*• W. WCARM, EDITOR.
Hioonmw—, WNmrt m Eg,m7~.
Democratic Nomination*.
Ad —WR •OOVTRROFC,
WILLIAM P. PACKER,
"V - of Lycoming County. .
- I . : roe CANAL COMMISSION to.
It I M ROD 8 T 111 CKLAIt D,
of C'fipster CottUty.
SALE OF* TIIB BAIN LIKE.
tn the degenerate days of Rome, rite de
praved soldiery fml p the Empire for sale
to the highest bidder. In oar day the ele
ments of corruption are oniy bokl enough to
propone thai we shall a*H the backbone of the
B*atc— lHNl ere shah cot out and sell to the
highest bidder the main arteries io the body
arnJ system of oar internal improvements.—
This is to be sold for 9150,000 in money,
which will all be appropriated before i
reaches the IreasDry. The bor.da which are
to form the balance of lire purchase money
will be given to the Sonbury & Erie Railroad
Company, or tcymne other of the spoilsmen's
corporations standing around with
greedy eyes and already licking their parch
ed jaws for any little fragments.
Next winter it will be found (e have been
cruel and unwise to sever the main trunk
from the ministering am) feeding litnbs of
the public works, and the cry will be "for
mercy's sake unite them." But the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will insist that
it haa fairly purchased every pound of flesh
in the Mnin body, and that the mountain
will not go to Mahommed, but Mahommed
may come to the mountain. The only rem
edy will be to give the iimba to the giant
who shall already have the bndy. So one
by one the different parts of the public works
will be sold or given away; and in ten years
the Siate will have neither a mile of public
improvements nor a dollar as the price o(
them. -s
The power ihst is strong enough to wrest
the mam body of them from the Slate will
be strong enough to procure discharge* of its
debts from subsequent legislatures. One of
these corporations easily procured a forgive
ness of its debts for twenty years; and it will
be much easier for one which shall hold the
Slate within the grip of its iron bands to ex
tort a total absolution from all debts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
present pays some 9200,000 a year as ton
nage tax to the Stale, and from this the bill
now in the House would relieve the Com
pany. For years the Company has mads
-efforts to have this tonnage tax law repealed;
and resorted to all the legerdemains of legis
lation to gain that point.
As to the modus operandi of " putting
through" such a bill as this for lbs sale of
the Main Line the following extract from a
HarrmboTg coww(u>nJant will glva oar read
ers some faint idea.
" Next week the borers of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad will return fully organized, end
ready to proceed'to work. They will be led
by Mr. Anderson, assisted by fust lieutenants
James Burns, John B. Beck, Tiros. J. Power,
nnd.Charles Frailey. To those who know
Harrisburg thoroughly, it will be at once said
that no more formidable engineer corps
could be organized in the State. If these
men cannot pass a bill, then its passage it
hopeless. They will begin operations at
once, if they have not already broke ground
to effect the passage of the bill fur the sale
of the Main Line."
The Colombia foamy Republican.
ft will be expected that we should notice
the advent of the new Republican paper un
der the charge of Dr. John, and yet we hard
ly know what to say, except tbtt the sun
rises as of yore and the water yet continues
to run down bill. It was natural that the lead-
Era of v ibe Kuow-Noihing & Republican par
ly should fesl the want of a newspaper organ
eince last fall, and Dr. John has been in
duced to try to fill that want. No doubt pol
iticians deal in rosy promises to him as to
extraordinary support, bat if he finds them
realized it will be the first instance of the
kind in the history of newspaper enterprise.
But we shall not be envious at all the favors
and honors he may receive from his party ;
and we will only ask that the Democracy
exert themselves as much to sustain the
"STAR" as the Opposition do foi their organ.
In dark and troubled times the "STAR" stood
alwsys true to its cause, and in several of the
hardest contests fought the battle of the peo
ple single handed and alone.
The Republican will blow and strike for
Wilmoi and Freedom; and will no doubt
come as near electing the Judge as its sup
porters did in electing Fremont last fall. As
■to how many negroes it will free that is for
Jhe future to prove.
TRYING TO ESCAPE.— One night last week a
young prisoner named Gamier oonoealed
himself in the jail yard when Shpnff Miller
looked up, tpd then commenced the attempt
to work his way through the outer wall of the
yard. He had only a fire shovel and a piece
of board which he bad taken from the bed
to aid him iu this purpose; but bad taken out
a sheet end torn it into a rope with, no doubt,
an effort to scale the wall. In the morning
be had only got about six inches into the
wall by his digging, and the Sheriff found
him shivering with cold from the went of bis
coat which he bid left in the jail.
