VOL. XXX 11.
OFFICEICS OF comma* co.
President Judo—Ron. William Elwell.
j Derr,
Associate Judges— K )1 I
t . er mu.
Proth'y and (11'k Courts—,lt ..:oColettatn,
Register and Rceorder--John O. Freeze.
(John F. Fowler,
Commissioners— Montgomery Cale.
(David Yeager,
Sheriff—Mordecai illillard.
Treasurer--Jacob Volta.
L. B Rupert,
Auditors—. l , John P. Hannon.
1 Jacob Hat ris.
ennitnissioner's Clerk--Win. Kt Icklsono.
Commissioner's Attorney—E. 11. Little,
Mercantile Appraiser--S% . 11, Jacoby.
County Sttrveyor—lsaav A. Dewitt.
Distnet Attroney—Mdttot M. Trough.
Coroner—William Ikeler.
County Superintendent—Chas. G. Barkley,
Assesorti Internal Revenue—R. F. MIL
( John Thomas,
.Assistant iFsesoor— S. 13. Muer,
t 'tante( )lollenry.
Collerter---11tmjamin Hartman.
DR. E. W. WELLS,
summon TO tot. E. C. 11Allit:N.
nil taint kootos at the Atwricau All or
Orr sett thero wil! be promptly utt,n.lea tu.
blowtrt.ttorit. Oct. :14), 1/41;.
DR. W. H. BRADLEY,
(Late Assistant Meatiest Oirectur V. A. At
Phytkician and Surgrou.
t o- flake et the cork. now. poo,i4borg.
CAIN prentittly attended to both eight end do),
Ithemewbotv. Not. VI, teed,
WESLEY WIRT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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t„ tLe :iat•of thtt iceberg."
".Keep her away - :" cried the sUpper,
o—o. by tit uher
*leg oer courie we br , :mitt, iopt , vrg rl, 711 t
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The lecherg bad been in sight sine the
weather ,h.re.l at midnight, when it looked
Re itoe high rocky headland, c-s , opt that.
'rilo bine the bright -td it, we
amid see its gigantic outline tiwa, .42 t4.nliti
ly eel waiestieallo up and down. here was
something sublimely grand in the :dew, state
ly movionott of such a mass. There it floats
c.1,10r.. enouglnhad it been land toltavebeen
the dwelling-Ow of hundreds of human
&dots. The lower part was of so dark a
purple as to look almost black ; but, higher
up, it shaded of to a bright azure, then to
a light pale green, while on its lofty summit
re 'wog slender spires and pinnacles, and
Owes of thin transparent ice, worked into
all manner of fantastic forms, and either of
a erystal whiteness, or tinted with a iteauti.
rut vale pink. There were bays and pro
montories, caves and grottos, bills and d e lls.
with every variety of light and shade. the
island was ultimo oo• dly divided by a grea t
valley ronniag through its centre. This
was half filled with snow, width, thawing
slowly in the stun formed the source of a W 3•
tettall, at a height; great that it was blown
and scattered into fine rain before it reached
the sea. Around its base—on whi c h th e sea
w as breaking with a noise less booming and
more musical than when it dashes on the
1.1 shorcoswas a bread band of frozen spray,
whieh, glittering in the sunshine, looked like
the silver setting of an enormous sap
phire.
Not far from the top, and on the side
nearest to us, was a vast, smooth, glassy
plane, inclining steeply towards the sea, and
terminating abruptly in a tremendous over
hanging precipice. In the very centre of
this plane, those among us who had good
ey e . could :tea small black spot. It was at
this the captain had been peering through
his glass, when he said, "lt is a man
toy glass in the ship was in requisition,
an d orui.t . eye strained towards one
point
The excitement became almost fiaudo, when
ono of the watchers suddenly exclaimed that
he saw the man move his hand.
