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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-09-05
rnE PAMPHLEr Laws.

The pamphlet laws for 1850 have at last
reached eand we find book of over 100
pages, continuing 47s new laws, which the
people are supposed TO understand without
ever seeing them. Many of these laws also
are compounds, or omnibus bills, each GOV.
ering dozen subjects of legislation. Thus
on page SO @a.6hd an act which runs over
8 pages andeoVefs fhaty-seusn Distinct and
Independent subjects. 1t begins upon The
subject Of bail given by al executrix, talks
about colored convicts. then of tae statute Of
limitation, next of gfonnd rent, of married
women, of hawkers and ..pedlars il Butlsr
and Union Counties, of the Schuylkill coun-
ty poor .iouse, and go on ad nauseam. On
page 693 is law Incorporating the s'Cecil.
ian musical Beneficial association of Phia-
delphia," and on page 1857 we learn that
the wheels of Legislation were stopped to de
cree that the name of this corporation shall
be Cecilia and not Cecilian. On page 1885,
the Legislators marx out the manner in
which the people of Sullivan county shall
hunt deer and, say these Solons, if you
do not shoot them just according to the act
of Assembly it will be dear business for
you, and we shall fine you five dollars, for
your fine sport. Oh dear Hereafter let no
nice young man 60 hunting the fine dears of
romantic Sullivan, for he shall .ss5eks< <be
fined il he finds them. .
In these days deer are killed according 10
act of Assembly, music is manufactured by
law, and ere long we may expect the air,
water and bread -four lives TO be doled out
TO US in scantly pi,tances by the expert legis.
lators Of the state.
Very few of these 47s new laws are of
general character or interest; most of them
being acts Of incorporation, or supplements
to such acts The Sherif's proclamation
W hich We publish to-day points out the al.
!.erations which have been made in the
elections laws relating TO our locality. We
have been told that an act was passed chan
ging the place of holding the the election
in Roaringcreek township 10 Evansville, but
ii such an act did pass, we suppose it must
be tied TO some omnibus bill of private
character upon which the tax has no. been
paid, and which is hence not yet in force.
Tor we do not find such law by the hasty
glance which we have given the book. An
act passed fror the benefit of one of the
churches Of this town does not appear, we
suppose for the same reason.
By one of these published laws, ahe citi.
zens Of. .Cattawissa township are hereafter to
elect only one supervisor in' tead of two as
heretofore, and the repairing of roads in
that township shall be given out by contract
for the year. Proposals are to be received
by the supervisor on the first Monday of
April atthe place of holding the election for
the township
by another act the President of the
Bloomsburg Railroad iron Company is au-
thorized 10 subscribe 10 the stock Of the Cat.
tawissa, Williamsport and Elmira railroad
Company an amount which shall not exceed
one eighth Of the stock of said Company.
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ANOTHER PLArNFiELD--The Baltimore
Sun, alluding TO the explosion Of the Havre
de Grace Bank, the moment the law in this
State against small notes drove the worth
less issues of that institution back, says that
a larger amount oil bills were in circulation
in Baltimore at the time of the failure than
ever before, and mechanics, small storekeep.
ers. and people who generally earn their
mopa~ ~hY hard labor are the sufferers. AT
II Race the amount of the money in
circulaii6h was unprecedented, and but two
persons are known to have entirely escaped
Some had as high as $500 on hand, and 9th.
ers smaller sums down TO one dollar. A
number OF poor laborers and females, in
that vicinity had saved small sums of mou.
ey, and suddenly found its value 10 have di.
minished to one-fourth Of what |. purported
to be. The resident directors at Havre de
Grace are men Of good standing, and state
that, so far as the books of the Bank show
its condition is not beyond resuscitation and
the redemption of the liabilities They
have taken possession of its assets. A box
supposed TO contain specie reached there on
Thursday, and was also taken possession
o. by the directors. A large majority of the
stock ofthe Bank is held in Wall street, New
York, and Moses Y. Beach was one Of the
principal founders.-Ledger.
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GALpHINIsM AGAIN.-Some of the public
officers under the late administration mus,
have thought that the Govemmen, was a
great goose, and tn at it was proper to pluck
it on all occasions. An Ex.Attorney Gener-
al, from Louisiana, it is said, has presented
fee.bills against the United States for servi-
ces, &c., amounting to $50 900 or upwards.
Mr.. Whittlesey, the First Comptroller, reject.
ed the entire account, with the exception of
a single i.em for small sum, which, being
unsatisfactory to the claimant, an appeal
was taken to the Secretary of the Interior.
Mr.. Ewing, upon review of the case, con.
firmed the decision of Mr.. Whittlesey as far
as he went, and rejected even the solitary l.
tenn that the Comptroller had allowed, but
went further, and referred the whole subject
matter Of disputeto the then Attorney Gensr.
al for his opinion Mr. Johnson had sot dec.
ded the case when he retired,
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Repeal Meeting.

