TIIE ROftCItOSS JUUIIUEK. The Philadelphia Evening Journal 'pub lishes a full and deeply interesting account of the horrible murder which oocurred about the middle or January ladtvui Almoin, on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the foot of the Moentaioe. Since that time various and contradictarv narratives have been float ing through the press of the Slate, bbt in so disjointed a form, that to elicit the truth was nearly impossible. The Journal has, how vef, succeeded in obtaining a minute and detailed account of the whole affair, from the commencement to the present date, which we judge was written by officer Bluckburn, formerly a reporter, and now high Constable of Philadelphia: WHO NOKCHOSB WAS. Very near a year ago, a young man named Samuel T. Norcroas, of affable manners, kind and generous disposition, and in every respect a perfect gentleman, left his parents and friends, at East Lexington, Massachu setts, with the intention of entering upon the practice of medicine (his profession) at Dun leilh, opposite Dubuque, on the Mississippi river. Probably them were othur views in his mind in reference to speculating in lauds and real estate. The place of his destina tion readied in safety, and under the care and tuition of an M. D., Mr. Norcross gave every promise ol rising to eminence in his career, lie was universally esteemed by the rnnny friends he had made. Hut after continuing for some lime in the fulfillment . of his professional duties, his health begun to fail. An nbcess in the side, Willi which j tie was afflicted, troubled him exceedingly, I and after a season of doubt and indiciston, j lie at length determined by the advice and j urgent request of his family at home, to re- j turn to them and relinquish all lite bright prospects that the West seemed to open to his young manhood, lie prepared to leave > Duuleiili. Till' FATAL ACQUAINTANCE Then eante one of those circumstances that, inexplicable and etrungo, sometimes j induce weak minds to assert a sovereign I principle of fatality. A very short time be fore he started for home, he became ae- J quaiutod with an outlaw Item society—a vil lain named David Stringer MeKim. This j man, with the treachery of a fiend, wormed himself into his confidence, ntid the unsus picious nature of young Norcross, could dis-' corn to guile. He fell into the snare, mid j ' tho two became very friendly. At Duuluitb j they were always together—the serpent and i his victim. Nay, more, —so kind and so much interest did McKint lake in his Iriotid, that ho resolved to accompany him to the /.'is/, and, on account of his illness, to see him borne in safely. Norcross was charmed by the sacrifice, and threw his heart and soul . Into the friendship. "Tilt: THIRTY I'l EC US OF SII.VKH." j In the early part ol January, the twain, in > company, left Dunloith, the passage of both having been paid by Norcross, with his ac customed generosity. In Ins possession at the time of departure, as near as can be a- IWWlWlUfl* ti notes t„r goto, to gether with two bonds ol S6OO each, and a gold watch, trinkets, \c. All these were on liia person. McKim had absolutely nothing. But at this point wo must explain that McKim, in order the better to cany out Ins designs, was passing under the alias ol Dan iel S. MeKimiey, and as such, had introduced hirusclt to Norcross. THE TRAVEL EASTWARD. What thoughts passed through tho ntinds ol the two travelers as tlrey journeyed on ward day by day, no mortal pen can reveal. While tho one. unsuspicious and confiding, as the shades of night covered the earth, fell into the sleep of iuuoeunee, tho other, de- t toon like, no doubt was revolting in his fer tile brain every possible scheme 10 lake the life— to tmurffi' his companion—so future' events at loasi indicate. Still the iron horse jaunted forward, unaffected, and all unheed ing the potent passions of the inmates of its lengthy burden. DIABOLICAL SCIIRMR—Nox-itxscrnos j Pittsburg wss reached die night of Janu ary 14;h, 1857, and the couple proceeded to the Kagle Hotel, and engaged a double bed ded room Now mark the actions of Mo- Kmney ! Before retirirg to rest, he went to the landlord of the hotel and told him thai Ins friend (.Norcross ) was very eccentric, and was accustomed to make much noise during the night by screaming, walking around and uttering frightful cries. He (die laudiord) must not he alarmed if Norcross should do so that What does this in dicate, but that it was the intention of Me- Kinner to murder his friend at night, and prevent any alarm being communicated to the household, by thus telling the landlord a false story, calculated re allsy suspicion shcv.U lists W y s >t o! the deed 1 Was ever inference mere plain, or inductive evidence more positive ' But vet, fs.om some csnse. the crime was no: committed. anJ the ric'im was suffered to lire yet awhile ion err. On the morning r: the 15th the party left Fi't.burg tor Phfiade! phi#, thetrlwo trunks being checked tkr/mgh , and the checks lahm n charge fa Mi Kinney Norcross. at; this time, be it borne vn ir nd, was paying even exnense incurred bv his friend (?) n;c xrr.pt* Before dajbresk, on : e lt-.s of January . ' ;fce cars arrived at A .'toon a, ar-J Norcross tad MeKir.r.ey go: out, and stood for a me , apoa the