within the boundaries of this commonwealth, as described in the charter, and settled be tween this- State and such person or persons, being thereof legally convicted, in any court of oyer-and terminer, shall be ~ adjudged guilty_othigh treason.” "Sect. 2. If any_pcrson or persons shall set up any notice, written or printed, calling and, requesting the people to meet together for the design or purpose of'forming a new and, independent government as aforesaid, such person or persons and all others who shall assemble themselves for that purpose, in consequence of such notice, shall be ad judged guilty of high treason.” Now I will-refer to-somc evidence on this subject. It is this, from the Secretary’s ad dress immediately after the election: , “But fellow citizens until this investigation be) fully made and fairly determined, let us treat the,election of the ninth inst.i as if we had not been defeated, and in that attitude abide the result.” I will also read a para graph from the Harrisburg Chronicle, edited by a man designed by nature avid, selected perhaps by contract, to write the Speaker’s biography., - The paragraph is as follows. - , "The Coumtt Members. —The locofueos are most dreadlully alarmed about the mem bers from’the county of Philadelphia, seeing that they cannot frighten the democrats, out of their rights, by threats of fraud or vio : lencc. The Keystone and Reporter both flounder, dreadfully;-JjuLit wont do; THE DEMOCRATIC [Federal;] MEMBERS FROM THE COUNT-T OP PHILADEL PHIA WILL HAVE THEIR, SEATS— PEACEABLY, IF POSSIBLE—BUT FORCIBLY IF OTHERWISE. No threats of violence can intimidate. They tdill maintain their rights as democrats, as patriots, as free, independent and HEROIC MEN; they will defend themselves and that which belongs to them at ALL HAZARDS. And as for The threafthat they will be ousted out of their seats by the commission of a fraud'on the part of the Clerk, it is perfect ly ridiculous. If such a thing is attempted, it will be RESENTED with a spirit that will, make locofocoism and its hired instru ments qf rascality, regret it AS LONG AS THEY LIVE.” ’ „ These proclamations had been issued from the public pi-ess-under the direction of the late Executive, and more particularly the Secretary.of.tho Commonwealth;, and in ad dition to this, it was asserted publicly by Thaddcus Stevens, tliaf their object was to form a legislature of minority members, e lected,by_a minocity_.o£the people, or m oth er words'not .elected at all; and that the Se cretary was to withhold the majority returns. I ask if tliis is not evidence of an intention . to form a new government? I ask if there , is_nbt a black design at tiie bottom of all this? It was knowty’by these persons" that within five days the governor must contest, his election.- These five days were to be permitted to roll round, and then the votes men, who took upon themselves to decide on all returns,. to defeat Governor PorteUs e lection. Even as the returns were counted’ bp, was there not'more than five thousand votes thrown out, and by whom? By the Speaker of the, Senate of Pennsylvania.— These facts were before theTpuhlic. ’ Ail these schemes of Burrowes wpre to-effect some particular object," and that object was to form a-legislature not legally elected by the people. Was not this, setting up a sepa rate ana independent-government? And if he had been convicted of this, would it not have been Ah! but,- says the learn ed, Speaker, a lawyer who would .maintain such doctrines as-these, must sell physic in a village and; expound constitutional law to , his patients, and Dogberry is quoted by the . gentleman to the great amusement of the au dience, as good authority on this head. Let me say to the Senator, if he had studied the principles of the law, as much as liAiias the decisions of Dogberry ’s court, he would have come to the conclusion that under ing laws of Pennsylvania, with these facts established, even the'immaculate Secretary . of the Commonwealth could have been, con victed of treason,; For endeavoring to-estab lish a-new government, the head of which I believe' was to be the late Executive, But I have since learned; that there was'another project in view. I believe; no one‘doubts mit that the Speaker of the-Senate has very high aspirations, and I presume - this project . WaS to gratify him. , The plan was this.