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We approached; so near at last that the
piston above, and its dread object, were at
dden from view by the brink of the
.„ ,,itsfalf, which seemed as if about to
and crush us. We sailed along its
wi n dy lying•to, to explore each nook
as we paved. The farther end
We rounded it, present.
unit ; the base was sapped
for about hair a toile
• venous hollows, ex.
,
Abea we mkt see,
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DONISIII WA, ItY
iTILLIAMSON U. JACOBY.,
vn~,si ur.►:n~c+ci:
Thee lurk i ttiogit,,g her mat in lay,
come with lee, fan pemiets, I pray
Street, U went i the morning hour,
lad sstee!+esr still in tried bower;
Wreath.' ro , wg twine for thee,
U emne, fair maiden, along with me
! Sir limner. my loot her is near ;
roally unt , tn't beloitering hare !
Thy fair ntaht4n, i*fur away,
Grq, r ;II I; d trc nay
I I! -intr that ladic4 sing
In rival va,tlt-, I,t the king—
A whlio magical charm
WU, 1. the Diu. fwm ov, : rs harm,
his .rj.ic Ham r' fir your son.;
'• - I must be gating along
will 0.. t
; tht It i irriblc. %Lie :
Tp...111,i,-ut n )..tlon
a::1 ..wart, awl ftl4,
- iw the ekist of hta morierol wife;
A story, my 11M!
! the story is flat - !
mu. wo:11 a dozen. of that!
Ft; teaelt then, Kaye.
Wwwil , rm.. pot*, er. the wolf to !•eare,
Awl Ctlttlit , t, the witelt that hovers nigh,
youth; with her evil eye ;
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nti v 4, ),4-..a .t. tr 3, scen
11 at al' but to pay ;
I'. but only stay!
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BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA., W
while the sea, rushing iu antl out tumultu
ously, made the pent-up air within bowl and
whistle like a hurricane. Altering our course
again, we steered almost due west under the
where ite vast shadow spread
out fur wide over the ocean.
It now looked even grander, darker, wore
fear-inspiring than before, with the run
))Paining over its rugged crest, or shining
through the thinner parts, and shelving all
the prismatic colors of the rainbow. The
form of the ice-island was that of un irregu
lar trio tiglo, and in about five hours we h a d sail
ed completely round it. Rut there was no 4H
g:e Iroint at w hich any boat could have land
ed, even had it been a dead calm, and the
soa as still as u mill pond : much less in such
a heavy surf as was then Ibawing and cream
ing all around it. No sign of a living thing
war seen, excepting one great sleepy seal.
that had crept into a hole just above watel.
mat k, and lay there as Jr ho wow in com
fortable quarters. It was a picture ufgeter
- tri
We hovo-to again, at the nearest point
from which that man upon the ioeborg could
be soon. Ile lay on his back with one arm
folded iu an unusual manner under his head,
the whole attitude being one of easy repose;
indeed, haul it not been for the marbly look
ot' his thee and hands, we could have fan
cied that he was sleeping soundly. He was
clothed as one of the better class of seamen,
in rough blue pilot-cloth, with large horn
buttons; be bad no bat, and by his side lay
a small boat-hook, to which was tied a strip
et red woolen stuff, apparently a piece et'
the same which he wore round his neck.—
This, no doubt, the pour follow had intended
planting on the heights as a signal. In such
a thin, clear atmosphere, with the aid of a
imam ful telescope, even his features might
be plainly traced, and his iron grey hair seen
1,1 , ,‘ int; in the wind.
he t .ecolid mate stoutly declared that he
rec,ignited the man—he was write sure of it
—an old chum and shipmate of his, with
whama he had sailed many a long vo.tage,
and smic part of whose wild, varied history
he todl its the next evening, What seemed
t4mviti-e him more than anything, was
the peculiar way in which the dead man's
arm was stowed away under his lieuil—hds
old shipmate always slept so, even in his
hantuimk.
Nam, roti- ail strange tveio the eonitte
trues and remarks. mask by officers and men.
