£ 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.
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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 <V MIRRAY. Lancaster. Pa..
ha\ for >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><M)6o. Many of
Mr. B. 1 . Brown's friends tirmlv believe
that he was .Naglee s dupe more than the
sharer of his foully gotten wealth. This
mallei time will probably decide.
_I 1 s£- k. J" kL>
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,<c .
sionally observed.
Miss Irving, of Mobile, a favorite grand
daughter of Henry ( lay, has expressed
her determination to take the veil.
Henry Heine, a celebrated convert from
| Judaism to Christianity, has relapsed, •.,,,(
is about to return to the faith of his lath*
One-fourth of the revenue in
Britain is derived from taxes on a r :. •' '
and drinking.
The Catholics in England now b ve
C>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 <leg. below
zero. '1 hey sorted out tfyetr rations ot
tilth proof brandy bv ehonniug it up with
a hatchet, it being frozen solid.
Dr. \. Friedeman, of Columbia, Pa.,
and Mr. 11. Lougenei her, of Lancaster,
have discovered and opened dliferent veins
ot anthracite and bituminous coal, about
four miles from the borough ol \oik.
w Inch promise an abundant t ield. Katlu 1
doubtful