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.
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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 "
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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.
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My 27, '57 AC MENSCH.