Who awl what Iva. , he? }low lortg bad he
bet n there? flow did he get there ? The
general eonelmien tats that he NM, tone of the
rew of $OlllO VOll4Ol wrec=ked upon the iee
herg of AA no vestige remained,
"Ve4, like enough," said one of the nail
ar run into the iee in tb,.: :link, and
went down like a stone, same as we may
have done any thi. this 1 1 4 s i x we , k
"Perhaps It ass aloft P 4 nen rack,
and got pitched up where be is w y,"
' Ilk , ' to be pitched into union,"
rejlined another, mac:neon:4y. "Why,
that there precipiee is three times as high
as the tauntest matt ever rigged."
"Perhaps, now," suggested a third, "it's
awful cruel skipper, who's been a ha.
zinr and in-using of his crew till they could
n't bear with it no longer, and was drove to
mutiny; and put him ashore there, all alone
to die by himself', so as they should not have
his blood upon their bands; or may be he
.Va. , a t , urdi r r , era Yankee slave-kcep-
":Ih, r:1!," growled (Jut a provionq :peak
ur, "you've uhsays got a good word to say for
every ouc, you have.''
It WO a very old man who spoke nest;
one who was looked up to as n great author.
ity ou all styli matters, although he was
usually t etharkaLly taciturn, and would hey.
er enter into an argument. Ile quietly de.
porited his quid in his hat; and, as this was
always done preparatory to his tanking a
speech, his shipmates waited in silence for
iiim to Login.
"l'hat there ice island," he said at last,
"‘vam't launched yesterday, nor yet last
year, nor the year before, perhaps; and, by
the looks of him, he's been tir a pretty lung
erui,e in warm latitudes—last summer, may
6—and then come back home for the win
ter. If you look away yonder—there—just
this side of that high point like a church
steeple, only lower down, there's a place
looks darker than the rest. Now, it's just
there I expeet that a great piece has broken
oil and drifted away ; and I calculate 'twas
lower and more shelving off—not so steep
uucl rocky as it is now. 'Twas there that
poor chap was cast ashore from ship or bout.
fie was trying to make his way up to the
heights to take a look round, and hoist usig
nal, when he lay down and went to sleep,
and never woke again ; only, where he is
now, you sec, must have been covered with
snow then, or he couldn't have kept his foot
ing."
Having said thus touch, hi replaced the
quid in his mouth, and spoke no more.
There was no earthly use in waiting long
er, and yet the euptain seemed loth to give
the order to fin and bear away.
"If the poor fellow had a sp ark of lifs in
hi l m, he would have moved before this, for
it's six or seven hours since we first saw
him. But if he did move, it would only be
to slide down over the precipice, for no liv
ing thing could keep a footing on such
slope as that. And if there are any more
of them we should have seen them before
this time, although we could never get them
off, it' we did."
Then pausing suddenly in big walk on the
quarter•deek, he gave an order to get a gun
ready forward, and presently came the an•
saver:
"WI wally with the gun, sit."
_l 1 .
In a few seconds the cello of the loud re
port resounded from the icy wall; fur anoth
er instant all wasstill, and then came a noise
like a rattling of loud thunder, proceeding
from the centre of the berg.
The danger of our proximity to this vast
object now became more and more appal ent,
and all sail was made to get a good offing.—
But we had barely proceeded a quarter of a
mile when the same noise was heard again,
only louder, more prolonged, and accompa
nied by a rending, crushing sound, the in
tensity and nature of which is perfectly in
describable. The vast island was parting in
the middle, down the, course of the deep
valley before mentioned; and slowly and um
jestivally the eastern half rolled over into the
upbeaving what had been its base, in
which were imbedded huge masses of rock
covered with long sea-weed. The other part
still remained erect, but was swaying to and
fro, as if it also must capsize. This convul
sion caused less foam and turmoil than might
have been supposed, but raised a wave of
such tremendous magnitude, that when it
reached our ship she seemed about to be
overwhelmed by a culling mountain of water
higher than our mast-heads. The good ship
ruse upon its ere a, and before again sinking
into the hollow, we saw the man upon
the iceberg—still in the sumo posture
—glide swirly down the slippery incline
shoot over the edge of the precipice, and
plunge into the raging Awl:
A sensation of inexpressible relief was r x
peritateed by all; it had scented su dretalidid
to sail away and leave him there ; unburied
and alone; now, at any rate, we had seen
the last of him.
