THE STAR OF THE NORTH.
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VOLUME 9.
THE STAR OF THE NORTH
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WISHING.
* BY JOHN Q. SAKE.
Of all the amusements of the mind,
From logio down to fishing,
There is not one that you can find
So very cheap as "wishing!"
A very choice diversion too,
If we but rightly use it,
And no', as we are apt to do,
Pervert it and abuse it.
I wish—a common wish indeed—
My purse was somewhat falter,
That I mignt cheer (he child of need,
And not my pride to fiaiter.
That I mighi make oppression reel
As only gold can ti.ake it,
And break the tyrant's rod of steel
As only gold can break it I
I wish—that sympathy and love,
And every human pasaion
Ust has ire origin above,
•Would come and keep in faahton;
And scorn, and jealousy, and hate,
And every base emotion, j
Ware buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the waves of ocean.
t Wish—that friends were always true,
And motives lway pure;
I wish the good were not so lew,
I wish the bad were fewer;
t wish that persons ne'er fnrgot
To heed their pious teaching,
I wish that p'articing was not
So very different from preaching.
I wish—that modern worth might he
Appraised with truth end candor;
I wish that innocence were tree
From treachery and slander;
I with thai men their vows would mind,
That women ne'er were rovers;
! wish that wives were always kind,
And husbands always loveis.
I wish—in fine—thai joy and mirth,
And every good ideal
May come erewhile throughout the earth,
And be the glorious real;
Till God shall every creature bless,
Willi his suprsmest blessing,
And hope be lost iu happinrss,
And wishing be possessing.
musk; in schools.
At the recent meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation of New York city, William Cullen
Bryant, of the New York Evening Tost made
a capital speech upon Ihe subject of "Music
in Schools," from which we make the fol
lowing extract:
"Iu jnakittg music a branch of common
education, we give u new attraction to our
common schools. Music is not merely a
•tudy, it ie an entertainment; wherever there
Is music (here is a crowd of listeners. We
complain that our common schools are not
attended as they should be. What i to be
done? Shall we compel the attendance of
children? Rather let us, if we can, so or
dor things that children shall attend volunta
rily shall be eager to crowd lo the schools;
and for this purpose nothinir can be more
effectual, it seems to me, than the art to
which the ancients ascribed such power
that, according to the fables of their poets,
it drew the very stones of the earth from
tbsir beds, and piled them in a wall around
tbe city ot Thebes.
"It should be considered, moreover, that
reusio in schools is useful as an incentive to
•tody. After a weary hour of poring over
books, with perhaps tome discouragement
on the part of the learner; if not despsir at
the hardness of his task, a song puts bim
Into a more cheerful and Itopelul mood; tbe
play of the lungi freshens the circulation of
tbe blood; and he tits down again to bis
task in better spirits, end will, an invigorat
ed mind. Almost all occupations are obeer
ad and lighted by maaio.
"T remember once being in a tobacco
manufactory iu Virginia, whew the work
waa performed by slaves, who enlivened
their tasks with outbursts of psalmody.
"We encourage their singing," said one
of the proprietors, 'they work for it.' Sail
ors pull more vigorous at the rope for their
'Yo, beave ho!' which is a kind of song. I
have beard the vine dressers in Tuscany, ott
tha hill aides, responding to each other in
aongs, with which the whole region tesound
eJ, and wbieh turned then hard day's woik
Into a pastime.
Tut LARVEST ROOM. The largest room in
Ike world •• at St. Petersburg, Russia, ami is
880 feet in breadth. By daylight it is assd
for military displays, and a batullion can
conveniently manmuver in it. In the even<
log it is ollen converted into a vast ball room,
when it is warmed by 16 prodigious stoves,
and 26,000 wax tapers are required to light
it properly, The roof of this structure is a
single awh of iron, the bars alone on whioh
It rerta weighing 12,930 lbs. The most won
derful part of the room is, that there is uot a
single pillar or aich to obstruct the view.
OT At the last Court Ball in Paris, the
Jewels of the Empress Eugenia were ettima
tad at four million of francs, and tha floun
eas of Alcona laee which coveted the lilac
aubt robe of her majesty cost six hundred
thousand—the dress and jawels thus amount
ing atmost million of dollars.
BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1. 1857.
1,1 I K IN PARIS.
A lively, gossipping Parie correspondent of
tbt Boston Post writes on the 19th ult. a* fol
low* :
" Everybody here is suffering from the
grippe, which ia a running nose, a barking
' cough, and rheumatic peins combined, oeca
| stoned by the detestable damp weather that
until tl last few daye hat hung over Pari*
like a wet blanket, muddying its etreeis,
darkening its sky, and produuing a suicidal
state of things by no means uncommon at
this season of the yesr. Unable to contend
against the morbid tendencies of a human
system under the influences- of a French
February, a young man recently entered a
hardware shop and asked to look at some Ca
talan knives—Verger stabbed the Archbishop
with a Catalan knife, and since then they
have been in great demand—a request which
the shopkeeper cheerfully granted. Selecting
ono of the longest, moat pointed, and sharp
est, tbe melancholy youth plunged it into his
left breast, and immediately expired. At the
Bois de Boulogne yesterday the body of a
well dressed individual was discovered wiih
the head perforated by a pistol ball. He had
bequeathed, by meant of a written paper
found upon him, his comforter to the first
comer after his death as a token of affection.
A sergeant deville was the happy reoipientof
the dead man's worsted !
" But sickness and death cannot atop the
whirl of pleaaure which monotonously goea
on in Pari* all tho winter through. Balls and
parties, and tioieea, and dancing, gambling,
jand supper* keep up a jolly carnival for all
who have money and health sufficient lo en
joy them. Never, they say, was Paris so
gay; never so many strangers in the shape
of spies, Russian princes and Wallachin prin
cesses, and entertainments are constantly be
ing given and money spent like water in all
kind* of luxury, "s if in revenge for the two
previous years of economy and good hour*
imposed by circumstances over which only
Providence anil Louis Napoleon had control.
"The masked balls at the opera were nev
er meriier, and Sirausa'e hundred musioiana
never notsior than thie year. All the boxes
are engaged weeks previous—rnnre duchess
es even than usuul have been present, and
the costumes decidedly evinced somo inge
nuity, fancy, and novelty for lite first time
to my knowledge, for three years. To
vary the entertainment, a different style of a
ball has been given lor the pittance ot twenty
francs per head. The youngest, prettiest and
most talented of the corpa-'Je-da'.let danoed
quadrilles, polka cotillions, moztikars, the
lancier, &0., for the amusement of a house
crowded with black Itala, while cravats, and
black dominoes. All the mesdemoisolls of
the rampe were in elegant evening toilettes
—flowers and diamond* and precious stones
in the hair; expensive pocket handkerchiefs
and skirts without number. There was pretty
little Schlosser, whose eyes ero as black us
her skin is while ; anil Troisvalets, with a
string of pearls about her neck worth twenty
thousand francs; and Poussin, whom an ami
able youth had made rich by ruining him
self; and a charming blonde named Mercier,
whom one of the Flounds is protecting , and
Marquei, tall and hantlaome, but giaceful as
an elephant; and Nathan, who is a Jewess,
and has hail seven children, and Carabin,
who hasn't had any, and a host of others
whom you don't care to hear enumerated, but
all pretty, graceful, and elegantly attired.—
They danced where ordinarily are the orches
tra seats, in a square enclosed by a light iron
fence, ornamented by pots of flowers and
sparkled artistically. The people in the box
es look on and applaud, and enjoyed the sight
until nearly 5 o'clock in the morning, and
then retired to supper, and, subsequently,
hilarity. The cafes blazed with light until
daylight, and long after honest artisans were
at their daily toil a dissipated crowd were re
velling and lioting to their own satisfaction
and the infinite pleasure of the restaurant
keepers, to whom masked baits are as Manna
6eni from Heaven."
The Envious Man.