platform sta'ioa. The deed lei! :.r> tales, and we cocao: sac what excuse the ' , vit/aie itioecv-.i te induce the poor enfeebled *) Nornwesta walk with him rp the railroad , truck 'awards the east, for tbe d'musot t.f t ahooi a nti-ft. Perhaps he lold him that thry f wo;t 10 go ve ibe house of a frieed. and re- j ware mti! tbe denethere of the next tram, t tttd res: themselves Certarc r. is that I bey j were ssc e walk along in company, by twe , mm wbc arete going it work ID -he fields , They jieatir il irost aU scoria! eyes, and be- j — rp— i the canopy of Heaven, a: a spot wbere i ac ear coaid heat a cry of arory—no hand g aeaiM Ae en: fe ring, (he vast an wee felied to The eeaft bftbe man cpor whom be had be- asrwed fiie kiodee feeling* of he treat Toe i I instrument of murder was that of Qairi, a j billet of wood from a pile : arid with this by " repeated blows upon the head, McKim or I McKinriey murdered Samuel T. Norcross in ' cold blood. But ho did not instantly die, 8 and McKim, with devilish forethought, drew II the body across the rails of lire track, so that 8 it would be run over, and the belief induced, when it was found, that that the individual 0 had been run over by the cars. Not satisfied 18 with this, he with a razor cut the throat of the victim, and threw the instrument beside 1 him, ill order to make it appear, if life body was discovered before the passage of any train, that suicide had been committed. Vet '' the victim was not dead, strange to say. Me -3 Kim then rifled the pockets of the man of every valuable, including the money and bonds, and secreted himself in the neighbor- J IIOOJ, probably impelled by tire awful feol , J iug that appears to he inherent in those who Y I lift their hund against their brother, to linger s | ncur the spot of the occurrence. DISCOVERY OF THE VICTIM. Probably it might have been uu hour uf ' j tcrward, that some workmen coming along 1 the railroad with gravel trucks, discovered j I G 1 lire form of a human being a few yards from I the iron rails. They went to it, and just us a I they arrived, Norcross, for it was he, made a " ' last effort to raise himself, and uttering faint j ly tho single exclamation, "My Got! !" fell 8 I back. Ho lived but a little while longer.— ' In the awful agony ho had dragged himsell |to the place where found. Tho body was ' taken to Altuona. Tho finding of the tazot I had induced the belief that the matt had | continued suicide. The Coroner's Jury as ) scmhled. Tho post mortem examination re- I voided tho fact that the deceased had come 'to his death ly blows on the head by a club I and not by the wounds of tho razor—lor no j important ariciy was severed. Tho excite- j mental Altootru become at once absolute- | ly appalling. The words "lynching" and j 1 "hanging" were common utul at the very 1 | lime the murderer teas hanging around the town, awaiting the course of events. As j soon as he saw that tho murder was iliseov -1 ered, he fled—with the celerity of guilt, as 1 though thu avenging augd was in putsuit. THE COMMUNITY AROUSED. I But thu storm was arouse,l. Ferdinand , K. Haves, a gentleman of the highest lutelli- j gonco and skill, aethg as special detective ! iof the Pennsylvania Railroad Company j | commenced an i live slight ion of the matter. ' The Coventor of Pennsylvania offered a re- 1 ward of 8500, (afterwards increased to j ■ 81000,) at .I tire citizens of Altnona a further ! sum of 8600. The Railroad Company and ! the relatives of tho murdered man expended money freely and the community was uwa kcued. No stone was lelt unturned, FLIGHT OF THE OUTLAW. ' The guilty man fled to Heading, Pennsyl vania, with the ill-gotten spoils. How he icached there is not known. On the COt.r of January he sneaked into the borough, and went ditcctly to a bouse of ill.fame, kept by one fusan I'.inoto, No. \ Walnut stteet, at thai place. He engaged boarding there, and lavished his money on amusements, came intimate with the rowdies pud led a tree-and easy lite, killing conscience with animal g rati tic at ions. But his plot was not yet matured. He must make enoiher move to avoid suspicion. A t'LOT TO tun. susnetoN. At the house of the woman Kmoro were j two girls, named Catharine Nagle and Kale Kendall. These the murderer chose as ac complices in his scheme, lie offered tolur uisli them with every luxury provided they would accompany him to Poiisville, and with him establish there a house of prostitu tion. One of them wist pass as his wife. — l'hey consented, and on the 26th the party started for that place, in company with man calling himsell Casso Boycr, who was , to "make himself useful about the house,", upon the establishment of the new institu tion. At rottsville. the party went to the Pettsville House. kept by Samuel Mann. Ksq , M. kim represented himself as a car penter. that had brought his own and his brother's wife to the borough with the inten tion of remaining, ho being about to enter into partnership with his brother. On tho 27th of January, he leased a fine three story brick house of L. Wotaolsdoif. It was upon Catlowhill street, in the very midst of a high ly respectable neighborhood. The house tie furnished elegantly—the carpet bill alone be ing over 5500. The landlord he paid 5100 as advance rent RKCCGMTION BY