Coinwuu i c i 11 on o.
J-Vt the Gaiettt.
Mr. Editor : —Tu your jjaperof the 20th
i,st. I observe an editorial, -under the cap
tion of " Sunday Travelling," in which I
think tou have mistaken the views of the
petitioners to the legislature upon the sub
ject, as well as the views ot a majority of
tite community. \on say —
" We noticed some weeks ago that the Central
Railroad had discontinued running the passen
ger trains on Sundays, and 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 lirst view, especially to religious minds, this
may be deemed a very proper course, wrc doubt
whether it would answer the end intended, via:
-the observance of the Sabbath day as a day of
test."
Now, sir. in this and the remarks that
follow I think you arc altogether wrong.
Let the canal, bv authority ol the Legisla
ture, be closed upon the Sabbath, and it
will at once secure rest to those very use
ful animals, the horse and mule, vv ithout
any danger of creating amongst theni as a
necessary consequence cither *' rowdy ing,
drunkenness," or its accompaniments
cursing and swearing." I have some
experience on the line of canal, and 1 -am
free to say as the result of that experience,
that if such a law were passed, boatmen
generally (with perhaps excepting the
packet) would not only acquiesce in it, but
hail it as an act of justice to themselves
and their animals. As one of them. 1
sincerelv believe it would be conducive to
a great mural change in that class of men,
for there are amongst them, as among all
other classes of laborers, men of intellect,
whose minds are well disposed to read and
reflect to advantage if they were allowed
one day in seven to rest the mind as well
as die tody from labor. But on the con
trary, 1 believe the mind as well as the
body is impaired bv successive and con
tinued labor, it is no argument to this to
say:, as you have already said, that he who
does not wish to run his boat on the Sab
bath can " tie up." Any person acquaint
ed with the carrying trade, will see at once
that it will not do lor him to tie up his boat
while others, who started alter him, are
allowed to pass him and arrive at the place
<*f their destination before him. But sup
pose one may wish to " tie up the boat
and stable the horses, attend church, and
spend the day in devotion that one may
not be the person having control ot the
beat. Then the whole boat crew must do
violence to conscience, because one man
has the power to say the boat must proceed.
L)o you call this " well enough" and the
" best wav ?" In addition to this, consider
the number of small boys that are engaged
on the canal as drivers: they too must
yield to circumstances, ami barn to lorget
those pious precepts taught them perhaps
by a widowed mother. His catechism
taught him that the Lord commanded him
to " remember the Sabbath day and keep
it holy," and that it was there forbidden
him to drive his team on the Sabbath—
that his employer was there forbidden to
cause either his men or his cattle to work
upon that day. But now he is taught a
different lesson, lie is not only taught
that it is right for him to disregard all those
early teachings, but the example is con
tinually kept before him, and as he now
has no opportunity more of referring to
his books, he soon forgets accountability
and the effect upon his moral character it
after life is easily imniagined. But yoi
continue by say ing—
" For some years past our collector? have beer
in the habit of closing their oSces from morninj
until six. or seven o'clock in the evening, thui
bring together boats from above, as well as be
low—the result of which invariably was rowdy
ing, fighting, drinking, and any amount of cur
sine and swearing—a result we are free, to say
which would not have been produced had th<
boats been suffered to proceed as they arrived.'
Now, sir, if you had examined those
petitions you would have found that thosf
very evil? are the ones which the petition
ers expect to remedy by the passage ol
the law asked for. Just authorise the lock
tenders to close their loeks at 12 o clock on
Saturday night, and 1 11 be bound it will br
done. The result then will be that each
boat with its crew will stop in the leve!
