Star of iljc ftortl). R. W. WEAVER, KOTVOfi. nioonißbarc, Wrdac-day, Nov. 23, 1831. Congress. Tho first aesnion of l)ic 35th Congress will meet in llie Cily ot Washington oil ihe first Monday being the 7th day of December There is a decided democratic majority in Both branches, and the Senate will be pre sided over by Vice President Breckinridge. It is now thought that Hon. James L. Orr of South Carolina will bo elected speaker of the lower house; and wo know of no man whose experience and ability more thor oughly fit him for that post. The Hon. J. Clancy Jones of Pennsylvania, whose claims have been warmly urged in many quarters still persists in declining Ihe distinction. Il ho had consented to tho use of his name tlicro is no doubt of his election. He would make an abio and impartial speaker. Kansas. We said last week that the press and par ty of the Black Republicans wanted to make Kansas a slave Stale; while the Democrats, ' Walker, and the administration were bend- I ing all their onergios to give a Iree popular expression to tho citizens. That has been ' obtained—so far so g.tt'd- 'Now let the Co- I vpntion put tho Constitution agreed ttpon | fairly la-fore tho people, and Buchanan \vi!! 1 see that they have a fair vote upon the sub- j ject, ami we will answer for the result.— J Kansas will be a free State, because tin- Buck Republicans are not strong enough to make a Slave State of it. That subject the next Congress will also have in charge, ami | it will be honestly and fairly dealt with. ••> I'lnh. Brigham Young and his followers have declared that they will resisl the officers and authority of the United S-ates; and they seem to be arming, and preparing to dispiue | by force and arms tho national authorities. The Mormons are nearly all unnaturalized citizens, squatters upon the public domain, j who have no more right there than the great | Mogul. Il President Buchanan ami the Congress do not bring them to terms ami expel them Iront the territory we shall be greatly mistaken. They are the terror and disgrace of the country—they must be dealt ■with in n summary manner The Currency. Among the important questions likely to ciinio before the next Congress is that of the Cmrotiex The system of stnte banking, as practiced among us will he overhauled, and some conclusion arrived at as to the power possessed In a state to delegate power which it does not it sell possess. Ihe time lor Milne reformation in this matter hasarrived. ami the late financial revulsion, extending throughout the whole country, has aroused thinking men i:i every quartet and the syustinti tins been w hat istho cause, and what the remedy? t Vice move theie will lea con test about Denton s mint drops, and again we shall see the people's currency bear oti the palm. Jtiiuk A nitres. We ate in teceipi ol Leonard Scdtl \ i o reprint el the Westminister tjoanerly he view (or October. ISA/. It is a splendid No containing articltx ol "Female Dress in a.- ' Political Driest ' .hnlab . or an adventure in Malayan Waters Hsslory ot Civilization re K.ugUnd. Auroa Leiglt ltie l out Km )>wcs. Tie t'.ieophoroe o -T.-chjlas. Kep n'seuiaiivtt Government. Wha! i* it good lot! Monimseu's Roman History. The Progress i t Kngltsb Jurisprudence. Cotraipoigry l.' 1 r'atnre. The Westminister, with the London. P.J iuburft, and Nor.lt British ißt.iner i Review, and Blackwood's Magaruie, monthiv. are re published in New Vork from advanced sheets by Leonard Neon N Co at 610 par annum Kit ike entire series. The price ot either one el the works, taken singly, is 63 a year. A Murderer t'divided• Pfjncis Burns, w ho was arrested some two r dire* weeks ago, in the viciilty ol P.nsion. fertile murder ot hi* wit*, w* tried las' ueek at Wilkes-Rarre, tid the Ju'v on Sat urday. alter retiring for sioul ifnr;v min utes tendered a verdict of "rvnr.'cr in the second degree —This rr me ot winch Hnms is convicted, we believe is punished by la'prieonment of not less than ten years I. was an aggravsied esse, and we arc socio- Moat surprised at die rest:!!. Fur ra Piiisttm. We learn that on Friday tight Usr at a Lou; oi e o'clock, a tin? broke out in sSioie txwrve beloremt to F-qn-re Red tie. opposite :he Butler House, which entire y consumed it