STARJ)F THE NORTH?
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
lilooinshurgy \f(dneJune 3, 157.
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Democratic Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM F. PAfKEII)
of Lycoming County.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
N 1 ill It 0 D 8 Tit 1 I K L AM),
of Chester County.
UTAH AM) THE MUItWONS.
It is very evident thai since Kansos proves
barren in political capital the enemies of De
mocracy are looking toward Utah for a new
source of agitation. But so long as it shall
stand upon Ihe records of the republic that
Millard Fillmore signed the bill erecting
Ulah into a territorial government without
any prohibition of polygamy, and that Clay
and Webster voted for that bill, we think
the mischief-makers had better keep pretty
quiet. Some poor fools try lo abuse tho
Democratic party because Brigham Young
is Governor of Utah. Let them remember
that Milliard Fillmore first appointed him
Governor of the territory, and continued him
in that position during his whole adminis
tration; although it was well known years
before, while the Mormons yet lived in Illi
nois, that these people were polygamists;
and their conduct was such a daily violation
of the laws that tho citizens of Illinois could ;
not live wilh them. In 1855, when Ihe I'res- i
ideniial nominations became topics of con
versation in Utah, Brigham Young said to j
Chief Justice Kinney, in the presence of In- 1
dian Agent Hurl and United States Attorney
Dolman that "if Mr. Ftllmore is renominated '
for Piesident, 1 will send a hundred elders to j
the States lo electioneer for him." This ought
to settle the Know-Nothing wing of the Op
position.
But we have a word for Ihe Republican
parly. You trample upon the law of the
land in the Dred Scott case, and even upon
the Constitution of the republic when your
Massachusetts Legislature passes a person
ally liberty bill, and your co-adjulora in Bos
ton attempt to rescue the fugitive slave Burns,
pven shooting a United States officer in that
attempt- Surely you ought not to complain
if the Father of Deseret transgresses also.—
He is no doubt wrong, but we can sea no
difference between his offeuca and yours.—
He disobeys one Jaw—you tample on an
other.
True, you justify by saying you liavo an!
instinct which to you is a "higher law" than j
statutes or courts, lint Brigham Voung also |
follows his instincts, which instead of indue- j
mg him to shoot a United Stales Marshall .
tempt htm to indulge his Inst in a harem.— |
Ilia passions are evidontly of a somewhat 1
different kind from yours, but we can see j
no good reason wby lie bus less tight than
you to loliow them in defiance of law. lie |
pleads the example ot Solomon ana tne pa
triarchs, and his iusliticis. as a "higher law" I
just as you plead about your iusliticis against
the fugitive slavo law. Vou refuse to respect
die law of the Dred Scolt case—he refuses to
obey the law prohibiting polygamy. We are
unable to see tbe differance in your trans
gressions; and it does not become people
who live in glass bouses to throw stones.
We are willing to see lirigham Young ex
communicated, for we think he and his dis
ciples are old offenders. But on the same
principle we insist that Seward and his party
shall be gored by the same bull, aud sball
go over the Styx in the same boat.
Yligiuiti Flection.
The Virginia State elections were held last
week, and resulted in a complete victory for
the Democrats. Members of Congres and
of tbe State Legislature were elected, and
among the former we ure plonsed to find
Hon. Win. Smith who did yeoman service
last full in this county for the cause of the
people. He will bo an able member, onjoy
ir.g the intelligence and experience requisite
for that position; and such a general knowl
edge ol public men and public questions as
will make him an honor to his district aud a
uselul member to the whole republic.
Appointments.
John J. McHenry has been appointed l'ost
master at Berwick in this county in the place
of Rev. I. Bahl resigned. The appointment
is a fit one, and will prove entirely satislac
tory to the community interested.
Mr. J. Klinetob has been appointed Post
master at Fouitdryville.
Mrs. Dewitt, the widow of the late Post
master at Light Street, has been appointed in
bis place.
The Liquor Business.
In this county there are the following es
tablishments engaged in the sale of liquor:
32 taverns paying $25 license, SBOO 00
3 do do S3O do 150 00
0 stores paying SSO license, 300 00
8 beer-houses, 525 do 200 00
3 distilleries paying SSO license, 150 00
1 brewery, 50 00
Total revenue, $1650 00
DROWSED— This (Tuesday) morning a
young man, Thomas Ale, living in Mount
pleasant township with his brother Samuel
Ale, was drowned in Fishingereck near the
dam of the Bloomsburg Railroad Iron Co.—
He had been in a boat with two other men,
who escaped from it when they found it
would go over the dam. Being unable to
awim he was carried ovei the dam and
drowned. The people are now engaged in
searching for bis body.
FOUND DEAD —ON the 22d ULT, James Can
non, commonly called "Scotty," was found
dead in the hern of Sebastian Seybert, in
Salem, Lotte county. For a day or tvo
previous &o bed boon afflicted with dtitnum
tremptt
West lirancb Insurance Company.
