wtoM !iW existence had he e o recognized by Congras* in djffeiem forma aad by differ •at enactments. A large proportion of the citizen* of Kansasditf noi think proper (a reg ister their camea and to vole at the election tor delegates; hot opportunity to do this hav ing been fairly afforded, their refusal to avail lliemaelvea of their right conld in no maeoei affect ike legality of the Convention. This convention proceeded to frame a con stitution for Kansas, and finally adjourned on the 7th day of November But Hide dif ' occurred in the convention except on the aubjecCof slavery. The; truth is that the general .provisions or our recent ?tate constitutions are so similar—and, I may add, so excellent—that the difference between them it not essential. Under the earlier prac tice of the government, no constitution fram ed by the convention of a Territory prepara tory to its admission into the Union as a State had been submitted to the people. 1 trust, however, the example set by the last Congress, requiring Ibst the Constitution of Minnesota ''should be subject to the appro val and ratifications of the people of the pro posed State," may be followed on future oc casion*. I took it lor granted that the con vention ol [Kansas would act in accordance with ibis example, founded, as it is, on cor rect principles; and hence my instructions to Governor Wilkar, in favor of submitting the constitution to the people, were expressed io general and unqualified term J? Ir. the Kansas-Nebraska act, however, this requirement, atapplicated to the whole Con stitution, had not been inseried, and the con vention was not bound by its terms to sub mit any other portion of the instrument to •0 election, except that which relates to the domestic institution" of slavery. ThiswHl be rendered clear by a simple reference to its language. It was "not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor no exclude it therefrom, but to leavo the people thereof j perfectly free to form and regulato thoir do- j mastic institutions in their own way." Ac cording to the plsin construction of the ren fence, the words "Jomestiu institutions" have e direct, as they have an appropriate, reference to slavery. "Domestic institutions" •re limited to the family. The relation be tween master and slave and a few others are "domestic institutions,and are entirely dis tinct from lnstilutionsofa political character. Besides, there was no question then before Congress, nor indeed has there since been any serions question before the people of Kansas or the country, except that which re lates to the "domestic institution" of slavery The convention, after an angry and exci ted debate, finally determined, by a majori ty of only two, to submit the question of slavery to the people, though at the last forty three of the fifty delegates present affixed their signatures to the constitution. A large majority of the convention were la favor of establishing slavery in Kunme. They accordingly inserted an article in th constitution for this purpose similar in form to those which had been adopted by other territorial couvemions. In (be schedule, however, providing (or the transition from a territorial to[a Stats government, the question has been fairly and explicitly referred to the people, whether they will have a constitution "with or without slavery." It declares that before the constitution adopted by the con vention "shall be sent tn Congress for ad mission into the Union as a State," an elec tion shall he held to decide this question, nt which ali the white male inhabitants of the Territory above the age of 21 are entitled to vote. They are to vote by ballot and the "ballot cast at stid election shall be endored 'Constitution with slavery,' and 'Constitution with no slavery." If there be a majority in favor of the ''Constitution with slavery," then it ie to be transmitted to Congress by the President of the Convention'in its original form. If, on the contrary, there shall be a majority in favor of the "Constitution with no slavery," "then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken from the Constitu tion by the President of this Convention:" and it is expressly declared that 'no slavery sball exist in the State o( Kansas except that the right of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with," and in that event it is made his duty to bavts the Constitution thus ratified trans mitted to the Congress of the United States for the admission of the State into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity of exnressittg his opinion by his vote "whether Kansas shall be received in to the Union with or without slavery,' and thus this exciting question may be peacefully settled in the very mode required toy the or ganic law. The ehciion will be held under legitimate authority, and if any portion of the inhabitants shall reluse to vote, a fait oppor tunity to do so having been presented, this will be their own voluntary act, and they alone w ill be responsible for the consequen ces. Whether Kansas shall be e free or a slave Stale must eventually, under some authority, be