THE VOIOTTEEI. Jlion, Bilitor nn.l Proprlelor. r«ii>nlluLß. FBbRDAKV 10, m«!»- All Appi , ® M,,co TO Iho Printing Buiinesi, wuntoil at this One from Iho country would I* (inferred. Ho mul oomo well recommondtd for character and cd- OCttlloD. , Th® Druid Horn Players. . Thia company arc giving their novel and intone ting entertainment, at Horri.burg, which aro .aid lob. exceedinglyriolrend delightful. Ihoy perform on Ox-horn., numbering, wo nnder.land, oomo .even- Ir, and ao constructed a. to form four .nelrumente. The wherbror they have informed, apeak in the highoet lerraa of thorn. Thia company will perform In this borough, at Education Hell, on thia (Thoceday) evening, aa aleo on Friday evening next. . ShlpponeliarsE* •' W.olxly Sewl.ll Cbamoi or Editori.— John McCurdy, Eeq., of the Bhippeoeburg “ JVrrHy Mas," he. cold back.that eslabiieliment- to Mr. J. Bomborgcr, from whom he putchaaed it. Mr. McCurdy, having recovered from the effect, of hi* recent severe affliction, Iho lo.a of light, will, WO promote, again dovoto himaclf to Iho practice of Iho law. . , , Wo welcome friend Bomborgcr back to Iho edito rial rank., and wi.h tho "Mas" oalabliahmcnt obun d.nlmcce.. pecuniarily. Mr.Bomborgcr poaacaaee the nook of making a paper intonating, and 111. abi- Jitj and industry moil go far Id ~c ommand•sUcccBB., , Under hi* control, lh® News will continue to be an able and xealous exponent of liie peculiar doctrines of Whiggcryr , . Gold Dollar*. —Tlia Philadelphia Mini baa boon coining lame cample* of now gold dollar and half dollar piece*, which ora lliu* described: Tho dollar oonoiet* of a dal ring, on which ihero ia a aupcracrip. libn.bol no bead, a* Ilia place for pulling (he hood bout out. Tho ooin may bo carried on aairing—a moat oonveniont and aafo w*y of parrying money.— Half dollar gold piococ.nol yet called for by any law, bate been lent down, and look very pretty. Thcao half dollar gold pieces would bo more convenient ■till than the dollar piece*, *nd may bo carried in tho earn* way. .Southern Literary Meiscnger* This valuable Magazine which was established in 1834, lias outlived, with a single exception, all its competitors, and with the January number, which arc have just received, commences lito-volume for 1653, tbo Eighteenth. The highly accomplished scholar and ganlloman, John R. Thompson, Esq., the Editor and Proprietor, directs the attention of the Booth to a list of the contributors to the Messenger, among whom wo select the following Lieutenant Maury, Prof. Preston, Prof. Do Veto, Rev. Sidney Dyer,Rev; 3. C. MoCabo, Dr. Dickson,Judge Meek, Judge Porter, W. Gilmore Simms, 3. M. Legato Mrs. Dinuies, Caroline Ilowotd, Mr*. Evens, Miss| Junkie, Miss Telloy, end Col. P. 81. George Cooker. D. S, Dragoons. It is also furnished with articles from Northern contributors," such as Tucketman, Ik Marvel, Stoddard, Miis Lynch, Miss Hewitt, and MUt Eames,and others. Several of the most popular work* of Iho day were originally prepared for the Mtttengtr, among which may bo mentioned Ik Mar* vel'e Reverie* of a Bachelor, and Tockorman’s Char, •cterlatios of Literature. It is the acknowledged library organ of tbeSoulhorn States, and the Editor U dalormined to. make it worthy. fU content# will embrace review*, historical and biographical akelohea, novels, tale*, travels, caaaya, noama..clnliouoi. andnaperaon the army, navy, and other aoDjeota. It will continue to present articles of 4 icientifio character. Tho Faria Correspondence will form another attractive fcolurc. With the Edi torial and Critical Department will embrace copious notes on correct literature, and reviews of all new Amerleanand Foreign works of general interest and value. Tb» January Dumber contains a variety of highly interesting articles;— one on the history ofßlchmond. •notbor a review oflho poetry of Bayard Taylor and R. 11. Stoddard; a Reminisoenco of Travel; Scenes beyond the Western Border; a Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, fit-o. &e. Terms, Five Dollars a year, in advance. Address John R. Thompson, Editor and Proprietor, Rich* Bond, Virginia. Tn* IJistridution or Offices in Washington.— The following table, compiled from official sources, will throw some light upon the subject of the distri bution of offices in Washington among the people the several stales. Pennsylvania, it will bo seem figures pretty largo)/, but Virginia, the 1 Mother of States,' seems also* to bo the maternal parent of n large-majority of tho office holders. Ikbh ohoteivg the number of.officee in Waehington, ■ and froth what Slatee they are filed, Maine, 9 Florida, 4 New Hampshire, 17 Alabama, 7 Vermont, 12 Texas, 2 Massachusetts, 28 Arkansas, 5 Rhode Island, C Louisiana, .8 Connecticut, , 12 Mississippi, 7 Nsw York, . 80 26 New Jersey, 16 Kentucky, 28 Pennsylvania, 90 Ohio, 78 Delaware, 7 Michigan, . 9 Maryland, 77 Indiana, 18 Diatriot of Columbia,loB Illinois, 1G Virginia; 241 Missouri, 1G North Carolina, 20 lowa, 4 South Carolina, 5 Wisconsin, S Georg's. II Total 9i9 An Ott> Reprobate.—Wo notice an item in one of our Boston exchanges, which says, that " A rich bsehslorofNow Jersey recently died, leaving by will ■eversl legacies, of from ten to twcnty.fivo thousand dollsra cach. lo ladies whom ho hid addressed, but who had rejected him. 110 said that they had after wards grown to be so ugly that ho could not bo suf* ficlsDlly grateful.” Jsnnv Likd.