STAR OF Hffi WORTH. B. W. WEAVER, EDItOR. HtWMisbßnr, Werfwesday, May 1857. Democratic Nominations. FOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycomrng County. FOR CANAL COMMISSION KB, KIIHBOD STRICKLAND, of Chester County. HcMeaMtntt or the Mate Democratic loorentioa of 1857. In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Democratic State Committee ol l'enn sjlvatiia, the delegates to the State Conven tion of March 2d, 1857, are requested to as semble at the Capitol, atHarrisburg, ort Tues day, the 9th day of June, 1857, at 19 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of nominating candi -dates to complete the State Ticket, and Iran •acting all other businees pertaining to the •original authority of the Convention. CHARLES R. BUCKALEW, Chairman. J. N. HUTCHINSON, I • R. J. j Secietat its. IftUaT O.N LY I RIJG UCN. EX-SKNATOB FOOTK, who has been tor some time associated wilk tl. Kow. Nothings in California, has withdrawn from that organ ization and returned to his first love—the Democratic party. So says an exchange paper, and as such cases are numerous througli all parts of the country, the fact is no doubt as stated. Wo refer to the case only for the purpose of call ing attention to the danger which results from placing superficial men in positions of responsibility. We shall be glad to wel come back all the prodigals who left the simple but substantial fare of Democracy for the husks of Know-Nothingism—men of impulse and sentiment, rather than of judgment and reflection; like Wilmot and Foote:—men whose mercurial temperament and restless spirit cannot watt for the slow growth of nature to mature them, but must seek greatness by leaps These men are al ways on every question which arises, and fall into every new Ism. Foote was not content to be a Demoer.i lie United State Senator from Mississippi, and so expi ated his folly in California retirement, and now comes back a repentant prodigal.— Wilmot was always an uliraist, as much on questions of linance as of constitutional construction; and after he is ignominiously defeated in his wild chase for Governor he too will come back again to the Democrat ic fo'd. And when such men come in sincerity we will be glad to welcome them back and give them a good scat at the feast. But we warn our friends that such tnen ore not safe to be again trusted as leaders They have proved blind guides once, ot.d it w ill be our folly if we allow ourselves to be a second time betrayed. Men who turn with every new wind of opinion or clamor are getter ally active and officious in their party, and leave each one in turn beause they cannot find room enough to expand themselvo. We know how in 1816 men who aspired to eminetice proved erratic on the taritf, and how in 1848 the Taylor mania bo'o otf inatty more ; while a few poor country edi tors in the backwoods alone he'd out the people's banner to t'-e breeze. So too it was in the flood of 1854; and as one of the few who stood firm in those contests in this region, and fought the battle almost single handed and alone, wo feel aright to enter n protest against giving the control of the party to the men who in datk days were the first apostates. If such men return from an honest conviction of error they will not aspire to rule the party, and dictate who shall be its candidates. If they come back trom other less honorable motives we have nothing to gain from them, either of charac ter or of strength. Court Proceeding*. Caurt met last Monday in this place, pres ent Judges Woodward, Kline and Evans.— Isaac Dewittof Greenwood was appointed Foreman of the Grand Jury. An indictment against Moses Gaumer for larceny was found a true bill. The prisoner was put upon trial, but after some evidence was given by the Commonwealth, he with drew the plea of not guilty and plead guilty on the indictment. An indictment against William Whipple for horse stealing was found a true bill.— He was put upon trial, but all the evidence produced consisted of confessions made by the prisoner which were induced by hopes and persuasions, and were therefore inad missible. For want of otlior evidence he was discharged. The case of David Reinbold or. Aaron Wolf on the civil list was tried. It was a claim for work and labor in digging a The case of Jane M. Berniuger vs. W. A. Kline is now (Tuesday afternoon) on trial. 