£ o 111 lit ti IT i r IT t i 0 U fc. fw the Gazette. SO\ G . iae Episcopal < emelery of Lelfown---i Lovely Spot! Air -" Floating Scow of Old Virginia." Oh, when ray spirit leaves this earth. To wing its way on high— !o find in spirit-worlds a birth Above, the power to die— Then bear me to that spot so fair, To lay in death's repose ; Oh, carry me there—go, carry nie w here The Kishacoqoillas iiow*! My sister—are you really dead ? Have wild tlowers bid veur tomb ? The pine waves bright above your bead— The grave's your mountain home ! Then bear me to, &c. They tell me life's an idle dream— The grave will quench each thought: To me it dou't so idle seem— A brighter world I've sought. Then bear me to, A.c. There is a rest to mortals given A day without a night; The wears soul shall find its llea. il Its darkness turned to light. Then bear me to. Ac. My friends, like leaves, are failing round— They sleep the Sleeper's sleep ; llow many rest beneath the ground, And some beneath the deep ! Then bear me to, &c. Oh, when my spirit leaves this earth, To wing its way on high— To find in spirit-worlds a birth Above the power to die— Then bear me to that spot so fair. To lay in death's repose . Oh. carry me there—go, carry me where The Kishacoquill&s flows'. OKALOOSA. J.ewistown, January 13, lbso. For the Gazette. .1 Borough without an Officer. Do not l>e startled, reader, on being in forrned that the Borough of Lewistown appears to be without an officer. Strange as t)iis mav appear, we art nevertheless induced to believe it from the facts set forth in the sequel. Manv doubts and surmises having been expressed about a borough ordinance, 4 Yn Inquirer' in the Gazette of the 12th inst., requested, in the most respectful language, the borough officers to give information in the next Gazette whether there was a bo rough ordinance requiring the snow to be removed front the pavements, A.c. Not- . withstanding the rumor that borough offi cers had been elected, the next Gazette contained no reply. Now seeing that the ordinance (for Madam Rutnor most posi tively asserts there is one) still remains as a dead letter, unnoticed and disregarded, notwithstanding attention to it has been publicly, though respectfully, invited, is it assuming too much to assert that the bo rough is for appears to be without an offi cer .' At all events there is none willing to condescend to answer the interrogatories of An Inquirer, and as regards the ordi nance in question. " there i- none so poor as to do it reverence." In his first communication An Inquirer supposed a hint would he sufficient, and "till desirous of avoiding offence, he indul ges the hope of arousing the attention of the officers to this and other ordinances daily violated with impunity, "still m a > iniid and gentle strain." AN INQUIRER. THE AGENCIES OF PROPILSION. —Mr. Lwbank, in his Patent Report. \ igorouslv and carefully scrutinizes the agencies of Propulsion employed in the great Ocean Steamers now traversing the Atlantic, the Gulf and the Pacific, and proves, if there be such a thing as abstract scientific de monstration, that bv a simple modification of the paddle-w heels a very great increase of speed in the movement of these steam ers might at once he attained. He shows that there i- an actual was'e of power in a paddle-wheel equal to the aggregate thick ness of the paddles or buckets, and that any attainable diminution of that thickness would secure a corresponding increase of speed. He shows also that the efficiency of the paddles is increased in proportion to their length or distance from the centre, illustrating and confirming his positions by drawings of various birds and fishes, showing that the swift birds have all long pointed wings while the slow and heavily th ing birds have u ings much shorter and equarer. So the swift fishes agree in hav ing a wide caudal fin with a slender con formation above it, while the comparative ly clumsy fishes maintain nearly the same si/e froin the bndv to the ertreruity of the caudal fin.—.V. f. Tribune. REMARKABLE RIVER. —The Florida Sen tinel contains an account of the examina tion, by a committee of scientific gentlemen, of the river Wacissa, in Florida, with a view of testing its capacity for a water power for manufacturing purposes, and the practicability of connecting it with St. Mark's bv a canal. They found water at the head of the river thirty-two feet a!