—Wo learn, from the Boston Trans, orlpl, that the application for iho marriage certificate •tatei thal Miaa Lind is thirly.ono yean of ago, and (be happy bridegroom twenly.four. Tlio IHmet soys, (bat Mr*. Goldschmidt boa mado extensive propara, (tone for the furnishing of a splendid establishment mar Northampton, In which herself and spouse will reside for the future. Otto Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind's husband, saystho Boston Commonwtalth, is a Jew by birth, and until reeenlly by persuasion, but’ wss converted to Chris, (lenity by Jenny Lind end Roy. Dr. Watnwright, of tfew York, by (bo latter of whom he was baptlxsd tD d confirmed In the Episcopal,faith. Hanqino in Spoar.— To (ho l/nhnht, published in Cumberland, Md.. wo are Indebted for the following: —«A amallboy, named O'Neil, aged about aeven yaave, taalding near tho outskirts of Iho town, oamo near losing.his iifo a few days ainee. Tho lad was playing with a rope, and, induced thereto, probably, from seeing feats of the kind in circuses, tried swing, lof b? the nook, and having iott hit foothold of the chair Ibat waa under him, strangulation ensued. Borne neighbors happening to see him culhlm down, ■nd unt for • pbj.lol.n, who, by .pplying props.] i.m.dU., n.uioll.Ud 'him. Ufo, liowev.r, ws. Marl/ ailloot. J.mo. Buchanan i. at Richmond, on’a ai.it lo Judgo Ma.on, Another Dcnk—Stop It I TliMHonsoof Heprosontallvo? has hud its at* teutloncoflod to n Department in which thorn hits probably been ns profligate n waste of tlio publlo money carried on within a few year? past, as in any.of the better known modes of depleting the trcasucy. Mr. M’JjANahan, from the Judiciary Commit, toe) reported a bill to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed to iho olorks, marshals, and attorneys of tho Circuit and District Court.of the IT. States, lie moved that It be referVed to a Committee of the VVholo on the Stalo of tho Union, and that five thousand copies of the bill and report bo printed. Being asked why he proposed so largs a number of copies, ho -said the increase of the expense of tho judiciary, from the organization of .the govern, ment to the present time, had led liie committee to investigate the causes which have produced the result; Ha staled that In the year 1800, the ex penses of-the judlciary wero $43,000; in 1843, $373,693; in 1850, 8555,484. The population of the country has increased 333 percent., while the expenses of the judiciary have increased 1,037 per cent, in that period of lime. In the northern dis trict of New York, the expenses of the judiciary, independent of the judges, from 1830 to the pres* enl time have increased from $3,500 to $43,975, and they are about twelve times as great as they wero.lwelve years ago. In Massachusetts, within a similar period of time, the expenses have Increa* sed from $9,939 to $92,730—.Ab0ut ten times as great as they were ten years ago—-and this exclu sive of the salaries of the judges. • These, and va rious other facts are mentioned in tho report. Mr. M’Lahahan’s motion was agreed to. Tils Noirfc La'w.— Apprehensions appear' to be entertained by aomo persona at Harrisburg* that the Legislature may be induced to.repeal that most salularylaw which prohibits the circulation in this State of the small notes of oilier Stales. Wo sin cerely hope, (hero is no real ground for such oppre hensions, for it is to the present law, ns the Ledger. mbit truthfully remarks, that wo are indebted for the good currency which wo have at present. - It excludes the’raggod, dirty and dopriciatod bank bills, of a less denomination than five dollars, which came from neighboring Slates, and which at- one time were aU most the only currency In which the ordinary retail trade was transacted. As those disappeared, gold coins took their place, and have over since been in. creasing in amount. These coins are always of the same value, nobody suffers any loss from them; while (ho small foreign bank bills are always at a depre. elation of from one to threo or fuui per coni., and of course that amount of loss is Bustn’med by every one who holds thorn. No largo portion of our citizens wish to have the small nolo nuisance Inflicted upon them ogain. They have had enough of Us evils. It is only (he sgonls of foreign banks, who make their profit by buying such bills at a discount, who will gain by their circulation in Pennsylvania. The peb* pie look lo the Governor lo veto any act which bu Uonscs the circulation of any snoh notes. A Fowtunk Gained and Lost.—ln no part of tho world is gambling carried on to eucli an extent as in California. A few monlha ago.twq men who, by 1 bard labor in the mines for several years, had acco mulatod some six or eight thousand dollars npiccc, were on their way to San Francisco to lake passage for homo. They were Induced to enter a gambling house bn the route, where one of them commenced to toko part in the game, and in spile of the remon alranco of his companion, continued uni!) ho hod lost every cent of his hard-earned fortune. Ho was (hen compelled (o borrow two hundred dollars oflna friend, and retrace his slops to - the mines, thoro to re-com mcnco the work of reconstructing that fortune which ho had so foolishly and so wickedly lost. Such cases are by no moans rare. fHOTRCTIMJ LEI'UM.—MRU/ OIUUBB IM)a of U«an sent to the Post office oro returned as deed letters— (he persons to whom they are sent not being found. Those nro destroyed unless (hey contain enclosures ofsomo kind; and often information of value to the persons addressed, or to their friends, is destroyed with them. Wo see {( slated that in a now edition of (ho regulations oflho Post Office, about to bo pub* fished, it Is providud that in every case where the writer ofa letter chooses, to protect it from the chance of being opened at tbe Department, and destroyed as a dead loiter, he can do so by pro-paying tho postage and writing legibly on the sealed sldo tho words, “fo he preterted in which case it will bo rescued from tho liability of being committed to tho flames, and its seal will remain intact. Important Decision.