TICE VOIX'XTEKK.
John Da Dratta»tDdUor andPropriotor
CAIltilSIiE, MAT 5,1653.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS*
pon CANALOOMUIBBIOKEB,
THOM-AS fl. FORSYTH,
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
70R SURVEYOR GENERAL,
X POSTER BRAWLEY,
OY CRAWFORD COUNTY.
CortrtV. at Carlisle, lot 1853.
Sessions and Oyer and 1 Orphan’s.
Terminer. ’ I Tuesday, August 30.
Monday, Augusts. j Tuesday, November 1.
MendayrNovember 14. [ Tuesday, Decembers?.
, .DEATH OF JUDGE GIBBON*
i • le?rn by Telegraph from Philadelphia, that
out townsman, Judge Gibson, ono of the Judges
”bf Ihe Supreme Court, died at tho United Slates
rHoXel»Jft.lbat.city, on Tuesday morning, at 2 o’-
clock. Hiafamily wore with him in his last mo
. '.jneqts. The Judge had been ill for several weeks,
-but oclll recently he was not considered danger
" cei»- - As a jurist he had a wide-spread reputation,
and his death will be much lamented by tho mom
: bers of the legal profession.
'‘.Cdbm Planting.—A number of farmers in ibis
neighborhood ore al present engaged in planting
corn.
. >:Thb Crops. —From all parts of the country the
crops present a favorable appearance, and there is
every reason to beliovo that the yield will bo unu
g°od'
Pre-pay your postage—subscribe for Iho Vol
onf«r—love your wife, if you have ono—kiss Iho
pretty g— —,'"ahd heaven will bless your store.”
3. M.Coqpbr, Esq., the able editor of the Cham
bersburg. Valley boa been appointed an ln-
Mr. Drown, in the Philadelphia Custom
HouSe. Salary $l2OO per annum. Success to
£6u,\Johrt-
Ramsey,—The numerous friends of
ErHved/in good health, nl New *Vorl(^ , on ll f)oi/l , ?i
Store Ship" Relief,” from Duenna Ayers and -1
MOfTlCvidoa. We received a sliorl epistle from bun
a- day or two since, in which ho says—" as soon as
-Wy official business will permit, I shall eco you at
Carlisle.” His friends will bo happy to extend
him a cordial welcome to hia old slumping ground.
'• What swaps and changes.”
Seriously Injured. —VN p le.irn that Mr. Robert |
Graham, of South Middleton township, fell o(Tj
the barn of Mr. Woods, on Saturday Inst, and was ,
so much injured that hra hfo is despaired of. Mr.'
G. is a worthy citizen, and should the injury prove
fatal, his loss will be deplored by all who had the
pleasure of on acquaintance with him. j
Death or Thomas Elder, Esq.—Thomo* Elder,
E*q., Presidanl of Harrisburg Bank, and who was
well known throughout the State, died on Friday
morning last, al his residence in Harrisburg. His
age was or yBa» P .
A Run ovr.—On Monday morning last a five 1
hors® loam belonging to John Craighead, of South
Middleton township, look fright at a train of Cat- j
tie cars, passing through our town, and before the j
driver could gel ihe horses under his control, they
ran off at full speed, passing round the Market
House and out the piko toward Paperiown, mak
ing the dost fly in all directions. After running
for about three quarters of a mile, the driver (who
remained in the saddle all the time,) goi the team
nndet his control, and after giving two or ihroo of
bis horses a sound wagon whipping, proceeded
toward home.
New Pater Hanging EarADueiistENT— At tin*
time of (he year, when housekeepers fuel m the no
lion of fixing up and making now improvements f.>r
their comfort, it will not ho amiss to direct their at
tention to the new establishment of Messrs. Long
slrolh & Brothers, in Third street, abovo Market,
Philadelphia, whoso advertisement will bo fuuml m
aoolhet column. The assortment of Messrs. Lung
llrctk 'll p«lh«pi on« of lli« nm) tnunl \)CU lit I t"u I
to be found in Philadelphia, and it will bo wolf worth
m rhll from oar readers, in all sections, to examine
their stock before making their purchases.
A Cask or Hoaircms.—Coroner. os. C. Thomp
son, was called upon on Wednesday morning o 1
last week, to hold an Inquest over the body ot n
young Englishman, named Frank Dunino, ami
who for some months past had resided in Hoges
town. The inquest was held al the public house
of George Duoy, in said village, and it appeared
from the facts adduced, that sotno six weeks since
the deceased and a young man named Natiianiei.
R. Snowden, mol at a Singing School, where they
got into a dispute, when Snowden (who is repro.
seated as a wild reckless scamp,) struck Duntng
on the head with a heavy iron poker, canning a
fracture of the skull. J’ho deceased was laid up
for several weeks, but at length appeared to be I
recovering from the injury; ho wont to work again. |
but was soon compelled to take his bed, and on i
the night of the QGih till., he died of inflaaiaiion ]
of llib brain, produced by the blow ho received I
from Snowden. I
A post-mortem examination was ordered by die
Coroner, and performed by Doctors Ciunk,
MAtt and Haldeman, which furnished conclusive
evidence that death was caused from the injury re
ceived on tlio head. The brain over the temple
had decoyed and mattered, and a considerable
fracture of the skull tvas also found. The jury
therefore returned the following verdict, “ijiat the
deceased, Frank Duning, came to bis death by a
blow with o poker in the hands of one Nathaniel
Randolph Snowdon, on the 2d of March last.”
