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~ COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Court met at to o'clock, Monday morning
last. Present, Hon.W r . J. WOODWARD,
Pres't. Judge; KLINE and EVANS, Associates.
And the lollowing named Constables who
were elected in March, 1858, were sworn
and affirmed in :
Bloom, Gordon R. Gofl ; Berwick, Frease
Fowler; Briarcreek, Adam Suit; Beaver,
t.'has. B. Roy; Benton, Stephen Keiffer;
Ctiltuwissa, P. G. Campbell; Centre, Chas.
Deilrich ; Conyngham, J.R.Jones; Fish
ingcreek, R. C. Parks; Franklin, Thomas
Hower; Greenwood, J. P. Smith ; Hemlock.
Daniel Neyhard; Jackson, J. H. Yocum :
Locust, Hamilton Fisher; Mifllin, Lewis
Eckroat; Maine, Isaac Yetler; Montour,
Evau Welliver; Madison, James Welliver;
Mt Pleasant, Melchi Ruckle; Orange, M.
Keller; Pine, A. J. Manning ; Roaringcreek,
Robert Hampton ; Sugarloaf, J. R. Fritz;
Scott, Joseph Lilley.
Upon calling over the civil list it was dis
covered that there was not a single case for
trial.
The Sessions and the Orphans' Court bus
iness alone remained.
Com. vs. William Pifer, J. W. Mellon and
Wintersteeu, for larceny. Settled by the
parties.
Com. vs. Philip Springer, for malicious
mischief. Settled upon payment oi costs
by Deft.
Com. vs. Peter Shiner and John Shiner.
Assault and Battery. Settled by Defendants
paying the costs.
Com. vs. Cyrus Fox. Assault and Battery.
Def't paid the costs.
Com. vs. Samuel Trumporo. Larceny
—true bill, and continued until next term.
Com. vs. Owen McGee, —selling liquor
without license. Nus. pro. and defendant
pay the costs.
Com. vs. Elizabeth Struthers, —selling liq
uor without license,—verdict not guilty.
Com. vs. David Reinbold. Assault and
Battery. Defendant plead guilty after hear
ing the evidence. Fined live dollars and
costs.
Com. vs. Alexander Hughes, Absalom
Jameson, Joseph Johnson and Jus. Hughes.
Larceny. Not a true bill.
Com. vs. George Arrz. Larceny—Defend
nut plead guilty after hearing the evidence,
and his address will be, for some time to
come, Eastern Penitentiary.
Com. vs. Eleazor Kelclmer. Larceny.—
Defendant plead guilty after hearing the
evidence and goes to sliaro Arrz s nppart
ment.
Mary M. Sprottls vs. James S. Sprouls.—
D i vo rce—dec reed.
Which, with some minor business, was
transacted up to the time of going to press.
THE MOHRSVILLE MURDER CASE. —The
men arrested, supposed to be the murderers
of the young woman, Miss Adaline Baver,
were last week, after an examination before
Alderman Mongal, in Reading, discharged ;
therefore leaving the origin of the murder
more wrapped up in mystery titan ever;
and it is doubtful whether it will ever be
brought to light. The bloody shirts found in
a hollow tree, supposed lo belong to the
parties arrested, were owned and claimed
by a man named John Rapp, who swore
positively that the shirts were his, and that
he had placed them in the hollow tree some
time last December.
THE NEW YORK PRESS. —A Weekly Journ
al, devoted to literature, news, popular tales,
miscellany, art, etc., has made its appear
ance in our sanctum from New York City.
We are willing to give the proprietor an
" even trade"—"sight au' seen." Single
copies are offered, including gilts, £2 00.—
I'll bet they'll have gifts for disposal, for it
appears that a paper can't be established
now-a-days without an inducement of that
Lind is held out to the people to secure pa
tronage. The "Press" is a neatly printed
Journal, containing twenty-four pages, filled
with pretty good reading. It is published
by Daniel Adee, 211 Centre Street, N. Y.
A HOUSE FOR THE GovERNOR.--The day
previous to the final adjournment of the
Legislature, the House ratified the contract
made by the committee appointed in the
early part of the session, for the purpose of
purchasing a mansion for the Governor.—
The house is located next to the Presbyteri
an church [recently burned] and was the
property of Mr. Bevans. The dwelling is
in excellent repair, the proprietor having
had it re-modelled and changed two years
ago. The price paid for the same is £IO,OOO
including some furniluro.