decided by ua election : and the question can never be more cleerly or distinctly pres ented to the people than ■' is at the present Moment. Should this opportunity be r->jec ted, sbe may be involved for years in domes tio discord, and possibly in civil war, before sbe can again teach the point she has already attained. Kansas has for some year! occupied 100 much of the public at.eniion. It is high time they should be directed to fur more impor tant objects. When once admitted in fo the Union, whether with or without slavery, the excitement beyond her own limits will epeeditd'y pats away, and the wiH 'hen for the first time be left, as she ought to have been long since, to manage her own affair* in her own way. II ber constitution on the subject of slavery, or any other subject, be displeaaiagtoa majority of the people, no hu . -man power can prevent them from changing j It Within a brief period. Under these circnra- j etfences it may well be questioned whether the peace and quiet.; of'tfie whole country are not of greater importance .than the mete temporary triumph of aither of'the political parties iip Kansas. - - [TO BK COKTINOXO ] aiJ-l. Sugar la saiii tc be selling now in New Orleans market at cents per pound, and moiaascs front 18 to 20 cents per gallon. ' Star of Iljt Nortl). ® '-JUii--. . Hloomabura, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1851. j —. " OT The STAB OV THX NORTH wiH con Li n n ue to bo conducted in the spirit in wbich it was inaugurated, and which has charac terized it up to the present. As a political I : paper it will rornain an advocate and expos ' itor of those radical principles which form the groundwork of onr government, and these "few ruling, fundamental principles" will still be the tests applied to 'all the varied iasnesprcsentcd to thecountry.' Thecauseof ® popular education—the principle enunciated in the moxim, "the greatest good to the greatest number," always having a due 1 respect for the rights of the minority, will receive its earnest support, while invidious distinctions infavorof individuals, or classes, or of associated bodies of men. either as respects their social, their political, or their 1 business relations, where the good of the whole is not kept in view, will meet its ' unqualified opposition. As a medium of ' news, and as a family instructor, its charac ter shall be maintaised. Moral culture will be a primary object. ' The proprietress, whoso name In this issue takes the place of her lamented hus band, feels that she ism the discharge of a high and holy duty in taking tire paper un ' der hercontrol, und thus perfectiugtlic hopes and fulfiling the desires, so far as is possible, of ihil one over whom the grave has closed. May ''Ho who doeth all things well" give us His favorable guidance ! The Foreign Quarterly Reviews. There is no species of Literature more at tractive to men of cultivated minds and scholarly attainments than able Reviews of the best publications of tlio day. It is im possible to read—oven if it deserved read ing—all tho issues from the prolific press, but it is desirable to cull as largo an mnouut as may be from its honied fruits. We have had in this country, front time to time, some very able specimens of periodical literature, but none of them have sustained so length ened an existence, or established such per manent repute as the Foreign Reviews, of which tho enterprising publishers, whose names aro at the close of this article, furnioh us wit'u such accurate and speedy reprints. Of the Foreign Reviews, the Kdinburg is the oldest, having beeu in existence for up wards of hulf a contury. and the circumstan ces under which it had irs origin possess a lively interest; nor can they be better des cribed than in the words of the late Rev. Sydney Smith, who was ono of tho literary coterie from whose united talents tho pub lication emanated. The present numbers fully sustain the reputation of the previous issue*, and we do most earnestly advise all parochial liter ary clubs and lycenms to take these valua ble publications. They cannot realize any thing like the same amount of literary and intellectual wealth for a similar outlay. The North British llevieio made its appear ance as a special advocate of Evangelical religion. Without assuming a political character it has always discussed political questions in their general character—and in point of talent, energy and spirit, will compare favorably with its cotempo raries. Amongst the many writers who have figured in its pages maybe mentioned j Sir David Brewster, Drs. Hanna, Cunning- j ham, Lorrimer, and others. Remittances must be directed to the pub- ! lishers, Leonard Scou k Co., No. 54 Gold | street, New York. Oaring Outrage, As Messrs. Miller and Gilchrist, says the Wilkesbarre Retold, were driving over to the Depot at Kingston, ou Friday evening, they discovered a inan making an ussault upon a female who was struggling iu his grasp. They sprang from their wagon, and while one assisted tho lady and conducted her home to Kingston, the other pursued j and arrested the raecal, aud had him safely