STAR OF THE NORTH.
a. w. WEAVER, EDITOR.
Htbemaiwar, Wedaesß*?, July 3fl, 1857.
Democratic Nominations.
FOR COVERROR,
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
of Lycoming County.
TOR JUDGES or THE SUPREME COUNT,
WILLIAM STRONG,
Of Berks County.
JAMES THOMPSON,
Of Erie County.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, .
MMROD STRICKLAND,
of Chester County.
JOHN G. FREEZE, Esq.,
IX AS resumed the practice of the Law in
Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pa.; snd
will give bia prompt and rarefhl attention to
all business entrusted to him in this and a-J
--joiring counties.
He can be found constantly in his office, in
Robinaqn's Row, near the Court lionse.
Abolitionism In Old Knglund and New
England.
We publish >o day a very significant arti
cle from the London Jimcs, which 'reflects
the prevalent sentiment of British states
men on the question of restoring shivery in
the British colonies of the tropics. For years
the British aristocracy have instigated all
manner of mischief in the United States by
violent appeals to the mock philanthropy of
the abolitionists; and have used every means
to inflame a spirit of disunion.
Now they are compelled to defend slavery,
not as a necessity but as a choice. In this
country the prevalent feeling is to devise a
remedy for the evil—in England the ques
tion is how to open anew the traffic with
some semblance of decency, and without
giving too blunt an offence to the moral
sense of the world. It is therefore proposed
that some sort of free contract ghall exist
between the negro and his master, but it
would very evidently be suqh a free con
tract as the wolf makes wjtJl tho lamb—such
as the French Emporor makes with his peo
ple—or such as England herself makes with
her degraded serfs of India.
It is very late in the day for British states
men to manifest conscientious scruples on
this or any other subject. Sho stocked the
Western World with slaves, and tho jnfa
mous opium trade which she forces upon
China at the mouth of the cannon is not jot
less nefarious than the slave traffic.
But we have adverted to this subject to
point out the fact that the hypocritical cant
of New England is just like that of Old Eng
land. In the olden time it was the men of
New England who grew rich upon tho trade
in human flesh and blood; and it was their
representatives who, in the formation of the
national constitution, voted to continue the
slave trade 21 years longer than was the
wish and vote of such States as Pennsylva
nia and Virginia. Now the degenerate sons
of New England come among us with the
price their fathers made out of this unholy
traffic rattling in their pockets, while with
sanctimonious cant they try to teach Penn
sylvania and Virginia the law of rectitude
and humanity.
Some of the facts in the article from the
London Times are too true, and it furnishes
matter for serious reflection.
School Exhibition.
The public exhibition of Mr. Eaton's Se
lect School took place at the Court house on
last Thursday and Friday evonings. The
achoUrs conducted themselves well, and
thore wore crowded and interested audiences
on both evenings. On Thursday evening
Stoea' Cornel Band enlivened the exercises
with good music. On Friday evening Caleb
E. Wright, Esq., of Wilkesbarre, delivered a
finely finished address to the gratification of
the on lira audience.
OF* We notice that some of our colempo
rsries steal our items by the half dozen with
out credit. Well, where brains are scarce
nothing better could be expected. These
offenders stand mncb in need of a co ven
lion of some sort to absolve them from the
penalties ot their transgreseiona.
LEGAL DECISION.—' Tha Supreme Court of
tbia Stale recently decided that a division
/•ace of more than twenty-one years stand
ing. thongh crooked, constitutes the line be
tween adjacent land owners, even though
the deeds of both partiei call a straight line
between acknowledged land marks.
HT A new Poetoffice has been establish
ed in the southern eud of Locust township,
called Rhpadstown, and Mr. Isaac Rhoada
appointed postmaster. This is a good ap
pointment.
OT It is not true, as was published in
many papers, that notice of the meeting of
road viewers most be given by advertise
ment in a newspaper. The la wit not changed
in tbit respect.
t3T Since the opening of navigation in
February, there are said to have been at least
two haodred persons drowned in the Ohio
river between Wheeling eud Pittsburg.
Of It is elated that out of fifty of the largest
manufacturing establishments in New Eng.
land, tha stock of only sic companies will at
the present lime sell above par.
t3f Dt. Elder's life of Dr. Kane, wbiob ij
now ia presa, promises u> prove as popular
as the narrative of the Expedition.
Herr Dieisbaob is now t raveling in Illi
nois with hie menagerie connected to Stiok
noy'e Circus.
OT Tbo titla papers were to be delivered
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for
Ibo Main Lino, last weak.
Of There are only S eases on the trial list
of Monlour county for September terra.
Proposed National DUnnion Convention.
