THE .GAZETTE.
LEWI.S'JWX, I'A.
SATURDAY, MARC II ?, 18il).
TER M S :
O.\E I>OLLt PER AX.H T Mf,
IX ADVANCE.
For six months, 75 rents.
rr"~.\ll NEW subscriptions must be paid in
advance. If the paper i- continued, and not
.aid within the first month, sl.'ds vvill be charg
ed ; if not paid in three months, $1.50; if not
I aid in six months, $1.70; and if not paid in
nine months, $'2.00.
tlj 3 Merchants and others are referred to the
Philadelphia advertisements in to-day's paper.
rr The Borough and Township Elec
tions take place this year on next 1 riday
a week, the loth instant.
nr Tavern Licenses intended for pub
lication in the Gazette, must be handed in '
bv Thursday evening next.
EP 'l'hc attention of Editors is requested
to the advertisement of Dr. D. M'VOY,
u ho, as joint inventor, holds the Patent'
Riirht of Crane's Wash Mixture for this
State. It lias been tried in the family of
the editor of this paper, and we may safely
assert that it is superior to anything ever
presented to the public—requiring but lit
tle labor, little tune, ami washing as clean
as the most fastidious housewife can desire.
Mr. "WILLIAM T. BAKNITZ. who is ap
pointed agent for the western tier of coun
ties from the .Lake to the Ohio line, left
this place a few days since for the purpose
of disposing of Family, "Township and
County Rights.
CONGRESS. —The Slavery question has
been the principal theme in Congress du
ring the past week, with some indications
that the subject is almost exhausted. It i* j
hardlv necessarv to give even a synopsis
of their doings, as for several weeks the
same song has been sung. varying only in
tone and person.
THE WEATHER. —The early part of the
week was remarkably pleasant; but on
Thursday a change came over the spiritof
its dreams, and we had hail, rain and snow,
followed yesterday by a heavy gale of
wind.
I The locofocos lately held a Union
Meeting at Philadelphia, and adopted reso- .
lutions considerably tinctured with slavery
notions. There is a good deal of opposi
sition manifested by that portion of the
partv there who think they have a right to
think for themselves.
Abolition and Slavery.
It is somewhat singular that the aboli
tionists of the north and the slaveholders
of the south—of course we mean the ul
tras of both factions —are contending for
the same thintr, namely, a dissolution of
the Union. We have no idea that either
will effect its purpose. There i* too much j
good sense among the masses to sutler
northern or southern fanatics to do more j
than give vent to idle threats, for the mo
ment they go beyond thi.- the moment
that treason rears its unholy head, a storm
of indignation will burst over the traitors
that will consign them to an infamy deep
er than that awarded to the tories of 7<h
(n speaking of this subject that able
journal, the Baltimore American, says ;
\\ e may not be able to deny that these
person* are in earnest —these ultraists on
both sides. In all probability they do
most heartily desire to see this L nion
broken up, and if r power were com
mensurate with their will, the work of
destruction would not long be delayed.
But when wo behold such men as Gen.
C vss and Air. WINTROP rebuking the fa
natics of the North ; when such men as
HENRY CLAY, Col. BENTON and Gen.
HOI-TON are seen disclaiming all sympa
thy with Southern disunionists—we may
well believe that neither at the North nor
at the Smith do the ultraists possess the
public confidence or conjfol the popular
-opinion.
Por twenty years a distinguished Sena
tor trout the South has been laboring assid
uously to consolidate a Southern p: rtv.
I his purpose he lias never lost sight of,
nor has be permits! d 'he court rv to lose
light of it—tor it ha* fori:; d the t!, me
of his discourse and the palpable object
of his political pursuit since hi rupture
with Gen. JACKSON. AII attempt to give
organization - to this Southern party was
made in 18112—'33, but it failed. Tj„
leader in the movement may belie < that
the time has come when success is wi'iun
his reach. But he hns never had the con
fidence of the South in this business. The
nucleus of his party never grew beyond
a nucleus—a nucleus to which the de
ments would not attach themselves nor
furnish the means of accretion. II he
should be of the opinion that he has ar
rived at last at that crinit r which has <
long eluded lum, it would perhaps lie well
for him to pause awhile, and endeavor to
ascertain whether he LS most likely to
catch the crisis, or the-crisis to catch him.