locked up. The lady is a respectable mar ried lady, and her assailant is known, and we cannot account for such an outrageous assault on a public thoroughfare in any other way than by supposing him crazy with bad whiskey. The Muaey Market. The good time seonis to be coming. A resumption of specie payments has been J commenced nt New York, and the proba- j bility is, the lead so promptly and unitedly 1 taken by the New York city banks will be ! followed by the New York interior banks, i the Boston and Now England banks, with I tho exception, perhaps, of the Khcde Is- ! laud bunks. Ou the night of October 13th i the New York Banks revolved to suspend, ' and on the night of December 11th, they ; resolved to resume. The suspension ha there lore continued fifty nine days.' The resumption will gradually extend, and we I expect to see. with perhaps a lew excep tions, before many weeks elapse, all the banks of the United States runked again as specie paying institutions. The banks of Philadel'a, it is now well ascertained, will not lag in this good work, beyond the time fixed in the law, slionld they even find it necessary to continue suspended so long - Coin and paper are so near of equal value, that there would seem to be little difficulty or excuse for a long continuance in suspen sion. | Ey We understand that ati application : has been, or will shortly be made to tho 1 Governor, forth* pardon of Charles D. Phil ips, who was recently convioted in Chester county, of the manslaghter of J. Clever Bartholomew. * 1 Blowing to the length of the Presidents Massage we Will not publish it "antire" in this number as we promised our readers last week, hid will conclude it in our next issue. Sfl, •" ■? V'' .. 7#fflHirrsey Question. * Frem our best considerstion of the Man ~ flr.aocisl essajs and theories so liberally pi < „ forward fiom lime to time, we are constrain* * to say that generally, they are either tinker itig or desiructive. But existing arrange ments eatmot be eolirely overthrown, and l< tinker them merely, in details; is of tea reel; more real service, than that which would bt ' done by a physician who standing by th . side of the Beacon Hill Reservoir, should try I, to stop its leakage with plasters of Burgundj pilch. ,1 But one thing is certain. The praotica money of the people, "bank bills" are no a the money ol lew, of the Constitution, of in lernationsl trade. The fluctuations of bant ij piper, not recognized by the Constitution, play j witch work with the whole eoontry, snd i ,f we may use the'expression the Union is gov j ernstl by a God whom its laws disown and e de*pi.-e. With California, pouring her thm 3 million per month into our cities, it is full | time that the money ol the law became the , she money of the people, Every dollar ol sraaH'bills should be abolsshed by Congress, by s gradual law, and the sooner the people insist upon it, that such a law shall he enac ted, the better it will b for them. f The Great Georgia Challenge. The sportsmen of Georgia, some time since I sent forth a challenge to the world—intend ed for Great Britain, of course—to run a match 1 race ol four miles and repeat, for 910u,000 ' asidc,-Over the Ten Broeck Course at Savan -1 nah. The London Sgnday limes insisttdhat a company shall ha formed in England to ; accept the challenge and teat the superiority of the horses of the two countries. The Times calls upon Lord Zetland to become the cham pion of the English turf, end send out Lis no ble horse Skirmisher "to do battle against the American celebrities.'' THE Kansas Sutyect has been started in Congress as if it where the absorbing ques tion ol tLa day, anil )'9' scarcely a dozen persons can be fcind in n day's walk who cares anything at all about it. Tho business derangements of the Country press more strongly upon the public mind. People who aro looking about to see how they are to manage .their own affairs to bring about a return to prosperity, care but little what the factions iu Kansas ore doing. The Presi dent hits left the subject to Congress, where it will form a fruitful theme for oratorical dis play day after day for tho benefit of the let ter writers and telegraph companies. But when it is decided by a vote of the people t dial slavery shall notexisl in the territory, as it undoubtedly will be if the inhabitants there desire any settlement of the question, the whole subject will lose its interest, and Kansas will fall quietly in among (he other States of the Union, attracting no more at tention than (he rest of them.— Ledger. Tna Depreciation of Properly during the financial crisis has been vory great. The Boston Transcript says the slocks of a da ceased person's estxte, which two years ago was appraised at $150,000, were sold and invested in Sinte securities, and the differ ence between the market value of the stocks sold and the securities now held by the par ty is no less than forty thousand dollars. It is reported in financial circles that the per sonal estate of an opulent merchant who died in Boston less thn four years ago, val ued in 1854 at $1,800,000 snd consisting mainly of rai'way shares and bonds, has shrunk so muoh during the past two years, that the depreciation ie more than a million !of dollars. It is stated that manufacturing j stocks owned by R single family have depre ' ciated more than a million dollars in value j within two years. "ROOT HCO OR DIE."