STAR OP TBE NORTH.
11. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
Bloorasburff, Wednesday, July 9, IBSG*
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.
WANTED AT THIS OFFICE.
An active intelligent boy as an apprentice to
the printing business. One of 17 or 18 years
desirable.
MR. FILLMORE ON THE STUMP.
We publish to-day two speeches lately made
by Millard Fillmore, which will form an im
portant point in the passing political cam
paign. The first of these proves Mr. Fillmore
to be a full-blooded Know-Nothing ; and as
that party teas strong when Mr. Fillmore left
our ehotes, it is not very strange that he should
thus venture on that platform. If he had spent
the past six months in tbe United Sthtes, we
think we can safely say he would not be a
candidate now for the Presidency on the
Know-Nothing tickot. He would see that
its day is gone.
The second speech is honorable to Mr.
Fillmore. It proves first that he is patriotic
—which nobody ever denied; and next that
when parly machinery shall sqneeze him
from the ticket he will vote for Mr. BUCHAN
AN and not for Mr. Fremont. The managers
of Mr. Fillmore's party will, we think, be
induced by soms kind of considerations to
strike their flag and surrender to the dashing
•nd daring Republican adventurers; but the
solid men—the national conservatives—will
never go in that direction.
Mr. Fillmore sees clearly that the whole
platform of the Republican party must fail
to pieces before the new President can be
inaugurated. Before the 4ih of March next
Kansas will be a Sta'e in the Union, with 1
•uch a constitution as Kansas shall choose.—
Then the whole fabric of the Republican
party must fall—its occupation will be gone.
It lives only upon' one idea; and when Kan
sas ar.d Nebraska become Steles there will
be no place left for agitation. And states they
will become, let who will be President. So
the whole basis of the Republican party is
Ibe trick of desperate demagogues in the
wild rhase for spoils and ofhee.
But if Mr. Fillmore will think closely he
will find that Know-Nolhingism is as much
based upon one idea, that a narrow feel
ing of selfishness as Republicanism itself.—
But as he is helping to destroy the Republi
can faction, we perhaps ought to be satisfied
and thankful for that service. Hie country
men bava seen more of Koow-Nmhingiem j
than he, and they will not therefore be de- |
ceived.
The California Revolution
Begins to assume a more dangerous shape,
and there is reason to fear that the honest
and injured sentiment which originated it
will not be able to control it. The gamblers
and rowdies who were to be driven out were
surely a wicked and dangerous set. To show
their character take one: Ned McGowan,
who was some years ego expelled from the
Pennsylvania legislature, and was afterward
implicated in the robbery of some money
from Dr. Darlington, which belonged to the
Bank of Chester county. After the exodus
of this clan, the first steamer which came lo
New York from California was found by the
police to have on board fifty thieves and
ballot box stuffers.
It was clearly such a desperate case for
the good citizens ol California at required
a desperate remedy. They had tried in vain
ail other remedies of law and order, and
nothing remained for their security but that
last resort which is always dangerous. It is
to be hoped tbey will be able lo guide and
govern the spirit they have evoked.
Struck by Lightning.
On last Thursday night a heavy thunder
etorm passed over this place, and the refresh
ing shower was much needed. During the
ain a barn on the farm of Dr. Ramsey & Co.,
between this town and the river, was struck
by lightning and burnt lo the ground, to
gather with some twelve tons of hay, wagon
harness, two horses and two cows which
were in the barn, and could not be got out.
The cows were in Ihe barn-yard when the
building was first struck, but ran into the
stall as soon as a door was opened in the
effort to get out the horses. All the proper
ty in the barn belonged to the tenant on the
farm—Mr. Phillip Cooper— whose loss will
be nearly $600; and upon whom this mis
fortune falls heavily. His friends have made
some contributions for his relief.
State Road.
The following net of the last legislature re
lates to Ihe State Road proposed lo be laid
out between this place and Laporte:
'SICT. I. Be it enacted Ifc., that the names
of William A. Mason of Sullivan county,
James Taylor of Lycoming county, and Jan.
Masters of Columbia county be substituted
for the names of the Commissioners appoint
ed lo lay out a State Road from Bloomsburg,
Columbia county, to Laport, in Sullivan
county, by lb* first section of an act approv
ed the second day of Msy, ooe thousand
eight hnndred and fifty-five, and they, or a
majority of them, shall act, on or before lh
first day of December next.
Btorm at Light Street.
On Sunday afternoon of last week a storm
of the hurricane order frightened the people
of Light Street very much, and did dome
damage. On the farm of Mr. Aiem Marr
twenty-five apple tree* were blown down, and
also several tree* in tb town.
