FOREIGNEWS;
Arrival of..the Steamship Canada!
S. Tons; March 23, 3, P. M.
The steamship Canada, Capt. Judson, with Eu
ropean news to the 10th inst., arrived at Halifax
on Thursday (last) evening, shortly after nine
o'clock, having experienced very heavy weather on
The Canada left galifax at 12 o'clock. today,'
and will arrive at New York early on Sunday..._
The Canada brings out 99 passengers. The . ter
rible accounts from the seat of the war in India,
united With the decided tone of defiance lately as
sumed by Russia, and the attitude assumed by the
Czar is evidently preparing to assume in the war
like operations in Italy, Austria, &c., has caused an
uneasy feeling, and has operated injuriously upon
the business of the country. But trade notwith
standing,'continues steady, and prices for most ar
ticles of, produce, are very satisfactory.
There is a greater degree of dullness and gloom
in the - grain trade throughout all the leading mar
kets, than there has been for a long period. Prices
continue to droop, and from...present appearances,
under the pressure of heavy an ivals from abroad,
the bottom has not yet been - reached. From the
manufacturing districts the accounts continue falor
able. There is also a fair business going forward
in the produce markets on the continent. Prices
on the whole are steadily maintained.
The meal itiarket continues active, and prices
are on the advance.
During the week ending March 2d, fair Ameri
can cotton not only maintained its ground, but
was a point higher than when the America sailed.
The sales amounted to 50,170 bales. The disas
trous accounts from India, and 'the news by the
Niagara, there was a large excess of receipts of
cotton at the 'principal• shipping ports in America
over.the corresponding period last year, gave a de
cided check to the market in the early part of the
lest week, and since then the demand has been con
tracted to the supply of the immediate wants of
consumers, which has caused prices to decline one
quarter of a penny per pound. Fair uplalds are
slow quoted at 4a, Mobile si, and Orleans 51.
Sales for the week 2220 bales.
The importations of breadstuffs from the United
States during the last fortnight have been unusually
large. Prices for all descriptions have been in
favor of the buyers. There is a large supply of
Wheat and Flour, Indian Corn, and meal in the
market, and large quantities 'are being warehoused.
Purchu - ses are made merely to supply immediate
wants. These remarks will apply to all the lead
ing Corn markets throughout the kingdom.
There is a fair trade going forward in American
provisions. The arrivals of beef are very heavy
—already three times as great as at the same time
last year.
American stocks fully. maintain their price, and
it was .expected that when the news of the rise of
United States six per cents to MI reached New
York, that there would have been a corresponding
rise there. • Then another rise here would have in
tunably followed. That the Pennsylvania dividendif
have been paid one•half in relief notes, has been a
source of unmitigated disgust to the holders, who
consider that Pennsylvania could have paid if she
could, and they point at the reverse conduct of
Maryland, which, with more or less resources, does
nut-avail itself of such paltry subterfuge to plunder
tiiireign creditors. Pennsylvania WI a 76 ; Mary
land 81 a 85,
ENGLAND
Prussia promises perfect reciprocity, and asks for
reciprocity, when she krill also concede equal ad
vantages in reserving the coasting trade.
The frightful wreck of an emigrant ship has
taktiti place on our coast, 'off Harwicke. The
barque Floridian, of 500 tons burthen, E. D. Whit
more, master, from Antwerp, for New York—the
property of Messrs. Hurlbut & Co., chartered by a
German company to convey emigrants was wholly
lost on the 28th ult., and horrible to relate all on
board 'perished, except three individuals, who were
miraculously rescued from death.
The details of the late warlike intelligence from
India, are of more interest, btit we at present make
but a brief-allusion to the subject.
The Borribay Telegraph says another murderous
conflict with the Sikhs has occurred on the left bank
of the river lhelm, between the army of the Pun
jab, under. Lord Gough, an 1 the Sikh force. The
Sikhs, under Rajah Shwere Singh. A struggle, in
which the British have to deplore the loss of 03
officers and 2500 men killed and wounded—four
guns captured and four or five regimental colors
taken by the e.aemy.=
The struggle terminated in victory, but was dis
graced by the flight of the Bengal cavalry regi
ments, and the retreat, as yet scarcely satisfactorily
explained, of two British corps of dragoons. A
struggle which left the contending host so weak
and shattered, that it was doubtful which had sus
tained the greatest injury from the conflict, and
which yielded so few of the badges of triumph for
the victors, that the opponents took a new position
and fired a salute in honor of its termination.
Though masters of the field, our laurels are
drenched with blood, and it is the surmised univer
sal opinion that two more such victories would be
virtual ruin. No attempt is made by the English
press to disguise the fact that the news from India
is of the most disastrous character.
Lord Gough has been promptly superseded is
the command by Sir Charles Napier, who was L.
have proceeded to the scene of hostilities on the
2uth ultimo.
FRANCE
The French government continues to gather
strength, and there is evidently a growing dispOsi
tion on the part of the nation to crush any attempt
at public disorder—upon the whole. the prospects
of tranquility are more favorable than they have
been during the past year.
Confession of 'Andreas Hall
The confession of Andreas Hall, who was exe- .
cuted of Tray on Friday last, for the murder of ,'
1t t. and Mrs. Smith, is an appalling revelation of I
humartdepravity and wickedness. The condemned
was 24 years of age last May ; he was a vicious
and unprotected boy, early addicted to theft and to 1
drunkeness. Still he had a conscience, as his re
collection and remorse for the theft of a string
from his grandmother, of fruit from his compan
ions, &c., which are detailed with penitent minute
ness, show. His first temptation to commit murder.
in order to get money, came upon him when he
was a little over 16 years of age ; but he gave up
the project.
A career of youthful crime was for a while in
terrupted by religious sentiment, awakened during
a "revival - at Petersburg—and he lived a moral
life for tWQ years. He relapsed, and took again to
robberies to, support himself In a moment of pas
sion, he planned the murder of a man who had
quarreled, with him; but being baffled by circum
stances, abandoned it. In' early life, he says his
mind dwelt on plots of murder,
and the best meth
ods of escaping detection; and he finally concluded
tflat the best way was to use a club well adapted
to the purpose. In 181,7, from revenge, he murder
ed,neai Troy, a compinion, whose body he plum.
clered ; and the recital of this bloody deed, and of
the attempt to conceal the' body, is most piteous.'
Thefts, burglaries, attempts at arson, and unexecu- •
ted plans of murder for revenge and plunder, occu
pied his time for the' year preceding the murder
forwhich he was convicted. He was engaged to
be roami ; but at this time reflecting on the crime
which
haforfeited his life, and would,df discovered,
his friends, he felt remorse, and contempla
ted and prepared for suicide. He was dissuaded by
the tears of his sister, who suspected his purpose.'