'i rial of McKira. The trial of McKim commenced at Holh daysburg before Judge Taylor the early part of last week. There eere some 40 witness es to be examined on the part of the Com monwealth, and 6or 6 for the defence. The woeten who accompanied McKim to Potts ville, were brought by an officer from that place, and a man named Bonner, originally subpoenaed for the defenee. was brought by an officer of Chester for the Commonwealth. The Doctor with whom Norcross studied in „ Dunlieth, ia also in attendance, aa well a* several witnesses from Dubuque. Koons and Wolf, the men who arrested McKim on the North Mountain, are preseat. On Mon t day McKim was brought into Couit, and swore oat an attachment for two of hi* wit nesses, residing in Chester. We pobliah to-day tbe new fee-bill for Justices and constable* wbicb has recei ved the Governor's signature and is now the law of the State. Ws bava on hand copies of it in naa( form for Justice* to put np in thair rffioe as ffie law directs. The bill raises tbe leee of the officers ebcut ib pet cant SCHOOL CONTENTION. In pursuance of the caJI and law the School Directors ol Columbia County met at the Court-house in Bloornsburg on Monday af ternoon and organized by electing BENJ. P. FORTNER, President, and A. C. MCHBCH, Secretory of the Convention. The townships were called over when the following direc- tors were found to be present: Benton —William Cote, N. P. Moore. Briarcreek —S. B. Bownan, Enos Adams. Beaver —Tilghman Rittenhouee, Charles Michael. Bloom —Dr. J. Ramsey, A. C. Menscli, Jo seph Sharpless, E. B. Beidulman, Welling ton Harlrnan, J. W. Ilendershot. Centre —James Kocher. Catawissa —Matthias Hartman.Wm. Ilart man,'Solomon Rein hard, I. S. Monroe, Jno. Scott. Fishingcretk —Thomas Lunger, George D. Kline, Henry Biltenbender. Fiankl'n —B. P. Fortner, Wellington Clay ton, William Menscli, Moses Howcr. Greenwood —Joseph E. Sands, Elias Wert man, Thos E. Eves, Aaron Reece, Humphry Parker. Hemlock —Reuben Bogart, John G. Nevins, ' Baltis Appleman. Jackson— ffm. E. Roberts. Locust —John Harner, John Yeager, jr., Geo. Fetterman, jr., Peter S. Hrlwig, Wright Hughes. Maine—A. Andrews, Joseph Geigcr, Geo. Sliuman. JHailison.— Neherniah Welliver, Joseph Masters. Montour —Josiah Roberts, Jacob Arwine, Lewis Roat. WJflin l'hincas Smith, John R. Yohe, Samuel Nuss. Mount pleasant— Orange— James Patterson. Pine— Roaringcreek —David R. Hower, Michael Fcrderoff. Scott —S. E. Fowler, Theodore McDowell, Peter Ent, Aaron Boon, Daniel Snyder. Sugnrtoaf—Veier Hess, David Lewis Dr. Ramsey offered the following resolu tion:—Resolved that a Coti'miileo of three be appointed to examine the candidates for County Superintendent, and that no person be vo.od for as such candidate without hav ing been examined. The resolution was adopted. A motion was subsequently made to reconsider the resolution, but was lost. The President ap pointed B. F. Eaton, R. \V. Weaver and Andrew Madison as tiro examining com mittee. Dr. It.imsay nominated Wellington H. Ent of Light Street, and Mr. Beidleman nomina ted William Burgess of Greenwood. Mr. Ent subsequently declined being a candidate.— The Convention then adjourned to Mr. Ea [ ton's School room on Third and Mr. | Burgess wa examined by the Committee in i the presence of the Convention. A vole xv.ts then taken, and he received : 43 votes —none being cast for aty other per - j son. The Convention ther. proceeded to fix the 1 ralary o( the Superintendent for the coming ' three years. Several sums learn St,ooo to' l f4OO were proposed, and it Was fiiiully fixed \ at S4OO year. The Convention then adjourned sine die.. SALE or THE HIAI.N I,INF. Even tiro Hnrrisburg Telegraph, an oppo si. oti jutper opposes the corrupt project of sell:: g or rather giving awav the Ma n Line I winch is now contemplated in the legisla- I litre, or,d especially that part of the project ] which proposes to squander the proceeds |ot tl e sale. The following is from its col umns: sunt,my and Frle Railroad Bill. Thi is a bill which proposes to pledge $3,000,000 (if the bonds received from tho sale of the Main Line, as collateral security for the redemption ol that much of a loan authorized to be made by that company, and to pledge the credit of the Sta e for the redemption of that much of the loan. We are the warm friends of the Stmbury and Erie Railroad, and would be rejoiced to see that improvement made, but we re gard this proposition as little less than mon strous, and calculated, if it becomes a law, to defeat every advantage which the State might gain from the sale of tlie Public Works. It is but transfering the schemes ot robbery and plunder from one theatre to another. It is well known that the contracts for making that road are in the hands of a few bold operators on public improvements, who will be the only party benefited by the passage of this bill. Ami when the money which is borrowed on the credit of the State is expended, and forty or fifty percent of it pocketed by the contractors, the Common wealth will either have to make new ad vances to finish it, or suffer an unfinished road to be sold, by which lime these very contractors will have enough of the State's money to purchase it. and leave the State to jm_ un ututuice. xne bill was defeated in the House this morning by a lie vote, but | we have no doubt wilt be brought up agtiin, j as these vultures are not so easily io be driv en from their prey. Sensible.