The First Ki!4N.
Among the arrivals in Cincinnati by the
Louisville packet was a young couple, who,
it was evident, bore a more tender relation
ship to each other than brother and sister,
anti yet, as they occupied different state
rooms, it was certain that they were not hus
band and wife. pos-ible after
reaching. the Liodte,.. they repaired to a
hotel, where in conitcsatitel with a f 04,1
gentlelmatt, the youth votiti.iod the P.,eret
that he and his companion were eloping;
that the bride's parent-, who resided below
Louisville, being, like many others progen
itors of the female set, cruel, preverse and
hard hearted, they had run away, end were
only anxious to finish the adventure by get
ting married as speetbily na possible. Ile
had hardly made the statement, ore a hard
ft atured, middle-aged, gentleman entered
the office, and without ob s erving the love
lorn young man, walked up to the register
book. The youth, after a significant 'trees
tire of the arm of his companion, stepped
upon one side into ntaitlteer room, where he
remained until the Med.,. gentleman having
got through the list of arrival,turned upon
hi , heel awl walked rapidly away.
• 'That' ex , .•laira , 1 ut hero;
must have up by railroatt.and is search
ing for us. Mw lucky that 1 did not put
down our right name s. But what shall we
do?"
"WO," replied his new-found friend,
this is rather an awkward fix ; 1. expect
you'll have to go further up the river ;and
get married at Gretna Green, for the uld
chap has a Lad countenance that 1111 AMS
mi.whief, and he'll be sure to go to the court
house, s o you ureu't be able to Vi a !Ivoqt,f , :'
"I'll go up stairs and hurry off
at once," exclaimed the new ahno A .
lug man.
"Yon can't get a away before twelve
o'clock," returned the other, `•and the un
reasonable parent will be aboard the boat."
"Iloid on, my lad," exclnitue4 his goon
natured Itemise:ion "By Jove, I begin to
feel an interest in this nttier. You go up
stairs and tell the young lady to be. prepared
for a Start, and in the rueantinid keep a
sharp lookout, and don't let the obdurate
father catch you ; ill be bawl• within an
horn."
And off he started leaving the bridegroom
in prospective wondering in what manner he
was going to help him out of the serape.
'Sure enough within an hour ho returned,
accompanied by a certain gentleman who
was duly qualified, legally and ecclesiastical
ly, to bind together "hearts tinit beat,' and
the bride being duly notified, they all made
rapid tracks fur the river side, where the y
found a skiff in waiting with a brace of oars
men.
"Get in and be quick about it," said the
master of the ceremonies, and without a
word of inquiry, in they went, and, when
heated, a few lusty pulls took them to the
middle of the stream,
Now, then," continued he, "we are out
of the jurisdiction of Ciucinnatti, and there
isn't any thing to prevent the ceremony
being performed, so go ahead."
And there in the tiny boat, floating lazily
down stream, in the midst of a cold, hazy
atmosphere, the nuptials were celebrated;
and as the fund word was spoken, the inge
nious manager of the affair took his reward
from the rosy lips of the bride by cheating
the bridegroom out of the first kiss.
=I
ler' A young lady not a hundred miles
from here, loved one, a yrntlemnn neighbor.
lier love was not appreciatd and the fair
maiden attempted to shuttle off "this mor
tal coil" byjumping rrom the top of a cow
stable into a manure heap, Result—flirty
stockings, an appeal to the lover, and mar
riage.
