Q
RIOT IN DIONTREAL-BURNING OF THE
PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
The Montreal Herald of this morning says:—
Notwithstanding the great excitement which had
been manifested out of the Parliament House after
the Governor General's assent had been given to the
rebellion losses bill, the House continued in session,
passing one or two measures through committes
nith more than usual quietness, and apparently in
perfect confidence. It soon became known, how
ever, that a meeting had been called, and the pass
ing of a carriage with bells, accompanied by some
person who proclaimed the appointment, caused a
momentary rush to the windows. About half-past
7 o'clock being told that the walla were chalked with
annoncements that the meeting was to take place at
8 o'clock, at the Champ De Mare, the writer left the
House with a friend and proceeded to that place.—
At the Champ De Mars a large number of persons
were assembled. The Bank and atone stems going
up to the Guard House were crowded with persons,
who pressed towards the front and bore torches; but
below, the muster did not appear so great as the
ground they occucied seemed to indicate. They
were for the most part standing in groups at some
little distance apart, and it was remarked that e
great number of females, accompanied by men, were
present.
At the moment the writer reached the gaund,
some person appeared to be proposing a list of femme
fora committee, but the lights were extinguished
immediately, and another voice addressed the as•'
Fernley. Then there was, a cry of "L'o the Parlia
ment House." The writer I immediately proceeded
there, and in consequence ofithe time necessary to
enable the procession to for in, reached the House
some three minutes before the ere vd. The -emirs
were at that time locked, but making use ofhie priv
ilege, the writer entered, and passed immediately
up stairs to the back of the speaker's chair, meeting
several clerks en the way; who anxiously inqnired,
"Are they coming," "are they coming?"
Mr. Price was in the news-room, at the moment'
the writer passed the stairs i of the smoking room,
and there was only time toisay "they are coining,"
when a shower of stones appeared to have smashed
every windoW in the house.
The passage was the only) place that offered slid
ter from the stones that nOye poured in from All
sides. The apartments on each side
_protected that
spot from the missiles, and there a large number of
persons immediately congregated. IVe noticed the
Speaker, Sir A. McNab, ColsGugy, Messrs. Badg
ley, Bell, Chaureau, Papineau, Drummond, Madame
St. Julian, and her maid front the bar, and
-some
other members of the Assembly.
All was confusion. Some said they nil l lire the
building:, others thy ore breaking in and will at
tack
us. Some desired to g 3 up stairs to the smok
ing room, but the majority appeared resolved to
await the event, and face any persons who might
pass through the chamber to the place where they
were. Some one now asked -thane would go and
Talk to the crowd'!" Sir AL
,McNab immediately
volunteered to do so, and ',entered the Assembly
chamber for that purpose; but the volleys which
were coming through the wiedows* made it evident
that he could not pass the length of the apartment.
without a certainty of being knocked down.
There was ono immediate cry for him to' return.
About this time it appearS that some persons en
tered the house mid carried away the Mace; and in
all probability there would have been no difficulty
in passing through as they retired, and of descen
ding the great stair case to tbe front door; but those
in the passage still continued to suppose the crowd
were without and would refi l ls° to allow them to
pass. The only hope was that the military would 1
speedily arrive. ' .1
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,Then some persons opened the door of the news
room and raised the cry thatthe building was on
fire; oti looking through the rlassdoor which aliens ,
between and the refreshment I l lebby, this was found '
to be the case.
The whole awning was in flames, which was fast
coming to
,the wevden gallery; it teas now time to
make som e elThitlo escape and have a broken head •
rather than incur the danger of remaining longer.—
The writer accordingly descended the back stairs to
the large lobby below, where several clerks had as
sembled and were determined to make a rush at any
odds. The truth was, however, that no difficulty ex
isted; they had closed the thiOra which separate the
lower lobby of the house of assembly front the main
entrance hall and great stair case, and thus, like the •
perStilta
of the entre nee of the" ifice/a P5.&311 tilBgrlh2q;
and of the fact that they had I / loathe front door open.
This was of course discivered on entering the hall,
and all passed into the stairs. The flames had
already enveloped the whole nf that end of the build
ing which is situated on McGill street, and a crowd
Was drawn up on the foot path viewing the confla
gration, which lit up the entire city to the Unitarian j
`Church, at the top of the Hay M'arket. Some of
engines were standing on thestreet drawn on across
the roadway at the end of St{ Paul st, but they we-re
not playing and it was said that the crowd had for
biddbn them to do so.
Mr. Murray of the Montreal office had strived
ineffectually to got them to Work. The %% ind
blowing a smart breeze, andl the whole extensive
building in which there was a great deal of wood
work, was soon in flames, fr•iim end to end, so that
it was impossible to approac the front; then the
wind carried the fire across the street which caught
the oprsite houses. • The behise opposite the cen
tre of the Hall was totally bUrned, awl the wh o l e
range between McGill and St. Peter streets, were
for some time in danger. The stores occupied by
the Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Hovel, llohnes, Young &
Knapp, and other parties, though at some distance
from building, were also fur Isom time considered
in 'danger; even the Inspector of Pot AshiFes enter
tained great fears for his strires, 'containing - many
thousands pounds, worth of goods, in consequence
of the large quantity pf burning paper carried by
the wind toward that building. From the same
cause some injury was dune to the Greyuptiery,
which however..was of little consequence.
We understand that the insurance on the public
property destroyed, amounted to 6:20,000, but a still
worse loss, because irreparable, is that sustained by
the destruction of the libraries of both [rouges, which
contained books, of which only a limited number
have been printed, and which of nurse no money
can restore to the world; with them it is to he fear
ed have perished large portions of the Records of
the Provinces—another loss which will be felt
throughout the country. The Pilot oflice was vis
ted in the course of the evening and the Windows
smashed.
Tho Parliament building was completely iutted
and nothing but the walls left slandi ng.
MinsTacra., April 27-1 P. M.