—' The Supremo Court of this State, Judge Lewis delivering the opinion, has do. cidod an Interesting ease. Tho Court of Common Plbas of Philadelphia county instructed the jury in tho case, that If they believed “ that the defendant was the tenant oflho plaintiff, and rented the land of him for farming purpotet, and the manure was made in tho ordinary course of fanning, and was heaped up in tho yard, and (ho defendant, about the time his lease was to expiro, took tho manure {the subject of controversy,) and hauled It away, without (ho consent oflho plaintiff, when there was.no authority given by tho lease for him to do so, the action can be sosi tatned, and tho plaintiff wilt bo entitled to recover tho value of tho manure that was in this manner ta. ken and carried away.'t An appeal was taken, and the Supremo Court,efllrmed the decision. The Competency op Witnesses,— -The question whether parties in.interest should bo excluded from the witness stand, is about to bo brought before tho Legislature of Now York. That body, having the enlightened experience of tho English Courts to guide it, will doubtless remove (ho present disquslifl calinn which makes tho parlies who must nocesiar. ily havo tho beat knowledge of (he circumstances involved in .the issue, incompetent to testily to tho facts. In (ho ordinary transactions of life, wo take every man's representation.of facts, no .matter how much interested ho moy bo, and give (hem thein proper weight according to the degree, of credibility lio is entitled to. The reaultis generally a correal judgment. In courts of law, whers the witness is pul to a searching investigation, and every word which falls from him is closely scrutinized, tho cred* Ibllity oflho witness is much more readily establish. ed, and successful perjury Is rendered almost lm. possible. ' . Thk Opium Tiune.~~A correspondent of tho JVo tional Intelligencer, writing from China, says (hero are scarcely any foreign manufactures and products consumed in China. Tho Opium trade, and some importations.of raw cotton, aro (ho only oounterbal. unoing sources of reimbursement for all (ho money left there for teas, silks, &o. There are American and other merchants who speculate in Opium t but ds thoy have to buy it from India, their profits aro contingent on tho luck of tho venture. If (his Opium trade could be suspended, (ho money which is now paid fur Opium might Had a more legitimate dislri. button in exchange for cheap cottons, and porhspa breadstuff*! and it ia considered that 630,000,* 000 are paid by the Chinese annually for Opium tho world at largo, and tlio United States In particu lar, do lose something by (ho trade.' C3*lt la announced in tho London TUmeij that Louis Napoleon is about to strengthen his position by a.matrimonial alliance with a princess of Sweden* a daughter of Qaoar, and grand daughter on tho mother's aide of Eugene Doauharhals. She in said to be in her twenty-second year, and may bo consid. orad Trench, in her descent from 1 both father and •other. I A MDSSdN FROM TUB PAST* An adjourned tn jolintf of llto stockholder! of tho I U. H. bank wilt b) held on Monday next, at the banking-house, Witnul street. .Tho object of tho meeting le to consider the propriety of. the slock holders executing! a general assignment of the bank’s assets. One of tho advantages hopod to bo gained is the bonus ofsloo,ooo perttnnum, for which tho bqnk is liable under its charter to the commonwealth for twenty years., OH this-term there are yet-four years, involving.'s4oo,000; it is.supposed that the right to exact this, sum will ceaso if the bank shall surrender its dbrporsto.pri* vileges by a general assignment. Tho bank has already made three assignments, pf,whlch, however, surrender, its corporate privileges, and, of course,'do not remove the liability to pay the annual bonus. We agree with the. Harrisburg Acya/one, and would advise those legislators who think they are going to cover the state with “benefits and bless* ings,” by thatching it with- free banks and shin, plasters, to “pause and profit’* by this notice of a contemplated movement on the part of tile defunct United Stales Dank, They will remember that that monster moneyed' institution after haviag fal len under tire well directed blows of Andrew Jackson and the: democracy who, sustained, him,, was resuscitated by a .Pennsylvania Legislature and by the voles of men who were elected usDe mocrals. They will remember the history of that institu- tion and the fate of the men who betrayed their principles-arid Constituents in the attempt, gal vauize the dead corporation. They will refnem ber that “the public good” was the pica by vthloh [they sought to excuse their treason* Tho rechar* ter of. the Bank by the. Slate was to cover the country with benefits and blessings; revive busi ness; .pul money in every man’s pocket,-build our rail roads, dig our canals, endow our colleges and academies and build up our common sphoole, arid tpoy will remember that, in a very brlef/jimo after is President Nicholas Biddle, hod'tleclared as he left the Bank with the $25,000 worth of plate voted him by its grateful stockholders,. that the institution was then stronger than ever jt had been; the infernal machine exploded and burled thousands in its ruins; covering tho country not with the promised "benefita'and blessings,” but with bank ruptcy, ruin and distress, and let them reflect that such has been the history of paper bubbles from the days of John Law and his South £ea.specula lions down to the present. >4 ]r. It may be refreshing, too, to recoil tho history ol the Democrats whoso desire to promote the public welfare, led thorn to overstep their obligation to their party, and