togeiber * ,;tt a small buikht.g sJronirg it. which was alo tie propeny of Kscuire Redd'fl, used *s a jest ice's effioe and a Doc tor's tdKce. beforb 'be deroc-irg e'ercen" could be stayed. We bate ret heard thr I Miicu-urs olibe or gin ot ihe li-e. We un . ervtanu li ee as o u trance upon the propery destroyed. btviaoci Vrxwx—Our lha .ss arc J-to to Wesley W,r.. F-rq . for some very h..e veiuiscr. received the pas; week he has i-ee.: , r. a hur,:...g excursion a: Long Pond. 6ii...va ODMtr, and k, . c*i live* tine iJeci -,:Vi..g '.he ;r{* He ..as quite a laste to; -.bescsaaace or heeling. XW The Me :,e. is A (serve j-a-.mn had rhe Re* Mr Wsnsi io jve-arh the firs: sertr.av, lettbi iemirf room cf V-ie-tr rew Oinrcf. or Jar* Sere ? ever.-we The Murse was crowd ed sad svw&e lorrr vers.- ns 0.-ald nor obcair tdaMM. ITier disTu rsec vey orflerly. Ef JTii ynuri as- otter placet of bus. cess ■ iil k is Intel -*£ otTaaaki-- { tW lWOm v-i- gruia *c tins re*D* v pso uaJhr fosng aown I O" The Tosqiiehantiaflcer at this plsm 1 was raised to a pretty high water-mirk fa* weak. The rain north of here most hnv been very severe. There was a large amonn of flood wood floating down ti>e river. an< we learn that in a number of instance* wholt fields of corn were swept away. The rain A this place was >ery light, end done little o< no damage ; bet we learn that some town* along 'tvo river, between Irere and Elmira, were completely inundiled, doing much dam nee. At Elmira, some portion of the track of the N. Y. & Erie Railroad was carried ofl by the freahel, interrupting the regular pas sing of trains. MEi.AKeHOi.vOcx-tfBRENCE.-On Friday week, William Cooper was arnidcntally shot dead, near Lstviatown, Pa., while out gunning with Ins father, 'ihefathei had fired at a phea sant, ami a single grain of shot, glancing, had entered the young man's eye, penetrating ; Ills brain and causing instant death. At a Meeting of Ihe Presidents of the Dan ville, Northumberland, l.ewisburg, West Branch, bock Haven, and Jersey Shu'e Bunks, at Williarnsporl, on thn 2!):h nil., it WHS re solved that daring the suspension of specie 'payments, bv Ihe Banks of this Ctmmoti wealth, they did not deem it expedient to rnakoany arrangements with the cily Banks lor the redemption of their notes, or sums | of specie in Philadelphia to keep their notes at par. CANAL BOAH:> APPOINTMENTS Hnrhnbiirg, Nnv. I!t.—The following Canal Board ap pointments were made to day, viz:—Super visor of the Delaware Division, IVin. Elliott; M i|6 17 ton*, and il e C*:'* 1 41.526 OS tons, making a toial ol 7, 4,'302 tons a gam on the preceding week ~ i R ions The markers generally sre shoe or e *' "ompared with ihe same period last year! an J '* erm of a contrauud demand Cttt! .he close of na. -ga non. IT l\'e are tha.' eo aoii robbed ,he dwelling ot r Eeq . m Ashland. Schoyikill co.. last nr Five m.iiK'.n* f dollars have bev" brocgh; itiio .lie cooutry L* a 'he *ast ieu days. IT" The 'aborirg gopa'aiior ot Soheylkil! co - -v are leaving by b.ttr.dreds, mostly foe the Vk es nr Corn caervs at twenty-'Free cents x boshe bv ite va-arvrs atorig the Wabash Y"a.- iuy, deuve-a: ie m ttuir owe expense ia Tin cernes Indmn* OT Mr Peter Fldv. )• . a; Da'vil e has mst reecve 4 s*rr e S(V>O beshels of K?"ork wbex: frr-rs PlTtsburg It w.il be cocveced pck- the be fwaily flour a: bis mm si wfl rr A child of M:. 61 a .vact Philips in Ctrbotidsie. Luzerne coor-y. was burned to death or Tcesdsy of las; week by naclo.bes lakiug fire iron a grate. tT PreauAen. Racbaoae has rsreraec ne at ihe sew frtooe. ' Wet. cMderes kf Cut grmw. je be bwilr •: ine f'r...aoetpeia Nary Y ara. Tuts wit; af.ir; (*p ormer: oarmc be fa. ;.u w.uie: te tuocmis o a,ccbauic . . Honk ot Danville- At mi ejection tor officers of this bank, belt on last Monday, the following Board of Di lectors were duly chosen, viz: | E. H. Baldy, Danville, i Dr. W. 11. do I John Forley, do M. C. Grier, do O. Al. Slioop, tie Peter Baldy, sr. fN> J. C. Rhodes, do John Sharpless, Calawissa, John K. Grotz, Bloomsburg. Thomas Hayes, l.ewisburg, J. V. Goodlander, Milton. Win. Good, MoKwensville, Benjamin Schoeli, Selinugrove. Al the meeting of the Board of Directors, on last Tuesday, Edw. H. Baldy, Esq., was unanimously