The House of Assembly met yesterday ,in the
Hall of the Bousecours Market. There is a Bill
!nester of members in the city.
Mr. Baldwin moved the appo i ntment of a com
mittee to ascertain what business pending in the
House had been destroyed by the late fire, and to
consider what course it might be Prolier to take wi;11
respect to ouch business. Mr. Vivr seconded the
motion. A stormy debite ensued,' and 44ie ,viobion
was eventually carried.
TIIO principal speokerg were Meagre. Sir A
McNab, Merritt, hocks, eapineau, Wilson, Blake,
Baldwin and Gugy.
Sir A. McNaV: then gave , notice of a motion to
make tho loss t'AiMaitied by the lira the first charge
on the sum voted'Azi be paid out of thu rebellion
losses.
The llottso'then adjourned until A. M., when
they 'assembled and immediately adjourned.
In the Legislative - Council yesterday la committee
of five members was appointed to - inquire into the
various stages - of the several bills destroyed by the
late fire.
There was a good doal of excitement in the city
yesterday. At -8 o'clock P. M. a mob was raised.
On passing the French square they mnde an attack
on the Pilot ,Mildb, and smashed the windows.—
They then proceeded to Beaver Hall Terrace and
battered in the windows of Messers. Ilinks, Wilson
and Holmes. Mr. Labontaina'a house was next visi
ted, where-they 'fired the stables and destroyed some
valuable furnituicjn the house.
On the arrivalof the,troops the mob dispersed.—
It is rumored that l'arther artbsts were made this
morning..
At a public meeting held .at the Champ titellars
last evening, the following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved,- I Phat this meeting view with extreme
regret and pain, the present state of, excitement of
the public mind,-and the recent destruction 'of the
le and private property in the city, aid
MorvrnnAL, April 26.
pledges itself to maintain the public order by. all
means in its power.
'Resolved, that the assent of the Governor General
to the bill for the payment of the rebellion losses, in
the opinion of this meeting, ,called, although it can,
not justify, the recent manifestation of the popular
felling.
Resolved, That while we have to complain of His
Excellency's having allowed his idvieers, and the
influence of his government to introduce the bill in
question: We have_in addition to complain that he
has violated a fundamental law of our Provincial
Constitution, by disobeying the royal instructions to
reserve all-bills of unseal character.
Resolved, That the Gov. General having been
addressed in a Constitutional Manner by the Bri
tish inhabitants of the Province to withhold his as
sent' from the said . bill, and these prayers so ex
pressed having been treated with indifference by
him,' it its our duty to petition the Queen to dissolve
the said bill, so l d recall the governor.
To Her most Grasious Majesty:
The humble; petition of the undersigned, your
Majesty's loyal Subjects, residents of the Province
of Canada, eboweth that yoor Majesty's repreeen
ti ve in this Province, the Right Hon. Earl of Elgin,
Kincardiee, giving the royal assent to a bill for
compensating rebels• for losses inflicted by your
Majesty's troops, and by others of your Majesty's
mast loyal subjects, acting tinder the orders of your
Majesty's officers, bath seriously impaired your
Majesty's authority by endangering the peace and
tranquility of the 'Province.
That your petitioners' feel most acutely the out
rage thus offered to your Majesty's royal authority,
and the insult to themselves. An outrage and an
'insult, they believe, unexampled in the history of
nations, which strikes at the foundation of allegi
ance and abeyance, Mali are reciprocal with gov
ernment and protection, and they humbly Bray that
your Majesty will be graciously pleased to recall
the said Earl of Elgin and Kincandine front the
government of this Province, which lie can no Jong
er administer, with safety to the state and lionorr
to your Majesty. And that your Majesty will al
low the said bill which is an insult to every man
who in the time of trial stood lot ward to defend
your Majesty's crown and dignity—and 'your peti
tioners will ever pay.
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NONTARAL, 9 P. M.
Immense excitement. A collision expected ev
ery moment. Two men have just been' shot.
THE SCHOOL LAW.
The editor of the West Chester Village Record,
who r iwas a member of the last. Legislature, and is
hence familiar with the subject, furnishes the fol
lowing synopsis of alterations in the School Law.
Tberl are others, but these are the principal:
Tl;e•Directors are empowered to levy a tax.suffi
cient to keep. the Schools open not more than ten
moot is in each year. The Schools are reqUired to
be kept open at least four months in each year.
Tit r e Treasurer of the school fund is made the
Collector of School taxes. The Collector is to tix
a time and piaci., when and where he will receive
the School taxes, and is to receive!two per cent, for
collecting. If it is not paid at the time designated,
the Constable is to collect it.
Sub-Districts ate not interfered with—whore the
Committee of a sub-district and the Directors disa
gree in the employment of a teacher, the people of
the sub-district have the right to elect a teacher,
who most, however, have been first examined by the
Directors.
All monies subject to taxation for State and
County purpose; are made subject to School tax.
The State `approPriatiim Of two hundred thou
sand ihillars is conilnuCtl, lint it is not made the ba
sis of taxation. 1,
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Tiw people do not vole on the question of trixa-
The superintendent ie. required to furli - each
SchoOl'u copy of the new 111 np of the Stu e of !'enu
sylviinia—large size.
ALLNGEp MUADER AT SBA.—Andrew J. Biggins,
the mute of the,schOonerFalcon,of Steuben, Maine,
was Sesterday arrested on a charge of having aUS
e..I the death of Godfrey Davis, a sailor fort board
that vessel, on the night of the loth of March last,
while on the voyage trom Wilmington. North 'Car
utina, to this port, by striking him on the head with
some blunt insteirifient.. The ntliiir occurred while
on the watch on the deck in company with two oth
.er"men who are witnesses ng,airist tho prisoner.—
Davis died the next morning, and the body was kept
nit board until Op ISth—when_ it heesuor
when-otT Cape Lookout. After a r partial hearing
before Alderman Crowell, the prisoner was commit
ted to await a full • investigation of the charge.—
The vessel on which this tragedy occurred, arrived
on Thursday, and is now 'at Richmond, - taking in a
load of coal. The Captain is named Rory J. Par- .
lot, and he states that the crew were a very turbu7-'
lent set, being at times quite mutinons in their con
duct, and the mate had notch ditlieby in controling
them. The mate is also held on a charge of assault
and battery against one of the hands, who appears
as an evidence against him on the charg,e'of homi
cide. The deceased shipped on hoard the Falcon,
at Wilmington, Norßi Carolina. Ile was in very
had health, hilt 'was unruly as the rest of the crew.
