STAR OF THE NORTH.! " WM. H. JACOBY, EDITOR. i DLOOttSHIiEC, WEDSLSDAY, MARCH !,~1839-1 Standing Committee.' It is known by the Democracy that such a Committee as a STANDING COMMITTER was appointed at the Democratic County Con vention last Fall, for the purpose of calling County Conventions to elect or appoint Con ferees to meet similar Conferees of die dif ferent counties of onr district in Conference, to appoint delegates to the Democratic State ( Convention, which will be held at Harris burg on the ieth inst. According to the Rules ond Laws adopted in a full democratic conn ty Convention, held September 6th, 1851, this Standing Committee is not doing its du ly. Why is this? Is Democracy getting to be a secret organization? Why does not the Chairman of this Committee call a Coun ty Convention, and allow the Democracy of the County a voice in this matter of appoint ing Conferees, as should be done, and not violate our Rules and Laws? By carrying out our Rules the will of the people will be represented in Conference, and Delegates sent to the Democratic State Convention representing the wish of their constituents. There is no use in having Rules and Laws when they are not regarded. No Convention has been called in this County, and the time for appointing Dele gates to the State Convention has nearly ar rived, and how are the people of this coun ty to be fairly represented in Conference and in the State Convention at Harrisburg? How can Conferees from this county claim seats in Conference when they have not been appointed or elected in County Con vention according to our Code of Laws and Rules which are established for that pur pose ? These Rules strictly set out that " all appointments of Conferees, and election of j Delegates, shall be made in County Con-! vention." The Democracy of the county ask why we have not had a Convention? they do not suppose that the Standing Commit tee, Chairman and all, are the whole county; neither do they intend to be governed by its action so long as it has abandoned its duty. Lancaster County. The Democratic Convention of Lancaster county, for the election of Delegates to the Slate Convention at Harrisburg, on the 16th March, met in Lancaster on Wednesday.— Col. JOEL L. LIGHTS FR in the chair. After a recess of two hours the Conven tion met, and Col. S. C. STAMBAUGH, chair man of the Committee on Resolutions, read ; a lengthy series, endorsing the National I and State Administrations, favoring Mr. BUCHANAN'S Tariff policy, the acquisition of Cuba, recommending the location of the National Foundry in or near Lancaster, and complimentary of the election of Mayor SANDERSON. The resolutions were adopt ed. The Convention then proceeded to ballot for delegates, whioli resulted in the election of the following gentlemen : —WILLIAM T. MCPHAIL, Col. S. C. STAMBAUGH, FREDERICK S. PYFER. I'AUL HAMILTON, P. J. ALBRIGHT, JEROME B. SHULTZ. The Convention was well attended; all the Districts, with the exception of three or four, being represent ed. INAUGURATION OF JUDGE MCCANDLESS. —The inauguration of this gentleman as Judge of the United Stales District Court, for the Western District of Pennsylvania, took place at Pittsburg on Tuesday last. The commis sion of the new Judge, dated February Bth, 1859, was read by United State District At torney ROBERTS, and the fact announced thai his Honor Judge M CCANDLESS had taken his oath of office before the Supreme Judges of the United States, at Washington. On taking his seat upon the Bench, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Esq., a prominent member of the Pittsburg Bar, addressed Judge MCCAN-J DLESS, and congratulated the Bar, the public at large, and his Honor, on this occasion, and the causb which produced it. THE County Convention which assembled I at Middleburg, Snyder County, on the 22d I wit., failed to elect any Senatorial delegates, therefore the Chairman of the Standing Committee lias appointed Col. If. C. Eyer and Thomas Bower, Esq., as delegates from Snyder County, to meet similar Delegates from Columbia, Montour and Northumber land counties, for the purpose of electing a Senatorial Delegate to the Democratic State Convention which will meet on the 16th of March next. These delegates will meet those from the other three counties of the Senatorial district at 11 o'clock, A. M., on Saturday, the slh day of March, at Brown's Hotel iu the town of Northumberland. AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. —This valuable and popular journal for March has been re ceived. It is filled With useful hints for the farmer and mechanic. It contains a large quantity of reading matter; printed upon good white paper; with many handsome illustrations. It is a cheap journal, only one dollar a year in advance; so cheap that every farmer ought to have it. A sin gle copy would be of more value to some men than its subscription. ORANGE JUDD, publisher, 189 Water st., New York. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. —We command to the attention of our readers, with much confidence, the announcement of this well known benevolent Institution in our advertising columns. The managers are very prompt in their business transac tions, and we have no doubt that persons applying to the Inslitutiou for medical aid, will receive judicious and skillful treatment. %3T We frequently hear complaints from our subscribers about not receiving their papers regularly, and sometimes they don't receive them at all. Now, how is this? It certainly is not our fault. We mail our papers regularly, every Wednesday. Post masters be careful, and do your duty, and .there'll be no complaint. The LRW of Newtpaperi. t. Subscrbers who do not give express noticftlo the contrary, are considred as wish ing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinu ance of their nespapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the offico to which they [ are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordred them discontinued. 4. If subscribers movo to other places without, informing tho publisher, and the newspapers are sent to the former direc tions, they are responsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the office, or re moving and leaving them uncalled for, is PRIMA FACIE evidence of intentional fraud. 6. The United States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a neglect of the Postmaster to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Department, ol tho neglect of any person to take from the office newspapers addressed to liim, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. TUB LAAT Court in Northumberland coun ty incorporated Turbutville into a borough, and the first election came off on the 15lh ultimo, which resulted in the election of the following gentlemen: Chief Burgess—S. A. Savidge. F.sq.; Town Council—A. T. Beiscl, Jacob Giltner, J. D. Barr, A. Denius, George Cbristman, Jacob Slab!; Town Clerk—Dr. Win. B.Schuyler; Overseer of the Poor—M. Reader; High Constable—James Polk The pleasant little village of Turbutville i is incorporated into a Borough at last, and has elected its borough officers. We dis- j cover that our friend, Dr. Sehuyler, has re ceived an office— Clerk if the Town Well, surely, this is encouraging. These borough offices are not very profitable after all, but afford considerable pruetise. Wo also notice that S. A. Savidge, Esq. has received a post of more responsibility than profit. It is that of Chief Burgess My young friends, in or der to gain fame and occupy more high and exalted positions, you should, which we have no doubt you will, attend to the func tions of your offices with fidelity and integ rity, and this will be certain to work out suc cess. , BARRF.TT'S GRAMMAR. —This Grammar is composed of English, Latin, Greek, German, Spanish, and French, with a Polyglot! ar rangement of a part of the Gospel of St. Matthew, and a Commercial Dictionary of the Modern Languages. Containing five hundred and seventy-five pages. Price two dollars and twenty five cents. This is un questionably a popular work ; and is con structed throughout upon certain mathemat ical principles, bearing the same relation to Kirkhatn, Smith, Coveli, Clark and other old authors that a treatise on Algebra does to a common Anthmatic. It compels the student to think, to reason, to compare, to analyze, to symbolize, to equate, and to clas sify and form correct conclusions for himself, instead of taking the definitions and rules of anothers. To go into detail and describe all the improvements would require aa elaborate article. We were shown the book on last Monday by a young man, who de signs canvassing this place. We would say to the School Directors, Teachers, and Pa rents of this place, exa mine the work, aud if you do not find it as we have represented it to be, why post us as a story-teller. To OUR READERS. —A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the end of the year, will be considered as a new engagement, and the paper forwarded accordingly. No discontinuance is permitted until all arrear ages are paid. This we intend shall be re garded wherever we can enforce it. No subscriber need pride himself with the idea that he can discontinue and send back his paper to the publisher any moment he | chooses, when lie has not pant up all ar rearages. Any person wishing to slop taking our paper, by lorking over the "dimes," can do so ; and under no other circumstances; but they need not think that they'll take the paper a year, and four or five weeks longer, and then have the Post Master perform their dirty work, (i.e. to send it back to the pub lisher, marked "REFUSED!" "NOT TAKEN OUT!"&C.) when they have not paid the publisher a single cent on their subscrip tion. Those delinquents invariably fail to inform the Post Master that they have not paid for their paper; but we will notify them, that, as a general thing, those who act in this fashion, very seldom pay, unless they are forced and the creditor suc ceeds in getting their "all at stake !" We are Borry to' say that, we have a few of this stripe upon our list; but a very few; we are getting them ferreted out as fast as possible. They are very clever chaps till they swindle five or six dollars out of a poor Printer's pocket. WASHINGTON CITY, according to a tele graphic dispatch in the Pctmsphunian, was thrown into intense excitement on the 27th ultimo, caused by the killing of Philip Barton Key, U. S. District Attorney for the District of Columbia, at the hands ot Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, member