THE STAR OF THE NORTH. I. W. Wearer, Proprietor.] VOLUME 8. THE STAR OF THE NORTH is roiLisncD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY 11. IV. WEAVER, OFFICE— Up stairs, in the new brick build ing, on the south side of Main Street, third square below Market. TERMS :—Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the lime of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months ; no diaoontinoance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. ' ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square will be inserted three times for One Dollar and twenty-five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year. STAR OP THE NORTH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1856. Whig County Meeting. We are requested to announce that there willbeaWhig county meeting in the Court House in Bloomsburg on Saturday the 16th of August inst., at 5 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Whig National Convention at Baltimore. All who feel interested are requested to attend. Berwick Camp Meeting. A Camp Meeting for Berwick Circuit will be held on the land of Alex. Jamison, Esq , (the same on which the meeting was held lut year) in Salem twp., two miles north east of Berwick and one mile east of Foun dry ville, to commence on Friday, the 22 d of August, 1856. A boarding tent will be erec ted on the ground. Ministers and friends from the surrouuding charges are respectful ly invited to attend. THE KANSAS ACT. The following clause in '.he 22d section of the law of Congress establishing the terri tories of Kansas and Nebraska, contains the whole of what there is in this law relating to slavery: "That the constitution, and all laws of Ihe United States which are not locally in applicable shall have the same force and ef feot within the said territory of Kansas as elsewhere within the United Stales, except j the eighth section of the act preparatory to | the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which being inconsistent wiih the principle of non-intervention by Congress with sltvery in the slates and territories, as j reoognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fitly, commonly called the com- ■ promise measures, is hereby declared in- i operative and void; it being <ha true intent and meaning ol this act not to legislate sla very into any territory or state, nor to exclude j it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof j perfectly free to form and regulate their do- ! mestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States. Piovided that nothing herein contained shall | be construed to revive or put in force ar.y \ law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen ' hundred and twenty, either protecting, es tablishing, prohibiting, or abolishing sla very." The object of this clause is not to sanction ; slavery in any way, but to leave the subject, as to the actual settlers of Kansas, precisely as it has been left as to the people of Penn sylvania, and of evory other State, since the adoption of the constitution. And it is a piece of bold and infamous falsehood to represent the Democratic paity as pledged to an exten- 1 ■ion of slavery. COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE. Tne following are the Committees of Vig ilance appointed .in the several townships of Columbia oounty by the Democratic Stand ing Committee: Bloom —Daniel Lee, M. C. Woodward, Ja ■ob R. Groal. Benton —Richard Stiles, Samual Rhone, Alonzo M. Baldwin. Briarcreek— Hudson Owen, David Shaffer, Nathan Seely. Beaver —Charles Michael, Moses Sbltcher, Samuel Johnson. Centre —Charlea H. Dietsnob, Joseph Pohe, Henry D. Knorr. Cattawissa —Caaper Rahn,lsaiah John, Pe ter Bodine. Conyngkam —Dr. R. YVolfarih. Franklin —Reuben Knittle, Wm. Robrbaoh, Peter Kline. Fishingcretk —Jonas Doty, Philip Apple man, Harman Labor. Qrtemoood —Sameel Gilles'py, fsaac De wilt, Elijah Albertson. Hemlock —Jesse Ohl, Isaac Leidy, Win. H. Shoemaker. Jackson— John McHenry, jr., Iram Darr, Thomas W. Young. locust— David Yeager, Jacob Stine, Leon ard Adams. Mifflin —J. C. Heller, Jno. Michael, Chris tian Wolf. Maine— Jacob Shugar, Jos. Geiger, iss-.o Yetter. Mountpleasant —Sam'l Johnson, Philip Kis tler, John Mordan. Montour —Evan Welllver, Jaoob Leiby, W. G. Quick. Afadtson— J. A. Funeton, Scbooley Allen, John Fruit. Orange—Hiram R. Kline, John Megargle, John Lazarns. Pine— John Leggett, Albert Hooter, Enoch Fox. Boarrngertek— John C. Myers, George W. Dieithaob, M. Foederoff. Scott— John H. Dewitt, Enoch Howell, Charlee Bachman. Sugarloaf— Alines Cole, W. B. Peterman, David Lewis BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1856. Andrew J. Donelson for Buchanan against Fillmore. Maj. Donelson became very indignant in 1851, says the Nashville Union , that Mr. Fill more should be named for re-election as President in preference to such "brilliant" names as Case, Douglas, Butler, Dallas, Mar oy, and Buchanan; and the arguments that were used for Mr. Fillmore then are the same that are paraded in Know Nothing pa ■ggps now. Hear Major Donelson, as he ex pressed himself Ihrongh the Washington Union : "Although that measure, (the Compromise of 1850,) if considered as one of a party na ture, would fall io the credit of the democrats, whether it be tested by Ihe membeis whose votes and influence passed it, or by ib* sac rifice which it makes' to the cause of the union; yet we see it announoed as the signal by whiolt an administration is to be contin ued in power, whose only prominent distinc lion thus far is that it cuts off the heads of office-holders because they have been faith ful to the political convictions of their lives. * * • • • And what is the rea<on given for this alarm ing and extraordinary demand I Let not the reader be amazed : it is that President Fill more will execute the laws— will be faithful to his oath and execute the laws I "That we may not be soppoaed lo exag gerate die pretentions of the Whig party, we need only refer lo the fact that its candi dates in Tennessee hare already proclaimed the name of Millard Fillmore as that around which the royal friends of the Compromise must be rallied, and an administration in stalled into power whioh will discard from the councils of the nation all who dare to stand upon the old platform of WASHINGTON, JMTERSOK and JACKSON. The brilliant names of CASS, WOODBURV, DALLAS, DOUGLAS, WALKER, BUCHANAN, BUTLER, HOUSTON, DICKINSON, and MARCV, and the hundreds of others who are scattered over our vast con federacy, but whose patriolio light is as clear in the political firmament as that of the milky-way in our tkiee—these names are to be taken away from the public honor, and President Fillmore must shine alone as a alar of the first magnitude because he will ! not falsify his oath lo execute the laws Was e> er an effort so out of proportion to a cause brought to the notice of a reasoning and dis criminating as well as patriotic people? Nev er before in our history has a demand been made on the public credulity which proves so conclusively ihegenius of the party which adopted the maxims pi Alex. Hamilton in the early days of the republic, and which we have the authority of Mr. Jefferson for say ing, were founded on the belief that our peo ple were ignorant and could not be governed by any other than a strong consolidated gov ernment. There is to be no inquiry into Ihe past history ol President Fillmore; his pledge to the abolitionists of the North to abolish slavery in the Territories of the United Stales —his support of the corruptions of the bank— his identity with all the extravagant prelen- I sions of the federalists on the subject of (ax es and monopolies—must be forgotten be cause he will exeoute the laws. Have we any guarantee from Ibis assurance that he will execute the laws more than Mr. Seward or Mr. Wade, or honest John Davis would give, if placed in the presidency l "It accords with the waning extravagance of unscrupulous politicians, whose unmask ed designs have been rejected by the people, to bury the past, to discard old issues, and lo create a new standard of pchtical faith which may cover the follies act! weaken the odium of former defeat." We defy any Know Nothing paper to an swer the severe and merited slriotures of Major Donelson. • FISH DAMS.—The owners of fish dams in the Susquehanna, below Harriaburg, Pa., are busily engaged in repairing them, and estab lishing their baskets for the regular fall fish ing. Large quantities of fish are annually caught in that manner. PUTTING THEM THROUGH —The Police Court of Louisville, Ky., has recently imposed fines, to the amount of 912,000, upon about one hundred coffee house keepers of that city, for violations of the city ordinances. DROWNING.—Mary Brennan was found drowned in the canal, below Pottsville, Pa., lost Sunday morning, and on the evening of the same day John Devlin was drowned from a oanal boat, belorv Oiwigsburg. THE ROUTE of the Bailroad between Au burn and Allentown, Pa., has been located, and the work ia to be commenced as soon as 9100,000 is subscribed to the stook in Schuyl kill county. So says the "Miners' Journal." F.XPLOSION AND LOSS or Lire—On Satur day, 26th nil. Sholl's powder mill, at Mnunt Carmel, near Ashland, in Schuylkill county, Pa., exploded instantly, killing one man and seriously injuring several others. MORALS or GOTHAM.