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sP®E6zteek
John Di Orattonyjffidltor and Proprietor*
OAUHStKjTIIAYapi 1853.
Presidential Electors.
fiSrfAToRIAL. ,
GEORGE W. WOCSDW ARD, of Laierno,
WILSON M’CANDLESS, of Allogliony.
- additional" district.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Phikdclpliio.
■ , . -DISTRICTS.
l:PtTf^>fcdbAN,.PhHadolpliU.
9. GEOEGE.iI. MARTIN, Philadelphia.
3. JOHN MILLER, Philadelphia.
.A.FiW.JIDCKIUS, Philadelphia.
Book..
7. T?. f sTRK3KLAND. Ck««l«r.
mrSnA. JPBTERS Linoaslor.
, 3. OANIEL FIS(IER. Berk*.
10 R. E.'JAMES, Northamptoo,
II; JOHN MoREVNOLDS, Columbia.
■ 1 H9-P. DAMON, Tioga.
■" ■IB. H.'O. EYER.Unioo.
IMJJNO. CLAYTON, Sohaylkill.
~lljyfs'A AC ROBINSON, Adam..
, rJG.IIEfIRY FETTER, Perry.
i.T.JA3. BURNSIDE, Centre,
n 18. MAXWELLMcCASLIN, Greene,
' McDonald, Cambria.
i "Su,'W. S.COLAHAN, Waahiogloo.
. §l. ANDREW BORK, Alloghooj.
■ 1 Sa; WM. DUNN, Mercer.
h ' 93. JOHN S. McCALMONT. Clarion.
2T. GEO. R. BARRET,CIoarBoId.
i,': r.(il . - •
.V.'J i.., -poB CANAL COMMISSION!*,
tgryjIAMISEABIGHY, of Fayette.
Crop.—We loam from our agriculto
that the grain,crop, generally speaking
presents -a, .very discouraging appearance■ in Ibis
oafiOty; .-The; prospect is against an average crop.
Fruit Crop.— There is over/ indication of
a,tffty-Jar£a.:fru>t prop this season, will* the excep
tion bftbo peach. Many of tho peach trees have
becn f Tnjurcd by those verity of (bo winter.
. (fcpTbo Democratio National Convention will
me4.t-at-Baltimore on Tuesday the Jirst oj June.
Spring fashions for ladies* bon*
nets. They are as light and airy as some of tho
pretty heads they adorn.
Wo sen it staled that tho Cumberland Valley Sen*
(far! and tho Valley Spirit, twociccHenl Democratic
pagers published at Chamberaburg, are to bo anited
on’thd Ist of July. Wo aro glad to hoar it, as wo
are'certain that one well conducted Democratic pi
pcf a county can always do more eorvico for (ho
party (.ban two that do not cordially harmonise in
sentiment.
Etas in.tqS Mountains. —Tho Harrisburg Keystone
slates that tho mountains around IlolUdayeburg,
havp {jeon on fire most of-the last week, filling tho
sir with smoko during tho day, tand presenting a
’magnificent spectacle at night.
l|*aaiißUßO Democrat. —This is the title of a
Gorman Democraticpapcr,prinled st Harrisburg,by
Geo*<i£ F. Weaker Co.. Beyond question it is
'of. |t}o l best conducted German papers in tho
,BUdp,Bi^d.is well,printed on now and beautiful type.
We hope this paper may bo well palrohiscd, for it is
eminently worthy the fostering care of the Democra
cy' ©four Statfe. Should any of our German friends
wish v to subscribe, they can do so by leaving (heir
AafOM at oof,office, where they can also eco a copy
'of gjtjie Harrisburg Democrat.** Terms $1 per
«nam..
tho {loading Gazette, that the Ladies of
lh<t CKy,taSmg lOrintigfi or Dm prUll»g«> aanl«r
sod by Leap Year, gave a complimentary Party to
tbe.Geotlemon week before last. The asnal order
oflbings'was reversed, tho ladies acting as Boor
midfgcra, .choosing their partners for the dance,
helping tho gentlemen to refreshments, and figoriog
«S gallants with as much case as if they had been
Mgdtofly trained to trowsors and “ tight bodies.”
|trrrrftp.— A. J. DoneUon, Esq., who has been
connected with llie editorial department and propri
etorship of the Washington Union, ainco (ho rotiracy
of Mr.,RUchle, has transferred his entire inlereit to
bis partner, Gen. Armstrong, and retired from (ho
editorial chair to hla private pursuits in Tennessee
This result has been produced, os bo observes, “ by
his, perceiving that there are obstacles to the harm*
any Of the democratic party, growing in some de
gree out of alleged differences of opinion respecting
the political views which havb been maintained by
the Washington Union under tho editorship of the
nnderslgnedibo (••U Uhls duty to do what he can,
properly, to remove them.”
•Tut members of tho last Wliig Slate Convention
are (o'srscrable at Harrisburg, on the 19lh of Juno,
for Jhe purpose of nominating a candidate for the
Stipretno Bench.
Tub Late Murder at Columbia.— A letter
from Baltimore, bedring date 9th Inst., says tha l
both houses of (ho Maryland Legislature have
adopted a resolution, directing Governor Lowe to
appoint Commissioners to collect facts, and oon
fatwllhlho Governor of Pennsylvania In relation
.'lojlhe filling of tho fugitive slavoal Columbia,by
O/Ecer iiidgely.