BT We discover too late that some of the
paper on which this number is printed is
disgracefully brown. We regret this, and
the more so as the Catawisss Mill has for
eight years past famished us with a vary fair
article. We shall see tbst we get paper
hereafter wbioh ia white. Those of ouriead
era who an pre'ty well in arraara on subscrip
tion will hardly dare to eomplaia at one
brown papas ha eight year*. Console your
self that jSaper which la a Hula tinged ia bet
fir for the eye than rnch as is pore while. I
THE gCHOOL DIRECTOR*' CUfIVEK*.
, WOK. *
♦ i" jMM that the publiftAhonM know that
thd present SuperinteE*>ot df -Common
iehools doee not ask or desire a n-eleetion
that office. IlHhealth la the tmly reason
. _p#thia determination, foe th? association
and connection with the schools of the
county have been to him eatirely agreeable
and pleasant. True, it has not been a
souroe of profit; but in the present condi
tion of public education the duties of the
office must be filled foora as a labor of lovo'
than for money. No man who fcedks thd
position-for-profit is fit for U; and it will be
well for tho Directors of our. county to re
member this at the Convention next month.
We were repeatedly urged to have our sal
ary raised, but our answer always was that
we knew what the pay was when we took
the office, and knew too what its duties
were.
Jf the pay had been three times as large
we could net have served the cause any
better. It so happens that there are only
about two months and a half—from tho mid
dle of Deoember to the first of March—in
which school visitations can be made. Tako
out of these Saturdays and stormy days,
and there are not on art average over four
days in a. week which oan be given to this
out-door work. The wonder then is rather
that we visited as mauy as we did, than
that we did not visit more. The first year
we held the office five montlis and visited
| three fourths of tire schools. The second
year wo visited all but a few which wore
either closed or inaccessible by reason of
enow drifts when we were in the district.—
Last winter we did all we could, and visited
all except about 25 schools, notwithstanding
sickness from exposure, and the bad roads. 1
But the most benefit resulting from a su
pervision of the public schools is in the
work at home; where almost every day
sorao teacher, director or citizen comes for
information or with a bill of complaint, it
is in explaining the workings of the com
mon school system, in reconciling difficul
ties, and in preventing feuds and law-suits
that most good can be done. We found it
was r.ot enough for us to examine tho teach
ers who presented themselves, we wore
obliged in many cases to instruct them. We
rejected about a dozen each year, and would
have refused certificates to others if there
had been matorial with which to supply
their placos.
When we came into the office we found
that in several townships the provisions of
the commen school law had never been
complied with, and that the children had
been cheated out of an education. In Bea
ver the Directors wero removed, and in
jßoaringcreek were compelled to open the
schools, and we have the gratification of
seeing for the first time in the history of the
county that every township is acting under
the common school system when our offici
al connection with it closes.
When we came into the office we found
no concert of action between tho teachers
for their improvement in learning or in
teaching. We organized a Teachers' Asso
ciation which has held six sessions and
might benefit Teachers very much. But
we suggest that ihere ought to be more at
tention given by them to improvement in
the sciences and less to the exaction of high
wages. When true excellence shallbe once
attained that will command good pay. No
doubt tho fault lays very much with tho
directors for not discriminating between a
poor and a compelent teacher. For if a
good certificate was ouce paid well it
would become an object for which teachers
would try to prepare themselves. It is a
truth which may as well be told, for the
public ought to know it, — three fourths of the
teachers of this county are only apprentices.—
They have no doubt tho average mental ca
pacity of other young men and wo
men in ihe Stale, but they need much train
ing to be teachers. Most of them frankly
confess this to ns when they como to be
examined, and attribute it to their want of
proper instruction. But how will our schools
improve at this rate * Tho only remedy is
for Directors to insist upon qualifications in
the teachers, and to elect a Superintendent
who will be able by education and nerve
to examine teachers fully and fairly. When
ever it shall be once known that a poor
teacher will receive poor pay, and will not
be hired at all where a good one can be
procured, the Directors will not no longer
be troubled with this class of applicaiions.
Within the past three years the wages of
teachers has increased in most of the dis
tricts in this county;* and in some of them
more than tho standard of qualifications.—
But let these wages not bo reduced—re
quire only better teachers. The wages are
now such that teachers ought to prepare
themselves to earn ihem by organizing a
Teachers' Institute. An Institute of threo
or four Week would work wonders, and
would not cost much. The Teachers' As
sociation did much, but its members could
not be induced to make its session long
enough.
