irgitllliiLE CALAMITY.
Dulling of a' Steam Ferry-Boat at Phil
adelphia—Nally Lives Lost i !
Pritearieeenta, March It; terrible dis
staer occ-urred on the Delaware river last night,
opposite.this city. About half-page nine e•-
- Crock, as the ferryboat New Jersey was cross
ingalte river from this side to Camden,, she
took fire when in the middle of the stream,
end - after great difficulty, owing to the floating
ice, wan, ran upon the bar opposite Arch street.
There wersabout - 100 passengers on board
....among whom the wildest consternation pre.
Mary jumped at once into the river--
Nome clinging to the floatin ice until rescued
by small boats from the city—swhi!st others,
not a few, it is feared, were d rowned. • The
boat was burned to the water's edge in a short
time. •
Peteeneeents, March 1,6.--. Nothing is yet
definitely known' as to the number of persons
lost by the disaster on the Delaware. The
only bodies recovered so far are those of John
Little, of Camden, drowned,. and an elderly
man who was taken out alive but died soon
after at the Arch Street Uletise. Among the
missing are Sallie Carman, of Carriden; a lit
tle daughter of Samuel Grierson, of Plitledel
phia-; Edward Nleschanip, foraferly conductor
on the Amboy Railroad ; John Fidell. - of Caen.
den, - and a large number of rolored persons.
The boat belonged to the Philddiflphia
Camden Ferry Company. The loss of life
resulted- from the boat not being provided with
either small boats or life preservers, .
Captain James Robinson saved eight men
and two ladies in a boat which he launched
with the assistance of fan Other person. It is
feared that the loss of life will reach fifty.
Meny persons leaped into the water with their
clothes on fire. Miss Carman was last seen
with-her clothing in a blaze.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
- No sooner was the fire seen from the Jersey
shore than vast crowds of citizens and their
families assembled at the wharves, and Intense
anxiety, alarm and excitement prevailed ;
while the atmosphere was lurid witirthe bale
fires of death, and - vocal with the shrieks of
the dyings—'perishing, too, beyend the reach
of rescuing aid of friends. Women were seen
wringing their hands, children calling for their
fathers and mothers, and parents bewailing -
thesupposed loss of their children. In the
brief space of a few minutes more titan fifty of
our- fellow beings perished by fire or water.
.They met their sad fate within a few rods of.
crowded' wharves and a populous city—and of
those who are now numbered with the dead
there is every reason to believe that at least
thirty were residents of Camden.
The Philadelphia Ledger has. the following
detailed account of the accident:
The boat was headed for the canal, hut on
reaching that point Captain Corson discovered
that the ice was so jammed between the batiks
thdt to go through would be almost an impos
sibility.
The boat„was then turned northward, so as
to cross the bar, some • distance ahove__Smitli's
Island. When nearly opposite Arch street
wharf the boat was discovered to be on fire
near the smoke stack. An effort was made
to check the flames, but without avail. A
scene of wild excitement ensued, the passen
gers'all, messing forward to escape the flames
and t 3 be the first to - jump ashore, as soon as
the boat should touch the wharf, the Captain
having directiel the pilot to steer direct for the
Arch street wharf. The fire 'had broken out
amidships, in the immediate neighborhood of
the engine. It - ia believed that it originated
inithe fire-room. The flames spread with fear
rapidity. and in an instant, almost, the fire,
wafted in that r;irection, had enveloped the en 7
tire after part of the boat in flames. Before
reaching time wharf the fire was raging Around
the pilot helm amid the engine, arid both the
engineer and tho pilot were driven from their
poste. The boat steered by tiller chains, but
the pilot and the engineer being tinable—iTi
maintain their stations the steamer became un
manageable. When_wititin_ahouLaltirty_feet _
of 'the wharf, the pilot house fell. A flood '
tide was running, and setting up the river,
%chic]] caused the boat to sheer off from- the
- Wharf, and float towards the
most
Before this time, however, most of the passen
gers had jumped overboard, some of whom
tee inage I to get upon cakes of ice, and others
were 'taken from the water by- persons in small
boats. Ma-y• of the passengers, among whom
were seine feinalel, remained on the boat until
the burning of their clothes dove them to leap
into the water.
The pilot ani two or three other persons
-succeeded in leaping safely ashore when the
boat neared the wharf, but others fell short.
: Ald were either drowned or were rescued by
those who were On the wharves and upon the ,
vessel', lvina- slow! them. Boats were ut
4TuilWo - ii the short as promptly as possible; a
number of fire companies. were upon the wharf,
-and some of the members were instrumental
in-saving life. Hose was laid in readiness
.fur petting the water on the fiames, in case
the boat was secured to the wharf.
The - beiat.floated' over towards the bar, and
- firklly lodged on the bar among the ice. She
was towed afterward by a ferryboat over to
-*he Jersey shore, where she now lies sunk,
.her paddle boxes alone visible at low water.