The citizens of Franklin township met a
Thomas School-house on Saturday evening,
Aug. 24th, when, on motion LLOYD THOM
AS Esq. was called to the chair, Danie
Zarr, Jacob Yetter and Peter Kline were cho.
sen Vice Presidents, and B. P. Former Secre.
tary of the meeting.
A committee was appointed to draft reso.
lutions expressing The sense of the meeting
viz: B. P. Former, Reuben Knittle and ia.
cob KoseabordeJ who, at the conclusion o.
an address 70 the meeting, presented the fol.
lowing report:
Resolued That our county has been divi.
ded by treachery, thereby subjecting us to
support two County organizations instead OF
one, in county which ranks among the
smallest, and at the courts of which The
whole legal business has frequently beeu
done in four days. .
Resoiped That we will use all honorable
means in endeavoring 10 have the law erect.
ing Montour county repealed at the coming
session of the Legislature.
Resolved That we will heartily support
the candidate for member who may be cho-
sen by the Repeal Convention. irrespective
of party, as well as the candidate fol Senator
in favor of repeal.
Resolved; That the proceedings of this NEE.
ting be signed by the officers and published
in the papers of the county friendly to the
repeal of Montour county.
Signed by the officers.
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A Railroad for sale.

By a resolution of the Legislature, the
President of the Board Of Canal Commits.
sioners, has advertised for sale that part of
the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, ex-
tending from the Eastern end Of the Schuyl-
kill lEciined Plane, (including the Schuylkill
br;1ge, ) TO the corner !of Vine and Broad
e,reets, in the city of Philadelphia. This
part of the road is made useless TO the State
by the new one to avoid the inclined plane,
and hence the sale. II cannot be sold for a
less sum than two hundred thousand dollars.
The Reading Railroad Company will most
probably be the purchasers.-Erchange Pa
per.
This Reading Railroad Company is the
same which last winter obtained dispensa-
ton from our state Legislature, absolving it
from the payment of its honest debts for
twenty years. The Corporation which was
granted the privilege of scouting its honest
creditors, and which legally turned off its
honest toilsmen unpaid and in want, can
now purchase magnificent Railroads and
Bridges. Last winter it had not cent to
pay the sweat and toll upon which its stock
holders grew sleek and fat, but now it has
100000 to invest in new speculation.
Shame upon the legislation which thus
tampefs with the cause Of Justice Shame
on the law which thus holds from labor it's
hard-earned reward, while the unfeeling
debtors revel initho riotious luxuriance Of
their rich spoils. When such Corporations
apply TO the Legislature for special favors let
them be told TO go and pay their workmen
before they indulge in purchases of 5000, 900
Railroads. When these fellows talk of "pro-
tection," with their sly oily grace, let the
people examine now the Corporation protects
its subordinates. When these demagogues
prate about the "pauper labor of Europe" ,"
see whether they are not themselves the
most grinding and oppressive OF taskmasterr.
When they attempt to prejudice and seduce
by "free soil" mania inquire whether it
is not their own system which, when carried
out, grinds down the hard-fsted Iaborer to be
the bondman who must bow at the bidding
of the Company" and wait its pleasure,
mayhap for twenty years, for the bread
which his hard toll has earned. Judge these
loud.mouthed tricksters by their fruits rather
than by their promises and look at their
practice rather than their profession.
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A SINGULAR CAsE.-a Miss Purbeck recent.
ly died in Salem, Mass, who had been SUI
iering from painful and singular malady
for nineteen years. When she was about
fourteen years old, during fever, there was
a large gathering Of some kind in the back
of her neck. 1t was lanced, but SO unskil.
fully, that she was thrown into great deal
OF nervous agitation. Shortly after she was
turned from sleigh, and received severe
blow on the upper part of the spine. When
about twenty seven years old, she became
subject to spasms, which continued UP TO the
day of her death. She never left her bed,
took little nourishmeht, struck her face often
violently with the palm of her hand, open.
ed and closed her mouth with a force that
sometimes broke her teeth, while her right
shoulder-blade made noise as if it was
dislocated. But what is pecu har about
this case is, that during the whole period of
her suffering, she never slept for more than
a few minutes at time. BY taking large
doses of opium, she could produce semi.
Inconsistencies, but no profound sleep
Public Ledger.
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adjourned.

