TW-II -J M 1 "il r"'lfTTrr i .SuITIff VT77 J T '
II. C. IIICKOK, Editor
0. N. WORDEN, Printer
Tiie Lewisburg Chronicle.
r
1
LEWISBURG,- UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1854.
VOLUME XI -M). S9.
"Wholb Ncmber, 559."f
15 "STch ,.b-,rt trti.n. S "party tlind ?
B - - , ..
wl. HUillltniKW"'-" . . i , 1. V....!
.i,Jlllu.soo.urHnf--i8;the privileges cf men equally interested i party to return to the city on Saturday
br.ir,li no. i . , , . .. , ' ... r , .'.
uigm. i ituau. littlttttn.
Were a law enacted, however, reauiriuir
every yoter to be a moral man and to be
educated, there is scarcely a possibility pf
the uniform and boneat execution of the
law. Who could fix the precise line of
morality to which every man must come ?
How "knowledgeable" must a gentleman
be to go the Know Nothing or any other,
Who shall erect a stand-.
or of education, to regulate
for this latitude.
below aero.
We will leave here at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon and proceed to Buffalo, where it
is intended to spend the night, in order to
secure some much needed repose. From
Buffalo we will go to Erie, where exten
sive preprations are making for a grand
reception. It is thought the projected route
will be passed over in time to allow the
inn. urimer.
T.vhencil' i government, and who bear their share
. --.; :fnr.llnlrt "' -"6-
Commtion. ' -nVu'n ,ontl.rt. A1,
. might require a man to be contaminated
I .r f i ? t
"r ; - ..faiina. Atf-TiittM: uv do isms, ana a enrnmuniRani mfininer
..inMifTitir.wwl". : . . . . '
ritiaff xciMiy n'(,Jndth'MB of so me 'orthodox' Protestant church to
o s . ! boot ; also to be able to ei plain the differ-
Bvptn c -g EQR4 located tm thrtmrm 1 V
frtS '"" ij 10 obui"! once between a revenue and protective tar-
ZrJnA iff: his would be a small party of 'elect.'
'" hteh lH..Tiltcll with .
..J.VVth.nao.rr.DhWtMiD.. ut uujc l unit v l UUCK.OI ewil)K
"Popnlar Sovereignty" In Kansas.
I have just returned from a visit to
Kansas Territory, and was an eye-witness
of the first practical demonstration of "po
pular sovereignty" under Mr. Douglas'
Kansas and Nebraska bill. More dis
graceful scenes than were enacted at the
late election for a Delegate to represent
o,BM.rktiii,''ill' ,K',"l,tory'M city, would be decidedly more liberal, if . , b .
'XT..b. r...o. ; ' . ' Kansas in Congress, have never been
Anr .ban th Port tM.
O. N
WOHDEN, Proprietor.
there was an election to carry, when all
whn know om- frnm ninV..ra r,A
1 VJ JSJi l JiB B JJ jiDlTJSlS V to be virtuous in their way, would
I ue pronounced 'liigam u ye, ana pitted in
i overwhelming Dumliers against Judge
Royce' party on electinn day and 1844
i and ISo'l would be acted over again. '
Jiut, were sucu a standard erected, it
Dr.c. 29, 1854.
rM.tnriil aorrdDondonc of Lewnbori! Chronicle
Waldv's U.S. Hotkl, Tamaquj
Dec. 22, 7, P. M.
Started for Ilarrisburj:, via Milton and J would be impolitic and unsatisfactory for
Cattawissa...but cornered ajain, as usual one man or three men to test all applicants
rit-
nessed I presume, even in a new country.
The game was entirely in the bands of the
fire-eating Missonrians residing in the
counties along the river, who crossed over
by the hundred at all points, and took
forcible possession of the polls, to the ex
clusion of actual and boua-fide residents
; of the territory. At the advice and under
the auspices of Senator Atchison, (who re-
The conductor of the up-train missed his , by it. The opi.nios of one man relative I , . ' . . .
reckoning by 40 seconds of time and oU to certain moral and mental qualities ofi ; , . r "
1 b 3 . . . : . ,, votes from Missouri, and boasts were open-
yards of space and, in trying to gain an another and that OPINION to decide the , , ., . , , . ,
J . ' ..,..,. , , . 'y made that large sums of money had
inch on us at a sideling 5 miles west of , equal citizenship of hundreds who and ! , - , . ,
a , , , I been raised to pay the expense. The real
to face, close enough to twist up the two life is a grant of power hostile to Repu-
cow-eatchers and jostle the hindmost truck t blicanism, and hazardous to the interests '
of our tender off the track upon the cross- j and the Rights of Man.