Mg. A little throe year old girl, on being
told that she vas too little to have a muff,
asked indignantly : "Am I too little to be
coN ?"
DNESDAY, FE
Toni Cotlingo and the Widow.
To you know anything about widderi!
asked Toni Collin&
We were about to make some reply, when
ho interup.ed us by continuing:—
'I know sonoulting about them to my sor
row, I do—that is to say, one of them did,
once upon a time, teach me a lesson which I
ant not likely soon to forget; and I reckon
there all about alike. Tell you how it was.
To me there was always something fascina
ting about the word wilder—guess it's so
with you, and all other gallant young men.
1 do'nt know why it is, but the more men
tion of it rather touches a Ibllow in a tender
place located just under the watch fob of his
*kit I do'nt mean to say that it works
that way with me now—the caw is quite
different—but that's the way it operated
away back when I was several years younger
--that is to say, when I was a shaver--• For
you see I ;tint old enough to hurt any thing
now.'
We ventured to say something about gray
hairs, but he drowned our words by contin
uing in a soinotrbat higher key
'I say. that's the way it used to get rue,
till a little adventure with the wilder hinted
at rather revolutionized my fecling on the
rabjeet.'
'When I wasahout thit ty -that
is to ray, about the year eighteen twenty--
!—excuse me—l've got my subject
sorter wised up some way, for you know I'm
hut more than thirty now, though some peo
ple try to make me out older. They say I've
got arty hair, and it may be true that Iva
got a few of them, but itt not age that make:-:
them ; it's hard study. You see that I'm
a self-made man, and you must know that a
Lunn, to reach a degree of information equal
to that attained by me, and to do it all him
self has got to study hard. It's a thousand
wonders that every hair in my head bas'nt
been gray before now. Gray hairs brought
..)11, that way are not di:demorahle, though
sonic people would try to make out they
were. You know Lis Morris, up foire
Well, he's a perrvc,t cltekkbeal—don't
hardly know when he's told ; and besides
he's one of the most impudent chaps un
hung. If' it hadn't have been for the good
feeling I had fur his father's folks I'd a
thrashed him a row days ago. The way of
it is about this ; I was talking to hint just
as I am now talking to you about how I
come to look :Al much older than f am, and
!orb like, whet,_ -aid he :_lfyqu have
studied so hard in your tjate I can't sec how
it is that you've never learnt nothing !'' It
was gre , s impwlence. Every wan knows
what my intelligence is. It' I'd never learn
ed n o thing, do you suppose the people'd a
run me for the nflice of Squire ? I said that
to him, and said he, 'You gut heat.' Said f,
it makes no difference if I did, fur it - was the
fault of the feller that run against me, and
'But to the wilier. It was several year.,
ago. I had been steins her to church a
good many times, and I'd met her at parties
a time or two, all of which went to impro
me in her favor, to say nothing of the few
thousand greenbacks which report said
would fall into the hands of the lucky chap.
But I didn't elms a copper about the money.
I'd seen the wilder, and I fell in lore with
her, just as a biller noubl ; and so I conclu
ded I'd jui see if I emild'ot pevnade her
to 10 tlr 0,1141,. Icalled to Nee her one
t eeelvol me very politely with all
111:1111 and made me feel
;i t ni We talked pleasantly
about this thin;: and that 'till I had almost
come to the point FA) much dreaded by ba.dv
fu! lovers—in short I'd given her plainly to
understand what my business was and she
seemed highly pleased with it. I began to
tool 6rst rate, and try to study up the pro
posed speech which 1 had intended to make
her, when there 111,1 ft sudden interruption,
some one was coming down the road towards
the house. It was SIM Kinger, the Sheriff
and very well I knew what ho was arter.
You see lA—ahem—no—that is to say, my
Friends had got me into sows kind of a diffi
culty, and the State, fbol that is, wanted
to meddle in the matter. I was evident that
Tom Collins had better be striking for n il
timber, so said I
'Widder, yonder cones the Sheriff, and I
reckon he's after me, for he's been looking
around fur me these two or three days.