re-elected as President, i A dividend of 3 per cent, for the last six I mouths was declared on the 3d Inst. Hank of Northumberland. Al ail election for officers of this bank on Monday last, the following board ol Direc tors was chosen: J B. Packer, D. Bramigam, A. E. Kapp, J. C. Morton, G. F. Miller, Paul Maaleller, S. T. Brown, Wm. I. Greenough, George Suhnure, C. R. Paxtou, Bimon Schuyler, James Taggart, A. B. Warlord. The new Directors are Messrs. Green ough, I'uggarl, Warlord, all well qualified lor the position by education and business hab its. From liriusns. ST. bouts, Nov. 16 —Kansas advices state that the Constitution had been adopted by the Convention by a vote of 28 for to about s dozen against. The whole number of del egates being 60, consequently the Constitu tion has been adopted by n minority of the Convention. The majority and mtnoiity re porta of the Committee o.t Schedule, will be merged into ooe. The schedule thus formed, provides for nn election on the 21st ol December, to ratify or reject lite Consti tution, the voting to be by ballot, and Ihe votes cast to bo endorsed ''Constitution with slavery," or I 'Constitution without slavery." Also lor n election to be held on the first Monday in January next, lor the election ol Smle ami Congressional ticket*. The Lawrence correspondence of the Dem ocrat H'seris that Governor Walker brought from Washington a manuscript copy ol the Kansas Constitnlion, almost identical with the one adopted. He also says that no tree Slate men will vole on the 21st ol December. TV Hrigham Young, who defies the gov ernment and threatens the nrmien of the l' S., is a native ol While Haven, Vermont, and is lilt) six years ol age. His father was a farmer, originally Inm a town ia the vicii: ity ol Itoslnn, and young Hrigham is said never to have been at school bit* thirteen days. He has manifested a very strong mind since he has presided over the Mormons,and lis* spread that imposture over the whole civilised world, sending hundreds ol mission• aries to make proselytes. He will probably have the infamy ol being the first individual in the I'nited States elevated to gallotvs lor Ireasor. llis present career is strongly in dial direction: and rhe lellow, while exercis ing onliiiiueit power in Utah, has the impu dence to ulk of the persecutions he has stif fen d. Tin - VIMNCIAI PuKsSCHK—We are gratifi ol to observe a steadily improving tone in the financial circles of the eastern ciiie< — Securities which had pone down 10 i othing almost, arc gradually rising, and business, which had been uilcrly prostrated. is having a Itealthlul revival Theßankot New York are reported to he striving to arrange a spee dy resumption of specie payment Their lead will he followed by the Rat ks ot the New K.i gland States generally, and probably by the institutions of toe Sooth and West, with whom they have intmiate relations.— Specie continue* to flow in upon lis from Europe and California. We are importing but little, wh'lst a large number ot vessels are loading withgtam'or foreign potts. It is evident that we ate making headway.— Idf if? Spiiff On Tuesday morning. Burns was sentenc ed to 12 years imprisonment in the Wniten uary. When asked if he had anything to say why sentenee should not be passed, he asserted his mr.ocenoaoi intending to k I! his wife—e>pressed much feeling for hischildren and said that honor had brought htm to his ta'e. and thanked the Coort. Jlinv and his Counsel lor their kiodneas.—lfrreU or" tkt I'mtem try Two brothers named Smith, proprie tors of a splendid peach orchard near Sacra mento, California, are aid to have reained beiween *60.000 and STO 000. this year from toe sale of peaches. ty The men employ ed in the shops of the Reading Railroad Company are now work ing on short time—etghi hours a day. They commence 7I o'clock in the morning, and qui; a n the afternoon. The wages have been gepeiany ledoced in proportion. •j ore a'e now loading gram and floor a; Yo'* - l * e iat* number ot thirty ships, a I for Karoyr- taltbeiog tor Liverpool and the remam.Vf for Glasgow They -Ml average about 5u farMrt *hlP -17 | i recent addr.