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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-13

IT. Our readers are we'll aware that We
have never advertised patent medicines
hut we now publish ar advertisement Of
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it alone. hut because we honestly believe
that DR.. Aver is one Of the best Physicians
and Chemists OF the age, and because We
know from experience that his Cherry Pee
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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-13

e Dr.. Edward i. Wcrrell. formerly o.
Wilkesbarre, was executed in Missouri, on
the I7th of April, Tor the murder Of Gordon,
a Railroad Engineer.
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= Jacob Waeldsr, Esq, formerly OF
wiIkesbarTe, bm now OF Texas, has been
appointed by President Buchanan Consul
10 Frankfort -on-fhe-MRine Germany, q q
salary Of - DOC per Annum.
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II A lucky creditor is Jacob Freeman,
OF Freemsnshuts, Pa. Twenty years ago he
lost Sc 600 b, endorsing for man who failed
aud Went to Ohio. Subsequently, the debtor
became wealthy, but held his property IN h,s
son 5 name. Mr freeman then so; a jud2-
ment, hul he imagined it was no Use, until
recently, learning that his deblor had gone
10 Iowa, and was holding property in his own
name. he went West got transcript OF the
Judgment, and seized on the property OF has
deh,or. With the interest for 20 years the
claim amouu,s 10 over SI2, 900
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-13

DTvIDEsn-Ths Directors OF the Bank or
Dsnvilie, at their meeting on last Tuesea,
declared dividend of per cent, for The
lssi siz months, payable 10 len days from that
time
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LIBRs

In Berwick on Friday morning The SIN insi',
CHEsTEK B., son of Jacob w. and haff'et
Deitsfick, aged 2 years, mos. and 10 Jays.
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GARII 1Na

On the IIih inst, by the Rev. D. J. Waller,
THOMAS RODGERS of Bloomsburg, and BARBa-
RA Ass HOFFMAN, OF Kingston, Luzerne Co.
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COLLECTOR OF TONS AT PITTsToS-Lewis
H. Liris, Esq, has been appointed by the
Board OF Canal Commissioners. Collector Of
Tolls on the upper division OF the No-th
Branch Canal. This is an excellent ap-
Polntmeni Mir. Lifts Is II every respect
qualified 10 perform the dutes OF ms ONCE.
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me, in DsnvIile on Monday lssl, and elected
A. g. Putnam, Counly Superintendent, and
increased the salary 10 $500, Il was a very
ead day 10 lurn out which reduced The al.
tsniaaoe oi Directors 10 some 25 o. 50.
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THR BURpELL MURDER CAsE-Mrs. Cum
niueham has been acquitted Of The murder
ol Dr. Burde,l, the Commonwealth having
failed completely infasienins the crime up.
on The inmates Of the house. The verdict
was received with marks OF popular appro-
val. Ii was only few months ago that she
could not appear in public without being
groaned by mob. Sudden popular feeling
is a very uncertain indication OF guilt or in-
nocence, though the public mind, when pos
sessed OF all The facts, forms generally very
conecl judgment OF case, lis common er.
ror is in coming 10 conclusions before the
facts are Snown; but when the error Of juds-
meni is discovered, the party injured has The
benefit OF a strong lide OF popular sympathy
running in opposiuon 10 lis former direcuon
-LedgT.
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E A son Of Mr.. 7. ". Robinson, OF
WiIkesbare Borough, ien inio the Tiver Oh
Monday, while Catching drifi wood. He
was fortunately rescued before drowning.
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Correspondence Of the Public Ledger.
Letter from Harrisburg.

