STAR OF TDE NORTH,
WM. H. J A CO BY, EDITOR.
IU OliSBERG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL li, IHl.
Oar Government.
The general government, under which
all these Slates are united, is not, as is sup
posed by many, a Confederation. It is
mmk mote than a confederation. It is a popu
lar representative government, with all the
department, and all the functions ana or
gans, of sacn a government. But'it is etill
k limited, a restrained, a severely guarded
government. It exists under a written Con
stilMion, and all that human wisdom, could
do is done, to defend its powers and to pre
vent their abuse. It is placed in what was
supposed to be the bafest medium between
dangerous authority on the one hand, and
debility and inefficiency on the other. We
thiiik that happy medium was- founded, by
.the exercise of the greatest political sagaci
ty, and the influence of the highest good
fortune. We cannot move the system ei
ther waj, without the probability of hurtful
change ; and a experience has taught us,
its safety, and its usefulness, when left
where i: is, our duty is a plain one.
That this government has beer, exposed
to mny dangers, that it has rtet critical
moments, is certain. That it is now ex
posed to dangers, and that a crisis is now
before it of the most fearful character, is
equally clear in our judgment. But it has
hitherto been pressed, and vigilence and
patriotism may rescue it again. Our dan
gers are not at all from without. We have
nothing to fear from foreign powers, except
those interruptions of the occupations of life
which all wars occasion. The daugers to
our system, as a system, if there are any,
do not spring from that quarter. But our
dangers are, and have been breed, entirely
from within. We do cot cite those dangers
which have in all ages beset republican
governments, such as luxury among the
rich, the corruption of public officers-, and
the general degradation of public morals ;
but discourse only of those peculiar dangers
to which the structure of our government
particularly exposes it, in addition to all
other ordinary dangers. These arise among
ourselves ; they spring np at home ; and
the evil which they threaten is no less than
disunion, or the overthrow of the whole
iystem.' Local feelings and local parties, a
notion sometimes sedulously cultivated of
opposite interests in different portions of the
Union, evil prophecies respecting its dura
tion, cool calculations opon the benefits of
separation, a narrow feeling that cannot
embrace all the States as one country, an
unsocial, autNnational, and halfbeilijerent
spirit, which sometimes betrays itself, all
thee undoubtedly are cause which affect,
more or less, our prospect of holding togeth
er. AH these are nnpronitious influences.
The Constitution is foua did on Compro
mises, and the most perfect and absolute
good faith, in regard to every stipulation of
this kind contained in it, is dispensable to
its preservation. Every attempt to accom
plish even the best purpose, every attempt
to grasp that which is regarded as an im
mediate good, in violation of these stipula
tions, is full of danger to the whole Consti
tution. We need scarcely say, also, for
we think it is already apparent, that possi
ble collision between tbe genera! and the
Slate governments always has teen, is, and
ever must te, a source of danger to be strict
ly watched by wUe men.
Welcome Sprinj.
That dreaded visitation, that closing chap
ter to the gloomy book of winter, and that
nrelade to the fascinalin? Doem of spring
Wie equinoctial rains may now be regard
ed a over. We may now expect green
leaves and golden sunshine, flowers and
singing birds. Nature is now beginning to
rene w -itself, and the work of vegetable and
aiiirr.al pro-cieation will be rapidly carried
on. In the woods and meadows and by
the willow lined streams the birds will war
ble their loves and choose their mates.
1 be fish relieved from the encumbrances
of ice will dis ort themselves in the water
and bask in the sunshine. The teeming
earth, ia which myriads of inferior creatures
lay buried during the winter, will now pour
out its live armies of insects to play their
part in the great drama of universal life.,
That old enemy of man, the serpent, recov
ered from his long torpor, now crawls from
hia biding place and warms himself in the
un preparatory to manifesting that subtle
ty and venom which deflated Eden and
made sinners of father Adim and mother
Evr. But welcome as is toe opening
sisason to all, it is dowbly welcome to
the poor. They ran get warmth from
heaven without the degradation of begging,
or the necessity of expending carefully
hoarded pennies. They are also relieved
rfthe necessity of ask ins: the shelter of
i.lms-houses and police stations, if more
comfortable quarters are denied them, they
can sleep upon the green grass, with tbe
stars of heaven to watch over them. All
Nature rises up from its recumbent posture
lo welcome the spring.