Snowden is not a resident of our county at tins
time, having moved lo Washington county, with
hi* mother, early in the spring. Efforts, we learn,
are being made to discover hi* whereabout*, that
he may bo arrested and punished.
FoOßtn or Mancir.—Do our readers generally
know tlio reason why Ujo Foorlh of March wm
chosen is tho day of (ho inauguration of iho Proai
denl of tho United Statea 7 It was selected because
the foorlh of March In every year, commencing frorni
the firil inauguration cannot cqmo on a Sunday for
least three hundred years,
TheG,
* Grand Jury of the Clly and County of Phila
delphia, hrro m«d« » apcclal presentment against
Arthur Spring,no*' under sentence of death for the
murder of, Joitiph Rink.
ROROUQD IMPROVEMENTS.
Wo published, a few weeks since, the Ordinance
of the Town Council on the subject pavements
The Ordinance is plain and positive in its provi
sions, and requires no'explanalion by us. As yet
wo have not noticed ai single bad pavement taken
up to be relaid with gkod brick, as Ihe Ordinance
demands. Why is this 1 Is this Ordinance, like
many before it, to be disregarded and put at defi
ance? We hope not. Too long have Dorough
Ordinances been unheeded. It is time our
rough officers should exercise their authority,
and enforce tho law a imsaod by Council. ••
It is a part of the duly, as it is a part of the
oath, of tho Chief Burgess, to see that all Ordi
nances of Council are faithfully complied with.—
It is his sworn business, therefore, to see that the
Ordinance lately published on (lie subject of pave
ments, is compiled with In its every provision.—
Should he fall to perform this duty, he not only
violates his oath, but he subjects himself to a
prosecution; and, ho may rest assured, he shall
not escape the penalty if ho invokes it in this in
stance. To use the language of one of our very
best citizens and a heavy lax-payer, with whom
we conversed a day or two since, “If the Ordinance
on pavements is not enforced the gentlemen com
posing the Council deserve the execrations of our
citizens, and the Chief Burgess prosecuted and
punished.” It is indeed a mere mockery to have
Borough officers, if Ordinances are not to be ob
served.
Now, Messrs. Councilman, Burgessmen, and
other Borough authorities, we desire to see you
perform your duties, and If yon fall to do this,
Vhere hib iUusb vrlio qio ready io See \f there be no
law to compel you to do so. We are tired, and
so are all our good citizens, of pleading and talk
ing on this subject. Under tho new Borough
charter there is a way to punish delinquent Do
rough officers, and, to use-a favorite expression of
a lypoofour Borough, “by the holy virgin Mary,”
the law shall be observed.
Posltlou of Bnrope
There is something anomalous in the present as
pect of Europe, says tho Baltimore Argus, something
to nrrost Iho attention of tho thoughtless, and to ex
cite the speculations of (ho politician. On the surface
nil in peaceful, itnd tho several crowned heads make
strong protestations of their “dhtinguished regard”
* for each other. While beneath this spacious inlcri
, or there is rankling a spirit of suspicion, and jealous
watchfulness, ns 1/ each party was looking for some
I overt act on the part of tho other. This seeming
pence is only on armed neutrality, which may bo
changed al any moment (o an altitude of active and
1 : .T““**■>'-• .adm rnijiv Iho manifold bits.
• mgs of civil and religious liberty —who select our
own political rulers and our religious teachers ac
cording to (ho dictates of our own judgment—can
hardly understand how men tike ourselves, can bo
content to bow down in slavish fear (0 orbilary ru
lers. who impiously claim a divine right lo oppress
nnd trample upon them. Such degradation seems
1 to us fur more insupportable than all the dangers of
the most desperate struggle for liberty ; ond wo feci
as if it were impossible for men not to rise up against
such oppression and do bailie for their emancipation.
I True, ages of despotism have passed over Europe
1 ages ol menial darkness—in which the light of lib
j orly lus been narofully excluded by Iho despots in
power, and Ibis is their only «ajfguard; and well
(hey may seem lo know it, and the effort to exclude
this light is increased by all (ho means which .des
potism can command. Tho press is everywhere
fettered —rhe truth is everywhere forbidden lo bo
(old —the dungeons ora crowded with those whose
intelligence mokes them dangerous to reigning dos
. .nA U.a .iu... A*-1 - - * j —.a a 11,. fini ii
of the people, and prevent their following thiTcVnm.
plo of this country. Will these efforts succeed 7
WiH the groat, humbled nnd down trodden mosses
continue lo bo more hewers of wood and drawers of
walcr fur Ihcir lordly masters 7 This Is 0 question
which lime must answer; fur ourself wo hope lo see
tho day when the people shall arise in the might and
majesty of their power, and throughout all those
groaning lands shall be heard iho earthquake about
of ihcir gathering hosts, as with ono heart and one
voice they unite in Iho thrilling cry, “ Give us lib.’
crly or give us death.”
