Court of Quarter Sessions, Janu
ary Term, 1851.
Com. vs. Abm. H. Heist. —lndictment for keeping
a disorderly house. Plea not Guilty. Verdict not
guilty and county for costs. 1 '
Com. vs. Joseph List. —lndictment for assault and
battery. Deft, plead riot guily. The Jury returned
a verdict of not guilty, and deft to pay the costs
of prosecution.
Com. vs. Henry Moody,— lndictment for Larceny.
Stealing 1 vest of the value of $l, and a pair oj
pantaloons of the value .of $4, the property of
Abm. D. Block, of Marietta Borough, in June last.
Plea not Guilty. Verdict not Guilty and county
for costs. .
Com. vs. John McCulkin.— lndictment for Lar
ceny. Stealing 2 pair pants, valued at $4, from
Abm. D. Block. Plea not .Guilty/ Verdict not
Guilty. 1
Com. vs. Elias Miller. —lndictment for keeping a
Tippling house. Deft, plead guilty, and was or
dered by the Court to pay a fine of $2O, and the
costs of prosecution.
Com vs. Jacob Eichelberger, David Kelpnhr , and
Geo. Rice. —Complaint—Obstructing the Cars and
Engine of the Penna. R. R, Company, &c.
By leave of Court the District Attorney entered
a nolle prdsequi.
Com. vs. Gracy Ann Thomas, (colored.') —Indict-
ment assault upon her infant male child about 3
weeks of age, by, leaving it exposed to the inclem
ency of Jhe weather, and deserting it by the road
side, about 1 mile from the’ City, about. 7 o’clock
on the night of the Bth of January,4Bsl. Deft,
plead not guilty. The Jury returned a verdict of
guilty—whereupon-' the Court ordered the deft, to
pay si.fine and the cost of prosecution, and be im
prisonediin the county Jail for the period of 3
months. >
Com: vs. John Archy , (colored.) —Indictment for
Forgery. The deft, was charged with forging a
memorandum of a lease on the 9th of April last,
to the damage of Wm. Ralston and Eliza Brice, of
Drumore township in this county. Plea not Guilty.
Verdict Guily, recommending the prisoner to the
mercy of the Court. The Counsel made a motion
or a new trial, and the Court granted a rule to
show cause why anew trial should not be granted.
Com. vs. John Archy , (colored.) —Indictment- foil
Assault and Battery. Ignored by the Grand Jury.
Com. vs. Michael Kelly Indictment for Larceny.
Stealing 2 pieces of gold coin, (American) com
monly called Eagles oi the value of $lO each,‘and
one half Eagle of the value of $5, on the 22d of
December last, the property oNa man named Wm.
Kinsley, in the Borough of Marietta. Plea not
Guilty. ‘Verdict Guilty. Deft sentenced to pay a
fine of and costs of prosecution, and undergo
\imprisonment in. the county Jail for the term of
one year.
Com. vs. Geo. Rcddig and Peter Weinhold.—ln
dictment charged defts. with neglect of duty as
Supervisors of the township of East Cocalico, in
this county. Plea not Guilty. Verdict not Guilty,
and county for costs.
Com. vs. John Conner.— Assault and Battery.—
Bill ignored by the Grand Jury.
Com. vs. Geo. Smith. —There were two bills
against this deft, charging him with passing coun
terfeit money, both of which were Ignored by the
Grand Jury^
Com. vs. Mary Wade. —lndictment for keeping a
Gambling house, in the Borough of Marietta, in
this county. Plea not Guilty. Verdict Guilty.—
Whereupon the Court ordered Deft, to pay. a fine of
$5O, and costs ol prosecution.
Com. vs. Mary Wade. —lndictment for keeping a
Bawdy house in the Borough aforesaid. Plea not
Gulltyl Verdict Guilty. Deft, sentenced to pay a
fine of. $l, and costs of prosecution, and undergo C
months imprisonment in the epunty Jail.
Com. vs. Geo. H. Smith. —lndictment for keeping
a disorderly house in this City. Deft, plead guilty,
and was sentenced by the Court, to pay a fine of
$l, and costs, and give security in the sum of $2OO
to keep an orderly house for 6 months.
Com. vs. James Duncan. —lndictment for Lar
ceny. Bill Ignored by the Grand Jury.
Com. vs. Isaiah Thompson, . Wm. Whipper, and
Robinson, (colored.)— lndictment for Riot. Bill Ig
nored.
Com. vs. Amos Groff. —Indictment for passing
counterfeit monty. Ignored. 1
Com. vs. Philip Greybill. —lndictment for Arson.
Bill Ignored.
oCom. vs. Nelson Hildebrand and Marshall Steele,
—The Indictrhent charged Nelson Hildebrand with
Larceny. Stealing a Grey horse valued at $l2O,
belonging to John. S. Lapland Marshall Steele as
Accessory thereto. Hildebrand, on being arraigned,
plead Guilty. Whereupon the Court older Nelson
Hildebrand to be commit'ed to the House of Ref
uge, in-the county of Philadelphia, to remain under
the care of the managers thereof during His mi-,
Dority, (he is now between 17 and 18 years of
•age,) to be clothed, maintained, arid instructed by
said managers at the expense of the County ol
Lancaster, according to the act of Assembly in
such cases made and provided.
Marshall Steele, upon being arraigned, plead
Guilty. Whereupon the Court \order him to be
committed to the house of ReJugfe during his mi
nority (same as Hildebrand;) he is also between 17
and 18 year- of age.
Com. vs Nelson Hildebrand. —Larceny, stealing a
horse from John Hildebrand. Plea Guilty. Sen.
tence the same as in the former case.
Com. vs. Nelson Hildebrand.— lndictment Larceny
—Stealing a horse belonging to Jacob Miller;—
Plea Guilty. Sentence same as before.
Com. vs. Nelson Hildebrand. —Larceny. Stealing
a horse belonging to John K Herr. Plea Guilty.
Sentence-same as before.
Com. us. Jaiob Redsccker.-i- Indictrrient—Neglect
of duty as Supervisor ot Elizabethtown. Plea not
Guilty. Verdict not Guilty, and;county for costs.
Com. vs. Geo. lurner. —Surety of Peace bn com
plaint of Geo. W. Hunter, Esq, of this city. Deft,
ordered to p-.iy the costs and give security in the
sum of $3OO, to keep the peace for G months.
Com. vs. Christian Gish and John Brenner.—ln
dictment for neglect ol duty as Supervisors of
township, in this county. Plea not Guilty. Ver
dict not guilty as to Brenrier, but guilty against
Gish. The Court ordered Christain Gish to pay a
fine of $1 and the costs.
Com., vs. Molly Kline. —lndictment—Assault and
Battery. Ignored and Daniel Ebei.ly the prosecu
tor ordered to pay the costs of prosecution.
Com. vs. John Coyle. —lndictment—Murder.
Bill. Ignored.
Com. vs. John Jefferson.— lndictment—Larceny.
Ignored.
Com: vs. John Jefferson alias John Jeffries. In w
dictment Larceny. Bill Ignored.
Com. vs. Peter Jackson. —lndictment Larceny.—
Ignored. o .
Com. vs. Wm. Spong.— Larceny. Ignored.
Com. vs . Rebecca M. Rowland; —lndictment Lar
ceny. Bill Ignored,
Com. vs. Wm. Nauman. —lndictment Arson.—
Setting fire \ Q - £, W. Carpenter’s Plane making
Bhop. •*, southern part of this city, in Septom
uer last. Plea not Guilty. Verdict of not Guilty
* was rendered without the Jury leaving the box.