No harm done, except the broken
lies.
snouts, and 4 hours' delay in hoisting the
tender on again whereby I am here and
not somewhere else. Shall start in half
an bour for PottsviIle,16 miles.in a sleigh,
so as to reach Auburn in time for the
Harrisburg train. (Of course, I have your
sympathising congratulations '.) We had
some fun, however. Best, of the Danville
InttUi'jenrer, occupied tl. tiudmost seat
in the train, facing the rear, and was sur
" "prised to find the water jar, in frout of
him, suddenly make him a very profound
obeisance, and empty -"'--
into bis lap, without any previous intima
tion of its benevolent intentions, or any
anticipated reason for so doing. Editors
are in lock some times, at any rate. Our
Conductor, Mr. W. D. Covcll, was very
prompt and efliaient, as well as generally
obliging, and is wholly free from any
blame for this casualty. We all give him
.cru;l credit for his ecerey and tact on
the occasion.
Opinion of a Judge on Naturalization.
Poloukei-PSIE, Dec. 16. Judge Dean,
of the supreme court in this place, has
forbidden his clerk to take proofs of citi
tenship and grant naturalisation papers,
and has directed that all those who wish
to become citiiens hereafter, must apply
to the court. After hearing the proofs
from numbers of applicants to-day, he re
jected nearly all of them. He has given
.written opiuiou, noiumg m
Let os draw around the fire,
Embers ruddy glowing.
What a comfort ihey inspire
While the bitter tempest roars,
. nI il freezes out of doors.
And the winirr haze is snowing.
And the keen North-West is blowing!
Sit and listen to the gale:
Frost without is stinging;
What a sad and solemn wail
Runs throughout its gusty squalls,
As it rises and it falls
Ever with a death-psalm ringing,
VI hat a' dirge the "Winds are singing!
-- i",'rr"f :- j i .
' -from the great log yonder,
Housed and sheltered. safe from harm,'
' Tracking pictures in the coals
Of the poor unhappy souls J
Homeless in the cold who wander, 5
Is it not a time to ponder!
Whose that wild wind's requiem,
Uesulaiely sighing !
Has it not swept over them.
Whose nnsepnlchred remains
Now bestrew the icy plains.
Where, for science, martyrs dying,
FaKi.i and his crew are lying!
There they starved among the snows,
'Mid Ihe icebergs hoary.
There to death they slowly froze.
On such errand let brave men
. A'ever be despatched agaia j -K-ep
them for the strife of glory, . ,
. ' What a fireside winter story I ', ; i
Snnbury & Erie R.R. Excursion.
Niagara Falls, Dee: 20, 1854.-The
excursionists left Willamsport at 10 o'clock
Jmilliu" this morniug, but before starting on their
voters of Kansas felt disposed not to make
the Slavery question an issue at this elec-
lion, thinking the young Territory had
(bluer interests that required all their pre
sent attention, and that the "nigger ques
tion" could be disposed of in due season
and at the proper time. The Pro Slavery
Missourians insisted on dragging the Sla
very question into the issue,and fell upon
a Gen. Whitfield, who was an old Indian
Agent, who does not live in the Territory
at all. lie resides in the town of Inde
pendence, Missouri, and Louis Napoleon
would have about as much legal right
to represent Kansas in Congress. I must
say that Gov. Rccdcr acted the part of an
honorable andjionest man;and endeavored,
election fairly conducted. He appointed
the best and most rename men ne couiu
find as Judges, with instructions to put
upon oath all who were suspected of com
ing into the territory for the mere pur
pose of voting. The territory was divided
into ninteen districts.