Every new corporal ion, like every new po
litical parly, proteoses lo be Iree from all the
faults and imperfections of the old establish
ments, but generally proves a greater trans
gressor than any of them have been. So at
least it seems the West Uracil Insurance
Company proves. There were some objec
tionable things about the old Lycoming Com
pany, and this new institution was to do bu
siness (air and square. But in less than a
year from the lime thai insurances were made
in this vicinity, a higher assessment is culled
for than ever the Lycoming Company laid.
We find in the Hawick Gazette a card from
j B. F. Foulke, who has been acting agent for
j the new Company, and who seems indisposed
Ito whitewash their performance. Ho says:
) "In justice io those whom I have insured
j in the ll'est Branch Insurance Company, at
| Lock Haven, and in justice lo myself, I
| would say, that any representations made to
! them, so inducing them to become members
j of that Company, were made in on honest
belief of their correcniess. Wlben I took the
agency, I had the explicit and determined
j avowal of the General Agent that 'here would
j he no assessments for at least three years lo
j come—that there was a surplus of money or.
I hand—and that, in case there should be any
j assessments, the Company were restricted to
I three per cent, on the premium note, in their
} charter. I had not then, nor during the time
I acied as agent, .nade it my business, as I
should have done, to make the necessary
inquiries in regard lo the correctness of these
statements, thinking the General Agent could 1
have no advantage, and the Company gain
j no enviable reputation by deceiving those
| whom they sought t insure.
A few days since, these illusions were dis
pelled. Instead of a three per cent, assess
ment, it is Jive per cent. 011 the premium notes
in force before the 10th of May inst. And,
in looking at their charter, 1 find that there is
co restriction by law, but that they can lay |
an assessment to any amount—cot exceeding
the premium note itself. Section XV ol their
By-Laws, compels the "Secretary lo give
notice of loss, by publication, in ono of the
newspapers of Clinton county, said notice
must be given two weeks successively, the
lust publication of which shall not be less
than two weeks prior to the lime fixed for the
payment of said assessment, and the Directors
may give notice of assessment in such other
ways as they may deem proper." Now,
whether this notice has been given or not, I
am unable 10 say, but I do say every man
whom I insured has a right to know, and
should know lor what ho is paying an enormous
assessment. If ihe Company have actually
sustained heavy losses—of which there is no
evidence with me, and 1 have written lo Hun.
J. J. Poaree making inquiry (or each loss, to
which 1 received no answer—the members
are bound, and I presume willing to meet this
assessment promptly. And if no evidence ol
loss is furnished them, 1 eoution them not to
pay the assessment, as there is no law lo
compel their doing so. They have a right
to know for what they ure paying their money.
I have been deceived,and through me those
whom 1 have insured, and I have taken this
method of saying how far 1 am to bUme in
making the rep'esentations I did. I have
never made it a practice lo lie for myself in
j any transaction—much less will I do so
I knowingly for a Corporation, and therefore
my agency and connection as such, with the
| Hat Branch Insurance Company, ceases from
: this date.
15. F. FOULKE, Agent.
May 1 Itlt, 1857.
The Washington My.tciy,
The Easton Sentinel, in noticing the fall of
another victim to the mysterious and fatal
disease which had its origin at the National
Hotel, at Washington, a few weeks previous
to the inauguration of President Buchanan,
says: " When we lock around ns and see
and hear of good and great men, (principally
of the Democratic party) falling on every
hand, from the effects of a malady that baf
fles the skill of all physicians, wo cannot but
recall to mind lite resolutions read by the no.
torious Fred Douglass at a Republican Meet
ing at Syracuse, N. Y., last summer:
llcsolved , That since the traffickers in the
bodies and souls of men have resolved upon
the endless enslavement of their victims, and
with diabolical meanness and Wickedness
have deprived tliem of all power to procure
urms, with which to win their freedom in an
open and honorable manner, the slave is jus
tifiable in the use of any and every secret pro
cess for destroying the life of the oppressor, by
which he can reasonably Lope to secure bis
freedom.
Resolved, That the slaveholder should be.
made to dream of death in his sleep, and to
apprehend death at his dish and tea-pot; rotsoN
should meet him at las tabll, and the Silent An
gel oj Death should everywhere be invoked
to affright him in the midst of his murderous
slave-holding revelry.
The suspicion is a horrible one; but do
not soch diabtlical threatnings as these, coup
led with the otherwise unaccountable de
struction of human life which followed fast
upon the visit of the President elect to Wash
ington, warrant the belief that the tenful mor
tality which tias bad no parallel in the previ
ous history of our country, was the result of
a deliberate plot to kill him and those who
were supposed to be in bis confidence, by
poison ?