SNOW STORM.— It will be no news to in
form onr reader's of the enow-storm, bat it
may be well tochroniole for future relerenoe
that on the 19th and 20ih of April there fell
enow to the depth of a foot; end It would
have been two feet deep it had no: melted
eo fast; Travel iscloseu up for several days,
and the first news we expect will be ot floods.
Loox orrr POR THEM !—Recently some of
that elasa of loafers who are 100 lazy to work
and too pfoud to beg have been breaking
into some of our good burghers smuko-houses
for a living. Judge Rupert had all hie meat
stolen one night last week, and Dr. Ramsey
hod also some of hie taken.
Ma. E. P. LUTZ is receiving a new and
large lot of fresh drags end confectioneries
•t the old stand, where ha hat faithfully min
istered to the wants ef the pnblio for many
years to the entire satisfact ion of bis nomer
■„ oas customers.
' GF From present indications Judge Share
wood of Philadelphia will be nominated for
Supreme Judge from tho Eastern end of the
State.
if - Bale qf the Alaie Line-
A bill providing for"tsl objert was report
#d, on Wedeesday kl,ini Ihe Mfiose of Rep
resentatives, by the Committee df Way rand
Aleana, under e reeflutktt, piswti bye Isrge
majority, instructing the committee to pre
pare a bill for tta vefo M the Publio WArka.
Its leading provisions are contained ia the
following synopsis carefully made np by the
Harrisburg correspondent of the .L edges :
"ft provides that after it* pas
sage, f he. Governor shall advertise* notice in
'the Philadelphia, PtfUburjj, Washington,
Baltimore, Boston, New York and Harris
burg papers, that ibe Main Line will be of
fered for sale at the Merchant*' Exchange,
on a day to be designated Ky him, not more
than forty days after ihe parsage of this act.
Ahy person or persons, or railroad or canal
■company incorporated by the Stale, may be
come the pnrchaters, for any sum not less
than seven and a half millions of dollar*.—
If necessary, the Company purchasing may
increase their capital stock or borrow money
and issue their bonds to any amount not ex
ceeding 50 per centntr. above the amount of
the purchase money. In case individuals
purchase, the Governor is empowered to in
corporate them. No bid will be received
unless the bidder deposits in the bunds of the
Governor 9100,000 in cash or State bonds as
a forfeit. If the highest bidder fails to com
ply with the act, the Govoinor. may, if he
tilings proper, lender the Wsrks to the next
highest bidder. If tho Pennsylvania Railroad
Company become ihe purchasers, they are
required to pay 91,500,000 in addition. The
whole purchase money to be paid in five
per cent, bonds of the Company, payable
semi-annually; said bonds to be a lien upon
the Main Line; ten per cent, whereof shall
fall due on tho first of July, 1890, and the re
mainder in ten equal annual instalments
I thereafter. Upon the execution and delivery !
of said bonds the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the Harrisburg and Lancaster!
Railroad Company shall be released from {
the payment of the tonnage tax now irn- j
posed; the Pennsylvania Railroad Company I
also to be released from all other taxos im- j
posed by the Stale. The purchasers of the |
Main Line may purchase or lease the Har-'
risburg and Lancaster Railroad, or construct
a road fiom Harrisburg to any point on the
Columbia Road. They may extend the Co
lumbia road to the Delaware river, and alter
the route of the same. The purchasers are
required to keep the canal and railroad open
from Hollidaysburg to Philadelphia, and so
much of tbe Western Division as lies be
tween Blairsville and Pittsburg until the
Northwestern Railroad ehall be opened for
bnsiness from Blairsville to the Allegheny
River, and furnish motive power for the use
of transporters. Tho purchasers may lease
any portion of the Canal for a period often
years, subject (o the same conditions."
David Wllmotl
What They Thought of Htm in 1846 That
onr readers may know tbe political position
of David Wilmot in 1846, and what was
thought ol him then by those who have npw
nominated bim as their candidate for Gdv
erbor, ws publish tile folfowtngextracts from
the Harrisburg Telegraph, then edited by
Theo. Fenn, Esq.:
" It must be gratifying to every friend of
his country, and particularly to every whig,
to know that of the 114 votes which were
given in the House, lor the administration or
British free trade bin, ONE HUNDRED and
THIRTEEN were loco focos, and but ONE
whig, and he from the loco foco State of Al
abama.
