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d a: Gov. 'Wise hsa destroyed his
,w>; reputation by his recent conduct.
The Democratic politicians seem, howev
ft, iliuig to imitate him, and are trying
fo persuade the people that the leading
Kepub i0...,j are responsible for the acts
t f Drown and his Land, but they will iail
t* signally as Gov. Wi-e has done.
Kic.CA> has adopted a Constitution
urn! formed a State Government, and only
n*nits the recognition by Congres to be
yotne the thirty-fourth State in the Con
fideraey. The following State officers all
ei wh-.'Ui are Republican in their politics.
Lavfc 'bccu elected; Governor, Charles
Romnson 5 Lieutenant Governor. Joseph
I' Root; Secretary of State, John W
Robinson;" Auditor, George S. 11 illyer ;
Treasurer, Wm. T hoi an ; Attorney Gen
eral, Bcitj. F. Simpson; Superintendent
/ f I'tibli.c Instruction, Wm. R. Irt i frit It ;
Cliief Justice Supreme Court, Thomas
Kwing, Jr.; Associate Justices, Samuel
A. Kin/man, Lawrence D. Builev; Con
gress, F. Conway.
tgrThe House of Representatives is
gradually, though slowly,' approaching to
the election of a Speaker. Mr. Adrain
of Jersey yesterday declared his
purpose to vote for the plurality rule when
) e should iisoover thst a Speaker Could
not be chosen without, and he deemed
s very men ber a disorgauizer who would
r-jfme to do the same thing. We think
Mr. Adrain must soon begin to have
doubts on the question whether a in ajo r
iv rote for Speaker is poss.ble ; or, rath
tr, we should say we think ho can have
ro doubts whatever on that proposition.
After balloting a month, the majority is
iust as distant as it was at the beginning.
Cannot Mr. Adrain see in this fact a !
• Ht'ht intimation that a majority vote is!
rn impossibility? Let Mr. Adrain come 1
** one then, to the point, and insist on 1
the plurality iu!e.
It is threatened in some quarters that!
the House shall not bo alluwed to adopt
the plurality iule, even if a majority do !
i..and it. Whenever a majority slia.!':
make up their minds it is best to have it, j
we have no doubt thev will find moans to j
enforce their determination. Only let
tlic will exis:, and there will be away!
found to exercise it. that nia !
jorlfy is forthcoming, we shall insist upon i
feeing a continuous tession <Jay and night
t:ll the oontest is finally ended and ai
Speaker cho rp. and wo have no doubt
that such will be the temper of the ma- 1
jority, without much urging. Such, at j
least, wa are quite sure is the temper of;
the country. 'There is a rapidly-growing :
itnpatienco at the trifling already maci-j
felted. Initio rctnatks of Mr. RriggsJ
we trust we discern a similar disposition!
ti, that manifested by Mr. Adrian, tho''
he fails to express it with tho distinct-'
ness we should bo "lad tp Tri
lunr } 7 th.
The ltraneh aiidGron' DSRicul
tj—( aril oi Mr. Uiuncli.
Mr. Branch has published a card, in
which, after reciting the words consider
f-d by hini as offensive, uttered by Mr. j
Grow on the floor of Congress, and tht ;
coil quy which ensued, he proceeds thus :
CADD.
Immediately after the occurrence T ad
dressed to Mt. Grow, and Lauded to n;v :
friei.d Mr. Ibiusluw for delivery, a nolo, j
of which the fallowing is a copy :
" WASmsfiTCS L'lll*. Dec. 29. 1859.
."Sir: You will please uarae a time and
plac", ouuiffi- tut District of Columbia, at
which you will receive iicju rnc a commnni
cauou in writing.
'• Verv rcspcctfullv,
L. O'B. BRANCH.
41 Hon. Galuslra A. Grow."
On tho copy of this nqtg, retained, i
an endorsement by Mr. Y/iusiow, in these
words :
"The note, of which thi3 is a copy, was
handed to me by ilr. Branch ; mmediately after
the colloquy between him and Mr. Grow. No
opportunity occurred of delivering it, without
ait-acting undue attention, until I met Mr.
Grow at the Capitol on Friday.
