.THE VOLUNTEER
John Q» Dcattoni Editor undProprletor
CARLISLE, MAY 13, 1803.1
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER ,
THOMAS fl. FORSYTH,
OV PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
VOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J, PORTER BRAWLEY.
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY,
Courts al Carlisle, for 1851
Sessions and Oyer and Orphan’s.
Terminer. * Tuesday, August 30.
Monday, Augusl22. Tuesday, November - 1.
Monday, November 14. Tuesday, Docember37,
Small Pox at Dickinson College.— Wo regret to
learn that this dreaded disease has made its appear
ance at Dickinson College. Some Imlfdozcn of llio
students, we learn, are now suffering the tortures In*
otdeol to the disease. Most of the students, becom
ing terror-stricken, have fled for thoir homes, and the
•College duties havo been suspended. Ihe disoaeci
thus far, ia confined entirely to the students of the
Col logo.
In another column wo putmsn a «ummu>iiu»iw..
on (be subject, from “ one who knows,” and who np.
peart to think that the disease has been engendered
by the filthy manner in which the College and out
houses are kept. Bo this as it may, wo think our
Borough authorities should investigate the matter,
and if the College Buildings are found in the con
dition represented, measures should at onco bo
adopted to abate the nuisance.
SreiNO Business at our Stores —Wo notice willi
pleasure, that pur merchnnls are driving u brick bus.
inces in the way of soiling Spring and Summer;
Goods. They have ail recently replenished Ihoir
stores, and aro now fully prepared to accommodate
•y htj loslo and fancy. Our friend Hitner, who
makes it a point to purchase such goods as will
please the ladies, has just opened a very line assort*
moot, which ho says ho can sell “cheaper than ever.”
Ogilby, Bonlz, Woods, Arnold, Weisc «fe Campbell,
Eby, Carolhers, Saxton, Lyno, Soner, Ilavcrslick,
Skilcs, Monyor, Wormley, and others, are all well
prepared to accommodate their customers and the
public. Give them a call.
Shocking!.v Romantic.—A German, named Fred
erick W. Mitchell, in New York, loved a Miss Mag
dalene Thompson so hard, that ho undertook to shoot
her on Friday, because her parents refused to lot him
visit her. lie tired a pistol at her, and lodged the
ball in her leg.
Rumor Contradicted —The Washington Union ,
of Tuesday, says : The rumor that the President
“ will, in the course of a few days, pay a visit to
Jtew Hampshire,“ has no foundation in truth. We
are authorized to announce that lie dues not Expect
io leave Washington during the approaching sum-
National Washington Monument. —The receipts
from contributions to this groat work during the
month ending with Monday last, were 82,132 41,
and the expenditures $3,250 36. The public interest
In it appears to be dropping, and some new means
most be devised for the purpose of reviving it.
The Woman’s Rights Movement —They carry
Ibis mailer lo a great extreme in Boston, for wo see
ibal one woman Uicro has begun lo wear on enor
mous beard, which makes a formidable show, accord
ing lo the report. Tho Boston Post says; “Our re
porter had lli 3 pleasure of laying his hand upon tho
beard, which be did rcvcrnlly and gently, and can
vouch for its genuineness. It is aboard that one might
well bo proud of—silky and beautiful."
The Governor has fixed Friday, Juno 10th, next,
at the day fur Ihe execution of Arthur Spring. After
tho warrant had been read to him by the Sheriff ac
oompanied by hi* solicitor, ho bowed his head, and
upon being Informed that ho could not expect a re
priovo, replied that he did not expect il, and wished
only that the execution should lake place at once.—
He ilill anerts his innocence, and charges every
thing upon hi* son, saying ho was tho author of them
all—as well oa the troubles which ho got into in New
York- lie appeared perfectly callous and indiffer
ent aa to his future fulo. lie also denied in tho most
peremptory manner having had anything to do with
the murder of Rink.
A young lady with $lO,OOO, advertises in the New
York Tribune, for □ Presby torian or Dutch Reform
od husband. Wouldn't an Editor do?
Dn. Johnson on Liars.— Even the robbers and cut
liiioals have their followers, who admire their od
<frosi and Intrepidity, their fidelity to the gang. The
Her, and only tho liar, is invumbly despised, abun
donod and disowned ho has no domestic consolations
which ho Can oppose to tho censure of mankind ; he
can retire to no fraternity, where hi* crimes may
■land in place of virtue, but is given up to the hisses
of the multitude, without a friend, and without an
apologist.
Martin Van Duron, Ex-President of the United
States, who at one lime stood high in the affections
of the Democracy of tho country, and afterwards
made a judas of himself by Joining hands with free
•oil and abolition fanatics, look his departure for
Europe, from Now York on Saturday last, in the
steamship Arctic. Tho Herald says that "for on
boor before the vessel left tho dock, a largo number
of bis personal friends wore assembled on board to
bid him a hearty farewell and safe return to his na
tive land. Among his numerous friends and acquaint
aoeefl wore Benjamin F. Butler, Dudley Field, and
several of bis old political associates and adherents
Mr. Van Duron is accompanied b/Jtffo son Marlin,
whoso ill health has been the chief cause of his pres,
out trip to Europe, lie has, however, for some years
past, entertained a strong desire to see tho continent
and visit the principal cities and other places of note.
Tbo Wheeling Tiroes of Wednesday says Oar
merchants generally have sold more goods this
spring lhan they have in Ihe tamo longtli of time al
any parlod In ihe year. Encouraging.
(£}* A. Diidloy Mann, Esq., recently appointed
Assistant Secretary ofSlnlo, Jibs returned from Eu
top#, and fa now at Washington. His groat expert'
in European Diplomacy, will bo particularly
available to tho Government, at this time.
Viol Presidents who died in office. —Mr. King
ff»i tha fourth Vico President who died in office —
s*StgbCllplOD,Elbrldge Gerry, and Daniel D. Temp,
bias, all died while In tho same cilice.
Got. Philip Allen, of Providonco, was oloclod
United States Senator by tho Legislature of Rhode
Island, on Wednesday, without opposition. Ho suo.
oaads Hon. John H. Clarke.