—- Mr. River#, of tho Washington G ohe, seems to be a staunch be liever iu this popular 'tying. In some re rent remake upon alleviating the distresses of the poor of that city, he says: "I don't believe in this feeding the pnor from the public crib. I alwaye noticed when wo used to feed the hogs down in Virginia, two or three big hogs got all the corn aud did well, and me rest got lean, but they all I staid in the lane where the corn was thrown, and never pur their nose* to tho gronnd to help themselves the whole winter. But ihoso that were turned out end not fed from the crib went off to the woods, and in the spring they were as fat as butter, and their tails cutled to tight that they could hardly get their hind legs on the ground." A Seniors DISASTER. —Advices from Paris, under date of November 2d, state that the J Dopartment of Marine had just recoivedin { teliigence of a serious dicnsier. A vessel i belonging to the imperial marine, which i had been fitted out for n scientific expedi | tion charged with the duty of rectifying ex listing inaccuracies, and coirecting the sur i veysof the coasts of the Caspian sea, was i lost on the very eve of returning Iromo, after having devoted one year to the most careful aud exact Bcienl'fic explorations. Every ' sonl on board "xcept one went down with the wreck. The loss, deplorable as it is in other respects, wilt ho priocipuHy lclt in a scientific point of view. The Muncy Luminary, in view of the fact that printers can not reduce their hands or "retrench" their expenses to "keep down with the times," very properly urges the craft to live tip to the resolutions of the Danville Convention, and stop giving gener al credits for papers after the Ist January 1858. Others of our exchanges announce posi tively that they will not send papers on trast after Ist Jan. 1858. CF" John McKenna,a young man, who hail been drinking to excess of ardent spir its, was arrested last Thursday, in Pittsburg, Pa., at the instance of his fulher and broth er, and lodged in the watch house, where lie died iu the course of the night. New York is in a deplorable state. Mur ders take place nearly every night, and the papers are fißed with the horrible details of sickening crimes M ilmoi a Judge uud Bigler a Prophet. iy Tfia UtawflOM Aeporitr mir.sunc?* ■■ tlmi ul Gov. Pollock has appointed David Wilrnol *d to the Present Judge of the 13th Judicial r- District. term of office commenced on •- too first of the present month and continues to one year. At the next general election the ly office will bo filled by tbqpopular vole, •e This act of Wilmot's in returning to the 16 bonoh aftef his defeat, will nottake the pttb y lie by surprise. Gov. Bigler said in his '}' speech daring the campaign that Wilcaot would more probably be the succossorof 'I Judge Bullock than of Gov. Pollock; and 01 the remark showed a just appreciation of '■ his character. We know of no instance in h our history as a State where n Judge has y been so shamelessly regardless of the dig lf nity and purity of the judicial charactor.— Even Wilmot's warmest friends must lose d all respect for the man after this step.— '■* When he resigned his judgeship to enter II upon a partisan canvass for Governor, he • made a deliberate choice between the sanc >f tityof the judicial station and tho exciting ' conflicts of politics, claiming tire latlbr as his portion. But no sooner is he defeated, ■ than, hot from the conflict, he again dons tlio ermine and takes his place upon the bench os the embodiment of judicial purity and impartiality. His thirst for offico must s be inordinate and unquenchable} thus to I overstep tbe bounds Of a decent propriety. But what shall we say of a Governor and a 0 Judge \£. vh}vv allowed themselves to be the facile instruments in bis hands of keep , ing in reserve a seat upon the bench to D which he might resort in case the people repudiated his pretentions to the guberna s torial office!! It may be merely an excess of of attachment that induced Judge Bullock to keep Wilmot's seat warm for him whde , he canvassed the State, and Governor Pol lock to make himself a party to the ploi, but the public will regard them as a set of , petty conspirators who have made them . selves ridiculous as well as contemptible.— , Uarrisburg Union, >""• • * ' or Last Monday evening, while going up , street and passing' tiie Exchange Block, wo , observed one of the rooms in the third story , of that building very brilliantly illuminated, j When Jo! we heard a voice, ono liko that , of "Sarnum's" in the play of William Tell, , saying " Bow Slave, bow to the cap of GEB , LKR, our Governor." Upon inquiry we were , told that a Dramatic Institute was organ ixed , in this place, and in that room the Society 1 meet tri-woekly, for tho purpose of rehear , ! sing and practicing pieces. We loam also, , I that the Company design giving a public , ; exhibition on or before Christmas eve.