telligencer 3imarnal.
Lancaster, June 1, 1.01.
EO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
ritC
(Subject to the decision of the National Conv6ition.)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
"GEORGE W. Woonweap, 01 Lucerne.
Wasorr M'CANDLEss, of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PArrEnsorr, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICTS.
1. Peter Logan, Id. H. C. Eyer,
2. Geo. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
S. John Miller 15. Isaac Robinson,
4. F. W. Rockies, 16. Henry Fetter,
5. R. McCoy, Jr., 17. James Burnside,
6. A. Apple, 18. Maxwell McCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald,
8. Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Colahan,
9. David Fister, 21. William Burk,
10. R.. E. James, 22. Dunn,
11. John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. M'Calmont,
12. P. Damon, • 24. George R. Barret.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
illiam Ocati.glo,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
TO CAPITALISTS:A rare chance for procuring
an excellent Mill Property and Farms, in the neigh
borhood of Middletown, Dauphin county, is offered
in our colums to-day. See .advertisement of A.
WISTING. Money laid out in the purchase of such
property would doubtless be a profitable investment.
13:7 - Quite a large number of Delegates'paid our
city ) a visit, last week, on their way to the Bahl
mo e Convention.
Ert The Pennsylvanian of Tuesday last contains
a cilmmunication from Major LYNCH, of Pittsburg,
in which he strongly and emphatically denies hav
inghad anything to dp with the writing or publica
tio of the pamphlet respecting the availability of
Gen. CASS. The Major is very severe—and deser
vedly soon GRUND, the lying 'Observer" of the
Ldger.
w The Register of Lancaster county advertises
151 Administration and Guardianship Accounts
for the June term of the Orphans' Court. Rather
a fat office, the Register's, we should think.
17 Yesterday was Whitsuntide Monday. It was
a big day in town; but as we had left for Baltimore
batore the fun commenced, we are unable to give
particulars. We have no doubt, however, thut
thi lads and lasses 'enjoyed themselves to their
hearts' content.
flg .. BUTTER is now selling in our market at 15
a 1 1 .6 cents per lb. Enos 10 all els. per dozen.
(]7A man' named Bernard Rogers, from Phila
delithia, was killed at Columbia, on Thursday, from
the car being precipitated over ti.e bridge at Pusey's
mill.
Q 3• The corner stone of the new German Re•
forined Church, now in process of erection in this
was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, on Sun
day last. The exercises were conducted by Rev•
Messrs. Hatbaugh, (the Pastor) Linebach, and Dr'
J. W. Nevin, President of Mercersburg College. •
• Irr TUE STATE LOAN Of mom°, the Ph iladel.
phis Ledger thinks, will find abundant takers at the
Jow l rate of 4 per cent. Offers have already been
made to take it at 4/.
',OST OFFICE DEPARTMEIII. - II is stated by the
Washington Republic that William Dundas has
beet) appointed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
erai, in place of Fitz Henry Warren, resigned, and
that Mr. Thomas P. Frost has been appointed Chief
Clerk to fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Dundas'
protnotion. Frost has been for several years past
the principal clerk of the Inspection office. Mr.
Dundas has served quite an apprenticeship in the
Post.otrice Department, commencing with a clerk
ship of the lowest grade.
fig" The speech of Attorney General CAMPBELL
befine the Supreme Court of the U. S. at Washing.
ton on the Wheeling Bridge Case, i spoken of in
the highest terms. It was an able effw!.
ID - The atabling at the corner of Sixth and
BroWn streets, Philadelphia, known as the Farmers ,
114 Market, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
morning last—the work of an incendiary. Nine
teen horses and one cow perished in the flames, and,
abo lu t $l2OO worth of hay was destroyed.
ova
LATER FROST EUROPE.—The Cunard steam
er Cambria, with Liverpool dates to the 15th ult.,
arrived at Halifax on Wednesday. The news by
her, is of an interesting nature. France still re
mains a Republic, the fetes of the 10th of May hay
ingJ passed off without any demonstration, looking
to Napoleon being proclaimed Emperor. The
troops, amounting to 60,000, were reviewed by the
Pr4sident with great pomp, and everything passed
off quietly.
fig'The DEMOCRATIC REVIEW, for April, is death
on 'oldFogies." The Editor seems to be a mono_
=due on that subject, and can scarcely write on
an thing else. We hope he will keep cool during
the warm weather, or
The gun that's aimed at duck or plover,
May kick and knock the owner over."
DESTIIIICTIVE HAIL STORM IN WABIIINOTON CO,
Mil.—We learn from the Hegerstown,People's Own
thrt a most violent hail storm, accompanied by a
hetiv.y gale of wind, occurred in that countyon Sun.
day week, It extended about a mile in width, and
laid waste everything in its train. Whole crops of
wheat have been destroyed, gardens completely no-
ine l d, fruit trees literally stripped, and windows rid
dl.cl of glass. The corn, also, hoe been greatly
da l maged, much of which will be entirely lost.—
One gentleman lost bia whole crop of wheat, some
60 or 100 acres. In many -places, alter the storm
had subsided, hail could have been seen on • the
ground two feet in depth, and many of the hail
stones were as large as walnuts, and in some places
they were as large as hen eggs. In the lower part
of Hagerstown the windows were nearly all bro.
k n. At the 'Messrs. Hess' mill over two - hundred
window lights were broken.
INT.oricrns.—Just before going to press infor
mation reached this office of a case of infanticide,
which took place at or near Soudersburg a few
nights since. The circumstances as we learn them
ate. briefly as follows.' A woman by the name of
kicy Weitzel, a widow, gave birth to a child
about a week since. A few days afterwards she
clandestinely administered an overdose of lauda
num, which strangled and killed it almost imme
diately. As the child was remarkably strong and
healthy, it at once aroused the suspieim of the
rinrse, a Mrs. Garra, the moment she entered the
room and found the child dead. Report says the
inhuman mother and murderess of the child at
tempted to bribe the nurse, by offering her a cer
tain sum of money, to conceal the matter, but of
no avail. The latter at once gave the alarm to
the neighbors, which resulted in summoning the
Coroner and a jury to investigate the matter.--
Apost mortem examination was had, when a
la i rge quantity, (a teaspoonful) of laudanum was
found in the child's stomach. The verdict rendered
wias, "the child came to its death by an overdose of
laudanum administered to it by the mother with in
tentr to kill." We understand she was arrested and
conveyed to Lancaster Prison —Strasburg Bee.
