Terrible Tragedy in Ml»sls*JpP%,;
TKtf Paulding, Mi»s,-Clarion,
tains, this a.
j Since the time whea-tS^^^^^™ ®T*
. Longon and. family
this community. OQ!jßi|jp^fc.^ Jj* f iJ
row -and mo^^^SSpi nd,ff S at, « :
mfent’xhild, ether.
tidi§»wtbe neighborhood of Wm^Bndge^Esq,'
££&, a negro men belonging to Mr. Zachanah
oinpson. Having been summoned on the jury
of the Coroner, we went in person, to the scene of
the horrible tragedy, saw the mutilated body of the
murdered woman, the severed throat of her infant
end witnepsed, without regret, the summary ana
'terrible, but still inadequate pxpiationof his triple
and atrocious crime by the monster. The revolting
facts are briefly these:
;On Tuesday morningJMr. Dixob, unconscious of
the awful doom impending over his family* started
from home in quest, of cattle. His
'artless child a few months over two years old,
fondly after him, pursuing him’ some dis-
I Stance, unnoticed by the fhther and undiscovered by
<;the mother. Mrs. Dixon soon missed the boy, went
alter him, and called to him to return. She waV
then approached by the brutal villain Haley, who
at once offered such indignities as the virtue and
pride of civilized woman resents even
Vat the peril of life. She repelled the' advances of
’the bestial monster, yielding neither to threats nor
[disgusting importunities, when he felled her to the
earth, and an outrage, too abhorrent to-mention was
jthen perpetrated on the person of his victim by
; the incarnate demon. Reft in a moment of her
! most precious jeWeWforcibly despoiled of her pu
jrity by the viilian slave , of her own father—
I wretched lady doubtless felt that everything valued
)in this world was lost;-but she was not ready for
;etemity.
She asked, at the hands of the fiend, life—life,
that she might prepare for her solitary remaining
refuge for her crushed spirit in Heavenl
But the ruflian heeded her hot;—he spurned the
: prayer of the wife injured beyond reparation, and
beat her on the head with pine limbs, and stabbed
her till she died! Bruised, mangled and defiled,
lay. the corpse of this lady, whom a husband had
greeted gladly and unsuspectingly a .few hours be
: fore, presenting a spectacle too hideou9, too replete
i with horrible memories, for an unadverted eye. The
infant was found about 30 steps from the mother,
its throat cut twice, with long, deep gashes. It is
r probable the little child was the last victim—and
the last aspiration of her unutterable agony fell
appallingly upon his infant ear, before the cold
knife of the monster assassin passed over the throat
of the innocent creature.
The attendance of the Coroner was procured on
Wednesday, and the Jriry, after a patient investiga
tion, returned the following verdict:
“The said Jurors.do upon their oaths say: that
the said Mary Dixon ‘came to her death from blows
inflicted by a certain negro mail slave named Haley,
the property of Zachariah Thompson, of Jasper
county jlhat is to say her skull was fractured, and
alio her lower jaw and cheek bone on the left side
—her neck was dislocated, and also her left shoul
der—the lit.tle finger was broken on the right hand
—her left ear was badly mutilated—she had also
three cuts on her neck, supposed to be inflicted by
a knife, one'o/ them entering into the wind pip?,
another the jugular vein, and the other a small cut
on the left side of .the neck. A large cut was also,
on her left arm, and some scratches and marks of
violence on the right 1 thigh, which indicated the
purpose of the said slave Haley. The said Zacha
riah Dixon came to his death, as follows: by two
wounds inflicted by a knife, one entering the wind
pipe, the other the carotid artery on the left side,
which wounds were inflicted by said Slave Haley.”
When Haley was his clothes werestain
ed with blood, and the wretch attempted
throw away his knife. After being severely whip
ped, he made the annexed confession. His impli
cation of the boy, Paul, is entirely discredited by
the citizens in the neighborhood, various circnm
stances strongly tending to the exculpation of the
latter. On Thursday about two hundred persons
assembled, including maiiy ladies.. The guilt of
Haley'was too manifest for doubt; and while indig
nation was at its height and the blood curdled at
the. vivid recollection of the unexampled atrocity,
it was proposed that Haley be burned to death.—
To this proposition there was not a single dissentient,
if we except the officers of the law, who, in com
pliance with their sworn- duty, protested against
the illegality of the act. All were eager for the in
stant and signal punishment of the worse than mur
durer. Accordingly, he was bonje to a tree, chained
to it, and surrounded with light and other wood.—
It is worthy of remark that the slaves present evinc
ed commendable abhorrence of the crime and the
criminal, and'assisted with alacrity in his punish
ment. j
Commissioners for tue Militant Asylum.— 1
We learn from the. National Intelligencer /that the
Board of Commissioners uponVhdm has-been de
volved" the duty of selecting a location for the pro
posed Military Asylum, authorized by an act of the
lost session of Congress, are nearly ready to set out
upon' their mission of duty. It is composed of
the following distinguished gentlemen: Gen. Scott,
General-in-chief; Generals Wool and Twiggs,
commanding the Eastern and Western Divisions of
the Army; Gen. Jesup, of the Quartermasters
Department; Gen. Gibson, of the Subsistence De
partments; Gen. Tottodn, (Col Lahned acting,) of
the Paymaster’s Department; Gen. Lawson, Surgeon
General and Gen. --Jones, the Adjutant General.
Within the next ten days they propose to visiit
Mount Vernon, and some other Eastern points, af
ter which a portion ol the Board will extend their
examinations to the vicinity of New Orleans,.and
thence up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. They
will probably be absent ibme five or six weeks.
The New York Express states that the Asylum
will be endowed with a rich fund. The law grants
for the purposes of the Asylum, all the money re
maining in the Treasury, to the credit of soldiers,
of the army, and by them unclaimed; the amount
of this is very large. The pensions and back pay,
due to soldiers, and which will never be claimed,
will also form a rich endowment for the institution.
Vast numbers of men, who were engaged in the
war of 1812, are now dead. There is a large
amount of naval prize money due in the same
manner—the seamen having scattered over
the earth and ocean, or, perhaps, buried beneath
them. .
Another Terrible Steamboat Accident.—
The steamboat G. W. Kendall, Capt-Norton, arri
ved at this port night before, bound to St. Louis,
with from four to five hundred passengers, among
whom were many families fiom the Eastern States
going to seek new homes in the West. The pas
sengers were about equally divided in the cabin
and on deck. She had besides thirty or forty horses
belonging to the emigrants. ■ She left this port yes
terday morning. About 12 o'clock in the after
noon, when one mile above Bradenburg (situated
40 miles above this city)- and while under full'
headway in the middle of the river, she burst the
cylinderhead of her larboard engiue, her mud valve,
and stand pipe. The carpenter of the boat was
instantly killed and a deck hand had a leg broken and
was dangerously scalded. Six or seven horses were
killed on the spot and about the same number
were scalded so badly that they were of no further
use. The remainder broke loose and swain ashore.