Of NINETY-FIVE who nobly stood up for
the tariff against the free trade policy, SEV
ENTY-ONE were WHIGS, SIX NATIVE
AMERICANS and bot EIGHTEEN LOCO
FOCOS, eleven of whom were from Penn
sylvania, fonr from New Yotk, two from N.
Jersey, and one from Maryland. But ONE
British Free Trade Tory was found in all Penn
sylvania/ and that was WILMOT of Brail/brd.
the execrations of every honest friend of Penn
sylvania will fall upon and follow him until he
reaches that place "where the worm dieth not
and the fire is not quenched."
V-tr The name of Col. Wynkoop, in con
nection with the Governorship in Utah, is sug
gested.
The West Branch Canal. —Tbe break in this
canal above Milton, has been repaired and
the water let in on Wednesday last.
iv" Dr. Geo. W. Porter, son of Gov. Porter,
is appointed Post Master at Ilarrisbarg—a
selection very well received.
ur Andrew Hopkins, Esq., editor of the
Harrisburg Patriot and Union, has been ap
pointed Receiver of the Land Office in the
Nehama district, Nebraska Territory.
fc*~Chas. Fenno Hoffman, a literary gen
tleman of some note in past lime, is now an
inmate of the Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg.
IT" The Wilkesbarre Record says the time
for which Hon. Henry M. Fuller had gone
security for Wogonseller of the New Castle
Bank had expired before the failure, and
that therefore Mr. Fuller will not be ia any
way liable.
THE FIRM OP COMLY, GROVE & Co., of
Danville, is dissolved, tnd the basiners car
ried on by Fuller, Grove & Co. Hancock &
Foley have also dissolved partnership, Mr.
Hancock retaining the old stand.
THE TRAINS are running daily between
Williamsport and Sunbury. Tbey leave here
at 3 o'oloek, A. M, and 9.45, A. M. They
arrive at about 9, A. M., add 74 P. M. The
packet connection with the railroad, leaves
Northumberland at 74 in the evening.—Sun
fury Gazette.
No oo—The Daily News publishes the oard
of J. Alexander Simpson, one of tbe Dele
gates from that oily to the Stale Convention
which nominated Mr. Wilmot. Mr. Simp
son declares bis determination not to support
the nominee. He is an American, and in
favor of American policy, and is not alone
in his determination te oppose Wilpaot.
I*e Klecsftio England.
Ogr transatlantic eotsins, who wertlsWly
doafdylryereited in far Mention, faid who*
sympathies wttjto H tensely en§etcd in fa
ll Olf of Fremont, Blsdt liepablioaßism Md
" Frhedom," hare jt t pataed theiwgh ffce
ordeaL of an eleetion tiiemeelses. In gllu
ding to nay not be uninteresting
to cooaider for a motaent what an English
election Is, and .wfc-fatkl pt te in A. We
base had xg4pMMea raad to Wm rho
praaa of that century on lha blessings of Free
dom tnd. ptir lack of devotion to it,-that it
my. befell to look what sort of an example
this "free" and "freedom-loving" England
holda dp to us. Of course, Englishmen hare
no votoor voice in the election of their Chief
ExecaliU officers. The King or Queen, who
inherits tie crown, wielda he prerogatives, be
he or sfa wise or foolish, virtuous or de
baudhed Imbecile or able nothing abort oF
absolute iisanily can change the course of
this inheritance. The people appear to be
long to tp reigning family, (possessing, to
be snre,fertain reserved rights, &e.,) and ibe
power tdrule and govern them is transmitted
from onefecneration to another, precisely as
the title li landed estates or petsona! proper
ty. In tli selection of a co-ordinate branch
of the Lelislative power, they also have no
voice, and any new legislation or reform, i
which demand, are therefore only
attainable ot a body, fa the
selection 4>f wfrflflthey have no voice/and i
which is entfrgfy teybml their teach. As a
compensation for d\ 'his, however,the House (
of Commons is elective, aud here some op
portunity is afforddd for the public sentiment
of the country to mkke itself felt in the ad- ,
ministration of public affairs. The appor
j tionment of membetb is so arbitrary and
j equal, that there is lltle justice in it, as 60,- (
j 000 qualified voters it one locality may have i
: no greater representation in Parliament than
300 volera in another quarter. But the ex- j
clusivenesß of the Ohole system is at once ;
glaringly shown by the fact that only a little
more than half a rrlilion, out of the entire
population, is allowed to vote at all ! With
a population considerably greater than that I
of tho whole Wuited Stales, her number of vo
ters is but little ntore than that of Pennsylva- i
nia. English sympathies were wrought up
to the highest pilch, for the Fremont party,
which just now seems rather more Violently
exercised with tho terrible suffering of the
negroes in not beiog considered citizens, than
wiib any othsr suhjeot—yet this same philan
thropic, freedom-loving England refuses to
extend the tight of citizenship to more than
a mere faction of her own white inhabitants,
who ar6 of the same race, color and physi
cal attributes is the proudest of her aristoc
racy.