Peace in Kansas,
After ill the abuse of Senator Don glass by
the Abolitionists, it will be his proposition
•nd bill that will ~ive peace to Kansas. List
week he reported a bill in the Senate, which
provides for the appointment of five commis
sioners to be elected from different sections
of the Union, to represent fairly all political
parties. They shall take a census of all the
legal votes in the territory, and make a fair
apportionment of the Delegates to be elected
in each connty, tg assemble and form a Con.
stitution and State Government. When the
apportionment shall have been thus made,
the Commissioners shall remain in session
every day except Sunday, at a place the most
convenient to the inhabitants of the said ler
ritoty, to hear all complaints, examine wit
nesses, and correct all errors in said list of
voters, which shall be previously printed and
generally circulated through the territory, and
posted in at least three of the moat public
places in each voting precinct in each coun
ty. So soon as all the errors shall have beer,
thus corrected in said lists, the commission
ers are tequested to cause the corrected list
of legal voters to be printed, and copies furn
ished each judge of the election, to be put up
at the places of voting, and circulated in ev
ery county of the Territory befpre the day ol
tbe election. No person shall bo allowed to
vote whose name does not appear as a legal
voter; the election for delegates to take place
on the day of the Presidential election, and
the Convention to assemble on the first Mon
day in December, to decide first whether it
be expedient for Kansas to come into the
Union at that lime, and if so decided, to pro
ceed to form a Constitution and State Gov
eminent, which shall be republican in form,
and admitted on an equal fooling with the
original Slates.
The bill provides that no law shall be of
force, or enforced in the Territory, infringing
the liberty of speech or of the press, or the
right of the people to bear arms, &c. It also
provides for punishing illegal voting or frauds,
and violence at the election, and authorizes
the use of a military force for that purpose.
The main point is that the present inhabit
ants shall decide all points in dispute in Kan
sas, at a fair election, without fraud or vio
lence, or any other nnpropei influence. All
while male inhabitants over the age ol 21
years, are to be allowed to vote, if they have
resided in the county or Territory three
mouths previous to the day ol Hie election. .
and no other test shall be required, no oath
to support the fugitive slave law, or any nth ,
er law, nor any other condition whatsoever
The bill met with much favor Irom the
ablest Senators, and even Mr. Hala express
ed himself pleased with its evident fairness.
On last Wednesday it passed the Senate
by the following vote :
YEAS—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Bell,CTenn ) (
Benjamin, Biggs, Bigler, Bright, Brodhead,
Brown, Cass, Clay, Crittenden, Douglas, |
Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, Jones, (Iowa) <
Mallory, Pratt, Pugb, Reed, Sebastian, Slid
ell, Stuart, Thompson, (Ky.) Toombs, Tou ,
cey, Weller, Wright, and Yulee.
NYAS—Messrs. Bell, (N. H.) Collamer,
Dodge, Durkee, Feßsenden, Foot, Foster,
Hale, Seward. Trumbull, and Wad*.
Political Sermons.
Quite a scene of excitement occurred in the
Church of the Epiphany in Philadelphia on
Sunday night, during a sermon delivered by
Rev. Dudley A. Tyng. The Reverend gen
tleman had previously announced that he
would pieach a sermon on Kansas affairs,
and a large audience gathered in conse
quence. True to the announcement, Kansas
was the subject of his discourse, and in the
course of his remarks, we are informed that
the speaker was severe not only in his rep
robation of slavery, but on the conduct of
those who wished to introduce it into Kansas.