\** 800. Ed war t f reseat. there i* one sentedfe of fi tj eight Without a sm?fe per,l*Web s-er oration of H-n. K.'i Caoate are thre i e pages wiihoot a pause. Trie firs: camp-meeting neW in '*>* I nnec Sates was held in Kenoeky fifty J w *? C- Methodism. Ptesbyremn*. and Baptist* ted on that occasion. —A jremiemasi joS mom >Djwn?'r u P Nor*. >>yi vAM* B'tNK< There lias been an investi^ation going on for a week or two past, by I tie Director* of the Bank of Pennsylvania, into the affair* ot that institution, and the common report t* that the exhibits ia not lavorsfble. The im mediate liabilities of the Bank in round nrnm bers, independent of capital stock, is about two millions ol dollars—to meet which, there are assent appraised at one and three quar ter millions, fl'fhis appraisement and amount of liabilities are correct, the Bank would seem !o be unable to pay its debts, leaving noth ing for stock holders. It was anticipated by many that this examination would prove on- Javorable, ye* they did not anticipate one : quite so calamitous ns the one reported. The ' nominal amount of assets is, of course, moro than the amount appraised as available, though it i* reported there is a hiatus of ve ry considerblu extent in the Bank accounts, covered by no representative value whatever. In every properly conducted bunk, the led i ger account will show on one side all that the bank owes Including its en| ital; on the other all that is owing to the Bank, and the two are made to balance, something being received to show Inr every dollar expended. Tli/a, the examination at the Bank of Penn- has not thus far been able to de monstrate. —The business of the institution seems very much, at lose ends. Within a da) or two, assets of the value of a hundred thousand dollars, said lo be entirely reliublo, were found stuck in one of the unused pigeon botes. The Bank holds about #175,000 of its own slock ; a portion of this, however, has been pledged 10 one or mure of the interior basks, though the agency uf a third party, who now stands It able to the bunk for the amount. The committee representing the city banks in this matter, or u majority of it, i is uncle-stood lobe averse to an attempt at , resuscitation, and the indications now arc, ' that it will go into liquidation, an.! probably ) out of existence, leaving as little for its share- ; holders as did its great prototype, (tio Bank , of the United States, Noteholders and do 1 positors will probably be paid. riliMiiFU'lllt BANK ITS' Fi.ofh and Alkai. —There is very little in quiry lor export, and with increasing storks, the market is weak, though ns yoi the-e iino reduction of prices. Sales are made in lota to the retailers and bakers at #5 25 up to 5 88 tot common Rnd extra brands, according to quality, and #6 00 a 57 00 for fancy lots. Nrthing doing in llye Flour or Corn Meal— we quote the former at $4 50, and the la'ler at S3 19 per barrel. Hrain. —There is a fair amount of Wheat offering, but the demand for it is limited. Saws ol 3000 bush, good red at St 00 a Si 26 pe- bushel, utlo.it, and good white at St 21 u St 33 per bushel. Sale of Bye at 7ft cer.ls. Cirnisb • cod request—sales of 1000 bush els old \ 'ow at 80 rents, ami 800 bushels prime di. -nv at 62 cent*. Oats—sales ol Southern 31 n 3ft cts. per bushel Clown- kp is scares at 55 pet 64 lbs. Nothing doing in Timothy or Flaxseed. W iiikicv t held firmly—sales ol barrels at SCJ n 23 cents . liluls. at use, and drunges at What it Cost —The war debt ol Oregon, as passed upon bv the Commissioners reaches the round sum ot 53.500 060, making, with that ol Washington Territory, 55,000,000. — Nor does this include any of the claims which will herealtor be presented to Congress for spoliations, being only for actual services :en tored and supplies actually furnished.