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Hon. CHARLES r. BUcKALEw-The many
friends of this distinguished Democrat, will
be glad 10 learn that his health is perfectly
restored. He writes that he has not been
sick day since he sailed from New York,
and that he has gained over twenty pounds
in weight since his departure. MIR. Bucka.
lew is u. S. Minister TO Ecuador one of the
republics of South America. The capital,
Quito, where he resides, is situated nearly
under the Equator about 10000 feet above
the level of the sea, in beautiful valley
surrounded by snow.capped mountains.
The climate is mild, ranging from as 10 65
degrees above freezing point, varying but
little, and is aptly compared 10 perpetual
spring, vegetation continuing constantly.
Such diseases as fever, ague, bilious attacks
in any form, or consumption, have never
been known there. In fact, few die except
from old age, starvation or accident There
is every prospect tina, MIR. Buckalew will
return hale, hearty man.-E1ekange.
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The FORTUNES OF NIGEL. By Sir Wakcr
Scott. Being the i,Deyih uoiume Of 7. 3. Peter
son g. Brothers, cheap weekly issue Of Wave,ly
Noueis for The Million.
The worldwide reputation of the Waver-
ley Novels will insure ready sale OF this
cheap edition, and prove, we trust, remun.
erative to the enterprising publishers. 1t is
commendable 10 do anything that will even
in a small degree, stay the present raging
appetite for pernicious light reading. By
satisfying tie carvings of those who desire
fiction with some of the healthiest of its or.
der, is preventing evil, and negatively, al
least, doing good. There are no works oil
the Imagination which can SO effectually ac.
complsh this as the novels of Sir Walter
Scott. They, 10 say nothing more, are harm
less. 1t is even astonishing that through SO
many volumes there should be found SO lit
lie that religion or morality would disap
prove. For beauty of style, copiousness o.
expression, vividness of description, and in
! terest OF subject Scott stands in The foremos
rank His works will be read always with
interest, and not unfrequently with profit
One volume is issued every Saturday, ant
each one is got up in neat style, all of the
same size, and are printed at the rate of 81
cents volume, or the whole twenty.six vol
umes for five dollars, and sent free of post
age 10 all, or receipt of this SUN. This low
price should place sett Of them within the
each of everybody in the land
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(From the Gazette !


This book deserves 10 be singled out and
noted as above the many novels which are
published. Both in structure and 81, le it is
entitled 10 The name of art. II ISL Tale Of
Domestic Life, rehearsipg The inorwoven
hietories of a round of every day characters,
and its aim is TO show the folles of the loo
many, so called, passions and pleasures of
fashionable life, touching in no part upon
ground that prhperly belongs 10 The vast do
main OF romance,
The Bachelor Millionaire Uncle George,
is a character reminding US of the Brothers
Cherryble, and although he teaches the
"sweet ures of Adversely" with seven dis
ciplne, II brings out the true beauty OF
character, and shows how few there are
who can go through the trials of every day
life, and in the end prove their cons,ancy.
Copies of either OF the abovd books with
handsome Gift worth from SO cents to S 100,
will be sent to any person in The United
States upon receipt of 81 90, and 81 cents 10
pap postage, BY addressing the Publisher.
n nev and Classified Catalogue of Books in
every department OF Literature, together with
list Of Gifts, and every information relative
10 the establishment of agencies in the Gift
Book business will be mailed fr:s 10 any
ene by
GEORGE G. EVANS,
Publisher, and Originator OF the GirI
Book Business,
No, 439 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
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To the Voters of Columbia County