By the time the boat was brought!to shore not a
particle of water was left in her boilers. Immedi*
ately after the accident the boat was enwrapped in
steam,.and two men on shore stated that they I
counted twenty persons in the river, at one' time,
not one of whom were saved, and among whom
were two women. It was supposed that overcome
by fear, they had either jumped overboard, or prob
ably stepped overboard in attempting to reach a
place of saiety, as the steam preventP’d them from
seeing anything, and they were not -aware of what
had- happened. The officers of Kendall were
however under the impression t l aa t those on shore
might have taken some of tb.e horses for persons.
Certain it is two women we'.e missing.
The scene in the cabin is said to have beggared
description. It Was enveloped in steam, and
the shrieks of the ladies and children, of whom there
were a.large number,were heartrending. None
of the cabin passengers were lost or or injured.—
Louisville Jourv,ql } i4th.~ .
• ’The V. S. Government and Kossuth.— ln ex
eentive session, on Tuesday, a message was received
from the President, transmitting the correspondence
of the' Secretary of State in relation to Gen. Kossuth
and his companions. In February last, Mr. Web
ster addressed a.letter to J. P. Brown, Dragoman,
in reference to the probable intentions and disposi
tion of Turkey to permit Kossuth and his compan
ions'to come to this country. Mr. Brown replied,
that in May, 1851, the year for which the Sultan
of Turkey promised to retain them expired. The
letter of Mr. Webster to Mr. Marsh, at Constanti
nople, is an eloquent aqd thrilling appeal to the
Sublime Porte in behalf of Kossuth and his friends,
offering no offence to the government, but present
ing a request for their relief, on the grounds of pure
humanity, and the pervading and fervent desire of
the people of the United States to welcome these
unfortunate exiles, with all the sympathy and hos
pitality which their situation excites in every gen
erous mind.
Mahheim Plank Road.— The stockholders of
the Manheira, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Company, at a meeting on the Bth instant, agreed
to increase their stock 300 shares.
Hemet & J ournal.
»' jLancaster, Mai;ch .25,1851.
GEO.' SANDfRSON, EDITOR.
FO ; R governor;
COIL WILUAMBIGI.EB,
> OF. CIXAMIELDCOpHTT,
Subject to the decision of the Democratic Convention
SD"-The3BiBiiE Club”helda.meetingatthe
public honse of Andrew Mathews, in E. King
on Saturday evening. Several additional names
were added tQjhe list?, and the Club was addressed
by Col. William S. John S. Dougherty
and John L. Keffer. -
The next meeting will be held in the COURT
-HOUSE,on Saturday eveidngtuxtj theZQthinMt., upon
which occasion addresses will be delivered by Col.
John W. Fornet and Daniel Dougherty, Erij.,
from Philadelphia. ,
g7* We are indebted to Senator -Muhlenberg
for a copy of his very able speech against the bill
<i authorizing a system ol banking based upon State
other words, the Free Banking Bill.
Mr. Huhsxckxb, of the House, will also accept
of our thanks for-a copy of Gen. Jackson’s Fare
well Address, together with his celebrated Procla
mation to the people of Soutli Carolina.
{0- The lecture on “ Utilitarianism," delivered in
the Hall of the Mechanics’ Institute, in this: city,
on Wednesday-Evening last, by W.H. Welsh, Esq.
of York, was a rich intellectual treat to the large
and highly respectable audience who listened to it.
The subject matter, the chaste and beautiful diction
of the lecture, the distinct enunciation and appro
priate gesticulation of the speaker, his agreeable
manner.-and pleasant voice, all combined to render
the Address peculiarly eloquent, and the occasion
one which will not soon be forgotten by those who
were present. Mr. W. is quite a young man, and=
bids fair to establish for himself a fame which any
one might envy. He has certainly made a very
favorable impression on the minds of this commu
nity, and we trust he may often favor us with a
similar treat.
Panorama of Mexico*
A beautiful series i>f panoramic views of the
various scenes our Army in Mexico,'
is now being exhibited at the Mechanics’ Institute,
for a few evenings only. The following
copy from the Harrisbnrg Democratic Union, where
it has been on exhibition during the last week:
This is reprexented to be one of the finest
'panoramas in the country. All the incidents and
representations connected with it, now form a part
of the history of our country. The following notice
of it is from one of our exchanges, which says :
“The entire route of Gens. Taylor and-Scott’s
armies—the one from the coast to Monterey, the
other to the city ofiMexico, present one of* the
finest views imaginable ; in one moment, reveling
amid the freshness of, never fading, ever blooming
Spring, .jthe next, to the dizzy height of some lofty
peak of mountain, covered with perpetual snow;
; again, you find yourself gazing, lost in wonder at
the achievements of the brave,.persevering, handful
cf soldiers, under their great and gallant leaders,
storming forts, cutting their way over bridges,
through mountain passes, and into cities, every
house of which being constructed to subserve the
double purpose of dwelling and fortification, ail
Boeming impregnable as the rock of Gibralter, and
no doubt would have been to any nation on earth
but the United States; we have a view (apparently)
as large'as life of all the principal cities and towns
visited by thejirmy on both routes. The triumphal
«ntry into'the city of Mexico by General Scott and
staff, preceded by the cavalry and followed by the
infantry, is one of the most imposing sights we ever
beheld. The balance of the entertainment is beau
tiful, amusing, and entertaining, and must be seeit
to be properly appreciated. We bespeak for the
gentleman having the. panorama in charge, a kind
and cordial reception 1 wherever he may go.”
The Pennsylvania Farm Journal.
A monthly agricultural paper, with the above
title, is shortly to be commenced in this City, by
A. M. Spangler ,-Esq., the editorial department.of
which is to be conducted by Prof. S. S. Haldemae,
of Columbia. Contributions are also promised from
some of the most practical and scientific agricul
turalists of the State, and the Journal cannot fail in
establishing for itself a high character, as a paper
devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Science, &c.
Each number will contain 32 pages, be similar in
size and appearance to the Albany Cultivator, and
embellished with appropriate engravings. The
subscription price is to be $1 per annum, and the
first number, we understand, will be issued in a
week or two. We wish the publisher success in
the undertaking.
A Splendid Family Paper.
We have received the first or specimen number
of the. “ Pictorial Drawing Room Companion,”
an elegant weekly just started in Boston by F.
Gleason, Proprietor, and edited by M. M. Balloui
Esq., a gentleman of undoubted talents '‘and high
literary reputation.
Tbe number before us is handsomely illustrated
by several superb engravings—amongst others,
Faneuil Hall Market, Boston; the Park, New York;
and the Glass Palace, London, will at once attmct
attention.
The Companion is printed in suitable form for
binding, on beautiful paper, and, take it all in all,
it is one of the most elegant specimens of the art
typographical, as well as the most original and
valuable literary journal we have ever seen.
The" subscription price is only $3 per annum.—
The specimen number can be seen at this office.