Com. vs. John M cCallister, Jr. —lndictrrient Lar
ceny. Stealing 4 quarts of oats. The District
Attorney by leave of the Court,, entered a nol. pros.
Com. vs. Charles S. Frith. —lndictment—lst
Count attempting to set fire to shed—2d Count at
tempting to set fire to privy. Plea not Guilty.—
The delt. was charged with attempting to set fire
to the shed and privy of Lewis Urban, innkeeper,
in .this city—last fall. The Jury returned a Ver
dict of not Guilty.
' Com. vs. Charles S. Frick. —lndictment—Arson.
Plea not Guilty. The commonwealth offered no
evidence, and the Court directed the Jury to return
a verdict of not Guilty which they did without
leaving the box.
Important Invention. —An Automaton Semp
stress* Mr. Allen B. Wilson, of Pittsfield, Massa
chusetts, has recently obtained a patent for a ma
chine,.by which sewing of all descriptions is exe
cuted in a very rapid manner, and in fineness and
strength superior to hand work.
The simplicity of the mechanism, its diminutive
ness, and the amount of work which it accomplish
es, are truly astonishing. A single machine occu
pies so little space that it can be put inside a man's
hat, and yet by the turning of a-small crank, the
instrument will sew ten times faster than any semp
stress. It can be used for any kind of sewing, fine
or coarse, or for embroidery. Every part of a man's
dress, coat, vest and pantaloons—button holes ex
cepted—can be made by this machine, also ladies
dresses, shirt bosoms, caps, collars, &c. In iact
there is scarce a Branch'ofi needlework to which
this instrument cannot be applied, sewing ten times
faster, finer, and stronger than by hand.
Fugitive Slave Case. —Our borough was.
thrown into a great state of excitement on Thurs
day afternoon last, about three o’clock, in conse
quence of the arrest of a colored man named Ba*
xer, as a fugitive slave. He was taken on
warrant from Commissioner Ingraham, by three
Police officers—two from Baltimore and one from
Lancaster—who took him to Philadelphia in ths
afternoon train of cars. The man has lived in Co
umbia for several years, and owns a small property
in the upper part of the town. The anguish ol his
wife, as he was hurried into the cars and taken ofi;
was painful beyond description. It is said that an
effort will be made to purchase his freedom, and
thus enable him to return to his family. —Col Spy.
U T Charleston, (S. C.) has a population of 42;-
604—0 f whom 14,630 are slaves. The population
in 1840 was 31,527.
intelligencer & Journal.
Reported for the Intelligencer.
The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster
County are requested to meet at the public house
of William J. Steels, in Lancaster City, on Sat
urday the Ist of February, 1851, at 11 o’clock, A.
M. A punctual attendance of all the members is
desired, as business of importance connected with
the Delegate Elections in March “will be laid before
the Committee.. WM. B. FORDNEY, *
Chairman.
H. E. Leman, Secretary.
Lancaster, Jan. 21, 1851.
CITY CONVENTION.— The Delegates to the
City Convention will meet on Wednesday evening ,
the 29th inst.j at 7 o’clock, at the.public house of
Mrs. Messenkop, for the purpose ot settling a
council ticket, and Judges and Inspectors for the
East and West Wards, to be supported by the De
mocracy at the ensuing City election.
A MASS MEETING of the Democracy will
be held in the Court House, on Thursday evening ,
the 30fA inst ., for the purpose of nominating can
didates for Mayor, Assessor, High and Ci*y Con
stables. By order of the Committee.
Jan. 21, 1851. - tf-52
S. E. Ward.—The following gentlemen were(
elected delegates in the S. E. Ward, viz:
James H. Barnes, Philip Wallace, Walter. G. Ev
ans, Thomas Dean and John Clare*
•Walter G. Evans, Esq., was naminated for Al
derman.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the City Constables be nominated
the same as High Constable, at the City Meeting on
Thursday ,evening. THOMAS DEAN, Pres't.
J. A. Messenkop, > Vjce p residents
- FnAXCifS Russell, ) ,
Amos Slay maker, and A. G. Hel/enstein, Secry's.
S. W. Ward.—The Democrats of the S. W. Ward
elected ( the following named gentlemen Delegates
to the City Convention:
Jacob F. Kautz, Esq., Dr. Henry Carpenter, Ed
ward Kautz, Benjamin Kautz and Jonas D. Bach
man, Esq.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the City Constables Resettled and
placed in nomination (the same as High Constable,)
by the Democrats assembled in City Meeting for
the purpose of nominating a Mayor, &c.
Resolved, That the Delegates elected have power
to fiifl vacancies in their own body.
The meeting was addressed by William Mathiot
and Jonas D. Bachman, Esqrs.
T. H. BURROWES, Pres t.
Jacob F. Kautz, > vice p residents .
John F. Kemlet, $
N. W. Ward.'—The Democrats of the N. W.
Ward eiected the following named gentlemen Del
egates to the City Convention, viz:
Frederick Sehner, M. D. Holbrook, James Jones,
Michael Mc.Grann and Andrew S. Reese.
The Jollowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted: j
Resolved, That the City Constables be settled and
placed in nomination (the same as High Constable,)
by the Democrats assembled in City Meeting for
the purpose of nominating a Mayor, &c.
Resolved, That the Delegates elected have power
to fill vacancies in their own body.
MICHAEL McGRANN,.
Michael Bundel, Sec'ty. Chairman.
N. E. Ward:—At a meeting of the Democratic
citizens ol the N. E. Ward, held at the public house
of Jno. Hamilton, on the 25th inst., John Zimmer
man in the Chair, and Wm. Meeser and /. McCulty%
Secretaries. The following persons were duly elect
ed Delegates to the'City Convention:—Jno. C. Rote r
Jas. L. Reynolds, Esq. Isaac Ware, Whiteman Ben
ner and Jno. L. Keffer.
On motion. Resolved, That the delegates elected
aje hereby instructed to vote lor referring the elec
tion ofCity Constables to the Democratic City Meet
ing, to be held on Thursday evening next, Jan. 30th,
at the County; Court House.
THANKS—to Col. William R. Kino, Preside
of the Senate, for a copy of the Constitution, &c.,
third to Dr. Sturgeon for various
public documents.
Hz'This number commences the fifty second vol
ume of the Intelligencer.
H7* By some oversight the name of our esteemed
contemporary, Mr. John Bear of the “Volks
friend ” was omitted'in the published list of officers
at the Printer’s Festival. He was one of the Vice
Presidents of the meeting.
OU’Our Harrisburg letter had failed to reach us at
4 o'clock on yesterday—the time our paper went to
CUMBERLAND COUNTY ERECT!—At a
Special election held, in Cumberland county, onFri
day last, to supply the vacancy in the Legislature
occasioned by the death of Mr. Church, J. Ellis
Bonham, Esq., the Democratic candidate, was elect
ed by a handsome majority.
o s’ Mr. Buchanan is now on a visit to: Wash
ington City.,
The State Agricultural Convention met in the
Harrisburg, on Tuesday last—almost
every county in the State being represented. Judge
Woodward, of Luzerne, presided. The Union says
that “amongst its numbers were some of the most
scientific and accomplished -farmers in Penosylva.
nia, or the United States. The object 6eems to be
to establish a State Agricultural Society, asking for
it a small State appropriation, to be offered in pre
miums and used in such other manner as may best
advance the science of agriculture in the Keystone
State. It is also proposed to establish- annual ag
ricultural fairs or exhibitions at suitable central
points, and we presume the first one will be held
at Harrisburg. Exhibitions of this kind tend great
ly to introduce new seeds, new implements of hus
bandry', new ? breeds of cattle and horses, and to ad
vance the cause of agricultufe generally.”