'Mr. Samuel Giberson, of this city. was on
- board with his wile and child,about-lrmonths
sold ; was separated from his wife when the
,fire was first discovered. He immediately
made search for her; but getting in the midst
orthe excited throng, was hurried ovetboard
without obtaining, knowledge of the where
:abouts of his wife and child. He was soon
rescued, and .on reaching the wharf he — was
overjoyed to hear that his wife had been saved
and taken to the Weatherby Tavern, but his
child was drowned. Its mother held on to it
until exhaustion compelled her to relinquish
—tier hOld.
On examination of the hull yesterday, P. M.,
the deck was so burned that it had Wien in,
.rand no bodies could be found. Four curses
-were seen oti deck last night while the wreck
was' e tow, and it is presumed others with
them have fallen into the hold, or been washed
from the wreck.
Amon the n u mber who were active in sav
ing the lives of the passenffers were Mr. G.
who rescued two; Mr. Mel.:A.-n as.
-sisted in getting out six, Mr. G illa. , Ner two,
and Thomas. Murray, assisted by otf;..r 1:14.m
--hers of the "Vigilant," relieved nrafiy (1, , L u
from their perilous situation.
A yawl was lattnelif•d by Capt.iiinos
inson, who, with the nssistailee mt anotoer fro
ilerodo, s wed eight !lien, awl two I Ile
also pictied up a coat and
Capt. John J. House, of Ca ind ,, ll. nna two
Aathets,, were saved by litprii M , Loon, the
watchman on board the "Mortal; Light."
Mr. House, with several others. , mrang upon
a cake of ice, near the bow of ti to bual , jiist
Slier her head was turnel frool !he wharf,
which was broken to pieces by ,he boat, ti0,.1
all that were with - the Captain, it is su i yosed.
were drowned. - Madoon says he saw a num.-
bee of persons jump ocerboaril whose clothes
were all in a
Mr. Win. Agnew, a resi.lent of elide-.
gives a terrifie descriptiou of the inelailea • ‘:
.disaster, as (ono We :
W htellidillt: couveraioa. with Mr. •kl
rh a ti iii . a eouttu. ; :tor on the; Ct/ mien and
•
A ll.tan IVlNrt•at.—Tire tnnw drifts me not
- eoinitieti to the railways. The Syracuse N. i .7 7 The York Firemen halt a grttnil pnrntle.
Y.) Journal says that the pittnk roatk in' theft on Satin day week, upon the reception of a new
section are in .t batl fig, ana Rads dial in arts
••inachine - fur the L'utint co•npnny. The pa
ice the .Iritts are so ht. n Ilya the gate•keeper
coiiiv, ul, thron A i the seuttle i n d ie . 1 ,,.,f ( ,1 - flee, all coacur in saying- that there was not
t
111111. M?.: a:4l/ the toil by tea.;liktig lip a s.thtnry inu:s or li,;lt. on the occa , -ion
tiilhitgit iibio In Cie in; I lie or tile I.'
firy-itTrty,,„4.whf.„ h r, di sc , ver ,.4 th e to the .nits ree.•tit
...a ttl fli(e loo.e - been P.') '41'1..3!
lug dta P:Neld a ktl.;Il til t the hoist was on th , otigh the i , cut. 011 . • !:1% . 1(4)
fie - spiting forward 1 - .) the winelvearii. Ile s w now pa... 1 t. , ) the gate•keeper by di kyin the
CAptiin.i iD .1..:w vt Jzotiyu with tie piJus. =O2E7 dui uth cturaine)-
Almost the Mollll9llt the fire was discovered
the boat was headed for the Arch streetWhatf. -
A wild heart-rending:tieene of-terror ensued.
There were, as nearly as he could remem.
her, over one hundred persons on hOard. in
cluding twenty to twenty-five ladies. By a
common impulse they rushed to the windward
to avoid the intense heat of the flames, which
had now enveloped the whole after part of the
doothed vessel. Mr. Agnew clang to the --
guards as long as he could. Around him,
frantically endeavoring to wrench .loose the
statincheons which were yet free from the de
vouring element, were the horror stricken pas
sengers, who, hut a few moments belere, had
been so full or hope and happiness.--There
Was nothing that he could see save tOenrit or
two that could in any way be made available
as a float or life preserver.
The flames, as the •vied drove them about,
increasing in volume every moment, caught
the dr e , s es of the women, whose shrieks for
assistance were appalling. One young girl,
Miss Carman. was the only one he rocogniried,
and the last he saw of her she was enveloped
in ire and screaming piteously.
.The s c e n e
was now almost too awful and appalling for
reality. One by one—sometimes five or six
at it time—they tomle tlie fearful - leap from the
burning- wreck into scarcely Iris terrible chan
ces of death amid the ice and water.
