TEE VOLUNTEER John Bi'.Brattoii) Bilitor and Proprietor. OAHtISIB, THURSDAY, NOV, 30, 1840* AGENCY. U3*V;B. PALMER, Esq., isoitr authorised agent for pro curing advertisements, receiving subscHpllone iind making GoMeetions for.th'B AmericanVoluntcer*. at Ills office,' N. W. _Gor/mLofT((lrdjDdC(ieBnu.J.Btr(soti, Philadelphia. •'Tban^oivino.— This day, (Thursday) is set. opart by the Governor to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving and praise for the many blessings received hi the hand of our Creator during the past year. We are glad to loam that it will be gener ally observed by our ciliaens. 41 State TaßAiunxß.—ln our paper of to-day will be found > communication recommending , Col. Asa Dimock, a* a candidate for Stato.Treasurer. Cdl.D. is a finnDcmocrat, and would make an efficient of ficer.. Wo observe also, by several of our exchange pa pers, that (he Hon. Jesse MiLLEftj.lato Secretary of the Commonwealth, is strongly recommended for the same office., It is unnecessary for. us to speak of the qualities Mrr Miller, for ho ls known (o near ly State, lie is a Democrat of superior mind, who has had much in Slate affairs. Should lie bo selected ho would make a most valuable and capable officer.: ; Murder in Perry County.:— By the. Perry papers wo learn that a man named William Bender, real ding in Greenwood township, in (hat county, was murdered by his own brother, Benjamin Bender, on last Sunday week! It appears that on the day men tioned, a little oiler dark, the murderer, (who is now in jail,) had an altercation with bis sister; and the deceased, on attempting to interfere in her behalf, ‘was stabbed by (he prisoner with a knife in his body in four different places, which, in a short lime after wards prayed fate). The prisoner is said to bo about 34 years of age, and (he decsscd. was about 18. Hor rible. Murder Case.— The Gettysburg Sentinel announ cos (he death of a young roan named Noah Slants who was found in tho street a few weeks since, drunk, and beaten in an awful manner, which caused his death. Business on the Pennsylvania Canal is beginning to slacken. Some of the lino boats at Pittsburg have been taken off within a day or two past. James M. Power, Esq., the Whig Canal Commis sioner of this Slate, has.been appointed Charge d’Af fairs from the' U. Slates to Naples, 1 in place of tho Hod. Thos. W, , Another Libel.-— ln the Court of Quarter Sessions for. Lancaster county, before Judge Lewis, last week, J.H.Piersol, Esq.,editor of (he Saturday Expi et», was tried for publishing a libel upon Mrs. Frazier, wife of Reab Frozier, Esq., of that city. After a lengthy triah and much pleading, the case was submitted to tho jury, who in a short lime returned a verdict of “guil ty." Whereupon the court sentenced Plersol to pay a fine or 921)6 and costs, and to stand committed un til paid. National Fast DaV. —Some persons in New York communicated with the President upon tho propriety of recommending a day of observance throughout the country, for prayer and Ihinksgiving. ...In reply the President'declines to make the proposed reconi mendation, and prefers leaving, tho . subject in the hands .of (hose to., whom custom hat consigned it, the Governors of the several Slates. We 11 rather guess' 1 old Zack was about right in taking this view of the matter. - Lancaster Count* Banks The banks of Lancaster county havo declared dividends for the last six months amounting in the aggregate over 850,000* Tho present capital of the Lancaster bank is 8403,900,.having lately been increased. President op Girard College.-— We learn by the Philadelphia papers that the Directors of Gi rard College.have unanimously elected our towns man, W. H. Allen, A. M. M. D., a Professor in Dickinson College, to the vacant Presidentship of Girard College. Mr. Alien Is a ripe scholar, a inan of strict piety, and has had much experience * teacher. We regret his loss as a citizen of our town, and Dickinson College will feel his ob eenoe in that institution. He will leave Carlisle with the good.wishes of all. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, of Saturday ]«■', ii> speaking of . Mr. Allen, pay# him the follow iog wdlHnerilcd compliment: OIICARO COLLEGBi - We learn dial at a meeting of the Dircctorsofthis institution, held last evening, \V 4 fl. Allen, A. W., M. D., a'profeMor In Dickinson College,' Carlisle, wan unanimously elected President of the Girard College, for Orphans* Theentire unanimity of sixteen Uircc lors, in the selection of Mr. Allen for this Important I post, cannot fait to be highly gratifying to the Prcsi dent elect, and augura well for the cordial cconera. I lion of the Board in llio discharge of duties more w Sr** a PP c «t»ln« to any simrtar office* Ptofcsaos Allen possesses a rare combination of quantise for such a station; having a mind of u*.l common power and activity, thoroughly cultivated,, especially in the science*, where his profundity andl emiuylo impart knowledge will render him moatl serviceable in preparing youth to apply thoii powers understanding!;, fie has had many years experience in leaching, as instructor in a seminary, principal of » school, and fob many years a prolbssor in the institution whence ho is now culled to now duties in the Girard College; and thus fur has Invariably com manded the respect and confidence of his associates, ■ tyithihe aftbetlonofthe young. Many oftho young men of this oUy can bear strong testimony to the latter quality,apd-wo mayvthopefbrc, reasonably hope that Ida moral suasion will bo auccosefuH- The Conor xssrotoAl Chicks.