Our friend, Mr. Wai. C. Gould, editor of that
able Democratic journal, the Eaton (O.J Demo
crat, has, wo are pleased to see, been appointed
Post Master at Eaton. Mr. G. is a nativeof Car
lisle, and a graduate of the / ’ulunicer office, having
served his apprenticeship with our predecessor,
Mr. Sanderson, and afterwards worked for us as a
journeyman. During the Into Presidential con
test, Mr. G. performed yeoman'* netviua to »1,0
| Democratic parly, and wo rejoice io see (hat Ins
I bcrvioos havo been apppciaied “by the powers
that be.” Editors, notwithstanding they general-j
ly do all the fighting for the parly, are 100 often
the last to receive the political rewards. Wo'
therefore congratulate friend Gould on his good
fortune, and, to use a favorite expression of our!
old fnend May. Ramsey, we> hope ho “may have
a money-making time of it,”
Q.'j' The oldest non of Queen Vijloria begins lo
exhibit military talent, am] lias received an appoint
ment mi Gencrnl or Mnjor General, with op addit
ion of some half million of dollars attached to Ills
salaries. Mo has a 1 rcjdy stormed one lea pot and
two codec pota — -Ex. Paper.
| The Pennsylvanian copies the above item, and
jomarlii “tU«t i* not a liundrcdtli part of the "i|»on>
mg” his royal momma has performed,,/f half (lie
| atones ore true that are 10/d of /lor belligerent pro
pensities. She storms tho sleeping apartments of
all her household every morning ul day-break, be.
sides divers miscellaneous ihundcr squalls ol “(he
Royal consort” during the day.
The item we have quoted contains mailer for deep
reflection Hero is a half idiot boy, who lias scarce
reached his teens, appointed lo n high military rank,
; with half a millions of dollars added lo Ins already
Ime Disputed Mexican Teiuutorv.— Mecilla, the enormous salary as Prince of Wales. All this
town winch gives name lo the territory in dispute mammoth appropriation wrung from the over-tasked
between Now Mexico and Chihuahua —or between ' and over-burdened toilers of that unhappy Kingdom.
Gov. hone of tho one, and Gov.Trias of the other— j Those ore a few of Iho revolting features of mon
ib a new settlement on tho Rio Grande—so now,that arohy, but there ore olheis far more hideous still,
jit ia not mar\cd on the ordinary maps. It is about 1 It is a fact, notorious as day-light, that this heir
i .18 or 41) tn ilea above the P aso, and at no great dis | apparent lo I lie British throne, is sadly tie hr lent in
| limce below tho famous desert plain known as the Ins mental dcvelupomcnl—in other words, that there
Jurnadu del Muorto. Ii is; or was, rather more an is something wanting in the upper story ; that there
Ain ci lean than a Mexican act tie men I, always being are upper appartmonts lo let, unfinished and unfnr-
Mipposed lo bo within the American line, until (ho niahed. Yet. bo ho blockhead, knuv o or fool, if |,I B
uliaeiTaiiiina oftlic Ouiiiniiasiuncrs appointed to lay ' life is spa red, ho must bo King of Great Britain
down the boundary according lo the treaty ofGuad. | head of tho Church, the defender of the Faith. J
ulupc Hidalgo appeared to throw it on the Mexican Such is (lie law.’*
aide; upon which the Mexicans took poaciblo pos’ | ~ j
session. It is now but a few miles distant from the [ fI E, - ,rF Notes. —The press does not seem clearly 1
well known field of the Drazito, where Doniphan ' lo undorß,anrf ' BB well * l m:iv no( . '*» the moss of
obtained his first victory, four hundred and filly 0 f con^lß i° n of the end of a session, what provision was
his men flogging (waive hundred Mexicans —heroes mQtJo in ro ff ,0 relief notes. The provision in the
of Chihuahua, with tho black flog —in twenty min- o PP ro P ria,ion b 'H ' B . ll 'nt all Bums duo lollieCom-!
utes. missionors of the Sinking Fund are l<f bo paid overj
Tits -Leather Tnane.-Tho ~|o‘D f bools and, •>"> most defaced of Ibis filll.y currency, which i,
shoes by the wholesale dealers in N, York b " c ' ncollc ‘ 1 ' ond nov(!r “E“'“ re-issued—Harris
lo nboul 86,000,000 per your, There are four firm. Aur<r
wbo each tlo a business of about half a million por 1 A pigeon roost is mentioned by (bo Fort Smith,
nI1,ltlI,1 • Ark. Herald, ns existing in that region. It com-
SilAl.L OvEfiHioiir.—Tl>o Logisldlurc of Panniyl. >noncoa bljoul 28 miles from Fori Smith, ond oi
vonia recently inviled Ihc Legislature of Maryland ,ond " for u P wardfl 20 mi,aa on »ldo of (lie
and Uie Baltimore authorities to a public dinner, j Poteuni ,owil,,la a fow inilcß of Waldron, in Scott
coaling near six thousand dollars, Tho- dignitaries i ooun *y» Ibo number of tho birds is beyond com
did justice to tho viands, but our Lodslaturo no-r utll * on
gloOlod, ill (bo hurry of business— being a sosaion of
only three months and a half— lo make on oppro-
priation lo foot Iho bill. The next Legislature will
(licrefore,have to pay for the last Legislature’* din.
nor, btil as their bands will go into (ho same pock
ots—ibo people’s—il will not make much pecuniary
dilTeronco to (ho members of the Legislature.