A hill >s before (ho Maryland Lrgiafaturo which
provides that all free negroes and mulattoos who
f sha!l be borri In tho Slate, after tho first day of Jan
uary, 1855, shall upon their arrival at the oge of
wenty-one years, be compelled to emigrate to Li
bcrlSf in Africa, or upon their remaining within the
State for more than twelve months thereafter, (un
less In (he hands of (ho American State Colonization
Society,),shall bo ordorqd (o bo sold aa slaves for a
term of not less than five,nor more than (on yearn, 1
and. (he proceeds thereof shall be applied to (ho Col* 1
oolxatlon fund of tho city of Baltimore, 1
IftMTTpCLCBoyMEN.—The Home Journal says
that somebody “suggests an extra sermon to be
furbished 1 outside of the city churches, for tho
( obachmea who stand waiting in front.” Of course
this hint applies only to. Now York.
Tmf-.Caors in Maryland.— The Caloolin (Md.)
WftgV*l*.riha( (ho crops In that region prevent a
fine growing appearance. The Frederick Citizen
siys OiVyrheal crop In that county promises to bo at
least ph'average one, and that there will bo an abun
dance of apples, ponchca, plums, &c.
Death or Distinguished Persons.— A letter
from-Washington, dated May IC* flrfyo—-Mrs. John
Quinuy Adame, aged sovoniy-sevon; Mr. Derrick,
■ Chief, Clerk of tho State Department, and Mr.
Pleasanton, late auditor of ibo Treasury, died at
'Washington on Saturday. ,
car It fc now jocosely asserted that thofwfiigs
pno-fourth of thorn-haying published
„ a manifesto, two*fourlhu haring remained silent,
end ono-foarlh, with an India rubber stomach,
Jtavlpg swallowed Sownrd, Stevens, tree-soil and
oil. Tho. question is now simply as to tho di
gestion,;
William Edgbr of Hopewell
township, Ye;k county, died on Tuesday « week, at
the advaac'ld'age'of'lo3 years.
«‘MCM IS Til El WOUD.M
Tho Washington tho Philadel
phia North a leading Whig paper, with
free soil tendencies, eays.in a lata letter: f' ..
.< “it may now, be asserted, with entire confidence,
(hat Gen. Scott, under nocondition*or oircomslaQ
ces, will change the ground which hohasoccu
pied since his name nas been brought forward
with:the Presidency,
and will wriuj no letter concerning public ques
tions unless die Whig Convention should offer
him a nomination. This is understood to be the
finality pf his position, as declared by bis most in
timate and accredited friends, and upon the au
thority of undoubted assurances. 1 ?
Such, then, is tho determination of Gon. Scott—
be will write no letters concerning public ques-
tions.* 1 Will the Whig masses agree to.support
n man for the highest office in the . world, who is
afaid to avow his sentiments concerning questions
that agitato the pnblio mind T We trow not. They
took a certain John Tyler upon trust, and disco
vered when it was too late, that ho diecardedevery
principle ofthe Whig creed. No donbt the keep
ers of the General think that he has written too
many letters plready, and are determined to pro-,
vent him making a fool of himself if they can.—
But, fortunately for the people, the. General—be
fore a committee of safety was appointed over
him—did express bis sentiments in regard to cer
ain matters. On (he subject of Native American
ism, he wrote two lelters-~one letter in favor of,
and the other against Native Americanism! How
liko Gen. Scott. Hie anxiety on the subject
of the Presidency, has induced him to .re
sell to oTI kinds of .trickery, and to coincide In
opinion with every contemptible faction that flat
tered bhn with a loiter of inquiry. Gen. Scott is
as weak as he is vain, and It is therefore not
ranch wonder that his partisan friends have at
this time placed him in (he keeping of a com
mittee.
Gen. Scott's style of writing is peculiar to him
self. No ono can imitate or counterfeit his stylo.
Read the following letter, written by Gen. Scott
before a committee was appointed to take care of
him:
Washington, March 26, 185-1,
8m: I have received your letter, (marked “con
fidential,”) in Which, after committing (he error of
supposing me to bo ** fully before the country as
the Whig candidate for the Presidency,** you pro
ceed to interrogate me on many points of grave
public interest.
Permit roe to say, that, considering v?e shall
probably have a Whig candidate for tho Presiden
cy through a National Convention, and that I can
not be its nomipee,except by die force of the un
solicited partiality of large masses of my country
men—
> Considering, also, that if my character or prin
ciples be not already known, it would be idle to
attempt to supply the deficient impression by mere
paper professions, of wisdom and virtue made lor
tho occasion-*-
And considering that if 1 answer your queries , I
must go on and answer others already before me,
as well as the long series that would inevitably
follow to the disgust of the public-*
1 wi|l beg permission to close this acknowledg
ment of your letter by subscribing myself, wtrh.
great respect, your obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
, Esq., Harrisburg, Pa.
P. S.—l must add that I write and say nothing
on public subjects which 1 am unwilling to see
published. W. 8.
The letter whlcK we copy above, has never ap
peared in the Scott organ of this place, although
it was addressed to s distinguished whig at Har
risburg. How is this! Is the Herald
to let his favorite make a fuss before the people,
and develops lua willingness io play the pitiful
trickster, In order to crawl into an office for which
he is notoriously incompetent 1 It would seem so.