NOTICE. We will continue to send
oat bills to those of our patrons who are in
debted to us for arte,. two, and three, year's
subscription to the Star until the first of May
next.- All those indebted to us for three
year's subscription, (6 00) who do not pay
prompt attention lo these bills, we will be
under the necessity of placing their accounts
in tie Lands of an officer for collection, and
discontinue the paper. We have quite a
naraberonour book;? who have the first
cent to pay u. Many such delinquents
wou'J break up a printer, unless his panta
loon pockets were c!u.i-y lined with cash
Iroci fcotne other source. We are cecessa
r't'v t-L !!.'? i t- c:ake cloe collections "up to
-. The Spring Elections. -
Front all quarters of the North, and par
ticularly of this State comes the gratifying
intelligence that conservatism has signally
triamphed in the late elections. Every
where aye, efen in the very hotbed of
fanaticism, Massachusetts a powerful re
action in favor of Democratic principles is
manifest. The practical developments ot the
nast few mnnthn havn pffpfMnall v nnnnnd
i - - j r
the eves of thousands to the fallacy of the
Black Republican doctrines, as well as to
the prophetic wisdom ol the Father of his
Country, when he warned the people against
the organization of sectional parties. The
giddy show of Wide-Awake processions,
and the euphonious music of "free labor
for free men," no longer operate in delud
ing the honest farmer and unsuspecting
mechanic. Both have sadly felt the bitter
consequence of a victory won in such a
way by such a party. The farmer has lost
thousands of daliars in the depreciated
prices upon all his productions, while many
thousands of worthy artisans and laborers
have passed the winter without employ
ment, subsisting many of them upon the
charily of others, simply because, in con
sequence of the general depression or stag
nation of business, which followed the elec
tion of Lincoln, FREE LALOR FOR FREE
MEN was nowhere to be found. It is no
wonder under such circumstances, that the
Spring elections exhibited a remarkable
change in public sentiment. No wonder
that those who hooted at the earnest appeals
oi Democratic statesmen in behalf of the
Union as mere partizan clap trap; now,
since the truth of the predictions made by
6uch statesmen has been fully realized,
avail themselves of the first opportunity to
administer a rebuke to the party which had
led them astray. No wonder they have so
speedily returned to the Democratic fold,
and again deposited their suffrages in sup
port ot sound principles.
The era of Black Republicanism we can
didly believe is ended. Like Know Noih
ingism, its march was grand and its tri
umphs overwhelming, and like Know Noth
ingism, doubtless, its extinguishment will
be both rapid and complete.
The Tariff PenrtsylTaula's Error.
It is undoubtedly true that there are but
few Pennsylvanians who are not fully satis
fied that a tariff of some sort is required by
the interests of our State ; but it is equally
apparent that, of those who are thus satis
fied, a very large number have been totally
misled as to the best course to be pursued
for the realization of their wishes in this re
spect Under the Constitution of the' United
States, Congress has power "to lay and col
lect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to
pay debts, and provide for the common de
fence and general welfare of the United
States," and in enacting a Tariff for any of
these objects, our Federal legislators may
and should fas Pennsylvania claims,) so
discriminate in behalf of our manufacturers
as to afford them a reasonable advantage
over all foreign competitors in our own
markets. Every man who advocates a Tar
iff, must do so as a means of obtaining reve
nue for sup, ort of Government, or for the
purpose of protecting home iudastry, or for
both combined ; and a Tariff which an
swers neither of these purposes can be of
no advantage either to tbe Government or
to manufacturers. let it is undeniably
true that to effect the passage of just a Tar
iff (as the result demonstrates ) did Penn
sylvania disregarding the real question in
volved cast her vote in ins last Presiden
tial contest. In other words, a majority of
the people of Pennsylvania (making that a
party question which nowhere else was
considered to be at issue, and which many
men of all parties, in this S. ate, advocated,)
sacrificed everything else for the hope of a
tariff, and, in all other matters, blindly fol
lowed the lead of the party that bad bid for
their support, by inserting, in their platform
an enigmatical resolution, which, to protec
tionists, was read protection, and to free
traders, free trade. Pennsylvania has had
her reward. Black Republicanism has,
with her aid, triumphed, and she (without
meaning it,) has helped to decide the sla
very question against the rights of the
South, and we see the result : Seven of
oar sister States have been driven from the
Union, and the country suffers from a most
serious political and financial revulsion.