—The Union of year lerdoy furnished (he following Hot of candidates for offices at the disposal of the next House of Congnpss: —foe-Clerk, John W. Forney, Mej. B, B, French, Mr, Benoet-, Chief Clerk of the Pension Office, and (he Hon. Albert H. Smith, of Main Jesse, E. Dow of 'Washington,.and Dr/Newton Lane, of Louisville, Ibr Sergeants* Axms; and Benj. Fi Brown of Ohio, for DooSkeepes.. . ' Waahington Btpublic—* the President's or-1 ®W»cVlng the Washington correspondent or the Philadelphia North American —Mr. Clayton's.or gan. y*‘When rogues fall out,*’ &c. The Wash* ‘ M ' blnglon letter wtllora are now contradlo ting tho rumor which they alerted, lhal Mr. Clay ~ 1 »" •'“O 1 l “ ki "g charge of the State Department. Still they Inal.t that a d(aaolullon end roformation ul . the Cabinet la inevitable. * r "flT The Hon. Lewi* Cue, with & number of mem bers of Congress, on their way to Washington, arri- T«d inPbilapelphia on Monday evening. vThb Official returns oftho special election for Obngr#M in the Wheeling Diilrict, have been rccclv. •d bjr the Sheriff, and,show, (hat Hammond, Whig, has been elecled by a majority of 66; What a pity the. Democrats suffered; division give tJioWlilgs # triumph,. i Oinkral Cits deliveredaicolure on (he progress ■ive<,enlightening end Chrlstiniting spirit of the age, et.Puffalb, on-Thursday laet, and was listened to with deep attention by o my largo audience. j BANK FUAVDS. •The .excitement which at present pervades the whole community, in consequence of the numerous bank frauds a(id villanics which have been perpetra-j ted within the lust two years, ought to teach the i people of Pennsylvania a lasting and a useful lesson. Scarcely hod .the people recovered from the'shook] occasioned by the.failure of the Lcwistoivn, Erie, and oilier rotten banks, when thyy were again star* tlod at hearing of 'a. still worse 'faUure-rtjial of the Susquehanna. County Bank. This bank, under tho oath of ils'cashior, Mr. St.. John,.reported to the last Legislature that Its circulation was then $52,470, and its specie $3,G55. Yet, when the bank broke, it was found that its circulation was $300,000, and its specie in tho vaults iweuly-Jlve dollars!! This iu-. sUtulion of fraud has failed, entirely, and Us note holders are, ip many instances, reduced to poverty and wretchedness. With (hesestarllingfacts staring the people in tho face, what course is it tho duty.of our Legislature. to pursue? Wo know of no bettor plan to prevent fraud.in banking than to adopt what is culled ** (he Shunk policy,** that is to’require the stockholders of all banks to bo responsible, In their individual capacity, for tho debts of tho institution. This ts the only plan, in oiir opinion, that. can. bo adopted to securo the people,. This policy hos been bitterly assailed and opposed by our political-oppo nents, bill yet they have never been able to show that it is not tho . true and only policy. Wo cannot con* ccivo why any honest man who has the welfare of the people at heart, can oppose a proposition so eh* licelyjusl and salutary. *’ Had the stockholders of tho Susquehanna County Bank been ‘lndividually liable for the debts of their institution, the people would not now bo suffering from the loss of $300,000 of their 1 paper. Why then should any man oppose the "indi vidual liability principle ?** It will not do for the Federalists to make opposition to (his principle 1 merely because it is a Democratic measure. Tho 1 people have'paid too dearly, and,have been robbed too longand too often. They will require a better excuse than this of our political opponents for oppo sing this truly wholesome'reform. Wo hope, how* oyer, (hat even (bo Federalists will seo tho necessity .' of compelling stockholders to be responsible for tho 1 debts of (heir institutions, and join (ho Democrats in 1 incorporating (his provision into every now bank ' charter. In justice lb the people this should bo done. 1 “TUB ONE QIA.N POWER,!) . Previous to the election ofGov. Johnston, the Fud. oralists wore constantly condemning, in bitter lan guago, what they called tho “one man power,'* or executive pardons. Johnston himself, in nearly all his speeches, discoursed eloquently against the prac tice of granting pardons to criminals who had been found guilty of committing grave offences, Bui, it appears t.hat a change has. taken place in thb Gov ernor's views concerning the " one man power," for by a late publication in the Philadelphia Ledger, it appears that Gov. Johnston has pardoned more crim inals, for the time he lias been in.office, than over were pardoned in the same lime by any of his pre decessors. The indiscriminate manner in which the Governor Is exercising this dangerous power in favor of old incorrigible offenders, is attracting tho attention, and justly exciting tho indignation of the citizens of Philadelphia, whose lives and proper ly are rendered insecure by this prostitution of exec utive clemency. The Ledger utters the sentiments of that whole community in the following para graph:' The Pardonino Power.— Tho table published yes terday in the Ledger of the number of pardons granted since the Ist of January, 1649, is a subject for grave reflection. It is difficult to conceive, when tho char acter of the offcne.es is taken jnto consideration, what Justifiable motive could have operated upon the Xx ecutive to have induced him lo open the doors of the penitentiary and let loose so large a per cent of its worst offenders. There are no less than three per petrators of rape, three of arson, five ofmurdcr and manslaughter, six of burglary, and three of riot, (all the highest offences which can be committed against society,) who have enjoyed the executive clemency and been pardoned out of the Slate and County pris ons. We know not what proportion tho number of pardons in tho time mentioned bears to that of form er Governors, nor is it material to the fact who has granted tho greatest number. If it be