A Snggeallou-
The Luzerne Democrat , noticing the appoint
ment of Judge Woodward to the Supreme Dench,
and the certainty that ho will bo tho Democratic
candidate for the same station, at the October
election, has the following suggestion, which if
carried out, would certainly save the people a
good deal of trouble. Wo had an article prepared
for our last paper, making a similar suggestion,
but on reflection, laid it aside, far the reason that
wo are a member of the State Central Committee
ourself. We, however, desire it lobe understood,
that in tho event of the nomination of a candidate
for tho Supreme Dench being referred to the Gen
tral Committee, wo shall vote for Judge Wood
ward. But to the article from the Luzerne Dem
ocrat
“ By position Judge Woodward is the candidate
of tho Democracy for the unexpirod term, and we
look forward to his nomination and triumphant
election as a thing certain. Whether a conven
tion will Be called, or how the nomination will bo
made, wo know not, but wo would suggest that
tho Slate Central Committee should meet and rat
ify the nomination made by Gov. Bigler, which
seems to give such general heartfelt satisfaction.
To elect delegates and hold a Convention would
bo too expensive and might bo the cause of engen
dering differences of opinion where none at present
exist. Wo Bay, lot the Stale Committee mako,
or rather ratify tho nomination. As it la time this
thing bo talked over, we would like to have our
Democratic friends and the Democratic press of
(ho State, give their views upon it.”
A New Idea.-— Legislative reform is much
needed in many of tho older Slates. Bargaining
, and sale is eolHgnh (ho practice in some of the
State LogislaturesjHiat a conetant vigilance on
the part of the people is necessary, to prevent
(heir rights being disposed of, and their interests
sacrificed for private ends. Dad as the reputation
of tho Legislature of our own Stale Je in (hie re
spect, that of New York must bo worse, for we see
that an association is proposed of men of known
standing and respectability, who shall watch over
and supervise (he inte/oste of the community. Tho
principal object in view is, to use ell reasonable
efforts to prevent the passage of Improper laws
through the Legislature, and to protect tho public
purses, from the constant pllferings of knavish
politicians, to which it is now subjected. A Stale
“ Vigilance Committee,"is a new Idea. If men of
“standing and respectability” wore to make their
influence felt, in the selection of proper persons,
when the nominations and election of members of
the Legislature occurred, there would bo no neces
sity for committees to supervise tho acts of tho
law-making body..
Col. Thomas H. Benton has published a letter,
'■toting that his nomination lor Congress by the
I Democratic Consent ion at Capo Giradeau was nnau
; thorizod by him ; and that ho is not a candidate yet;
that ho will not submit to a nomination by any cau
cus or convention, but that ho will personally address
tho people at Jackson on tho 15lh insl., and Is deter
mined to run as a candidate on hit own responsibility
if at all. - •
Macaulay's England.— -It is rumored In one of
the papers, that Mr. Macaulay Is preparing a ppw
edition of the two volumes of his history of England
already Issued, and that ills publisher has called in
all (he copies of l{ip Orel edition to which ho can got
access. This lodks Vs if pops important .alteration*
were to bo made in (be work.
the: “penkstlvawias»» and 'thdx&tb
*. N X : MURDER. ATCOLtJQItIIA* ‘ . ,
The Penmyivahiari of lßc D’n3 cdi< ,
tprial article intended to justify Ihorcctml murder at
Columbia of no alleged fugitive
saysjtboPittsburg Foat, appears to think-that It !•
moaC outrageous to object to 'the brutal -conduct of ;
the officer, end asserts (hat if he.had not JiHled the
I negro, the negro would havo killed him. T bTai s not
the fact, and if it had oomo -frora any.
I than the Fennsylcaman, wo would prnnoonce its
I brazen,bald faced falsehood. The negro-was-not.
possessed of any-arms, save those that God Almighty
gave him ; ho committed no assault upon the Ruffian
who murdered him, apd whosq Cqndish heart pftiHpl*
cd him rather to'tako his life lhanifecaro his person.
On the examination there was not thaolightest par*
Kclo of testimony to prove that the murdered ,man
had any means within his reach which ho might use
Co endanger the lifo of hia oaplor. We havenodoubl
but ho struggled to escape from the tbralldom which
awaited him if ho would quietly submit, hut there is
no evideneertbai ho attempted any dangerous viol.'
the biting of the mordettr’s finger. Is
not corroborated by any testimony, and :it 2a on tho
i plea that his finger was id tho mouth ol tho alleged
slave that the ruffian attempted to justify the murder
ho has committed.
. It is well known to our readers, that as journalists
and law abiding citizens, ws sustain tho Fugitive
Slave Law, and as long as it remains a law, wo are
opposed to sny effort to thwart the enforcement of
ita provisions. It was adopted with a ocsiro to tel*
tlo lbs eternal bickering that has been carried onfor
many years between the North and the sWh bn the
slave question, and we hoped sufficient, conceptions
had been made to satisfy all the slave dealers In tho
Union. But wo bad no idea thatll grantcdlbe pri«*
clego to slave hunters to enter our tcrrltbVy and com
mit murder witbbnt provocation, as has Recently been
done at Columbia. We freely admit thorn all ilio
rights guaranteed to them by tho Jaw, hot they must
enjoy the privilege as tho law provides- to aid them
in reclaiming (heir human chatties. 'Revolvers and
buwio knives are not the leading principles oftbo law,
as it is understood in Pennsylvania; wo are a free and
peaceable romnjnnity; wo never fight without great
provocation, .and ban only bo forced into a .difficulty
when it cannot be avoided without & sacrifice of hon
or. Therefore, it would bo welt for slave hunters to
observe the law according to its letter and spitil, and
bo auTo they are not liable to the charge of murder
when they shoot down an unoffending human being.
Wo are in no wise tho enemies of tho slave grower.