The mate belonged Thomaston, Me.—Philddel
phia Ledger, 2.181.
A Om: WlllittLED Tun HOUSES INSIDIt.—
A new and very novel i iiivention called a one wheel
ed conch, has recently been tried out %%est,' and
promises to be ornitich value, especially on prairies,
or wherever tiro surface of the ground is tolerably
level. The vehicle consists of a hollow wheel,
fourteen feet in diameter and six feet wide. The
horses are placed inside, and prooel it al4g in
the same manner hat a caged Ftiti irre I 111:11iO3, its
wheel revolve. Shits are nailed the side tifmr of
the wheel, by Whichthe horses obtain foot-hold,—
lit, the centre is n smill iron-shaft, front which sus
pended hanger - s' which supgort four comfiatable sofas
for•passengers: the wheel thus revolves freely, the
seals rernaining,i3 perfect equilibrium. The arran
gement for-guiding the carriage is very simple and
effective; it can make - arinuch shorter turn than a
stage coach. k•
A very successful trial of one of those carriages
was recently made on the State road between Canal
lEtver and New Philtidelphia, Tuscarrawas county,
Ohio, which perfectly demonstrated their utility' in
transporting, very heavy loads with ease and rapidi
ty. The carriage was filled by a party of twenty
four ladies and gentlemen, with two heavy draught
horses previously trained to propel them. The dis
tance between the two places, five miles was per
formed in 26 minute's on the first trip, and 25 min
utes on the second. The horses are not confined by
and as they travel as it were on an endless
plank road, their wont is comparatively easy,,y.
DISTRESSING OECURRENCE.-A very distressing
casualitroccureir in Carroll county (\ld.) on Wed
nesdaiy last. It appears that while Mr. Jacob Schri
ner, of, that county, with his family, was seated at
the dinner table, one of his cons, who previously at
times had given indications of insanity, without
any apparent ill\feeliug left the room, and returned
in alew - Moments, with a double barrelled pistol in
his hand, with which he shot his brother, who was
at the time, with the rest of the family, sitting at
the table, killing him_ almost instantly. The young
man who committed the deed was evidently insane,
as no difficulty whatever had - occured to excite him
against his brother. lie was taken to Baltimore
on Friday and placed in the hospital. By this sad
and unexpected affliction an amiable and highly re
spectable family have been plunged into a sorrow of
the keenest and most profound character.--huff.
Republiran. ,
Touon.—Some of miar cotemporaries hate been
trying to see how tough stories they could tell, but
the Maine Farmer "takes the rag off the b ush."—
It tells a "chowder" of chap in Cobbossecontee
dom, who took a gill of campbene by Mistake for
gin, but whose life was saved by a most ingenious
process. After the stomach pump, and all sorts of
means of restoration had been tried injain, the gro
cer's clerk simply ran a wick down the patient's
throat, touched ablaze to it, and burned out the
canspbene! - Instant restoration was the cense
guence.
A ftEscosnit.—The London Timea state that at
battle of lifoodkee a European serving in the Sikh
army- was surrounded at the capture of one of the
enemy . i3 gone. He lifted up his hands and cried,
"Spare me! for lem one of the 44th." He wee
immediately shot down. This circumstance cur
responds with the report that there are men of that
regiment with a detachment of Alrglians in the Sikh
camp on the Jhelum.'
""LAW AND ORDER."
Tim Durrasoscs..=Some persons are punished
for violations of law and order, while others are
granted an impunity to commit acts of the moat de
structi ye and: demoralizing character.
Here is the proof: .
Last July some girls and a few men and boys
gathered in the neighborhood of a certain factory
in Allegheny city, and after some calm remonstran-'
ces against running the mill contrary to "the spirit
of tho•ten hour law" they proceeded to acts of out
rage. That is: They threw eggs, mud, and , peb
bles; tnade threats; broke open gates and doors and
threw down fences. Informations were made a ainst
them. They were arrested, indicated and co riot
ed. • The law which made their conduct pooh table
was old and almost obsolete.
We published yesterday a law against-the
of shinplasters by, individuals, or corporations;
against the circulation of small notes of ever
caption. It has been violated by three co
liens; 'The county and two cities. The lad
er interfered to punish the violators; its min!
winked at the infractions. We are now exp.!
cing the result.
Tho factory rioters were convicted because
conduct was calculated'to injure the business
eounty,_by rendering capital insecure.
the ostensible cause. The real cause was, tlit
entertained by some that the Ten flour Law
be defeated.]
And now we ask the candid ctizen to answer
has done the most injury to the city—the riot
the -Whig and Conservative Councilmen and
missioners?
Who talks of prosecutions against these!
men do talk of, pushing the law against the
they are'laug,hea at.' Lima Were not mode
rich.
A •
The riot was a sudden outburst of passim
which there was great provocation. Thel
trators were very young, uneducated, though;
and for the time, reckless. They were mill!,
the pangs of poverty, and the future was tha
their vision. They thought they were stmts.,
a law for their protection.
Now, what has been the conduct of the Coisicils
and Commissioners? They kuew of the law in SS
ed in 1836. Deliberately and willully they vitiated
it., They have done more to injure the buihess
and teputution of' this great commercial and niinu
facturing,district than would fifty factory
The poor are being robbed of the reward of their
toil . Confidence has been in a great measurOn,
paired.