The Committee of the Massachusetts State
Disunion Convention, which waa held at
Worcester, hairing circulated for signature! a
call for a National Disunion Convention, to
be held at some plsce not yet named, in Oc
tober, "to consider the practicability, proba
bility and expediency of a separation be
tween the free and the slave States, and to
take such other measures ss the condition of
the times may require." (h their circular let
ter eccempar.yieqj tho call, the committee,
coniieting ol Thomas Wentworlh Higginson,
We nil a# Phillips, F. W. Bird, Daniel Mann,
and Wm. Lloyd Garrison, say:
" From mere politics, there is little to be ex
peoted. The slave power baa always com
mended just votes enough to carry its meas
ures, and, under our present organization,
always will. If the Republican party told
truth, last November, the Presidential elec
tion transferred the balance of power, more
than ever, to the side of slavery. It has four
years of corruption, conquest and annexation
before it, and it remains to be proved that
any purely political combination can defeat
it. On tho other hand, the attitude of Repub
liean leaders is now, as always, one of timid
ity and compromise. They depreoaie, with
profuse caution, the charge of any disposition
to inietfere with slavery, as it is, and claim
the support of Southern men, for their nomi
nations, as affording undiminished security to
(the slave properly. It is evident that the
mass of RepublintA voters, in many States,
are becoming more radically anti-slavery.—
And cothing will do so much to promote that
desirable change, as the fearless discussion
we propose. Undoubtedly the first object is
to created an united and determined North
Butil there is even a chance that the ulti
mate result of that effort is to be Disunion,
every one must admit the necessity of being
prepared for it."
SLANDER ON JODGE THOMPSON. —The editor
of the Clinton Democrat repels the low abuse
of the Rellefonle Know Nothing organ, which
denounced Judge Thompson as a drunkard,
and says had it charged the Judge with hav
ing been the companion of Cain in the mur
der of Abel, it would not have been farther
from the truth. Now hear the Erie Dispatch,
published at Judge Thompson's residence:
"Judge Thompson is a Democrat— we are
a Republican. In his political conduct we
have not always approved of bis course, but
as a man and a jurist he has ever had our
admiration and shall have our support for the
office to which he has been nominated. We
know the man and do not know his oppo
nents —henco we are not grappling in the
dark. The legal ability of Judge Thompson
is of high order—socially he commands the
respect of all, and as n friend to the oppress
ed, he has hoß's of friends who are politically
opposed to him who u ill give hirn their sup
port, becuuse they know that he, as a jurist,
will know no parly, and that he has no friends
to reward or no enemies to punish."
IV The Muncy Luminary goes into hys
terics because of the appointment of William
Michael as Postmaster at Muncy, in place of
Whitlock, removed. Mr. M. held the office
under the administration ef President Pylk,
and was a very Excellent and popular officer.
He was removed, however, by ihe prescrip
tive administration of Gen. Taylor, and Mr.
Whitlock was appointed. Now the tables
are turned again, and much loss is made, if
the Luminary informs us correctly, about the
re-appointment of man who was removed
only because he was a Democrat. The op
position never did relish the displacement of
their friends and the appointment ol Demo
crats to fill their plaoes. Mr. Michrel is a
hard working and induetrioua mechanic, an
honest, man, and a faithful and efficient of
ficer.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE— Dav>d S. M'Kim re
cently convicted of the murder of Samuel T.
Norcroes at Alttioni, and now in jail at Hol
lidaysburg under sentence of deslh, came
nsar making his escape on Monday or Tues
day night of lapt week. Although closely
watched since hi* confinement, yet he man
aged to get possession of a case knile with
which he saned through ths manacles upon
his feet and had it riot been for its timely
discovery by the jailor, be would doubtless
have escaped.
SURVIVING GOVERNORS. —Pennsylvania has
only four surviving Ex-Governors, Kilner,
Porter, Johnston, and Bigler, while there are
eight of New York, viz.: Ven Buren, Throop,
Seward, Bouck, Hunt, Fish, Seymour and
Clatk, and Massachusetts has six, viz.: Ev
erett, Morton, Briggs, Boutwell, Clifford and
Washburn. The difference in the number is
owing to the duration of the term of office in
a great measure.
ELECTIONS IN AUGUST. —General elections
are held nezt month, as follows:—On the Ist
Monday, in Alabama and Tetan, for State
Officers and Members of Congress; in Ken
tuckey, for Members of Congress; in Mis
sour, for Governorend Judge of the Supreme
Court; in fowe, for the new Constitution and
County Officers. On the first Thursday, in
Tennessee, for Governor and Members of
Congress.