He was only , turned from one crime to fall into
'another. He started,amid thunder and lightning to
PeNrsburg, and there slept in a barn at a distance
fipm Smith's house. He knew that Smith hail
money, and had often been tempted to think :4 'of
murder as the means of getting it. In the middle
of the forenoon he woke, formed his plans of mur
der, and then slept again. He took a wooden hand
spike. He reached Smith's at night, and called him
out of the house, telling him that the cattle had
broken into his, meadow behind the barn. Smit'n
' went with him to the place, when Hall struck hi , di
• with the hand-spike, killing him at a blow. 'tie
returned tg the house, asked Mrs. Smith for the
axe, received it, asked again for a drink of water,
and when she offered it, struck her a fatal blow.
She continued a long time groaning, and he struck
her again and again, but "it Seemed as if slie could
not die."
The plunder of the• house gave him $BOO in
notes -and $l2OO in bills and specie, l,esides the
gold beads he took from the neck of Smith,
which formed afterward the principal evidence for
his conviction. After his conviction, he attempted
to break jail, and had' already lorm•ed new plans of
arson and murder against his enemies. The con
lession.was made to the Rev. Ge,.,. C. Baldwin, pas
tor of the Baptist church of Troy.
3trer THE Ssars.—When t'ne celebrated engineer
Brunnel, who accomplish& the desperate experi
ment of tunnelling the Thames river, was brought
before a committee of t'ne British Parliament, he
was asked if a speed of eighty miles per hour on a
certain railroad would be much more dangerous to
the traveller upon it than the speed of forty?
"It would be just the same," said he.
"And a speed of ninety?"
"Just the same." •
"And a speed of one hundred?"
"Just the same! For," added he, "if the cars
should run off the track at the rate of forty miles
per_ hour, the passengers would all go to ruin, and
Atone hundred miles per hour they could not con
veniently go any furtheT,"
3ntelligencef & lou'rnal•
E. W. - HUTTEIk, EDITOR.
iancister, March*Ti 1849.
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Dor We direct atteiiiion to the Cil,tl of yr. S.
es
AktWEG, Fall, who hatkieirmro
law in thiecity. Mr A. offe his sirvices In the
collection of claims against the General Govern
ment, a .branch of boiiiiess; for:which his recent
connection with one'of the Departments at Wash
ington renders him-well qualified.
ffire return thanks to Jesins SNYDER, Esq.,
of Washington city, for a package of valuble Gar
den Seeds from, the Patent Office—and to L. R.
ILA-MERELY, Esq., for a copy of the Official Army
Register for 1849—and also to Senator HOUSTON of
Texas for a copy of EXORY 2 B Reconnoissance in
New Mexico and California. All these favois are
highly acceptable. .
St:resent arms, who change their residences
on the Ist of April, will please notify us df the
fact, that we may change the direction of their pa
pers. We trust that none will remove into parts
unknown, forgetting that they have an account to
settle with the Printer. Such conduct is supremely
mean and dishonest.
FouxtiiN fxx.—This.old established Hotel, lo
cated in the South West Ward, recently kept by
Sheriff HUBER, has passed into the hands of War.
WRIGHT, 'by whom it will hereafter be kept on an
improved and extended scale. No one understands
better than Mr. W. to cater to the taste of his guests,
and we doubt not the public will find in him an
agreeable and accommodating host.
Irj- - THE FIRST OF APRIL of the preseift year
comes on Sunday. The Fourth of March came
also on Sunday. It will doubtless afford consolation
to Patriots and Juveniles, to know; that -the Fourth
of July comes upon a week day—Wednesday.
117 We inserted in our last an advertisement,
received from our Philadelphia Agent, signed R.
RODMAN HEGER, calling upon C. R. STETWERMAN
to let his place of residence be known, or he would
prOsecute him for a bill of Inks, if settlement were
not mode within two weeks. We have since re
ceived a letter from Mr. STEINERMAN t dated at
Bainbridge, this county, p which he states that in
the month of October lust he enclosed the amount
of the claim (tiff) to Mr. Rinnn, and furthermore
that Mr. It. 'knows his place of residence "very
well. We know none of these parties, but cheer
fully publish this explanation for Mr. Steinerman's
benefit. Had we sufficiently cxamined the adver
tisement, although signed by Mr. Reger, it should
.not have appeared in our columns.
It will be gratifying to the' friends of Col.
GEORGE. Nerves, formerly of this city, to learn,
that among the last acts of President Pot.x was to
confer upon him a brevet commission as Lieuten
ant Colonel, in consideration of his gallant conduct
at the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chur
ubusco. The honor could not have been conferred
upon a more meritorious officer.
Sudden Death.
HENRY HALDEMAN, Esq., a well-known Citizen
of Bainbridge, Lancaster county, died at the resi
dence of his brother, Jacob M. Haldeman, in Har
risburg, during the night of Thursday last. The
deceased was present at the sittings of the Legisla
ture on Thursday, and retired to bed in his accus
tomed health at about 10 o'clock in the evening.
Not arising to beakfast next morning, a messenger
was sent to his chamber, when he was discovered
in bed—cold and lifeless! Mr. Haldeman was a
wealthy Iron-Master in this county, and much res
pected. He was the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in this district in 1846. and last year one of
the candidates for Elector on the Cass and Butler
ticket.
The Appointments.
We are reminded by the Examiner 4- Herald that
Gen. DAVIS, Col her-rEnsos, and other Democrats
holding office under the General Government, have
not been actually removed by the TAYLOR admin
istration, but that, their commissionshaving expired,
they were merely superseded by new appointments.
When we wrote the announcement, in the hurry of
writing, we overlooked this fact, ald we now cheer
fully make the necessary correction.
But, after all, in our opinion, the difference be
tween the two cases is not near so wide as the
editor of the Examiner 4. Herald appears to imagine.
It is doubtless a favor to an old incumbent, in these
days of greedy place-hunting, to be permitted to
serve out the full term of his commission, and the
obligation is enhanced when the time extends a full
fortnight into the new administration! But if, when
the old commission does expire, the incumbent be
not re-appointed and his place be given to another,
it is nevertheless, to all intents and purposes, in a
modified form, a removal. The services of the old
officer are dispensed with, and he is obliged, by the
designation of a successor, to remove himself else
where, and this, not because he lacks any of the
Taylor•requisites of Honesty, Capacity, and Fidel
ity, but simply because his political views differ
from those of the dominant party. By whatever
name you choose to call this, it virtually amounts
to removal for opinion's sake.
