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BLBOJISBIKG, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 11. ISjfi.
Democratic Nominations.
FOR MIDI TOR GENERAL"
RICHARDSON 1,. WRIGHT,
OF RIIII.ANEI.pmA.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN HOWE,
OF FRANKI.IN COUNTV.
Knox, Lnuman, Forney & Co's Bonvcntion.
It will bo remembered that Forney & Co.
called a Slate Convention to meet at Harris
burg to day, April 13th, for the purpose ol
endorsing the policy of Governor Packer and
nominating a State ticket to suit their prin
ciples and carry out their willful designs.—
According to prerious notice this Conven
tion is in session, dealing out severe blows
at the principlesof that time-honored organ
ization—the Democratic party. In some
counties they held meetings and appointed
delegates to meet in this bogus Convention,
styling themselves Democrats ! Is not this
preposterous? Men who have not voted the
Democratic ticket for tho last half dozen
years, and a number who never voted with
the Democratic par-y in their lives, eal'ing
a Democratic Stale Convention! All sound
Democrats will differ widely with those men
and their perfidious movements; they can
not aid them in accomplishing their wicked
designs.
No doubt there will be a grand outpour
ing of revohcrs from all corners of lite State,
for where is the spot but what has its dis
appointed renegades, and they too of every
hue. There can be found actively engaged
in this revengeful bogus Convention, anti-
Lecomptonites, Hack Republicans, Know-
Nothings, and some fiw treacherous democrats
Should the signers to the call for this Con
vention Irotn Schuylkill county be present,
tliey w ill add quite a colored and interesting
feature to the Convention. This would lend
to verify the old adage that "buds of a feath
er flock together," and be a lair exposition
of tbe material which compose this bogus
Convention; but still they have impudence
enough to call it a Democratic Convention !
Catch birds with chuff, will you ? We are
inclined to think it a Disorganizes' Con
vention, and called tc form a Republican
ticket, which will be quite a saving of
time and money for the regular Republican
parly.
Four Murderers Hung ut Baltimore.
On tbe Bth instant lour young men in the
prime o( life suffered the death penalty up
on the gallows in the city of Baltimore.—
Henry C. Gambrtll lor the murder of Police
man Benton ; Marion Cropps lor tbe murder
of Policeman Rigdon; Peter Corrie, an ac
complice of Cropps; and Stephens, alias
Oyphus, (colored) for the murder of a negro
named King.
Tito execution was witnessed by at least
thirty thousand people Irotn the city and
■country. Two of the convicts, Gambrill and
Stephens, protested their innocence to the
last. Cropps confessed his crime, and said
lie had repented of it; Corrie, bis accom
plice, said nothing.
The ciukwas never known to have been
more crowded with strangers, and every
train that went there was laden with pas
sengers. The Philadelphia train of that
morning consisted of twenty-six cars filled
to the utmost capacity.
■lt is stated that the friends of young Cam
brill exerted every effort with Gov. Hicks to
get him to commute the sentence, but with
out effect The mother of Corrie, accom
panied by her sister and daughter, draped
in the deepest mourning, also called upon
his Excellency, and with tears and entreat
ies, which only a mother and sister are pre
pared to give, and with all the eloquence
of maternal heart-gushings, asked him if
there was no possibility of having the sen
tence commuted. But this was all of no
avail. The Governor with marked firmness
and with great kindness and courtesy, slated
that he had always the feelings ol human
ity, and could feel for human woe with a
heart full of sympathy, and with tears flow
ing down his cheeks, but that the law had
been most grossly violated and its mandates
must he observed, and that he had nojnsl
grounds of action otherwise than to see the
law enforced. The law has been enforced
and they have suffered its penalty. There
were some friends of the negro before the
Governor, but they had very little to say in
liis behalf.
The proceedings before and during the
■execution were very affecting, and intense
excitement and sadness prevaded the whole
community. This day will be a memorable
one in the history of Baltimore
BAYARD TAYLOR.— There has been a rumor
extensively circulating among our exchanges
stating that this distinguished writer had re
fused seven thousand dollars from the propri
etors of the New York Mercury, lor the ex
clusive use of his pen in their behalf. This ■
is the substance of a rumor which lias bceu
going the rounds, which we will lend our
aid in correcting, by stating in the most
positive manner, that Mr. Bayard Taylor
has accepted their proposal, and that they
are just on the eve of announcing the first
of the series of interesting papers from his
graphic pen. llis inimitable travel-sketches
will introduce the Mercury into thousands
of families, that have perhaps heretofore
been strangers to it. Feven Thousand Dol
lars is no trifle to pay; but the New York
Mercury however, approaching as it already
does, we learn, to an edition of a quarter of
a million, can well afford it. Vive le cash box!