—Tho \ationui Era, th* leading anti-slavery paper in the country, published at Washington, came out last weak u i.b a long article egairut ir.e coarse of the tree state party in Kansas, in refusing not to lake part in tbe election of delegates to the constrtu tuiional convention. The Era advrses the party to ' reconsider" their plan, and make immediate efforts to show their sireng-h at the polls. The Era gays that do lest oaths are required of voters, and every inhabitant can vote, and if the free stste men do not vote they will prejudice themselves in the eyes of! the people and be placed at a disadvintage , with tbe democratic party. tF" Mri. Anna Maria Veitargruber, wbo baa been confined in the jail of Sullivan 00., since October 1855, awaiting trial for lb# murder ol ber hatband, will be tried at .the May tens of Court. Satisfactory arrange ments could eol be effected by tbe Prosecut ing Attorney and Defence to carry jhe trial into another county. 'What Modesty'! An Abolition paper up in " Wilmot'* Dis trict," says: " DaviJ Wi!mot received the news of his nomination, sitting at home, in the micist of his family. Neither he nor his friends kept "open house" at Harris burg or elsewhere. — He did not find it necessary to attend as an outside delegate, even." What a retiring, modest, unambitious man Mr. Wilmot is! When the Convention that nominated him was in session, he was "sil ting quietly at home, in the midst of his fam ily," not thinking of such a thing as his se lection 1 Some men can't help having honors thrust upon them, no matter how much (hey I run from them or try to avoid tbem. He was | "sitting quietly at home, in the midst of h>s ! family." It is a downright shame to disturb I such a quietly inclined man, and force him to I be a candidate for Governor—especially when j there is not the least chance on earth for him to be elected. But the chronicler ot David's virtues might have added, that he has spent the last six months in pettifogging, pipe-lay ing, wire-pulling and such little modest trick ery to blindfold and humbug the Know Noth ings and get the same unlooked-for nomina ' lion ; and that by resorting to every kind of legerdemain, which he undeistands to a mod- | est extent, he had everything cut, laid up, and diied long ago, so that there wss no more need for him at Harrisburg during the Convention, than there wss for stone itl the city of Jetusalem at the building ol Solomon's temple. The most innocent look ing creature to be found isa fox, the morning after a visit to a farmyard; gnd of course Mr. Wilmot would be "sitting quietly at home in the midst ol his family." Modesty will in jure that man in some way yet. lie even had 100 much of it to resign his judgeship ' Inst fall before stumping the State for Fre mont, for fear he should trouble the people to elect another. Modest David Wilmot.— Lycoming Gazette. 1 he Poisoning (owe. The Cleveland Plaindealer, whose editor | lias recently returned from a visit of some weeks to Washington, in referring to the lute ; poisoning sickness in that city, and the con* I cuirent testimony of numerous physicians in i all parts of the country that the symptoms could only have been produced by poison, refets to the fact that the ma'atly originally broke out at Mr. Buchanan's first visit to the hotel; it ceased when he left lor Wheatland, and upon his return, after a fortnight's ab sence, became again more violent than ever. The President elect was warned by anony mous letters not to eat or drink in that house; and under the advice of friends, although he returned to the hotel from a feeling of regard for its worthy proprietors, he never broke bread or emptied a glass there, until he look up his residence in the Presidential Mansion. Occasional visitors who did not board litem, but used the bar, wore not afflicted, whi'e nearly all the occupants of the diuing toon) were more or less prostra'e.l. tloilis on Geography. In the schools of this county there has been much improvement within a few years in the introduction of a uniform series of books in reading and arithmetic. It is to be much de sired that this progress should go into other branches of study, fn Geograplipv Monleith's Manual has been generally introduced lor primary scholars, and has proved an excel lent work. There is none belter. Moms. B.rnes & Co., the publishers, have recently i -ned a new anil enlarged edi.ion of the work, but one which can still be used nlo.ig with the old edition until new books can be procured for the whole class. It contains quite as much geography es most scholars retain through life; and ut the conclusion has elementary chapters on astronomy and a little geometry, which are useful and entirely with in the comprehension of those who might use the book. For more advanced scholars the same pub liß.'iers have McNally's system of Geography which embraces maps and reading matter in one volume, and is yet comprehensive enough for any of our Upper Grade schools. There is no such uniloimiiy of books in advanced Geography as is desirable, and where it can be done the Directors would consult the true interest of the scholars by introducing this book. Morai. for the Young, by Emma Wil latd, a teacher of reputation, is another good little work Irom the same publishers. It is the best book of the kind where such i de sired. Orders for these books will be faith fully filled if addressed to A. S. Barnes & Co., No. 51 & 53 John Street, New York, or toJno. W. Pattou, Lancaster, Pa. Ticmeudons Blast of Fowder. Yesterday