STAB OF THE NOBTjf. . W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Jtlooiusbunr, Wednesday, June 10, ~ 1857. Democratic Nomination*. FOR GOVERNOR. WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming County. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, NIMROD STRICKLAND, of Chester County. THE WASHINGTON RIOT. On Monday of last week the municipal elections were held al Washington City, and a gang of Know-Notlting rowdies calling themselves " Plug Uglies"cameon from Bal timore to attack the polls. Twenty citizens were maimed at one poll, the Commissioners of election were driven away, and the ruff ians threaieued further violence if any person would attempt to carry ou the election. The Mayor then obtained an order from 'he Pres ident for two companies ol Marines, who proceeded to the scene of the riot. The May or ordered the rioters to disperse, informing them that the troops were there only to pre serve peace. This order was tauntingly dis regarded, and the Marines then wrested a brass swivel from the rioters, which they had brought along from Daltimoie. In this work I one marine was shot, and the rioters fired frequently. The Marines then returned the fire, killing five or six persons, and wounding about a dozen. The swivel taken from the rowdies was found to he loaded, and when the charge was afterward taken out by the Chief of Police at the City Hall il consisted of eight pavement stones, a large number of rifle balls, buckshot, swan shot, &c., weigh ing altogether over ten pounds. It is fit that this lawlessness and outrnge should come from the only Know-Nothing Stale in the Union, and that it should follow in the wake of the riots at Baltimore and Lou isville by the same party. Before its days no such sad and shameful events disgraced our republic. Hereafter let no.Kiow Nothing evermore talk of Border ruffianism" in Kansas. I.et them take the beam from their own eyes be fore they reproach the restless, wild spirited men on the verge of our Western civilization, where there is hardly any law but the instincts of unrestrained nature. There is no excuse for a riot in Baltimore or Washington, much lese for the interference of Baltimore rowdies in the peaceable elections of the National , Capitol. Belore you send missionaries and military to Utah would it not be well to civ ilize Baltimore and Know-Nothingism a little. 7 ECONOMY or LI EE. The proposition of Lieutenant Maury to prevent miasmatic diseases by planting sun flowers suggests some gcueial considerations which will be useful in (lie preservation of health. It is wisely so atraugndiu the econ omy of nature that animal lite is sustained mainly by oxygen, while vegetables live and grow upon carbon. So while man exhules the carbon nnd retains the oxygen of the air, the leaves of vegetable natttie ilrtnk in with their million mouths and freshen upon this carbonic acid gas which would be poison to animal lungs- In return plants throw oil the oxygen which animal life needs. * This is the natural process when every thing is evenly balanced and entirely healthy. While vegetables grow they absorb a little more than the usual quantity of carbon, and va therefore never suffer in the spring or early summer for the waul ol a proper pro portion of oxygen in the air. But whenever vegetation begins to decay or decompose the air becomes 100 highly carbonized for human beings, because we are iheit made to breathe carbonic acid gas. This is the case in the autumn, and hence our ague and typhoid fe vers in that season. I'pon this principle 100 it is that plants are unhealthy is a close room ut night, because their I hey throw oil the car bonized air. Now any expedient to absorb the carbon whicb arises Irom decomposed vegetation in autumn will prevent miasmniio diseases.— The sunflower grows luxuriantly in that sea eon ; and to grow it must think in with its large leaves and stem much of that excess ol < atmospheric carbon which would be poison ' to the hunun system. Upon litis principle j the experiment must always prove success ful in preventing ague. It is upon this principle that in climates where vegetation at all seasons grows in rank luxuriance, the class ot miasmatic diseases do not exist; unless from such oauses as the I'outine marshes at Rome. The carbonic gas of oue decaying crop feeds (he next one then already growing over it or by its side. THE BODT FOUND. —The corpse of Thomas i Ale, whose death by drowning we noticed last week, was found near Melick's Bridge 1 on last Saturday morning. It had moved down the stream about a half a mile. COME HOME.