— Porter-was. to be defeated, by throwing out a sufficient number of counties' to effect, this object, and Ritner did not desire to contest ' the consequently for one year there would be no legally elected governor, and during that time the Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania was to rule supreme in the chair of State!. This was the plan, and this no dohbt would have been the result, if the people had not risen' in their strength and’ frowned it down, I do not know whether the Speaker was afraid of the butchers, be-, cause they smelled of blood, but I, will tell him.if his scheme had been carried out. he wmild Kaye; seen blood flowing, if he Tiad had.the. courage to look on. ' speaker:has referred to theTevolutioh of France,-and lam glad tliat he has, for if any one will take up the history, of that rev olution and compare it with the: attempt at revolution in Pennsylvania, he will see that there is a great similarity. , France hud her Rnhespeires, her Dantous' and Marats. and PennsylvaniaTiad her Biirovyesesi her Ste venses and conspiracy of the former was to destroy heahtiful France. The- conspiracy of the latter was ’ to destroy theKeyBtone,state-—{hepride'oftheUnion. The hand of Providence hoivever. has saved this commonwealth, ;We have on more than one occasion been providentially, preserved, tmd.it would seem.dhat oil the lateoccasion, pfrProyidenqe:,\Va9:,npon us.' - It was a prbyideiilialy elrcumstance. that the jWfip|c;:?ame here: at thexomincTicement'of \ '• tjie session imfl attested thwtreason:-which * *ras, concocting. The- committee oF safety , too, performed' its part in this emetgency, and whfen the history of the affair comes to / be written, the course of the democratic party will be decided to have been the cor rect course, and the speaker of the senate will be held up to posterity as a violator of the cunstitution and laws of liis country. — The speaker has told you that he had a family, and he desires to hand down to his children a reputation untarnished. 1 will say to him, if the transactions. at the com mencement of the session, -are to be chroni cled and go down to posterity, he will not appear in a very enviable light; and the day will arrive when his children will blush at thc conduct of their father on ; that occasion. 1 hope it will never be published, and. it will never meet their infant eyes. If the history of these transactions does go to future gen erations, the character of the speaker of the senate, instead of being exhibited in that high point of view, so eloquently described by the senator from the city, will be marked with the blots of darkness. ; It will have a black cast upon it, that even the waters of the Lethe will never wash out. . He will have a , mark fixed upon him, like that of Cain of Old, and every man will see it. This sir is public opinion. This is the opinion,of three fourths of the people of Pennsylvania, and if gentlemen will read the publications on the subject in other states, they will see that pretty much the same opinion is held through out the .Union,., ■The (Speaker lias denounced my county and my constituents. Although the gentle man has said that I come from the wilds of Lycoming, I will tell him that that the peo ple of that county are as intelligent and high minded as in any other part of the state, and they are always awake to their true interests. The gentleman has ridiculed the meeting in that county,-and said that a committee of seven was,'appointed with me at their head, to come to the'seat of government, .andthat I never came here. It is true. I did not come here at the head of seven: I waited a little and the people sent me here-at the head of three, thousand. The speaker has said that I reside in the wilds of Lycoming, Let me say, to that senator that nature has cast ihat country, in her finest mould.— There is no more beautiful scenery in Penn sylvania, or. 1-inight. say 1 in' the U. State's.— There is every thing to gratify the .eye, and satisfy the mind in the county where Provi dence has cast my lot, that could be desired. I know it is fashionable for those who live in cities to denounce those as poor, ignorant and friendless who are not situated as they are. T woulcTask of the speaker, however, to reflect, on. the time when he first went to Cumberland county. If he reflects on that he will not denounce others for their origin and local situation. . In-a lengthy discussion-which Ims,taken , place the question before Ihesenate.h'as been almost entirely lost sight of. When I last addressed the scnatr, "l'gavc tTIC reasons nUni —,v .TmiVcion dhc othef matter.