the people who had honored them with tbelr suffrage?; ihcir steps aro easily (raced, put into the tanka of tho Whig* merited political oblivion. Let those who ato am bitious of their destiny follow their example, Tho money-power is in the field, and opportunities aro not wanting. Iron Resources of Use 'West* Ever since tho foundation of our government,' says tho Harrisburg l/mon, a struggle seems to have been going on to obtain adequate protection to enable us to compete with tho English people in tho manufso lure of iron; and wo are free to say that protection is needed to a certain extent to justify the working of furnaces in the Atlantic Slates. But thatgroal tide of enterprising men who for years have been rushing into tho wilds of tho West, and making tho .wilderness blossom as . tho rose, seem- alsb to bo de veloping mineral resources that must revolutionize the iron trade of the country. Within the past year, largo quantities of ore have been brbught from the immense iron mountains of Lake Superior, lo Wes tern Pennsylvania; and there puddled, bloomed and drawn into bars; without ever going into a smelting furnace, at a first cost but little exceeding thirty dol. lars per ton. These mountains aro more than a thousand feel, running dawn into to an unknown depth, the whole body of which is made up of tho richest iron ore in tho world. Ag a i n » wo havo in tho south west the Missouri iron mountains, seven hundred feet high, a targe portion orchid) is a na. ked body of ore, free from earth and stone, singularly traversed and intersected by cracks dr veins, as if, in a freak of nature, the object was to facilitate tho quarrying and removing the treasure. This property is now worked by a joint stock company;-and as Il linois bituminous coal is not far distant, it is pre. Burned that iron can bo produced very cheap. It will thus bo seen that in a few'years tho West wilt be sending iron over tho mountains lo iholr Eastern brethren, instead of .taking it from.iioroas they aro now doing in many eases. Eric and Wadaiii Canal.— The Etui land'Wabnsh Canal will, Bays llio St. Louis Republican, by the terms ofila contract, bo completed on the Ist of No vember next, which will open llio longest lino of ar tificial navigation in llio United Slates.': Tlio work dn Hip unfinished part is in rapid progress of con struction. Tito tolls on tho work received during tho year ending November Ist, amounted t 0.5179,• 982, 7G, exceeding tho receipts of last year by tlio of $22,124 38. The canal has been navigable during tho season juat passed, as far south as the crossing of tho west fork of White (Ivor, In Green county, two hundred and oightyinno miles from the Stale lino, and three hundred and slxty-flyo miles from Toledo. Early in tho ensuing season, it is ex. peeled that twenty.seven miles will bo added to this navigation,' extending It lo Maytviilc, in Daviess county. From this point to Evansville, seventy-one miles, which is tho most expensive .portion of the work, tho labor of constructing the canal is nearly two thirds performed, and tho balance is to be ao. compllshod by the Ist of November flcxl, according to (ho terms of (ho.contracts. Horrid Murder.— A most atrocious murder was committed .in Rockcastle county, Kentucky, a fow days since. Two young men, by Uio.namo of Wm Lemon and Erbon Lambert, killed Andrew Gibson, a fooblo old map, by culling and mangling his body and (hen culling out hia lungs, and U Is said that this outrage was perpetrated without any cause nr provocation whatever. The murderers arc ut largo* An Incident.— Copt. Young,of (tio steamer Emily, who woa a passenger on tho steamer Do Will Clinton* that rcocnlly sunk in llio Misoiatippi, tolls of on of. footing instance of conjugal attachment in (ho roicuo of a man and his wlfo. When taken from the water, they wore insensible, but so closely looked In what had appeared to them a .last embrace, and it required a strong effort qn the part of their preservers to sop. orate them. By tho application.of thd proper remo. dies, they woro restored to consciousness and life, What a Country.—Minnesota la about four limes tho extent ofOhio, and .roaches C7S miles from south. east to norlli-wost, and lies between north latitude, 43° StY and 50°. The centre oflhd'territory Is about 1,900 miles In si direct lino Ootn each ocean, 1,000 from the Oulf of Mexico, arid 300 from Hudson’s Bay. ■ , 03*Tho Maine Liquor Law, which was defeated in tho Rhode Island House of Representatives on tho 30lhult.,has passed the Senate, with an amend, menl submitting the question to a vole of the poo. pip. The vote In the Senate stood, yeas 10, nays 13. whigs of Tennessee have instructed for Millard Fillmore for President, and those of Maine for Con. Scott,’ • 4TII OF MARCH CONVENTION. | Mum-oumcnv Countv.— Tho Democrats of Mont- • goniory coimtyiat their lata County’Convention, ap pointed John B. Storlgcrc, John S. Wcilor,G. W, [ Jacoby, and Artomus Stewart, delegates to tho 4lh ) of March Convention, with Instructions to support Mr. Biiohanani for tho Presidency. Crawford County.— The Democrats .of Crawford county met at Moadvillo, on the lOtli inal., and ap pointed £»eorgo Mer.riman and Ransom Kingsley Representative, and Wm, A. M’Arthur Senatorial Delegates to the 4(l> of March Convention, and In structed them for.Mr, Buchanan. Union Countv.— The Democratic Convention ,of Union County, met at New Berlin on the 9th hist., and appointed Col. Henry C. Eycr the Senatorial and John V. Barber,Esq., Representative delegatee, to tho 4th March Convention, and instructed them for Mr. Buchanan. Tho Convention also instructed tho delegates to support Maj. John Cummings, of Union county, for Canal Commissioner.