A friend who happened at Harrisburg on (he oc
casion of the Legislative banquet, says a bottle of
champagne could not be found in town next morn-
ing. Real pain was as plenty as graashoppers in
hmetl lime. I
SI»loo«<Ilor Destiny. ,
The political and Mexico
tit Iho present time is attracting the attention of
political economists, who see thereln vast jresulta
unfolding themselvs. Sho has a . foreign debt
pending of about $53,000,000, and a domestic one
of @76,179,406, making a round aggregate of some
$130,000,000 to struggle against, without this abil
ity of paying. That her resources for liquidation
are diminishing is a fact, shown by llte decrease
of her revenue, from $20,000,000 before hpr. inde
pendence to $10,000,000, under Oen. Arista, *How
can this immense debt bo met, each yeifr adding!
to its magnitude 1 Certainly not from revenue, n 9
shown; certainly not from taxation,Tor (he wopje
ore poor and have certain insurrectionary feqjjngs
that will not bear tampering with. Taodd to the
weight of Mexican tribulation, Santa Anna has
returned with all his hostile feeling toward the
Culled Slates, and every disposition to annny fts.
His policy is not yet revealed, but, to judge from
his past conduct, we have but little to hope from
it. He certainly Will not be able to free Mexico
from the burden that oppresses her. Nothing but
trouble can result from his return, Mexican wri
ters aro seeking for an answer to the problem of
what they are to do,and aro looking, some of them
hopefully, towards annexation with this coantry
as the solution; others, with dismal looks, openly
admit the chances of such a result, one writer say
ing, lhal'if the remedy is not, found In a spirit of
unity—which he admits does not exist —“the
United States will obtain the object of their In
irgues, and Mexico will at length bo blotted out
from the catalogue of nations.” What that oblil
station means we leave for others to infer.
LETTING np MAIL CONTRACTS.
The Washington Union congratulates Postmaster
General Cahoeu. upon the satisfactory and fUccc*s
ful termination of llio laborious dtflica of life first
letting of mail contracts, and says llio General Post |
Office Doparlmonl on Tuesday presented a sdcnc of
unusual interest, quite refreshing at (his dußponml
of the year. It being understood that the decisions
of the Postmaster Genera! on the great mail jading* '
would bo publicly declared, a large number of con |
tractors who had remained in that city, as well us
the representatives of those who had loft, assembled
for the purpose of ascertaining the result bf his dc
liberations. The regular lettings of the -present
spring embraced all the mail service of Now England
and York ; in addilion to this, a largo number
of routes in other Stales, established by Congress in
August last, were necessarily included, altogether
covering nn area in extent far greater than nffy pre
vious letting since the organization of our govern
incut. On the fourth instant, I fie mass of (ho pro
tiosuls received m the Contract Office weVo formally
opened. According iu pi », u uw,
oach bid, with every paper attached thereto, is mark
cd with the initials of the principal officers of the de
partment ; they are then passed to the clerks, by
whom their contents are examined, endorsed, re ox
smined, recorded, Hied and registered. The books
thus prepared, are submitted to the chief of the Con
tract Office, who bestows upon them a careful mid
thorough supervision, after which they ore laid before
the Postmaster General fur his decision. Thus, it
will bo perceived that In about eighteen working days,
in addition lo the current business of his office, the
head of the Post Office Department can boost of (ho
performance of an amount of labor never before
equalled bore.
As nearly ns the Union could judge, the announce
mcnl of Tuesday referred to upwards of one thousand
routes. The Postmaster General expressed his entire
readiness to listen to any appeals; and in a few
eases, when his views in regard to certain grades of
service, wore requested, the explanations ho sochcer
concurred In T>y Iho cfomurring parries. It was, in
deed, remarkable (bat the reading of so ma'ny routes,
with all the explanations, occupied bat four hours'
time. In his deliberations, Judge Campbell has
sought lo furnish lo every part of tho country (he
highest grade of service that (ho resources of his
department would justify. In many instances (ho
number of weekly trips hive boon incroijpcd. “ Ccr-|
Uinty.” reliable service, has been his aim j in secur
ing which ho has evinced every disposition to pa** i
fair prices. The estimate of cost not having yet
been made tip, wo defer until another number any I
statement of the increase or decrease under tho pres
, cnl engagements of llio mail service.
Tlio Washington Union stales dial tllC xupioro pf
1 (lie foiling health of President Pierce aro oul pply
unfounded, but that i( has decidedly improved since
)iis inauguration, and iio lias gained both'in weight
and in strength. His habits of method give him
leisure for tho exorcise necessary to sustain his
health.
Foreign Goods for tub World's Fair.—* The
steamer Humboldt t brought 26 oases of goods for
exhibition at the World's Fair. The ship Meta,
from Bremen, also arrived at Now York on Tuesday,
with 146 oases of goods for the 'exhibition.
NEW RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
In (be Immense,list pf acts passed at the late ses
sion oftbe Slato Legislature, wo find the lilies of no
less than tliitly one newly incorporated Railroad
Companies, of which the following is a catalogue :
Charliors Valley Railroad Company**
North Western Railroad Company.
Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Company.
Lock Haven and Tyrone Railroad Company.
Delaware, Lehigh & Wyoming Valley R. R. Co.
Philadelphia and Baltimore Contra! R. R. Co.
Tuhhanhoek Railroad Company.
Vonango'Railroad Company.
Reading and Kulztowti Railroad Company.
Brownsville Railroad Company.
Chambdrsburg and Allegheny Railroad Co.
Towonda and Franklin Railroad Company.
Juraoy.Shore, Pino Crook &, State Lino R. R. Co.
Lowisburg, Centro and Spruce Crook R. R. Co .
'Marvin Crook Railroad Company.
Boallsvillo and Waynesburg Railroad Co.
Panther Creek and Laurel Run Railroad Co.
Colobrookdaio Railroad Company.
Waynesburg Railroad Company.
