:gTAR 0F THE JVOBTH. 'R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. ItlooinsburE) Wednesday, July 22, 1857- Democratic Nominations. VOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming County. FOB JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, WILLIAM STRONG, Of Berks County. JAMES THOMPSON, Of Erie County. FOR CANAt. COMMISSIONER, RIM ROD STRICKLAND, of Chester County. JOHN G. FREEZE, Esq., HAS resumed the practice of the Law in Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pa.; ami will give his prompt and careful attention to all business entrusted to him iu this and ad joining counties. He can be found constantly in his office, in Robinson's Row, near the Court House. lIU3IBA RDMKN T or GICEY TOWN. It will be remembered that some three years ago a nest of outlaws, pirates, slavers j and thieves was demolished by American I vessels at Greylowti, because it had become dangerous to the commerce of all nations, and was amenable to no municipal govern ment. The shingle-and-tnuJ town was dis- | located into the likeness of an old lumber ( yarJ. Thai class ol men who are always ready lo oppose the government of thoir country at once cried out that this was a great out rage, ami that President Pierce ought to be hanged for it. Recently the subject came up in the British Parliament, and Lord Pal mereton announced it as the opinion of the legal officors of the British government that the United States could not be called to ac count for the aot, nor compelled to pay for any property of British citizens destroyed on that occasion. He said "those who go to a foreign country must abide by the chances which may befall that country and he might welt have added that those who lake up their lot with outlaws must not afterwards invoke any protection from the law. Those "intense Americana" who look the side of England and Greylown against the American administration, must feel very comfortable to see themselves thus deserted by their British allies. But there are always restless and discontented spirits who will not be satisfied with the management of our public affiairs, and would not be, if even tbe angel Gabriel administered it. Philadelphia Post Ollicc. We learn that it is the intention of the Post Office Department 'o establish sub Post Offices in different parts of Philadelphia for the accommodation of all citizens. This will no doubt meet with general approval. Pre vious to the consolidation of the city, there were sub-offices in Spring Garden, Kensing ton, Richmond, Germatitown, Frankfort! and other places in the county of Philadelphia, which were found to be very convenient.— We also learn that a project is on foot lo re move the Custom Hou'e to the city stores on Dock street. These buildings are near the riverfront, and we have no doubt that il the project can be effected, it will give un equivocal satisfaction to merchants, sea cap tains, and ail others engaged in the commer cial profession. Disease among Morses- It is bnt a week or two ago that Dr. J. B. McKelvy lost a valuable horse by some sud den sickness, muking the third he has lost In this way within about a year. Last week Mr. John Lcdwig lost a valuable horse by some similar sudden disease; and Mr. Peter Billmeyeh was equally unfortunale a few nights after in the almost sudden death of a fine and spirited animal which was recently brought here from New York, and in this market would have been held lo be worth £2OO. An offer. —S. V. Merrick, Esq , the Pres ident of the Sunbtuy and Erie Railroad, makes a proposition to the landowners along , the road which he hopes will raise funds to j complete the work. It is, that the owners j of land in the vicinity of the Railroad shall j sell at fair rates of present value one-half l their tracts, to bo divided fairly as to quality, taking pay therefor in the stock of the Com- | pany, reserving the other half for their own I future profit—the purpose being to offer the | half purchased, as a basis upon which to 1 obtain the funds to build the road. Bi.oom ahead. —The account of the Mount- \ pleasant timothy had hardly been published j last week when Dr. J. Ramsey brought into our office a bunch of his timothy measuring 6 feet and I inch. So Mountpleasant will have to give way to Bloom. P. S. Mr. Kreamer lias since sent in some timothy stalks from his farm measuring 6 feet i inch. ty Judge Woodward, of this place, pres ided at a special court in Sunb lry the early part of last week. The Sunbury American in speaking of him says: "Judge Woodward, though comparatively a young man, is of quick perception, and has a well trained legal mind. He made a favorable impression on the Bench, as well as among those with whom he mingled, in the social circle." ty The storm of last Tuesday did much injury in the vicinity of Catawissa ; and the streams there flooded fields, proslntled crops, carried off small bridges, and so much injured Ibe roads that they were in some places im passable