House of Refuge*
We are indebted to the politeness of Dr. Thomas
C; Bunting, of Philadelphia, for a copy of the
“Twenty-third Annual Report oi the Board of
Managers of the House of Refuge;’’ with ah Ap
pendix containing the Reports of the several Com
mittees and Superintendents connected with the
Institution, the whole forming a neat little pam
phlet of'over iorty pages, filled with highly inter
esting matter to every philanthropic mind. The-
Institution is represented as being in, a very flour,
ishing condition. From the Report we learn, that
during the past year 148 inmates were received,
into the Colored Department, viz: 103 boys, and
45 girls j —and during the same period 29 were
discharged, viz: 19 hoys and 10 girls; The boys
are engaged in the manufacture of furniture for
umbrellas, and the girls in the usual domestic avo
cations.
During the year there were received into the
White Department, 172 boys and 47. girls, and
there remained at the end of the year (old and new
inmates) 181 boys and 50 girls. The white chil
dren are employed in the manufacture of umbrella
furniture, making razor strops, caning seats for
chaire, and book-binding. The Managers'propose
-enlarging the buildings, and accompanying the
Report is an engraving of Plans for the contempla
ted enlargement.
ET We leam that our Democratic friends of
. York are about organizing a Bigler Club in that
Borough. Whether a movement of the kind there
will also be considered “ disorganizing” and “anti
democratic,” as it has been pronounced here, remains
to be seen. We rather guess, however, that the
Democracy of that thriving town are out of their
“ leading strings,” and that they will do'as r.they
please, regardless of denunciation from Mr. Bur
i rowes’ organ, or any other quarter. The Democrats
of Lancaster, have been doing, and will continue to
do, the same thing. ;
A bill to incorporate a new bank at Easton,
to be called The Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
of Easton,” has passed the House of Representatives
by a vote of 45 to 40. It will no doubt also
the Senate, and become a law, as we have no longer
a Francis R. Shone at the helm of affairs to
arrest the creation of any more banking capital.
07* The House of Representatives have fixed
upon the 15th of April as the day for the final
adjournment of the Legislature.
Tbe finnit Failures*
The ~j£eent downfall of several of the
||ind” in New-Yolfcj ahows the impncticg;
Wlity and insecurity df^|^tem. i :,N ft® wean*
sfj« pledged ’to secure tbd ; noteholftra were not
teobject'to flnctoatidns of prare, and if all those wfto
iome ijito possession of thjf bills were afijg to hold
them uijfil the securities, were sold and ft. banlS|
’iccoJS^idffterii^Stablyyfenld loss
sustained by noteholders. But the securities are a
marketable commodity., and rise and fall in price
from various causes. They are not like gold and
silver dollars, which we worth one hundred cents
today, to-morrow, and next year. Besides the
doubt, therefore, of the securities being worth the
amount of the bank’s bills, which always indaces
holders to be rid of them, there are hundreds of hoi* r
dert who are compelled to use? their money as fast
as they receive it, and cannot afford* to wait a win*
dibg up of the concern. They are forced to part
with their bills whether they will or no. Thus the
sellers of them are greatly multiplied, while those
who wfll receive them are narrowed to the broken.
Depreciation and loss are inevitable consequences.
When we remember that the issues of the “Safety
Fund”, banks are mostly of the smaller denomina
tions, which circulate among the laboring
and those least able to hold for a winding, up, we
see at once that the. pledge of sscurity is but a bait
to catch gudgeons. It is but a holding of the word
of promise to the ear and a breaking of it to the
hope. There is really no security at all, and the
whole thing is a device of speculators, too lazy to
work, to live off the labor of honest producers.—
Pennsylvanians want no such institutions, and will
not sustain those representatives who attempt to
fasten such ones on her.
>• & •
Public Opinion*
The proceedings of the Democratic County Con
vention, which met in this City on the sth inst.,
have been copied in whole or in part by many of
tlfle leading Democratic papers of the State, amongst
others we notice the Pennsylvanian, Carlisle Volun
teer, Democratic Union, Norristown Register, York
Gazette, Pittsburg Post, Bedford Gazette, Meadville
Democrat, Monroe Democrat, Gettysburg Compiler,
GreensbuTg Argus, Tioga Eagle and Clearfield Re*
publican.
In addition, every sound Democratic paper in
the State, that we have seen, notices the Convention
favorably, and publishes tbe names of our Delegates
to the State Conventions—thus presenting a strange
contrast to the'fate of the “Rump Parliament,”
which met here the week previous, whose proceed
ings have been entirely overlooked by the Demo
cratic press of the State, even to the omission of
the names of their delegates to the Judicial Con
vention. In our entire list of exchanges, we have
yet-to find’the first paper that has either published
the names of their delegates, or noticed the pro
ceedings of {heir so-called Convention in any way.
This fact, of itself, is sufficient to show which Con
vention is considered the regular one by the Democ
racy of the State, and is an overwhelming reply to
all the slang which has been so freely heaped upon
‘the heads of aJarge majority of the Democracy of
this county.
Will our erring brethren of the same political
faith in Lancaster county, look at these significant'
signs from abroad, and reflect.upon the position in
which they have been placed by the foolish effort
of certain self-constituted leaders to stem the strong
current of public opinion in favor of Col. Biglf.h.
Wni . F. Packer, Esq.
We have read with interest and peculiar satis-1
faction the eloquent speech of Mr. Packer, and
we endorse the liberal sentiments avowed by him
in opposition to taxing, at an onerous rate, the
York and Cumberland Rail Road Company. We
regret to see the local, selfish spirit
with many of our public men on the subject of in
ternal improvements, and their efforts to bind down,
circumscribe, or direct, all expenditures of capital
to a particular locality. The more free, untramel
led, and general the improved means of communi
cation are made, the more large and extended' will
be the benefits resulting from them, and by their
diffusive tendencies, the varied lines of improve,
ments will, like “ kindred drops be mingled into
one.*’ Every great mart of commerce will draw
trade to its locality, in proportion to iho liberal
principles and enlarged business capabilities o! its
merchants. The jealous spirit of rivalry that prompts
a tax on the road referred to, merely because the
trade from a large and rapidly improving section of
Pennsylvania may make its circuit to Philadelphia
by way of Baltimore, is not.only selfish, but a blind
and mistaken policy. By mutual co-operation in
the lines of cheap and speedy conveyance, Phila
delphia and Baltimore may divert the trade of the
West from the lakes, by which course it reaches
New York and Boston, but if this selfish restrictive
policy of protecting Philadelphia interests be ad
hered to, by taxing every improvement that points
towards Baltimore, the gigantic improvements made
by our northern neighbors will sweep the trade of
the mighty west and the lakes from us. Such states
men as Mr. Packer are an honor to the age, and
the diffusion of their views will drive into retire
ment the taxing mania that aims to “ kill the goose
that lays the golden egg.” —Upland Union.
Death of Gen. Brooke.