— Ttie population ol Washington Territory is sbo.it 10.000. that ol Oiegon Bb,ooo. The populations of the Territories are small, and the points to be defended must have been few Five mil tons ot do'lars is a pretty round sum for war expenses alone, there probably not being two thousand volunteers engage,! in the war. .4 Stiit i out of Debt etui no! If enfrng 3 ton ft/. The Lmle Rock Democrat says that the Treasury ol Arkansas is overflowing with gold and silver. Tbe various tnnds are enumerated that have their hundreds of thou san.is of the hard. The Treasure has no bank notes; nothing but specie in Arkansas: except a small old bank debt, does not owe a cent, and has in her strong box more gold and stiver than will keep the government for two years without amy further taxation - There are na banks in Arkansas, and the taxes are paid in gold and silver, and the State payeo jt nothing but that kind of cur rency. MARKiAdrs Atfseven sv thk Timbs. —Ttie records ol the City Reg:s!erof Boston, Mass.. begin to show ttie effects of hard t.mes in tbe decrease of applications for certificates of intentions ol marriage. In the month of Oc tober last tbe deficiency, as compared w tth the same month in 1856, was between fifty and sixty, and during trie ten months et 1857 the decrease, as compared with 1856. is be tmeeu oua hundred and fifty and two hun dred. T\e Cii'.es* Sugar Cant a Failure. —Mr. W. H Belcher, of (he ce ebrated sugar refinery a; St l-oc,s. perhaps the highest authority in saccharine naauers in the country, has been carefully testing 'be Chiuese cane. He says that it will prrve a tailure as far as sugar mas.ng is com -ined, and, a ii will nor gran ulate (as it w . ot) the syrup does not con tain a doe ruou of cane sugar. He doob: us s.riw a# a sugar producing plant. MOKTOC* \\ .as.—The Mooiour Ameri ca* says, we ob-uve Ley are nading up the doors, windows, gates. Sic.., of (hese Works, •hc giwer and authority in and over said Territory of Utah shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office (or lour years, and until his successor shall be up- | pointed mid qualified, unless sooner remov ed by the President of the United State*. The Governor shall reside within said Terri tory, shall bo commander-in-chief ol the , militia thereof, &c., &e. "I am still the Governor and Superinten dent ol Indian Alhiirs lor the Territory, no successor having been appointed and qualt- ' lied, as provided by law. nor have 1 been re moved by tho President of the United States. I By virtue of tho authority that vested in me, ! 1 have issued and forwarded to you a copy 1 of my proclamation Unhiding the entrance ol : armed forcea into the Territory. This yon have disregarded. I now further direct that you retire forthwith front the Territory, by tlte same route you entered. Should you deem this impracticable, and preler to re main until sp-ing in the vicinity of your pre sent encampment, "Black Fork on Green River, you can do so in peace and unmoles ted, on condition that you deposit your arms and ammunition with Lewis Robinson, Quar ter-master General of the Territory, and leave in the spring as soon as tho condition of the roads will permit you to march ; and should you fall short ol provisions, they can be for- I nislied yon upon making proper application therelor. "General D. H. Wells will forward this, ami receive any communicatiui you may ! liave 10 make "Very respectfully, HKIOIIA M YOUNO, Governor & Superintendent of Indian Affairs The following is ihe proclamation telerred 10 lIK uavKBNOn. ' OITIZKNS OK I'TAII— We are invaded by a hostile loree, wtut are evidently assailing us | 10 accomplish our overthrow and destruction For the last twenty-live years, wo have trust ed officials of the Government, Irom con stables and justices to judges, governors, and presidents, only to b.t scorned, held ir. deri- • >oti, insulted and behaved. Dor houses have been plundered ami then burned, our fields laid waste, our principal men butcher ed-while under the pledged lanh of the Gov ernment lor then safely, and our families driven from their homes to find that shelter in the barren 'wilderne-s. and that protection among tint hostile savages, which were de nied them in the boasted abodes of Christi anity and civilization '•The Constitution of our common country guaranties onto n< all that we tin now or have over lnmeJ. If the cot a itutional tighls which pert Kin unto us s American ci.irons were extended to Ctah according to the spirit and meaning theieof, and fairly and impar tially administered, it is nil that we could ask—all that we have ever askeu. • Our opponents have availed themselves of prejudice existing against us, because id our religious la th, to send out a formidable host to accomplish our destruction. We have