Wo toy so frankly, and wo will ssy t as frankly that
wo regard this portion of his business with abhor*
cnco. It is foul and unnatural, but custom hnis made
U legal, and wo bow to it with a complyhig.concos.
sion to the laws, Dot not a dcfiorcnco .Jo t(\p, prin
ciple. k
Wo would advise the owners of slaves,hbroaftcr,
to keep their'negroes at homo. We do htl winl
them, ttor have wo any dcslro' to hive ‘oar 'MV Stale
made the battlo field for slave breeders, slave hunters,
and slaves, to spill each others blood upon. Our
peaceful ood honest commonwealth cannot defend,
and will* not endure such daring outrages as have
recently boon committed within its boundaries by
blood bounds dn the llm scent of human prey.
The Restoration of the • > Galphtrts«”
For samo timo past, as the presidential policy of
tho northern majority of the whig parly has devel
oped itself, the cyo of tho country has been fixed
upon the fuel that tho whig cabcus, if General Scot!
be tho nominee, appears almost certain to assame a
sectional character, and that tho elccUonofa PresU
deni by the whig party, as now organized, must in.
volvo and bring along with it a renews) of the ahti.
slavery agitation. It is npt surprising,-,sayp tho
Wa»l>inc4»« lh*l ntctl r pIUSJICvt It tllltl
lime should have concentrated, and ulrnqsl wholly
have absorbed, tho public attention and Interest
throughout the country, and especially at-lhoSoulh;
and it is but 100 clear that such-o state of tilings
among our opponents constitutes the strongest con
ceivable appeal to the democratic party,l6 rally in a
united and strenuous cffyft to vindicate tho ascend
ency of its timo honored nalionol princlptcsund pol
icy,and thus rescue tho constitution and the country
from the perils which surround then), ,
But (hero aro other evils involved in tho success of
the whig part; in the coming conical' Uhich are
scared; inferior in magnitude and equal); odious
in their charoclor. Wo arc distinctively t|>ld by the
most respaotabie and influential whig,journals
of the North, bearing unsolicited and apparently
sincere testimony as to the purposes of the ,leaders
who now control the whig organization, llisljir tbceo
men elect their President, wo are to beholdbgain a
new era oj Oalphinitm in tho whig sdminillratloo.
The Now York Express gives In plain tcVus tills
explanation of the present design* of ihe wlrigterfd*
era who have brought Gen. Scott into the field; and
in the same breath attests both its sincerity' and ha
unwillingness as a witness b; declaring tbit, in splto
of all these objections, it will still retain Is position
in the whig ranks, and elect, if postible,tho whig
nominee. Tho language of the Express is us fol
lows, and it well deserves attention :
"To show nur cinecrity, wo need only odd, that
if the northern Stales, as represented in the National
Convention aro permitted by an; considerable por
lion ofour soalhcrn countrymen la go intoconvcn
. lion and pul up General Scott, without an; declare*
■ lion of Jho fugitive slave provision of
the conetiluthmr^b’shall ccrialnl; go, as o( present
advised, for Gen. Scott, with our section af the Union.
Wo repeat, wo shall never fight southern battles upon
northern ground, if the South is not uoitod on (ho
field of action. Gen. Scott personally wo have no
objection to,and wo can aupport him without any
sacrifice of principle—nay, ovon with confidence In
him as a man. Bui the tail that will co.mo on with
him as (ho candidate of unknown constitutional
princlpjca is of just such men' as
opod and Oalphtnijed the administration ofGonbral
Taylor , and (ho; arc such men as can never ad.
minister the government of (iio country.*'
What a confession is this! Wo doubt fso strong
a condemnation of the whig party, its policy, and
Us loadorahlp. has over been written d«wn in the
columns of a democratic journal. Ifert is a whig
who from Ills position has the beat possible chance
to Know whether what ho tells os is the (rkth. lie
is so good a whigjhat ho declares hie firm purpose
to vole the whig ticket, let what will porno i f it; and
then ho adds that Galphinism—GfalpAtntsm, with all
Ue manifold corruption and disgrace and Jodium—
will sorely come of U—just as surely ai'it esmoof
the groat fraud which, to most evil jmd perilous re
sults, elected Gen. Taylor! * *' ’ /
lo tlili most extraordinary disclosure,
mafia from behind tho curtain which coiccals (he
whig management from (ho public.eye, (do public
policy or the whig organization la fumirjed. Up In
three significant phrases—a restoration
ism for (ho end, end a eociional canvass and an anti*
slavery agitation for the moans! 1 '■
T«» Homestead D ill. —This measure passed
tho House of Representatives, oti Wednesday |ast,
by a vottf of 107 to 56. Tho bill gives to actual
settlers, under certain comlitlpna and restrictions,
including so many years of occupancy, a portion
of tho public land, with tho vlow of encouraging
their settlement and thus enhonciug tho value of
iho t lands contiguous to thorn, and adding to ll}o
common stock, products and woolth of tho country
generally. 1 *. ...
groat western raliwoyfn England now oar*
rice coal at tho rale of one cent per ton.pormllo.
