it were, on the threshold of the properly owned by the Ridgway Company, my expectations seemed to be folly realized. Many of my friends endeavored to dissuade me from going upon the trip, and condemn ed the whola thing as a humbug; but in spite of all opposition or obstacle I went, and now I can snap my fingers and whistle at them, or their want of faith, and leave the old fo gies to take care of themselves as best they can. "My heart is in Iho Highlands,"— Here will I pitch my tent, and chase the wild deer of Elk county. Crockett was correct, "be always sure your right," then act with that persistency which belongs so exclusive ly to the American character, "Go ahead." We have all just alighted from our convey ance, and are in the good keeping < f the worthy and industrious proprietor of the Wash ington Hotel, St. Marys. But heark! —the dinner-bell—how delightful the keen edge of appetite, a sound argument for its clang or— Much disturbed by hungry pheetinke, Dreaming now of apple dumplings, Of the smoking venison haunches, In the lar.d of the Benzingers. Very pleasant was the dinner, Like the starlight or the moonlight, Or the gleam of early sunshine— In the land of the Benzingers. Go not southward, go not eastward, Lounging, lingering, hoping, fearing; But come Northwest, for we know now, Of the land of the Benzingers. But enough of these false rumors. Let me say that we have dined. And such a repast as rarely falls to my lot to partake of. At the thought of such an entertainment, your city gourmand would dance in a paroxysm of de light. Such excellent fare and belongings are rarely dished up except in these regions what Snubbina or Gubbins may say to the contrary notwithstanding. Bless me, what a healthful look every man seems to have that you meet here. They are so robustuous, thai dang me if 1 don't be lieve that they have got the constitution of the United States, and the women, too, bless 'hem. I never believed that diseases were contagious, until I sat alongside one of these Elk County blue eyed damsels, and caught the palpitation of the heart. This trouble, I believe, belongs to every clime, common in all regions, high land or low land, and I yield ed to its soft infflnences with a becomingneas quite praiseworthy. The Elk girls may not, perhaps, be as rich in those shining qualities which grace your city belles. They may never have heard of Phidias, or his statute of Jupiter; the beau tiful Helen and the Trojan war, or Cape May, but know all about the useful, such as knitting, churning, mending, brewing and baking, and all other- necessary accompani ments to comfort and enjoyment, and even in that accomplishment of music which is so muoh the pride and boast of interested mam mas, put many of'the city girls to the blush. Let me say to my frieuds, that in addition to a glorious rich soil, with its wealth of lim ber and minerals, and a home, there is also to be found a wife to grace that home, and make its fireside happy. Seek not in vain— as you surely will, if you seek elsewhere— but your city girls, I cannot, away with, with pinch-ed shoes and mincing steps. Give me none of your hour-glasses and nioulda of form, but one who has a waist like a cotton bale and foot like a flounder. Such will not die of thin soles or consumption—except of corn. They are the true help-mates, who will rough it and tough it through the world with wil ling hearts and unmurmuring lip*. I have hardly bqsun 10 ea y a " ' want, but I mutt not forgqt to allude to Mr. Sohultz, who kindly piloted me over the Ridgway Co. lands. The scenery, of gently sloping hill and dale, wiih its majestic limber, formed a grand picture for the sight. I observed here and there the trees were illiutrattd with cuti, made by the sturdy early pioneer, or reoant surveyor. Mr. S. also exhibited to me some fifteen coal openings, all of wHtch ate buds of promise for future traffic and prosperity. Mr. S. has akan my order for ten share*, which I have hastened to forward before the increase of rates, which 1 ieern the Company have raised to <l2 per acre, ins'ead of SB. Twelve dollars an acre is a small price fot this land. From my inquiries, I find out the lands in the vicinity are much higher. I in tend to give another letter shortly. Being an old Lancaster county farmer, I pretend to koow something about land, and in my next I will walk into the merits of the question about a feet. Thus far"! find everything of the most promising character, fine crops, limestone soil, end good arable land, neither hilly uor stony—enough already to satisfy any one who is too lazy to work for a liv ing. Yours, very respectfullv, DAVID LONG, ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON. Four Dnya Later from Europe. The steamer Ericsson arrived at New Yoik on Friday at noon. She was detained be low twenty-four