The once glorious Union of our fathers has
been dissevered and for what 1 So far as
Pennsylvania has bsen concerned, for the
sole object (however mistaken) of securing
a tariff, which should yield revenue to the
Government and protection to the industry
of her people ; and yet, for all practical
purposes, the one we have got is rendered
wholly useless, by a partizan triumph,
which Pennsylvania helped to secure.
Owing t the success of Northern fanati
cism, a Sootcern government has been es
tablished, (which even the present Admin
istration must acknowledge, or involve us
in a civil war,) with a tariff under which
every article of merchandise may be im
ported into Southern ports, at much lower
rates than at the North, hence reducing
Northern commerce and enabling Southern
importers to sell products similar to our own
cheaper than our own producers can offer
them. The party whose leaders deceived
the people of the Keystone Slate, have thus
advanced her interests by giving to Southern
merchants the entire control of the Ameri
can markets, which with the other finan
cial troubles already produced by this first
(and last) victory ot Black Republicanism,
makes the sum total of the material bene
fits for which Pennsylvania i indebted lo
sectional fanaticism.
A tariff to advance Pennsylvania's inter
ests should be stable and lastiog, and of
uniform action throughout the Slates, and
such a one could only have been secured
by a spirit of justice and conciliation, and
not (as we have found.) by the hurried ac
tion (for party purposes,) of a sectional par
ty. Pennsylvania has had a lesson she will
profit by.
The Esprass 0:Tice . Las. -been removed j
France and the Soataera Confederacy.
The views taken by European govern
ments of American affairs should challenge
the attention of our statesmen, and are des
tined to exert a controlling influence on the
policy of the Centrat Government towards
the seceded Slates. American statesmen
cannot disregard the opinions of the civil
ized world. When it becomes known that
the leading governments of Europe will
promptly recognize a Southern Confederacy
how absurd it would be in the Government
at Washington to withhold its recognition.
WJien an insane war against such new
Confederacy would attract to it the sympa
thy of Christendom, whataver the source
from which that sympathy may spring,
whether from selfishness or generosity, how
entirely impolitic and unwise would such a
war appear. The following extracts will
serve, in some degree, to foreshadow the
policy of France in regard lo the Southern
Government.
The Courier ties Etats Unis has information
relative to the action of the French Govern
ment in regard to future commercial rela
tions between France and the Southern
Confederacy. It indicates first:
"The treatment tvhich vessels arriving
under the flag of secession will meet in
French ports. Without in any way com
promising the position which it may here
after uke towards the Slates thai have just
separated from the American Union, in case
they should definitely establish a Southern
Confederacy, the French Government has
transmitted to the Custom House officials in
its various ports order to receive provision
ally, on the same footing as the colors of
the United Slates, '.he Palmetto and Pelican
flags, and all others of the seceding States.
'The custom houses of our seaports will
not stickle at any irregularities in force,
that the clearances of American ships from
Southern por-s may present, by reason of
the interruption of the administration ofihe
Federal custom houses in any of the Statf s
In order to assure to goods brought by such
6hips, the same treatment as it they had
come from ports not separated lrom the
Union, with regular clearances, it will be
sufficient tthat the consular certificates, or
in default ot such certificates, such other
verifications as trade may be able to fur
nish give a certainty that his goods were
originally from the United States."