We here call to mind an anecdote of the facetious
Major NOAH. He had been an original and zealous
supporter of Gen. JACKSON, and in the first term of
the old Hero's admlnistration was rewarded by a
lucrative appointment connected with the Customs
in New York. The Bank Veto and the removal of
the Deposites, however, incurred the Major's dis
pleasure, and he opposed Gen. Jackson's re-election.
One of the consequences of his preference for the
Bank was that he lost his-office—which was taken
frOm him and given to another. It was charged
upon the Major that he had been removed, but, dis
liking the phrase, he objected to it through his
newspaper, and said that Gen. Jackson had merely
sent him " a polite invitation to retire!" Out of
deference to the delicate taste of the editor of the
Eximiner, we presume, We will hereafter have to
discard the use of the objectional phrase—removal,
and when a worthy Democrat is compelled to give
,place to a Whig, we will have to say, that he has
received from Gen. Taylor " a polite invitation to
retire."
JUDGE LONGSTRETIL—We regret to learn from
reliable sources, that the health of Monars Lorm-
STIIETH, our excellent Canal Commissioner, contin
ues very feeble. The latest accounts represent him
as in a very precarious condition.
SPECIAL ELECTION.-At a special election held
in Adams county, on Friday last a week, WILLI;3I .
M'SuErcir (Whig) was elected the successor of
Hon. JA3tEs CoorEn in the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives. The Democrats did not nominate
a candidate.
COLLECTOR. AT Ream.—Mr. M'Glethery, recent•
ly appointed Collector of Tolls at Paoli, has declined
the appointment, and THOMAS B. Bsrrnco of Mont
gomery coanty has been appointed in his stead.
DEATEI OF A MEMBER OF CONGKESS.—Iion. Ro-
DOLPUOS DICKINSON, Member of Congress from
Ohio, died at Washington city on Tuesday last.
He had been.confined for several weeks from con
gestion of the brain.
Ecr RE v. Ma. Umr.—for the past two sears the
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in this
city; preached to the Sons and Daughters of Tem
perance on .ast Sabbath morning, and his Valedic
tory Sermon in the evening. Upon both occasions
he was honored with a crowded church. The
citizens of Lancaster part from this faithful and
eloquent Divine with general regret.
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4 f,4.eatr..2*E Fins stands mark'd by custom's rules,
A day of being, and p 1 making, Fools."
THE Am 05 APRIL, which is again close it`
hind, is.*itikaiished in the.calendak by the sing 4
. ,
Wt. appellation &inn Day .' It would he:
a curious exception to common etTenetite, if on
the prestat occasion multitaides were noetatrayad
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into. alike observance penifliarities - of this
memorable epoch in the division of time. Many
grave and unsuspecting people will doubtless be
sent upon frivolous and nonsensical errands. Others
will be summoned upim the most unfounded
pre
texts, out of their warm beds, an hour or more
before the accustomed time. Others will be enticed
to open packages, promising ample remuneration,
but full of disappointment—and others again, as
they pass along the streets, will be captivated by
the sight of pieces of spurious coin, which, when
they essay to lift, they will discqver sectirely nailed
to the pavement—together with various other whim
sicalities. which under other circumstances would
be deemed highly offensive, but, happening on the
Ist of April, are considered, if not agreeable, at
least comparatively harmless. For the satisfaction
of those,upon whom some one of these tricks may
be practised, we have sought to discover the origin
of this strange custom, but it is an inquiry shrouded
in mystery. The books at our command do not
shed much light upon the subject.
Basnx.'s "Chiefs Calendaria," published in 1812,
mentions that more than a century previous the
almanacs designated the Ist of April as " All Fool's
Day." In the northern counties of England and
in Scotland the jokes on , that day were practised
to a great extent, and it scarcely required an apol
ogy to experiment upon the gravest and most re
spectable of city or country gentlemen and women.
The person whose good nature or simplicity put
him momentarily in the power of his facetious
neighbor was called a "gowk"—and the sending
upon ridiculous errands "hunting the gowk." The
term "gowk" was a common expression for a
cuckoo, which was reckoned among the silliest and
simplest of all the feathered tribe.
In France, the person made the butt upon these
occasions was styled "on poisson el' Awe—that is,
an April fish—by implication, an April tool—
"pajama (.1 . Aril" being also awlied by that nation
to a species of fish easily caught by deception,
singly and in shoals, at this season of the year.
The term "April fool" was therefore, probably,
nothing more than an..easy substitution of that op
probrious epithet ; for fish i .and it is quite likely, that
our ancestors bcirrowed the custom from France,
with this change in the phrase peculiar to the oc
casion. A day of fooleries is observed, also, among
the Hindoos, attended with the like silly species of
witticism.
By many it is believed, that the term "all" is a
corruption of auld, or old, thereby making it origin
ally "Old Fool's Day," in con@mation of which
opinion the following observation is quoted from
an ancient Roman calendar respecting the Ist of
November: "The feast of old fools is removed to
this day." The oldest almanacs extant, however,
have it all (and not old) fool's day. Besides the Ro
man "Saturnalia" and the Druidical rites, supersti
tions which the early Christians found in existence
when they commenced their labors in England,
was the Falun& Faluorunt, or Feel's Holiday, which
was doubtless our present First of April. In some
of the German classics frequent mention is made
of the Aprilen Narr, so that even the Dutchman of
the olden time understood to practise his cunning
April arts upon his neighbors quite as well as we
of the present day.
Enough has been here quoted to prove that the
custom is of very ancient existence, but the precise
origin thereof remains undiscovered, and will have
to be dug from some of the musty chronicles of
grey antiquity. And now, reader, remember the
adage: "Forewarned, forearmed:' If, on the forth
coming Ist of April, you are sent upon a wild
goose chase to a neighbor, who has expressed no
desire for your presence—or if you are betrayed
into any other position that will cause you to feel
ancl look ridiculous—you cannot lay 4 the blame to
our charge. We intend this as a timely caution to
you to be watchful.
Col. Benton.
Accounts from Washington state, that the able
but erratic Senator from Missouri, a few days since,
in the special session of the Senate, uttered - a decla
matory diatribe against the late administration in
regard to the Mexican protocol. He sped a Par
thian arrow, not only after the distinguished Ex-
President, but a volley of them after each of the
retiring Secretaries. Not the least remarkable fea
ture of this assault is, that it was reserved until
after these gentlemen had all retired from office
and had it no longer in their powerofficially to vin
dicate their conduct. If COL BENTON lived in
Pennsylvania, so highly do we admire this last dis
play of chivalry, that we should be strongly temp
ted to recommend him to Governor JOHNSTON for
appointment to the dignified post of an „did-De-
Camp, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the
State Militia. The commission-mill at Harrisburg
has been running with enormous speed, it is true,
but, to adopt the razor-strop classics, there are still
"a few more of the same sort left, - arid one could
easily be spared for Father Bullion. But as this is
impossible, General 'nation should by all means
honor him with a commission as Lieutenant -General,
clothed with military and plenipotentiary powers
to settle all the angry disputes that may happen
during his administration.