B. Reed, Gov. Diglor's fallier-in-lawi died
at Gleaiflald on Tuesday.
THE LEGISLATIVE SPREE.
The Carlisle Herald complains of the profligacy
of the lalo Slate Legislature, and in doing so gives
our young friend Henderson,. .the Whig member
fiom this county, a. rather severe dig in the ribs.
The “jollification in honor of the Governor and
Legislature of Maryland/* for which the tax pay*
era will havo to pay some seven or eightAhousand
dollars, was an act of reckless folly, and extrava
gance which no editor, we presume, of any parly,
will attempt to palliate or excuse. We doubt, In
deed, whether our Legislature havo the right to
thus squander the people’s money; and, even ad
raining they have the right, we for one enter our
solemn protest against all Legislallve jollifications
which have to bo paid for by taxing the people of
the Commonwealth. There has been 100 much
of this kind of reckless folly in this State, and it
is time the people should speak out boldly in de
nunciation of members of Assembly who so far
forgot the duty they owe their constituents. If the
members of our Stale Legislature desired to invite
the members of the Maryland Legislature to par
lake of a dinner, why did they not show their hos
pitality by appropriating the money from their
own pockets, instead of thrusting their hands into
the Stale Treasury, to draw therefrom the amount
needed? Had this been their course, the cost of
the dinner, we opine, instead of amounting to $7,-
000 or $B,OOO would not have amounted to aS
many hundreds. Our poor old bleeding Common
wealth is made to suffer fur all the reckless folly
of a weak Legislature, and, as wo said before, it
is time the people should look to their interests,
and colrrt mw'ii mon for ihe A«si»mblv as will
guard the public Treasury against alf unnecessary
demands.
Having thus, like our neighbor of tho Herald ,
condemned iho action of the Legislature, for using
tho money of the Treasury for the purpose of de
fraying the expenses of q legislative spree at the
close of the nession, let us now enquire, who were
tho movers and instigators in this matter I—for,
after all, there the blame rightly belongs. Well, j
then—by reference to tho Journals, we see that j
Mr. Super, the Whig Senator from Union county, •
offered the resolution, (inviting tho Maryland Le
gislature and Baltimore authorities to partake of a
dinner at Harrisburg,) and had it passed through
Ja Whig Senate. Tho resolution was then taken
to the House, and immediately after its reading,
Mr. Henderson, fl'hig member from tins county,
moved its adoption by that body. The resolution
was adopted, and Mr. Suren was chairman of tho
committee of arrangements in the Senate, and Mr.
iluNDtoa'iN \va« r but rut an r.f ilta oommill»'0 on the
part of tho House of Representatives, Those two
gentlemen haiFthe management and arrangement
ot the whole matter in their own hands, and now
that the people are to pay $7,000 or $B,OOO in the
shape of lax for the expenses of this legislative
spree, they know where to place the blame. It
I was a Whig movement tn both Houses, but the
I Herald , in Us censures of this transaction, forgot
jto tell its readers the whole story. We have
'placed the saddle on the right nag*, and if it galls
\ the Whig member from this cou'nty, because of its
light fir, ho can thank his organ for having called
forth tiie infliction. i
THE LATE JUDGE GIBSON.
In our last wo noticed briefly, the death of our
townsman, Hon. John Bannister Gibson. Ilia rc. '
mains arrived at Carlisle, from Philadelphia, on Wed-
nesduy afternoon of lust week, and wcio followed to 1
tho grave about noon the nest day, by his bretbein '
of the Masonic Order, the Faculty and students nl
j Dickinson College,tho members of the Carlisle Dir,
j and a largo concourse of citizens. Judge Gibson’s
' disease, wc learn, was an ufluclion of the stomach,
| winch completely bullied (lie best medical treatment
I It is a salit*faciinn lo know that Ins last houra-wctc
( not disturbed by si vero suffering, ond tint even u hen
'prostrated on the bed of death, his great intellect
, remained unclouded to the last. His death is a sc-
I vote loss lo the State, und a biller ufllietion to Ins
j family.
Judge Gibson was born in Carlisle, in the year
1780, and was consequently 73 years of age. Hu
was the son of ('ul. George Gibson, a well known
and distinguished ufliccr of tho revolutionary war,
who fell, while fighting with the Indians at St.
Clair's defeat, in 1731. He was educated at Dick
inson College, where ho graduated in 1 ROO. Ho then
studied law under Thomas Duncan, Esq , of Carlisle,
und was admitted to the bar in 1604 After sumo
interval,employed in the selection of a place to com
mence practice, lie finally opened an adieu m Carlo !•-,
where ho soon won a high reputation us n lawyer.
Ho was sent twice to t/ie Legislature, in 1610 and
181 I, giving a zealous support lo the Adiiumstra
lines Guv. Snyder ond President Madison. In
1812 Gov. Snyder appointed him Judge ol the Xllh
Judicial District, just organized in Northern Penn
sylvania, und m 1 818 lie was elevated to the Supremo
Bench. In 1627, on the death of Chief Justice
Tilghman, Gov. Shull/, appointed to him (hcvucan I
cy, and ho held the office from that lime until IHSI
when the amendment to the Constitution made the
Judiciary elective. Having received the Democratic
nomination, Judge Gibson was eluded to the Su
preme Bench by a large majority, and drew the nine
years’ term, of winch scarcely a year ond a half had
elapsed at his death.
'Phis is a mere outline of a lung judicial life,
which was marked us much by labor us it was by
sound learning and clear intellect. The Pcnnsylva
niu reports contain many thousands of eases in which
ho was engaged, in a large portion of which ho do
livored the opinions. These opinions uro recognized
everywhere os among the soundest, the dourest, thu
most learned, ond tho most important to bo found in
any American rcporla. They have mode Judge
Gibson’s name icapooled throughout the Union, and
his death will bo lamented wherever legal learning
Is appreciated, as that of one of the most brilliant
lights of the American bar.
