ested person proving ihe genuineness of iho i original and that tbe copy certified is a irue and correct copy ol it the carolina watchman | * if ihe claimant was a regimental or staff officer ihe declaration must be varied accord i ing lo the facta ol ihe case f if the discharge has been lost or deal roved i the woids in italic will be omitted and the facia in relation to the loss of the discharge slated in lieu thereof if the claimant never ' received a written discbarge or if discharged ; in consequence of disability or if he was in < captivity with the enemy he musl vary his de ' olaralipn so as lo set forth th facts ol ihe case . the notes to ihe preceding declaration ; are also applicable o this in some cases il will perhaps he impossible for ibe widow io slate the facts in relation lo her husband's ser vices with ihe particularity aa to dates _»__., indicated by ibe above lorm in mich case she must set torih ibe facta wilh as much accuracy as possible it will be in iispensaile for her to stale ihe company and regiment in which he served if her husband was killed in bailie lhat fact mu be set forth in the declaration this declaration must i>e accompanied by satisfactory proof of ibe marriage and of the husband's death if there is any public re cord of the marriage a duly certified copy of such record should be forwarded if possible — it there is no public record of the marriage but a private or family record such family re cord or a certified copy of ibe same should be forwarded with ihe affidavit of some disinter ested person proving ibe genuineness of the original aud that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it it no public or private re \ coid of the marriage exists or can be procured that tact should be set forth in ibe declaration and in such case other evidence such as the testimony of persons who knew the parlies in the lifetime of the husband and knew ihem lo live together as husband and wife and lo be so j reputed will be admissible u-^7 in no case however will the mere state ment of witnesses thai the claimant is the wid ow of the deceased he taken as evidence ot the marriage ; but the witnessea musl state the facts and circumstances from which thev derive iheii knowledge or opinion lhat she is the wid ow of ihe deceased a certificate from the clergyman or magis trate who solemnized the marriage is not com petent evidence unless the genuineness of ihe certificate be proved aud the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemn ize marriages from the philadelphia newarof october 18 slave case at philadelphia yesterday afternoon about hall past three o'clock an alleged fugitive slave was brought to the marshal's office by ihe deputy marshal arssisted by constable agen ofthe third ward southwaik and messrs john thornton and ! thompson tully he was arrested while at ', work as a hod-carrier on ihe ridge road near j poplar street at the instance of bis master thomas p jones of cecil counly maryland ; the name of ihe all edged slave is henry oar neti he appeara to be about 25 or 27 years of age and has been absent from his master , lor eight years he was accompanied by a ; young man ol bis own color who denied that he might have counsel which request was granted tbe warrant for ibe arrest ofthe slave was is ' sued by justice grier and the tight of owner ship and identity ol the person was heard by him the right uf property in henry garnetl was traced lb rough several wills to the present mas ter t p jones his identity waa about to bo \ established by mr jones and others when mr i pierce for tbe prisoner asked thai tbe casa be postponed until a lulure period to afford an op portunity to charles gibbons lo attend as coun sel judge crier said : that ihi was to be sure a summary proceeding vet be desired lo givo the prisoner an opportunity lo be properly de fended and if he pion-eded iu a summary manner il would be owing lo the ill advice the colored population were now receiving h>s : said he had read i-i i!i papers ol meetings be ing held at which re | ilions wen passed ad | vising and uiging ihe colored race lo arm them ! selves against ibe laws and shoot down the of ficers of the law if such advice in old be tak en the first officer killed would lie ihe signal for the extermination ol ihe black race al laws he thought would be set at defiance as ihey bad been but a short lime since he was as much a friend lo the unfortunate race as any man but be looked upon while men who would jjive advice ol armed resistance lo the laws as ihe colored people's worst enemies il he were to adjourn this case until ibis day he felt satisfied thai thousand oi bl u ka would assem ble peihaps to ich the law thi would compel him to send lo ibe navy _ mi for their whole military force ; and due a god liveih and my soul livetb said the judge i will main tain ibe law though i have lo order eycry man who puts himsell in armed opposition to its ex ecutioii to be shot down i will execute the law as i find it at all hazards it was here suggested ihal ihe laws of penn sylvania made ii illegal <•> place ibe prisoner in anv of its prisons the marshal agreed to keep the alleged slave until ibis day tbe judge said thai n any mob should congregate black or while wilh a view to re-l-t ibe laws t would be repelled even o the shedding of blood tbe hearing ofthe case was then po»t poned until ibi utoi i the fugitive on friday morning was again brongbl into court aftei the bearing of tes timony and ibe ducussion of ceitain points of law the judge said thai as tbe claimant had failed lo make out bis case the prisoner had a right to bis discharge