Wizmem CAUEr JONES, the son.in-law of Col.
BENTON, has just been appointed Secretary to the
Board of Commissioners to adjust the Mexican
claims. It would be highly uncharitable, of course,
to suspect, that there existed any connection be
,tween Col. Benton's attick on the Ex-President,
and the appointment to a lucrative office of his
near relative by the President. It is the fashion
among the Heathen worshippers, we believe, to turn
their faces to the rising and against the setting sun..
Col. BENTON seems to have learned this secret.
A New County.
The bill to erect a new county out of parts of
Beaver and Mercer, to be called LAwnExcx, has
passed both Houses of our State Legislature, and is
now a law. Although small in territorial extent,
the Pittsburg Journal says the new county will be
one of the richest and populous (in proportion to
its size) in the State. It is situated in a beautiful
valley, well watered, rich in agriculture, minerals,
and a thriving and industrious population. At
New Castle, the proposed county site, there are
several Rolling Mills, and Nail Factories. Glass
Works have also been erected, and the town now
presents a business aspect rarely witnessed in any
of our itnerior villages. The new county takes
within its limits several of "the best townships of
Mercer county.
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WRITE IT IN GOLD -" The great comprehen•
sive truths," says President Quincy, "written in
letters of living light on every page of our history
are these: Human - happiness has no perfect se
curity but freedom; freedom, none but virtue; vir
tue, none but knowledge; and freedom, nor virtue,
nor knowledge has any vigor or immortal hope, ex
cept in the principles of the Christian religion."
TATES,—The taxes are indeed heavy—said Dr.
Franklin on one occasion—and if those laid on by
the government were the only ones we had to pay,
we might more easily discharge them ; but we have
many others, and much more grevious to some of
us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness
three times as much by our folly ; and from those
taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us
by allowing any abatement.
Wesunttrroxr Rtrixons.—That Cbl. Haskell of
Tennessee will be appointed Minister to Chili, and
Bailie Peyton of Louisiana, Minister to Mexico.
•-: -From Iftrriebtuw.
Noss CANAL:•OII Wednesday after
nap lait; the House of Representatives resumed
the consideration of the bill for the completion,
the.
„North Branch Canal,„iisifgrgrartliig au
-theanks to issue Small NOis.' IS'eho4:
verproposed an amendment, oOvkling tlig if
Governor can borrow the suntliecema core
plete the work, no Small -Notes shall-he issued`..
This was'negatived , and the hill was Ordered' t
transcribed for a third reading. The vote on its
final passage being then taken, the bill was nega
tived by the following vote: ,
YEAS—Baker, Ball, Biddle. Carl, Cornyn, Deihl,
Dtinean, Emery, W. Evans, Fenton, Fisher, Fuller,
Gillespie, Grittinger, Henszey, Herring; Higgins,
Hortz, Hower, Large, Little, M'Kee, M'Laughlin,
Martin, Otto, Pratt, Roseberry, Rupley, Rutherford,
Ryman, Sharp, R. R. Smith, Snively, Steel, Stock•
well, Stutiman, Swartzwelder, G. T. Thorn, Wat
tles-39
Bloom, Bole, Bull, Cort, Courtney,
Elliott, IX Evans, Fausold, George, Gordon, Grove,
Hampson, Hastings, Kirk, Klotz, Laird, Laubach,
Lamberton, Long, Luekenbach, M'Calmont. M'Cul
loch, M'Cartney, M'Kee, Marx, Meek, Morrison,
Miller, Myers, Nickelson, Pearce, Porter, Redick,
Rdbb, Roberts, Scbcionover, Shaffner, Smyth, Sou
der, Taggart, Walters, Wilcox, Williams, Zerbey,
Packer, Speaker-46.
Had the friends of the North Branch Canal Con
sented to separate that project from the issue of
Small Notes, it hardly admits of a doubt, that suc
cess would have crowned their efforts. But,
coupled with a movement so' diametrically at
war with the wishes and interests of the whole
people, the defeat of the entire bill affords matter
for sincere congratulation. It will be seen that
many of the warmest advocates of the completion
of the North Branch Canal voted against the bill,
because associated with the Small Note scheme.
Among the number, we notice the name of Gm.
KACKER, the Speaker. Mr. LITTLE of Wyoming
alad the two representatives from Bradford were
the only Democrats in Ate House who voted for the
bill in its ultimate objedionable shape.
JUDGE LEWIS' SALaur.—On the same day the
bill relative to the records of the District court for
the city and county of. Lancaster, and providing for
an increase of the salary of Judge LEWIS, to com
pensate him for the increased duty required by the
abolition of the District and Mayors' Courts, was
taken up, and debated by Messrs. Eshleman, Fisher,
and Cornyn in the affirmative—Messrs. Weirick,
Fenton, and Glittinger in the negative. Mr. Fen
lon proposed an amendrtient,.increasing the salary
of the President Judge of the 10th judicial district,
on the ground that he was equally entitled to it.
Negatived by °a vote of 15 to 53. Mr. Thorn
proposed an amendment, that the salaries of all the
Common Pleas Judges in the State be raised to
$2OOO. Negatived, without division. Mr. Grit
tinger moved to strike out the section increasing
the salary of Judge Lewis to' $2OOO. The aniend
ment was defended by Mr. Grittinger, and eloquent.
ly opposed by Mr. Cornyn of Huntingdon. 'The
amendment was negatived, yeas 15, nays 55. The
bill having been read a 'second and third time,
passed finally, yeas 57, nays 17—Mr. HoWer, of
Lancaster, who was absent when the vote was ta
ken, asking leave to record his vote in the atfirma
tive. Objection- being made, leave was refused.
The bill was sent to the Senate, where it came up
for consideration the following morning. It was
opposed by Messrs. Darsie, Johnson, and Brooke—
and supported by Messrs. Konigmacher, Overfield,
and others, and finally passed the Senate, without
amendment, by a vote of 17 to S. We are unable
to furnish our readers with the particular provisions
of the bill.
The Reason.