He denounced the Federal Government in a
style which was anything but decorous, and
certainly very unfit in a pulpit. Some por
tion of the congregation sat very uneasily un
der these remarks, and finally Dr. Caspar
Morris, the oldest vestryman, and a respecta
ble member of the Church felt called upon
to interrupt and recall the Minister to his
reason. He arose and spoke of the sermon
as objectionable in point of matter and in
point of fact—that ft was a desecration of the
pulpit and of the sacred calling of the clergy
lo introduce such subjects, and to treat them
in a style suited only to political and partisan
harangues. This rebuke seemed rather lo
astonish and disconcert the clergyman. He
paused till the speaker had finished his re
marks, then looked upon his written seimon,
skipped over several pages, and finished Ins
discourse. The gentleman who administer
ed the rebuke is one of the most respectable
citizens of the City, a physician of large prac
tice, and a descendant of one ol lite oldest
Quaker Jamiliea of the State. We under
stand that some years since, he inherited a
plantation near Baltimore,together wittiuboui
thirty negroes, wonh probatdy $25,000, all
of whom he emancipated! He lias since em
ployed those who wished lo remain upon the
plantation as farm laborers, giving thern lair
wages, and treating them with the utmost
kindness and liberality. All who wish to
leave the premises, of course, are at liberty
to do so. Dr. Morris has thus made a great
er pecuniary contribution to the cause of
emancipation than (he whole race of ranting
Black Republican preachers extant. But
whatever may be his private sentiments of
slavery in the abstract, and however great
has been the pecuniary sacrifice to which he
haa submitted to gratify his feelings on this
subject, his mind too thoroughly compre
hended the true duties of a Christian pastor,
and ho had too correct a comprehension of
ihe true object for which Christian churches
.ate and for which Christian congre
gations •p-"mble on the day specially set
apart by the oidinancea of God to be devoted
to His worship, lo permit so gross and infa
on e profanation of the day and place to
pass unrebuked.
Fire.
On last Thursday a fire broke out in the
Foundry of Mr. Joaeph Sbarpleaa in this
plaoe, but by early and earnest effort the fire
was checked before it did more than burn
• large bole ihrongh the roof. The building
wis very dry, end the check wai fortunate.
Snnbury end t-rie Railroad.
The Road Corr mitiee of this company held
a meeting in Philadelphia on Tuesday eve
ning, and passed a resolution directing the
Chief Engineer, Mr. Robert Faires, to pro
ceed at once to Erie, and lay out the work
for the commencement of the Western Di'
vision nf the road. On the ISih inst., it is
expected the ground will be broken, and to
celebrate that event, so important to (be oily
of Erie, we learn the citizens of that place
aae making extensive preparations. Tbe
Western Division of (heroad will extend from
the harbor of Erie to the coal fields in Mc<
Kean county, a distance of-82Tmiles,through
Warren, a town in Warren counly, of nearly
5000 inhabitants. The estimated cost of this
link for grading and bridging is 91.600,000.
The contractors are Messrs. King, Brown &
Co., len of the most enterprising men in
Erie county. Ttie terms upon which they
have taken the Western Division are ibe
same as agreed upon with Gov. Bigler, except
that the cash payment is reduced one half—
-9800 000 in the bonds of Erie and Warren
counties ; 400 000 of the Sunbnry and Erie
Railroad bonds, and 8400,000 cash—B2oo,-
000 nf which the people of Erie and Warreu
have obligated themselves to pay. This ar
rangement is certainly a very advantageous
one for the company, and from the character
of those intrusted with the construction of
that part nf the road, there is but little doubt
contract
lire
i There is
a feel
remarkable,
are in
the
on Mr. Sumner, that they
the country a candidate for the
who stood some years ago precisely in tnWI
position which Mr. Brooks now occupies as
the violent assailant of a United Stales Sen
ator for wnrda spoken in debate.
Some five or six years ago, a bitter con
troversy was carried on in the Senate bet ween
Mr Fouie, of Mississippi, and Mr. Benton, |
■he lailier in-law ot Mr. Fremont, in which
I'II- former indulged in some severe personal
remarks on the lauer. Af er lite-Senate had
adj lurin-d, M'. Frrnnnf waylaid Mr Foote
HI ihe ante-chairitrur. or lob'-y adjacent to
ttie Senate, and sssaile I hi in with ur--ai
violence, blows pa-eed, and they were sepa
rated—alter which, upon the insisunent ot
Mr. Benton, Fremont sent Foote a challenge,
which would have resulted in a hostile meet
ing, if mtitnal friends of the parties had not
by great exertion brought about a reconcilia
tion. We hope that the Black Republican
press and orators, should they have occasion
to aay any thing more in denunciation of
"brutal outrages in the Senate* chamber,"
will have the fairness to divide their indig
nation equally between Mr. Fremont and
Mr. Brooks. II the conduct of one deserves
rebuke, the other surely is far from innocent.