The National Convention
Meets at Baltimore today. In our next issue we
shall be able to announce the result of its delibera
lions.' Whilst we pledge oursilf to sustain the nom
inee of the party. for the Prelsidency with all the
energy we Possess, no matter !who he may be, we
ore' nevertheless constrained to say that a rejection
of the long-deferred claims of Pennsylvania at this
time, would be as disagreeabl to our teelings, as it
would be in opposition to the 'wishes of nine-tenths
of the Democracy 'of the State. But we scarcely
can bring ourself to anticipat such a result. Mr..,
BUCHANAN ' S long and powerfol advocacy of Dem
ocratic principles, and his world-wide reputation as
an able and accomplished Statesman,have given him
such a strong hold on the popular mind and would
render his election so secure, that we Lave strong
hopes of his selection as the standard bearer of the
great republican party in thelnpproaching struggle
for the Presidenc i y; Our godd old Commonwealth
has long and patiently consented to be considered a
step-sister in this great contelieracy of States; but
her Democracy have at lengili aroused themselves
to a just appreciation of their own claims, and make
this last and powerful appel to their brethren of
the Union to do them but simple justice. We can_
not believe that their appealiwill 'be in vain. We
cannot think that it is the ettled, deliberate pur-
I pose of their political friU - r`a-elsewhere to forever
exclude them from furnishin i g a Chief Magistrate to
the Union; and yet such woi}ld be, in effect, the re
sult of Mr. Bucoiseo's rejection at this time. If
he is defeated in obtaining the nomination, we may
as well abandon all claims at once, and for at least
half a century to come continue to occupy the sec
ondary position we have held since the origin of
the Government. It Mr. BJ with all his great ser
e vices and ability, cannot obtnin the nomination, af
ter having twice or thrice been presented by his
State for the office with unparalleled unanimity, it
dill be in vain for any other Pennsylvanian ever to
aspire to the honor.
But we hope for the best, and are firm in the be
lief that he will be the mani Should we be mista
ken, however, and should we again be doomed to a
disappointment, as we were-in ISA we shall, as
usual, do our whole duty in s the campaign; and be
found where we always have been, in the front rank
battling for the nominee of the Democratic party
—with what success time rly can determine.
Gen. Scott ant-
It may be interesting to glance, at this time, at I
the perfect gem oi a letter written by the Whig
candidate for the Presidenicy, in prospective, to a
Native American Commitlee several years ago.—
He wrote it "in haste," but in frankness and minute
ness, .and at a time when hie was not su shy of hi,
views as he appears to be at the present time. It
would be well if the "addres i s" he alludes to, when
"fired with indignation," l i r "sat down with two
friends in his parlor . ' to "rally on American party,"
could be found. The follovving is the letter:—
I
WASIIINGTON. Nov. 10, 18.11.
. . - .
Deer Sir :—I have the honor to acknowledge
your letter of the Bth inst , written as you are
pleased to add, in behalf otlseveral hundred Native
American republicans of Philadelphia.
Not confidentially, but not for publication, I have
already replied to a letter] front David M. Stone,
EN , of your city on the same subject. I will write
to you in like manner anl) in haste. This is the
month when the pressure o r official business is hea
viest with me—leaving scarcely time tor sleep or
exercise. I must not, howe , er, wholly neglect your
communication.
Should any considerable number of my fellow
countrymen assign me, or desire to give me a prom
inent position helore the rblic. 1 shall take time
to methodize my views on! the great question you
have proposed. Those views have their origin in
the stormy elections of the ipring of 1835, and - were
confirmed in the week that the Harrison electors
were chosen in New Yorki On both occasions I
was in that city, and heard in the streets the cry,
..Down with the natives." It was heard in almost
every crowd of forelgners, as the signal ter rallying
and mileage.
ft' -ads :toe
Fired with indignation, two friends sat down witt
me in my parlor at the Astor House, (November,
IS-10.) to draw up an addriiss, designed to rally an
American party. The day after the election. I set
out for the South, and haveinever known precisely
why our appeal was not piiblished. Probably the
election of General Harriscin rendered its publica
tion at that time unnecessary in the opinion of my
two friends. . . .
I now hesitate between extending the period of
residence before naturalixttion, and it total repeal of
all ocis of Congress on the subject—my mind inclines
to the loiter.
'he Lociplc of the Philadel•
Concurring MN in the principle of the Philadet
phia movement I should prier as-uming, the name
of American Republicans, as in New York, or Dem
ocratic Americans, as I would respectfully suggest.
Brought up in the principles of the revolution—of
Jefferson, :Madison, &c.—under whom in youth, I
commenced life, I have aktays been called, I have
ever professed myself a republican, or Whig, which
with me was the same thifig. Democratic .9meri
runs would include all good native citizens, devoted
fa our country and institutions; would not drive fr , .m
us naturalized citizens, whi4 by long residence have
become identified with us in feeling and interest.
I am happy to see by t.ll Philadelphia National
American, that religion is to be excluded as a party
element. Staunch Protosteuit as I am, both by birth
and conviction, ]shall never consent to a party or
state religion. Religion is too sacred to be mingled
up with either. It should always be kept between
each individual and his Gdd, except in the way of
reason and gentle persuasioni as in families, churchei
and other occasions of voluptary attendance, (after
years of discretion,) or reciprocal cnnsent.
Wishing, success to the gteat work which you and
other patriots have happily set on foot, I remain
with high respect your fell4w-citizen,
W I NFI ELD SCOTT.
To Geo:ge Washington Reed,• Esq., and others,
Philadelphia.
Book liiOtices
ID"BLACKWoODEEDINBURG MAGAZINE for May,
is already issued from the press of Leonard Scott &
Co. It can be obtaine4 at Spangler's,
PICTORIAL LIFE AND HOVENITERES OF Guy
PAWICES.—This thrilling hiitorical romance of the
celebrated Gunpowder Plot,liii the reign of James
1. of England, and its authilr, has just been issued
by T. B. PETEMON, No. 09 1 1 , Chesnut street, Phila
delphia. The work is written by William Harri•
son Ainsworth, and the Illultrations, of which there
are twentwlintr, were designed and engraved in the
finest style . of the Art by Wurge Cruikshank, Esq.,
of London.
We have never read any thing with more inter
est. The attempt by Fawkes and his en-conspira
tors, to blow up the Parlian}ent House, and thereby
destroy the lives of the King and his family, to
gether with the members of Parliament, is famil
iar to every reader of En'glish history ; but the
particulars of the treason and the general charac
ter of the chiet conspirators, are here, for the first
time ; given to the public—highly colored . , it is true,
with romance, but containing also the real facts of
the case. I
'2
The book contaids 212 Vages, and is furnished at
50 cents per copy. It can be sent through the
mail to any section of the c l ountry.
Ton LONDON QUARTEDL for April, from the
re-print of Leonard Scott & Co., New York, has
been issued for about two weeks The number con
tains 150 pages. The contdnts are:
Sir Roger de Coverly; Wnlpole's Garland-1761;
Diary of Gen. Patrick Gordon; Recent Epics; Pro
gress of Comparative Anatdmy; Bohemian Embas
sy to England. &c., in 14601 The Cannon, the Mus
ket and the Rifle; California versus Free Trade; First
Ten Years of the Reign of George III; Lamartine.
on the Hundred Days; The old and New Ministers.
GRAHAM ' S MAGAZINX, for June, is a perfect gem
The engravings are truly superb, and the reading
matter cannot be excelled. The Editor says
"'Will you observe, that on the eve of our new
volume, we come out withnew type and fi tter pa
per, a new cover, fl esh imp udence, great hopes and
marvellous good humor. \V i e shall cut nobody from
our exchange list, nor cut our poor relations, either
—our children, if we` had any, might swing upon
our neighbor's gates—simply because we have no
vast expectations, anti our estates are entailed.—
When we get as rich as some other Magazine pub.
lishers, we shall be quite saucy, and shall say a great
deal, and—do nothing!" 1
The July number will cd,
Terms 6 copies -6 month
Goner ' s LADY'S BOOK 'T
for June is now out; it is a,
tifully embellished, and fil
matter. The design of "I'
Love," is a beautiful picti
place in the popular work
The Slave Case at Columbia.