for several days. FOB SCKATOB. —Capt. Wm. Forsyth, Hon. Geo. C. Welker, Maj. Zimmerman and Wm. Folimer of Northumberland county are can didates for (be senatorial nomination in this district. Public Sentimtrn In Kansas. A well known and highly esleeroedTenn sylvooian, who haa just returned ifronj the Territories, writes the following -to'a friend in II: is city as to ihe at ale of politics in Kan sas. The facls are interesting:— " 1 eonld interest you in Kansas afTsirs, but die limits of this letter will not permit. Gov ernor Walker will have matters his way, and I feel confident that his policy will lead to a happy termination of the difficulties in that heretofore unhappy Territory. The Conven tion, though composed of pro-slavery men, will submit the constitution to a vo'e of the people. The constitution will be unexcep tionable, and the question of slavery will be submitted as a separate proposition, so that the elector can vote for the constitution and against slavery. Aboot three to one will vote against slavery. The whole vole of the Ter ritory is estimated at 22,000. Of these 5,000 are Pro-Slavery Democrats, 7,000 Free Slate Democrats, and 8,000 Republicans. 9,251 votes are registered, and of these 2,000 voted for delegates. It is estimated that the vote on the constitution will reach 25,000. In Kansas the question of slavery is regarded as settled. Tha issue now is, Shall Kansas be a Democratic or Black Republican Stale? I did not meet one pro-slavery man in the Ter ritory who expressed the opiuiou that it could be a slave State. I Appointments. The President recently made a number of appointments, mostly to fill vacancies. The most important among them are the follow ing;— Richard Kidder Meade, of Virginia, En voy Extraordinary and Minister I'lenipo'en tiaiy to the Empire of Brazil, in place of William Truesdale, of Tennessee, the pres i er.l incumbent. | Benjamin F. Angel, of New York, Minis [ ter Resident to Sweden, in place of Francis Shroeder, of Rhode Island, recalled at his own request. Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Texas, Minister Resident to the Argentine Confederation, in place of James A. Pedon, of Florida, the present incumbent. Wyman li. S. Moor, of Maine, Consul General for tho British North American Pro vinces, from the Ist of September next, in place of Israel D. Andrew, of Maine, resign ed. 1 lie Washington Epidemic. The New York Academy of Medicine have recently reported upon the subject of the Washington epidemic, and are of opinion that the air was poisoned, and not the food. The prevailing judgment seemed to regard foul air and noxious effluvia to be fully ade quate to the production of all the symptoms described, modified as the disease was by febrile indications and periodical remissions, exacerbations, and relapses, in many cases; pointing to the miasmatic climate of the lo cality as contributing to its aggravation. The Academy after full discussion, seem ed to concur in the opinion that no known poisonous article from either kingdom of j na'ure would havo produced all the grnup of symptoms which so uniformly character ized Ihe cases, and certainly not without i :* volving the stomach itself iu more serious mischief than is alleged to have been pres ent in any case. Mexican Tetters of Marque. Should Spain be silly enough to wage war upon Mexico, Mexico will retaliate by an at tempt on Cuba, for which purpose, it is said, Comonfort will employ the filibusters who are so desirous of setting their foot upon that fertile Islaud. It is slated that he has already sent to some of our ports a number of quires of blank letters of marque commissions, which the Mexican Consuls will be ready In fill up an deliver to applicants upon certain favorable terms, the moment that war shall be declared by either patty. This will, no doubt, be the result, and as there are so many ways of evading the neutrality laws, even with the strictest vigilance of the Gov ernment, the scheme would probably be en tirely successful. Wc have no idea, how ever, that Spain intends to act foolishly or endanger her possessions. Her movements, so far, military and naval, are of no conse quence, and evince no very warlike disposi tion. REV. B. S. HUNTINGTON, A. M., of tlie As lon Ridge Seminary, delivered a leeluro 011 the Dangers and Securities of die Solar Sys tem, in the Court House, in this town, 011 last Saturday evening. It was listened to j with interest by a full audience, as it had j been before on several occasions by audien ces in Philadelphia. It was well prepared, | and well delivered. A WARNING. —A gentleman recently visited [ McKim, who is now under sentence of I death in the Blair county jail, and the un fortunate criminal ended the interview by j saying—"lt was gambling am! this woman j business which has got me into all the j trouble." COUNTY FINANCES —On last Monday Treas-1 urer Harris took in 56,080 96 oil the State 1 tax due from Columbia county for 1857. j The