WARRKX WiNat.ow."
Dming Friday evening. I received from
Mr. Grow, through the Hon. 11 E. Fen
ton, of New York, a reply of which tho
followiug is a copy :
14 WASHINGTON CITY,
Dec- 30, 1850. 7 P. M.
"Fir; Your note of the 29th instant
was placed in my hands by your friend,
Governor Wiusiow, at 12 o'clock M. to
day. I know of nothing that makes it
necessary for tue to name a time ant} place
outside the District of Columbia to re
ceive from you a communication in writ
ing. Your note was doubtlss- -as nothing
else has occurred between us—based up
on ren arks made by me in debate in the
flousG of Repiescutatives in reply to your
speech impugning my motives and the
integrity or my acts as a legislator. On
that occasion I used no language in vio
tian of parliamentary law and not warrant
ed by your remarks thus impugning my
couuuct. If your note is to be consider
ed of a hostile character then T 1 ave this
to reply : Regaidiuu duelling as at vari
ance with the precepts of the Christian
religion and the sentiments of a Christian
peopje, -£nd it being prohibited and de
p'.aied u crime by the faws enacted by the
of which we are members, I cannot
recognise it as a justifiable mode of set
tling difficulties among men, even in cases
jf unwarrantable provocation; Lut my
personal rights, and the freedom of debate
guarantied by the constitution, I shall de
leud whenever they arc assailed.
Very respectfully yours,
"GALUSIIA A. GROW.
"To Hon. L. O'B. Branch."
By (lose who arc acquainted with the
•penal code of this district, to which my
J attention is drawn by Mr. Grow in hi?
. letter, it will be readily understood that
- no ether course is left me than to pub
r'lish this narration, and leave the whole
r matter to the impartial judgement of
: honorable men of ail sections of the coun-
I try. L O B BRANCH.
Washington City, January 2, 18(50.
1 THY Freeman s Journal (Catholic and
Democratic! publishes at length the cor
respondence between Grow and Branch,
ljanitliu3 handsomely compliments the
,! Pennsylvania Representative :
"Y\ o depart iraru our rule now, to cx
-1 press our er.tire commendation of the
eonrse taken by Mr. Gabishn A. Grow
! in regard to Mr. L O B. Branch. These
; -
'aenjlemcn arc known to their respective
; friends ro be men of determined nhys-
Hical courage, but Mr. Grow has shown
;
I 'that he is equally possessed of the high
''er quality of moral courage. HiS plea
ds n >t by any means that he is a non
! combatant His answer implies that he
lisa thorough fighting man—but he de
Iclines violating at once the laws cf the
', Christian religion, and the laws of his
1 country, by accepting the barbarous and
i unreasonable appeal to a deliberrte trial
;of skill at murder. Mr. Grow is a politi
|ea! opponent, but wo must say that, in
this matter, he has entitled himself to the
respect'of civilized mtp."
THY Washington correspondent of the
W. Y. E crating Post understands that
Mr. Corwin has fixed upon a time when
Hie uLI desert Sherman. Meeting onepf
Lis colleagues the uther day, ha said;
'"Well, , I have concluded upon a
■time when I shall stop voting for Sher-,
■man, iu short when I will abandon him, |
! ind try somebody else." (Indeed!" rc-,
plied Lis colleague, a little alarmed, i
i.O * # 1
"i chen is your time ?'' Corwin looked,
! very grave and solemn as he replied, in ,
a low tone of voice, " VYheu old Gabriel,
: blows his last trump i"
I jicttfc Jounuil
CO! SJ>EI4*IMSIIY, 6 B I
| 4 uUi-jcuii ;.<}OiMiiip, I.tii. iB6o.
: 3 "s."cTIAS:TE0IDIFANTPL'3USHE
Wc are indebted to Hons Jis. T.I
1 Hale and John Covode for Congressional |
I favors.
Onr pajiei* is two d:ifs behind time!
! this week in consequence of a. failure in rc
ceiviug some paper ordered last week.