wrong in one instance to let every convict out of prison before the expiration of his sentence, it is proportionally wrong lo liberate a less number without some strong and justifying reason. The expensive machinery, of . criminal courts might os well bo dispensed with if its judgements are to bo set aside in (his loose and reprehensible manner at the solicitation of none but tho personal friends of tho convicted. BACKING OUT S The Washington Rtpublie—lhe exponent of Tay lor Federation—a short time sines ventured to make (he following assertion: President Taylor has never declared war against (ho Sub-Treasury, that wo have heard. Wo ore not aware that the Whig parly desire to meddle with We agree with the Now York Globe, that it is per fectly immaterial whether the President htmselfhas or has not "declared war. against the Sub-Treasury,” He never will have-the privilege of signing a hill for its repeal. The Democracy of tire country will take good care of that matter. Neither la the organ "aware that the Whig party desire to meddle with it.” .Of course nut I —especially when they possess no power to repeal the law, a* they very promptly dld r when" they possessed temporary power under IJohn Tyler. Hoar, what the New Haven Journal} a Clay Whig print, eaya In reference to the above state ment, made by lie Washington adjuncts ; There have been one or Iwo-articWs In the Wuah-i ington Republic of late that aaloniah us. Whigs db| we are, we will not second any such paltry twaddle \ and chicanery, even if from the President himself. What is the moaning of the above sontUncul from the Republic t And wlial is the policy in obedience 1 to.which it is pul forth ! Why, the Republic in Us zeal to carry the Whig party, desrifs tho true Whig ground o) the country, and attempts to paddle some where between the two groat parlies, to make capi tal. For shame on it!' lor shtmo on such downright perversion of Whig doctrine, and-that In the oyo of tho whole nation. Kero wo find one honest and candid Whig paper reiterating the true doctrine, without fear, and in contempt of the ,truckling Toylurilcs. It openly avows its hostility (o (he independent Treasury,and with commendable courage takes the Administration and its leading paper deservedly to task for wishing to suppress the cardinal feature.in the Federal-whig creed. We like to discover such manliness; it shows a spirit of consistency and party uprightness highly creditable to tho editor. lie is honestly opposed to this Dsmooratio measure, and knows that the Whigs are secretly of the same opinion ; and he Justly re bukes (hut portion of his party,who, in their zeal to conquer, " desert (ho (rue Whig ground of (he coun try,” and “ paddle" between the two parties.— It is a reprimand well deserved and righteously in flicted. A Skksiblb Thing.—A striking evidence of the wisdom of the'setllers of Mincsola is offered by tho action of the Legislature in passings vote directing, the Secretary to subscribe for all the no wops pore published in the Territory, IVom the lime of their commencement, Those papers, ere to be bound parly, and dopo.liod la ilia library, .. a valuable hmory of the times for future reference. . Ptm.vLvam lUii.aakti— Tb. 81a1r..111. AWa. bhlan «»y., Ilia! Ultra arc men it work on all lha ,eo. tlons oftho railroad lot from Johnstown towards Pills-- burg—SO miles—and that preparations, are being made to Increase (ho force now employed on the work, and push it rapidly to completion. NEW BANKaoDUTTOb* TtitittiHSLA* ' ( TURB.. \ Wc find.ln lho Harrisburg papers thefollowing list of applications for now- Banks, arid rc&arler of old ones, that is intended to be made.at the mproach* »ng session of the Pennsylvania Kensington Bank, Phi)ado)phiaV( additional | capital,)’, . 950,000 Carlisle Depositel Bank,.Carlisle, Pa* , \~r Li — Farmers’and Mechanics’.Bank, Easton; . 'a)0,000 Miners’ Bank, Pottsviile, (additional . V yn-; v - : . . capital,) gOO/iOO Anthracite Bank; Tamoqua, ' 500,0.0.0 Mechanics’ Bank, Pittsburg, , 200/100 Bank of Pottslown, • , , V 200,000 City Bank, Philadelphia, 500.000 Dauphin Bank. Hamburg, 200,000 i Farmers’ arid-Mechanics’ Bank; Allen* \-* ■ . I' town, P 0.150,000.150,000 Exchange Bank, Fittsbnrg, (renewal,) f —“ Southwark Bank, Philadelphia, (additional [ capita),) . 150,000 Canal Bank, Erie, 300,000 I Wellsboro’ Bank, Wollsbord’. /, .150,000, Central Bank, Harrisburg, *’ 500,000 Bank of Spring Plula., 300,000 West Branch Bank, Williamsport, (re> I newal,) Spring Garden Bank, Phila., Blair County Bank, < Farmers* Deposite Bank, Pittsburg, o, Harrisburg Bank, Harrisburg, (renewal,) Schuylkill Bunk, Philadelphia, (renewal,) Making in all an increase to the present Banking | Capital of the State of $4,350,000. 4^* In calling attention to'- this matter, we/ask — Is (here any necessity for this enormous increase of banking capital ? Is there not a sufficient capital a\ present, for. the Irgilimote operations of trade ?.,, Will the people be benefited if the banking eppi State is increased ? These are qestione (hat every member of i Legislature, (which will soon assemble,) she , himself before he makes up his m!»d to 'vn banking capital. We assert boj the banking facilities of this Slate are a) great. I'6 use the language of JJicknell’s M wc trust our Legislators will exercise un ianco in scrutinizing the claims upon wl (applications are founded, and when the n creased capital is not clearly established grant the asked for charters. The prese of Banking in tins Slate is unsafe', and nei■ cal change. There Is no security again i ion and rascality when dishonest men ere direction and management of moneyed institutions, Tiio public have no protection again*! losajfrom the explosion of fraudulent corporations. We tibpo to she