that 12 o'clock on that night finds them
You, Mr. Editor, were you a locktender
can very easily imagine how readily yoi
would close your lock if such a law wen
passed. But as the matter now stands tin
locktender i confined and compelled to h<
at his post from the time the navigatior
opens in the spring until it closes in th<
fall, day and night, without intermission
and that, too, for a paltry consideration.—
But that is not all : he is forced against kn
own inclination and better judgement to <lu
violence to his conscience, which tells him
God has commanded " remember the Naie
*bath day to keep it ho!\ ; in it thou shall
not do any work." But man has com
manded him to work on the Sabbath or
lose his situation during the week.* Now
all that is asked of the Legislature is to
pass a law to prohibit men from cxereisine
that power over his fellows u inch compels
him to obey mail rathet thai God. Why ,
sir, (lie veriest slave of the South has Sab
bath privileges and is only accountable it
God for '.he manner in which he spends it.
i'he petitioners ask lor a law* that will ex
tend the sam*- privileges to those poor men
anil boys engaged on the canal that are en
joyed by other citizens, namely : a day of
rest and a day of Sabbath privileges. Nor
do 1 believe that by such a law the Com
monwealth would be the loser in a pecu
niary point of view. The. Union and
other iiuts lie over upon the Sabbath, and
we do not hear that trade or individuals
fuifler by the arrangement. A few years
■,igo s great ado was made about stopping
the great commercial pendulum of the
basilic-* community, the United States
Mail, -on the Sabbath. lias any body
suffered bv its ceasing to go one day in
seven ? ihe answer now is by the com
mon voice emphatically no ! Ihe fact is,
b Riling gained either -by individuals
• companies or nations violating the laws
of (hid, as ■*" righteousness exalteth a na
lion, hut sin is a disgrace to any people/' |
la conclusion, allow me to hope that your ;
prediction about the Central Railroad Com
pany may not prove correct; hut however
that .may he, with the Legislature rest? the 1
responsibility.
A BOAT -CAPTAIN. j
J wi'AKV 110, 1850.
Reply to " A CaptaUu' w
Passing over the no teir that horses and
mules will be guilty of drunkenness, cursing,
swearing, &.C.— f charge noone brought against
the,,, vve content ourselves with pointing out
a few errors into which a Boat Captain lias
! fallen. While lecturing ue for our remarks,
why does he not attempt to tefute the princi
ples on which we grounded our objections.
We care but little whether the canal is closed
or not; but if the locks are to be closed, we
i think turnpike gates ought to be closed also,
and travellers and others brought toassumma
-1 ry a halt at 12 o'clock on Saturday night as
it is proposed to do on the canal, which, to all
| intents and purposes is as much a " highway" as
! he other. Congress has hitherto studiously
avoided legislating on points involving Church
1 and Hlate, because the Constitution of the
United States guarantees to every man in our j
broad land the free and unrestricted rights of
conscience. Hence when the stoppage of Sunday
mails was asked tor under the plea of a mo-al
and religious reform, a report was made on the
subject that silenced all open opposition to it
for a number of years—it being therein con
clusively shown that such legislation would be
in direct violation of the Constitution, and in
all probability the entering wedge to a Church
and State Government. In after years the P. j
M. General, yielding either to his own convic
tions or influenced by others, advertised the ;
mail contracts on nearly ail the interior routes ,
in euch away as to stop most of those mails on
that day, but Jar from alt. Thus was brought
about the partial stoppage of Sunday mails,
and not, as might be inferred from reading a
Boat Captain's communication, by LEOISI.ATIVK
ENACTMENT.
We might in reply to a Boat Captain point
to the fact that conscientious locktenders and
boat hands take their 44 paltry" situations with
a full knowledge of what is expected of them
—that in reality there is no compulsion about
it. If it is contrary to a man's conscience to
labor on that day, let him make the inquiry be
forehand, and act accordingly. We know of
an instance of this kind in the printing busi
ness, in which a journeyman declined a lucra
tive situation on a daily morning piper because
Sunday work was required on it.