Th e b oa t had struogled up to within twenty
' or twenty live feet of the wharf, when the pi
let•bouse fell, and all command of it being
lest, it swung out head down. There were
at this time net more than six. or eight persons
remaining on board that he could see. He
leaped into the stream, and says los only fear
et the moment was of being; struck by the
wheels. Hit swam about one hundred yards,
when he providentially reached the how of a
clipper ship and was rescued by the prompt
ness of those on hoard. Ile is prisitive that
not more than ten minutes elapsed from the
time of the discovery of :he flames around the
smoke stack mail the boat was completely
wrapped . in fire. The captain, as. far as lie
could notice in the confusion, was doing his
utmost to save the lives of those on board and
the pilot remained at his post to the last.
The fire originated in the fireman's room ;
does riot think the least blame can be attached
to the captain or pilot; nor, to his knowledge,
to any of the einployee3. The fireman's room
was not fire proof. Mr. Agnew was at Blood.
good's hotel, foot of Walnut street, from
whence. after receiving through ilia kindness
of Mt. B. a chativ,e of clothing, he proeeeded
to Camden, to allay by his piesenc , i the ap
prehensions of his 6iisily regarding his safety.
Mr. Agnewls friend, Conductor Mi^sVh , liiip,
was unable to swim, and it is feared that he is
lost. -
The engineer of the boat did not rinit his
pose until he was (weed to fly by she heat from
the burning of his clothes. The pilot, \lr.
Sprimzer, remained at his post nail within a
few moments of the falling of the whec.l•house.
MP.. WM. COPKIAND's STATEMENT.
Lthiolc there were fifty passengers, part of
theta colored; twelve or fifteen were females.
. .
The boat WI. aliillarlandTrot — at SLthe ice unconseicus of any thing, until Sunday Mitt.- will soon be settled by the passage of a fair ,
in the' canal. , They then backed oat and un
noon, when he expired. Ills age was about 50 bill. The llouse is disposed to act promptly,
dertook to go up the channel to go aronnil the
bar. When they got up about oppo•ite to - years. and lie leaves a bereaved widow and a but a few dis'atislied weathers of the Senate
Arch street the fire was discovered blitzing l arg e f am ily. of e hildir en . - will not yield, and hence the trouble.
around the smoke-stack. The enrinie was '
stopped, and in one or two minutes tk as start. VATAL AccinENT.—On the 7th inst.,• the." -- i -- _, In the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. mEL-
ed again.. The pilot steered her straight fir boiler of a StationarfEngine, used for the Pur- I.INGEP. presented a petition front citizens of,
the Philadelphia shore, and we came . m.aloe , . 6 .
pose of driving the Grist-and SIW Mill of Mr. Adatus county, relative to •the collection oft
side of the foot of Arch street, within a b out
eight feet of the wharf. The paasengers then Com. IltstEs, in Warrington township. - Yolk taxes in said county. What the petition pro-1
1 crowded each other overboard to get ashore. county; exploded, and injured a son of Mr. 11. pones, we cannot say. Can anybody explain?
,'
I.sappose that at least two or three were to such a degree that he died in the coarse of
drowned. A few children were on hoard.! it Repudiated,
few hems after the ovirrrence. Ile was
The boat was all on lire then, and a panic en- ,'-- rot.l•miit's, Ohio, March 21.—The Know
about ",l years Of age, and was Moldy esteem
sued. The flames were ;Irsapportnnle. and I Nothing State Council last night, after a
Nome of the pass.ngers' clothing was ore lire. 'ed fur his many virtues. The necikka was
I was on the pilot deck, and the flaw" had caused by the water beift , too luw in the,boiler. stormy session, adopted the majority report of
'not reached that spot, but the pilot house wayi . .
. - _ _ . ' the committee appointed on the subject, reptra
surrounded with smoke anti 11,ifi l es, A „ 11,4 u+.,, p Av , a ," c,
A,,i,,F;NT.--Mr. 11E,N,RY WINE- ' diatiog the nominations of Fillthore and Donel
-person could remain there. The pilot re• 131t,F,NT11, a highly respectable gentleman of ~on, and endorsino- the course of the seceders
mained until the smoke - mud dames drove him'•
out. The erprine run, aml could not be stopped,
Ilanover, (brother of Mr. Jons WINEBRENNER., frollk the Philadelphia Convention.
itt consequenle of the fire. • -e,)
The Latest—By, Telegraph.
PHILADELPHIA, March •17.—The calamity
on the Delaware river on Saturday night, is
the absorbing topic of conversation. The
event has spread a feeling of sadness through
the citY.
Up to this morning nine bodies in all have
been rescued. As far ns has been ascertained
the following are still missing : Satnnel
Brigu s, Jno. Parsons, Charles Wet herl y, Sal-
Ihi
Carman, Chas, Beal, John W. Prince,
Edward Meschmop, Ilenry Talame, Eliza
beth Fullerton, Nlary E. Masser, Mrs. Shade,
Miss Jones, Myer Retnneck, kllte:rt Robinson
and child, Samuel Griersun, Messrs. Clayton,
Lodge, Charles Neyser, Sharpe, Oliver.