largest amount paid by any collector j was 51,115 85 by Shcritf Miller of Bloom, being the largest amount ever paid by any collector so early. WE learn that the storm of last Sunday evening did very serious injury in Muncy and its vicinity, blowing off the roof of the Methodist Church, the roof of Dr. Rankin's barn, and doing other damage to buildings and crops. THE DATE WM. L. MARCV —As a jurist, he was not merely wise, but singularly consei ' entious. While 011 the bench, the preacher, upon one occasion, observed that he appear ed unusually depressed. He questioned him as to the cause, when he replied that "he could not sleep, and had not for several nights, his mind was so burdened with a case submitted to him, the decision of which would involve the character of two of his fellow citizens. Until," said he, "I obtain a clear apprehension of the case, I cannot rest.' No man more desired to judge wisely aud honestly than William L, Marcy. Ex-Slate Treasurers Indicted. Two indictments have been found against Mr. Gibson, late Slate Treasurer of Ohio— one for the embezzlement of State funds, and the other for embezzlement in the-ISen eca County Bank. 1 One indictment was silso found against Mr. Breslin, his predecessor 'in the same ofßce, with several counts for embezzlement. VST A valuable farm is offered for sale in Hemlock, in our advertising columns to-day. I IJT The farmers of this region are now busily engaged in taking in their grain.— ' Nearly one half of it will this year be cut by I machine. EF" A valuable ore properly in Dry Val ; ley, Union county, was last week bought at Sheriff sale by M'Kelvey, Neal & Co. for #3900. VST Thomas Bower and Reuben Keller are announced in Snyder county as candidates for Senator in this district. EST President Buchanan, Vice President Rreckinridge, and Gen. Cass and Howell Cobb, of the Cabinet, are said to be Free Masons. EF* Ner Middleswarlh is recommended as the Union Candidate for the Assembly in Snyder and Union counties. EF'The Chambersburg and Hagerstown Railroad will be sold at suction on the 14th of August. EF" Laof.r. —The Philadelphia breweries have over a million of capital invested in the manufacture of the modern article of Commerce. ' ty A young woman who was brought be fore the Boston piice, alleged ill defence o( her respectability that she was acquainted wiili all the lawyers in New York. She was committed lor six months. CiT McKim, who has been convicted of the murder of Dr. Norcross, is lo be hung on the 21st of August next. He protests that he is entirely innocent ol the ctime for which he has been convicted. nr Among ihe useful citizens recently de ceased at Harrisburg are Col. Daniel Herr of Herr's Hotel, and Frederick Kelker, long a hardware merchant. ty The interest due on the Bonds of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad Co., was paid on Ihe Ist ins!., st the Mercantilo Bank of New York. HT Montgomery Matlin, a son of Lewis i Martin, Esq., of Williamsport, was fatally j injured, on Sunday of last week, near Tatna- I qua, by his head striking his head against a ! water-tank. Air. Martin was a brakesman. ty The Fallon House, in Lock Haven has been mken by Jacob Lebo, favorably known as the former proprietor of the Commercial House in Philadelphia. The Fallon House is represented lo be one of the finest country Hotels ir. the State, having been erected at a cost of £50,000. I IT The Richmond Enquirer and many othet >outnern national Democratic papers, ably and manfully sustain Mr. Buchanan's ! course on Ihe Kansas question and Gov. Walk er's proposition to have the Constitution about ' to be framed, submitted to a Tote of the peo ' pie of the territory. rV The beauty of Indian names, when translated, is all humbug. Mississippi means no such thing as "Father of Waters," but simply "Big Water, or Big River." An ex change says that Niagara means "Hark to the Thunder." It does not. In the Tuscaro ra language Niagara signifies nearly the same as "Big water-tumble." ty The largest chain in the world is that about lo be used in the operation of raising the ships sunk at Sevastopol. It is two hun dred yards long; and each link weighs three hundred pounds. It was manufactured at Reading, Pa. The value of the material lo be furnished by the Russian Government, to he used in raising the fleet, will be about a million ar.d a half of dollars. fy The house occupied by Mr. Samuel Fowler, a shoit distance above Berwick, was struck by lightning on Tuesday afternoon last. The electric fluid passed .down the lightning rod, and under the house, tearing up Ibe floor of a room occupied at the lime by some of the family, but happily without injuring any person.