Last week we copied from the Columbia Spy the
evidence taken before the Commisi3ioners of Mary
land and the District Attorney of this county, rela
tive to the shooting of the slave Smith, in Colum
bia. The Examiner of Wednesday publishes the
same testimony—and, in addition, bas the following
editorial remarks appended:
" We are informed by one of the counsel engaged
in this case that the above is a very imperfect ab
stract of the testimony taken, wholly omitting some
of the most important pints. It was shown,
among other things, that'Ridgely was to have $4OO
if he succeeded in restoring the slave to his master,
and , not king if he failed; and that when the pistol
went off Snyder (Ridgley's associate) was on tha
opposite side of the negro. and would have been al
most inevitably hit it the ball had not lodged in the
negro's neck. The probability of Ridgley's wilfully
taking the life of a man he then saw for the first
time in his life, at a loss to himself of $9OO, besides
running the risk of killing his associate—to say
nothing of having to stand a trial for murder—is a
matter about which our readers can form their own
opinions. The gentlemen engaged in the investiga
tion are said to be of the opinion that the shooting
was entirely accidental and unintentional.
Immediately alter the occurrence Mr. Ridgley
expressed his determination to surrender himself to
the civil authorities, but was advised by citizens Of
Columbia ot to do so; and in pursuance of this ad
vice he returned to Baltimore.
It is also but proper to remark, that the Mary
land Commissioners—two of the most eminent law
yers in that State—expressed their determination
to advise the rendition of Ridgley, if it could be
shown that he had been guilty of any criminal act."
How much more honorable and commendable is
the course of the Examiner than that pursued by the
Independent Sis4ti,L .. This latter paper's whole effort
appears to be to cast odium on Gov. BIGLER, and it
seeks by vile abuse and senseless denunciation to
create an impression on the public mind that he has
been derelict in duty, and that he has shown a dis
position to avoid the responsibility of making a re
quisition upon the Governor of Maryland for the
surrender of Ridgley. 'With what little reason the
Whig makes these assaults, maybe gleaned from
the following facts: On the Bth of May the Legis
lature of Maryland passed a resolution authorizing
the Governor to appoint Commissioners to collect
the facts of the unfortunate affair, and communicate
with the Governor of Pennsylvania on the subject.
On the 16th, during the absence of Gov. Biocsn
from Harrisburg, pallets were filed in the Executive
Department asking a requisition on the Governo
of :Maryland for the delivery of Ridgley. On his
return, several days after, to the seat of Givern.
ment, he received from District Attorney Thompson
additional testimony in the case; and on the '22d
he received a vote from the Maryland Commission-
Nativltim.
era informing him that they still had important ad
ditional testimony to present, and soliciting him to
delay final fiction on the matter until they could
have it prepared—at the same time assuring the
Governor that he need have no apprehensions that
Mr. Ridgley would escape.
These are the facts of the case, as ascertained
by a friend who visited Harrisburg a few days ago,
and our readers can see at a glance what little
cause, or rather, no cane at all, our contemporary
has had for his ungentlemanly attack upon Gov.
Bigler. WheiT all the testimony is once belore the
Executive, we have no doubt he will act, and act
filially in such a way as law and justice demand.—
The proceedings throughout of this unfortunate af
fair are very unusual ; but Gov. Bigler could hard
ly be expected to treat with, neglect the deliberate
action of a sister State in a matter of such vital im
portance. Common courtesy, we think, would (le
mand that a fair opportunity should be given to
hear all the facts of the case; until thiS is done, it
is neither honest nor manly todenounce the Gover
nor. It svil be time enough to do so when he ne
glects or refuses to do his duty, after the prelimina
ry proofs have been adduced.
_
This wholesale, indiscriminate abuse of Goy. Big
ler can do the Whig party no good, nor will it do
him harm. Those who have known him longest
and Cest, know him jo be a man of the strictest in
tegrity, who will 'Wither turn to the right hand or
the lett in the faithful and honest discharge of his
duty. The public may therefore rest satisfied that
in this, as in every other case that may come be
fore him, he will do full justice to the rights and
nterests of all the parties concerned.
It has been asserted by several papers in the
State, says the Harrisburg Keystone, that the list of
public defaulters reported to the last Legislau.re, by
the State Treasurer, contained in the gross, defalca
tions to the amount of more than $3.000,000
Th is is a gross slander upon the fair fame of the
Commonwealth, and any and all papers. that hare
given currency to it, should lose no time in ma
king the proper correction. By adding the several
amounts, containeTin the Treasurer's report alluded
to, they come to about $207,000, running through
perioe of near half a century, and during a time
when the receipts and dish tir , ,ements of the Trea
sury have exceeded 5200,000.000. As these defal
cations amount to less than one.sixth of one per
cent. of the money handled during their occurrence,
they certainly reflect no discredit upon the State or
upon its receiving and disbursing officers. It would
be difficult to find in any country or in any age
where such vast sums of public money have been
handled with more honesty or with less loss.
ACKNOWLEDGING TOE CORN."—The New York
Express says:—The high prices of beef, veal, mut
ton, butter, potatoes, and other such necessaries of
life, not only in this great metropolis, but in other
cities on the Atlantic, indicate something wrong in
the mode of providing for the markets, or the for
warding of things to market. Be the causes of high
prices, however, what they may, if the causes be.
good, more farmers arc needed than ree have, Agri
culture, prices tell us, is underdone. There are not
enough raisers of mood properly to supply the devourers'.
This is what we call "acknowledging the corn."
"What things," asks the Pennsylvanian, are they
to which the Express refers that are overdone? If
they are not the agricultural pursuits, certainly it
must mean manufactures. While agriculture has
been comparatively neglected, manufactures have
been fostered end built up. Thousands have been
induced by the cry of "protection," to desert the
country and fly to the town, to seek employment,
or in some way engage in manufacturing. And
what is the result? 'Our markets are glutted with
goods of every description, v,hich sell at a low price,
while the real necessaries of life sell at an extrava
gant rate on account of the small number engaged
in producing them."
1:X The editor of the Knoxville Whig is 'down"
on Gen Scott. He says the General's "improper
use of public monies in his early days in the army:
his quarrel with Gen.-Jackson, in which he came
off second best: his bad treatment of Gov. Clinton:
his unsuccessful quarrel and controversy with Gen.
Gaines: his contest with Gov. Marcy, in which he
got the worst of the fight: his more recent contest
with Gen. Pillow, in which to say the least of it
he made nothing: all these, and more, would come
up in judgement against him, and overwhelm him,
if once brought before the country as a candidate
for the Presidency. His notorious vanity, which is
more than equal to his military ability, has been
the fruitful mother of his indiscreet acts, and with
out any abortion, has given birth to a progeny
of hateful and silly speeches and deeds, as numerous
as the shaol of little fishes that inhabit the waters
01 Egypt:
Tun JAPAN Exesnrriosr.—lt is stated on the nu
dimity of the officers of the Dutch frigate Prince
of Orange, that the Emperor of Japan has strong
ly fortified every part of his coast, and has a body
of well equipped soldiers, ready to give the Amer
ican expedition under Corn. Psnar, s a warn) greet
ing. The Dutch officers all think our force despatch
ed to that quarter as utterly inadequate to the task
of forcing an entry into the city of Jeddo.
mmence anew volume
(of 700 pages) $5.