SUSPECTED MURDER —Last Saturday night
the lightning train, bound West, ran over the
body of a man on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
near Allonna, Pa., cutting off the bead and
one arm, and mangling the body. The re
main* were recognized as those of a man
named Cobley Rush, and from his being
knofn to have some money on bis person,
tl is believed he was murdered, and the body
placed on the track.
fefc" The mob spirit seems rampart in lowa,
and appears to *av taken authority entirely
from the legal officers. A few days ago, at
Poweaahieek, a man suspected of morder was
taken from jail by a mob and hong opon the
limb of a tree. The mob then, being distal
itfied with the oonduet of the prosecuting at
torney in the oase, resolved to hang him al
so, bot were indoced to defer aotion for a few
days. The Attorney General no doubt appro
orated thie clemency. What kind of legal
antboiities do they have in lowa, where
these things car. occur with impunity 1
Thomas Jefleison on Haas echo setts.
In 1815, Thomas feffereon, the great apos
tle of American Democracy, wrote a letter tos
General Dearborn,of Massachusetts in which
occurs the following paragraph :
"Oh, Massachusetts 1. how I lament the
degradation of your apoalacy! Let ue look
forward, then, to the act of repeolance, which,
by diminishing her venal traitors, shall he the
signal of return to the bosom snd to the prin
ciples of her brethren ; and if bar late humil
iation can jest give her modesty enough Jo,
suppose that her-Sdulbern brethren are some
what on a par with her wisdom, in informa
tion, in bravery, and even in honesty, altho'
not in Psalm singing, she will mora justly es
timate her own relative momentum in the
Union. With her ancient principles she
would really be great if she did 00l think
herself the whole."
Tristram Burgees, in a speech in Congress,
once declared that he thanked God that "the
father of lies oquld never become the father
of lirs," and it is to be regretted that he
oould not thank the same authority for a par
allel blessing: that the mother of humbugs
could never become the mother of humbug
gers! Were such the fact, ere this Massa
chusetts and all her humbugs, her fanaticism,
her bigotry, her unrelenting malevolence, her
facetiousness, her tyranny and frauds, her
blind hate and insane raving against the I
South, against the Union, against liberal in
stitatlons and popular righlr—all her foflj and
all her wickedness—her vices and her Sensu
ality, her base pandering to wealth and wor
ship of self, her arrogance and stupidity—all
those would be gone—Massachusetts would
no longer be hersell—the Union would be
I rid of a devil—and then, indeed, she might
be "really great." Great Jefferson knew tier
well, watched her closely—always persecute
by her because he detested her bigotry, her
illiberally, and her proclivity to tyranny and
to the vain things of monarchy—he knew the
evil of her heart, and, in the fitting language
we quota at the head of this article, be warns
his countrymen agaiuat her principles.—Clin
ton Democr.it.
Susquehanna River, N. and \V. Branch
Telegrnph Company.
At an eleotion held on last Tuesday, for
officere of this Compsny for the ensuing
year, Uie 101 l swing gentlemen were duly
chosen, viz:
President— Dr. A. G. Goell.
Treasurer and General Superintendent.—M.
C. Grier.
Secretary —R. M. Catbcart.
Directors— W. Jennison, E. W. Conkling
and A. F. Kussrl, of Montour— H. A. Funds
of Lycoming—E. C. Humes of Cenire—L. A.
Mackey and Geo. Furst of Clinton—Thomas
Hays, ol Union—H. W. Shuman, of Perry—
J. G. L. Shindel, of Snyder—L. B. Rupert of
Colombia—J. E. Barnes ol Schuylkill—M.
B. Prestley and S. R. Wood of Nonhumber
laod.
A dividend of 2 perceul. for* the last jeer,
payable on the Ist September, was declared
by the Board of Directors.
Vote on the Purchase of the Maiu Line.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 23.— The hxlioting of
the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company on the question of confirming
(he purchase of the Main Line by the Presi
dent and Directors, closed at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The vote stood 144,151 shares in
favor of the purchate, to 605 against it. A
large majority of all (he stock having voted
lor confirming the purchase, the question is
now settled, and the transfer of the line will
soon be made.
W " Dr. Darwin informs us (hat the res
son why the bosom of a beautiful woman is
an object of such peculiar delight arises Irom
hence—that all our first pleasurable sensa
tions of warmth, sustenance and repose are
derived from this interesting source."— Boston
Post.
Dr. Darwin's theory was considered very
satisfactory till a lough, hard-brained, practi
cal Scotch metaphysiciansuggested whether
the same sensations of delight would be pro
buced in one who in bis infancy bad been
"nursed with a bottle." This confounded the
doctor, and upset his theory.
ARRIVAL or BLOODED CATTLE. -/The ship
Georgia arrived at Philadelphia on Sanday,
from Liverpool, having on board 32 head of
cattle, two horses, three ponies, 23 pigs, and
25 sheep. Lost during the passage one horse
and some of the smaller stock. The stock
consists of lh6 beet samples which could be
purchased in the British markets, and ate in
tended for breeding purposes—having been
selected by an association of farmers.
t#" One of the greatest novelties of this
"progressive age" was the celebration of the
anniversary of Independence within the walls
of the Indiana State prison at Jeffersonville,
on the 4lh- Speeches, toasts, dances, foot
races, and singing were enjoyed
restraints, and the orator of the day confined
himself to his subject and the prison walls.