/'he Greensburgh Republican gives'nn
.ant of some riotous proceedings ; -
rnortg.-t the hands at work on the Penn
sylvania Railroad near that place.
The Stale Treasurer and the (anal (out
liilssiooers*
The charges brought against Mr. Ball
by the {'anal Commissioners, on which a
committee was -appointed in the House,
are now under examination at llarrisburg.
Mr. Ball verv properly protested against
this mode of procedure, because nothing
of a specific character had been alleged
against him, and therefore contrary to both
law and justice.
The examination of Mr. Norris resulted
in the disclosure that no formal demand
had ever been made for the amount
claimed bv his partners. On Monday :
J. P. Anderson, Supervisor on the Upper
Juniata, was examined, and we give some
parts of the testimony to show how little
cause existed for these select proceedings.
Mr. A.. after stating that lie was generally
paid by Bell A: McDowell at Ilollidays
liurg, and occasionally at the Dauphin De
posite and llarrisburg Banks, proceeds to j
1 was paid principally at Hollidaysburg—
sometimes at the Dauphin Deposite and llarris
burg Banks. 1 had my choice of the worst kind
of relief notes, or of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and North Carolina, together with some
Pennsylvania, which was not relief. At the
office of Bell & M'Dowell, I got a good deal of
Virginia. 1 took this money in preference to
relief, on one or two occasions. Bell & M'Dow
ell are bankers, at Hollidaysburg; had a good |
deal of difficulty in disbursing that money. I
igot credit for shaving it, and speculating in it. \
myrelf. That is not the kind of money that
ordinarily circulates.
1 made no complaint of the character of the
money received, at the place where is was paid.
I think I did mention it to you, Mr. Ball, once
or twice. You said in reply, that you had is
sued circulars to all the officers, not to receive
any thing but relief notes, or notes of Pennsyl
vania Banks, in good stauding. 1 think 1 re
marked, the money 1 had got could not have
been received for tolls, i received the same
money here, but not at the Treasury. Ido not
know that I ever received any such, or any
money, of any kind at the Treasury. 1 think it
probable that Mr. Ball did tell me he had no
such nionev on deposite. at any of the Deposi
tories ; and that he also told me that I should
refuse to receive such money in future.
I think, on one occasion, I presented three
i warrants which were not paid when presented.
1 think it was only twice that any delay oc
curred in cashing my warrants. 1 have drawn
the whole amount of the appropriation, for my
line, the past year. All the orders, presented
by me, have been paid, and regularly as present
ed, with the two exceptions I have already
stated in my examination in chief. 1 generally
drew for from five to seven thousand dollars. !
The orders were Usued regularly for the amount
appropriated, and presented as issued. There
was a large amount of debts due on my divi
sion when I went on it—almost two-thirds larger
than the appropriation. There was great dis- j
satisfaction among the claimants, for not get
ting their pay. 1 came in for a larger share of
the blame than the State Treasurer. 1 always
told thern that thelappropriation was insufficient, i
If payments, in previous years, had been prompt-
Jy made, this disquietude would not have exist
ed. The State Treasurer always treated me
| courteously. 1 never did observe any inclina
tion, on the part of the State Treasurer, to
withhold payment. 1 never called a second time
for payment on the same order, but left the or
ders with the Treasurer, who forwarded me the
drafts as I have stated.
To a question from Mr. Ball, as to what had
been the practice of the Treason in former
years, and whether or not delays had not often
occurred in the payment of these warrants, un
der his predecessors in office, objection was
made by Mr Rhey upon the ground of irrela
veney.
The question was afterwards allowed to be
put in a modified form : but the witness said
that he had no particular knowledge on the
subject. He thought, however, that moneys
must have been refused in former years, or the
old debts which existed prior to Dec. l-4s,
would not have been so large.
Cvciteiuent at Frederick—Singular Case.
There has been con-iderablc excitement
' at Frederick, Md., in regard to the sudden
death of a son of Mr. George A. Colo.