-Godey's Lady's Book
capital num her—beau
ed with choice reading
The Debardeur's First
ure—and welt worth a
Hof Godey's.
A Slander Nailed
Decisions. of Supreme Court upon
-Lancaster County Cases.
We find in the Harrisburg Telegraph a decision,
by the Supreme Court of the following cases from
this county:
Harding es. Harding—Lewis Justice—On the.
trial of an issue drvisovit eel non; proof of the hand
writing of a subscribing witness to a will„Who is
an appellant from the Register's Court is not admis
sable when he is a " brother of the testator, and a
devise in the will." •
John Harding was never competent, even'at the
time of the attestation, and is to be considered as
if he had never been a subscribing witness The
proof of his hand writing, whether derived from
the testimony of the other subscribing witness or
from his own declarations - was inadmissible. In
this case the name of the testator was written by
another person, be being unable to do it, and it did
not appear that be knew the contents further than
it was a will. This court held, that the court be
low erred in permitting the instrument in dispute
to be read to the jury as fufficiently authenticated,
on proof of the hand writing of an interested sub
scribing witness; and alit) in the instructions given
that it was "well executed," and that the jury ought
to render a verdict establishing it as a will.
Judgment reversed and a venire de novo awarded.
Rifson vs. Hays—Black C. J. Service of a writ
by reading, and by copy is sufficient; and the cause
of action, or that it was founded on book account,
need not appear in it, or in the declaration. The
act requiring that the espies of the book entries
shall be filled by the plaintiff; which was done, is
sufficient, and is a full notice of the nature of the
demand.
The judgment was entered under the act of 3d
April, 1851, requiring an affidavit of defence, none
having been filed within the time prescribed by rule
of Court, nor was any tendered afterwards. The
errors assigned were merely technical, and if the
defendant below was taken by surprise, he should
have applied to the Co rt of Common Pleas to open
the judgment, and it would have been done on equi
table terms. Judgment affirmed.
Kennedy vs. Lancaster County Bank—Lowrie J.
A note is vitiated by the alteration of its date. un
less the holders account for the alteration. Simp
son vs. Stackhouse 9 State R. 186. All the bank's
officers having the custody of it, have expurgated
themselves, in the opinion of the jury, though it
might have been more satisfactory to have heard
any of them say that they noticed the condition of
the note when the bank received it.
But this is an accommodation note, discounted
for the maker, who was the holder belore the bank
got it. The alteration remains unaccounted for
until it is shown that Rambo, the maker, received
it from his accommodation endorser in its altered
state. Culvert vs. Roberts 3 Campbell 343. Wood
ward vs. Bank of America It, John 391. Bell vs.
State Bank 7 Blackford 456. The testimony of
Rambo, would therefore seem to be necessary rath
er for the plaintiff than for the defendant below.—
On this point the Court was in error.
But the defendant called Rambo ,and offered to
prove by hint that the note was not altered when
the defendant endorsed it over, and this offer was
rejected. The witness was sworn to testily and his
.''testimony" was rejected; and yet it s alleged
, here that it was the witness, and that he was re
jected on the policy that prohibits a party, to a bill
or note actually negotiated in the usual course of
business from being a witness to invalidatedt. If the,
witness was rejected on this ground there is no er
ror ; the case started with the legal presumption
that the true note had been altered, and the witness
was offered, not to impeach it in the aspect in which
the law siesta it, but to rebut the evidence of oth
ers who presented it in a diffarent aspect. The
presumption that a note has been, altered sets aside
the presumption of its regular negotiations and ad
mits the parties to testify if not interested.
If the objection was that the witness would be
liable over to his endorser for costs, this ccitild be
removed by a release. If it was meant to reject
the 'testimony" that the alteration was made with
out the defendant's knowledge, we have already
shown this to be error.
This is a very equivocal bill of acceptions and
we have decided it under three aspects. But we
could not have so done had there not been another
point on which a reversal was demanded; and then
the plaintiff in error might have suffered seriously
for not having had the objection to the witness or
the testimony clearly stated in his bill.
The receipt by the defendant of the:, notice of
protest and his subsequent offer to renew the note
are not of the slightest value,unless it appears that
lie then knew of the alteration, and they do not
prove knowledge. Perring vs. Horn 13 E. C. L.
R. 328. 4 Bing. 2S. We see no other error.
Judgment reversed and a venire de novo awarded.
Gamber vs. Gamber—Black J.—The declara
tions of an insolvent husband cannot under any cir
cumstances be evidence for his wife as to her own
ership of the property. Here the husband said be
fore the carriage was bought that his wife was-go
ing to give him the money to pay for it, and he
declared afterwards that she had done so; and when
asked for the loan of it he referred the applicants
to his wile, and sail the carriage belongid to her.
The administrators of the husband did not include
it in the appraisment of his effects, because the wid
ow told them she owned, it.
The act of IS-IS did not intend to open such a
door. When property is claimed by a married wo
man, she must show M. evidence which does not
admit a reasonable doubt, either that she owned it
at the time of her marriage, or acquired it after
wards by gift. bequest, or purchase. -
the husband create title to personal property
in the wile by merely saying it is hers, no creditor
would be sale for a single moment. It is tint easy
to conceive how a higher premium for 'thshonesty
could be offered. The relation of husband and wile
is sr intimate and the identity of their interests' so
absolute, that even the oath of either is not and
ought not to be taken in favor of the other. A mul
ti fortiori, the naked declaration should be rejected.
Judgment reversed and a venire de VOW awarded.
Kelly vs. Kanfrotatt.;--Lewis, J.—A gentleman of
partnership accounts, and a division of the Partner
ships assets d oes not discharge the parties from,
their mutual obligations to contribute to losses
which may subsequently arise from circumstances
not anticipmed at the time of the settlement. The
note taken by Kelly, one of the parties On 46 share,
was rryable to the 111-.9, and could nut be negotia
ted without the endorsement of the firm so as to
lender both patties liable to the holder- upon non
payment at maturity, with notice of default; and it
was error below in permitting 'the jury to inter an
express agreement by Kelly to take the t ote'at his
own risk, from circumstances not sufficient to jus
tify such a conclusion. An crpress agreement alone
can discharge one partner from liability to another,
on a note taken by the firm, and passed over to one
as his share of the assets.
Judgment reversed and a.venire de Iloilo awarded.