DON'T WANT THEM NEAB NEIGHBORS. —The
lmaum of Muscat and Zanzibar has remon
strated againat the English having taken pos
session pf the Lland of Pertm, at the en
trance of the Red Sea. The proparty of this
island has long been claimed by both the
lmaum and the Shah of Persia, and these
two sovereigns bad, in a certain manner, di
vided the nominal possession. The "appro
priation" by the British government will set
tle all disputes about possaasion, for England
never gives up voluntarily an inch of ground
that she once sets her foot opoo.
COMING ALONG. —M. Vernet bus calculated
the orbit of the comet recently discovered by
a Berlin astronomer. He appears to be ap
proaching the esrtb so rapidly that it will aoon
present a fine object to the naked eye. At
present it it belioved that it is not Charles the
Fifth's comet, of which there has been so
much talk, and destined to come into collis
ion with the earth oo the 13th of last month.
Its portion is in the constellation Perseus.—
The oomet wonderera can now start a fresh
excitement.
t3f The borough of Danville pays near
thirty thousand dollars annually in Taxes.
Geographical Phenomenon.
Russia and Persia present us with a geo
graphical,phr tomenon truly extraordinary.
There is in t ese countries a vast region,
covered with popnlous towns, great com
mercial eatal lishments, and fertile lands,
which is nevi rtheless muoh below the level
of the ocean. The extent of this low region
is said to be tome one hundred thousand
square mfa. Ip illustration of this depies-
B ' on the level of the Caspian
Astracan, is more
than ltheired feet below the level ol
the Blaclrßea or of the Ocean. The enor
mous sink in) of a whole country—a phe
nomenon whi ih is believed to bo unexam
! P letl —being ,1 ary difficult to explain by the
operaiidn of nown causes, has led some
persona to attribute it to the action of a com
et. I a.ricochet firing it is evident that the
spot strsek by the ball is somewhat depress
e(l' T t' accor<lin ß t0 some, the Caspian
Sea andlpie surrounding country has been
indentoiiby the stroke of an immense ball—
that is, atcomet. But, in the present state
of geological science, such an idea cannot
be favor&ly received. No one doubts now
that isolated peaks as well as the longest
and highest range of mountains have been
gradually heaved up from the bosom of the
earth.
I.ightn-/ncl-—Tfits peculiarities of that ter
rible •gent, lightning, are
made the.fHpck of an interesting paper in
a recent number of the British Quarterly Re
view. Two clouds are not necessary for the
production of lightning, which is discharged
from a" solitary clump of vapor, when the
connection can be estadlished with the
earth. A French academician, named Mar
colle, describes a case where a mere cloud
let, about a foot and a half in diameter, kill
ed a poor woman by dropping a thunder
bolt upon het
Faraday that the electric fluid contained in '
a single flash might be supplied by the de
composition of one grain of water alone.
Frse Loveism in Ohio.—Free love-ism has
broken out in Ohio, which, next to Massa
chusetts, exhibits the largest amount of men
tal derangement in the population. At a re
cent convention in Ravenna, one lady dele
gate said, "although ehe had one husband in
Cleveland, eMMoOT? , dered herself married to
the whole hnritan race. All men were her
husbands, and she had an undying love for
them." She said also, "what business is it
.to the world whether one man is the lather
of my children or ten men are? I have the
right to 9ay who shall bs the father of my off
spring." The universal affection creed is
crossed with spiritualism and a very strong
trace of relipoa* infidelity. Whether the
three will become incorporated into a new
religion is yet subject of doubt, though there
are strong leanings that way.
Corn Trade betwten France and Egypt. —The
Courier des Estate Unis informs us that an
association has been formed in France, with
a capital of francs, having for its
object '.he direct importation from Egypt of
wheat, oorn, cereals, alimentary pastas, &c.
Since ifel duties, on those arti
cles, large supplies have been derived from
the United States, chiefly in American bot
toms. What may be the effect of this new
movement on our grain trade with France
remains to be seen, though but little good
has ever been accomplished by monied mo
nopolies.
CHINESE SUGAR CANE —Mr. E. S. Baker, of
Rochester Mills, Wabash county, baa planted
twenty-five acres with Chinese sugar cane
the present aebetrai' "I am convinced," he
says,' that the stale of Illinois will, in five
years, make her own sugar, ar.d if f have
luck i shall make eneugh sugar, and certain -
ly with molasses, to sopply my little town.
At all events I shtll try."