SBVFVTV-THOUSAND DOI.MUS invested by
several hundred young men during the past
f ill and winter, tor tuition, looks, board, all
expenses in full at the Iron City College,Pitts-
has secured for a great majority
of them employment this spring, at rate a
varying from *4O to SBO per month.
The Nicklcs Affair.
That the crime of inconstancy in husband
lor wife, and particularly in tho wife, should
be regarded by all civilized communities,
and, indeed, by communities not civilized,
with so much more horror and loathing than
other crimes the effect of which is far great
er positive injury, is one of those inexplica
ble mysteries which absolutely set explana
tion at defiance. The cold, but somewhat
philosophical solution given by Dr. Johnson,
\vill not do. Our nature revolts at it. John
son says the great injury which results is,
that a man may never know his own chil
dren: while the mother necessarily does.—
This he gives to show more particularly
that the crime is of greater enormity in
woman. But who of us would weigh this
as a reason under circumstances such as
those Sickles was placed in? What man in
the hell of cuekohlom stops to make calcu
lations so cold as these? The despair which
comes to the heart of a man who lias fondly
and doatmgly loved his wife, when he dis
covers that she Itas defiled herself no! him,
is so absolutely blasting that reason has
little or no influence over his conduct, lie
docs not stop to inquire hoxo it is and for
sooth the inquiry would be a vain one, but
lie Allows lie is ruined; gone, gone, forever!
But bore is the mystery of mysteries. In
the eye of the world there is no such de
filement of man. That he should prove un
true, may cause great grief to his wife; but
a little contrition on the part of the litis
band, a few caresses and a few promises
and all is as before. Besides, there is no
finger of scorn pointed at the wife. The
world forgives as eornplaeantty as she, and,
as they say when a steamboat blows up, no
blame attaches in any quarter.
This may be wrong but it is nevertheless
fact ; atal this is why the stroke is so with
ering to Mrs. Sickles ; and this is why the
world will think she is as much to blame as
the unfortunate Key. It is argued in the
hearts of all men, that one having no object
upon which to lavish his or her affections,
is less criminal in indulging in an illigiti
mate love, than one who has by a solemn
vow selected a sole repository for these af
fections. Key was free to love, under re
strictions, where ho listed. Mrs Sickles
was foresworn. She was a sealed wife !
These are the views of the world Now,
under these views, how far was Sickles jus
tifiable in killing Key ? Or was lie justifi
able at all ? 'l'he-e questions must be consid
ered in connection with the law on the sub
ject. The law justifies the killing of anoth
er in defence of one's own life. The de
fenders of Sickles ask, if a man is justified
in killing another in defence of his life, is
lie not justified in killing that other in de
fence of that which is dearer than life—his
honor? The answer is, the killing of Key
could not have been in defence of his hoi or,
because Sickles was already dishonored, and
that, necessairly, it must have been a vindic- i
live killing. So much for that part of the
wotld's argument which is based, upon the
legal argument. Another popular argu
ment is, that the law affords no adequate
punishment for offences like this—that the
law places it in the category of ordinary
wrongs, and prescribes a penalty graded
to correspond with the offences with which
it is classed, while in reality it is the great
est of all wrongs. Now this may bo so; but
if so, why should society see proper to be
come revolutionary on every separate and
distinct occasion ? why not right the law, if
it is wrong, instead of clamoring every ninth
day in favor of pnva'e vindication of what
are properly considered public wrongs?
Why make a mockery of Justice and of Law
by farcically arraigning and trying a man
whom the country, to which he goes, on tri
al, have already agreed to acquit ?
Until a good reason for such conduct, on
the part ol "the country," is given, we. need
go no farther with the argument. A proper
adherance to, and vindication of the laws
are all that can save us frotrr anarchy. No
man under any circumstances, can with safety
to genuine liberty, take the law in his own
hands. That is such an encroachment npon
public and private rights as every good citi
zen should frown upon. If the laws are
wrong, lot them be amended. Until then,
let them be enforced.