—A hundred and filly swindlers have been caught at the Avtor House alone, by one of the waiters, within the last six months, trying to leave without paying for their meals. A LARGE TRAIN.—On Tuesday last a coal burning locomotive took over the Sunbury and Erie railroad, to Williamsport, Pa., a train of 106 can, each laden with 4J tons of I ooal. RUSSIA itfforly-one limes the size of France, and one bundted and thirty-eight timss that of England. Truth and Right God anl-jMi^ouutrj'. Consequence* of Disunion. Hon. Win. B. Reed, of Philadelphia, haa written a lelter to the cilizena of Franklin Co., Pa., in which he Ihoa forcibly depio(B the conaeqnencea of diannion: " I remember, j earn ago, on a bright sum mer's afternoon, toiling up the turnpike road on the Cove Mountain, in your oounty, and when I reached the summit, turning to gaze on as beautiful a scene as ever gladden ed my eye—the valley of peaceful beauty which atretches off to Maryland and towards the Potomac. It is a familiar scene to moat of you. To me it was new, and ila impres sion has never faded from my mind. As far as ihe eye could reach there was fertility— I the signs of tranquil industry ; all was beau nrui—all was peaoeful; it looked—as it was—like the abode of a happy and united people. The political line separating Penn sylvania from Maryland—traced by those old-fashioned surveyors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon—was visible to noeje. The trees on which they marked it had long been felled or disappeared. Many a farm was separated by it, but, except in the eye of the law, no one knew or cared about it. " 1 have often—for painful thoughts are thrusting themselves upon me—recalled that scene of actnal beauty and united interest, and realized what it would be—what your condition will be—what must be the condi tion of every county of this Commonwealth lying on the Maryland line ; Chester, Lan caster, York, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bed ford, Somerset, Fayette and Greene; if dis union be enforced on us, and the rupture be, as it would be, between what are popularly but falsely called the free and slave Slates— between us and Maryland. 1 wish every man could be made to understand what a frontier is, even that of civilized life. Its daily, hour ly vexations and dangers—its line of custom houses, to keep the smuggler in and out — Ihe crowds of fugitives from justice and la. bor, infesting every avenue and concealed in every thicket—the murderer striking down his victim to-day and flying with the fresh blood on his hand to a foreign territory to morrow—the bickering, tho strife, the hot blood of conterminous dispute—all would be the daily doom of every southern county of this Slate ; and across the beautiful valley 1 have spoken of would be distressingly visible the actual, broad, perhaps bloody, line which disunion must trace. This is true, though hard to conceive. Pennsylvania, and you, citizens of Franklin county, have so long re posed in the very centre of Ihe Union, that you cannot anrtcrsisnit now you oon become a frontier, and how you will suffer when you do." LETTER OF SENATOR PRATT. An addrers 'to the Whigs of Maryland'has appeared ir the National Intelligencer from Ex-Governor Pratt, a Senator of Maryland. The position of the writer, as the choice of the Whigs in Maryland, impartß some inter est to his views upon the present aspect of political affairs, especially as he announces himself a supporter of Mr. Buchanan. We subjoin some extracts from his letter show ing reasons lor bis pteference of the Demo cratic nominee. Mr. Pratt commences ss follows: TO THE WHIGS OF MARYLAND. In response to the communications receiv ed from many of my brother Whigs, I deem it my privilege, in this manner, to counsel with all in relation to the course whioh pa triotism and duty would seem to indicate as proper in the present political orisis. No lover of his country whose judgement is unbiased by party zeal, and uncontrolled by Northern and Southern fanaticism, can fail to see and deprecate the pending danger to the Union. The first duty of everr man who loves his oountry and het institutions is to provide for their safety. The life of the nation is in danger. It must be saved; then, and not till then, will it be permissible to ns to discuss our differences of opioion upon . minor sub jects. 