afternoon, Messrs. Fitch, Coolt, & Co. lelt rff the heaviest blast at Quarry ville, so said, that ever was left offi at (he Bolton mountains. In this case 1500 pounds of powder were let off. The mass of Rock up heaved was tweaty-five feet in depth, and twenty-five feet wide by fifty feel long. At least 3000 tons of rock were removed, 1000 tons being thrown from fifteen to one hund ted rods distant. One solid mass of rock, weighing at leat fifeen tons, was thrown a distance of thirty rods: fences in the vicinity were completely destroyed, and the tops of trees taken off as if done by an axe. The tops of apple trees in an orchard near by were taken completely off, presenting a desolate appearance. The public road which runs at the foot of the hill was completely filled; many of the larger rocks reqoiring to be blasted before they can be* removed. One mass which lay on the road, after being divided into four parts, conld with difficulty be removed by a six ox team. It generally requires, in opening a new quarry, an oatlay of soma f4,000 to remove the waste rock which lies over and above the paving stones. — Hartford Conrant. to" The bill to separate (be office of Su perintendent of Common Schools from (hat of Secretary of tbe Commonwealth has re ceived the Governor's signature, and has ap pointed Henry C. Hickok, Esq , to tbe former office. He is familiar with its da ties, and iht appointment is a good one. LETTER EROW PAITH. Dr. John R. Evsrhart, of Weatobeater, who is now sojourning in Pari*, writes a very pretty letter from the metropolis of civiliza tion. We Jtad it in the last Westchester Re publican. PARIS, March 30th, 2657. DESK B.— Bon voyage to the long and rainy winter, to eraekicg chimneys, oil-cloths ooi.ta and umbrellas! The buds and birds have come at last to fill the gardens of Paris with the fragrance and music of spring. The French are out like bees seeking for pleas ure, as these for honey. They saunter thro' the Jardin ties Plantes to throw ground run to the monkeys and feed the pigeons from their hands. They stroll around the fount ains of the Place de la Concorde—watch children fly patnieJ balloons in the green al leys of the Tuilleries; or launch baby boats amongst the wild fowls in the artificial lakes; or enjoy the puppet shows in the Champs Elysees, or the military manoeuvres of Zou aves in the Champs de Mars. They rambfe out amongst the shrubbery of Versailles; amongst the marble graves of Pere la Chaise, and through tha shady avsnues of Funtain bleau. They seem to forsake their homes to pursue their happiness in the atteets, discuss meals and everything but polities, in the Boulevards. Tbe Empire is not to be deba ted, tbe ear of the police, the tongue of the babbler and the birds of the air forbid it. With this cautious embargo on French lo | qu&city, Napoleon, once called "the little," . has worn his crown like a great monarch.— He has made his day the Augustan ege of France—made hie capital us magnificent as Csesar's—avenged the winter of Moscow by I the wiider of Sebastopol—and is about to en- I ter the Celestial Empire hand in hand with the Conquerors of the Nile. The Constable of Hanover square, hss be come the constable of Europe. The people who laughed at him in Strasburg, swear fealty to him at the Tuilleries. The Potentates who denied him a refuge, seek his friend ship. Trie forlorn stranger of New York makes princes of his Baltimore cousins. The heir of a banished dynasty, the last Napoleon has just finished the gorgeous tomb of the first, on the borders of the river, amongst the remnants of bis living gaurds, near some of hit buried Marshals, and inscribed oil it that, pathetic, patriotio dying aspiration of the ex ile, "1 desire that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine amongst the people I love so well." The Imperial Nephew has realized the wish of the Uncle. The destiny of the latter is lulfilled in the foiraer. History satisfies poetical justice. To day 1 .-aw again th royal infant in a carriage drawn by (our horses, surrounded by guards and lacqueys. Tl.e hope of France was modestly sucking his fingers, and hardly seemed to appreciate bis circumstances. Negroes are rather at a premium here, no prejudice exists against thetn, 'he color is popular. This illustrates the diversity ol tastes. The French ate fond of garlic and are never offended by the odor of it. They admire Washington more than Gen. Piece. Tney represent our Indians wilh lon* bean s. American bankers, Grsen & Co , have failed, to iho misfortune nl ><>•" f iheit country men here. Blessed are (he poor for they lost noining. Yours, JOHN. Uniting Indii and Europe Tklegraphical i.v.