and he was accoidiugly discharged new 1 • ■- tire — it ia staled that a new locomotive engine on an improved principle has laiely been manufactured at ihe great northern works boston which the makers warrant will run the li--ance from boston lo loudon ik miles wilh six carriages and iwo breaks the usual express train in one hour and thirty minutes tbis is at the rate ol 7i , miles an hour the engine will be ready for trial in a very short lime to make hens lay — the south caroli nian says a neighbor stales lhat bog's lard is the best ihing that be can find to mil with the dough he gives lo hens he saja that one cut of lhi lat as large as a walnut will set a hen lo laying immediately after she has been bro ken up from silling and that by feeding them wiih ibe fat occasionally his hens continue lay ing through the whole winter michigan with a population of 400.000 has 3'io miles o railway completed and 330 miles more iu course of tuu-tiuctiou aud pro jected terms <>)' hie watchman . n per year two dollars — payable in iut jf noi paid in advance two dollars be charged iserted at 1 for the first and 2 cts a i jent insertion court orders eh-irged ; ,' r than these rates a liberal deduc who advertise by the year ,.. editors must be post paid — ppotixting property from i l\m sellers \ widow lady in missouri prosecuted inuor-seller for selling her slave a quart f liquor on which he became intoxicated j in consequence irozen todeaih she , ,,,, rj ss50 regarding the slave as , rtv who will not sny that this was a 1 r||ti-i)!)s verdict and yet if tnis had ■ en a husband or son the law would have given no redress even if the drunk j had sel lire to his neighbor's property he might be punished but the man who i : ! bim the liquor not only goes unwhip r_il f illm'ce m,t s n<)t even called to ac 1 ,• ,|, ny way the abominable ab surdity i his a ca sef rnd most will nowledge but who will set about de g .. remedy how ridiculous to re i moral suasion to protect us against l greatest enemies of man the liquor venders we must and shall eventually treat them as we do tbe burglar and the incendiary how inexpressibly silly and wicked when you punish a man with state prison who burns your building and t let hi rn burn up your son or father or brother and take no notice of it yes j even the board of excise will give him under oath a certificate of good moral character and permission to go on with bis murderous work — star of temperance license law in wisconsin the following is a specimen of just such a law as we would like to see in univer sal operation throughout this country and ' al others cursed with the liquor traffic j tbe provision in this law of wisconsin which strikes us as being so just and equi j table is that which inflicts the punishment of drunkenness and its crimes upon those who nourish and perpetuate this vice with all its ' section 1 no person shall hereafter be allowed to vend or retail intoxicating ' liquors or drinks until he shall have exe cuted to the treasurer of the city town ! ' or village in which he may reside or carry i on such business a bond in the penal sum ' of one thousand dollars ; with two or more ' sufficient sureties who shall be residents i ofthe place where such business is carri ' ed on conditioned to pay all damages that i community or individuals may sustain by i reason of his or her vending intoxicating liquors support all paupers widows and orphans made or helped to be made by his or her said trallic and pay the expen sesofall civil and criminal prosecutions ' made growing out of or justly attributa hie to his or her vending or retailing in toxicating liquors or drinks which bond shall be subject to the approval of the common council of such city the super visors ol such town or the trustees of such village provided they shall not be liable lor any costs in suits unless judgment be recoven-d against him or her upon the cause of action upon which the suit is brought : but they may recover costs as in ; other cases il also authorizes any married woman to institute suit for damages sustained by herself or children by such traffic ; and forbids the cognizance of suits for the re covery of retail liquor bills by any ofthe courts of the state if any person be comes a pauper and a public charge by intemperance the person who during the six months preceding has usually sold him liquor shall be sued on his bond and the j person against whom a judgment shall be so obtained is empowered to sue all per sons engaged in the trallic for contribu tions toward paying the penalty the act throughout is of the most stringent j character and will be very difficult to i evade it by any of the tricks heretofore practised ulatious rigidly enforced and their county affairs well managed they must take the matter into their own hands and elect their magistrates themselves at the ballot box — n c standard horrors of avarice — the cincinnati papers give us some singular facts con nected with an old beggar woman named elizabeth morelock whose death lately occurred in that city she died in the night and in the evening a lighted eandle was placed upon a stand beside the bed her idiot daughter a frightful looking hunch-back being the only attendant though for a part of the time the physi cian was present the old woman open ed her eyes and perceiving the burning candle ordered it to be blown out saying that she could not afford to pay for it — , when first taken sick she ordered the chest which was after her death found to contain nearly four thousand dollars in gold to be placed beside her bed and she kept it within reach of herarms during the