WeisTlSyntrerig -- , - It; — Ri - d dle , Th - oa tia4 A !few;
a German boy named Crisp, a colored lad and
a yours r girl names unknown—total 39.
Matthew 3. Miller, reported missing, was
saved. The bodies recovered are those of
Messrs. Little, Jannie, Fitzpatrick, Sherman,
Newton and McCafTrev.all white; and Messrs.
Diggs, Bailey and Riley, volered.
PHILADELPHIA, March 17, 10 • P. M ..-1 ) r
ties have been entraged all day in drag g ing
the river for the victims of the disaster. Fit . -
teen bodies have been recovered to.day, mak
iwr twenty in all. It is feared that many mono
are left. There are thirty persons' et missing.
The coronor is investigating the circumstances
of the disaster.
PHILADKLPHIA, March 20111.—Three more
bodies of the victims to the late eteamboat
disaster were found to-day. These make the
number so fir twenty-seven. There are still
twenty-tiv6liersons'alissintrohns showing the
loss of life to have exceeded fifty souls.
Terrible Suffering on a Railroad Train.
A 'Buffalo letter gives an account of the ter
title suffering or a large number cif passengers
who last week left Horne:wine fur that city in
the cars. The writer says :
. "The train could not get through on the
New York city nmd. and the passengers took
the Erie rigid to Donkitk. They lav at Per
sburg from Mondiy noon till Friday night.
tc here they could get no lied:4 - and very little
to cot. '[here %v• to :7,20 passengers and .100
emp'oyees, who to ,k i,t the Cars all the rest
tie-c• void(' get. During the time two chiliht
11 . 1.1 fie young man died—Mit entirely from
cold au I stud: hut fatigue and had air,
and liemg sick when they started. One lady
who received a telegraphic dis
patch that, she had three children lying ill of
K ,s ar l e t C. ccr in Illinois. It was impossibie to
dc,cri l -2 her agony at the constant detentions
and i ; .; delays. The ears frequently ran fa
the t•4.-k, a'id when replaced the wind - would
the snow upon the track and rem:or
it iur
puss: to prooeed. We had the superinten
, dtor "lion the train. and_fipeen locomotives to
tfr i e us—hut thew were some enormous drifts.
of them was 10 feet deep." •
REPUBLICAN -COMPILER.
GETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY MORNING, _MACH 24, 1556.
For President,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
(OF PEN.Is:SYLVANIA.)
(Subject to too deckiun t4O Natiooal. Cons•eatlon )
Canal Commissioner,
GEORGE SCOTT,
(OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.)
'Auditor General,
lIEN
0.13 FRY•JR
(Op MONTGOMERY COUNTY.)
Surveyor General.
TIMOTHY IVES,
(OF- POTTER COUNTY.)
ri`The Post Master General has re-estab
lished a Post-Office at Piney creek, Carroll
county, Md., and has appointed DANIEL B.
Elenot.Tz, Esq.. Post Master.
A PitoPumnr.—ln 1831, the - .eccentric Lo-
ItY,SZO Drew made a'prophecy, that in 185 G the
grea,tcs't flood since the time of NOAH. would
prevail all over the world. From the vast
quantify of snow on the ground, and ice
in the rivers, -it would only require a couple of
days' continuous warm rain front the South
west,-to produce pretty much of a flood in some
of the United States.
STEAMER. PACIFIC. —lt is sta•
ted that the propriomy of the Collins Ihw now
entertain very tittle hope of the safety of the
Pacific. The return of the .•Arcue," hurl the
repeated arrivals of foreign steamers without
any tidings from her are discouraging eitcum
sta
! Scrmr..sr DEATir —Mr. MEIMING, of
the vicinity of Taneytown, Carroll county, Md.,
was stricken speechless, by apoplexy, on
„ •
I hursday • evening, the 13th inst., after teturn
; ir.g home in company with sonic friends, who
, had been spending the day wish a neighbor
of his. Ile continued to- Hotter thi • sta
.ol LITiT; place,) mot with a severe accident near {
the depot of the Baltimore and S:isquelianna
Railroad -Compafly, about two o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. Ile had just arrived in
the train of cars (*tom Hanover, and was on his
way up North street, when by some mishap
he was' caught between two cars, and his left
arm badly fractured. Ile was immediately
conveyed to the offi,:e of 1)r. L. W. Golds
boroligh, where surgical aid was rendered, and
he is now doing as Nv c 1 1 as possible under the
circutn.stanc:cs.
Methodist Church Appointments.
,The following arc among, the appointinents
REM
tluiOl'C'
Church, for Iti3G, announced on Thursday lasi
Freaerick hislrici.—T. 11. W. Monroe, P.