The Courier also furnishes the text of an
article in the Paris Monilnr of February 28,
which relates lo the new tariff of the Uni
ted States :
' Among the news which we have just re
ceived from the United States of America
is a fact which does not relate to the inte
rior crisis but is none the less worthy of at
tention, for it has an international bearing
which no one will overlook. The repre
sentatives of the Northern Stales, taking
advantage of the absence of the Southern
members, have made haste to vote a new
tariff of customs. Now, the North, which
e'esires to protect its manufactures, cherish
es but a weak fidelity to ideas of liberty,
when tariffs are in question, and when it
has not to contend with the interests of the
South essentially an agricultural country
and exceedingly devoted to free trade.
"The tariff in force was highly protective,
since it imposed on foreign merchandise ad
valorem duties, varying from '.9 to 30 per
cent. The new tariff aggravates all these
taxes either directly, or by combinations
which substitute specific for ad valorem du
ties. This retrograde reform has been very ill
received in England, and will bs no better
liked in Franc, for our silks, which have
paid a tax of 19 per cent., will now pay a
tax varying from 20 to 30 per cenl , and
our wines, hitherto taxed at 30 per cent.,
will now support a duly of 33j per cent.
"If a recoticiiiation should bo brought
about in the United States, which does
not yet seem impossible, we may hope that
the abolition ot this tariff will be one of the
clauses ot the compromise obtained by
the Southern States. 1 the Union is not re
iftablished, the programme of libetty of ex
j changes proclaimed by the South, will open to
our agriculture and our industry, a pain oj
fiui'ful relations and of large profits."
What sat thet Now? When Mr. Bu
chanan intimated the difficulty of enforcing
the laws in those States where all the feder
al officers had thrown up their commissions,
and no others could be found there to fill
them, the whole Republican camp 6ays a
colemporary, raised their howl at him, and
denounced him as an ' imbecile, ''a "coward
and a traitor!" What have they to say
now, when their own chief tells them thai
'while the strict legal right may exist of the
government to enforce the execution of
thee offices, the attempt to do so would be
so irritating and so nearly impracticable
withal, that I deem it belter lo forgo for the
time, the uses of such office !" He says
too that he shall only act on the defensive
in reference to the forts and other property
and when Sir. Bucnanan said the same,
"trahor, coward, imbecile," was the uni
versal howl. What say they now ?
The 'Farmerr and Gardener' and 'Amer
ican Bee Journal" for April, have been re
ceived. Every page of these handsome
monthlies is filled with matter of deep im
portance to the men who cultivate the soil;
or who are engaged in the interesting and
profitable occupation of -Bee Culture. The
publishers, desirous of having them thor
oughly introduced, send specimen copies
of either or both, without charge, to all who
may desire it. The price per year of these
journals, is One Dollar, each. Where both
are ordered at the same time, they are lur
nished at Si. 50, with a handsome book as
a Premium. Address A. M. Spangler &Co.,
25 North Sixth Street, Philadelpha.
Ir we mistake not Rhode Island will hold
her State election to-day (Wednesday).
We have seen it stated that, in the event of
the re-election of Gov. Spargue, Rhode Is
land would secede from the Union and join
the Southern Confederacy Republicanism is
at a discount all over. At no election, sinco
last fall, have they come up to their stand
ard vote.. We have had Democratic .gains
at every election since the Presidential elec
tion, and ere long, or at tbe earliest oppor
tunity, Democracy will bury them so deep
that they never can be dug np again ; there
will not be one left to sing a requiem over
the grave. -
Th Genesee Larmer, has been received
in our office for April. It contains some
very useful hints to our -farmers about
epriua farming, as well a? much infirma-
The Seeood Jackson.
In order to make our valiant President
who showed his manhood by stealing from
Harrisburg lo Washington appear a man
of strong will a sort sf second Jackson
the Cabinet are giving out . that he takes
the entire respousibf ity of deciding the
Fort Sumter questiou.; They say they have
given their opinions, tut the final decision
rests with him, and even intimate the pos
sibility of bis rejecting their, advice. We
hardly think that there are any so weak as to
be thus bamboozled. That poor man they
call the President, na his course chalked
out by Seward as completely as though he
was without will and without power. Thi
is one of the adroit tricks of the Premier to
tickle Mr. Lincoln with the pleasant delu
sion of Independenceand firmness, and at
the same time to hide from the outer world
the bickerings ot the Cabinet. .He rules
through Lincoln, the latter by a convenient
fiction, being supposed to think, when in
fact he does not think at all.