— AVe are pleased lo learn that John Sharpless and Walter Scott were so lit- j tie injured by the late Railroad accident that | they have relumed home, alive aud well, ; with no bones broken. Mr. Sharpie** moves about as of old, ami Mr. Scott is confined to the house by a sprained ankle. fy The Democratic State Convention is in session at Hsrrisburg as we are now wri ting (on Tuesday). Two candidates for Jh preme Judge will be nominated, and there will doubtless be resolutions passed denoun cing the proposed sale of the Main Line. —— ETA ycong lady ia Danville had her hand ■nd area severely burned by the explosion of ■ flatd lamp. This is the second accident ia that borough within a few weeks. -w.,. at The citizens ot Tyrone, Pa., have pe titioned the Blair County Coon to incorpo rate the CWJ ieio e Borough. Petition grant ed. tr F. B. Reynolds he* erected at Dan rilte a Hall with a end iron front a fallacy. The inly excuse which we bear given for • sale ol the Main Line is that the tonnage lax of $230,000 a year which the Pennsylva nia Railroad has heretofore been compelled to pay to the Stale could not be retained any longer but would be repealed by the force of public opinion. Il is argued that hence the property and privileges which the I'enna. R. R. Co. will acquire by the purchase will not be worth more than the State will receive, even though the release from the tonnage tax were of itself -worth $9,000,000 to the purchaser under this bill. It i 6 urged by the attorneys for the Railroad Company and, we regret to see, also, by the Pennsylvaniari that the tonnage tax would be and ought to be repealed because it is in restraint of com merce and business.. But this is a heresy. Every species of tax ation, tariff and license money is in restraint of the commerce and business of the coun try, and, so far as it goes, is a weight upon the industry, labor and capital of the com munity. Taxation of every kind is only to be tolerated for its necessity to support gov ernment, and not as furnishing diversion for collectors and financial officers. Tiue and wise policy will always restrain it within this bound of necessity. But in Pennsylvania oar heavy Slate debt has already compelled us'lo tax the earth and all that is in it or on it—to lax the writ that sues the debtor, and the wealth of the creditor—to lax all that men have while living, and their estates when they are dead. And therefore it is that an honest view of' the question can find no more reason for re pealing the tonnage tax than for relieving the industry and business of the State from any other of the incubi which debt has imposed, like a secord curse, upon our people. There were abundant reasons for imposing this ton nage lax upon a Company which proposed to enter into competition with Stale improve ments, and these reasons continue as strong as over. There nro reasons for releasing the industry of the State from general taxation as last as it can be done, which will strike re flecting men as being much stronger than any which can exist lor releasing one Corpora tion. Equity Powers of Court*. An act was last winter passed giving Equi ty powers anil jurisdiction to RII the court* of Common l'leas of litis Stole. This will muko a very material change in the form anil manner of legal proceedings in our Courts, (hough it can make but very little difference in the results of litigation. As there come to be more choice of remedies, it will be more easy to find one applicable 'to any given case. This change of the law | will prove beneficial in many instances.— ! The following is the statute: Sec. 1. lie it enacted, fyc., That the Courts of Common l'leas of the several counties of, this Commonwealth, in addition to the pow ers and jurisdictions heretofore possessed and exercised, shall have the same chancery powers and jurisdictions which are now by law vested in the Court of Common l'leas ,or District Court ot the City nttd County of Philadelphia, and in all cases an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court Irom the linal decrees of ssid Courts respectively, in suits and proceedings in equity, in the same manner and ott the same terms and condi tions as are provided m cases of appeal front the decrees of the Court of Common l'leas or District Court of the City aud County of Philadelphia. Approved, Hth February, 1807. P. L., 39. illnckwooiTs Edlnburg Magazine For May has been received from Mes**. Leonard Scott & Co., Netv York, and is a capital number. The following is the table of content*: Scenes of Clerical Life, No. 2—Mr. Gilfil's Love Story—Part 3d; A Run to Nicaragua; Afoot. Part 2: The Alhelings—or the Three (lifts, Part 12; Oxford and Thomas Hearno A Letter to lretttcns; The Sculptured Stones of Scotland; Lite in Central Asia: Columbus; Lays of the Elections; Letters from a Light house, No. 4. Ttio Edmburg Quarterly Iteview For April, from the same publisher, is also ' at hand, containing its usual variety of ex- j cellent reading. The subjects treated of arc: | Alexander the Great; The last Censss of France: I'hysieal Geography of the Sea; Kaye's Life of Malcolm; Roumania; The Festal Letters of Alhanasius; Roswell aud Roswelliana; The Dilettanti Society; British Relations with China; The Past Session of the New Parliament. TKItSIS—rAYMENT TO RE MADE IN ADVANCE. For any one of (lie 4 Reviews, S3 per an. For any two, " 5 " For any three, " 7 " For all four ol the " 8 " For Blackwood's Magazine, 3 " For Blackwood aud three Reviews 9 " For Blackwood and the four " 10 " Address LEONARD SCOTT & CO , 79 Fulton Street, New Y'ork. Act'cultural Society, Some gentlemen met at the Court-house on last Saturday and elected Ihe following persons