*w high-water, in the St. Mark's.at Newport. The Sentinel describes the Wacissa rner as one of the natural curiosities almost peculiar to Florida. It takes us rise, like the Wakulla, in springs of tremendous volume, forming an immense basin with hold shores, from which it runs in a S. S. K. direction, in a deep and broad stream, about fourteen miles. In a swamp, where most of it disappears through a subterra nean channel, by which it is discharged into the Gulf. This river is said to con tain a greater volume of water than the Potomac or James river, and, like all rivers having a similar n-eia Florida, it is affected neither by drought nor freshet, a Hording one stead >. uniform, and urn arv ing current .nil the year. Any conceivable amount of water-power can be obtained by means of the ean.d proposed, and it will not only be untailiug fim unvarying. The committee are of opinion that more thSn ten times tin ivaiM-po'.ver ol Lowell can hi found there lit a small i- apt i - < THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWN, m. Si TIE DAY, JANUARY 26, ISSO. ! TERMS : OXE DOLL.IK PER AXXI .n, 4 IV ADVANCE. For six months, 15 cents. 33=* Ml NEW subscriptions must be paid in advance If the paper is continued, and not p.\id within the first month, #1 25 will be charg ed • if not paid in three months, §1.50: if not paid in six months, #1.75; and if not paid in nine months, §2.00. Notices of Aihertisements. WM. RAMSEY, Esq., Administrator, adverti ses a quantity of Woodland at public sale. A l.l'a to Marks has a new Tide Water Boat, Wagons and Cart for sale. j. Dit KS lias two Auditor's notices. MORE BOORS! Mr. Mi iiRAY.ut J. J. Milliken'sold stand, continues to add to hie stock of ueeiul and m. structive reading, and purposes to remain in town until Tuesday a week. Amoeg his re cent additions, we noticed a large Bible, beau tifully got up and handsomely bound ; the Book of Common Prayer, bound in purple velvet, with gold clasps; a variety ol Piano Music, Caru Cases, &c., which are offered at remark ably low prices. Mis stock now embraces works of interest to the clergyman, lawyer, physician, farmer, mechanic, Odd Fellows and Even Fellows, boys and girls—any of whom cannot fail to meet with something worth look ing at. ile has also many works suitable for presents, and Homeos who have their Juliets should not suffer such an opportunity to pass without furnishing the latter with a specimen of their taste in books. fv We give in another column a state ment from the Canal Commissioners' Re port of the goods, wares, merchandize and produce received at and forwarded from Lewistown by canal. Vfnison !—Six thousand one hundred and twenty-four pounds of Venison were forwarded to Philadelphia by railroad from the Lewistown Depot on Tuesday last. A (Ifer load that. Coffkf. —The Tariff of ' 46 is still put ting up the priee of Coffee—the wholesale rates in the city having reached 14 a If) cents per lb.—and if it don't soon stop rising, the poor man, with Buchanan wa ges, will have to go back to succory, rye, barley or roasted chestnuts. We should like to know what the tariff animal is about all this time? There is n<> use in the op position papers to aver that it lias nothing to do with it. If that bantling of locofoco ism can create a famine in Europe to raise the price of wheat, starve the Irish by rotting their potatoes, and give employment to British laborers, it seems to us it would be a small matter for it to nut down the price ol coffee. COMMON SCHOOL CONVENTION. —After a full discussion, this body, which convened at Harrisburg last week, adopted reports and resolutions, embracing the following proposed changes in our school svstem : lt. That a department of education be estab lished, the head of which shall devote himself exclusively to this important subject, visiting the various Schools Districts occasionally, by way of stimulating those in charge of them to greater exertions in the cause of education. g.J . That a State Common School Journal be established, as a means of communication be tween the department and the schools, school directors and teachers. 3d. That two .Normal schools be established for the preparation of teachers to impart knowl edge to the youths of the Commonwealth, in the most improved manner. 4th. That it be recommended to the various school districts to form associations of directors and teachers, for the purpose of meeting and consulting in regard to the best means of im parting instructing and advancing the cause of education. filh. That it be recommended to the different districts to appoint county superintendents. 6th. That a uniformity of school books be recommended in the different counties. Ippointmr t- !> the Canal Commissioners. I 'ou.tcTOß'.—Stewart Pearce, Columbia; S. S. Bigler, Harrisburg; George Smith, lieach Haven : Stephen Wilson, Northumberland ; Al iison White, Duunsburg ; C. 1). F.ldred, W'il liamsport; C. Thomas, Liverpool; S. Law, Newport; I) W. M'C'ormick, Lew istown; A. S. Harrison, Huntingdon; A. A. Douglass, Holiidavshurg; K. Zeiglcr, Duncan's Island Bridge; J Shoemaker, Juniata Aqueduct; A. Stewart, Swatara Bridge; J. K. Heckman, Lastou : H. Scarborough, New Hone ; J. llibhs, Bristol ; John Stallman, Philadelphia ; Thomas Bitting, I'aoli ; J. J. Keller, Lancaster. Si rf.Rij.Tiis-iu.NT.