,U «|MJ public arc naturally anxious to active par m mipoitniu debates ■ P u ‘‘ c jlb the member ojUhe Senate and Housc \ enorinoua debts, the payment o ] u ij or , s introduced into the Somite of this
jioarn something of the history olti.e mendm'lv m advocating ..outhern n hts . n n f ß cprcscntatifk of the. Commonwealth H ' lih ~ ; he riod specified, will Smto ou ,|, c Sth instant, by Mr. .Quigg'o,
.whom President Pierce has Reeled us his m oms placed bun m d 7 0 f Pennsylvania*. , i Jihaust he whole capital of the country _ing to submit the question oh. pro-
? ite ' -* 1 ? i-»* *- 01 *
ffifr ' supported hv'hiscolWgao Mr. Foote, tun!, cd the provisions-or bill No. 1«2, on thc; to sec so maqy improvements m progress. p)c ;
bfcrktary l m vrev be .7 nominated ns the St ato rights candi- files of the House .of Representatives, entt-1 f cannot d.vest my mind of the impression Rcsl) i utions , referring to a vote oj ttepco-
Mr ftffiray 7s n‘native of SffiXl j'ue dno'Vor Governor, lie resigned' his seat in tied ‘‘A supplement to the act incorporat.ng that we arc moving, to some extent, under ; o/ this Cammomvcalth, the street oj
Worcester bounty, A. Senate in 1«51. H- was defeated in!the Lebanon and i 1 no « L T° r **
ho was born December 1" 1786 • roust-'the Gubernatorial tdeetion, Foote being railroad company, and l.nvo had -no dtlli-: pre« nt c.i in railroad hisloty, will not, WnEREAS> , n a | rcc Commonwealth,
Uentlv he is now in tlm 67th voar of his chosen l»v a majority of about one thons- cutty m arriving at the conclusion that it look so bright m luture. . , . „|| laws to be efficient, and to secure obe-
IZ co!7eled!.!77,!iem!e and. Helms sineo’remained in private : is my duly to return it to the body nil But why should tins important r.gh.be sI)0llld pbtain the snnc .
course, he entered Broun University. lifo. P*™" General I luvis Uof the; which it originated, without my s.gna-| co ,iforn' pCve ’railroaTTo.nn^”-’''' 0 " o r, ho nnJ command them ap
(Providence RI 1 where ho «rad..-'tod middle si™, and his habits are ftetivo and 1 turc. .and Imo Grove railroad company . p rovnl; and no law should bo passed
in 180 S Ho afterwards removed to Trov energetic ; his age is about Ibrtv-five 1 The first section of this In I provides |This company was incorporated in 1840, jg | . epugnant t 0 their wishes, and
in the State of New Void; where lie studi- vears, and he is ounsiJore I well qualified “that it shall be. lawful tor the La,master,. and letters-patent were not dulr "77 e none constitutional in its provisions be
cd and cOmmetieed the practice of the law, for the duties of the War Department. fad,anon, and Pme Grove ra.1r0... com- j.some l7! r ess Ims withheld which is the subject of their re
and soon took a prominent part in politics Secretary of Tin-: Navy—Limes C. 1 ,, | 1 W , 10 [ 3xU ' m< n mao i rou - p. s coiistruetio nof the main ‘l 11051, r ....