—The Porte Ins to ai: English company the right to ronsiuct a submarine telegraph between Constantinople anil Alex andria, 10 be continued thence to India, so thai the western coast of the Pacific will soon be in telegraphic corrniunication wiih Eng. land, thence by the Atlantic cable lo Ameri ca, and, at no distant day, to San Francisco. The imperial firman granted two years for the construction of the line from Constantin ople to Alexandra, aid four lor a line along the Red Sea, the southern coast of Arabia and intervening spncetill it reaches the Prov ince of Scitide, when it will connect with lines already established in British India, one of which extends lo Lombay on the Western coast, whilst another t avetses this great pen insula, from Kttrracht" lo Calcutta, and cros sing the Gulf of Bettgd, extends to Pegu, the great port of the Burnan empire, only two hundred leagues from the frontier of China. It is steted that both will be commenced im mediately, and tbe fir.-t completed within the present year, while lie second will not tarry long. The English Government beir.g so much interested in ttis enterprise by vast movements in Persia irui China, is giving it an earnest support, sivetal vessels having been sent to make sontdiiigs between Alex andria and Rhodes. tW The Legislaturt has done a heavy bu siness in the establishment ol new banks.— No less than nineteen bills have passed both Houses, authorizing an additional capital of 86,350,000. With the exception of a few, located where bank accommodations are ab solutely necessary acd are not to be had, the majority of theae charters have in store an abundance of evil for the people of this State. Without supplying at urgent necessity many of them, we have a ight lo believe, will give us a full supply of a'l the troubles and disas ters of which reckless and unrestricted bank ing is so productive. The following is the list of Bank Bills paserd, with tbe amount of capital of each Bank: Bank of Lewiebirg, capi'al, S200.000; Pii'Mon Bank, 800.0*0; Corn Exchange, Phil adelphia, 500,000; kittening Bank, 150 600; Oc.'orara, 150,000; Coatesrille. 150 oOO; -xl legbeny, City, 500,000; Commonwealth, Phil adelphia, 500,000; Doylestown, 150,000; Sha mokin, 150,000; Farmers and Drovers', Waynesburg, 100,000; Catasaqua, 400,000; Citizens-' Deposit Bank, Pittsburg, 500,000: Rsston Bank, 200,000; Anion Bank, Pbilada., 500,000; Central Bank, Hollidaysburg, 300,- 000; Pottatown, 200,000; Union Bank, Read ing, 300,000; York County Bar.k, 200,000. —Total, 86,350,000. The Governor or Utah. —Major Benja min McCnliongb, of Texas, has been ap pointed Governor of Utah, and the Union say* he will probably accept if. Brighatn Young would find Major McColloagh rather a tough subject to bring into epiriiual subjec tion The Norcross Mnider—lrial of UcKln. Tbe trial of D*id Stringer MoKim for (be murder of Samuel T. Norcroee, nedr Altoona, in January last, commenced at Hollidaye burg, the county down of Blair, on last Thurs day evening. The ueual difficulty in obtain ing a jury was experienced, ar.d it was not until Friday afternoon that the case was opened by the District Attorney. Tbe latter gave a history ol the case, which it is not necessary here to repeat, as most, if not all our readers are familiar with it. The facta in brief, are that Norcrosa started from Illi nois to return to his home in New England. He had several thousand dollars in hie pos session, and being in delicate health, he had aocepled lite proflered setvice of McKiru to attend to his watt's. The two got out of the ears at Altoona,and walked up the road together on the 16th of January. Soon after Norcrosa was fouixJ ly ing upon the railroad (rack, in a living con dition. His tnroat was cut and his skull was fractured by blowa with a club. Ttie mur dered man died without being able to speak. McKim fled, and his trunk came en to thia city, but he never appeared to claim it. Af ter the lapse of a considerable interval, the fugitive, was arrested at a desolate pluoe in the interior of the Stale. After the District Attorney had concluded bis opening remarks, the first witness, John Cal- Mini, wascaHrd. John Callahan sworn—l live in Logan township, two and a half miles above I Altoona; on tbe morning of the 16th of Janu l ary last, as 1 was going to work about seven o'clock, when I got into ihiscut, I saw a man in the ditch oil bis knees; he was on his (wo knees, wavering back and forward with his back to Altoona; before I reached him 1 tho'l it might be our watchman, when I gol close I found his cap off his head; it was a kind of skin cap; he waa uttering some words, but 1 do not know what he meant to say: I saw, as he was raising his head, the cut across his tlitoat; I passed but few retnaiks; it was a pretty large cut, pretty near clear around the throat; under his eor, about hia jaw there were cuts, but I do not know whether one or two; 1 did not remark which side of the head they were on; Mr. McKenna and hia men I informed of what I had seen, and my fore man and hia men came up; a locomotive came along, and we took the body to Altoo na, and a party of tie remained at the scene; one ol them found a razor and a club upon the ground; after the razor was found (hey wunted n.e to go to Alloana and take the ra zor; I did so, and gave it to some one; there was a travelling bag found also upon the ground ; it looked like a fiddle with a green cover on it; Ido not know what else was found. [The razor four.d by Norcross' body was shown witness, and be remarked hat it looked like the one