Ligonior and Lalrobc Railroad Company.
Columbia and Octorara Railroad Company.
Pittsburg and Cleveland Railroad Company.
Union and Waynesburg Railroad Co.
Stale Lino Railroad Company.
Nicholson Run and Pino Swamp Ral'rnad Co.
Fork, Dillsburg and Grccnoasllo Railroad Co.
kingsessing on'd Philadelphia Railroad Co.
Allentown Railroad Company,
bnrp Railroad Company,
Washington and Blcoksvillo Railroad Co.
Bradford and McKean Railroad Co.
We have no moans, (says the Bulletin) of ascer
taining the lengths of alt these projected railroads,
but it would not be far out of (ho way to say that
llify average forty miles apiece. This makes 1340
miles of railroad, and estimating Iho costs at say
$25,000 a mile, wo have Iho moderate sum of $31,-
900,000 to bo expended on entirely now works.—
Then there are some hundreds of miles now in pro
gress, wliTch will consume many additional mil
lions. Besides all these, the list of Legislative adts
embraces a groat many supplements to former char
ters, authorizing extensions and branches of some
railroads, extending the lime for completing others,
authorizing corporations to subscribe to slock of
others, and explaining the details of others. All
those, with the railroads now in process of construc
tion, will call fur an outloy of some twenty millions
of dollars ; so that wo speak moderately when wo
estimate the amount the people of Pennsylvania arc
called upon to expend on railroads, wiliiin a few
years, at about fifty millions of dollars. It cun
scarcely bo less than this, and may be far more, but
this will do for Iho present. In the meantime wo
may ask, where is the money to come from 7
Trim, eor Seduction. —ln tho Superior Court of
New York city, on Tuesday and Wednesday, a case
oi'scdaclioq was tried, (he damigcsof winch were
laid at $lO,OOO- The parties ore Pennsylvanians,
and both residents of Pultsvillo, where they are said
* • V-* cafpll Irnnnn.
| The young lady, Miss Caroline Thomas, who sued
through her uncle, Mr. Ephraim Thomas, a resident
| of Now York, staled that she was seduced, under o
promise of marriage by the defendant, a voting man
j named Joseph P. Me Barron, but that ho broke his
] engagement, and leaving her cncicntc, came lo Now
! York, some lime in 1851.
Plaintiff followed him (hither, slated the case to
her uncle, and tho uncle at one procured his arrest.
Defendant endeavored to prove her previous bad cha r
ctcr; also the suit was only a conspiracy to obtain
money. Those arc the principal points in the case, tho
details are hardly fit for publication Tho trial re*-
sultrd in a verdict for plaintiff, of $3,600.
Legislative Business. —Tho Pennsylvania tegis
latnre, at its last session, passed no less than five
hundred and six bills; but os many of these were
‘ omnibus" bills, embracing a number of subjects,
there were, wo find, on carefully going over llio list,
no less than cloven hundred and sixty-seven distinct
looisintiu... —' • • •
act* incorporating new railroad companies ; seventy
eight referred to railroads already in existence;—
ninety were nets incorporating new plan It road com
panics or supplementary to old'oncs, and (lie grout
mass remaining referred to every sort of subject
from providing for the expenses of the governmon,
down to digging a well. Many of the matters Unit
consumed llio lime of the Legislature, were of the
most trivial character,and might huvouH boon com
prehonded in a few general laws. When will this
growing evil of special luw mulling, which has oF
ready entirely destroyed everything like system and
uniformity in our civil code, bo checked / If the
people are awako to their own welfare, they will do
mond a radical reform in this respect, in terms not
to be disregarded.
| Down East Divimtt.— The Reverend Clergy at
I Norwich, have struck for higher wages, threatening
I to lot their congregations go to the devil, ‘as stroight I
jos a fish.hook,' unless the pastors are allowed fifty
per cent more than former prices. In defence of
this move, they say that beef, mutton, turnips and
potatoes have gone up, and prayers mid sermons 1
must go up 100, or else congregations must
must go down. According to the Now Haven Palla
dium, one of the prime movers In this theological
strike is the Rev. Mr. Gulliycr ! What Lilliputian
souls the members of his church must possess, to
make it necessary for their spiritual advisor to
stand out for better pay ! It would servo such fol
lows right to leave them exposed to the wiles and
craAe of Bolszobub.
A Curious Case.— James R, Birnott, a colored
man. has applied for n mandamus, to compel the True,
lees of the Now York College to admit him to the
profession of a physician. The affidavits for the
plaintiff set forth that Barnett ii a Baccalaureate of
Now York University; that ho studied medicine
with eminent physicians in that city, and that he
was regularly matriculated nad admitted to the mod.
ical and surgical cliniquesof the College, and alien
doe one regular course of lectures. At the next
term ho wos disfranchised and expelled, because ho
was « person of color. The Trustees admit the fd'cls,
bu' justify their conduct on (ho ground, (hat by the
course and usage of that tnsitiution, persons of color
ore not candidates for the degrees of doctor of medi
cinr. The court has reserved its decision for Lhoir
further deliberation.
There ore throe kinds of men in (his world—the
‘willV the ‘Jwon'le’ and the -cun'ls.’ The former
c-tFcct everything, tho other oppose everything, and
ilic latter fail in everything. I ‘ will' builds our
railroads and steamboats : I • won't' don’lboliovo in
experiments and nonsense: while I • can’t' grows
weeds for wheat, and commonly ends his days in (he
slijw digestion of a court of bankruptcy.