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. —Among the most
popular and substantial publications of the
day is Blackwood. The amount of reading
and interesting information it produces
monthly for its many readers is not rivalled
by any work of the kind the present day.
In its pages are lo be found no light-litera
ture; nor nothing immoral. Leonard Scott
& Co., 79 Fulton street, New York, are the
publishers.
WE acknowledge the receipt of the La
dies Horn* Magazine, published by T. S. Ar
thur & V. F. Townsend, at Philadelphia, for
two dollars a year,'ft advance, for a single
subscription ; by club it comes considerable
cheaper. We are pleased to enter it upon
our exchange list, and value it highly; for
it 1e just such a work as the country de
mand ; strictly moral and high-toned, and
interesting to both old and young
'? ' . .
PAUL LEIDY, MemberjK Congress, I
Baftr thanks for a copy jiue speech de- I
ML the House ofTMpresentatives,
in favor of the admission of
Einsas under thefLecompton Constitution.
Wilsoh peilly is u fair and square Democrat
epeech-inaker. His speechos
of logic and sound argument. In
ftscussiqf the admission of Kansas under
,lhe I.eOompton Constitution, he does not
detour or impary the house by any elaborate
to prove that Kansas
admitted into the TTnion under
the Lecompton Constitution ;—that instru
ment which the Opposition called a fraud
and perjtcl J.ecompton swindle 1 They had
ought to be ashamed of themselves. No
doubt but the intelligent portion of the op
position are. We quote from the speech
the wiuding up paragraph, showing the in
dependent and honorable position he as
sumes, and the strong determination to vote
according to the dictations of his conscience;
and towards the latter part of the quotation
he becomes rather eloquent :
" And now, Mr. Chairman, I have dis
charged the duty I undertook, in the best
manner I could. I will record my vote for
the admission of Kansas under the Lecomp
ton constitution, because 1 believe the laws
of my country, which 1 am bound to sup
port, demand it of me. The consequences
to myself I have nothing to do with. lam
in the hands of those who honored me with
coat on thio floor. Thcj are in
telligent, and generous, and I know they
will do me the justice to believe that my
opinions are honestly entertained. If they
think I have misrepresented them, and that
there is another more worthy or capable to
represent them here, I believe in their right
to send that person in my place. I will not
complain. When I have done my duty in
obedience to the dictates of my judgment,
and, as I believe, in accordance with the
laws o( my country, 1 shall be contented,
whatever may be my fate in the future. I
would now willingly sacrifice my position,
and all my political prospects in the future,
whatever they may be, if, by so doing, I
could secure peace and quit among our
people. I love my native land; lam proud
of the past history and present greatness of
my country ; and I confidently look forward
to the day when all nations shall acknowl
edge out superiority, and when, through
the benign influence of our free institutions,
the kingdoms of the earth shall be regener
ated, and the whole human race disenthral
led. Let us cherish these institutions. Let
us environ our Union with an impenetrable
wall of strong atms and stout hearts. That
Union? Who does not love it? The grand
est edifice the world has ever beheld—erec
ted by the wisdom of men of whom the
world was not worthy—cemented by the
blood of the purest patriots who ever lived
in the tide of time, and bequeathed by them
to us a priceless heritage—it has resisted
all the rude shooks and angry waves which
have heretofore threatened its destruction,
and shall stand firm upon its base in all
time to come, if we, and those coming after
us, shall guard it with but half the vigilance
exercised by those who spent their ener
■ yio. and lives tb SCCUr© its perpetuity. I
earnestly beseech my brethren of the North
and of the South to act now, when our
country is perhaps in its greatest peril, not
as the Representatives of a divided and dis
tracted people, but as the Representatives
of the whole country. Let us abandon all
sectional feeling, and rally around the stan
dard of our common country. Let us keep
our time-honored flag waving gallantly over
our heads, no star obliterated, no stripe
erased, until, as Stale after State shall be
admitted into our Union, and star after star
be added to that flag, all over the land, from
North to South, from East to West, there
may be borne on every breeze, "the cry is
still they come."
PAPER. —A few days since we were shown
a specimen of paper manufactured by C.
W. M'Kelvy & Co., at the Catawissa Paper
Mills, which surpassed any paper that has
been made in this section lately. It was
designed for book-paper, and it will do well
for that purpose. The piper is whito,—the
surface feels right,—the body is tight,—and
upon the whole the manufacturers deserve
credit for accomplishing what they have
in making a good article of book-paper.—
We wouldn't complain if a little of its good
ness was bestowed upon the news-paper.