of Congress from the Thrid District of New York. According to report Mr. Sickles became convinced of the trutli of certain scandalous rumors, in volving bis wife, and resolved to redress his wrongs, which he did. Mr. Sickles met Mr. Key near the President's House, and charg ed him with having dishonored him, and destroyed his domestic peace, and immedi ately shot him, one of the balls taking effect on the leit side of the body and the other took effect in the right thigh near the main artery Key in falling implored Sickles not to kill him. The third ball was shot in tho right side, glancing from the body and bruising it. Of which wounds death soon ensued— The body was lakeH into the National Club House, and a Coroner's Jury immediately summoned. Sickles gave himself into the hands of an officer and was conveyed to jail for further examination. Montgomery Connty. The democratic County Contention of Montgomery County met on the 24th inst., to select delegates to the State Convention at Harrisburg, which meets on the 16th of March next. E. VV. DAVID, Em, waselect ed President. Gen. JOHN H. HOBART, Dr. J. \V BIGORV, JESS* B. DAVIS and SAMUKL HOOPT, were elected delegates, and instructed to support I KICHABDSON L. WRIGHT for Auditor-General. The following resolutions were unani mously adopted: Resolved, That the Democracy of Mont gomery county, in convention assembled, reiterate their firm adherence to the plat form as laid down in the National Conven tions of Baltimore and Cincinnati, believ ing that these principles are best calculated to promote the interests of the people at large, and the harmony of the country. Resolved, That we feel confidence in the wisdom, integrity and statesmanship of James Buchanan, the first President elect from Pennsylvania, and that we believe the measures recommended by him so far have been dictated by the sole and earnest and general prosperity of the whole country. Resolved, That we heartily approve ofhis recommendation in regard to the acquisi tion of Cuba. The possession of that Island is desirable for the proper defence of our country, as well as the commerical advan tages which result from its acquisition. Resolved, That we hail with joy the admis sion of Oregon into the sisterhood of States, as strengthening the bonds of the great con federacy ; and that the vote upon her admis sion is another evidence of the inconsisten cy ot the Kepublican party—professing to favor the admission of fret Stales and yet voting almost bodily against it. Resolved, That in William F. Packer we have a Governor whose ability aud talents are calculated to adorn the Executive chair, and that the measures of Stale policy as reomrnended in his late annual message meet our approval. Resolved, That the course of Hon. Wm. Bigler in the United Slate Senate, and Hon. Owen Jones, our representative in Congress, in sustaining the interests of Pennsylvania, and advocating a revision ol the Tariff of 1867, passed by the aid of Kepublican votes, meets our warm approbation, and that they are entitled to the thanks ol the people of the whole State. Resolved, That the course of Messrs. Hill, Sloneback and Dismant our Representatives at Harrisburg, thus far meets our entire ap proval, and we have every confidence they will use their united efforts to protect and advance the interests of their constituents. Resolved, That we are still opposed to the repeal of the Tonnage Tax, believing it to be detrimental to the interests of the people of the Stale ; and that the lute reported re fusal of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny to pay the same; is another evidence of the grasping avarice of that mammoth cor poration. TIIE MYRIAD-HANDED MAN; I Or the Miracles of Enterprise end Mercy. | Familiarity, they tell lis, is the motherof j contempt. Things which we see and hail- 1 ' die every day, lose all distinctive value in 1 our eyes. The very air we breathe is an I unrecognized blessing, though, if deprived ! of it for the twentieth fraction of an hour, | the world woald cease to live! In like ; manner we have all of us—no matter of what race or country—been so long accus tomed to see the name of THOMAS HOLLO WAY at the head of medical advertisement that we begin to look upon it as one of the es sential components of a newspaper, and hardly pause to enquire into the true signifi cance o r this universal fame. Let not our readers fancy that this para graph is a pitfall, at the bottom of which they will find a' puff" for the "Universal Remedies," with the fame of which Pro fessor Ilolloway is associated ; it is no such thing. VVe could say much ol the Pills and Ointment; but at present our design is merely to call attention to the biography of a man whose achievoments will hereafter be regarded as the surpassing wonder of the nineteenth century ! There are few varieliesof the human race unrepresented in the population of this cos mopolitan city. Coolies from China— Malays from the Eastern Archipelago— Redskins from the West—Rlackskins from all parts of Africa— from Green land and tire regions of the Arctic Polebronz ed half-breeds from Brazil and the other states ot South America—Borneans, Tas inanians, Arabs, Hindoos, Armenians, New Zealanders and Kaffirs—these, with