HARRIsBuRc, May 6, 1s57.-The Governor
informed the Legislature this morning tina. he
had signed the following bank bills. The
amount of capital of each is set opposite 10
il, in order that it may be seen how much
The banking capital of the State is increased
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Coun adjourned finally on Friday morning
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

w- Mr.. Baber, formerly of the Cleveland
Herald, called on US few days since. We
learned from him that the Herald had ceased
to exist. Within the last year or two there
have been no less than six failures of news.
paper establishments in this Congressional
District: two at Loudon, two at Cleveland,
one at Kingston, and one at Chattanooga
all failed, IL Is fairto presume, for want Of pro.
per sustenance and support-and it is only
by the most unremitting, untlring industry,
and Misunderstanding confinement to bust.
ness on the par. of the publishers, that those
which survive are enabled to maintain re-.
spectacle existence and keep free from the
embarrassment of debt. II is foolish to
expect that two or three newspapers can be
established and built up in every county town,
and we think the experiments that have been
made ought to satisfy nll that it wont pay,
and must result in cripplng tho business 10
such way as to make II unworthy the at.
tention Of any one who has an aspiration
above poverty and want.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

GARRoTISe.-Yesterday We noticed the
frequency Of robberies by this process in the
city of New York. As the term, as applied.
was new one to US, and probably many Of
our readers, we subjoin the following des-
cription of il, which we fad in the Rich.
mond Dispatch:
GARRorIsG.-Thisis n name for new
mode Of attack by street robbers upon pas.
sengers who are supposed to have money
1t was first practicrd in London, whose
thieves have found imitators in the North cit.
les. As described in London paper, the
robbers work in gang, which consist gener.
ally of three persons. The tallest and most
muscular comes behind the intended victim,
and rapidly throwing his arm around his
neck, presses the throat almost to strangnla-
lion. The Others rifle the pocket, and 9th.
er~ise assist. As the best defence, II il re.
commended that the chin be held down 10
The chest at the first perception Of danger, us
rapidly and firmly s possible, so rs TO allow
the lungs full play, and then make good use
Of misunderstanding Justify for help. This
will make the robbers run.
As the best means Of suppressing this kind
of violence, which sometimes results in death.
imprisonment for life for the robberies re.
commended. Judge Russell of New York,
evinces the intention of acting upon this prin.
ciple, and has dealt very vigorously with
some who were convicted of this terrible
mode Of robbery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

THE UsIrEp STATES AND MExIco.-The
Extraordinary, the American paper published
in the city Of Mexico, in its issue of the 9Th
ultimo. has the following editorial paragraph:
Within few months Mexico may reason.
ably expect to encounter difficulty with the
United States. The event is Unavoidable
Nothing is more plainly marked in bold
handwriting on the wall than this. II is the
disposition of the United States, however, to
trea: Mexico with every consideration. She
has already sacrificed many interests to the
advantage of Mexico. Amongst these may
be numbered n flag disgraced and private
citizens sacrificed And all this for WHAT
She has almost Ind war with England on
less affairs, and why has she not quarreled
with Mexico? Simply because she sympa.
thised with the revolution Of Alvarez and Com.
onfort, and with the principles they espous
ed. She has pitied Mexico under her diff.
cuties. Will she always do so under anoth-
er Government! We venture to say, no.
II, therefore, the present Government does
not go ahead with its progressive policy, it
may certainly expect to lose for itself, and
for Mexico, the sympathy of the neighbor.
ing Republic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

"PvRIrY" d OF THE BALLOT Box.-The
Providence Journal says that at former
election in Rhode Island, one man spent
$4,000 for election purposes. In another
town, aman bought vote 70. $25, and ms
neither he nor The free aud independent cleo
tor who took his money, would trust the
other-tbey were pretty well acquainted
each took hold Of the five dollar bills by one
end, and so marched to the ballot box, and
when the voter dropped in his envelope, the
purchaser let 60 his hold Of the money
This shameless deed was performed in an
open town meeting, in presence Of the voters
on both sides, i ,......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