The Washington papers of Saturday announce
the death of Brevet Major General George M-
Brooke, which took place at San Antonio, Texas?
on the 9th inst. Of the military history of this
distinguished officer, the following particulars will
be interesting to our readers:—
-Gen. Brooke entered the army, from Virginia, on
the 3d of May, 1808, as First Lieutenant in the sth
infantry. He was promoted to the rank of Captain
the Ist of May, 1810; to that of Major of the 4th
infantry in 1814; to that of Lieutenant Colonel same
regiment March 1, 1819; and in July, 1831, to the
rank of Colonel in the sth infantry. His first brevet
was that of Lieutenant Colonel, August 15, 1814,
for “ gallant .conduct in the defence of Fort Erie;”
his second was that of Colonel. September 17th,
1814,f0r “distinguished and meritorious services in
. the sortie from Fort Erie.” He was made a Brevet
Brigadier General September 17, 1824, “for ten
years’ faithful service as Colonel; and he was bre
vetted a Major General May 30th, 1848, “ for mer
itorious conduct, particularly in the performance of
his duties in the prosecution ot the war with Mexico.
Fort Brooke, at Tampa Bay, was established by
him and received his name, in 1824, where he was
stationed for a number of years. At the time of his
death he was in command of the Bth military de
partment, (Texas,) and engaged in planning an ex*
pedition against the Indians.
07* Gen. George McDuffie, a very talented
and eloquent man, and, for many years, a leading
politician of South Carolina, died at the residence
of Richard Singleton, Esq., in Sumter co., on the
11th inst., at an advanced age. He was elected a
Representative in Congress in 1821, and served four
teen years successively in the House. After this he
Was elected Governor tof South Carolina, which
post he filled for several years. In 1843 >he was
elected to the U. S.‘Senate, in which body he served
nearly or quite six years, when* increasing and
painful infirmities compelled his retirement from
public life.
03* The following flattering notice of Pelton’s:
Threshing machines, we clip from the Examiner ,
and invite the attention of farmers, and our readers
generally to it: —
Sib—l have lately engaged in 'selling Pelton'*
Improved Horse Powers and Threshing Machines. Of
their vast superiority over all others in use no un
prejudiced persons could entertain the least doubt,
after witnessing their operation. Still, there are
those who say they can thresh as much with the
old-fashioned Burrill Machine as we can, and that
they work easier for the horses. To all such, we
offer a rare chance to make money. I will at any
time meet such persons and be pleased to stake
with them, from $59 to $5OO, that I can thresh as
much grain with 800- successive rounds of the hor
ses, as they can with 1200, and worry my team
less in the operation.
This is a chance for making money, that I trust,
will not be passed unnoticed.
'pie-bill introduced byMr. Walkeiysometime
in Senate, establishing a system of
in which state stocks are to
biitts of the issues, and
General as a pledge for them re&npticfc
passed that body finally, on Saturday by tji*
following vote: | \ .M
Frailey, Guernsey; Haalett, lloge, Ives, Law
rence, Malone, Myers, Robertson, Savery, Walker.
Matthias, Speaker— S-16. ’ r. - ’
Nats— Messrs. Bailey, . Brooke, Crabb, Feroon,
Forsythe. - Folton, Jones,- Kraigancherr M’Gaslioj-
Mumenberg, Packer, Sanderson, Shimer—l3. ,
The Democrats who voted for the bilTara Messrs.
Frailey, Guernsey,;Hoge and Ives —and the Whigs
who voted against it are Messrs. Brooke, Crabb and
Konigmacher. The absentees jrfcre-Mesars. Hugus,
Buckalew, M’Murtrie and Sfrine. v " &
The bill provides that-any person, or association
of persons, who may wish to; engage iir the business
of banlrinfi may, by depositing: with the Auditor
General state stocks, amounting to not less than
{50,000, nor morethan {400,000, receive from the
office of the Auditor General; blank Bank Notesto
the amount of 95 per cent on the market value of
tbe stocks deposited. The person of association of
persons depositing the stocks-must adopt a name
for their bank, open an office, and have their notes
signed by a President and Cashier; the notes arc
also to be countersigned by a Register in the Audi*
tor General’s office. ; ;
The notes tbusds«uied are made redeemable in
gold and silver at’the counter of the bank, when
presented during ordinary banking hours. If not
so redeemed, the holder may have them protested
by a Notary Public, and communicate a copy of
the protest to the Auditor General; who on re
ceiving tbe protest, shall \notify the bank to pay
the notes; and if they are;not paid within ten days
after such notice, [proceed to sell the stocks deposi
ted with him, and apply the money thus realized
to their redemption-
The interest on the stock deposited is to be paid
to the depositors'; excepting one per cent, thereoni
vyhich is to be retained by the Auditor x General,
and out of the fund created by this one per cent,
he is to pay the expenses of engraving, issuing and
signing the bank notes, and the balance is to go
into the Sinking Fund. . * »
These are some of the’substantial and most im
portant provisions of the bill, and give a very ac
curate idea of its:general features. The bill is yet
to be acted on by the House.
Full returns of the flection held in this State,'
show a slight revise to the Democratic party, ow
ing to the conduct of -Atwood, the candidate for
Governor, who had been repudiated by the Demo
crats for his truckling to the Free Soiters. He run
as the Free Soil candidate. Dinsmofe, the Demo
cratic candidate, has 26,441 votes; Sawyer, Whig,
18,019; and Atwood, Free Soiler, 11,720. This, in
the aggregate, isfa democratic loss of nearly 9,000
voters since the last election. The Legislature
stands 127 Whigs, 117 Democrats, and 26 Free
Soilers. The latter hold the balance of power, and
as the election of Governor will go to the Legisla
ture, the Free Soilers will no doabt coalesce with
the Whigs and elect Atwood, Governor.
The Harrisburg Democratic Union has the
following editorial article in reference to the Dem
ocratic Convention of this county, the proceedings
of which it publishes at length, in last Wednesday’s
Lancaster Countt Herself Again. —ln an
other column will be found the bold and manly
uwoiutions of the Democratic County Convention
of old Lancaster. It was made up of the most ster
ling of the Democracy of the county, and we are
assured by gentlemen in attendance,, that it was one
of the largest arid most enthusiastic bodies that has
assembled in that county for many years. 1 It ap
peared to us in the beginning of this contest that it
was,most suicidal policy on the part of Messrs. Fra
zer and Champneys, to attempt to lead the gallant
Democracy of this county away from Col. Bigger
and Mr. Buchanan, and the result proves.that these
gentlemen were mistaken in their power. So far
as Col. Bigler's political interests were concerned,
it was a matter of indifference whether he received
Lancaster county or not, because be had morethan
enough delegates to ndminate him; but he had the
affections of the people of that county in his favor,
and it was unfair in Mr. Frazer to attempt to turn
them in another direction. And in reference to Mr.
! Buchanan, it appears now that he is as strong with
the masses of the Democracy of Lancaster as he
ever was, notwithstanding the opposition of a couple
of would-be leaders.
It is passing strange, that whilst the Democracy
of the whole Union are turning their eyes to Penn
sylvania, and extending their arms to irs to present
the*ra a candidate for the Presidency in 1852, afew
restless spirits in our own State, are trying to sow
dissension in our ranks, and dash away the prize
that is ready to be presented to us.