OIT'A lecture will be delivered this evening, at the
Mechanics' Institute, by Dr. Taylor, on.the Hungari-.
an Revolution, and a visit to Kossuth in Asia Minor*
{trOn the 27th inst., of I. E. Hiester, Esq., I.
ELLMAKER,EBq., was admitted to practico law ih
the several Cours of Lancaster County.
Conestoga Steam Miles.— At an election lor
officers of these Mills last week, the old board was
unanimously elected, 1 viz: Christian Hager, A. L.
Hayes, John N. Lane, David Longenecker and
Thomas Baumgardner, Directors; and Charles W.
Cooper, Secretary and Treasurer.
Fatal Accident.—A young man, William
Nunemacher, was instantly killed on the 11th inst*
at Millerstown, in this county, while employed.in
feeding a threshing machine. The machine was
being driven too rapidly, which caused the cylinder
to explode, carrying away part of the man’s head.
Physicians to Hospital. —The following namd
gentlemen were chosen physicians to the Hospital,
at the January mee;ing: Drs. Atlee, Ehler, Smith
and Richards.
Medical Faccltt. —At the January meeting of
the Medical Faculty of this City, the following
gentlemen were chosen officers of the Association:
Dr. George B. Kerfoot, President; Dr. Parry, Vice
President; Dr.’Augustus Ehler, Secretary; and Dr
Richards, Treasurer. > -
Fire in Columbia. —A two story frame house,
in Columbia, belonging to Mr. Haldemac, was
destroyed by fire, on Sunday, night, the 12th inst. —
As the building was standing by itself, it was con
sumed without doing any further injury: The Spy
states, the fire was evidently the work of an incen
diary, as no person was living in the house at the
litre. Mr. Haldeman offers a reward of one hun
dred dollars.for tbe arrest and conviction of the
incendiary or incendiaries. This is the third time
property belonging to Mr. H. has been fired within
a period of six months.
Lancaster, Janaary 28, 1851.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
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County Committee Meeting.
Ward Meetings.
William S. Amioeg, Secretary.
Agricultural Convention.
The Ritchie and Rives Quarrel.
The. Washington Union of the 17th inst., has a
most triumphant vindication of Mr. Polk’s admin
istration from the charges made against it relative
to the fund placed in the Middletown Bank, as well
as a complete refutation of the slang used against
yft. Ritchie by one of the former editors oL. the
Globe, Mr. Rives. We condense the reply, for
which we are mainly indebted to the Baltimore
Sun.
The Union ol the above mentioned date contains
a letter from Ex President Tyler, and a statement
from Ex Secretary Walker, relative to the charges
made by Mr. Rives that they had connived with
Mr. Polk to place $50,000 of the Government funds
in the Bank of Middletown, of which Senator Cam
eron was understanding that it
was to be usesHn establishing a Government organ
at Washington} and that it was afterwards loaned
to Ritchie & Heiss to buy ont the Globe
newspaper, and establish in its place the Washing
ton Union. Mr. Tyler in his letter denies in the
strongest language that he ever had any conversa
tion,' or made any agreement with Mr. Polk, to
withdraw' as a candidate for • re-election, on the
ground that he would put dowm the Globe, or on
any other ground—that his only reasons for with
drawing, were contained in his letter of withdrawal
publishea\at the time, —that being that Mr. Polk
was favorable to the admission of Texas into the
Union. He defends the character of Mr. Polk from
Vhe accusation oTbeing capable of lending himself
to the furtherance of any such scheme. He further
t i \ J v.
--ts that he had no knowledge of $50,000, or
asserts that he had iu, _dge 01
sum, being./ placed in the Middletown
Bank. y
Secretary Walker , authorizes the Union to state
that the sum ot was placed on deposit in
I the Middletown Bank by his predecessor, Secretary
j Bibb, of Kentucky, along with similar sums in va
rious other Banks in the interior of Pennsylvania,
and ail on the most ample security, with deposits of
United States Stocks as collateral security. That
under the State bank deposite law then in force, he
had no power to change them, ‘‘except for non-com
pliance with the instructions of the department, or
the failure to furnish sufficient security,” had he
been disposed to do so. Five thousand dollars of
this deposit was transferred to the mint in 1845,
and the balance retained in the Bank untii the es
tablishment of the Constitutional Treasury,* when
it, with the deposits in all the other State .banks 5
was transferred in small instalments, according to
the provisions of the act of Congress, so as-not to
embarrass the banks, during the year 1547. Mr-
Walker further states that he has no knowledge or
even conjecture as to the source from which the
money was obtained for the pnrchase of the Globe
by Messrs. Ritchie & Heiss, nor was he counselled
with,* in any way, by any one as regards the pur
chase.
There is a letter also appended to the Union arti
cle from Major Heiss, formerly one of the proprie
tors of the Union with Mr. Ritchie, in which he
emphatically denies that they ever received one dol
lar from either Senator Cameron or Mr. Polk to
pay the purchase money for the Globe, —and as to
where the money did come from, he wisely leaves
the public to infer that it came out of. his own
pocket.
Judicial Apportionment.
In the Senate, on Tuesday last, Gen. Packer, of
Lycoming, introduced a bill making a judicial
apportionment, and dividing the State into twenty
districts, entitled, “A supplement to the Act, enti-
tled an Act relative to the organization—oj Courts
of Justice, passed April 14, 1831.”
Ist District, to consist of the city and county of
Philadelphia, to have three law Judges.
2d. District—Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware.
3d. District—Lancaster and Chester.!
4th—Berks and Lehigh. !
sth. District —Dauphin and Lebanon.
6th. District—York, Adams and Cumberland.
7th. District—Juniata, Perry, Union and North
umberland.
Bth. District—Schuylkill and Carbon.
9th. District—Northampton, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne.
10th. District—Luzerne, Wyoming, Susquehanna
and Sullivan'.
11th. District—Lycoming, Columbia, Montour
and Clinton.
12th. District—Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and
Somerset
13th. District—Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson, For
est and Elk.
14th. District—Huntingdon, Mifflin, Blair and
Cambria.
15th. District—Bradford, Tioga, Potter and Me
. Kean. -
16th. District—Westmoreland, Indiana, Arm
strong and Clarion.
17th. District—Washington, Fayette and Greene.
18th.District—Allegheny.
19thC^District— Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and
Sullivan.
20th. District—Erie, Warren,. Crawford and Ve
nango. ' r
Section 2d. Provides that after the first day of
December, 1851, the salary of the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, shall be $2200,
and the salaries of the Associate Justices of the said
court shall be $2OOO, and the said judges shall also
be entitled to receive, in addition to their respective
salaries, $3 per day whilst on the circuit, and nec
essarily employed in holding courts, or in travelling
to and from the same to their respective places of
residence, as a full allowance for travelling expenses.
Section 3d. Provided that the salaries of the
President Judges of the courts of Common Pleas,
and of all other judges required to be learned in the
law, shall be $2OOO per annum, except those for
the judges holding courts in the city and county of
Philadelphia, and the county of Alleghany, which
shall be $2500 per annum.