In addition to liis professional accomplishments,
Judge Gibson was a man of refined and elegant
laulos and a warm lover of tho arts and of letters.—
Ho was indulgent, kind and gentle in his family,
generous and steadfast in his friendships, and never
forgetful or ungrateful for a service, however slight.
Throughout his long life, over forty years of which
were spent upon tho bench, ho boro an unspotted
name,and his surviving friends have the consolation
of knowing that ho has achieved dial highest of all
honors which springs from a faithful performance
o( nil his duties.
IloAnoiNa Silver. —A recent trial in tho Dauphin
county court brought to light (ho fuel that two Gor
man families, living in tho same neighborhood in
Dauphin counly, had hoarded up a largo quantity of
silver for thirty years, and wo presume it would have
been hoarded for many yeafa more, but that a servant
girl found tho boxes and bags containing ft, and
helped herself to a few hundreds. What a ridiculous
system it is to keep money liid away in a house for
years, losing tho interest and being subject to rob.
bory and other attendant risks. Instead of doing
this, all persons hoving money, should loan it out to
somo prudent business man, and have it all the time
accumulating. This would help trade and commerce,
improve tho country, and Increase the fund fbr the
I owner.
THE PRESENT CALU-ITS OAjDSES.
However much, says the WosbingloJ Union, the
political journalist may deplore a sea on of dull
and stagnant calm, with its consequcr t dearth of
topics and incidents o£, exciting interest, the coun
try will cheerfully accept a monolonoul'toullnc in
public affairs as tho condition of socu,lWiot and
national prosperity. Tho present is precisely such
a season. Tho newspaper editor is nbsdmtely faiii
ishing for food for his columns. The Journals are
> all barren of interest, if we except their periodical
reports of shipwrecks and railway massacres. Tho
action of government is just as it shouldlljc—silent,
unseen, and unfolt. Tho country reposes in peace,
with n prospect which promises little for tho stock
speculator and tho dealer in public panics. No
portent of a rapture with foreign powers, no gath
ering cloud o( sccti onal s trilb, disturbs the serene
contentment of the nation. Tho pursuits.of peace
ful industry absorb the energy of the pooplctj and
questions of commercial enterprise, mechanical in
vention, agricultural improvement, and social pro
gress alone occupy the public mind.
In the neighboring republic of Mexico the scene
is quite different, and the tone of the public journals
is in violent contrast with our own. There every
thing is unsteady and uneasy ; government is in
process of revolution ; society is convulsed ; ifttTus
try is paral ized, and all tho oneigics of the nation
are absorbed in political controversy, and in settling
problems of State expediency. The tone of the
press is in harmony with this condition of things.
Sli rring appeals to tho patriotism of the people,
pathetic lamentations over the calamities of tho
country, angry disputes on questions of public pol-
lUrillmg nitirililvcs of ecporalo incidents in the
progress of revolution, im pa it lo (ho journal < of
Mexico an intensity of interest in strong contrast
with (he dull monotony of American papprs.
To the prudence and forecast of the now admin
istration the country is indebted in agrodt measure
for the present season of quiet and calm. President ,
Pierce assumed the reins of government at a pro- 1
carious period, and under critical circumstances. — I
The restless activity and adventurous ardor of the
American people had excited in certain quartos
serious apprehensions of n possible rapture wiihj
some foreign powers. But the President took oc- j
casion in his inaugural add rcss lo dissipate all fears 1
of the designs of government, and to'indlcatc n j
policy whfth, if consistently pursued, bo doubtless I
it will bo, affords a sufficient guarantee of a per- j
manent peace. The same uneasy apprehension was
felt in respect to the internal pence of the country.
Any exhibition of an intolerant and -prisoriplivo
policy in the administration would have kitnlledl
aficsh the flume of soctiunal agitation. But no such 1
spirit was betrayed. The President appreciated the :
responsibility of his pot-ition.and at once adopted nl
pol cy of conciliation. In the distribution of oflicc
no section of the country was ncglcctyd, and no
division of the party proscribed, and hence tbc
I valence of that feeling of content and harmony
which is the best evidence of u wise odimnistra-
Id suggesting the causes which have contributed
to piodnco the present calm in the public mind, we
I must not omit lo mention the remarkably straight
jfoiward and quiet manner in which Jhe administra
tion have entered upon their duties. They have
not startled the country by any sudden surprises,
simply because they hove been 100 earnest in devo
tion loduty for more theatrical display. Schemes of
retrenchment and administrative reform ore prose
cuted without ostentation, but not without effect, os
in due time (ho country will learn. Meanwhile we
can wish the rounlry no belter fortune than the
r " -- 4 --• •• 1.1 mb input of - ••
are soon in a prevalence nf monotonous quiet nrui
uninlcnupted piosprnly.
For lho Volunteer
SMALL POX—DICKINSON COLLEGE,
The friends and patrons of this venerable insli
lotion were, no doubt, surprised, and those who
had sons pursuing (heir studies here, terror-stricken
al (lie announcement that that loathsome disease,
(lie Small Box, had appeared within its walls; and
ii is fur their bonefi I that wo make following state
ments, leaving them lo draw their own inferences.
j The first case of sickness was bilious fevrrj
ending with the chicken pox; others soon follow
! ed, show ing either that the disease was contagious
I or that there was some prevailing locftl cause to
I which all were alike obnoxious. That .the latter
]is the fact we.will presently show—perhaps both
I are turn. Throe of the cases have resulted in the
| (Small Box, five or six in the mi'der type of Vario
i loid. Tho panic has stized ihu students, and they
I are leaving for their homes by scores. Whether
j they carry the contagion with them or not, time
will show. As a consequence, duties nre suspend?
«d, and the infected buddings will soon be desert
ed.
Now for the cause of all this confusion, sick
ness, and possibly death. They ore filth and im.
providence. Formerly ono of the officers of the
College was a Steward, whose duty was lo see to
the condition of (lie buildings and promises and
make all necessary repairs, lo provide for the wants
of the students in their rooms and their proper ac
commodation out of them, to have the filih prompt
ly removed from around the institution, ahd per
form other analogous duties. Through » short
sighted economy, the present year, that officer was
dispensed will), and his duties devolved upon (ho
Faculty. Tho consequence was those duties wore
neglected or but partially performed.