had no privilege nor opportunity ol de fending ourselves Iroin the talse, foul, and unjust aspersions against us before the m ioc- Tie Government has hot condescended to cause un investigating committee or other persons to be sent to inquire into and ascer tain the troth, aa is cuiomary in such cases. We know those aspersions to be false ; but that avails ns nothing. We are condemned unheard, and forced to an issue with an armed mercenary mob, which has beensrni against us at the instigation of anonymous letter-writers, ashamed to lather the base, slandeious falsehoods which they have giv en to the public—ol corrupt officials, who have brought false accusations against us to screen themselves in their own infamy, aud of hireling priests and howling edi ors, who prostitute the troth for filthy lucre's sake. "The issne which has thus been forced opon us compels os to resort to ;he great first law of self preservation, and rtaud in our own defence—a right guarantied uuio os by the genius at the iuMiiniioua of our country, and upon which the Government is based. Our duly 10 ourselves, to our families, requires us not ;o tamely submit u> be driven and sluin without an arempi to preserve ouraelves. Ourdo'y'o our country, our holy religiou, our God. to freeJom and liberty, requires that we should no: quietly s and still and see those fetters forging around us which are calcula ted to enslave and bring us in subjection to an unlawful military despotism, such as can only emanate, in a country of constitutions! law, from usurpation, tyranny, and oppres sion. "Therefore, f, Brigham Yonng, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of Utah, in the name of the people of t! United S'ates. in the Territory of Utah, forbid, "First—All armed forces of every deecrip liion from coming in to this Territory, under any prrenee whatever. "Second—fhal alt tbe forces in said Ter rijory hold themselves in readiness to march , at a moment t notice to repel any and all soeh invasions. '•Third—Martial iaw is hereby declared to i ' exist in this Territory from and after the publi i cation of this publication , and no person .' shall be allowed to pass or repass Into 01 i , 'broogh or from this Territory without a per mil horn the proper officer "Given under my hand and seal, at Grest Salt Lake Alii? Territory of Utah, this fif teenth Hot trf September, A. D eighteen hun dred and fifty-seven, and of the ledepeiider.es ol'the United States ol A merit-* the eighty second. "BItIUHJtM Yovno." The following isColonel Alexander's reply l Hrigtiam Vomit!; "HkAUQI'AHTRRS TkNTH HcGLM &M 1 tig lit- j fantrt, Camp Wiirici.n,R Ham's Fork, > October 2, 1857. > "Bkiciiam Younu, Keg., tiovtrnor (f Utah Territory: "Sir : 1 have (he honor to acknowlege (lie receipt of your communication of September 29, 1857, with two copies of a proclamation and one or the laws of Utah, and have given |it an attentive consideration. 1 am at the present the senior and commanding officer ! of the troops of the United States at litis point, and 1 will submit your letter to the general ; commanding as soon as he arrives here. | "In the meantime, I hsve only to say that these troops are l ure by the order o! the Pre sklent of the United States, and their further movements and operations will depend entire ly upon orders issued by competent miliiaiy authority. "Very respectfully, R. II Al.lcxakdkr." Among lite documents is a letter from Col. Johnson, dated horn the camp, on tha thiea wittgs of lite Sweet Water, addressed to Ad jutant General McDowell, New Yotk, in which lie confitm* the burning ol the con tractor's tiaiua by lite Mormons, lie says (be Governor's escort is lour days' march be lliud him, two companies of dragoons. Ho knows no reason why Col Alexander should attempt to reach Salt Lake by Bear river, ex cepting from (he tear that the Mormons Itavn burned the grass on the shorter route. Ho adds: "If I could communicate with Col. Alexander I would direct him to take up a good position for the winter Rt Ham's Folk Tho road is beset between this and Ham's Fork with companies of Mormons, so it is doubtful whether I shall be able to communi cate with Col. Alexander." It is supposed at the War Depart in ant that , the troops are all in good condition, as noili , ing to tho contrary is said in the despatches Oil the receipt of the above despatches* special meeting ol the Cabinet waa i mined i i utely called, but nothing lias transpired with 1 telceuce to their deliberations. Vriilll.ttlon.