as iho officer* of ihe Columbia coun ty Agricultural Society for Ibe ensuing year: Dr. P. John, President, E P. Lutz, Recording Secretary, \V. Win, Corresponding Secretary, Joseph W. Hendershoi, Treasurer. Also a board of Directors consisting of one from each township. The next meeting of Ihe Society will be on Saturday (be 25'h of Augast next. OP" Frederick Douglass, the nigger, made a speech belere the Abolition Society of New York, io which he used the following lan guge : "The Presidential election had been fal lowed by two events—the insurrection io the Sooth and the poisoning at Washington. He -jrooid not say what or why that was; but one thing—it was Dot strange that men who were accustomed to cut and lacerate and prostitute their cooks shoo Id find death in the pot If any man wasted to save his soul alive, i him net enslave him (Douglass) to cook for him." Two rounleifeltert Killed on a Railroad. Early last Thursday morning, the Express train going West on the Pennsylvania Rail road, ran over and instantly killed two men who were walking on the track near High spire, Dauphin county. At the lime they were unknown, and from'papers found upon their persons, it was supposed their names were George Vickroy and Charles Williams ; ' but subsequent developments proved them to have been two expert counterfeiters and house-breakers, whose real names were Clark and Brown, well known to the police ol Phil adelphia. They had been living in Harris burg lor some mouths previous to the acci dent, which fact having come to the knowl i edge of Deputy U. S. Marshal John Jenkins, I he made a search of their house on Sunday | night, and obtained possession of a number i of dies and other counterfeiting implements, and between two or three thousand dollars of counterfeit gold coin. The dies are made of copper, and designed for making both kinds of sl, as well as s2i, S3, $5, and $lO gold pieces. A woman was living in the house, who claimed tp be the wife of the man whose name was at first supposed to be Williams. She said she was from Northum berland county, and had moved to Harris burg with her husband to avoid trouble. She stoutly denied any knowledge of the business in which the men were engaged, and was allowed to go to Philadelphia. She has been since arrested in that city, but as yet notning had been ascertained to implicate her. The Hmrisburg Telegraph states that additional facts which huve come to light in connection with the affair, "have revealed the existence of an organized, oath-bound bend of villains, extending through all the States in the Union, and designed to carry on operations, on a scale unsurpassed. From Maine to Texas, its membors ore ranged, in a manner best cal culated to aid in their schemes, and had not this most lucky dispensation occurred, we would soor. have heard of notions unparallel ed in the history of crime. Already the names of over thirty rnorr.bers have become known, embracing some very prominent lawyers and physicians. Their head-quarters seem to have been in Northnihberlatid county, ol this State." Several robberies were committed at Mid dletown, Dauphin county, dnring.the Wed nesday night previous to the killing of the men on the railroad, and circumstances have transpired to fix the crime upon Ihem almost beyond a doubt. They are evidently hard ened villains, whose career of iniquity was suddenly arrested by a mysterious interposi tion of Providence. Serious Hullronil Accident. A serious accident occurred on the Frie Ro.id early this morning, says the Elmira Gu lf//*, of Tuesday last, by which one person was instantly killed, and a number more or I less injured. Tlte Night Express from New York, when about two miles this side of Ad dison, was thrown from the track, causing almost a complete wreck of all the curs. Dr. "Peck, of Cincinnati, was instantly killed ; a young lady had both limbs broken ; the en gir.ner was very Fetionsly injured. Three gentlemen from Pennsylvania, Mr. James Hutchinson, of Philadelphia, and Messrs. John Sharpless and Wuher Scott, of Catawiasa, who staid at llaight'e last night, and who were on the train, wore brought back here by the Day Ex Dress to-day. Mr. Hutchinson has both limbs injured, near the i ankles, one being fractured : Mr. Scott is sc j vereli bruised, but has no bones broker.; Mr. I Sharpless received some bruises, but not of I a serious nature. He described the crash as I most terrible, and truly miraculous that no ' more lives were lost. Utah Affairs—Appointment*, WASHINGTON, June 2.—Maj. McCullough j has again emphatically declined the Govern orship of JUtah. A selection will however, positively be made in a tew days; when the ; vacant Judgeships of that Territory will bo filled, and other measures adopted with a view to the effective organization of the ad ministrative machinery. The President lias appointed Gov. Joseph A. Wright,of Indiana, Minister to Berlin, in place of Mr. Vroom, recalled at his own request. Henry C. Mur phy, of New Y ork, Minister to Netherlands, vice Belmont, recalled at his own rpqoest.