But we'll say nothing about that, for the
paper that we have been using of late has
been a pretty fair article. We shall not
complain about the quality of the news
paper as long us it continues to be such as
we are at the present using. But we do
think paper manufacturers charge a little
too much for their paper. We think they
could afford to sell cheaper than they do.—
Perhaps we are mistaken.
MONET. —A letter from New York says,
never before were heard, so many and loud
complaints of the scarcity of first-class bu
siness paper, and eligible means of invest
ment, than is heard to-day among those
connected with the bank andlaige discount
houses. The amount of capital is daily,
nay hourly, growing in volume, and not the
least indication of any movement in busi
ness circles likely to absorb a little of the
money held in the city, not bringing its
owners one cent of profit
There seems some disposition on the part
of lenders lo make the market rales even
easier than they have been. It is said that
the brokers with first class securities havo
been offered, and importuned to accept,
loans for sixty and ninety days, at three and
a half to four per cent, and that good long
paper, that, is over ninety days and under
six months, is finding greater favor at the
banks, and is entering their pocket hooks
in large quantities than heretofore.
17* Hons. Elis Lewis, Charles R. Bucka
lew, and John C. Knox, has been appointed
by the Governor, Commissioners to revise
the penal code of Pennsylvania, and the
laws in reference to corporations.
These appointments were unanimously
confirmed by the Senate.
OT THE Execution of WU. MULLKR, took
place in the jail yard at Wilk®barre,on Fri
day, April 30th, in accordance with the
time appointed by the Governor. The Mil
itary Companies were on parade, and long
before the hour of execution arrived, the
tops of the to the jail yard,
were literally covered with human beings,
eager to gratify their curiosity.
A few minutes before 12 o'clock, Muller j
made his appearance, accompanied by the
Sheriff. His step was far from being sol
emn, but run up the steps of the scaffold in
the manner a hotel guest wonld run up to
his room. After speaking a few minutes
he turned to the Rev. Valser, with a look,
as much as to 'say, proceed. The Divine
read the list chapter in Revelations in a
very affecting and solemn manner; he then
read a hymn, which had been a favorite one
of the prisoners; after which a statement
was read by Rev. Mr. Miles, which had
been made bv the prisoner, acknowledging
hfs guilt in the murder of Matthias. The
Rev. Miles also read an appropriate prayer,
when they took their leave. The Sheriff
then adjusted the ropo, drew the cap over
his face, when the counsel of the prisoner
all shook hands with him, and also did the
Sheriff, and took their final leave. At 12
o'clock no one stood upon the scaffold but
the doomed man, and in a few moments he
was launched into eternity without a strug
i g'o-
SIGNED BV THE GOVERNOR.— The bill to sell
the North and West Branch and Delaware
Divisions of the State Canals to the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad Company, for three and
a half millions of dollars, has been signed
by the Governor, and is therefore a law. As
soon as the sale is completed the State will
have parted with all its of improvements.
It has been queried whether the State will
ever get any proceeds from this sale—and
on this point we are not at all sanguine, as
the intricate manner in which the bill is
drawn tends to create a strong suspicion
that there is a big "cat under the meal." It
looks as if the author of the bill was an
adept at the patent safe game—as on read
ing it wo were forcibly reminded of "now
you see it and now you don't see it!"
COL. BENTON'S ESTATE. —Colonel Benton,
contrary to tho general opinion of his means,
has died poor. Some time since, his house
on C Street was burned down, and he
wont to the expense of having it re
built: but there is a mortgage of SIO,OOC on
it, which will almost absorb the value ot
the property. Col. Benton was anxious that
congress should purchase 1,000 copies of
his Abridgement of the Congressional de
bates, for distribution among the various
State libraries and foreign exchanges. He
was of the opinion that such a purchase
would be constitutional, and would tend to
diffuse a knowledge of the political history
of the country.