" Any person," says a Boat Captain, 44 ac
-44 qumnted with the carrying trade, will see at
44 once that it will not do for him to tie up his
41 boat, while others, who started after him, are
44 allowed to pass him and arrive at the place of
4 - their destination before him and yet to
wards the conclusion it ia admitted that the
41 Union and other lines lie over upon the Sab
-41 bath, and we do not hear that trade or indivi
-44 duals suffer by the arrangement." iNow, if
the Union and other lines do not suffer by this
arrangement, if trade and individuals are not
injured, what is to prevent any boat captain
from following their example without any law
about the matter. We ail know what effects
followed the unwise attempt to legislate the
people into temperance c few years ago, and
any attempt to legisate them into any other
moral reform, unsanctioned by the masses, will i
in our opinion end in the same way.
For the Gazette.
Sunday flail* and Sunday Railroad Trav
elling.
In England anil the I nited States it has
become a custom almost universal to call
our Sunday by the sacred appellation of
The Sabbath , and to represent it as iden
tically the institution which God delivered
under that name to the Israelites at Mount
Sinai. Fx f *epting the simple circumstance
of its alleged transfer from the seventh to
the first day of the week, it is supposed
bv many to remain unchanged under the
gospel dispensation, retaining its original
divine character, and possessing all Un
sanctions with which it was at first estab
lished and enforced, so that it still continues
to be the express command of God, 44 Re
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy ;
six days shall thou labor and do all thy
work ;* but the seventh (now the first) day
is the Sabbath of the l.ord thy God—in it
thou shalt not do any work—thou, nor thy
son. nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant,
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor
the stranger that is within thy gate-."—
Any neglect of this precept at this day is
accounted a contempt of God's law, and a
vice of the same heinous nature with other
transgressions of the moral requirements.
Such is the opinion which has prevailed
in the Church in these countries for several
ages. The object of this article i- to point
out its incorrectness.
We do not mean that there is any im
propr.ety in setting Sunday apart froin the
rest of the week as a season for religions
improvement and public worship. So far
the practice is sanctioned by apostolic ex
ample and recommended by numerous ad
vantages, both private and general, too
manifest to escape an observing eye. But
then such a use ol the day does not involve
the notion that it is the ancient Sabbath,
and consequently subject to Uie laws ol
that institution, or that it has been made
particularly holy by any positive ordinance
of Heaven. For this there is uo proof;
and besides, the consequences of admitting
tins supposition, unfounded as it is, arc
more alarming than us advocates seem
generally aware. linn thing is certain:
that if Sunday be indeed the Sabbath, then
it <an be properly observed only in the
manner which is prescribed by .Moses for
that day. Jhe people were expressly for
bidden every kind ot labor ol themselves,
their families, their servants, ami their cat
tle, and this prohibition was enforced by
the penalty announced in the following
words: " Every one that delileth it (the
Sabbath) shall he put to death : for who
soever doeth any work therein shall be cut
off from among his people." But where
i is the family, how strict and punctilious
j soever, that keeps Sunday according to
this command—imposing absolute rest on
; their beasts—ahstaiuiug from all their do
. inestic employments, and refusing even to
! gather fuel, or to kindle a fire in their
dwellings—tor to this length did the pro
hibition extend: "Ye shall kindle no (ire
i throughout your habitations on the Sabbath
j day." Exodus, 85th ch. yd v.
Nothing can be plainer than that people
I ought to comply fully with these rigorous
i laws, or else relinquish the common tenet
that Sundav is the Sabbath. 1 here is no
little absurdity in the solemn denunciations
j agaiust the laxity of others' observance,
while those from whom they proceed thetn
i selves habitually indulge in flagrant viola
tions of the ancient institution, by subject
ing their beasts to travel, their servants or
their families to many house-hold occupa
tions. and kindling fires in their dwellings,
thus flagrantly violating the laws which they
profess to own. Such is the condemna
tion in which the most punctilious of the
present day involve themselves by main
taining the popular but unsupported opin
ion we have mentioned.