The envious man is a pain upon all occa
sions which ought to give him pleasure.—
The relish of his life is inverted, and the ob
jects which administer the highest satisfaction
to those who are exempt from this passion,
gives the quickest pangs to persons who are
subject to it. All the perfections of lhair fel
low creatures are odioas. Youth, beauty,
valor, and wisdom, are provocations of their
pleasure. What a wretched and apostate
state is this: to be offended with excellence,
and to hate a man because we approve him !
The condition of the envious man is most
emphatioslly miserable; he is not capable
of rejoicing in another's merit or success, but
lives in Ihe world wherein all mankind are
in a plot against his quiet, by studying their
own happiness and advantage.
TUB VALUE or REVIEWISO Lire.—One of
the most desirable and imperfect surveys we
can take ia to review our past lives, and re
turning seasons, natal days, wedding days,
or new year days, are useful in calling us to
reflection—in leading us to seek the direc
tions of Providenoe—-in stimulating us to the
correction of former errors, and to avow Iresh
recollections that our dependence on the care
and benediction of heaven may be more sim
ple, constant, and entire.
CTThe lost blaek boy of Roohester, Chas.
Grsnby, who was thought to be in slavery,
and for whom ao much noise has been made
and expense inourred, bat at length been
found, safe in a state of freedom. He is
married, and it at wotk in a distillery at
Peorin.
Tbe Police Outdone by I Souther* Lady.
A few daye tincn some unknown person*
entered fashionable boarding house, near
Summer street, kepi by Mie. M., making
assessments of each articles as they liked
beet, and left the place unseen and unharm
ed.
Among the boarders whose goods and
chattels were thus unceremoniously taken
away, was Miss H., a fair daughter of the
Sunny South, who happened to be spending
the winter in the City of Notions. Iler loss
consisted of a beautiful velvet hat.
As soon as the theft was discovered the
police were consulted, and every thing done
to remove the mystery, but all to no purpose.
As Miss H. was walking Washington St.
; one of the pleasantest daye last week, im
agine her surprise in passing a large and
masculine looking woman, dressed in the
height of fushion, with hoops and crinoline,
and having on her hand the very identical
velvet hat which the had lost. What was to
be dons t What could be done t Every
step was taking the bonnet farther ficm us
owner, who was alone and a stranger in the
city. It did not lake her long to deoide.
She started in the same direction, and was
soon alongside of the velvet hat.
"Where do you reside, madam V
"In - Court,'" was the reply.
"Ato you going home?"
"I am."
"Go on, and don't let me hinder you."
And onwarJ they walked, now to the right
and now to the left. At length they entered
a dark alley, and alter passing several die*
mat abodes they halted at the door.
''Do you hvo here ?''
"I do—upon the second floor."
"Go up then, for I have business with
you."
They enterod. After going up two flights
of stairs they reached a room in which they
found tivo women. They entered the room,
and here our heroine made known her busi
ness. Posting herself beside the door, with
a calm but defiant look, she demanded ol
the woman to know whero sho obtained the
velvet hot, tho shawl, and the basque upon
her person.
"I bought them," was the reply.
"No, you did nol; they were stolen, and
now take them off immediately."
Hid a bomshell exploded in the room, the
confusion could nol Ituve boen greater. But
great as it wa*, it did not inlimidalo the own
er of Ihe velvei hat in the least degree. It
only changed the happy and (uoiuai'ing
look of a most beautiful face to the uncon
quered look of a Cromwell.
"Now he quiet and own up, and bring
forward Ihe stolen goods, for it will be belter
for you. Now I have found the goods, and
the thief, 110 doubt, I am going for an officer.
See that none of you leave the room or dis
turb an article while I am gone."
While descending Ihe stairs our heroine
espied a doctor on his way lo visit the sick,
end asked hie assistance. "I have," said
she, "found some stolen properly, and have
ii secure in litie house; will you call an of
ficer 10 assist me in removing it?" The
doctor reajily assented, and while he souglii
for policemen, she still guarded her trust. —
At length Ihe doctor, with four policemen,
arrived, when onr heroine transferred the
custody of both persona and property to the
officers of the law. The remainder of the
stolen propeity was soon found, and the la
dy relieved of her borrowed plumage was
provided with rooma iu ihe Cambridge street
jail, where aha still remains, waiting the sen
tence of the law.— Honton Journal.