Clerical Movement,
Richmond papers publish an eloquent ap
peal,signed by twenty-two clergymen of tbat
city, representing all denominations,in which
they address their brethren and fellow-citi
zens "a few conservative remarks on the
present alarming crisis in our national af
fairs." Though restrained by their profession
from taking an active part in political mat
ters, they claim that the ardor of their patri
otism is not quenched, and think that in the
step they have now taken, they do not trans
cend their proper sphere. They "have with
with painful solicitude the agitations which
have marred the peace and threatened the
stabiliiy of the Union," but "have read no
account of any meeting assembled lor the
patriotic and christian purpose of allaying the
popular excitement, awaking the conserva
tive spirit of the people, and invoking the
blessing of the Most High on our rulers and
on our nation." The appeal concludes as
follows:
"In conclusion, we earnestly request our
fellow-citizens to unite with us, on the Sun
day preceding the fourth day of July next, in
prayer, secret, social and public, to the God
of nations, that he would mercifully restrain
the angry passions of men, and inspire our
rulers with a moderate and pacific spirit, dis
perse the clouds overhanging our favored re
public, restore the harmony which once ex
isted among the States of the Union, and
enable us to transmit In our postetity in their
etilireness, ihe inestimable privileges which
we have received from our ancestors."
A politicalfriendji Opiniuii.-One ol the Penn
sylvania delegate- ill ilia Black R- |>u tiln-an
Convention, save the Wa-hington Union
had the manliness to takn open and strung
grounds against the iirnriinaiinn nf Fremont.
After Mating that the Whig* and conserva
tives of Pennsylvania could not and would
not vote lor Fremont, he said:
"No, sir, the people of Pennsylvania must
have a man who is a statesman, which Fre
mont is not. They cannot recognize the fact
that Fremont lived ten days buried deep
under a snowdrift, and that he planted the
American flag on the highest peak of the
Rocky Mountains, as special qualifications for
Ihe Pre-ideney of the United States. You
talk ol antecedents; why, sir, you ineult the
intelligence of the people of this great coun
try when you insinuate that they will be
satisfied with stories of mere adventure, as
the friends of the candidate plant his preten
sions upon."
CV We learn from (lie "Genius of Liber
ty" that VVm. L. Roberts, formerly of Fay
ette county, but now of Kansas—a leading
Free Slate man, and, under the new consti
tution, Lieutenant Governor—recently made
a speech in his native county, in which he
endorsed, in the strongest manner, the Ne
braska bill—saying it was the very law the
Free-State men of Kansas wished, and when
strictly adhered to, was bound to secure the
exclusion of slavery from onr Territories.—
He also expressed himself in favor of Jemes
Buohanan.
Mans Meetings.
The Democratic State Central Committee
have made appointment* for holding mass
meeting* of the friends of Buchanan and
Breckinridge at the following times and places
viz
At Chatebersburg, Franklin County, on
Thursday, (he 7th day of August, 1850, be
ing the daykfter the Democratic State Con
vention. \ . .
At Erie, Bie county, on Wednesday, the
27ah day sf
At Greens burs, Westmoreland county, on
Wednesday, the 3d of September, 1856.
At Bellefonte, Centre County, on Wednes
day, the 24 lb of September.
At Harriaburg, the Capital of the State, on
Wednesday, thejst of October.
And at Philadelphia, on fhe 17th of Sep
tember, 1856, being the Anniversary of the
Adoption of the Constitution of the United
States.
Eminent Democrats, from our own and
other Stales will be present at all these meet
ings, to address their fellow-citizens.
Important Oecialon. ,
The Easton Argus says .-—The case of Cor
rell vs. Wilhelm has been decided by the Su
preme Court, in favor of Correfl, which ends
the matter permanently, and Mr. Wilhelm
will be ccAnpelled to fori over tbe sum of
estate in case the wW was set aside. Wil
helm was at that time one of the executors
of Peter Miller. * •
The heir was produced, the will set aside
and Mr Wilheltn placed in possession of the
Lion's share of the estate", but then he de
clined giving Mr. Correll the farm that had
been promised hiaa. To recover it. or its
value, this suit was brought by Peter Correll
Evecuuir of his lather, (who died alter these
Occurrences,) and the result is a verdict in
favor of Pcier lor sll 000
Ttie commit iny wdlsuy it ia right. When
a man makes a bargain let him stick to it.
Southern Liberality and African < oloni.
satlon.
• ?
In no part of the United States or in the
world is there a deeper, more abiding and
self-sacrificing interest fell and manifested
lor the elevation, happiness and future use
fulness of the colored race, than by the en
lightened and refined people of the Southern
portion of the American confederacy. A lit
tle attention to what is being done in the
South 10 help lbs alive t* freedom, to em
| fort, and r an MonorabW position, in circum
stances where be can be^properly respected,
may relieve the mind's of the caodid and the
lover of truth.