he had seen ] The club, a stick about two inches in thickness and (our f>et in length, the witness also thought was the same. The carpet bag and fiddle bag, to the best of Ids opinion, lie thought the same; also a shawl that had been around Norcross. Cross-examined—No one wer.l with rne to Altoona with the rszor. It was between one uud two hours after I saw the body that the razor was found. I cannot say that that is the club. Thomas MrKernan sworn—l am the fore man of a gang of men on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; on the 16th of January last I got vvotd that a man was dead on the railroad; I called on my assistants to see to the place, and on my way I called upon Valentine Dil lon to go along ; wo found the man about two miles above Altoona : his throat was cut; it was a very large cut —nearly all around. I think it was on the chin, one over lite eye, and I think one on the right side of the face; his eye was broken in. When 1 first saw litis man he was trying to get on bis knees, but be either fell on his lace o; side, and thee turned, and kept turning and exening him self until we got him on the engine. Upon the ground in the neighborhood of the man I saw the laigest portion of a razor tcabbnrd, a black carpet sack, a green ba>ze violin bag and u club; about half an hour after this lime we found a razor about filly or sixty feet above where we found the body. [Witness was shown rszor, and, to the best of his be lief, thought it to be the same article. He also believed the oilier articles tobethesame that were found, including the club.] Nor cro<-s was put on an engine for Altoona; 1 recognize the vest [vest shown him] as hav ing been upon the person of the wounded mail. It was a very cold fteezing morning. There was blood on the rails forty or fiuy feel above the murdered man, it was frozen and had in it part of the wool of a red comforter, Ike this now before me. [Red scsrl ol Nor crosa shown him ] Cross-examined.—l brlieve all the articles before me to be tbe saone from their gener al appearance; I am sure it was blood I saw upon the rail; I picked up tbe club and ex amined it; put il back where it came from; I have not seen tbe articles since until ibis week; I recognize the vest by the color and the slufl: I recognize the razor by its color and the blood upon it. (Razor shown him.) I think it is still blood upon it. (Witness dercribed dress of Norcross.) The shawl was upon the man, across his breast, and clasped in from; his boots I never saw, un less I saw them on Norcross; Norcross I should judge to have been about five feel seven inches in height. Valentine Diller testified lo the finding of the body, its removal to AHona, and tbe blood found on various parts ol the track.— He identified all the articles except the coat His cross-examination elicited nothing wor thy of note. Moses Dooly, Esq., sworn—ls e Justice of the Pesce in Altoona; passing the Exchange Hotel, beard of the accident or murder; went in, and found the man lying upon the settee, nusble lo articulate; took two letter! from him, in order to ascertain who be was; aleo, a stiver watch, breast pin, and porte monnaie, containing a ten dollar gold piece, a gold dollar, and a one dollar bill on the Fox Lake Bank. Articles produced and identified. John M'Charters sworn—Keep# the Eagle Hotel in Pittsburgh; identified Fox Lake Bank bill as one he had given in change <o a man named Norcross in payment of hit bill. [Hotel register of the Eagle Hotel pro duced.] Norcrosa came lo my house on the 14ih, bad hit name registered, and, alao, as he aaid, that of bis friend, Daaid McKinney, of Philadelphia;-saw Nnieroaaand defendant in company frequently; when former paid the bill, saw a twenty dollar -gold piece in hia possession, and other money. Samuel M'Mastera, cleik of the Hotel, tea tided to first seeing Norcrosa and defendant at the hotel in the morning, after out from breakfast. That McKim leaned over the counter and and (did him, confiden tially, rhat he had great trouble with Nor cross; that he was subject to file, and at timet it would lake two or three men to hold him; that the night previous he, Norcross, had ' slipped out Of bed, and awoke him—the de ! fend ant—by attempting to beat his brains | out against the wall. Witness was further I informed by defendant that te was taking NorcrOFs from the West to his friends in the East, and that he had great trouble withhim, as he made every endeavor to commit sui cide white libormg under one of those fits. Jacob Shimbro, the ostler at the Eagle Ho tel, testified to taking the baggage from the Pennsylvania and Ohio baggage room in Al legheny! to the Pennsylvania depot in Pitts bu'gh, and to seeing the men at the depot in company. He does not recognize McKim, but remembers the tiunk. Joshua Cressod, sworn—On the I6th of January, I was baggage master on the ex press train on the Pennsylvania railroad; the the first place that I ran identify these two trunks is at Philadelphia, when they were not claimed; that was on January I6th,the train lelt Pittsburgh at 9J o'clock on the Istk; the checks on