I happened to be in Westport, a town
only three miles from the river, and the
same distance from the Kansas line, the
Sunday and Monday previous to the elec
tion,' and saw all that was going on in
that quarter. During tho whole of Sun
day, persons passed through that town in
companies of from two to thirty, in bug
gies, wagons, on horseback, and on mules.
Most of them cam'e provided with the in
low has claim in Kansas, but resides in
Missouri. Still he claims to be a -'settler."
Gov. Rccder knew this, and asked him
where be resided in the territory ? lie
replied, "on Salt Creek," but admitted he
had no house on his claim. "Yes," said
the Governor, "I have your residence in
my pocket," at the same time taking from
bis pocket card which was the tray of dia
monds. On one side of it was written "F
Gwinner's claim," and on the other M
8x19 games, G 6x1 1 9 games, July
19, 1854." Poor Gwinncr blushed and
stammered as he recognized his "claim,"
which he will doubtless be permitted to
pre-empt. "I think, sir," eoutinued the
Governor, in a very serious manner, "that
it was very nnaise in you to leave this
upon your claim, for if some one would
have happened to come along with a four
spot your claim would have been gone.'
This was too much for him, and be and
the rest of the Committee vamosed the
ranche, well satisfied that the only Gover
nor Kansas has, is Andrew II. Rccder.
The statement published in the Phila
delphia LtJjer and other papers, relative
to Governor Rccder's departure from Fort
Leavenworth, is erroneous. He left the
Fort with the other functionaries of the
government, because of the inadequate ac
commodations at that place. He will pass
the winter at Johnson's Mission, about
twenty miles below the Fort.
ford Co. Pa.) whose pioneer experience on
the Rio Grande is thought to be an ample
qualification ,is selected as the leader of the
colonizing company, wbo are said to have
obtained a large grant of land from his
majesty of Mosquito. Nothing ia said
about the necessity of obtaining the con
sent of the Nicaraguaa government to this
grant, although Young America used to
insist that no other sovereignty eould be
recognized there. The class of people
who would leave the present domain of the
United States for a hazardous experiment
in a wild country, of unsettled nationality
and savago population, must necessarily be
bold and unscrupulous ; and nothing can
be expected of the enterprise but continu
al collisions and conflicts, which will re
quire the interference of the United States
government to protect its citizens. Thus
an easy way will be opened to the con
quest or annexation of Nicaragua. Some
such result is unqucstionally anticipated,
and all the clever puffing of Col. Kinney
and the laudations of the Nicaraguan soil
and climate, cannot conceal the fact, that
the scheme is nothing better than an in
genious, but impudent piece of Fillibuster
ism. The advocates of such extraordinary ex
tensions of territory as these have the
merit, such as it is, of an abundant stock
Finances of Pennsylvania.
Summary or the Receipts at the State
Treasury from 1st day of December,
1853, to the SOth day of November,
1854, both days inclusive:
Lands $58,605 !5
Auction ronuniasioas S3.125 M
jiucuon iuues
Tax on Dank Dividends'
Tax on Corporation Stock
Tax on Real and Persunal E slat I Siaim oat
t , . d, i
ten iitriijica
Retailers' Licenses
Haronle Licenses
Fedlers' Licenses
Broker Licenses
Theatre, Circus and Menagerie
Licenses
Iftsiillerr and Brewery Licenses
Billiard-room, Bowling Saloon and
ien-r-in Alley. Licenses 9,565 89
Eating tlonse. Beer Hoo and Ees. .