Among the three hundred and twenty col
ored persons who lately sailed from Savan
nah for Liberia, under the auspices of the
Colonization Society, the great majority were
liberated slaves, many of whom were well
provided in the matter of clothing, agricultu
ral and mechanical implements and money,
by their former masters: 43 of the company
received their freedom by the will of the late
James Kelley, of Virginia, who gave them
also $15,000. Twenty, from Kentucky, were
liberated by the will of Mr. Graves, and were
by him furnished with #14,800. Here then
we find 63 slaves receiving their emancipa
tion, an outfit, and nearly thirty thousand
dollars in cash to give them a start in their
furure homes. About ten thousand American
negroes, traiwed cfiiefly at the South, and
owing their liberty to the citizens of that
region, transplanted to Liberia, now rule
more than two hundred thousand natives of
Alrica, andthroogh their schools and churches
are spreading the light of civilization and the
life oI Chriatianity in that laud of darkness
and heathenism.— Ledger.
Mexico.
A new constitution for Mexico has been
reported in the Congress of that country.—
The President is to hold his office for four
years. The Legislative Assembly to consist
of one House. No law is to be passed pro
hibiting or hindering the exercise of any
kind of religious worship, though the Cath
olic religion is to be protected, when that
protection does not prejudice the interests
of the people wur the national sovereign
rights No titles of nobility, prerogatives,
or hereditary honors. No person to be mo
lested, nor his house searched, nor any prop
erty or papers seized, except by competent
jud-cial authority. The right to possess and
carry arms for defence is guarantied. No
soldiers to be quartered in time gf peace on
any private person without his consent. The
military to be at all times subject to the civil
law. No violation of correspondence in the
Post-office. Slavery is prohibited, and slaves
escaping hither are to be free. No treaty to
be ever made for the delivery of slaves es
caping to the repnbiic. The press to bo
free. No letters of security nor passports are
to be required; education to be free; tbe
right of petition to be inviolable; there is to
be no national monopolies of any kind.—
There is to bo trial by jury; no imprison
ment for debt; condemnation to service in
the chain-gtvnfcjs prohibited. This appears
to be an constitution. One party,
however, wants two Houses of Congress and
the prohibition of the exercise of any oth
er form of religious worship than the Catho
lic.
it#" Among the other lies told is the gross
one that the New York Evening Post was a
Democratic paper, and has suddenly turn
ed Republican. TTte Evening Post has been
one of the moat ultra of abolition papers
for years.
| WASHINGTON AFFAIRB.
[ Washington, July 6.—General Pemifer F.
Smith has been appointed to succeed Briga
| dier-General Clark, in charge of the Military
Department of the West. The headquarters
tit the Department is to be removed frotn St.
Louis to Fort Leavenworth. Col. Sumner
will remain in command of the troops in
Kansas, but be subordinate to Gen. Smith.
The administration has had no intimation
from Gov. Shannon of his resignation or in
tention to resign as Governor of Kansas, but
since the date of his alledged letter to Col.
Buford, saying he had resigned, official de
spatches have been reoeived from him. It
is believed here that Gov. Shannon will not
gratify the administration, by resigning his
post.
Judge Ruggles and Charles Allen have
been in consultation with a large number of
nigger worshippers, includingSpeakerßanke,
to induce them to withdraw Dayton as Vice
President, and substitute the name of John
son, of Pennsylvania. lam informed, how
ever, that they utterly failed in their mission
and that they will go back just as wise as
they came.
! The nigger worshippers have had s meet
ing, and agreed to resist to the last, the tak
ing up of Toombs' bill from the Speaker's
table. They intend it shall sleep there dur
ing the remainder of the session. They
have also agreed to adjourn at an early day.
the Topeka bill, and the
ia fairly before the country,
they say, to adjourn.
that Douglaa' Kansas hill will
by votes of Dunn, Har
relay, who are
—.
Philadelphia Markets.
Wur anil Meal. — t he. Flour matkel is slill
WTrn with limited stock and light receipts.—
Sales of some 800 bbls. standard brands at
$6 75 per barrel, and 700 bbls. extra at 874.
• Sales for home consumption within range ol
86 75 a 8 75 for common and fancy brands.
Rye Flour is firm at 83 50. Com Meal ia in
active demand; sales ol Pennsylvania at 82j
per bbl.
Grain. —Prime Wheat is scarce and in de
mand, but inlenor lots are abundant and dull.
Sales ol 1200 bushels good and prime red s!
81 49 a 1 50. Rye is in demand; sales at 75
cts. per bus. in store and afloat. Corn is ac
tive; prime yellow at 60 ct. afloat, arid dam
aged while at 55c. Oats aro in moderate de
mand at 34 a 35 cts. per bushel.