Rohm - vs. Rohrer—Woodward J.—Though .by
the act of 1845, the expense of making and keep
ing up partition fences is to be equally borne by
the parties whose lands thus adjoin, yet if one of
the adjacent owners abandon the division line and
set his fence in upon his own land, and throw out
lane to the public use, which be has a perfect
right to do, they tin longer improve adjacent hinds,
and are not within the statuary remedy. The party
thus dedicating his land to the public use is 'not
cum' enable to defray half of the expense of build
., leg the fence on the other side of the lane; he might
us well insist upon assistance to keep tip the fence
on his own side. Each must maintain his own
fence along the lane, without calling upon the
other for help—Judgment reversed. •
The Lancaster Bank vs. IVoodward.—Woodward
J.—The Lancaster Bank having paid the check of
the defendant in error more than a • year after it
was drawn, and at a time there were no funds to
his credit, the drawer himself having bdfore paid
the amo int to the payee, they are not entitled to
recover of the defendant. When the drawer paid
the check, the negotiability and value of it was
gone forever, and though he should have lifted it,
still the
- payment extinguished his liability on ac
count of it. Judgment affirmed.—lnd.
Land TVarrants.—The subjoined Circular has
been prepared in reply to the many inquiries ad
dressed to the Pension office:
Sin: In reply to your letter of inquiry, you are
informed that where a pasty dies before the issue
of his land warrant, under the act of 28:h Septem
ber, 1830, the right to it dies with him, unless there
be a widow, or children •ho were minors at the
time of the passage of the act. It he left a widow.
the application maybe renewed in her name; or, if
none, then in the name of snch minor children. If
there be neither widow nor minor children, no right
vests in any case. The act of 22d March, 1852, is
silent as to the right of the widow or children to
renew the application, it the party dies before ob
taining the warrant. •
If the claimant dies after the issue of the warrant,
the title thereto vests in the heirs in the same man
ner as real estate, and can be assigned only by those
who could convey a tract 01 land decended from the
ancestor.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, -
J. E. HEATH, Commissioner
Smashing Work on the Michigan Railro4cl.—We
learn, from the Niles'Republican of the 15th
the particulars ofa grand crush on the Michigan Rail
road, on the 11th ult , which was accompanied by a
lossof life and a seriouspersonal injury. An emigrant
train was left standing across a switch, when a train
of twenty-four cars, loaded with ties, come up at its
usual speed,and plunged into Them, smashing the first
car into a hundred pieces, and breaking and throw
ing the secold in the air, landing it on its side.
What careltSpess—killed 5, woo ided 49 persbns.
The National Convention.
We copy 'from the Boston Poit and commend to
the attention of our readers, the following well con
sidered ;article' on this subject. The Post is right
in. assuming that the. Strength, of the democratic
party consists in the nationality of its position—in
the fact that by all its princiPlevand policy it is
pledged to interpose its ascendency as an impreg
nable- bulwark against the reopening of the sec
tional controversies which have so much agitated
the country; and has strong grounds on which to
base its confidence that the action of the National
Convention, which Meets at Baltimore today, will
be such as to bring out clearly before the eyes of
the people this great and .capital point of the dem
ocratic-national organization: .
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.—The lime
draws nigh when the Democratic National Conven
tion will assemble at Baltimore. This will be an
occasion of intense interest and.of vast importance.
For ,the first time will delegates from the shores of
the Pacific meet those from the shores of the At
lantic in council to consult as to a Chief Magistrate
to preside over the empire of freedom which hasso re
markably and so gloriously grown up: It will be
well if the members of the convention bear always
in mind that they represent the . party whose prin
ciples, labors, triumphs, and measures have mainly,
thus far, guided and moulded this great empire; that
their conservative idea of the rights of the States as
the sheet-anchor of an American polity, in steady
opposition to catralization or consolidation, and
their progressive ideas as to the future of reform
and of extension, in opposition to conservatism and
contraction, have carried the country upward and
onward to its present proud position. It is a fact,
too, that had the party of the past—the declared
opposing counsels from Jefferson's time to the pres
ent time—prevailed, neither the valley of the ;Miss
issippi, with its world of trade,,nor Texas, nor Cal
ifornia, with its golden commercial train, would
now be united in the bonds of one country and one
destiny. It ,is because the democratic policy—a
truly national and firmly constitutional policy—tri
umphed, that now the star-spangled banner so proud
ly waves over a country reaching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
This great and patriotic party will be in council,
to gather, from all its borders, its varied views. re
flect its public opinion—to plant itself on such mea
raS as fidelity to old principles, and conformity to
the present wants of the country, may seem to de
mand—such, in a word, as may tend to strengthen,
adorn, and perpetuate the republic. It is a crisis
in our annals. But it is no new thing for the de
mocracy tm.meet crises. It has met them before,
when, in opposition it may be to interests and lo
calities. and in spite of the known fact that large
portions of it did not agree in important measures,
it went forward and laid down its platform in a
rank and honorable manner, and planted itself on
these measures. Such, as instances, was the course
adopted as to a United States bank and an inde
pendent treasury. There was then no d edging pol
icy, and no Janus-faced non-committalism adopted.
The ,platform was boldly framed, the candidates
were placed on it, and the people, with manliness
and conlidepce in the right, were invited to rally on
it. All felt, on that, under such circumstances, de
feat would not be disgruce, while success would be
a triumph of principle. We hope these bold ex
amples will not be forgotten by the Baltimore Con
vention. Let it renew the old, strong, and sound
resolutions of 1844 and 18.18, and give form to the
public opinion of the party by an acquiescence in
the compromise measures. Then it will stand on
solid ground, and come up to the mark of the crisis
of the history of the country. We believe a vast
Majority of the people, whatever views they may
have had as to the meats or details of these mea-
. _
sures, are Of opinion that the peace, the future wel
tare of the country, urgently require that they should
remain undisturbed; and that the demand now is
for a guarantee to this effect in the action of a suc
cessful party.
But, whatever may be the decision on this single
point of the convention—however sharp may be
the discussion which strong prejudices and enthus
iastic personal devotion may elicit—still the idea
is inadmissible that the platform Will be sectional
or that the nominees will not be bold, unflinching
supporters of the constitution and all its compro
misei. There will be too much patriotism, intelli
genre, and nationality in the convention for any
other result. Hence, whatever this result may be,
it must be regarded as expressing the will of the
p.irty—as imbodying the decision of the majority.
Acquiescence in it, therelore—prompt and cheerful
acquiescence—can be the only correct ground of
.political action. And it is to be hoped that this
may be the preliminary watchword that will run
through the convention; that there will he no prior
language of dictation or of threatening, and no after
scene of denunciation and secession; and that, so far
as the members are concerned, they will recognize
and act tip to Rteir great duty to the democratic
cause, and hail the platform and the nominations
as the fairly expressed collective will of the democ
racy—the bond of union, harmony, struggle, and
victory.
We believe, so far as the masses of the party are
concerned, that the determination is general and
strong to abide by the decision of this convention.
Here and, there, we know, there is a press, or a lo
cality, that assumes a threatening tone—where it
is announced that if this or that platform, if this or
that candidate, be - not successful, the decision of the
convention will not be concurred in. Such cases
are few. And we have faith to believe that such
a policy; *ill dot be persisted in. When the voice
of the majority is clearly indicated. when the old
and patriotic p irty ot Jefferson and Jackson once
more begin to rally about the national and consti
tutional standard, we cannot believe that these
presses and localities will act no suicidal a part as
to play into the hands Of the enemy. More likely,
far, that the merdinry of old struggles and triumphs
will animate them to renew critically their past
course, to cast bygones to the winos, to rush tor
ward to the van of the great'democratic army, and
strive for the largest, honors 01 tie triumph. This
isghe spirit that om.ht to pervade the party. With
such such a spirit, anit with zeal and determination,
together with an efficient organization and wall-di
meted labor, all will he well.