A correspondent of the Ilagerstown Mail
says :
" After being kept for the pe: iod of four days,
he was piaced in Mr. Hart's vault, in the Lu
-1 theran grave jard, with the lid of his coffin open,
as there was very serious doubts whether or not
he was in a trance. His disease, the Doctors
sav, was the Erysipelas, the only indication of
which was a small pnnple on his lip, causing
much swelling, and of which, in the shoit space
of three days, he died.
Many persons have daily visited his remains,
and all express their doubts. Though in tin*
state for more than two weeks, his cheeks are
as roiy and fresh as when in good health—his
lips, at first somewhat blue, now have a very
natural and life-like color, and hi* limbs are as
pliant as ever, not having the rigidity of death
at all —his eyes riot all sunken, but natural as
when in robust health. There is not, as yet,
the least appearance of deqay and no offensive
smell. His parents visit him daily, to ascertain
if any change has taken place, either for better
nr worse Though Doctors say he is dead, many
persons in the community doubt it. D "'tors
are nut infallible. He was fifteen or sixteen
years of age, fine looking and intelligent. On
Sunday he was in excellent health, enjoying
himself with hi* companions—on Wednesday
night he was declared a corpse. Such is life."
IV The Democrat don't think much of
Mr. Mock's speech, which we published
week before last, and avers that we have
no right to charge the sin of favoring
inonopolii s :n 1 special privileges on the
Democracy. Well, on whose shoulders
should we lay itThat party, in nine
yo'.rs out of ten, has a majority in the
legislature, and yet laws iri wide conflict
with (h,necrotic profession, and at times
o! the most obnoxious character, are passed
by their votes. IS or will it do to say that
the fault bos in selecting representatives,
lor we know a case in this county w herein
a certain representative became a rank
bank man during his first year—a demo
cratic sin of a high grade—and yet the
Democrat gave liirn a most cordial support
for a second term. No—no—it won't d<>;
" we promise much at home," as Mr.
Mei k says, hut when we get to llarrisburg
we do very little "that is rtalh, demo
cratic"—a (net respecting which there is
no mistake.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
In the Senate, on the 21st, .Mr. Packer,
from the Apportionment Committee, re
ported the following bill. It had been j
fully discussed, mutual concessions made,
and met the unanimous approbation of
the Committee :
SENATE.
SENATORS.j SENATORS.
I 1 Philadelphia City, 217 Tioga, Potter, M'-
2 " County, 3] Kean, Elk, & Jef
-3 Montgomery, lj ferson, 1
4 Chest'rADuUware,l 18 Venango, Mercer,
5 Berks, L Clari'n A Crawford, 2
6 Bucks, ] 19 Erie and Warren, 1 1
7 Lancaster, 1 2U Butler, Beaver, and
8 Dauphin A l.eba- j Lawrence, 1
non, 121 Allegheny, 2
i 9 Northampton and 22 VVash'tondkGrccne,l
Lehigh. 123 Bedford & Som'set,l
10 Fruklin& Adams, 124 Indiana, Armstrong,
11 York, 1 and Clearfield, 1
12 Cumberland, Perry : 25 Huntingdon, Blair, ,
and Juniata, 1 and Cambria, 1
13 Northum'land, Un- 26 Schuylkill, 1
ion, A Mifflin, 127 Carbon, Monroe,
14 Lycoming,Sullivan, \ Pike &. Wayne, 1
Clinton & Centre, 128 Fayette and VVest
-15 Luzerne & Col'bia, F moreland, 1 j
16 Bradf'd, Sus'hanua j
and Wyoming, 1< 33
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MEMBERS.| MEMBERS.