Seeds. —Cluverxeed continues scarce; lust
sales at $7 50 a 6 37 per 64 lbs. In Timothy
and Flaxseed nothing doing.
Whiskey is dull. Small sales of barrels at
32 a 33c., and Drudges at 30 cts.
Col. Benton on Col. Fremont Col. Benton
in his late speech at St. Louis, referred to
the nomination of Col. Fremont, his son-in
law, and to a rumor that he would support
him, and said:
•'Now, when has it ever happened that I
have been influenced by family connections,
or by my own interest? What office have J
ever cot for one of my family ? What ap
pointment have I ever got for myself? No,
citizens, lam above such considerations. I
am above family, und above self when the
good of the Union is concerned. From first
to last, I have been for my conntry, and
mean to continue for it. I have made many
sacrifices for it, and am making a great one
now in standing this canvass.
A RBTOBT.—The Chambersburg "Spirit"
records the following:
When Mr. Buchanan was on a visit to his
place some six or eight years ago, a fellow
with more brass than brains "put the ques
tion squarely" to him "whether he really
thought ten cents a day was enough for a
laboring man 1" Mr. Buchanan replied that
he "would not like to give ten cents a day
for a laborer, physical or intellectual, of any
man who would ask such a question."
6W Four hundred indictments have beer)
sent up in the Quarter Sessions of Philadel
phia against perrons engaged in the sale ol
liquors without license. The Grand Jury
asked instructions from the Court as to the
amount of evidence necessary to sustain a
"true bill." Judge Allison instructed them
that the appearance of the house being a
place for the sale of liquor (bar, bottles, &c.)
was enough.
EF" A terrible accident occurred in Phila
delphia at the foot ol Reed Street, on the
Delaware, on Tuesday evening. While
pier was thronged with women and children,
the endot it gave way,.and upwards of 40 or
50 persons were thrown into the river.—
About one half the number, including 10
children and 3 women, are believed to have
perished, and several persons were badly
inytued,
Footing vp the Losses —The Pans cortes
pondent ol the London Times slates thai die
French army buried 23,000 men in the Cri
mea this winter stone. The tola! losses of
English and French, he says, are very nearly
in proportion, the French having Inst over
40,000 out ot 200,000, and the British over
20,000 out ot 79,000.
A Nomination "Not fit to be made." —Tbe
National Intelligencer expresses unfeigned
surprise at the nomination ot Col. John C.
Fremont by the republicans, end though
complimenting his success and capacity as
an exploier of the wilderness, expresses
grave doubts as to Iris fitness to be entrusted
with the chiet control of the aflairs ol the
government of the United States.
A dishonest Citric.— The Newark (N. J.)
Daily Eugle, 30lh ult., says, that a clerk in
the office ol the Morria Canal and Banking
Company, at Jersey City, N. J., absconded
on Saturday with 82000, ibe property of the
Company, in his possession. The police of
New York are on his track.
A Great Explorer —Greeley has much to
say about Fremont as the Great Explorer!
juet as if that were a qualification for the
Presidency. If it be, how comes it that Dr.
Kane, the Great Explorer of the Arctic Ret
gion. was not nominated for Vice President.
Suicide.
William De Hart, residing near Milton,
committed suicide on Friday afternoon last,
by hanging. He committed the deed in a
wood near liia house, and was not discover*
ed till Saturday.
Another Recinit.
Gov. Jones—the Whig U. S. Senator Irom
Tennessee—has declared his intention to sup
port Mr. Buchanan. The influence of Gov.
Jones wilt be found sufficient to make Ten
nessee safer for old Buck. We learn that be
intends to canvass the State for him. So we
go. Nearly all the old Whig leaders are
comming to the Democracy, since Wbiggery
has been abolilionized in the North and
Know Nothingized in the South.
A Voluminous Document — The labors of the
Kansas Special Committee are printed in two
reports, from a majority and a minority.
Both reports and all the proof are to be print
ed together as one document. The whole
document covers over three thousand pages
of foolscap, or about three reams of paper,
and it will make a volume well nigh one
thousand pages. This is entirely beyond
the compass of any ordinary newspaper
space.
A Good Man. —TheSunbury Gazette warm
ly recommends Maj J. H. Zimmerman for
re-norr.ination lo the Slate Legislature by the
Democrats of Northumberland county. We
endorse the recommendation with all our
heart; and agree with the Gazette that last
winter the people of that county had, in Mr.
Zimmerman, a vigilant, capable and honest
Representative.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, an
old Whig journal, says it is well aware that
many inlelhgenl and pa'riotio men, for long
years Whigs, are disposed to vote for Mr.