'I lie Agricultural Society
Of this county will hold its next meeting
on the 6th of June. The Treasurer of the
Society at the last meeting preseuted the fol
lowing report ol its finances:
As Treasurer of the Columbia county
Agricultural Society I would report
that I have received of members of
said Society, S 61,57
From the Treasurer of Columbia co , 61,67
Total amount received, $123.14
1 have paid out for printing and pre
miums and other expenses the ara't
of $69,42
There is yet premiums outstanding to
the amount of 20,00
Total paid and to be paid out, $89,42
Then 1 have received, $123,14
To pay out, ,89,42
Balance in favor of the Society, $33,72
J. W. HENDERSHOT.
Fi.Errr or PEACHES COMING.— In Delaware
the peach crop bids fair to be mora abundant
than it has been for many years.
Daulel S. Dickinson.
| The eminent leader of the New York De
! mocracy is at present in this oily says the
| Washington " Stales." He has been absent
! six years Irom the scene, in the foreground
of which his manly virtues and Democratic
integrity stand prominent in connection with
some of the most important political and na
tional questions and movements of our time.
Coming here in a private capacity, his hotel
hos been visited by numerous public gentle
men, anxious to pay the unbending Demo
cratic citizen tho debt of intellectual gratitude
which must remain due for all lime to the
stability and eloquence of the Senator.
The Daily News of New York, alluding to
Mr. Dickinson's advent in Washington, makes
these clear and appreciative reference to his
career:
For six years now, Mr. Dickinson has
remained in quiet retirement lrora public
life, respectfully but/Irmly resisting all at
temps to draw him thence. The highest honor
his country could bestow has been offered
him in vain ; il couldnoi shako that fidelity
to friendship, which, wilh such a man, is
dearer than tame, or life itself. The most
lucrative appointment undur our government
has been tendered him, only lo be promptly
declined: no compensation could draw him
from a retirement he loved, if it must alienate
him from friends whose cause had long been
his own. His repeated acts of personal dis
interestedness, and Ihe uniform evidences of
devotedness io principle which Mr. Dickin
son has exhibited throughout a long, and not
unsuccessful, public career, add to the claims
which he has upon the affections of the De
mocracy as a champion of our cause, and
make us love him as a man, while we respect
ar.d admire him as a statesman.
I "Mr. Dickinson revisits the scenes of his
former distinguished labors, at this lime,
merely, as we understand, upon private bu
siness. But it cannot be without emotion,
that one who has played so active a part in
the busy scenes of public service for years,
shall look upon the theatre of his actions.—
What busy memories must crowd upon such
a rexiew. In the old Senate chamber, where
and ardently supported the
annexation of Texas; where he sustained
with voice and vole ihe glorious war with
Mexico ; where he advocated the early ad
mission of California; where ho assisted so
prominently in framing and perfecting the
the compromise measures which quieted and
calmed the distracted nation; where he sat
the peer and comrade, nay the companion
and beloved Iriend, of Clay,and Calhoun and
Webster —years ago: in the White House,
where he was the counsellor of Polk, and in
no small degree, of Tyler and Fillmore, loo:
in the Departments, in Ihe publio offices, in
the hotels, in the social circles of Washington,
how many changes there must be lo mark ;
how many old friends to miss, and how ma
ny new fares lo grcol! For political life is
short, and six years in Washington is a cen
tury of political existence.
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" Mr. Dickinson was the last Domocratic j
Senator from the Statu New \ork, and it
must probably bo several years before wo can
seen another who will raise his voice in tYio
Senate manfully and patriotic aUy (as he al
ways did) on behalf ol the Union and the Con
stitution; aud in deliberatedefiat.ee of fanat
icism and faction. As one who has suffered
under the extreme of denunciation for pursu
ing such a course—who fulfilled his duty lie
! toically unto the end, (earless of cotiseqncn
i ces, and whose reward (yet we trust to be
; fully accorded to him) can never be, lot it
' take what shape it may, too great for the des
j ert of his inestimable public services, he fills
! in the beans of the Democracy of New York
: a place second to none, and to have attained
1 which is, of itself, worthy of the ambition of
| a lifetime."
Tlic KnmmsOrbrttsKii Dill.
Tim following article, which we copy from i
the East on Sentinel, is entitled to a careful
consideration. The views expressed are
those of one of the soundest constitutional
lawyers of the State, and are presented in
such a plain, brief manner, as to be readily
understood.
"The Constitution of the United States,
Art. 0, Sec. 2, declares that 'this Constitution
and the laws of the United Stales, which
shall he made in pursuance thereof, and all
treaties made or tchieh shall be made, under (he
authority of the United States shall be the
supreme law of the land, and the judges in (
every state shall be bound thereby, anything
in the Constitution or laws of any State to
the contrary notwithstanding. 11
Slavery existed in Louisiana when it was
a French and when it wis a Spanish Colony.