— Hon. A. Richardson, of Illinois, Governor ol Nebraska, vice Izard. Isaac 11. Oilier, of Illinois, Consul at Bremen, vice Hilderbrand. Win. Thompson, of New York, Consul at Southampton, England, vice Croskey. Ga briel G. Fleurot, of New York, Consul at Bordeaux, to fill existing vacancy. "Straight" American Convention. Nomination for Governor, Judges of tlie Sup reme Court and Canal Commissioner. LANCASTER, June 3d.—At the "Straight" American Convention held here to-day, nine counties were represented by fifty-four dfle gaies. Herman S. Hickman of Northamp ton county was appointed temporary Chair man—when a permanent organization was edected by the election of Col. Daniel Mc- Curdy of Allegheny county, as President. Mr. H. B. Svvnpe, chairman of the Com mittee on Resolutions, submitted a series of thirteen, for the consideration of the Con vention. ATTERNOOS SESSION. Isaac llazlehurst, Esq., of Philadelphia, was nominated by acclamation for Governor. Jacob Broom, of this .city, and Jssper E. Brady, of Miffiin county, were nominated, after a long conies', great confusion prevail ing, for Supreme Judges, and John H. Lin deraran, of Berks cgdSty, was nominated for Canal Commissioner. The resolutions presented (his morning were adopted. The Convention adjourned at 3 o'clock, P. M., with three cheers for tha nominees. A ratification meetiag will be held to-night at the Court HOUM. Gov. Geary's name waa not prewnted to the Convention, be having sent a despatch to bis friends, declining to have bianaiae used. OT The Melodeon, a place of amusement in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, adjoining the Arcade, was destroyed by fire on Tues day night. It was formerly kept aa a Res taurant, under the name of the Bolivar 'House. The ftecent Poisoning Case at Danville— Verdict of the Coroner's Jury. DANVILLE, JUNE 2.—The Coroner's Jury in the recent poisoning case, which has caused so much excitement at this, place, met at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the Court - House. Dr. Simington testified to the find ing of arsenic in the stomach of Mrs. Clark and also in the stomach of David Twiggs, and positively affirmed that death in both cases was caused by that poison. The clerks in Chalfant & Hughes' drug store, testified to selling the arsenic at differ ent times to Mr. \Vm. J. Clark and Mrs. Twiggs. ! The verdict rendered by the jury was. that the death of David Twiggs and Mrs. Clark [ was caused by poison, supposed to have been j administered by Mrs. Twiggs and W. J. Clark. i In accordance wiih the verdict bo'li the j prisoners were committed for trial. I THE DANVILLE POISONING CASE. I The Danville Demount, of Jnne sth, gives > the following sketch of the suspected mur . derers: Wm. John Clark was born in the town of I Morass, in Donegal county, in the northern part of Ireland, on the Ist day of August, 1834, and is, therefore, only 22 years of age. His parents, one of whom (the father) is still living and resides in Sugarcreek town ship, Armstrong coonty, in this Stale, belong ed to the Presbyterian Church, in which per suasion the prisoner was brought up. In the spring of 1851, he came to this country, his parents having gone before him about two years, and landed in New York, when he worked at a brickyard during the early part of the summer. In the fall he went to Philadelphia, drove cart for Thos. Bronson, a coal merchart on Broad street, and married his lute wife (who was poisoned) on the 27th of August, 1851. With her he had three children,, Iwo of whom are dead. The old est, now about fivo years old, is still living, and in charge of his brother, Henry Clork, in Philadelphia. In March, 1852, he went to Armstrong county and worked at the Roll ing Mill of Brown Phillips & Co , at Kitlan uing, where ho remnined for about Iwo years and three months, and then returned to Philadelphia, residing there for about two years again, par) of which time lie worked as puddler at the Kensington Iron Works.— On the 14th of November, 1853, ho came to Danville and was employed at the Mon tour Rolling Mill as a puddler, where he had worked ever since. He hae three brothers living in Philadelphia. In stature Clark is ahout 5 feet 6 inches in height, has a dark apd luxuriant crop of hair, heavy black eyebrows, very low forehead, small mouth, black eyes, and n pale 'hough fair complexion. He is ruther intelligent, wears a downcast look, and has hitherto borne a good character as far as we can learn. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Association of this place. To the charge laid ugainst him, ho pleads inno cence. Mary Twiggs, the other prieonor, whose maiden name was McClintook, ws* born in Ireland, of' ProtesUnt parents, about ono ball mile from the town of Conway, and is now 27 years of age. She arrived in this coun try on the 18th of July, 1850, resided for several years in Philadelphia, and lived in Danville since August, lSbfi. She was mar ried to her late husband, David Twiggs, be fore site came to America, anc had four chil dren, two of whom are dead and two still living with her father and brother, who re side in Rudy's addition to the Borough of Danville. She is of medium height, has black hair, low flat forehead, blue eyes, coarse features, and n tolerable fair complex ion. She seems to be rather indifferent as to the charge made against her, protesting innocence, and professes to be emienle. TIIK COMET. —The comet occupies a great i deal of public attention, and bets are freely wagered upon the possible collision. The most extensive proposition of this kind is the following, by the editor of the I'rbaua (lll.