Buchanan rather than see a sectional, unqual
ified candidate, like Col. Fremont, elevated
to the Presidency.
The Boston Post's Last. —The Fremont men
are very anxious to see Jessie—nobody but
Jessie will please them. Well, gentlemen,
have a little patience—wait till November—
and you shall be gratified, every one of you;
for that is the very personage the Demo
crats have determined to give you.
fV' A New Military Post has hecn es
tablished on the Missouri river, on the Ne
braska side, about 75 miles above the mouth
of l'Eau qui Cour river. It is said to by very
beautifully situated, and to possess many
advantages above Fort Pierre. It is called
Fort Randall.
The Stars and Stripes, is the title of a new
campaign paperpublished in Harrisburg,by
Messrs Omit, Orth and Weaver. Terms 50
cents for the campaign.
W Buchanan Flag , is the title of a spicy
campaign paper just started in Pittsburgh,
by Wm. Onslow.
Mr. Buchanan is younger than were Jack
son, Cass, or Gen. Taylor, when they were
nominated.
Francis P. Blair, ihe Black llepublican
political abolitionist, owns several slaves ami
works them on his farm !
fln Tamaqua last year the '.axes alto
gether- were hard on to 83 on the hundred,
or one half the legal interest allowed on m'on
ey.
KT II is said lhat John Van Buren is about
lo wed the only daughter of the late Governor
McDufße of South Carolina.
A western editor suggests as a good rally
ing cry for the Black Republicans: Millions
for black wool, but not a cent for white sheep.
Th J old line Whigs o( Erie county, Pa.,
had a gathering last week, and shook hands
over a common resolve to support thp dem
ocratic presidential ticket.
Twelve of the Slates were not represented
in ihe Philadelphia Convention which nomi
nated Mr. Fremont.
New President.— B. H. Latrobe, Esq, of
Baltimore, has been elected President of
the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad.
In Orangeville, on last Thursday, by the '
Rev. E. A. Sharretta, Mr. JOHN DALLMAN, lo
Miss CATHARINE EYEK, both of this place.
On the 3d of July by John A. De Moyer,
Mr. JACOB J KESTER, of Orangsville, and
Miss Sopitr A OMEN, of Mount Pleasant, Co
lumbia County, Pa.
111 Hemlock on last Saturday afternoon, Mr.
WESLEY BOAT, aged 35 years.
The deceased, who was widely known,,
had many of those qualities of mind which
command respect and deference. His inde
pendent and tearless spirit scorned mean ser
vility and cringing sycophancy; and the earn
est and faithful attachments of his friendship
were enduring and warm-hearted. He did
for others and himself all that a strong will,
an active mind and a true heart could do.—
He was a good, active citizen ; and was ever
earnest and faithful in his devotion to his
honest sentiments. There was a slraighlior
wardness in bis character and mauner, that
did credit lo him; and a self-reliance and self
respect that scorned every thing base or
mean.
In his long illness lie suffered much. He
looked upon hn approaching end with com
posure and resignation, and met Death as a
deliverer. A few years ago no young man's
life in this county promised so fair, or looked
so bright for the future in all that can give
enjoyment and zest to life. He is gone from
the dawn of active and useful life to the sad
reabties of the tomb. Peace lo his remains.
Near Bloomsburg, on last Monday, Mr.
JOHN A. EVER, aged about 34 years.
Mr. Eyer was a very worthy young man,
who has for some time past suffered severe
ly, and sank away from consumption. His
end was not unexpected to him, and be mat
it oalmly and resignedly, with Ihe spirit of a
true Christian.
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DEMOCRATS, SEND THE NAMES A LORD, FAST.
THE approaching campaign will be on*
of great importance—ao great that every
friend of our Union, our Conatilotidn and
our Liberty will be called n|lon to act
promptly and faithfully. It becomes the
Democratic party of Columbia County to
make good preparations for a vigorous
contest with the opposition.
In order to place the "STAR" with!*
the reach of every Democrat in the coun
ty we offer it on the following
TERMS:
One copy 80jt,
Five copies $2 00
Ten do 850
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Twenty copies 6 00
At the above rales, we will supply
subscribers with the STAR from this dat*
until after the November election- Wo
hope our frienda, during the present
month, will exert themselves and send ur
in numerous clubs from oil parts of tha
county- Although the paper will b*
mainly devoted to tho interests ol the Dem*
ocrstic party, other matters will not ba
neglected- Local and general news will
still have the places. Address,
R. W. WEAVER.
Rloorosburg, June 24, 1856.