— W. S. Campbell, Portage. KCPCRVISORS. —J. M. Solliday, Delaware Di vi,', on ; Heuj. Savior, North Branch; Thomas Bennett. Wist Branch; H. D. Rodearmel, Sus quehanna ; S. M Laughlin,Eastern; J. S. Miller, Lower Juniata J. P. Anderson, Upper Juniata ; John Peters, Upper Western Division. CARGO INSPECTOR. —G. N Smith, Johnstown. WKIGHMAVTKRS. — M. H. Horn, Laston ; Rnbt. Williams, Holfidav••burg , J. G.( hesney, North umberland. M\ the above, it will be soon that Mr. M'Horinick retains his post as ('ollecior, while Mr. Turner, who held his place a \ ear longer than customary in consequence of a disagreement between Longstreth and Painter, gives way to J. S. .Miller, of Juniata. Mr. Turner retires with general good will, and Mr. having obtained the " hang of his business" by a year s prac tice, will no doubt ably discharge his du ties. * Several articles intended for tiii- week - paper, are unavoidahlv omitted. Sunday Travelling. Wo noticed some weeks ago that the ( Yntral Kailroad had discontinued running the passenger trains on Sundays, and we now perceive that a number of petitions have been presented in the Legislature, asking a closing of the public works against • trade and travel on that day. Although at first view, especially to religious minds, this may be deemed a very proper course, we doubt whether it would answer the end intended, namely, the observance oj the. Sabbath day as a day of rest. For some \ ears past our collectors have been in the habit of closing their offices from morning until 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening, thus bringing together boats from above as well as below—the result of which invariably was rowdy ing, fighting, drinking, and any amount of cursing and swearing—a result, we are free to say, which would not have been produced had the boats been suffered to proceed as they arrived. Hut if a law be passed for the public works, whv not extend it to other modes of conveyance ! If the Railroad on the one hand and the State on the other, will not suffer people to travel or go to church on Sundavs by railroad or canal, why not close turnpike gates also, and thus prevent them from travelling or going to church in that wa\ ? The principle is undoubtedly the same, or if there is any difference, it is hevond our comprehension. Thus, the citizens of M'Veytown and along the line might very readily visit Lewistowu, attend church twice a day, and return home in the evening at a cost of ?."> cents —but the railroad will not let them. The turnpike however will, at a cost of perhaps $1..'17-i or .50 ! We believe the best way for our legisla tors will be to let " well enough" alone in this respect. Almost even man has his own opinion as to the propriety of travel line on the day spoken of; if one wishes to attend church and spend the day in de votion, let him tie up his boat, stable his horses and do so—if another desires to travel, whether on river, canal, or turnpike, let his be the •' sin." As for the Pennsylvania Railroad, we venture to predict that the passenger ears will run daily before the year 1 *SO i among the things that were. The Ilollidavsbunr Standard, after ad mitting that we may be right respecting the politics of two postmasters who recently committed robberies of the mail, thinks we made " rather a lame attempt at screening old Zach's • honest and compeh at" post masters" when we can single out only one or two from the " hundreds of mail rob beries which have been committed during the past vear," and advises us to try our hand on the other -ode ol the house. \\ e profess to be quite ready to oblige our friend up the river, but reallv we have no recollection of hundreds of such robberies during the past year. We liav ean inkling', however, that not long ago a certain whig editor at Tniontown, in this State, was charged with such an offence, and the Standard, as well as all it- kindred, held him up in ltolv horror as a specimen of old Zach's appointments ; but unfortunately for them and their comments, he was hon- orably acquitted. The same paper alleges that the Blooms burg Democrat, published in the eoimty where the robberv was committed, denies that (Jenrhart was a locofoco. We base our assertion on the authority of the Dan ville Democrat, published at place where the robbery was committed, and hence deem it correct. If so, the account in this Stale, since the inauguration of old Zach, w ill stand as follows : Loeofocos who have rohbed the mail, 2 \\ iligs " " " " " 0 Locofoco majority. - - 2 Considering that old Zach has proscribed proscription by suffering a number ol his opponents to remain in office, we should say they have done prettv w ell in the •• get what you can, and what you get hold" line. Having