— Berwick Gazelle. t*y The cost of coal, as luel for locomo tives on the Boston railroad, is about one hall that of wood. All Ihe freighl trains on the Providence and Worcester railroads are now run with coal, as are also all the passen ger engines, exepting one, and that is to be altered lor coal as soon as it can be spared from the road long enough to have the alter ation made. I ITT Baltimore has the following (said to be 'Americans') organizations within its lim its; Blood Tubs, Rip Raps, Ttiunder-bolt, Rough Skins, Plug Ugltes, Wampanoag Ti gers, Cut Throats, Swann's Babes, Little Feb lows, Stop Lales, Hard Times, Ashlander, Lone Star, Hushers, Bull Necks, Corn Cob, and Mug Smashers. Whew ! nr Luzerne county is some on legal busi- j i ncs. A friend informs us that there are 753 j I cases at issue on the trial list for August term | next. In these are not included the Com j monwealih cases. Over 400 executions have I been issued since May Term, returnable to August, and from present indications, there will be as many more. Five hundred and fifty-eight cases have been placed upon the Docket since May Term, and yet about half the term has passed. Luzerne is truly a ' Commonwealth of itself.— Luzerne Union. [ US'" A new chemically prepared papar has I been invented for the use of the banks, which cannot be used for photographing or ! counterfeits of any kind. The invention is endorsed by George P. Lymsn, of the Cleat ; ing House, Mr. Kent, the United States Mint I aseayer, and Meade Brothers,the photogragh ers. It is being used by banks both for bills and checks, and by railroad companies for slock and bond certificates,"Ac. It is matiu -1 factruod at Morris county, New Jersey, where ' paper mills havs been erected. A Monster Uukeiy. A ncwbriok building, 95 feet long by 51 wide, is now In course of erection in Phila delphia, to be'bereafier used as bakery. In the centre df the building will be six vast ov ens, adapted to receive and discharge bread on an upper and lower story of the building. In each oven there will be 26 cars, which will constitute, when in the oven, so many shelves, on which, as thoy pass up and down, the bread is Hi the process of baking. They are made of iron, paved with tile, and will hold eighty loaves of bread each. They will be driven by machinery, worked by sleain. Tho bread which will be received at the up per mouth of the oven, will be dischaiged at the lower, and that received at the lower dis charged at the upper. The kneading is to be accomplished by machinery, so that the ob jections as the use of hands and arms will be avoided. A rail track will run in the rear of the ovens, to provide tho luel and take away the ashes. i CF" Somo of the finest railway repair shops in the country, are situated at Altooua, be longing to the Pennsylvania Central Compa ny. They give employment, at the present time, to the following hands: —l4 Foremen, 47 Boiler Makers and Bridge Builders, 60 Blacksmiths and Helpers, 8 Painters, 9 Tin and Coppersmiths, 7 Pattern makers, 66 Car Builders, 5 Brafca Founders, 47 Iron Found ers, 23 Kngine Wipers, 80 Machinists and Shop hands, 3 Stationary Engineers, 27 La borers, 6 Watchmen, 12 Yard Engineers and Firemen, 18 Passenger Engineers and Fire men, 32 Freight Engineers and Firemer., 5 Clerks and Storekeepers, 1 Draughtsman, muking a total of 490 workmen in these shops alone; and this dors not include other officers and employees, engaged at this sta tion. The Eastern Engineers ere paid 82 50 per day; the mountain engineers 82 50, and (he firemen $1 40 per day, while Ihe yard engi neers, whose duties are lighter, receive but $1 50, and the firemen SI 10 per day. Since May Ist, A. McCausland, Esq., a smart and practical mechanic, has had charge of the machinery of the whole road. CF" The product of the United States, in gold, is estimated ot 200,000 pounds; Aus tralia and Oceanica, 150,000; Russia, 60,000; Mexico and South America, 47,100. Of sil ver, the New World supplies 2,473,700 pounds, leaving 491,500 for all other coun tries. Of mercury, Spain gives the world 2,500,000 pounds, and the United Stales, 100,000 pounds. England and Australia fur dish one-half of all the copper produced by the world. Prussia and Belgium furnish four-filths of all the zinc used in tjio world, viz: 16,000 and 33,600 tons. England furn ishes more than half the iron of the world, 3,000,000 tons, and the United States, 1,000,- 000 tons. France is the next most produc tive country in iron, 600,000 tons; Russia produces but 200,000 tons; and Sweden, 150,- 000—quantities bearing a very small relation to the celebrity of product of those coun tires. Lead is distributed between Great Britain, t,n United Sis'""- 4, 2, 1. TIIK SUN THE OMFFIN OF FORCE.—Professor Youmai)B recently lectured ill New York on chemical science, in which ho showed the origin of all forms of force to be in the sun beam. Every existing specific motion on the earth, whether known as wind power, water power, steam power, electric power, or animal power, have their origin in the rays of the sun. As an illustration of the profes sor's mode of elucidating his argument, he stated that the dellection of the iron tunnel for railroad trains over the Menil river in England, which is four hundred feet long, was but half an inch under the heaviest pres sure of a train. When the sun laid upon it some hours it bent up an inch and a half from its usual horrizonul line. The Hunker Monument is higher in tho evening than in the morning of a sunny day. The little sun beams enter the pores of tho stones, like so many wedges, and lift it skyward. NEW TAX LAW.