1 say that the life of the Union is in dan ger, because, for the first time in our history, a parly has been formed, composed exclu sively of citizens of one section of the conn* try, bound together by the single bond of an alliance for offensive warfare against the oth er section. That the success of such a parly would imperil the Union haa been recently demonstrated by en address of Mr. Fillmore, and will, it is submitted, be apparent to all who will bestow a moment's consideration upon the existing posture of political affairs. The value of Ihe slave properly of the South is not less than two thousand millions of dollars—a sum equal to the value of all the other property of the United Stales, as shown by the last census. The properly is not only recognized, but so far guaranteed by the constitution as to impose upon the federal government the duty of restoring to his owner the slave who may escape into another State or territory of the United States. For years past litis constitutional obligation has been not only repudiated by some of the non-slaveholding States, but political parties have been organized in all with the avowed object of liberating Ibe aiave, and thus not only depriving the South of this vast amount of property, but subjecting it to all the hor rors which would necessarily result from aooh a consummation. In addition to all this, whilst the abolitionists on the one hand openly avow their opposition to the constltn tion and their desire to destroy a government which imposes obligations repudiated by them, on the other band, many Southern men, goaded by the incessant attacks of gheir Northern fellow-citizen* upon their feelings, their property, and their conititn- liooal rights express the belief that the in terests of (he South would be more effectu ally protected by a separation of Ihe slave from the non-slaveholding States, tnd there fore rather promote than interpose to prevent a result so calt)iitoui. | We have hitherto dlafegded the dinger which such, a stale of feeling and such a course of aotion would indicate as most im minent, because we have assumed that such sentiments andaotion could only be attribu ted to a small minority of our Northern brethren- But now, when this sectional ex asperation has been made available for the inauguration of a party calling itself repub lican, under whose banner, for the first time in the history of the country, this sectional •eeeaiiion to Southern rtfrhn and interest have united in nominating jnixts alleged pro babilities of success, a purely sectional tick et for President and Vice Presdent of the United States, we can AO longer abut our eyes to Ihe reality of the threatened danger; we cannot but feel that Ihe success of such a patty would be the death-knell of Ihe Union. The unpatriotio purposes of this sectional parly are but too manifest. Many of ila sup porters avoV their object and purpose to be disunion, and have even gone so far in the madness of their fanaticism as to desecrate the flag of our country by obliterating from its constellation the fifteen stars wbioh rep resent the slaveholding stales, and displaying as their party banner that flag with but six teen of-its stars remaining, to represent the sixteen non-slaveholding States. Jt is man ifest that those who disavow the object are not ignorant of the inevitable result. The whiga of Maryland, whom I have the honor to address, need no proof to convince them that calamitous consequences would flow from the success of this sectional party. They each and all knew that the election Mr. Fremont, and the administration of the government by him upon the principles of his party, would necessarily occasion a disso lution of the federal Union, to which they have been taught to look as the source of national strength and of individual ..osperi ty and happiness. I have known the whigs of my State too long, I estimate their patriotism too highly, I have associated t\itb them too intimately, to suppose it necessary for a moment to offer an argument to them in behalf of their coun try. They appreciate as fully as I could de pict the horrors of disunion; they will see the losrof national strength, the internal dissen sions, the fatal check to civilization and free dom, the contempt of the world, wt"c^K, u |d j be the cuosequauoaa of The whigs ol Maryland who have followed Ihe lead of such patriots as Clay and Web ster, "wilt never keep step to any other tjiu sic than that of the Union." Mr. Pratt then proceeds to say that as an old Whig, he owes no allegiance to Messrs. Fillmore and Donelson; that Mr. Fillmore has identified himself with the American organization and abandoned the old Whig party, to wh'ch the writer is still attached.