BOpK TABLE*
. QoDttY’a.LADV’a BooirfoT Juno is,already on
onr Jable,. the, enlorprisifig publisher having de
termined, aa appears; to taka lime by the forelock
Iritfarnest. ~; ll la double containing
|I3 pages of choice original matter, and four fine
fail page Engravings, besides a number of smaller
ones. sOodey-may wait the advent of his rivals,
fur tho coming ‘month, without apprehension of
losing anything by comparison with them. • N
■. Gleason’s Pictorial, of May 16, has been re
ceived. It is a magnificent number. The embel-
lishments number eleven, and are—a representa
tion of tho vessels composing the Japan Expedi
tion ; a view of tho city of, Now York; view of
Galveston, Texas $ viewof Hong Kong, China;
view of a refreshment saloon in New Yorti; two
views of Kossuth’s reception in Boston; view of
the National Hotel, at Washington; a portrait of
Santa Anna in military coslaroo; a portrait of the
steamer Mississippi, flag ship of tho Japanese
Expedition; a portrait of Harrington, the cole,
brated ventriloquist. The reading matter is varied
and entertaining. We consider tho “ Pictorial ”
cmooflhe very best publications In America. For
sale at Piper’s Book Store, Carlise.
Tuc Pennsylvania FarmToornal for May is
embellished with a beautiful engraving of a mod§l
** Rural Home,*’ and'well filled with choice edito
rial and contributed articles of Interest and profit
to the farmer. This periodical is conducted with
ability, and wo expect from it, as its circulation
extends, great things towards the improvement of
our agricultural population in all that pertains to
their permanent good. Lancaster, Pa. A. M*
Spangler, Publisher. $1 a year.
Tnc Two Brides : A story of real life. ByT, S.
Arthur.. Complete in one volume. Phila.—iT.
B. Peterson. Price SScbnlfl.
Mr. Arthur’s writings have* obtained deserved
popularity, for their fidelity to real life, and the
wholesome moral lesaons they inculcate. If he
never attains to tho distinction of a great author, his
influence as a good one will be Widely and endu*
ringly fell. “The two brides,” we believe is his
latest work of fiiction, and exhibits ail the strongly
marked characteristics of his vigorous and purely
practical mind.
Sartain’s Union Magazine.— Sarinio for June,
is also in (own—not the veritable John Sarlain--but
his benutifulMagazinertli is anexellent number,
and closes the first volume of the present year, and
in the now volume, commencing with (he July is*
sue, the public may expect a rich treat. H EAD.
LEY, tho celebrated American writer, will fur*
nish a series oLpapers for the Magazine on Amer
ican History, commencing with a .Pictorial Lift
of General Jackson . r Tho life of this eminent man
will be followed by other papers’ by the same wri*
Iter, devoted to the most distinguished men who
have added lustre to tho annals of the nation. Mr.
Headley Is a very popular writer, and this feature
willy no doubt, enhance the value of this already
popular Magazine.. The July number will be is
sued on the first of June.
Sarlin offers a large S 3 engravingaa a premium
to ell new subscibors. Now is the time (o make
up dubs. A specimen copy can be seen at this
office*
Santa Anna has written a letter to his
partisans, declaring that he will furnish them #hh
no more funds for revolutionary purposes; that he
has already sent them $150,000, which they have
squandered ; that they have basely and vtiianous
ly deceived him : and that they are a set of miser
able cowards, terrified by the bare mention of
Arista's name.
Dreadful Eire in N|w York.— At on early
hour lost Saturday morning, a fire broke out in tho
midst of a cluster of wooden buildings, on Catha
rine street, near Cherry, New York, several of
which were destroyed. They were densely occn.
pied by a number of poor families. So rapidly did
the fire spread, that five persons perished in the
(lames. Four of (ho victims belong to one family—
a mother, two daughters, and her son. Another
victim was a member of the Fourth Ward Police.
Several others were seriously injured.
The Rohan Catholic National Council, now in
session in Baltimore,numbers thirty-two Archbish
ops and Bishops. The first day was employed in
religious services, a Grand High Mass having been
performed, the Germania Musical Society and over
one hundred vocalists assisting el it. Over one
hundred Bishops and Priests, each Bishop attended
by a page, wero in attendance, in full canonicals.
Tbbidlee Accident.— On Monday last an accident
occurred ai tho steam saw mill of N'Kioley, Bigler
& Wilt, Harrisburg, by which a young mao, named
Abraham Burko, lost his right arm. lie was enga
ged as an assistant of (ho lath sawer, and whilst the
circular saw was running, got up on the saw table
to shift lath wood. Whilst hero ho stepped upon
some of the wood (hat rolled from under his feel and
throw him upon (ho saw, and in an instant the right
arm was cill nearly off Immediately at tho elbow
joint, and hit sido was severely lacerated by the saw.
Dr. Gcorgb Dock was colkd in, when it was found
(hat the arm could not bo saved. Ho therefore am
putated it bb near tho elbow as possible. The young
man is from Elisabethtown, Dauphin county,and has
only been in Harrisburg a few weeks.
Awful Death.— ln Baltimore on Tuesday of lost
week, John R. Duma, grocer, residing ot No. .55 Rota
street, died from poiaon communicated to his system,
by a diseased horse. About two weeks since (ho
deceased had a horse afflicted with tho glanders, and
during sn administration of medicine, thrust in tho
animal's mouth his band, tho middle finger of which
hod been previously cut, and tho flesh laid open.—
Through this wound tho poisonous virus was absor
bed and mortification having supervened, Prof, Smith
was called upon to amputate Ihe diseased member.
Perceiving however, that the poison had penetrated
to every portion df tho unfortunate man’s system, (ho
Professor declined performing the operation, end
stated that no earthly shill could save his life. After
lingering in groat agony, death closed the scene.—
Tho corpse prpscplcd a blackened hideous appear
ance, I
Tub Philadclphi£>S'un, (a Whig and Native pa*
per,) pays(hat 41 the oddrosi of (ho Southern friends
of the Union, and the nomination of Mr. Fillmore
IjujNorlh Caroline* render it next to certain (hat Gen.