The girls were convicted - -while the perpetra'tors
of the shipplauter outrage go free.—Pillskirgh
Post. •
Fruiuthe CarliNle Anwrican Denwerril.
GENERAL WASHINGTON, THE II.;
An Historical Roma nc}! in 500 Chapters, info-e or
Less."
"General Taylor hates, loathes. prescriptior,"--
Uncle Crittendeds "Midsummer .Vighes Dretin:'
"I have no private purposes to accomplili-;,-nu
party projects to build up—no friends to rewart., nor
enemies to punish—nothing to serve but my coun
,try.'? "If elected, I would not be the mere Presi
dent of a party domination; I should feel bound to
adthinister the government untrammelled' by pony
schemes.•'—Don Zachary's 3d 411-(in-aty) eyr•rort
Epistts, to the Go , .
''Fellow-citizens—Elected by the American peo
ple to the highest otlice kilown to our laws, &c."..
President Zachary's. , lddress to the
.People.
"Now Give "Do H—II; Capt." Collamer. Pres
ident Zachpfy in the "Tempest."
HEART RI:MUM CA L Amitv .—The Louisville Jour
nal far the 20th inst., states that iiihost heart ren
ding-calamity:occurred on the Saturday night pre
vious, at Big-bone Spring; in II:t(in county, Ky. Mr.
Richard Johnson and wife were aroused about said
night by the noise of a fire raging in their dwelling.
They started up and seeing, as they supposed, that
it was in a remote room, they hastened thither to
save some of the furniture, leaving their two chil
dren, a little girl and an infant son, asleep. They
returned in a few minutes and found to their horror
that the room in which the children were lying was
all on fire. Mr. Johnston burst open the door end
was thiown backward , by the expansion of the rare
fied air. His wife rushed forward and fell over him
into the flames. Ile dragged her out much burnt.
But the children were innceessittle; and the parents
then appeared in their agony to have lost all self
DPAYLRA, 4 O2 , • •.W.l•vm nit IRFRNI ROM iv- on
to the garden fence, which was on fire—her night
gown all burnt offexcept the neck, which was burn
ing. He extinguished the fire and laid her on the
grass; and then hastened in 'search ofher ilmsbnitd,
whom he foUnd near the spring rolling on the ground,
Rod considerably burnt. She is hardly expect2d to
ant vive.
Tnotter.t: Pon SOMEBODY. - !! is hegining to be
questioned whether the cities of Pittsburgh and Al
lewheny are in any way liable for the issues Of
Script witti which the country is inundated. Our
own opinion coincides with that of eminent lawyers,
whom we have heard declare unreservedly that no
such liability can attach or be enforced. - The act
of the issue !was illegal ab mouth).
It is believed that parties who half] the' bonds of
the cities, negotiated in faith, will, in the course of
a few day), apply fur an injuction, to prevent the
sale of the property advertised to be sold. If they
succeed in enjoining the sale, it will then be en
deavored to render the members of Councils, wlm
an-therized the issues, and the Mayor and Treasurer
who signed and emitted them, personally liable for
- their redemption.
It would he strange indeed, that ifthe city is not
liable, the individuals who counselled and effected
such a Ilagri n violation of the law, shoubl not be
made amenable to the consequences ;
‘Ve believ'e that they have incurred this liability,
and cannot e l -cape, and we have the pleasure of as
suring the hitlders of tin; Scrip; that the wealth of
the s e sagacious Councilmen, is ample and more than
ample, for the redemption of every dollar.—Petts
burgh Post.
ROBBERY Ni)A ATTEMT Tu MERDER.-A bold at
tempt at robbery was made on Alouday night, in a
place called Scotland Society, about four miles from
Hartford, Conn. A. butcher named Grog, when re
turning from a collecting tour, was seized by the
throat arid dingged from the wagon to the ground.
As he attempted to rise an attempt was made to
stab him with a dirk or knife; but the blade passed
through his outside coat, his dress coat and his vest,
till it fortunately struck against his watcb and
glanced oil', Slightly cutting his shirt. 'Another
man then came up and presenting a pistol• to his
head threatened to blow his brains or unless he
gave tip his money; so handing them his wallet, be
ran after his horse, and drove on until he obtained
assistance, when he returned to the spot - where he
had been robbed; he there found his wallet with the
papers it contained but the money, $370, was gone.
The villians have not yet been discovered.
- STANOR ANECDOTR.-...They tell n rare story at
Washington, in which Mr. Clayton figures' some
what equivocally. It runs as follows: A leading
Whig, of thin city we thick, called on the premier,
and asked him to make a certain statement to the
Presidident as a great favor; which Clayton prom
ised he would do at once. At the appointed time
be called at the State .Department, and was inform
ed,by Mr. ClaYton that he (the premier) bad seen
the President; but there was no definite or satisfac
tory answer. Suspecting that all was not exactly
right, the angry Wbig went direct to the White
House, got admission to "Old Zack," and asked him
if Mr. Clayton had made a certain statement to him,
and if so, what was the i.nswer? The good old
man looked at him with surprise and said, r "Mr:
Clayton has not said a word to me about it. I
hare not seen kiln since yesterddyr
The reader will make his own commentary.