—The following is the 3d Section of an Act passed the 21st day of April 1856, entitled "An Act relative to the Sale of Lands for the non payment ol Taxes." The Auditor General has advised the County Treasurers that the provisions of the Act will be rigidly complied with: SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of Su pervisors and Collectors of road taxes, and of all Collectors of any other taxes whatsoever, to make return to the County Commissioners of any exhonerations claimed by their, on or before the first day of January in each year; and it shall not be lawful for the said County Commissioners to grant any exonerations after that time, nor for the County Treasurer to sell any lands which shall have been returned, and taxes exonerated after the said time." MAKING A NUISANCE USEFUL.— The Yan kees are eome on notions, that is clear. It is now stated that Chinese fire crackers, for which no useful service greater that produc ing noise on the celebration of the Fouith of July have heretofore been discovered, have at last been applied to practical account. In some of the New England States cater pillars are destroyed with them. The way is to place one on the end of a split pole, thrust it into the neat, and knock them all to flinders. It will take sometimes two or three crackers to demolish a large nest, thoogh for small collections a single explosion is suffi cient. The boys don't consider this work, j but go at it with a gusto. FOUND GUILTT.— On Saturday evening,says the Pittsburg Post, lire solemn scene of the rendition of a verdict of '-Guilty of murder in i the first degree" against Henry Life, Mon | roe Stewart and Charlotte Jones, was wit nessed in the Pittsburg court-house by near ly two thousand people. It will be recollect ed that they were charged with the murder, several months ago, of George Wilson and Elizabeth McMarters, two old people living alone iu a retired spot in the country, for the purpose of robbing them of a sum of money they were known to have in their possession. Harvesting in 1821, In'the " Republiean Press'' of July 18lb, 1821, published by J. Cooper, Esq., to Dan ville, Mr. Cook finds the following account of a meeting of laborers held at Washington ville, from which it will be seen that prices then and now differ considerably : "At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Washington and its vicinity, held at the house of Benjamin Williams,on Wednesday, 4th day of July, 1821, for the purpose of ta king into consideration the propriety of fix ing certain prices for laboring hands through harvest—Mr. ABRAHAM STROAH being called to the chair, and B. WILLIAMS sppotnied Sec retary, the following prices were unanimous ly agreed upon. For Mowing per day, 40 cents. " Reaping " 50 " " Cradling " 75 " " Raking and Binding 75 " And other work equivalent. Resolved, That the members of this meeting shall not work under (lie abovementioned prices, and we also recommend it to our fel low laborers to form the same resolution. Always Finding Fault- There are certain people who cannot live without finding fault. No matter what sub ject, or person, comes up in the course of conversation, they start some frivolousobjec- I lion, or make some censorious remark. In stead of trying to be in charity with their neighbors, (hey take malicious pleasure in speaking evil about them. They obstinately shut their eyes to good qualities; while they employ microscopes to discover and magnify evil ones; and afterwards they torture lan guage to exaggerate what they have seen, so as to depreciate as much as possible. They do not, however, always speak out boldly.— But they deal in inuendoes, in bints, and in ominous shakes of the head. Instead of frankly assailing in front, they assassinate behind the back. Practically, they persuade others that all men are so evil, thai there is not even a chance of reform. Ereu in acts incontestibly good, they pretend to find latent selfishness. They spend their lives in defiling human nature, like the foul Yahoos whom the satirist has depicted. To beliere them, there are none virtuous but themselves; all the rest of mankind being knaves, brutes, or devils. A proverbial fault finder little thinks that, in censuring so maliciously and indiscrimi nately, he is only painting his own portrait. It is a secret consciousness of his demerits, a gnawing rage at the superiority of others, which is the real cause of his want of char ily, tho principal inducement to his abuse. His own heart is the mirror from which he describes mankind. The best men have been those invariably who spoke the most