Crinoline in Kbytne.
A lady with a crinoline was walking down
(he street—her feaihers fluttered in ihe air—
-1 her hoops stuck out a feet. She walked the
| earth as if she fell ol it no part, and proudly
I did she sail along for pride waa in her heart.
She did not see a curly dog which walked
close by her side, all save the bushy tail ol
which her crinoline did bide. His tail Ihe
dog wilb pleasure shook—it fluttered in the
wiud, and from the lady's crinoline stuck out
a foot behind. A crowd the tail soon did espy,
aa it waved to and fro. and like a ruddsrseem
ed to steer which way the maid should go.
The curly dog right pleasrd was he such
quarters be had got, and walked beside the
lady in a kind of doggish trot. Each step
the lady now did take, served to increase her
train, while those who followed in the wake
roared out with might and main. Some held
their sides and laughed so hard, and many
fairly cried, and many even stilt confess that
day they'd "like to died." But still the lady
sailed along, in crinoline and pride, unmind
ful of the crowd behind or dog close by her
side. But soon another dog espied the tail
which fluttered free—it so provoked his dog
gish ire he could uol let it be—but witb a
deep ferocious growl, for bttile straight he
weut, nod 'neath Ihe lady's crinoline both
dogs were quickly pent. They fought, 'tis
■aid, one hour or more, the lady nothing
knew, but with her bead erect sailed 011 and
did her way pursue. Some say the never
would have known al all about the tigbt, had
not one dog mistook and gave her "limb" an
awful bite. But since that day I've beard it
atid, the lady ne'er was eeatt upon the street
with ao much pride—iud seek a crinoline.
EWULAMD.— It is assumed by British statis
ticians, that the yearly consumption of to
bacco in Great Britain and Ireland aroounta
to 26,000 tons, about one half of which, it is
snpposed, is smuggled, owing to the exces
sive duties (upwards of 1000 per cent.) levied
on the ante's under the tariff system of lhal
kingdom. The quantity of cigars and snutf
imported does not exceed two o| three hun
dred weight per annum.
Trtlfti and Right God tad r Country.
Duelling iu Germany among the Mudcniv.
Speaking of Duels, let me mention that
ihey are the institution ol Jena. Duels, du
als, every day duela, and scarcely a student
who does not bear on hi* face one or more
tremendous soars, aa trophies of the conflicts
in which he has been engaged. Duelling,
at it is carried on here, ia, in my opinion, a
very foolish way of pasting tbe time. Asso
ciations are formed merely for the purpose ol
fighting, and every member it bound to fight
at l*u*t one duel. Intervals of intoxication at
beer drinking bouts are taken advantage of,
to insult each other, and any harmless, idle
word is considered sufficient provocation (or
e duel. The fights are in themselves harm
less, as a general thing although frequently a
blow ia received that disfigures, if it does not
raaitr. for life. A* I have already been pres
ent at these conflicts, perhaps you might
contidor a brief description of oue, interest
ing.
There ware three duals to be (ought in one
morning, end the hour of seven ha.l been ap
pointed as the time when the police would
be least likely to intetlere with the sport. A
friend who knew "the ropes" called to me
and we went together across the little river
Seal to the Gastliaus, in which is the room
where all these delicate affairs come oil.—
The house is just at the end of the bridge,
and the room is so situated that the guard,
who is always stationed at the window, can
see everybody who comes out of the Jena.
Duelling being very strictly forbidden by the
Uuiversity regulations, these precautions are
of courso necessary. As we entered the room,
the combatants were just pieparing for the
encounter. The apartment was filled with
students smoking their long stemmed pipes,
and seated on the benches ranged around tho
walls. Taking a eeut myself, 1 had an op
portunity of seeing the operation of dressing
for the fight, Tho legs and body arc covered
with a largo shield of padded buckskin.