- PnKBENT of a Gold Medal to 'Mn.Ct.AY*— A com mittee of the citizens of Now York .presented tn tho Hon. Henry Clay, recently, n highly valuable gold modal, thought by artists to bo tho finest specimen of the motnlturglc art yet produced in America, in testimony of.thclr hlgh rcgard for hls services « to the nation and to mankind.” The dcsignirig,sinking. and striking of this medal.have pccuplcd two years, and its embellishments present a superior medallion likeness of Mr. Clay, together with a concise liistory of the important events of Ills public l ife. The pro. ac.ntation took place in Mr. Clay’s room, Jn tho pre sence of the members of the Now. York Committee and a" few personal friends of«Mr* Clay, including the President of the United Slates. From Havana.—Tho chief matter of interest con ined in tho last advices from Havana, it the arrival there of Scnor Mariano Morolno, who has been ap pointed by tbu - Republic of Porn os its Consular Agenlat Madrid. Tho Diarid de la Marina stales that the appointment hasbeen mode for the purpose ofopening with the Spanish Government preliminary negotiations for tho acknowledgment of tho indepen. donee of the Peruvian Republic, and expresses a eon. fidcnl opinion that the-mission of Senor Morciho will bo successful. It dwells ot some length upon tho imnorlanco of reconciling the different branches of tho Spanish American family with tho mother coun try, and upon (ho necessity of making common causo against “a rival race," occupying another part of tho American continent, which has already ng. grandltcd itself at the expense of Mexico, and from which'proceeded tho piratical expedition against Cuba. Emancipation of Slaves in Louisiana,— At the las* advicas from Now Orleans, (ho Legislature ofLduis lana had pissed a bill to a third reading, providing that hereafter no slave, or slaves, shall bo emancipat ed by his or her owner, or owners, except on the ex pross’eondUion that said owner,or owners, so email icipating any slave, or slaves; shall give bond in tho sum of one thousand dollars Torcach.and every slave thus emancipated, conditioned for tho faithful per formance of (ho obligation lo transport, nr send, said emancipated stave, or staves, out of tho Slate, within G months after the necessary papers shall bo furnished. A failure to comply with the aforesaid mentioned requirements works a forfeiture of freedom. * Death op Dn. MoConauquv. —We are called upon to chronicle, says the Gettysburg Compiler, the death of one highly esteemed and venerated in this com munity—we mcatTßov. Dr. McConaugiiy, for many years minister of (ho Pretbylerinn/fcoUgregalion of this place, and late President ofWaslringlonCollcgc* who died at Washington, Pa.; on the 29th oil. Ills illness was of brief duration, ho hoving preached on il><« ••non.) Sihhiitb previous lo his death with more than usual vigor. On tho succeeding Sabbath, be found himself suffering from a cold, and was advised to keep his bed. Tho attack proved more serious than was first anticipated; and on Thursday after ho breathed his last, having attained tho ago of nearly 77 years. lie was a man of eminent learning ond piety, ond esteemed by all who knew him. Interesting Fact.— Tho Rev, J, D. Tyler, Princi pal of thoDcof Mute Department of (he Virginia Institution, states in hia last interesting report; that our own country is the only one in whlchlho ques tion whether tho children of deaf mutes aro them selves apt to ha deaf, has approached solution. Two hundred educated dcnfmulos assembled in Hartford* Conn., September 25, 1850.' Of these,' 103, were married, some quite recently. Seventy-two wore parents, the parents of 102 children, ninety eight of whom can hear and apeak. Instances aro. given of parents, both deaf from birth, having children able to hoar and speak. "Instances," says Mr. Tyler (who, by tho way, wo regret to say, has recently do! ceased,) "exists in our Institution, In tho case of on instructor and his amiable wife, both deaf from birth, but their (Wo bright little hoys hero have all their senses In perfection. So that tho apprehension in question," continues the Principal, "is not sufficient ground fur denying lo deaf mules tho chief earthly happiness, (he 'school and exercise of virtue—-the state which preserves nations, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself,* ” . ' U sunpATioN is progressing steadily In the old world. Tho Republican President of' Franco la gradually throwing off the mask and will, soon turn up the frump card of Emperor. Among other things, U.is said (he ago for voting is to bo raised from' 20 to 25 years. Louis Nopoloon ls to bo styled "Prince Pro aldcnl," and Francis Joseph Ist of Austria is to bo styled "Ills Imperial Royal Apnitolio Mojosly." Wo have news from Vienna that (ho American Charge was not invited lo tliQ Grand Dali of the Minister of the Crown*. The Turkish Ambassador and Swiss En. voy received similar back handed compliments, and had rto dance. Gratitude op a Slave —There is at Tift’s Ex change Hotel, in Mobile,a lump of pure gold, juilas tl Was picked up In California, weighing about three pounds, and valued al something over BGOO. It in a present to Mrs. Montague,of Marengo county, Ala., frorp a slave now In California, who, although In a ftco Slate, could not forgot his mistress, but sent her this gift os a token of remembrance. It is, says (he Mobile Herald, certainly a considerable of a curiosity as a "specimen lump, l ' and the donor, every ode will admit, is a " trump." Ai.b about a Oalv.