Philadelphia City, 4 Columbia & Sullivan, 2
" County, 11 Lycoming, Clinton, &
Delaware, 1 Potter, 2
I Chester, 3 Bradford, 2
i Montgomery, 3 Tioga, 1
Bucks, 3 Warren, M'Kcan and
Berks, 4 Elk, 1
Lehigh and Carbon, 2.Centre, 1
Northampton, 2 Clearfield & Jefferson, 1
Wayne, 1 Somerset, 1
Monroe and Pike, 1 Cambria, 1
. Schuylkill, 2Westmoreland & Fay-
Luzerne, it ette, 4
Sus'hanna&Wvom'g, 2 Greene, 1
Lancaster, " 5 Washington, 2
Lebanon, 1 Allegheny, 6
Dauphin, 2 Butler & Lawrence, 2
Cumberland, Perry, Armstrong, 1 j
and Juniata, 3 Beaver, 1
Adams, 1 Indiana, 1
York, 2(Clarion, 1
Franklin, 2jVenango, 1
Union, RCrawford and Mercer, 3
Bedford, 1 Blair, 1
Huntingdon 1 Erie, 2
Northumberland, I
Mifflin, 1 100
The hill came up on Tuesday last, and,
on motion of Mr. Cunningham, was re
ferred back to the committee, for further
amendment, we suppose. It has some
objectionable features to both parties, hut
on the whole is perhaps as good a hill as
can be passed.
In the House the resolutions relative to
an elective judiciary—new counties, the
bank bill, and local legislation, are the lead
ing subjects. The new Hank Hill, in the
tenth section, contains the following clause :
. "So person who has ever taken the benefit of
any bankrupt law snail be eligible lor the office
of president, cashier, director, clerk or teller of
the bank, nor shall any one who has EVER
FAILED IN lll'Sl VESS be eligible to the of
fice of president, cashier, director, teller or
clerk, until his debts are paid, or until he is ful
ly discharged from the same."
A majority voted in favor of striking
this part out of the bill, hut thirty-three
locofocos, among, them Mr. (IIRBONEV ol
this countv, voted for retaining it ! \Y e do
not know whether this doctrine, that a
man who has ever failed in huniness, no
matter from what raa.se , shall be debarred
from holding an office in a hank, is a new
light in "democratic progress" or not, but
we do know that it is most unjust to the
poor and unfortunate, of whom that party
claims to be the especial guardians. Sup
pose, for instance, Mr. ( ■ IBIIONK v had
bailed a friend for a certain amount of
money. This friend's house and goods
are destroyed by tire or some other easu- j
altv, ami Mr. G. is compelled to pay the
debt. He too in the meantime may have
lost some of his means by fair business
transactions, and the result is that both fail.
Would Mr. ( IIUBONEV or*any other man
consider a law just that would prevent him
and his friend from holding the office of
teller and clerk in a bank \ ct such is
the doctrine he voted for. Many dishonest
men will take advantage of bankrupt laws
to defraud their creditors, but many honest
mi n have also failed from causes over
j which they had no control, and to prevent
such from holding certain offices simply
because they have become poor, savors
less of democracy and republican govern
ment than it does of despotism. We
should look for such ultra laws under the
government of a Butcher of Austria, or a
Tyrant of Russia, but surely not in a land
and from a party that is cnnslantiv boast
ing of its friendship for the poor, oppressed,
and unfortunate.
Mr. IMtilo I). Mickles, of Syracuse,
who has just returned from the land where
you can't turn over a boulder without find
ing a Jackson piece sticking to it, has
brought with him a lovely little pocket
piece, about as big as a piece of chalk,
and worth £BBO, to say nothing of an
" auriferous" pebble worth £2OO, and a
lot of small trash weighing in the aggre
gate 107 lbs., and valued at $23,000.
There is a Scotch proverb which says
" Many mickles make a ntucklc, and
Philo lb Mickles is unquestionably "one
of 'em."
Art cent lecturer, in W ushington, stated
that the Egyptians adopt a curious method
of making a turkey tender. Halt an hour
before the bird is killed, a glass ol brandy
is poured down its throat, which produces
complete intoxication, and the llesh ol the
drunken turkey acquires a tenderness
superior to that produced by long keep
ing. This would do for a temperance
dinner.
Notices.
The Mother* Magazine and Family
Journal, edited by Airs. Elizabeth Sewell,
Rev. Darius Mead, and Myron Finch, is a
handsome little monthly, filled with most
excellent reading matter, which can be pe
rused by both young and old with advan
tage. The number before us is illustrated
with a very pretty engraving of Moses re
ceiving the Commandments, a view of
.Nazareth, Ac. Engravings arid pieces of
music will be given occasionally. Terms,
in advance and free from postage —1 copy
£1 ; -1 copies 183 ; 7 copies §5 ; 15 copies
£lO. Address Myron Finch, 110 Nassau
street, New York.