This is a true type of the negro philanthro
py. whether displayed in England or Ameri
ca. It acta on the same principle aa those
heathen nations who deified inferior animals
and rendered them most reverent homage,
while millions of fellow beings of their own
race, were left to pine in cruel bondage, and
remorseless tyranny. So England, with the
execmive portion of her government entirely
■
their heads, and with only 600,000 of her in
habitants allowed to participate at all/ and
that too, nnder pecaliarly unfair and utTjusl
circumstances, in the so-called popular branch
of her government, reads us long homilies
and wgepa over our creelty, because al
thougliwvery white male of the legal age can
exercise a direct influence in the choice of
our rulers of every grtde, we are not ready
to extend the privileges of oitizenship to, and
recognise as our equals, some three or four
millions of a different colo(k an offensive
odor, peouliar characteristics, and of an infe
rior raoe.
A noticeable feature in the late elections
in England, is the lamentable fact that the
noblest champions of freedom Great Britain
has, have been slr/ckeff down at the polls.—
Among others lesl eminent, Cobden is one
of the victim*. He is one of the few British
statesmen who have had the manliness and
courage to advocate the introduction into
Britian of some of the reforms which had
been successfully inaugurated here, and to
attempt something really practicable and
substantial, for the benefit and- freedom of
the masses of the British nation. Such an
offence conld not be forgiven. Re was a re
al, not a mock philanthropist. He studied
the welfare of the people, hot that of a few
selfish classes. He sought to imitate some
of the salutary examples which America had
given, and among other misdemeanors, his
persistent efforts had rescued from imminent
peril of starvation large bodies of his country
men, at the hazard of diminishing the profits
of monopolizing landholders, snd for alt this,
free England hat doomed him to defeat.
The British journal* announee that Lord
Palmerston kss achieved a brilliant victory
in the late"actions. The leading question at
issue was his Chinese policy, and this has
1 been rnstainef. The true reason of the em
' phatio endorsement of Lord Palmerston by
the British people on this question, is to be
' found in their admiration of the aggtessive
' foreign policy, which characterizes him. The
' accusations of aggressions which England
' heaps opou us are as hypocritical aa the nom
' il ins on freedom she trsata us to. Tho world
has never beheld a nation more aggressive in
its spirit than England is. There is scarcely
' a movement in the foreign policy of any na
' tion on the earth that ebe does no! aim to
1 influence, if not to control. She scans the
■ world from her little rock-ribbed isle, and
sends out her emissaries into every quarter
to gain a commanding influence over its ao
i lions, whatever her interest or her pride sug
i 'gests a point that it might be desirable for her
' to gain. The people of every continent are
t made 100 Ml hfcr"power. She is perpetually
i at war, and always away from her own
- shores. She aima at exaretsing a command
ing inflaenoe over the whole world. Lord
Palmerston is a fit representative of thia pol-
I icy, and therefore bo has been snstained,
- while the true champions of freedom have
i been overthrown.
I EARLY ENOUGH.—'The geollemon who de
t sire to be candidate* on the Lehigh County
i Democratic ticket next fall, are already an
nouncing their names in the papers.
Arrival of; the Ericsson.
By the arrival oMte steamer Ericsson, Lfa
erpool dates to tbo (Bth inst, have been re
ceived. /•> - f.Jj
ITbe eletpion for tnembers df parliament
baa resuitfajfa a trfamph lor Lord-Palme*
ton. v ™ _JBL -W*. JL. JH
Messrs. Gibson, Cobden,JLsyard and Bright
were defeated. The ci'y of London return*
Lord Euesell, Rothschild,Crawford and Duke.
Messrs. Gladsone and Roebuok are re-elect
ed.
T)U fajttdbn Herald maint.ins |bat the Con
servatives have lost only five seats.*
The net! increase of the revenue on the'
year just ended, aa compared Willi the previ
ous yar, is £9,625 000, *Dd the increase on
the quarter i* £116,074.