167.602 15
its 1,043 67
8.54X 50
3,818 SO
16,564 C4
766 50
3,223 99
taurant Licenses
Patent Medicine Licenses
Pamphlet Laws
Militia Tax
Millers' Tax
Registered Tax
Foreign Insurance Arencies
Tax on Writs, Wills, Deeds, 4c,
Tax on certain Offices
Collateral Inheritance Tax
Canal and Railroad Tells
Canal Fines
Tax on Enrolment Laws
Premium cn Charters
S0.977 30
3,765 19
417 31
29,161 SO
2,914 17
1,294 17
9,335 44
59,S7 33
24,578 19
124,042 40
1,918,606 30
10 00
5.025 00
7,521 00
Loans for the redemption of State
etocm. Interest certificate, do
mestic creditor certificates, 4c. 275.000 00
Temporary Loans
Tax on Loans
Interest on Loans
Sales of Public Property
of perseverance. The successive failures ,
of the attempt upon Cuba, the. Kio Grande ! E"hp,T c-
region, bonora, and Lower California, Dividends from Bridge Tolls
hnVA tint iticnnnrnrrorl rhntn Thv ditit ' Accrued Interest
only driven them to an assumption of de-j Kefunded"""5 '
cency, and compelled to dignify their de-
sigtis by some more respectable title. They
talk about ''treaties" now treaties with
the Kin? of the Mosouitoes. the Kint? of:
c..i:u f.i.j. ..J .1.- .nvi;. Balance in the State Treasury,
mcuauuu .. ... . .-.. Dee. 1, 1853 $727,417 35
ai uommicn tne laiier neing, in me pre- Less error by late State Treasurer 12,176 00
sent state of the island, an authority al
most as empty as that of either of the two
monarchs referred to. It is something
gained to have accomplished thus much.
But there is still danger of mischief, and
it becomes all good citizens to oppose the
several filibustering projects with new
names, during the present session of Con
gress. The next Congress will be of such ' aic Improvements
a character, we fancy, that nothiue of the
Expenses of Government
TntnLs
stitutious peculiar to ue couutry-pmois, America.t Mpirations, and Young Ameri
oowie Knives, ana wu.sxey ; ana were no C0UDtcnanccj indeed tvpified, by th(
at all choice in their language, particular- !..;.,,:, . which seCretIy or open
.a w, v ht nt nittznnsuin is a 111- nnriuero tour me iram was ruu unwu mc . . . . . . , '
dicial act, and requires an examination by I nk between Williamsport and Milton, for! lJnWg t nose w no a e . engaged in the contrivances for making
the court in each case. ! a few milcs.for the purpose of enablinR the 1 d.lffer WU.h ""i"'. ,." 0p""n- A"' , ! these three region, part and parcel ofthe
-Bishop HoPKI.vs,ofYermont,has L.artvtoinsneetthisnortion ofthe nreat , ,D"ra -S'r ", Unitcd States territory.
- ... I J t I C . - 1- ... ..II . I. n nMna AM I I 1. WIIBAnri I . . . ...
or ignorant ; but those faults are more
disgraceful to Americans, because their
opportunities for virtue and knowledge
tre superior to those of any other people.
The proposition that every man should be
virtuous and intelligent before beiDg clo
thed with the powers of a voter, has much
to recommend it ; but it is not now law
thousands ef votes are polled by Amer-
iobm wbo regard none of the Ten Com
aandntents.and thousands more by block
leatk whs can not read the votes they
pve. To require higher qualification of
faeigB-Wrsr tk of a native-born, is
eiBl, impolitic, art ety smf
ePTrwtna partial '"-rir-.i J.
are scattered on every side.
naces and mills have been started since
the completion of the road between Willi-1
amsport aud Elmira. About 150 excur-l
sionists, including some 45 members of:
also proposed, as a test, that the applicant j work airead-y completed
for eitiieoship be examiuea in open vjourt
and satisfactory evidence given not only of
the necessary legil forms, but also of the
good character and the qualification! of
the applicant. Let the scrunity be thor
ough, and the boon denied to all who are
not fully worthy of it.
The examination of all papers relating
to naturalisation, by a full Court, aud
with ample time to detect fraud, doubtless
would cut off many who now surreptitiously
obtain the voters' privilege. As it is, a
large share of those papers are issued by
clerks, at the rate of scores by day and
hundreds by night, paid for by party funds,
and made iu a hurried, careless manner,
that opens the door for the admission of
thousands of unworthy imposters.
But the additional safeguards proposed
by Bishop Hopkins, are not only partial,
but impracticable. Partial, because it
requires moral qualities from those born
on one side of a salt pond, which are not
required of those bom on the other side of
the same water. Jow it it no credit to a
man that he was born in America he
eouldn'l help it ; nor was it a crime to be
bnrn in England he couldn't help that.
It ia a discredit to any man to be vicious,
Cuba, the
the idea of ever making their homes in the -.inaMe but most difficult, is laid on
, the issue
The Sandwich
i ..- til wtia An ab th f itannn . . . . .
i ue viaii. auuru-, , . . . . , . " '
ed much satisfaction, as the road:" .7 " ,:.,i.:,lir M,lr,H '
was passed over the previous night in
darkness.