1t is customary for candidates 10 60 before
the people at every election with new
platform of promises, usually are of so frail
nature that they only serve for the candi-
dates TO land upon before election-they al.
ways get upset during the hustle of election,
and the successful candidate stands wher-
ever he chooses afterwards. My political
sentiments are too well known TO make
many professions necessary, and the only
promise that have 10 make in relation 10
Them is that, which they have been
in the past they will be in the future
To you who have approved them need
say no more and will not be guilty of
nattery 10 those who have differed from me
as to pretend that shall in any degree de-
viate from that line of political conduct
which first recommended me 10 your notice.
Upon these grounds again presume 10 re-.
quest your support; and if should be elect
ed Distrist Attorney, you may depend upon
finding me a steady and firm friend to the
rights of society and an honest and earnest
supporter and upholder of laws for the pun
ishment of crimes and misdemeanors.
c. M. BLAKER.
Bloomsburg, Aug. 30, 1859.
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Holto,oay's Pills, the most celebrated rem.
edy in the Union for the cure of diseases of
the Liver and Stomach.-Edmund Alga, of
Cooperstown, New York, was for the period
of nineteen years complete misery 10
himself, and burden 10 his friends, he
suffered SO severely and continuously from
liver complaint, and a dsordered stomach,
that he was constantly for weeks together
confined TO his bed, The doctors did him no
good, and he therefore left off consulting
Them. Nine weeks ago he commenced
using Holloway's Pills, and his wife called
last week at the store of Professor Holloway
10 acknowledge most gratefully that her
husband is quite cured. Professor Holloway
hopes that the thousand Others in the Union
who have benefited will now come for.
ward.
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FINANCE AND TRADE For the information
Of our many readers we would state that our
railroad shares, there is a good degree of
firmness, but the transactions are not large.
The advices from the West generally are
favorable for railroad traffic in this month
The receipts of grain and flour at Chicago
are large, and consequently the traffic Of the
roads leading in that city show increase
The Illinois Central delivered, on Mon.
day, 17S cars of produce and merchandise,
which is the largest Tor many months. The
indications now are that all the better class
of stocks will gradually advance in price
until they have reached fair standard and
then remain permanently, or at least for a
long time; al such prices. The movements
of the immense crops of the West will con.
tinue to affect stocks for months 10 come !;
not so much, however, by the increase of
business on the Western roads as it will in
expanding the business OF the country and
thus work a general cure in the Stock mar
ket. If the farmers of the West can be
made TO understand that where there is gen.
eral increase in the productions of this year
there must be corresponding reduction in
prices, they would not delay the sale Of
their crops but commence sending them 10
market. But if they are determined 10 ad-
here TO the old prices, although there is in
the country larger supply than was ever
before known, we must expect the railroads
10 suffer in like proportion. If these crops
are put upon the market at once every
branch of trade will receive a new impulse,
hacominn acliua and healthy
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Representative Conference.

The Conferees representing this Repre-
sentative District, composed of the counties
of Columbia, Montour, Wyoming and Sui.
livan, met at Tunkhannock, on Friday,
Sept. 9th, 1859, and nominated candidates
for Assembly.
The following were the conferees present.
Coiumbia-Pe.er Billmeyer and Hudson
Owen.
Montour-William McNinch and James
Aud.
Wyoming-Alvin Day and c. D. Gearhart.
SuHiuan-Michael Meylert and B. Rush
jackson.
The meeting was organized by appointing
PETER BILLMEYER, President, Michael Ney-
ierl and Aluin Day, Secretaries.
The Conlerees having presented their
credentials, and all proving satisfactorily TO
the Conference, VIM. McNinch nominated
Samuel Oakes, of Montour county, and Mi
chael MeyIert nominated George D. Jack.
son, of Sullivan county, 10 represent this
Representative District in our State Legisla-
lure.
On motion the nominations were closed.
Samuel Oakes, of Montour county, and
George D. Jackson, of Sullivan county, were
declared unanimously nominated by the
Conference.
The next Conference was appointed 10 be
hello at John Deems Hotel, in Danville
Mon,our county, on the second Friday in
September next.
There being no more business, the Con-
ference then adjourned.
PETER BILLMEYER, President.
MIsasfb h,sas D.s. MsrlF'T' Secretaries.
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GRAND FEAT
Prof Theodore MID. Price
w r E w AL KING!
AT BLOOMSBURY. pa

Prof: Theodore MID. Price.
TENHE wonderful and daring Wire-Walket
Of Columbia county, lie signs giving nm
exhibition oi his hazardous feals in Ylooms-
burg, on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL.
1879, al hall-pasl eleven o'clock, in The fore.
coon, or mm edialely after the arrival of lhe
down train, BY waIki0g wire from the roof of
lie Exchange hotel 10 the sleeple of lhe COZ. n
House, al an elevation OF ahont Sepeniy feet
aud distance one hundred and sirty feet. The
wire 10 be one half inch in thickness, and
stretched light with slight grade upward
from The place Of starting, 10 be walked for
ward aud backward, aud other suudry feals
to be performed npon il.
PROF. PRICE has given several exbibi.
lions of Wire ~aking with good success.
and he leels assured that he eau perform
tins one with equal success.
The walking upon the Ferry Wire across
the Susqnehanna River he perform ell Boby
ieal thai 10 o'her living man in tins coun.
Try. probably can perform.
HOWER'S CORNET BAND, of Blooms
bur.., will be in attendance and diseonrse
music on the occasion. An arrangement
has been made with The Superintendent oil
the LackatUdnnd and Bioomsb,Wg Railroad for
the issuing oil EXCURSION TICKETS upo,
the day OF the xhbllon for the purpose OF
conveying spectators TO and from Blooms
burg at half price. Thus a good opporluni-
ly is offered 10 those living at IA distance to
come at hall brice and witness Pfoi. PRICE
perform The wonderful aud daring feats OF
Wire-Walking.
COME ONE, COME ALL!
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Another SchOOlmistreSS SwinGIcd.