Republican Editors at a Discount
The Republican editors are not appreci
ated by the new administration. General
Wkbb, of tbe Courier and Enquirer, who as
pired to a4first class mission, is put off with
the tender of the mission lo Turkey, at
which he turns up his nose. ' Such a place"
no indeed. He is loo old to turn Turk. If
younger, and esteeming gallantry more
than money, he might be willing to be
come
"The turband Turk who scorns the world,
Struts about with his whiskers curled
A thousand wives under lock and key,
For nobody else but himself to see."
But he is growing old and affords one of
the many illustrations of the truth that
youth dedicates itself to love, middle age
to ambition, old age to avarice. There is a
difference between seven thousand five
hundred and twelve thousand dollars be
tween a Minister Resident and a Minister
Plenipotentiary. There is a rumor now
that the Chevalier has been appointed Sur
veyor of the Fort of Ne w York.
Ex-Lieuteiant Governor Raymond, of the
Atw York Times, who holds himself the
equal, "of any other man," finds himself
booked for the Consulship to Paris salary
five thousand dollars. So he is mortified
by the discovery that his estimate of him
self and Lincoln Vestimate of him are two
very different things.
As to our brother, Morton McMichael,
Esq , editor of the North American he thus
far gets nix, as the Dutch express it nihil,
if we may be permitted to use '.he Latin, or
in plain bngush nothing it we except
an advertisement from one of the Depart
ments. Is it possible the Administration
can be carried on without him ? Who
would have thought it? And that "bell of
conservative States," of which he lately
discoursed so eloquently, and of which he
is the representative, par excellence is that
to be sacrificed to New England ? Forbid
it, ye dispensers of patronage !
It is shameful thus to snub the editor of
the leading Republican organ of the "Ban
ner State." Despite our differences of opin
ion, we bespeak an office a fat and Com
fortable office for our brother. Where
is the "Mercantile Tariff Club," of Phila.
delphia, with which he marched during the
campaign in Wide-Awake hat and cape?
Where is Bterlv where the People's
Party ? Is their champion thus to be snub
bed and slighted? Truly does it appear
that Republicans, and Republics, are alike
ungrateful.
We hope, onler all his reverses he will
exercise the philofophy of the old song
'Oh let the wide worldiwag as it will,
I'll be gay and happy still"
But we fear that the poor, unemployed
Wide-Awakes cannot find it in their hearts
o join in the chorus.
A Hint.
In going to Philadelphia, some of our
peop'e, ('o the old route by the Cattawissa
and Reading Railroads; while others go
by the way of Harrisburg. The fare, we
believe is about equal; but, the chances
for safety are decidedly in favor of the Cata
wissa. This opinion is based on the fact,
that notwithstanding the tali bridges and
tunnels on this road; yet it has never lost
nor injured a passenger. Accidents or de
lays have beeu very rare, under the prudent
management of Mr. Fonda, the former and
Mr Goodwin the present Superintendent.
On the other hand there have perhaps been
more accidents, delays, deaths, and injur
ies on the Northern Central, than on any
road in the State, in the same length of time
Whether the misfortunes are owing to the
road itself, or the management, shall be ven
tilated hereafter. At present, it is only our
purpose lo advise our friends in this place ;
who take the consideration of safety unto
the account, to travel to the city by the good
old route and they may have occasion to
thank us for this friendly admonition.
More anoii. Montour American.
Frank Leslie's Monthly .-The April
number of this admirable Magazine is be
fore us, with all its rich contents of Art and
Literature. The romantic and beautiful
novel of "Verona Brent" is continued, and
the eccentric course of the high-spirited and
beautiful heroine grows more and more in
teresting. Several other fine Tales, beauti
fully illustrated, together with fine Poems
and articles of universal interest, render the
contents of this number more than usually
attractive. Tbe Engravings are varied and
beau iful, and the steel Fashion Plate and
lha Fashion Illustrations are finely executed
and represeut the newest styles of every
kind of ladies' apparel. It should be on
every lady's work table.