MORALS IN WASHINGTON.— Wo see it stated
by letter writers, and others, that the mor
ality of the Federal City is at a very low
ebb. Since the first of March no less than
thirteen murders have been perpetrated or
and in a recent debate in Con
gress upon the propriety of increasing the
police force ol that City, several Congress
men slated that tl.ey were not safe in leav
ing their rooms without being armed with
revolvers. There is at this time one place
licensed to sell liquor for every twenty-four
votors in that city. Gambling houses, rum
boles and dons of darker infamy abound in
almost every street. And yet in spite of
such a demoralized state of society, the op
position to the administration positively re
refused to pass any bill for the increased
force, on the ground that it will throw ad
ditional patronage into the hands of the
President.
Comment is unnecessary.
SrLENDiu Gisrs—There will be found in
our advertising columns the advertisement
of G. G. EVANS' Original Gift Book Store,
439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. It con
tains all the popular works of the day.—
And the purchaser of each book will re
ceive a gilt, valued at from 25 cents to SIOO,
consisting of watches and jewelry. A com
plete catalogue will be sent through the mail,
free of postage, to any person, by address ng
G. G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street, Phil'a.
HARPERS' MAGAZINE. —This well-known
work has been received for May ; and too
much cannot be said in praise of this pub
lication. It is as interesting as ever; ar.d
we commend it to all lovers of good litera
ture, that which is chaste, dignified, and en
tirely free from every thing that can vitiate
or in the least deprave the mind. Published
by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, N.
York.
DEATH PROM LIGHTNING. —During a thun
der gust on Monday evening a young man
aged about nineteen years, named Samuel
D. Hall, son of Samuel Hall, residing on the
Philadelphia road, about seven miles from
Baltimore, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. He was crossing a field, was
not under a tree, and within a hundred yards
of his father's door, when he was struck
down.
ty Letters from Kansas say that the po
litical agitation in the Territory absorbed
the attention of the squatters, that they have
neglected their crops and private affairs,
and so exhausted their means, that a large
portion of them will be unable to pay for
their land before it will be offered for sale
under the proclamation ol the President.—
Many persons of those who are unable to
pre empt will lose their lands, and will have
endured their sacrifices and labored in vain
to secure a home. People must pay the
penalty of folly. The political demagogues
have everything to gain in keeping up a vi
olent excitement, the people everything to
lose.
tW The Bpecie held by the Banks of
Philadelphia amounts to nearly Mfen mill
ions of dollars. The circulation Is under
two millions and a half.
OUR TRIP TO ORANGEVILLE.— In company
with • friend We paid a flying visit to the
ancient town of Orangeville, a few days
since, and had quite a pleasant time—found
the people stirring about briskly, and all,
apparently, enjoying thornselves to their
heart's content, with plently to eat and
drink, and a fair prospect of there being
more ; therefore they entertain no cause to
complain of hard times, without they have
more than they can consume, then it is
had ttrtee things waste.
In a counts-town like Orangeville we
should like to live in 1858, for, from appear
ance of the fields and trees, "round about"
the town, there'll be an abunduuce to live
upon. The fruit will be plenty it the frost
does not kill it. We cannot recollect when
we ever saw the fruit trees so full of blos
soms before.
The prospects of finding coal in the Nob
Mountain, near the town, are flattering and
encouraging—the work is going on fine,
and if there are coal in the mountain they
will find it; and we entertain no doubt but
what there are an abundance of it in the old
"ball-top." In company with some Orange
villero we ascended the mountain to its top
most place, where we had the most splen
did view of the surrounding country, when
it occurred to us ihat no mom suitable spot
could be found for the erection of a Piazza,
for tba young, frolicsome and any to congre
gate and have a general jubilee, and enjoy
the music of a Pibcnrn or Pibroch , which we
imagined would cause a perfect pirouette.—
Rut the ascending and descending the mount,
that's the rub. It caused us to "jerk our
coats" pretty soon, and brought the spirits
out of us pretty freely before we accom
plished the feat—got to the top. Alter strol
ling about for an hour upon tho mountain
we descended to the bottom, and repaired
to a neighboring house in that vicinity,
where we, all hands, were invited to take
dinner, which wo accordingly did, of course
out ot respect; but for my part, it was the
most acceptable invitation extended to us
that day. To do justice to the party, we
might say that each one acquitted himself
with the honor of being an extensive con
sumer at the board ; for, it soon ceased to
groan under its heavy load of luxuries pre
pared for the weary worn traveller.
We can scarcely pass Light Street with
out givingjt a passing notice. The appear
ance of the place speaks well for the citi
zens—gives evidence of an enterprising
community. Feeling somewhat fatigued,
and our blooded steeds pretty well heated,
we came to the conclusion to "draw up" at
the FRANKLIN HOUSE and spend a few mo
ments with the proprietor, Mr. N. Hudson.