A weldressed young woman came be-
fore Aid. Brady, at the City Hall Police
Court, yesterday, and stated that she had
been most sEamefulIy swindled by a per-
son who had escaped, and whom she did
not now know where 10 find. She stated
that she was schoolmistress, and had fill
ed responsible positions in several seminar
ies-her last engagement having just been
concluded in this city-and that she still
owned a residence on The north side Of the
city. One day last week she saw an adver.
tisement in daily paper, offering good
salary for governess to so South, and ap-
| Piled Tor the situation. She found The ad-
vertser at the Clinton Place Hotel, finely
dressed young man, with a genteel air, who
told her that he was wdower, and had
two young children on his plantation South:
whom he desired 10 have well taken care Of
and instructed, giving his own name as
Bruce His manner was that of a rather
fast Southerner, and she having confidence
that his representations were correct, agreed
immediatly, at a certain salary, to accom-
pany him by railroad, on Tuesday morning
of this week. In accordance with his re-.
quest, she came TO the Clinton. place Hotel
on Monday afternoon, with her baggage, in
order 10 leave early the following morning.
Bruce had engaged room for their joint
occupation, and registered their names as
husband and wife, 80 which, singularly
enough, she did not object. Her baggage
was sent TO Jersey City the same evening
by carman. On some pretence he sue
ceeded also in borrowing her gold watch, TO
go out in the evening. He returned at
o'clock the next morning, in state of in
toxication, but retired with her, and upon
getting up, being in great hurry 10 take
the train, ard suddenly discovering that he
had not enough money 10 pay his board
bill, he asked her whether she could not
lei him have little for short time, until
he could collect $500, which he could get
on his way 10 Jersey City. She had no
more than $40 with her, but gave it 10 him,
and subsequently borrowed $4 from friend,
of which she gave him SO. Pretending 10
step out of doors for moment, the genteel
widower absconded. Captain Leonard in.
terested himself in her case, and is doing
everything in his power 10 discover the
whereabout of the scoundrel-N. Y. Iri.
bune, 9th.
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Bloomsburg, Aug. 80, 1859.

SARsAPARILLA This tropical root has a
reputation wide as the world, for curing one
class of disorders that afflict mankind-a
reputation too which it deserves as the best
antidote we possess for scrofulous COM
plants. But 10 be brought into use, lis vir-
tue must be concentrated and combined
with other medicines that increase its pow
er. Some reliable compound of this char
acter is much needed in the community
Read the advertisement of DR.. AYERS Sar.
saparilla in our columns, and we know il
needs no encomium from us to give our cit.
liens confidence in what he offers.-Organ,
Syracuse, N. Y.
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HEART OF MID-LoTHIAN. By Sir Waller
Scou.-Forming the eleventh volume OF the
cheap and popular weekly publication of
the Waverley Novels for the Million, at %
cents each, being issued by 7. B. Peterson
g. Brothers, Philadelphia. This enterpris-
ing firm are doing great public benefit IN
thus placing before the whole reading com.
munity, nine-ten,hs of whom are obliged to
be economical in literary luxuries, the works
of Sir WALTER ScoTr in the present cheap
and popular form. Each volume is got up
in Leat style, all of the same size, and are
printed at the rate of rs cents volume, or
the whole tweniy-six volumes for FIVE dol
lars, and sent free OF postage TO all, on re-
ceipt OF this sum. This low price should
place sci Of them within the reach of eve.
Iybody in the land
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ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that letters Of ad.
miuistration on the estate of John Town.
send, late Of Madison twp, Columbia coun.
ty, deceased, have been granted by 'he Reg
ister Of Columbia county, 10 the undersicn.
ed residing in Madison twp; said county
All persons having claims or demands a
ganst The estate of the decedent. are request.
ed 10 present them 10 the Administrative dn
~ altesied without delay, and all person.
indebted 10 the estate are notified 10 make
payment forthwith 10
HANNAH TOWNSEND,
Madison Sept. 7, 1859, Adminisfrdtrir.
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LAW BLANK STORE.
No. 230 Dock Street, PHILADELPHIA

ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
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teniion of the numerous
sheriffS, FroihObotaries, Lawyers. Magi~.
trates aud others,
TO their large stock OF Law Blanks, ftrms
which an experience Of nearly 80 year, en-
ables them 10 present with great accuracy
of form and nealness OF style. Orders so.
llciled. A printed li.l of our Blanks will be
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TIdS JHSI dUVHU 10 TIIb bAIbHbIF6 II5Ii IIIt
following new Books
THE LIFE OF
COL. DAVID CROCKETT.
lITTEN BY Myself