Tho President ordered that warm wcnthershotild
commence on lho first of April, ond no more wood
he provided lo keep awoy lho forbidden inolmn
onoy. Tho disobedient weather, however, paid
about as much attention lo lho Dr’s ‘lpse dixit' as
did the waves of the Hellespont to Xerxes' fellers;
and in ono of its spring moods turned a cold shoul
der to his suggestions. Perhaps il didn’t hcanho
orders read. The result mighl have been antici
pated. In die morning the students leave ihoir
'holes' reeking with Iho dampness, ond naturally
seek that comfort in the sun's rays which they
cannot find in their close chill rooms. Fever and
chills of course follow.
Another cause of disease we have hinted at is
filth in and around the buildings, too palpable to
bo passed by, 100 noisome not lo bo appreciated.
The rooms aro seldom swept, never scrubbed, al
ways overrun with vermin—rata and bed-bugs aro
(boir constant tenants. Tho roar of (ho Wool Col
logo is a sink for all thodecaying animal and vege
table oflfal from tho kltohon (hero located. Tho
basements of East College, as iho warm weather
approaches, aro Intolerable on nooount of lho
stench. Tho only way to purify tho out-housos
would bo lo burn thorn. But tho topic ia an un
pleasant ono, and modesty forbids its further dis
cussion. Tho abovo remarks aro thrown out lit no
spirit of malovolunoo, but simply that (ho commu
nity may havo a fair statement of facts. I have
said they may draw their own inference, ..
Onb Who Knows.
A sensitive young lady rocenlfy blushed deeply
at a bare idea.
Mr. Drawloy, a brother lo J. Portor Browloy, and
not (ho present Surveyor General, as was reported,
hat been appointed Register of tho Land Office al
Point Petra, Wisconsin.
‘ Ono hour in (ho bath,' Napoleon used to say, l to
freshoa.mo more than four hours of sloop." A say.
ing worth quoting at this season.
DEATII OP JUDGE GIBSON# I
At a meeting of tho Carlisle Bar, hold in the I
Court House,. ol’U o’clock, A. M., on Wednesday, j
the 4th Inst., it was organized by appointing lho«xon.
F. Walts, Chairman, and Lemuel Todd, Esq., Score I
lary. Tho Chairman elated the object of the meet
ing ns follows: . , i» J
Wo have assembled to condole with each other |
upon the decease of one, vviio, for tho past fifty years
has been the father and teacher of our profession ; |
and who os a Judge, in point of mind and logoi
learning, has occupied the very highest place in our
esteem, and as a man and a friend the warmest place
our affection. Sixty seven volumes of reports, spread
ing over a period of six and thirty years, record the I
sentence of tho law, so beautifully, concisely and .
aptly expressed by this great Judge, whoso honored '
life and judicial service has just yielded to the stroke
of lime. . ,
John Bannister Gibson was a native of Cumberland
county, born in Sherman’s Valley, in November.
1760; bo was a graduate of Dickinson College ;
studied the Law with the lion. Thomas Duncan and
was admitted to the Bar in the year 1804. 1 l.c
groat power of intellect which characterized him
through life at the early ago of thirty two year,
called him to preside over the Courts of a Nolhcrn
District of our Stair, and in Juno, 181fi«to the Su
premo Court ns lie associate of Tilghman and
Yontcs ; in this capacity ho served until the death
of Mr. Tilghman, when in Juno, 18127 ho was ap
pointed Chief Juslioo of the Supremo Court of Penn
sylvania. Upon 'ho amendment of tho Constitution
in 1839, which limited the tomuro of office to fifteen
years, ho was again appointed Chief Justice: and
upon the alloration of the Constitution in 1851, which
made the office elective, ho was chosen by the pco
ptc.
Nothing short of a laborious study of our profes
sion will enable us fully to appreciate those firm
foundations and pillars of tho Law. and cspoci illy |
those just principles of equity, which have boon so
bcaiililul/y developed and aptly moulded into rules j
of right, by his great mind. Wo cannot but regret 1
the /oss of such a teacher : wo cannot but lament i
(hut wo have been deprived of such a friend. |
Whereupon Hugh Gaullughor, Esq., offered the
following resolutions and made the following ro
marks:
Resolved, That as members of the legal profes
sion, and as friends and acquaintances, wo deeply
l deplore the death of the Honorable John Bannister
Gibson, lute Chief Justice of this Commonwealth —j
i one of the most distinguished, learned and upright j
i Judges of litis or any oilier country. 1
| Resolved, That in his death this Commonwealth ]
has sustained a groat lona [lie Bench one of its
brig lit cst oi nj men is—and I.aw itself, one of its most .
illustrious sagos. I
I Resolved, That os members of the Bar, and citi
! zena of the sumo town with the late Ch’uf Justice, |
j wo deeply sympathise with the affiictcd family of,
[ tho distinguished deceased in tho great loss they 1
I have sustained in Ilia death. I
1 Resolved . That three members of the Bar. together
with the officers of (bo meeting be a Committee to
j comrmimcjlo these proceedings to the family of
[ ihe 1 >le Judge Gibson.