the coming Legislature take up the'raattar| with the determination to provide a remedy for thlp evil, ei ther by making Stockholders personally liable for the debts of the Institutions, or by basing thfrissuo of Bank Notes on the security.of Stato or Government Stocks pledged with the State Treasurer! at a rote much below their market value—but (he bpslremedy will be a deaf ear (o all applications. • i Old Zack’s Interest in tub Louisiana [Election. —Duncan F. Kemble, Esq., tho Into candidate for Governor of Louisiana, concluded a recent speech with the following anecdote! . A friend of his, had been speaking a few days sgo to Gen. Taylor at Washington.' In thp enurse of conversation, the General asked him, “if the political prospects of Louisiana were any way cheering 1" "Cannot bo more so,” replied his friend. The old man's eyo brightened, his face became illuminated, as it were, as he exclaimed, "Oh, glorioos J, Oh, gal lant Louisiana * You were , tiio first to fly to my succor on tho Rio Grande. You will bc> the last to desert me.” . What a pity it is (remarks tho Baltimore Repuhli* coh,) that the Democracy of Louisiana, Horn a sense of duly, were compelled to spoil, this pathetic little (ale. But (hey could not help it, It had to be done. Gen. Taylor was elected President by an over whelming vole, but before the first meeting of Congress under his administration, a change seems to have come over the country,as suddenly as it was unexpected. What has caused this? Nonanlk (iV. V,). Gazette, fVhlg paper. “ What has caused thisl” Bad conduct, of course. Gen. Taylor did go into the Presidency by a Haltering vote, we admit, but heiias falsified his former professions, and decoived'lhe people. The people in turn have rebuked him. Hon. Richard Rush.— This gentleman has been tendered a public dinner by a number of his per sonal and political friends of Philadelphia, but ho declines (he honor in a long and graceiully written letter. - (C? Mr*. Levin, the lady of (he Hoe. Lewis C, Levin, lias been found guilty of .an assault and battery upon a young gentleman. of Maryland, and sentenced to pay a fine of thirty dollars. The assault consisted in striking biro severs! blows with a .horse whip, for having as she alleges, insulted her while travelling on the public highway in her car riage. Cj* Mr. T. P. St. John who was Cashier of the Susquehanna Bank, has been baited out of prieon at Monroso. (£j* Gov. Ramsey, of Minosota, arrived in St. Lou is on tho ISlh inst., on.his way to this Slate. The last number of tho MincsoU Chronicle contains his veto of on act of (he territorial legislature; providing for tho selection of commissioners to prepare a code of laws for tho territory, His reasons for to doing is that the bill dads hot restrict, in any manner, el. that tho duration of tho sessions of the com. missiimors or tho amount of expenditure they will I occasion. Saw Fiuncibcu.— A letter from the Collector of the Port of San Francisco, published in tho New Orleans Doha, dated Sep. 30, speaks of much difficulty In organizing hta department, owing to the frequent change of dorks andUiMbeenco of public store hands. Ho estimated the duties at $9,500,000 tor the present fiscal year, . Wo learn from the Philadelphia Bulldtn that tho total' amount of California Gold received at Philadelphia up to tho present timo is about $3,100,000, and (hat the whole amount now ai tho Mint will be coined In about three weeks. 03* Affairs of ** honor,” even among the “fancy,” are becoming the “ thing” il appears. Tito brother of Yankee Sullivan and Dutch Charley fought a duel at Hoboken last Monday. The distance was ten paces. Shots were exohotigedv The ball of Sullivan just touched the hat of Charley, and Charley's bullet •truck the earth in Trent of Sullivan* Here, the se* conds interposed, and the brought to an amicable understanding. A* TnAoeoV m 1 VinotNiW I .—A man named Bow en, residing in the neighborhood of Danville, Ve., wan killed a few days ago In an attempt to resist with fire-aunt, the officers of-the law who had been directed’to take him into custody for attempt ing to. kill'hie wife, by shooting at her with a* rifle through a window at the residence of his ■father-in-law. lie confronted Ihamiin the yard of his house; fired with a rifle at one o( the sheriffs party on them with a reviver, when a volley of pistols- and musketry brought him to the ground*- i ’ ' Mori Feiulk Physicians.—Amongthe pupils at tending the lectures at the Medical College, recently opened at Sy/aouse, N. Y., are Mrs. (Besson of the OUn Haven Water Cure, Mrs; Davis if Mb Morris, 1 and Miss Mary M, Taylor, of Buffalo.( j For the Volunteer. i {THE .NEXT state treasurer. ' Mr, Bratton:—A* a. numbororgenllomcn have been named in connection with this office, citherof whom wbuid,.no doubt, perform thV duties with credit to himself and beneficially to- the Commonwealth; wijlyou permit me,to say a few word’s in behalf,of one who has'boon long and favorably; known to the.. Democracy of, Pennsylvania—Col. laSA DJMOCIC, of Susquehanna county. Col/ Diwcck—without de siring to disparage the claims, and (qualification, of just the . man suited to fill that 1 responsible office. Hlb experience in the financial affaire of the Sla\e eminently qualify him for the discharge of the I duties of Slate Treasurer, whilst his inflexible hon esty would bo a sure guaranty that in his hands tho public money would fiiio a safe depository. No bro ken! banks bo propped up by him at the expense of the State, thus aiding in. still further defrauding (he people, as is the case now with the Erie Bank, an exploded concern,>hioh has again been blown into operation, backed by the presenl.State Treasurer; in directing public officers to receive Us notes in pay* meat of public, duos. In short Col.Dimock ie ah honest man, a faithful and competent officer, and if elected to tho office in question, would, I doubt hot, render universal satisfaction. .. Hampden. 