The right arm is bound round with cloths
of different colors to a great thickness, the
throat is eocurely protected by a high padded
collar and the duelling caps have very wide
brims coining over their "yes, so that the
face and chest aro the only vulnerable parts
ol the body. It is indeed st the face and
head that the blows are aimed. The prepar
ations being completed, the umpire chosen
by the combatants called out, and tbey took
their respective places opposite to each other,
each attended by two seconds, one to support
the sword-arm during tho pauses and inter
vats of rem, wUivh oo'.t* tieqnsnt, and
, the other also armed and promoted with a
huge padded apron, to stay the fight the mo
ment his principal's sword is bent, or a foul
blow is struck. "Cross the swords !" cried
oue ol the seconds. "They are crossed,"
answered the other. "On then!" and at it
they went, hewing and hacking, and cutting
and slashing at each other's heads just be
cause, somo evenings previous, one of them
had expressed a distaste of the beer, which
the other was praising.
Fifteen minotes is the lime allowed for
each of these battles, but long before that
time was expired, one of tbe duellists had re
ceived seveial cuts, one on tbe ear, and two
quite large wounds on the lop of the head,
his antagonist's ewotd having cut entirely
through the duelling cap. At length he re
ceived another wound on the head, cutting
into the bone of oue of bis fingers. The bat
tle theu necessarily terminated. The wound
ed person with his face and body dripping
with blood, turned around faintly to his sec
onds, who undressed him snd handed liirn
over to a medical student, who shaved off
his hair, sewed up bis wounds and sent him
off rejoicing. In three or foor days time,
however, he was well again. Tbe other du
ellist had not received a scratch. Two more
duels were fought then, but they terminated
more happily, the time allotted to each hav
ing expired before any injuries were receiveJ.
Such is an imperfect description of the duel
ling, which, with walking, talking, smoking
and beer drinking is the chief occupation oi
tbe students in Jena. Of course you will un
derstand me to mean the wilder class of s:u-
dent* only, for I hive become acquainted
with uiany who deprecate the institution ol
duelling, and who dislike it, perhaps as much
as I do myself.— Tr'cElrath t Letters from Ger
many.
SECRET STABS.
There it nothing that more be:ray a base,
ungenerous apirit than the giving of secret
slabs to a man's reputation; lan poena and
satires, that are written witbwii and spirit are
like poisoned darts, which not cudy indict a
wound, but make it incurable. For ibis rea
son we are much troubled wber. we see the
talents of humor and ridicule in the possess
ion of an ill-natured man. Tbif cannot be
a greater gratification to a barbi-ooa and in
human wit, than to stir opsorr-w in thabean
ol a private person, to raise uneaines among
near relations, and to expose whole families
to derision, at the same time ;.-at he remains
unseen and undiscovered. It beside the ac
complishment of beit.g wii'y and ill-nslureJ.
a man is vicious in the haigaio, be is oce of
the most mischievous creatures that can ecter
a civil tociety. His satire will then chiefly
fall upon those who ought so be most exempt
from it. VHioe, merit, s.'d everything :ha<
is praiseworthy, wilt be made the subject ei
ridiealr and baffocmerv It impossible te
•numerate the evils eh>vb arts# from um
arrows that arise in the dark; ami we knew
of no other sxcaae that • or an ho made mi
than, than that the wounds they give are only
imaginary, and produce nothing Mae a
secret itwa or sorrow >n the mmd sf the
• Waring pemon
Reported for Ike "Star of Ike Hortk."
TOWNSHIP OIT'ICKHS.
We heve taken some pains to prepare for
our paper a correct and full list of the town
ship officers elected iu the several districts
ol this county on last Friday, which we pub
lish for the interest of our readers, ta follows:
BI.OOM TOWNSHIP.
ConstMei —B. F. Hnrtman, John Ludwig.
Supervisors-— Samuel Shaller, John Pursel,
Martin Rupert.
Overseer s—Bobert B. Arthur, J. H. Abbot.
School Directors —Dr. J. Ramsey, Welling
ton Hartman ; E. U. Reidleman 2 yre.
Attestor —John M, Chamberlin.
Auditor— L. B. Rupert,
fudge —Caleb Barton, jr.
luepectore— Ella* Mandenhall, Gordon U.
Gofi'.
MirruN TOWNSHIP.
Constable —Lewis Eckroat.