— | A Dramatic Institute of this kind, if proper attention bo paid to it, is calculated to ele -1 vatc and enlighten the mind. Success at ■ tend you, young men—aim high and dive j deep. ARTESIAN WELLS IN SAHARA DESERT. —At the moisting of the American Institute Far mers' Club, in A'ew York, on Monday, a | paper was read giving an account of tho success which has thus far attended the sinking of Artesian wells in the great Afri can Desert of Sahara. The first well was bored in May, 1859, in the basis of Oued river, near Taraertua, by* a detachment of the''Foreign Legion," conducted by Engi neer W. Jusß. Water was obtained in June at tho rate of 600 hogsheads per hour. Tho joy of tbe natives at the discovery was un i bounded, and, with great solemnity, they consecrated it by tlio nnrae of "The Well of Peace." Another bore in Tamaqua gave . 120 qrts. per minute. The temp, of the water iu both cases was about 75 degrees Fahren heit. The supply of water furnished by these wells will, by means of irrigation, produce vegetation where none was ever seen before. FORTT-SEVBN STATES. —WouId any believe , without looking into it, that we are in a fair way of carrying the number of sovereign States, originally thirteen, and thirty-one up to forty-seven ! But so it is. In the first place there arc Oregon, Kansas and Mineso ' ta, whose constitutions are already formed or forming. It is hoped that they will be admitted fhe coining winter, making the members of the eonfederaney thirty-four.— Take New Mexico, Nebraska and Washing ton, already thriving Territories, will swell tho aggregate to thirty-seven. Four new , I States to he carved out of Texas, according to provisions in the treaty of annexation, will givo us forty-one. Two additional Stales demanded from the area now inclu tletl in California, would make forty-three. Arizona, Nrosha, Dacotah and Columbus Territories, carry us np to forty-six; and lovely Uluk will bo the forty-soveulh (will Mr. Hilliard excuse us 1) to "lead to that fair circle tho grace of her form and light ness of her step." , JcvEVILE SIL'ADRK.— A few days etnee, . John Conrad Heindenrich, a boy aged ten [ years, wan v.'su.., iughoiiiea basket ot chips, . j in St. Louis, Mo , he was Theo- L ■ dore Danjars, a lad about the same age. L | who knocked him down and beat him about L | the head, choking him at tlte same lime, 1 until licimlenrich'flmolher pufled the young j murderer from his yietim, and carried her j son's body home. A doctor was called, but ' | life was extinct. The coroner's jury found 1 a verdict in accordance wiih tho foregoing ' etatemeut. _ t [ RICHES NOT HxeaiWss.—Tbe late Stephen i Guard, of Philadelphia, when Burroundcd with immense wealth, and supposed to be taking supreme delight in its accumulation, wrote this to a friend: "As to myself, I live like a galley slave, constantly occupied, and .often passing the night without sleeping, f am wrapped up in a labyrinth of affairs, 1 and worn oui with cares. Ido not value • fortune. The love qf labor is my highest ■ emotion. When t ties in the morning, my ■ only effort is to labor ho bard during the day > that when night comes I may be enabled to sleep soundly. " ' "***' GTAccoiding 10 the Lnzeme Union, the Village of Kingston in that Coenly, was rn f corporate inio s Borough a! the November i term of the Court. * ' . * 'J 'II' 11l 1 1- Court Proceedings. iw, Cewt mat in Hloomsburg on Moodaj ' December 7ih, Hon. WaißSs |. WOODWASD) Pres'tj and Peter Kline and Jacob Evans, as. n aociaies, pn the bench. * Com. vs. May berry Hughes. Recognizance in formeatlor. end bastardy. : / Com. w. Jesse Frease. Indiolment, forni ® cation and. bastardy. A true bill. ' , s Corn. w. George Ropte—lndiotmenl psss ( lng Coonterfeit money—true bill; Little, Dis f trlct Attorney for Prosecution; Hurley and j Clark, for Defendant. Verdiot, Guilty in man ( . tier and fcrm as be stands indicted. Sen tence, eighteen months to tbe penitentiary, one dollar fine, and coats of prosecution. ' Com. vs. Boaj. Wintersteen fit John Win terateen—lndictment, assault and battery.— A tree bill. Com. W Mary Sillivan—lndictment selling liquor. Defendant plead guilty—Sentence, SIO,OO fine and costs. Com. vs. Wm. Houghton—lndictment, for nication and bastardy. Tbe Jury find de fendant not guilly. Coin. vs. Wm. Hough lon—lndictment, as sault and battery. Little, Freeze and Wirt, Pros—Clark and Hurley for Deft. Plea of "goilty" put in. Sentence, one dollar fine and costs of prorogation. Cam. vs. Jacob Harvey—lndictment, Lar ceny; a true bill. Sererat indictments were found agaio6t different parties, for nuisance, not repairing or not opening roads, and other misdemean ors. Com. vs. Wm. Siruthera—lndictment, sel ling liquors without license. Verdict, not guilty. Com. vs. Eliza Rirutbers—Recognizance to appear at the next session of court. Fleieher B. Dmlson vs. William Long—Ac tion on a note, which had been given for the right to make and vend in certain territory, a patent ohum. Tbe defence was that