250,000. 200,000 TUB FOREIGN NEWS. By the arrival of the steamer Caledonia, at Bos* ton, on Sunday last, we have one week’s later intelligence from Europe'. Cotton has advanced somewhat, and the money markefwas steady.— In a political point of view we find little of inter est. France is calm;.there is a prospect of the Pope returning soon to Rome; the Spanish capi tal is astir with (he rumors of court intrigues and intended changes of Ministry; and Turkey bris tles with arms and exhibits an energy of military | preparation, scarcely expected of her in the period | (of her uncnistakeable decadence, as if distrusting I the pacific professions of the Russian Magog; while that extraordinary incarnation—or phantom —of human power, after on exhibition of real weakness or timidity, at which civilization ought to fee] delighted, vindicates his pride by protest ing, in an 44 energetic nolo,” against the 14 hostile altitude” of England, and the right she 44arro gates to herself ** to interfere between himself and his intended victim on the DosplTorus. Fuad Ef fendi.lhe Turkish envoy, has been informed by Count Nesselrode that the Czar demands that the Hungarian refugees shall be located in the interior of Candia, or on such other point of the Turkish territory as may afford the greatest facilities for keeping them under servetllance. , if any of the refugees wish to go to Franco or England, they may be permitted, to do so. The Czar will take no notice of their departure, not withstanding the danger that may attend them, whether in Franco or England, There can be no doubt but that the refugees will busy themselves In preparing for a new rev olution. \of our ipr State M.pul to e for an ily that, lady, tool ieporter, ilualVigi* cb those ed of in cfueo to UVaystem is a radi ilporrup. into (lie Aixroft Love.—Alfred F.'Haig, a youth of Balti more, about 20 years of age, was found suspended by the nock ip his bed , room, on Tuesday. Ho was a clerk in the fringe establishment of his broth er, James M. Haig, in Baltimore street, and left the store at II o'clock, to .deliver a package of goods, apparently in his usual good spirits.. About a half an hour afterwards, his sister, who was silling at the house of Mr. Haig, in Lombard street, heard some one enters and go up stairs, and presuming it was one of her. brothers, she did not look to see who it was. About ten minutes alter sbo heard a chair fall, ana tumiouhuelj went up «k*ir« io aoo who it was. when she found tho room door locked, ond could get no answer. The door iras finally broken open,* and he was found suspended by a Manilla rope , evidently j procured for tho purpose, dead boyohd recovery. A { piece of rope with a noose on the' end of it, was { found in (ho room broken, indicating (Iml he had 1 made two. attempts before succeeding, using the rope ] doubled the last time. Rumor assigns as the.cause | of the deed, ft hopeless and unrequited love for a la- i dy in the upper walks of life, who occasionally visi- < ted the store to purchase goods. . , 1 Distressing DsiTii.—Tho Germantown Telegraph ' says i “Hannah M’Donald, aged 14 or 15, daughter of James M’Donald, came to a shocking death on Wednesday moVning last, in the woollen roillof Jacob Mchl, Esq., of this borough* She was attend* ing to a picker In a room by herself, and the picker becoming foul, she look her hand; instead of an im plement provided for that purpose, to clean It out, when ilio hand was caught by it, and the arm drawn In op to the shoulder, stripping the flesh almost civ* lirely off, and breaking the arm in several places.— She made no outcry, and was not discovered for some time after, when she was found lying upon the floors She complained of little pain, and related all the particulars of the accident. Sho died in four hours after. This is a sad warning to operatives in factories, many of whom, from their constant attend* anco among machinery, see no danger, and become careless in working among it." Tot: StbaHsiiip Princeton.— This vessel,' to which a melancholy celebrity was attached, In consequence of the terrible explosion on board of hor, which kill* od several, members of Mr. Tylar’sCablnot,' lias been demolished at tho Chkrleetown (Mass.) Navy Yard. She" was built in Philadelphia, under (he direction of Commodre Stockton, and launched on 'tho 7lh, of September, 1843. A abort time after, she was pur* chased by tho U. 8. Government, and Com. Stookton was appointed to hor command. The original cost of the Princeton was about $60,000. Since her pur' i chase she has been in constant service. The cause f of her early decay, is attributed to the bad quality of t the Umber used in her construction, It was osllma. led that at least $48,000 would bo required to repair hor. This sum being four fifths the cost of a now vessel, she was condemned and ordered to bo.taken to pieces. A Man Shot;—Mrs. Ronniok, Wife of Mr. H. Ron nick, ofSalino county, Mo., lately shot a man by the name of Carroll. . During a temporary absonco of Mr. Ronniok, Carroll made overture* of a dishonor, able character to Mrs. R. Sho communicated the affair tb her husband, who (old her if Carroll persist, ed In his overtures to shoot him—and for this pur pose loaded a pistol and gave It to lift wife. Shortly afterwards Carroll renowcd-hls overtures. The lady attempted lo go up stairs, and as she as cended Carroll oaught her, and mado an attempt to detain her. She got 1 (ho pistol and shot him. Ho died in about 15 r mlnutea. Ronniok and wife wore taken before a Justice and examined, but were prompt, ly discharged; 1 , The Fowl Breeder* of Yaokeedum held their con vention at Boston on Thursday and Friday Ibat.' The Clironotype saysr “Such a crowing baa not been hoard in these quar ters, as the lords of the barnyard harems not up, on being brought into a.sort of amphitheatre under a great tent,.with each a favorite wife or two, to look ot each other and' be Iboked at; some 500 or COO off them. Hon. Dm*). Websterhaa a fine pair of wild geose in tho allow. There wore majestic cooks and bens that have lately been imported from the Celestial Empire, and the island of Java. 1 ' Breach of Promise.