Supervisors— Phineat Smith, John Snyder,
Overseen— Elisha B. Brown, Stephen H,
Swank.
School Director —Stephen Wolf, Joo.Mieh
ael, John R. Yohe 2 yrs.
Assessor —Samuel Snyder.
Auditor— Duinel Montgomery.
Judge —Charles Woikheiser.
Inspectors— Lewis Creasy, Geo. A. Brown.
nOAIMMGCIIKKK TOWNSHIP.
Justice —Michael Frcderoff.
Constable —Robert Hampton.
Supervisors —l'eter Levan, David Strauser.
Overseers —Samuel llauk, Joseph Wittier.
School Directors —Joseph Hibbs, Michael
KuiderofT, Abruhum Mensoh 2 yra.
Assessor—Charles Dyer.
jluilitor —Charlei Dyer.
Judge—Abraham Beaber.
Inspectors —John Rang, Charles Levao.
OHANME TOWNSHIP.
Justice —George Richart.
Constable— Michael Keller
.Viipci virorj-Abrahatn Am wine, Moses Kv
eret.
Overseen— John Snyder, Peter P. Kline.
School Director— M. C. Vance.
Assessor— James Patterson.
Auditor— Wesley
Judge— Abner Welsh.
Inspectors— Augustus Everhart, David' E
(layman.
CATAWISSA TOWNSHIP.
Constable— Peter 0. Campbell.
Strpertusors-MalhiaaHarlman, Jacob Drum
heller.
Overseers —Koloman D. Rein hen, J no. Keif
er.
School Directors— Wm. Hartman, Jno. Scott.
Assessor —Milton H. Kerr.
Auditor— Levi Keiler.
Judge —Michael Brobst.
Inspectors— James L. McN'inch, Francis
Dean.
MAINE TWP.
Constable —lsaac Yetier.
Judge —Daniel Fisher.
Supervisors— Henry Baoman,Jno. M Nasi.
School Directors —Joseph Geiger, Solomon
Shaman, Michael Gruver.
Auditor —Andrew Andrews, Jacob Sha
man, Stcy John.
Overseers —Daniel Yetier, Harman G. C.
John.
Inspectors —Emanuel Gruver, Jno. L. Sha
man.
Assessor —David S. Brown.
PINE TWP.
Constable —John Young.
Overseers —Philip Swisher, Jos. Shoemaker.
Inspectors —lobti L. Whitmire, Henry Fans.
Supervisors— Henry Faus, John Coiner.
School Directors —John Young, Jacob Chris
tian.
Assessor —Enoch Fox.
Auditoi — James Masters.
Judge— George Wellirer.
MONTOUR TWP.
Judge—John Deiterich.
Inspectors —David Baylor. Isaae Mooser.
St/perriiors-Daniel Karscbner, Philip Focsc.
Overseers— James Bartcc, Jacob Arawiae.
ConsLtble —Peter Heimbach.
Assessor —Cadwaihler Roberts.
School Diiedors —Eh as Deiterich, George
Yost.
Auditor —John Deiterich.
BEATER TOWNSHIP.
Justices— Charles F Mans, Hecry Fry.
CtnstcUi— Charles B.Troy.
Supermsois —Daniel Siogley. Saaace. Coi.
Overseers —Jno. S.raiy. Micb'l Ri; teohcK.se
School Directors —Daniel Burner, George
Delroos. Chsr'es Michael.
Assessor— Edmund Schell.
Auditor —John Hoata.
Judge —Henry F. Mossier.
Inspector* —Joseph H NhcJJar, Washing - .or
Loogeuberger.
HIM rocs TOWNSHIP.
Justice —Jacob Hams.
CasMV —Daniel NeySanJ.
AyerrTßTs—lsaac Lenitr Essi Hartmae
Overset'. —George I- Sboeasaaer, Elijah
Some's.
/VaKti—Sa a-*l Rrcj e * Ssat
Gutoa, John G. Nevis Sy*.
JiMsrr—Joan H. Facts
Reebec Boaster.
Judge —JoOa Graver.
KfeGties— Amos B Harxaaa. Gecrge W.