whole of her sickness and when the death struggle came on and she was told she must die she flung herself upon the chest and clawed at it in her wild avaricious frenzy ' until she tore the very nails from her fin gers and thus embracing the ill gotten treasure her spirit took its flight an old stove in the room was found after her death to contain a considerable amount of silver and copper coin carefully stowed away the money and effects have been ' placed in the hands of an executor ap pointed by the court in 1840 when small change was scarce this woman made a ; handsome speculation hy selling five hun j dred dollars worth at one time to a single ' individual this money was accumula i ted by beggary by herself and her idiot daughter the latter was generally flog ged upon her return home at night when she did not make a good day's work of it j and was always whipped before she was sent out in the morning the cries ofthe poor creature while under the lash of her avaricious mother have frequently exci ted the indignation of the neighborhood the poor idiot herself was afterwards un der an attack of cholera and is probably numbered with the dead — ex an old sailor turned farmer as an evidence that those who are brought up from youth upon a farm do not always make the best farmers we will call attention to a place near nevvburgh owned and managed by a man who has spent the most of his life on the ocean — and yet we venture to say that there is not a better cultivated farm in orange county we had the pleasure of a short visit to this farm a few days ago and a dinner of carp from his fish pond it may be interesting to our readers to know that i this stock offish together with gold fish i were imported from europe by he pro prietor and are now rapidly multiplying in the hudson we saw tbe best piece of wheat upon : | this farm that we have seen this year j ! less injured by the drought than other pie j | ces and all because the land was plough j ed deep never less than nine inches and j well manured to grow wheat or corn he prefers a timothy sod turned flatand never j ! stirred afterward he considers it equal to ; a good dressing of manure turned under ; and contends that the whole secret of suc cessful farming consists in manuring ! bountifully and in deep ploughing his j rule of seeding wheat is two bushels to the acre — never less — and with the wheat half a bushel of timothy seed he says i that timothy for grass or hay is better j than clover that cows will leave clover ! to eat timothy and that they will make ( more and better butter upon it than clover ! and he has considerable experience keep , ing fifty of them the dairy is in charge of a farmer who carries on the place upon shares and gives • the proprietor sixty-seven pounds of butter per annum for each cow the milk is j kept in an underground room of the j farm house which is regulated in cold weather by a stove at a tempera \ ture of g5 degrees f in summer when cool it is kept as near that as pos sible and the milk churned early every '■ morning in four barreled dasher churns by horse power it takes twelve or fifteen quarts of milk to make a pound of butter which when sold averages twenty five cents a pound and the milk is worth two cents a quart when this farmer took us to see his pens of handsome lancashire porkers that get half of their living from buttermilk we acknowledge that it was better to make butter than sell milk for in addi tion to the pork there was a valuable lot of hog-pen manure to make more grass to make more butter and so on a continual round napier ian a the " englishman india paper of the | 28th june gives the following — we have read several very character istic letters which we regret we are not permitted to publish ; but one has just been handed to us for that purpose and we accordingly subjoin it the affair as related to us is as follows — a mr mor gan employed in a public office in send ing a small sum due to mr rowe ad dressed him as sergeant rowe the ser | j jeant's better hall was incensed at this he j j j bruner • / / " keep a check upon all vo.r editor 6f proprietor ) ruleks ( new series do this and liberty is safe < gen i harrison ( volume vii n cmc er 25 salisbury n c thursday october 31 1850 , ' being a tailor by trhde anil employed in . i the clothing department and probably ex j t pected to be addressed esquire she wrote i t an angry letter to the offender who con i sidering the sergeant implicated com plained to the commanding officer of the i station and not obtaining the redress ex . pected forwarded his complaint to the | commander-in-chief lrom whom he re j r ceived the following reply which we ! ; ' think would have been recognised with . out the signature : — , ; camp 18th april 1850 ; sir — i have received your complaint . and your very sensible remarks on mrs j ! sergeant roue's letter there is as you say nothing disgraceful in being a ser \ ■ geant any more than being a tailor ; which by your letter sergeant roweap i , pears to be my opinion is that he who wears a uniform is of higher rank than he j i who makes it and the sergeant is in my | mind much higher in rank ot the two ! all 1 soldiers are gentlemen and tailors are on ly tailors ! but it seems that mrs rowe thinks otherwise and prefers being a tail ! or's wife to being an officer's wife now | : in my opinion a lady has a right to hold ! her own opinion on these matters and 1 am unable to give you any redress be i cause my commission as commander in chief gives me no power to make ladies apologise for being saucy which is an un 1 fortunate habit they fall into at times and [ more