We close this article with an extract from
Bishop White's Lectures on the ('atechism :
"The blessing of the seventh day is men
tioned in the second chapter of Genesis, at the
closing of the act of creation : but tins is thought
by some to have been done without any intima
tion of an appointment in Paradise, and only to
account for its being made to the children of
Israel in the wilderness. Certain it is, that we
meet with no instance of an actual hallowing of
the Sabbath until we reach the 16th chapter of
Exodus ; and the manner of the giving and re
ceiving of the institution carries strong appear
ances of its not being familiar to the Israelites.
This seems not easily to be accounted for, if it
had been observed by their patriarchal fore
fathers, of which, also, there is not a hint in their
history.
44 in regard to its duration, it appears evident
that so far as regarded the authority of the in
junction to the Israelites, and unless some new
obligation can be shown, the institution ceased,
even in relation to Jewish converts to Christi
anity, at the destruction of their religious polity,
and that U teas never ertemled to the Gentile Chris
tians. Of this there shall be given hut one proof,
it being to the point. It is in the 2d chapter of
Collossians : 4 Let no man, therefore, judge you
in meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day,
or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days/ Here
the Sabbath is considered as failing with the
whole body if the ritual law of Closes. And this
may show the reason on which the Church avoids
the'calling of the day of public worship 4 The
Sabbath.' It is never so called in the New
Testament, and in the primitive Church the term
Sahbatising carried with it the reproach of a lean
ing to the abrogated observance of the law/''
VERITAS.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
BALTIMORE, February 5, 1860.
MR. EDITOR :—Nothing of a momentous char
acter has developed itself during the last for.-
night, and consequently 1 am again obliged to
entertain your readers with the enumeration
and elucidation of comparatively unimportant
topics. The political atmosphere in this section
is entirely monotonous, Congress having thus far
enacted but little calculated to excite public in
terest. Our State Legislature has been almost
wholly engaged, since its organization, in the
consideration of numerous applications for di
vorce. In order to obviate the necessity of thus
occupying the time and attention of that body,
Mr. CACSIX offered a resolution, which granted
to all married persons the power of extinguih
ing their matrimonial obligations at pleasure.
The deleterious influences that such a law would
exert, were, however, too clear ; and after re
reiving signal denunciation from the members,
the resolution was ultimately withdrawn. You
are probably aware that a law exists in this
State prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits on
the Sabbath. This, notwithstanding its benefi
cial results are demonstrative, has been much
denounced by some, of the venders of the article ;
and recently petitions hate been circulated,
praying for its repeal. The temperance advo
cates, however, have sent on remonstrances
, against such an act. signed by thousands of our
most respectable citizens. The ladies too have
entered into the contest, and forwarded remon
strances, and with such advetsaries, the 44 Anti-
Sunday men" will stand a poor chance.
Mr. YAK WAGNER, the I'oughkeepsie Black
smith, has been delivering a series of temper
ance lectures here, which have once more
aroused the enervated spirits of the cause. 1
attended one of his lectures on Friday evening
last, and can freely say, that for sublime elo
quence and cogent ratiocination, Mr. W. has
no superior among the many expounders of
temperance.
One day last week, in one of the fights that
have so frequently occurred of late, a boy named
I'RHK deliberately fired a pistol at another lad,
the contents of which entered his temple, caus
' ing death in twenty-four hours, i'ricc, as well
as several of his associates, were arrested, and
is now confined in prison to await his trial. It
is truly lamentable to witness the moral depra
vity that is betrayed by the youth of this city.
The. most egregious outrages are sometimes
committed by mere boys, whose conduct seems
to be utterly beyond the restriction of paternal
or municipal authority. Boys scarcely ten years
of age are found with pistols, bowie knives, and
other deadly weapons about their persons.
A desperate attempt was made the other night,
by three of the inmates of the penitentiary in
this city, to effect their escape, by cutting a hole
through the wail on the third story of the build
ing. Their designs, however, were fru*tratid
by the Warden, who had been apprised of their
object by one of their fellow prisoners.