kindly of their race. The great type of all manhood, whose perfect humanity is the admiration even of Pagans and Atheists, ev er spoke in benignant terms, having charity even for "publicans and sinners." It is to his precepts that we owe the great doctrine of human brotherhood. In the ideal of tho fallen Lucifer, we have, on tho contrary, the incarnation ■' ""dice, hate slander, ill-will and all evil speaking. As to the One is said to have come to bring "peace and good will to men," so the other first defiled the fair creation with strife, and sowed "war among tho hosts of heaven." We never hear a professed faultfinder, but our thoughts recur to his type. We never listen to the benefi cont language of one who is in charity with his race, without feeling that ho is advanc ing more and more to "the perfect man." Ledger. Expelled from Ihe Church for Voting for Bu chanan.—The Grand Rapids (Alich.) "Inqui rer" contains a full report of the trial, convic tion and expulsion from the church of Dea con P. G. Stebbins, of the town of Alpine, in that couoty. He was the first deacon of the church to which he belonged—the Freewill Baptist, and the charge against him was that he sustained slavery by voting for Buchanan. He was also charged with deception, because when asked if he was going to vote for liberty or slavery, he said liberty. Stebbins admitted the facts charged but defended himself by saying that the Democratic ticket, which he did vole, supported the most liberty ptinci ples of any ticket now in vogue. DR. KANE'S WORK.—The Philadelphia Ledger learns, from good authority, that the publisher's of Dr. Kane's Arctic Expedition have paid upwards of 860,000 to the estate of the deceased author, copywrighl money for the nine months' sales of tho work ; and that the continued demand for that work will soon make the sum reach one hundred thou sand dollars. Pecuniarily, this is princely remuneration; the largest, probably, ever paid to any author for so short a time. tSF The London Times newspaper is printed in an antique, dingy looking build ing in Printing House Square, and the rooms are all low, dark and uninviting. Eighty eight compositors arc always at work on advertisements, and forty-three more on par liamentary debates and other matter. Four presses are required to work off the morn ing edition, and to take advantage of these four presses, part of the paper is regularly electrolyped. The daily edition of the " Times" is 53,000. Eighteen proof readers are employed regularly. A new printing press from Hoe's factory, in New York, is soon to be put up in that office. NEW WHEAT AND NEW FLOUR— New wheat appeared in Charleston, ISouth Carolina, as long as ten days since, some of which issaid to be on its way to the northern market. On the 12th inst., ten barrels of flour from new wheat were shipped from Augusta, Ga., to New York. ty The Independent says that the Five Points Mission in New York has been nearly ruined by a legacy of $20,00; its friends got the idea that it was too rich to need contribu tions, and so the supplies have nearly stop ped. This is au illustration of killing by kindness. THE MONTREAL DISASTIR.— The Coroner's jury has returned a verdict of manslaughter agaiosi the owner, captain, pilot aud mate of the steamer Montreal. A Mormon I'arullel Three Centuries ago- Strange religious fariutici ,, mß fls dot con •fined to any country nor limited to tony era of the world 1 * history*. The Anti-Christian world witnessed as strong delusions as have sprung up since the advent of the Redeemer. A writer in the Providence Pott, recalls some interesting particulars concerning a strange sect, which about the year 1530, arose in Germany, and, from their foul practices and the pretences of their leaders to special reve lations, bearing a striking resemblance to the Mormons; tiro name also by which they ulti mately became known, and are known at the present day, Mennonites, is not very dis similar to that of fheirsuccessors in depravity, ) the Mormoniteß. They were called Anabap tists, for the reason that they condemned the baptism of infants and re-baptised a'l whom they admitted into their society. To this peculiar notion concerning baptism, they ad ded other principles of a most enthusiastic as well as dangerous nature, among which was this, which the Mormons of the present day hold in common with them: That as neither the laws of nature nor the precepts of the Testament had imposed any restraints upon men with regard to the number of wives which they might marry, they should use that liberty which God himself had granted to the patriarchs. Two of their prophets, John Matthias, a baker of Harlaem, and John Boccold, a journeyman tailor of Leyden, fixed their residence at Muntter. Not wanting in talent or resolution, and affecting the appear ance ol sanctity, bold pretensions to inspira tions, and a confident aud plausible manner of discoursing, they soon gamed many con verts, among which were some