A GAMBLER. lutt now comes the part of the narrative in wh.ch his detection was nearly brought about. While the party were in die cars, going from Reading to PousvJle, they were seen by * gsmbler, named M—— b He knew t a gnls, and when McKim went out of the car Jot a moment, he ndsed to them They said that tbey were goieg to Pousviile tor (he purpose named, and ioi ited h'm IO corre and see the* there. They also g\e him to understand how finely they were ritnne McKim. He promised that he WODM rati upon them M a week cr two. on his worn from * t'avef.ng expedition, but eqoabv w>th them, was enable to account tor a man like McKtm s appearances having srir.cch money. He leu them, and a tew days atretwards visited them a Tatttriiie. and became acquainted with Mck m. igror ant. however, ol bts character. But seated ' one day a: a hote' be accidentally picked up a oppy of the Evening Journal, and read a notice of ute Norcrc.#* mo roe: The idea Cashed on h>? mrad timt McK.m was ifae ' orimina! He Tfcoeßted the t#7t dJorg pt the ' hotel to telegraph to Philadelphia for £ de scription of the murderer. It was ami—he ttfew his viTßf. but kept qtrier and id t>O me. but sen: word to the city that the gc hy ' person was ;o rottsr.he. anc would be ar restaa at the same :,roe cortvey icg the idea to the Philadelphia Pol ice mat ibe accused was ,E such L condnioc as la be at ary mo ment grasped by the banc of the law Oe the Km mst ward was sen: to Philadelphia toe ar office: to come to I'ousvilte and take ' Jbe man j I High Constable Biaekbc-r., with a spacia. i wmtmut from Mayor Vara, was despatched ' immediately, fcfly convince; front the in- ! formation received, that McKim was ill tho custody of the officers, or at least securely ■ "planted," as the police phrase goes. What was his surprise on arriving to find that the , man had gone, not, however, from any fault ■ of the i'uitsville police, for they knew noth ing ol the matter until too late ; but because , the gambler being so very solicitous to se- I euro the reward, had, in his over-anxiety to I stick to the prisoner, betrayed himself to f him by some indiscreet word or act, and be i coming alarmed, presto 1 McKim fled. Ilia flight was on Mouday, Od of February. Tho gambler had told the l'ottevilla vuthorities on Tuesday, 3d insl., and High Constable Blackburn's errand was reudered futile. At I'ottsville, McKim went by the name ol Thomas Bragg, tho real appellative of his brother-in-law, living at Trenton, N. J JUSTICE AND VICE CONFLICTING. Of course High Constable Blackburn could do nothing more than seek further traces of ' | tho murderer, and with the assistance of j obliging officers of the Heading Railroad, and ! others, lie was (racked to a hotol ill West Market street, Philadelphia, where all clue was lost. Prior to leaving I'ottsville, how- j over, some ;disposition of the properly lef| i by McKim was necessary, and Blackburn I was but little disposed to let it fall into the | hands of the two lewd females. Tltey were j turned out, stripped of their finery, and it j and tho personal properly sold at public sale j for the benefit ol the friends of Norcross.— j This move was the result of a decision made j by Hon. Francis W. Hugkcs, a most ahlo 10-1 gal adviser, acting as counsel for High Con-: stable Bluckburn, who had the affair in I charge. It was commendable. The two girls Icll the borough oil tho 7th of February, | amid the shouts and discharge of missiles : Iroin children, and tho house was broken | | up, to the great pleasure of tho citizens of I j Poiisville. Daniel B. Christ, Ksq., police j 1 ■ officer, rendered valuable assistance ill tho ' matter. I'UOOr COKUOnORATIVE. No do'.tbi in tho wotld exists that McKim is tho teal murderer. At Heading tho gitls ' saw the buggago checks that ho had got at Pittsburg for his own utul Norcross' trunks and a landlord at tho same place saw the ' two stolen bonds in his possession. DBSUIttI'TION OF THE MPRDEREII. David bltingcr Mclvim, alias Daniel S j ' McKtnney, alias Thomas liraggs, is a man | | six feel in height, between 36 and 36 years j of age, broad and stoop-shouldered, with . head inclined forward, large limbs, largo i feet and bands, high forehead and cheek t bottt'i, sharp lace, long thin nose, bluish j guv eye, light complexion naturally, but I somewhat sunburnt; light brown hair inch-j mug to ho sandy, bald in front of his head, ! thin whiskers running around his face under' his chin, of a sturdy hue, slightly mixed with . grey ; three upper teeth on tho right side of, Ins month out, and has a scar oa both the t front and back of his ieli hand, caused b> the charge Irorn a pistol having accidentally J passed through it. Tho accident also caused tho I info finger to b crooked, tho second i one to be straight, and tho third slightly at- * ! footed. On the edge of tire right har.d is a ' been exposed to friction when planing, be being a carpenter by Hade. A slight scar is over one of his eyes, mul either his name or initials are supposed to be printed in Indian j ink on one of his arms. Ho Iras a downcast, i rough look. THE ANTECEDENTS CF HIE OUTLAW. From his youth upwards he has been an outlawfiom society. He was born of parents ■ from tho British Provinces, but his people 1 now live in New Jersey. They