New YoRK SEsAToR.-The Black RePub-
lican majority 10 the New York Legislature
have elected the Hon. Preston King to the
Senate Of the United Suites for six years
from the 4th Of March next Like most OF
the other prominent Black Republicans, Mr.
King is an old Hunker Democrat, and
great fayorite of the Southern Democracy
only fewyears ago. While in Congress he
voted for the annexation of Texas, and zeal
ously supported the administration ofPolk.
Having made what he could out OF his Dem
ocratic friends, he has done after his kind,
and deserted them-and will come back to
Washington next winter to make war upon
them. 9.
is it not little singular, that nearly all
the Black Republican Senators were once
Democrats Of the straitest sect, and stood
high in the favor aud affection of their South.
ern brethrenl Wilson and Sumner, of Mas.
sachusetts; Hamlin and Nourse, Maine; Hale,
of New Hampshire; Wade, of Ohio; Doolittle,
of Wisconsin; Trumbull, of Illinois; Harlan,
of Iowa; Cameron, of Pennsylvania; King of
New York; and several others, we believe,
were all formerly Democrats-and they
claim TO be most excellent Democrats still.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

THE EAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA RAIL.
RoAp.--A paragraph Ia travelling round to
the effect that the East Tennessee and Vir.
ginia Railroad will be completed early in the
present year. Our information from up the
country does not justify such conclusion
The road is an important link of what is to
DO tho grent thoroughfare between the North
and the South and Southwest, and the entire
railroad interests Of the State, as we'll as the
people of East Tennessee, are interested in
its early completion. The work certainly
ought to be prosecuted with all possible en-.
srgy and despatch, and It may be that it is
being done. But reports occasionally obtain
circulation Of embarrassments and delays. of
iron tied up at the custom house for want of
funds to pay the duties, and our Objects to
ascertain whether there is any foundation for
them. If such reports are unfounded, jus.
ticO to those having charge Of the enterprise
requires that they should be promptly con-
tradictcd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

AN EDITOR IN HEAvEN.-An exchange,
under the above head, makes some feeling
comments upon the demise of a contemporary.
He does not seem to doubt but that the edi
tor went straight to heaven. We opine that
the smile of the difficulty attendant upon
camel's going through the eye of needle,
ETC., would apply with equal force TO most of
the editorial fraternity in this section; but
hear him:
"Are we not glad that such an editor is in
heaven. There the cry of ~more copy" shall
never again fall upon his distracted ears
There he will no more DO abused and
slandered by his political antagonist, with
lies and detraction that should shame de.
mon to promulgate. There, he shall no more
DO used as ladder for the aspiring to kick
down as soon MS they reach the desired
height, and need him no more. There, he
shall be able TO see the immense mass Of
mind he has moved, all unknowngly and
unknown us he has been, during his weary
pilgrimage on earth. There. he will find oil
his articles credited, not peal of his thunder
stolen; and there shall be no horrid typograph.
ical errors, to throw rim into a fever. We
are glad he Is IN Heaven"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

WALKER-NIcARAGUA.-The Nashville
Banner, of the 9th, brings the following as the
latest from Nicaragua:
We have seen and conversed with Captain
Henry c. Cook, native Of Sumner county, in
this State, who is attached to the Nicaragua
army--who served with distinction under
Gen. Henningsen during the siege of Granada
and who was on board the lake steamer, on
his return to the United States, when it was
captured BY Spencer. He consequently brings
thevery latest authentic and reliable intelli.
gence that has been received from General
Walkers army. He assures us that General
Walker, when he left, was at the head Of not
less than one thousand men, with abundance
of military stores Of every description. and
plenty Of provisions. Upon being questioned
by us to the possibility of the Generals get
ting entirely out Of provisions-he said that
was impossible, as the surrounding country
afforded a never failing supply of good beef
Captain G. boots Mt the IDEA Of General
Walkers force being either defeated or com.
PEELED to capitulate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

FLoArER.-A writer in the Cleveland Ban.
ner Of last week, urges the claims of J. H.
Dobson, Esq, Of Benton, to a seat in the
next Legislature from the floating district
composed Of the counties of Polk, Meigs
and McMinn. The writer claims that NJ.
Dobson is entitled to the place on the score
Of having contributed largely TO the over.
throw and demolition of the Know Moth
ings in the Presidential struggle Of last yeAr.
That's our opinion, too. So, count US in for
Dobson. S3t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