[We should thank the publishers for the
January and February numbers.j
GODEV'S LADY'S HOOK for March, sus
tains its reputation for enterprise, being
considerably ahead of its eoteniporaries,
and is probably superior to any March I
number ever issued.
The ff'hig Ahtutnac and f . S. Regis
ter for 1850, has made its appearance,
with its usual afnount of statistical and
political information, interesting articles on
the most exciting topics of the day, Ac.
This is by far the best work of the kind
issued. Price 12 S cents for a single copy; j
£1 per dozen. Address Greeley A M'El- j
rath, Tribune Buildings, New \ ork.
'
THE TWO WORLDS. —We have received
some numbers of an excellent publication |
under the above title, which is intended to j
supply the place of " The World as it
Moves." It is got up on a quarto medium j
of 10 pages, published weekly at £2 per j
annum, and will form a handsome book at j
the end of the year of useful knowledge '
and agreeable reading. Address Lock
wood A Co., 459 Broadway, New \ ork.
I,a)ln: of tin- (orntrStonr of the Wash
ington Monument at Richmond.
RICHMOND, YA., Feb. 22.
The procession in honor of laying the :
corner stone of the "Washington Monument
in this ritv, was the largest and most im
posing iur got up here. Crowds from
the surrounding country, the military from
Petersburg and Fredericksburg were pre- j
sent, and joined in tlie procession, which j
was over one mile in length. General ;
Taylor was most enthusiastically welcom- j
ed at every point. He rode in an open !
carriage drawn by four horses.
The Governor of the State, the mem- •
hers of the Legislature and other dignita- j
ries were present. There was a slight
snow in the morning, but it soon cleared I
up, and we have delightful weather. All
passed off handsomely. The President
made a beautiful and chaste speech, befit- ;
tir.g the occasion. Crowds of people
pressed around him, and his \ isit through- j
out was flattering in the extreme.
The President subsequently reviewed
the Cadets of the \ irginia Military lnsti- j
tute, and afterwards participated in the |
military festivities fit the day. It was a j
day which will not soon be forgotten by j
patriot hearts.
(treat tnion Meetinc in Hf* York.
NEW (INK, Feb 25— 10, P. M.
The 1 nion meeting, irrespective of par- ,
tv, at Castle Garden, to-night, is a tremen
dous affair. It is variously estimated that j
there are from six to ten thousand persons
asse nbled.
The meeting was called to order by ,
Gen. Sand ford.
Mayor Woodhull was unanimously
called to preside, assisted by a number ot
Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
Gen. Scott is present on the platform.
\\ hen he took his seat he was most en
thusiastically cheered.
Mr. Whiting and others have addressed
the meeting in most patriotic strains, j
They favor the compromise resolutions of i
\lr. "Clay. Their text is, •* The Union
must and shall be preserved." The sen
timents uttered elicit the most deafening
applause, and the greatest unanimity of
! feeling prevails.
A telegraphic despatch from New Or
leans, states that on the 2 Ist tilt., the de
cision in the great Gaines case was an
nounced. The ('ourt have decided against
Mrs. Gaines on nearly every point, dis
missing lcr bill. The decision was given
by Judge M'Calcb. of the District Court,
Judge M'Kinly withdrawing.
ME MI sy.—Keep to work if you would
be happy. There is more enjoyment in
swearing an hour than in yawning a cen
tury. •
The substitution.of an r for a t materi
ally affects the meaning of this sentence,
whatever may lie one's v iew of the sound
ness of the proposition as misprinted.
James Davis, of Waverly, Ross county,
Ohio, cultivates 1800 acres exclusively in
Indian Corn, and has winter a corn
crib tilled, which is three miles long, ten
feet high, and six feet wide. This is one
of the largest corn fields in the world
owned by a single individual.
The Legislature of Mississippi, on the
12th ult., re-elected the lion. Jefferson
Dav is a F. S. Senator from that Stale for
six years. The contest was very close
between Davis and Marlon, and in tin*
caucus which met on the Saturday even
ing previous to nominate a candidate, the
. vote was a tie.