formerly re sided for twenty joars with him, in Chester county in this btate. He was obliged to fly t , from that place to tho West, being charged with cases of horse-stealing and btgttmy, having no less than font wives. One cf these is now living in Delaware : county, another at Wilmington, Delaware, \ and another in New Jersey. The fourth cannot he found. When residing at Pous viile, he was about to marry one of the gitls. and had presented her with a gold watch, j engraved with her name and his, m conjunc tion. A more notorious villain we have tie re r beard of. and il money and ens'sv can secure brs arrest, it should be and will be (rccly expended. The two trunks of the men came on and j and reached Philadelphia in doe l me. That j of Notrros? was sent to his friends, but that i of MeKim is as yet uuc'.aimed. STIMri.ANTS TO FT TRITON. The rewards rhvt have been offered for the | amesi of this murderer, are sctfieiert to srim- ; rfia'e the most sluggish official. Tt.ey are . as follows Governor Pollock. St.OfiO Governor of Mawathsetts. 1 HOP People ol Aitooaa. 506 j Total, 52 600 , The conduct of the Pennsylvania Riilroad Company , r . affording cotry TOSftK'e fuci'dy \ that would lead to the detection ol the cul prit, is commertdwbie. They deserve, to gether vr. h ai. those who hsve ir.tetested themselves in the subject much praise. Nicaragua- The ad rices from Nicaragua confirm the report thi, the for. at Setapique, oa the Sar. Juaa River, had laden into the bauds ol Co! Lockridge The fort baa surrenderee after one day's fighting, and the filibusters cap -1 tared iarge supplies of Minnie i.fles, atr.mu n.t ton. artillery, previsions and cooking utea sda. They thee proceeded np the river, and took the sjatior a: the motih of the S*a Car- Jos. afKT which the Rescue stave chase up stream re the stearacr Charles Margan Oas ' k Rsoids was abaaoorred by tbe Costa i. reaps who se. fine lo the beading and two sterrr-ers The filibuster* succeeded in sa vin; on? ef the latter in a damared siae A small party tr Costa Rioatre remained m the j fort a: Casnflo on tL'e JSth ok-, but were to j be attacked tbe next day. As tbe Cost* Ri cacs have bemed •!! the boats, loekridge's efforts io seize tbe advantage pas.Ted does j nm help Walker any, far m> recruits CSJ go ic kins. Cod. Lock radge had been stopped at GreyScwn during a TIS* be bad made *" there, by (be British Commander, CB the charge of deiaiamg British subject*, bm tbe matter wee satisdecsorily explained, and be ' roomed his force* 'iffljlllffi n, W. WEAVER, EDITOH. | UlooiUHlturr, jTvedoeKdrty, March 18, 1857. j Democratic Nomination*. you (iOVKHNQII, WILLIAM P. PACKER, of Lycoming County. t on .IUIMIE OF TIIF. St'l'tiEMK COURT, I ELLIS L E WIS, of Philadelphia. FOB CANAL COMMISSIONER, NI AIR 01) STRICKLAND, of Chester County. _ ! arrest or IMVio s. McKi.y. j On last Thursday morr.iug our lowu was | excited by the information which flew from j mouth to mouth that Melvim, the alleged I j murderer of Dr. Norcross, was arrested and : I lodged in our jail. During that day and ttio j f two which followed hundreds of persons vis- j ileil the jail to see the man, and quite u num- I her of these carao from a distance to gratify | j their curiosity. Most of the time he laid | upon the bed ou his back, with his hands i above his head ; but conversed freely with ' visitors. He seemed fully conscious of the 1 enormity of tho charge against him, but j made no confession except to say, soon alter j his arrest, that ha was the man who travelled i with Dr. Norcross. llis features and ap pearunce correspond in every r.ispect with j tho description circulated by the Philadelphia > police, uud ho is apparently otto of the most j powerful men in muscle that could bo lound 1 in the whole country. The circumstances of his arrest were ns follows:—On Wednesday Aaron Wolf and j F. A. 11. Koons travelled over the North Mountain upon business, and on the way had somo conversation upon tho subject of Mclvim. At the Long l'ond Hotel a man came out as hostler whose appearance an swo red every point in the description of the supposed murderer; and after some consul tation together (ho two travellers determined to arrest tho man ; though neither of them had warrant or weapon for the purpose. A title was bottowod of tho landlord, and with this Wolf walked carelessly into tho bar room where Me Kim was. Suddenly raisicg his weapon at Mclvim, ho said boldly : "Friend, you are wanted." McKitn quailed and asked—"are you an otlieer." Wolf said—"yes, and iny orders uro to take you dead or alive." Koons meanwhile look hold of the prisoner, and examined him. The | marks on his person answered the printed : : description : and, without making any re- j sistnncc, his arms were tied and he WHS on I Wednesday evening brought to Bloomsburg j ' and lodged in jail. i Hem he laid, the object of cutionsygaze I (torn hunUMk* swwtt, liwu tnouva ot two- 1 | donee and propriety, Site riff Miller on fatur- j i dav .refused admission to visitors. On hlon < Jay morrnnw Wftrrm pie prisoner for Hamsburg. where the Sherill" o! , Blair county had telegraphed ho would meet him. Tho prisoner will be tried in the Conn ! of Blair county which will commence on the 27th of April. Wm. A. Stokes, Esq., of j