H7*The 'Pennsylvanian, referring to the Demo
cratic County Convention, held in this City on the
sth inst, which it publishes entire, remarks:—
Lancaster Countt. —The very interesting pro
ceedings of the Lancaster County Democratic Con
vention, published by us this morning, cannot fail
to command the attention of our readers. The ad
dress and resolutions are masterly and convincing;
and as there is a question referred to, which will be
brought before both the next Democratic State
Conventions, and which affects the local organiza-'
tion of every county in the State, we hope every
Democrat will regard it as his duty carefully to
peruse these proceedings. The writer oi this article
has lived in Lancaster county nearly thirty years,
and knows the Democracythere well and intimately,
having been closely identified with them for nearly
nine years. Never before has he read a list of
delegates comprising, more of the staunch and'
sterling men, old and young, of the Democratic
party of that .county ; and never before has the
action of the party in that quarter beenmark
ed by more deliberation and. effect. The old
and the young have united in a common and ener
getic effort to rebuke ;the spirit of dictation and of
calumny—of proscription and of arrogance—that
seeks to trample under foot the old usages of the
Democratic party.
A Hard Hit.— r The Baltimore Argus gives the
“descendants of the pilgrims” a rather severe dig,
by suggesting that the most certain way to destroy
the beast called Northern Abolitionism, is for Con
gress to repeal that law which makes the slave
trade with piracy. The Argus shrewdly
guesses that if the abolitionists of the North could
again enjoy the privilege which enriched their fore
fathers, that of stealing negroes from Africa, and
telling them to the Southern States, then they would
soon become the strongest advocates of slavery and
the fugitive law.
The Austrian Controversy.— The letter of
Mr. Webster to Mr. Hulseman,' the Austrian
Charge d’Affaire in Washington, relative to the
mission of Mr; Mann to Hungary, was duly com
municated by the Charge to the Austrian govern
ment.- In a letter of the 11th inst., Mr. H.adviies.
Mr. Webster that the-Austrian government is not
convinced by the arguments in Mr. W.’s letter, but
that it waives all further discussion of the sub
ject, as they are unwilling to expose the triendly
relations between the governments to the danger
of interruption by it. So that matter is ended.
Rapid Legislation.— The most'rapid piece of
legislation, says the Daily News, ever recorded in
the annals of any legislative body, was the passage
of the Light House Bill, in the United States Senate
The motion was made to take it up, and carried;
it was read, a first’ second and third time, and
passed; sent to the House for the signature of the
Speaker and for the enrollment; returned to the
Senate, signed by its President, and sent to the
Executive, all within the space of five minutesi
The motion to take up was made only five minutes
before the expiration of Congress..
As usual, this Saint’s anniversary was ushered in
with a storm, commencing with wind and fain, and
terminating in hail and snow. During the afternoon
and night, about six inches of snow fell in this re
gion, but the atmosphere being above the freezing
point, its continuance upon the ground was very
brief.
Saxuu W. Raicrsr.
Free Banking System.
New Hampshire Election.
St. Patrick's Day.
The Tariff
So. then* it appears the tariff is still to; be left an
opeirqttatiori, the Secretary / of'jlhe* s Treasury } Mr.
Corwin, having concluded not to add the! freight to
gj gobda|pfbre thenlities
tiieff, .tlie biU
tjie law. The reasonjiq doubt,
is donfetoh«pthe flmff
question inpolitics, so that, if possible, a little Whig
capftaUnay be made in the next Presidential elec*
Uori. Had the freights been added, the tariff policy
woold have been settled, and it wouldTiave been
impossible, Jo i revive the agitation about it for a
long timerto 'coalne. ’ ! “
Whether this stroke of policy will benefit the
Whig party remains to be seen. The motive is too
transpstrept to’ deceive- any \body ; of ordinary intelli
gence,.and we hardly suppose the iron and coal men
can be induced to follow-in the wake of Whiggery
much longer. We therefore think it not improba
ble that Mr. Corwin’s policy f -may react upon his
party in an inverse ratio'to what he intended, and
produce a result altogether different from what he
expects.
The following section of the law in question,
appears to be so plain that, we had thought, there
could be but one opinion in reference to- the proper
construction to be put upon it:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United Stales of America in Congress
assembled, That in all cases where there is or shall
be imposed any. ad valorem rate of duty on any
goods, Wares, or merchandize imported into the
United States* it shall be the duty of the collector
within whose district the same shall be imported
or entered, to cause the actual market value or
wholesale price thereof, at the period of the expor
tation to the United States, in the principal mark
ets of the country from which the same shall have
been imported into the United States, to be apprais
ed, estimated, and ascertained; and to.such value or
price shall be added all costs and changes, except in-*
surance, and including in every case a charge for
commissions at the usual rates, as the true value at
the port where the same may be entered, upon
which duties shall be assessed.
Daring Robbery*
The Collector’s Office, in this City, was broken
into on Friday night last, and robberf of about
$1430, in paper and gold. The robber effected hi*
entrance by boring through the panel of the back
door, and sh loving the bolt A key to die Safe, in
which the phoney was kept, was taken from a
private drawer in which it was deposited, the Safe
unlocked* and the money extracted.
The Collector, Mr. Keller, upon whom the los»
will fall heavily, offers a reward of $4OO for the
recovery of the money and detection of the robber
or robbers, or S3QO lor the recovery of the money
alone. \
The Banknotes \yere principally ofthe Lancas"
ter, Philadelphia, Columbia, York, Harrisburg, Get
tysburg, Chambersburg andJPittsburg Banks. About
$3OO of it was Relief Fives, and $2OO in ragged
Relief Ones and Twos; and about $l3O in gold.
We-sincerely hope'the money\may be recovered,
and the perpetrators of the robbery brought to con
dign punishment.