( Constitution, who examined the celestial vis itor carefully with the instruments of the Urbane Brass Band, uudcctneslo the follow ing conclusions: Ist, The comet will not strike the earth ; but— 2d. If it does strike, it will never do it a second time. In case, however, any gentleman holds opinions different from the above, and is wit- ' ling to back his views to a limited extent, in order to arrive at the truth in this momentous meter, we hereby make the following prop- 1 ositions: Ist. We will wager $20,000, more or less, j that if (lie comet offers to strike, we will 1 dodge before it does it; in other words, that i it can't be brought to the scratch. 2d, A like uu> skat it u does strike, it will be knocked higher nor a kite. 3. Twenty-five times the sbove amounts, that in case the comet strikes, it won't budge the earth six inches by actual measurement. 4th. A like amount, that after the comet strikes, its trail drops. 6th. An optional sum, that the earth can knock the comet further than tho comet can knock the earth nine times out of eleven. 6th. That after the comet gets through striking the earth, it will never waut to strike anybody else. These propositions are intended to cover (he case of any gentleman on this globe, or on the comet, or elsewhere. All vragers to be decided by the Judges of the Supreme Coort. Money to be deposited In (he Bank of Newfoundland. Time of striking and other arrangements to be fixed by the parties. Applicants for bets bave a right to select any comet they choose. KW The Abolitioeiata in the Ohio Legisla ture bave excluded negroes from participa ting in tba Militia Law. Only vhiu male eitixans are permitted to perform military doty! Where ia Ike Abolition (bonder?— Why not denonnfee this exclusion with the same virulence fttbey did Ibe decision of the Saprame Coon? Where ia that thun i dert The Hudson Bay Company. An inquiry has for some months been pend ing before ■ select commitiee ot the British House of Commons, relative-to the re-charter of the Hudson Bay Compauy, which is exci ting much attention, as an extension of its privileges is slrengly denounced by the Ca nadian papers. The power of the Company extends over an extent of country nearly as large as the entire of Europe, whi[e its settle ment is perverted by the policy which has prevailed. There are two hundred and thirty nine stockholders with a capital of ten million dtdlars, and as they divide a million of profits annually, the shares have doubled their par value. The trade is solely by barter, lor which the.'arlicles are shipped Irotn London to be exchanged with the Indians lor furs, of whom there are some 300,000 scattered qver the entire territory, engaged in collecting pel try. The Governor General residea at York Factory, on Nelson's river, and under him are some fifteen hundred factors, leaders and clerks, whose salaries are made contingent upon the earnings of the Company. Besides these, Canadians or Indian half-breeds, are enlisted for terms of five years at slated sala ries, and all the clerks who are a species of cadets, look for advancement when vacancies occur among superiors. Thus monopoly has been seriously detrimental to the settlement of the province, and is to be hoped that the Parliamentary inquiry will lead to the aboli tion of the charter, and throw open the vest territory to emigration.— Pennsylvaman. Two PiinAsEs OF KNOW NOTHINGISM.—We clip the following from the New Haven Reg ister:— "In the Senate of Massachusetts the propo sed constitutional amendment requiring adop ted citizens to reside in the State two years after being naturalized, before being allowed to vote, was adopted by a vote of 25 to !). Thia is Massachusetts Know Nothingism.— io New York the properly qualification for negroes is not only to be abolished, says the Albany Argus, but the three years' residence heretofore required of that class. This is New York Know Nothingism. In one Stale livelycars is 100 short a term for a white man, and in another three years is too long a term for a negro! Well, Black Republicanism is a queer affair." I AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL DECISION.—Greai Britain, even quite recently, in its judicial ! decisions, acknowledged lite binding force of the principle that British subjects could not throw off their allegiancp, but were always subjects of the Crown, to whatever part of the globe they went. This principle has been leluxed in a recent instance. Mr. Law less, a merchant of Grenada, and a non-com batant in the late Nicaraguan troubles, was dragged out of his house and shot by the Guatemalans, when they took. Grenada. He was formerly a British subject, but became a naturalized citizen of the United Stales. His mother applied to the British Government for compensation for the loss of he'r son's life and properly. The reply was, that he had re nounced his allegiance by becoming a citizen of the United States, and was not entitled to British protection. The decision is atuted in a letter fiom Lord Clarendon. This is the doctrine of expariiiion fully admitted. SPLITTING ROCKS WITHOUT BUSTING.