E.—Frederick City, Edwin Dorsey ; Asbury-
Chapel Mission, Win. Ilaid ; Frederick Cir
cuit, 0. Ege, A. J. Bender, J. R. Durborow,
sup.; Enunitsburg, E. L. Ereglo ; East Hills
boro', J. 11. M. Lemon, one to be supplied ;
Boonsboro', C. Park ison, : (In
gerstown, E. R. Veitch ; Hancock. W. Earn
-straw-v---13; G. XV. Reid ; McConncllsburg, J.
Montgomery ; Mercersburg, W. R. Mills, J.
11. Clippinger ; Clnunbersburg. I). Hartman,
W. Howe, sup.; Waynesboro', J. 11. C. Dosh ;
Alto Dale, Henry N. Sipes : Gettysburg, J.
Anderson, 0. 13. Thayer ; estininster, J.
Bowen, B. P. Browiv Liberty, 11. G. Dill, L.
M. Gardner ; .Itintgl)i4ery, C. A. Reid, L. D.
Herron : West Falls, T. B. Chew.
York Springs, IV. Gwynn, R. E. Wilson ;
Carlisle, John Stine,
_e..inan, sup.;
Carlisle Circuit, C. Grabam, J. 11. McGairah,
S. %V. Sears ; Lewistown Circuit, F. Gearhart ;
York, — Jaines Brads ; Hollidaysburg, G. W.
Cooper ; Mifflinburg. It W. Black ; Blooms
burg, G. Warren, S. Barns; South Baltimore,
John M. Jones ; -Shepherdstown, Elias Welty ;
Martinsburg, J. H. Brown ; Ea s 1 Loutionn, S.
NlcMullin, S. L. Bowman. Missionary to Chi
na, R. S. McClay.
In case the present Conference he not divi•
ded by the next General Conference, it is ill
meet in the Baltimore City Station.
" 1 . 4 4 7 110 C.IN BEAT IT."—t-Mr. JAM: HUGHES,
of Emmitsburg district, has sleighed for seven
ty-seven consecutive days about eight wiles
each day, not omitting a single day of the
sevemy.sevett, making in all six hundred and
s:xteen If any of our subscribers can
beat that, let's hear from them.- - Wcsinsinster
nettwc, at.
I ..--
1 ' 11113" 4_ . i ATE wao. on r rida_y_e_ve l x....,
tint_ Paris;cauton.___Li_pers • • -
ing, elected Qiiarter :%laoter of the Mites.
Louis Napoleon and Queeu Vicwiia fur their
Why is lloraoe Greeley like a - field or . , _—
------
- .- -- ano ac-a not itt,6,,ia„
e,
r:7 - Sixteen new ::hies were formed ;in c l wheat f Because he has beelJ J iruck
itrilagCti - -- -
,
:Texas dining the late be zz iou of th e Legiz . ,l4ture. by the - Ruiq.
..
git e to ell ro;i:ol
M ll l`M t glinni.
1 (C7' The '"lThion-for.the-sake.of-the-Union" j Dir. Buchanan's Prospects. • ! _
movetnent, started by the Know Nothing-meol. We have already mentioned-that the - Demo- ;
1 BOROUGH ELECTION.-The f o llowing is
i I berg of the Legislature, has resulted in this crate of the Legislature of New Jersey have de- •
; the result of the Election held in this Borough
county as- we predicted it would result. The , Glared in favor of Mr. BUCHANAN for the Presi
on Friday lust:
meeting at the Court-house. on Wednesday,: dency. This was encouraging-hut in addi. i
p.D
, mocrats, •
last, for the purpose of sending Delegates to•ft elm' we have now to record the pleasing ftet ; BURGESS,
so-called "Anti-Adniinistration," , b u t really, that Maryland will probably go the same waiy. , David Ziegler, Sr., 146 I JoliCulp,
,
TOWN -- CiTL.NCII.,—
Kiick‘f - NOtriiiiig Converitic - M, at - Ilarrisbur, on At a large Democratic tneeting in Baltimore '
Jacob Culp - . 3 y., 144 Rob't Cohean.3y.,l7B
the 2Gth instant, was one of the slimmest of all ' resol u tions were passed in favor of his noroina- A rid. Polley. 3 y., 147 I Wm. B. Mea15.3y..175
slim political gatherings, not a half dozen per- ; tion, and the Carroll County Democrat supports Geo. Shryock, ly., 142 l John Rupp. 1 y., 175
sons from the country, and we believe none b u tschool, niarfrrons, -',/
strong
~, 'Henry G. Carr, 148 I John L. Bill. 192
the K. N. leaders from the town, being present. , tone of the press, north:east, south, and west,
hirer in a article. • • Joilging from the i
William McClean, 152 I David /McCreary, 190
,
It was, in all its belongings, a rank. fizzle-- D- 1 -- It s I I(,lti or - n-lif - i - n:A. - •
A. Busall,Ert, Dl., was appointed Representa- ' to the nomination' of Hon. JAIIKs'I3uctrANAN." , 11. Buch'nDanner, 108 i George Arnold, '
says-that-paper; "there-is--sear-reely-a--doubt as i
tire, and D. WILLS, Esq., Senatorial Delegate. - "Mr. Bucti.k . NA.N . will go - into -- the Presidential -, Jacob 'l , roxel, 155 (Jahn. L. Tate,
' ll-)+;44- i . - -
The "union" was all on one-the dark-side. chair with an overwhelming majority." Ohio,
, , 3NSPECTOH,
On Monday, Mr. Clayton addressed the;„ -
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Virginia, lowa and Alain c e appear. also, to be, William IL Culp. 157 I E. Z. Little,
I DR.,
United, States Senate relative to the British con- I ~s ound. With such indications of popular sea-
George Ge ,er, Jr., 154 ASSES Daniel Tritumer, 190
timent, t we thin,k the nomination of our favorite y
strtietion of the Clayton-Bul re er treaty and CONSTABLES,
I statesman may be considered almost certain- Lewiss flyers, - 141 I Peter Myer3l i' . ”
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Central American affairs generally.-He was',
:.., Jas. Bowen, (1nd.)153 John Barrett, 178
, . _- _: _._........- ;,, The K
n lf t, :ir
gratified, he said, at the extraordinary degreel :
Taking the vote on the Inspectors as 0-- •
/ , f7 ,, J ac kson . donelson.