hours, by a dense fog. Shd bripgs lorty passengers. A new Russian loan is spoken of—at part to be ofTered in London and part in Ham burg. The Italian queation ia unsettled. It is reported thnt the Pope proposes a Congress of the Italian Sovereigns, to assem ble in Rome, in conjunction with the pleni potentiaries of France and Austria. Denmark is putting her fleet in aneffective state. Tbe Spanish Government is taking ener getic measures against Mexico. The Emperor Napoleon i* considering a scheme of founding a territorial nobility for Algeria. The Estl of Elgin made a motion in the House of Lords for the despatches relative to the troops ordered to Canada. A discussion ensued, when Lord Claren don expressen good feeling towards the Uni ted Slates, but still deoiineii to recall Mr. Cramplon. No new facts have been elicited respecting the elate of afTairs between the United States and England. The trial of Palmer, for poisoning with strychnine, has resulted in his being found guilty. During the discussion in the House of Lords, the Earl of Clarendon, in reply to the speech of the Etrl of Elgin, said that Great Britain had made amplest apology to the United Slates in relation to the recruiting business, hut could not consent to the reosll of Mr. Cramplon. Tiiat an offer had been made to that Go' ernment to refer the Cen tral American queslion to aibilration, but it had not been accepted. That Great Bri tain was animated by the most friendly feelings towsrds the United States, and this would be admitle! by tliem. That, not withstanding this, language had been used in Congress, which, if u-ed in Great Britain, would have been denounced as tending to embroil the two countries; and finally, that if, as Lord Elgin had slated, five minutes' conversation between Mr. Marcv and him self would suffice to settle the business, lis would willingly meet Mr. Marcy midway In the Atlantic. Dr. Paliner, the poisoner, has been sen tenced to death. Iff" GEORGE VV. MASON, Editor of the Elmita Democrat, formerly of Danville, is dead. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, air un failing Remedy for Scrofulous Sores—The eldest son of Anthony Barnet, aged 14, of Galveston, Texas, was an awful suffererwiih scrofulous sores on his limbs, the parents took him to severul doctors, and did all in their power to alleviate him, but he only be came worse. A sister of Mr. Barnet, who had been cured nf a bad leg by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, took the child under her protection, stating she would Iry what effect a few weeks residence with her would do, no sooner had she got him at her own house than she tried Holloway's Ointment and Pills, they soon caused an improved appearance in the child, and after using them abost ten weeks, every symptom of his disorder had vanished like snow before the sun, —such is the power of these wonderful remeJies I On the morning of the 12th ins'.., at the Columbia House, in Tamaqua, Mrs. SARAH JANE, wife of L'eter-R. Baldy, and daughter of Isaac S. Monroe, of Cattawisaa, Col. county, in the 23d yeai of her age. All persons acquainted with (bis amiable lady, cannot fail to join in the sorrow of hsr afflicted husband and parents, at her early decease. During her short residence iu Ta maqua, it can be truly said, that she enjoyed the rospeel of all who were so fortunate as to enjoy her acquaintance. Her remains were taken to Cattawisaa to the home of her child hood for burial.— Tamaqua Gazette. THE WEST BRANCH INSURANCE CO. OF LOCK HAVEN, PA. Insures Detached Buildings, Stores, Mer chandize, Farm Property, and other build ings, and their contents at moderate rates. CAPITAL, $300,000. CHARTER PERPETUAL. DIRECTORS. Hon. John J. Pearoe, Hon. G. C. Harvey, John B. Hall, T. T. Abrams, Charles A. Mayer, D. K. Jai kman, Charles Crist, W. Whit®, Peter Dickinson, Tnomas Kitchen; Jim. G. C HARVEY, Pres't. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Was. THOS. KITCHEN, Seo'y. H. CHAS. ULMAN, Gsnf Ag'l. REFERENCES. \ Samuel H. Lloyd, Thomas Bownan, D. D. A. A. Winegardner, Wm. Vanderbelt, L. A. Mackey, Wm. Fearon, A. White, Dr. J. S. Crawford, t James Quiggle, A. Updegtaff, John W. Maynard, James Armstrong, Hon. Simon Cameron I Hon. Wm. Bigler. WESLEY WIRT, Agent, Bloom? burg, June 18, 1856.-6 m. Adnynistrator's Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that letters of ad ministration upon the estate of Ellen Miller, late of Roaringcreek township, Columbia oounty, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned residing in Looust township, in ° said county. All persons indebted to tbe said estate are requested to make payment with out delay, and those having accounts against the decedent to present them for settlement to SAMUEL MEAR3, Locnst iwp., June 14, 1856. Adm'r.
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