Next week we will give a full synopsis of
the case of Sickles. His trial is now pro
gressing. The evidonce for the prosecution
closed the 7th inst. The next morning Mr
Graham opened for the defence. The excite
ment continues. We would have given a
synopsis this week, hut upon reflection
thought best to defer it till next week, so
that it could he more nearly perfect.
CONSERVATORY JOURNAL.— We have recciv- i
ed the first number of a new paper bearing ]
this title, published in Boston, Mass., devo- j
ted to establishing a Massachusetts Conser- !
vatory of Arts, Science, and Historical Rel-j
ics. This work is ably endorsed by the
names of near ten thousand signers of me- j
morials to the Legislature in aid of litis j
plan, the greater portion of whose names j
can be seen in the first number of this jour- j
nal. Every one of these signers has thus
signified and declared bis or her readiness
to co operate in the good work. Conse
quently it cannot help but succeed. The
Journal is printed upon most excellent pa
per, and presents a very creditable appear
ance. It also exhibits considerable ability
in the editorial department.
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY has found its
way into our sanctum, and probably for a
puff more than any thing else. It might
"slip up" on that, the worst kind of a way,
| by receiving a soulli handed one. Well, wo'll
' glance over its columns a moment or two.
On the first page we find a story entitled,
"One-Eyed Saul; or, the Tory League of Seven;
written by the well-known author, J. H.
Robinson. The paper is in octavo form,
I and of a good size. It is an illustrated sheet,
i both in a comical and historical way, to suit
| the matter published. It makes a snug ap
pearitce and bespeaks a hearty support. Its
reading matter is first class. A.J. William
son, publisher, New York. Terms, $2 per
annum, in advance.
An Irishman dropped a letter into the
post-office the other day, with the follow
ing memorandum on the envelope : 'Please
hasten the delay of this.''
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j tion of these works, has been the high price
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THIRSTY AS FISH.— Are fish uncommonly
thirsty ? Ho they ctirnk at all ? lias any
writer upon subject of natural history enter
tained us with a development of the fact,
that the whole race should be calculated by
"copper-heating" inebriates, diners on cor
ned-beef, and' people, generally, whose
overnight excesses superinduce a desire to
indulge in draughts in the morning? Why
should such folks perpetually give as an
excuse lor their little weakness that they
are "dry a* a fish "? Fish, we suspect, are
never in that arid condition. The character
of their dwelling-place forbids it, in one
sense: and their cold blood and physical
organization emtio,we, repudiates it itt the
other sense. Fish are sensible, well-be
haved creatures. '1 hey are considered
"scaly" by the world ; and some of them,
of course, merit that reproachful appella
tion. They cannot help it. Hut as a body,
they are a sober branch of the universe,
and should not be stigmatized by custom
with a character which is wholly foreign to
their nature, and impossible as to their
habits. We take up the cudgels for lite
fish !
SOCIAI. VIEW OF POLlTlCS— Political life
has charms for a certain class of mankind
only. It might he invidious to describe
this class ; but the orator, Burke, did it
very decidedly when he said .hat,in his pub
lic character, he found himself, as it were,
in a Noah's ark, " with a few men and a
great many beasts !" Whoever has min
gled in a political assembly, has had occa
sion to recognize the same feeling of as
sociation, whether he has expressed it or
not. Nowhere else is man's selfishness so
thoroughly exposed. Nowhere else is his
arrogance so boldly demonstrated. It is
enough to disgust good taste with all ambi
tion and all fellowship!
THE WASHINGTON UNION, of Tuesday, NN
liuonces that Gen. George W. Bowman,
Superintendent of Public Printing, lias be
come sole proprietor of that journal,-and
will take full possession of the same on the
1 ltli of this month.
General Bowman was for many years
connected with the Democratic press in
this Stale ; he has proved himself an effi
cient and honest public officer; his politics
are thoroughly Jacksonian and National :
and we cannot doubt that under his auspi
ces, The Union will prove worthy of the
confidence of all Democrats, North and
South, East and West, who are true to the
principle of the Consiitulion.
Too LAIIGB. —The editor of the Easton
Sentinel says he has an exchange list of 200'.
We thought our exchange list was as large
as any weekly newspaper could stand,but it
falls lar short of that figure. The Sentinel
man must be one of the sort that print news
papers "just for the fun of it."— Exchange
Pager.