We have already stated the rejection, by the
Senate of the United States, of the nomination of
Mr. MCGAUGHEY as Governor of the new territory
of Minesota. The reason of his rejectior, is not
so well known. This gentleman, it seems, as a
member of the House of Representatives, made
himself conspicuous by opposing all appropriations
to prosecute the Mexican war, and belonged to that
small and unpatriotic band, headed by THOMAS
CORWIN, who on all occasions delended the ,Mexi
cans. His rejection, under these'cireumstances, is a
well merited retribution. But can any good , friend s
of the administration explain, by what motives
Gen. TArLonwas governed in conferring such an
important honor upon one, who was willing, at a
most critical juncture, that he and his whole army
be murdered at discretion, rather than extend a
helping hand to their,relief? Surely, Gen. ;Taylor
could not have been aware of these circumstances,
when he sent his name to the Senate. It is more
than probable, we think, that the appointment came
from one the Departments, into whose hands all
things seem to be now unconditionally committed.
Virginia Elections
Tle election for representatives in the next Con.
gress of the United States takes place in Virginia.
on Thursday, April 26. The canvass has already
commenced, and in nearly all the districts both
parties have placed their candidates in the field.
We think it is in the power of the Democrats of
Virginia to "do *ter' at the approaching election
Tor members of Congress than they did at the last.
Several districts were then lost by a close vote,
which can now be easily redeemed. Two years
ago the 13th, or Little Tennessee district, Which
contains a Democratic majority of from 10 to 1,500,
was lost, by running two Democrats against one
Whig. There is too much reason to apprehend a
similar result again, as there are now three Demo
crats canvassing the district ! It will not be diffi
cult for one sagacious Whig to beat them all. It
speaks volumes in praise of the eloquent M'Dow-
ELL that he has no competitor. He will be re
elected by acclamation. This is a well merited
tribute to this distinguished Patriot and Statesman.
Compliment to
,111 r. Dallas. .
. At a late meeting of the Board of Regents pf the
Smithsonian Institution, at which Hon. AIILLAnn
Firaaoha was chosen Chancellor, the following res
olution was adopted •
"Resolved, That the Chancellor and Secretary be
requested to communicate to the Hon. GEORGE M.
Deu.ss, the high appreciation entertained by the
Board of his services as a Regent, particularly
during the period of the organization of the. Insti
tution, their thanks for the manner in which he
discharged the duties of presiding officer of the In
stitution, and their respect for his character as 4
gentleman and a scholar."
MISSIONARY TO CALIFORNIA.—The insufficient
number of teachers of religion on the Pacific coast,
induced, sortie weeks ago, an independent movement
among a number of the Episcopal congregations in
New York, for the purpose of securing means to
sustain there at least one missionary. The fund
has accumulated so rapidly that already the Rev.
Flavel S. Mines has departed for San Francisco, at
which place there is a Protestant Episcopal Church.
He sailed in the steamship Crescent City, and the
New York Commercial Advertiser says of him
" Mr. Mines is said to be a native of Virginia;
was formerly a Presbyterian clergyman, butunit
ing himself with the Episcopalians was for some
time pastor of a church at St. Croix, whence he
returned about twelve months since, and has re
cently had in charge a church at Rossville, Staten
Island."
SEVEN Cnirr PIECES.—A correspondent of the
National lntelligencer recommends the introduction
of seven cent pieces; in addition to the present fed
eral coins, and enters into an elaborate statement
to show how they would prove useful in all pur
poses of change under one dollar. This demonstra
tion shows ingenuity, and the plan would seem of
great practical utility.
A Parxxxa Ltrmr..—~ printer in the Cincin
nati Chronicle office has just received a letter from
Gen. Sam Houston, informing him that property
worth 50,000 dollars, in Texas, has been left him
by his father.
County.-
The Democratic delegates from the different
wards and townships of Allegheny county met in
the cityof Pittsburg, on the - 22ditistant. Hamm
Esq....presided--und S. W. Buse*,
7.1"
Jiiiiit -- D i : ;.. lll.n.r.*i.scss SAwria,
liFivri kid Cii4kiimis KENT werif4hosen 7 aeleg*.s
td , i the of Ady Convention to Nominate a can
didate for Canal Commissioner. r%
Thefol i lowink are among the resolutions adopted
by the Convention:
Pe.soked, That the doctrines of truth, reduced to
practice in Governor Shunk's administration, in re
gard to banks-and other corporations, should be
faithfully adhered to in all future time. Special
privileges aie at best but invasions of the general
right, and require. vigilant and jealous watching.
Individual liability or no charter is the Democratic
pledge.
Resolved, That the ".Ten Hour System," limiting
the hours of labor, is a Democratic measure which
commands our warm and enthusiastic approval— , a
measure no less of wisdom than of benignity which
commends itself alike to the discrimination of the
Statesman and the heait of the Philanthropist—a
measure not inconsistent with the just and legiti
mate " interests of capital" and indispensably essen
tial to the effectual indication Of the " rights of La
bor."
Resolved, That Lecky Harper, Esq., the editor of
the Pittsburg Morning Post, is entitled to the thanks
of.the Democracy at large, for his able, fearless and
independent advocacy of the "Ten Hour Law" and
of the "Rights of Labor," and that the course pur
sued by him, in his controversy upon that subject
with the Federal journals, so tar from being " un
called for, of pernicious tendency, and opposed to
the interests of the Democratic party,and of society
in general," was proper, becoming and necessary,
in defence of the interests of factory children and
other operatives which had been ruthlessly assailed,
and in vindication of the " Rights of Labor" which
were sought to be trampled under foot.
Resolved, That we believe that the people are
sufficiently intelligent and patriotic, to qualify them
to elect their own Judges: We are therefore in fa
vor of an elective Judiciary.
Annexation Question in Canada.
Many of lte Canada presses are discussing the
question of annexation to the United States, and
they succeed in making out its advantages quite as
well as they ev..n. once did in showing the opposite
side of the question. These discussions are curious,
and not a little interesting to the people on this side of
the St. Lawrence, who may one day be called upon to
add another State to the Union North of New York
and the East. In the Kingston Chronicle, a writer
says that three alternatives are presented to the
people of the Provinces,
The first is a return to the preexisting system'
with the exception that the. principle of responsible
government should be continued,
The second is severance of the connection with
England, and annexation to the United States.
The third, a Federal Union of all the British
North American Provinces, under the dominion of
our beloved Sovereign.
The thi e rd proposition is the one that most meets
the approval of the writer, and he says in answer
to the obje-tion, that under a Federal Union they
would become independent, that the destiny of the
Colonies is inevitably to become independent, but a
Federal Union will not unduly hasten that event.
With regard to annexation, the Colonist of the 6th
inst. makes the following announcement:
" Now as the North American Colonies are at
present situated, they are on the eve of making new
commercial connections, which must necessarily
be followed by new political connections also. We
have no longer, it may be said, any interest in con
tinuing a connection, which, in time of peace, offers
no perceptible advantage, and in the event of war
would expose us cruelly to the belligerent opera
tions of our neighbors. Circumstances now beto
ken that it will not be long before commercial pre
ference on the one hand, and colonial and impe
rial differences on the other, will carry into effect
what has been so solemnly predicted."