Frank Leslie promises anTin usually rich
number for May, new and Charming fea
tures having been in preparation for some
time. .
I Geo. G. Evans publishes a card in to
t ay's Star to which we invite attention
Mr.
Evans is a man of large experience in
the book trade, and is about to start a new
enterprise, for the advancement of which
he wants 2,500 agents ' For further particu-
uJ.3 riLf'H ress'. 'hi m with stamp, at 435 Chest-
The Repeal of the Tonnage Tax &ev
Gov. Cnriin has signed the bill commu
ting the Tonnage tax on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and the bill changins the .title of
the Snnbury & Erie, and both of these
measures have become laws. It was given
out a few days previous to Curtin's signing
the former bill that it would not receive bis
official sanction. ' But this was a mere ruse,
a piece of political coquetry, acted out to
deceive 'green one" into the belief thit his
Excellency had some qualms of conscience
on the subject. Not a bit of it. Gov. Cur
tin was as clearly committed to the support
of this odious measure months since as he
was at the moment it received his signature.
It mas the qujd pto quo in return for the sup
port given to him at the October election
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
when they threw all their influence in his
favor. This may appear Bt range to some
of the uninitiated, but to those who watched
the mancDuvering of the Republican party
to secure the influence of that mammoth
corporation for their Gubernatorial candi
date, there is nothing surprising about it.
Every one who paid attention to the subject
at the lime, knew that the Republicans had
actually given up the State until wilhiu a
few days previous to the election, when all
at once a marked change was perceptible
It was soon bruited around that some ar
rangement bad been made by the Republi
cans lo secure the influence of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, which was equiv
alent lo 20,000 voles in favor of Curtin, and
on the heels of this rumor came the news
thai Cameron was urging his friends to bet
largely now, as the Slate was certain for
Curtin. Curtin did receive that support and
was elected, and subsequent events have
shown that there must have been some
such arrangement made to secure the influ
ence oi the friends of the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad, as we find these twin monopolies
working and log rolling in the Legislature
together, to secure the passage of their
different bills. Grouping all these circum
stances together who can help being im
pressed with the fact thai the repeal of the
Tonnage Tax and passage of the Sunbury
& Eiie bill, was concocted last October, to
be carried into execution in the event of
the election of Curtin and a Republican
Legislature. The Republicans have carried
out their contract in good faith, and have
fairly represented the Pennsylvania and ihe
Sunbury and Erie Railroads. They have
given them all they asked. They have
combined with these bloated corporation?
to prostrate and plunder the old Keystone
and rob the tax-payers of this Common
wealth, and a demoralized Executive has
given his official sanction to their shameless
doings.
It is a gratification to know that these
bold schemes of villainy were perpetrated
by the enemies of the Democratic party,
assisted, it is true, by a few, a very few
recreants, who have been warmed into life
by the generous confidence of the Democ
racy. But the day of reckoning is at hand;
when they, together with their copartners
in guilt, the Republicans, will be consigned
to that obscurity which benefit those whoe
character won't bear ihe light. Danville
Intelligencer.
JlolloW'iy'' s Fibs Caution the parent of
safety. A word of hope Delicate females
expanding into the full bloom of woman
hood are frequently condemned by a faUe
polity of society to be the lingering victims
of complicated disorders ; or prevented by
their timid and sensitive nature, or the rep
rehensible neglect of mothers from acknowl
edging ihe cause of their ailments. Ho.v
many girls have been consigned to the
cold and pittiless embrace of death throauh
sheer ignorance, or that want of confidence
which should exist between parent and off
spring. When mothers behold their dauh
ters droop ihe palor of the 1 illy substituted
lor the bloom of the rose the dim and lack
lustre eye the gradual emaciation of the
body let them take heed a crisis has ar
rived which demands their utmost vigilance
and solicitude ; Holloway's PilN are an ef
fectual remedy for these manifold com
plaints. M.illlllED.
. On the 21st inst., by J.
Esq., Mr. E A Scott, to
M. Chemberlin,
Miss Catharine
Eckert, both of Scott lownship.
Columbia
county.