OUT West they divorce husband and wife,
if either party snores so loud that the other
can't sleep.
The London Times oil the Sickles Gnse.
We published yelterday (March 15th) a
very strange and a very sad story from Wash
ington. With the retollection of Sir Cress
well Cresswell's clietts belore our eyes -,ve
are not about to fly Li to paroxysms of vir
tuous indignation because, in the United
State", as is sometimes'
frail, and man/generally vindictive. Such
things are of uM agxs and of all countries,
and this Washington storv about Mr. and
Mrs. Sickles and Mr Key might, at any giv
en season, find its counterpait in the scan
dalous chronicles of any of the European
capitals—London included. It is true, in
deed, that the husband's vengeance was
swift, savage, and scvero. Such is not the
way in which such injuries are resented in
, England, but according to the civilization of
[ n country, so is the fashion of its revenge.
! One nation uses a stiletto, another a revolv
er, another an old flint-gun, a fourth a bar
rister. We employ the fourth weap- |
on; in the United States the second comes
familiarly to the hand of an outraged hus
band. The remarkable part of this occur
rence, then, as far as we are concerned, is
the form which the husband's vengeance
assumed.
Had such a story as this happened in Eng
land, and had the husband in due course
put his case into the hands ot the family
solicitor, and had that useful personage, shll I
in due course, feed counsel and brought it ,
before the Judge Ordinary,we should scarce- | 1
ly have given the report a second glance.— 1
Deny it who may, the truth is that habit I
renders all persons but the immediate fami- |'
I), friends, and acquaintances of the parlies
to such suits, profoundly indifferent to the
matter. We can hardly say if equal apathy J '
exists on the other side of the Atlantic, when I '
injuries of this class are avenged in. the ter- j '
rible fashion of this Washington tragedy.— J
At first sight, the fact that an injuried bus- i 1
band at once rushes to the conclusion that j'
nothing but the blood of the adulterer can
be accepted as an expiation for his wrong j
would seem to argue a higher conception of i
the marriage bond than the one which oh- j
tains among ourselves. We cannot how- !
ever, at the same time, forget that American j
hands are swift to shed blood for h juries of
a lar inferior class to those of tvhich we are |
speaking. , ' |
The iorm, then, of Mr. Sickles' revenge j
was according to the fashion of his ngo and i
his country. We think it probable that had .
he been an Englishman, living in London,
he would have acted otherwise. Take it '
however, as yott may, the story is a lament
able one. In England much interest will
he felt in it. from the fact that the unfnrtu- \
nate young wife—and surely she is most
unfortunate!—was known in the social cir
cles of London. When Mr. Buchanan was '
minister over here,her husband,Mr.Sickles, •
was the secretary of legation. He was ac
companied by his wife, a child in years,and
still more a child in appearance. She ex
cited interest in every one who met her in
those days, and many an English friend will
grieve at the termination of her brief career.
The facts of the case may be knnwn in a
very few words—indeed, we had rather
tnake as short a story of it as possible, for
it is not one upon which '.lie mind can rest
without the most painful feelings. Mr. Sick
les was secretary of legation hern in Lon
don, hut on the election of Mr. Buchanan to
I the Presidency he returned to the U. Stales
and obtained the Democratic nomination
for Congress irom one of the metropolitan
districts of New York. In due course lie
went to Washington, taking with him his
wife. Now, thqre was a certain Mr. Philip
I Barton Key, the nephew ot the Chief Jus- I
tice of die United States who was the Unit- j
ed States Attorney for the District of Colum
bin. In the discharge of Ins duties he also
was at Washih'glon, and thus an intimacy
| arose between him and Mrs Sickles, which i
seems speedily to have assumed a criminal '
! character. Whether it was that her husband ;
became distasteful to her, or that Mr. Key 1
possessed attractions which extinguished in
her mind all sentiments ot her position, all
feeling of duty, it must, we fear, be ad- ;
mitted iliat the young wife became what ]
she was not when she was known and ad
mired here in London. Suspicion soon dog
ged the stops of thy young wile and para- j
I mour. As is usual in such cases, the hns-1
bnn.i was the last person to hear the history
of his own dishonor. The connection be- !
tween Mrs. Sickles and Mr. Key, if we are )
to give exact dates, began in April of last j
year—was continued through last winter,and j
renewed again at Washington during the i
present session of Congress. Impunity made j
them bold; they had been discovered, Mr.