carried forward the above credit, we shall keep the Ledger posted, accord ing to request. JOHK SMITH. —In the Pittsburgh Post, infor mation is asked for concerning Jultn Smith, who has to his credit on the books of the bank of Pittsburgh, thirteen hundred and sixty-three dollars. It is possible that this money may have been the property of Captain JOHN SMITH. who died sometime ago in this county . He was for a number of years a much esteemed Captain of one of the western river boats, and it would perhaps he worth the inquiry on the part of his surviving relatives to see to the matter. Under the present laws of this State unclaimed divi dends. money on deposit, Sc., in banks and other corporations, escheats to the < ommonwt ahh after lining advertised three ' successive years. The New York Tribune designates the : long-continued strife lor Door-keeper of ; the House, the " Battle of the Boor." PROtEEDttGS OF COXGRESB. In the Senate, on the 21st and 22d, Mr. CASS defined his position on the Wihnot Proviso, which he seems to consider un constitutional, contending tljat the people of the several Stales alone have the right to legislate on the subject of slavery—a fact none but abolitionists have ever denied. ] In the House, the election for Door keeper was postponed for an indefinite period, (hi the 21st, the following mes sage from the President, in answer to a resolution intended to head "Old Zach," was read : To the Uoxise of Representatives of the United States : 1 transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to the resolution of that body, passed on the 21st of December last, the accompanying reports of heads of departments, which contain all the official information in the possession of the executive asked for by the resolution, i On coming into otlice, 1 found the military commandant of the department of California exercising the functions of a civil governor in j that territory ; and left as I was, to act under the treaty of Gaudaloupe -Hidalgo, without the ! aid of any legislative provision establishing a government in that territory, 1 thought it best not to disturb the arrangement made under my predecessor, until Congress should take some action on tiiat subject, i therefore did not in i terfere with the powers of the military com mandant, who continued to exercise the func tions of civil governor as before ; but 1 made no such appointment, conferred no such authority, and have allowed riu increased compensation to the commandant for his services. With a view to the faithful execution of the treaty, so far as laid in the power of the execu tive, and to enable Congress to act at the present 1 session, with as full knowledge and as little dif ficulty as possible on all matters of interest in those territories, 1 sent the Hon. Thomas Butler King, as bearer of despatches to California, arid certain officers to California and New Mexico, whose duties are particularly defined in the ac companying letters of instruction addressed to | them severally by the proper departments. I did not hesitate to express to the people of those territories my* desire that each territory should, if prepared to comply with the requisi tions of tiie constitution ol" the United States, form a plan of a State constitution, and submit the same to Congress, with a prayer for admis sion into the Union as a State : but I did not an ticipate, suggest, or authorise the establishment of any such government, without the assent of Congress, nor did i authorise any government agent or officer to interfere with nor exercise any influence or control over the election of delegates, or even any convention, in making or modifying their domestic institutions, or any of the provisions of their proposed constitution ; on the contrary, the instructions given by mv orders were, that all measures of domestic policy must originate solely with themselves—that while the executive was desirous to protect and defend them in the formation of any government, re publican in its character, to be at the proper time submitted to Congress—yet it was to he distinctly understood that the plan of such a government must, at the same time, he the result of their own deliberate choice, and originate with themselves, without the interference of the executive. I am unable to give any information as to laws passed by an* supposed government in California, or of any census taken in c ither of the territories mentioned in the resolution, a a I have no infor mation on thee subjects, as already stated. I have not disturbed the arrangements which 1 found had existed under my predecessor. In en dorsing an early application by the people of the territories for admission, as stated, 1 was actua ted principally by an earnest desire to aliord to the wisdom and patriotism of Congress the op portunity of avoiding angry di-sentions among the people of the United States. 