the Senate with regard to the construction of
that treaty ; and approved of the whole con
duct of the administration in relation to the
difficulties with England. eulogized Mr. Mar
cy's and .Mr. Buchanan's State papers—was
gratified with the,energy with which the ad
ministration had put down filibustering
schemes, and denounced Walker as a ruffian,
buccaneer and pirate. lie (Mr. Clayton) was
no partizan - of the Pie4dent, -- but - when
relations were conducted with such
signal ability, he was willing to giro the ad
ministration credit.
Mr. Douglas, from the committee on territo
ries, reported a bill authorizing the people of
Kansas to form a constitution and Stategovern•
went preparatory to admission into the Union
as. soon as she shall have the requisite popu
lation.
National Iluuse of Represerantiveg,
on %% ednesday, adopted a ru.sul tioll to appoint -
a committee' of throe members of that body,
who shalt collect testimony in regard to affairs
in lianas, and appropriating Len thousand dui
!ors to defray expenses-101 veas to 96 nays.
1 he President is requested to furnish uiil•itary
protection, if necessary.
--- L77"The Legislature, on Saturday wee`a,
adopted a joint resolution to appoint two ad
ditional members of each House un the Coin-•
mittee of Conference on" the liquor bill, the
t'ounnittee as first constituted being unable to
a , •rce. lt is to be ho )cd that this • u 'on
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED .STATES.---It IS
stated -that Mr, Buchanan's letters by the Ara
bia announce that the feeling in political cir
cles in Eng,land is much modified towards the
United States on the present differences. The
reaction is even stronger than is indicated by
the-press, and is favorable to a reasonable ad
justment. No difficulty is now anticipated on
that score, although - there, had been no very
recent conferences, owing to Lord Clarendon's
absence at Paris.—Lord Paltneiston's govern
ment is regarded as tottering ; it having been
twice beaten in Parliament, including the peer
and 0112 police measure with-
ticSti on
BEG
MEE
ABOLITION PRESIDENTIAL • CONVENTION.-
Gerrit Smith and Lewis Tappan (white men,)
and Dr. James M'Cune Smith (c9lored man,)
and others, have issued a circular asking for
names to he affixed to a call for a mass con
vention to be held at Syracuse on the 20th
May next, "to nominate candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President of The United States
—not merely anti-slavery candidates, but thor
ough abolition candidates."
ELECTIONS TO COME.—New liampchirc ilhr
ing led off the pre-presidential elections, will
be followed by Connecticut, on the first Mon
day of April, and Rhode L•land the Wednes.
day ensuing. There are no other elections
earlier than August.
1., 1 17 - Jolin S. ('aldw•ell, E. N., has been elected
Mayor of Fredericksburg. Va., by 30 majority
; over Goodfich, Dein. Their - majority last year
was 167
SENTENCED W . SLIM %% ha removed
his Dial to Frederick county has been sentenc
ed to the Penitentiary for 14 years and
months upon the seven indictments upon which
he was found guilty.
RESTITUTION.—.\ man n•ho, ten years ego,
obtained by fraud from the .:Etna Insurance
Company at Hartford, Conn., the sum of 82,-
750,
has lately returned from California so
(Leidy penitent that he has rtfunded the whole
amount.
A DIFFERENCE.—The Boston Traveller says
the coldness of the weather, and the amount
of snow in the streets. somewhat surprised the
passengers from England in the Arabia, who
say that when they left Liverpool flowets were
in full bloom. The Arabia left on the Ist inst.