os a Democrat. During tj.o war will, Dobbin- 1-s a lawyer of Fayetteville, and oj Plnladelpliia, subject to the go:ner. ' refc- I been ... ,de oft ’ c " And whereas , the passage of a proh.bi-
Great Britain, ho served as a volunteer in was elected a member of the 2'.)tli (Jon. and privileges con .cd m road. T his compuny wm >ncorpo , ory , iquo , law ,s a measure of magni
'the military defence of the State, la gross (1845-M7.) lie was sneaker of the ‘l^' 111 ' 1 * chun ° ‘7° ,I*7 r ? r 1° „ 7\ior hw este Ivdirection tude, in a moral point of new, as wel as
1816, lie was appointed recorder of t|,e c- House of Commons at the late session of company, and sha'l bine p,w-r to | Uneas e . « northw .ste y direrStic >n flffecling [0 a great extent the inter
.V of Trov ; bit afterwards taking part the Legislature of North Carolina, and was com,ec, said railroau, or bian; ,o I. , lorty n h-te a mile or rod of ests of citizens, and the rights ol property :
with Mr. Van Boren in opposing the ud- the candidate of the Demoemtie pany for « ,th any radrond b gto any , ore Img Copland am,o or rod o represented that a
ministration of Governor lli Wit, Clinton, United States Senator ; but his election other company, and Hal the company he o„ L n l or,«, tis pro o l la majority of the people ano quahhed
he wan removed from office bi the friends was defeated bv the intrigues of Romulus may run, tuna o e l a I j ™ IMiila- voters of this Commonwealth are favorable
of that Governor, in 1816.' When the ,M. Saunders, ami « lew other members of stockholders called lo be purpo m y n ,les ,r 7 half tho to the passage of such a law, but by means
ant.-Clintonians came into power, Marcev 'be Legislature. This circumstance doubt- crease their capital ' ll !' dc! P ; ~7 ,1 ,7 mamroad they olpetwm* and remonstrances it is inipos
-3 n C r T, r° rn0 ‘' nU ‘l‘S U r |, r nu v. 8 r C r' m" 1)0 bin ' - member >o carry out the .'rue intent and meaning of! M Ve to have llie right to increase their cap- o [, q(JCBtion> and iat,
the Assoc,ate Justices_ ol tho Supreme, b-,bus. Ia deb. a. lr ;V‘ 7 7'7, Z effi-ct of tins bill is to autlio.-l/,, the con-, ask the right to make a lateral to lbne *?; ’ llicun , ;nt a forco> power and t-fij.
Lourto the State; but in 1831 he resign- f Hoqui net, an ns iiuf => • . ' struclion of a railroad from the city nl. Grove, ilio demand would not be .so sur- ‘ vl icll u’wouid not othorwise fiave:
fid that office, tu consequence oI being h.k t. ~n b nb.litv to till t 1,.. ot.iu. , (| |]|( . r|t o( - Phdadelphia,. prising. It would be something ot a cu ’ Thpr e io ,- c _
elected United States Senator. He wnsm wnicn )e ias icon ui eu. parallel u ith the I’bdadclnliia and Uolum- rioMtv in nature, to find a branch nenrly |>„, | t resolved , by the Senate and House
tj,e Senate less tlmn two years, when he Postmaster Ge.nekal-Jamks C.ami- j/|a niilroadi w , lh !hu right to the La.icas-.douhl'o the length and size of the main R ,. )rcsCnUIUVC3 of the Commonwealth;
festgncd, being elected Governor o New „ KLI I bis gentleman ,s at present At.or- |c I(( . l)ami|l> ull ,| ~i llo G a,,e railroad ; but it would bo still more marvel. ‘ . , j Tiut ffir the purpose ol
•>° rk \ la ‘ W,Ce selected, nry General ol Pennsylvania to which.,!- (;( „ ,„ v „ K ,r capital stock to i| o „s to find a biaiicl, w.tlmut a trunk.-- ‘J ; > l|((! U, ;nncm 0 f the People of.
}64i nnd 1800 ; but on a ourtl, fi Ct! |,c was appointed since the state dec au unl; ;, J( ~, , , , :iri - v ol)t ffia, pur- | Natnrahsts would be likely to regard sud, . l - umm 7, llu( , lU | l iu reference to the
nomination ,n IbdS, be shared ~, be de- tlo n last Ml Ie had .previously b-.-en a os( ._ lll!ls filing into existence by -ik, bran- b,< a whole Audit -,ms *' a y (>|lti| . uiv |11 ,, lli;) , 1111 . thl) !
ffiat of the Democratic party, and Wiffiam lawyer o' Plulad: Iphia and one ot the > . r (>; - ;i ,-0., lof seems to me, that when a mil,a,ml ,s to l.e- n| and !ia | R Jf /moxicaliiHg ii-
P Seward was e.eeted over ten. Alter Judges ol the Court o. Common 1 leas m ,' iro , |ian or , iiuary in,, ortance, a dattg-r- .-onstructed to Bhibdelphi i. parallel wit.i, n ' v , fur R!U . rnmcntil! , medicinai.'
retiring Iron, .hcexceutive chair, Mr. Mar-; ,| mt Cl ,y. In Hoi, an attempt was made riva| m . js . ufuab ; c ~,a ncll ofj.ho State road, it might be well called a , “l.’iffiral nnd arlistical purposes, it may !