1 nder the constitution < very State has the right of 'establishing, and from time to time al tering its municipal laws and domestic institu tions, independently of every other State, and of the general government, s siiject only to the propositions and guarantees expressly set forth in the constitution of the United States. The subjects tbus left exclusively to the respective Stales were not designed or expected to become topics of national agitation. Still, as under the constitution, Congress has power to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the ter ritories of the I nited States, every new acquisi tion of territory has icd to discussions on the qiu stion whether the system of involuntary ser vitude, which prevails in many of the States, should, or should not. be prohibited in that ter ritory. The periods of excitement from (his cause, which have heretofore occurred, have been safely passed; but during the interval of whatever length may elapse before the admission of the territories ceded by .Mexico, as States, it appears probable that similar excitement will prevail to an undue extent. Under these cir cumstances, I thought, and still think, that it was my duty to endeavor to put it in the power of Congress, by the admission of California and New Mexico as States, to remove all occasion for the unnecessary agitation of the public mind. It is understood that the people of the western part of < California have formed a plan <>f a State constitution, and will .soon submit the same to the judgment of Congress, and apply for admis sion as a Slate. This course on their part, though in accordance with my wish, was not adopted exclusively in consequence of any ex pression of my wishes, inasmuch as measures tending to this end had been promoted by the officers sent there by my predecessor, and were already in active progress of execution before any communication from me reached California. If the proposed constitution shall, when submit ted to Congress, he found to be in compliance with the requisitions of the constitution of the 1 mted States, 1 earnestly recommend that it may receive the sanction of Congress. The part of California not included in the pro posed state of that name, IN believed to be unin habited, except in a settlement of our country men in the vicinity ol Salt Lake. A c'aitii has been advanced by the State of Texas to a very large portion ol the must pop ulous district of the territory, commonly desig nated by the name of New Mexico. If the people of New .Mexico had formed a plan of State government for that territory, as ceded by the treaty of < • uadaloupc Hidalgo, and had been admitted by Congress as a State, our constitu tion would have afforded the meant of obtaining an adjustment of tin; question of boundary with Texas by a judicial decision. At present, how ever, no judicial tribunal has the power of de ciding that question, and it remains for Con gress to devise some mode for its adjustment. Meanwhile, 1 submit to Congress the question whether it would be expedient, before such ad justment, to establish a territorial government, which, by including the district so claimed, would practically decide the question adverse ly to the State of Texas—excluding it, would decide it in her favor. In my opinion, such a course would not he expedient, especially as the people of this territory still enjoy the ben efit and protection of their municipal laws, orginally derived from Mexico, and have a military force stationed there to protect them against the Indians. It is undoubtedly true that the property, lives, liberty and religion of the people of New Mexico are better protected than they ever were before the treaty of ces sion. Should Congress, when California shall present herself for incorporation into the Union, annex a condition to her admission as a State affecting her domestic institution, contrary to the wishes of her people, and even compel her temporarily to comply with it, yet the State could change her constitution at any time after admission, v. lieu to her it <-hould seem t xpedi frit. It is to bp expected any attempt to deny to the people ot the State tbe right of self-gov ernment, in a matter which peculiarly affects themselves, will infallibly be regarded by them as an invasion of ther rights : and upon the prin ciple laid down in our own Declaration of inde pendence, they will certainly be sustained in their resistance against it by the great mass of the American people. To assert that they are a conquered people, and must submit to the will of their conquerors in this regard, will meet with no cordial response among American , freemen. i Great numbers of them are our own country men, not inferior to tbe rest in intelligence and patriotism, and