Tho Philadelphians are luxuriollng on slrawbor
tics and green peas.
Tho ‘rapping* mania is filling tho lunatic oeylums
with victims, and doing more mischief than any
other nuisance that over existed. '
CT It Id eta tod in tho papers (hat a steamboat wil
shortly, ply upon the Susquehanna river as high up
as Sjnbury.
Gov. Bigler has withdrawn his requisition for
Thomas McCreory, of Cecil county, Md., on the
charge of kldnopping tho Parker girls.
It Is said the street beggars in Now York have
caught the prevailing opidomlo.-and aro also on a
•trike! -On amTaftoMho 4lh of July, they intend (o
refuse any thing loss than a sixpence.
The Steamer Independence.
Wo find the fdllowlng account of the loss of this
steamer, in one of bur exchanges:
Tho Bloomer Independence was lost on the 16th
of February, havipg been run dshoro on tho shoals
off Margarclla Island. There wero 500 passengers
on board al tho lime, all of whom leaped into tho
sea, and of whom 150 to 200 wero lost In their ef
forts to swim.nehoro.
Margarclla Island is upon' tho coast of Lower
California.
'.After striking, tho Independence backed off, but
finding 8 feet water in tho bold, Captain damson
ordered the Pilot to run hor on tho beach, 300 yards
from tho main land. Tboro tho ship took tiro from
the intense boat of the furnace,and tho flames spread
ing rapidly, created tho most frightful consternation
amorg the passengers. A heavy sea was running
at tho time, and all the boats weroswampod in try
ing to got ashore. To add to tho horrors of the
scone, tho fire reached tho powder magazine, which
exploded with terrific fora’o, shattering tho stern of
tho steamer into fragments, and blowing many
passengers Into the air ; others Jumped into the sea
and were carried off by tho strong current sweeping
from, the shore.
who had previously reached (ho shore wero
unablb to render tho sufferers any assistance, and
wore [obliged to remain passive spectators, while
hundreds of men, women and children wore perish
ing by tho fire and soa. Tho ship finally swung
around, with her broadside to the shore, whore her
coal took fire, and sho was entirely destroyed.. Tho
passengers saved found themselves on a barren and
uninhabited island, without food or walor, where
they remained 5G hours, in a slate of intense suffer
iug. Finally, by firing a cannon, they wero able to
attract tho attention of whaling vessels lying in
Mngduleno Boy, a few miles off, which came to
their assistance with provisions, and in the and look
thorn off.
The Roval Family of England.— lt may interest
our readers to know the present numerical condition
of the British royal family, and hero it is :
The Queen, Alexander Victoria, was born May 28*
1819.
Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Eminncl.
of SaXu Coburg ond Gutho, was born August 96,
1819.
Tho twain was married at tho ago of 21, on the
lOili of February, 1840. The issue has been :
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, born November
21,1840.
AlbcrL&lwnrd. born Nov. 9. 1841.
Alice M.iub, Mary born April 25, 1813.
Alfred Eafjrcsl Albert, born Aug. G, 1644
Helena Augusta Victoria, born M«y 25, 1845
Louisa Caroline Alberta, born March 18, 18-18
Arthur William Patrick Albert,born M iy 1, 1850
A son not yet named, horn April 7, 1853.
Severe Storm in Delaware. —On Fridiy list,
quite a violent storm passed over Christiana Hun l
drctl, Delaware, doing considerable damage lo prop
erty. The steeple on tho Presbyterian Church was (
demolished, the nUhlcs of David Tu) lor and of the
Washington Inn blown down, and a large quantity '
of window glass broken in various dwellings. In]
Wilmington, also, about a thousand panes of glass 1
were broken In the green house of Mr.
and a house occupied by a fimily named Hubbard
oiru.U V.y t>gl,ining- and alighlly injured. 1
Burns' Sister. — It appears from llio New York
Herald, that the editor has received a pair of Socks,
knit by the venerable Mrs. Begg, the surviving sister
of Burns, now in her eighty-second year, lo bo ex
hibited at the Grand Exhibition to lie held in Now
York io a few weeks. Coming from tho source they
do, those Sucks will bo objects of groat attraction
and will no d mbl bring a high price, from the desire
of the admirers of tho immortal Scutch bard lo po
ssess something coming from so near a relative.
Sad R Rsufij’ of Spirit Raitinoh. — It is staled that
a lady of Northampton, Mass., a lady, 100, of beauty,
loveliness, and intelligence, (he mother of six chil
dren, the youngest of which is an Infant, has become
a raving maniac through tho influence upon her
mind of (he spiritual manifestation. Site was con- i
vcyod lo tho Bradloboro’ insane hospital on Wed- J
ncsday.in such a slate of excitement that it look two '
attendants to hold her. |
silver coin, in quarters, dimes and half dimes, was
made on Tuesday from tho Stoles Mint.— 1
Tho issue amounted to 8233,000, iyid was
destined for New York and Biltimorc, while a per- 1
lion remained lo bo circulated in Philadelphia, Wo
miy expect that “ change" will soon be plenty again
Ministers to France and Chiu. —The Preii.Jonl
Ins appointed Gen. John A. Du. of Now York, Min
islcr to Franco ,and Hon. Richard K. Meade, of V,i.
Minister to Chili.
ImTortant News for llusdanos. Whin a woman
gets n now dress or bonnet, yon’Jl find that, for o
fortnight oAorwords, she will be more in the streets
and at other people's houses than ul home. Sec if it
doesn't happen so.