Scnlhoannol get a Southern vole in a National Can.
veution. The 116 votes of Ihp South will bo given
en masse for President Fillmoro, and ho will only
need 33 morb from the North and West, as 149, is a
majority of the whole number of Delegates.* 1 Tho
Sun therefore considers his nomination as certain.
Corn Planting.—Tho recent Warm weathor'has
started (ho impatient formers to work in earnest—
From all quarters of tho county wo learn that they
are busy putting in their corn or Advancing (heir
other spring work, unusually delayed by tho book*
wardness of the season.
..A wagon, cohjalning 128 dozen wild pigeons, ar*
rived at Cincinnati from Indiana, on Thursday.—
They sold at CO cents a dozen.
*J-. * X
A Marrow
Lieutenant.Glradpt, of (ho Light Infantry, who
was on board the British steamer Birkenhead, when
Qhewae baton the cosstof South Africa,’thus do
bribes alcllor lo his'father, dated
Simon's Buy,Marches!: v -v. •-- t :
*» I remained on (ho wreck until sho went down;
the'suotion took (tiedown some .way, unda man got
hold‘of tnyrleg, butT managed to kick bint off and
come up, aodstruck'off for some pieces of:‘wood (hit
were on the' water, and etartedTor- land, which was
'dbout two miles off. .j was In the water about fiyo
hoars, qs Iho surf ran so high,trying to land. Near
ly all'those’lhat look to the water wilhoUt their
clothes on, wero taken by sharks; hundreds of them
wore all around us, and"! saw men taken by •thorn
quite close to mo;bola8 1 was dressed,having bn a
flannel shirt and trowsers, they preferred tho others.
I was not In the least burl, and am happy to say
kept my head clear. Most of (he officers lost-their
lives from losing,their presence of mind, and trying
to take money with them,and from nollhrowing off
their coals? There ,waS no time 10, geMhp.ipaddlo
box boala down, and a great many more might have
been saved,hut Iho boats that wore got down desert*
cd us and went off. From tho time sho struck to when
she went down, was’lwonly ..minutes. I ; hope tho
Government will make up our toss to us, as we have
saved nothing.**
A Posxle*
Here ia worth studying. If any of our
readers can solve it, and feel the point’, they aro at
perfcct'Hbcriy lo do so. ’’ ,l
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Enlovkuxnt frou England and Arrest in Nrw
Yobs. —Dr. Andrew Plummer, who arrived at Bos
ton from England in the steamer Nisgstd recently,
was arrested on Thursday evening, nt the Irving
House, New .York,.al the instance of tho British
Consul, and Col. Thomas A. Howard of tlto. .British
Army, on thecharge of having eloped from Brighton,
England, with a - young girl; named Miss Emma
Patlison, daughter of a,wealthy family residing at
Brighton, and also with defrauding Col. Howard of
£1,900. Plummer, it appears; loft a wife and four
children In England. Miss Patlison is only 19, and
he 50 years of ago. Col. Howard, who arrived in
the Europa, on Thursday, brought a iotter from her
parents, urging her to return home, and also,a letter
from Plummer’s wife. Miss Patlison has consented
to return in tho next steamer. Plummer is in jail.
A CsLiroaNrA correspondent of tho New York
Times writes that Agriculture will absorb more at
tention. Uhj coming summer, than el any prior date;
but that it wjII hardly roach the demand. year,
an Immense amount of garden vegetables were
raised, and yol thoro are many vegetables that can
scarcely bo obtained. There dto no pumpkins in
iho morkcl, few onions, turnips, beds, and ovo.
ry map’s prices arc paid for these Wficn they are
found. Onions aro retailing for 60 cents per lb.—
Tbo same correspondent advises persons in the At
lanlio Btstos who intend emigrating, that if they
desire to'settle “down upon a farm, to establish
manufactories, or to mine, one, como all.”
But if, on the contrary, they bring to the country sn
extravagant idea of acquiring e fortune In twelve
months or two years, they will find themselves
among a group of persons who aro known as dream
ers.”
A Growing Business.—' Ten years ago, (ho business
of Adam's Express was performed by one man,
assisted by a porter and wbbelbarrow. Recently
tho firm of Adams & Co-, purchased a building In
Broadway for tho transaction of their busioess for
eighty Ikoueand Jollere,
! Fire in tiis Mountains.—' Tbe hills in differ
ent parts of Schuylkill county, have bean, for the
past week on fire. Irr tho>it®®l crn P arl *he
county, vo understand, the damage has been con
siderable.
At n concert recently, at tho conclusion of tho
song," There's a good time coming,” a fellow got
up and exclaimed, “ Mister, you cotild'ol fix tho dale,
could you 7 *
A gentleman,being asked whether ho was seriously
injured when a eloam-boilor exploded, is, said to have
replied, that bo was so used to being blown up by his
wife, that mtore steam had do effect on him.
The Boston Journal entertains no doubt that
Daniel Webster is tho choice bf Massacltusejis for
tho next Presidency, but intimates the belief that no
other Whig can, under existing'circumstances, obtsin
the veto of that State.
(Vj*The whigs have deserted Pennsylvania to hold
their National Convention at Baltimore; they have
followed tho Democracy to (ho Hall of the Maryland
Institute and they now desire to use our "old Hick,
ory” platform to do business upon. An exchange
paper says that they will next want to tako out can
didates.
Lovely Weather Lately.—' What a busy time
among budding trees,opening (lowers, morry birds.