SSLENDID PANORAMIC VIEW.—A Boston pa
per says: "Mr. B, A. Farnum, of Philadel
phia, is erecting* residence on a lofty em
inence Mi NemrS.ftdover, Mas*., from wbioh
no less than 25 cities-—including
Lowell, Newbury port and Lexington—can be
Been.
PROGRESS ov IMPROVEMENT-TIM City Coun
cils of Rochester have passed an ordinance
requiring the hotel-keepers to banish the use
of the gong in their hotels. The nerves of
the Rochesterians could not stand the din.
■■ '
HTThe French spoliation scheme ia up
again, with a view of bringing influences to
to bear on the next Congress. A convention
of the claimants has been proposed at Phila
delphia, for (he purpose of taking measures
to secure the passage of the bill, which it is
said Mr. Buchanan will sign. Mr. Polk
wooldn't.
tW Tbe two municipal authorities in New
York will v .ptdjpWy add <150,000 to the taxes
for tht*y IpW experiments for par
tisan purposes are always cosily, but the
money eoft is nothing to tbe loss of reputation
from tbe misgovernmenl of the city belweeo
tbe rival snd tbe cooiendiog powers.
W Tie editor of the new Bedford Mer
cury has been shown a chicken with four
legs, font wings and two heads. Tne Fusion
ists tier* have caught some such an animal
in Wilqfot, who has two heads, one woolly,
tbe other Hindoo. His feel, wings, and oth
er propulsive members have not sprouted
I
Gff* The Municipal troubles in New York
will probably add <150.000 to the laxea for
this year. Political experiments for patisan
purposes are always costly, bat the money
cost is nothing to (he lots of reputation from
the mitgoveroiqent of the oily between the
rival and coutefdiog,powers.
kw id tbe male sex are
too polite mfhtkhlious to speak,of .wppen
by their tree name. Travelers hgve made
frequent note of it. Lady Shiel informs us
tbat 'tbe Persian Prime Minister alluded to
his wife as "tbe daughter of his uuele."
C Mr. Morao, the President of the New
York and Erie' Railroad, is to receive <96,-
000 a yesr salary—as much as the President
of the United States receives for his services
to ihe nation.
EPIDEMICS.
Every one knows or'think* he knows some
thing about epidemics. When cholera or
yellow fever cornea sweeping through a city,
if it doe* nothing else it seta everybody con
jecturing causes for it* having come thi* par
ticular year and not another. Eaoh one brings
up facta in support of hia theory, and though
the theories may die, the Tacts remain. In
the present age-, news Dies by lightning; facts
compared and tiffed. Th old theories
are rapidly exploded,knd broader generaliza
tions take their plaoe.
Are not epidemics all the effects of passion?
Of this there seems very little doubt. Thus
scarlet fever is lound to be best treated, when
regarded as an irritating eubstance perhaps
inhaled through the lungs into the blood, but
chiefly to be expelled Irom the system thro'
the surface, that is the akin, where its poiaon
is destroyed. The chief effort of medicine
should, therefore, be to stimulate the system
so as to enable it to expel the poison, instead
of allowing the vital powers to be depressed
by it. If a person is bitten by a rattlesnake,
every pbysicitn knows that the bast treat*
meat is a stimulant. Brandy, whiskey, or
1 ammonia must be kept at work upon the
system, and the vital forces can bardly be
rallied. This seems now to be considered
the best method of treating fevers. They
must be considered as poisons which have
got In be slqvrly worked out of the system.
But they work Aeir way In t This
is Ibe next question. Is it'in what we eat or
what we drink, by the touch or through in- 1
halation ? There seema to be no reason to
doubt that it may be by any of these means.
The effect of poisons on the skin, and their
different results at different times are well
known. If a painter gels handling his white
lead paints before breakfast, be will be lar
more likely so to imbibe the poison as to
take the painter's cholic, because his stomach
is empty, and the absorbents are active. But
after breakfast, with a vigorous system, be
may labor with far greater hope of impunity.
So we have no doubt it would be found among
those attending yellow fever and cholera pa
tients. They may handle them even when
dying or dead, and so long as the system is
vigorous, feel no evil effects. But if after be
tny fatigued with the watches of the night, the
depressed system is brought in contact with
disease, and copious ablutions be neglected,
it will often absorb the virus. It is on this
account that some hard drinkers have thought
the practice contributed to their safety. But
as all such stimulants must be succeeded by
acorresponding re-action allimes,the habitual
use of suoh things kills twenty where it saves
one. So it was found by VValkef's army in
Nicaragua.