A SINGULAR PRoPosITIoH.-rhe drfaulting
Treasurer of the State Of Mississippi, R. S.
Graves, now in Canada, writes 10 Governor
Nlckae that he is ready and willing to settle
his Indebtedness (45,0OO) by IN annual pay
ment of fur thousand dollars, provided he is
permitted to return to Mississippi free from
molcstation, and without danger of criminal
prosecution. The Governor submits the
whole matter to the Legislature. The defa!.
cation occurred in ls4l, and amounts, with
out interest, to $4,000. The whole case is
very curious one, without any precedent
that we ever heard of. Graves is safe in
Cnnadn, efforts having already been made to
arrest him under the Ashburton treaty, with
out success. -. aHsf.. p.a.r-s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

BRApLIY.--A gentleman from Cleveland
informs us that r. NJ. Edwards, Esq, will
probably be the democratic candidate to rep.
resent Bradley county in the popular branch
OF the next Legislature, outstanding the
efforts that are being made to ignore his
pretensions and bring forward another gen.
tleman. II services rendered are to be taken
into count, Mr.. Edwards certainly has strong
claims upon the gratitude Of tho democracy
Of his county; besides, he is peculiarly we'll
qualified to represent them in legislative
capacity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

Tower OF BABEL.-The whole world was
startled month or two back with the rather
fshy announcement that some scientific ira.
weller had discovered the ruins of the very
identical Tower of Babel, and the papers
have been filled with the account, and sprcu-
ations thereon-especially the religious jour
mails, 50 called, we presume, to distinguish
them from those that are not religious. 1t
appears, however, that the mound Of earth
which the traveller found in Syria is not the
remains Of the Babylonish structure where the
confusion of tongues ensued, and which must
have long since mingled with the dust of the
plain and all traces Of it have disappeared,
but is located some four hundred miles from
where the former is supposed to have stood.
The following is the latest on the subject,
copied from the Boston Atlas:
"The mound ut Arbea, which NJ. Place
has examined, and which the correspondent
of the Traveller imagined him 10 have diScou.
cred, has been long known, though we believe
it has never before been explored. In l84l
it WAS described by Fraser, in his work on
Messopotamia and Assyrin, "a large artificial
mound, 60 or 10 feet high, 800 yards in
length by 200 in br"ndth" The MnJrlebe at
Babylon is $50 feet high, and The Biz Nimrod
nearly $50 feet, or three or four times the
height of the ruin at Arbea. Throughout
Assyria and ,lessopotamia there are mutt
tudes of ruins equal to, or greater than that
atArbeln,with quite as good claims to be con
sidered the Tower of Babel-that is to say,
with no claims ut ALL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

LIQUOR LAW IN MAssAcHUsETTs.-T
NewburypoH Herald thus shows how law
works when r'ade against public opinion. 1t
appears that the great number of witnesses
from this city, summoned before the Grand
Jury, were wanted for their knowledge ofthe
liquor business. OF course, they were know
nothings; and the District Attorney ought to
have learned before this. that one Of the ef-
fects Of liquor drinking is to render men OBJ.
livious Of what they are doing, and the more
they take the less they know. If he did not
understand that before, wa guess he does
now
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

Dows ON THE "F. r. V."-The Ohio State
Journal does not appear to have a very exalt-
ed opinion Of the character Of the Virginins.
OF some of the ''irst families" it says: "I'hey
are too lazy to work and too respectable to
steal; and therefore become beggars for of
flee and sycophants at the seat Of power
Their chief delight is apple toddy and past
recolections, and the great badge of respec-
liability is the ownership Of negro and an
unpaid bill for Yankee piano"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

az The Cleveland Banner threatens to
dsmoish the management Of the railroad for
having raised the rates of travel. The Presi.
dent and Superintendent Of Transportation
will probably both resign in order to escape
tho threatened fulminations of this editorial
Jupiter, whose premonitory notes give token
Of fearful storm. We deem it quite unfor.
tunate that Messrs. Wallace and Jackson did
not consult the Banner man before making
the change complained Of.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

A HARD CAsE.-During the recent deten.
ton on the Hudson River Road, one poor
fellow on the train was really to be piteid.-
lie had an engagement to be married on
Tuesday evening, and of course could not
be present to claim his bride; his disap.
pointment was so severe that it found vent
in tears, and the poor fellow cried like a
child.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

sW A commercial house of New Orleans,
La, has been advised of the shipment from
Chicago, ILL.,, of five hundred barrels of lard,
and thirty.seven casks Of hams. The ship.
ment was made TO Cairo, Illinois, by railroad,
and thence shipped by steamboat. This is
the first shipment of the kind that has ever
been made from Chicago to New Orleans,
and is intended as an experiment to be fol-
lowed up by others in case it gives a remu
neratlng profit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

FoRNEY.-TheS Southern Democratic mem.
bers of Congress-both of the Senate and
House-are indignant at the idea of Forney
being rendered Cabinet appointment, and it
is said that Mr. Buchanan was given TO un.
derstand while 1t Washington recently, by
prominent men Of his party, that the selec-
ton of such stick of timber would engen.
der degree of hostility to his administra-
ton that would prove fatal to its success.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

FEY The passage by the House of Rep.
resentatives, of the bills authorizing the peo.
pie Of the Territories Of Oregon and Mime
sofa to form Constitution and State Govern
mcnts, preparatory to their admission into the
Union, is occupying agood deal Of the atteu-
ton of the leading Southern journals. The
admission of these will give the Free States
preponderanee Of six votes in the Senate,
with Kansas and Nebraska TO follow at an
early day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

Reasons ENOUGH FOR DEcLISISG.--A man
out West, has declined beinga candidate for
office, because he is not legal ci,izen-has
never paid tax or any other debt-owns
no property-can't read nor write-is blind
has but on leg-has lost four fingers from
his LETT hand--has ten children, and cant
leave home for fear they will abuse their
mother.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

IMPORTANT Decision IN RELATION TO Usu.
ryan important principle has been drcid.
ed by Judge Roosevelt, in the Supreme
Court of New York. A draft drawn at Chi
cago on New York, was discounted at Chi.
cago at ~ per cent, interest, that being the
legal rate in Illinois. The acceptor contend.
ed that, ms his contract was made in New
York, the law of that State restricting the
rate of interest TO 7 per cent, governed, and
rendered the acceptance void, for usury.-
The court held otherwise, and that the law
Of New York only applied to the rate of in.
terest, which the ncceptor should pay bv
way OF damage, after default. Two OF the
associntr judges Of the district concurred in
the decision.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13
THE CABINET.-'rhe following is the latest
authentic intelligence in relation to Mr.. Buch-
nnan's cabinet:
LANCASTER. Pn f,

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 1857.
Mr. Buchanan has SO far determined upon
the persons who are to constitute his cabinet
as 10 warrant me in naming the men, though
not the positions they will respectively I'LL.
From the South, Cobb, of Georgia; FLOYD Of
Virginia, certain; Pickcns, OF South Carolina,
or Brown, of Tennessee : contingent. From
the North and West, Bright of Indiana;
Clifford, Of Maine, and Judge Black, of Penn
sylvania who is hard pressed for Secretary OF
State. The only drawback TO this latter
gentleman is j. Clancy Jones of the Old
keystone; who has number of warm and
Jealous friends. The chances are that Jud re
Black will be- chosen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

YAEcY, OF ALABAMA.-The Alabama De-
mocracy are pressing the claims of Mr.. Yam
cey for seat in the Cabinet. A great
many Democrats would like to have seats in
the Cabinet, but we guess if one in ihous.
and gets seat he will occupy cold bench,
without any office. Yancy is the most bril-.
liant man Of his party in the South, but then,
brilliant men do not always make the best
officers.