And when was it of more national importance
that the democracy should succeed Every patriot
ought to hesitate ere he contributes to a triumph
of the abolition element under the Scott banner.—
Stith an event would re-open agitation, with more
ot danger to the Union than ever. lo prevent it,
the true course to take, not for democrats, but
for every trite American, is to rally under the ban
ner which has boldly on its folds peace to the
country and fidelity to the constitution and the laws.
fa' We are indebted to Col. J. FRANKLIN Res
°ART, of this City, for a pamphlet copy of the
!'Report of the Select C onmitree [of the Maryland
Legislature] appointed to consider so much of Gover
nor Lotee's Message as relates to the murder of Ed
ward Gorsuch, and the trial of the Treason Case in
Philadelphia."
The Report is an able one, but ourlimits prevent
its insertion. The following resolutions, howei.er,
which accompany it embody the sentiments of the
Committee, and will be read with attention:
Resolved, By the General ° Assembly or Mary
land, That Maryland is, find ever has been true
and loyal to the American Union ; and whilst she
is ever willing, when the occasion requires it, to
pour out her blood and treasure in its defence, she
expects and requires that its laws shall afford
equal protection to the constitutional rights of her
people, to that enjoyed by the citizens of other
States.
- -
Resolved, That whilst the people of Maryland
most cordially acquiesce in the principles embraced
in the compromise measures of Congress, as a final
adjustment of all the questions growing out of the
institution of slavery, common justice, as well as a
proper regard ter their own rights, require that they
should insist, whenever either of those measures
shall be found defective in its practical operations,
that it shall be en amended as to render it effi
cient for the purpose . contemplated in its adoption.
Resolved, 'that experience has demonstrated the
as Fugitive Slave act" to be impotent for the pur
pose it was intended to eff.ict, by reason of the
failure of Congress, to enforce, by adequate pen
alties, attendance and aid of the "posse comita
tos,ii when required by the officer charged with
the execution of the la w., Therefore; such an
amendment by Congress as will render the act effi
cient and operative in this respect, is imperatiiiely
necessary. ,
Resolved, That our Senators be instructed, and
our Representatives in Congress requested, to use
;their best efforts to have the law amended in the
manner indicated in the preceding resolution.
Resolved, That the passage of an act by the Le
gislature of Perrnsylvania '
providing for the trans.
ter by writ of error of all cases arising within her
limits, which involve the operation or construction
of the 2nd section of the 4th article of the consti
tution of the United• States, or of the acts of Con
•gress passed in pursuance thereof, to the supreme
judicial tribunals of the country for trial, would be
eminently calculated to promote the ends of justice
and allay the feelings of excitement and irritation
which recent events have engendered between the
citizens of our respective States.
ABUNDA , CE or .MosEr.--The St. Louis Repub
lican says that money is very abundant in that city.
On the 10th ult., the Gas Company opened books
fora subscription of $50,000, in shares of $5O each,
a premium of $l.O being required on etch share,
and the stockhOlder to have no intereil is the prof
its of the ompaiy until 'the Ist of December
next. In a few in )urs the subscription amounted
to $116,350.
The New Railroad Arrangement.
The following communication, in reference to the
new arrangement about carrying passengers on the
Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, has been.
handed us by a friend who appears to be well book
ed up in the matter, and who would not, we are
satisfied, willingly mislead the public mind. It
the facts are as he has stated them, then - some of the
objections to the measure are removed;
we hope AD see something in the shape of an offi
cial document from the Canal Board explanatory
of the whole transaction: 'Unless this is done, it
will be next to impossible to satisfy the public that
there is not something wrong about the matter:
For the Intelligence,
COLUMBIA, May 29, 1852.
Sir. Sanderson:—From the columns of your val
uable " Journal" of the-25th inst., I learned that
" the Canal Commissioners had adopte& a resolu
tian to reduce the fare on the Columbia and Phila
delphia Railroad, and that they had given ,the ex
clusive right to transport passengers to Messrs.
DOCK k BINGHAM, for four years, from the flrstday
of July next " This last feature you very natural
ly, thought looked like a monopoly—l thought so
too, until upon inquiry, I learned more of the par
ticulr rs of the arrangement, with which I am much
pleased. -
The Canal Commissioners, anxious to make as
much revenue as possible, and yet to reduce the
fate, could not in justice do so, while paying the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company one cent per mile
for transporting the passengets—less a trifling wheel
toll. The reduction of fare then, is cony-fluent
upon, or a part of, the arrangement with Messrs.
Bingham & Dock. They are to carry the passen
gers hi superior first class cars for one HALF ccrrr
PER MILE—a large difference in favor of the State.
The reduction of fare will, greatlyincrease the num
ber of passengers, and with a large number, I
doubt not, the fff nterprising contractors will do well.
Thus the State and the public will be benefited,
and no one injured.
Another feature in the new arrangement is, that
these contractors are to carry the U. S. Mail over
the road for one-fifth the sum paid by the Post Of
fice Department to the Canal Commissioners for
that service, thus adding the remaining four-fifths
of the contract price to the revenues of the Corn.
monwealth—an item of no inconsiderable magni
tude, and which is just 'so much clear gain to the
State.
But there is yet another part of the arrangement
with which .the citizens of Columbia will be still
better pleased. It is, that the main route of pas
senger travel is to go by way of Columbia ;—that
is, the Canal Commissioners have determined to
use their own road as far as it goes, instead of
.using a Company road, over which they have no
control. This alone, from the 150,000 passengers,
who will probably travel on this route during the
next year will give the State $30,000; ar six per
cent interest upon half a million of our State debt.
From Columbia to Harrisburg, the route will be
the Harrisburg and Lancaster Company road, along
the beautiful and romantic Susquehanna. At Har
risburg the Pennsylvania Railroad commences ;
stretching its giant arms to grasp the travel and the
trade of the, Great West. This enterprising Com
pany has already accomplished much for itself and
the public at large ;,and, confining its operations
within its legitimate sphere, it will enrich itself,
and the Commonwealth whose name it hears—and
thus ho indeed a PENDISYLVALII , I. Company.
I say again, I think this arrangement a good one
for the Commonwealth, the traveling public and
also for the town of COLUMBL.
P. S.—By the following, which we take from
the money article of Thursday's Ledger, the action
of the Canal Commissioners is placed in an entire•
ly different light from that in which it has been
generally viewed :
" The Canal Commissioners have not leased the
privilege of carrying passengers. The State has
mearely taken that portion of the business of trans
portation into her own hands, and has contracted
with Messrs. Bingham & Dock to furnish cars, and
to,attend to the conveyance of prmsengers over the
road, and-the collection of the fare. For this ser
vice they are to he paid a stipulated price per mile
for each passenger. The State fixes the rate of
fare. The fare is paid intoMie State Treasury.—
The whole arrangement is one which enures to the
benefit of the public revenue. It injures no one
who has a right to complain. It. reduces the rate
of fare, and insures to the travelling public accom
modations not surpassed in former periods. The
reduction amounts to one sixth of the former rates;
whilst the amount of revenue received from each
passenger is dinimished in a very trifling degree.—
Besides, that diminution will, it is fair to presume,
be more than made up by an increase of travel,"
OnE New York Correspondence
NEW Yorc, May 27, 1352.