— X say, in point of law and in point of justice, those troops should be paid. It is due to their-patriodsm ; to their love of country, and -to tlie honorable and soldier like feeling which seemed,to actuate them,"' They left their homes at a moments warning, in an in clement season and on ja ihost ungracious errand. Higher evidences of patriotism are seldom to be found,.and ! now say, that so long as such men can be found, the liberties of the commonwealth will be preserved, the laws sustained, and this republic be safe and happy. The speaker lias seen fit to denoun ce an officer brought here on that, occasion. He called him a two penny post boy, and every other epithet was applied to him which [ his intelligent but debased imagination could invent. That gentleman, however, regards it not. He may trace the private character of that man from; the cradle to the present time, and his political conduct from the years of maturity up to this moment, without being able to fiVid a dark spot in either. There are others whom the speaker has seen proper to denounce, but it is unnecessary fur me to defend them. They, came out boldly and firmly to sustain the laws, and when they were brought here in their military capacity, they conducted themselves like: true soldiers.. Although the call on those troops was a, dis grace to the commonwealth, still by coming, they saved their reputations as - citizen solr diers; performed their duty and are entitled to; their pay, ~ ... .“. I am under obligations to this committee for permitting me to address; them during thp period I have, .it being so-near the close' of our labors,- and, I hope during thfe-short stay which I am to make here, that I may, neyer again be called upon, to 'embark in a of; this description. Such discuss ions are not congenial to my feelings, but I will say that no man shall challenge-.me to a discussion, of my political principles withou t finding me willing to endeavor, to. sustain them.: In all matters in which the public good, is concerned, I will meet gentlemen fairly and honorably in debate. ; f wilj rea-, son,.with them and? listen patiently to'their argu pients; .hut I hope that this will be the last time, when the-senate of Pennsylvania shall be disgraced by attacks on jprivafe character, such as has been exhibited in this debate. It.was not called up.by me, arid if it is said that l embarked-.in it also, ‘I-have only to say, that it was inselfdefenqe.— aim I will, leave .to the public my justifica tion.' Mr. Pen-wise said;! hopc this will be the last.tim&r-ami I concur in; this with the in dividual from Xyco'ming-4-that the Senateof Pennsylvania shall be disgraced, as it has, been bVthe lpvv personalities of that senator. I should he unworthy of the.seat l have oc-; here-for six yeara pasts--! should be th'e confidence reposed ih :me by. °ttbe : senators on this;door—! should beu (worthy of . th e private friendship which of every individual : rn4luB-bbdynl^kno^npftp,flingje;exceptinn, ; i drd l condeBcend:ta/ehgife rn,a reply to the low billingsgate of;a-vulgar blackguard.— But t owd.it tomyself—-I owc.it to the sen-' ate—l. owe it to those who hive honored me with their confidence and friendship—l owe to the community in which I live—l owe it to the friends and relationsby whom .1 am surrounded—l owe itto every.consideration ofjustice among mcn.andto Him wliojudges of the designs of men—l owe it to' all these considerations, solemnly, and in the presence of the aenate, to say that the charges made or insinuated, by-the senator from Lycoming are foul, malighaftf aspersions, contradicted by evidence adduced before a committee of his own party, and it remains only for me to say that the calumnies are as foul as I con thd calumniator base and unworthy, I regret the necessity of this reply—l make it with reluctance—l make it with no design to provoke: feelings here or elsewhere —but I make it under.the- full -conscious ness of my responsibility; and sir, were I to forget that.the searcher‘of all hearts was a being of infinite justice;, and to follow the dictates of humanity alone, and permit my to’ govern my (ourse. of conduct, tho Senator from the county of Lycoming would soon discover whether the blood of the Biddles,- which courses in my veihs. was disgraced or not. But the Senator from j Lycoming knows full well—and hence the personal attack which has been made on me —that- I hold connexions, which forbid me pursuing the natural dictates of my feelings. The Senator in the course.of his remarks has assumed arguments which I did not advance, and has misrepresented those which I did use, and drawn- conclusions-from-the-one and the other, neither justified by the events which he lias referred to, nor by any thing which has taken place. I now leave the subject. I am perfectly satisfied that the Senators argument —if argument he pleases to call it—should .go to the public. lam perfectly satisfied that my whole connexion with the transaction referred to by the. Sen ator should be-published, in anyway that may be desired, either by my friends or my enemies. , I feel that I have discharged my duty as Speaker of this body, and on the floor of the Senate,’ and by my acts am I willing to be judged, . , Mr. Parsons.