the Plaintiff had not performed ah agreement made at the lime, and as part of the consider ation, to wit;-to furnish certain patterns; and want of consideration. Freeze for plaintiff, Clark for defendant. Wm. liitleiihouse vs. S. F. Headley—Ac tion on a promise by the rtainliff to pay the Defendant s certain sum of money for in consideration that he would vacate a boose in which be then resided. Verdict of the Jury finds for the Plaintiff, ninety ono dol lars. John Snyder vs. Levi L. Tale—Soil grow ing oui of Ordinary business transactions be tween the parties, and which they had failed to settle. Several points of law were in volved in tbe issue, discussed by the counsel and decided by the court. Verdict of the Jury is that they find for tbe defendant $9.50. Clark, for the Plaintiff, Freeze for tbe defen dant. Kaliler for the use of Wm. Robison vs. Fred, llabb—Aotion on a Scira Facias. Un der the evidence, the Court cbarged tbe Jary to find for the defendant. Court adjourned on Friday morning. The next session begins on Monday, the first day of February. A GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY RIME YEARS OF A<IE.— A woman who was recently brought before the magistrates of Wigan, for an assault committed upon a noighbor, affords a striking instance of recklessly early raarriagos. She is the wife of Patrick Casey, a tailor. They reside in Douglas Terrace, Wigan. He is forty years of age, and she is twenty-nine. They were mar ried before she had attained the nge of four teen years, she was a mother at tlie age of fourteen yeare and seven monilis. Since that time 6ke has had eleven other children. Strange to say, the eldest girl, wire was fif teen yoars old a few days since, is the mother of two childreu, the elder of whom is nearly two years of age, she having mar ried earlier in life than her mother. Mrs.. Casey is, therefore, at the age of twenty uine years, the mother of twelve, and the grandmother of two children.— Liverpool Paper. A WHOLE FAMILY IN JAIL. —A whole fam ily in Bradford Mass. havo been committed to jail in Lawrence, overy member being addicted to tho grossest habit of intemper ance. The family consisted of a mother of 55, eldest son 28, another 21, the youngest 15 years of age, and a sister of the mother. The oldest son died on Sunday in prison, of delirium tremens, aud the youngest is in a very critical state. The father died some months since iu the same manner. IT Mi. Kidwell was preaching some few years ngo to a large audiance in a wild part of Illinois, and annonnced for bis text: — "In my Fathers bonseare many mansions." He had scarcely read the words, when an old coon stood up and said : "1 tell yon folks, that's a lie! I know his father well. He lives fifteen miles from Lexington, in an old cabin, aud there isn't but one room in the house. Gf Messrs. Dewitt & Wheeler have pur chased the Chulasky Anthracite Iron Fur nace at Red Point, in Northumberland county, with all the real estate belonging to it—nlso, the Franklin Furnace, in Montour connty, with all tbe real estate lately owned | by Samuel R. Wood, Esq., for the sum, it is Said, of $200,000. The worke are now in the possession of the new proprietors, and carried on by them in spitq of hard times. AN OX ta A WELL.—A bullock belonging to Mr. Clayton Phipps, in East Whilelahd township, Cheater county, fell into a cistern sixteen feet deep, a faw days ago. The cis tern was surrounded by a fence, and (he animal having broken down a panel fell backward into it, and soon landed at the bottom. He commenced bellowing which attracted the other animals, who would have probably followed him hail (hey not been arrested and driven off by a woman who happened to be near. The alarm being given about forty of the neighbors soon gathered and the bullock by the aid of a rope and tacke!, wa hoisted aloft, after three or fonr hours labor, and delivered from his perilous situation. He weighed about 1700 lbs., and did not appear to suffer in consequence of the accident NEWS ITEMS. * Court meets in Danville ou Monday, 21st 91 last i- - - In Chin* the natives call An Englishman "I say." The order of the Knights of Malta origi i„' nated.in Palestine. ■ ~V-: TVT--: Connotaucarius was the Indian name oi George Washington. - Arrived—Mr. Jock Frost. He is mthei J "cool" these mornings. Tennyson the poet, is aaid to be a hope less victim to the use of opium. * The Palo Alto Rolling Mill, at Pottsville. Pa., resumed operations last week. The city of New York expends .daily 810,000 on cigars, and 8,000 on bread. 