Westmoreland, ha, been engaged to assist District Attorney Hammond in the proseca-] i non. Mr. Samuel Mann, o! Pottsville, visited | the prisoner in jail here, and identities him i as the person who rented the house of Mr. j Womelsdorf in Pottsville some weeks ago. j When McKmr left Pottsville he passed I through Catawissa. and remained over night ; !in Bloomsburg. He says he was in our of- ] i lice, and we remember his visit. He came j ■ in the evening to set a paper and was in- j termed that it would not bo published until j morning, lit the morning he came again and got ■ paper: and wo only remember that sncti was dve impreeetiwi his countenance ami especially his eye made upon us, that we remarked to these present tho instant he had left tho office—"that man has a very villainous look." l.tpht street School. I The examination ot the Upper Grade School at Light Street took place at the School toom : on last Saturday af'emoon. The scholars pre j seated a very creditable condition of deport-' ! ment and progress, la the evening the ex > htbttion ot declamation was held in the Pros- i ! byterun Church, which was filled to over-' | flowing by an orderly ar.J interested audi ence. The dialogues and otaiions were nearly ali very well spoken, and good vocal music ; enlivened and diversified the exercises. A brief address by the County Superintendent i to parenU and scholars concluded what every ojia who was present wiil call an evening j pleasantly spent. ."cooa OF TaEScrßr.jjxCocßT.—Communi cations in the /Vqmyiranie* name Charles £. Ruckalew, of this county; Thos. S. Bell, of Chester i George Sharswood, of Philadel phia; and J. \V. Maynard, ol Lycoming, in co.'oecutm wuh me com.nation for Supreme Judge. Joel Jones,oi Philadelphia,and Sam uel Hepburn,©! Cumberland, are also named CP* Towosb p elections wiil take place througfcwt this county (except irt Berwick borrugh) ©n next Friday, the 20:h ir.st. In this d strict the people pry abnnt 5: 000 tax , each year, which the tewnship officers expend for road, school and pauper purposes, and it is there'orb happrtan that competent and upright n.en should be elected. j FIRST or ftr*** CHEWS ss.—Thoie of our subset :>ers a ho intend changing ttiair resi dence or or about rbe first if April, ami de sire to l.hxs the places of rece.vmg their pa- I pers changed slue, are requested to give us timely noun. * Gr Tin Genurjd Appropriation Kit baa been repor.ai is ike Legislature by the Com mittee of Ways tad Mean*. Also a bHI to appropriate 515.050 for build rag a Governor* House j 'I lie Complexion of Rcpubllcaiilim. I The erratic and reckless spirit of lawless ness exhibited itself in the famous expression of Senator Seward that each citizen is privi leged to consult only his own disposition in determining his rule of conduct, under the plea that it is a "higher Jaw" than the stat utes and adjudications of courts. Under this plea every error of motal conduct could be justified, for the criminal could say that he consulted the high law of his conscience.— Three fourths of the Republican party at heart believe in Seward's "higher law" doctrine, which is in fact only another name for the ntiolition of all municipal law. The I'iUtburg Gazette recently developed the propensity for I individual licentiousness in speaking of a j late decision of the highest judicial tribunal of tho lund—the Supreme Court of the United Siutes. The following is an extract giving a I fair sample of the Republican spirit of the ar : tide: i " We shall treat the so-called decision of that Court as an utter nullity. It is not law, atvl has no binding force upon either the peo ple or the government. It is not an uulhori- I tu'.ire interpretation of the Constitution, nor ! is it, legally, a decision entitled to any weight | whatever. It is simply a demagogical stump speech Irom the hustings of tho supreme j bench, got up in legal phrase to suit the tie- j | cessities of the lluuhaimn administration.-- j The Judges ol the Supreme Court have there | in simply abandoned the robo and the ermine to achieve the task of framing u new plat lorin lor the locofoco party." l'overty uud Itlchvs. Tho other day a man starved to death ill New York, surrounded by opulent fellow citizens. Ho could obtain no woik, and he knew of no other method by which to ac quire money. Tho very people who permit •od him to starve, would no doubt have abu sed him had he dared to iuvosi his last low dollars in the purchase of a lottery ticket: had he purchased otic, it might have conform! a fortune upon Ititn. There are many wealthy men in this city, and in tho principle South ern cities, who Itavb no hesitation in saying thai itiey were started in business by ptizos | drawn in lotteries. We have just seen a scheme, which, for gigantic promise, was never equalled in this country. It is gotten up ou the Havana plan of single numbers, and embraces 570 prizes, the capital one be ing SIOO,OOO, $50,000, two of $20,000, and" 100 prizes of SI,OOO each. This lottery is the oldest authorized lottery in tho United States, and is managed by 15. France $; Co., of Baltimore, Md. The Slate controls it, however, and is responsible for its promises. Tho drawing of tho scheme we have men tioned, will take place on tho 30th ol April, under the Superintendence of the State Lot tery Commissioner. Could there be a better guarantee of its fairness ! Orders for tickets I must be addressed to T. 11. Hubbard & Co . I No 39 Fayette street, or Box No. 40, Balti i more, Maryland. Will you try your luckf I You stand as good a chance as anybody else, j to acquire a fortune by this method. I FLECTION OF STATE TREASURER.