IflR Willi LUUIIFU III.U LUUIIII t a IUI . , , . .
a " ' . 1 nipunrrhAiit thAiiuv. Kvirv vehicle inai .. . , , t t
bectlinn hills, teeming with miuefal wealth ; '" 6L r ' . ' . , ,. , ihe annexation oi me oauawicu isianus
which The road is calculated to develope, I ;hee s ,0 run' aa "C,r' mA Urns to be a settled matter, but not be-
Several fur-, . " 6 ' -"-b- - .jngin the secrets of the government, we
can not state any of the details. It is
given out, however, that the treaty of an-
What is a Tear 7
What is a year ! 'Tis but a wave
On life's dark rolling stream.
Which is so quickly gone, that we
Account it but a dream ;
Tis but a single earnest throb
Of Time's old iron heart,
Which, tireless, now is strong as when
It first with life did start.
What is a year 1 Tis bnt a turn
Of Time's grey brazen wheel,
Or bnt a page upon a book
Which each must shortly seal ;
Tis but a step upon the road
' Which we most travel o'er,
A few more steps, and we shall walk
Life's weary road no more. -
What is a year ! Tis but a breath'
From Time's eld nostrils blown.
As. rushing onward o'er the earth,
we hear his weary moan.
Tis like the bubble on the ware.
Beneath the summer's snn.
What is a year ? Tis bnt a type
' Of Life's oft-changing scene:
' Youth's happy morn comes gaily oa
With hills and valleys green.
Next Summer's prime succeeds the Spring,
Then Autumn with a tear.
Last comes cold Winter Death, and all
Must find a level here !
Our Coming Conquests.
The spirit of Fillibusterism, foiled in all
its bolder and more brazen projects, has
. . , it . . .
lately Dcen compeiica 10 pui on a guise or ,, fnr,nnM ... ,nrn r, their former
decency, and its present aims are suffered !nomcgto lsett,o for the nm!laier of
to reach the public notice under the re-;theirW This is especially the case with
speetable titles of annexation and colonixa- j who nlm tQ Gfcat Britain and ,re.
tion. Three favored spots of this earth, the of par,iameat ; re,ation to
each inhabited by a race of dark skin, are j enculubereij bci nn(icrstood to
,ust now tuo special ouj,c.o m "g afforJ much encouragement to small far-
mers. Still others from the Continent, la
boring under the embarassment of not un
derstanding our language, soon get dis
couraged and return. In this position are ' Miscellaneous
the French mechanics and laborers whoi
Annuity for Right of Way
Fees of the Public Offices,
Miscellaneous
400,435 67
159.175 10
24,232 58
12.192 14
118,305 11
1,448 43
231 79
11,607 17
57 00
3,431 95
10,000 CO
1,559 36
1,670 00
$5,953,670 66
' nnrriaif1 fun1 in ih Tr.,..
J - -
ry unavailable .
41,032 00
$753,273 35
$6,706,944 01
Sum mart of the Tatmests at the State
Treasury from the 1st day of December,
1853, to the 30th of November, 1854,
both days inclusive:
ea over tne previous uiizuv iu ,, , . -
The road to Elmira goes through I T" - 0" T7 , 1 the sMt t0 W',t' We pre3Ume'
though rich Country ; the lofty j fff-,St' recommenced and continued f ,he pn ,ject,
J ' J 1 thrnnrrrmilt thA ilaV. KVIrV Vehicle that .. .i i, ,
tion to carry these "free independent" vo
ters to the polls, and by Monday evening
there were scarcely men enough left in the
town to take care of the women and child-
Nearly the whole male population,
: J J :.u .1..
City uounciis, continueu onwaru .. . inc,uding Uvyen doc(ors editors ,af(J.
excursion, anu ue reummuu v mo ii
parly returned to Philadelphia. Gov.
Pollock returned to Milton by the same
train. Before reaTing Willtamsport he
was presented with a handsome gold moun
ted cane made ofthe original timbers of;
the Hall of Independence. The testimoni
al was the gift of Mr. J. W. Colladay.