Key hired a house, whore they used to meet. !
When her husband was away from homo,
Mr. Key would pass before the house,
j wnve a handkerchief, and site would hurry :
I out to meet him at their usual place of as 1
signation. But now comes the terrible part
of the story.
On Friday, the 25tli of February, Mr. Sick
les was entertaining the Presidentof the U.
S.at dinner—heat one end of the table, Mrs.
Sickles at the other. He knew nothing ol the
matter in hand. In the midst of the dinner a ]
letter was delivered to him which revealed j
to him the history of his wife's shame and of;
his own dishonor. At the time he could, of i
course, say nothing and do nothing. There j
sat his young wife opposite him, and by her I
side the President. When the guests went i
away he began to consider grimly with him
self what course he should adopt. That
night he nppears to have said or done noth
ing, but the early part of the next day was
spent in a careful investigation of the facts.
When he had acquired a reasonable degree
of certainly, Mr. Sickles taxed his wife with
her guilt. She screamed out that she was
"betrayed and lost," hut at length admitted
the truth of the accusation So far all was
clear; the question was how this grievous
injury should be avenged 1 The account
we have received from Washington states
that in the course of that afternoon, whilst 1
Mr. Sickles was considering with himself
what ought to be done, and was sitting at
his window, he saw Mr. Key approaching
hishonse, and making the appointed signal
to the lady whom he had brought to this ter
rible grief. Unable to master his emotion,
the husband seized upon what weapons
were near. These constituted a complete
arsenal or arinony—we question if many
English gentlemen could, in a moment of
indignation, suddenly stretch out their hands
as Mr. Sickles did, and find ready two single
barrelled pistols and a revolver. Having
placed these weapons in his pockets, lie
sallied forth, and as Mr. Key was extending
his hand lor a friendly grasp Mr. Sickles
exclaimed, "Now, villain, you must die !"
and fired the first pistol at his enemy, but
without effect. Mr. Key hurled an opera
glass in his face, and a deatli-grapple com
menced, the one man trying to master the
other's arm, the other endeavoring to dis
charge his second pistol. Mr. Sickles pre
vailed, and his second shot brought his en
emy to the ground. So maddened with
passion, however, was lie that even when ,
lie had killed Mr. Key he discharged a bar
rel of his revolver into ihc dead man's head,
and, with an oath, rendered himself up to
the officers of justice.
Such are the leading facts of this misera
ble story, which we record with unfeigned
sorrow, and which we are sure will be read
with much commiseration by all persons in
England who had any knowledge of the ac
tors in the tragedy.
ORIENTAL WANDERINGS.
ARAB GRATITUDE.—THE I.IGHT OF THE HAREM
During a sttccessfttl medical career of more
than twenty years; in the course of which he
has visited every quarter of the globe, it
may well be supposed that Profes-or Hollo
way has been lite recipient of many distin
guished marks of honor and confidence.—
As the originator of a system ol treatment
which has swept over the world with a force
and rapidity that, in litis enlightened age,
arc the prsogatives of Truth, his fame eve
rywhere preceded him. Even in Traversing
Arabia, some years ago, he found that his
name and discoyeries were u ell known to
to lite Sheika of the various tribes,and depu
tations of Arabs met him at various points of
his journey,soliciting the great 'llakin,"(their
name for physician) to visit their tents and
administer to the sick. At every encamp
ment lie was received with most profound
respect, which deepened into absolute rev
erence us the effect of his wonderful reme
dies was w'messed by these children of the
wilderness. Some of his adventures among
them were quite of a romantic cast. One
of their chiefs, a majestic old Bedouin,
whose favorite daughter had been for years
affected with a scorbutic disease, was so
carried away with rapture at her recovery
under Professor Holloway's hands, that, in a
burst of gratitude, he offered him half his
flocks and herds, if lie would remain with
the tribe and he a guest for iiie.