I Mr. Chairman : In offering these resolution, 1
will remark that it ia hardly necessary for one rncm- I ions have done more lo mould the jurisprudence of
her of the Bar lo 101 l h is hr cl hern tbit the late Chief, the Slate, than the l« hors of any other mm. not oven ’
Justice was an eminent Judge, u distinguished Ju ■ j excepting those ol William Tilghman. lie com-j
r isl, and a IcoTncd lawyer. His jmlid ml life and I mcnccd (ho column of ii is Judicial fame in 181 6, and
earner arc well known to our profession. It has Iho has been creeling it ever since, for the period of
been long, useful, distinguished, honorable and up. 1 thirty-seven long years, and now that the cap-stone [
rigid. The numerous opinions written and deliver I Ins bocn placed, (ho builder bus departed, but the
ed by him on the Bench and published in olir many'column will remain forever. (
volumes of reports, conslitue his highest eulogium, j Lemuel Todd, Esq., said : Mr. Chairman i Never j
und rank Inin among (lie most eminent Judges and , having enjoyed an intimate acquaintance nith the
Jurists of England und America. These opinions , |alo Judge Gibson, I onnnot speak of his qualities ns *
show a profound knowledge of our boasted common a fri n nd, a hu-b tnd or p irent. Mis duly w»s alums!
law as it exists and is administered in tin gland and ( performed, and the measure of his life almost full,
in this country under the different circumstances of | before 1 entered the profession Mo is known to me
our political institutions,legislative and polity. They , only us u Judgo who has ioiprcuscd upon our Juris
also show a profound knowledge ol equity principles prudence the character of his own gigantic intellect,
and administration. We are told by Lord Coke that ] .uid done more during his long and dislingaished
law is the pcrleclion of reason, and wo may truly career, to give form, consistency and strength lo our
say in the language of mir grc.il master that these peculiar system, than any other man living or dead,
opinions of our late Coief Justice arc the perfection 1 1 is la hors us ex hi hi led in the Reports of oar Supreme
ol reason, and products of a powerful and riiscnmi j Court, fur the tool thirty odd years, evince, not only
noting intellect, schooled and trained by "long study, | a tnn.d of the highest inlcllcclual reach, grasping
often conference, long experience and coiilinu.il oh , with case ilia most comprehensive and difficult ques
serration.” It has often been re mar ked by members nrnis. and evolving (hereout judgments distinguished
of our profession (h.i( the hie Chief Justice would alike ibr their solid truth and logical accuracy, but
have mido on eminent Ch.ineellor. This is true, also an elevated morality that commands our homage
and although wo have no court of chancery, ho ad- and i« in perfect harmony with Christian ethics ;
mini stored equity principles and under common la w thus illusiruting how beautifully and beneficially
! forms wherever lie could when the justice of the they may he applied to the practical business of life.
[ case required it. It is but justice lo say of him th.il j But, perhaps, we may claim a closer relation
,in equity scii-ncn li.» w.i« ->« 1.-< i iu-d and 1 «nl, ih.> Ho \vns horn in our own
(ho Mntwn k<«, the 1 hunow«. ilio Lldon«, the Mir- county —was intellectually nurtured and trained
j shills, the Wash.ngions, and Kents. Agro.il Judge i, ( . n .-aih the fostering hand of the same beloved
ia oi.o ol 1 1.0 b.iglitiat >.».) inns, v.lui.M. J.w.l. >.l’« A l, na v„(or, .vlu.Bi. kindly 1,-aclilnß", 8111.1. d the
; frc ° ,“ nd “"V 1 "-"' 1 c ""ol ni'H I, . P p, 0f,,,,, y ninjt mention.! in ,1,0 .vny
jean boa., of,ooown,.,oa,non ~nO war,,,,,,, bo „ sr l,Hare in on. n.vn
1 the highest boast of r iviliz 1 1 ion is an enlightened , , c , , , ,
! Judiciary—eminent ...d ..,.ri K l,l Ju.lgc. who,d.„i„.: C r n " nl J «»• ll >" •>»"«
la.t-r tlio law » .11. ,„.,ll, 3 enoo ami loarnino, and in '" f ll ' l ' I'ro C. Bsu,„, vvlnrh has corned him lo ...
I hono.ly and |,ur,ly. In. an col.yl,lend aod well 1,r,1ll ,r,ll " lesl ~nill,,,n< , ‘ : and m our own hoanlir.il
1 administered public justice that holds the co.i.mum ‘ Ulli peaceful (■•wn. lie held and discharged the
:ly together. England und this country stand prr- 1 fol.nmn 0 f husband and parent, and reared up a
.eminent in this particular, nod amongsl the renown lamtly, R'uno of w horn, more than one of us, ran
itd sagos ul both countries of the common 1 1 w und pleasantly associate with our boyish sports and
equity systems common lo both,( Lief Justice (Jib pleasures, ll is therefore, peculiarly becoming
I sun is fully entitled to take Ins stand and hereafter in us lo mourn ilie departure of one so long con
| to bo called one of the fathers ul the law. | nected with our profession, and w ho has shed Ins-
The resolutions were seconded by William M. | tro on its namo by ddvoling lo il? development und
Diddle, Lsq , who said, lint the pro—eminence of the perfection, the untiring energies of a truly brilliant,
, lamented deceased us a jurist, deeply versed m Iho ' H culo and commanding mind. It is filling, that
rules of lho common I.w. and gra.|>ii>B in his mas. ] w „ „ )0 oclorB lho M lne forum where ho one.
ler mind .ho pni.ci,.l,-s of Inrl boon so do- movt . llt al.ouM manlfoß. a proper nnprccialion of
nuent v remarked on by Ihe mover ol iho reno ulions , ■ . „ i ; i n .. . ~
‘ . 3 , , 3 c . Ins groat services, and give public utterance to lie
us to render it unrorcssnry for him to dwell on (hat - . r r
topic. A. was iruly said by Iho e onllo,nan, "Cliicr " pnl of r-gre lha. fill our hear..