— ln (he District Court of Pittsburg a few days since, Catharine Johnston re*J covered #lOOO damages of James W, Reynolds for a broach of marriage promise. • : TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. lb our last wo published a brief telegraphic des* patch of the-dreadful, explosion ,of the steamboat Louisiana, at New Orleans,'on the evening of the, ISthinstantAae she was about'starling from her wharf for St.: Louis, Since then .we. have received New Orleans papers of the tOOrand 17th, containing particulars of this, moat disastrous accident. The Boilers of the Louisiana burst with a tremendous ex* plosion, the concussion being so great that it shook the houses their,foundation for man/ squares dis tant. The Louisiana, soys the Picayune of the 16lh, was lying-along side the steamer ■BostonalTat the tiine of the disaster, and the steamer Storid had j'nst arrived from-Louisville, coming in,on her starboard side,. The upper works of .those two boats are n complete-wreck, their chimneys having been carried away, and their cabins stove in and shattered in some places to atoms.' • The violence of the shock operating on the boilers was tremendous. A part of one of (hem, a mass of considerable size, was hurled with inconceivable force on the levee. It cut a mule in two, killed a horse and the driver of a dray to Which they were attached instantaneously.. Another mas* sivo portion of the-same, twelve feet long, and of Immense weight,-was blown to the corner of Conel and Front streets, a.distance of 200 yards, prostrat ing throe large iron pillars which supported a wooden awning which stood before Ihp coffee house there.— Before coming in contact With (ho iron pillars, the fragment of the boiler, cut through several bales of cotton which lay In its passage, scattering (he staple through (ho air as (hough it had been run through a colton gin. Tho news spread like wildfire, and .our citizens rushed fronv*a!l directions to the scene of the disaster* Already on our arrival, a number ofbodics, in every conceivable slate of sad mutilation, had. been dragged from the wreck, which were surrounded by the dense crowd (hat hud.assembled. Hacbsand fbrnilure carts were sent for. and the wounded wore conveyed away to the hospitals. The light of.lho mangled bodies which strcWcd (he Icyce on all sides, and the shrieks of the dying, were appalling. Suffice it to say that death was revealed there,undcralmostevery variety of appalling horror. The Louisiana sunk about ten minutes after the explosion, and it is sup posed many .who went on board to assist the wounded were carried down with her. A gentleman who was a passenger on (he Louisi ana, was standing on the hurricane deck abaft the wheel.house when the explosion took place, and escaped. He distinctly saw Hie faces and arms of several ladies and gentlemen vainly struggling to free themselves' from : the falling plunks and timbers.— They were carried down with the boat when she sank. . He succeeded in saving a little negro boy.— About-twenty persons were standing on the bow of the. boat when she went down, most of whom wore saved. The river was covered immediately uflcr the Occident with fragments of the wreck. A portion of (he stern of (ho ladies* cabin of the steamer* is still out of water. . - On board (he S.torm tho destruction oflife was also terrible. Mrs. Moody, the wife-of (he first clerk, was standing on tho guard opposite tho ladies'cabin, and wps instantly Killed. The captain received a severe Contusion in the head, but was not dangerous ly.wounded. About twelve or fifteen persons were killed, and ft largo nbmbor wounded, some of whom will probably not recover. * The fragments of iron and blocks of wood, which were sent with (ho rapidity of lightning from the lll fated Louisiana, carried death and destruction in oil directions. Men were killed at tho distance of two hundred yards. Legs, arms, and Irlmke Were scat tered over the levee. Tho New Orleans bulletin of lhc,l7lli furnishes a list of the sufferers. That paper says—" Fifty-three p bodies have beert recovered, but the full loss of. life { will never be known. Many.must have been blown I , into the river, from (ho Louisiana and the adjoining , boats and were drowned.We think'it probable that from 150 to 200 persons have perished by (his truly distressing acccldent. The scene of tho disaster was visited yesterday by thousands of our citizens, somo o«)lod iJidro by curiosity, but many in anXious search of their friends and relatives. Tho ill fated boat has entirely disappeared. The Bostono and the Storm present the appearance of perfect wrecks. The boiler deck of (he Bostona is covered with-blobd, »s is (lie stenfof the Storm/ Tho safely valve of the Louisi ana is In the pantry of tho Storm, whore it was blown. Her boilers, pipes, etc., are scattered far and wide over the levee. As impossible as it may appear, it is nevertheless true, (bat a negro fireman was blown from the Louisiana into the pilot house of the Storm. Of course he Was Instantly killed. In three different instances bodies oflho victims in descending, struck the wharves'with, such force os' to-, break through (he heavy planking. One