IQ, Tho United Sti tes Dtbatiug Club is
! still agitating the slavery question at Wash
! ington, instead of try ing to resolve themselves
' into their legitimate province as a branch of]
Congress. The Republicans are, however, ■
gaining ground rapidly, in consequence of the
internal disagreements of the Democrats.
CSfThe uianly letter of Mr. Grow in
reply to the challenge of L. O B. Branch
will receive the unqualified approbation
lof every b on? -t bi Hie north of
whatever parly, and certainly of Lis
partisan friends. It is a model reply to
bullyistn and braggaflocia, wLilsl not one
jot or tittle of true maqiiuoci is sacrificed
i by it.
i S&*W e have received, under the frank
'of our young and much esteemed friend,
Edw'tl MoPhcrson, M. C. from the
, Adilius District, a copy of tLe "Address
j of the People's Club of Philadelphia, iu
tavor of Gen. eimon Cameron lor the
next Presidency cf tLfl United States."
It emanates from the Philadelphia Cam
-1 cron Club—not the Republican Club
I —and is a biography of its distinguished
subject, closing with au appeal for his
' nomination.
I A terrible casualty occurred at Law
• rence, Mass., on Tuesday last. At 5 o cloak,
P. M , tho pt uiborton Cotton Mills, in which
i TOO operatives were at work, fell to the ground
with a sudden crush, burying about four hun
i dred persons in the ruir.s, many of whom
were extricated in great agony, and others
dead. After many were extricated, about
midnight fire broke out in the ruins, and
': drove the rescuers away, the fire spreading
; very rapidly. The groans of the wounded
and dying, as they v/ere overtaken and burn
ed to death, were heard by the spectator?,
: but no assistance could be rendered to tfieip
! Some 200 persons arc supposed to have lost
1 their lives by this wholesale calamity.
BCSL. Thirty-six citizens of Berea, Madison
county, Kentucky, were catll®d froqa their
homes and driven to Ohio, on the 30th ult.,
for entertaining anti-slavery sentiments—not
expressing them. Tbcy were the neighbors
and friends of the Rev. John G. Feu, who has
; been lecturing in the North on Slavery, and
they were suspected of sympathising with his
views. They were notified by the pro-slavery
. citizens of Richmond (the county-seat) to
! leave the Sta'e w il'uin ten days. They imme
diately seat a committee of three to Governor
, Magoffin, asking his protection, which was
.refused and the parties advised by him to
leave the State, to prevent the necessity of his
, using his constitutional and official power to
preserve the rights of his copstituentg. This
is what may be called an illustration of the
weight of southern Governors when brought
in conflict with the crazy disunion projects
lof southern revolutionists and pro-slavery
1 propagandists. It is a costly one, too, for
! the "peculiar institution''—being equal to
.! thirty-six drgger3 in tue heart of Kentucky
i welfare There is one anti-slavery mau iu
Kentucky who cannot be driven from it alive. (
and that is Cti3sius M. Clay. He will stand
up for Republican principles tbere against all
odds, aud if needs be, with revolver in hand
to defend t iers against unwarrantable abuse. |
Xo Louser "Hud-Sills."
; i
The gentle sentence which Mr. Hammond'
of South Carolina saw fit to pronounce upon
the working-men of the North, at the last ses
sion of :lie Ssjnato. has been superseded by j
! one more expressive. It was too weak—too 1
inexpressive—to unaristoeratic fur the fire-'
eaters. Again, it was not comprehensive or
'general enough in its application—it only j
embraced one class of people at the North— 1
tho working-men, who, he declared were the
•'mud-sills of northern society"—and he said
it in a derisive manner, too, because he desir- j
cd to make certain northern Senators who i
were weak-kneed feel ashamed of their con-:
stjtuencies. The South wanted a stronger;
term —one that would embrace not only the j
physical and mechanical laborers of the north
ern people, but also the mental and mend !
workers. They are successful in finding a
term to suit the emergency, as well as a man i
to give it expression—t• at man being one of
the great family who have contrived so to di
vide their political faith as to be always goo'- \
for two or three of the fatiest offices in J-he!