A new modus operandi for selling commodities
was recently discovered to be in vogue, at an
establishment, technically denominated a 44 Ba
zaar," situated in Baltimore street. The names
of different goods were written upon slips of
paper and placed in a box, from whence any
person, for the sum of twenty-five cents, was
allowed to draw one. and the article named upon
the. slip drawn was his. The prizes thus drawn
were sometimes worth more than the amount
paid for a chance, hut of course in the majority
of instances the contrary was the case. The
business was broken up, and the proprietors held
to bail for their appearance at Court, to answer
for an infringement of the lottery law.
The city, not unlike the country, is not wholly
exempt from humbugs. Several weeks ago a
strange looking animal was exhibited, purport
ing to be the famous Nondescript captured by
Col. FREMONT, Thousands of our citizens vis
ited the animal, and the owner realized a hand
some profit from the exhibition. From this
place it was taken to Washington; but there it
met with quite a different reception. Hon.
Twos. H. BENTON went to sec the animal, and
immediately pronounced it an imposition, de
claring it had no resemblance whatever to the
original Nondescript, and accordingly had the
fellow arrested, on arhurgeof obtaining money
upon false pretences. The so-called Nondescript
is -<aid to be nothing more than an old 44 woolly
horse," which was formerly owned by a soap
boiler in New York. . , ,
Quito a novel circumstance transpired the
other night at a tire. While the flames were
! raging in <>ne end of the building, the ladies of
• the family were engaged at the other, making
coffee and preparing refreshments lor the fire
men. This not only exhibited their character
' istic goodness of heart, but their abiding confi
dence in the ability of the firemen to prevent j
the'destruction of the whole building. At Lew- j
is town, I am told, the custom is to treat the
crowd, on such occasions, to a " horn -quite a
contrast, eh?
THE MARKETS.—Butter is selling at from 121
to 25 cts. per lb.; Eggs, 25 cts. per dozen ; Ap
ples, $2.00 per bushel; Potatoes, SI.OO per bu.;
Turnips, 50 cts. bu.; Cabbage, from 1 to 6 cts.
per head ; Chickens, from 50 to 75 cts. per pair;
and Turkeys, SI.OO to $1.50 each.
THE WEATHER. —Last week the air was mild ,
and salubrious—the sky was clear and the sun i
shone forth with a genial warmth that well nigh
inculcated the idea that spring was really at hand.
| This week, however, old Boreas is again dispen- ,
sing his chilling blasts, and in a manner, too, j
that is anything but agreeable to your humble '
servant. Yours, respectfully, H. j
THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1859.
TER M S :
O*E DOLLAR PER AMIH,
IN ADVANCE.
For six months, 75 cents.
£ES*AII NEW subscriptions must be paid in
advance. If the paper is continued, and not
paid within the first month, $1.25 will be charg
i 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.
tlr' A frame building on Main street,
owned by E. L. Benedict, Esq., and oc
cupied by I. T. Cordell as a tailor shop,
' was discovered to be on fire on Monday
evening last, about 9 o'clock, but speedily
extinguished. It caught Irom the stove
pipe.
rr* Thursday next will be St. Valen
tine's (lav, when sighing swains can vent
their 44 mellowness" according to ancient
rule, and the mischievous and malicious
gratify their peculiar appetites—the print
shops being amply supplied with missiles
of all kinds.
ICE.—IIOPEEK has a plentiful supply of
Ice for the coining summer, which he will
he happv to serve out to his friends in lots
to suit. Having been anxious to rent his
ice house, the present stock has been put
up on the principle of 44 a fool for luck,"
and thus, independent of other grounds,
merits a liberal patronage.