the trunks are placed on bag gage destined for Philadelphia; no owner ap peared for these trunks that night; the trunks being unclaimed, I delivered them into the charge of the Baggage Agewt, Philadelphia. T. E. Garret, sworn—l'was baggage agent of (lie Pennsylvania llnilroad at Philadelphia on January I6ilt inst ; I received the trunks from Mr. Cresvon, baggage master of the ex press train—(wittiqgs examined the trunks) -r-one of them is marked on the bottom, "D. McKim, Duntieth, Illinois;'" the trunks were unclaimed; another trunk of Norcross' was delivered by me to Mr. Poland, a relative of the deceased, on the 25ih of Januatv. On Saturday morning the trunk of Nor cross was to be opened and examiued The court then adjourned. Counterfeit Detection. Dye's Detector presents the following rules for the detection of counterfeit bills. To per sons of taste and judgment, they will be use ful. f.el every reader of the ''Star" cut them out and preserve them : Firs:— Examine the form and features ol all human figures upon the note. If the forms are graceful and features distinct, examine the drapery—see if the folds lay natural; and if the hair of the head should be obsetved. and see if the fine strands can be seen. Second—Examine the letteiinac,the lide of the Hank, or the round handwriting on the face of the note. On all genuine bills this work is done with great skill and perlectoess, and there has never been a counterfoil bat : was defective in lite lettering. Third—The impiint or engraver's name. ! By observing the great perfectnes of the dif- ' ferent company names—in the evenness and j shape of the fine leiteis—the counterfeiters never get the imprint perfect. Fourth—The shading in the background of i the vignette, or over or around the letters for ming the name of the bank—on a good bill I is even and perfect—on a counterfeit irtegu- ; lar and imperfect. Fifih— Examine well the figures on other parts of the note containing the denomination also the letters. Examine well the dye woik around the figures which stand for the denom ination, to see if it is of the same character ai that which forma the ornamental work surrounding it. Sixth—Never like a bill that is deficient in eny of the above points, and if your impres sion is bad when you first see it, you had better be careful how you become convinced to chacge your mind—whether your opinion is not altered as you become confused in looking into the texture uf the workmanship of the bill. ' Seventh—Examine the name of the State, name of the bank and name of the town in which the bank is located. If it has been al tered ftom a broken bank, tbedefecta can be plainly seen as the alteration will show that it has been stamped on. ARRIVAL UF THE AFRICA. ONE XVKKK LATER FROM EUROPE. New York, May I The Conrad Steamship Aftica arrived about 4 o'clock, this afternoon, with Liverpool dptes to the 18lli ult. The English papers announce thai Queen Victoria has gives birth lo another princess. The capital of the bank of France is about to be doubled. It ia reported that the F.mperor Napoleon will soon visit Algiers. There are continued rumors of Frenchcon spiracies. The steamship City of Baltimore arrived at Liverpool, on tfce 14th ult. FRANCE—The Republicans propose run ning Catnot, Cavaignac, and otoera, for the Legislature. The demand of Turkey oc Persia for res titution of territory has been referred fo France and England. The French Government has decided that the introduction into Algeria of Indian and Chinese field laborers shall be encouraged. The French Repulicana have determined to ascertain their strength at the approaching election by pulling up MM. Carnol, Cavaig nac, etc., as candidates for the Legislative Chamber. They intend propoaing them in Paris end in the Departments. ENGLAND. —The English and Persian treaty has not been conolnded. Ins rumored that the foot Powers, weari ed of the Neufchatel trifling, are about to impose term* on Prussia and Switzerland. It ia re-affirmed that France and England are meditating in the Spanish-Mexican quar rel' W The President ha* appointed Christo pher Carson, the " Kit Carson" of Fremont's expedition, Indian Agent for New Mexico OLD MR* 111 OLD TIHKS WODI'SN DCOtNMtACT. Modetn lustrry ie not favorable to long life In the patriarchal tfta, W translators of the ecripiure* are correct in (belt interpretations of the Mosaic measurement of "time, an an cient Hebrew was quite a yontb at fire -age •f a century or so, and could aearcsly be considered settled for life brfore he had reached his second centennial epoch. Now, however, a man is venerable at fifty, and althongh Old Parr saw bia 159 th birthday, and the oeurue occasionally brings a cente narian to light, seventy is nsnally the ex treme limit of human existence. The feet is,wreinodems eat too much, drink toe much, loaf too mncb, and work too little. We spoil our stomachs with over indulgence, and the result is impure blood, vitiated secretions, a disordered system, and premature deoay —• The root of half the fatel diseases of the raee is dyspepsia, a complaint nnknown, it te presumed, in the