On the 21st inst., by Rev. J. M. Salmon,
MrvII. II. Bkown, to Mifs Elizabeth Con
ner', both of Centre twp , Columbia to
DIED.
In Lime Ridge, on Sunday evening, the
24th nit., Caroline Matilda, yourgest
daughter of S. W. and S. A. Woolley, aged
5 years, 1 month, and 18 days.
In Fairmount, Luzerne county, on Satur
day, March 9th, 1861, Virginia Arabella,
daughter of Daniel S. and Phebe E. Lau
bach, aged 2 years, 1 month and 14 days.
In Montour twp.. in this county, on Tues
day the 26th ult.. Miss Makgaret, daugher
of John Dietenck, Esq., aged 17 years, 10
months, and 5 days.
The alarming intelligence of the sudden
and unexpected death of this estimable
ladv. filled the hearts of our citizens with
sorrow ; and all felt that a cloud of God's
mysterious providence had rested upon us.
Though she was in the prime of life,
health and usefulness, she was ready to lay
her armor by ; as one who had lived to pur
pose, with life rounded off her work well
done though not weary, exhausted, nor
surprised, she fell asleep ij Jesus. She
breathed away her last breath, as Bweeily
as a rose exhales its fragrance To her
"the terrible one" became lovely. When she
gazed on him, she shuddered not. Oh! to
such for whom Christ has taken away the
sting of death, it is the king of terrors, but
only the end of earth.
Especially may it be said of her by those
who new her, that her language for the past
year of her life, was that of Canaan, aud
her aspirations of Heaven.
'Farewell early lost, early saved!"
And now the lonely wind moans' around
the grave of her, who so lately moved
among us fresh and young as the morning.
But a few days ago she looked out upon
the world with every human prospety of a
long fife, a life radiant with sunshine hopps;
bnt now that loved form moulders in her
grave. Oh! what an emblem, of mortal
life, and what a sermon on the vanity of all
earthy things. Especially, ought this to be
a warning, to the young. U says, with a
voce that cannot be misunderstood a voice
from Heaven "Remember now your Cre
ator in the days of your youth-"
'O cojld we with our mortal eyes
But half its joys explore ; y
How would our spirits long to rise
And dwell on eanii no more."
Reinforcement of Fort Piikens.
Washington, March 29. It is said- thai
Fort Pickens was reinforced more than a
week ago, and that several hundred United
States troops were taken in, from vessels
of! in the stream by small boats, at night.
The Southern Commissioners, however,
doubt the truth of the report, and protest to
have assurances from the Government lo
the contrary.
Peterson's Monet Dutilctor has arrived
for April with a list of new counterfeits
exposed therein. It is a capital batik note
counterfeit detector no safer guide in the
country. Published by Peterson, the re
nowned book publisher of Philadelphia.
Why don't thet Impeach him? When
the South Carolina Commissioners visited
Washington to treat with Mr. Buchanan,
the Republican press, and the leaders in
their party, were for impeaching the Presi
dent for not hanging them. At the present
moment Commissioners from the Southern
Confederacy are in Washington for the pur
pose of treating with old Abe. Rebublicaus !
why don't you impeach "honest old Abe"
fur not hanging them ?
A Question for Political Prophets.
Suppose Greeley had not succeeded in
getting Chase into the Cabinet, would not
the Tribune have how led like fury over the
rumored evacuation of Fort Sumter ? But
now what has become of 'No Compromise,'
'No Backdown,' 'No Concession to Trai
tors,' and other large capitals that flourish
ed at the Tribuvtt masthead the other day ?
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rom inur
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on July 20th. 1858, has been M.bjc?ed tQ a
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July, I860, and passed through Hi tiry
ordeal unscathed. The S.itu wa on the;
second floor, and fell to trie basement f,(
Ihe Mill and was subjected r ,.X noilfS
lo an intense heat anions ihi'ruirjtf which
a greatly increased by ihe combustion of
lare quantny of grain nonfilled wuhiu
the buck walls. Aher ihe fire ine Safe wan
oenet' and the books and paper taken ou
in a state of perfect preserva ion, the pa
per not even bein decolored. Thi fact
was, however, to many, bystanders a bet
ter recommendation ol jour .Sifes ihari
could be expressed in any oilier words
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SAMUEL RANCK.