— Soma French inventors have taken out a pat ent in England for splitting rocks by the gen eration of heat without causing an explosion. They used a substance composed of 100 parts oi sulphur by weight, 100 of saltpetre, 60 of sawdust, 50 of horse manure, and ten of common salt, The saltpetre and common salt are dissolved in hot water, to which four parts of molasses are added, and the whole ingredients stirred until they are thoroughly incorporated together in one mass, which is then dried by a gentle heat in a room or by exposure to the sun, and is fit for use. It is tamped in the holes bored for blasting rock in the same manner as powder, and is ignited by a fusee. It dots not cause an explosion upward like gunpowder, but generates a great heat, which splits the rock. IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SU GAR. —By a peculiar process in ihe manufao-1 Hire of sugar, it may now be converted into . perfect loaves-in the space of twenty min- I utes, instead of requiring a period of three ' weeks (or the operation to be accomplished. The sugar is scraped from the cleansing ma chines iulo moulds placed on a revolving frame, and then subjected to pressure from the blows of a piston, as they are carried around on a circular frame, and having com- ; pleted their circuit, are raised by a pressure from beneath on to an endless web, which conveys them to the drying shelves. In this maimer, 2400 pounds of loose sugar can be converted into loaf every hour, with the attendance of oue person aud a steam engine of four hourse power. No ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE. —The N. York Mirror states that the Rev. Henry L. Simpson, • colored clergyman, who graduated at Madi son University, was married in Auburn, N. J., last week to a colored woman named HARRIET E. BOGART, and the wedding parly was comprised of about equal portions of while and colored persons, among whom were Gov. SrwARD and family, Hon. CHRISTO PHER MORGAN, and others. Did the United States Senator aud the ex-mera bar ot Congress claim the usual privilege oi saluting the fair bride? It is to be hoped that the fee of the officiating clergyman was paid off in new scenltl THX CBOPS. —The fine growing weather of the last month has greatly imp-oved the ap pearance of the crops. The Trenton Ameri can, speaking of vegetation in that vicinity, •ays the change ia extraordinary, and fields of grain whicb, in the middle of last month, promised bnt little yield, are now presenting a very different aspect. Grass fields are mneb improved, also, and the general im pression is, that unless some nnforeseen oc currence happens to mar the present bright prospects, the early crop of ibis year will be more than an average ooe. Similar accooms come from nearly every other quarter of the land. The crops which show the finest ara wheat and corn, a good yield a of sugar, pota toes very fair and cotton moderate. Interesting to Topers, ' The recentdeath of ayoung man in Bramp ton, Canada, from tasting tbe "easenco of brandy," with whioh lie wee manufacturing Cognac, and the revelation of tbe fact lltjat strychnine ie largely used in the manufacture of whiskey, has awakened eome attention to the nature of the drioks which ere eold for pure spirits. Brandy, gin, wine, and whiskey are so adulterated that comparatively little pure liqbo- can be purchased. Most of the brandies'aro a mixture of diabolical ingredi ents, caustic enongh to burn, oak ohipa, to eay nothing of the delicate tissues of the hu man body. The Springfield Republican says; "No secret is made of this business. The j drug,dealers of New York advertise openly the compounds by means of which the vile imitations of whioh spirituous liquors are made. A circular from one of Ihese drug houses informs the world that brandy No. 1— the best sort, we take it—ie made of "oil of btandy," a poisonous ether, oil of bitter al | monds (as poisonous as prussio acid,) ethe real wine, alcohol, sugar nnd Malaga wine. No. 2—oil of brandy, acetic ether, tamarinds, cherry juice, sugar, ell colored with burnt su gar. No. 3—oil of brßndy, ethereal oil, bit ter almonds, elder floweis and tanr.in. No. 4—oil of brandy, aoetio ether, oil of peach, and alcohol. Ciiti- —oil angelica, oil of juni per, rum, essence of lemon, salt, syrups and water; if smokiness is required, add a few drops of croseah, and to make it biting upon the palate, add some caustic potash. The cir cular advises msnufeaturers to use "with dis cretion" tamarinds, French plums, cherry juice, brown sherry, oak shavings, tincture of catechu, powdered charcoal, black tea, ground rice, and other ordinary materials, well known to distillers and rectifiers. We should advise drinkers to use the villainous mixtures with discretion—and throw