.This is a very important bill—in fact, the bill of
the session. It was }aid upon the table and ordered
to be printed.
Senators Elected.
Hon. Jas. A. Bayard (Dem.) has been elected
U. S. Senator from the State of Delaware, for six
years from the 4th of March, in place of Mr. Wales,
(Whig,) whose term then expires.
Hon. Mr. Geyeb, (Whig,) is elected to the U. S
Senate from Missouri, to take the place of Col.
Thos. H. Benton, whose term expires on the 4th
of March. Col. B. has represented that State in
Senate ever since its admission in 1820. The vote
on the fortieth and last ballot stood; —Geyer, 80
Benton, 55; scattering 23.
Gen. Henry Dodge has been re-elected U.
S. Senator from Wisconsin.
Huntingdon County.
• The Democratic Convention from this county
met at Huntingdon on the 15th inst., and elected
Col. John P. Anderson, delegate to the Gubernato
rial Convention, with instructions to support Col.
Bigler for Governor, and Samuel P. Wilson, Esq.
delegate to the Judiciary Convention, with instruc
tions to support James Campbell, Benjamin
Champnets and John N. Purviance, Esqs., for
the Supreme Bench.
Fulton County.
The Democrats of Fulton County met at McCon
nelsburgl on the ] 4th inst., and passed resolutions
complimentary to Hon. James Buchanan —also to
Col. Samuel W. Black and Col. William Bigler-
The meeting appointed Conferees to meet those
from the other counties of the Senatorial and
Representative districts, for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates to Reading and Harrisburg.
Potter County.
The delegates from this County to the Reading
Convention are instructed for Col. Williamßigleh.
Gen. Quitman to be Arrested. —New Orleans
dates of the 20th inst., state that Judge Gholson, of
the U. S. District Court, has just issued a warrant
for the arrest of Gen. Quitman, (Governor of that
State,) charged with having been concerned in get
ting up the Cuban expedition. It is said that Gov.
Quitman will promptly and cheerfully obey the
process; and it is also stated that the Judge delayed
issuing'the writ of arrest, to allow the Governor
time to dispose of the business of-his office, so as to
leave the seat of government without too much
prejudice to the public interests confided to him. -
Standing Committees.].
The following arc the Standing [Committees of
the Senate and House of Representatives':
SENATE.
Finance.—Messrs. Brooke, Packer, Konigmacher,
M’Caslin, Crabb, Muhlenberg. j. •
• Judiciary.-yiessis.'Walker, Muhlenberg,M’Mur
trie, Guernsey, Crabb. j
Accounts. —Messrs. Forsyth, Haslett, Jones,
Konigmacher, Hoge. • 'j
Estates and Escheats. —Messrs. Guernsey,
M’Murtrie, Hugus, Buckalew, Sanderson.
• Pensions and Gratuities —Messrs. Cunningham,
Shimer, Hoge, Ives, Carson.
Corporations. —Messrs. Savery,. Frailey, Law
rence, Frick, Fernon. ‘
Library. —Messrs. Lawrence, Stine, Savery.
Banks. —Messrs. Crabb, Shimer, Walker, Ives,
Savery* Frailey, Robertson.
Internal Improvements. —Messrs. Packer, Malone,
Forsyth, Brooke, Ives, Stine, Carothers.'i
Election Districts. —Messrs. Carson, Ives, Rob
ertson, Hugus, Haslett. ,
Retrenchment and Reform. —Messrs. Myers,
Jones, Fernon, Carson,'Cunningham, j
Education. —Messrs. Haslett, Hoge, ißuckalew,
Sanderson, Fernon. ; ;
Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures.— -Messrs.
Malone, Fulton, Bailey, Carothers, Myers.
Public Buildings. —Messrs. Konigmacher, Frai
ley, Frick. j
Militia.— Messn. M’Caslin, Stine, Shimer, Cun
.ningham, Packer.
Roads and Bridges.—Messrs. Konigmacher, Ma
lone, Muhlenberg, Fulton, Buckalew. [
Compare Bills. —Messrs. Frick, Jones, Sander
son, Carothers, Bailey.
Vice Jind Immorality. —Messrs. Carothers, San
derson, Carson, M’Caslin, Fulton. i
Private Claims. — Messrs. Lawrence* Robertson,
Forsyth, Brooke, Bailey. j
Executive Nominations. —Messrs. Stine, Hugus,
Walker, Guernsey,M’Murtrie.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Ways and Means. —Messrs. Rhey, Hart, Brindle,
Owen, Griffin, Slifer, Simpson, Mowry, of Wyo
ming, Benedict. j
Judiciary. —Messrs. Scofield, A. E.<jßrowii, Cas
siday, Killinger, Kunkle, Morris, o?Neil,-Ithey,
Roberts.
Pensions and Gratuities —Messrs. Fegely, Struth
ers, Downer, M’Curdy, Skinner, Hamilton, Hun
secker. f
Claims. —Messrs. Feather, Reid, Olwine, Gibbs,
Linton, Scofield,Patten. ■;
Agriculture. —Messrs. Haldeman, Nissley, Stew
ard, Van Horne, Ely, Blaine, Joseph Brown.
Education. —Messrs. Griffin, Bigham, Olwine,
O’Neil, Penniman, Armstrong,Haldeman.
Domestic Manufactures.-*- Messrs. Jackson, Rob
ertson, Leech, Blair, M’Sherry, Bigelow, Demers.
Accounts. —Messrs. ' Morris, McCurdy, A. E.
Brown, Souder, Gabe, Struthers, Smith.
Vice.and Immorality. —Messrs. Guffey, Fiffe, Eli,
Evans] of Indiana, M’Lean, Sheaffer.
Militia System. —Messrs. Downer,; Slifer. Ross,
Laughlin, Robertson, Rhoads, Lauryi
Election Districts. —Messrs. Mowry, of Wyo
ming, Broomall, Dobbins, Skinner, Thomas, Blaine,
Monroe. ‘ j
Banks. —Messrs Brindle, Bigham] Leet, Feath
er, Hart, Souder, Dobbins, Bent, Jackson.
Estates and Escheats. —Afessrs. Packer, Gossler,
Af’Sherry, Evans, of Berks, Broomall, Cassiday,
Afonroe. r
Roads and Bridges. —Messrs. Brower, M’Rey
nolds, Gibbs, Trone, M’Clusky, Thomas, Reif
snyder.
Corporations. —Messrs. Leet, Killinger, Packer,
Shaefter, Iluplet, Walker, Hague, Linton, Fretz.
Local Appropriations. —Messrs. Bent, Lilly, Dun
gan, M’Kee, Mowry, of Somerset, Shull, AX’Lean.
Lands. —Afessrs. Henry, M’Cune,
Afaclay, Freeman, Cooper.
-i, Divorces. —Messrs. Roberts, Henry,’ Brower,
Huplet, Hemphill, Demers, Gossler.
New Counties. —Messrs. Fegely, Baldwin, Dunn,
Bigelow, Evans, of Indiana, Laughjin. Fretz.
Compare Bills. —Afessrs. Simpson, Cowden, Lil
ly, Af’Kean, Riddle. j
Library. —Messrs. Dunn, Riddle, 1 Hemphill.
Inland Navigation. —Messrs. Penniman, Bowen,
Goodwin, Armstrong, Baldwin, Ross, Reid, Walk
er, M’ffean, Cowden, Reckhow, Kunkle, Dorian.