"hli TlN H
Comprising his early life, Hunting Ad-
ventures, Daring Deeds in Border and lndi-
an Warfare, Services under General Jack
son in The Creek war, Eleciioneering speech
es, Career in Congress, Trumphal Tour in
the Northern States, and Struggles in The
Texan war Of Independence, together with
an Account of his Glorious Death al the Ala
mo.
In one l2mo. volume. Handsomely bound.
Price $1.00.
We copy the following from The Phalel.
phia North american -
Colonel Crockett was character. His
autobiography bas been long out of PRINT !;
his reputation for eccentricly has been pre-
sumed upon in The publication of all sorts
oi outrageous and obscence nonsense, in
coarse almanacs, and other vehicles for low
humor. This volume is republication of
the genuine work, with necessary additions;
and will be new 10 the present generation
of readers. II is as marked and character
istic as the subject was; his portrait faihfdl.
ly drawn, and zone The less so that il is
without effort, and perfectly native and sin
cere, We well remember the amiable cri.
einal in his northern tour, and recall many
oi the incidents 10 which his book alludes.
We never have looked upon his like since
and rsjoice in this republication as an ac OF
justice; 10 retrieve an honest man from vul-
gar misrepresentation.
A COPY of the Book, and handsome
present will be sent by mail, postpaid
upon receipt of 500 for the book, and 81
cents for postage.
A new Classified Catalogue of books and
Gifts, with inducements 10 Agents, will be
sent free, on application. Address,
g. G. EVANS, Publisher, 439 Chestnut
Street, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ISept. IA. 1859.
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Executors Notice,

Estate Of Henry Hoffman, late Of Roaringcreck
township deceased.
Letters teslamentary on The above named
estate have been granted to the nndersign.
ed, by The Register of Columbia County,
All persons having claims or demands
against the estate OF the decedant are re-
quested to present them 10 The Executors
for settlement, and those Indebted will m AXE
payment without delay 10
HENRY HOFFMAN, jr.
LEONARD ADAMS,
Roaringcreek, Sept. 7, 1859. Executors
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DEFYIEG THE LAWS THE Black Repub.
lican candidate for Governor in Ohio says
elf am elected Governor of Ohio-and |
expect TO be-no fugitive slave shall be
sent back to Kentucky, or any other slave
State if cannot otherwise protect him
from his pursuers, will employ The boyonet,
so help me, Gcd."
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The attention of our readers is directed
to the advertisement in another column OF
the LAW BLANK STORE, $50, Dock Street,
Philadelphia.
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IS59.-Dry Goods for Autumn-IS59.

FULL stock of silk goods, mil stock of
IL staple goods, full stock o fancy goots,
fashionable fall Shawls, cloths, cassimer-s,
and veslings, blankets, quilts, table linens,
sc. &C., Ei RE & LANDELL,
Fourth + -4reh Street, Philad'a.
N. B.-Black Silks, Wholesale, at low rates.
~ Bargains Daily from N. Y. Auctions.
Septemher Z. IS59.-3mns.
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ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR NEwspAPERs-In
looking over some old papers few days
since, our eye fell upon the following, which
suits our notion of things so well, that we
give it room in our column, and hope that
it will be read, not by our patrons alone
and needed. II reads thus:
No subscriber worth retaining, will object
to the pay-in-advance system. Those who
wanted to hear Jenny Lind sing, had to pay
in advance; and what were her divnest
strains compared with those which flow
from editorial pens? You can't take your
seat in a ricketty mailcoach, or fy.from-
the-tract railroad car, without paying in ad-
vance for the risk of being killed. II you
would hear a concert, or literary, lecture
or see Tom Thumb or the Siamese Twins
you must plank down your twenty-five, or
fifty, or one hundred cents, before you can
pass the threshold. Nay, if any one has so
little regard for his own character as 10 want
TO read Barnum's Autobiography, he must
first pay for it. And yet men hesitate and
cavil about paying in advance ior paper
furnished at a price on the very brink and
utmost nerve Of prime cost.
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GIFTS! GIFTS !sGiFTS! GIFTS!-

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GS~ Send for a ,alaloene which will be
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FRESH ARRIVAL
.AEaEa GOODS
SHARPLESS' STORE,
BLOOMSBURG, Pa.

THE citizens of Blooms burg and viclni.
iy, are respectfully informed that fresh
supply of new goods have been received
at Boomsburg. An extensive assortment
has been received, one that will compare
iavorably with any iir this place.
Country produce taken ia exchange for
goods al the Rarke. price.
JOSEPH SHARPLESS,
Bloomsburg Sept. IA, 1859.