RISE EXPECTED.—Fears are entertained
that the Juniata will rise to an unprece
dented heightii, on account of the tears
shed by our locofoco friends over the ras
eallv trick their famous tariff played them
in putting up the price of coffee beyond
the poor man's reach.
t lf' A new Post Office has been estab
lished at Peru, Juniata county, and James
.Mathers, Esq., appointed Post Master.
A new Post Office has also been estab
lished at Baileysville, Perry county, oil the
line of the Central Railroad.
A WILD CAT.—The Register says that
a wild cat of enormous size was killed in
Lack township, Juniata county, on the first
of last month.
rir Though disagreeing in sonic points
with " A Man of the Age," we have no
fault to find with his communication. J.ike
him, we hold opinions, generally express
them, and are, we trust, liberal enough in
our sentiments to give all others—be they
Christian, Jew or Centile—the same right.
Tlf' We understand that \\ M. CIIESNUT,
of this place, has been appointed 44 mud
boss" on this di\ ision of the canal. There
w as quite a contest for the situation among
the 44 democracy."
< >i it J AH.. —So insecure is this building
considered, that it vv as deemed necessary
last week to apply to the Legislature for a
special act to remove the persons confined
therein, charged with riot and arson, to the
Dauphin County Prison for safe-keeping.
The act hav ing been passed, Sheriff Coniner
and Deputy Sheriff Sigler removed them
on Mondav morning as authorized. This
at once brings up the question of a new
jail, and it now remains to be seen whe
ther the tirand Juries at April and August
terms will stumble over justice to save a
lew dollars and cents, or do what ought to
have been done long ago. If it is intended
hereafter to keep prisoners for trial, of
course no one will object to its erection .
on the other hand, if it is contemplated
that they shall walk out whenever it pleas
eth them, the better way would be to shut
it up, abolish the Quarter Sessions, and
leave rogues do as they like though in
that case we hope the gentry will try their
hands on the property belonging to mem
bers of grand juries who want no jail, be
fore they touch that of common folks.
ACQUITTED. —David C. Knepley, tried
at Ilarrisburg for the murder of his father,
has been acquitted on the ground of insan
it y •
BOROUGH AFFAIRS. —Our town authori
ties have passed an ordinance for the ap
pointment of a Captain and Two Lieuten
ants of Police, who, in conjunction with
the citizens, are authorized to forin a night
patrol, with ample power to close all pla
' ces of resort at ten o'clock at night, and
arrest any and all persons found in the |
streets after that hour who cannot give a
I satisfactory account of themselves. The
* ordinance is stringent, but as v iolent disea- :
ses require violent remedies, the body pol
; itic can only be purged into a sound state ;
by such means. We give a few of its
principal sections :
SECTION 2. The said Captain and Lieu- ;
j tenants of Police are hereby authorized to j
! appoint a suitable number of citizens in
each ward of said borough to be a Police
' and Night Watch in the same, whose duty
, it shall be, under the direction and control
of said ollicers, to patrol the streets and :
j allevN of said borough during the night, j
and to arrest all persons disturbing the j
| peace, or guilty of any misconduct; all
persons found in circumstances of suspicion, i
and all persons found in any of ihe streets
I or alleys, after ten o'clock at night, without
I being able to give a satisfactory account of j
I themselves, and them safely keep in the
| jail or some secure place, untihthey can
! be brought before the Chief Burgess or I
some Justice of the Peace of said borough
for examination.
SECTION 3. All riotous and disorderly
conduct, the firing of* guns, pistols, crack
ers, or other fire works, making bonfires,
placing obstructions in the streets, alleys
or side walks, raising false alarms of fire, i
maliciously ringing door bells and knock- I
i ing or pounding on doors, cellar doors, 1
! houses, steps or windows, blowing horns,
' mock serenades, loud hallooing, profane ;
| swearing and obscene talking, are hereby j
forbidden within the Borough of Lewis- j
town, under a penalty," on conviction, of
not less than one dollar and not exceeding
: one hundred dollars.