The snow is six feet and four inches
d<-ep at Rumue.y, New Hampshire.
,r T >rffTTvr>,£Z3
There is* a calf at Chowder Flail farm,
in Cecil county, Mil., which has two dis
tinct heads, four eyes, ears, &c.
The Pittsburgh papers state that the
small pox prevails in that city to a consid
erable extent.
A bill is before the New Jersey Legis
lature to prevent the running of railroad
ears through that State on the Sabbath.
The fair on the. railroads from Albany :
to Buffalo, is to be reduced to two cents a
n ,jlc about #0 20 for the whole distance.
The wedding dress of Miss Russel, at
•St. Louis, was made of glass, and cost ,
SISOO.
A month or two ago Mrs. Levin caned
a man, and now her own husband has
been caned by another man.
The Ohio Cultivator says that the wheat
crop thus far has stood the winter finely,
be in"- covered most of the time with snow.
O
A fire broke out at Macon, Ga., on the
18th Feb. which destroyed twenty build
ings on Cotton Avenue. The loss is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO.
Green, the Reformed Gambler, has been
honorably discharged on a charge of at- j
templing to pass counterfeit Treasury
notes.
lion. Lewis C. Levin has been giving ■
die Pope and the despots of Europe 'Jesse' ;
for getting up the Wilmot Proviso to dis
tract and destroy our glorious Fnion.
The quantity of wheat and flour to go
forward ;it the opening of navigation, the j
coming spring, from the lake ports, will be
at 1.-ast a third less than last year.
The cotton factory owned by Mr. Wm.
Mallaheu, situated near Reistertoxvn, Bal
timore county, was destroyed by lire on
Saturday morning last.
Thomas Hutchinson and Jas. Crawl,
both aged about 50 years, died from the
effects of liquor and intense cold at Wash
ington, Pa., last week.
The bill to prohibit railroad trains from
running on the Sabbath has been rejected j
in the Massachusetts Senate bv a vote of [
10 to 10.
The cotton factory in Rockdale. Dela
ware county, owned b\ Bernard M'Credv, j
j and occupied by James Howe, was burned
down on Tuesday morning last.
In AN iseonsin, Mrs. Lovicy Kevser, <
1 has recovered SI WO damages of Joseph
! Heath, for selling rum to her husband, j
: Liquor dealers in that State have to give
| bonds to pay for all injury growing out of;
J their traffic.
Kobrf.iiy. — A most daring robbery was
committed in Brookville, Jefferson county,
;on the night of the Bth iust. The estab
; lishmert of James A. Thompson was for
| cibh entered and rifled of forty-one watch
! es.
One Locofoco called another Locofoco
a liar , in the New \ ork Legislature a
few days since, and thereupon the offend
ed gentleman picked up a tumbler, which
! stood upon his desk, and threw it with all
I his force at his brother loco.
A portion of a lot, above the Court
House lot, in Pottsville, caved in a few
days since. It has evidently been caused
! by the excavation made beneath, in a
j mine.
i An Equestrian, named William Kelly,
i fell dead from his horse, in the ring of
Stokes' Circus, at Franklin, La., on the Ist
: ult. lie belonged to Patterson, New Jer
j sey.
The Cecil Democrat says that fresh
: shad were taken with the seine two weeks
j ago, at Bombay 1 100 If. on the Delaware, i
Fresh herring were caught in Elk river
last week.
lion. \N illiant Strong, representative in
] Congress from Berks county, lias publish
-1 ed a letter to his constituents, in which lie
I announces his determination not to be a
I candidate for re-election.
The bank of Danville was opened for
i business on last Tuesday. The notes of
this institution will be kept at par in Phil
j adelphia, and redeemed at the Girard
Bank.
The Hon. Harmar Dennv, has granted
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company a
' free right of wax through his Springfield
farm, about a mile from Pittsburgh.
The jewelry store of Mr. Ilenrv Kich
| ardson, in Pittsburgh, was entered on
Friday night last, and robbed of gold
| watches to the amount of several thousand
dollars.
Thirty-four miles of the railroad run
ning from Indiunopolis eastward, towards
Rellefontainc. to connect with the Ohio
and Pennsylvania Railroad, will be com
j pleted. it is said, and brought into use this
I year.