—OiI Wed- I rtosday last, ibo two Houses of the Legit-la | lore of Penneylvania, met in Convention for I which resulted as follows: ! Henry S. Magraw, OS Jacob Dock, 57 | Mr. Magraw was declared re-elected to the office ot Sta:e Treasurer, for the ensuing year, i 3 tF* The Private Secretary to President ; Buchanan is his nephew, James Buchanan Henry. He WAS admitted to the bar a year j or two ago, and had commenced the practice | of law in Philadelphia when he was sum i moiled to his duties in Washington. Mr. ( Sydney Webster, the predecessor in office of j Mr. Henry, will return to New Hampshire | and resume-(he practice of his profession. IF* The aggregate amount of taxable property in Pennsylvania for State pur poses valued by the Board of Revenue Commissioners, for some time past in ses sion at Hareisburg, is $568,810,278. The ' amount of taxable property in Columbia county is put down at $3,393,309. IT" The Fillmore Americans of New Yotk Stte hve adopted very strong resolutions against the extension of slavery, and for abol ishing thst oaths and signs. In Pennsylvania they ignote the slavery question ; but farther South, are pro-slarery. A "national" patty, truly—suited to every meridian. TF" On last Wendesday morning the cry of "mad dog" alarmed onr citizens, and a suspicious looking dog was pursued and kill ed. It is however now said thai he was not road. nr Capt. N. S. Prentiss lost one of his j "spick and span" fancy horses one night last ' week from a defect in rbe floor of the siable. The boards gave way and the animal sinking into the bole, was suspended until it died. NEW ALLT—The New York Evening Mir ror, heretolore somewhat inclined to Know- Nothing and Black Republicanism, is so ! well pleased with Mr. Buchanan's laaogural Address, that It promises to give his admin istration its cordial and earnest support. | EFTHe Beaver Meadow Railroad and j Coal Company have declared a semi-an nual dividend of five per cent, on the com mon stock, payable on and after April Ist. BETHLEHEM POST OFFICE—The Bethlehem Post Office Daring become wonh over SIOOO has become a Presidenlial appointment. Mr. Lukenbacch received a commission last j week, appointing him for Jour y ears. EF" In Lewisbcrg the public school* have been good this winter, arid seven of :be eight teachers employed were females. L#~ We invise the attention of enr readerf j to tl.e advertisement of B. J. Williams. Hit establishment is the place to visk if yon want aaything in his line of busioes*. tx $. P. Case has taken ike Roaring Creek Foraaee, and will donbflcss drive it I ahead with bit accustomed energy THE PHILOSOPHY OF BUSINESS. 11l every art anil calling there is a particu -1 lar technical knowledge which is necessary to its successful prosecution. It is proficiency 1 in tli'w technical knowledge or experience in ' his trade which makes the useful artisan, journeyman, apprentice, or any workman 1 subordinate!)' employed in any profession or 1 business. By the subdivision of labor which 1 1 , obtains in all large establishments, the knowl edge we allude to has often u very limited range compared wiih that of the general business. Often it is confined only to the* production of a particular thing, as, for in stance, a man in former limes, before ma chinery was invented to perform ttie whole ( p'occss of milking pins, was kept all his days 1 | putting heads to the pins, and another to , j tiling points to them. In the printer's pro- > I Cession, n compositor will set type all his j I life ; in the hook bindery one man will cut ' . | the covers, another glue them to the backs 10l the books. I.t making shoes, one work- j I man will do ull the sewing and stitching. ' mid another the finishing; and so it is thro' every business, that which a man can best do, his own nnd his employei's interest are likely to keep him doing all his life. In ' very few bnsiuess establishments do all the workman, or persons employed, go regularly up through the various grades of the profes sion, learning each step thoroughly as he proceeds, and coming oat, when his appren- 1 liceship or service end", with that thorough knowledge of the details of his art which is ossential to a corecrt knowledge of tho bus- | iness or profession he is to pursue for Ilia future support. Independently of this technical knowledge ' of the details ol a business profession, there j are general principles governing business j w liieh must also bo learned to enable enter, prise to direct its energies the most efficiently , to the ends sought, mid to enable a nun to successfully compete in the eager race for fortune. This knowledge consists not only , j in knowing how to make a particular article, but how to dispose of it advantageously, where to seek the customers needing it, how i to enlarge the circle of custom so as to mul tiply the profits of sale, what maxims in trade are founded upon a true philosophy—a . sure insiglit into the