Printing. —Afessrs. Benedict, Blair, Shugart.
Public Buildings. —Messrs. .Shugart, Evans, of
Berks, Steward.
Democratic Caucus.
At a caucus of the Democratic members of the
Legislature, on the evening of the; 17th inst., the
following proceedings were had: j
Mr. Lilly of Carbon offered the following resolu
tion :• ‘ j
Resolved, That this caucus request the chairman
of the State Central Committee to call that Com
mittee together lor the purpose of arranging the
difference that now exists, and to agree on the place
of holding the State Convention for nominating Su
preme Judges. |
Mr. Muhif nburg moved that thq chairman of the
State Central Committee take the sense of the
members of that committee by letter, on the time
and place of holding the convention to nominate
the Judges. * •
Mr. Penniman moved to refer the motion and
amendment to a committee of five; which was car
ried. The chairman appointed Messrs. Penniman,
Muhlenberg, Cessna, McCaslin and Blair* to consti
tute the committee 1 .
The following rssolutions were moved," and after
consideration unanimously adopted,.to wit:
Jicsolved , That we, the Democratic members of
the General Assembly of Pennsylvania; most cor
dially approve of the general course of the Hon
Daniel Sturgeon in the United States Senate. His
high toned patriotism, and firm 1 and unwavering
Democracy, merits and receives otir highest com
mendation, especially as exhibited in the trying
situation in which he has- been placed during the
pendency of the great Compromise measures in the
National Legislature, the speedy: and harmonious
settlement of which was so deeply important to the
continued prosperity and happiness of our glo
rious Union. ■
Resolved , That the Secretaries of this meeting be
antkorized to transmit to the Hon. D. Sturgeon a
copy of these resolutions.
WM. F. PACKER, Chairman.
R..S™ps°x, £ Secretaries. !
C. R. Buckalew, ) !
Judge Thompson.
The Brookville Jeffersonian , in publishing Judge
Thompson's remarks on Newspaper postage, refers
in the tollowing complimentary terms to his past
course and future prospects: |
‘‘While expressing our gratification at this last
effort of Judge Thompson, we declire, in' connection,
our approval of'his Congressional course. During
the six years lie has represented the twenty-third
district he has differed from us arid tbe mass of his
Democratic-constituents upon buta single subject—
and that difference proved his fidelity- to pledges
made prior to bis first election. When, on the 4th
of March next, he returns to the; people, the trust
lor so long a period'confided to his care, he will
merit, as he shall receive, the thanks and further
promotion due to a good and.faithful public servant.
“ A number of papers in the nbrth western court
ties of the State, are recommending Judge Thomp
son for a seat on the Supreme Bench. We are not,
aware that he would accept the office were it placed
at his disposal; but‘should he be elevated to that
distinguished station, he would be an honor and an
ornament to tbe judiciary of Pennsylvania.”
TnAGEiix at Memphis. —The Memphis Eagle,
furnishes the details of a most awful tragedy, and
the swift vengeance of-tke excited populace, which
occurred in that city on "Wednesday, the Ist'inst:
On Wednesday evening our community was con
vulsed by one of those violent ekeitements, before
which customary barriers give way. A horrible
murder was followed by a summary and terrible
punishment. An excited populace learning that
Mr. Jno. K. Chester, Recorder of Memphis, a most
faithful and diligent public servalnt, and an exceed
ingly amiable gentleman, had been brutally and
causelessly shot down by a runaway slave, who
claimed to be free, took the law into its own hands,
dragged the negro from the Calaboose, and hung
him on the nearest tree.
The facts as detailed are briefly these: The ne-il
gro , in company with a white man, called at the 1
Recorder’s office with a free pass, to which he de
sired the Recorder's seal attached. Suspecting the;
boy to be a runaway, and the paper a forgery, he
questioned him as to the facts, which the boy de
nied. The Recorder made inquiries out of doors, l
and being confirmed in his suspicions, returned to|
interrogate the boy again, which he did, say those|
present, in a most pleasant tone’ and in the midst 1
of the interrogation, turned his face to speak to a,
gentleman, when the negro drew a pistol and shotj
him dead. The negro was promptly taken into
custody, not, however, without) considerable diffi-,
culty, by the two gentlemen present, and subse*.
quently sent to the calaboose, from whence he was
immediately taken by the enraged populace and j
executed, confessing under the gallows that he was
a runaway. |
What bf of the white man who accompa-
lecame .. .. ...
nied him to the office, does not appear, though we
observe that a white man had been arrested and
committed as an accessary.
ICTWilmot s Bradford Reporter is down tooth
and nail on Mr. Brodhead since-his election to the
U. States Senate. This was to have been expected;
as a matter of course; inasmuch as that gentleman's
truly national course, in Congress and out of it, ori
the slavery question, i? any thing but satisfactory
to Mr. Wilmot and his Free Soil coadjutors iij
Bradford county.
A Patriotic Letter*
Pittsburg, Jan. 17, 1851.
Mr Bear Sir, —I thank you ior. yours of the
■lsth, received Jo day, and also for your kind offices
in my behalf, during the session of the legislative
caucus. lam a regular and rarficoiDemocrat, and
that was the place, and time, to present and withdraw
my name, at your pleasure. As the newspapers,
and they are not always to be relied upon, pointed
'potentially to other distinguished friends of mine, as
the favorites of the West, for the Senate, my own
self-respect dictated silence in reference to the mat
ter. For this reason, and because I will never play
“huckster ’ for any'office, and particularly‘for the
,eminent position of a Senator of the United States,
I wrote to no member .of ihe Legislature on the
subject, except to Colonel McCaslin, of Greene
county, and yourself; and this was caused by unex
peetd events in the West
The union of the party, for the sake of its prin
ciples, is everything; and if f had been on the spot,
with the probability of my election in full view,
but accompanied with ultimate disaster and deteat
Jo the Democratic party of Pennsylvania , I should
have said to you, as my friend: “Mr. Leet, abandon
'me, give me up;"- and to my corrqietitors, as Abra
ham said to Lot: !*I pray thee, let there be no strife
between thee and me, nor between my herdsmen
and thine; for tee be brethren .”
Air. Brodhead, I know well, and I have no doubt
he will honor the high office to which he has been
elevated.
Yours, very truly,
WILSON M'CANDLESS.
lion. J. D. Leet, Member of the legislature. >
The article going the rounds of the papers, in
relation to the management of the public works in
the eastern portion of the State, was copied from
the Daylestown Independent Democrat , and not the
Doyiestown Democrat. A portion of the remarks,
we believe, originally appeared in the West Cheester
Republican. We are not aware that the article,
was intended to reflect on Mr. Longstretii; but it
applied to the conduct of some of the office holders
on the public Works—and not without cause,-we
presume. The feeble condition of Mr. L’s health
for a long period, no doubt prevented him from
giving the works that attention their importance
required. Had he been in good health during all
the time his official term lasted, we have no ! doubt
a different state of things would now exist. We
hardly suppose the papers above alluded to would
make the complaints they do. unless for cause.
Judiciary Convention.
Present appearances would seem to indicate tha*
a very large majority of the counties in the State
are in favor of holding the Democratic Judiciary
Convention at Harrisburg. Amongst, others, we
are pleased to observe that the City and County of
Philadelphia, electing twenty delegates, haye, in
their Conventions, instructed in favor of that place,
and there is no longer any doubt that Harrisburg
will be the at which the Convention wil*
assemble on the 11th: ol June next, to place in
nomination candidates for the Supreme Bench.