While visiting Constantinople, on his re
turn home, lie had an audience of the Sul
tan, and was requested to prescribe tor a fa
vorite odalisque in Iho imperial harem, who
had been pronounced incurable by the
Turkish doctors. Site was a Circassian slave
of surpassing beauty, and realized i:i Iter
form and face the description of "Young
Nourmahel" as described in Lalla Bookli.—
Her disease was dyspepsia, aggravated, no
doubt, by the enntii, created by a sequester
ed and monotonous life. Within a month,
however, Professor Holloway's great medi
cines, with tlio aid of daily exercise in the
gardens of Seraglio, accomplished a com
plete cure,and lie subsequently received an
autograph letter from the Sultan, thanking
him in the warmest terms, for restoring to
health the "Light of his I-larem." No soon
er was the news of this cure noised through
Constantinople, than the lodgings of the
''Great Frank Pltyscian" were literally be
sieged by dyspeptic Pashas and bilious
Beys, and from the period of his departure
to the present time, the demand upon his
agents in Constantinople lor the remedies
that bear his name haaeontinually increased.
—Dr. Livingstone's Duvets.
THE first Agricultural Society formed in
this country was the "Philadelphia Society
for Promting Agriculture," established in
1795. The first cattle show held in this
country, was held in I'itlsfield, Mass , in
! Oct., 1810, and from this era sprang the sys
tem of agricultural societies and shows, as
they exist at present, in most parts of the
United States.
A MODEL FLOUR INSPECTOR.—An ex
change, in speaking of the funny way they
have of inspecting flour in Philadelphia,
gives the following words of a reliable gen
tleman, who had been conversing on this
subject :
An up country miller told me that the
meanest lot of black flour he ever sent to
Philadelphia passed inspection and was
branded " extra," whereas a fine lot of
white wheal flour which followed was
"scratched." A shipper told me that among
a lot that he had undergoing inspection,
five barrels were condemned. The same
evening he re aranged the heads, and next
day had another inspection of the flour,
when it was branded extra.
HOLLO WAY'S PlLLS.—Prematuro decay,
whether the result of intense application to
business, free living or any other exhaus
tive cause, may be checked, and the physi
cal and mental energies restored to their
original vigor, by a persevering use of this
onequalled restorative. The stooping frame
may be straightened, the trembling nerves
quieted, and the whole muscular system
braced, by a course of the pills. They seem
not only to purge the internal oruans of all
impurities, but to infuse into every fibre a
new principle of vitality. Let not the sick
say that their constitutions are broken down
until thoy have tested the renovating prop
ernes ol II olio way's wonderful restorative
DIED.
MILLER—In lierwick, at the residence of
A. Miller, E-q , Mr Joseph Miller, in the
54th year of his age.
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REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
i
CAREFULLY CORRECTED WEEKLY.
WHESA.T, $1 20
RYE. 85
CORN, 80
OAIS, 40
BUCKWHEAT, 50
WT. BEANS, I 50
CLOVERSEED.S 50
BUTTER, 20
EGGS, 10
TAI.EOW, 12
LAUD, 12
POTATOES. 58
Dlt'D APPLES,2 00
HAMS, 12
CHARTER
OF THE
Columbia County Agricultnral.'llortifultural
and Mechanical Association.
The following is a copy of an Act of In
corporation just passed by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania. It has received the signa
ture of the Governor:
AN ACT to incorporate the Columbia
County Agricultural, Horticultural, and Me
chanical Association.
SECTION 1. lie it enacted by the Senate anil
Una ft of Representatives a/the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and
it is lieieby enacted In/ the authoiily of the
fame.
That Palemon John, John Ramsey, L. 13
' Rupert, Caleb Barton, jr., Joseph W. Hen
dershot, Wm. Sloan, Levi L. Tate, J. H
Ikeler, Baltis Appleman, Elias Dieterick,
Sylvester Pursel, J. G. Pursel, C Biltenben
der, Andrew Freas, G. H. Fowler, Jonas
Hayman, Reuben Wilson, B. P. Fortner,
Samuel Creasy, John Robinson, H. Bit'en
bender, E. Mendenhall, John Kieffer, Geo.