The cholera broke out on board the
steamer Dove, during her last trip from
New Orleans to Cauulen. When she
reached Mpnroe, eight of the passengers
had died ; of those who landed there,
thirteen have since died,
i In England there arc now, under the
care of Roman Catholic denominations,
six hundred and seventy-four meeting
houses, hundred and eighty clergy
men, thirteen monasteries, forty-one con
vents, eleven colleges, and two hundred
and fifty schools.
The Pontine (Michigan) Railroad has
its track directly into the centre of the
city. 'Phis is offensive to some *of the
citizens, and the rails were lately torn up
for some distance. The company subse
quently rclaid the track, hut it has again
been torn up.
General John McNeill, surveyor of the
port ol Boston, died at Washington on
Saturday, alter a few hours illness, lie
had just completed his fifth full term, and
had proceeded to AN ashington to see his
old Iriend and associate in arms, tlu I'rcs
-1 ident, to solicit a re-nppoin;uieniv
roitE I(i N -N EW S.
The America arrived at Boston on Mond.iv lis'
Ifur news had been ftrevionaly Jlelepraphed IY., ,
J I ilifax.
The English parliament hud Seen opened and th-
Queen'a speech delivered, ami Favorably receive
It latin ins tlie death of the late Queen j
speaks of hcin-i "at peace With all ihe world' con
gratulates the count'y on the improved condition c f
commerce and mantifactures—regrets tin- ditiiculties
between the landed proprietors and their tenants
recommends legislation not deferred in the mat;i
"In conclusion, her majesty hopes and bel.evr*
that by combining liberty with order—by pre*" rv j, ,
what is valuable and amending what is defective
the legislature will sustani the puhl.c mstitutions
the abode and the shelter of a free and hapov
people."
As nntictpaied from the movement recent!v
on for the revival of the protective duties on coriT
an amendment to the address from the houses of
! parliament, was moved in the commons by S, r John
f'olope, and in the lords by Lord Standbrooke. 1
amendment was to tilt* following effect: —
••We regret, however, to he compelled humbly to
represent to vour majesty that in ui on jarts oi't ••
United fvi ng<l on, and especially in Ireland, the var -
ous classes of your majesty's subjects connected wuh
tile cultivation of the soil, are laboring under severe
distress, mainly applicable, in our opinion, to recent
legislative enactments, aggravated by the pressure* f
local taxation.
This amendment was lost in both Houses bv an
overwhelming majority.
Intelligence from Ireland is still more hem-rend
ing. Cultivation seems stagnar.t, and traders more
depressed than in the fiist of her sufferings. The
tide of emigration to the United States his again
set, but unfortunately for the people th s means U
not left now to escape from local tyranny and desti
tution. The neighborhood of Liverpool has been
visited during the days of Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, with the most severe storm encountered
since'lß3'J. The loss of the S. I'. Whitney, of Xew
York, is reported to have occurred in the gale.
Another expedition in search of Sir John I-'rankhn
I lias been resolved upon.
On Friday n.giit, Lord John Russell gave a fui!
| exposition of his views in regard to general colonial
policy, in moving for a bill to regulate Australia. He
concluded h:s speech by slating the principle upon
I which the colonial policy of the government v. 9
founded were the maintenance of the free trade tgs-
I tern to the fullest extent.
FRANCE. — Serious J)ifturbonces in Puns. —On AND
since Monday, Paris has been in a stale of siege :*t
consequence oi'a scries of disturbances created ly*
the mob of Rue St. Martin and St. Antoine. The
pol.ee authorities came to cut down certain of the
trees of liberty planted during the revolution. From
facts which, by ihe way, are rather conflicting t
would appear that when the order for the destruction
of" these last emblems of the liberty of the French
people were issued, iarge crowds gathered around
and decorated them with various symbols of liberty,
and that the police, acting under orders from the
executive, t roceeded to cut them down.
LATEST.— Paris , Thursday Night.—The city is
quiet. The police are stationed at such of the Trees
of Liberty as are still standing, and do not allow
loiterers to congregate there.