In the Customs, the increase on the year
arises on aorly every bead ol dtjly except
tea and coffee, on which there is s decrease
or postponement of revenue of £1,000,000,
principally owing to the anticipated reduction
of the duly in April. The quartet'* revenue
is mora especially affected by the same
cause.
Canton advices slate that all is quiet there.
Admiral Seymour was at Hong Kong await
ing reinforcements.
The trisl oi Allum, the poisoniag baker,
resulted in his acquittal.
A telegraphic message to Bombay, says
that the Emperbr of China has ordered Veb
to oonciude a peace on any terms.
Tea and silks had further advanced at Liv
erpool, . .
Disturbances bata taken place at Pegu
They are unimportant, but tbey led to a skir
mish with the troops.
Paris advices mention the suspension oi
Messrs. Green & Co., tho American bankers
of that city. The cause of this failure is at
tributed to the imprudent advances made on
French merchandize despatched to Nicara
gua and other Central or South American
Slates.
Connecticut Election.
We can well afford to rejoiceover the Elec
tion in Connecticut, for the staunch Democ
racy have achieved a splendid victory in tne
eloction of two out of the four members of
Congress, and reducing the seven or eight
thousand majority given to Fremont, leaving
that parly to succeed now by, barely 500 ma
jority.
The Democratic gains in various parts of
| the Stato are immense, but New Haven we
believe bears the palm in this respect. The
Democratio Congressmen jn that District is
elected by 550 majority, a gain from last fail
of more than 2500 !
PASS-MORE WILLIAMSON CASE.—The action
for damages brought against Judge John K.
Kane in the Court of Common Pleas of Dela
ware County, was some time since argued
upon Demuirer. To the Declaration chim
ing damages Judge Kane put in five special
pieas setting forth his office, the proceedings
which occurreJ end justifying his entire con
duct. The Plaintiff replied de injuria to these
pleas, that the Defendant had committed the
acta of his own will, and without cause.
. Tfc- juage s cannaei j . P . o i.ii y to
the replication on three pleas, and joined is
sue in twb of them. The argument on de
murrer was held in December. Yesterday
Judge Hayneg gave notice that he decided
against Judge Kane, so that the replication*
stands, and the case will go to trial on the
general issue, and will be tried some lime
during the present summer.
SEVENTY THOUSAND LIVES LOST.—It is es
timated that in the bombardment of Canton,
by the English fleet, which began the 28th
of October last, seventy thousand lives—of
men, women aDd cmldren of ages—have
been sacrificed, %nd property to the amount
of over ten millions, destroyed. With all
this loss of life and property, there is no
succumbing on the part of the Celestials,
who manifest a stubborn bitterness of feel
ing toward anything that has the appearance
of reconciliation.
LAYIHU THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—Prof. Morse,
the inventor of the msgnetio telegraph sys
tem, intends accompanying the party on
board the Niagara, who are to assist in lay
ing the telegraph cable. Two Russian officers
have permission of our government to go
out in the steamer. Russiaseems to be wide
awake to all the recent discoveries and im
provements in physical science, and will be
ready, when occasion calls for it, at no dis
tant day, to lend her aid to help to enoircle
the world with a telegraphic girdle.
To Poetmnslers—lmportant Notice -It should
be remembered by Postmaslers that for the
protection of newspaper publishers, a law
was passed not long einco requiring them to
notify editors oi $y papers uncalled for,
within five weeks thereafter, a. be beta ..
sponsible themselves; now that many chan
ges have been made postmasters will please
notify us of the subscriber's removal; thereby
saving to us much loss and affording as an
opportunity of mailing onr papers correctly.
.—'
OP Psrhsps a dozen Knew Nothing pa
pers in the Bute refuse to support Wilmot,
and almost the entire party in Philadelphia
repudiate him. The Bedford Gazette names
several prominent men of the opposition in
that couniy who refuse to support him.—
Here his nomination has fallen dead upon
the party, and as yet but few otheia than ultra
republicans avow t determination to support
him. The republican leaders look despair
ing. Packer ought to beat Wilmot (rom fifty
to a hundred thousand in tbo Slate.
The Montour Iron Worts.—'The amount of
perfect finished rails made at these works
during tho month of March wa 11,750
weighing about 2325 tons. At that rate the
yield for the year would be nearly 28,000
tons, enough to lay a I rack of 280 uiiea of
railroad.
UNDER the new administration there will
be but one special Mail Agent in Pennsyl
vania aod that has been given to Mr. Moore
at present a clerk in the Poet Office Depart
ment.