SECTION 5. No oyster cellar, refresh
ment room, bowling alley, or billiard room,
| shall be kept open in said borough on Sun
' days, or after teu o'clock at night on week
days, under a penalty of not less than one
dollar and not exceeding ten dollars for
every such offence.
SECTION f. Until otherwise ordered, no
person shall be allowed to stand in or walk
through the streets and alleys of said bo
rough, without good and sufficient reason,
after ten o'clock at night, under a penalty
of not less than one nor more than five
dollars for every such offence.
SECTION 8. Any person who shall ob
, struct or resist the officers or members of
the police or night watch in the discharge
of their duties, shall be subject to a penalty
: of not less than five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars; and further, it shall be the
duty of the Burgess and several members
of the Town Council to have all such per
sons bound over to answer for said offence
at the next Court of Quarter Sessions of
.Mitllin count}'.
rrThe project has been started to in
corporate Lewistown into a city, and seems
,to meet with much favor on the ground
that a Mayor could exercise a more ex
tended authority.
COFFEE. —The Ilollidaysburg Standard
thinks our dish of coffee, served up a few
weeks ago, is 100 strong. For the palates
of those who preached up the Tariff of
'4O as having raised the price of wheat
when a famine existed in Europe, it no
doubt is, but all those who had 44 credulity"
enough to believe that oft-told tale, will,
we hope, have sense enough to believe that
the same animal put up the price of coffee '.
Aint that fair ?
I*. S. 'llie Tariff has given coffee an
other lift—it is now retailing at three tips
a pound. Alas, for the poor man now.
NEW COUNTERFEIT. — A counterfeit re
lief note, of the denomination of tw o dol
lars. purporting to be of" the re-issue of the
Farmers' Bank of Lancaster, has been
detected at Lancaster. The vignette and
medallions are rather coarsely done, but
the counterfeit is a dangerous one, well
calculated to deceive.
The New York Evening Post says:
u lu his plans lor putting down any trea
| sonable proceedings on the part of the fa
natics of the South, Gen. Taylor is under
stood to declare that he will not ask the
aid of a single man from the States lying
north of Mason and Dixon * line.
SUICIDE. —The Democrat learns from
DAVID ROTH ROCK, Esq., that he held an in
quisition on Friday of last week, on the
body of a young man named I HOMAS P.
LONGWELE, who committed suicide by
hanging himself to a sapling. It appears
that he left his father's house about 9
o'clock on Wednesday night, 30th tilt.,
apparently in good health and possession
of his mental faculties, and walked some
ten miles to a spot known as 44 Crissman's
Knob," where he committed the rash act,
it is supposed under the cover of night.
Being missed next morning, search was
made, and ho was traced to the spot by his
tracks in the snow. A verdict was ren
dered in accordance with the facts. No
cause is assigned fur the commission of
the act.
Jjocororo STATE CONVENTION. —The
Locofoco Slate Central committee, have
fixed upon the State of Willianisport, in
Lycoming county, as the place of holding
their next state convention, to nominate a
candidate for canal commissioner, the time
being the 19th of June next.
From California.
Flecliou of 1. S. Senators-'-fircat Fire at
San Francisco.
By an arrival at New Orleans dates from
San Francisco to the 31st December have
been received.
The Assembly met on the 17th. Gov.
! Burnett was inaugurated, alter which Col.
; Fremont and Col. Gwynne were elected
; U. S. Senators.
The mining operations are almost en
tirely suspended, in consequence of the
heavy snows and rains, and great numbers
of the miners are daily Coming into San
Francisco.
A tremendous conflagration took place
at San Francisco on the 24th December.
' A large portion of the city, nearly one
half, was destroyed. The loss is estima
ted at from one million Jive hundred thou
sand to two millions of dollars.
The Constitution of California has been
adopted—l2,ooo in favor and 8000 against
: it*
1
Mr. John Grove, of Bethel, Bucks coun
ty, killed a hog on the 15th ult., weighing
when dressed 9421 pounds.