fCT* The following admirable article, we copy
from the Lycoming Gazette, published at Williams
port, Pa. It doubtless speaks' tie sentiments, not
only of Northern Pennsylvania, but also
masses in all sections of the State, and is another
scathing rebuke to those who would deprive our
noble old Commonwealth of the honors which the
National Democracy have in store for her. We
bespeak for the article a careful perusal:
Political Sins.— Saturn, although a god, if an
cient tradition can be relied upon, was yet beast
enough to devour his own offspring! The heathen
world was shocked at this outrage, and if those who
lived at that early day, when the ear;th was yet
wet with the receding waters of the flood, had only
possessed some means of executing their will, the
old barbarian, Saturn, would.have soon had cause
to repent his crime. As it was, the world could
only deprecate the crime and anathematize the
monster who committed it, which for many years,
served as good a purpose, however, as a lesson to
the young, 1 as »if the facts had really occurred as
stated. : o i
But if Saturn did riot eat his own offspring, the
story is excusable, as we have often instances, per
sonal and political,of-those, who in a figurative
sense, do. For instance, the great State of Pennsyl
vania, has inoref thari once repudiated her own sons,
and extended aid and comfort to those whose inter
est led them to court her favor. We have often
had to contend against a like disposition in this
county,, am} we observe by our exchanges, that the
fell spirit of Saturn is at work in other portions of
the State. This is much to be regretted,.as all the
signs of the times clearly indicate a disposition on
the part of the democracy ofthe Union, to give to
Pennsylvania the next candidate for the Presidency,
provided she asks that favor, and offers for nomina
tion a Buchanan or a Dallas. ThatjState pride,
interest and duty alike appeal to us to be united,
and to offer our strongest man, is a truth which
none will question; yet how many honest partizans
are led into a false postion by following blindly the
]ead of thofee who from personal pique, jealousy or
.unworthy ambition, seek only to destroy. An at
tempt of this kind, as discreditable to those engaged
in it,-as-it is base in purpose, is now being made
to estrange the Democracy of Pennsylvania, from
their old and faithful servant, James Buchanan.—
For this purpose, false issues have have been raised
and great pains taken to forestall public opinion in
regard to the Presidency. As an instance, we may
refer to the use made of a resolution passed at our
late Co. Convention complimentary to Gen. Cabs,
for his noble and patriotic stand in favor of the Un
ion, which resolution we observe was copied into
the Lancasterian and refejred to as an evidence that
old Lycoming wad hostile to Mr. Buchanan! Now,
we protestagainstisuch a use ofthe proceedings of
our Convention. This county has .not yet spoken
its mind upon the<subject of the. Presidency, nor
can the resolution-referred to, foreshadow its will
in that respect. Gen. Cass is a favorite, so is Gen.
Houston, but old Buck,” in addition to being a
favorite, is also Pehnsylvanian. At the proper time,
this county wil exipress its preference, but until that
time arrives we wish it to be understood that it is
neither ftatering to the feelings of our democracy,
nor creditable to their character for consistency, to
be classed with those miserable tricksters who are
now plotting the destruction of Mr. Buchanan,
from vile and unworthy motives.
{ET The extensive Assembly Building, fronting
on street,'and extending from Chesnut to
George streets, Philadelphia, was destroyed.by fire
on Tuesday last. = The loss is very heavy, but the
building was partly covered by insurance. Amongst
other property destroyed by the burning of the
structure, was a beautiful Panorama of the Bible
which had just been placed there, and its first exhi
bition was to have been given that evening. It
was the property of a Mr. J. Williams, an artist of
Cincinnati, who ha<iexhibited it with great success
in Cincinnati, Boston, Baltimore and Washington
He was offered $20,000 for it, but three weeks ago.
There was no'insur&nce upon it.
On the same morning the splendid Church Edi
fice, known as Dr. M’Dowell’s, in 11th Avenue,
Spring Garden, Jell into ruins from the weight of
the snow that had accumulated on. the roof. It
was comparatively a new building, but must have
been deficient in its construction.
The Norristown Watchman announces that the
proposed monument to be erected over the remains
of the late Governor Shunk, at the Trappe, has
been contracted for. by proposal, and the building
of the same has been awarded to Thos. Hargrave,
marble mason, of Philadelphia. The monument
ss to be erected on the 4th of July next
07* Gov. McDowell, of Virginia, delivered a
lecture at the Chinese Museum, in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday evening last. His subject was the “ Polit
ical Union of the United States,” a theme, says a
contemporary 1- , on which he dwelt for the space of
; two hours, with a truthfulness and energy that told
with powerful- effect upon his large audience. Gov.
McD. is justly regarded as one of the most gifted
and accomplished orators of the age, and the Phil
adelphia press is loud'in its praises of his brillian
effort. .
Q7*Thbk Ceht Pizcxs are now being made
at tire United States Mint, in Philadelphia. They
are three parts silver and one part copper, and about
the size of a Spanish sixteenth, 1 though somewhat
thicket..
letter TromHarr isburg.
CorrwpoodaaeAofik# ,
V&* JJjNkisNUNG, March 21, 1851.
The Board of R»n^gOTJßU«« on « r » adjourned
thisfiottring, and have gone to thffif
haftfrqfegfrt*'* labor> “ \
■Sort pejripd of twentymour days, the effect of
wsch forljtteifyMrt and, it U believed,
have a Wdency:oCetptaßxo, taxation and increases
ifie revenue oftMeStateT per'diem pay and
mileage ofthe present or late Board of Commis
sioners, has been increased'' from two to three dol
lars per day, and from ten to fifteen cents per mile.
An effort was niadelnfthe House to extend these
provisions to all future Boards, but the Sep&te non
concurredj and the amendment failed. This Board
has'raised the returned value of taxable properly
in the State, in the aggregate to $29,002,235, ~ being
'an increase of $6,853>45, and the increase of rev
enue resulting from it, will amount to over $60,000
in the three years extending to their next meeting
In addition to the influx of money to the Treasury,
which the action of; these commissioners produces,
the greater good which they effect is the equaliza
tion ofthe burdens!oftaxation through the State,
caring the defects of local and interested returns*
With all that has been said against this Board, and
the attempts to abolish it, the cool judgment of the
people is in favor of its continuance.
The Fiee Banking Bill, which has passed the
Senate, was reported from the Committee on Bank*
in the House this morning, and on a motion to make
it the order of the day, for Monday next, it received
fifty-one votes. As I have said before, this bill will
pass, and become a law this session.
A bill to incorporate a State Agricultural So
ciety, and giving the Society two thousand dollars
annually from the State Treasury, considering the
usual caution of the Legislature in all measures
which reach the public coffers this, action is, cer
tainly, highly complimentary to the farmers or the
agricultural interest—especially when it appears
that but twelve votes were given against it, in the
popular branch of that body. The people will
• undoubtedly, sustain; this course in their Represen
tatives.
The.biirfor* the repeal of the Exemption Laws
came.up iu the House a few days ago, and much
eloquence was induced relative to the policy of tax
ing the monuments over tho departed, and the shrub
that grows and blossoms around them—all tending
to show the disposition to tax only such property
as yields an income in any case. The sense ol the
Legislature is right upon .this subject. Church
edifices, and all property devoted specifically and
exclusively to religious or charitable purposes,
should be exempt from taxation; but, when church
corporations go into stock-jobbing, and cemetary
companies make aspeculation of burying the dead,
they should not only be taxed, but indicted by a
grand jury, and fined or imprisoned by & Court.
The bill for the extension of the provisions ofthe
tea hour law, relative to minors, to all persons
under twenty-one years of age, failed by a tie vote
in the House to-day; but it will, probably here
considered, and finally passed in that body;
An attempt has been made in the Senate to get
up the bill for the repeal of the 3d, 4th, sth and
6th sections of the act of 1847, commonly-called
the Kidnaping Law; but a two-thirds vote being
required the effort failed. There is; however, a
clear majority in the Senate as well as in the House,
in favor of the repeal of the useless, and to many
of the citizens of the United States, odious provis-
ions of that act. ‘
The bill for the of the Susqueh&nua
Rail Road. Company, has occupied considerable
time in the Senate since the passage of the Free
Banking Law, and it is hardly second to that bill
in point of its importance; indeed it must be re
garded as the great measure of the present session.