On the 30th day of April, 1803, a treaty
was made between France and the United
States, ceding the Territory of Louisiana to
the latter, the third article of which is in the
following words:
"ART. 3 —Tho inhabitants of the ceded I
Territory shall be incorporated into the 1
Union of the United States, and admitted
as soon as possible, according to the prin
ciples of the Federal Constitution, to the
enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and
immunities of citizens of the United Stales,
and, in the meantime they shall be main
tained and protected in the free enjoyment of
their liberty, property and the religion which
they profess."
The Territory of Louisiana embraced all
the territory now included in the State of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and lowa,
and the territories of Kansas, Nebraska and
Minnesota. So long any portion of ibis ter
ritory remained territory and had not been
erected into a State, Congress could pass no
law, abolishing slavery in 6uch territory—
they had no jurisdiction of the subject.
When any portion of that Territory was
erected into a State, the Stale so erected, be
came a municipal government, and having
jurisdiction of the subject, could abolish Sla
very, if they chose; but no other power had
any right so to do.
It therefore follows, that the celebrated
Kansas and Nebraska Bill, as it is called, in
which Congress refosed to enact any provis
ion in relation to Slavery, either to establish
it or ebolish it, and repealing so much of the
Missouri Compromise as professed to legis
late upon the subject by Congress was in
strict conformity to the provisions of the
Constitution of th# United States, and the
1 Treaty of Cession made with France "
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
■
Wo believe the following is a correct list
of the County Superintendents elected by tbe
triennial conventions of School Director* 011
the 4th of May, and the salaries fixed in each
case.
Counties. . Names. Salaries.
Adams, W. bee Campbell, S4OO
Allegheny, C. \V. Quick, 1,000
Armstrong, Robert W. Smith, 800
Beaver, R. N. Avery, 350
Bedford, Henry Heckerman, 500
Berks, William A. Good, 942
Blair, John Dean, 600
Bradford, Charles R. Coburn, 1,000
Bucks, William H.Johnson, 1,000
Butler, Thomas Ralph, 300
Cambria, S. B. MoCormick, 800
Cnrbon, * Thomas L. Foster, 400
Centre, J. T. Burrell, 800
Chester, Franklin Taylor, 1,000
Clarion, John G. Magonigle, 300
Clearfield, L. L. Still, 600
Clinton, Jesse H. Berry, 600
Columbia, William Burgess, 400
| Crawford, S. P. Bates 600
i Cumberland, Daniel Shelly, 600
Dauphin, Samuel D. Ingram, 300
Delaware, Charles W. Deans, 500
FJk, Charles R. Early, 400
Erie, Wm. H. Armstrong, 800
Fayette, Joshua V. Gibbons, _ 300
Forest, Cyrus Blood, 200
Franklin, P. M. Shoemaker, 500
Fulton, Robert Ross, 200
Greene, A. J. McGlumphey, 469
Huntingdon, Albert Owen, 600
Indiana, S. P. Bolernan, 650
Jeflerson, Sumuel McElhose, 500
Juniata, Wm. W. Burchfield, 500
Lancaster, J. S. Crumbaugh, 1,500
Lawrcrtoe, Thomas Berry, 500
Lebanon, John H. Kluge, 760
Lehigh, Hiram J. Schwartz, 500
Luzerne, John L. Richardson, 800
Lycoming, Hugh Castles, 300
McKean, Luther R. Wiener, 250
Mercer, Calvin W. Gilfillar,, GOO
Mifiliu, Abram D. Hawn, 600
Monroe, Charles S. Deiirick, 100
Montgomery, Ephraim L. Acker, 900
Montour, A. B. Potna.il, 500
Northampton, Valentine Hilburn, 600
Northumberland, J. J. Reimensnyder, 400
Perry, Theodore P. Bucher, 400
Pike, Philip F. Fullmer, 100
Potter, J. Hendricks, 300
Schuylkill, J. K. Krewson, 1,000
Snyder, D. S. Boyer, 200
Somerset, J. K. Miller, 475
Sullivan, C. J. Richardson, 300
Susquehanna, Is. F. Tewksbury, 600
Tioga, Newel L. Reynolds, 900
Union, D. Heckendorn, 600
Venango, Wm. Bergwin, 500
Warren, L L. Spencer, 600
Washington, J. H. Longdon, 800
Wayne, Samuel A. Terrell, 1,000
Westmoreland, J. R. MoAfee, 800
Wyoming, JohnG. Spalding, 150
Yotk, A. R. Blair, 1,000
NEW RINKS.