them into the gutter." The adulteration of liquors is carried on as largely abroad as in this country, and the Custom House brand is no guaranty of pu rity. Thousands of pipes of raw spirits are annually exported from this country and re turned iu the shape of wine, brandy, Sic., which contains not a particle of grapa juice. Western I.nutl Speculation—tl'coplu Run Mud. We had a conversation with our fellow townsman, Eli Bruce, who has just returned from the land sales in lowa, und language fail to depict the grsed there displayed for land. The Osage land office in the northeastern portion of lowa, was opened for private en try on Monday, the 18th ult. In that two year old town of eight hundred people, aotne two thousand laud speculators had congre gated. They slept where diey could, and grumbled not at strange bej fellows; tliey paid one dollar and a half per day for board, and butter was furnished but twice a month. In anticipation of the crowd, the land office was barred and bolted upon the inside. Oil the Saturday previous to the opening sale, some fifteen men planted themselves outside the door of the office, maintaining their post Saturday night, and Sunday night, and were ready for the door to open on Monday morn ing. Near the hour fur opening the rush of fifteen hundred was made, and in their re venge upon the fifteen who had been two nights and a day at the door, they crowded upon the building, breaking the ribs of a Mr. Crawford, formerly of this city, so se verely injuring a Mr. Ensign, also formerly a resident of Cleveland, that for a lime life was despairod of, and he wa barely saved by those inside opening the door and drag ging him wiihin, where altera while he was restored to consciousness. Many others were badly injured, and fatal results only could bo averted by the Register announcing that no entries would be made inside the build ing but he went outside and look the nenies and made the entries. One hundred and fif ty thousand acres were subject to entry, and the rage for those lands created this mad ness.—Cleveland Herald. ■C?" "A subscriber," whom we suspect to be some narrow minded Leech, asks us why we advertise Dr. Ayer's Tills, and we will give him our seven reasons for so doing.— The first, second and third are that we are paid for it. The fourth is, we know them by experience to be good. The fifth is that Dr. Ayer's preparations being recommended by better men than we—by physicians of the highest talent and the deepest learning in the land, we are well sustained in our own convictions of their value. The sixth is that they are cheap as well as useful. The last but not least is that they have done and are doing au amount of good in this community which our old fogy friend if he could repeat himself ten thousand times, might never hope to equal, and we trust by making them known, to render some service to our read ers as well as ourselves.— Chnslitui Advocate. THB TRUTH or THE MATTES. —The New York Herald says, speaking of Kansas out rages, &c. "But the truth of the matter is, that all this fuse thai has been made about Kansas within the past two or-tbree years has been created Jor the benefit of a feu speculators in lands and politics. Uader the new regime the bubble will burst." At last ware beginning to get the truth of the matter —and through the Heraldl GERMANS IN NEW YORK.— There are one hundred thousand Getmso inhabitants in the city of New York. They have upwards of twenty places of public worship, upwards of filly schools, ten book stores and five printing establishments, a German theatre, a German ; opera, and matinees and siorees musicals innu merable. Many Germans are engaged in ' mechanical arts, mauy are practical furriers, surgieal instrument makers, manufacturers of pianos and fancy articles, grocers, bakers, confectioners and hotel keepers. There are several daily, weekly and monthly newspa pers. BP* A material for resisting fire has beeh invented, the manufacture of whioh consists in combining and melting limestone with iron stone, or with the cinder from puddling far oaces, or from ball or mill furnaces, and run ning or casting the same into moulds. This kind of material is said to pesetas especial qualities ol resistance to fire. The Affidavit of the World. It was a raying of the first Nspeleon that tliera was no sueh word as impossible in tbo vocabulary of a great man. DifHonltiet wbioh appal a mediocre intellect only stimu late tbe energies of a powerful mind. New ton oonceived Ibe idee of mapping tbe skies, and measuring the distance from planet to planet, from system to system, and be axe cnted it. The godlike Washington, deter mined in the name of Liberty and Justice, to resist the mightiest and the wealthiest government in tbe world—and we are free. Others have made successful war on MM common enemy, Disease; and in the formost rank of these champions of humanity we i place Prof. Holloway. Happily we live In I an age which does not delegate to posterity the duty of appreciating and rewarding its , master minds. They carry with them ibe applause and gratitude of millions. So it has 1 been with this extraordinary man. He baa heard with his own ears the voiee of appro val which is to vibrate through the luture.