■ v -4 = , ■
Public Defences. —General Totten,Chief of the
Engineer Depajtment of the Army, speaking of our
system of defences and the condition of the various
fortifications on our Northern border, cites Fort
Delaware as an instance of the economical policy
with which points of defence have been chosen.—
He says of it that its situation is forty .miles below
Philadelphia, and may certainly be made to prevent
the nearer approach of an enemy by water. The
river being thus closed against his further progress,
no enemy could reach the city except by landing
and marching thither; in doing which- he would
encounter the population of New Jersey and New
| York falling on his flank on one side, and that o
Delaware and Maryland on the other. And while
this fort will thus effectually cover the city of
Philadelphia, it will cover also the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, the railroad from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, the powder manufactories on the:
Brandywine, the towns of Newcastle, Wilmington
and Chester, and several other places.
Late Foreign it that Kossuth
and the other Hungarian refugees are coming to
America. It is announced that the arrangement
is finally completed. Our Government, it is said
has offered them an asylum, which they have
accepted, and has undertaken to provide for their
wants. The Ottoman Government is to pay their
expenses to Liverpool, and the English Government
their expenses from thence to America. Thi g
arrangement, it is stated, was by the
Ottoman Government, and acceded to by England
and the United^States.
Important Decision. —Judge Sharswood, of the
District Court of Philadelphia, has decided in favor
of the the U. S. Bank* for
$1,203,750, being twelve\ears back bonus of ONE
HUNDRED a year, the
sum the Bank was bound, byrits charter, to pay
into the School Fund of the State. Should the
! Supreme Court affirm this decision the State will
endeavor to make her claim lake precedence of the
assignments made to the other creditor^
For this result the Commonwealth is\mainly
indebted to the untiring energy and perseverance of
the Auditor General and State Treasurer, Messrs.
PunviANce and Bickel. \
, RAILROAD ACCIDENT— Man Killed.—On
Saturday, 18th inst., at Lemon Place, on the Col
umbia and Philadelphia Railroad, the G. B. Porter
locomotive, Mr. N. Springer, engineer, run over
’and killed a young man, named Stephen Plank, a
larmer, who was driving a team, loaded with grain,
to a neighboring warehouse.
At this point the wagon road runs parallel with
the railroad, and the near approach of the cars
frightened the horses, and induced Mr. Plank to
dismount from the saddle horse and hold those
more fractious. They were both westward, and on
a descending grade, at the crossing, came in side
collision, wedgewi.se. Mr. Plank getting under the
engine, became entangled in the machinery fasten
ed to the driving axle, revolved with it until the
train stopped, -breaking every bone m his body,
save a leg that had been cut off in the first instance!
He was wound so tight round the shaft and wedged
so close between the fire box and driving wheel,
that to enable them to extricate the mangled body,
■they had to resort tojocking up the engine. No
blame whatever is attached to the a
more secure arrangement should be made onjhe
wagon road, as a similar accident, the deatnof a
woman, happened at the same place several months
since. —Examiner 6f Herald
017" A mad dog passed through our City on Sat
urday morning last, and bit several other dogs
his course. We-jegret to learn that he also bit a
6mall boy, named Haines, and a man whose name
we did not learn. He was pursued and killed about
half-a mile west of the City.
Oun Internal iMPRovEMEHTS.-The Canal Cora"
missioners, in their annual report, state the receipts
from the public improvements, during the year end
ing the 30th of November last, at $1,768j204; and
the expenditures $857,228 —leaving $910,976 as
net income. They estimate the gross receipts of
the current year at,51,800,000, which we think a
very moderate estimate. The entire report is full
of interest to the lover of statistics.
The steamship City of Glasgow took her depart,
ure from Philadelphia on the 16th inst She will
sail from Liverpool on her second trip, on the 12th
of February, and is expected to reach. Philadelphia
about the 25th of the month.
Democratic Review!; —We have on our table
the January nnrober 9f this excellent periodical
As usual, it Contains many excellent articles. It
also has a likeness of Gen. Aaron Wahp, a soldier,
of the # war of 1812, and formerly a member of Con
gress from New York. The subscription price of
this Review is only $3,00.
07*The>teamer Atlantic, which has been out from
Liverpool twenty-eight days, had not yet arrived on
yesterday. Painful apprehensions are entertained
for her safety. • • .
The pioneer of the small-profit system, by h»»
perseverance and enterprise, has established the
moßt prosperous clothing establishment ixrthe coun
try. OAK HALL, Boston, is known throuhout the
length and breadth of the land. George W. oim
mone, the proprietor, has orders from ©very section
of the country.
Letter - from Washington.
Cormpondeac* of the Intelligencer.
« . Washington, January 24, 1851
A paragraph published, editorial, in the Balti
more Sun of Monday last, says that the Democratic
members in Congress of the Virginia delegation,
have agreed upon the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson,
of New York, as their candidate for the next nom
mation for the Presidency: lam authorized by one
of the influential members of the Virginia delegation
to say, that, he does not know of any action by the
Virginia delegation, in reference to the next Presi
dency, and that the editorial of the Baltimore Sun
i 9 a political mistake. The Baltimore Sun is a
neutral papery and should be more careful in catch
ing up and publishing rumors intended ,to create a
prejudice against other candidates of the Democratic
party, for the Presidency.
Mr. -Buchanan, the able and distinguished son
of Pennsylvania, I know, is the most prominent man
with the Virginia, democracy and the Representa
tives from Virginia in the present Congress I have
information from high authority in Tennessee, that
Mr. Buchanan is /A? only northern statesman talked
of in connexion with the next Presidency in that
State.
Mr. Buchanan is more formidable in the South
than any other northern statesman, because he has
been firm and consistent on the slavery question—
stood out for the rights and interests of the South as
well as that of the North, and in my humble,opinion,
ho is the only northern man that can be nominated by
a National Convention. Should Grn. William 0.
Butler of Kentucky, be nominated for the Vice
Presidency, with Mr. Buchanan, they will get the
cordial and united support of the great Democratic,
party of the whole Union.
The House to-day, are in Committee of the whole
on the private calender, Mr. Olds, of Ohio, in the
chair. Many bills of a private character have been
read and ordered to be reported to the House. On
Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the House
was in Committee of the Whole, in reference to a
report from a select committee, of which Mr. Rob
inson of Indiana, is the chairman, in favor of giving
additional clerks to the Secretary of the Interior,
for the purpose of facilitating the issuing of bounty
land certificates. Many of the members, in the
course of debate, took a wide range, and connected
the land question with the Tariff question. On
’Wednesday last,Mr. Hampton,of Pittsburgh,made
a high tariff speech, but very few members listened
to it. Hampton thinks that the iron men of
Pennsylvania should be protected by the General
Government, in preference to as many farmers and
mechanics. Sensible people will say that Hampton
must certainty have a very fertile imagination. Mr.
Hampton, or VI r. Senator Cooper, or Mr. any body
else, cannot modify, at this session, the existing
tariff law.
On Thursday last, Mr. McClernand, of Illinois,
the able and efficient chairman of Foreign Affairs,
made a strong speech in favor of a re-organization
of the Department of State, and of a “retrenchment
in the expenditures growing out of the service
Amenable to that Department.” Mr. McClernand’s
bill provides for an Assistant Secretary of State at
a salary of $3OOO per annum ; for four principal
Clerks whose salaries, respectively, shall not ex
ceed $2OOO per annum, and one Clerk, whose
salary shall not exceed $l4OO per annum. An
arrangement reported by the Committee provides
that, whenever any diplomatic representative of the
United States at a foreign government, shall be
absent from his legation, and not in consequence of
any order or instruction of the Department to that>
effect, his salary during such absence, shall be
suspended and become forfeited to the United States.