CANADA .-A correspondent of the New York Ex
press, writing from Montreal, tinder date of March'
13th, says— I
I - have spenticonsiderable time as a' spectator in
hearing the debates in Parliantent." I have mingled
freely with the ['members. I - tun surprised to find
that the prevailing sentiment, not only among the
leading members of the !Joule, but also among the
influential inhabitants, is decidedly in favor of an
nexation to theiUnited States. :,Nor is it • made a
party
,question of both sides, but particularly the
Conservatives are most clamorcus for it. The gen
eral impressionlis, that if they should be annexed,
they would come into the Union as three States,
viz: Upper, Middle and Lower Canada..--•-• - . -
FOREIGN NEWS 1W THE CAMIIRIA
' The second trial, or itempted trial of C. G. Duffy
under the*Treason Felony Act, comenced on the
10th instant. The attorney and Solicitor Generals,
Messrs. Baldwin, Q. C., Plunkett, Q. C., Perrin
and Pennefather, appeared - for the Crown; and
Messrs. Butt, Q. C. Napier, Q. C., and O'llagan,
for the prisoner. On this occasion the solicitor for
the defence Was allowed to take a copy of the jury
paneal, a concession which saved the court, no deo&
from floods of eloquence and great =delay. ,The pa
nel,- which contained the names of 180 persons, hav
ing been called over three ,times, and eighty-seven
gentleman having answered to their names, the
swearing in of a jury wad proceeded with, and oc
cupied the court tip to lialf.posi two o'clock.
On the I I th, after the judges had taken their seats
upon the bench, the. case was proceeded with the ex
amination of witnesses in support of the indictment,
but as the evidence was precisely the same as that
given on the last trial, a repitition is needless. The
case for the prosecutihn having closed., Mr. DitiTy'e
counsel proceeded tri a most able and luminous ad
dress to review' the evidence preduced..mr the part
of the prosecution. •Ms oration was NO equal to
his previous efforts in the some case r and concluded
with a moat earnest appeal to the jury to return a
verdict of not guilty. A number of wittnesses were
next examined on behalf of Mr. Dully, who testified
as to his private and publio worth. The trial - bad
not terminated when outlast despatch left Dublin.
It is confidently expected that the jury will not
agree:
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RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Dispatches have beed received at Constantinople
from llncharest.-which state that Gen. Mouravietr
had arrived in the Principalities with 24;000 teen,
and another Russian officer had advanced upon
Ibraila, and begun building barracks for, his troops
in the neighborhood of that city. - We are also in
formed that the Russians had introduced gun-boats
into the Danube in direct violation of the treaty of
Adrinople. It would appear that Russia is, in the
most open manner, strengthening her position in the
Danubian provinces, while Turkey, on the other
band is making preparations to maintain her author
ity. _ _
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_NAPLES AND SICILY.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.--The Liberta, nt NA plest,
states from Palermo that great preparations for war
are going on there. The Sicilan amyis to amount
to 46,000 men; an ordinance manufactory is esta
blished at. Palermo, which furnishes ten twelve
pounders per'mouth. Large French ordinance is
to defend the port. General 9Tieroslawski . commands
the Valley Catania. Trobriand has been named
Marshal of Sicily. The fortifications arntind Puler
m) are actively carried, on. Ditches, parapets, mi
nes, and parricats are constructed under the direction
of the millitary engineers. Forty thousand persons
°fall rank, peasants as well as nobles, men as well as
women are at work there.
FOREIGN . COLONIES AND A FREE TERRI
TORY;
California is tho blooming daughter of our great
Republic—Cuba, the tierce and sullen slave of Spain,
an übsolute monarchy—Canada, the moody nod dis
contented prisoner of "happy England." Look at
the - manner in which each is governed, and at the
condition and prospects of each, and you have, in a
moment, the consequent responsibilities of the re
spective parent powers. In Cuba, thousands of sol
diers aro watching the movements and restraining
the ardor of the people. Arrests follow thedetected
expression, of every liberal opinion, and disgrace or
death the least sigmof disaffection. The press is
muzzled; as well as speech, • Even the opera-singers
dare not warble Liberty; and in order to prevent the
populace from reading what Americans say to then]
inquisitors are stationed to prevent the introduction
of all papers that breathe-of hope to the bond. Can
ada is better otF, it is true; but her soil, too, groans
under the tread of armed men, and•refuses to reward
the reluctant toil of on oppressed people. And yet
in both Canada and Cuba the masses long for free
dom. and pant for annexation. if the.press4 a seal-'
ed book to them, God hos decreed that they 'than
catch intelligence of the doings of our mighty re
public in the whispering breeze, and read the doom
of their tyrants in the angry storm.
' Turn now to California! A promiscuousL multi
tude presses to her shores, lel by the cry ofl"gold;!'
hut a sense of personal indepdodence and personal
FE/Aims—UW.4 e.orl.4e7 . orvity4l., , Rrln k'o fit@ fiftlflti
development of the elements of substantial prosper
ity. Turbulence there is,•as in all new countries;
and improvidence in California, as in all nations,
carries its own punishinent along. But the mass
are impelled to the same goal, and controlled by the
same patriotism. The very absence of the gov
ernment which was due to this blooming territory,
will but.devalve new resource's in her citizens, and
lead to new triumphs for our Union. Separated by
many hundreds of miles from the protection of the
general administration, they feel as deep an inter
est in her operations ns if reposing in the shadow of
the Capitol, and they lean upon the Constitution its
upon n power which does nut require force to Make
it effectual, and cannot bo put down by, a world in
arms.
- Such a contrast is a practical
. commentary upon
aristocraticAroverntnents.—Pennaylvanion..
Aa
AIfPROPRIATR has been suggested
that the most appropriate gift that Boston could send
to the young empire, springing up on the ihores of
the Pacific, of, which San Francisco in the outle t,
would be a frame school house for that city. This
would he prized more for the principles of which it
would he emblematical than for its value in dollars
and cents. It would be as if Boston said to ber
younger sister on the Pacitie, "Behold the secret 4
my own greatness nod prosperity, the public schvol!
Take it, my sister; for it is better to get wisdom
than gold. Take'it, and it will be the germ of in
stitutions under whose protecting shade emu And_
your children's children shall he blessed. Without
it your golden treasures will be a curse: but wiqi it
they cant be converted into sourced of comfort and
advancement to yourselves and manki4d." We
learn that one of our public-spirited fellojv-citizens
has already packed up dwell:sized hell fur the first
school-house in San Francisco. Who will help on
the project of sending an anertipriate frame building
fur this purpose?—Bodlon Transcript.