Bui the poison usually lakes a more subtle
form. Il is chiefly through the •air (hat it is
propagated. In cholera seasons, there is no
liceble an almost total absence ot atone from
the atmosphere where the epidemic prevails,
an ingredient in some way connected with
the presence of electricity, while influenza is
probably owing in part to its excess. Wheth
er these are direct causes, or whether only the
means are letting loose other causes upon the
system, through the iermentation of certain
minute bodies, nfine can say. Carbonio acid
I" wall often aaam to protect typhus fever
But sometimes there will be malaria in en
atmosphere in whiob no chemistry has been
able to detect so far as the presence or the
absence of any unusual element. In the
neighborhood of Charleston, S. C., a malaria
will prevail so marked as to be certain death
to ay stranger sleeping on a plantation lor a
single Eight, and yet those who live there all
the year round enjoy hoalth. All these are
moat certain to be injurious for a few bours
after sundown and a few hours before sunrise.
A hearty meal, by preventing the action of
the absorbents, is one of the best preventives,
and warm woollen ololhing next to the skin
is almost equally necessary. Hence it would
seem that either the lungs or the skin may
imbibe death through a virus so subtle that
no analysis can detect its presence.
Of course whatever poisons may be float
ing in the air will be almost certain to im
pregnate more or lees the water exposed to it.
Often wster will become most obviously the
means of conveying the poison into the sys
tem. In London, the impure water of the
Thamee taken from certain localities, intro
duced cholera and death into many bouses,
while families supplied with water drawn
by another company Ironi a different spot
were scarcely in auy case affected by the
disease.
Do poisonous miasmas always act on ibe
same organs primarily, or on different ousel
That is a very important question. In some
cases, such as scarlet fever, it wonld seem as
if the virus was absorbed through the lnngs
into the circulatory system, produoing all its
effects thus. But, in many cases, the first
impression would seem to be made upon the
nervous system. Hence those pains in the
back, and that lassitude and mental languor
which so commonly precede ordinary levsr
attacks. By.l, in cases of cholera, jt rasyTO
regarded'is uncertain which organi are first
affected—indeed, different organs may be in
different eases. Thus, where the poison is
imbibed through water, it may primarily at
tack the stomach and intestines; where in
haled of absorbed through the skin, it may
first affect the blood or the nervous system.
That It does destroy the vitality of lbs blood
with a surprising suddenness, is some cases,
has been olearly shown.
One truth of the first importance ie olearly
demonstrable—that we all pass through infec
tions and miasmas hundreds of limes, where
we are attacked seriously by them onoe; that
usually more is dependent subjectively on
the state of the system tban objectively on
that of tbe presence of miasma, and (bat
when, by temperance, cleanliness end activi
ty, the nervous and digestive systems and
abaorbenta are kept in a perfectly regular and
boalthy slate, liule is usually to be appre
hended from epideraike. But by the general
neglect of any of these in a community, a
miasma may be generated with auoh violence
tbat it may force so entrance into the most
robust and healthy constitution .—Ledger.
iy The pries of ■ passage to Europe in
Ibe Vanderbilt has been reduced to SIOO in
the first elaas cabin, and #6O in second oabln,
a eery considerable 'redaction, owing to the
competition among the risal tines of Europe
an steamships.
A NIORO APPOIATEDTO Ornca.—Governor
Bacbford, of Wisconsin, of course a Black
Republican, on the 9th insl., issued a com
mission, as Notary Public to H. Nolan, u
person of nut-brown complexion and negro
extraction, who has resided at Madison,
Wisconsin, many years aa barber, ice
cream saloon keeper, and leader of a eotil
ion band. He also invented the ''capitalu
vium" and "tricopherous," two varieties of
"dog waters" in general use and circulation
forthehair. The commission is issued with
all the'proper formalities, and the bond re
quired by is signed by Wm. H. Nolan
and Wm. B. Jarvis as bondsmen. But the
Secretary of State, Col. Jones, refuses to file
the bond, and on it has put the following
endorsement: " This appointment is in vi
olation of-the constitution, and therefore
void."
Special Notices.
Holloway't Pilh and Ointment —Avoid lm
poirure I —As there may be counterfeits in
the market, it is well to know that there is a
sure protection to the purchaser in the water
mark that exists in every leaf of the genuine
book of directions, viz.,the words "HoUoway,
New York and London," which can be seen
in the paper itself on being held 10 the light.
In the external inflammation there is an un
natural rush of blood to the part affected.—
The effect of the ointment ii to diaperse the
local lever. The pills relieve the system
through the bowel* of all mcrbid and irrita
ting influence^.
1 Wtfrr#' 'ffuFoiißD %KATII
AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLF.XION— can be ao
quired by using the "Halm of a Thousand
Flowers." Whai lady or genilemau would
remain under the curse of a disagreeable
breath, when by using .the "Balm of a Thou
sand Flowers" as a deotrifice, 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- j
ware ol counterfeits. Be sore each bottle is
signed FETRIDGE & CO., N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.