5 A Deputy P. M., has been found jobbing , the mails at Pierceville, Wyoming co , Pa. Hon. Erastus Corning has been re-elected * President of the Now York Central Ruil ■ road. General Walker and his (illibusters have been landed in Nicaragua, by the steamer > Fashion. ' Mrs. Cunningham and her two daughters ' are reported to be in Parte. Better there than here. The employees of the Government, at Washington, were paid in silver on the Ist inst., the first time in many years. The first daily newspaper printed in Vir ginia, was in 1780, and the subscription price was 836 per copy por annum. N. P. Willis says that the reason he don't like to drink water is because it has tasted so strong of sinners since the deluge. '• The Northern Democrat" is the titlo of a new paper about to be commenced at Cou dersport, Potter county, by C. B. Cotter. The City of Philadelphia has now out standing about 8500,000 in city warrants, which the City Treasurer is unable to pay. The ladies of Williamsport held a meet ing on Wednesday, to take some measures for the relief of the poor, during the winter.. The Commission of Judge Lewis, as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, expired on last Monday, and Judge Lowrie takes his place. The Philadelphia Daily limes, which ceased to exist a few days ago, sunk 880,000 for its publishers. So much for Republican ism. The people of Philadelphia aTe getting shy of sausages since it was discovered that a large portion of them were made of horse meat. Nathan R. Stunson, proprietor and editor i of the New York Day Book, died in that | city, on Monday week, of disease of the heart. He was 42 years old. An interesting child of W. B. Hunter, conductor on the Cattawissa railroad, was accidentally burned to death in Williameport on Tuesday. Its age was 8 years. It is said that the American engineers, who engaged to raise the sunken ships in the harbor of Sebastapol, have abandoned the enterprise, on account of its enormous expense. The trouble between the Mormons and the U. S. Government is exciting great In terest in England. They think that the Mormons will not easily be subdued, but i are of the opinion that it shoe Id be done. Gen. Wra. F. Packer, Governor elect, was | seized with a hwmorrhage of the lungs re l ceutly while out hunting. He has recover i ed so far as to be out of danger and to be 1 i abroad again, receiving the congratulations I of his friends. Asa Bergstresser killed a bear on North Mountaip, near Gratztown, week before last, weighing 820 pounds. He clubbed the auimal to death with his gun, which now looks well adapted to "shooting around a ' a corner." Col. Benton is said to be diligently at I work with his literary labors. He expects to finish his abridgement of the Constitution next summer, and then to add another vol ume to the two of the thirty yeaTs' View, bringing it down to 1850, at all events, to the time of the Pierce administration. BT Rumor says that Kossuth will pay the Doited States another visit before long. The Philadelphia Ledger terms its tele graphic despatches "morseotypss." CALIFORNIA GIRLS At the State Fair at Stockton, California, among the prizes offer ed was a 850 dress for the best loaf of do mestic bread, made by an unmarried lady. As many as a hundred delicious looking loaves were sent in, made principally by young girls. A committee of housewives made the award, giving the premium to Misa Anna Vsnvatdsnburg, of Stockton. This yoang girl i* but eleven years old. DEATH OF COL. TURRBULL.— Wilmington. N. C, Dec. JO.—Col. Win. Tumbull was found dead this morning in his loom at the hotel wheie be wes boarding. He bore the rank of Colonel by brevet, iu the corps of Typographical Engineers. He was a native of Maryland, and entered the army in 1849. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILROAD. —The work oc the Northern Central Railroad is progress , ing as rapidly as ever, (he Sonbnry American Baystbe Masons are busily engaged in rais ing lha abutments pf the bridge over the Shamokin creek, a mile below town. The bridge crosses immediately above the road bridge, at an angle of thirty degrees. The company baa decided to locate the road , through the lane and up Deer street, through the borough. SINGULAR.— —Isn't it a curious fact that our | Government furnishes the Indians with the very soatping-knires With which they butch er theiy victims? The Butler County (Ohio) ! Telegraph says : "In looking over the schedule of artieles to be presented to the different Indian tribes, for which the Secretary of the Interior invites proposals, we observe the item 'two hundred ' dozen scalping knives.' Qur hand went up in voleqtarity to the 'place where the pair ought to grow.'" ST See advertisement of the British Re ■views in another column . • .' What with former outrages on GubenratO rial and Judicial officers appointed by the General Government for the Tbiritwj of Utah, eomjJiftiiy with env ages Sir theJhorrid murders on the Overland Route to Cfclifbmia, ,r and their bravado and insalts toward the military forces now oa their way to that - Territory, together with the destruction of the train f seven wagons accompanying i. the expedition; ihtw* hiuegrown into a con viction with our people, if net with out , Government, that it is about time to "let slip the dogs of war," and reduce the most insulting, refractory, and traitorous conflbi- • ' nationot persons upon which the son shiues. Government has tolerated the outrngesoa ' all religious sentiment and common docen ey which Mormon polygamy has practised together with serious and studied insult of" i fered for a length of time; but its lenity has ' been converted into