Royal MARRIAeE-The King of Denmark
Frederick VII, has marriad dressmaker
the last foreign intelligence says. This
makes the third wife the king has had; and
as his two former were princesses, with
whom he lived unhappily and was divorced,
he has gone to the ranks of the people in
hopes 10 find temper more congenial to his
own, his experience in royal tempers Not
being favorable to further experiments in
those quarters. His first wife was his cousin
Wilhelmina, whom he married in 1928,
when he was Crown Prince. After living
with her several years, they quaneled 90
that his father banished him from Copenha.
gen; in 1897, they were divorced, and the
year after she married another man. The
Crown Prince waited three years before fol.
lowing her example. His second wife was
the Princess Caroline of Mecklenburg Strel.
itz. From her he was separated in ls46,
their marriage being Of about FIVE years. du.
ration.
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Wrought Lrcn produced bu anthracite Coal

Wrought hcn prod,.eedb by anthracite Coal.-
We learn from the Newark IN. J) Adverti-
ser that new and successful psocess for
making refined wrought iron directly from
the ore with Anthracite coal, has just been
perfected by Mr.. James Renton, of that city,
whose efforts are said to have resulted in
the discovery of more simple and prac,i.
cable method of deoxydizing and refining
the metal than has been hitherto accom-
plished. Mr.. R. and his associates have G.
reCted a furnace at Charlottenburg, Morris
Co., where the process has been fully and
satisfactorily tested, and strong certificates
given. An experienced blacksmith has al
50 tested the iron, who pronounced it un-
commonly good. From all the testimony
adduced in its favor. it is apparently an i'm
portant and valuable improvement, combi-
ming in the manufacture, cheapness, with a
rapidly and uniformity of quality, capacity
10 be used in any part Of the country.
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CURE FOR BAD FITS.-Not by any pa.
tent medicine, but by good suit-not such
a suit as man cansget into at court, but such
a neat, well-made and fashionable suit of
clothing as every body should wear; just
such as youcan find at A. H. Ellis, if you
will call and examine his stock of coats,
pants, vests, and other articles of dress at the
lower door of the new Exchange Block near
ly opposite the Courthouse, in Bloom sburg
His stock Of ready-made clothing is not the
"slop-work" made up for sixteen cents day,
but is cut with attention and made up 10 wear
and not only TO SELL
Mr.. Ellis has also on hand an assortment of
cloth, cassimeres, sattinets, and suitable trim
mings; so that he is prepared 10 make up
clothing to order at the shortest notice. He
will pay particular attention TO cutting out
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A Century Ago.