The St. Louis Dispatch states that there
[ were 21 deaths of cholera at St. Louis
| during the week ending the 13th ult.
The Cincinnati Gazette announces that
i another cotton factory, running 4,000
j spindles, is about to be erected in that
j city.
A large number of manumitted slaves "
have purchased a tract of land in the neigh
i borhood oi Bedford, and contemplate build
i ing themselves houses and settling thereon.
The Mormon delegates allege that the
: charge of polygamy and bigamy, brought
| against the citizens of Desereti is utterly
unfounded, and that it is a cruel calumny.
At Gettysburg, on Wednesday last, a
verdict was obtained by Henrietta Melhorn
against Frederick Moritz of 8400 and
j costs for breach of promise of marriage.
George W. Cooper has withdrawn from
j the Johnstown News. It will hereafter
he published by Win. Foster, who has
been connected with it for the last year.
Grace Greenwood -has taken to swear
ing. She said of an old mill which had
gone to decay, the water having dried
away in the stream—• it was'nt worth a >
I dam.'
The barn of John G. Seltzer, in Wom
! elsdorf, Berks county, was destroyed on
the 27;h ulu, by fire, together with 15
head of cattle, two fine horses, and all his
grain. The loss is estimated at 82,100
on which there was an insurance of 8900.
The report of the New York chief of
police states that during six months pre
ceding last November, 21,620 persons,
destitute ol house or home, were furnished
with lodgings in the various station houses
in that city.
The Cumberland Civilian states that
the negro man who mutilated his wrist in
his attempt to chop his left hand otf with
a hatchet, when foiled in his effort to run
away, has since died with the lock jaw,
brought on by his self-mutilation.
The jury in the case of Samuel Drurv.
tried in New York, for an attempt on the
life of Thomas warner, were on Saturday
discharged, being unable to agree. They
stood eight for acquital, and four for con
viction.
The family of the late Mr. Charles
Frick. of Hagerstown, Aid., have recently
fallen heirs to an estate worth 840,000 or
850.000, by the death of an uncle in Illi
nois. They are at present in indigent cir
cumstances.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH. —Letters have been
received at Pittsburgh, announcing the
death ot John Mecaskey, of that city. He
was left with five companions' on a deso
late Island in the Pacific Ocean, where
they all starved to death.
RETALIATION. —The Albany Evening
Journal recommends that in case any of
the Southern States should pass resolutions
refusing to use Northern products, we ol
the North can retaliate by ceasing to chew
tobacco.
Newspapers of the 2d of January, re
ceived from the city of Mexico, announce s
that Senor Don Manual Pena y Pena,
whose name is attached to the treaty ot
Guadalupe, has died ol" an attack of apo
plexy.
Peter Miller, the heir of the late Peter
Miller, of Easton, to whom the entire es
tate of the latter was recently adjudged bv
the Supreme Court, died at his residence
in Ohio, on the 16th ult. The large pro
perty which he inherited, will descend to
his children, ol whom there are twelve.
DTE D~
On the 2lst ult., in Middletown, Butler county,
Ohio, RKBKCCAS., consort of William B.Oglesby,
and daughter of Charles Barnitz, Esq., of Han
over, \ ork county, aged 31 years, 2 months and rf
days.
The tudden departure for another world of
her whose death is chronicled above, is another
sad warning of the uncertainty of life. Ear
away from loved and honored parents, one week
brings the intelligence that ordinary health is
enjoyed, the next that herspirit has (led for otLe?
realms, and that her body now leposes i the
cold and silent embraces of mother earth
Such scenes, though of frequent occurrence, are
bard to realize by parents and relatives w ho are
not near the bedside of a departing one, and
hence deprived of that final farewell which re
mains engraven on the heart for many years,
and affords a melancholy consolation as memory
brings the fgrui and features of those that w< r>*.
but are not, to yiew. May her sleep be lh<;
-,lpcp of peace