Shuman, James Masters, and all others who
filly cents, are hereby declared to be a
body politic and corporate by the name and
style of the Columbia County Agricultural,
Horticultural, and Mechanical Association
to have succession, to plead and be implead
ed, sue and be sued in all courts of record
and elsewhere, ar.d be capable to take and
enjoy lands, tenements and hereditaments,
goods and chattels and the same from time
to tune, to sell, grant, demise, alien and
dispose of, and to have power to borrow
money, to use a common seal and to alter
or renew the same at pleasure, and to be en
titled to the privileges and benefits that oth
er county agricultufal and horticultural so
cieties are, under the general act incorpor
ating the Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society and authorizing Agricultural and
I Horticultural Societies to be established in
| each county in Pennsylvania, passed the
i twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand
[ eight hundred and fifty one, Provided , That
j the clear yearly value of the real estate by
them held shall not exceed the sum of five
thousand dollars
SUCTION 2. That the officers of the said
corporation shall bo elected annually here
after on such day ar.d consist of such num
ber and kind as the by-laws of said corpor
ation may direct.
SISCTION 3. That said corporation when
convened upon due notice given to the mem
bers by public advertisement or otherwise
shall have power and authority lo make, or
daiu and establish such and so many by-laws,
rules, and ordinances relating to the time of
meetings, the admission of members, the
power and duties of officers thereof, and the
ordering of the other concerns of the incorpo
ration as they deem necessary and proper,
Provided. That no by-law, rule or ordinance
as aforesaid, shall be valid if inconsistent
with the constitution and by-laws of this
State or of the United States.
SUCTION 4. That the officers of the said
Association who were duly chosen at the
last annual election held for that purpose,
shall continue in their respective stations
until an election be made under this charter
and the by-lays, rules and ordinances ot tins
Association.
Now Sain, if you don't slop licking that
molasses, I'll tell the man.
"You tell the man. and I'll lick you
and the 'lasses, too.''
FI BLIC NOTRE FOR LICENSES.
[VOI ICE is hereby given that the follow
•! * trig persons, in Columbia county, nave
filed their several petitions in the Court of
Quatter Sessions of the said County, lor Tav
ern and Store License, in their respective
townships, which, said petitions, will be
presented to the said Court on Monday,the
2d day of May next, ol which all persons
interested will hereby take notice, and the
Licenses for the County of Columbia will
be granted on Wetinesdav, the 4lh day ol
May next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
Peter Scltng. Scott, Tavern.
Joshua Worrier, Locust, do
Jacob Gootl, Orange do
Samuel Herman, Centre, do
Alexander Hughes, Oraage, do
Samuel Everill, do do
Frederick Nicely, Berwick, do
Hiram Smethers, do do
John L. Hurst, Locust do
Isaac Rhoatles, do do
Joseph H. Long, do do
William L. Klino, Couynglntm, do
John Snyder, Roaringcreek.do
Christopher F. Kneller, do
Neunis Hudson, Scott, do
Isaac Yetler, Maine, do
Daniel Reinbold, do do
Jacob Veager, Locust, Store.
Daniel McHenry, Fishingor'k,Tavern.
Reuben Wasser, Conyngham, do
John R.Ross, do do
Daniel L. Everhoarl, Scott, do
F. R. Wohllorth, Conyngham, do
John J. Stiles, Kenton, do
Enoch Howell, Scott, do
A. K. Smith Madison, do
John Leacock, Bloom, do
Samuel Kostenbader Callawissa, (lo
Jeremiah J Brower, B ooin Siore.
Oliver A Jacoby, do do
Samuel McHenry, Ramon, Tavern.
Jacob Oyer, CaltawHse, do
Peter Billmeyer, Bloom, do
Robert Hagenbach, do do
Oliver A. Jaeoby, do do
Jacob Keller, B'iarcrepk, do
William Hutchison, Ml. Pleasant, do
John Keller, Mifflin, do
A.J. Evans, Bloom, Store.
Kianklin Shuman, Beaver, Tavern.
Enos Everiti, Montour, do
Geo. L. Shoemaker, Hemlock, do
JACOB EYEBLY, Protliy,
Bloomsburg, April 13, 1859
~ ADMIIVISTUATOtt'S NOTICE^
Estate of Mary Coleman, deceased.