There's nothing the matter ; only my ailks
have got me into a little difficulty. Can't
you hide me in some place till he leaves ?'
'O, yes, Mr. Collins,' said she, sending a
bright Mae entirely through we ; 'just
step into the little room at the head of the
stairs, and you'll be all safe enough.'
'Of course I stepped into the little room
at the head of the stairs,'
'Pretty saran I hctuii the Sheriff enNr.
He was a Dutchman.'
'ls der Tom Collins mit ytr at der Wve?'
calm: up the stairway,
'No sir; don't you see ho is notwith me?'
exclaimed the sweet voice of the widdcr.
'1 leafs not,' said the Sheriff', and then
they went to talking about the matter.
'The dear creature,' thought I, she ' ll fix
it all right with the old fool. That's a wo
man worth having, and if I don't make
short work of it before I 'cave this house, 1
ain't the man I think I am.'
'They MA on ; and the wider odd many
pretty and sweet things—not to Please the
Dutchtnan, of course, but that I might
hear them, as I had every reason to be
lieve.
'Mr. Kinger,' said she, Tye a pot up
stairs—wan't phi walk up and see it ?'
'Bloat will,' said ho.
'The sweet angel I' breathed I, 'cheviots
to get him upon bia feet, when, cbe thinks,
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he'll leave without setting down again. She's
the rib for Torn Collins 1 1
'Step this way,' said she, 'l've no suita
ble cage to keep it in, and, thinefore, it' you
like it and take it away at owe, present
it to you.'
Bless her! thought I, but 'it's too bad.
She's going to give the old bloat a favorite
canary or something of the kind, ju,t to get
him away. I wish I could prevent it, but
as I can't, 1 here vow that she shall never
lose anything by it. 31y whole life shall be
devoted to her. Only see what a woman
will do for the tuan she loves I'
'They wended the stairs. They stopped
at the bead. My door opened slightly, the
widder looked in and exclaimed
'There it is, Mr. Kinger ! I think it the
finest specimen of the monkey tribe ever
seen in this country.'
'1 /ankh° !' said the Dutchman, flakes
im,' and thereupon I lest without the plea—
ure of any further conversation with the
charming widow on the delicate subject, of
matrimony. Do you wonder that I now Gad
no plenum in the word widder '/'
Judge Woodward Endoned.
The thorough business men of Philade!. 1
phia endorse in the strongest manner, the I
positions taken by our distinguished retire
sentative in his great speech on the Public
Finance!. They approve Lis principles and
the bold application of them. In the Money
article of the Pub& Ledger, of the 22d inst.,
which is edited with more ability, in that
department, than any other journal in Phil
adelphia are the fallowing verde, viz :
"Judge Woodward of this State made a I
speech in Congress last week on the subject
of the finances and the netional debt, which
commands attention beyound its arguments,
from the position the !raker fields a. a
prominent member of the party with which
be is classed. lie takes the issue with Gen
oral Butler, who, in his arguments in favor , 1
of paying the principal of the national debt
in depreciated legal tenders, exempts the in
debtedness of the Government contacted in
coin, and when the basis of the currency was
specie. Judge Woodward slows that the
General is not true to the cause he espoused.
for the reason that the legal tender act ap
plied to millions of private debts contracted
on a gold basis, which have been liquidated in
depreciated legal tender notes. The legal
tender act, the courts have decided, applied
to all antecedent debt, public and private.—. 1
If it is right and lawful to exempt a public ;
e is" . eoiilliefalii - gold - frof the oporatioa l
of the legal tender act, the Judge asks why
. should not private debts enjoy the same ex
emption? This question is pertinent to the
matter at issue, and is of much force is get
ting back to right premises. The Supreme
Court has not yet passed on the Constitu
tionelity of the legal trader act, and the
right and power of the Government to make
anything but gold and silver a legal tender,
under any cireumetteeste, has been very
gravely queetioned by tine legal and judicial
mind, as well as the public generally
throughout the entire country. The opposi-
I tion—legal, judicial, and popular—have al
-1 meet universally condemned the issue of
greenbacks as a violation of the Constitution,
while the party authorizing their issue—le.