THE WIDOW of Ex-President POLK i* about
to take up her residence at Washington city-
HH*BSBSHHSSHSB#BBeB*ei
" Marry!** <• Fan."
ioakano* of lb* fatly of '3kryi4j
ft in fan" is just now exciting the goad, peopS
of Fonda. Il teems UhXl a banking officer in
N ibdt fotrn metiat ■ bad a joung lady fros*
this neighborhood, who wax vofy good rook
teg. |*igbrty>and attractive WMl# wahst
I ing with bar, be proposed in jrtt tbat they
i ebon Id be married. The lady accepted His
■ proposition, and tbey adjourned to a side
• room, where a person present w4s called up
on to perform the ceremony, *M ha did, to
- the infinite amusement of wllmpMmed.
Tha gentleman thouglit no more oFthe mat
ter nniit the breaking op of (he WIT/Ofse
' the fair partner ctlledon bim to conduct her
to his residence, ffa demurred, and thought
she bad better go ta bar own residence. Bhe
said that the home of ber husband was her
home, "whither thou goest, I will follow
thee." He didn't hardly anderatand that she
was hia wifis. She "insisted upon her mrrliaf
right*, amVclaimed that as the ceremony had
been performed by a Justice of the Peaee; it
was a perfectly fair and legal transaction.'-
The gentleman inquired into matters ; found
that her positions were correct, and that he
wae in a bad bo*. He is uow endeavoring
to ignore hie wife and bank out of the bar
gain, with little prospect of success, however.
The ltdy has before bees married, and was,
it is understood, divorced from her former
hnnbsnd, but under such oircomslances as
admitted of her marrying again.—Lancaster
EXarntntr.
CW At as election held in the borongh of
Berwick, on Saturday last, for borongh offi
cers, the following gentlemen wereeleoted:
Ckitf Bur gets —John McAnall.
Assistant Burgess —T, W. Boone.
Justice of the Pence— George W. Slyer.
Borough Constable.— Freas Fowler.
High Constable —Hutohina Vanetla.
Town Couucil— Frederick Nicely, John J.
McHenry, Henry C. Freas, Isaiah Bower, W.
J. Knorr.
Oi.c 801 l was brought before the Superior
Court of New York on Saturday last, on an
affidavit, which set (orlh that he had in his
possession violins and jewels which be re
fused to apply to a satisfaction of a certain
judgement. Ole Bull admitted on hia exam
ination that be had in his possession three
violins worth three thousaml dollars I In the
bow of one there was a diamond worth a
very large amount.
OPIUM.—The imports of opium into the U.
S. last year amounted to 167,814 pounds;
value £185,486. No perseveiingtaUeropt hag
been made in thia country to cultivate the
poppy for Ibe purpose ol manufacturing
opium from it. Tbe plant is a delicate one,
aud wages here are 100 high to enable Amer
ican opium to corneal a market with the In
dian and European article.
w The conatroction of the towers for the
suspension bridge over the Cincin
nati, is progressing. The towers are 86 by
32 feet at the base, will be 230 feel bigb, and
1006 feel apart. The cables will be anchored
30$. fuel back on each aide of the river, pass
over the tops ol the lowers and thus be made
to sustain the weight of the bridge. Tbe en
tire span will be 1606 feet.
, tP* A coal-burning locomotive in Illinois
recently ran 234 miles, saved 522 to in cost
of fuel by burning coal instead of wood. Tbe
coal need in Illinois is the bitnmioons, which
is abundant; but wood is every year becom
ing dearer, so that the nse of the former ar
ticle has become almost dispensable to loco
motion.
A Hovel Sunday School. —ln lowa City, a
large population having recently sprang up
in the vicinity of the Railroad Depot, a Sun
day School, which ia attended by about fifty
children, is held every Sabbath in a Railroad
car at that place.
Fall of a lower. —The Chineae Herald eon
firms the report, tbat the famed porcelain
tower at Nankin was destroyed in November
during a bloody massacre of some 5,000 to
8,000 Imperial troops by the insurgents, who
had gained possession ol tbe city by treason-
The Phccnix Iron Company mtnnfaelnred
last week, at thair works in Pboenixville,
Chester county, seven hundred and thirty
two tone of railroad iron—or upward* of 120
tons per day.
Important to Those Who Like If.—Over one
hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars'
worth of brandy was brought to Philadelphia
last week, and warehoused. *
EF A lady passenger on tbe " Common
wealth," from Norwich to New York, recent
ly, bad a narrow escape from drowning, and
wofl nnly savflt l hy hr hnnpa 4
tSF A cargo of ivory was recently brought
to Salem, Mass., from Zanzibar, Africa worth
$90,000. A large portion of the ivory im
ported into this country is bronght to Salem.