Upon arriving at the House we found the
good humored host ready to received and
wail upon his guests in a polite and pleas
ant manner, with always something "good
for man or beast." Mr. Hudson is fixed out
"about right"—rooms all in good order—
bar-room neat and clean,-—and the external
and internal appearance bespeaks for him
success unrivalled in that neighborhood.
Once more seated in our vehicle, wheel
ing along, we passed by a church, out of
which a large congregation of people had
just that moment came into the street. The
lajies spfead considerable convass, and the
young men brought up their "end" in the
shape of "tights" and "stand-ups." We
noticed quite a number of pretty smiling
faces, and some very majestic walkers, well
calculated to bury and wrap up some young
men with love for them at 'first sight.'
But, wo do say, Bloom, for pretty girls,
muddy streets, bad whiskey, and good-for
nothing dogs, is had to be 'taken down.'
IV Now WHY is it so many intelligent
females have a habit of writing (epistles
generally) without using a single punctua
tion point, and very frequently, misplacing
capital letters ? We very olten receive pri
vate letters from ladies who have enjoyed "a
finished education," and have graduated at
academies with highest honors, yet we can
not name two (save those termed literary.';
who rightly punctuate six consecutive sen
tences. They use dashes in a most prodigal
manner, and occasionally adopt "brackets;"
but a blank space alone, indicates the con
clusion of a sentence, while they sometimes
commence a sentence, with a small letter.—
Others again, use a capital in every other
word, whilo tho letters of some females
resemble poetry, written in the form of
prose. We attribute this great deficiency
to the negligence of tutors, who are satisfied
if their pupils excel iu drawing, music,
painting, and other branches termed "orna
mental, without throubling themselves about
their thorough comprehension of the more
practical and substantial art of correct com
pensation The modern schoolgirl can exe
cute an air from Rossini, Haydn, Mozart, or
Chiisty, with brilliant effect, can draw and
paint a peach tree, so that no thoughtful
person could possibly mistake it for a cu
cumber vine, and can Rpeak French "like a
native;" but can not write half a dozen En
glish sentences correctly,—that is, punctuate
them correctly. This is a very serious de
fect, and we hope our contributors agree
with us when we say, that it should be im
mediately corrected by a study of some
good treatise on the subject.
VSR THE great expense of living at Har
risburg, is one of the most common excuses
that has been urged by members of the
Legislature for voting to themselves extra
pay. But this expenso is, in a great meas
ure, imaginary; and they who plead it in
extenuation of what they know to be an ob
jectionable act, only add to their dishonesty.
The allegation that members cannot live
four months at Harrisburg on 8500, is thus
effectually negatived by the correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press, in one of his let
ters from the State Capital, written on the
day of final adjournment:
"To show how senseless and untrue the
assertion is that gentlemen cannot live here
during the winter on the regular pay, 1 will
merely state that a member told me to-day
that he would take home with him between
four and five hundred dollars that he had
saved out of his compensation. He had
lived economically, but I am sure as com
fortably, as any other man in Harrisburg
this wifiter."
Repeal of the Usury Law.
The following is a copy of a bill relative
to the rates of interest on money, which
originated with Mr. Ingram, one of the
State Senators from Philadelphia, and pass
od both branches of the Legislature previ
ous to the adjournment. Although appa
rently designed to check the practice of
loaning money upon usurious interest, its
real object is to facilitate such transactions.
It repeals those portions of the old law that
forbid the taking of more than 8 per cent.,
and indirectly legalizes contracts or 'shaves'
for the URC of money at any rate of interest
the parties may agree upon; which means,
at any rate the cold and calculating lender
has the conscience (or rather, the want of
conscience) to exact, and the necessities of
the borrower oblige him to pay. This is all
the usurers want, and all they have been
striving to obtain from the Legislature for so
many years. It may suit Philadelphia well
enough, where money is required for many
purposes that will bear a heavier interest
than 6 per cent., but should this bill re
ceive the Governor's approval, its operation
among the farmers of the country districts
cannot be otherwise than pernicious.
An Act Regulating the rate of Interest.