gal and judicial—have generally justified the
act only as a "war measure," and rested its
legality upon the basil of the right, duty,
and neees'ity of the nation preserving its
own existence from extreme peril. 'felting
1 the most favorable view of it, them is no jusei-
I deaden for any further issue of legal tender
paper curreacy, for there is now no "war
necessity." Any further ism or use of
them as a convenience would be a great
wrong to the entire creditor class of the com
munity. and a sure impoverishment of all
Ithose who are dependent upon fixed in YMCA.
There things being true, with the uncertain•
i ey of confirmation by the Supreme Court of
the constitutionality of the law, does not
good policy and wisdom invite to the disuse of
this questionable currency 1 Judge Wood
ward eays very emphatically, that he does
not believe that Congress has any Constitu
donal power to make greenbacks a legal ten- '
der, and, having filled the office of Chief
Justice of' this Commonwealth, ho is cer
tainly no mean authority ; but., so far as the
Courts have decided otherwise, he felt bound
to respect the act as Constitutional; and if
Congress bad the power to make the law, i.
was equally binding on all the classes of cred
itors, public as well es private. Renee, so
long as two species of legal tender, differing
widely in value, were kept up, he should fa
vor the paying of all debts, we expressly
excepted, in the cheapest ; "but believing it
to be an evil example, destructive of that
good faith which should belong to all coun
tries, violative of the Constitutional rights
of citizens, and not within the delegated
power of Congress, ho would vote to wipe
all such stains out of' thn statute book. The
effect of repealing that bad legislation would
be happy. It would take away the ugly
questiou started by Mr. Pendleton ; because
instead of leveling the bondholders down to
other creditors, it would level the other cred
itors up to the bondholders. It would bring
the country back to gold and silver, the con
stitutional currency." 'This is sound and
reasonable. and will more directly and more
expeditiously reach a resumption of specie
payments than any other means yet sug
gested. We would not have the public debt
paid otherwise than in coin, for that was, no
doubt, the spirit of the coutrect when the
money was borrowed, but would have all
other creditors levelled up to those who are
creditors of the Government. The sooner
the greenbacks can be withdrawn, leering
, nothing but coin as le—il tender ths rec.n...t.
; will the (motion of the publie debt ray
Mont be removed from politic, and settled
on aim, and equitable basis."
The Age speaks in its money columns as
fellows, viz :
"We are gratified to oli,erve that the
lion. George W. Wm-Alward is turning his
attention to the subject of our national 6.
Dances. It is a point upon which the mem•
hers of Congrem aro generally too little in.
formed. Of course it would not be expect
ed that one brought up as a pro le4ional man
would instinctively understand and expound
questions of banking and monetary move
ments, but the ex judge plants hin.elf dnu
ly and fearlessly upon the platform of law
and equity, and in so doing tacitly adminis
ters a re-rebnko to the wild schemers in the
body of which he is a member. There is no
misunderstanding where ho stands. Ile
takes issue with General Butler, and shows
that he is not trite to the cause ho has
espoused. lie emphatically t!uetares that bo
does not believe Congress has any constitu
tional right to make greenbaeks a legal ton •
dw, and, furthermore, that so long as two
species of legal tender, differing widely in
rater!. were kept up, he should favor the
paying of all debts, not expressly excepted,
in the cheapest ; "but believing it to be an
evil example, destructive of that good faith
which should belong to all countries, viola
tive of the constitutional rights of citizens.
and not within the delegated power of Con
grew., be would rota to wipe sit such stains
out of the statute book." Wo anticipate
that bis constituents and the country will de
rive great benefit from the Hance and coun
ts!! of Judge Woodward when ho shall have
further investigated the subject. It is the
gm-it question which overrides all others,
and should be carefully pondered."