' Justico Gibson Is Justly r..tilled 0 pi, 00 among 1,1 lh« <!al»inll, whirl, h.B docoaso has brought
• lho ronowned Jurists ol Kngliuul nod .hi. cm.nuy, upon tho plll.lls; and il IB right, lha. WO who alO
. ' und lo bo oullud J.or« u (ior ..no of tho fathers of lho connected with him by associations, academic,
law" j proleHsinnal, and municipal, should lament the
With tint public in gener ul, wc os lawyers mourn dt ath of one, whoso name reflects honor upon each
1 his lo«* as dm l ol a great and grind Judge who con- 1 ono of iht'RP rel at ions, and 111 at wo should unite in I
* tnbuicd so largely und beneficially In build tip (ho humane and neighborly courtesy in rendering due
. admirable coinbiimliun of common law and equity I respect to lho memory of lho deceased. I there
that forms the basis of oui Pennsylvania junspru I c Jtdmlly approve of the sentiments contained
deuce; ns individuals wo lament our hurcuvcmcnt • in the resolutions offered.
m 11,0 dsparluro Iru.u uur m.d.t of a Iruo and rolia- j ~ |. -[kl . r , |.;„,„ sa i,|;_ Mr . ('hairman. Thai
b « noud. 1 u all ,0 was luud and cour.sous. Hi. con , mon inhori.anco whirl, all mrn share in ll.e i
uliable manners and brilliant conversational powers . , , r • . ■ ■
won bun Ibr rs.pssl and admiraliou of esen casual r " 119 ? n '™ B brca of a grra. mind IB hugely cn
scqusm.aucss ; wlnl.t I,is gcuerouß naluro and , ~i ’ I ncr ' l . 11,090 ' vl,Oßo l>" B, n»ss and properly,
warm and ufjeciionnio disposiiion secured him lho 1 v 'hose riylil and relations social or political, have j
esteem und love ol hi« (fiends, ll cun ho truly said been the immediate objects of its labors. Beyond i
of him those who knew him best love him most.— , this, sir, lho lusiro winch ono eminent for worth (
Carlisle w ill grieve that the last of her distinguished , R nd services sheds upon his profession is reflected
sons that have graced (ho bunch of the Supremo in degroo upon every momW*r, and the humblest I
Court hos been taken fiom tis. It is remarkable' as the most distinguished should feel and own
(act and ono of which her inhabitants may well feel debt of gratitude and veneration. And il is there- j
proud, (hat our town with Us comparatively small, fore, that wo have here assembled, n«>t atono ns
population has furnished no less than four of tho I attached lo that profession which ho adorned, hut
J ntigsß of ilia I Cuurl. K„sl lbs llsnonblo Il'igl. ] a l so aa oilizsns of ilia. Commonwoallli whicli has
It. UrcclisnnilgE. who „. Inh dualh was si.ccoo.lod, 1 profiled by his llfo-long lolls, lo pay our tribute of
" CII b) : i "• i rcßpccl, genuine however feeble, lo lho memory of,
Hum,raids Hum... Ounosn, and Is.l yby tbs flon-, 1110 departed Chief Juslieo CJihßon, lo mingle dnr l
orahlo John Kennedy. I-ur n period of «ioro Ilian : r , • , . . 1 ,"V° 1 ,
len years, during which tho Supremo Bone), of Bonn- ■?« n P a,h ‘«» f .°\ ‘ s l ". our admiration
eylvanio consisted of but throe members, two ofihom *. n c cc , ou. high appreciation of his
Justices Gibson and Duncan, were distinguished uislingmshod worth nnd services, lo not many,
citizens of this town. And after the number was ' 8 110 n , B P nn °* extended as was his, to
enlarged lo five, and Judgo Duncan had died, Cor- f owcr l ‘ l ° opportunity and ability to make his
lisle could still point with pride lo tho Chief Justice • ropveea so strong and lusting In Ids generation.—
and Judgo Kennedy. But alas! the last and as Kor nearly forty years as a member or as the heacl
Chief Justice the most prominent of those disiln- of tho highest judicial tribunal of this Stale wore
guisliod men, Ins boon cut off In (ho full vigor of lh6 energies of his great mind employed ossidtt- 1
his Intellect, and wo as citizens of Pennsylvania, as ously in the most important of civil functions lho
follow-townsmen, os members of the Bar, and as expounding of her laws, establishing and strength- 1
worm personal friends of lho Illustrious deceased, onlng their principles, and shedding lho strong
may woM mour" bio loss. oml steady light of Iris profound learning on llreir
•Mr. Dunham sold : 1 concur cord., ly, Mr. Chorr. douhla nnd’dfir.camc.. To have BO sustained his
man, In tho rosohilion. ..ITorod II a lals Cl.lof Jus. high o ni M Q 8 l 0 bave boo „ dccmcd ,
p^r, n ri™ r„d Bo ;„ o „ f .id a ::: i !p„ hmo f n ' ,o si ,i,vo
place of Hugh 11. DrocUcnridgo, who died Juno Ills <lorallon of n blory and a Konl, mighl
SGlti of that year. Tho remarkable promptness with 0 1 0 Ir j oBl tirdonl dmbnlon for legal dislinc
whlcli lho oppolntmonl waa made,allows thot it was l,on * * * IQ oharaotorlstlo of hie reasoning was
demanded by the public voice and was peculiarly 2 rcnl power of condensation, of his stylo nervous
nppropriolo. ness and perspicuity, with felicity of illustration.
From among the many able men in the. Stale, (ho Choice and onl in tho selection of words, peculiar-
Governor manifested no hesitation when ly oatoful and precise as to their value and moan-
Dreckcnrldgo died on day, Gibson was appointed in Ingi over emphatically tho right word In the right
his room ond stood lho next. place; his judicial opinions are models for clear-
At that time the Court consisted of Tilghman, ness and accuracy of expression, as for cogency of!
Youlcs and Gibson. The next yoar In 1817, Juslieo argument. Ills numerous decisions which fill and I
Yeatos diedl and 1 homas Duncan, of Hits place was enact lho pages of our Reports are his host and,
■olooisd in fill tho vacancy. moat enduring monument, n monument of Inlolloot.
, bunca°n from 1m “.mS T r 1". 1 ?." !