Feb. 18, 1867-6 m.
On the 26th inet. by the Rev. William J.
Eyer, Mr. WILLIAM SNYDER, to Miss SARAH
MOSBR, both of Locust township, Col. Co.
On the same day by the same, Mr. DANIEL
LINDENMUTH, to Miss LOUISA CANTNER, both
of Brushvalley, Conyngbam township, Co
lumbia county, Pa.
In Berwiok, on Tuesday, July 21st, by the
Rev. Mr. Xeftrretly, Mr. ROBERT VIT. OILROT,
and Mies FANNIE J., daughter of H. Owen,
all of Berwick, Pa.
s&aiaittq
On the 24th inst., in Briarcreek twonship,
from eating fly-poison, THOMAS F., son of
Thomas A.lams, aged 2 years and 14 day*.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
IX7ANTRD at ih:s office copies of Harper's
w " Magazine for August 1852, September
1853, and from June 1854 to May 1855, both
inclusive, fnr which a lair price will be paid.
July 28, 1857.
GRAND JURORS FOR SEPTEMBER
TERM, 1857.
Bloom—Charles Kaliler, Hiram W. Brown.
Briercreek—Samuel Fowler, Wm. Stahl,
William Laman, Samnel Henry, Jacob Mar.z.
Benton—John C. DCty, John O. Dtldine,
Abraham Young.
Reaver—lsaiah Loggfn barges. ,
Centre—William Hoffman, Geo. H. Reich
ner.
Franklin—Joshua Mendsnhall.
Fi.hingcreek—Nathan Fleckenstein, John
Creveling, Thomas Pealer.
Greenwood—Samuel Evans, Isaac Evans.
Jackson—Peter Hodge, Daniel Poust.
Locust—William Yeager.
Madison—James Kisner.
Orange—Samuel Achenbach.
Traverse Jurors fer Sept. Tern, *57:
Bloom—E' P. Lutz, William H. Jacoby,
Henry G. Phillips, L. S. Steinman.
Briercreek—Wm. Herrin, Josiah Thomas.
Beaver—Charles F. Mann, Daniel Singley.
Benton—lsaac K. Krickbaum, John Ikeler.
Centre—laaac Hess.
Catawissa—Daniel Helwig.
Franklin—Christian Artley.
Fiabingcreek—Peter P. Pealer.
Greenwood—Robert Robbins, Isaac Patt on, i
Isaac Lyon.
Hemlock-r-Franklin M'Bride, Jobn Nevi
us, Jobs Brugjar.
Locust—Daniel Reinbold, Mark Williams.
*Mt. Pieaeknt—Samuel Johnson, William
Howell, George Cavene.
Montour—Jobn G. Quick, James Barton,
George Blecher.
Mifflin—Peter Longaberger.
Orange—David Heiring.
Pine—Jobn Leggit.
Roariogoreek—Michael Mowry, Elijah C.
Horn.
Sugarloaf—Samuel Parks, Joshua Brink.
Public Malc ot Rcal Estate.
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Columbia county, on Saturday,
the 29th day ol August next, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, Michael Federoff and Mary
Mowry administrator ofMiebael Mowry late
of Roaringcreek township, in and county,
deoeased, will expose to Bale by public ven
due upon the premises a certain
PIECE, PARCEL AND TRACT OF LAND
situate in the township of Catawissa, in tha
said county, adjoining lands of Jacob Drum-'
heller, Philip Gotsholl, widow Davis, aud
ethers, containing -*•
FORTY-TWO ACRES,
more or less, wbereon are erected a log bouse
and barn. Late the estate of said deceased
situate in tha tvvp. of Catawissa end county
aforesaid. . JACOB EYERLY,
Roaringcreek, July 29, '57. Clerk.
Trial List for Sept. Term 1857.
1 William Koons vs. George L. Kline, et. al.
2 William Koons vs. George L. Kline.
3 Joseph Stackhouss vs. Gilbert Fowler.
4 Adam Btroup jr. el al vs. L. B. Rupert et al.
5 Adam Slroopjr.etal vs.L. B. Rupartetal.
6 Thomas Parker vs. Jobn H. Parker.
7 George L. Kline vs. Moses Coffman.
8 Isaac Brown vs. Robert J. Lyon.
9 William Kobison vs. Wilson Ager.
10 Jaoob Soliuyler vs. Wilson Ager.
11 Fletcher Bowmau vs. William Long.
12 Catharine Tanner vs. John D. Weaver.
13 Adam Gable vs. Engle Fox adm'r.
14 Jonathan Moalellervs. Stephen Baldy.
15 Christian Heist vs. Daniel Giegar.
16 Wm. Hopper vs. Edmood Crawford el al.
17 Gaprge Fet'ermau vs: Solomon Fetter man.
18 Mtrlen Mowry vs. Thomaa Blockhouse.
19 Gilbert F*ewler vs. Daniel Fowler'* Ex.
20 Daniel Kosienbader et al vs. David Hants.
21 Wm. Riitenbotise vs. Samuel F. Headley.
22 Jas. Ralston vs. James Ralston jr.'s admr.
23 David Hildebram vs. Benjamin Faux.
24 D.L^Winteretecnetalvs.ChristiinShuman.
25 William Bobieon vs. Wm. Edgar.
26 Ja*. S. Woods, adm'r of John Lazarus vs.
Catharine Lazarus.