The Montreal Patriot speaks of a leaning of the
Anglo• Saxons at Toronto towards annexation with
their brethren of the United States, and the witness
says it would do away with frontier Custom Houses.
introduce American capital, raise the value of fixed
property, promote the construction of property,
make the St. Lawrence the great highway of West
ern produce, &c.
Important, if true!
A telegraphic despatch to the New York Herald
of Friday, contains the following important infor-
There was a most important cabinet council held
last night; the question of proscription was formally
considered, and after a most interesting debate, the
question was put, and the decision was against
proscription, by the following tote:
For proscription :—Mr. Ewing and Mr. Collamer.
Against it :—The President, Mr. Meredith, Mr.
Crawford, Mr. Preston, and Mr. Johnson.
- .
Mr. Clayton was unavoidably absent, but his
'views were considered with those of the majority.
Mr. Meredith made a courteous, firm, manly, and
determined stand against the views of the minority,
and the President himself declared he would stand
by his pledges.
Whether Mr. Ewing or Mr. Collamer will-re
main in the Cabinet is to be seen. It is thought
they will not resign.
Mr. Fillmore is on their side, and is a warm ad•
vocate for proscription, but the question is now
settled.
SHOCKING DEATH.-A lad named Rout, 16 years
of age, died at Covington, (Ky.,) last week, (as is
alleged by the Cincinnati Commercial.) from the
effects of mercury, administered ten or twelve weeks
ago, by a physician, to alleviate typhoid fever. The
Commercial says :
" In a few weeks, spots made their appearance
on each side of the face, followed by mortification
and sloughing of the parts, the usual result of mer
curial action when thus manifested. For several
weeks the poor sufferer lay thus, the poison aug
menting its awful work, until the whole jaw, with
the exception of a small portion of the chin, was
exposed to
~view from loss of surrounding flesh.
The upper and under lips were entirely gone, and
the appearance was presented of a skull covered
with flesh, excepting the teeth and jaws—a most
pitable sight. On the right side of the face the
mortification extended to the eye, scalp and ear, and
had theyouthlul sufferer lived but a few days longer,
he would have lost his right eye, ear, and all the
flesh on that side of his face and head. But, fortu•
nately for himself and friends, death has kindly
come to his aid and relieved him of misery.
A COLOSSAL COUPLE.--Among the wonders of
the age are the celebrated Quaker Giant and Giant
ess, now exhibiting at the Atheneum building in
Philadelphia. The Giantess is a delicate young
Quakeress, 21 years old, nearly eight feet high,
weighing 337 pounds! Her liege lord is a Quaker
gentleman, 27 years'of age, standing plumb eight
feet in his stockings, weighing 508 pounds! These
are doubtless among the most marvellous specimens
of Humanity now living in the world.
THE CALHOUN MANlrEsTo.—Messrs. Cobb, Boyd,
Clarke, and Lumpkin, representatives in Congress
from Georgia, have published an address to their
constituents, stating their reasons for not signing
the Calhoun manifesto. It is ably written and
justly argues that the only object of that sectional
appeal was a dissolution of the Union.
ICE. R. PowELL, Esq. has retired from the
Chambersburg Sentinel. The paper is now published
and edited by A. H. SMITE!, Esq., a young gentle
man of superior talent and ability. Mr. Powell is
to publish a paper in Ohio.
PROSCRIPTION OF CLASSES.—The report from
Washington is that Mr. Collamer, the new Post
master General, has decided, under the advice of
General Taylor, to appoint no editor of a news
paper to the office of Postmaster. This is proscrip
tion of the worst kind.
PAUDON B r GEN. TAYLOR.--Raneolph Robinson,
was a few days ago found guilty of mayhem, (cut
ting out the eye of Mr. Tilley, of Georgetown, with
a tumbler, while on a drunken spree,) and sentenced
to the penitentiary for two years. Inconsideration,
among other things, that a widowed mother and
helpless brothers and sisters depended upon him for
support, President Taylor pardoned him before the
arrival of the time for the sentence to go into effect,
and he is now at liberty.
_yaw #tainteuigencer
Paradise Election.
.
Mr.Erlitor•Allow me,tiaterrect an error,cora
tatted by the cerreationdelit of the. Lancaster Union
4- Tritons, in. reterence , to the result of the Paradise
towiship - election. correspondent saya It
:bainoriiofing*jrclia (the whigs) to hear that
tlett, what -Whig ticket was not elected in conse,
gience of abomeeof some 20 whigs." Nowi
maihereirvere at lead, 100Obsentees from the polls;
fhe infdience would be, that the remaining SO were
Democrats and not Whigs,
..,so that had there been
a full turn out, the mortification of the Union g- Tri
bune's correspondent would have been still greater.
The following is the result of the election:
129 Joseph H. Lefevre 131
Assessor.
Daniel Cirvin
George Slaymaker 130 Rudolph Hunsecker 129
Inspector
Geo. D. M , llvaine 135 Samuel Miller 125
Supervisors. •
John Armstrong , 149 Jacob Eby 121
Jos. S. Lefevre 127
,John Rank 123
Town Clerk.
130 Ferree Brinton 130
John Rowe
The defeat of Mr. Girvin as Judge proves nothing
in its bearing on the Linville controversy—as Mr.
M>llvaine; who was equally assailed, is elected by
10 votes majority. It was not made the issue. If
the result in Paradise township be " mortifying" to
whigs—it is not to
PARADISE, Mnrch 24, 249
NEWSPAPER Casz.—The following case, decided
in the Supreme Court, is reported in the Bristol
Jasper Harding vs. Henry rilVolf,, action of as
sumpsit for the recovery of nine years' subscription
to the Pennsylvania Inquirer, a newspaper publish
ed in Philadelphia.
It was proved on the part of the plaintiff that
the name of the defendant was on his subscription
books from 1835 to 1894 i that the paper was reg
ularly enclosed in a wrapper, directed to the defen
dant, and deposited in the post office in that city.
Bills for the paper had also been forwarded.
The defendant denied" ever having ordered the
paper.
The Court ruled that the regular mailing of a
newspaper for a length of time was at least prima
facia evidence of its reception, and that receiving
a paper for a certain time, and not ordering the
same discontinued, was sufficient to hold a person
liable for the subscription price, notwithstanding
he may never have ordered the paper sent, Verdict
for plaintiff:
Compliment to American Ladies.