Logisljturo was passed, tho Blh of April, of that year, w |||> thn fruliH nf , ABAnr< ,i *| n ii Wa ? r,c B l°fod ,
declaring that thorooflor lho Supromo Court shull . ch in oilier domains of sol
consist of five judges Instead of throe ; ond Molton. n ’ >! oln R tcralu f° (ho fine arts his taste i
0. Rodgers und Charles Huston were appointed lho ou l l ” Q,et * nnd refined. But strength of in-,
i two additional judges,?; lolled, refined tasto, eminent worth and services,
i On lho demise of Judgo Tilghman, Judge Gibson ™ 11 Avail us not, I
was commissioned, the 18th ofMoy, 1827, as Chief i o make exception ftoni the common lot." |
Justice of the State. John Tod was appointed jus- has within tho post year gathered in a rich
lico in the place of Gibson. harvest from the ranks of "glory, worth and fame 1
Tho Ulo Chief Justice woe not groat by accident From both sides of tho groat ocean has the wall 1
or chance, but woo a groat man among groul men, a of nations gone up for their illustrious dead. Tho 1
great judge among great judges. To know and fool. conquerorof an hundred battles, Iho
this wo have merely to look ni liia colemporarioß and who have moved and governed nations, the eX*
associates on the bertph. 110 has thus fur been with pounders of a peoples laws have alike yielded td
Tilghman, Venice, Duncan, Tod, Rodgcra, and Hus* inovilable doom. Arid as Iho lesson is now brought
ion. —primus inter pares. homo lo us more nearly, more deeply do we feel
In November, 1827, Thomas Duncan died I ih&t * 4 lho path of glory leads but lo the lomb/’-ac
Frederick Smith of Reading was appointed in his To themf lQ a ||. a 8 l 0 ,he noble Roman, was th§
place. , A tQQn . I prophetic appeal of the spOctro uttered.
John Rosa was appointed IBlh of April, 1830, in ; r 1 v . . *,
, rr. i i i i.i > i Vonlot quin mlsccat omnei
place of Frederick Smith, deceased. Flora duces. Propcrate morl-
John Kennedy wne appointed SDll. of November, While w 0 Bre reTerono | ng t l, o roomo ry 0 f the emU
03-. t* dopotted, may not bo by » .v
1834, in place of John Rosa, deceased, and lima-the . ’ , . ~ ,
bench cohsisting of Gibson, Rogers, llueloo, Kenoe. .' ho Chairman appointed the foßowtog Corat
dy, and Sergeant continued until 1845, a period of Paflter, Wm. M. Diddle, K. Kl
cloven years without change; Hendefson, E B( 1 r s> t
In the latter year the term of Charles Huston expir FRRD K WATTS, Chairman
cd under (ho Constitution of 1837-8, and Thomas Lemuel Todd, Secretary.
Durnsido was clioacn to fill tho vacancy.
Richard Coulter was appointed by Governor Shunk,
Clio IGih of Soplombcr, 1846, in the place of John
Kennedy, deceased, and Thomas S. 801 l woa appoint*
od November 18lh, 1846, in place of Thomas Scr
gciint r reeipned.
George Chambers was appointed by Governor |
Johnston, 1 Oik of April. 1851, in pheo of Tho/nas
Burnside, deceased.
Thus the Court was constilutcd at iho recent, j
change of the constitution of the Stale by which the
judgfla were to bo elected by the people. |
Gibson and Coulter alono of the old bench were,
retained, both now gone—passed from earthly trihu- |
nasi, where judges aro changeable and mortal, into
that Inner Temple, and before that Judgment Scat
where sits The One Judge of all the ca-lb, unchange
able, infallible, immortal.
T,.c official associates of the person whoso death |
we now mourn hove been worthy of Ills fame, men |
of solid growth, and have done him ample justice.
At one lime I hoard llio present Chief Justice say,
(and ho judged,by the intuitive knowledge of o kind
| red spirit) that ho was utterly astonished at the
1 freshness and vigour fjf “ the old chief” in consulto-
I lion—that his mind appeared imboed with all (ho
j elasticity of youth as well as the wisdom of ngo, and
' grasped the whole range of legal science.
Al another and more recent period, when he had
known him longer and better) and as his admiration
increased, ho remarked that ho considered Gibson
the greatest mind ho hod ever mot—that notwith
standing his uge, his uta inertiae of body which his
mind had to oppose and overcome, and which con
j starlily dragged him down, his intellectual powers
1 were most brilliant and commanding.
] Chancellor Kent ranked him among Iho first ju
rists of this age, and it may be said of him ns he
| truthfully and beau ifully eild ofhis late lamented cul
league, Justice Kennedy, that “ ho clung to the com
mon law as a child to its nurse." Mis opinions arc
I as simple and elegant in their stylo as (hey are learn
*.cd and profound. Ilia powers of analysis and con
1 densatinn were remark tbb and peculiar lo himself.
{ Hut this great man has died lie owed a debt lo
, nature und it has been paid. In this also ho is stipe,
riur to all of us. His monument consists in Iho
legal reports of the S ole, commencing with 2 Ser
geant and Rawlo and terminating with 7lh Harris,
1 not yet published. His judical labors and legal opin-
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
Fifty or Sixty Patsengers Killed and a Number
Wounded.
Norwalk, Conn , May 6.—Tho morning train cri
tno New Haven Railroad ran off* the drawbridge at
this place this morning, causing one of tho most se
rious Railroad disasters that has ever occurred iri
this country.
The drawbridge had been loflopcn by accident oi
carelessness, and ibo locomotive and buggdgo csf,
with three passenger cars, were precipitated into thd
river, presenting a frightful catastrophe, there being
upwards of uno hundred passengers, men, women
and children, either involved in the ruins or sunll
beneath the water in tho car.
Great exertions wore made for (ho rescue of those
who reached the surface of the water, and many
have been saved, whilst a largo number of dead bod
ies have been picked up. Oho of the passenger oars
is entirely sunk beneath tho water, and it is sup*
posed that all who were in it have perished. The
number killed and drowned cannot bd less than fifty,
' while a good number arc seriously injured.
LATER INTELLIGENCE:.
Wo ore al length enabled lo give tbc annexed do*
tails, gathered from the New York and Connecticut
papers, of the horrid scene. They farm a most sick
ening chapter, which no ore can read without hav*
ing the intonscst indignation aroused aguinat~(ha
gaiilly parlies whoso recklessness caused this whole*
sale destruction of human life:
The express train for Boston, on the New IlaVrn
railroad, left iho C.mul street station, N. York, at 8
o’clock, on Fiidny innming. The train consisted of
two baggage CaTs and^fTirco first class passenger
curs. The baggage cars preceded the passenger Cars,
and in the rearmost baggage car was the smoking
apartment. The number of passengers in the train
was about one hundred und fifty,
The train proceeded, os usual, until it reached
Norwalk, ‘l5 miles distant, ut half p ist ten o'clock.