Our readers will see that Judge Wood.
ward stands on the honest Demlerstic ground
of a constitutional currency or cold and sil
ver. We aro fitithffilly represented and our
warmest approval given to Judge Wood
ward's souse.—Luurne Unios.
=3
TOE MURDER OF CAPTAIN E. GODFREY
Rrunrn. --dirrpt of the Illitrderers.— About
a month ago, Captain E. Godfrey Rchrer,
son of Major J. lithrer, of this city, tnya
teriouvly disappeared from his reAdenee, in
Schuylkill County, and as nothing could be
ascertained in regard to his fate, it was sup
posed he had been foully dealt with. On
Thursday evening a telegram was received
by the father of the murdered man. stating
that young Allwiglitson, the son cf one of
Certain Rehrer's—partnerei
the facia of the murder. It seems that ono
of the partner-, named Smith, had employ
ed two men who resided at Tamaqua, to put
Capt. Rehrer out of the way, whieh they
did, and threw his body into one of the o'd
slopes among the mines, and by fatening
heavy weights to it tank it to the bottom, a
depth of three hundred feet. Shortly after
the di.appearanc: of Capt. Rehrer, Smith
sent a letter to the assassins, advising than
to leave. This letter remained in the post
office, and was finally rent to the dead letter
office, where it was opened. and immediate
ly sent to the police officers of the place
where Mr. Rehrer resided. These officials
at once charged Albrightson with being con•
nocted with th affair, when hedivulged the
whole matter, but said he knew nothing of
it until after Capt. Rehrer was missing. The
awassitis are now in the jail at Buffalo, New
York, one of them haring in his po , session
the watch of the murdered man. The oth
er putties implicate) are in prison at Potts.
villa. The mine in which the body was Oa•
ced is to be pumped dry, in order that the
remains may be recovered.— State Guard.
HOW TO PROSPE3 tx Ilt - stxmas.-1n the
first place, make up your mind to accomplish
whatever you undertake ; decide upon sonic
particular employment, and persevere in it.
All difficulties are overcome by dilligenee
and assiduity. Be not afraid to work with
your own hands, awl diligently too. "A
cat in gloves catches no mice." "Ho who
remains in the mill grinds ; not he who gees
and comes." Attend to you business, nev
er trust to another. "A pot that belongs
to many is ill stirred and worse boiled." Be
frugal. "That which will not make a pot
will make a pot lid.' "Savo the pence, and
the pounds will take care of themselves."
Be abstemious. "Who dainties love shall
beggars prove." Rise early. "The sleep
ing fox catches no poultry." "Plough deep
while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn
to yell and keep." Threat every ono with
respect and civility. "Everything is gained
and nothing lost by courtesy." Good man
ners ensure success. Never anticipate wealth
from any source than labor, especially n e ve r
place dependence npon becoming the pos
sessor of an inheritance. "He who waits
fur dead men's shoes may have to go for a
long time barefoot." "Ile who rnns after
a shadow has a wearisome race." Above
all things, never despair. "God is whore
Ho was." lie hems those who truly trust
in Hint.
ALL op On MIND. —"Whenever you
find many men n will find many minds,"
exclaimed a public speaker. "T'aint Re, by
jingo," responded one of his auditors ; "if
you'd ask the whole crowd to take a drink
you'd find 'cm all of one mind." The Ice•
turer "caved" without trying the expori•
went.
to? rorttan , lo W. i worts, ft—oe tri3-
ion donna. IVhen hl wed twenty no* yam
old he wmt not the j.,tooseor of one hnnared
dollarm.
var i rskl 04`..1n brak4 einvontly awl
ftt'ever says UNA ir. "Yes;" 'stets
Preetine. "en I there', nu ule in tolling it*
ti. , • ,tp
NO. 48.