no language of menace to rc , strain them in the exercise of an undoubted right, substantially guaranteed to them by treaty of cession itself, shall ever be uttered j by me, or encouraged and sustained by persons i acting under my authority. It is to be expect ed that in the residue of the territory ceded to us by Mexico, the people residing there will, at the time of their incorporation into the union as a State, settle all questions of domestic policy to suit themselves. | No material inconvenience will result from the want, for a short period, of a government established by Congress over that part of the territory which lies eastward of the new .State of California, and the reasons for my opinion that New Mexico will at no very distant pe riod for admission into the union, are foun ded 0:1 unofficial information, which, I suppose, is common to all who have cared to make in quiries on the subject. Seeing, then, that the question which now excites such painful sensations in the country will, in the end, certainly be settled by the silent effect of causes independent of the action of Congress, I again submit to your wisdom the policy recommended in my annual mes sage, of awaiting the salutary operation of those causes—believing that wc shall thus avoid the creation of geographical parties, and secure the harmony of feeling so necessary to the beneficial action of our political system. Connected, as the union is, with the remem brance of past happiness, the sense of the present bles-ings, and the hopes of future peace and prosperity, every dictate of wisdom, every feel ing of duty, and every emotion of patriotism, ! tend to inspire fidelity and devotion to it, and admonish us cautions y to avoid any unneces sary controversy which can either endanger it or impair its strength—the chief element of which is to be found in the regard and affection of the people for ea< h other. (Signed) ZVCHAJU TATEOR. Washington, Jan. 21 A, 1650. Notices. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK for February tiss its TI uii tend of good rending and IB embellished with many beautiful engravings, among which are "The Nest at Home," a domestic scene; our " Post M isiro:•* Cupid among the Roses," a colored Valentine, tollowed by a likeness of a venerable, good-natured, and tolerably good, looking gentleman named Lous A. GODEY. It is or, the whole a capital number, fully equal, if not superior, to the January issue. GRAHAM'S MAOAZI.NK for February has an unusual lot of good things 111 the way of full page engravings, Tucker, Humphrey, and other v. ell known artists having evidently gone to work in earnest, and produced specimens that reflect much credit on their skill. The Valen tine, the Prize Secured, the Dream, a view of Burlington, Vt., the i.ay of i/ove, and portrait of Warren, all contained in this number, would have been considered sufficient some years ago to have adorned the leading magazine for six months, and created some sensation at that! — Terms per annum—two copies for $5. Ad dress Samuel D. Patterson & Co., Philadelphia. [The January m.mber has not been received.] tirjrnn ale Parker's Natural Philosophy, designed to teach the Elements of the Sci ence ; the A merioan Speaker, a collection of pica s in prose, poetry, and dialogue ; Brooks' Latin Lessons, or Latin without a M ister; School Dialogues, a collection of Exercises particularly designed for the use 0} schools ; and the School Song & Hvmn Hook, designed for general use in schools. These works are all late editions, and can be furnished tit low prices. 1 1 Three YOUHST Ladles Drowned. Three voting ladies, one the daughter of .hid re Woodward, (I'llen M.,) the second Miss Ann Butler, a resident of his funilv. and tin* third a Miss Mary K, Benner, of Bellefonte, Pa., who was \ isiting for a -hurt time in the familv of Judge \Y., left their home in Kingston, to walk o\er to Y\ dkesbarrc (about one mile) on Saturday last. The water of the Susquehanna had risen over the flat lands and rendered the , ro id impassable for wagons, and on Friday night had frozen to the thickness perhaps of two or three inches. They undertook, in perfect safety as thev supposed, to walk on the ice front the house to the bridge and amuse themselves in sliding along: but in attempting to cross a small pond of back water. (so called.) which had been frozen over, Miss Benner broke through, followed immediately by the other two, and all three were drowned, no proper assistance being at hand. The alarm was given by one of two lit !" girls who accompanied them, to some citizt us of Kingston who hastened to tin spot, a shawl upon the ice designa ting it to them. By placing boards, they succeeded in reaching the hole in the ice and bringing up the bodies ; but life was extinct, and all their etforts to restose it were