The bill did not pass.
Our gallant friend, Col. Jno. W. Forney, of the
Pennsylvanian, has been here for a few days past,
and vyill be urged by his numerous democratic
friends in Congress, for Clerk of the next National-
House of Representatives. He eminently deserves
the honorable position:'
Hon. James Thompson, of Pennsylvania, who
has with distinguished ability, acted as Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee of Congress, is prominent
and popular for a nomination for one of the Supreme
Judges of Pennsylvania. May, he be nominated
and may be be elected, is-the sincere wish of
For ths [otellisencer.
Great Excitement in Columbia.
Columbia, Jan. 24, 1851.
Arrest of a Fugitive Slave—Attempt at rescue —A
desperate fellow —The law sustained — 'The 11 high
er law ” party in the minority—Extraordinary
post mortem examination. \
Dear Sanderson .—Our town was thrown into an
unusual state of excitement on yesterday, (23d J in
consequence of tfie arrest of a fugitive slave by the
name of Bennet, the property of a Mr. Gallup, re
siding near Havre-de-grace, Md. Mr. G. had given
a full and unlimited power’of attorney to a Mr.
Suyder, a police officer of Baltimore, who came on
to make the arrest, accompanied with the identify
ing witness, a young man who knew Bennet from
childhood.
A warrant was also issued by commissioner In
graham for Rennet’s arrest, and placed in the hands
of Mr. John Conner, a police officer of your city,
who discharged his duty promptly and energetically.
The fugitive was being brought to the office of
esquire Brooks ; but as soon as he saw the young
man alluded to above, he “ bolted,” but was 'soon
overtaken and properly secured in the Squire’s of
fice. A large concourse of people soon filled the
street in front ,of the office, and in thirty minutes,
*< Tow Hill ” came down en masse, some of whom
threatened a rescue. The women exhibited a more
intractable spirit than the attributable no
doubt to their ignorance of the'Jaw. When remo
ving Bennet from the office to the car which was
to take him to Phila., the most intense feeling pre
vailed. The “higher law” men, g/it upon - Col.
Herr’s piazza to look down ; but the democracy
stood on the ground, recognizing no higher law
than the Constitution of the United States of Amer
ica, and to enforce its observance at every hazard.
A fierce shout was given as a signal for rescue ; but
the.leader, a desperate negro by the name of Cole,
who swore he would shoot the police officers as he
would squirrels,' was felled to the earth just in time
to save his for if he had advanced two paces
more, a dozen bullets \vo6ld have riddled him.—
This Cole (a brother-in-law of the captive,) enticed
Bennet to leave his master, by representing his
'■kitchen on Tow Hill, to be superiorto Mr. Gallup’s
parlor. After; Bennet’s Escape, he was pursued
and. caught, wjien Cole discharged a pistol at the
captor, fracturing the humerus of the arm, and la
cerating the muscular integuments to a most fright
ful eiteht. Helwill be watcheti here, and probably
will find “Tow Hill” too hot for his savage retreat.
Bennet hasNilways spoken well of his master, and
has been knbwn to regret having left “ his home.”
The rescuing party was driven from the ground,
midst the sneers of the populace, and
were duly admonished, if they ever undertook to
oppose the execution of the Jaw, they would be
dealt with in a very summary manner. A portion
ot- the colored population behaved well.
Thus you see, dear Sanderson, that this strong
hold of abolitionism, \vhicft\has heretofore run into
a species of fanaticism, has at length been subordi
nated, and the “ Law of the Land ” triumphantly
sustained. \
On the same day an inquest w v as held on the
body of Ellen McGinnis who had\died suddenly
without any known cause, in a liule\shanty near
the basin. Suspecting she had been 'dealt foully
with, a •post mortem examination was mad©, by a
right and left lateral incision over the the
stomach. What condition the viscera of the ab
dominal cavity was found in, I am not prepared to
say ; but suppose it was all O. K., as the verdict
rendered, was “ Death from Congestion of the
Brain.” I enquired of a physician how such a
verdict was sustained by the examination ! He re
plied, by the introduction of the speculum, looking
up through the esophagus to the base of the brain,
&c. Mr. Editor, send a copy of your paper to the
“ Scalpel,” New York, containing this modern dis
covery in science.
Yours, and more anon,
TATTLER.
P. S. An effort is being made to buy the fugitive
slave, and already $5OO has been raised for that
purpose.
E7"The Canal Commissioners have ordered the
Main Line of the Public Works, from Pittsburg to
Philadelphia, to be prepared for transportation by
the 15th of February.
The World's Fair. —A late London letter says
that the Emperors of Russia and Austria will visit
the coming World's Fair, in that city. President
Fillmore has also been invited; but declines, in
consequence of being unable to leave his public
duties at Washington.
Jennt Lind in Hatana. —A royal steamer
was despatched from Havana, to meet the Isabel
and convey Jenny Lind to the city, where splendid
accommodations were prepared lor her. A report
that she would be present at the opera on the : 4th
inst., drew a splendid audience. The perforrftance
was the Huguenots, and it went o|Fwith great brill
iancy, but Jenny was not there. Her first concert
was to take place on the 10th. The prices of Ad
mission were: for a box in the first'or feecond tiers,
$l7; do. in the third, $l3: a seat in the parquet,
$4, 25 ; promenade tickets to parquet, $2 ; amp l
theatre s2'; upper gallery, $1,50. The s * are con
sidered very moderate charges, and are cer ainty
below the average of what was paid m the
’States.. . __
Gbeelt’s Almasic— barring its politics—is
decidedly a good work. In [addition to a correct
calendar, it contains a great amount of valua ein
formation of a .tatistical.-scientific and governmen
til character, which can be obtained no other where
at so cheap a rate-the price being only 12i cts.
ID“ In the Middlesex sessions, England, a man
brought suit lor damages in the loss of his ; nose,
which a young married woman bit off because he
attempted to kiss her. The jury found a verdict
[or the woipan, and the foreman expressed the opin
ion that it any man attempted to kiss a woman
against her will, “she fed a rigut to bite off his
nose, i f she had a fancy for so doing/” |
' ppT - ® tate Agricultural | Society will
hold its next annual fairat Rochester] The receipts
during the past year amounted to $10:316, and the
expenditures to I*2, 903. The report presented at
the recent^ annual meeting says, that “during no
year has more interest been exhibited in the pros
perity 01, Agriculture and Agricultural societies,
than during the past.*’ !
Dir Mr. Paine still continues to exhibit his gas
manufacturing hesitation or re
serve, to all who desire an inspection. He has ac
cepted the Boston wager of $5,000, that he could
not substantiatp his claims, and measures will soon
be taken to test the reality of the,discovery as con
clusively as human ingenuity ctfri do it.
017“ A girl in Pittsfield was struck dumb by the
firing ot a canon. A number of married men have
in consequence invited the artillery companies to
parade upon their premises. 1
DZ7“ A witness in a court of justice, being asked
what kind ol ear marks the hog fin question had,
replied, ‘••he had no particular ear'marks, except a
very short tail.”