A u erican Titlrs.—The coal -heavers at Richmond
made u strike on Wednesday. Thirty of them march
od in procession with their wheelbarrows before
, them. This attracted a crowd of spectators. One
[of the colliers addressed the gazers with—“ From
j (ho way you stare ol us, good people, 1 should think
you never saw a worshipful company of American
barrow knights before !"
The Boot on the Othkh Lko —Some oftho Whig
pipers are complaining that the Secretary of llioi
Interior at Washington, uses & printed form in hisj
notices of dismissal to his clerks, which they say 1
indicates a determination on his part to make a
general sweep. The Washington Union happily re
torts, by saying that (ho blanks used by the officer in
question, am the identical ones used by his
ccssur, and found in the Department !
dj* Strikes are prevalent all over England as well
as in this country. The railway porters of Liver,
pool, to the number of one thousand, demand in
creased pay ; the coal minors of Glasgow District,
two thousand strong, struck and obtained higher
pay. The masons of London also contemplate a
sliiko as do the bricklayers.
Chief Justice Tanev. — It is behoved by some of
the friends of Chief Justice Taney (hat ho will de
cline further service on the Bench of the Supremo
Court, on account of his ago and ill health. Ho is
now in his seventy seventh year.
(C7* The dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Stall, near
Fayetteville, Franklin county, was entirely destroy
ed by fire on tho night of the 20th ult., together with
the most of his furniture and clothing. The fire is
supposed to have boon in some way occidental.
Tho more fact (hat children are born with their
fists doubled up, Is a strong proof (hat nature inlon.
dod our success In (his world should depend on (ho
courage which wo 'fight our way’ through it. Mark
it on your memory.
(Xj’Tho human voice lias boon hoard aorqss the
Strolls of Giborallor, a distance of* more than ton
miles. This only happens In peculiar slates of (ho
weather. Tho sound of a military'band lias been
hoard at a distance of sovonly miles on a clear fros.
ly morning.
'I its remains of tho great Napoleon arc to bo made
the ocoaaion fo anoUfor pompous ceremonial in Paris
on tho 6th of May. They are to bo removed on
the 4lii from (ho Chapel of 8L Jerome to tho mono*
ment erected for them under the dome
of the Invalidos, and on the Bth (ho tomb will bo
" Inaugurated" with groat ceremony.
i The Siamese twins, Chang and Bog, with two of
thou children, are drawing largo audiences at Bos
ton.
T»IK MURDERER spafnoj
Some additional fads in the early history 6f (hI9
noted individual have bevn furnished tho New Of*
leans Courier, by a brothoMmlaw of his first wifojttf
whom, U sooms, bo was married in Ireland. Thtf
following is on abstract of tho information published f
“ Ho was the natural son of a man of the sanltf
name os himself, rfho kept a grocery and bakery at
Mulltown and another at paslleroolne,'in bounty
Kerry, Ireland. Young Spring was htibwn from turf
earliest days as of visclons Inclinations and habits,*
and was avoided by ell of the neighborhood whtf
made the least pretension to propriety. ’ Ho .was
merited as a bad boy, and was known to be plunged
in all the evil courses open to one ofbisoiroamitatt
ccs and situation—gambling,pilfering, fighting. &q:
Ono fact, in palliation of bis bad character, dr
rather by way of, in sotno degree, accounting for the
horrible extent to which it has*developed itself, we
I may hero record, to the throwing of no small degreo
lof icsponsibility on 'others'—“lie neber had a cay's
schooling" —to give the statement in the simple but
significant words of our informant.
-lie got married when about twenty seven years
of ago—which was about twenty two or twenty
three years ago—to an honest end decent girl, who
owned a homo and a small field. They soon disa
greed, however, and ho abandoned her, although ro*
inaining in tho neighborhood.
About this time, not moro than six months after
ho was mdrrlod, ho-Cotnm'illod the first offence which
brought him within the meshes of the law, from
which, however, ho on this occasion escaped through
the partiality of a brother of his father, who, having
I a commission of tho peace, sit on the bench when
ho was brought up for examination. The charge
against him was, that he had robbed a family of
orphans living in the neighborhood, in tho presence
'of two children in bed, who saw him, though they
I dared not give (he alarm. When the loss was dis«
1 covered, (he children told what they had seen him
do. do was apprehended, but, as we have intima
| lod, bo escaped conviction. Tho affair, however,
l i.ad such an effect upon him, conjoined with his
1 previous reputation, that ho was Induced to resolve
i on quilling his native country and coming to Amor,
licj. 'l’lile .ho resolved on without, informing his
1 wife. She, however, hoard that ho was about to
leave the country, and resolved to go with him. She
l therefore sold her little property, and they name
together to this continent, ho having ill treated her
on (ho voyage. They landed at Quebec. Here he
immediately after their landing again abandoned her,
ami made his way to New York. She followed him
thither; but ho had loft that city and fled to Phila
delphia, It was not only the presence of his wifo
that drove him from Now York. During the few
days ho was there ha had already managed to got
himself into a scrape with respect to a gambling
transaction, involving some seventy or eighty dollars,
and Ihe officers of the law wore after him. The son
of ilio parly in whoso house ho lodged informed him
of dm f.ict in lime lu cnaHlo him to make his es
cape. In Philadelphia lie got married again to a
widow ; Ids first wile also got married again to a
blacksmith. in Now York. Ho is said to have kept
n junk Voie in Philadelphia. The son who gave
the ue’irnnny which convicted him, was by his
second w i fc.”