— He does not deny to the American party a 1 national character, but considers that the principles of the Democratic party contain the best guarantee ol success against the Republicans. He thinks that Mr. Fillmore will in time be left without n electorial tick et ia the free Slates, and tbat the contest there must be between Buchanan and Fre mont. In Ihe South alone he thinks Mr- l Fillmore can hope to carry a few States, and such a result would deieat the election of President by the people, and throw it into the House of Representatives, where the danger lies. On this subject he says: "Who can contemplate the occurrence of such a contingency without feeling that he would he a traitor to hia country if he failed to exert every possible effort to avert so awful a calamity 1 "I deem it, then to be my duty, as well as that of ail who believe with me tbat the election of Fremont would be the death knell of the Union, to uoite in the support of Messrs. Buchanan and Breckinridge; and I shall sustain their election to the best of my ability. Whilst I concede that there are certain principles hitherto professed by the party which nominated them that cannot re ceive our support, yet on the great issues of the constitutional rights of the South the platform on wbioh they stand meets my oordial approval, and ia in accordance with tbat parly wbich 1 now address, and to whose kind favor 1 owe the honor of holding the seat I now oocnpy, and whioh I shall cease to hold alter the 4th of March next by the fiat of that party to which Mr. Fillmore has attached himself, and which is now domi nant in the Legislature of my native Stats." He says in conclusion; "In thus accomplishing what I believe to be a duty, I shall be inexpressibly gratified if I shall find myself sustained by the ap proval of my fellow whigs, who have refused to abandon either Ihe pany or the principles of support in which we have so long and so faithfully united, and which we will remain ai perfect libeity to re-orgaize aa soon as onr common efforts shall have succeeded in avert ing the perils that now threaten our beloved country. THOMAS G. PRATT." STOCXTON ON FREMONT. —Com. Stockton's opinion—expressed at all times and on all occasions—of Col. Fremont was, "that Fre mont waa never at the right place at the right time and as a proof that Commodore Stock ton waa not wrong in his man, at the time when both (be army and the navy were in frequent conflicts, and always with a superi or force, Fremont was not in a single battle! Rochester Advertiser. | LETTER OF SENATOR PEARCE. The Hon. Jamps A. Pearce, a Senator of Maryland, has published a latter addressed to the Hon. J. R. Franklin, of Snow Hill, Md., in response to an inqdiry from that gentle man as to what part he means to take in the coming Presidential election, and what should be done by old whiga who have nev er been attached to any other party, and who do not desire to enter into new political con nections. Mr. Pearce refers to the origin and career Of the American parly, and while he does not object to some of their designs, he disap proves of its peculiar characteristics. He thinks, further, that the northern wing of the party came into it with purposes very differ, ent from the re at, and adopted it as a cloak for their schemes, and are now mainly affili ated with ibe Republican party. He says: " The contest, it seems to me, lies between Mr. BDchßnau and Mr. Fremont. Mr. Fill more's friends indeed claim a great reaction in his favor; but 1 have lakeu much painß to ascertain what his strength ia in the free States, and so far I have not been able to satisfy myself to carry a single one of them. His wise and patriotic oonduct while Presi dent, which recommended him so strongly to the whigs of the South, is regarded by the majority at the North as a fatal objection to him. It is not moderation and conciliation they desire; they think, as one ol their lead ers said that Ihe time of compromises lias passed. They want, in the President, an in strument to punish the South for what they fancy or pretend to be the aggressions of the "slave power" upon the North. Mr. Fill more is too national for this purpose, and he must indeed be credulous or sanguine in the extreme who supposes that the politicians who have misguided and inflamed the North ern majority will abandon their designs and renounce the spoils for which they hunger and thirst, just at the moment when, for the first time, they are confident of the success of the one and the enjoyment of the other.