— Due word Mr. Chairman and I am done. T stated nothing oh the floor of.the .Sepate. but what I religiously believe to be true, and which 1 believe can be proved satisfactorily, and if it has had the effect which the Senator from-Cumber land represents, it is. because.the truth tells tales of disgrace and dishonor which the Senator wishes to have forgotten—because the laslrever makes “the gall’d jade wince.” W.ith regard to the language being of a low and billingsgate cast, as the Speaker repre sents‘it, I will only say that it was in reply to his remarks, and in the language of scrip ture. "I answered afool according to his folly.’’ •enS r f^a d^ e en°ft the payofthc Death of General Smith. DIED.—In Baltimore on Monday the 22nd ult. General SAMUEL SMITH, aged about 87 years. The following biographical sketch of the life of the deceased will exhibit some inter esting particulars: Samuel Smith, the grandfather of the de ceased, emigrated at the age of about 35, from Ireland, to Pennsylvania in 1728. Gen. Smith’s father, John Smith, came from Car lise, in Pennsylvania, to settle in Baltimore, in September 1760, wa"S a member of the Convention that formed the State Constitu tion, and for-many years represented Balti more in the State Senate. Gen. Smith him self, was born at Carlisle, in Pa., on the 27t|i July, 1752; He was early destined by his father—who was himself a merchant—for a mercantile life, and- was .sent by him. to England, to be brought up,in an' English counting house. - He was then about 19;— not liking the form and restrainfurider which he observed that the clerks in the itouse lived, he'determined not to obtain his mer cantile education there: but freighting the vessel in which he had gone out,-he sailed for a port in Italy, and'the vessel being cast away on that "coaftr and tjie voyage broken up, he travelled Over moat of the continent; and returned to the United S. in the.same vessel irt which the accomplished hat-unfor tunate, Major Andre; was a passenger, be tween whom and him Self, was formed a friendship Which ended only with the life of that lamented victim treason. Gen. Smith, then a very young man-was se lected by the Committee of Safety of Balti more, to command a company, sent down by water to Annapolis, to arrest or capture the Provincial Governor-Eden.;";l?he Governor made his escape. He engaged'in the'revo lutionary struggle at its comenceinent;—en tering the'service as a Captain.’ • He , was in I the battle of Brandywine—in the-battle of Monmouth—in the battle of-White Plain— and'his-company-covered the retreat of the army through the' Jersey’s- of Long Island, and’ commanded 'at Mud Fort; where such gallant- and desperate defence was made against the British fleet—blowing up twonf their frigate’s; In this engagement, he was disabled by-a spent ball, which gave a shock to his whole frame, front which he did not sooii recover.' After the close of the Revolutionary struggle he entered ac tively into commercial pursuits, and may be said to have teen the founder Of the Com merce of our city; and was the main stay,of the Commercial interests of the whole conn; fry, in Congress for forty years. He, for one year; represented the City in the Legist latnre ofthe State,mfter-that he was in One or other House of Gongress;until the 4th of March,;lBSS;. "When- Mr.'Jefferson' came 1 into the PresidencyVhe prea'sed Gen. Smi.th to .“ cc ®P t th® office of Secretary of thetfavy; wmch ne declined, consefttihg,-hoto'eyeiVto act in that capacity until Mr. Jeflersonv-ould , select Some’one.to filllt permanently, He served as Secretary oif the Navy.for halfa- ' year or more; but would receive no compen-( i safion for his services. He generally while in congress filled some high station. Chair-' man of*Committees _on Ways and Means in the House, and of that of Finance in the Senate. When Baltimore was threatened with attack, his fellow citizens called on him. to takethecommand, which he did, upon a pledge ot his own private and tljat of a friend, who went before him fo his great account,—the necessary repairs and prepar ations of.Fort.McHenry were'made. Du ring all the tinie of'command here, neither, he, nor his staff, received any pay. He, went into Congress in 1793, and .continued with out intermission, a member up to the 4th of March, 1833. Congress voted, and presen ted him, a sword, for his gallant defence of Mud Fort. His last public service to his fellow Citizens, was in the capacity of Mayor of Baltimore.