Conn.—Two of our friettla while at Washing=
ton, a few days since called at the W kite House, to
pay their respects - to old Zack. .On making enqui
ry of Jemmy, the porter, if he could be seen, they
were answered in an Irish brogue, "Faith and he
can't." "But," said-our visitors, "wo reside some
distance front here, and would not like to leave
Washington without seeing the old General and
paying our respeCts to him." "Sure and he can't
see you," was the answer, "wasn't there a rintle
man all the way. from Connecticut who wished to
see him, anti" at this moment, the President was
seen rolling through one of the dunrs, when our
friends made a rush 4ter him, Jemmy following and
bellowing-at the top of his voice, "For the sake of
gintlemen, don't snze him, don't ARZO him,
the auld gintleman Bits so almightly mad."
ToeAcco,—The American consul at Matamoros
has.received official advices from Mr. Chifind, Amer
ican minister at Mexico, that tobacco introduced in
to Mexico under American occupation would be al
lowed "pins" the same as, other merchandise, as
guarantied by the treaty. and that orders to that
etrect had been issued. Nevertheless the Mexican
authorities at ?daimons decline acting in the mat
ter. It is (rue they have taken an accout of the to
bacco in_atore there, but they have no orders' to al
low it to be removed. To us this appears very much
like trifling with our citizens, and we hope, before
any further part of the indemnity will be paid, that
in this particular` matter justice to our citizens will
be enforced. •
A coon ONR.—Brownlow, of the Jonesboro Tenn
Intig tells a capitatstory of a farmer in that part of the
State, who to make a speculation, put a large stone in
one of his hogsheads of tobacco,ond forwarded ifto his
Commission Merchant at New Orleans, directing his
mettliant there to send him- a barrel of sugar.—
By accident or othorwise, the stone was discovered.
Tbe=mechhant took-the stone from the tobacco and
put it into the barrel of auger before he weighed it,
put ort the head and sent it back to the tobacco man
in coura of time, and didn't say a.,word about the
atone.,But he found it `before he had used up more
than haof the sugar. This is a fact. Ile got
four centifor the stone and had to pay eight cents
pQr pound for it. _
IRELAND.
1 ft "0 iS ' I •
ERIE, PA -
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1819
PROFESSION rs. PRACTICE
It will be an interesting task for the political hi•.torian
to trace out and note the various professions put forth by
the whig party previous to our several Presidential eke
lions for the last twenty years. iamb their practices after
they obtained power under the lead of Adams, Harrison
and Tnyjor. There is not a principlo - of the Demogratic
party that they have not first repudiated in the strongest
terms, and afterwards adopted. There has been hardly
a measure proposed and carried out by them, that the
whig party has not afterwards either silently endorsed,
when it was in their powor to alter them, or boldly claim
ed the credit of their paternity and - onartnient. When
the Democracy rallied around the brave old statesman
chief of tho Hermitage, Gen. Jackson, and triumphantly
placed him at
_tho-head of the,. Government, whigery
went into convulsions over the enormity of "hero wor
ship," had fits ut the bare intimation that a good soldier
could he a safe statesman, and shed ercAndile tears
over what they pleased to call the degeneracy of the
republic. Time passed—the hero statesman proved
himself equal to every emergency, and nitimately enroll
ed his name among the greatest men of the age. Whig
cry saw the feeling in the breasts of the people, and de
termined to profit by it. Their past denunciation., con
vulsions, and wailings, were forgotten; or if remembered,
only to bo toughed at. Under the lead often. Harrison,
whose claims to statemanship were almost lost sight of
in the canvass, but whose achievements as a soldier were
rung in tho•ears of the people' with all the ardor of enthu
siasm made drunk by hard cider at log cab'n raieing
they succeeded, nod the government, which for the
twelve years previous h nd been Conducted by the states
inch- of the Democracy, fell ink() their hands. Their
anathema against "hero worship" were forgotten-=they
dogged the steps of the feeble old man they had elevated—
they gave him neither rest by day nor sleep at night with
their importunities, flatteries ,and sy6phantic adulation,
until wearied and worn out, ho sank to his final rest.
Hero is ono chapter of iv h g profession rs. practice. Let
us read another.
'Olio of the most eirective charges against tlio
Admin
istration of Mr. Van Bnren in' 1810, was that of using
blood-hounds in tho Florida tear ` In vain it was urged
that they were procured and used omthe recommendation
of one Col. Taylor by the Governor iti . f that territory with , -
out authority the whole crime,' if criMc< it wie r s,
;laid at the door of the democracy, arid ea
treated and infßor'ed to rebuke such adisgrac upon civ
ilization and the American name. It succeedo, and
Mr. Van Buren and his administration ware seeMingly
condemned—the "blood-hound" barbarity was atied I
for, and the author of if, Col. Ta f ,lor, heard of no mole
until the country was forced, in the • language of Con
gress, "by the acts of Mexico" to declare war against
that country. The whig newvapers and whig t ate% -
me n declaimed ag,ainstit - , called it a "god ah'iored" and
an "unholy war"—a whit; senator prayed that the Mex
icans would "welcome" this Col. Taylor and his men
"with bloody hands to hospitable graves"-1145race
Greeley denounced him as a "journeyman throat cutter."
and whigery great and small, fat and lean, -Wise and
foolish, all, ALL, united in one long londanathaina againt
each and every ono in any way cdncerned in carrying on
such a "war against God.'' The 'battles of, Palo Alto
and Resacca, were followed by the brilliant achievemen t
at Monteray and the glorious;victory of liuona ViSta. The
war was closed in a holo of glory by the victories in the
valley of Mexico, and Gen. Taylor returned to his hoina
on the banks of the Mibsissimii honored and rel.peeted by
the people, Then it was that the whig party, in con
vent Con assembled, seized upon his name and fame ac
quired in the war they had denounced, to- accomplish
their selfish ends. They forget nil their denunciations
- of th'e "blood-hounds," and the "Mexican war"—they
forgot their past tailings over the election of the hero
statesman, Jackson, and placed at their head a man
whose trade had alway been war, and who frankly told
t~iut his life had been spent in forts and on the frontiers,
and consermemly had no experience in civil affisirs.