At 2f o'cloc yesterday afternoon El
mira was reached. Here the party was
received by the authorities and escorted
through the principal streets beaded by
the Cornet Band. The guests Were billet
ed on the different hotels for dinner; the
City Councils being comfortably quartered
at Haight's Hotel. Elmira is a thriving
place of 10,000 inhabitants', and supports
two daily and' three weekly newspapers an
evidence of its progress. The visit created
quite an excitement in tbe place.
It was arranged to leave that town suffi
ciently early in the day to enable the par
ty to see a portion of the scenery along
tbe line of the road to the Falls. But all
tbe rich country was sealed book to ns,
for eight set in before We left the capital
of Chemung county, and tbe Falls were
reached at 5 o'clock, this1 morning, after
spending the night in the .cars. Tbe
weather was intensely cold nod many of
the arty wJferod much from this cause.
.The cold it now unwQaTl Intense, mj
lords, merchants, and loafers, all bad gone
over to Kansas, to show by their presence
their approval of "popular sovereignty 1"
Most of these gentlemen went to a point
known as "One Hundred and Ten," to
cast their votes, and when the returns
from that district were received it showed
a poll of oversee hundreil votes and all
for Whitfield when every man in Kansas
ncxation will shortly be sect to the Senate,
and the delegate from the far off islands
may be presenting bis credentials at the
opening of the Thirty-Fourth Congress.
The Dominican scheme, is just now un
luckily interrupted in its progress. Il
contemplated, as an entering wedge, a
treaty and the cession of Samana as a na
val station. But there was a stumbling
block in the color of the Dominican skin ;
for the treaty would, as usual, secure to
the citiiens of that country in the United
States, all the privileges, allowed ti white
knows that there are not over fifty legal i forejgTjerSi anJ this would at once alienate
from Mr. Pierce the affections or tne soutn
em friends. So, although the novel expe
dient of employing a woman, (Mrs. Cai-
votersin the district. Correspondence of
theN. T. Tmbune.
Kansas News.
It is known that some difficulty exists
in reference to tbe convening ofthe Legis
lature, in Kansas territory Governor
Reeder refusing to order an election for
members of the Legislature, until a census
should be taken. The Missonrians are ex
ceeding wroth at his excellency.'- A cor
respondent of tbe Lancaster Infeffigencer
gives tbe following amusing and faithful
account of the manner in which Reeder
received Mr. F. G winner, the chairman of
the Committee appointed by a meeting of
Missonrians', to wait upon him and de
mand the immediate convocation of the
Legislature :
To-day the Committee appointed by this
Missouri meeting waited on tho Governor,
Gwinner being tho spokesman.. The felr
neau) in the ncgotiatien was resorted to,
the project has failed until sorAe plan can
be devised to overcome tbe difficulties' of
complexion.' The acquisition of the Sa
mana foothold ia deferred, and' tbe subse
quent absorption of the rest of the
islands, including tbe imperial domains
of Hayti, ia left to some future Pierce or
Douclas.
To obtain Nicaragua for the United
States", a still more delicate plan is proposed.
It is, to establish a colony of Americans in
tbe territory of the King of Mosquito, n
personage whose authority and title it is
found convenient to recognise now,
although they were ridiculed so long as
Great Britain presumed to found any
claims upon lnem. Col Kinney, (of Brad-
Somktiiixo Xeiv. It appears by an ' lastuntions
' Punnif earns l. iiniiitmn S. i im-
article in the New York Courier,that there prnB'a State Agricultural Soc'ty
have emigrated from that port to Europe, Common Schools
. . . ., . - , Commissioners of Sinkiccr Fund
since the nrst ol -Uay up to tne latn ot ( L.ans
November, no less than 12,000 persons. ' Interest on Loans
The cause is said to be want of employ Guarantied Interest
, , . ,. , Ucmesuc Creditors
here, the war of the East needing men, ic. Damage, on Public Works
It further adds :' . " Special Commissioners -
ut .u t. t,. ' Revenue Commissioners
"Many others, who have been in Ame-, RestralioD of BlMDSf Marriages
rica many years, and have accumulated! and Deaths
state Library . . j
Public Building and Grounds
Houses of Refuge
Penitentiaries
Nicholson Court
Escheats
Colonial Records and Pa. Archives
Amendments to ihe Constitution
Geological Survey
Abatement of Slate Tax
Ee-issuing Relief otes
Turnpike Road Companies
Mercantile Appraisers
Counsel Fees and Commissions
30. lH5t. available 1,210.92 72
Depreciated Funds, unavailable 41.032 00
$1,231,961 72
are constantly sailing from this port to Balance in the Treasury on Nor,
Havre. It is said that the know-nothing
movement bas bad the effect to drive back,
in disgust,a large portion of the belter class
of foreigners. And many go out to bring
their friends back in the spring. Very
many are also sent by Commissioners of SSfJuWe have bad one shocking mnrder
Emigration for various reasons principal- io the State of Maine duriug the last
ly old age, impaired general health, or in
ability to provide for themselves."