Mr. MACKAY, an English barrister, has published
his travels in the United States. The following is
an extract in relation 'to the beauty of American
"There are two points in which it is seldom
equalled, never excelled—the classic chasteness
and delicacy of the features, and the smallness and
exquisite symmetry of the extremities. In the
latter respect, particularly, the American ladies are
singularly fortunate. I have seldom seen one, del
icately brought up, who had not a fine hand. The
feet are also generally very small and exquisitely
moulded, particularly those of a Maryland girl ;
who, well aware of their attractiveness, has a thous
and little coquettish ways of her own of tempting.
ly exhibiting them. That in which the American
women are must deficient is roundness of figure.
But it is a mistake to suppose that well-rounded
terms are not to be found in America. Whilst
this is the characteristic or English beauty, it is not
so prominent a feature in. America. In New Eng
land, in the mountainous districts of Pennsylvania
and Maryland, and in the central valley of Virgini
the female form is, generally speaking, as well
rounded and developed as it is here ; whilst a New
England complexion is, in nine cases out of ten, a
match for an English one. This, however, cannot
be said of the American ladies as a class: They
are, in the majority of cases, over delicate and
laqguid ; a defect chiefly superinduced by their
vvaNqt of exercise. An English girl will go through
as much exercise in a forenoon, without dreaming
of fatigue, as an American will in a day, and be
overcome by the exertion. It is also true, that
American is more evanescent than English beauty,
particularly in the south,.where it seems to fade
ere it has well bloomed. But it is much more last
ing in the north and northeast: a remark which
will apply to the whole region north of the Poto
mac, and east of the Lakes; and I have known in
stances of Philadelphia beauty as lovely and en
during as any that our own hardy climate can
produce."
The End of. the Wicked.
We alluded in our last paper to the death by
shooting, of Walter Maythe, in an affair at Cincin
miti. The whole Maythe family have long been
known in the West as desperadoes and outlaws.—
The whole family, male and female,
were of the
most abandoned character. They knew no re
straint, and followed no guide, but their own de
praved appetites, and outrageously wicked propen
sities. Taking these as their guide, they regarded
society and its.members as lawful prey. The long
catalogue of their crimes embraced those of the
deepest dye.
But fearful indeed has been the retribution that
has fallen upon the whole family. With one ex
ception the family is now extinct. But not one has
died, a natural death. They lived by violence and
by violence they died. The two sisters died a Most
miserable death in a hospital at Mobile. Smith
Maythe was takeh from the jail of Grant County,
Kentucky, and hung by a mob. Scott Maythe was
arrested among a gang of counterfeiters on the
Mississippi river, and tied neck and heels with a
companion in crime and cast into the river and
drowned. How Walter Maythe came to his death
we have already stated. There is but one member
of the family living, and he is, we are informed, an
inmate of the penitentiary at this time. What a
lesson does the history of this family contain!—
What a fearful warning in their horrible fate.
Look at this, Young Men.
Mr. COLLAMER, the new Post• Master General,
was the architect of his own fortune. In early
life he was very poor, and on one occasion, the only
occasion, he was rebuked by his preceptor for com
ing into the recitation room without shoes. He had
none to wear.
fl - Three Catamounts were killed last week in
Carbon county, Pa. Two others were seen by the
some hunter. So it appears that these animals
have not yet disappeared from our State.
CUMBERLAND COUNTl—Samuel Woodburn has
been elected the Senatorial, and Wm. M. Beetem
and Dr. W. W. Nevin representative delegates to
the Pittsburg 4th of July Convention—without in
:,
structions.
EAULY Houns.—As a military commander Gen.
Taylor has no doubt been accustomed to " rising
with the lark;"' and it seems that he still preserves
the habit in the elevated position of President of
the United States—for it is said that he convenes'
his Cabinet every morning at nine o'clock. This
is an unusually early hour for the transacting of
business in Washington; but habit is everything.
133 Ex-Governor PENNINGTON of New Jersey
has been appointed Governor of the new territory
of Minesota.
llrGen. Joux MASON died at Clermont, Fairfax
county, Va., on the 19th inst., in his 83d year. He
was the personal and intimate friend and associate
of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe ; and during the
administration of the two last, filled offices of trust
and honor. •
117" The National Intelligencer states that the
President of the United States availed himself on
Saturday, of the first hour of leisure he has found
since his inauguration, to visit Mesda'mes ADAMS,
114.knrsosr, and Hamilton, and pay his personal res
pects to those ladies.
IMPORTANT TO THE PRESS.—The New York Su
perior Court has decided that newspapers have the
right to publish police and judicial reports, and that
any true and fair report is'not a libel. This has
heretofore been a disputed point. Fair criticisms are
also declared to be privileged.
"Os, GET Ithsr r—This, according to the Spring
field Republican, is what Mr. Webster said to Mr.
Foote, who was comparing Mr. W. to Demosthenes
and Burke,to his face in the Senate. Mr. F. spread
it on so thick that Mr. Webster, who is naturally
rasher bashful, covered his face with both hands.
N as. - Srasois.—At.SLAugustine, (Florida,) the
early vegetables of the season were in market on
on the'23d ult, The Herald says
Radishetc*cabbages,'lettnee, green peas, turnips,
beets, besna, earrok.and all kinds of vegetables
are furnished by the different hotels.
•
4,-;Goori SAotrterrilr.—A Yankee transported
a couple of hogs to the "diggins" in California to
major " - the precious ore," and obtainer
night frail six to eight..ounces of gold fror
snouts!
THE VIRGINIA POLITIC/RN-RN EPIGRAI
" The fellow who slept with the captain"
A place among the new' abinet names,
Or something equally mighty—
But the man who stood the Mexican shots
Will be very apt to be shy of Botts,
As long as he keeps " old Whitey !"
[Boston Pas
113 The. greatest difficulty in the educaff
children is the immorality of parents ; for,
they actively concur in this great work, ever •
else is vain and useless. The grand founds
a good education is, that parents teach thei
dren none but virtuous principles and set the
good examples.
DR. S. 0. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE B RS
are an effectual and certain , source of relie from
those irregularities and affections brought .n by
close confinement in factories and workshops,lwhere
operatives, by close application to business, p neg
lect of recreation, and. too much haste in t e con
sumption of their food, break down the ton of the
stomach and bowels, render the blood imps e, and
derange the whole system. The use of the e Bit
ters will overcome these difficulties, and render
such frequent application to a physician unneces
sary. Numerous testimonials of their etTiCacv in
all difficulties arising from sedentary life and habits,
of the most positive character might be produced,
but we prefer to let the medicine speak for itself.