of influence and eminence. Emboldened by success, they surprised and took possession of the city of Munster, and set about modeling the gov ernment according to their own wild ideas. The proceedings were all directed by Matthi as, who, in the style and with the authority of a prophet, ottered his commands, which it was instant death to disobey; their enthusi astic passions were kept from subsiding by a perpetual succession of exhoitations, revela tions and prophesies. Upon the death of Matthias, John Boccold succeeded to the su preme rule ; he appointed twelve judges, at cording to the number of tribes in Israel, to preside in all affairs. He at length took upon himself the title of King of Sion, assumed the pomp of royaliy, wearing a crown of gold and clad in the richest and most sumptuous garments. Having now attained the height of power, Boccold began to discover passions which he had hitherto restrained. As the excesses of enthusiam have been observed in every age to lead to sensual gratifications, the same constitution that is susceptible of the former being remarkably prone to the , latter, be instructed the prophets and teachers j to harangue the people concerning the law fulness, and oven necessity, of taking more wives than one, which they asserted to be one of the privilege* granted to the saints He set them an example of using what he called their Christian liberty, by marrying at once three wives. As he was allured by beauty or the love of variety, he gradually added to the number of his wives until they amounted to fourteen. After the example of their prophet, the multitude gave themselves up to the most licentious and uncontrolled gratification of their desires. No man re mained satisfied with a single wife. Togeth er with polygamy, freedom of divorce, its inseparable attendant, was introduced. Ev ery excess was committed of which the pas sions of men are capable when restrained neither by the authority of laws nor the sense of decency ; voluptuousness was engrafted on religion, and dissolute riot accompanied the austerities of fanatical devotion. About fif teen months after the Anabaptists had estab lished their dominion in Munster, they were overcome and the city re-conqnered by an army in the service of the Bishop of Mun ster. Boccold, the King, was taken prisoner, loaded with chains, and carried from city to city as a spectacle to gratify the curiosity of the people. After this he was brought back to Munster and put to death. With its mon arch, the kingdom of the Anabaptists came to an end. Their principles having taken deep root in the Low CounHes, the party still subsists there, under the name of Men nonites; but by a very singular revolution, this sect, so mutinous and sanguinary at its first origin, hath become altogether innocent and pacific. A small number of this sect which is settled in England, retain its pecu liar tenets concerning baptism, but witbout any daugerons mixture of enthusiasm. An Important Capture. The Philadelphia paper* itate thai one of the master spirits of the extensive gang of counterfeiters now engaged in flooding the country with counterfeit money, was captur ed a few daya ago. Hianamo ia Samuel M'- Coy. He resides in handsome style, in Win ter street, and lives on the fat of the land.— The officers found in his desk SBOS in spuri ous money. It consisted of 2's on the Bank of Middletown, s's on the Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia, and s'* on the Girard Bank. The information was obtained from parties now in custody. The police have been on the look out lor alcng time in hope of an op portunity to take this person. He is pretty well known to the profession, having, we are informed, undergone a course of penal dis cipline in Sing Sing, the New York State Prison. SALE or VALUABLE TOW* LOTS. —The Sher iff of Lebanon county will sell, at the Court Pouse, in the Borough of Lebanon, on Satur day, the 25th iust., ninety-seven town lots, comprising " VVeidman's Addition" to the said borough. Twenty-nine oi these lots I front on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, and all of them are eligibly situated near the Depot. STATE CANALS. —The sale of the Main Line leaves, we believe, in the bands of the Stale the following lines of Canal in operation: Delaware Division, 60 miles. Susquehanna Division, 41 " N. Branch Division & Extension, 165 " West Branch Division, 76 " Total, 342 miles. * # # See advertisement in another column of "Canvassers wanted," Philadelphia Markets. ■Flour ottif Kekl —The market Is dull, end mixed brands of -Flour are ofTeret! at 87 pet bbi., and brands Tor home consumption at 87 00a7 50, and 'extra 'and lanoy brands at 87 75a8 75. Thdre is very little ddthand 'Lor export, and little stock to operate in.