Over-Studying in
physicians of Boston, after setting forth iu
a long and able letter, the evils arising
from the excessive amount of out-of-school
study required by tbe arrangement of the
public schools, have recommended to the
school committee that they forbid the as
signment of lessons to be learned out of
school ; that they diminish the number of
higher studies, and reduce them to the
capacity of the children wbo constitute
the majority of the classes ; and that to
enable them to do tbe latter, they establish
a high school for girls in the higher
branches, &e.
Is it Plainer? The "American Bible
Uuion" is an association located 'in New
York City, composed of persons" of nine
different denominations whose design is
to translate the Bible without transferring
a word. One of their1 "improvements" is
this? The text, "A measure of wheat for
a penny, and three measures of barley for
a penny" is translated thus: "A choenix of
wheat for a denarius, and three chosnix of
barley for a denarius." ., Verily, the "way
faring man" need "err" no longer I
Robert Schuyler, the great defaulter, it
is stated, has bought "a place" on the
Rhine, were he now resides, and bas tent
for bis family to join him. His confiden
tial clerk came a passenger to New York
last week ia the Baltic, on h master's
twists..-'-:' "- v "'ti
month. . Crisp, of Topsham, beat bis wife
with a club or bar, until she died. Cause
We have no murders
in Maipe to which rum is not the instiga
tor. This man traveled eiyht miles, to the
nearest city, to obtain his rum. . If be
could not have found it ic that city's "dog
geries," it is not probable that this mur
der would have been committed. These
rum murders in our State will greatly help
the friends of the "Maine Law" in their
advocacy of amendments, which the work
ing of the laxf shows to be necessary for
its greater efficiency.
There is trouble, in tbe German Luthe
ran Church, Newark, N. J, The minister,
who was. elected for fifteen years, bas
turned Roman Catholic, and in attempting
to introduce the forms and church ccremo-
To Postmasters.
We would call the attention of oonnty
Postmasters to the fact that they are re
quired, by law, to take as good care of pa-'
pers sent to their offices, as letter that
they are prohibited from reading them, or
allow in i others tban thn. t-' l '
c r , a ' m UUU1 MiC V
274.900 42 ,re addressed to do so and that thev are
256.554 12 .authorised to charge the Department a
compensation for their trouble tor delivef-
lug connly Papers. . .
Sown Ssow Zorf Sheep. A letter
from Onondaga eounty, New Tori, says'
that snow fell to the djpth of four feet or
thereabouts, week before last, and that in
tbe town of Dewitt, a flock of ninety sheep
was snowed nnder. The neighbors turned
out en masse to bnnt for the sheep, and,'
after looking four or five days, were com-'
pelled to abandon tbe search.
An Old Cavalry officer in England pro-"
poses an easy way of raising 83,000,000 a'
year to supply twenty additional cavalry
regiments for the present war, vix : By
confiscating the revenues wasted on bishops,'
deans and chapters. The old reprobate
thinks, no doubt, that it is very inconsist'
ent to have preaching and praying at home,
while engaged in such a work of slaughter
abroad.
Shawls. At the Bay State Mills, in
Lawrence, there are annually manufactu-'
red four hundred thousand shawls, valued
at upwards of a million and a half of dol
lars. The mills consume forty thousand,
pounds of wool in a day, or upwards of
twelve million in a year. The fleeces of
at least three million of sheep are annual
ly required to supply tbe demand.