gift of any national administration of whaWv-1
er grade of politics—the Masons. The ftou-'
orable Senator from Virginia has cent forth
the edict against the North—comprehensive, j
strong, impressive and expressive. Hereafter 1
be it known that we, that is, t'no northern j
Skates are " servile States" —a condition vast- ;
!v more dc?rading than that of the lashed ,
, '
and shackled yellow sons and daughters of 1
the great F. F. Y's—and paiticularly of the;
Mason ic stripe. (Here, by- tbe-by, we would j
suggest to the honorable Senator from Vir
ginia, that his name is entirely Loo vulgar for
his aristocratic blood—it is too suggestive of
" servile '-ness; and therefore we trust he
vv ill endeavir soon to discover that his ances
tors spelled their name with as: thus J/ma/n.; j
But to return to our subject.
Senator Doolit'e. of Wisconsin, did not un- i
7 , i
derstand the exact application of Mr. Mason's !
new and significant term, and therefore took
occasion to ask an explanation—under the
impression that the said Mr. Mason was mis- j
apprehended by him. The explanation came i
in ihe way of an analysis of the word and its!
hearings upon politics and society. We find
the explanation thus in the Globe:
" In common parlance, since this unhappy
question has arisen in our country, this sec-1
tional division, in the attempt to distinguish !
between the States where there were slaves
and the States where there wire no slaves, '
they have been called on the one side slave I
States, and on the other side the free Slates, i
Those among whom I live have never taken j
any exception to the designation of that see-,
tion of the country as the slave States —know-
ing it meant those States where there were'
slaves. Ido not know that,the honorable j
Senator took any exception to the term ; but I
I do not see that any exception can be taken !
to the term ■' sci vile" us applied to those States j
where there are no slaves. Certainly, in speak- j
ing of the shn e Suites, they do no', mean States |
that are not as free as any of the Stat *•< the
Confederation —quite as free, if not freer ; but j
they are designated as slave States, and no ■
exception is taken to the term. The other
States, sir. are not the free States. They
might possibly be called servant States— j
States where there is a class of their popula- i
tion in bondage and bondsnjen, although ctr- J
taiuly not in any offensive sense—bondsmen, ,
not slaves ; men who are subjected to the will
of others—the servants. You have all gpt :
servants and your constituents have servants, j
From the necessity of their condition, there is!
a serving class In the so-called free States as J
there is a serving class in the slave States—l
those who are subjected by contract to the
will of ethers. They are servants, and are
always called so—known so in the legal ac-,
eeptation of the term. It is unnecessary to i
go into the derivation of servants from the
Latin word servio, to serve."
There you have it in plain English, me
chanics of the north. When you make a uon
tracf to build a house, or do any other kind j
of labor for money, you are worse than the'
black slaves of the South—you ata slaves by i
contract, they by force; therefore, you are the:
baser of the two, because you are so volunta
rily. Your sir. is in the commission of your !
rights, theirs in the omission of theirs ; erjo: j
the sin of commission is greater than the sin !
of omission. But that is not ali the honorable
Mason means by the term "servile," We of,
the North, being members of one body politic,;
are all slaves—slaves by our own election, or. j
in the words of the honorable Senator from
Virginia,-" servants by contract." And thus!
docs tho great expounder of southern senti
ment extinguish, at one fell blew of his gas-i
ometrical windpipe, our right to the
term free States : and thus are the "mud-sills j
of northern society" deprived of their right to ;
untlerlie the gigantic brick-and-mortar work
—(we mean no disrespect to the honorable j
I Senator of Virginia) which constitutes j
northern society. Verily the North is no more ; j
its foundation is taken away, its best energies;
impressed into aristocratic servitude; its mind j
and body equally prostrated and abased; —'
how in the name of the god Moloch is it to be .
j preserved against the mighty sentence of the
owner and father of many bondsmen? En-1
lightepfd Europe | holy Asia! unexplored j
Ethiopia ! can ye not raise us from the degrad- j
atiqu of "servile States," >uid place us in eqi- j
I libra with our great Mason's slaves?
TSic I)x(ravagarore and Profli
gacy oi' taitt Pro-Slavery
Party.