Utk
.'ACasON T*P
Ceo stable—Jacob W. Beta
SaperwKve-Jcwfewa Savagac kwb K3*r
Aisnaw—Jaaae* V\ (MkM.
JaJt^a—Daawi Duaat-
Retool Ox i ansa Via. X. Mere, kna
Mma
AtdSMV—Jaaafxea
Overseer*—Janiaa Yucum, Abratiain Man
ning.
ORKEN WOOD TWP.
Conatabla—George Ksster.
Supervisors—Philip Reeoe, Franol* P.
Eve*.
Assessor—Daniel \V. Robin*.
Judge—Daniel L. Smith.
School Director'—Elia* Wertman, Hum
phrey Parker, Juhnaon 11. Ikeler 1 jr.
Inapactor*—Joshua Davie, Richard Ilea
oock.
| Auditors—Johnson H. Ikeler, Daniel K.
I Wartman, John K. Eves.
1 Overaeart —Thomas K. Evaa, David £v*e.
MADISON TWP,
Juelice—Andrew J. Thorna*.
Conatable—James Welliver.
Superviaora—Jas. Dildine, Valentine Wat
liver.
Judge—Gaeliam Riddle.
Assessor —Perry Christian.
Inspectors—l'arvin Fisher, D. P. Rosa.
•School Directors—-Meyer Wallivar, John
SIIDI Z, Neharaiah Wallivar,
Ovarsaara—John Swisher, Hugh MuCol
lurn.
Auditor—William Nawhart.
VNANEI.IN TWP.
Juaiice—Reuben Kniille.
Constable—A. S. Kniille.
Superviaora—Michael Mottaoh, Hiram J.
Reader.
Overseers—John G. Henlay, Peter Doll
matt.
School Directors— Moiea V. Shoemaker,
Benj. P. Former.
Judge—John Zigler.
Inspectors—A. S. Ktii'.tle, Ssmnal Yetter, jr.
Assessor—Aaron Lamberton.
Auditor—Aaron I.ambertott.
LOCUST tw v.
Constable—William Goodman.
Supervisors—Leonard Adtras, Peltr Bitner.
Assessor—Gera linwar.
Overseers—John Reinbold, Solomon Fat
lerman. *
Judge—Maberry Snyder.
Inspectors— Samuel Keller, John P. Wal
ler
School Directors—George Fetterman, jr.,
Lewis Lee.
Auditor —Wright Hughes.
| CEF-THE TWP.
| Constable—Charles H. Deitericb.
| School Directors— Thai. Conner, Samuel
' Hagenbuch.
i Supervisors.—Abraham Entwine, Henry
! Hess.
1 Assessor—Solomon Neybard.
Inspectors—Aaron Kelcbner, Cyrua Crev
i eling.
Overseers—Jacob Hess, Job.n E. Shaffer.
! Judge—Levi A Hutchiaon.
Auditor —f-evi Aikman.
MOUNTPLEASANT TWP.
, Constable—Malch ia Ruckel.
I Supervisors—Joseph Gilbert, Wot. Fair
i man.
J Judge— George Vance.
' Inspectors—Hiram Crouse, John C Jfor
den.
Assessor—Ar.drew Msiick.
I Overseers—Samuel Oman, Jacob Sbipman
School Director!— Philip Kmlef, George
Oman, Mathias Kindt, 2 yis.
j Auditor—Andrew Grouse.
Besroe TWP
ConMable—Stephen Kiefer
| Supervisor*—Tboma* Davia, El. Maodao
ball.
Overveer*—J*cob Weliirer, Abraa A
Kline.
School Direciors—Aaroo Smirb, Eli Slec
deobail.
Ae*:r— Peier Appiamaa.
j Aodiior—Jacob We hirer.
Jodge—Samcel R K.oe.
loepecore—Geo. Lacbaca Was. Yocax
ntmsGcattx rwp.
• Cocnabie—W. MeG... Woods.
, Soperrtpc*—Joan Joba Br ya'.
Overaeete—M A. Ataaeraaa, JcAa S.
S;ucker.
>' School Directors—Joe** Doy,G. D E-ie
! Assessor —J. C. Ksevar
AeJ.ior—J. k McCcr.aa.