The following is a list of some of the bills,
passed by both Houses ot the Legislature
chartering new banks, with the amount of
the capital of each, aud also those for an in
crease of capital. The aggregate increase
of the banking capital of the State is about
eight and a half millions :
Union Bank, Reading, £500,000
State Capital llarrisburg, 300,000
Cnnitv' ,lu . 160,000
Fayette County, 150,000
Corn Exchange, noo.nno
Lewisburg, (increase} 100,000
Kitlnoing, 300,000
Allegheny, 500,000
Jersey Shore, 100,000
Oeloraro, 200,000
Beaver County, 150,000
Phccnixville, 300,000
Schuylkill Haven, 100,000
Commonwealth, 500.000
Tioga County, 200,000
Doylestown, 150,000
Shamokin, 150,000
Iron City, 500,000
Waynesburg, (increase) 100,000
Catasaqun, 400,000
\ Ciiizens' Deposit, Pittsburg, (inc.) 700,000
! Easloir, 150,000
! Union Bank, ' 500,000
York County, (increase) 200,000
Manufacturers' & Mechanics', (inc) 700,000
Central Bank, Hollidaysburg, 300,000
Pottslown, 200,000
| Centre County Bank, 300,000
Crawford County, 150,000
| M'Kean County, 250,000
Lebanon Valley, 200.000
Potter County, 100,000
Total, §8,559,000
Land Speculation.
From all quarters of the West we have re
ports of the continued speculations in Lands.
A letter in the last Dubuque Herald, written
from the Osago land office, lowa, says that
there are about two thousand persons in at
tendance on the land sales, and,that great
competition exists between speculators and
the settlers. This competition had been car
ried to bidding slOl per acre for the wild
land. The settlers had held a meeting, and
organized themselves into a club numbering
seven hundred, and had determined that ov
ery settler should have the privilege of bid
ding off a quarter section of land, in addition
to one quarter covered by pre emption, a
government price. Attempts were made to
settle all difficulties on this basis by the set
tlers furnishing names of persons who were
bidders; but this had not been done up to the
time the informant left. With such accounts
as these, we wonld hardly think those capi
talists who have been furnishing largo
amount of money to keep this wild specu
lation alive, seduced it by the tempting offer
of large rates of interests, would care to
continue the supply longer. That these spec
ulations are destined to come to an end soon,
we think no rational, thinking man can
doubt: and when the end does come, look
out for such a crash iti credit, and such a
tumble in the'ptice of land—all lands, not
only those in the West, but those here at the
East—as lias seldom before been experienc
ed.
STATE SENATE. —The places of the follow
ing Senators will be vacant and must be sup
plied at the general election in October :
David Taggart, Opposition; Northumberland
Jas. M. Sellers, " Juniata.
Wm. E. Frazer, " Fayette.
Francis Jordan, " Bedford.
J. C. Flennikeu, " Greene.
J. H. Walton, Democrat; Monroe.
J. W.Killinger, Opposition; Lebanon.
Jacob G. Shuman, " Lancaster.
James J. Lewis, " Delaware.
N. B. Browne, Democrat; Philadelphia.
Wm. A. Crabb, Opposition; do
i Kansas Aid Resolutions Vetoed.
| BOSTON, May 29.—The Governor has veto
ed the resolutions recently passed by the State
Legislature, for the relief of tbe settlers in
Kansas.
I The House failed to pass the resolutions
over the Governor's veto, by a vole of one
hundred and forty-four yeas, to one hundred
anil thirty-eight nays; not two-thirds.
THE GRAIN PROSPECT. —The croaking about
short crops and the grain being winter killed,
has, unddr the influence of seasonable show
ers and warm sunshine, given place to more
favorable reports ol the growing grain. In
Illinois, where everyth ing was ruined a month
or so ago, there is the promise of an excel
lent crop. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Ken
tucky, there will be a larger crop of wheat
harvested Ihe'coming harvest than ever be
fore. In Teunessee there is a very large
crop. In the South, with the exception of
Virginia, whero the crop is poor, there is an
excellent promise, and the indications are
that both the cereal and fruit crops of the
country will be most aoundant. In Dela
ware there will be great peach crops this
season.
THE N. Y. HERALD AND THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY Last fall the New York Herald la
bored zealously to bring tiro Republican party
into power. But the corruption of that parly
has disgusted even the Ilcrald, which gives
utterance to the following no doubt well con
sidered opinion:
"One praise is certainly due to the Repub
licans of this State. They are without ques
tion the most corrupt set of politicians we ev
er had. We had a good many corrupt par
ties and parly leaders in this State; but a
parly so ready to sacrifice every consideration
of public welfare and abstract justice to pri
vate gain as these Republicans, we never
had before, and we do most earnestly hope
we shall never have again."
LANDLORD'S DUTIES. —Before announcing
ihe licences granted by the Court on Wed
nesday morning, says the- Harrisburg Daily
Telegraph, 4,udge Pearson proceeded to make
some preparatory remarks, explaining the
duties of landlords. He stated that tbey were
bound to accommodate all persons who asked
for it, so long as they had room ; that it made
no difference if the applicant was a person of
mistrustful appearance—taverns were regard
ed by the law as places for the accommoda
tion of travelers, and their proprietors had no
right to turn any away, no matter whether
they thought them able to pay for their lodg
ings or not. His Honor said that this was
clearly the object of kite law, and no license
would hereafter be granted where it was
known that this part of the landlord's duty
had not been complied with. Those remarks
created no little excitement among the tavern
keepers presept, many of wl.om expressed
themselves iu objectionable terms against the
view taken by the Judge. If this be the true
intent of the la.v—and it doubtless is—there
has been a wide diversion of it heretofore.
MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH.—A. letter
from one of the upper countries ol Ueorgia
gives a most flattering account of cotton man
ufacturing in that State. Many of these fac
tories were established 6ome years since, and
even at the present high prices of the staple,
are paying the stockholders handsome divi
dends, seldom, il ever, falling below twenty
per cent. The jams and osnaburgs are of the
first quality, and a better description of cotton
being used in their manufacture, they find a
more ready sale in Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, and Boston, than smaller products
of Eastern mills. With fuel, right in the
midst of the cotton-growing region, illimitable
water power, and the most agreeable and
healthful climate in the world, there is no
reason wh) the Southern States should not be
filled with the most flourishing manufactories
of this kind.— Natchez Courier.
A GROSS FALSEHOOD. —Tha Harrisburg Tel
egraph iniimatcs lhat Gen. Packer lias some
private interest in llie Sunbury and Erie Rail
road, and links him with those who are urg
ing the passage of the bill for the assistance
of the project. The Telegraph either knows
nothing about the matter, or else It utters a
deliberate falsehood. Geo. Packer has no
such interest, and never bad. Here, where
the road is popular, it is fashionablo to charge
him with indifference towards it, and some
go so far as to allege hostility to it. The fact
that the people of Williamsport are interested
in the Elmira road gives coloring to the latter
charges, and they have been industriously
used for years to injure Gen, Packor. In view
of this fact, the unwarranted charges of the
Telegraph is peculiarly mean—a first rate
malignant lie.— Clinton Co. Democrat.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FEES ENLARGED.—A
bill has passed the Legislature to enlarge the
fees of the District Attorneys throughout the
State. The fees for drawing an indictment
and prosecuting offences in the Oyer and
Terminer, which was $4, is now $10; a bill
in ibe same Court returned "ignoramus,"
which formerly cost the county $3, will now
cost $6; indictments ar.d prosecutions in the
Quarter Sessions, formerly S3, are now $5; a
bill "ignoramused" in tho Court, formerly $1
50, is now S3 ; a case settled by leave of
Court, formerly $1 60 is now S3 ; every case
of surety of the peace, formerly $1 50 is now
$3.
DEATH CAUSED BY INTEMPERANCE. —A wo
man named Alice McDonald died suddeuly
at the house of James Hinegen in Wilkes
barre on Saturday morning last. She was a
traveling beggar, in company with one Thos.
Ryan. They came to the house of Hinegen
on Monday, the 18th inst., where tbey re
mained until the lime of her dealh. A Cor
oner's Inquest was held upon the body, and
after hearing the particulars, the Jury ren
dered a verdict of death, caused by intem
perance. She was known to have drunk
about two quarts of whiskey during the day
previous to her death.
GT Woman and boy continue lo gather
in front of Mrs. Cunningham's residence, 3t
Bond street, ring the bell, atone the windows,
and call her a murderess, till the police dis
perse them
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE,
NW YORK, May 28.—T8 Cutiard mall
steamship Arabia arrived this evening, with
Liverpool dales to the 16ib insi.
Lord l'almsrsion has intioduced a bill into
Parliament to amend the oath taken by mem
bers. The amendment consists in omitting
the words, "on the true faith of a Christian,"
the effect of which will be, that Jewish
members can subscribe to the oath, and thus
be placed on the same footing with other
members.
The Spanish Armada, destined for Vera
Cruz, has not left Cadiz.
The Mexican Ambassador bad an inter
view on the ]4ib inst., with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, at Madrid.
Spain will send a special envoy to China,
to secure a share in any new commercial
arrangements.
Espartero has resigned his seat as Senator.
The Madrid correspondents state that the
King was discovered to be in a conspiracy
to dethrone the Queen, and is threatened with
trial for treason.
The King of Prussia has sent a favorable
reply to Napoleon's letter respecting Neul
chatel. The affair is now supposed to be
settled.
A Russian expedition is now fitting out at
Cronsladt, to convey a special envoy to Chi
na.
A sor, has been born to the Emperor and
Empress of Russia.
The papers furnish dates from Hong to
Marctr 30ih. Nothing of importance had
transpired since the departure of the previous
overland mail.
Lord Elgin, the British Plenipotentiary to
China, proceeded without delay from Alex
andria to Seuz, where he found a steamer
awating to convey him to Singapore, where
he was to await the arrival of the French
Commissioner.