— Republican. Funeral of General Smith.-—‘The fallow ing account of the funeral of this aged rev olutionary veteran, we copy from the Balti more American of Saturday last:.. The funeral obsequies of the late General Smith took place on Thursday afternoon/in accordance with, the order issued by the Marshal of the day. Half-past four being the tim'C named for the Commencement of the procession, immense crowds of Citizens were seen early in the afternoon movingfrom point to point, whilst the members of the Cavalry ana other Military Corps, the City Guards and the Fire Companies hastened to their respective places of rendezvous, .eager to join in manifesting respect to the memory of one who had so long been identified with the fortunes of our community. The Procession left the dwelling of the deceased in Exchange Place at the appoin ted hour, and moved up Gay to Baltimore street, the cavalry in front, followed by the infantry-regiments and companies of artill ery. In compliance with the invitations which had been sent to them by the munici pal authorities, the President of the H. States and Heads of Departments at Washington, His Excellency the Governor of, Maryland, and other distinguished personages were in attendance, the President riding in fin. open barouche, accompanied by his" Excellency Governor Grason, the Mayor of the city, and the Hon. Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State oLthe United® States. A second ba rouche followed, in were seated the Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, the Hon. J. R. PoinSett, Secretary of War and the. Horn Felix Grundy, Attorney General of the United States. - The Hearse containing the body was drawn by four white horses and flanked oif either side by mounted dragoons. It was followed by a long Train carriages con taining the Pall Bearers, the Committee, of *1- __ AU- out arms, after whom came the Members of the City Council, the Officers of the Corpo ration, the Judges of the Courts:and mem bers of the Bar, the Professors of the Uni versity of Maryland, Officers of the Army and Navy, Officers of the Customs, Members of Congress, and Members of the State Legislature! Consuls, and others. On entering Baltimore street, the portion of the procession which hail started from the late-residcncc of the deceased wag joined by the Fire Department, dressed in the uniform of thfcir respective companies, the line bein'*- swelled as it proceeded west ward by the addition of crowds of private' citizens. During the ceremonies the bells of the, churches were tolled, minute guns .were fired, and the flags of the shipping in the harbor and on the .public edifices were dis played at half-mast high throughout the day, as they had been the day-preceding. A deep and heartfelt interest in the mourn ful scene seemed to pervade’all classes in whose minds the name of the venerable citi citizen, whose remains were passing to the "cold narrow house appointed wr all living,” had been associated with the advancement of the city, during more than three fourths ofa century. .... - , THE FATE OF A GAMBLER. We extract from a foreign, paper the fol -1 owing account of the melancholy consequen ces of indulging a propensity for gambling, as illustrated in the melancholy fate of a Bohcr raian nobleman: "The dreadfulpassionforgamblinghas waters of the Susquehanna up stream, • lately tnude another victjm in Bohemia.— or > (which would have been more'agreeable The. young Count J. B,'Gravallasky; had to their wishes,) converted a single demo ' rl® yearaago inherited fifteen millions of crat to the antimasonic faith. We under • Milan, '300,000. ; florins—at Vienna; 900 - rather affair, and was worthy Prague,' 300,000 florins. This se- “f occasion which called such a host ofya : vere lesson;'instead of tempering his passion, piotte souls together,; The principal speak made it still stronger. . He soldhis furinture, ers, we learn,; were hisjex-ExceUency, and ■ « v ® n revenuerto a- another, gentleman ivho was a candidate for rise trom the dominions composing his birth- l.iHtfnl- r- j right, for one hundred years, n“„ g A '“t . A jhether, ou ? fnend could not be alienated. All this idongV he astonished the'natives with «», elo lost alsQ. to misery, 'ahd always < l u<nce, ' ve nre not.informed; ForTurther dreaming of the possibility' of’winnihghack Particulars, see Herald of this week, the immense fortune be had lost; he cbmmit- ■ ted the serious crime. of forging bills of ex- / 1C?” Although the' dinner at Paul’s was a I change.? He was at Grhtz, and there he found spirited affair, some of the guests appeared meanBtonegociate;toMeBsrB. f Ghnrchman& cither spiritless nextmorning. Thev had Beyenberger & Brothers, at Vienna.