fruitless, the bodies having been in the water a half hour. This sad event is deeply deplored in the community where the young ladies resided, and where ihev were highly respwtfd. JONATHAN HINT, who has "turned up" in Kngland, after two years" disappear ance front New \ ork, has had his whole property distributed among his heirs, he being supposed to be dead. The latter will be very much disappointed by the in telligence. The amount of money got out of the Government by ('apt. .N'aglee, with his forged ollieer's accounts, is $50,000. The whole amount of these claims as thev were originally sold to ('apt. Naglee, was prob ably about !?t>oou, leaving him a clear swindling profit of *f> The population of Belgium is 1.337. [;j(; Every acre maintains three men. It is rumored that Jenny Lind is comb,,, ■ to this country with .Mr. Balfe. Yankee Sullivan was among the ( fornia passengers of the Cherokee. In all condensing steam engines, K said, the phenomenon of freezing is e,74 chapels. 880 priests, 13 monasteries, 11 convents, 11 colleges, and 250 schools! Seven tons of fine leaf tobacco have been seized in the Med way by the British revenue officers and condemned. j Ruel Clapp, the partner of the celebra ted Dr. S. P. Townsend, died on Thurs day, at Albany, very suddenly. Pews to the number of 159, in Dr. Beecher's Church. Brooklyn, N. Y., sold on Monday for $7,800. A diabolical Murder has recently been committed near Paris—that of the vfmng j Count St. Cyr, by his private tutor, who : afterwards cut his own throat. A man named Lyons was committed to Detroit on the sth inst., for biting off the ! ear of another, named Lasallc, in a fight on Christmas da v. 'I he town of Ceresco, Fon du Lac county, Wisconsin, was organised five years since, has not had a pauper or a drunkard in it. Dr. John I . Brooke, fleet surgeon to the Lnited States squadron in the Chinese seas, died at Macao, on the 17th of Octo ber. A house belonging to the Hon. Daniel Webster, in Marshfteld, Mass., was de stroyed by fire on the lld instant. Loss SI2OO ; no insurance. Rev. John Win. Heim, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Loysville, Perrv county, Pa., died on the 27th ult., in the 08th y ear of iiis age. Difficulty has occurred in the George town (D. C.) College, and sixty students have withdrawn, in consequence of an ob noxious professor being retained. One murder, two attempts at murder, and one suicide are recorded in the Cin cinnati papers of the 14th; besides anv quantity of minor offences. Peter Lozier, engineer of the tow-boat Ben Adams, was drowned near New Or leans on the 7th inst. lie was a native of W estniureland countv, in this State. Cap?. Renders and others, on trial in New York for participation in the Aster Place riot in Mav last, have been acquit ted. An attempt was made recently to blow up the post office at Cythiana, Kv., by placing a torpedo under a window, and ex ploding it. The Governor of Oregon talks of re moving the Indians east, while we, 011 this side, talk of removing them west. Where are thev to go ? Capt. Michael Conner, who died re cently at Erie, weighed at his death 48i> pounds, being one of the largest men in the country. A writer in the Nashville True Whig, of the Ist instant, asserts that there is not in Tennessee one man in a thousand who favors disunion in any shape, or under anv circumstances. An accident occurred on the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth railroad, on Wed nesday afternoon, by the upsetting of the stove in one ot the cars, which set it on tire, totally destroying the car. ! wo students in the Syracuse medical college, Peternian and Cook, have been arrested for stealing dead bodies. Two or three bodies were found in the dissecting room. Charles A. llankins, the publisher 01 an obscene weekly paper in New York, wasoll Friday indicted by the grand jurv. arrested and committed in default of 810(H) bail. The report ot the German Emigration Society at New N ork says that the total emigration in IS 19 was 55.710 ; in 18IS. 52.020; in 1817. 70.735. The appli cants lor relief have been fewer recently. A daughter of Hiram Cass came to her death in Barton, Vt., by tying a strap around her own neck and around the neck of a pet calf, which ran away and choked the child. Jacob Loueks, who killed llcnrv llgeii fritz. in York, Pa., in October last, ha* been acquitted on the ground of insanitv, and is to be sent to the State lunatic asv lum. The individual charged with committing a rape on the person of a little girl, on her way to school, near the Summit, Cambria county, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for eight vears and nine months. In an account of the recent ex{* Jation in search of Sir John Franklin, it is stated they were 80 days without seeing the sun, and had the thermometer 5.0