Gen. Packer is the champion of this measure, and
his eloquence has secured its passage through the
Senate by an overwhelming vote —such a vote as
no Rail Road project of magnitude has ever re
ceived from Pennsylvania Senators. The vote stood
yeas 21, nays 8* This hill yviU pass the other
branches of the Legislature by such a vote as will
tell unmistakably that Philadelphia selfishness is
something very different from State patriotism, State
pride or State policy.
The matter of. taxing the York and. Cumberland
Rail-Road for the purpose of preventing trade from
going' over its rails is an pnd. There will be
against it in the Senate, and seventy
in the House, at any time during the present ses
sion. All agree however that a reasonable tax for
revrnue purposes ought to be laid upon this road,
and this will undoubtedly be done before long.
The speech of^Gen. Packer, upon the Susque
hanna Rail Road Bill, made yesterday and to-day,
was a'masterly production, and it has given a
quietus to all qarrow and selfish schemes relative to
improvements in Pennsylvania. Indeed Mr. Crabb,
who is the chief advocate of exclusive privileges
for Philadelphia, in this as well as many other mat
ters,“said to-day, in answer\o Gen. Packer, upon
the Susquehanna Rail Road that he felt “ like a
dead cock in the pit.” This was said after the vote
of the Senate on an amendment t£> this bill, which
was designed to prevent a connection of this new
road with the York and Curaberland'toad, number
ing twenty-two ypas.and nine nayß, and every one
who heard Mr, Crabb, certainly gave him credit for
great sincerity. Eloquence still retains its accus
tomed power with a Pennsylvania Legislature, and
so long as snch men as Gen. Packer, whose abilities
are equaled only by ""his liberality and purity of
character, have seats in its Halls, no one who is a
true Pennsylvanian, will have reason to regret any
of its proceedings.
Mr. Buckalew also made an able an eloquent
speech in favor of this new rail road, and few men
have more sound yiews or sterling qualities than
this young Senator, He already occupies an ele
vated standing among his fellow members. The
difference between worth and crime exists between
Mr, Buckalew and his infamous predecessor, Sen
ator Best, whose carrion memory still troubles tho
moral nostrils of Pennsylvania, and will as long as
that memory remains in any portion of an honest
community. ,
Judge Ives, the able and popular Senator from
Potter, also made a forcible and eloquent speech
upon this bill, and to the clear and conclusive argu
ments which be made in its favor, the friend* of
the measure are much indebted. Judge Ives doeß
not often address the Senate, but his influence ia
respected and hi* eloquence is always
when he does break his usual silence in that body/
As ever, faithfully, &c. M. & C.
Letter from Harrisburg.
Cflrrespoadeac* of the totellifencer.
Harrisburg, March 22, 1851
Dear Sir During Mr. Buchanan’s visit here,
last week, he was called upon by hosts of devoted
friends, as also by our citizens generally —all anx
ious to take by the hand a statesman who has fig
ured so conspicuously in the annals of his country,
and who has done more than any other man living
in the Commonwealth, to elevate the character and
influence of the Keystone State. \ Truly may he
be designated as the “Favorite Son of Pennsylva
nia,” and I am gratified in being able to inform you
that there is a rapidly growing current of State
pride now setting in here at the seat of government,
and extending far and wide from this central point,
which will break down all opposition to “Old
Buck,” and in the end give him the vote of the
State, for the next Presidency, with much more
unanimity than he received it in 1848. The Dem
ocratic masses are beginning to see, despite the of
forts of political tricksters to keep the truth from
them, that many of oar sister States are looking up
to Pennsylvania to furnish, in the person of her
most distinguished statesman, the Democratic can
didate for President of the United States. The
people see this, and it will be in vain lor any de
signing politicians to break the force of the popu
lar current now running in his favor*
The next Governor of Pennsylvania, Col. Wil
liam Bigler, of Clearfield county, one of the pu
rest and best men in the State, also paid our Bor
ough a visit during the last week, ana was warmly
greeted by his numerous friends and admirers. He
is a splendid specimen of a Pennsylvania Democrat,
and will make one of the very best and most popu
lar Executives-we 1 have ever had* With Bigler
for Governor, and Buchanan for President, the
noble old Keystone will occupy such a position in
the Union as she never occupied before.
Oar town is crowded with strangers, and both
branches of the Legislature are busily engaged
in the work of legislation. No important bills,
however, have yet bedn passed.-The House has
passed a resolution to adjourn on the 15th of April.
The Board of Revenue Commissioners adjourned
sine die on yesterday. Their labors, which were
important and arduous, were completed some days
within the period to which their sessions are
limited by law.
The total addition to the valuation of taxable
property in the Slate made by the present board is
$6,883,153, which will increase the income ot the
State some $22,000 annually. The total increase
of taxable property in the three years, from 1848
to 1850, thu,v adjusted, is $29,858,371, yielding
about $95,000 revenue.
The whole taxable property in the State in 1845
was $420,296,130^—in 184$, $463,031,458, being
an increase in three years of $42,735,328. The
amount now reported by the Revenue Board is
$492,889,829—-the increase not coming up to that
of the three preceding year§ by $12,876,957.
Yours, &c.
ICT A complimentary dinner was given to Gen.
Quitman, 0 at New Orleans, on the 12th inst. In
reply to a toast complimentary to himself, the Gen.
alluded to the late judicial proceedings to which he
was made a party, and emphatically declared that
he was in innocent of any actual participation in
the Cuba affair, though he admitted that the success
of the expedition would have given him-pleasure.
His only offence, he declared, consisted in the fact
that he was made the recipient of the confidence of
the Cubans, and invited by them to lead the oper
.ting fete*.i-u cSa whleh h» dwliMd.
Letter
Corr«po«tuc* of lit* -
Ttaflsr vices—Juniue—
■ Kan*—Psjftwry—C<msquen cet—
x Lor&i'Norbury—Tattler, eloquent in defence of
■5 Truth ?—Chickens caught—Catfish and an un-
H kntntm Q**go prince—Election, P. S. Sigler
'Club, '
Columbia, March 22, 1851.
FxiKND SA.itsEfiboß t—A« the austerity of winter
and its harshness is supplanted by the
mild and genial influences of nature
quickens into life, and unfolds her beauties from
her ice-bound habitation—so will man, after a tur
bulent season ot discontent, warm into conciliation
with his fellow man, and turn with delight from the
rude blasts of passion, to the gentler influences of
his common charitable nature. * ■ .
Tattler has never sought to do personal injustice
to any man, and it is a source of consolation to him
to he has never been personal in his
attacks, unless the advocacy of general principles
required the denunciation of personal vices. “ Pri
vate vices,” says Junius, I “ however detestable,
have not dignity sufficient to a'.tract the censure of
the Press, unlessthey are united with the power of
doing some signal mischief; to the community.”—
When such power exists, and we find men willing
to spread the baneful influences of their depravity,
into the very circle of our friends and family, the
press then must be made the censor, and all good
citizens must array themselves in opposition. Here
Tattler takes his humble position, and identifies
himself with those who advocate the right and de
nounce the wrong; seeking more to be useful and
beneficent, than vain and ostentatious.