— Mr. Fillmore's strength lies in the Whig States of the South. I fall the Southern States should give l.im their votes, he would fail in Ihe election without such assistance from the free Slates as it would be vain to look for. The choice, then, is between Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Fremont, and what Maryland whig, belieying as I do, can hesitate Mr. Pearce proceeds then to a review of •.he currency objections to the Democratic party, and to Mr. Buchanan as its represent ative, some of which he disproves and oth ers he regards as of minor importance to the possibility of the success ol Mr. Fremont.— " Ai present the prdipoct ts tbat the con servative Whig vote will be so divided as to defeat a popular election and throw the de cision upon the House of Representatives— at all times an event to be deprecated, but at this period peculiarly pernicious and danger i ous, and threatening the rudest shock* to our system. What the result will be I will not venture to predict, but 1 will say that I do not Bee the less! probability of Mr. Fillmore's election by the House of Representatives. I think, therefore, it would be the part or wis dom and patriotism in the Whiga (by which I mean those who affiliated with no other party) to throw their votes lor Mr. Buchanan, as the strongest of the candidates opposed to the Northern sectional party. This they may do without renouncing their old political faith, without stain of honor or suspicion of apostacy. The motive being the integrity of the Union, the defeat of a party which is founded on geographical discriminations and bound together by dangerous sectional schemes, the act will be vindicated by disin terested patriotism. " For my part, I shall not abjure my polit ical creed, and, having in view but the one object which I have staled, I shall bold my self ready to take any other course which may be necessary to effect that object.— Shonid Ihe hopes of Mr. Fillmore's friends be realized ; should it appear that he ia more likely to carry the great body of the patriotio-, but quiet people, who generally'conte to the rescue in times of peril; that he is, in short, the best able to subdue this storm of section a) passion and prejadice, I shall rejoice to see him again filling Ibe chair of State. But I will not affect an unalloyed gratification; for I cannot forget that he ia the oandidats of a parly which has proscribed whigs who were not members of "the order"—of a party which boasted that it had risen on the ruins of the whig and democratic parties, and which has prononnced both of them corrupt. " Whatever the result, I shall be content if the dangerous excitement which threatens our peace and Union oan be calmed down, so that the extreme opinions which have their roots in prejudice and passion may wither away. Then a liberal forbearance and kind ly toleration of different sentiments may re sume their influence. If this cannol be done, it the South and the North are to regard one another as enemies, then sooner or later our "bouse, divided against .-.Velf,'" must fall- Then we shall have to say, with Pantbeua— Ve"it summa dies et ineluctable tempus. Dardania. But ours will be a sadder fate than that of Priam's empire ; for it was not the Dardani an people by whom the inevitable doom of Troy waa fixed. A foreign foe beat down her lofty walls and destroyed the high re nown of Teucer's race; but we shall fall by onr own snicidal hands; we will kindle the flames which shall destroy the edifice of onr oonatitutionel Union; ourselves will break the bonds of harmonious interest and frater nal concord which hive led us together as one people. May heaven -inspire us with wisdom to avert so sad a catastrophe I Very trnly, my dear air, your friend, JAB. ALFRED PEARCE. To the Hon. J. R. Franklin, Snow Hill, Md. {loettfi. Written for the "Star." LINES TO HANNAH. BY X. O. <l. J. Could I but teach my memory to forget That e'er my heart had loved thy angel form. I might be nappy, and the rose might yet Bloom on my cheek amid life's bitterest storm. But 'tis in vain: my eyes have once met thine, And young hope sprung eternal in my breast; And though youth withers, hope's a creep ing vine Which affection fosters in its sleepless rest. There lives a language in thy liquid eye That words In vain might essay to impart; And oh there's magic in thy bosom's sigh Which draws a tear from sorrow's burst ing heart. But thou art changed, thy smiling mien no more Will light my soul to dreams ol joy and love; Thy silence tolls,my love,ry hopes are o'er That I a wanderer through this world must rove. From the Home Journal. M US I C. BY GEO. P. MORRIS. The