Sue. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assem
bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of rhe same. That from and after
the fourth day nf July nrt, the lawful rate
of interest for the loan or use of money, in
all cases where no express contract shall
have been made for a less rate, shall be six
percent, per annum; and the first and sec
tions of the act passed 2d March, 1823, en
titled "an Act to reduce the Interest of mon
ey from eight to six per cent, per annum,"
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. That when a rale of interest for
the loan or use of money exceeding that es
tablished by law shall have been received
or contracted for, the borrower or debtor
shall not be required to pay to the credtor
the excess over the legal rate; and it shall
be lawful for such berrower or debtor, at his
option, to retain and deduct such excess
from the amount of any such debt; and in
all cases where any borrower or debtor
shall heretofore or hereafter have voluntari
ly paid the whole debt or sum loaned, to
gether with interest exceeding the lawful
rate, no action to recover back any such
excess shall be sustained in any Court of
this Commonwealth, unless the same shall
have been commenced within six months
from and after the time of such payment.—
Provided always, That nothing in this act
shall afiect tho holders of negotiable paper,
taken bona fide, in the usual course of busi
ness.
Stupendous Libel Suit.
The Herald states that Fernando Wood,
ex-Mayor of New York, is about to bring
against the New \'ork Tribune, the most
magnificent libel suit ever instituted in this
country. The alleged libels were published
in the Tiibune in the course of the three or
four years that Mayor Wood was in office,
and includes many, charges against him
both in his public and private capacity.—
When the Mayor was in office he did not
leel called upon to notice these publications;
but now that he has retired from all politi
cal excitements, since the recent election,
he feels obliged, out of regard for the rep
utation of himself and family, to demand a
complete and thorough investigation, which
will result, he is convinced, in a complete
vindication of his character in public and
private life. In pursuance of this resolution
we are informed, says the Herald, that Mr.
Wood has secured the services of several
eminent lawyers, and that the case will not
contain less than seven hundred and fifty
distinct libels—principally charges of swind
ling, thieving, forgery and other opprobri
ous offences, and founded upon certain re
mote commercial transactions which can be
easily expluiued. The array of counsel in
the case is one of the greatest ever known
at this bar, and the parties will.be proceed
ed against by criminal indictments as well as
in the civil courts, and thus the whole mat
ter will be thoroughly investigated.
We Sustain Our Patriotic Preiideot.
We have the proud satisfaction of know
ing. says the Genius of Liberty, and regard it
as a matter to be boasted of, that the incor
ruptible and lion hearted Democracy of
Fayette county stand firmly by the position
of President Buchanan, and sustain him in
the present trying crisis. Wherever meet
ings have been held in our county resolu
tions unequivocally sustaining the President
have been adopted and the utmost enthusi
asm has prevailed whenever the name of
the gallant old chieftain who sits in the ex-1
ecutive chair has been mentioned. Why
should it be so ? We see the veteran states
man of sixty years experience, conscious
of the right and firm it) his purpose to main
tain it. Like the Patriot Jackson, in the
days of his warfare against the mammoth
Bank, President Buchanan is violently as
sailed by all the enemies of the Democratic
party, and opposed by many leading men
of his own party, and like "Old Hickory"
Mr. Buchanan calmly awaits the final strug
gle and sits unmoved against the thousand
thunder-bolts that are aimed at his devoted
head. We are proud to staud by such a
man. He who has sworn to support the
laws, and firmly resolves to do it, regardless
of threaleuiugs and abuse, deserves the
support and encouragement of the people;
and it is gratifying to know that the major
ity of the Democratic masses of the coun
try are determined to stand by and sustain
our worthy Chief Magistrate.
ELOPEMENT— At Cincinnati, a lew days
since, a young heiress, from Kentucky,
eloped from a boarding school and married
a Kentuckian who had been forbidden by
her guardian to see her. She escaped from
the school disguised in boys' clothes, which
were. sent to her by her lover. They started
off on a tour to spend the honeymoon. She
is a minor, but on arriving at legal age will
inherit a fortune of at least 8100,000. Her
, lover is without means.
Legislative Bodies Generally, and Peantylva- j
nla Legislature Specially.