— A trial about the right of properly in a calf, lately .took place at Burlington, lowa, Tho dlffloully lay in (he color ofthe calf’s tail; tho witnesses of tho plaintiff swore the tail was while; those of the defendant, that it was black. Tho (’curt was occupied two days with the ease; the Jdry stayed out till midnight and. could not agree, and n new trial is to bb had; the costs already amount to $3OO. (Ej-Tiik Hianea .jLAW.is not popular in Michigan. Tho Rev. D. D. Wheodon has been removed from the University of Michigan by (ho Board of Regents, for openly advocating (ho doctrine which tho Board says is at war with the principles and precepts of Christ, subversive of civil government ondsobioty, and tho legal rlghra of individuals. Gallon. James Ducmanan Is on a visit to Rich, mond, Vs. 110 iras declined a public dinner tendered to him by the citizens and (ho members of (ho Logis. Isturu. lie was 'received with groat respect by tho House of Delegatee on Thursday, on'the occasion of a visit to (list body, and on Friday, with the General Assembly, made an excursion on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, { Sliooktiiff Affair nt Sacramento. Seduction—’AlUmpled Murder—Maningc vj the St - i/i/Cer, and death of the Seducer, An unusual excitement .was created up tho I Oil) of January, by an ocourronob at the Station House, in which u mun by the name of J. Q. Adams received . a dangerous wound from a pistol while in Ilia hands ofa lady wlioso daughter ho is charged with having! abducted and ruined* „■ Tho circumstances of,the case arc briefly stated. About two montbssinco tho molhcr wlih her daugh-1 tor lc(l Philadelphia, to. join, her husband In this country. Adams,' who hafl known (ho family at homo, travelled most if not all tho way to San t ran cisco with them, arriving at the Monumental City , savors! weeks since. On tho Isthmus, and during tlio passage up, ho succeeded in making an impres sion upon tho girl, who is buf dßvcnlcon years of age, and a week ogo induccd her to leave With him for this city, where they have slopped at tho Sutter Hotel and the Queen City, registered as man and wife. '• ■ - . ... / The inblhcr, who camo.up on Wednesday, discov- J crcd ihoir' whereabouts yesterday, went to tho Queen Ciiy and encountered her daughter. , Tho.incidents 1 of thb meeting were such oa would naturally trans pire between a food, parent and her child, separated under such circumstance?. The guilty cause of ihoir.ollliclion avoided them,but was-taken in :cus tody by liic police. At three - o'clock, the mother, a woman of unusual Intellect and strength of purpose, proceeded lo the Station House, and having obtained ,an entrance, on the request to , speak a low words with the prisoner, (oilnd him silling Inlho ante-room in company with an ofliccr. • Approaching him, she asked if,“ho intended lo marry her daughter.-tind re ceiving an-unsatisfactory response, drew u pistol,and discharged it, tho bull entering his right- side near llio tenth riband lodging probably in the abdomen. ,Sho was prevented from repealing tho.shot by. tho Interference of llic polled, and’left tho scene, indig nation against him who had driven a mother to such a desperate rcvdngc, reached a ' high pitch, but no further dcmdnslVotion was made, the man. being, con sidered dangerously wounded. lie was soon after conveyed on a Jitter to llio Orleans Hotel and mod ical aid,rendered., . , • Ad:ims is said to have lived in llio,country , since 184 D; He is also reported to be a married man with several-children. Wo are informcd lhol the father of the girl loft California to bring out his family not two months ago, and passed his wife ond'daughter on the way. . . ‘. ■ The mother was’induccd lo tho desperate act Irom tho knowledgo thal there was nb law here to redress tho wrongs inflicted upon her only, and dearly loved child.— Sacramento Transcript. ’ • Train the Sacramento t/nion, wo extract the fol °*TiikEsdof the Seducer.— Married, at the Or-1 I leans House, last evening, at 1) o'clock; by Justice J. ID. Mitchell, John Quincy Adams to Miss Emily lliond. Mr. Adams expired. Immediately after tho ceremony was performed. Ho was informed early in the evening that ho could not survive, and was requested lo mskc all the reparation in his power, which lie not only consented to do, hut seemed corn cslly desirous oful onco marrying the girl whom he had so grcviously wronged.. , • , Tho mother waa.present, and gave-.her consent to (ho morriago. The groom hod scarcely clusp'id Ins bride lo his bosom, ere his spirit winged its flight from earth.' The attending physician states that the intense mental excitement under which ho w-is laboring, hastened his death—that If his mind had remained calm, ho would probably have survived un til naornlng. . Another Fihk in the Hrar." —In the New York Tribune, wo find on oxlracl'from a Wasliinglon'cor rcspohdcnl of the Baltimore Sun, which stales that •• Gen.. Scott will, no doubt, comb out with some kind of a show (hut ho. is a Compromise man, and this will change the whole, political chess board. Gov- Jones of Tennessee, will, no doubt, bb (ho Whig candidate for tho Vice Presidency. • This attempt lo steal tho “ Compromise thunder,” is no doubt foi ,lho purpose of heading- off Mr. Fill morp and Mr. Webster. Bui U is 100 laic In the duv. More of the Cmulscrlamt Trngerty. Gnat Excitement among the People—Narrow escape of the Perpetrator from Violence. Under (he telegraphic head of Thursday there was n statement that Win. O. Sprlgg had been shut, in Cumberland, Md., by Hubert Swan. The Baltimore Sun of Friday lust says; , A difikuily occurred between Sprlgg and Swan, the parlies in the dreadful affray of lust night, ata private party, some time since, which resulted in a challenge from Swan; but friends interfered and adjusted the dilficully. Swan, however, recently ro vivid the animosity by publishing a card reflecting on Sprlgg. .Swan then finding that Sprlgg .would nut lako notice of tills, armed himself, and shot him down in cold blood. So indignant woro the people utter the dreadful deed had been perpetrated, and the coroner's inquest hud been held on tho body of tho victim, that it was with extreme difficulty they could bo restrained from taking violent possession of his stayer and punishing him on the spot. Tho ofß ccrs, however, succeeded, together will) tho persua sions of the more sober thinking pari of the com. munily, in causing the enraged citizens to desist.