especially those who are good-look ing which i suppose mrs sergeant rowe ! happens to be as to the sergeant having written the letter that is neither here nor i there some husbands cannot help doing j as they are ordered and he may be inno ; cent of malice the only thing that i can j do is to advise you to apply to your supe j rior the collector and magistrate of far ruckabad who will represent the insult which has been put upon you by mr ser j geant rowe as you state and if possible , maj tucker will endeavor to persuade the lady to apologise for calling you an ass more than give you this advice i cannot do c j napier commander-in-chief n c watering places our people will learn after a while it is to be hoped that in north carolina we have as fine springs as beautiful scenery and as majestic mountains as adorn any other country on this green earth then too we have as picturesque and we are sure quile as terrible and grand ocean scenes as any other state on the atlantic i coast yet with all these attractions to the gay and invalid they will leave the pure air of their native state and spend their money to fatten the thankless van j kees who revile them as unchristian and j j tyranical knaves let us seek our amuse i j ments and recreations at home hereafter ] j and we shall hear of no more saratoga j i robberies or cape may disturbances or ' other insults to southern slave-breeders j go to the mountains of western north j carolina if you would breathe the purest j j air or drink the coldest clearest water in j | the world go to the warm springs in ; | buncombe or to the white sulphur in | warren if you would revel with the gay ! or flirt with the fashionable go to nags j i head and beaufort and smithville if you | j would lave in the briny waters ofthe deep ' blue sea or while away a thoughtful hour " listening to the breakers roar as they lash our snow sand beach , n c star hear hear if there is any thing that calls for sympathy j 1 j aid or furtherance on the ground of philanthro i ! py it is the temperance reformation ; for lhat i j aids almost all other associations and would i render many entirely unnecessary not half j our poor-houses would he needed were it uni j : versally triumphant ; not half our private char i hies not half our orphan asylums or insane hospitals most philanthropic societies are j : mere palliatives temperance are prevent i ives aud cures they seek to prevent the ! evil from existing : or if exists to remove it at ! once by drying up its fountains and there is ! no objection brought against this which may not be brought against every other philanihrop i ic association in the land if this is wrong | they are wrong for both seek the renovation of physical andmotal evil if this is unneed ed so are they ; lor without this many of them are utterly vain and can effect nothing a hard hit ! — in a speech at macon ga in which he advocated temporary secession from the union r barnwell rhett is repotted to have snid : " you may hang up a copper in hell and the yankees will plunge in alier it !" to this we find the following severe truthjid i retort in the macon journal : " well this may be true or may not but pray how much worse would that be than for a great leader ofthe self sly led southern parly to change off his ancestral name for money ? — and yet we learn that one robert barnwell smith of south carolina some few years since changed his name from smith to rhett — mere ly to enable him to inherit a fortune !" i romantic story — the evansville journal savs : — last monday a stranger made applica ! tion to our city grave digger for employment he was at once set to work digging a grave which he completed belore evening he was paid one dollar for his job and feeling unwell went to bed duiing the succeeding night he died and in the morning was buried in the same grave which but a few hours before his own hands had dug ! we were unable lo learn i the name of the unfortunate man or any pait j of his history save tbe sad part here re i corded he died among us a total stranger j bounty land bill we publish at length lrom the washington city papers for the benefit of the soldiers their i widows and children the following important ! information connected with the bounty land bill ! passed by the late congress vv'e present first the letter of mr stuart \ the secretary of the interior on the subject ; j and next the forms lo be observed by persons ! interested these forms says the wash j ingiou republic in laying them before the pub lie " will with the military rolls be deposited in the clerk's office of every county the evidence . of service and discharge being thus accessible j together wilh the forms necessary to verify the i claims the simplest business knowledge will be j sufficient to fill up and forward an application i for a warrant and to direct if necessary the location by the commissioner of the general land office : " department of the interior october 3 1850 the bounty land bill the congress of the united states at its late session having in a spirit of justice and liberality passed an act granting bounty land to ceitain officers and soldiers who have ! been engaged in the military servire ofthe j united states the president has esteemed it no less a privilege than a duty to adopt all the | means in his power to give prompt and effi cient operation to this beneficent measure i deem it proper therefore lo announce to those entitled to the benefits of the law that wilh his sanction i have caused all the neces sary forms and instructions to guide claimants in applying for and obtaining their rights to be prepared and ihey