Legislative corruption is a disease afflicts 1
this country, running from one end to. the
other Rko a malignant epidemic. The ihst
session of Congress wa the soene of an
exposure, showing how the members of
that body, always supposed lq be pure and
dignified, were brought and sold and bar
gained and bartered for, like any other mar
ketable commodity. The disclosure was
received as nothing new; it was a well
known fact that corruption existed, and the
only real interest attached to the transaction
was in the detection of some of the crimi
nals. The corruption itself staitled no one,
because the fact was not a novelty. The
Legislatures of many of our States ex
hibit the sume rottenness. New York as
well as Pennsylvania is afflicted with venal
legislators. The buying and selling of votes
has got to be a business, just like the buy
ing and selling of fat cattle. A class of
brokers act as the negotiators, and stand
between the seller and consumer to adjust
the price and fix all the preliminaries, so
that the transaction is accomplished fairly,
satisfactorily and honorably.
We may regret that this is the case; we
may see in it the greatest danger to our
representative system of government, but
we cannot shut our oyes to its truth. The
barter and sale of votes is looked upon with
far tot) much leniency. Many honest peo
ple, aware of the traffic, regnrd it as a ne
cessary evil, and become reconciled to it as
an established system. Others, who are
seeking legislation for legitimate purposes,
find their attempts to obtain a hearing una
vailing, and are finally compelled to pay
tribute, and thereby encourage the corrupt
system, or fail entirely in their object.
These remarks have a general application
to our representative bodies, and a particu
lar application to the Legislature of Penn
sylvania. When the last session commen
ced we hoped better things of it, and that it
would escape the prevailing disease which
mined the character of some of its prede
cessors. But we don't see that its average
honesty was above theirs. It was equally
the tool of the corrupt men and designing
speculators who assemble at the Capitol
every year, lor the purpose of filling and
fattening at the expense of the State. Of
coiffoe we speak collectively, and individu
ally.
But not withstanding this truth, we have
some reason to congratulate the people, and
hope for belter thingß in the future ; not be
cause we have any very bright anticipations
of seeing a higher class of men elected to
the next Legislature, but solely and entirely
because the State owns no more public
property which can be put up at a mock
auction and transferred to the credit ot the
hungry adventurers who have been accus
tomed, year after year, to take possession
of the Lcgtslature. There is nothing left to
sell. The board has been swept clean.—
The last party devoured all the public prop
erty which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany had the magnanimity or modesty to
spare. This fact alone leads us to hope
that in future the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, not being exposed to great temptation,
will be comparatively honest and untainted
I by corruption.
If the sale of the public works should be
productive of this happy reformation, we
will be disposed to overlook the means that
has produced an end so devoutly to be
wished for. One of the standing argumenis
used at the session just closed, and the one
preceding it, for the sale of the public
works, was the corrupting influences that
their public manSgisment exerted upon the
people. The Canal Commissioners, Collec
tors, Supervisors, agents and multitude of
persons engaged in one capacity or another
upon the public wo-ks, were flenounced as
an organized band of robbers, who preyed
upon the State, growing fat and rich on the
plunder extorted from the victimized tax
payers. This charge had no doubt some
truth in it. But the sale of these same pub
lic works has been attended with consequen
ces fully as deplorable as their management.
It has corrupted and debased members, and
disgraced the character of the Legislature.
The sale of the Main Line lo the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, and the sale of
the remaining Canals to the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad Company, have tempted,
prostituted and ruined more publiomen than
their management by the State ever has
done. The Commonwealth has been divor
ced from her public improvements at a fear
ful cost to publio morality. Corruption has
been implanted so strong and deepby these
transactions that it will be difficult to eradi
cate. Nothing but a determination on the
part of the people to send representatives
of established honesty to the Legislature,
can ever restore the tarnish integrity of that
body. It is a poor consolation to think that'
future Legislatures must perforce be honest
because the Stale owns nothing that can be
sold or given away; but it is better than
none, and we gladly accept it, in the ab
sence of any well grounded belief that the
next Legislature I*lll be a purer body of
men than the last.— Harritburg Union.
Low PRICKS *T THE WEST.—A correspon
dent of the Burlington Free Press, writes
from St. Charles, Illinois :
"Times are hard and dull. Produce is
worth nothing; wheat 42 cents, corn 24
cents, oats 19 cents, butter 12 cents per lib.,
eggs 5 cents per doz., and other things in
proportion."
far Messrs. Everett, Bell, Crittenden Fill
more, Fremont, and Cobb have alt been
named for the Presidency in 1860. It will
thus be seen that it is not likely that there
will be any lack of candidates.
DEBT or HARRISBURQ. —According to the
Statement of the Borough Treasurer of Har
risburg, the debt now owing by that town to
bond holders, is 8141,158 75. That's a
right smart debt for a town like Harrisburg.