— Sprigg was altogether unarmed when ho was shot, which shows tie did not anticipate such an -attack. He was a worthy young man, and much esteemed by nil who knew him—had been engaged as an agent on tho railroad. His funeral lakes place to-, i morrow^ Tho terrible act upon tho part of Swan, seems to have been deliberate and premeditated. Ho wont directly lb the hotel with his loaded gun, and without giving a moment's warning, fired.. It is nlso staled that after the murder, when under arrest, ho declar ed it was his deliberate inlonliqii to kill the deceased, and seemed lo exuliin the fact, as he, patted the guii, and seemingly applauded il fur being .faithful lo fto trust. Ho is believed to have been under the iuflu cnee, of liquor when ho perpetrated the deed. Ho Whs a young lawyer 'in practice 1 at oUr bar, and highly esteemed, by all who knew him. Ho is now in prison awaiting further investigation. . The coroner’s jury rcliirned a verdint that tho de ceased came to his death from a shot Iked front a gun in the hands of Robert Swan. • Tho deceased and his murderer hnd prior lo their quarrel some four weeks ago, been good friends, and on the best of terms. Swan was a btollior of llio lalo John Swan, ond formerly a Lieutenant in Copt. Arehoi's company of Voltigcurs |n tlio Mexican war. It appears that the gun used was a double barrel, loaded with * patent wire cartridge, containing bird and squirrel •hut. Upon cnloiing , the bar.room where Sprigg was, tlio latter attempted to escape by the buck door. Swan, however, fired at him just us ha reach ed (ho door; but (his only injured him slightly, Swan fired his second barrel, which took effect in the back part of the nock—-tho charge passing through the hoad, and coming out of tho right eye; ' Shocking Murder In Schuylkill County, Tim PollsvUlo Jtrgieter $ Democrat, of Saturday Itil, tho I4th instant, gives tho following particulars of a horrible murder perpetrated in the vicinity of Mlnorsvlllo s— , “Schuylkill county has never, probably, been the scene of a mure horrible murder than was perpetrated within her borders on Wednesday morning last.— James Cavenauqii, residing at Miller’s Mines, near Minorsvilk, made a most brutal attack upon Ills wife, ■tabbing her with a knife several times. She barely escaped, from his clutches, with her life, to make known to her neighbors, what .had transpired. On repairing to tho place of tho outrage, the neighbors found that Cavctmugh had not exhausted his brutality upon his wife, but Imd. fiomMiko, made one of his own offspring (ho victim of iiis.itly.guvornod pas sions. ' After Mr*. Cavonaugh hsd.cscapcd,.il (a re. ported,that Oavenaugh throw one of his own children, thioo years of ago, on Urn blazing coals of a grate, and thoro lot it remain until burned to death. The dead child was found in tl|o Led, by the side, ofnno. titer one, fortunately unharmed, with the perpetrator of (ho deed, kneeling, aa if in prayer. Ho was lin* mediately artoslod, «ind taken before Esquire Taylor, of Minorsvllloj who, after a hearing, hid him com. milled to await the penalties of tho law.’ Mrs. Cav> enough, wo are Informed, is still In a critical situa tion, with Hitler hope of recovery, She, It is staid* clears him of premeditation in the insttcr—that it was committed while laboring Under a lit of insanity —that ho gavo evidence of derangement of mind several days previous to tho act. On Ilia oilier hand, wo have heard that GaVonaugh wee jealous of his wife, end believed that he was not the father of the child he'so barbarously hurried Into eternity. Fur the sake of humanity, it- is ip bo Imped there are some, pallitatihg circumstances in this deplorable [tregedy.|f I : FOURTH OP MARCH CONVENTION. ' Senatorial Delroatcs. Philadelphia city-Vincent L. Dr ad ford, Clumbers M’Olbbon. ■ Philadelphia county—Wm. V. M’Gratb, Michael Fagan,'Jcsso T. Vodges. Montgomery—John B. Slnrlgero. Chester mid Delaware—George Palmer. Beths—John 11. Seltzer. v , Bucks— • v Lancaster and Lebanon—Dr, A. D. Marshal, J. L. Roynolda. Northumberland end Dauphin—John D. Packer< Northampton and Lehigh—Msj. Wm. Fry. . Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayno—Aea Packet. . Adame and Franklin—John Armstrong.; •. York—Wm.Henry \Velahy. •; , Cumberland nnd Perry—Abraham Lambsrlon. Centre, Clinton, Lycoming and Sullivan— Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—John Scott. Luzerne, Montour and Columbia—Wm. S« Rosa. Bradford, Susquehanna ,and,.\yyoraing—Ju.h.n F. Means. . v . s . Tioga, Poller^M’lCcah,ElU,C[earfiqla,and Jefler* eon— Alonzo J, Wilcox. - . . , . . MorccrrYonango.and Warren—Disputed. _ ErTo and Criwfor’d—W. A.'M’Arlhur. •' * \ Butler,Beaver and Lawrence—Hugh M’Koo. Allegheny—David Lynch, ; M. Stewart. Washington nnd Green— ■ Bedford anil Somerset—lsaac Hugup. .v* • i Armstrong. Indiana."ml Clarion—'Wilson Noth Junialla, Mifflin and Union—Henry,CrJSyer* Westmnrchind and Fayette-D. K.Marcband. Schuylkill— John.Horn* .. REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES..'. Adams—Jool B* Danner.