GREECE — Blockade by Ihe Britishfleet. —Advices
. from Athens to the 16th and 19th nit., inclusive,
' state that a serious rupture has taken place be
• tween the English and Greek governments, and
\ that a total suspension of relations had taken
I [dace between the two powers. It appears that
i some old claims upon the Greek government
remained unsettled, and their demand caused
| the difficulty, which was added to by a contro
versy in regard to some islands belonging to the
I lonian group, which have been usurped by the
i Greek government.
PnrsMA.—All the articles of the proposed
I Constitution except the one making Ministers
responsible to the King have been agreed upon
j by the Chambers and the King has taken a sol
! erun oath to the Constitution on the sixth. The
immediate consequence was arise in the Fluids,
! and great rejoicing in Berlin,
i The Rhine has overflowed its banks and done
t great damage to the adjacent country.
DENMARK AND THE DCTCHlES. —Thesessionof
the States was opened by the King in person on
the 30th ult. In reverting to the hostilities with
Schlesswig-Holstein the King says the war has
not yet terminated, but that it is only suspended.
; He hopes, however, that the negotiations in pro
gress will lead to the desired end.
ROME. —It is now stated on authority that the
Pope is about to return to Rome almost imme
diately. It was believed that the Spanish gar
rison would evacuate Rome on the arrival of
j His Holiness. The French have fortified and
now occupy several strongholds on the coast.
Architects have been ordered to prepare the
Palazzo for the Pope's Legate.
RUSSlA. —Accounts from the Dardanelles state
j that the Circassians have gained great advanta
| ges over the Russians on the Orsa. The Rus
sians having been compelled to retreat with
great loss
TURKEY. —The escape of Madame Kossuth
and the fact of her having joined her exiled hu>-
: band are confirmed. The extradition question
is nearly settled.
SWITZERLAND. —Austria has made a demand
for the extradition of some Poles who hat •
taken refuge from the Swissites, following t
late Hungarian troubles, within the Canton
ments of Switzerland. The Swiss government
have refused to surrender the refugees exec jit
in cases where it is clearly proved that the.
refugees have intrigued in politics, and other
wise misconducted themselves. In this position
the Cantonments are sustained by the Frertcu
Government. England will also it is supposed,
sustain the Swiss in their position.
[Correspondence of the Meto York Tribune .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
Dr. Gwin, the Senator elect from Calitornc
Ins already become an object of suspicion. :t
not of denunciation, on the part of the ultra
Slavery men, who prefer dissolution to the
admission of another Free Slate into the
Union. This distrust has been brought about
in this wise: The conspirators against t -
Unidh, as an excuse for opposing th; admissio.t
| of California umki her present Constitution,
liave assigned several objections, either of
which they have argued was fatal. The tir.-t
is, that " undue influences" have been exerted
on the part of the Executive and his Cabinet
in prevailing upon the people of California tJ
adopt her present Constitution, excluding
: very therefrom. The second is, that the right
of suffrage was exercised by foreigner# ar.d
others, who had no legal riglit to vote. .V'i
the third is that but for the nltove two reason#,
citizens from the South would have been per
mitted to have settled there by operation if
law with their Slaves
These propositions are all boldly met by f)r.
(iwin, and unqualifiedly denied. He avow#
that no influence w iiittivcr, either proper l '
improper, was exercised over the Ppopir U
( aiifornia on tiia part of the Administration or
of individuals, iq the action which thev to *
cither in calling their Convention, the form*
tion of the Constitution, or its subsequent ado -
tion by tho People. He denies in the in '>t
emphatic manner, that any but citizens of r~-'
Vailed Suites, voted when the Constitution
was submitted to the people for its appiova
And declares that a majority of all the per# I '.#
Irom the Slave States that were in California
were in favor ot making California a Free
State, i: is this last assertion that annoys
slavery propagandists more than anythingC#c,
and for the utterance of which Dr. (iw n has
been most censured.
At a social gathering a few eveningssinc'i
composed ot southern men, he was asked how
fie could make such an assertion, that South
erners in California we/'* in favor of her s
mission us a Free State. lie rephol. "1 ena
satisfy you of it in a few words : In Califori'- 1
'LABOR IS RSSPECTABIK ' In her mines at*
. to be fuunJ men of tiu highest intel