are now in the hands of ihe printer at the earliest practicable moment copies of these papers will be forwarded to each member of congress and to the clerk of the court of every county in the united states it will be his purpose to administer the law in such manner as to make it what congress designed il to be — a bounty to the soldier and not to agents and speculators the forms and ihe mode of proof have there fore been made as simple as possible and eve ry facility will be afforded lo applicants to es tablish their just demands clerks are now engaged in preparing from the rolls on file cer tificates of service in order lhat those who have not received discharges or have accidently lost them may not be disappointed in obtaining their just reward the policy of this law in all its provisions is to discourage speculation in the claims of soldiers the act provides " that all sales mortgages letters of attorney and other in struments of writing going lo affect ihe title or claim to any warrant hereinbefore provided [ for made or executed prior lo the issue shall be null and void lo all intents and purposes whatsoever nor shall such certificate or war i rani or the land obtained thereby be in any j wise affected by or charged with or subject j lo the payment ol any debt or claim incurred i by such officer or soldier prior to tbe issuing of i the patent in his judgment the issue contemplated in | ihe body ofthe above-recited clause of the law is the issue of the paten consequently all sales transfers assignments and incumbran ces of soldiers land claims made before the i emanation of the patents are void and will be disregarded by ihe government speculators are therefore admonished that they can acquire no rights by purchase which will be recogniz ed by this department i leel it to be my duty also to warn the frank and confiding soldier against ibe arts and ! devices of agents who will seek to exagger ate the difficulties of obtaining the land in or der to enhance their own charges the evi dence of service exists among the archives of the country in nine cases out of ten the only proof required will be of the indenlity of the applicant or of marriage and widowhood or heirship these are facts readily proven and : therefore the difficulties will in most cases be merely nominal and to remove even these slight obstacles and to give more full and com plete effect to the munificence of the govern ment i beg leave respectfully lo recommend lo : the proper authorities of each county and town ship to employ a suitahle agent al the expense of the counly to supervise the preparation of the applications and proofs of claimants the ignorant and unwary would thus be protected from imposition the poor soldiers from burdens they are not able to bear and the government i from many embarrassments which may result from awkwardness of incompetent agents in conclusion i desire to say lhat great care will be used to guard against undue preferences of one class of applicants over oihers with tbis view at the proper time a sufficient num , ber of clerks will he employed to issue the certificates with the least possible delay so j lhat all may have an equal chance of making advantageous locations alex h h stuart secretary of the interior " instructions and forms to be observed by persons applying to the pension office for bounty land under ihe act ot september 28th 1850 entitled " an act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the united states in every application for the benefit of the act aforesaid whether made by the surviving of ficer or soldier himself or by his widow or minor child or children a declaration under oath must be made as nearly according lo tbe fol lowing forms as the nature ofthe case will ad mit such declaration and all affidavits must be sworn to before some justice of the peace or other officer authorized to admisier oaths for general purposes who must certify the same the official character and signature of the , magistrate who may administer tbe oaih must be certified by the clerk of ihe proper court of record of his county under tbe seal of the court such certificate must accompany every case in every instance where the certificate of j ihe cenilying officer who authenticates the pa per ia not written on the same sheet of pa;>er i which contains the affidavit or other papers : auihenticaticated ihe cettificate must be al ! tached thereunto hy a piece of tape or narrow j ribbon the ends of which must pass under the j official seal so as lo prevent any paper from j being improperly attached to thi certificate the 3d section in express terms only pro i vides for the location of a warrant under the i law thus the right to locale not being given i to an assignee the department may well gay ' that no assignments made prior to location will | be recognised the 4th section declares all sales zc go ing to affect the title to any land granted or to be granted " prior to the issue shall be null and void and expressly declares that the land located shall not be charged with or subject o any debt or claim " incurred prior to the issuing of the patent it thus appears clear that it '■ was the intention of congress that the claim of the soldier or his heirs should continue free ; from every kind of incumbrance until after the issue of the patent and thus relieve the depart meot from all the evils growing out of con ; flirting claims under alleged assignments the object of the law is to confer ihe right to the land itself on the warrantee or his heirs after that purpose is effected it is of course com petent for the grantee to dispose of il as