— Rye Flour is held at 84 75 per barrel, and Pennsylvania Corn Meal sold at 83 81 per I barrel. Grain. —There is little demand for wheat. Sales of prime Pennsylvania red were made at 81 85al 87, and 81 90u2 00 lor good while. Rye is dull. Pemtsylvania is worth 81 02. Corn is in demand. Sales of Penn's yellow at 86c., afloat. Oats sre steadr; sale* of Pennsylvania and Delaware at 56a 60c. per bushel. Seeds.—Cloverseed is without inquiry.— Sales of prime range at 87 50 per 84 lbs.— Last sales of Timothy at 84 and Flaxseed it 81 90al 95- Sales of Rod Top at 83 30. Herd Grass, S3 75. Whiskey is dull at 31a32 cents tn bbls. and 3 tc. in hhds. OF" The LaWs of Nature are just but tetri ble. There is no weak mercy in them.— Cause and consequence are inseparable anJ inevitable. The fire bnrne, the watet drowns, the air consumes, the earth bnries. And per haps it would be well for our race if the pun* ishment of crime against the laws of man were as inevitable as the punishment of crimes against the laws of nature—were man as unerring in hi* judgments as nature. — Long j Jell our. KT One of Gov. Slade'a school mams has got into a place out west where (he children never heard prayer or preaching. So, one day, when she commenced her school with a prayer, one of the youngsters went home and reported :—"You never did see such u school-marm ! She got down on her knees and swore with all her mightl" Great Robbery i.t Saratoga —B3,ooo in Jena ehy and Gold.— There was a large robbery at the U. S. Hotel, Saratoga Springs, on Sunday afternoon. The room oi a family from Cuba was entered during the absence of the family, ar.d their trunks rifled to the amount of near 81500, and diamond and other jewelry of about the same value. SICKNESS AT THE WHITE HOUSE—A Wash ington letter states that several of the Fresh dent's household are sick with intermittent fever, caused by the fog arising from the Po tomac, which makesthe White House damp and unhealthy. Valuable Property. —O. Bush noil recently sold to Hon. S. A. Douglas forty acres ir. the northeast quarter section 28, between Palo Alto and Ruena Vista streets, Chicago, west of the ltock Island Railroad, for 8160,000. POSTHUMOUS PLEASURE.—A paper, In an nouncing the opening of a new cemetery, says: "Mr. —— hail the pleasure of being first buried there." Special Notices. HOI.I.OWAY'S PiLLsare indispensable to tho security of health and life in new settle ments. Fever and ague, bilious remi tents, and bowel complaints, are the worst enemies the western pioneer has to encounter, and he can only certainly and permanently put them to flight with the aid of this unrivalled cathartic, detergent, and restorative. There are multitudes of sallow and feeble invalids, now languishing in the western clearings, under the endemic diseases of that who would soon find their healthy appear, ance, strength, and cheerfulness return, un der a course of Holloway's Pills. " 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 removes dandruff, always giving the hair the appear ance of being fresh shampooed. Price only fifty coins. None genuine unless signed FETRIDGE & CO., Proprietors of the " Rutin of a thousand Flovert." For sale by all Druggists. New York. aMaiafta In Mountpleasant, on Wednesday ihe 1 lilt inst., ISAAC VV. MUSORAVE Esq., aged about 65 years. In Lewisburg, on Wednesday last, Mr. CHARLES K- HOFFMAN, formerly ol Blooms burg, in Ihe 33d year of his age. On tbe 13:h inst., near Bear Gap, Norlh'd. counly, MARY, wifo of Asa T. John, aged 68 years, II months and 1 day. TUfi NEW COLUMBUB MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY. THE fourth term of this Institution will commence on MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST NEXT, the same having been in successful operation since last Octo ber, under Ihe charge of PROF. ANDERSON, with competent and reliable assistants, and have been well patronized by'students from abroad, the counties of Bucks, Lehigh, Car bon, and Columbia have furnished a good portion of tbe school besides several from Ihe far west have attended Ihe same. P. S. An opening address will be deliver ed ou the day of ihe commencement at five o'clock. P. M. TRUSTEES. New Columbus, July 20, 1857. TOLLS AT BEACH HAVEN. COLLECTOR'S Orrice, ) Beach Haven, July Ist, '57. ) MR. EDITOR Tlie amount of tolls receiv ed at this office are as follows: Previously reported, . . . 531270 13 June, 29536 02 Fines, 10 00 Total 860816 15 JOHN S. FOI.LMER, Collector. Corner Stone Laying. , THE Corner Stone of the Evangelical Lu theran Church, in Mifßinville, will be laid, ' God willing, on Thursday, the Au- gust, with appropriate English and German. Service to commence at 10o c | o ck, A. 11 The public are invited to ati\ n j. E. A. SHARRETps ) PASTOR. CANVASSERS tyANTED. A few competent agents wan i e d for the Comprehensive Geography ot„ ( j History ancient and modern of the World;" tx y g q Goodrich, (Peter Parley); handsome!.' g oun j an d pro lusely illustrated. Ptice 8 g o |d only by Agents, to whom rare indui. emenla are o {f er . ed. Address, J. H. COft ,oN &CO. No. 172 William StreV, N ew Yotk.
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