1 1 10 NOR GIiINNELL AND KANE.—In the
York Senate, on the Izth inat., resolu
tion; complimenting. Mr. Henry Grinnell, and
appropriating money to pureha.:e a gold Ted;tl
to be presented to Dr. liauc, were unaniaAbly
- ado plc;
the popularity of Andrew Jackson, and Parson
Brownlow says it is arranged to print the name
of their candidate fur Vice President. in the
above style, to make it run well. Bear the
Parson :
. "It has • been understood ns arranged that
Major Dondson would be put on the ticket with
.andrew Jackson in big letlers and Dime/son in
visible, and then the old line Denocrals umnld
Mink Ihrzl Old Ilickrnw had come to life again."
-The Neu" Yurk Mirror says:—
"Of the candidate fur Vice President, we
know less, and shall say less to-day. - Ile has
a good name, and hails from the sunny side of
the "division line." It is presumed that in
the approaching campaign, a large proportion
of the benighl , ll Dutch Democracy-of the interior
of Pennsylvania - will vote the American ticket
umkr the impression that. they . are again voting
fur 'Oid Hickory,' -of blessed memory."
The result will show that those gentlemen
are placing too ranch reliance upon Donelson's
Prefixes, and the supposed greenness of "the
benighted Dutch."
lr7 - Mr. Fillmore is now at Rome, being
feted and feasted, and made the object of mark
ed attentions on the part of the illustrisitans
of the Eternal City. His Know Nothing sup
porters, who entertain such a holy horror of •
the Pope and -his followers, certainly cannot
rest-easy—under-such a state—ofthings. %Virg
an awful commotion it would create, if Mr.
F11.1.5101tEl were to return home an out and out
Papist; or even a Puseyite—and what a gath
ering of the clans there would be, in order that
the fold might be cleansed from such an im-
purr y . tranger thingslii - Cv - happeneL,
township can do with a little effort. the av
erage Kilo* Nothing:gentry ought not to be con- township
Democratic majority obtained on Friday
tent, when Mr. F. again touches our shores,
is 42, and this in the face of the most desperate
until they are satisfied that he continues
exertions of the dark lanternites, who evinded
'sound on the goose question.'—Pennsylvanian.
Newburyport Herald, Whig and
nothing else, weighs the Know Nothing nom
inees thus : It is probable that Mr. Fillmore
will decline the nomination as soon as he hea . r.s,
at it. lie is now in Europe. It he does not it
is all the same. Mr. Donelson Was . once
smiled upon by Gen. Jackson ; but if the spirit
rapping theory is true, it is wonderful that old
Jackson's spirit has not knocked out his brains
befor - e,rthis. Probably it would, if he had any
to spare. MI that we ever knew of his doings
was to bankrupt the old hero by his manage
ment about the llermita_e estate.
The New Hampshire Election.
CoNcuitp, March 17.—Returns from 219
towns give Metcalfe,' linow Isi - othing and Re
publican, for Governor, 30,980 ; Wells, Demo
crat, 31.490 ; Goodwin, Whig, 2,337 ; scatter
ing 140. There are yet ten towns to hear
from, which will not materially vary the re
sult,—The Legislature may be able to elect
Metcalfe—but it will be close. Last year the
Know I.sTothings . had upwards of 10,000 major
ity in the State.
137 - Among certain startling predictions con
tained in the work entitled "A New Theory of
te-epeation-li t-is-stated-that-it-i s
probable the rings which surround Saturn are
composed of water, snow ,and ice, which, at
some future time, may descend and deluge that
planet, as ours was deluged g in the days of
moan. Some experiments recently made,
would seem to indicate that this event is likely
to take place a little - sooner than was anticipa
ted. Mr. OTTO STRUVE . and' Mr. BOND have
- lately studied, with the great Munich telescope,
at the observatory of Pulkoway, the third ring
of Saturn, which is discovered to be fluid.—
These astronomers are of opinion that this fluid
ring is not of very recent formation, and that
it is not subject to rapid change, and they have
come to the extraordinary conclusion, that the
inner border of the ling- has, since the time of
ilm-GENs, been gradually approaching towards
the body of Saturn, and that we may expect,
sooner or later. perhaps in the course of a few
scores of years, to see the. rings united with
the body of the planet. Of course. in thus in
troducing analogy between tho operations of
nature in that planet and our own, it is inferred
that the earth, previous to the deluge, had
rings like those of Saturn, and wore them in
the same manner.
J .L77 - Col. J. 11. Brown, Dem., has been elect
ed Mayor of Galveston, Texas, and eight, of
the nine Aldermen are Democrats.
MORE SNow.—ln thekres' last Christmas
Story, in speaking of a snow-storm, he says
"And it snowed, and snowed, and snowed,
and still it snowed." We can also, with mach
truth, use the same language. It commenced
to snow on Toe4day night, '-and it snowed,
and snowed. and snowed, and still it snowed,"
until Wednesday noon. At this writing, how
ever, the bright sun, and songs of the spring
birds, lead us to look hopefully fo - rold - Wi - acer's
Speedy departure.