he may think proper form of a declaration to be made by the surviving officer or soldier statu of } cotnty of on ihis day of , a d one thous and eight hundred and , personally ap peared before me a justice ol the peace or other officer aullwrized to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the counly and state aforesaid aged years a re sident of in ihe state of , who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is ihe identical who was a in the company commanded by captain in the regiment ot commanded by in the war with great britain declared ; by the united states on the 18th day of june 1812 or other tear embraced in said act de scribing wlwt war ;) that he enlisted or vol unteered or was drafted at on or about the day of , a d for the term of , and continued in actual service iu said war for the term of , and was honorably discharged at on ihe day of , j a d , as will appear by his original cer tificate of discharge herewith presented f or by the muster rolls of said company he makes this declaration lor the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the united stales passed september l^ih 1850 signature of the claimant sworn to and subscribed before nie the day and year above written and i hereby certify that i believe the said to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated signature of the magistrate or other officer form of a declaration to be made by the widow of a deceased officer or soldier state of } county of (} on this day of , a d one ihons and eight hundred and , personally ap peared liefore me a justice of the peace or other officer authorized to administer oath for general purposes within and for the county and state aforesaid aged years a resident of , in the slate ol , who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of deceased who was a in the company commanded by captain in the regiment ol commanded by in the war with great britain declared by the united states on the 18th of june 1812 or other war as the case may be ,) that her said husband enlisted at vol unteered or was drafted at on or about the day of , a d , fur the term , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honor ably discharged at on the day of , a d as will appear by his original certificate or discharge herewith presented 1 she further states that she was married lo the said in on the day of , a d , by one a and that her name before said marring was ; lhat her said husband died at on l the day of a d , and that she is still a widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the " act passed september 28th 1850 claimants signature sworn to and subscribed before me tbe day and year above written ( officer's signature application bi minor children if any officer or soldier who would he enti tied to bounty land under said act if living has died leaving no widow who still survives him but leaving a child or children uuder ihe age of majority at the lime of the passage of said act such minor child or children are enti tied lo the same quantity of land that the lalher would be entitled to if living in such case ihe guardian of such minor child or children must make a declaration as nearly corresponding with ihe foregoing forms as ihe nature of he case will admit he must state ihe time of the father's dealh ; ihe fact that no widow survives him : and musi slate the name or names and exact age or ages of his surviving minor child or children this declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof oi the lather's death that no widow survives bim ofthe ages of the minor children and of his own appointment by com petent authority as guardian if there is any famdy record showing ihe ages of the children it or a certified copy ot the same should be forwarded with the affidavit of some disinter police regulations there is a growing feeling in this city in favor ot abolishing the present system of a hired guard and of supplying its place with a regular nightly guard draft ed from the citizens this feeling is the result of experience connected with our police regulations ; and we hope it may not be sullered to pass ofl without some salutary reform in this respect we can have no doubt that the town would be better guarded by the citizens than by the hired guard or by any simi lar guard ; and it can be done too with out expense let every citizen between the ages of eighteen and seventy be en rolled in companies of six with some re sponsible man for a captain ; and let them lake the rounds in regular order from night to night reporting next morning as a tnaiter of course to the intendant no citizen who is able to turn out ought to ohject to it ; but if any should decline to serve without a good excuse let them be fined one dollar in each case for the ben efit of the city treasury wc hope those who are in favor of this reform will prepare petitions at once get them signed and send them in to the board ol commissioners the next meet ing of the board will be held the first fri day in november while on this subject we would call the attention of the public generally to the facts set forth in another column of this paper by our correspondent " viator the evils of which he complains are not only ofthe most serious nature but they are increasing ! let this matter be look ed to at once by the competent authori ties ; and if these authorities from a lack ol information on the subject or from any other cause are still inclined to indiffer ence or supineness on this subject let an aroused public opinion compel them to their duty if the people of this state wish — as we know they do — to have their police reg