Anoihrr Victory tor Evans & Wat
son's Salamander Safe.
uvegn, IN. i March 27, I860.
; March 27, I860.
h affords ln much pleasure
that the Safe No. 5, upright!
la-ed of B. Stroud, your Trav-
to infrm you
which 1 purctia-
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ceedingly hot nre in a thre nory briclc
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heat, so that the comer of ii awpnar rei.
ed; but it preserved my books and vainabii
papers to the amount of several thousand
dollars, tor which I feel thanktul.
onrs, Respectfully,
J.N. ELDRIDGE.
Philadelphia. Jnn 4th 1859
Messrs. EVANS & WsT.O.V manufac
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in use since ihe cornmecrtinent of our
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Patent Alphabetical Bank Lock, d havn
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ROBERT MORRIS, IWi Com th Bar.k
HENRY GRAMBO, C. shier.
Great Fire Inother Triumph.
Knoxvide, Tenn , March 13. 1859
Msrs EVANS & WATSON, Pn.UMa.
men-- It aiTjrds me great i!anr9
to say 10 jou thai the Salamander Sde
which I purchased of you in February. ISb
proved to be what you recommended it a
sure protection from fire. My siorehmn
together with several others, was borne 1
to the ground in March laM. The Safe fetl
hrtiun injo the c-eller, ami wa- expo-ed
to iiiieii-e heai for ix or cilit hour- and
when it was taken from the rnin a;i. I open
ed, ad its content were form 1 io b in it
perleci stale, the books and the paper nt
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ir.nnitv, btfl.evin?, as I i'o, th.;t if.ey are a
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15 e Terence.
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52 o iv a rl ,lociatioii,
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Addr, Dr. J. SKILLLN HOUGHTON,
Actini Snrjieon, - Howard A-soriatiQi. No.
j 2 South Ninth S-r?ef, Pnila Jelphia, Pa.
! Bv order of the Director.
I 'GEO. FAIRCH!L' Sec
' EZRA D. HEAR TWELL Prest.
Phikdeli.nia, Aprd 3. 1861 ly.
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JOlItt 10 UTirs ul Aliurnv saocmaKCr, QCC U.
COLUMBIA COUNTY:
viu THE Commonwealth of Penn-sjJitv?-
svlvania to Marv Shoemaker.
r&i; widow, Jacob Shoemaker. Abra
''J&S nani Shoemaker, Ctiarles fehoe
'''f maker, Catharine, intermarried
with Peter Housen. Elizabeth, intermarried"
with Peter Maxel, Sarah, inter mi rritd witn
Joseph Hendershot and Mary, in ermarried
with Samuel Shaffer, children and heir oi
Andrew Shoemaker, late of Madison town
ship, in the county ol Columbia, decea-ed.
You and each ot you are hereby command
ed to be and appear at our Orphan's Court,
to be holderrat Bloomsborij in and for said
! county on the hrt Monday of May nex,
then and there to accept or reiue me rem
estate of Andrew Shoemaker, dee'd, at lh
valuation put upon it by an inquest duly
awarded by .his Honorable Court or show
canse why the fame shall not be o!d.
Wnr.ei-s the Honorable. Warren J. Wood
ward, Esq.. Presidtnl tf our -aid Conn at
Bloomrura, the 9 h day of February A. D.,
eihieeti hundred and sixn n-ic
JOHN SNYDER, Sheriff
Bloomsbura, Feb. 27, 1861.
Literary Societies.
fjHE next Convention of ihe ;Literar
J- Union of Montour, Columbia, and adj -cenl
counties,"' w If be helJ at the Cou t
Houe, in Danville, on the 27th of Apr.-,
ls-Gl, at 10 o'clock, a. m- All Socie'ies '
the above character are cordially requst- '
io vend rive delegated to repreeut them ...
said Convention.
The public generally are invited to a -tend.
HEBER PAINTE1. )
A J. HARDER. Com. of Ar ranj?
CHAS.W.SHOLES, ) mej:..
Danvilic. March 23, 1S61.