— He has been the architect of his own fume, as well as future, and has seen with his own eyes the fabric Which is to be his monument. No remedies for tbo various disorders which afllicl mankind have been so extensively used, so universally popular as Holloway'a Pills and Ointment. It may, perhaps, be. said that tbe newspaper press of the day af fords vast facilities for giving publicity to new inventions and disc'ovariea- We admit it,, but it must be also remembered that the same medium whinh affords the opportui lies to the discoverer and inventor is open to all who may challenge the correctness of his theory or impugn the value of its practi cal results. Holloway'a remedies for exter nal and internal diseases stand before the world unasaailed. The conclusion is Ibey are unassailable. But this is not ell. Their efficacy is not merely undenied, it is conce ded by men of science, by incorporated in stitutions jsalous of ell innovations upon old ruins and precedents, by governments watch ful of the public interests and conservator* of the public health. Kven this is r.ot the strongest evidence in their favor. The press may err, men of science may be mistaken, Institutions may be deceived, governments may act hastily, but universal experiment ie infallible. Preparations that havo been tested by mil lions ot people, civilized, semi-civilized and savage, in every quarter of the globe, and that have never failed toproduoe the promis ed results, have received the highest sanc tion which any invention is capable of re ceiving. In fact it may almost be said of Hollow ay's Pills aud Ointment, that they have been authenticated by the affidavit of mankind.—JV. If. Sunday Times. CP" A latter from Nenl Dow, published in the Prohibitionist, is sharp upon Mr. Gough. Mr. Dow writes from Mancheslsi: " In England, as in America, the greatec part of the newspapers of the country are op posed to the cause of prohibition, and refuse to publish articles in favor of It—while the, etrange declaration of Mr. Gough that the temperance cause was in an extremely dis tressed state througnout the country, and that the Maine I.aw is a dead failure everywhere, emboldens the enemies of tempertnoe to combine and resist the movement. Special Notice*. Holloway's Pills produce a most surprising change in cases of general debility. The broken down invalid, whose flaccid muscles and relaxed nervous system have scarcely sufficient vitality to sustain his emaciated form in an erect position, is soon renovated and braced by the invigorating elTect of this priceless remedy, and bis whole frame is re-animated and filled with energy. His spirits resume their buoyancy; and he fells iike a new man. Such is the experience of thousands. Longevity depends in a great measure upon the regular and healthy action of the organs of digestion and excretion, and upon these organs Holloway's Pills operate irresistably. WHITE TEETH, PERFUMED BREATH AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION —can be ac quired by using the " Balm of a Thousand Flowers." What lady or gentleman would remain under the curse of a disagreeable breath, when by using the " Balm of a Thou sand Flowers " as a dsntrifioe, would not only render it sweet, but leave the teeth as white as alabaster ? Many persons do not know their breath is bad,and the subject is so deli cate their friends will never mention it. Be ware of counterfeits. Re sure each bottle ia signed FETRIDGE & CO., N. Y. For sale by all Druggists. Fob. 18, 1867-6 m. 1 ~ "toASiflfcziuße In Wilkesbarre, or. the 28th ult., by Rev. 1 Mr. Smith, Mr. HIRAM BERLIN, and Mise CLARA S. LINES, both ol Beach Haven, Lu zerne county, Pa. Ou Sunday, the 24th ult., by Jesse Hicks, Esq., Mr. TIMOTHY QUINLEY, and Miss MARY E. I'ORBV, both of Lime Ridge, Columbia county, Pa. R AFCZAHBA In Greenwood, on Wednesday, Ibe 13th of May, ELMMA, daughter of Ira and Sarah Johnson, aged 4 years and 4 months. TOLLS AT BEACH HAVEN. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, ) Beach Haven, June 81 h, '57. j MR. EDITOR :—The amount of tolls receiv ed at this office are as follows: March S 91 0.4 April, 10585 7* May, ........ 20953 30 Total, . . . 831630 13 JOHN S. FOLLMER, Collector. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Elisabeth Lunger, late of Sugarloqf township, deceased. ALL persons interested will lake notice that the undersigned appointed Auditor by the Orphans' Court of Columbia County, to settle and adjust the rates and proportions of the assets of the estate of Elisabeth Lunger, dcceaseO, in the bands of Edmand Craw ford her administrator, to aud among the re spective creditors, according to the order established by law, will attend at bis office, in Bloomsburg, on Saturday the 11th day of Jnly next, for the purpose aforesaid, when and where all persons interested will attend if they think ptoper. WESLEY WIRT, Bloomsburg, June 8, '57. Auditor. 40 FLAO JOINT AND LAP SHINGLES lUjUlfv j or ig | e g| Arcade by My 27, '57 AC MENSCH.
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