license for intolerable outrages and daring treason. Tha recent i news from the Plains shows them dyed in i the blood of peaceful emigrants, and die Indians, incited by the Mormons, havd t thrown fearful perils of murder and death t around evety company and erery wagon making its way over them. The infatuated and viltanioua Mormons, more brutal thatt ( the Indians, and far more criminal, neemfrf court a conflict with our Government, and by every insolence and outrage, to. solicit, ' what we hope they wiff get—that is, retti' ' butive justice and universal subjugation. DEATH OF A GREAT MILLIONAIRE. —The London Times, of the 2d inst., contains e long biographical notice of one of the "met ehant prinoes" of the great metropolis, who has had most extensive relations with this country. Mr. James Morrison, the eminent miilioqire in- question, died at his Seat, Ba sildon Paik, on the 30th nil , aged OS, and worth S2O-,000,000, a considerable portion of -• which, it is staled Jjy the Times, it invested in tha United States, and so well invested, too, that it sudors r,o diminution by the present commercial difficulties. VVe be- J lieve that it was Mr. Morrison who had a ( suit with the Dry Dock Bank iu this city < some years since. He went to London a poor boy, end laid the foundation of his great future by engaging in the dry goodotrade, in which he was the first to introduce tha prin ciple of selling at a small profit to incteaso (he amount of his sales He afterwards in -1 vested largely in lands, and. owned large e j tates in several English counties and also in Scotland. He was many years in Parlia ment, and was always liberal in politics ; ho was author of a wotk on the Defects of Eng. 1 lish System of Railway Legislation, anil in 18- I 48 a volume was published oy Longman con | tabling a selection from his parlimentary speeches. He was a self educated man, but be possessed a refined taste in literature and art, and had collected a remarkably rich li brary ami a noble gallery of paintings, lie was one ol (be nobles of England who inher ited neither a name nor a fortune, nor was indebted for any Of bis distinctions to the crown or the people.— N. Y. Times. LIBKRAMTYOF PHYHC/ANS.— It has always been said that physicians would disparage any remedy, however valuable, which they did not originate themselves. Ttiia has been disproven by their liber*! course towards DR. J. C. Area's preparations. They have adopted them into general use in their prac tice, which shows a willingness to counten ance articles that have intrinsic merits which deserve their attention. This does the learn ed profession great credit, end effectually contradicts die prevalent erroneous notion that their opposition to proprietary remedies is based in their interest to discard litem. 1 We haTO always bad confidence in the hort -1 orable motives of oqr medical men, and are 1 glad to find it sustained by the liberal ire I • come they accord to such remedies as dyer's i Cerry Pectoral and Cathartic Pilfs, even 1 though they ere not ordered in the books, but are made known to the people through i the newspapers.' New Orleans Delta. ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.—A strong shock of Earthquake was experienced in this city at precisely fifteen minutes and thirty sec onds past six las', evening, causing a good deal of alarm tea large number of citizens, especially those who were at the time in the ' third or fourth stories of onr brick building". ' The windows of the various buildings rat • tied in a lively manner to (ke music of croc -3 kery and gla8-ware, and even pedestrians ' on the sidewalk were sensibly disturbed in ' their eqnilibrium. Since writing the above, another still more severe shock was experienced, a( etgh teen minutes past one o'clock this momiag. , The vibration, as in its predecessor, was j from sooth to north, and violent, though of short duration, not exceeding, probably, more thee five or six seconds— Francisco Herald, Oct. 20. : ONIONS.—I perceive (hat Senator Hale ob ■ jecis to oaiona on accoant of the unpleasant i odor which they communicate(othe breath. • If he will swallow a little vinegar after eat i iag, it will remove the cause of his objection. > What is much belter in this case, is a few kernels of burnt coffee, taken immediately 1 after eating. It will effectually remedy the evil complained of.— Grande State Farmer. LBAVE-TAKINQ. —Dr. O. \V. Holmes, in his , article, 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,' , iq the Atlantic Monthly, says : "Don't you know how hard it ia for some people to get ont of a room after their visit is really over?—lliey want to be off, and ( you want to have them off, but they don't" know how to manage it. One would think | they had been built in your parlor Or study, ! and were waiting to be launched. 1 have contrived a serf of ceremonial inclined plan ( for such TisttoTS, which, being lubricated with certain smooth phrases, backs them down metaphuriCaily speaking, stem fore • most, into their native element of out doors. "
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