Santa Anna.—This extraordinary man is
said 10 be in constant communication with
his friends in Mexico, with a view to bis re
turn t some opportune moment.
CF* We are pleased to learn that John G.
Freeze, Esq., has been appointed Postmaster
at Towands, where he has tskeen up his
residence as the editor of tbe Time*.
or We learn that on tbe South aide oftke
river the snow ia two feat deep.
DISSOLUTION.
rjTHF, partnership heretofore existing be
-1 twaen Wm. McKelvy & Wm. Neat, on
' der tba firm of W.-n. McKelvy & Co., in tbe
i mannlacture of Paper at Catawissa Mills,
, was dissolved by mutual oonsent on tbe lit
day cf April, 1857.
' The business of the late firm will be set
tled by C. W. McKelvy & Co., at Catawissa
Mills. WM. McKELVY & CO.
The undersigned having purchased the in
terest ol the late firm of Was. McKelvy ti
' Co., at Catawissa Mills, will ooolinue the
' manufacture of Paper and purchase Rags as
heretofore.
C. W, McKELVY & CO.
I C .W. MCKclvt.
. J. S. MCNinch. [April 17, 1857-3t.
"■•■■WHOrtWlOPi
Nottoway's Puis and Ointment Monifica
, 1 JPT |n Wl *ys7''*#Tevented, by It)* timely
P Oik linen i, amfTockjaw baa
Kj ""0.-h"* l kr|h lo sopervene in any case
# sfff mal inlay Where it was used as a
dresrrfkg. ftsldhlir.g properties are prover
'. bialSfl all parfhjtf the world, and il is used
r >n agJhn greaMfergical institutions of Cooti
t nenfal Europe, is Ibe only reliable and un
. failing specino lot 'wounds, nleers, dropsical
•waitings, cancer, tumors and eruptive mjda-.
diet, The pills are prescribed by em ioent
I medical prsetilroeert ax tbe.wiosieffioSciouv
. remedy for indigestion, liver complaint and
, disorder* of the bowel*.
" Woodland tyßExfli'V-wf Pomade far
; n e ' fue 4
i superior to attf French article Imported, and
r f" r . ,h * ">••. fov jheseiat Lad,*. Hair
it has no equ*l, givfng it a bright glowy ap
-1 pearance. It canses Gentlemen's HiirTo :
' curl in the wroat naturkd Ynanner! It remove*
r dandrtrff, always giving the hair thMppeae
, arica of being fre*h shampooed. Price only
fifty cents. None genoiae unless signed
, KRTRHJGE IC CO.,
' Proprietors of the
i " Balm of aekmaand Flowers:'
t Fov sale by ail Broggist*. New York.
I On lite 9tb tnst., by Rev. Wm. Goodrich,
. Mr. Hiram Palmek, of Bloomsburg, and Mia*
Aoalisc Tsttlc, of New Cohimbia, Montour
county.
At Willow Grove, on the sth lust., by Jesse
Hiehs, Esq., Mr. Hcwav A. Dbittrich, and
Miss Taman Evans, both of Briarereek town
ship, Col. county.
In Philadelphia on the lith' ult., by" Rev.
Pn Mr. 1?. O. Jaceson, Jr.,
and ivnsx AwirrgtW.-fanrw^4Bl.('-A.T r( .i.'
In Light Sir*el, on the Rth inst., of con
sumption. Mr*. Emcumx Kbllxx, aged 25
years and 5 months.
In Catawissa, on the IBlh of Msrah last.,
Mrs. Margaret Ann, wife of Amos Fabring'-
er, aged about 37 years.
Eagle Foundry, lllooimburg
STOVEB AND TINWARE.
THE subscriber having erected a large new
brick Foundry snil Machine Shop, iu place
of the old one, is prepared to make all kinds
of
CASTINGS AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
Plows constantly on html. The subscriber
has removed hi* Tin Shop from Main
Street to the Foondry Lot, where he has
erected a building altogether for Stoves and
Tinware.
The Cooking Stnves consist of the WM.
PENN COOK, RAUB COOK, VAN
|§|jLIER COOK, and PARLORSTOVES
a " kinds, the Egg Cylinder S>ove,
&c.
All kinds of Spooling made to order.
JOSEPH SHARPLESS.
Bloomsburg, April 16, 1857.
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