Mn. EDITOR :—The declaration of the most sa
gaciousiWhig politicians in Philadelphia, that John
ston would have been re-elected Governor of Penn
sylvania by a large majority, had he announced his
adherence to the Compromise Measures,instead of
ofmaintaing the statute by which the use the Coun
tr Prisons was denied for the safe keeping of fugi
tive slaves, whether it be well founded or not, is a
sufficient evidence that the Whigs of that State will
not unitedly support any candidate whom their
Convention can nominate, and, consequently, that
the electoral vote of Pennsylvania is, as sure as
anything can be, for the Democratic nominee.
Gen. Scott is an apt pupil of Wm. H. Seward, and
is making rapid progress in the art of being 44 all
things to all men," but be will lied it difficult to
B:airy, equally, the Compromise Whigs of Phila
delphia, and the Abolition Whigs of Pittsburg.—
This game will probably be successful, so far as
securing the nomination is concerned ; lor different
professions of political faith have been made for
him by his friends, to meet the views of the dele
gates from the different sections of the Union ; and,
when asked Gtr a written pledge, the plausible re
ply is, that he is prepared to submit his opinions to
general consideration, as soon as a suitable oppor
tunity presents itself, either by the action of a
State or the National Convention: In other words:
"Nominate me first, and then I'll tell you what 1
mean." Will the Whigs, in their eagerness to se
cure the eclat of a military candidature, be so fool
ish as toliuy such "a pig in. a poke'?" The 16th
of Jane will tell.
The probability of another war with Mexico ad
monishes us of the importance of establishing a
Democratic Administration as early as posible, to
defend the honor and interests of the United Stales;
the history of the country showing that the Whig
Party is always ready to sacrifice anything and
everything, and to submit to the most ignominious
humiliation, for thetsake of presery rig peace. The
present difficulties with VI exico spring out of the
violation of the Tehuantepec . Treaty, and the refit
sal of the Mexican 'Congress to keep good faith on
the Garay Grant, because it has been assigned to
American Capitalists. The Mexicans dread the
Yankees terribly, and fear that, if the latter are
only once permitted to get foothold in Tehuantepec,
even for the construction of a canal or a railroad,
it will be the certain prelude to the final conquest
and annexation of their whole territory, and I don't
know but that their fear is quite justifiable. It is
necessary, however, to protect the rights of our
merchants, at any cost, and, if Mexico violates her
contract, she must be made to bleed. The United
Stales are unfortunate in their present Representa
tive in Mexico, air. Letcher of Kentucky, whose
indolence, incapacity, and feebleness of character,
render him entirely inadequate for such an emer
gency.
The latest advices front Oregon induce the belief
that, !Jelin° the end of another year, application
will be made to Congress; to admit the Northern
portion of that territory into the Union, ns a Sover
eign State. The population its already sufficient, and
a great tide ofeirogration has been flowing that, way,
this Spring. Oregon is a region of far greater nat
ural resources than Crtlifbrnii, in every respect, ex
cept gold mines, and will, doubtless, become the
more populous and powerful State of Dm two
discovery of vast beds of coal in Vaucouvdr's
Island has given that British possession a new val
ue ; and as, it lies so near the shores of Oregon, it
must be ultimately acquired by us, either by pur
chase or by force of arms. A great future is dawn
ing for us on the Pacific. All the islands of that
ocean, and even the distant coast of Asia, are be
ginning to be attracted toward the vortex of Amer
ican absorption. It is only a question of time, when
the stars and stripes shall wave over the porcelain
towers of Pekin. We, shall christianize and nat
uralize, until we shall have taught all nations to
speak English, and to read the newspapers.
The recent expose of a ridiculous quarrel between
M. de Sartiges, the French Minister at Washington,
and Mr. Barney or Baltimore, which has resulted
in each of the hot-headed gentlemen appealing to
the other's government for redress, has afforded
some food for merriment. The great sins which
-Mr. Barney lays at M. Sartige's door are, that he
shoots cats and dogs, by way of recreation, on the
Sabbath-day; that he lights cigars in the drawing
room; and that he never invites ugly women to his
parties. The cats, and dogs, and cigars, may be
just grounds of complaint. but M. de Sartige's
would be an apostate Frenchman,if he did not pre
fer the society of pretty women ; and Mr. Barney,
in throwing down the gauntlet of defiance in behalf
of the ugly ones, has exhibited greater gallantry
than taste. It will be a dreadful thing if Gaul and
Columbia are to go to war in such a cause. With
all my devotion to the stars and stripes, I fear I
should, in such a case, be strongly tempted to bat
tle for the pretty women. What say you 7
" &penny saved is apenny gained" is a good old
maxim. Some of yourreadersmaysave more that
a penny by reading this paragraph. Messrs Grego
ry & Co., express men of this city are sending cir
culars all over the country, offering to buy "through
tickets" to San Francisco, for persons who write
requesting them to do so, and enclosing the price
of the tickets and the sum of five dollars extra for
each ticket so bought, as a compensation for their
services. Now, Messrs. Gregory & Co., are a firm
against whom I have never heard a word spoken,
and I do not doubt thatthey perform all their prom
ises faithfully and punctually; but, as it is the duty
of a journalist to endeavor to impart useful infor
mation to the public, I should be unfaithful to my
trust, if I did not in this instance, nay that, unless
a man has a special regard for the interests of Mes
ere. Gregory & Co., and an utter disregard for his
own interests, he will keep the five dollars in his
own pocket, and write to head-quarters himself, for
his tickets. It is quite as easy to address a letter to
C. A. Whitney, Agent of the U. S. Mail Steamship
Company, as to Messrs. G regory & Co.; and five dol
lars are worth saving by a man who has to go to
Galifornia to better his condition.
e Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has taken lier final leave
of a New York audience, and will return to Eu
rope in the steamer Atlantic, on Saturday next.--
I have it from the best authority, that the " natural
ral consequences of matrimony" have not failed to
result from Jenny's union with Otto Goldschmidi ;
and that she retires froirt the stage, in order to
avoid hazarding the life of the anticipated little
stranger, by undue excitement. Her voice is still,
as sweet as ever, but it has lost several degrees of
its former power. Yours truly,
National Agricultural Convention.