nature, wants, notions I - and disposition of men, what economies arc i required, what activities to be put in opera- I tion, and what aid may be sought it) the ca . pabilities of other professions to push one's , own the most successfully. A man who . combines these two kinds of knowledge may be said to be master of his profession, what , ever that may be, and without them,however • J faithful is his employed service, he is still lia r 1 ble to mistakes, which may ailed his enter s ; prise disastrously, for want of sound judg ' ment which cotnes from accurate knowledge - | concerning each particular branch and re ?! quirement of his business. ! ! Acquired fortunes tire not, ns many sup- I pose, the result of a lucky chance. They | are more often the result of honest toil, in " lulligeni application of thought to business, | diligent study of its wants and its means ol ,r i advet.coment, untiring industry anil close ' j attention, in laoi it isinorioci oppliaj INBNR of hands and head which gives success in ! business, a it does in any human underiak j ing. It is an object of first importance, there o i fore, to gain this desitable knowledge. The g I practical details are lobe learned best in the j every day duties, but the philosophy govern- I ing the operations ol business generally, and II | making ii a science, as it is, may be learned 11 i by every man having apprehension to under ' : stand general truths, and the judgment IO 0 | apply them. The laws of traJe n:nl bust ■ i ness arc as fixed and certain as the laws of '• the universe, ar.d the principles of them owe 1 correctly apprehended there is very little ' j danger of failure in their application. A course ol lectures upon the Philosophy of Business, by some com petanl person, would L ' | do more good to the great body of out cifi '* ' zens than probably upon any ether subject. 0 Mr. V. B. Palmer lias made this • special " ! subject of attention for years past. Why 0 , could lie not ba induced to give the public a j the benefit of his knowledge and experience? i He is fully competent, and we are satisfied I that he could do much good to the rommuniy • ' by uderaking it, and the Ledger would invite ' him. through its columns, to do so, either through a course ot popular public lectures, a or otherwise.— Ledger. r : | ' ' The Conteated Sent I'rona Pennsylvania | WASHINGTON, March 13—In the Senate, • i to-day, in reference to the contested seat from a ; Pennsylvania, it was agreed on all aides thai ' : the inlorinaliiies presented in the protest do ; not afiect the right of Mr. Cameron to his seat, and it wss held, also, that the question 4 1 of alleged fraud and corruption in the election j properly belonged to the Legislature of Penn ; sylvania, and not to the Senate. Trie reso lution declaring Mr. Cameron entitled to bie s seal was withdrawn by Mr. Foot, who otlered it. The Committee on the Judiciary having been discharged from the further considera -1 tion of the subject, the whole matter rests 1 where it is. k l I Messrs. Bigler and Pugh received a letter 1 this afternoon, dated yesterday, from twenty- I four members of tbe Legislature of Pennsyl i vania, who bad signed the protest, denying Mr. Cameron's assertions, and saying they j. j could have obtained tbe signatures o f the o:h- I er Democratic members to tbe letter, but for ] tbeir absence, in consequence of the adjourn | men'oftha Legislature. ). IT The Boston Medical World states that r. there are nor far from twenty female physi si j cians in that city, several of whom are in ex ceilent business. They confine themselves j generally to midwifery and the diseases of ■e tbeir own sex. Tbeir soccess in the former it branch tends to establish them firmly in fam j ilies. rs r?" Samuel R. Ward, the colored divine is who assisted if) ihe slave rescue a*. Syracuse, jt • afterwards went to England, where the abo , iitionisie made mucn of him, and enabled j hitn to buy a plantation in lb* British West g Indies. There he committed forgery, for it j which he was transported to Van Ditto an'< Land % From Ihe Pennsylvania)! 'Flie Funeral Sermon ot Black Itrpubll cnui-m. One of the most dangerous and alaimiug questions that ever agitated the country grew out of the interference by Congress with the domestic institutions of the Territories, and ! the desperate attempts which have been j made to enforce through Congress laws pro ' hibilitig slavery in them, instead of allowing i the penplo of the Territories to settle this mat ter, as they decide all others, for thentselrcs. The question of Congressional intervention ' formed a leading issue of the late Presidential campaign. The Dnmocraoy of tho country, by the passage of the Nebraska Bill, planted ; themselves upon high and lofty Constitutional ' gtouiul- Believing Ihd Missouri restriction { unconstitutional, they repealed it. Believing ! tho people of the Territories as capable ot j self-government as "those of the States, it was ' resolved that they should enjoy that privilege. By thus discharging a plain, clear duty, and | giving vitality to a great principle, a storm of ! fanatical feeling, never before surpassed in i the history of tho country, was raised. A throe-thousand parson power was concenira i led to crush us. Ministers of the Gospel, ! who