27 Reuben W. Weaver vs. Willam Melz.
28 Thomas Marks vs. Clark B. Steward.
29 William Conrad vs. Daniel L. Smith.
ELIBHA KENT KANE.
A BIOGRAPHY—BY WM. ELDER.
TN announcing the Life of Or. Kins, we ore
- 1 - but anticipating thu wlahna of thousands
and una of thousand* of itio admirers ot thai
great ma t.
Having been a persona) friand of the de
ceased, and enjoying a large share of lua
confidence, Or Elder is well qualified to do
jusidwto the /uibj tel.
This work will be issued in one handsomd
octavo volume, and will eqnal in every re.
sped the superb volumes or "Arctic Explo
ration," recently published. It will contain
a new full-face on steel, as
well as engravings of bis rasidence, tombs,
medals, &c. * '
In order to give this work • large circula
tion it will be aold at the low price of SI.SO.
More than 5300,000 sold within 9 months.
DR. KANE'S GREW WORK,
i ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS,
Is now being read by more than two hun'
I dred thousand person*, old and young, learn
led and unlearned. It is just the book whiotl
. should be owned and read by every Ameri
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Five hundred newspapers have each pro
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ROBINSON CRUSOE;
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THEU.S. GKINNEL EXPEDITION
IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN,
During the years 1850—51.
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of 550 pages, containing 200 Steal Pistes
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This work is totally distinct from the sec
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A PHOTOGRAPH OF DR. KANE,
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July 29, 1857.
T. KINtiSFOKD & SOS'S
PURE
OSWEGO ST AROSE.
(FOR THE LAUNDRY.)
IXAS established a greater celebrity than
" has ever been obtained by any other
Starch.
Tbia has been the result of i(s marked su
periority in quality, eudite invariable uni
formity.
The public may be asscred of the continu
ance of the h gb standard now established.
The production is over Twenty Ton* daily,
and the demand has extended throughout the
whole ol the United States, and to foreign
countries*
Working thus on a very large scale, and
under a rigid ayetera, they are able to secure
a perfect tad uo'Ubrmitjr in ib* quality (nrough*
out the year. This it tbe great Dacideraiurn
in Starch-making, and is realized now lot
tbe first lime.
Tbe very best starch that can be made, ami
no other, is always wanted by consumers,
and while this will be supplied to them by
the grocers, as soon as their customers have
learned which is the beat, and ask for it
otherwise they would be likely to get that
artiole on which the largest profit can be
made.
Mr. Kingaford has been engaged in the
manufacture of starch continuously for the
last 27 years, and during the whole of the
period, the starch made.under bie supervise
ion has been.Jtevaad any question, ibe.Raat
in tbe market. For the first 17 years, he had
the charge of the works of Witt. Colgate &
Co., at which period he invented lite process
of the manufacture of oorn atsroh.
W Atkjor Kmgtford's Starch, at the name
Oswego has recently been taken tm another fac
tory.
T. KINGSFORD & SON'S
OSWEGO CORN STARCH,
.. . . Ptsddings, 4*.,)
Has obtained an equal celebrity with their
Starch for tbe Laundry. This articlo is per
fectly pure, and is, in every respect, etpiel to
the best Bermuda Arrow-Root, besides hav
ing additional qualities which render il inval
uable for the dessert.
Potato Starch has been extensively packed
aDd sold as Corn Staroh, and has given lelse
impressions to many, as to tbe real tnorits of
our Corn Starch. ' .
From ita great delicacy and purity, it u
coming also into extensive use as a diet lor
infants ami invalids.
E. N. KELLOGG & CO.,'Agents
196 Fulton Street, N. Y.
ALLEN & NEEDLES, AgessU,
23 South Wharres, Philad'a. ,
July 28, 1857—3 m.
JO AAA JOINT AND LAP SHINGLES
W t UW lor sale at tbe Arcade by
May 27, '57. A. C. MENSCH.
TXXORriCED posrs on hand and for sale
at tha Arcade by
May 27, '67. A. .C. MENSCH
and Wool Carpot f or rate cbeap
at tbe Arcade by • '
May 27.'97. A C. MENSCH.