During tho past! weeks, a magic change has
como over mothsrcd'rlh. The perfume ofblossoma
has impregnated the atmosphere— tint chirpings of
tho feathery tribe, make it vifcsl with sung—and
these ozorl a cheering influence upon tho busy hus
bandman, now crowded with tho labors of a Mo
openiqjj season.
A California Wedding.— Miss Sutter, daughter
of the celebrated Captain Sutter, on whoso premises
the first discovery of gold In California was made,
was married recently to a Mr. Enqleq. Tho wed.
ding was a grand affair.
Specie in New York.- —lt is estimated that life
coin in the Banks and Sub-Treasury have reached
an aggregate exceeding eighteen millions of dollars-
By the first of July it will probably bo twenty-five
millions.
A Queer Ladt and a Queer Horse.— A con.
lompororry odvertiscs fur r horse “ for r lady of
dark color, a good trotter, and of stylish acOon.”—
Tho horse •• must bo young, and have a long tail,
about fifteen hands high!” .
Labor in Ohio.— Tho Legislature of Ohio have
passed tin act regulating the hours of manual labor
per day. No woman, or child under eighteen years
of ago can bo compelled to work over ton hours per
day. In all contracts for labor, whore (ho Umo is
nbl specified, ten hours is lo bo cuniidorpd as a day's
work.
Eprßcrs or tub Rapping Mania—Six patients
have been consigned to tho Indiana Ins.ino Hospital,
within a few weeks past, whoso insanity was produ.
ced by tho miserable superstitious foolery connected
with tho “Spirit Rapplnga.'l
O* Qen. Georgey, the betrayer of Hungary, has
beguiled his solitary confinement in tho Tyrol, by
writing an apology for himself and his actions du'
ring tho revolutionary struggle. The work is In
press and pretty nearly ready for publiealion.- Thu
tUIo is," My lifoUnd Acts in 1848—49.” Ilia
looked fur with Immense interest.
i. Mbacuikr, the Irish Patriot, it is said, hat escaped
from. Van Diemen's Land, where he wafe confined by
4be British Government.
LATER FROJ^CAUFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OP THtf iIAISIIIIi WEBSTER'
«n OolAPnyU
i : N«wVYobk;.M<j 18—Tho oteopoliip panUf
Webatei' arrived evening from San Juan, having
mado the run in els h( daji. She brings 305 passen
gers, nhil $400,000 In gold dual on freight, and in tho
haiida of pasacpccra. . *v ~r . . ' • '
. Her dalea frop San to tho lulh
April.. ‘ % > • -
Tho sloop of war Docator Bailed, from San Juan
for Pensacola, on 2d insl*- •••• -- .
Bnsatnea at Ban- ; EraooißCO ;I wao f brisk,janfl all
kinds of .dosirablo goods Were Improving. :
Tho noiva from the mines continues fyvofaWp/, . .
The steamships Independence,Oregon and Norlhr
ernor, with news from Now YoiK to. tho 9 lb of March
had arrived at, San Francisco..^
Tho pipers received contain nothing relative to
the Bailing qj" ihp ( mail tho amount of
gold brought-down by her.
Sedßo'tlbnaudluCMieQQtkoeii
About eighteen mpnilis.sinco, a .young man of our
city, named Joseph F, Creamer, well known
around town, became acquainted frith the beauts
ful and talented daughlerof ’ Mf» George League,
a getlemanlohgknown and- highly respected in
our. community, as a commission 1 broker.., Miss
Roaalba League, the lady to' Whom' reference is
made was, at this time attached to arshoirjof one
ourcburches iri lhd ( 'yicihliy. Of Bauimqtb' street,
and numbers oTpersons wended thefr way thither
every Sunday to Alston to ho singing,which all
who heard it, pronounced almost, uheqoalled for
melody and compass. Creamer, as we slated,be
came acquainted'with her,and paid tb her the
marked'attention usual from a mao toward .the
lady whom He intends to make his wily The
young lady,’ hbrsclf,.loured wisely,
but too well—and the consequence was, that after
He Had been, visiting,her some eightor Ummonths.
her friends policed a change, in her, and’ anxious
maternal.inquiries elicitedthe. fact thaUhe was
about to beoomo-a mother,.w.ithout having under?
gone the ceremony that would-make her,a ; frife«
Of course the discovery caused the 1 liveliest
emotion In the" family, the 1 'members of which had
always hitherto-mhintained an unsullied reputa.