On the 18th of April, l74a, says the Penn.
sylvanan, Benjamin Franklin, postmaster oi
Philadelphia, not iced the public that the
northern post wou Id set out for New York
every Thursday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
until Christmas. AT this time the commu.
nication between the cities is SO continuous
that if passenger is ''left" it's matter OF
little consequence. He can take seat for
few minutes till the next train starts, and
will hardly have time to smoke a segar be.
fore the bell rings. Besides the fine boats
going round by seattle Camden and Am.
boy R R Co., and its connections, runs five
trains day between Philadelphia and New
York--(at Ga and O'Clock, A. NJ, and
81 and o'clock P. NJ the average run.
ming time being about four hours and half
-Pottsuille Emporium.
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Deputy Marshals Cook and Ellis are
now engaged in taking the census in this
county, and for the benefit of our readers
we give the questions which will be asked
of the farmer. 1t will be well TO cut them
o.t and prepare answers in advance of the
Maishalls call, for these questions are some-
times not so easily answered at a moments
notice.
Productions Of :Agrieult,~e.
Name of owner, agent or manager of the
farm.
Acres of land-improved-unimproved !;
cash value of farm; value of farming i'm.
plements and machinery
Live stock, June /, 1S50.-Horses, mules
and asses, working oxen, mich cows, other
cattle, sheep, swine; the value of live
stock.
Produce during the year ending June /,
1s50.--The value of animals slaughtered
during the year. Wheat, bushels of rye,
bushels of; Indian corn, bushels of; oats,
bushels of tobacco, pounds of; ginned
cotton, bales of 400 lbs. each; wool, pounds
oil; beans and peas, bushels of; buckwheat,
bushels of; barley, bushels of; potatoes
Irish, bushels of, sweet, bushels of; value of
orchard products, in dollars; wine, gallons
of; value OF produce of market garden ;
butter, pounds of; cheese, pounds of; hay,
tons of; cloverseed, bushels of; other grass
seeds, bushels of; hops, bushels of hemp
water rotted, tons Of; flax, pounds of; flax
seed, bushels of; silk cocoons, pounds of
honey and beeswax, pounds of; value of
home made manufactures.
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A. BEST, Esq, of this place, has received
letter from S. S. Wilson, formerly of Dan.
vile, now in California. 1t is long and
interesting letter, and enclosed specimens Of
California gold. Mr.. Wilson says he would
not advise any of his friends to 60 to Cali.
fornia with the expectation of making their
fortunes by mining. Still, he says a man
can make more there than he can il the
States. Wilson, Alexander Frick, John
Cowden, anc John d. Petrikin, are doing
tolerable well.-DanuiQe Intshgenesr.
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Pennsylvania Caltornians Supposed to b.
Mwdered.-We learn from the Pottsvile
Emporium that it is feared in that place thai
two young gentlemen from Schuylkill coun.
ty. Peter X. Aurand, son of Capt. Peter Au.
rand, of Tamaqua, aud Solomon w. Miller,
son of Jacob w. Miller, Esq, of Minersville
who went cut to California, last year, have
fallen victims in that country to the dagger
of the assassin. The San Francisco papers
mention the murder and robbery of a Mr.
Miller and a Mr.. Orlando, and it is believed
that they are the two persons first named
who had formed partnership in business,
and opened store in the neighborhood
where the murder is said to have occurred.
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The PEACH TRADE.-The growers of peach.
es In Jersey and Delaware are now reaping
their harvest. On Monday, about 80, 900
bushels arrived in New York, in seven
STEAMBOATS,, four Of which were from WASH
iugton N. /, two from New Brunwck, and
one from Amboy. On Tuesday, some 10, 900
or $4,000 baskets arrived, the greater part
of which were of middling quality, and
sold at from i2a to s7a cents per basket.
The better qualities, which have just Legun
to come in, command s125. Farmers from
New Jersey say that the crop this year, in
that State, will be larger than ever before
known.-Publn Ledger.
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AZ The Montour Democrats last Mon
day met N county convention, and nominated
Daniel Frazer of Mahoning for Sheriff and
George Mears ir of Franklin for Treasurer
We are also inform ed, that they were queer
enough 10 select Senatorial and Congression-
al confere es. Better wait, gentlemen, until
your county once has seperate existance.
The Senatoria Conferees are instructed for
valenii ne Best Wonder whether they will
ask TO go into the Wing or Democratic Con-
ference. If their Senatorial Conferees go
for Felty Best, we suppose delegate from
Montour TO the State Convention would 90
for the Native American candidate for Gov
ernor.
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Affairs in pittsburg.

Pit,sburg, August 29-The Democratic
Convention yesterday nominated Mr.. Sails
bury, the working mems candidate for Con-
gress the full term.
Gen. Moorehead was nominatee for As.
sembly.
A resolution was passed by the Conven-
tion, Recommending Col. s. w Black for Gov :
ernor and Colonel Wilson McCandless for
U. S. Senator.
There were five deaths from Cholera in
Allegheny city yesterday. The disease now
assumes d milder form.
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A FATAL AFFRAY.-We learn that last
week quarrel arose between two mex liv-
ing near Sloyers in Luzeme county and a.
bout three miles from Berwick, which turn
ed into blows, and finally resulted in the
death of John Henry, one of the disputants.
George Hoffman was the name Of the other.
The subject OF the quarrel was some LAND
in controversy between them. Hoffman has
been arrested, we are told, and is now in the
Luzerne county jail
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The AMERICAN LIVE SrcoK INSURANCE
CoMPANY.--A company with this title has
been chartered in Indiana, with "a capital of
S5o,ooo. 1t is organized for the insurance of
horses, mules, and all descriptions of live
stock, against all the combination of risks,
FIRE, water, accidents, and diseases. Proper
ty of this kind is as liable TO injury asships,
steamboats, houses, furniture, and is as prop
er an object 10 secure by insurance from
risks as any other species Of property
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wyoming County. .