—One be S°^ ehar \ d in. order to save a doctor’s of the partners of this.rich house arrived the fi"..9‘t®fwards. Perhajis, as he is vveU-a same dayiat Gretz, ; and infotmed the Messrs; hT-the evil of, seduction, he wisely a- Clarenheim th’atthby were’the dupes of a voided.aplace„where; the temptation to in diligence woulddoubtie'ss be vervstrong " asky was aiTfested, hut a short time aßer'Ke ° . -v.. . ®ratn./atidy’ iSriangriT-Neither of the greatlgiinh of where he assumed theinameF federal' antiih&isoary.- werh the of Kaitner, ahdpassedas a;cabmetmakerf T . rA 1 ■ ® 8 'AatiiB- - lived-therhiii quiet retirement; butlieiii Penrose discovered, hewafeput in confinement on the hight'of the hiheteehth, dr morning|f s ? _ Shippensbui-g tliat mdriung—and the twentiethDecember,'he-strangled hut- Surfowei had ‘to.htayial .hofSe’ and : ihind self with a silkrhahdkorcludt.”.: tlie— ‘ v-’ AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON & CORNMAN., J \\ I*l ,if .!{( t; t •v., .V.\v,\v| sj:-'.‘."Vi//'/ ■ CARLISLE: THURSDAY, MAY *, 1830. |Q“Wo conclude this week the admira ble speech of Col. Parsons, and once more invite for it a careful and attentive perusal. |Cy*Tuesday next is the day for our citi zens to assemble in town'meeting, for the purpose of voting the- additional school tax for the ensuing year. As. it is a subject in which all are deeply concerned, we trust that a general attendance will be given. Suicide . —A German residing in the east erid of Louther street, committed suicide oh Tuesday morning last, by, hanging himself in the cellar of his residence. This- same in dividual attempted to kill himself about two weeks since by cutting his throat, but was prevented from accomplishing his design by the timely arrival of his wife who happened to be out of the house. On Tuesday morn ing she was engaged in the garden, and ta king advantage of her absence, he went to the cellar, fastened the door and with a thin rope hung himself. Ho was cut down a few minutes after, but the vital spark had fled. The cause of this rash act it is said was jeal ousy of his. wife - _ - . Public Improvements. —The tolls collect ed on the Pennsylvania Canals & Railways, for the month ending 17th ult. amounted to $144,667 17, being an increase of $35,562 83 over the corresponding period bf last spring .; Gov. Porter’s Cabinet, has. been, com pleted by the appointment of the following gentlemen, who will enter upon - the dis- of, their respective pffi- John Kr-iNoENsjuTir, tif'-wesnnorc-i land. Secretary of the Land omc‘e. Dr. George R. Espv, of Venango, Audi tor'General, and ... Dr, Jacob Salz.ibay, of Berks, Surveyor General. A federal antimasdnic frolic came off at the tavern of John Pauf, in West Penns borough township, on Thursday last, at which ex-governor Bitner was "chief cook ami bottle washer.” , What the object of this ‘spree’ was, we are at a loss to conjec ture, unless it was to put, Joseph Bitner in a course of training to run the heats as a can didate for a. seat in the Legislature at the next general election. A friend at our el- 1 bow, who pretends to know a thing or two, suggests that it . must have been gotten up for the purpose ofenabling the talented floor Keeper of the Senate fiTshOw off to advan tage—it being understood that Ziejs to be likewise placed on the, ticket for the next Legislature.. ;At all events, ithe liquor was drank and the dinner swallowed by some 70 or 80 of the real ring tailed roarers, ,(a slim turn out, by the way, after so much exertion to get it up!) a number of whom were from the Borough of Carlisle—and the company dispersed, in the best manner they were able, to their respective places of abode, without having done any thing cal ciliated to trim Samdel Smith, whose death, funeral], &c. are announced in the papers, was a native of this town, and was boro, we believe, inthehouse;now occupied-by Maj. Robert Lamberton/Post Master. " ICr* On I)it.