Slavery is not only the meanest of des
potisms —it is also the most expensive,
Wherever the Slave-holders or their al-j
iies arc in the ascendant, there thefinan
!
oes are in bad condition. Ifyoubeiu
with township affairs, and then proceed
step by step tu the affairs of the Nation,;
you will find this rulo to hold good, that,
hunkerism, debts and reckless expenses
go together; whether in the management
c o / z>
'of Township, County, State or National
| affaire, Take the present factious oppo
sition of the Slave-holders and doughfaces
in Congress as an illustration. These
men know that many of the Mail Con
tractors are nearly mined for the want of
money long since due them for carrying
the mails, and that every day's delay is
bringing some of them to bankruptcy.
What do the Slave-holders care for this?
No more than they do for the ruin of the
slaves on their plantations. What do
Pro-slavery men throughout the Free
States enre for it ? Nothing. Let bank
ruptcy come on the Nation rather thau
let a .Republican Speaker be elected.
Rut it is to a statement of the finances
of the National Government that we de
>ire the special attention of our readers.
We rjuote below from the W. Y. Llerald,
because that paper is the especial cham
pion of the Administration, and there
fore, if there is an honest administration
man in this county, wo ak him to read
tilts exhibit, and say how long he is wil
ling to have the administration in such
hands : . j
INCOME ACCOCXT
Customs, $19,565,824 3S
Public hind?, 1.756,687 30
.Miscellaneous, 2,082,550 33
Total $53,405,071 01
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Civjl list, $23,635,820 9-1
Interior Depart
ment, 4,753,972 CO
War Depart
ment, 23.343,822 38
Navy Depart
ment, 14.722,610 21
-- r— 6(3,846,236 13
Actual deficit of income $12,941,155 12
In addition to this deficit, the
government had to provide
lm-ans to meet the twirthcus
inherited fconj tne pn~t. and
to pay interest on debt to the
amount of 17.405,285 44
Excess of expense over inr/cme $30,340,440 56
To meet this great disproportion be
tween expenses and income, resort has
been had to the fallacious system of bor
rowing, and ercating a debt for future
payment. Thus stands the
BOUNOWED MONEY ACCOUNT.
Cash in han-d July 1, 1858, $6,393,316 10
Less oash iukaDd July 1, 1859, 4,339,275 54
Borrowed for cash balance, 5'2,059',940 59
Borrowed on Treasury notes, 9.06?.,4Q0 60 :
Borrowed on loan of 1858, 18,620,000 00
Total bor'd money in 1858-9, $30,346,440 56;
If this were the account of a private,
individual, he would not have credit on
'Change for a single day; for however|
great his assets might be, they could not
stand such financiering during ordinary!
business times. If wo were engaged iu :
an expensive war for the defence of the j
permanent interests of the country, which I
compelled us to draw upon our fature re i
sources for the purpose of securing those i
interests, the creation of a puhlio debt
would be pardonable; but that in a peri
od of profound peace the Secretary of the
Treasury should be compelled to borrow
a sum nearly equal to sixty per cent, of
the public income, is a reproach and a
shame.
******
The Secretary goes on to show that the
permanent public debt is $45,155,977 0(5,
and the temporary debt on the 30th of
June, 1859, was 515,040,800 more—
making a total of 8(50,202,777 60, while
the public buildings in process of erection
have been stopped, and no provision has
been made fur the redemption of twenty
millions of treasury notes falling due on
the 30th of June next.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
This body met a week ?go Thursday,
and was a;ganged according to law.
In the Senate, Ron. Win. M. Francis,
of Lawrence, was elected Speaker; Rus
sell Error, of Pittsburg, Chief Clerk ; C.
P. Ramsdell, of Venango, Assistant Clerk;
E. Cowan, Geo. M. Pattonand J. C. Lew
is, Transcribing Clerks; Geo. M. Hill,
Sergeant at-Arms—Daniel Crum and
Cant. Wm. P. Brady, Assistants;
Peter S. Marks, Roor Keeper—J. B.
Himes and Joseph Riblet, Assistants
Thos. Walker, Messenger—J. O. Robbs,
Assistant.