principally devoted his attention to his' to elevate him to tl,-r bench of the supreme )Wic wor|{s . ! whol(J roml . It is quite too modest des-, ( - . , h(; a|ifi J d ‘. otcrs of th c ;
private business nut, Mr. Polk became Court of the btate, the hve Judges ol which Witl) „ l(! li:utos , dixposiiion to ro-oper- ,g„ate such a work a brand,. It may be I b .; rhi u.d.-1,,!,, u. and of the several
President ,n 1840. He was then ollered are elected by the people ol the State by u , ;h lhu Gencrai Assembly ia its views | said that the company intend to diverge <; * ~ j (jornmonwcnllh, and on tlte"
and accepted the office ot occrctary 01-general ticket. Judge Campbell being u o( ulk iu „, . l( . lllu , ni | i I Irll st, by ‘at Pine Grove with tins brand, ; and that Turs ,j of October next, at the
,\Var, a,id was considered through ,ho four Uu.holic, nnd a spec..,! Iriend te Jas. Bu- no ul)killJ 0 / HLbwml spirit toward tie- mQ v be true; but under the proposed law s aothori2 ed by law for holding the
years ot h,s service one of the most mil,,, rhannn, was deteatcl by 'lie mtrigues -,l LtGanon and Pino Grove rad- : ffiev could commence at Lancaster or at “ / , olccli()ns , 0 express their approv
cntiul members of Mr Polk s cabinet.-, General Cameron, late United-btatea Sen- |o;u , com IVi , !lin constrained to say a nv intermediate point. At all events, I V' r d i dnpprov „| of such a law, bv voting
fhoduties of ineWar Department during ator, and o'bcr enemiesol Buchanan; and lh;lt j camlot ' adopl ,| lis measure. I do',-an see no press,,, g necessity lor this ; u 0 *• 1 tinted tickets, containing on the
the Mcxican war were arduous, and weiyffie Protestant and Nat,ic Ame,ican feel- o , ditas in any degree wise or! measure. It will he quite time enough " 7 words -Liquor Law,’* and on
discharged by Mr. Murcy with energy and in g arrayed agmast him. Consequently, neces ° ry Sucl , an improvement ns is; when tins main stem shall have been con- , ~F or thc or ,ho words
ll J'' Judge Coalter, one of the wing cam idales, contemplated bv this bill could not fiiil to j strutted or he fairly in the way of con- ~ % „.,i n . it the Law;” and tho returns of
Secretary of the Treasury—James was elected, with lour democratic judges. | my(J Q mos , [fisastrous cfleet upon the ; struclion to grant the right to engraft up- ‘° . j bu || (ltg s hall be made in the man
,GcTiinn?— Is a distinguished lawyer of | This circumstance, with the influence 01, rcvcnuus 01 - 1 | IC Commonwealth, nor can 1! 0 „ it such nil unwieldy limb ; and in the nrovidcd'b v law for the election of Go-
Louisville, where he has nequired great | Mr. Buchanan, have combined to g‘ ve ! discover that it is demanded for the con- i meantime, tliere should be no objections vern ‘ or . nlld lt ,o Secretary of the Common
wealth ail'd an elevnted stnnding In society.; Judge Campbell his present prominent P°- ve nience of the travelling public or by the to permitting the Pine Grove company to i,| ’ shal | lrans , n i t said returns to the
Ho bus grown up with the West, and is j silion. Ho is a good lawyer, unuol active , cn j 3 o( - trnJj nnd C( „ nmC ree. The capa- j regnril the Philadelphia and Columbia g " k( , r of (h( , g ena . e on t | le secon d Tues
'identified in fl'elln<; and interest with the | business habits. Ho is, wo believe, the - of lhe g tnlo road qultc sufficient for railroad ns a brunch for their use, as lam ' of j a(marv ncxt and „ n sn j d d „v the
prosperity of the Valley of the Mississippi. | youngest member ol the now cabinet, u o '' ,i, O present umounl of business, and when : suro there will, in this wa v, be no delay [Fiuses ' hn ||‘ ’ mcet j,, Convention,