- ■ / ' 1 • ;, j »- . Allegheny—H. S.’lllagraw, J.Coyle,H. McCulloch P. Biker, J. H. Phillips. ' -■ Armstrong, Clarion, and -Jefferson'— Juries Dim* nelly, John 8. Mcl'ulmonl, Duvid' Burelay. Bedford and .Cambria—Philip - Noon, ■ James B. Siinsom. - ;■ Berks—John S. Schrader, E». M. Clymer, John Missimcr* A. Bartoletl. , Bucks— ‘ ‘ , I '/ Beaver,’Butler and Lawrence—David Bnico, John Graham, Andrew'Buohannn. Bradford—Ulysses Murccr, A. Bolhwoll. -Blair and Huntingdon—Geo. R. M'Farlano, John ilunlcf." - , Chester—Mojnr MoVeagh, Andrew Murphy, John Gilllllan.- ‘ ' ; Cumberland—Lowlfl Ilycr; Wm.;Barri “• Center—T. M. Hull. Clearfield, Elk und McKean—Geo. R. Barred. Columbia and Montour—John Mcßeyholds, dis. puled by'Jnmes C. Sproul. Crawford—G. Mcrriman, R. Kingsley; Dauphin—. Dr. Mercer Brown, Richard McAllis. icr. . , Delaware—Robert A. Gamble. • •• Erie—Smith Jackson, Anthony Sjllsman. Faycllo and Westmoreland—Wm. Scarlght, John Fuller, Or. John W. Coulter, Alex. M’Kinney, Franklin —John Mill, Wilson Reilly. Greene—John Phelan, Indiana—Aimer Kelly. Lebanon—W. \V. Murray. - . Lycoming, Clinton and Potter—John B. Beck. •Lancaster— Paul Hamilton, J. F. Lightner.Jimca Patterson,Sarnuol-C. Snimbanoh, D. F.Cunn, Luxerno—'ll; B. Wright, Wjm Rankin. Lehigh and Carbon—John D. Stiles.' Monroe and Pike—J; L. Rlngwnlt. • Mercer, Venango and Warroh—Wm. H. L imbir* ton, Morns Leech, J; : D.‘James.-’’ •« - »*. Mifflin—David Bales.’ ' 1 1 Montgomery—John G. w. Jacoby, Ar "mu, Sicwin. • - - - Norfhrtmplor—Duvlcl I). Wngener, Peter Slccklo. Northumberland—Philip Billymcr. perry—VVm. 11. Miller. Philadelphia county—Mile* Swonev, SmJlh Skini. nor, George Moore,Samuel Jackson, John S.- Nlejm. Ins, Joseph Dlppincott, John MoFall, Andrew* Nome, Michael Arnold,George Hcrgeshimor. ‘ ' Philadelphia city—Woi. L. Hirst, Wm., Badger; Geo. W. Bowman, Patrick Conroy., v Somerset— ‘ • ■ ‘ Schuylkill—Michael Weaver, C. M.'Hall. Susquehanna, Sullivan 1 and. Wyoming—J. W. Denison, U. J. Ncvin. . Tioga— Wayne—W, A.'Brcarlslcy. : Union end^unlatn— John V. Barber. York—John Moore, Isaac. Beck, Adam^Elrtugh. Appolnfmsnfaliv tlie Gorernoi*. Wm. Knrns,' Berks county, Inspector of domestic distilled spirits. Michael D. Wartman, Philadelphia, Inspector of Bark. Andrew Stclff, Philadelphia, Grain measurer.' Jnred Kclchum, Chester county. Master Warden, Wm. V.. M'Kcan, Philadelphia, Quarantine Mas* Dr. T. J. P. Stokes, Philadelphia, Lazaretto Phy- alcion. L. A. Wollcnmhrr, Philadelphia, Notary Public. Sarah Garber, convicted'of haying caused the death of tlio child of W. 11. Miller, of Lancaster, by making it awallow pins, has bqgn sentenced to an imprisonment of four years in the penitentiary. jfWnt* Ttnccg* On tlio l2ih Instant, by the Rev. McryinE. John, son, Mr. John Stockton, of Perry county, ,to Mis* Mitir R Wii.aoN. of Carlisle. - On (he Q9th tilt., by tlio Rev. C. P. Wing, of this' borough, Mr. John C. Walborn, of Slilpponsburg, to Misa Rebecca Connelbt, of Weal.Ponnsboro* (own. ship, Cumberland county. On the same, day, by George Walters, E-q., Mr. William Biiououman. to Miss. Sarah Yocum, both of Newton township, this county. On tlio flth ult., by the Rev. James Mackey, Mr. Samuel Hoover, of Carlisle, to Mias Harriet B. Cormanv, of Mcclianicsbur j. On the Inst.', by (be same, Mr. John,Mowers, to Mias Martha MWacobt, both of ShJppcnsburg. 33 cat ft#. In this.borough, on Mondoyovening, February I Gib,1852, oftci a short but severe illness, Mra. AnN M. Ebv, ngccl about 40 years, wife of Jason W. Eby, Esq. The deceased was n mortcxcmplary woman, a kind and ofiVctiniuito'p.ircnt, and a most derated wife; To her family and friends her loss Is irrenaf. able. . ■ ■ ’ • In North Middleton township, nn Tuesday the 10th inst., Mr. Peter Fouoiit, aged 75 years, 9 months, and G days, In Perry county, nn tho IGth inst., Mr. Gcorok Wetzel, son of Mr. John WctxeJ, aged 56 yonrs. On tho 2d inst,, In ShippensUdrg, Mrs. Christiana Loosk, in (ho 72d year of her sgci 4 ' In this borough, on Thursday morning ,12th Instant', after a lingering illness, Mr. Gilbert Seariqiit, aged 27 yours, 10 months, and 25 days; , Tho deccdsed.waa a young inan.of most estimable character and great moral worth. He was for many years connected with the, public schools of Carlisle; and na n teacher, ho gava Universal satisfaction, and by hisaniiubio manners, correct deportment and abi lity os «n inalruclor of youth, seoiirod Tor himself thp coiilidonco and esteem alike of (lie Doard of Direc tors, tho parents, end tho pupil* entrusted, to. bis charge.. On account ofliia declining health*po rpmo time since resigned hia situation ai, a teacher, ihuch to tho regret oflhe Directors, phd by the pupi|s of bis school, by whom ho waotendariy beloved end sincere, iy lamented. Ho was a dutiful and offccllcnalo son. R-fond brother, aeincoroTriend, and e good djlixep. On Saturday last, Ids body.was ,'eoh'veyod'fo (he grave, attended by a largo concourse*, of relatival, friends, and oitirons, Peace to bjs ashes 1 TRinUTB OF ABSPRCTi , Al a mooting of the Room! of Director* of ihoCar lialo District, field nt Education Hall, this 19ih,day of February', 1853, Iho following proceeding* wars had, vi*:— , ■ Whotoae, Mr.Git.B«RT Sbarioiit waailohg con. nooleU Willi this Board.asTeacherOf Bohdo| No. ]] which aituatluh ho waa obliged loireaign on account of declining health, and thia.Boardi having been in. formed of liii death thia doy i Therefore, Ueaolvtd, That wo oxprosa our aSnooreaorrowand •ymputhy with hia relative*, that he hae.been called tluiß prematurely, from iho Held oriiia .iiaefufneaaaa a Toochor in nor PublioSohoola—(he duties of which while ha retained Ills health, hr discharged toourerJ tiro aatiifaclion. . , • ' Ketohtd, That wo mnmfrat our reaped and re. gard for iho dooeaaod hy attending his Amoral u a Board. [A (rue extract.! , James Hamilton;fterdar*:
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