of the hog chains of the Louisiana Was thrown into Natchez alley, where it demolished a sign. Hundrcds.of minor in cidents occatrcd in all parts of the levee. A.gong of hands with a diving bolt afe still no lively aPwbfk over the sunken wreck, fop the purpose of recovering, if possible, the remaining bodies. Tho number of passengers on board tho Louisiana at tho lime of the explosion was about 85, the crew num bered about 20, and there is every reason (o believe that many other persons were on board, bidding adieu to f;!cnds or transacting business. . INDUCTION df Postaob—The Washington correspondent of (he Philadelphia North Ameri can seems to have ihe freedom of the General Poet-office, B» well as that of the Secretary of State. In a letter, dated l-Uli insl., ho Bays The public will bo gratified to know that llto Post-Master General intends recommending a re duction of postage, and the establishment of a .uniform late of five cents. This, measure of re form has long been needed, and can now be adop ted, if the majorities in Congress are disposed to second the popular and judicious suggestion of Mr. Collamer. Indeed, if lira views could be fully carried out, predicated, as they are, upon n careful examination of the whole system, throe cents would he the rale fixed by law. And this reduction is entirely practicable, if .Congress will relievo private correspondence from the enormous afid unjust tax which is now Imposed upon It, for the transportation of the correspondence and doc umentary matter of tho Departments and members of Congress. It may be asked with propriety, why should this imposition bo levied upon one 1 branch of the public service mors than another! Why should tho expenses of .Custom-houses, Land-offices, &o„ be liquidated from Ihe general Treasury and Ilia Post-office, which, of all others, |s entitled to peculiar exemption, from tho nature of its functions, be made to boar these onerous burthensl The*policy of. the ago is in favor of tho diffusion of knowledge in tho cheapest and most expeditious "manner, and llto Member of Congress who opposes himself to this policy, will bo visited with the indignation which fol |lowed the passage of tho old Compensation Dill. Wo are pleased to learn this. Let Congress pass an act establishing n uniform rale of five cents postage, and a free transmission of newspa pers from offices of publication to subscribers re siding within thirty miles of said office, and the pooplo'wlll be satisfied. Dkatii Fhow Htdrovhobia.—Denary Dacholdor, aged 25 yours, died a horrible death in Philadelphia on Saturday, of hydrophobia. Ho was bitten by hU own dog on tho 7lh of October, and was seized with the horrible malady on Wednesday tail. The Led ger says i On Saturday evening chloroform was idminis (ered by tho advice of Ur. Duffoo, which had a sen. siblo effect in diminishing his sufferings, though ll ! did not avert (ho fatal termination of the dUeaao, which occurred about(ll o'clock. Daoholdor(was sen sible of his approaching fate, and attributed it to the hydrophobia. During tho Intervals between (he spasms, he cautioned those around hie bad not to put (heir hands near his mouth, for fear he should bite them. So great was his dread-of the convul sions, that he bogged the physician to bitted him to death. ■ ; Another Cuba 1 Rumor.—The Spanish paper in New York gives a rumor that the Spanish Govern* montlias sent a commission of six to inquire Into the condition of Cuba, and vr ilh power, Iflhoy find It ex pedient, tp soli tho Island to the United Slates. A Sad Picture of Hungary, A letter from Berlin gives Ibis picture of unforlu* natoHungary i :-Z, • “ Tbo aspect of Hungary’ U said to fill the travel, ler wllh sadness.' On every side the eye rests on the blackened and ruined walls of burnt , villages, heaps of rubbish which morh tbo ailtf 'of destroyed castles or'farm houses, and, not onfrcqaontly, on tho bleached skeleton of one of the many victims of frar or famine. In the south,'many villagesbnlU of wood have entirely disappeared, a desolate tract covered with ofihes and cinders is all .that remains on the spot where bnco stood thousands of happy homes. Members of long dispersed families, broth* tfrs"artd sisters, wlyeir, who have no! seen each other for, many months, sometimes meet for the first lime in visits 'to these snd accilei. A Gallant Soldier* . . At the funeral honors paicHoWorily Duncan and Gates, John Van Boren delivered an oration, in which ho related the following- anecdote of tho former; ' ; V ' ■’ V ‘ While Gen. Scolt msatifol eliafgfls ottfet of Gen. Jackson, and a Cotfrt of inquiry, vfatf in vestigatihg his conduct in Florida, a party ofge n * ilemen met in this city, and after dinner the eon« versaiion:turned upon the subject of Scott's sM, vices; Worth, indignant-at the ,proceeding, wr* describing the part which Scott took In the bafti* of Niagara. He said that Scott’s brigade wertl advancing towards evening, under the cover of a wood, from which’they were to deploy into the open field; Scott had already had.one horse shot under him, and as the column vyere deploying, his second horse fell, and he,became entangled/under it. The column wavered, and Worth, then* his youngest aid, rushing to his assistance, dismount'' ed and tendered him his horae, saying, ** General can you mount, the column falters fora leader?” Scott* immediately mounted, and riding to. the* head of the column* cried out, •♦Advance men! theliight’s our own,” and Worth followed Scoii, as his aid, on foot. .At this moment a discharge of grape from a single cannon prostrated Scott, the horse which hejrodci and his aid. Worth.