wind-harp has music it moans to the tree, And so has the shell that oomplains to tne sea, The lark that sings merrily over the lea, The reed of the rude shepherd boy! We revel in music when day has begun, When rock-fountains gush into glee as they run, And stars of the morn sing their hymns to the sun, Who brightens the hill-tops with joy! The spirit of melody floats in the air, Her instruments tuning to harmony there, Our senses beguiling irom sorrow and care, In blessings sent down from above! But nature has music farmore tomychoice— And all in her exquisite changes rejoice— No tones thrill my heart like the dear human voice When breathed by the being 1 love! miscellaneous Keabing. HEROISM OF A YOUNG LADY.—The Boston Courier, speaking of the burning of the steamer John Jay, on Lake George, says: "The nobility of Miss Kate Gore's con duct during the excitement and the struggle for life on board the John Jay, rises to the dignity and sublimity of poetry. She was traveling under ibe protection of her friend and neighbor, Mr. Prilchard; and when dan gurwan imminent, she tamed tq Dim, take care of Mrs. Piitchard, I can swim."— Thus saying she tripped forward with a mind composed and a determination fixed, and passed over the side of Ihe burning vessel. The distance from the shore was then over a mile; but she—relying upon her own strength and courage, and being unwilling to embarrass others who might have dearer charges—undertook to save herself. She swam a mile and became exhausted. A good boatman, observed that she failed, push ed to her relief and succeeded in reaching her in time. He look her into his skiff and landed her safely. She, in a transport of joy, and true to that nature, which ia always grand, rewarded him with a gift moro prec ious to his manly heart than gold." A GOOD STORV SPOILED—A story was told by the Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard, a few days ago, headed "Romance in Humble Life," in which were related the trials and sufferings of a "Mrs. Glaason, whose husband had gone to California many yeara %go, leaving her with several children to support. After many years of struggling, during which she had heard of her husband's death, and no com munication from him had ever reached her, she was informed of his being alive and wealthy; that he had Irequently remitted drafts to her addres, tic., &0., and that she bad ascertained that such was the faot by ap plying to the Post Office Department at Wash ington." The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun elates that the dead letter record, since the year 1847, had been care-w fully examined, and no letter or other paperJ had been received for Mrs. Glaason. It is no uncommon thing for husbands who travel in far off lands to allege tbat they have made remittances to their wives, wbioh were never entrusted to the mails. THE CASUALTIES OP JULY.—The following table exhibits the number killed and wour.d ed by railroad and steamboat accidents dur ing the mouth of July, ths number of lives lost by fires, and the amount of property de stroyed by conflagrations. The fires wbich have not destroyed property to the vaule of 820,000 are not enumerated and of course a veiy considerable number are excluded: Killed. Wounded. Railroad aocidents, 78 138 Steamboat accidents, 62 10 By fires, 12 5 Total, 152 152 Property destroyed by fire, 81,121,000 1 EATING ONE'S MONEV'* WoaTH.-The New port correspondent of ibe Providenoe Journal tells Ihe following good story: "A sickly looking man accosted another visiter by remarking, 'Yon appear to be well; what do yon visit this place for I* 'To enjoy myself; are you ill V Ob, terribly so.' 'Then permit me as a friend, that even if yon were in the most robust health, you eat altogether too mueb. At this aiokly look, ed a Ittllo indignant, bat the next moment be cooled down, and replied, 'I like your con versation very mnqb, but what on earth is'a j man to do who io hero paying two dollars 1 and a half a day V" [Two Dollars per Annate. NUMBER 30. NEW PIIAStf VP TUB "GOOSE QUEI ■fION." A most laughable eiory !• ibid by an Eng lish correspondent ol the New York Sunday Timet of what occurred a abort time since on one of the railways running out of London. We thought that we were once witnesses and partioipaiore of a droll adtrenlure on one of the New York railroads, wheh a lot of hun gry and blood-lbirsty Hungarian leeohes, gel ling loose from ajar in which they were con fined, spread themselves promiscuously over ihe lower limbs of the passengers, and com menced feeding to Ihogreat surprise andoon. tiernation of all; bat the English story is far more Indicroos, and we intend spinning it oat a little in our own way. It seems that a four passenger cat on Lon don railroad, there were two travelers on the occasion inqneslion. One was a civil, quiet, modest, well behaved gentlemen; Ihe other, who sat opposite him, was a lady, 'fat, fair and forty,' who was also ol modest mien and conduct. The train had hardly commenced moving when the lady jumped up, and with a crimson flush on her countenance exclaim ed: 'How dare you!' 