STATIC CENTRAL COfIIUITTEK-
Tlic President of (lie late Democratic Slate Con.
vcniton. announces tho following Slate Central Com.
mnice, in conformity with the resolution of the
('■invention, directing him to appoint the Committee.
Tlio Committee will meet at the Merchants* Hotel,
in ilm City of Philadelphia, on Saturday, the 3lel
day of May, at 4 o'clock P. M. The Democratic
pipots in the Slate will pleaso publish the notice.
In order to moke a convenient and effective or
' paniz-ilion throughout tho Slate, it will be proposed
1 to constitute u General State Committee of CorreA*
I pnndcnco, composed of one from caqh cnonly. fo
view of this arrangement, (ho Democratic Standing
Committee of each County is requested to nominate
one member for said committer, and forward the
1 nomindiioo to (lie subscriber In time to lay before
I tiie meeting nf the State Central Committee to bo
{ held on tho 21st of Muy.
Philadelphia, April 21, 1853.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Finn. James Burnside, Centro,
John A. Ahl, Cumberland.
George Pitt, Philadelphia.
Hon. Charles R. Buckulew, Columbia.
William Badger, Philadelphia.
Henry D Bcordslce, Wayne.
William Curtis, Philadelphia.
ll.l.ihn Cessna, Bedford.
James C Clarke, Westmoreland.
Francis C. Carson, Dauphin.
Hon. William Dock, Daophin.
Hon. John L. Dawson, Fayette.
Henry I-. Dieffenbach, Clinton.
JohnC. Evans. Berks.
Hon. Thomas B. Florence. Philadelphia.
Oliver P. Frclz, Montgomery.
Thomas Jameson, York.
Thomas 8. Fcrnon, Philadelphia.
Hon. William Goodwin, Philadelphia.'
Divid Lynch, Allegheny.
Hon. Byron D. Hamlin, McKean.
Charles M. Hunter, Berks.
Charles M. Hull, SchuylkilK
George T. Ilorvey. Bucks.
Joe. Y. Junes, Warren.
Owen Jones, Montgomery.
Horn R. Knonss, Philadelphia.
Samuel G. King. Philadelphia.
Finn. John S. MeCalmonf, Clarion'.
Henry S. Mott, Pike.
R. Emmet Monaghan. Chester.
William IF. Miller. Perry.
Benjamin Pnrke, Dauphin.
Henry M Phillip*. Philadelphia.
Hon. James W. Quiggle, Olinlort.
Junes f.. Reynolds. Lancaster.
Levi Rrjnolds, Delaware.
J. L Rmgwslt, Mnnroo.
Hon Joint Robbins. Jr.. Philadelphia.
Edmond N Singers, Philadelphia.
.IJua, George Sanderson, Bradford.
T. J F > "'StohoB. Philadelphia,
F. D. Streeter, Susquehanna.
Thomas S. Stewart. Philadelphia.
Hiram B. Swarr, LincnsteK
Richard Vaux, Philadelphia.
Harrison Wright, Luzerne.
George Williams. Philadelphia.
W. W. Wise, Jefferson.
Finn. William FI. While, Philadelphia.
William Henry Welsh, York.
John W. Forney. Philadelphia.
W. 11. Hullor. North amplon.
John O’Drjen, Philadelphia.
J. C. Vandyke, Philadelphia.
Appointment! by the Governor*
Col. Jamea Durnsidk has been appointed President
Judge of t ho new Judicial District, composed of Cen
tre. Clinton, and Clearfield counties.
Cot Ceohoe R. Garret, of Clearfield. to bo Presi
dent Judge In (ho place of B. Eldred, re
resigned. W
Haldluan, Esq., was unanimously elected
on Tuesday lust, Proaldanl of tbo Harrisburg Bank,
in |>laoo ofTliomoa Elder, Esq., Deceased.
UnnTAL Ootuaoe.— Tbo Honesdalo Democrat
relates tbo following outrage lately perpetrated in
that county?
Jacob Goelln, who was a boatman oivtho Dola
ware and lludsop Canal last year, a few days ago,
in connection with his wife, enticed a mulatto girl
named Marla Schonnmaker, on to a mountain oe*
tween Traps and Plata Point, where la a cliff of
200 feet perpendicular descent. Down this they
cast the girl,.but she happened to fall into the top
6f a small tree, which uprooted and threw htf up
on a pile of leave?, She was much bruised, but
not one of her bones was broken. The next morn
ing she crawled to a house and was taken oaro of,
Goslin, having heard that her fall had not produ
ced death, fled, and at the date of the last accounts
.had not boon captured.
Tho cause for this extraordinary crime are well
known. Maria is a girl of loose character and a
connection had existed between her. and Goslin,
which silo not only spoke of to others, but had
(auntod Mrs. Goslin with. This at once gives a
duo to the motives for the horrible revenge sug
gested to brutal minds by embittered feeling.
LouisanA U. 8 SsNAToa,— Mr. Slidellwas elqolod
or Thursday, by the Louisans Legislature, in join!
session, to succeed Mr. Soulo in the Senate of tho
United Slates, by # majority of 33 over Mr. Hunt
tho Whig candidate.
The novy silver coin jus made Us debut la ihia '
locale. Its oppoarauctj is very
WM. L. HIRST.