W "He that giveth to the poor lendeth
to the Lord." He who payeth the printer
his jnst dues layetbup treasures in heaven
—that of being afrmlne.u man. Bring on
your dollars.
Me Manna Difficulty Re'tied.
The Report of tLo Committee of Confer
ence on the disagreement of the two
Houses on the bill admitting Kansas into the
Union, wah yesterday adop ed in both
branches of the National Legislature, and
thus the- Kalians controversy has been
brought to a close so far as Congress is con
cerned. The announcement ol tills fact, so
gratifying to the true friends of the Ameri
can Union, caused the most intense feeling
among all classes of the eommunily. Men
shook each other by the hand RS they did
during the war of 18IS, when they warn
rejoicing at the news of a victory gained
over the forces of (he ancient etiCt'ny of llm
nation and its liberties. Ojd and young, pol
iticians and those who do not mingle in ac
tive movements of a political eharrctor, all
joined in the general joy which filled the
public mind ou the happy termination of a
struggle which at one ttme was full jai
threatening* for the future, and menaced
the Republic with consequences that must
be fatal to that union and harmony upon
which the prosperity of its people alouo
depeups.
Exciting Scene in a Church. .'
The Episcopal Mission Church, corner of
| South Third street and Union Avenue,
Brooklyn, was the theatre of an exciting
scene, on the evening of the 18th inst, du
ring the services. A young man walked
leisurely up the middle aisle, and, after
viewing the congregation for a while, walk
ed up to a young lady in the choir,-and,
drawing a dagger, made a desperate thrust
at her breast. The lady shrieked, and the
stranger was about making a second thrust
when the organist interposed between the
assassin and his intended victim. A poiico
man was called in, ana the man was con
veyed to prison.
It turns that the name of the assassin is
Josiah Newman ; that of the lady, Frances
J. Bennett. The fellow according to his own
story, was deeply in lovo with her, but she
not being disposed to reciprocate, and hav
ing given him notice that she did not desire
a continuance of his acquaintance, he grew
excited, and determined to kill her out of
revenge; though when informed that I ft)
would have to go to the Stale Prison, he
said, "Well, I love her just as much as
ever!'
M ARRI ED.
On Saturday, May Ist., by Rev. Thomas
j Sherlock, at the residence of John R. Moy
er, Esq , in Bloomsburg, Mr. MONTHOSS HAY
HURST, to Miss REBECCA PAUON, both of
Orangeville, Columbia co., Pa.
Ou the 30th ult., by the Rov. Wm J. Ey-
I er, Mr. ANTHONY JOKHHEIM, to Miss KEGINA
| RKIM, both of Danville, Pa.
J On the 21st, ult, in Beaver Valley, by
Rev. [. Bahl, Mr. HENRV HOFFMAN, to Mrs.
ANN HAKPSTRR, both of that place
DIED.
In Clearfield county, Pa., on the 22d ult,
CLARENCE AUGUSTUS, youngest Son of Josh
ua J. Tate, aged 8 years, 9 mo. and 3 days.
In West Buffalo, Union co., Pa., formerly
of Columbia county, in the morning tif the
24th ult., MARGARET S. SIPLKT, in the 33d
year of her age.
NOTICE l
I IS hereby given that two dun mules eame to
i the premises of the subscriber on Wednesday tho
j 28th day of April, 1858, in Ftsblngcreck township,
j Columbia county, near Junes' Mills. The owner
. or ownors of tho mules are requestod to oorno for
! ward, prove property, pay charges and take them
| away, otherwise thoy will he disposod of accord
ing to iaw. JAS. IS. PARKS.
Fishingcreek, May 5, 1858.
NEW MILLINER* GOODST
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
ladies of Bloomsburg and vioinity, that
j she still continues the Millinery business at VJ).
the old establishment on Main St., Blooms
: burg, where sho is prepared to execute all order*
| in tno Millinery and Mantuamaking line, in the
most fashionable and latest stylo. Sho has just
| received a large and fashionable stock of Spring
j Millinery Goods, from the Eastern cities, couiDris
ing all kindß of Millinery
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, RIBBONS,
Trimings, Silks. Ao., to which the attention of the
public is invited. She has on hand Misses bonnets,
hats and caps, of various stylos and priees.
DJ~ A share of publio custom is solicited, whilst
it will be her aim to give general satisfaction.
April 14, 1858. MARY BARKLEY.
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