They elected him, and this is another chaptor of whig
profession vs. prarlre. Yet one more and we aro done.
If there is any one thing the ivhigs have denounced
in more severe terms than another—if there is one prin
ciple they have made more senseless clamor about than
another, from the Adniinistration of Gen. Jackson, to
James K. Polk, it is that. "to the victor belongs the
pleils." In January, 1832, Mr. Thomas Kwing, then a
Senator in Congress from Ohio, offered in the Senate the
following resolution; and supported it in a speech:
"nese/red, That tho practice of removing public
officers by-the President for any other purpose than that
of securit , a faithf u l execution of the laws, is hostile to
the spirit of the constitution; was never mortempl.rted
by its frathers; is an extension of executive intluence
prejudicial to tho public serzjce, and dangerous to the
liberties of the people."
In 18.10, this same gentlentan was secretary of tfto
treasury under Get. Ilarrison, and distinguished him
self for the avidity with which be entered into t h e work
of removing faithful democratic iircundients (ram orrice
far their political opinions, to make •room for whig par
tizans. And now; tIS secretary of the interior, he is bu>
sily engaged in the same work of prosmiption, although
Gen. Ta)lor stands pledged, solemnly pledged, in more
than a hundred different letters that uhar his adminis
tration prescription" - for opinion sake should be "pro
scribed." ‘Ve need not recapitulate these rdedges—the
people have rend them n thousand times in whig news
papers, they have heard them from the lips of n•hig ora
tors
.repeatedly, and hence know them by heart. They
also know that they are brokon daily, and although the
work of "proscription" is pushed. foment with rail-rorld
speed, there is not a whig paper in the country that does
not complain of the tardiness manifested by Gen. Tay
lor :in "punishing his enemies and, rewarding his
friends." And this is another chapter of whigprgressien
vs. prodke.
ED' The Editor of the • Commercial has had n good
deal to say !tinily about our "stantlingaine side and grow
ling." If we are any judge, ho can now take our place.
Growl sir, growl! Thu hone you fancied yourself pick
ing,• bus been captured by a less hungry applicant. Oh,
"Andy," "Andy," why were you not Secretary of tho
Treasury.
ID' Col. S. D. Patterson, !the Well known proprietor
of Graham's Magazine, and a miter of ability, has be
come a partner in the publication of trio Pertrisykanian.
The Penneytiwniak, has heretofore been one of um best
papers in the Union; but now, with the energy, capital
and talent of Col PATTERSON added to those of FOILNEI, it
will hereafter bo the best. .
By the by will Forney just ask the Colonel why 'it was
that when he became proprieter of "Ciliation]," he who
was the first victim of'Gen. Taylor's proscription, pro
scribed us. Previously, that magazine tied found its way
regularly to our table, lint under his administration, it has
'ceased its visits.
't'Tho Evening Extra," is the title of n new after
noon daily, just started in Philadelphia by - that inimitable
writer, Dtr Sow', formorty of the Spirit of the Times.
It is bound tO succeed with such an Editor.
A D,.t•rxcr. AT I.Asir.—After an interval of three wedlis
the Gazelle has voluinteered a defence of Gov. Johnson's
bill creating several new Judical districts. We ere glad of
this—we aro anxious that the measure should-be agitated
aid will take an early opportunity to reply to this defence.
We would do so this week,-but time and spaco will not
permit.
D' Tho following from Gen. Taylor's inaugural ad
dress, wo commend to the special attention of our defeat
ed cotemporary of the aminserrial. It Will gratify him,
wo know, to see that in this instenre, at least. the Presi
dent has adhered to his pledges •"So far as it is possible
to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity. and fidel
ity indispens . ableyrerequisites for the dispos,d of office?"
POWELL'S TIIIATRILPoW011'11; theatrksi
have been playitig a stleces•ful enzageintzt
for the last two weeks, and still eonhate to
houses every eventng—the best evidence 13
wo think, that their dramatic talent is of
and, as such, duly appreciated by the ',tithe,
heretofore not had a play-going reputation, ft,
son perheips, that there has never before
visited is with sufficient talent to awake a ,
I
outs. This will not'he bald an: Intt
aureday evening Mrs. l'owk•lt took
:axed in the character of Maretana.na
I and thrilling Drama of Th, w, ,
Grave." This is certainly her tweet::
tav her perform better. Mr. 04
_.re, was received, as he alwas. ) ,,,, h
astic ap gauge by the -audienCe. McK,,blea,
gancraly as frill of fun as a nut—is of e ntkt.; . ;
p fleet, es Anionic, to admiration. Mr sad
u.
Mr. Mo'rris, and the other actors, sustained ;
Well—mum could do batter. e,
Thi s evening will bo presented
Comode of the "Soldier's Daughter," and tltie:•:'
Force of "Raising the Wind."
Wo are pleased to' say that the Manager
to remain ono week longer.
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and app
beautifu l
Fathce
never S
St. Pie
Tut , REmovat. or Cot..