Hi) is known as n Union democrat, and i ing about thirty-five years of ugc. 1 !t shall have been repaired, as eontemplu- in transmitting all the tonnage of that whcn said V 0,03 , 03 s | m y be counted, and a
Vinileg to commanding talents and an inti- Attorney General—Caleb Cushing. [cd by p 3 present able .Supenniendcnt, it company to market. [ruc |kßrco f bc t . n fercd on the Jour-
Viate acquaintance with the wants and re-j At present one of the Justices of the Su> i wd | fiave the capaeitv to pass an almost I have thus, gentlemen, hastily R ,v ’ cn ' nfl i o |' enc h House and if, on counting tho
sources of the whole county, manners the j preme Court of Massachusetts, and well; un limitcil amount of tonnage and travel:' you some of the objections lo this propos- so cas[> R ska || appi -! ar that a major
most urbane nnd prepossessing. He is j known throughout the United States as u - c q ualling, perhaps, in this respect, all the ( >d law, whieli have occurred to my mind, 01 -' t | lc sa ’ mo are , t p- or [| )C p, a w, : ’ the
CttnsidOred a prominent lender of the Ken- 1 distinguished politician and eminent scliol- avenues extending from Lancaster west- and 1 shall await vour decision with deep s J j, ba | j b( , recommended to the Legis
lucky democracy, and is very popular; a r. Mr. Cushing was born in Salisbury, wnrd So long as this may be the case, solicitude. WILLIAM BIGLUR. ■ laturc"ai the then session thereof, to pTiss
With his parly throughout the Western ! Essex county, Massachusetts, in January, ; t wd | j, 0 unnecessary for the public to have ; Executive Cuambek, / . sucb n '| aw And the said ballots shall be i
Stniep. Jle has not been a member of 1 1800, and consequently is now in his (if- t j,; s proposed road,’ and unwiso for the Harrisburg, February 28, 1 Sh 3. $ received and "counted, and the returns
"Congress,Whas had experience as a leg-[ty-fourib year. The political career of Commonwealth to grant it. No consider-, ' thereof made bv the election officers nuth
islator in the Senate of Kentucky. Ilcwas;Mr. Cushing commenced in 1825, when > ul j ons s | u ,rt of great public necessity, Legislature of this State we sec or j Zf . d [0 | K) | d ,'| K; ,„. ner al election in Oc-
of tho State Convention which he was chosen a representative from New- s j WLl | di j n n iy opinion, iiuluec thc Govern- bv o ar Exchanges, lias been invited to tobor ncx( acco rdin<'to the election laws
formed the new constitution of Kentucky, huryport to the lower House of the Massa- 11R . ia to adopt u measure so manifestly in- visit both the cities of Pittsburg and Pliila- otb(jr rasos n , ld °hc County Commis
-1849. His' friends predict lor him u chusetts Legislature. In 1826 he was j uno us to the revenues of the State. The d(; |phia, and has ucccpted the invitation to s ; onara sba || f urn ish nil necessary ballot
popular career us a cabinet officer, nnd an J elected a member of the State Senate. Mr. d ; rcct and certain effects of such a rival bolb places. No doubt, it will all he very, boxes nn ,j b | a nk forms for the purposes
oble discharge of the responsible duties of l Cushing was again elected to the Massa- road wou | d he to divide the business with pleasant to visit these thriving nnd rapidly ; a ( oresa j d ,
jjio Treasury dcpuNment. He is about chusetts Legislature in 1833 .and 1864. — the Stale roau—absorb the profits of both— mowing cities, and that thc members of; ‘
Jjfty years of age, of athletic lorm, nnd ; H c ma de .several unsuccessful runs lor „ rca tly reduce tho receipts to thc Trci.s- ffic Legislature will enjoy themselves and SINGULAR CIRCUiUSTANUE.