— , 'Jlumor with her thousand tongues”-has it, that Mr. PHiixiPs ia short" ly to evacuate the. chair editorial of thd Herald and give place to Mr., Qiubbl . If this report be correct, (and we have no rea son to doubt it,) we may well exclaim— "wonderful, the swops and changes/” ■ An other rumor is, that, after the new arrange ment into, the Harrison flag, which has so long decorated the columns of that paper is to be struck, and the banner of -Henry Clay , unfurled at the.mast head.— Be this as it may, we believe that the lead ers- of the federal'party in this county are In' favor of Clay, whatever predilections a few hot-headed antimasons.may have for the petticoat hero, to the contrary, notwithstand ing* iCT’The Legislature of-this State re-as sembles at 'Harrisburg on Tuesday next —■ and will, without doubt, have a stormy ses sion, as the "buckshot war” bill is not yet finally disposed of., We hardly think, how ever, that Mr, Penrose mil venture to make another attack upon Col. Parsons, after the severe drubbing he received at the close of the regular session. - i" "Southern Literary Messenger.”— This excellent periodical still maintains the high character it has'heretofore attained in the reading community. The April .number contains 79. pages ofcloscly printed matter, in prose arid poetry, all of which are origi nal. , Amongst the contributors to the Mes senger may be ranked jome of the best lit erary writers -in the country. The work is furnished to subscribers at the low rate of 85 per annum. Those 1 of our readers who ' desire to furnish theiriselves with a morithly r ’ could not do better than by subscribing at once for this valuabre'periodical, . ‘ Turning the Tables. —The Harrisburg Keystone of Wednesday-last, says:—“The obstinate perseveranceof the federal conspi rators in prosecuting the Democrats' who frustrated their .treasonable designs in De - cember, seems to demand that stejps should be taken, for the infliction of retributive justice. Stevens, Burrowes, Penrose-, Rit ner and Wm. B. Reed, should be preceded against, for their treason, Jn attempting to defeat the .decision of tire people at the ballot Hexes, ana ttieiepy ....ortarnlng OuV republi can form of government. There is no doubt but that they would be convicted on a’ fail trial and condemned - to suffer the ignomin ious punishment inflicted by the laws for the crime of treason': ' The public voice indig nantiy palls for proceedings to.be-at once had against these notorious offenders.” Murderous Affair.-- The Louisville (Ky.) Journal of. the 13th ult. says: “We learn by a private letter, that Marcus Desha, a son of Ex-Governor Desha, was killed at the post of Arkansas on the 2nd insti by Eugene Notribe. Desha rushed on Notribe with a Bowie knife, when Notribe shot at him with a pistol, but misfeed him. Nofribe’s brother then handed him a second pistol, wiltli which he shot him down o,n the spot. Notribe has has been held to bail in the sum of $10,000.” _ f’°y^P es | | 3 P ec uliarly unfortunate in his children. In addition ■ to., the above,, many of pur readers'will.doubtless recollect that several years, ago another of his sons was convicted pf : murder and came hear forfeiting his life, and that, too, at a time 7 his father was the acting governor of Ken tuckey. , . . i , Land Sates.' —-The sales at Milwankie, [Wisconsin,] from the 19th of February to the_l6th of March, ,\Yhen~the sales’ termina ted, amounted to $56r,359,4r. The'Chio ago American states, that nine-tenths of this land is sold to actual settlers, and, with the exception of half a section, at the minimum price of $1,25 pfer acre. ? ’ ’■•:/? f : IHte in Albany—Vf e learii from the Al bany Argus, that on Saturday .evening,'.,the 20th ult., a fire broke out in that city which destroyed not less than 45 buildings, besides outhouses—among the number a hew Meth odist churcK/tjhichsost ;:The total loss is estimated at upwards pfsBo,ooo. lire at Ogdensburg, —A destructive fire occurred at Ogdensburg, [N. Y.’ ] Oi( the nightof thelTth ult.- The property de stroyed is esfimated at from 50 to sro,ooo. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. w : lire in . New jOrfearia —-Several large store houses in New Orleans; weredestroy cdliy fire on the night qf the 9th hit;— Los 3 $ 30, 000. • "• icY'Two fires declined « Harrisburg du ring,the last week—bothsupposed" ttrhave been the work pf;incendiaries. ; Considera ble damagewas Sustained. •* -- - - ; PAw.iNot6N,, Pfcsident . District, Dledaftera. 7 in West Chest er/ on- Saturday evening last. 1 > v i Z,' i
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