In the House, W. C. A. Lawrence, of
Dauphin,reelected Speaker ; E. 11. Raucli
of Mauch Chunk, Chief Clerk—John
Ilail, Assistant ; John Picking, L. Ro
gers, S. C. Slay maker and M. Weyaud,
Transcribing Clerks; Jsreal Gutelius,
Postmaster ; Jos. 11. Matthews, Sergeant
at-Arms —John F. Lindermau of Berks,
Samuel 11. Eale of Bunks, John Mech
ling of Armstrong, aud Casper Gang of
Allegheny, Assistant"; John C. Morgan,
Doorkeeper—Wm. R. Gardy, John D.
Rees, A W. Kitnmel and E. I) Pickett,
Assistants ; A. D. Davis, of Venango,
Messenger—[as. P Williams, John G.
Clothier, IJ. G. Gibson aud G. H. Kirln,
Assistants.
The usual committees wore appoint
ed id either House to wait on the Gov
ernor and the other Branch, and the
Rules of 1859 adopted by both Branches
—in the House on motion of Mr. Mann.
The Governor's Message was road in
both Houses on Weduesday. It is an
able State papor, principally discussing
i the affairs of this commonwealth. We
will publish it in full next week. It was
| ordered that 7 0(H) eopies in English aud
2,000 in German, be printed for the use
of the House. We are indebted to Gov.
Packer, and Messrs. Benson, Mann and
WiHiston for early and neatly printed
pamphlet copifs of the Message. We
arc also indebted to Messrs. Mann and
Benson for early copies of the Auditor
General's Report.
• Wc coueratulate our frieuds llaucli,
of the Mauch Chunk Gazette , Rogers, of
the McKeau Oitizev , Cowan, of the War
ren Mail, and Krret of the Piitsburg
Gazette , on their "good fortune" in get
tiug positions. Wc made a movement
for a clerkship in the Senate, but learn
ed that it was no use in time to save us
much trouble, our Senator being already
committed to our friend Cowan. We are
however, much wiser for what effort we
did make —iearning that to obtain such
a positiou costs the sacrifice of more self
respect than we are as yet willing to
lose. Our friends, however, bad their
way pre-paved ana their success is clear
lleligiun Worked Out.
" Remember those in bonds, as bound
with them," is we suppose as imperative
a religious duty, as attending prayer meet
ing. Rut it is a duty which a majority
of professing christians seem loth to ac
knowledge. We are therefore gratified
with every indication of religious growth
jn this direction. So we publish with
pleasure, aud commend to the attention
of the members of the quarterly meeting
to assemble here next week, the follow
ing resolutions passed unanimously ac the
Quarterly Meeting Conference of Kush
viilc Charge, Rep. Kith, 1859 ;
3d, That we deplore the continuance of
slavery in the M, E. Church, and heartily- ap
prove of the efforts which are being made to
remove the foul blot from our Zion.
4th, That a crime which is sapping the
foundation of the National Government, and
,al.-o subverting among u-all ideas of political
justice must be especially disgraceful and dis
astrous to the Christian Church, whose motto
is " holiness to the Lord."
sth, That recent investigations and the
testimony of men raised in tlm slave States,
fully substantiate the fact that the M E.
Church is largely involved in the guilt of
slave-holding, while we also condemn the
slave-traffic, and our present disciplinary rules
against these things are to all iqtcnu and pur
poses, a dead letter.
6th, That until this err lug evil is put away,
silence is criminal. We become-partakers of
other men's sins by not rebuking them. And
we therefore call upon all our ministers, of
every gcjuJe, and upon our editors jn every
part of the Church, and upon ai| tfie jajty, to
arise in their mignt, fur the extirpation oftijis
abomination.
7th, That iu this work we expect, and of
right ought to have, not the frowns of our
chief men and ministers, uut their hearty co
operation. We call upon, them to do their
duty, and be our leaders, in this God-like en
terprise.