The Democratic Convention for Wyoming
county, met on the 26th inst, at Lees's Old
Stand, IN Eaton, aud nominated the follow
ing ticket:
For Senator, S. S. Winchester; for Repre-.
sentative, Z. Mowry, Jr.; for Commissioner,
Josiah Rogers; for Prosecuting Attorney,
VIM. M. Piatt for County Auditor, P. o.
Dunlap, for Treasurer, James Fitzgerald; for
County Sosyeyor, Alfred Hine.
Their deisgates to the Congressional Con-,
vention were instructed 10 vote for Col. H. b.
Wright. -
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TEXAS AND THE BouNpAnY BrLL.--Tbe
washington Republic says there has lust ar.
r.sed in that city, Immediately from Texas, a
gentleman of the highess intelligence, who
gives it as his decided opinion that the Tex.
as boundary bill, passed by the Senate, will
meet with the sanction of an overwhelming
majority OF the people of that State The
dispatches sent by the correspondents, by
telegraph, at the South, are of a different
complexion.
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REPEAL
Meeting.

VTyHE citizens of Columbia County are re-
i quested 10 meet in COUNTY MEETING
the CouRT-HoUsE in Bloomsburg on Sat-
urday the 7th day Of September
next. at I2 O'Clock noon, for the pur-
pose of nominating repeal candidates for
MEMBER of the LEGISLATURE and COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, to be supported at the
coming fall election 10y the people OF Col
umbia county favorable TO the repeal .of the
law erecting Montour County.
WIN. M'KELvy,
+. LAZARUS,
DANIEL KELLER,
GEO. w. LOTT,
JOHN F. DERR,
GEORGE HUGHEs,
HARMAN LABoUR.
Repeal Committe'
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DIED.

In Wilkesbarre, on Monday morning of
last week, after a protracted sickness, MIR.
ROBERT PORTER, aged 43 years.
At the residence of her brother-in. law, Dr..
Josiah Jackson, in Cherry, Sullivan Co., Pa
on the 10Th inst, Miss ANNA ABBOTT aged
20 years, formerly of Wilkesbarre, and
daughter of the late Mr.. Philip Abbott, of
Kingston.
Al his residence in Hanover, on Friday
the 23d inst, at 9 o'clock A. M. GEoRGE
KocHER, in the send year Of his age.
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Bridge Letting.

Proposals will be received by the County
Commissioners on Tuesday, the 10th dag Of
September, A D, 1850, between the ours
OF IL ard 3 o'clock, P. NJ, at the Mill of
N Jones in Fishingcreek township, for
building =
An Arch Bridge,
over Huntington Creek, Of the following de
mensions, 10 wit.
Length 80 feet between abutmenss, width
IS feet from out to out, abutments IA feet
high, from low water mark
Proposals viii also be received on We'd
nesday, the 1ith day of the same month,
between the hours Of 12 and 8 o'clock, p.
M. at the Furnace of Fincher e. Thomas. in
Caltawissa Township, for building
An Arch Bridge,
over Cattawissa creek, Of the following di-
mansions 10 wit:
+ Length 100 feet between abu tments.
Width 18 feet from out to out, abutmeuts
Is feet high frow water mark.
,.R Plans and specifications to be seen on
day of feiting.
By order Of The County Commissioners.
WESLEY ROAT, Clerk.
CoMM's OFFICE,
Bloomsburg, Aug. 90, 1850.
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BANK FMLuRE.--The failure of the Ha-
vre de Grace Bank (Which was founded
principally by gentleman of New York, }
has caused considerable excitement. The
citizens of Baltimore, are heavy losers !;
one firm of brokers losing $4,000. Many
merchants and quite anumber Of poor peo.
pie are sufferers.
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The Census IN SehylkiR Cou,ay.-The bor-
ough of Minersville, 1884 souls. In 1910
this borough numbered 1886, and in ls45,
2, lso, showing ar increase in the last Eve
years of $50. The number in Branch tp.,
according to the present census, is 2,6 SO,
and in South Mannheim, 766.
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Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters of Ad-
ministralion have been granted TO the sub.
scriber upon the estate ofJohn Lazarus decd.
late OF Fishlnscreek township, Columbia CO.
All persons haylngsclaims against the estate
VIII will PIesent them TO the administrator,
and those indebted are requested. 10 make
early payment 10 him. "A \
81 JAMES S. WOODS,
~ .4dnisistratoy.
Bioomsburg, August 2eth, is5o.-et