J .J-*—M.rrae. Leaocj.
la*pc;o:!—War M stacker. 8. C. Parks.
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Cc-o*.-*b!e—Geofje Psi-isn.
Saparracrt—Aaixiie: \V. Fj* Gec-j*
Soc'.l
Ore-seer*—lsraelHslstetr. Jmsas W :mi-
Sc&ooi P.r*cior*— itrtt. Ht_*e-r., Jonisa
ffwir.
' Assess?- — W .-■**-
Atinx—F B- WiStbl.
imigr —Jacob rv.-k.
Isepectoca Arrtrm T„*a* W *a
Hiktd
. ncc-rr rwp.
CecsiaSe—K- 5. Pr-se
Mofti aora—Sis . Ms c*. T H*v
sar.
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NUMBER 11.
Western Land Speculations.
Mr. Greety, of lha Now York Tribnno, ie
on a lour 10 iho Weot, and giving hi* opin
ion* on mattai* ar.d thing*, in oao of hi*
lattara from lowa, da tad lowa City, February
3d, 1337, ha gives hi* views respecting tbo
rara for speculation, now going on. Thoy
may ba of inlaratl to *omo of onr read
•ra: —
"Almost every one here Who isn't getting
drunk la getting rich, or thinks he it. The
soil here has a.) often doubled in market
value, that almost eaery one who came ia
more then three yeers ego end bought lead,
now oouiue himself at laeit on the high
road of wealth. Many a quarter seotioa
which was bought for S2OO ainoe 1850, Is
now held at 5200 to 82,000 per lot—said lot
containing, pat baps, an aighth of an acre.—
Of course, this ie true only of a village and
embryo city property; but there ie vary much
urifenced, unbroken prairie, which never
had anything done upon it to enbauoe iu
value, now held el 810 to 830 par acre; while
timbered tracts range still higher—and the
harvests usually grown whenever the land
has baen fairly trokea end tilled, eeem to
justify ihess puces.
"Still, the picture lies it* shades Land
speculation, as a consequence of tbsee rapid
enhancements of pi ice, has become an ep
idemic, which attacks all and will yet ruin
thousande. The bubble will be swelled till
it bursts. A crsab ia Europe or on the sea
board—a failure of crops, of any great die
alter cautirg a contradiction of cradit and a
general collection of debts, may collapse it
any moment. There is many an operator,
who now count* hi* wealth by hundred* of
thousands, and confidently expects soon to
reckon it by milliuns, who will find himself
bankrupt before ten years roil around, unlove
I am much mistaken.
The more I see of land •peculation, what*
iti ranges are most general, the tois I like
it. llere men are eagerly grasping all the
land they can possibly purchase, paying ex
horbitinl usury, putting off needy creditors,
living crowded in wretched bu's, and lacing
their children grow up in ignorance, in or
der that they may clutch more land. I con
versed to day with a thrifty sensible farmer,
who came in 16 years ago, when there ware
not three settlers in this townaoip, and look
up a choice location, on which be baa lived
till a lew months ago, when he was obliged
to sell it and remove to the nearest village
in order to educate his children; monopoly
o! lands all aroond him in par. by coc-rwat
deota, having dapiivsd him r.i all ; Ptool
privileges. Another pioneer, who came out
15 years age, and has since acquired a prop
erty worth hi'een or twenty thousand dollars,
ts.<i compassionately to his poor O-o oer who
Lad just joined h.rn from New York—"lf
yon bad come out when I did, you might
by '.his time bare been ae well elf is f am."
'•Yes," replied the other, ü bat 1 weald yt
swop estates w.ih ;ou and nave my et~dxea
no better educated than yours are."
Per contra—we may add, that we have
received two or three papers from ne wees
—from lowa, g.riog inc.-antes t.na: great
oppcr.unn.es for tsves.cg money, lisil
upoa good seeurry, and assurances si DM
rapid :a >- tn the F.eai £*tate, fcc. We
shall cot ad .e The wen has (si i&-
dieemeots lor aa.-graboa, bat mere if sea
it-on ia another su'ter.
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