ONE of the humanitarian movements
of the times although little known as
such, can hardly bo over estimated iu its
importance upon the well being of our
widely scattered communities. The pop
uiation of the American States is in many
sections so sparse, that skilifu! Physicians
are hardly available to theui. Yust num
bers of our people, are obliged to employ
iu sickness, such medical relief as they
can hear of from each other, or indeed any
they can get from any quarter. Hence,
arises the great consumption of Patent
Medicines among us, greater by far than
in any of the old countries, where skilful
physicians are accessible to all classes. —
Unprincipled men have long availed
themselves of this necessity, to palm off
their worthless nostrums, until the word
has become flynonimous with imposition
and cheat. One of uurieading Chemists
in the East, Rr. AVER,, i? pursuing a
course which defeats this iniquity. He
brings not only his own but the best skill
of our times to bear, for the production of
the best remedies which can be madc.r —!
These are supplied to the world, in a
convenient form, at low prices, and the
peopie will no more buy puor medicines j
instead of good, at the same cost, than |
they will bran instead of flour. The in-j
evitable cousequeuce of this is, that the
vile oompouuds that flood our country,
are disoarded for those which honestly I
aocomplish the end in view,—which oure. |
Ro we over estimate its importance, in
believing that this prospect of supplant
ing the by-ward medicares, with those of
actual wortli and virtue, is froqght with
imn.euse consequence for good, to the
masses of our people.— Gazette and
Chronicle, J'rru, la.
A young girl named Minerva Deha
veti, aged sixteen years, committed sui
cide the other eveuiug, in the village of
Mansfield, Perm., by hanging.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, the poet,
will be an occasional contributor to The
Independent newspaper during 18(50.
Mrs. Stowe, John G. Whittier,and Hen
ry Ward Beccher, will continue to shine
in its columns.
■ i ~ ' ' u —<•
INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES
Like ail other inflammation, is caused by
impurity of the blood, which causes all erup
tive diseases, as Bait Rheum, Scurvy, Boils,
Sores. Ulcers, Ac. The blood being unhealthy,
and of an hapuro nature, also occasions Drop
sies. The blood becoming obstructed in the
veins, the watery part of tho blood in conse
quence is thrown out from their extremities,
and dropsy ia tho result. Many times it is
occasioned by improper treatment of some
former disease, and the vessels being filled
I by serous humors instead of blood. Free evac
uations by tbe.-e pills, open the passage into
the bladder and carry off the corrupted hu
mors, and renew them with pure and healthy
blood, which will drive out of the body all
inflammation, together with eruptions of the
skin, and all dropsical complaints. They will
be a slieild to every fonn of disease to guard
and keep you from" the cold grasping hand of
death, and cause li<e aud strength to remain,
and the countenance to brighten with tho
bloom of beauty and health.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills axe sold
by all dealers in Medicines.
PRICE CVRRE^T.
I Corrected every Wednesday, by F. A. STKB-
B-INS, wholesale and retail Dealer in Gro
ceries and Provisions. Main Street,
COUDERSPORT, PA.
Apples, grecra, $1 00 to 1 25
do dried, 44 175 2 sl>
i Beans, 41 1 25 1 75
: Beeswax, lb., 20 25
I Beef. " 4
| Beef Hides, " S
! Berries, dried, "p* quart," 10 18
i Buckwheat, %i bush., 48 50
: Butter, lb., 18 20
Cheese, " 10 121
Corn, bush., 1 00 1
I Corn ,Ueal. prr cwt., 200 250
Eggs, TpJ cto2., 15
Flo up, extra, bhl., 600 650
do double extra, 14 625 675
Hums, lb., 1 14
Hay, ton, 10" 00 12 00
Honey, lb., 10 12^
Lard. 44 12 lt>
Maple Sugar, per lb., 8 lO
Outs, 'P bush., .44 50
Onions, 44 75 100
Pork, V bbl., 19 00 20 00
j do fl lb., 10 12$
do in whole hog, lb., 6 7 J
Potatoes, "D bnsh., 31$ 44
Peaches, dried, lb., 25
Poultry. Id lb., 5 T
Rye, 7jl bush., 1 00
I Salt, bbl., 275
do sack, 25
| Trout, j-bh!., 600 650
Wheat, bush., 1 12J 150
White Fish, per. J-bbl , 6 00 8 50
Wool, per. It)., 23 33
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE..
FIFTY-FIFTH VOLUME. .
i LOUIS GAYLOKD CLARK, PR. .'AiiES C. NOYE3,
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