EJ~ Fifteen vessels arrived at Fair Hftvcn, Ct.,
on \\ ednesday and Ihursday, ol this week,* bring
ing nearly forty thousand bushels of oysters! '
DI7” The Bay State Mills in Lawrencfnurned out
315,000 shawls in the past year, and li,ooo*scarfs.
ID" The Superior Court of Sacramento, Califor
nia, we see, havp granted a divorce. Women must
be getting plentier out there. ! j
ID* The citizens of Milyaukie have subscribed
over $7,000 to secure a concert from Jenny Lind.
CT” Queen Victoria has designed a carpet for the
fair of ISSI.
ID* The value of the freight .passing the Ohio
Falls, within a year, is estimated at $65,000,000.
A Black Blue Beard.— There is a negro living
near Palestine, Illinois, who is the father of fifty-six
children, has buried seven wives, and now, at the
age of more than ninety years, is courting for the
eighth wife.
ID* In New York, last year there were 288 fires.
Whole damage, $1,500,000.
DIT The St. Charles Hotel, one of the most mag
niucent establishments of-the kind in New Orleans,
or perhaps m the world, was burned on the 18th
iust. Several adjoining buildings were also con
sumed. Loss estimated at SI.UOO,OOU.
HIT” The fugitive slave, Henry Long, about whom
there was so much noise in New York a few weeks
ago, has been sold to a Georgia planter.
Steamboat Disasters on the UVj/crri Waters. The
annua! statemenc of the Marine- Disasters bn the
waters of the South and West, shows that* during
the year ISSO. there were 53 vessels totally lost, of
which 33 were sunk, 14 burned, and C destroyed
by explosion. The number of accidents was 117.
The number of persons killed was nearly seven hun
dred, and probably half that number were wounded.
Ihe amount of capital destroyed from these acci
dents exceeds one and a-half millions of dollars.—
Ihe chiet disasters befel the steamers>Griffith, An
toinette Douglass, Belle of the West, Anthony
Wayne, Knoxville, and the Anglo-Norman. The
number ot lives lost by these si.'n disasters was
nearly four hundred and fifty.
A Venerable Preacher. —At a recent ordination
of a pastor at Hempstead, Long Island, the Rev. Z.
Greene, aged 92, sat in the pulpir and closed the
services with an address. He was in Washington’s
army; has been a minister of the Gospel sixty years,
resides at Hempstead, and is the oldest Presbyterian
clergyman living.
The U. S. Army. —To promote the health of the
troops, and to reduce the expense of subsisting the
army, tbe-Adjutant General has directed that the
commanding officer of every permanent post and
station where the public lands are sufficient, or pri
vate lands can be leased on reasonable terms, Will
annually cultivate a kitchen garden with the soldiers
under his command, to enable him to supply the
hospital and men with necessary vegetables through
out the year. .
Jetferso.v
Stray Pigg. —Mr. Mr. Francis Pigg, ol Indianop
olis, advertises his wife Froncina Pigg.
Land Warrants. The Republic publishes a cir
cular from Jas. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of
Pensions, which states that the issue of warrants,
under the Bounfy Land law, has commenced. The
commissioner shows that he is in no wise to blame
lor the delay which has occurred in executing th%
law.
Potatoes. At Boston, potatoes are selling at $2,50
per bushel.*
Demand for Wool. It requires 3500 sheep to be
kept a whole year to support the Lawrence, Mass.,
mills with wool lor one single day. These produce
1500 shawls per day, and consume cochineal to the
value of $60,000 per annum. Three years since
there were not 500 inhabitants in Lawrence, and
now there are 10,000.
BT'The Washington Monument has now reached
the height of eighty feet above the surlace, thirty
eight of which have been raised during the past
year, at an expense of $9OO per foot
\Lr Gas light was burnt in Harrisburg on Mon*
day night week for the first time. A large number
of stores were lighted with it.
HIT" The consumption of Pittsburg coal in Lou
isville,’ 1 during the past year, is estimated at two
millions of bushels.
What they-say of us in Austria. A correspondent,
of the Boston Transcript, writing from Prague, un
der date of December sth says:— ».
• “The newspapers of Austria have recently taken
unusual interest.in American affairs, and the beer
house politicians have commenced prophesying ihe
future downfall of the United States Government.
They say to me, “ Oh, you will have a king yet.”
They know about as much of America and its af
fairs as they do of the Hottentots, and no more.*—
Consequenty it is downright waste of time to argue
the matter with them. The recent troubles caused
by the passing of the fugitive Slave Bill they look
on as the germ of a great revolution. One of these
wisacres thought that every man in Ihe U. States,
who could afford it kept slaves.^'
• 07* Considerable snow fell at Montomery,’Ala.,
on the 3d of January. The winter has been unus
ally severe at the South.
07* The St. Louis Republican of the 11th inat.,
says:
Baltimore is one of the greatest flour markets in
the country. According to a statement in the
American , the aggregate number of barrels of flour
inspected in that city, in ISSO, was 896,592. We
are fast rushing on that city, However, and in an
other year or two, our flour market will be as ex
tensive as hers. During the last year, 673,270
barrels of flour were inspected in this city. New
flourishing mills are being erected in this city ev
ery year, and the number in the county, the prod
uct of which finds a market here, is still greater.
\ On the 22d inst., in the presence of M. Carpenter
Mayor, by Friends Ceremony, Eli Pyle, to Mary J
Calhoun, both of Chester county, Pa.
Witl\ the above notice we received a delicious
slice of the bride’s cake; in return.for which we
wish theirfa Ring life and a happy one, and any
number of little responsibilities to share their happi-
,On the 16th inst., by the Rev. Linley C. Rutter
Mr. Sanders McCullough, to Miss Jennett S. King
all of Drumore. ‘
On Wednesday the 15th inst., by. the Rev. Mr.
Hodge, Mr. William Patterson, of Little Britain
township, to Miss Sarah Evans, daughter of Robt.
Evans, Esq. of Cecil county, Md.
• On Sunday evening the 19th inst., by the Rev. J.
J. Strine, Mr. Jonathan Styer, formerly of Martic
Miss Elisabeth Erbon, ol Lancaster.
On the 21st inst., by the same, Mr. Henry Metz
gar of Londonderry, Dauphin co., to Miss Fanny
Miller, of Conoy, Lancaster Co.
On the 16th inst., by Rev. W. W. Latta, Davis
Clemson, to Miss Elisabeth Applegate, both ot Car
narvon township, this county.
By Rev. H. Harbaugh, Geo. Frederick Getz, to
Miss Magdalena Herzog, both of this city.
On the 20th inst., by the same, Dr. Abner
Sehnackenberg, to Miss Alma Armen Louisia Mor
.dorf, both of this city.
By the Rev. J. J. Strine, Henry Andrews of Lam
peter, to Miss Elizabeth Resrier, of Strasburg.
By* the Rev. J. C. Baker, David Water of Ephrata
to Miss Catharine Enk, of Warwick.
At Marietta on the 13th Jan., Henry,Wisner
Carrol, son of Robert and Rebecca Carrol, in the
17th year of his age.
In Strasburg township, on the 20th instant, Mr.
John Eshleman, aged 82 years.
On the 9th inst, Mary Brenneman, aged 26.
In Elizabethtown, Catherine Diflenderfer,aged62.
In Elizabethtown, David Bryani aged 40 years.
In Millerstown, Wm. Nunemacher, aged 23.
- In Baltimore, on the 16th inst., Jos. P. Vaughen
son of Isaac Vaughen of Columbia, aged 26 years,
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