TOLLS AT BEACH HAVEN.
COLLECTOR'S OWICE, J
Beach Haven, July Ist, 1856. 1
R. W. WEAVER, EAO.,
Dear Sir: —The amount of
Tolls received at thia office during the past
month ia $31,133,80
Previously reported 34,208 86
Total amount since Deo. 1, 1855 $68,342,66
" " Fines same period, 50.00
Whole amount of Tolls & Fines
since December Ist, 1855, >68,393,66
Respectfully yours,
PETER ENT,
Collector.
To Contractors.
IJROPOSALS will be received at the pub
lie house of John Hurst in Slabtown on
Saturday the 261h day of July inat. until 3 o'-
clock, in the afternoon for repairing the
bridge over Roaringcreek at Slabtown. Tha
bridge will be required lo be raised lo its
original heighth, and the abutment to be ex
tended up the creek so as to prevent the creek
Irom washing around the bridge. Opacifica
tion can be seen on the day of the letting.
By order of the County Commissioners.
R. C. FRUIT,
COMMISSIONERS' OFFICI, j Clerk.
Bloomsburg, July 6, 1856. j
TUE WEST BRANCH INSURANCE CO.
OF LOOK 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. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
John B.Hall, T. T. Abrama,
Charles A. Mayer, D. K. Jackman,
Charles Crist, W. White,
Peter Dickinson, Thomas Kitchen,
Hon. G. C. HARVEY, Pres't.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
THOS. KITCHEN, Sec'y.
H. CHAS. ULMAN, GenT Ag't.
REFERENCES.
Samuel H. Lloyd, Thorns, Bownan, D. D.
A. A. Winegardner, Wm. Vanderbelt,
L. A. Mackey, Wm. Fearon,
A. White, Dr. J. S. Crawford,
James Quiggle, A. Updegraff,
John W. Maynatd, James Armstrong,
Hon. Simon Cameron Hon. Wm. Bigler.
WESLEY WIRT, Agent,
Bloomsburg,
June 18, 1856.-6 m.
List of Letters
REMABNING in the Post office at Blooms
burg, Pa., July Ist, 1856.
Addams Tobias Blessing Vul
Brown Susan C. Crethen Chan'.hen
Deisher Henry H. Dreibelbis Catharine.
Ford Thomas Goss John
Hollans Lewis Hoyt Samuel
Judson A. Kent Matthias
Kranse J. Lytle Robert
O'Neil Francis Parka Jasen
Roth Andrew P. Shmite Sebastian
Stillvill Wm. H. Tyson Jesse M.
Thomas Thompson Ur.angat E.
Welliver Thomas J. 2 Hughes David, ship.
Persona calling for the above letters will
please say they are advertised.
PHILIP UNANGST, P. M.
Bloomsburg, July 1, 1856.
Administrator's Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that letters of ad.
ministration upon the estate of Ellen Miller,
late of Roaringcreek township, Columbia
county, decean d, have been granted to the
undersigned residing in Locust township, in
said county. All person, indebted to the said
estate are requested to make payment with
out delay, and those having accounts against
the deceditnl to present litem for settlement
to SAMUEL MEAR3,
Locust |wp., June 14, 1856. Adm'r.
Administrator's Notice.
IWOTIcE is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration upon the estate of Henry
Gigzer, late of Montour township, Columbia
county, deceased, have been granted to tha
undersigned residing in Montour township.
All persona indebted to the said estate are re
quested to make peyment without delay, and
those having accounsta again,! the said de
cedent to present them for settlement to
PETER HEIMBACH, Adm'r.
Montour, June 7, '56-6w.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
FWOTJCE is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration upon the estate of Isaac R.
Davis, late of Beaver township, Columbia
county, deceased, have been granted lo the
undersigned residing in Franklin township in
said county. All persona indebted to tbe said
estate are requested lo make payment with
out delay, and those having accounts against
the estate to present them tor settlement to
B. P. FORTNER,
Franklin twp., Maroh 29, '56. Adm'r.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
IVTOriCE ia hereby given that letters of ad
-1 J-' ministration upon tha estate of Engle
Fox, late of Locust township, Columbia coun
ty, deoeaaed, have been granted lo tbe un
dersigned residing also In Locust township.
All persona indebted to said estate are re
quested to make payment without delay and
those having accouuia against the said estate
to present them for settlement to
BENJAMIN WAGONER,
Locust twp., May Bth, t856, Adm'r.