[VOTICE is hereby given that leitere ofad-
* ininiatratiou on the estate ol Mary Cole
man, late ol Orange township, Columbia
county, dereased, have been granted by the
Register ol Columbia county, to the under
signed, residing it: Fisbingereek township,
said county. AH persons having claims or
demands against the esia'e of the decedent
are requested to present them to the admin
istrator, duly attested, without delay, and all
persons indebted to the e-tate are- notified
to make payment forthwith to
JOSEPH COLEMAN,
Fishingereek, April 6, 1859. Jdmr.
llarlmail's Corner again.
rpHE subscribers have just returned from
the City with a large and extensive slock
of Spring Goods, which thev offer at the
very lowest figures lor RBADY BAY. Thank
ful past lavors they still sulicit a share of.
public patronage, feeling confident that lhj
can satisfy all who wish to buy cheap. |
H. C. & 1. W. HAUTMANs?
Bloomsburg, April 13th 1858. , wjjHT
$40.00
Pav* for a full course in Hie Iron City Col
ffi.'t'wthe laruHMf, most extensively patron
ized ami be*! oro.uiizou Commercial School
in the United Sia'fH. •
3.17 Mtidcnfs AKcndinz
Daily, illareh 18S0.
Usual time lo compleie a full course, from
6to ten week. Kvery Hludent, upon 2 rail
u&'ing, id guaranteed 10 be competent 10
manage the Book.* of any Husmetta, and
qualified to earn a salary ol trom
#•500 lo SIOOO.
Students nnier at any lime—-no vacation;
Review at pleasure. FIFTY ONE PREMI
UMS FOR BEST PENMANSHIP AWARD
ED IN 1858.
- Mi'liters' son* received at half price.
For Circular and Specimena of Writing,
induce two letter Mamp, ami address
F. W. J EN'KINS, PiUeburg, Pa.
April 13th, 1859.
NEW MILLIIVKRV SHOP.
IVew and *]>lctidi<l Slock
OF MILLINERY ROODS ?
Trimmings, Flowers, Hibbous, &e.,
(UNDER TRE SI'AR OFFICE)
MU.V sr. liiOIIMSHUKG, Pa.
E4AVING just received a very beautiful
11 stock ol goods from Pliiladelphia, and
opened u new sliop, would invite the ladies
ot Blootnsburg atul vicinity to call and ex
amine her assortment of HONNETS TRIM
MINGS, FLOWERS, FLATS, MANTIL
LAS. FANCY ARTICLES l/c , and in short,
every other article to he found in a first
class Millinery establishment. Her stock
has been se ected with great care, especial
ly for this market Bonnets made upon the
shortest notice. Attention will be paid to
repairing. She respectfully askes her lady
friends to give her a call, as well as all
those who wish anv thing in her line.
Blootnsburg, April 13, 1859.
~ AN OMXIBIS FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale a good
FOUK HORSE OMNI-
W BUS al a fi price.—
ing too large for
the amount ol travel done at this place
therefore the subscriber offer if for sale. It
is well calculated to convey passengers to
and from Railroad Stations, at a reasonable
distance, as n is strong and ooinlortably fit
led lor thai purpose. Any person wihig
to purchase an Omnibus had better rail and
examine litis one before going el.ewher •.
It can be seen al the Brick Livery Stable of
Noah S. Prentis, dec'il, East Bloomsbura.
SAMUEL M. PRENTIS.
Btnnmhnrg, April 13, 1859.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the la'e firm of
Mendetitiiill & Mensch will take notice that
A. C. Mensch lias tins day assigned and set
over lo the subscriber all his interest in the
accounts, notes, judgments, &e, due said
firm, and they are left in the hand, of Tho.
Painter, Esq , for immediate collection, lo
whom all payments must hereafter bo made.
SAMUEL MENDENHALL.
Blonm-burg, April If, 1859.
Esrif IIOTKL.
THE undersigned, late of the Franklin
House, Light Street respectfully informs Iris
oltl friends and new customers, that ho lias
taken Airs Worman's stand in the South pa't
ot the thriving village ol Espylowu, Colum
bia county, known as the
EAGLE m HOTEL,
Where he has mane ample arrangements,
by thoroughly improving the premises anil
renovating the mansion lor lite accommo
dation of till those who may favor him with
their custom. The liberal support ha re
reived last year at the Franklin in Light
Street, induces him to hope that all his for
mer customers will give him a call in his
new quarters. No pains shall be spared for
their comlortal le entertainment.
Espy, April 13, 1859 N. HUDSON.
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~3HpOR'S NOTICE.
given that lepers testa
,'"l Ks'oie of William Stall,
ofßWtrereek township, Columbia county,
have been granted to the Mibscri-
All persons indebted to said estate
[ to make immediate payment,
I having claims against Ihe same!
them, to
EDWARD STALL,
WILLIAM EDWARDS,
' January, 1859. Executors,