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J. F. LONG, Druggist,
And by Druggists and Apothecaries, and Traders
throughout the United . States. [mli2o-2t 9
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Beware of Counterfeits and 'lnd-
The unparalleled and astonishing eflicaoy of DR,
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, alt
the diseases for wltich it is recommended; curing
nanny cases niter the skill of the best physiciamf
wrno unavailing, has effected a large and increasing
demand fin it. This Ilia has caused many unprin,
elided counterfeiters and ifnitntors to palm off spu
rious mixtures, of similar name and appearance, for
the genuine Balmnin. " Dr. Wistar's Balsam of
Wild Cherry,'' is the only genuine. The rest
merely imitate the name of the original, while they
possess none of its virtues.
LOOK WELL TO THE MARKS OP TIIT.
GENUINE.
The genuine Balsam is put up in Bottles, with thd
words Dr. IVistar , a Bal sant of Wild Cherry, Phila."
blown in the glass; eaeh bottle bearing a label on
the front, with the signature of H. WISTAR, M. D.
This will be enveloped with a new wrapper; copy
right secured, 18 , 1.1; on which will always appear
the written signature of I. BUTTS.
Be careful and get the genuine DR. WISTAWS
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. None genuine
unless signed by I. BUTTS, Address all orders to
SETH W. FOWLE, Boston ' Mass..
For sale in Lancaster city by
mll2O-St 8] GISH & BROTHER.
On the 20th inst., by the Rev. N. Reyea r George
N. Meek to Martha Raul& both of W. Lampeter.
On the 13th inst., by thet. Rev. J. M'Nair, Win.
Baker, of Clark county, Ohio, to Mary Emeline
Posh, of York, Pa.
On the 15th inst. by the same, Benj. M'Laughlin
to Julian Townsly, both of Salisbury twp.
At Marietta, on the 22d inst., by the Rev. Geo.
M. Clawges, Henry Polckemmer, of York county,
to Mrs. Jane Murphy, of Bainbridge, Lancaster
county.
On the 20th inst. by the Rev. J. C. Baker, Jacob
Shindel to Rebecca Shay, both of this city..
In the borough of Strasburg, a few week since,
Asa Jones, (Innkeeper) in the 50th year of his age.
At his residence in Martic township, on the
morning of the 17th instant, Mr. JOHN LAIRD, one
of the oldest and most respectable citizens of that
township, aged 72 years—leaving a large number
of friends and descendants to mourn his departure.
On the 21st inst. in this city, Anna Mary, daugh
ter of Benjamin Finfrock, aged 2 years, 2 months,
and 21 days.
Qn the 19th inst. in this city, John Ninemeyer,
aged 29 years.
On the 7th inst. in Reading, John S. Hiesttr, in
the 75,h year of his age.
At Bellevue, Lancaster county, on Friday, the
16th inst.,' LETITIA J., wife of Thomas Crawford,
aged 56 years.
On the morning.of the 12th instant, after a short
illness, Jacob Bair, of Safe Harbor, son of John and
Elizabeth Bair, late of Leacock township, aged 41
years, 5 months - , and 11 days.
On the 9th ult., at the Strasburg Academy, Wil
liam A.,
son of thp Rev. L. C. Rutter, of Chesnut
Level, Lancaster acounty, in the 15th year of his
age.
At the annonncement of thu death of William
A. Rutter, a meeting of the students of the Stras
burg Academy was called, and D. B. Albright, E.
A. Atlee, W. H. T. Bynum,C. A. Christian, and
G. F. Kraft, were appointd as a committee who
reported the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted :
Whereas, It has pleased an all-wise Providence
to take from us one of our number, who command
ed the love and respect of all who knew him. And
Whereas, it is a duty we owe to the dead as well
as the living, to commemorate their virtues; by re
corded testimonies of their. amiable qualities, not
only as an example for those who, survive, but also
as a gratification to the friends of the departed.
Therefore, •
Resolved, That as a token of respect for the de=
ceased, the students of this Academy wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be
sent to the family of the deceased, and also to each
of the Lancaster papers, with a request that they
be published. '
On the 20th instant, at the Strasburg Academy,
Morgan Hormung, of Schuylkill Bend, Berks co.,
in the 22d4year of his age.
The death of Morgan Hormung being announced,
a meeting of the students of the Strasburg Academy
was called, and W. J. Burnside, W. H. T. Byrum,
G. F. Kraft, G. W. Zook, and D. B. Albright, were
appointed as a committee to prepare resolutions
suitable for the occasion, who reported the follow ;
ing, which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved,. That we have heard with feelings. of
the deepest sorrow, the death of our beloved and
respected fellow student ' Morgan Hormung.
-Resolved, That as a token of reap t for the do:.
ceased, the students wear the usual ba of mour
ning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be
sent to the family of the deceased, and also to the
Lancaster and Reading papers, with a request that,
they be published.
THE undersigned Auditor, duly appointed by
the Court of Common Pleas of Lancastercoun
ty, to distribute the balance in• the hands of Peter
Martin, Esq., Assignee of the Estate of David B.
Eberly, to and among the creditors of said Eberly,
hereby gives notice, that he will attend for the pur
pose of his appointment, at his office, in South
Queen Street, city of Lancaster on Friday, the 20th
day of April, 1849, at 2 o>clocic P. M., where all
persons having claims are requested to have the
same duly authenticated:
J. FRANKLIN REIGART, Auditor.
March 27, >49 td-9
Estate of Geo. S. Savery,, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given, that letters of adminis
.l.l tration have been granted to the undersigned,
on the estate of George S. Sasery, late of Martic
township, Lancaster county, deceased. All per
sons having claims against-said estate are, there
fore, requested to present their, accounts, duly
authenticated—and those knowing themselves in
debted are requested to make immediate payment
to CHR. BRENNEMAN, miller,
DANIEL GOOD;
Adm 7 rs, residing in Martic twp:
March 27, >49 . -*6t-9.
THE undersigned would notify the public an d
his patrons, that THOMAS TAYLOR, fOrmerly
Foreman of his Hat and Cap Manufactory in North
Queen Street, has been discharged from that capa
city ;. and all business connected with the establish
ment has been entrusted to hie son, HENRY A.
SHULTZ, and all outstanding monies due him are
to be paid to said Henry, or to the undersigned,
and not by any means, or under - any circumstances
to the said Thomas Taylor.
DAVID SHULTZ,
Hat & Cap Manufacturer, North Queen Street,
- Lancaster, - o pposite Michael's Hotel.
March 27, '49 3t-9
HE Lancaster City Temperance Society will
meet in the Baptist Church, on Thursday even
frig next, 29th inst., at 7 o'clock, on -which occasion
some important business will behrought before the
Society.
JOHN Cor. Seey,
Much 27,'49d9
t atlons.
MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.
Auditor's Notice.
Public Nonce.
Temperance Meeting.
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