'literal of Gen. Ta3lor's of which this niu g
blush More than another, it isthat of C s i
pointed by Mr. Polk during the last .see,,, s
gress, •Post.. - Master at San Fraarprir,
-t _
had Gun. 'Las for came into power imple•: ; ., , ,
to removals, We would not imve a nerd ta
did not so come into power. There are co.. t .
hundred written pledges of his, that lie waaii S
official inciimbants for opinions Stine. K.
however. DOW. attempt to get round these re r ,,
aseerting that he only removes those '%i;, :•
their official atkion and influence to keep
office. As paltriy and hypozritical a.;
this case it can have no effect. Col. Gear.
the office, from which ho has been
last election, and consequently due Lot ecii.,"
any such rule. Il is removal, then, is made ti;• ? -... :
cal grounds alone—simply because. lie i t h
Let us look at the facts which induced his aprsa'a•--..,
When the war broke out, says the Pcnaselt•tech
was in good business iii Cambria lunl2.,s;ifian':-.e.
many of the comforts of home. Ite left all, Lao.
and volunteered as a private in the °d Penner:vials
giment. At Pittsburgh he was chosen he a
Lieut. Colonel, and by the (teach of Coke,' R.e,
he subsequently roes to the head, of the Re v
During his itteltenEe in Mexico, as the other rqur, l
show, ho rendeted gallant service to his eaantr:,
Chepultepec was warmly applatitleil br the gusto e
curs. Oa his return he was received anti open a. a
his fellow cities- s of 411 parties; and Mr. Polk rem •
to a very general n ish by appointing h,rn tow
1 San Francisco. in Februarylast,• scum.; ni.ed
f\vfe and cl i uld, - titrleft fur that di-taut rag
bro ca tip his business iii Westinorel..nd
Ire tlia.n resided, and e; -ed
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he oludittpal the appoluttnent, therefore, is a n
soin, hat not to those - telt° understand.,
Ile had, we understand but twelrC narne. from
nit his petition, and yet heeiticeeeded ON er our
rary up ~qrcet, because, wo e sound to 6_!l-se t.
Taylor ;`'o adheres to the princij le laid tlowalnli.
augural addrxss, to •'ntake honesty, (sputa!, and fr
iudispeAlble prerequ:sites fth• the bt,tow vfotErt."
•TIIL. $30 , 1 EXEMPTION' Law. -11.3 Frill 6:.:
claims that this law is not a party mon,ure. Ti‘ii
lowing list of yeas and nays on the final ',image et
bill in the Senate, hardly sustains us sill claim:
Yras Messrs. Boas, Brawly, Brook. Canito:'l
Fort th, Frick, Ilwrus. Ives, Johnson, 'Alason ' )13:0:
M'easlin Ovcrtield, Sankoyv , Savory., Srnall, Stc,
Streetor—lB.
NAT6'.— r 3iessrs. Best; _C1011,1), King. Konigmnchr
Lawronce, Levis, Rich, Sadler, Sirtser, Sane, Di,.
Speaker-11.
Every-naS is a Whig 40 4e. Every Doineerat in
favor but one!
-Li' The accomplished lady of—G:a Conil,s r
lied Gon. Taylor, and inquired wait gcninne lc
kee drollery for the health of 011 117Mty.
do for Kl'Ontull - ky, although her young liu,band
climb that pol ' ii—shaine on him.
lE' 1. The Literary American," ono of the boteot
lies in the country, has procured the right to pubs
Romance of Lieut. Mayno Reid, founded in hi , Oil
tutos to Maxim and upon which his port has tmtit
gaged ever sinco the return of the "Army. The
tenant is uu4nestionably ono of the most pleat.:''
tors of fiction of tho present day, and as his work wict ,
cd upon the siring events of a campaign in who:
participated; it will undoubtedly be ono-of the
teresting of his productions. See advertisement tilt:l
- column,
ID" 'rho fullriwing pertinent hit at the , IGO p:L 7, '
worship of the "almightyfroin the 1F
Idijeal Major N•all. There ta deal of nienniag
akt truth in it:
" Don't , sny that money does no good. It roakese:r
ny persons polite—vastly polite.—Your 31•..
butcher, your g'ardener. your footman how thee ark'
and how they Vow, and bow when they snide. It'.a
have had intercourse with, people for months, wheat"
thought wonarfully polite, and very good &wadi tt?::
but as soon as wo were compelled to send our oddI" -
nies in another 'direction, they cooled oti."
Er Two ladies horsewhipped a man in Cmci al
The scoundrel hadpublicly insulted them.—Er. Air
Pass round the word, and let The pLerls know ' ll
spunky lasses Wo have here. What must the. men
=Ere. Nonyfri'cl.
What a foolisrt question, Mr. Nonpariel- 1 3'llt it 3:
swered in the first paragraph—"scoendreis" of coot.
aa- rr any body wants colder weather than set'
experienced in this section this spring, they'll haWo p
to Nova Scotia, Greenrand, or some other good place
ver, shiver, shake, shako, is the word. Every 1)0 ,1 1'
cross, and no wonder; with a bright sunshine overlies''
ono has to btindlo up in v overcoats, flannels and flo
keep -wand:"
THE WitittßlTil LEDGER.—This is the title era t'
el,
-atic paper.,'inst started iu the heauttful vtrttl
Demo ci
Warrer',4o. j. Go; 6 drich, Esq., formerlv of theStsli k
nian, which was destroyed4t!,fire last winter, and t 1
IVilson. Tho 4Ledger" is, certainly as good laJliq a
,
planer rts any on our list, and deserves a eerottl tuff °
from the Democracy of Warren, Wo trust ilia lre.
coivo it. !,
TE:OMSSF.E S. Tkr}:. CoN VENTION.—The Tennesw
ocratie_State ConYention. sonthled nt Olt"
16th inst. - A. 0. P.-Nicholson presided. Oe the
ballet. Genr-Williant Trousdale was nominated forGo"
ornor. 'Plus Nashville Union styles him the llero g
Three Won. The Soldier of Tollaslintehee, Tailed's
Pensacola. the Glorious Night of the 1111 Dreein ke '.
1815; the Bth of , Janttary 1816; of the Eorks of Mil d
cooeltio; the Three Battles oLthe Wahoo hantinock,JCdb'
18th, and 2.lst November, 1836; of Contorts. o f ke
'
rubuseo, of Molino del Hey mid of Cheimliever , in I-
MEI