NVherea , the Massachusetts Board of Agricul
ture, at its meeting held in Boston, Jan. 14, 1852,
requested its President to enter into correspondence
with the Presidents of State and other Agricultu
ral Associations, on the expediency of calling a
"National Agricultural Convention;"' and whereas,
the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at its
meeting at Harrisburg on the 20th of the same
month, and the Maryland State Agricultural Soci
ety, at its meeting in Baltimore on the 4th of Feb
ruary, adopted similar resolutions, and recommend
ed the formation of a National Agricultural Soci
ety; and whereas, the New York, Ohio, and other
State Societies, through their Presidents or by pub
lished resolves, have expressed similar views in re
lation to the necessity of a closer bond of union be
tween all such institutions throughout our country:
Therefore, the undersigned, believine• ' from these
indications that the time has arrived for a confed
eration of local Agricultural Societies in the United
States, and in cantormity with a resolution at the
Pennsylvania SoCiety, authorizing the Presidents of
the three first named Associations to designate the
time and place; do hereby invite delegations to meet
in convention in the city of Washington, on the
24th day of June next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
The objects of this convention are to organize a
National Agricultural Society, to which lire various
Agricultural Societies may be auxiliary; to consult
together upon the general good, and to establish,
by this society, or such other means as the conven
tion may devise, a more cordial and widely extend
ed intercourse between agriculturalists in our own
country and in other lands; to create additional fa
cilities for the acquisition and diffusion of knowl
edge, by books, journals, seeds and other objects of
interest to the American farmer and gardener ; and
to action such other matters pertaining to the ad
vancement of agriculture as the wisdom of the
convention may judge appropriate.
For these purposes the undersigned earnestly EO
- delegations trom the various State or other or
ganizations, for the promotion of agriculture its the
several State and Territories; and where such organ
ization do not exist, delegations from such districts,
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of sei' ° g Nos. 135, 137, and 139 Water street, Ne%
be ob." AGENTS.
tore te e . John Farrel, 34 Walnut street, ?Idled
to give ii. C. L. Harmon, Chicago,
pet ioilicals Henry Williams, Milwaukie, \Vie.
A large 1. ry AlcCandlish, Richmond, - Va.
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ticipisted
Societies will please transmit at an early date a
list of the delegates they have aispointed, to Daniel
Lee, M. I), Agricultural Departrtmut,yatent ollice,
Washington.
Marshall P. Wilder, Pres't Mass Boa ia• of A rg.
Frederick Watts, '• Pa. awe Agr. Soc.
Charles B. Calvert, do 111 d. State Agr. Soc.
Henry Wagner, do N Y. State Agr. Soc.
Thomas Stocks, do • South Car. Agr. Sec;
Arthur Watt, do 0. St. Board of Agr
James Talmadge,' do Am. Institute, N. Y.
John C. Gray, do Mass. Soc. Pto Agr.
Joseph A.. W right, do Ind. State Age. Soc.
Geo. W. Nesmith, do N. H. St. Agr. Soc.
Frederick Holbrook, do Vt. State Agr. Soc.
Josiah Chapin, do It. 1. Society for the
Encouragement of Domestic Industry,
Shocking Railroad Accident.
The Boston Journal of Tuesday last contains the
following particulars of a frightful railroad accident
which occurred in that neighborhood on the previ-
ous evening
One of the most shocking accidents which has
taken place in this vicinity for a long time,"occurted
about o'clock, last evening, - on the Fitchburg
Railroad, at a road crossing in West Cambridge,
near the Waverly depot. As we learn the facts
from a passenger, it appears that the Northern spe
cial train from Burlington was approaching the
crossing at a speed of about forty miles an hour;
the engineer blew his long steam wi,istle and rung
his hell, as usual„at the same time reversing his
engine. This was noticed by some .of the passen
gers, who suspected that there was something more
than ordinary in the way, from the fact or the en
gine being reversed while the train was piing at so
rapid a sped, and some lett their seats for the pur
pose or looking outside. Belute the train could be
stopped, however, the engine struck a carryall, con
taining Mr. Wm. Sawyer, of Charlestown, his wile,
three daughters and Mr. John Gibbs, son-in-law of
Mr. Sawyer, knocking the carryall into tragments,
and instantly killing Mr. Sawyer, ilis eldest daugh
ter, a young lady about 18 years of age, arid Mr.
Gibbs. The two other daughters were young chil
dren, the eldest of whom was thrown a considerable
distance from the track, and escaped without any
serious injury. The youngest, an mlant, was in its
mother's arms at thectime of the collision, and sin
gular enough, was retained to her embrace, while
she was carried a distance of seventy or eighty rode
on the front 01 the engine, before the powerful in
strument of destruction could be stopped. When
picked up, Mrs. Sawyer was senseless, her skull be
ing fractured arid a portion of the brain protuding
therefrom. The infant to whom she had so luridly
clung in sucn a terrible moment. escaped unharmed.
She, together with the two children, were taken to
the residence of Mr. Reed, near by, where physici- •,
•
ans were speedily called, and every attention paid
the sufferers.
Mr. Sawyer appeared to have been struck on the
left side of the head arid body, and was not much
bruised. Mr. Gibbs was so badly mutilated as to,
scarcely bear even the resemblance to a human be=N
ing, his head being crushed to a jelly, his intestines
protruding from his body, and his body and limbs
mangled most shockingly. The horses jakt es
caped instant death, and the last heard from them
they were dashing up the road at a furious speed.
The train was detained about an hour behind its
usual time of reaching the city, and immediately
atter its arrival at the depot here, another engine
and car, with such friends of Mr. Sawyer and the
family us desired, returned to the scene of the acci
dent.
Mr. Sawyer was about fifty years of age, and
was recently appointed Chairman of the Board of
Inspectors at the State Prison. Very little - hope is
had far the recovery of Mrs. Sawyer.
The Plague.
Ills stated that much apprehension is felt in New
Orleans of the approach of a new disease, which is
called the plague, and is now said to be prevailing
in some of the West India Islands, A disease cal.
led by the same name has made its appearance in
some parts of the West. It is said to be like the
cholera, but more fatal. Whether it is the same
disease which goes by the name of plague, in the
East, is not stated, The Boston Medical Journal
alludes to the subject as follows -
'lt is certain from the accounts received both here
arid in England, the true plague has been introduced
into Madeira, and the work of death has been re
ally appalling. The question was frequently agi
tated—will that dreadful disease ever reach this con
tinent! There is reason to believe it will; the won
der is why it has not already. Our commercial
intercourse is extensive with various parts of Africa
arid the Asiatic shore of the Mediterranean, where
this great scourge is never dead or dying, but sim
ply reposing from one period to another, like a fa
tigued giant, to gather new strength for a renewal
of slaughter. Should it come, it may be hoped
there will be found more science, and a stronger bar
rier of medical skill, to meet and disarm it of its
terrors, than has been exhibited in tropical cli
mates, in the filthy, scourge -inviting regions of
Moslem Turkey. Plague appertains to the Arab, in
this age, and where the same condition of things
exisC as charac,erises their mode of lite, their so
cial condition, and the absence of all common sense
efforts to avert or arrest it, it will have an abiding
foothold."
EU-Split gold dollars and two-and-a-half pieces are
rapidly multiplying• 13y come fine and ingenious
machinery they are split in two, and about one-half
of the coin abstracted, and the plundered sides
stuck togehter again, the face ot the pieces not the
least scarred or injured. Look out ter them.
Sante Fe Trade.—Two merchants reached St.
Louis on the 14th from Chihuahua, by way of St.
Joseph's' with $BO,OOO in coin, to lay in supplies
o f goods for the ensuing year. Full $60,000 were
Mexican dollars, tied up in raw hide sacks, contain
ing from $3,000 to $3,500 each. The ballance was
bullion. The arrival of coin from New Mexico
has been unusually large this season.
NICHOLAS