'Dare what?' said the gentleman in aston ishment. 'lnsult me in that manner,' continued the lady, still swelling with indignation. '1 am not aware that I have insulted yoa in any way, form, or manner,' retorted the gentleman, innocence and inquiry depicted in every lineament of his couutenanoe. 'Well, don't (ouch me again,' continued the lady, 'if you do I'll call the guard.' The gentleman est marveling, but silent, womle-ing what strange conceit had got into his fellow-traveler's head, when suddenly she sprang up a second time, and in a fresh burst of indignation broke out with: 'l'll not stand such impertinence and in sult. I'm a decent married woman,and yonr conduct is insufferable.' 'But, my dear madam, what upon earth has got ioto your head 1 What do you mean!' 'I mean that I will not be insulted. Yoa mistake my character, sir, if you think I'll put up with suoh impudence. Yon're an impertinent, good for nothing puppy, that's what you are,' and with flashing eyes she resumed her seat. The gentleman was etill wondering at the strange conduct of the lady, totally uncon scious that he had given her the least causa of offence, when she suddenly started op a third time with the ejaculation— ' Keep to yourself. If my band were here he'd pitch you out of the window. I'll have you arrested the mo ment the cars stop ! Keep your hands off, I say I' 'What hands? what do you mean? Yon talk like a crazy woman, and I believe yon are insane,' was the response of the bewil dered gentleman. •Let go of my lege!' broke out Ihe lady, jumping up again, and this time in a perfect frenzy of passion. 'I don't know anything about your legs— never touched them in my life—never want to touch tbem. You're as crazy as Bedlam— you're a candidate for the first lunatio asy lum on ihe road—and I'll have you arrested the moment the ears stop,' put in life gentle man with honest indignation. 'And I'll have yon arrested for taking Im proper liberties with me,'responded Ihe lady, an equal amount of virtuous excitement man ifested in het countenance. In five /minutes more the train stopped, there was a violent letting down of windowa in the car occupied by the two enraged pas sengers, and a loud due', of ories or shouis of 'conductor!' 'guard!' 'anybody!' 'every body ! 'biis way!' followed from the twain. 'What's the matter ?' queried the anxioua eondnctor, as he poked bis head into the oar in haste. 'This woman is at crazy as a loon—read as a march bare—lake her out!' said the gen tleman. 'And this man hat been pinching my tigt all Ithe way from London, the impudent scamp !' Retorted the lady, glaring furiously in hie face. A quint smile came oret the face Of the conductor aa he remarked that he thought ho oould explain the matter at iaaoe ! and teach ing bis hand under the lady's seat, he drew ont a live goose, which he plaoed there a few momenta before the train atarted, not (oppos ing that the car would be oecopied. The legs of the aqnatie fowl had been tied all the while, but he had free use of bis bill and bad been amusing himself by pecking May at the lower limba of tbe lady. We thiM that this rrny well be called a new phase, if hot a tattler of the vexed "goose question." MAXINO THB BEST or fr.— A Yankee ont walking in Virginia, at Wheeling, (while to himself talking) experienced a feeling— strange, painful and alarming, from bis capot to his knees, aa be suddenly discovered that he was covered o'er with bees. They retted on his eyelids, and perohed upon his nose: t bey colonized his peaked face, and awermad upon his clothes. They explored his swell ing nostrils, dived into his ears; then crawled np his trowsers, and filled his eyas with tears. Did he veil like a hyena? Bid he hollow like a loon? Was he scar't and did he ''oat and ranor did the critter ewoon t Ne're a one! He wae'ot scar't a mite; he never swoons—nor hollers—bat he hived 'em in a nail keg light, ahd sold 'em for two dollars. N oar out AHD POSTAMOUTH.— Tbe health of those two oilise is represented as being better than for many seasons past.
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