.Very recently the attention of Tattler has been
arrested in contemplating the real character'of a
portion of the denizens of Tow Hill, some of
whdm have -exhibited tho most unscrupulous con
teuipt-for the moral obligation and binding effect of
&<* sacred oath .” To them no responsibility at
taches itself to perjury, particularly if sinister ob
jects are to be accomplished, or wpite map’s fights
assailed. . An illustration of this kind, has recently
been exhibited beforo Judge Kane of Philadelphia,
in an effort made to Hwfear two fugitives free, who
were arrested in this place as the property of Mr.
Parduo, of Baltimore county, Md. To effect their
object, perjury upon porjury, high as Chiques upon
Stricklcr } s piled, and as black as their own com
plexions, was recklessly committed in older to de
feat the ends ofjustice anddefraud the claimant. —
What a flagrant outrage upon community 1 .Whose
moral sensibilities are so obtuse, as not to shudder
at this daring' recklessness f There is nothing we
can do, that will assure us repose_nothirig so pow
erful as to afford us protection, if a perjured negro
is permitted to swear against us. These moral de
linquencies are entitled to our most respectful con
sideration, for. our most estimable rights are held
by the frail tonure of a negroe’s caprice. Legiti
mize their testimony in ** a trial by jury,” and what
a silly mockery you make of Justice. The infa
mous memory of Norbury becomes merciful when
contrasted with the pliant judgment of a perjured
negro. I almost tremble lor the fate of.our young'
white merit if negro malice is permitted to give tes
timony in their case. In the organization of hu
man society, there must always exist distinctions
of property, diversity of conditions,'subordination
of ranks, and a multiplicity of occqpationa; but
Trntb stands immutable in its upright stature; and
its white robes must not be tarnished by the foul
aspersions of a community of liars, and a commu
nity of thieves.
Speaking .of thieve*, a few night* ago, two ne
groes were ff cpvght in the coop of Mr, Samqel
D. Heise, whose poultry had been gradually grow-*
ing less m number, for some time back. It appear*
they had pulled the neck* of some dozen of hi*
“ fattest fowl,” and were in the act of “ bagging ”
them, when Mr. H. made his or
dered them to “ surrender at discretion,” exhibiting
at the same time,' a fowling piece, well primed and
charged. The thieves “ caved tn,” considering no
doubt “ discretion the better part of valor.” The
name of one, is Jackson, alias Catfish!—the other
is a sable yoqth, “to fortune and tp fapre un
known.”
The annnal election (or Borough officer* came
off yesterday, and the entire democratic ticket was
elected by very handsome majorities, ranging from
54 to 80. Our Constable* wpre elected without
opposition. Reuben Mullison was elected Judge.'
Samuel F, Lockard, Inspector. Sampel Rrooks,
Esq., Assessor, and Joshua J. Gault and John Jr.
Craig, Constables. They are all good, active and
efficient democrats. Yours, Bcc. -
TATTLER.
P. S. An organization of & “ Bigler Club ” will
be effected to night (Tuesday) in the Town Hall.—
You may look out for a big one.
Ouro Cokstitutiojal CO5 yxHTioir.-T-Tlns
body adjourned sin* die on the 10th inst. It wai
first organized at Columbus on the 6th of May, and
adjourned over on the Bjh of July, to meet in
Cincinnati on the 2d The two
ssessions, therefore, occupied 163 days in all. The
Constitution was adopted in Convention under the
previous question: Yeas ?6, nays J 4. It is to'be
submitted to a vote of the .people on the third
Tuesday of June, and, if approved of, elections will
take place under it the second Tuesday in October;
at which time a Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Legislature, Supreme Judges, District Jndges, and
all county officers are to be elected. It will, in all
probability, be one of the most important and
exciting elections ever known in that Sta f e.
StzwabjvPown on Got. Johnson?— *The Wayn
esburg Messenger has the following in speaking of
the part taken in-the late Whig meeting in Greene
county, by the Hon. A. Steward. Mr. S. is down
on the Governor—his free banking system and all;
“ Mr. Steward is no ways backward in declaring
that he will hot support the re-election of Governor
Johnston, and declares that if he is nominated he
will be defeated by thirty thousand majority in Oc
tober next. Well, we-are almost induced to believe
him, for once. We never remember to have heard
him talk so rationally before. But we must close
for the present.”
nr* John ;S. Skinner, Esq., editor of an agri
cultural paper in Baltimore,died on Friday evening
last from the; effects of injuries, received in falling
through a cellar door, in the morning of the same
day. ! ' * .
ST* Lemuel G.vtßkandebuut, Esq., formerly of
Carlisle, Pa.,land recently & Clerk in the Treasury
Department at Washington, has been appointed, by
the President, Chjef Justice of Utah Territory.
07* Archbishop Hughes, of New York, has been
created a Cardinal, by the Pope of Rome. He may
one day reach the Papal chair, which, should it so
happen, he will fill with marked ability. He has
risen from very humble life, we believe, to his pres
ent exalted position."
07“ The Veteran Thomas Ritchie, in his address
preparatory to retiring from the public press, states
that he has been an editor for the long period of
forty seven years !
07* A boy about 12 years of age, son of Mr. H.
Proffen,of York, was killedln that Borough*,, on
Tuesday evening last, near \he Railroad Depot.—
He had mounted one of theburthen cars for a ride t
when, by some accident, he was thrown off upon
the track, and the train passing over him crushed
and mangled his body in such a manner that caused
his death in ja few hours thereafter.
07“ The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
proposes to hold the first Annual Fair in or near
"this City, oh the 22d,23d,and 24th dayajof October
next, if the necessary funds can be raised among
our people. Of course that will be done.
AT* Hon. Hamilton Fish, (Whig,) has been
elected U. S Senator by the Legislature of New
York, for sii: years from the 4th inst, in the place
of Mr. Dickinson, (Dem.,) whose term had expired.
The Empire State will, therefore, be represented in
the Senate ty two Whigs for at least four years tq
come. _____ 1
' Gold on the Isthmus.— By an arrival atNew
Orleans from Chagres, information is received, by
a gentleman from Buenaventura, that considerable
amounts of *oM are procured there daily. About
350 persons principally Frenchmen, are engaged
in working the minee, and additions to the number
are being made by the Indians or natives living in
the district He states that the average yield is
from two to three ounces per day, and some of the
party who accompanied him realized extraordinary
profits from the snrnril stock of'provisions which
they took wi th them.
The Fugitive Slate Law. —The House bf
Representatives of Ohio, on the 12th inst, passed by
a vote of 40 to 20, a resolution that their Senators
in Congress be instructed, and ‘Representatives re
quested, to use all honorable means to obtain an
immediate repeal, modification or amendment of
the act of Congress, usually styled the fugitive
Slave law, approved SeptemMi 19,1860.