very energelio habits. It should be added Congress but was finally elected lo ropre-: arv> and j nc ,ease the burthens of the pen. bc highly gratified with the excursion to Two „r three weeks ago a respectable
.that in 1837 Mr. Guthrio was urged ns njsent the North Essex District in 1835. p]J The aggregate receipts on the Col- these places, there can scarcely be a ques- marr j ed W oman residim* in tho eastern end
candidate forjudge oftjie Supreme Court j His Congressional career continued Cor limb ; n road lor the lust year, amounted to finn. But tliere is anoffier matter about ol[b j s coun.v, <mve birth to twin chidron,
instead pf Judge Clatron, and on tlie death | four coflsecutive terms, or eight years, 1 , bo suln 0 f scven hundied ami ninety-six which we are not so very sure, and which 1 wblcb additionlncreased the little respon
pf Mr. Clay, in 1852, lie declined the of-1 from 1835 to 1843. in 1846 he was i tbousand f our hundred and ninety dollars requires to he disposed of. We do not be-1 s j b j|j|j os 0 f ffio household-to nine. Some
for of Governor Powell to appoint him sue- '.elected to the Legislature of Mns.sncusetts. an j fifty.five cents —die expenditures, to |; UV e that tho framers of our Constitution,. ‘- vo of six ni „ b[s a f ter tbo event, the hus
cesgpr to Mr. Clay as United States Sena- [ n that body he was the .most prominent two hundred and eighty-nine thousand two. probably on account of not thinking upon band) wb() occupied a bed in'thosame
.tor. I member at the session of 18 47, when the. btJlldr ,, d and thirty-seven dollars njul ffi c subject, contemplated that our I,.cgis- ronm ’ j was awkened hv her, when she com-
SncaETAKY o'fthf. Interior—Robert Mexican war was at its height. He acted twenty-one cents —showing a net profit ol fotors should attend to any other business p | a j ned bitterly of her hard lot in having
M’Clelland —Is nt present Gov. of Michi-, with the democratic members in advoca- | lv( , |,' lm ,| rr . d and seven thousand i w.. bun- than that for which they are annually con- gucb a | u| . a(J 'household to care for. The
gan. He is a nntivo of Pennsylvania, ting thc policy ol that war, and lor rtnpro- dred and fifty.four dollars and twenty-four voned at Harrisburg. We say, that we busband soothed her as well as he could
'.where he received his education. Emigrn- 1 printing $20,000 lor equipping the Muusa- CPn t S) nearly double the amount of the not; f)re not very sure about this matter, and b' nnd (bcn foj| asleep. In about an hour he
'ling to Michignn, he practised law at Mon - i chusetts Regiment of Volunteers at the ex -, revenues from all the other br.inel.es of the therefore n question that is submitted for aw . ()kLlj and found that his wife had left her
roe, in that State, from which district he 1 pense ol the State. When his proposition , public works. It Dto this pio luctive di- consideration, whether they intended that b(J(k Inimctliato search was made in nnd
was elected to Corgress lor three consecu-1 'vas de'eated, Mr. Cushing advanced thc, vjjjnn of the public improvements that we ihi-y should sp- rul their time in visiting around tbr . house, but tho woman was not
live terms (1843 to 1849.) He had pre-; money from his own menus, and thc rc- 1 mU3f i„ o k in lutur j for means to sustain cities, nnd the like, or attending to the du-: (n b( . fo un j. The alarmed man fearing
viously distinguishe.l himself as a inemher giment was made ready for service. He the Treasury against present demands, ties of legislation, so ns to get through the tbnt j a ber w-eak condition she must per
of the State Constitutional Convention, was chosen Colonel ot the regiment, nnd ; nnd ultimately to pay tho public debt. — j necessary business ns soon as possible.— ; sb b(; f orL . s n e could go far, summoned his
‘and 'of tlic Legislature of Michigan, in I accompanied it to the Rio Grande, in Mex- The construction of ibis road cost the , Our opinion inclines somewhat lo the lat- neighbors to aid in searching for her. Tho
which lntler body he was chosen speaker | ico, in the spring of 1947, being attached pL . o |,| (! over four and a hall millions 01. ter, and wo believe it highly probable, that p! , r ty^ s , lo n discovered loot prints in tho
, yof the House in IS4B. His tnlents are very ,to the army under command ol General t | o j|n rs*. All the citizens of the State arc ; a very large portion of the people of this ', sn ovv, and they followed the track to a
respectable, and ho is esteemed as a man j Taylor. interested in it —their property is taxed to Rtate, think in the satne way. Icreek where she had crossed and re-cross
jof integrity and energy. He is forty-five; ] n 1847, while lie was in Mexico, Gen. pay the interest on the State debt, of w hich Norristown Register. C(] , hl , strc , ull tlirec times, in water to the
years of age. In November 185!, he was' Cushing was nominated by the Democrats the cost of this work constitutes a pari.— deDt |, 0 f three feet. From there they
(bitted Governor of Michigan, nnd under 0 f Massachusetts as their candidate for its value to the whole people, therefore, tracked her along the creek, through fields
4he nfew constitution, was re-elected, in 'Governor. This movement was owing to should not, it seems to me, be destroyed and woods for n°distance of nearly three
185$, for a term of two yeurs, which will: the part lie had taken in support of the to answer the ends ol a corporation miles, and at length found her sitting in a
expire in January 1865. In Congress he , war, nnd was done without consultation ' constituted for an entirely different pur- fonce corner, with a pieco of rope and nail
Avas Chairman of the Committee on Com- with him. It doubtless greatly improved , pose. j n ber hand. When interrogated as to
Mditee, in 1846, and in 1848 was on the his position with the Democratic, parly in : I feel inclined to go to any reasonable ber mo ti ve for leaving her homo, she de
.Committee on Foreign Affairs. ; the State and nation J and tho increased, extent in grunting railroad privileges, hut dared it was her intention to commit sui-
/Secretary of War —Jefferson Da-|
yiS7--Was born in Kentucky, and remov-j
In carfy life to Mississippi, from whence j
ho went to the United States Military'
Academy, at West Point, where lie grad
uated in June 1328. The same year (in j
July) he was appointed second lieutenant;
,of in/hnlry, in tho United States Army,i
and was made first lieutenant of dra-j
goons in 1833. .The same year lie recei- j
jved tho appointment of adjutant. In ISIJ6 j
.ho resigned his commission in 'ho army, |
.and retired to private life in Mississippi.
JJp married a daughter of General Tay
lor* p.nd this laay died several years since.
In 1844, Mr. Davis won chosen one oftho
Electors for Mississippi, and
vote#. for Polk and Dallas. The, following!
year ho was elected to Congress, and serv- i
ed one term as n member of the House of
Representatives, excepting tho time ho was!
absent in Mexico during tho war. In July,!
1840, be was appointed Colonel of the
jregiment of volunteer riflemen raised in
Mississippi, and distinguished himself par
(ticularly at Monterey and Buena Vistu.—
TresifleplPolk offered him tho appointment
of Brigadier General in tho United Stutes
Arrrtyj in 1847, but bb declined tho hon
or. , The same year tlm Legislature elect
ed him United States Senator, arid he was
placed on'tbe Senate Committee on Mill-
though, of'course, unsuccessful vote given the propositionunderconsideration is quite
to bin), compared with theUemocratic vote too liberal for die present financial eonJi
of the previous year, was flattering to Gen. tion of the Stuie. Wherever tho people
Cushing, and his friends who urged the have the capital, and are inclined in con
nomination. in 1848, General Cushing -struct public highways of this kind lor tluv
was a zealous luborci in behalf of the dec- benefit and convenience of all, and especi-(
lion of Gen. Cass, acting on all occasions ally where such improvements arc toupen
with the Union Democrats,and against the up an unimproved section of country, and j
Free Soil party. In 1650, he was, for the bring its products within reucli of u mar-'
fifth time, elected a member of the Legis- ket, I ain willing to give them the oppor-j
laturo from Newburyport, and was active tunny to do so on liberal terms. Nor doll
in that body in opposing the coalition of think it wise to favor to a great degree,J
the Democrats with the Free Soil party, 1 that restrictive policy which attempts to 1
which cuttsed tho election of Chas. Sum- force trade through unnatural channels. —
per to the United States Seriate. In 1851, 1 But theso principles do not apply to tho
tfle office of Attorney General of Massn- measuro under consideration —it opens
c.husctts was offered to General Cushing up no new market, and subserves no great
by Gov. Bouttvell, but ho declined the public necessity. The adoption of .this
honor. The Legislature of 1852 having law, would, however, be no more than a
created an additional justice to tho Su- 1 lair illustration of the spirit under which
preme Court, Gen. Cushing was appointed jwe are acting on tho subject of railroads
Ito the ( fiico in May. It is admitted that at this time. .Wc cannot close our eyes
he has performed the duties of his seat on! to tho fact that the whole country is mov
llie ,bench with ability and integrity, and I ing under some unnatural impulse in ref
a‘s a .judge he. .has acquired an enviable I orence to improvements of this kind. The
popularity. , j adoption of 0, hew railroad route, and the
— ! subscription of largo sums tp the stock by
railroad laborers at the *‘Big' individuals and corporations is a daily oc-
Tonrtol,” near Wost Union, on the North- ciirrence. More schemes of this chnrnct
westdrn Virginia Railrbailj have lately had! er are now held up to public view, than
a Very serious rioTj,itt.yh'ich 6 ever;)l of [the labor and capital of the country cap
them killed. ,l " ’"*• H consummate in a quarter of a century.'—
fc!?"Congross passed a lawr at its lato j
session, providing that after June 1, 1353, j
tiic weight of the half-dollar piece shall be
reduced from 2UG.I grains to 102, the (
quarter dollar to 9(1 grains, the ten cent]
piece to 33 2-5 grains, and the fivocont 1
piece to 10 1-5 grains—which coin shall j
ben legal tender in the payment of debts j
not exceeding $5. It also provides that :
from time to time after June 1, 1853 there \
shall be coined nt the U. S. Mint, and its
various branches, S 3 gold pieces conform
ably to the standard of gold coins now
established by law,the device and shape of
the three dollar pieces to be fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury. One half of (
one per cent is to be charged at the mint,
for tiro coinage of silver. i
Snow oxi? llundued Feet Deep.—
The St. Louis Intelligencer publishes a
letter from an overland emigrant to Cali
fornia, which gives a fearful account of a
tremendous snow storm in the mountains
near Carson vttlley. On whut is called
the Second Summit, the writer says, bp
caught hold of tho tops of pine trees, and
was confident that they were one hundred
feet in height.
Cuke fob the Blues.— Luthersaya :
When I am assailed \vjth heavy (tribula
tions, I rush out among my pigs rather]
than remain alone by myself. ; The hu
man heart is like a millstone; ,in [a,mill;
when you, put your .yrheat under,it, it turns
and grinds and brpiseg ,thp wheat to flour ; !
if you put no.whqat jq, it,still.grind*'op,
but then it is itself that wears
away.
cide. It was then’suggeslcd that she was
laboring under abberrniion of mind, which
she undoubtedly was, but this she stoutly
denied. The strange part of this occur
rence is, that the woman, after walking
bare-footed, and with nothing on her but
thin cotton night clothes, a distance of
three or four miles through snow, slush
and cold wuter, and that too only six days
alter giving binh to two children, is now
ns well as ever she was in her life ! This
may appear strange —ospecially to medic
ul men—nevertheless it is true.
Hollidaysburg Standard.
Babnum’s Last Move.—A new project
has been suggested by Barnum, which we
should like to seo tried. In a recent Tem
perance speech mado by him in New York,
he stated that there wero 7,ooo'grog shops
iri' the city, vyith an average custom in
each of probably 810 a day. Ho made
the following offer to the city, viz : if the
city would shut up all the groggeries; and
give him the amount spent in ail of them,
ho,would pay all the city taxes, amounting
to 84,000,000; send every child to a good
school, present every family with a libra
ry IQO good books,'three barrels of; flour,
and, a silk dress to every or
young, and give everybody a free ticket,
to his museum.
HORRIBLE MURDERS IN WIILADELPBI4;.
It bccorries out - painful duty to record
double murder, in . the district of Soutl
work, attended with .circumstances, pf, jjp
paralleled atrocity. The dreadful traged
cheated tho most intenso excitement jp thj
district-in which it was perpetrated, ,aa<
crowds were collected in the neighborhooi
the entire day, notwithstanding the.unfit'
voratdo state of the weather. The vie.
tims were two married sisters, name
Hannah Shaw and Ellen Lynch, nativei
of Ireland, the first about 40 veers old,
and the other about 35 .years. - They rt ;
sided in tho second story of - No. 200
Federal street, on tho south side, a : fed
doors above Seventh, the other portion dj
the premises being in the occupancy' pj
John Carroll and wife. On Thursday
night Mr. and Mrs. Carroll attended a ball,
in Broad street, and according to the best
information were thero all night. Mr?,
Carroll returned to her house about'?
o’clock yesterday morning, and upon open:
ing tho window of the front room, :! firtl
lloor, the bodies of the murdored womiift
were found lying within a few feet ofeitdh
other, their heads both in the same direc
tion, towards the east. Mrs. Lynch wait
in her night clothes, the other wns dressed*
in her ordinary clothing. The alarm war
given and numbers were soon drawff to
the spot. The coroner was sent for, and*
early reached the scene, arid with the nsi*
sistneo of Lieutenant Clark, of theSouth< ;
wnrk police, and his officers, commenced
an investigation of the horrible affuir. In
the course of the day every fact and cir
cumstance was developed which tended to
throw light upon the mystery. Several’
arrests were made by the police .force,
among them that of a 'certain Arthtfi
;Spring, who had visi'i-d'the husband'
, Mrs. Lvnch, before ho left Tor New VoYjf,*
1 which ho did a few days ago, Olid Wf
'had a quarrel with John Carroll, tho priti-
Icipai tenant of I Ins house, on Tuesday
'night Inst. A young man named Ryanj
!a nephew of tho murdered women, wus
'also arrested, but only because ho had
visited the house, and riot from any aus
picious circumstances attached to him.—•
'From all tho fads it would seem that thi
| object of the murderer was pli/hder, fob
! the trunk of Mrs. Lynch wns broken open,
|nnd the contents abstracted therefrom. —'•
i There is proof that it contained from one
;to two hundred dollars in gold! Be9ido
‘the trunk tho point'of a dirk was found,■'
'I whicli had been used to open the trunk;—
j Though the murdered women both wore
, found in the front room, tho great struggle
I had evidently been in the batik room, firrt
! floor, lor thero whs considerable blood Up
lon the wall and the floor, and several nr
tides of clothing discovered there, were l
saturated with blood. Near the stovpj a
hole, five or six inches in diameter, war
j burnt in the floor, ns though an effort bad'
,! been made to set the place on fire.
I " Daily Newt. -
For the Republican
Messrs. Editors: —Your correspond*.,
ent, culling himself a “Pilot’s Friend,”hsi
attempted a criticism unon my article u]j
your paper of the 18'h mt. If ho had ar
gued the question at issue, it woulu have,
been more creditable to him. I shall not,
follow his example, nor bandy epithets
a writer whore contracted ideas will np(
permit him to imagine that logfloating wt)i'
ever carried on in this wide world till it
commenced in Clearfield in 1851 Ml, j,
will simply ask him, what have my soph-,
istnj, my absurdities, my plausibility, fny
foppery or my learning, to do with rafting
or log floating?
My sole object in again appearing in,'
vour columns, is toiearlessly maintain the.
position I nt first took, that raPingnnd log
floating have been carried on successfully,
for two seasons, upon tho streams of ouf
county, and to inform yon, and your read
ers, that an amicable adjustment of the
matter bv tho parties interested is likely
to take place. If this desirable measure
should be defeated by the selfishness of
individuals, let us remember that each ptii
tv has its rights, and is entitled to the pro
tection of equal laws, und that neither can
reasonably ask pxemption from entiro're
sponsibility.
That obstructions by logs and by raft 6,
will occasionally take place, must bo ad
mitted by all, but let thoraftmemand.log
Hunters meet in good fellowship, and all
difficulties will vanish. Tho particular
case mentioned by your correspondent at
Chest Falls, was chiefly owing to tho death
of one man, and the sickness of another,
with the well known dangers attending tho
navigation of thul particular spot. ,
If it be true that ''dams are no qfiitrtoCf
tion, baton the contrary a great conveni
ence to rafLinen'' let us ndvocate the erec
tion of a sufficient number by the State*
to slack water the river from the mouti!
of Bald Eagle, to tile mouth of Chest Creek,
in order to •put an end to log floating, an 4
insure the manufacture of aU the lumbet
within the bounds of the county. Send op
your petitions, wo have as much right to
tho public purse on the West Branch, tit
they have on tho North, and our luinbor,
coal, and iron, will produce a perpetual
revenue to the public works.
FREETRADE.
Human Bodie3 Found in Guano.—:
From tho ship Brandscompt, unloading
Peruvian guano at Leith, there were e$
burned the remains of three persons, etil
dently Peruvians, buried in tho guapo, aff
which had apparently riot been disturb
in the process of loading tho ship, ri ’Alt] 1
remains illustrate a curious property iij‘° 1
guano in preserving bonos, ho!\r,M
elothes, while completely;'decomp v??’-'
flesh.' It is nnt known when the ■—
Iwerai originally'interr^a.'bnt l theigriT
were ialFfoqrid as entiresiia jif thewST?.]
been, preserved in'Uißxysentri}' tho
mained. upop the, skyl[, qnd.
wore very lit|le;<jectye<). ’0
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