the millions from all parts of Europe, make up the motley immigration which our world embracing commerce throws daily on our shores. Thousands of such, perhaps, have never heard any one of the great names which we have been trained to regard with reverence; the name of Washington cannot thrill their sluggish blood; of Napoleon Bonaparte, his conquests and his fall, they are utterly ignorant. But hand them a newspaper and see how rapidly their faces brighten! They recognize its friendly promise—they rely on its long-tested truth; they rejoice and are, perhaps, astonished J to know that the great physician, whose visit to their own country formed the epoch of a physical regeneration, has likewise been before them on a like errand of mercy to 1 the land ol their future adoption I They no longer feel that they are strangers; lor lfolloway, by his genius, his labors, adven tures and world-wide travels, has establish ed a connecting link between all tribes and races of the human family. Possessed wilh a burning zeal to relieve the afflicted, and fearing nothing that man can do, he has made the pilgrimage of the eanh and estab lished in every spot he visited not only de pots for the sale of his medicines, but like wise journals in the native tongues. What a romance could be framed, from the labors, perils and adventures of such a lile !V. S. "Journal." A candidate for Congress, out west, soma up his education as follows : 'I never went to school but three times in my life, and that was to night school. Two nights the teacher didn't come, and 'tother night I had no candle. The Jotlirfal Policy of Sew England. Hon. John S. Wells, one of the soundest Democrats of the Granite State, and (with the exception of Franklin Pierce) the best stump speaker in New England, addressed I the gallant Democracy of F.xter (N. H.,) last week, on the present position of parties W4 make ar. extract: "They have in the South a population of about ten millions, nearly four millions of whom have ever been our trierids and patrons, and the best cus tomers which New England has ever had Nolover one-sixth of their cotton crop comes to us, and every intelligent man well knows that England would gladly secure the mono poly of that production, even at u great sac rifice, and thereby silence forever the spin dles of New England. English influence has been potent in creating the, alienation which now exists between New England and the South, and if they can succeed in producing an open rupture, their long cher ished desire of a manufacturing monopoly will speedily be realized. Can we provoke the South to withdraw their friendship and patronage ? Have not the opponents of the Democratic party done wonders already in that direction 1 Witness the crippling of mechanical industry ; see our merchants establishing agencies in New York, Phila delphia and Baltimore, for the avowed pur pose of retaining the Southern trade, which they arocon*bmt would be lost by retain ing their sole establishments in New Eng land. Consider the shoe interest, larger in amount than our cotton productions, plain ly and palpably suffering year by year, by the transfer of its Southern customers to New York, New Jersey and l'ennsylva%ia. And still worse and more gloomy is the fu ture. Outside of agriculture and commerce the great mass of our people require for their employment, cotton, iron, leather, and coal, none of which, save iron and leather, and these to a very limited extent, have we here. How is it with those who are so loudly and incessantly denounced by New England liepublicans ? They are in reali ty an agricultural people, their lands are rich and extensive, and their laboring pop ulation better fitted for that employment than for mechanics and manufacturing hence those branches have been freely and cheer fully yielded to us. We have the best and most extensive wP^i I SHERIFF SALES. ! |>Y virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, J tu me direc.leJ, will be exposed to pub lie sale at the Court House, in Bloomsborg, | on Saturday the 26th day of Maroh inst., af I one o'clock, in the afternoon, the following | described properly to wit: | A certain Plantation and tract of land sit uate in Franklin township, Columbia Coun ty, bounded on the Sooth by lands of Abra ham Ltliey, on the East by lands of Aarnu I l.nmbersnn, oil the North by other lands of the said James K. Fieher, and on ihe East i by land* of George Schick and others, con j turning in the whole ninety-five acros be the | same more or less. About ninety aote* of , which is cleared land, whereon is erected ; a oi.e and a half story dwelling Hooe part frame and pari log, a large frame bank barn, a frame wagor. house, a si one spring house, and o'heroui Buildings with tua appurte nances. Seized and taken in Exseuiion and io be sold as the property of James K, Fisher. ALSO, —At the same lime and place by viriue ol a writ ol Levari Facias to me di rected, all that two slory plank house or building, situate in the town of HubbleVille in the township of Beaver, in the County of Colombia, on a corner lot in said Town, the said building being thirty feel in front, am* twenty teet in depth, and the lot of ground upon which the said building is erected be ing bounded by die Rail Road of the Colum bia Coal & Iron Company, and by labds of Trnmen M. Hubble and others. S-izsd and taken in execution and to b sold as the properly of Charles Everles. tVConditions ol the above sales are, ten per cent, of the purchase money to be pa id i at the striking down of Ihe property, Mdtbe I balance on the first Monday of May next. JOHN SNYDER, Sheriff, i Bloomsborg, March 2d, 1859. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. A Benevolent Institution established by ipeeial Emlownment. fir the Relief of the Sick and Distressed, afflicted with Virulent and Epidemic Diseases. HjiHE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view ol Ihe awlnl destruction of human life caused by Sex sal diseases, and ihe decep tions practiced upon ttie unfortunate victims of such disease* by Quacks, several yesrs ago directed their Consulting Surgeon, as a CH All IT ABLE ACT worthy of their name, to open a Dispensary for Ihe treatment of this class of otseases in all their forms, and to give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS to all who apply by letter, with a descrtplioa of their condition, (age, occupation, habits of life, &<-..) and ill case of extreme poverty, to FURNISH MEDICINES FREE OF CHARGE. It is needless to add that the Association commands the highest Medical skill of the age, and will famish the most approved modern treatment. The Direutors of the Association, in their Annual Report upon the treatment of Sei ual Deeaees, express the highest satisfac tion with the success which ha* attended the labors of their Surgeons in the cure of Spermatorrhoea, Seminal Weakness,Gonort huta. Gleet, Syphilis, the vice of Onanism or sell-Abuse, Diseases of the Kidney* and Bladder, &c., and order a continuance of the same plan for Ihe tneuing year. The Directors, on a review of the past, feel assured that their labors in-this sphere of benevolent effort have been of great ben efit to the afflicted, especially to the young, and ihev have resolved to devote them selves, with renewed zeal, to this very im portant and much despised cause. An admirable Report on Spermatorrhcna. or Seminal Weakness, the vice of Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abuse, and outer dis eases of the Sexual organs, by the Consult ing Surgeon, will be sent by mail (In a sealed envelope,) EREE OF CHARGE, on receipt of TWO STAMPS lor postage. Oth er Reports and Tracts on the nature and treatment of Sexual diseases, diet, Sic., are constantly being published for gratuitous distribution, and will be sent to (be afflicted. Some of the new remedies and methods of treatmeul discovered during the last year, are of great valne. Address, for Report or treatment, DR J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ntuth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. By order of (he Directors. EZRA D. HEARTWELL, Preet. GEO. FAIKCHILD, Secretary. March Ist, 1859.—8. PUBLIC SALE ' OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, lit pursuance ol an order of the Orphans Court ol Columbia county, on SATURDAY THE 26th DAY of MARCH next, et 10 o'clock in the forenoon, Peter K!iiie,admin istrator, nf Henry Metz lale of Loenet twp., in said county, dee'd, will expose to eale by public vendue, upon the premises a certain TRACT OF LAND 9ituate in Locu*t township, Columbia ooun ly, adjoining John Herner on the east, Joe. Carl and John Yeager on the west, William Hughs on the north, arid widow Runk on the south, containing about One Hundred and Fißeea Acres, more or lees, with the appurtenances, on which is erected two dwelling houses, One barn and one saw-mill. Late ihe eelate of said deceased, situaie iu the township of Locust, and county aforesaid. JACOB EYERLY, Bloomsburg, Feb. 19, 1859. Clerk. Public Notice. A LL persons indebted to the nmleraigned, on Book account, Note or otherwise, will take notice that ell accounts must be settled up between this dale (Feb. 19th) and the first oj May next, and save trouble. All ac counts not settled and paid by tbat time, costs will be added without respect to per son. Therefore step up to the captain's of fice and squsre your accounts. JOHN WHITENIGHT. Bloomsburg, Feb. £3, 1849 Phil'a & Reading Railroad. ssaßfii WINTER ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAS SENGER TRAINS, January Ist 1859. Up Trains, going North, leave' Philadelphia at 71 A. M. and 4 P. M. Down Trains, going South, leave Poltsville at 7J A. M. and 4 P. M. The Express Train is discontinued ontil further no'ica. Close connection* are made by the 10.22 A.M. Up Train*, from Pott Clinton to Elmtra and all intermediate points; and by the 6.22 P. M. Up Train from Port Clinton to Elmira, Canandaigua, Buffalo, Niagara, Detroit, Chicago, Si. Louis, Dav enport, and lowa City; making Ib'e ronte the shortest and cheapest to the Lake Cities and Canada. On Sundays the J)own A. M. Train from Pntisville, and Up P. M. Train from Phila delphia, only run. CT Dep ot in Philadelphia, corner of Broad and Vine etreets. Fifty pounds of baggage allowed each passenger, (except on Sunday trains.) Tickeis;muat be pur- * chased before entering the ea're. G.A.NICHOLS. jly29—1 f. General Superintendent. Ik DA VIBLO WEN BE iuT | O THIN O STORE , iWMiiti street, two doors above the "Araer- Wean Hotel."