The London Morning Post authoritatively
contradicts the rumor of the intended resigna
tion of Lord Panmure.
The Sardinian Government intends send
ing (wo vessels of war to China.
The Fmperorsnd Empress of Austria had
bocn received very coo'ly by the Hungarians
at Pesllt.
CP" A proposition was before the Pennsyl
vania Legislature for the establishment of
Normal Schools lor the instruction and quali
fication of Teachers for the duties of their
professions. A bill for that purpose, dividing
the Slate into twelve Normal School districts,
has passed the Senate by a unanimous vote.
The schools are to possess the following re
quisites: . An area of ground of not lees than
ten acres, the necessary buildings to contain
a Hall of sufficient size to comfortably seat
one thousand persons, lodging rooms and
refectories for the accommodation of at least
three hundred students. Each school is to
contain a library forjtbe use of students; also
a philosophical apparatus, &o. The faculty
is to be composed of six Proleseors of known
ability and education ; the school to be under
the supervision of a board of trustees.
THE MAIN LINE. —The Main Line of the
Public Works of Pennsylvania, which is ad
vertised in be sold at tho Exchange, in Phil
adelphia, on (be 25th of June iust., consisis of
ihe following public works, namely : —The
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, the Ca
nal from Columbia to the junctional Dun
con's Island, the Juniata Canal from thence
to Hollidaysburg; the Allegheny and Potlage
Railroad, including the new road avoiding the
inclined planes; and ihe Canal from Johns
town to Pdtsburg—with Ihe propeity thereto
appertaining, or in any wise connected there
with.
C*y The Archbishop of Mexico has issued
instructions to the clergy, to the effect that
they are to exact DO charges for any minis
terial duties. They aro to be content with
voluntary contribution for their support, and
to abstain from politics in and out of tho pul
pit. 'The Archbishop seems to be coming to
bis senses. It is a difficult thing to war against
popular government,even as badly managed
as thai of Mexico.
ty It is calculated that ten thousand new
townships and villages have been laid out 011
paper recently, in the r.ew lands of the West
ern Slates and Territories, and it is supposed
that at least ten millions of dollars cash and
twenty millions credits have gone within two
years be invested in speculations there. It
is also generally supposed that there will be
a general blow-up pretty soon.
GF" The President contemplates a country
residence during the extreme heat of sum
mer. ' Arrsngements are nearly completed,
we learn, for his temporary residence, in the
vicinity of "The Soldier's Home," four miles
from the City of Washihglon. He will go
out each evening, anJ return in the morning
to the White House, where he will attend to
business during the day.
ty The fact that "Rev." Antionette Brown
Blackwall's pulpit had been vacated and her
church closed, has been al-eady announced.
The reason now turns up in the advent of
"a little lambkin" who requires all her at
tention, and for whom she is willing to re
linquish her "flock" henoeforth and forever.
Her husband deserves the public thanks.
ELOPEMENT.—Last week a man who has
been for a long time a resident of the south
eastern portion of Berks county, left his wife,
children, grandchildren, farm and debts be
hind,and fled for parts unknown, in company
with a lady (?) much younger than himself.
The affair has caused considerable gossip,
particularly among his creditors.
GOVERNORSHIP OF UTAH RECLINED. —A tel
egraphic despaloh was received at Washing
ton en Tuesday, from Major McCulloch, in
which he declines the office recently tender
ed to bim of Governor of Utah Territory.
VST Mr. D. H. Dotierer, formerly of Car
bondale, and mora recently a resident of
Scranton, Luzerne county, is now General
Superintendent of the Dubuque and Pacific
railroad, which is in course of construction
from Dubuque to a point some 400 miles
Westward. About 30 miles of tho toad are
completed, and in running order,
B|>ecial Notices.
Hollowiiy's Pills —General debility, low
spirits, and nervous irritation, are the inevita
ble consequences of indigestion. Renovate
the stomach, clear the bowels, and regulate
the secretions with these wonder-working
Pills, and the strength returns, the depression
ceases, the nerves become celm. This is not
theory; but practical truth founded on long
years of experience, volumes of testimony,
and the concurrent admission of all modical
men who have ever witnessed the effects ot
the remedy, lu this country dyspepsia has
heretofore been so common a complaint, that
it might almost be termed a "national' insti
tution." If, however, dyspeptics generally,
are wise enough to resort to this remedy, the
disease will soon become a rarity.
" WOODLAND CREAM" — Ji Pomade for
beautifying the Hair— highly perfumed,
superior to any French article imported, and
for half the price. For dressing Ladies Hair
it has no equal, giving it a bright glossy ap
pearance. It causes Gentlemen's Hair to
curl in the most natural manner. It repnovee
dandruff, always giving the lisir the appear
ance of being fresh shampooed. Price only
fifty cents. None genuine UPIPSS signed
FETRIDGE& CO.,
Proprietors of the
" Baim of a thousand Flowers."