days of Moses and the pTophets, when turtle soup, terrapin stew, rich petes and champagne were uninvented. As these, and hundred* of other indigestible*, however, form an indispensable portion of the enrfe of the nineteenth century, and man nature or rather artificial appetite t7P invoke dyspepsia with all its kindred hor ror*, one of the great object* of medical science should be to provide acnte for them This we really rhink has tvwu accomplished by Holloway. H. r '" B seem almost to real ize rhe fabl the Elixir Vila. There can be no manner of doubt, (unless we choose to reject a mas* of testimony which would be deemed conclusive by any court and jury in Christendom) that they ere the most po tent and unfailing remedy the world has ever seen for indigestion, and all disorder* of the stomach, the liver and the bowels. We do not advise our readet* to tempt an attack of these maladies by neglecting the coudition of health; but it the mischief is done, we most earnestly recommend this famous laxa tive and stomachic—tor strange to sty, the PtHs combine the two qualities—as the speed iest, the safest, and the most infallible means of cure. In so doing we simply act upon our own convictions, founded on personal observation, as well as on volume* upon vol umes of unimpeachable vouchers Boston "TiaveUr." TIIE GOLD WORLD.—A new work just pub lished, entiled 'Remarkable Facie,"contain* the following statement : " Estimate the yard of gold at £2 000,000, which it is in tound numbers; and all the gold in the world might, if melteJ into ingots, be contained in a cellar twenty-four feel equals and sixteen feel It gh. All ihe boasted wealth ahead) obtained from California and Australia would go into an iron safe nine feet square and nine feet high—so small is the cube of yellow metal that basset populations on the march, and roused the whole woild to wonder. The contributions of the people, in the tima of David, for the sanctuary, exceeded £6,- 800,000. The immense treasure David ia said to have collected for Ihe sanctuary a mounted lo £889.000,000 sterling (Crilo says 798 millio is) —a sum greater than the Brit ish national debt The gold with which Sol omon overlaid the "most holy place," a room only thirty fuel square, amounted to more than thirty-eight millions sterling. ty The Commissioners of Cawrence Co., Pa., having subscribed $175,000 slock for railroad purposes, on ihe recommendation of the Grand Jury, ihe people ot Shenango, Perry end oilier townships have called meet ings, proiesling against any guarantee of Ihe in'eiesl on Ihe bonds of ihe Commissioners, and pledging themselves 10 "resist to the ut most, by all lawtul means, the payment of either interest or principle of said bonds, and 10 roniribuio funds to retain the services of suitable legal counsel, to test their legality or validity." The matter has kindled a great exci'ement. Pouiica IN THC PULPIT.—Ex-Senator Dick inson, of New York, in one of his orations, thus speaks of the effeot of introducing poli tics into the pulpit: "It has done more to demoralize the public mind than any other social evd, for it has planted death in the seat of life; it has done more to desecrate the csue of religion than the worst opinions of Paine—more to raise up an army of scoffers than the writings of Voltaire—more to man ufacture infidels than the seed sown in the revolution of France: and when all these in fluences shall have been exterminated or for gotten forever, the plague spot of political pulpits will rest upon society like a deadly incubus." A BORKR EXPELLED.—Sometime ago Spea ker Geiz of the House ot Representatives ex posed some corrupt attempt on tbe part of H. F. Mcßeynolds to extort money from some members, interested in the passage of a certain bill. A commitue was appointed to investigate Ihe matter, end last week Mr. Lonaker the chairman reported to expel Mr. Mcßeynolds from the bar of tbe House, which report waa adopted by the House— The person so expelled was in the winter of 18fS6 a correspondent of the Philadelphia Ptnnsylvanian, but for some reasons that pa par early last winter gave long public notice that be was no longer in soy way conceded with it. INTERESTING.— The census of (he United Steles shows that we base two millions and a half of farmers, one hundred thousand mer chants, sixty four thousand masons, and neat ly two hundred thousand carpenters. Wa have fourteen thousand bakers to bake out bread ; twenty-four thousand lawyers to set ua by the ear; forty thousand doctor* to "kilt or cure,'' and fifteen hcndrad editors to keep this motley mass in order by thepotent pow er of public opinion controlled and manufac tured through the press. THE "HOG CHOLERA" is prevailing to an alarming extent in Kentucky, Indiana, and in faet, all aloog the Ohio river. In two pens in Kentucky in less than a week some 400 hogs died, and we hear account* of smaller numbers in other sections. The hogs that thus die are converted into grease, and sold to the atsarine candle makers at about 9 eta. per lb. This it bringing hogs to I'ght:
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