Another GeeAt Faixcre Among'
tbe suspensions of the day is that of the
city of Springfield, Mass. The Springfield
Republican says there is not si dollar in!
the City Treasury, acd it understands
there cannot be any got in unless from
charitable contributions, until after the 1st
of January.
Srorwsiu thi Ckidit Svstim. The
newspaper publishers of Connecticut bay
ing become tired of the credit system, have
iL'tprn:ino(J tiial aiak tlui Xmt.t Eaimnrir
subscribers residing out of tbe place ia
which the paper subscribed for is pub-'
lished. -:
On the ISth inst.. Dr. Huey was elected
Auditor of State by the Arkansas Legisla
ture. This was considered a victory of
the Know Nothings. A resolution against
1,937 40 the Know Nothings was defeated in the
4,333 19 , Arkansas il.inse nf Ttpnrownturivpa itina
or four weeks ago by a vote of two to one.'
Valuable Discovert. We learn
from the Lewisburg (Va.) Chronicle tiat
a mine of block tin bas been discovered in!
Upshur county, that State, yielding, it ia
said, 00 percent, of pure ore. It has been
purchased by three gentlemen, who wilt
immediately commence mining operations.
During the month of November last
year, out of 31,191 emigrants who sai lei
rrom tne diBerent ports ot turope lor .New
York, 1,112 died during the passage, be-"
ing upwards of 3 per cent on a voyage
occupying on tLe average son-ewbat less
than 39 days.'
A son of MrWaream, best known as'
' Button," broke bis arm on Saturday
evening last in jumping a post Ue had
it set by a physician, and then went noma'
to tell his mishap. This, we believe, is
the third time he bas bad an arm broken.
Gen. Quitman Las written to a gentle
man in Baltimore,' sajiog tQa tae next
fil'.ibusteriog expedition must be organised
outside of the United States, in some ad
jacent locality, iu order to avoid infraction
of the neutrality laws.
Cincinnati, Dec. 20'. The case of Ar
risoD, for the murder of Allison, was given
to the jury this evening, and, after being
out only three Lours, they rendered a ver
dict of murder in the first degree.
, . T
The Jennings estate, about which so
much fuss has been made, in this country,'
is said to be nothing more than a humbug
by which sundry lawyers in this country
and England contrive to live.
S2,!3t,357 43
290,605 54
52,761 87
1,250 00
2,000 00
1,762 04
1,456 06
5,63 40
76.2S8 13
25,517 50
1,915 66
38,651 85
4,359 SO
2.966 67
4.842 64
22.000 00
16,833 00
4 12
7P0 19,
9.795 10
3X09 07
3.000 00
75.1 id 13
13.300 PO
2,000 00
. 7 C9
11.6S5 85
23,645 93
$5,424,983 29
$6,706,944 01
nies peculiar to that faith.has roused their A poor mechanic of Cincinnati receive
ire and opposition : he locked the church a fortune of 83000 by the death of an
uncle, lie became a gentleman, ana ia
one month spent all but $1000 at a gamb
ling saloon, &e. 4c.
The Bradford Argus bas" reduced its
terms to SI, and adopted the cash system.
and the Clearfield Republican, which bas
been published as" a dollar paper, raises its
terms to SI 50.
The British, papers" announce the death,
of Mr. G. Mogridge, better known as tbe
asoful writer Old Ilamphrtg, on Sor. 2d,"
in We 66th year. - .
ir
ITora ce Greely says the K. Ns oecup
door against the eoncregation. Tbe latter
have applied, through the trustees, to the
court, to open tbe doors, and allow them
the use of tbe church. There has been
no decision in the case, but from the feel
ing evinced, there is danger of violence.
Santa Anna bas been chosen President
of Mexico with extraordinary powers a
vote for that purpose having been taken.
Every one eould vote as he pleased, but
those who voted against him, had better
make tracks for some other country.
riii near, were . - rv -r iUfttJ gfc, MfJ lki, they iBten
Jack's mountain a week or two ago, Dut J e r . .
they all nuag4 to seeap
mmrs
' " Ltd
e'eet the next President".
3 v
1
I fe
I
J