For sale by all Druggists. New York.
KAmrasuftT
On the 21 si ult. by Rev. Wm. J. Eyer, Mr.
JACKSON CLEAVER, to Miss ELIZA DRUM, both
of Ftanklin township, Columbia county:
In this place on the 21st ult., by Rev. Wm.
Goodrich, Mr. WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, and
Miss EMMA NAGLS, both of this plaoe.
WtfUMtoa
In Wilkesbarre, on last Thursday, Mrs.
CATHARINE WOODWARD, wife of Hon. Warren
J. Woodward, aged 33 years.
Mrs. Woodward embodied all the virtues
and amenities of life which make woman
lovely, and was highly respected by a large
circle of friends who knew well to prize truth
fulness and goodness of heart. Many anx
ious hearts watched over her decline, as day
by day Consumption set the seal of Death
deeper and plainer; and it Beomed a fate
doubly sad that she should leave her family
just as the brightest day dawned, and her
husband had come to reap the rewards of
thought and toil in a new lifo of honor and
comparative ease. But her spirit alsosougbi
rest and a new home, and she sleeps in the
bosom of the beautiful Valley she loved so
well.
In Catawissaon last Thursday, Mr. BENJA
MIN SHARPLKSS, in the 93d year of his age.
The deceased was, we believe, the oldest
man in Columbia county at the time of his
death. He was one of the oldest settlers at
Catawissa; end lived from the beginning to
the end ol the Quaker congregation, and its
modest little meeting-bouse in that village.
He was one of Ihe fi'st, the last and the most
devout of the members wlio worshiped there;
and his life was na circumspect and exem
plary us bis religious worship was regular
and faithful. With liirn the little Quaker
meeting-house has gono to decay; and the old
line of patriarchs who first settled the most
ancient (own of (his county lias gone to the
mother earth. Ha lived to see his sons
Joseph, J. Kersey, and John among ihe most
thrifty of tlyj business men of his neighbor
hood, and comfortably situated at the noon
of lile; and then at a ripe age, like a well
filled sheaf, he was gathered to llio garner of
Death.
In Hemlock townehip, Columbia county,
on the 22d nit., PAUL, son of Zebulon and
Rachel Uobbins, aged 3 years, 1 month and
7 days.
In Bloomsburg, on Tuesday morning, Miss
SARAH M'CLURE, aged about 35 years.
HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
AT RUPERT STATION.
C. W. 8c W. SHANNON
furnish boarding and lodging to all
" * persons at the Brick house near the
RAILROAD STATION AT RUPERT.—
Passengers by Railroad or Packet-boat, trav
elers and all others can be accommodated.—
They also keep a RESTAURANT adjoining
the Station, for the convenience of the public.
May 26, J857. [c. w. k w. SHANNON.
UOOPERINR.
THE subscriber announces that he will
carry on the COOPERING BUSINESS at his
brewery in Hopkinsville. where he will make
BARRELS, TUBS, KEGS,
and everything in that line of business. He
will also repair work of all kinds, and will do
it skillfully and at fair prices.
CHARLES W. HASSERT,
Bloomsburg, June 2, 1857.
BLOOMSBURG
riIHE undersigned would in this way oall
the attention of the public to the Book
Store at the old stand, next d6or to the "Ex
change Hotel," where at all limes can be
found a good assortment of books, including
Bibles, llymu Books, Prayer Books*
Histories, Books of Poetry, Novels, and
School Books ; also all kinds of stationary of
the best quality.
A considerable deduction made upon the
price of School Books and Stationary to those
who by to sell again.
Just received, a good assortment of WALL
PAPER, which I would ask all to call and
examiue before puchasing elsewhere.
CAROLINE CLARK,
Successor to Jesse G. Clark.
Bloomsbnrg, May 25, 1857,-lyr.
GRAND JURORS' REPORT.
To the Honorable the Judges' of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and far the
County of Columbia.
The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania inquiring for the body ol the
County of Colombia, respectfully REPORT.
That they have examined the public build
ings belonging to said county, and find tbetn
in good condition, except a break in the wall
of the jail yard which is recommended to ba*
repaired. We would reoommend that the
Supervisors of Briarcreek township be noti
fied to repair certain roads returned by the
constable of said-township; the former inquest
recommended that the Iron fence around the
Court House should be painted black which
is not concurred in, it was also recommend
ed that the Court House be hereafter closed
against petty showe which is concurred in—
all of which is respeotlully submitted, thin
6th dsy of May, A. I)., 1857.
ISAAC DEWITT, Foreman.
* N ASSORTMENT of confectionary, jewi
olry, Perfumery soaps, hair oils, &c ,
Pomades, to be had at
C. CLARK'S Book Store.
MORTICED POSTS on hand and for sale
*-'*■ at the Arcade'by
May.27, '57. " A. C. MENSCH.