>lt Kecesstty.-llow Hc-t I I reeled. Tito approach of cold weather, when so much of the time is spout within doors, re minds us that the disregard of vcntilia tion causes more colds, consumptions and disease generally, lliau anybody but a phys ician xvou'd suppose. Tito process of breathing, it is well known, vitiates tho atmosphere of confined apartments. A light room, eight foot high, and twelve by fourteen foot square, will have its air poisoned in two hours by throe persons sitting in it. In a single hour, a company of twelve persons, in a parlor six ; toon loot by twenty, and nine feet high, will tender the atmosphere unhealthy, if the doors are closed. Yet, in the face of these scientific facts, there are thousands of households in Philadelphia where, every winter, it is the practice ot the family to sit in heated apartments without any provision for ventilation. Nature, even w hen doors ami windows are all closed, makes an effort to ventilate rooms, by forcing trosh air through tlm cracks. Kilt it will not do to trust to these especially in sleeping chambers, where ven tilation is peculiarly necessary. The open ing ol a window, both at top and at bottom, is one ot the best methods of ventilation ; but in order to avoid draughts, it is i eeessa r\ to discriminate between times w hen the temperature out of doors is colder than within. and when it is the reverse : for the in the tirst case, the cold air enters at the bottom of a window and passes out at the top. while in the other it enters at the top and passes out at the bottom. Ventilating a room, by leaving a door ajar, is governed by the same titles. Sudden colds which cannot be accounted for, often occur by sleeping in draughts, which might have been avoided bv a little practical knowl edge. h is indispensible, however, that the hu man system should be accustomed to cur rents ot air. To remain habitually in warm, close rooms, carefully protected from draughts, is almost certain to cause a cold on going out into the air. If the person is heated, the liability to take cold is very great on entering a current. But where the whole body is exposed, there is less danger than where only a portion is. A late writer has estimated that any current of air moving with a velocity of more than two feet pe r second, is perilous. This, therefore, may he considered a rule by which to do guided in ventilating apartments. Where it is im- I possible to introduce fresh air, without a ; violent curreut, a screen or other apparatus should be u-**l. by which to distribute lbs air more equally and avoid unhealthy draughts. Bed-rooms which have no firo place, should invariably have an opening I into the flue : for many persons fear catch ing cold if ihey leave their windows down. ; and such, if there is neither fire place nor j opening into the flue, kill themselves l>y I slow poison. No system of ventilating a room has ever ; been devised equal to the old fashioned j open fire place. But the expense of this method will prevent its returning into gen | eral use. As open fire-places are the best ! ventilators, so stoves are the worst : and i unfortunately, of all processes of heating, the stove is the cheapest. Hot-air furnaces combine, practically, economy and health, i better than any other method : but few fur i naces are constructed rightly, and fewer still I are manasred properly. The hot-air should ' be introduced pure, moist, and equally , ! and an opening or openings should be pro | vided for it to escape : and yet not one hot j air furnace in ten is worked in this way. ' Where expense is ro consideration, a com • bination of an air-heating apparatus wiili open fire-places, gives the nearest approach , which is possible, to perfect ventilation There are hundreds of families in Philad \ elphia able to afford this combination, who nevertheless disregard it. and many cf them in consequence, pay 'he doctor more than they would have to pay the coal dealer, ti i they adopt it—ledger.