OVER: A .NII►.LION IN GOLD REcnivEn.—The
steamer George I.lw, with the California mails,
Irought 310 passengers, and ....-1,219,053 in
treasure
r_!":7 - It. is said the Sultan of Turkey will soon
I 1.,....', 7- 11 - iitt - pigLyn, a,4alu
Iffe
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test of party strength, it wilt be seen that the
Know Nothing majority . is but 28—last year
it was 105 ! The Democratic candidate for
.Justice of the Peace is beaten- but 11 cotes.
There were enough, Demoeratic - -voies back. by
reason of neglect, illness and temporary ab
sence from town,:tei more than equal the ma
jority of the opposition. Still, it. was a good
day's work for the Democrats. and particularly
so when it is recollected th_at_the_lowest—matt
on the Know Nothing ticket last spring had
SO majority.
The vote for Burgess and Town Council falls
considerably behind that cast for the other offi
ces. This is attributable to the fact that, in
number of cases, the Borough tax Of voters was
not paid, and without paying it they were de
prived of the privilege of voting for either Bur
gess or Town Council. Some were not assessed
for said tax:which also deprived them of the
privilege. The candidates for, those offices
were as unexceptionable as any others the
town could produce.
13:7The Know Nothing. majorities in CUM.
BER LA ND township range from 18 to 26—last
spring we believe :their majorities averaged
something like 30.
_So that, after all their
night. caucusing, incessant electioneering► for_
weeks, and their.full vote, the dark lanternites
have more to feel "down•in-the-mouth" about,
than crow over. "There's a better day coining,"
even for the Democrats of Cumberland..
The result in •OLD STRADAN" - is peculiarly-
RE
a determination to defeat Col. Mimi . , the Dem
ocratic candidate for Judge, at any and every
sacrifice ; and no doubt expected to distance a
part, if not the whole of the Dernocratic ticket.
But their plots all fell widely of the mark =even
the counsel and advice of their }enders here.
in this Borough, so frequently asked and freely
given, availed them nothing :. Col. NsEts is
handsomely elected r r !.
From IlmcALLex we hear that the Know
Nothing majority is but 40 or 50—a greater
falling off in the dark lantern strength than
the most sanguine Democrat could hare looked
for. The Democrats elect a Su
Inspector.
In MonNr.yor, the Democrats elect their
whole ticket by majorities ranging frona 15 to
27 !—a most gratifying result. Last spring
the Know Nothings had from 20 to 25 majority.
The Democrats in BUTLXII have greatly ;e
-duced the Know Nothing majority, and elected
a part of the officers. She'll do !
A part of the Democratic' ticket is elected in
lIANALTONBAN, the balance running very close.
The Know Nothings had made their calcula:
tions to carry their ticket sweepingly.
The Know Nothings have - elected their tick et
in FRANK.LI:v, by a stnall majority. Here, too,
hey-counte d-wpon-heati n g-t. Dan mocr-a-ts-at--
crushing rate, but after all their exertions,
they have nothing to boast of.
10 TYRONE, the K. N's. have from 25 to 30
majority, as usual.
The above embraces all the information in
reference to the Spring Elections which we
have received up to the hour of going to press.
REMOVALS .—Subscribers who intend
changing their-pla,ce_s-ofresicience-this---spring,
wi!l please inform us of whatever changes they
may desire us to make in the direction of their
papers.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.—Wx. B.
McCt.ELL.cc, Esq., was, on Wednesday last.'
chosen by the Court. Prosecuting Attorney of
this county. in place of JAMES G. REED. de
ceased—to serge until the October election.—
The Associate Judges voted for Mr. McCr.iz.
LAN, and the President Judge for WY. MC*
CLEA N,
COURT.—The Argument Court, held by
Judge Fist]Ett and his Associates, commencing
on Tuesday, closed on Thursday morning.__
We believe the entire argument list was dis
posed of.
"GOOD EGGS."—Mr. JOHN G. GILBERT, of
Straban township, brought to our office ono
day last - I'eelt. six hen eggs, which we thought
about as hard to beat as any'other half dozen
we had seen for many a day. Their combined
weight was seventeen ounces, and four of them
Measured 7 by 8, inches in circumference each.
"Airy egg !"
SOLD AGAIN.—We learn that the farm and
Mill property. belonging to Mr. IsAAc
(fornlerly Patle's,) was sold at private sale, a.
fewthe s
days u a m g i o
of
s.L)O.
.to .1 5 r 0 .Jus; o Cosnex. of Llanover,
fur
The partnership of D. A.. 0 C. 11. lit;En.
I.Ert, in the publication of the "Star," has bees
dit.stlved, and the "senior" is now sole pro
prietor. The t.junior" intends retiring from
the printing business.
Conn 1. of P.lil3.lu:ifriiia, tleellueS
it-uoulluAtiou.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Ithow Nothing,.
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