tion. The father of Mjss League at once wailed
on the seducer’of his daughter, and of
him the only reparation in his power to his Injured
child—to marry her. , This he refused fio do, al
leging that he.'was g .minor, and therefore,-incom
petent to'many. without his fatbor’s.consenl, at
the eame time referring him (o.hie father as the
most suitable person to be consulted in the premi
ses. Of course this was merely a prevarication,
and an attempt to escape from doing justice to his
victim. . A short time after this the father pf the
ypung lady induced .Creamer to. go to the heese
and see Uosalba, she being,desirous, of bating an
Interviewjirith him. AVhtn lie had. arrived at the
house, a preacher was in waiting, th 6
red, and every thing in'readiness to-celebrate the
marriage ceremony, which tho friendsand-reft
lions of the lady's family should
take place at that (fine, even if tlfr£atft and force
had to be resorted to. , }
The question was ‘then piiC to Creamer, by the
, father, u will-you marry my daughterly* to which
he again evaded a direct,answer by a reference .to
his father. Mr. League noxy became very'much
excited and enraged and pointing a pistol at tho ra-
Incr of the peace of his family, threatened tp shoot
him if he did not at once marry hlp daoghtpr. bnt
Creamer Bloodily refused, and finally was suffered
to depart on a promise that he would do justice lo
the lady at some future time. , He continued to
visit the bouse until after the child was horn, pro
fessing a determination Co marry ficr.’as soon as
he became twenty-one years of age. While thle
promise was hanging overhim, however, h'e was
paying his addresses to ’another lady, the daugfi
ter of a highly respected citizen of Balt!more;k|iil
however, regularly' visiting Miss a’nd
making no avowal of hia determination, to break
his engagement with her,, (
On last Saturday week lies eloped with tho young
lady mentioned—Miss Clare—they being married
here on Saturday .morning, and starting for Phila
delphia in the afternoon train. ’They did not get
off, however, without considerable-difficulty, the
family of Miss League h&vinfc Iry some means be
come apprised of what was goingon, althoughnot
to Its fall extent—they only supposing that lid was
going off to be married, not knowlng.thal heVas
actually married at the lime. - Mrs. Leaguearrd
other members of her family were at the depof aqd
attempted to gel to tho bride, but by Bomo pi rap 9
they were put upon the wrbng'ycpnt, spd'.iby bri
dal parly succeeded in gelling off without tfvß-’Sqa
ladies meeting. Creamer and hiswilVyempmed
in, Philadelphia abdnl'a frqqk, and.then,n*lgrnpd
to Baltimore, and lopjq iqoms Fountain Ho
fei, where v they have resided up to the.present
lime. The father of the victim of ihe aedncerfs
arts, knowing that reparation (o his daughter by
1 maniago was now out of the question, determined
to personally wreak his vengeance upon tlie de
stroyer of his pence and good nnnTc; by
•hooting him j and accordingly ho has been on (ho
alert fqrliim BveT ethco hlaretdrn.-
Yesterday mo'rniog, about; Jialfpitet' Setfen
o'clock, he stationed-himself at the’Meclidpich?
Bank corner, oppbslln DarnnmV KbleVimntd
with a double-barreled gun, to await in
tended victim. A few minutes after, Creamer
caroo along down FayeUo'strect, and passodihim.
Whrn he had got about ion yards off, the ovonwer
raised itis gUn, and taking deliberate aim, fired?—
The barrel was loaded with buck shot, one of
which- passed through Crpnmeite-apparel, and af
ter inflicting a flesh wound .on tho. lower p*rl nf
the breast bone, glanced along the margin of. tfipo
ribs, and passed out without ii Aiding any farther
injury. The second shot strnck a revolver'which
Crrarnorhud in his side pocket, shivering'ji to
pieces, and then strango tossy, fellpnd waaftbnd
in his vest pocket. Immediately after.'(his dis
charge, the trigger of the second barrjel Was cocked
and the gun levelled, but Creamer al lhe mcraont
threw himself before some ladies, who were pas
sing at the lime, and thus garo time lo some cirr
zens to interfere arid wrest the gdn out bf-tho
hands ufhis assailant,
Creamer immediately proceeded /o a public
house in Gay street, antj the services of Dr# Jj A.
jvc?d, were called in, who dressed tho wound,
which U not dangorette. and he wan than fakon
homo in a hack* The above, we behave; to be a
fair and impartial statement of an affair which'has
caused a great deal of excitement thdujjhdilliho
city.— -Baltimore Clipper, : ’ ?‘? ? u ,;?*
Creamer, charged wjth seducing /Miss
League, was held to bail yesterday, to answer in
a suit for $30,000 damages. ' '/ ' ‘ I
Two Great Scaups.—One of llio editor* of the
Louisville Timet lias boon ..paying a, yisilto.tho
Frankfurt penitentiary, where bo saw two Doled'per*
sonageat
The notoriooe O. Rand Tiiompson nndlW.Rev.
Calvin Fairbank are tlia lions of llio pcnitoiitlary.—
The latter is engaged in hutchcliqg hemp fi afu em
ployment for euch incorrigible scoundrel—no doubt
be would himself prefer to work in wool. Thom'paon
is engraving, Twb ycara liavo boon added t(j» * Ilia
original acnlobco, ainco Mb rcoa'plurb—lho penalty
which llio law imposes for escaping. .Up la’ jiqrmk
nontly Ironed, ond woara ilia fellers with’is much
grace and dignity ob if they were golden broambta
or marhq of especial favor, Thompson In thoprinco
ofjiia clans, t|in, worthy successor nf Mnnroo, Ed.
wurds.JMs equal in genius, buljnfinotoly Ilia superior
In moral courage and heroic energy of spirit.' Ilia
licad amt features aro in'igulftcon^—highly, intellect
nnt and prepossessing. In Inn inimnoru hp cihlhits
alt the onao und cnnfidnncn of n polished, Intellectual
gentleman ; and all his troubles, the extension 1 oflil*
term of imprisonment hero, (ho indictmvnls pondtpg
against him in Nnw Yorft and Pennsylvania bin
chains and Ifls gloomy coll; alt aro Insufficient to
cloud iho sunny equanimity of hln tempur-r-u stoibyof
tho first watbr, nothing cun depress his active spirits,
or chock the indomitable energy,of'his mind.' Tho
genuine heroism of tho plan challenges our admlra
lion, and wb aro constrained to 'nokimwledgb him’,
like Milton's Satan, "majestic, though In ’^uip:'V , * '
fC~y*Tho host of last winter hntj| killed pioro flun
one thousand shade trees op. llip pfCjiaejpotiU
tit every paper rmtlborry la dead;
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