Half u mile oast of tho Norwalk station is a bridge
across the creek, and over the channel is a draw in
the bridge sixiy feel in width. The rules of the road
require that the spot d of tho train should be cheeked
at ilie Norwalk station, and the tram held well in
I liand until the engineer obtains sight of a signal—a
,icd ball upon u polo some 3U feel high, la vis*
I iblo nearly a half u mile from the biidgo v Thlsaig*
I nal is only displayed when the draw is closed and
I the (rack clear. Bath those precautions wore ne
glected upon this occasion ; tho speed was not slack*
ened nt the station ; the signal of safety had been
w ithdra wn foil ID minutes before tho train approach*
od, but heedless of the warning tho engineer dashed
on at a rule of nearly 30 mites an hour, until ho
readied the open draw, when such wos the momen
tum that the engine sprung across the chase of sixty
feet, dashing against the abutment on the opposite
fide but little below (ho level of the line of tho rails*
Tho draw 4 lud been opened to permit the steamboat
Pacific, from Norwalk for N. York, to pass through,
and she hid barely passed as the (ruin dashed In.—
Tho engine was followed by the lender, which rest*
ed upon it, the first baggage car wont partly upon
the lender, and pirtly alongside, tho second car,
containing the smoking npartmonl, went alongside
the first baggage oar, and two of the first class cars
were dashed among the wreck of those which pre
ceded them, while tho bottom of tho last oar was
broken in two, cross wise, tho forward part being
dragged into Iho submerged ruins, leaving ono half
the bottom and the entire sides and roof upon tho
truck Tho water in tho channel over which tho
draw is placed is from ten to twelve feet dcopal high
w o I c r.
'Plie frightful econo that ensued may bo conceived*
hni neither those who witnessed the occurrence, nor
those who escaped with their lives, can give an nd
‘ quale description. Tho oars wore so broken that
•hose who had not sustained any injury from tho
oollifisiun, inel-inlly bifoto to escape through the
windows and broken roofs, and it is wonderful that
under the circumstance so many succeeded in their
liforlß It is supposed that oil in the last oar es
caped— (huso who were dragged forward on tho
broken floor being thrown on the (opof tho wreck,
escaping few bruises. Those who were l*n
the two cars preceding tho last, were all im'merscd
in the water, but us fur os c.in bo ascertained, mbst
of them were rescued. Tho moment the accident
occurred, there were strong and willing hands which
j manned small boats fortunately lying near, and by
their c(Torts the rescue of the saved wos effected.—
Many of llinso in these oars sustained contusions of
greater or less severity. But few of those in tho
smoking car escaped; ami it is (ho opinion of Dr.
McLean, of Norwalk, who was In attendance, that
most of ihosu who lost their lives were seriously ‘in**
jnred by the crushing of tho car.
Of the passengers 11. the curs which fell into the
river, perhaps some half a dozen only were saved ;
the real, over fifty in number, were offered up a hco -
aloinb lo the Mulucii of the railway.
F.uirti O'Diiien. —A letter (roin this illustrious
exile, lo the Dublm Nation, calls to mind his saj
and unmerited fate, lie speaks like o man; his
sentiments arc still noble, patriotic,sublime. Tho
vile treatment of his unworly fuo bus not in the least
tainted his nublo mind. Alluding lo tho remark of
Lord Eglinlon, that "none of tho persons in whoso
behalf my interference is solicited, hovo expressed
contrition for their crimes, or manifested any sense
of gratitude or loyolily lo the gracious Soverign
wham (hey have so grievously offended, and lo whoso
clemency some qf (hem arc Indebted for thcir-livcs,"
ho says:
‘lf it bo a crime to have loved the land of my
fathers with q fanatic affection, then 1 am a crlmf
nal. If it bo u crime to have devoted, lo the welfare
of that land a life of unremitting toil, then I am a
criminal. If it bo u crime to luvo foregone for its
sake every object of personal ambition, und, what 1
prise still more, (ho endearment of domestic assoolo.
(ions in the happiest of homes, then 1 am a criminal.
If it bo a crime to have encountered for itssdko
every sort of obllquy and danger, then I am u crim
inal. If it bo a crime lo havo stooped for its sake
lo solicitations from tho British Parliament galling
alike to personal add national pride, then I am
a criminal. If It bo a crime, whan 1 found
peaceful remonstrances unavailing, (o havo incited
my countrymen lo appeal lo that final arbitrament
which oven England can honor in Hungarian fail
ure and American success, then I am a criminal.—
If It bo a crime lo havo desired to win llio freedom
, nnd independence of my country with the least pos
sible amount of bloodshed, and with tola) abstinence
from revolutionary excesses, then I am a criminal.
Wore 1 in the presence of my maker, I could not ac
knowledge os a crime this devotion lo Ireland.
How, then, can Ijcxprosa contrition for If to that
government*whloh has boon, both directly and Indl
rootly, both In times far remote and In (ho days of
Its recent calamity, the agent lo which it owes i(»
oppression and desolation."
J lIonniDLK C i j, a m it v.— An occurrence lias just
I ,allon P la °° Pofis. and it may bo well to inoko
I it known, os snob accidents ought to servo a'rex
i ampins. A gentleman, fooling a slight itching In
! his oar, took up a friction match In order lodispol
I it. In tho ardor of n conversation ho was sustain
ing, ho introdnord (ho sulphurous oud; tho contact
soon produced ignition, and tho downy lining ol
tho oar caught flroi a portion of tho sulphur adher
ed to tho (lash,.and burnt thoro persistently. Tho
unfortunate man never spoko again. His sufler
in{js wore so agonizing that Ins longue bceamo
powerless; and, after iwo days’ torment and una
vailing dlbrla of tho Burgeons, ho died.
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