understood tho prophets much belter j than they did the law, preached a now cru sade ngains* the Constitntioral Democracy, and light-headed, raving orators sneered with withering contempt at the cogjr.t reasoning i >Vlitoll had n">d the sanction of the Dento j cratic parly to the Nobraska-Knnsas Bill, and which commended that measure to its earnest j support. As usual, tho noisy clamor of tho opposition drowned for a while the voice of 1 justice and truth, and many men who read and knew just enough about the mailer to be I very stiongly convinced that the wrong side 1 of tho question was the true one, were mar j shaded into their ranks. As the Presidential | election advanced, the furore of Black Re ! publicanism grew intense, and the mad zeal | which inspired its devotees blinded them to ihe political faie which was to overtake them. ' The election of Mr. Buchanan was a death i blow to their hopes. Against the distinctive measures of their organization nearly two | thirds of tho American people were found ar ! rayed in the great trial for November. The j general satisfaction displayed by tho country ! at the elevation of Mr. 8., even by thousands j who had not voted for him—the sense of re j liel everywhere evinced at Fremont's defeat I —the happy tranquility and restoration of j I confidence, the re-establishment of nationality > of feeling, which has followed the decision j ol tho American people; the re-establishment ' of peace in Kansas ; tho advancement ol the 1 general wellaro of the eouutr), all combinod to crush out from Black Republicanism nearly all its vii-Vi'.y, and the startling exposures ol j the Corruption Committee, and the inaugu ration ol Mr. Buchanan, destroyed what little : was lefi, and nothing remained of tho parly , but its black cotpse. Having thus been killed, i it was but tight that n should have a funeral ' I sermon preached over its remains, and tins has substantially been done by the delivery of the late decision of the Supreme Couit of tho United States in tho DBKD SCOTT case.— i So far as the action of the Court on the great * I question of ihe times, the Constitutionality of ' the Missouri Restriction, is concerned, it oa ' our red at a peculiarly opportune moment.- The American people had given their Verdict 1 in November and it ha now been ratified 1 and confirmed by the highest legal tribunal '| of tho country. The policy of Black Repub licanism is authoritatively pronounced no -1 constitutional. The judgment of the Demo -1 , cratic party is affirmed. The fine spun the ' I orics of the opposition are annihilated ottd 1 destroyed. They built their honse upon ihe ' | sand, and tho rain came, and the winds blew, 1 and it was washed away, while tho great Democratic parly having ioutided their su perstructure upon a rock of Constitutional truth, it has withstood all the tempestuous war that was waged against it,and now shines ' ! forth mora resplendent than ever, Irom tho very assaults to which it was subjected. Tho , theories of the Black Republicans have been tried and weighed both in the popular and judicial balances of the uation, and having beer, found wanting, stand condemned Black Republican doctrines can no longer ' havo any considerable influence upon the country. They aro doomed—uneon.stnullon ® al—and therefore as totally impracticable as r the establishment of monarchy, or the erea ' | tion of titled orders, Dukes and Baronets, , among us. Any future attempt to advocate them as practical measures will be but atrant demagogueism, which will exci'o the con tempt of every sensible man. The Cousthu ' lion, as expounded by those whose decision 1 is final and binding, brands Black Republi ' : canism as incompatible with its provisions. 5 He who advocates the letter does it in defi s ance of the former. The two cannot survive 1 together. One must perish. He who stands 1 by the Constitution opposes Black canism. He who adheres to Black " canism opposes the Constitution. Whalw m ' ' trim, who loves his country and her in?:*" ?' * ' tions. and who desires to preserve the = which has made us a groat and powerful tion will hesitate in selecting between the' s Charter of American liberty and greatness, and the rotten platform of a rotten and defunct ' • party ? ' j Malleson, Ihe Republican Leader. —The vil li luat expulsion of Matteson, the Corrnptioniat, J deprives the Republicans of a lender, whose rooms were their headquarters, and whoso r 1 counsel and adrice they followed. In a • j speech at Rome, Oneida county, last fall, ' while Matteson was running for Congress, ' Anson P. Burliugame, the Republican pet, 1 from Massacbotetts, spoke concerning Mr. . j Matteson as follows ; - j "That in alt great emergencies they (tbe g Republican members of CongressJ were ac . j customed to flock to hit qua ilers fur ADVICE AND : COUNSEL." r | _ far" The splendid eonatry eeat of David Longeneeker, late President of the broken Lancaster Bank, wa3 sold, a few days since, e to David KiUmaer, for 540.000, cash. The ' ; ex-President, ills said, intends tu reside in '• Philadelphia. It Two hundred years ago. —ln tho ypai 1667. ir j a man was prosecuted in Br-afon<tfor felling 's ' coffee "as a nuisance to the • j'-bcthcod." f • \
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