— Scott and Worth were immediately carried to the rear—Scott seriously, and Worth, as it was sup posed, mortally. wounded; Attention was, of.' course, first paid to the commanding officer. Af ter some time, a deep groan was heard, apparent ly from the adjoining lent, and Scott, with that forgetfulness of himself-which distinguishes him on such occasions, begged the surgeon to repair to tho quarter whence the sound proceeded, and' attend, as lie said, “to poor Worth, ; who must be dying.” Instead of this, as Worth' concluded,, “the-cry of'agony proceeded from my faithful dying charger, who had managed to drag himself upon three legs to theedge of my tent, where ho had lain down to die.” Pausing for a moment, while there was hardly a dry eye in the company, he added—♦• 1 beg your pardon, gentlemen; I find that in defending General. Scott, I have been in* cidentally led to describe ray own service.” Improved Iron.—During Iho sessions.of tho Iron Convention, held at Pittsburgh, a .few days since, specimens of iron, manufactured by a now.process, and converted into hoop'iron, round andequttre rods, horse shoe nails, &0., were exhibited. Those were bent in every imaginable way to tost the toughness and malleability of the article. Of the process (he Pittsburgh GilletteTiaya: This lion is manufactured in Now Jersey, by a process discovered by Mr. M. Salter, and patented. It is made from Iho ore, by a single process, with anthracite andbiiuminous coal. Theprocess is as follows: The furnace has three combined chambers, one shove the other, and all actuated by the same (ire. The upper chamber is used for deoxidizing the ore—impurities, such as sulphur, &c.,‘ being carried off at alow temperature; the.middle chamber fur fluxing and working, add tho lower chamber.:for |c* ducingand finishing. The metal is taken frohi tho lost named to the hammer or squeezers. The time, two hours. Iron, by this process, can bo made much cheaper limn on the old plan. - We should think it would be admirable for the production,of railroad iron, The Legislators op Vermont, at Its recent tcm. sion, appropriated $5OO to procure a block or blocks of marble, or granite, for the Washington Monument, now in process of construction In the City of Wash* inglon. Timee lißw. have.been arrested. at'Danvillc, Tor fobbing d pedlar of $4,000 worth of jewelry, One of the captured men attempted to. cut bis own throat, iho good* being fotfnd uponr him. SEizulrtf.—The collector nt Buffalo has seized the Canadian steamer Emerald,, for d violation of the revenue laws. Eihtom m the Field.— Wo in tho Hal of candidates for election to the tegfalaiure of Massa chusetts lire names of five Editor*. 1 Acoie&ntal SifooriNo.—At Dcmopolis, Ala., a few days ago, several little , boys, Unddr O, years of oge, got possession of a gun which Was supposed not Co bo loaded, and providing, themselves with a box of caps, amused themselves with snipping the gun.— After exploding nearly forty caps,one of the boys poTnfcd at another, told him he believed ho would .shooVhim, and pulled tho trigger, when' the gun unexpectedly went off and killed tho little fellow on tho spot. . " Transplanting Theej.—Shade and fruit trees .are a perennial blessing, costing little and yielding much in the way of substantia) benefits. Tho full.is deem ed the best season for transplanting, as tho trees generally take firm root during tho Winter, and are nut thrown back, like those set out in the Spring.-* Another advantage worthy of consideration Is, that should tho trees fail to grow, they can bo transplant ed in IhdSprlng without loss of time. We would, therefore, advise out readers In lownvnnd country, arid particularly (hose who have created now dwel* lings In tho course of the past season, to avail them selves of the present opportunity for improving and beautifying their gardens and grounds. What U n hsuao, however bbautlful, architecturally, without shade trfios around it? Tho Bos (on Post retorts upon some “ smart" fel low in the following manner The person who sent us a copy of (hs Boston Post, with •• Jaei 4#«" written upon tlio margin is requested to. Inform us at what stable ho can he found;*’. Proposed Compromise.— A Washington correspon dent of ilio N. Y, Herald says: "I have it from respectable authority, thotasouth orn senator, orobubly Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, will, on Dio first day of the session, introduce a now pro position for a compromise of the slavery question, to wit: to establish the Mormon territory of'Deseret— to decline to rcceivo all California as a state, but to divide it by the line, of 36 dog. SO' min.jinto two parts, between the north and south, so as to give the south aetata and a port or tWb on the-Pacific—to admit tho north part at once as a state, and tha southern part when sho is ready to oomo In—to odrvo a new southern slate out of Texas,-as an offset to AUa Caiilbrniar end to submit the bbikndarV dispute between Now Mexico and Texos lo -a board of bom biivsioncra. . j j . It is thought some such arrangement will meet ihe views of Mr. Donlon, Mr.Culhoun.and Mr. Clay, nnd ofthe.moderate men.of all parties, and tho sup port of the administration besides. lam inclined to llilnlc so, too, and that there need bo no dread of dis solution in the settlement of the slavery question” Tux Angei, or tub Fountain.— Rov,. John Pierpontj speaking of the fountain -on< Doston Common, employs a.bold figure; ■- ’ ! U I have travelled ovor a largopartof/Europe, and have seen moat, If. not, bIU.-Pfs fountains, but I saw nothings to sarnhas, If, In— deed, I saw anything l to be compared with tho 1 fountain ofrUoalornCommon.-lVelandq there 1 * like an angelof God, wltfc llsgnsdt yatery wings* waving up and down#iwUß ®»Pty dfpp.upoo (hom> changed by the bright •hlning'flun into a mOnd.*’ '• • ■ ; . fc
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers