THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. , ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.
Qmtinued Depression in Cotton and Hkw Tons, March 28. —The Steam
‘ breadstuff*— Collision withthe Troops shi P Franklin > f' rorn Havre, via Cowes,
at Naples—Attempted Assassination of which l )0St sllG loft at 6> P> M ‘ on the 16,h
King Ferdinand—Severely H / bw?iaM arrivcd liero this ovcnin C- at 8 o’clock,
ed-Executions at Pesth and Mantua— ! brin ging 47 passengers.
Disturbances Expected in Germany— 1 Tho Australian mail packet Australia,
Excitement in Switzerland i bad put back lor the fourth time, ler.ky,
Nbw Yotjk MnrM, Oft n „ , 1 sprung aleak m the Bny of Bis-
A • ’ , JV The^, u " ard |cay. She was only saved from founder
this evening i/ her berth at G o clock j„g by t| lo constant exertions of tlrn crew
this evening bringing Liverpool dates to ; ni)f] pnsseni , crfl .
nalYn th ° th lnS,, S,e bnDgS fifty '' eLand.—An explosion occur red at a
The W . „ colliery in Monmouth, on the 12th inst.,
The Washington arrived off Cowes on, kil |i n /l2 persons.
the morning of the J2th FhanJ-A Republican demonstra
tion look P ln “ in Parison tho 13th, at
Sh“cX» »W, T V h " b,p "““»6. t whicl, nearly =O,OOO „o„ worn a,son,.
The Asia saw the steamship America 1 ?' ed “V P r f, c . ss, . on - the occasion being the
on the 13th inst, and the Africa on the' h" t°h " 10 , Ra? P a,l > 11,0 ° f
24,1, | the celebrated Stato prisoner of thnt
The British steamship Oronoco had ar-I name ' A d f tuch .? lC!rit of cavalr y nnd !
rived, bringing news from South America "“ e . pollcc lor f werc P"»*n« “»d ,
U, January 29th, nnd by the Forerunnc-r“ i " P ovcr " ,e B™v°-
from Africa, dates were received to the 1 , Iho Po P°. '*, f ld lohave postponed the
14th of February. They contain nothing dat “ °‘ h ‘ S V ' S,t ‘° Par,s : , , .
of importance. Switzkhland.—Switzerland is repre
rn ' , , ~ . hicntcd ns being still greatly agitated in
. N ° LA . N ?' The Jewish Disabilities had jconsequence of Austrian mensures, and it
Pdrliume ** Second l,me m tke British j nv as feared that somo collision would take
t~» . i place •
nlnsinn* i™"! '" d killed „ by ,ilo CA ’ i Gmmanv.—An American lady has
plosion oi a locomotive near Manchester, , been arrested at Heidelberg charged with
road thr^ SCCOnd acclden . t on ll, ° same j having revolutionary pnmphlets in her
JsJi3r^3s”"‘ ~K “ d Sh. „«» dircc, from Amo,.
ho Jrll! ft Fran a S f ! Cn , ry ' f T Mel - '' * Austhia.-Tlic town of Cremona has
£r Sm’h „ TJZn no! N ° Va "- i 6acn P laced in a state of siege, in cense
mlS H £ T >n d M, i H lj enco of on Austrian sentinel having
Messrs. Hey worth nnd Horsfall, two j been killed. '
members of Parliament returned from ] j t U denied that Maz/.ini escaped on
Derby, have been unseated inconsequence board an English frigate, and ho is still
of charges of bribery j supposPl , tn bl . K in Piedmont.
- , 1C ‘"J* 1 ,g, ' nce from Fr . :ul( ' e i Marshal Ilaynau died at Vienna on the
is unimportant, with the exception ot the pith j ns t_
tact that their is n prospect of an heir to
the Imperial throne being born within the
year
It is settled that the pope will arrive in
Paris about the Ist of May, lor the purpose
of crowning the Emperor.
It is now reported that the coronation
nf tho Fmperor and Empress will take
place next month.
A French consulate is to be established
in Broussa,Turkey.
M. De Solms, the husband of Madam
Bolms, was about to embark at Havre for
America.
Germany. —A number of political ar
rests have taken place at Nuremberg and
elsewhere in Germany.
Great military precautions ore being ta
ken at Nuremberg and Munich, and mnnv
arrests are making.
Switzerland. —There is much excite
ment in Switzerland respecting the inso
lence of Austria, as manifested in the dif
ficulties at Ticino. Petitions were in cir
culation for the convocation of the Feder
al Council.
llenoary.—Four prisoners involved in |
the recent insurrection at Pesth, have been j
executed by the Austrian authorities. The I
victims were Charles Jubbil, the tutor of'
Kossuth’s children; Charles Andrasfly,'
Samuel Furkozv, and Casper Moszioky.
The three Inst named wore guerillas.
Austria. —The Emperor of Austria lias
entirely recovered from the wound receiv
<«) in the recent attempt upon his life. He
lias bestowed a pension upon tho mother
of the assassin. The subscription to build |
n church upon the spot where the uttempl]
was made, has reached 100,000 florins.
Italy. —At Milan, the citizens are for-1
bidden to approach the sentries, and M.l
jßenardi hnving failed to heed this regula-;
lion, was bayunetted on the spot.
Tho numbei ofarrests, between the 6th i
and asth of February, amounted to 600. '
The army in has been rein-1
torced by the addition of several brigades. I
Tho force on the frontiers of Ticino, is!
augmented to 15,000. I
Safli publishes a letter in the Italia Du
Fupolo, defending the insurrection.
Three political prisoners had been hang
ed at Mantua, viz:—M. Speri, of Brenciu,
Count Montanara of Vuro, a Glaziola
Matred, Abbot of Rovere over 70 years of
Twenty-five others were in prison,
hnving been condemned to death, or 20 i
years’ imprisonment.
The Lombardy emigrants in Piedmont,
effected by the sequestration going on in
Lombardy, have applied to the Piedmon
tese Government for protection. The
Ministry have accordingly resolved to!
Protest against the confiscation, and to for-!
Ward a remonstrance to the Court of Vi-!
epna, giving notice of the act to I,ondoDj
and Paris, |
A Ducal decree, issued at Parma, con
demnsevery conspirator to the Government!
fo the galleys for five years. 1
Martial law has been proclaimed at 1
Forti. . j
A number of political ftrrcsi.s have been!
mode at Vienna. ;
Tpscany.— George Crawford, an Eng-'
lifh officer, and a brother of the member
of* Parliament, has been expelled from
Toscany, on suspicion of having been
concerned in the revolutionary movements
in Florence.
The Austrians have occupied the fort
resses ol Belvideria and Basso, and order
ed the removal of tho Tuscan artillery.
Tohkev.— -Prince MenchikofF, the Rus
sian Envoy, has had up audience at Con
stantinople, with the Porte. i
Turkey refers the question with r.eonrd'
Jo the Holy Shrines, to Prussia. i
Russm makes a formal demand for the!
publication of the firman in favor of the!
Greek Church, obtained some time since.l
hut recently regarded as a dead letter. |
All hostilities in Montenegro have been!
suspended, and the political refugees have,
been removed into the Interior. :
The ports of Kieck and Sutroinnu, ure!
guaranteed to Austria. , j
The Portengroes to protect the Bosnian'
/Jhrißtisnu.
/brahim Rashn is tlciul. ' -
CORRUPTION IN ENGLISH ELECTIONS
1 Much is said in the IJritish journals of
j tho practice of “unseating” members of
.Parliament—u mode of ejectment rjiiitc
| unknown in the history of the federal or
State legislatures of this coutnry. Tliir-
I teen members of Parliament haveulrcady
| been “unseated,” and, from present ap
jpearanccs, many nioro are likely to meet
| the same fate—in other words, to be ex
; polled from the House for procuring their
| election through bribery and other illegiti
j rnulo influences. This is what is meant
by “unseating” n member. The phrase
I is n delicate synonyme for expulsion.
I From developements recently made be-
I fore special committees of the House, it
! seems that the practice of bribing the
| “honorable and independent” constitueu
jcies of England is almost of universal
I prevalence. The Times boldly avers that
| a faithful and thorough investigation would
j “unseat” at least one-half of the House o!
; Commons; while it expresses the opinion
| that, out of 659, the total number of mem-
I hers, at least COO are indebted to some
j corrupt agency for their election. A mem.
j ber of the Derby administration—the Min
ister of War—was publicly censured for
; corrupt tampering with tho electoral body.
The Spectator is indignant at the disgrace
ful practice, and gives the following sar
castic ndvice to members: “Till they have
jeleuned their Houso of this foul slain, we
j venture to suggest that they should prefix
dis and similar negatives to the ordinary
epithets they so bespatter one another with;
and so far as their preliminary process to
their parliamentary cureers is concerned,
tho public will not dispute that the dis hon
orable member for Swillborough, the un
gnllant udmiral for Cheatem, the ignoble
lord the member for Guzzletown, would
be far more appropriate and candid titles
of courtesy. ■’ This is a severe but not
unmerited rebuke. The evidenco before
the committees exhibits the dishonorable,
ungallant, and ignoble members of Parlia
ment, as well ns their worthy constituen
cies, in very unenviable and disgraceful
associations. It is amusing to see the va
rious shifts, crafty devices, and ingenious
subterfuges, by which the corrupt purchase
of votes is sought to bo concealed. One
electorgoes into his sister’s chamber, looks
on the bed, and there finds ten pounds.—
He knows not whence the money came,
nor whose it is, but ho pockets it—and
votes right. Another elector backs into a
room with his hands behind him,and comes
out again with money in his palm. Of
course he is ignorant of his generous ben
efactor. Another elector buys cattle of one
of the candidates at unaccountably low pri
ces, or at very high prices, with an indefi
nite credit. liy all such expedients do the
honorable members of Parliament contrive
to cloak the bribery corruption by which
they oecure their seats. Of course they
are ignorant of the unworthy acts of their
ugents; (boy only know that in the end
the representation of a borough costs a pret
ty round surrt.
Various remedied, moreor less stringent,
are suggested for the suppression of this
growing evil. It is evident that it is not
enough merely to disfranchise tho borough
or “unseat” the member. Au extension
of the right of suffrage, and the substitution
of the ballot-box for the poll would doubt
less work tho cure. This is the remedy
proposed by the liberals ; but with very
little chance of success; tho public senti
ment of Groat Britain is not ripe for the
reform.
| Important From Buknos A YnEs The
city resikoed DY Uehuiza. —By way of
jltio Grande, we have dates from Buenos
• Ayres to tho 20th of January, which state
i that the city was closely besieged by Ur
jquizn., Skirmishing took place daily, and
business was almost entirely suspended. l
(Produce was vory scarce, as nono could
come in, op account of the entire popula
tion beiug under arms according to a proc
lamation from the governor, compelling
jail male persons to unite in driving off'the
j insurgents. . Them was no prospect of
the siege being raised, ap Urquizaf the in-1
stigator of the insurrection, has immense
influence with the couptry people. j
THE* REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD Pa., April 21, 18537
Tj7m(^|{/\tic = N()M[nltions.
Canal Commissioner,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
Of Philadelphia County,
Auditor General,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
Of Mifflin County .
Surveyor General,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
Of Crawford County.
To Con respond ents. —A friend writes
us that he has wiitten out his views con
jcerning our present school system, and
j wants to know if wo will give him room
jin our columns for their publication. As
tho policy of nn alteration in our present
school system is very likely to occupy a
large share of public attention, and thut
before long, we ure in favor of giving all
the information on the subject that we can,
and will therefore cheerfully give place to
our friend.
“ Rambler's ” interesting let(cr is on file,
and will appear in our next.
“Bright Hopes," by a school girl, will
find a place in our next. With a little
practice, and some attention to the rules of
poetical composition, she will be a welcome
contributor to our columns.
(L!7~We presume that the present article
will closo the controversy between our
correspondents “Free Trade'' and ''Pilot's
Friend." Our renders will excuse the
apparent personalities of these two writers
when wo assure them that neither author
is known to the other
j paper has been issued from this
i office since the Ist inst. The flood came
about tho sth, and besides carrvini; o!f u
j*turge quantity of vuluable lumber, also
icarried uwuv printers, editors and all.
lumber is going to market this
season by sections. The first flood onlv
extended as high up as Trout Run, ena
bling much of the lumber below that point
to get off. Tho next rise reached this
place, and to Curwensville for light rafts,
making a pretty clean sweep from this
down. That of last week was still more
extensive, and our tip-river and up-creek
friends ure ull afloat with a very lurge,
and perhaps a little better assortment of
lumber than they ever sent to market be
fore.
From information from below, prices
are very good—perhaps n little better for
square limber than at any former season.
Cfc!7"Thc lumber interests of this section
of Pennsylvania has now grown to be one
of tho leading pursuits of the State. For
two weeks our river has been navigable al
most without interruption und during that
time there has been a continuous strim* ol
O
rafts and arks floating to market. We
have no correct way of ascertaining the
precise number. If wo had, and would
state it, wo have no doubt it would aston
ish every body. Some two weeks ago a
Clinton county paper stated that about
1800 rafts hud passed Lock Haven. That
was before our lumbermen had got fairly
started, and none but the lightest rafts
went from ns high up ns this point; nnd if
that statement was any thing near the
truth, then it would be fair to estimate the
entiro run at 4000 rafts and arks. Now,
it will not be extravagnnt to assume that
tho market price of these rafls will aver
age 8500, nnd if so, then we have the
clever sum of two millions of dollars us
tho valuo of tho lumber exported Irom the
West Brunch above Lock Haven. Much
of this lumber is taken from Elk county,
and some from Centre and Clinton, but
the greatest bulk of it is the yield of the
forestspf Clearfield,
This we say, is an important interest to
our State. It compares favora >lv with the
iron interests, and approaches) that of tho
coal. Yet both these interests have been
the especial objects of legislative protection,
in the way of making canals and railroads
for their development—and in many in
stances directly and seriously detrimental
to the lumber interests. For twenty years
the lumbermen huvo been begging at the
door of tho Legislature for the paltry sum
ol $20,000 to be spent in removing natural
obstructions in the bed of the river, in or
der that their produce could go to murket
cheaper and safer, but in vain. The furm
er and tho lumberman, our legislators
think, can get along without assistance,
andean even put up with an occasional
obstruction to r the accommodation of oth
er interests.
Again Open.?— It will be seen by refer
ence to the advertisement of the Trustees,
that the Clearfield Academy will bo re
opened on next Monday. iXr. Gordon,
the Principal, is a young" gentleman of
highly creditable capacity for the station.
&v”Dr. Hunter has sent us a copy of
his medical Book, for a better description
of which than we can give, tho reader is
referred his advertisement.
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT
The act creating n new Judicial district,
to be composed of the counties of Clear
field, Centro and Clinton, has passed
through all tho forms of legislation, and is
now a law.
There are perhaps no three counties in
the slate, the intercourse of whose citizens
are more identical than those of Centre,
Clinton and Clearfield. Thev were con-1
nected, not only Judicially, but Legisla-1
tively, for many years, and wo opposed!
their separation with all our might. Ourj
citizens were almost unanimously opposed ,
to any other connection. But wc were|
thrown ofT, as if we were not wantod, by j
whom and for what purpose wo shall not l
now stop to inquire. Another change
took place, nnd we came under the charge
of Judge K\ox, who has now been with us ■
three torms, and in this time has won the
good will of our citizens, of all parties, to!
such a degree as to render any change!
which will take him from them quite un
welcome.
But the business interests of this county j
being almost exclusive’y of an enstern con- j
nuctio.'.',a restoration to ourold district, if,
a change was nccessury, no better dispo-j
sition of us could have been made, and for,
this reason, we apprehnno'that our citizens
will be very well satisfied. j
ARTHUR SPUING, TIfE MURDERER.
As wc intimated in our Inst issue would
he the case, a new trial was granted to
tins miserable wretch, for the murder of
Mrs. Lynch, in Philadelphia. No new
facts of importance were elicited in the
second trial, and he was again found guil
ty ol murder in the first decree.
Since this second conviction a circum
stance has came to light which throws
strong suspicion upon this samo Spring as
the murderer of Jos. Rink, in his store in
Market street, one afternoon some throe
months ago. An umbrella was left in the
store by the assassin, which has been iden
tified by a Mr. Ragan, brother-in-law of
Spring, as the one that he loaned to Spring
on tho ufternoon of tho murder,
j Other circumstances have been develo
ped that go to fix still nnother deliberate
j murder upon this bloodthirsty wretch.—
1 Some lg years ngo a farmer named Hope,
of Kingsessing, Philadelphia county, was
found dend,the body presenting unmistak
able evidence of having been murdered.
He was reputed to be wealthy, and after
his death n considerable sum was found
secreted about his premises, which was
supposed to have been the object of the
murderer. It is said to have created much
excitement at the time, and all efFurts to
get on the trail of the perpetrator were un
availing, and the circumstance had been
nearly forgotten. It is now ascertained
that Spring lived in the neighborhood at
the timo,and had dealings with Hope.—
The younger Spring, in giving his testi
mony, staled that his father told him on
ono occasion of having “killed a man ex
pecting to get 870,000, und didn’t get a
d d cent,” nnd in this, it is now sup
posed, ho alluded to the murder of Hope.
0O“Mr. Buchanan has been appointed
by the President, as Minister to England,
and it is said he has signified his willing
ness to accept the honor.
The Hon. Pierre Soule, U. S. Sena
tor from Louisiana, has been appointed
Minister to Spain.
fcj7“PowELL, of iho Elk County Advo
cate, the other week, opened his battery,
upon us in good style. Whether wo de-,
served it or not, is a matter of smull con
sequence, and we are determined to grin
and bear it without a word of complaint.
We arc the more reconciled with this 1
. I
course since seeing the excoriations of 'hej
Elk inflicted upon the devoted head of our
very devotod friend, the Judge, of the rot
ter Union. We shall not, however, be j
either coaxed or driven into an abandon-!
ment of the welfare of the good people of
Elk. Although we now have a Judicial'
district of our own, and although we ex
pect soon to havo a Judge, too, still we
shall ever oppose the closing of the door
against the admission of little Elk. She
must be delivered out of the hands of the'
Philistines. Neither the kicks of his Elk-'
ship, the stains of their blackberries, nor
the depth of their mud-iioles shall drive us
from this position.
DEATII OP VICE PRESIDENT W. R. RING and
CHIEF JUSTICE J. 1). GIBSON.
When we had about the half of our
present edition pressed off wo received a
copy of the Harrisburg Union of yester
day, (the 20th,) announcing the decease
of these two distinguished citizens. What tub Diver Saw!—The platei
The Vice President died at his residence cabin of the steamer Victoria, WTCckt
in Cahawba, Alabama, on the 10th inst., near Howth, on Iho coast of Ireland, &
within 24 hours after his return from Cu-, (£rA Duel tool; plneent Cincinnati a few
ba, whither ho had repaired in hopes of, any s since between a grandson of Ex-Pres- induce hirti to go down a second lime, ii
regaining his health. j} dei J l Harrison and the son of an extensive'the scene in the cabin wus the most hoi
Chief Justice Gibson, save the Union* * , Son the second fire the descendant ri bio bo ever witnessed. He thought
died at bis residence in Carlisle, Pa., yes! ™ io hnd entered a Wax-work exhibition tl
terdny mornfog, tho 20th. ’ ' Sft3tLS&S
For the Republican,
LOU FLOATING,
Messrs. Editors :
If your correspondent Free Trade is so
sensitive to ridicule, let him keep himself
out of its wav. Your renders, nnd not he,
will judge who has argued the question. —
He has perhaps by this time learned thnt
“facts are stubborn things” to contend
! with. It seems that he is alono “bandying
{ epithets,” whilst, in the same sentence in
which he abjures it, he uses the most dis-|
! respectful terms applied to me, that his
j “contracted” mind could hunt up from his
more “contracted” vocabulary. His pro- 1
duction of the 18th February, proves who|
commenced bandying epithets. There is j
!a proverb about living in glass houses and i
i throwing stones, und another about the
' beam and the mote, that Mr. Free Trade j
imightdowell to upply.
j When Mr. Free Trade Muted thnt log
floating commenced in 1801, and wanted
it to be understood that he wus so well in
formed on the whole subject, what could
any person do but take him nt his word 1
And seeing thnt his ideas were so very
liberal nnd enlightened, no wonder your
readers, nnd I umong the rest, should have
given up their previous settled preconcep
tions and convictions, even to believing
that saw-logs had not been floated in this
''wide world" till it was done in Clearfield
in 1851. Out it seems w should correct
his blunders, nnd guess at what he means,
and if we h ippcu to miss are we to be
branded as bavin u "contracted ideas," If
he writes riddles, let him solve them.
Mr. Free Trade asks, “What has bis
sophistry, bis absurdities, h.s 'plausibility,
bis toppCy, or bis learning lo do with
rutting or uig-floaling ! Why, truly, us
it lias turned out, they have little lo do
with either; nut but Jie intended they
should ; and tbit reason they happened to
be brought into hotice by rite, w.is, because
be tried to employ them till in advocating
a bad cause, to the injury of a lar.ee pro
portion of the population of a number of
counties. He must certainly suppose that
raftsmen are very goslings, hud they let
him off with such tilings.
I suppose that Mr. I’ree Trade will
plume himself about maintaining his posi
tion ; but there is such u predicament as
trvmg to stand on -slippery footing-; that
In* does so, has been already shown. Float
ing has been carried on nt ntrincalculuble
loss to rafters, nnd that by nothing more
or less (to speak plainly) than n perfect
imposition on their vested rights.
It seems that “an amicable adjustment
of the matter by the parlies interested, is
likely to lake, place." If wo knew from
what source Mr. Free Trade had his infor
mation, or who he means by those inter
ested, we could better judgo of the likeli
hood. The raftsmen are certainly one
party interested, and thev must have chan
ged their minds a-, quickly ns Mr. Free
Trade seems to do, il such a thing is pos
sible. But this desirable object it seems,
may be defeuti d by the “selfishness of in
dividuals.” Glnss bouses nnd throwing
stones, again, eh! Floaters and the advo
cates of the system, should keep selfish
ness, and something worse, as much in the
back-ground as possible, when they speak
of “defeating desirable measures," and
“equal laws." There is no doubt but
“difficulties will vanish tchen raftsmen
and log-floaters meet, in good fellowship."
Suclt a thing may possibly happen, but
not sooner, it is to be doubted, than when
“swords shall bo beat into plough-shares,
nnd spears into pruning-hooks,” nnd till
such one-sided writers as Mr. Free Trade
and I shall cense to scribble of equal rights
and equal laws, and till the floating busi
ness is more systematized than that the
“death of one man or sickness of another"
shall derange the business of nearly all
the inhabitants of an entire neighborhood.
If Mr. Free Trade reully is converted
to the rafters’ side of the question, I re
joice. If he is serious about his recom
mendation of slue!-'watering the West
Branch, and so putting an end to log-float
ing, it is strange ; but it seems lo me more
likely that the lust paragraph of his com
munication :s intended as a ruse to draw
off the attention of those most interested
from the subject that at present more im
mediately concerns them. Let him ex
plain himself, und then we will not be
bound lo guess nt the meaning ofhis enig
mas
I am heartily tired, Messrs. Editors, ofj
this trifling, and I suppose so are you ;i
and I hope that this will close the books!
between Mr. Free Trude and me—and!
when the uuditors examine the accounts'
let them decide in whoso favor to strike!
the balance.
j It is well known tlmt the Susquehanna
is naturally a difficult stream to navigate,
from its different sources to its estuary. —
The ob struetions to navigation are m all
conscience enough already, and if nothing
is to be done to remove them, at least let
then) not be increased. It is bad enough
:ns it is, without allowing a few monopolis
ing, self-interested speculators, for their
! own gums, to impede it—to the serious
loss of a la rite portion of the citizens ol
Clearfield and the adjoining counties.—
Justice demands it ; the voice of the sov
ereign people demands it; and lam con
fident our legislators will, in their wisdom,
enact such measures ns will, in the pres
ent instance, ensure the greatest good to
the greatest number. We must Irust to
them, confident as we are, that they will
be influenced by no motives but a sense j
of right—by a sense of the sneredness of
vested rights, and by the voice of the great
mnjority. Rospeculfully,
PILOTS’ FRIEND.
A Chapter in the life of Spring the SI
Now that Arthur Spring, the late trial „
whonj for murder, has excited so mud
interest, is convicted, and nothing remain
but to execute the fearful penalty, it will
i D0 ‘ improper and may not be uninter,
jesting to recite a brief chapter of the last
five or six years of his life. Spring wap
an irishman born—a confectioner by trade*
jhc lived for a number of years, and up 1 9
1844 or ’45, in the city 0 f Philadelphia,
after which ho moved his family .t 0 this city
and commenced the business of refectory
and liquor saloon in a basement two^or
three doors from the old park Theatre.—,
Within three months after he had opened
this ‘'place” in Park Row, he was arrested
by the police on a charge of huving, |q
connection with another person, (still I*.
riding in New York,) enticed a sailor (the
mate, we think,) of a vessel into his cellar
at a late hour of night, knocked him down
with a heavy club of wood, (woundinghmj
nearly to death,) and robbed him of 8600
in gold coin. The evidence against Spriog
wus not conclusive of guilt, but was suffi.
ctent to bind him in the sum of $lOOO, to'
appear and answer the charge. He pro.,
cured bail and was released from tfo
Tombs.
! Spring’s family lived in some rooms la
the renrofhis place of business, and soon'
alter this charge against him his wife diet
in child-birth, (as it was said, but other
wise ns it was suspected) leaving three !
small children, the eldest a son—thopret
ent witness on the trial for murder—and
two infant girls. In less than n month af>
ter the first charge, and within a fewdayi
after the death of his wifo,- Spring wa»
again apprehended on a charge of having
stolen, at night, in his cellar (and almost
in the same manner the mate was robbed
§JO‘) and over from an emigrant latelyat.
rived in this city. A part of the monev
was found concealed under the steps ol
the stoop leading into his rear yard. Tht
offence was fixed upon him almost beyond
doubt. Shortly after ht 9 arrest ho con
fessed his guilt to Justice (then Clerk) Stu
art, admitting also the perpetration of tb»
other robbery —how it was done—who
wus concerned with him in the felony—io
whnt manner they had divided the money,
and where he had concealed the most of
his share, (which on searching proved
true,) declaring most solemnly that he had
committed the second offence for the sole
purpose of getting a sufficient amount of
I money to reimburse the party first robbsd,
(his partner in the crime refusing to sur
render back any portion of his share) to
that the seaman might, as he had promis
ed, leave the city and not appear against
him at the trial, and he ba thereby present:
ed from the State prison, and saved to ibt
care and protection of his children. Spring
pleaded guilty to this second offence, and
was sentenced for six years to a felon’*
doom, at hard labor at Sing Sing—leaving
his destitute and worse than orphan chil
dren friendless and without protection.—
Mr. Stuart had them plnced in the kind
charge of Mr. Foster, matron of the City
Prison, where they remained for a number
of weeks, and were finally removed to tbs
Alms house.
Some six or ten months after, it wai
learned that tho wife of Spring had some
relations, and among them an aunt, own
er of some property at or near Washing
ton. On writing to her, Stuart received
an answer, that if the children could be
sent on to Washington, proper charge
would be taken of them by their mother’s
relations. A small amount of monoy was
raised, a trusty person employed, and
these poor children—young Arthur, with
two smaller sisters—were forwarded to
their friends and kindred. Five ycatt
passed, when one morning, in the eqrly
part of December last, Arthur, a bright,
intelligent lad, who had passed the age ol
sixteen or seventeen years, presented bin*
self to Justice Stuart, (who was at OKI
reminded of the unhappy history of Its
futher and family,) stuting that ha wtl
living nn apprentice to n confectioner It
Washington—that his sisters were bod
alive, and with their friends— that he fiaJ
alone come on to New York to see if bf
some means he could not get his falifff
pntdoned the remaining year of his SOB*
tence from the Stute prison—that he would
have made the effort sooner, but was with*
out money to pay his pussage from Wash
ington, and had only then become enabled
by a long and continuous saving of alllhi
menns he could husband. The magistraw
moved by the noble object of the boy
(who declared that nothing would makt
him so happy as to be able to take hi
lather home with him to his little sisters,
and upon his own knowledge of the whol
affair, wrote an earnest letter lo Governo
Hunt, with which the lad proceeded to A
bany. It is almost needless to say, thi
with a man like Governor Hunt, the brat
and generous conduct, and earnest, nrl
pleading of this earnest and devoted qtrai
gvr boy, for the pardon of a parent ao lot
confined in the dungeon of the State pri
on, did not fail of its object. The fret
lather and thankful child, with heart ewe
len with emotions of gratitude, nnd Loud
ing with hope in the joyful, anticipation i
restoring n lost parent to the little sister
he so much loved, with no delay left J(ei
York, by wav of Philadelphia, forthecil
ef Washington.#
The rest is known. And this in.il
son on whom the. father now seeks 10 f
the offence of n most diabolical murji
of whice he alone is, beyond doubt, ti
perpetrator, and most righteously convi<
ed.