3ntelligencer, & Journal.
GED. SANOERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, March 29, 1858•
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS:
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL,
=MZE=
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
ORD COUNTY
OF CRAWF
117" Such of our subscribers as may change their
places of residence, willj please let us : know where
to direct their papers after this vi)yek.
Arthur Spring Convicted... •
. The trial of Arthur Spring, for the girder of
Honore. Shaw and Heleia Lynch, commenced in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer, of Philadelphia, on
yesterday week, and continued until Thursday even
ing. The testimony of the principal witness, young
Spring, before the Court was the same in substance
as what we published last week; and hie evidence
was strongly corroborated by 'several other Wanes
es, all going to prove, beyond the possibility of a
doubt, that the elder Spring was . the murderer. No
evidence was offered liy the prisober. The case
was conducted on the , part of the Commonwealth
by District Attorney, B. ROOD and his
Deputy, Mr. Mess, and the defence by Janet' M.
Dorwit, Esq. After able speeches from the Coun
sel and a pointed charge from Judge Allison, the
Jury retired for deliberation, and in a short time re
turned with a verdict . cit " Guilty of Murder in the
First Degree."
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The passing of sentence was deferred for the pres
ent, at the request of tlie Prieoner'a counsel, in order
"to give him time to make preparation " for his
fate.
As the prisoner wad leaving the Court room af
ter the verdict, in charge of the Marshal and his of
ficers, and descending. the steps on Sixth street, he
took off hie hat and cheered just as he stepped into
the cab. This insult to their feelings, was follow
ed on the part of the immense crowd present with
a groan so terrific, that even the heart.of the har
dened criminal must have felt its chilling influence.
Some of the crowd were about mounting upon the
cab, but were driven" b l ack by the officers.
Just before the verdict was rendered, the prison
er exhibited a great (14.10 f anxiety to know wheth
er the Jury had agreed. He was much depressed
in spirits, but on a stobt drink of brandy being ad
ministered, he again 'resumed his hardidood, and
threatened to kill his son Arthur, Jr., if he got hold
of him.
Verily, " the way oilll the transgressor is hardl"
It waso ne of the mbst astounding, cold-blooded
murders we ever heard tell of, and justice has thus
suddenly (in two weeks from the time the deeit was
committed) overtaken! the murderer.
Speaking of the murder and the verdict, the Pub
lic Ledger of Friday•aaya
The trial Of Spring, for the murders in South
wark, is over, and the, jury have returned a verdict
of guilty. That any other conclusion could have
been formed, after hearing the testimony which so,
conclusively fastened the guilt upon the accused, Is
scarcely within the range of possibility. All the
facts pointed unerringly to him as the author of this
damning deed. For atrocity, the act is without a
parallel—in this locality at least. But if the crime
is bloody, cruel and remorseless, the retribution is
speedy, certain, terrible, and, it may be, salutary.
Justice has been sure without being slow, and, in
two weeks from the commission of this most hor
rible, revolting, tragedy, a conscientious and careful
jury have, by their-verdict, condemned the wretch
ed perpetrator of it ti) the gallows, the expiation
which the law demands for deeds so foul and"
bloody.
Rag—Motley Fanatics.
The Baltimore Sun, in a short article upon the
announcement that the mint in Philadelphi is pre
pared to . employ the 'whole force of the establish
mentinithe coinage df the dollar pieces, and that it
will be enabled ro turn out 50,000 per day, hits off
a class of rag-moriey fanatics most admirably,
when it says there ie with some people a sort of in
fatuation, by which they are brought into complete
subjection to a papef dynasty. They would shut
up everything like specie from the public eye,.and,
we doubt not, prefe. the ghost of a ftp shadowed
out upon paper, to the thing itself. And they would
heroically wage a Modern civil war—that is, on
paper—in indication of the sufficiency of the ghost,
rather than suffer. the original substance to glide in
to the hands of the p,eople. They would twist, gar
ble, and, if possible, defy the laws of the land, rath
er than countenancelthe restoration and establish
ment of a specie currency. They would commend
the banks for violating the law, and, no doubt, re
buke the mint for providing the means of observ
ing it, rather than see the gold and silver thorough
ly diffused throughout the channels of trade, and
the masses of the People in habitual use of it.—
With per . versity of this sin we suppose the people`
have little sympathy.
Appointment by the Governor.
Eparistic COnsiiiiiAx, Esq., Editor and Proprietor
of the Carlisle Derdocrat, to be Superintendent of
the Public Printing under tha act recently passed
by the Legislature.!.
Thisis an exce4 . ent appointment. Mr. C. is a
practical printeroi t greet industry and energy, in
telligent and honest, and in every respect well qual
ified l'or the responsible station. He will do credit
to himself, and carefully guard the. Treasury from
the Galphinism that has been practiced upon it for
the last three yearJ. The Governor couldliot have
made a better setection.
Frq* •Harilsburg.
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The Legislature hat been to work during the past
week and disposed of quite a number of bills, among
which was a bill to a change the time of electing
C. S. Senator and State Treasurer—the former to
the second, and the latter to the third Tuesday of
February; a bill fixing the 31st of March as the
time for electing ri State Printer
,; a bill incorpora•
ting the Erie City ' pank, was also passed. A joint
resolution fixing die 'final adjournment of the Leg's•
lature on the 12th of April, was introduced, but laid
over for the preseqt.
From Washington.
The U. S. Senate is still in extra session, but it
is supposed will finally adjourn this week. They
confirm the President's appointro, , ents as fast as they
are sent in, and fiess the balance of their time most
ly in discussing Mr. Clayton's Central AmeriCan
Treaty. A list of most of the appointments yet
made, in addition to those we published last week,
will be found in this paper.
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ET The Goieinor's Recent Vetoes seem to have
been well sustained in the Legislature. On the 9th,
the bill granting !power to the Pennsylvania Coal
Company to make a railroad almost anywhere,
came up, and its veto was sustained by a vote of
69 to 22—the veto on a bill granting a company
in Lancaster conrityauthorityto build a road to Phil
adelphia, was sustained, 55 . to 31—that granting
extraordinary privileges to building and land asso
ciations, by 19 to !—Pitts. Dispatch.
Er Hon. S. BOWMAN and Rica Ann BROD
HEAD, of the H. S. Senate, and -Messrs. KINZER,
PO4NALL, BLUR and WALTON, of the
State Legislature, nave our thanks for public doe
:
uments.
The Fillmore Administration.
The Washington Union, speaxing of the late Ad
ministration and the " turgid compliments" which
some of the Whig papers have bestowed upon it,
says that if the Whig party had been beaten in No
vember, 1848, its position would have been better
than it is now. ,Defeated, the corrupt means which
it resorted to in s the canvass would have been for
gotten, and its tactics might have teen revised and
made -more effective. But it was victorious; and
victory obtained by inconsistent pledges and prom.
ben imposed conflicting obligations, which.could
not be fulfilled., Power was obtained by false pre
tences; and the mere possession of power cannot re
compense a party for abandoning its integrity. In
the canvass of 1848 the Whig part) adopted the
no-party banner, denounced party spirit, and prom
ised to proscribe proscription and restore the era of
good feeling. It railed against extravagance, boast
ed of its honesty, virtue, patriotiani, and economy,
and, instead of uniting with the Democracy in the
patriotic desire to compose the slavery agitation, it
pretended to identify itself with the abolitionists of
the North and with the slaveholders of the South,
and by its indefensible conduct gave such an im
pulse to sectional excitement as to convulse the en
tire confederacy.
The Whig cabinet which was installed four years
ago, represented the impure elements that gave
character to the canvass of 1848; and from the be
ginning it seemed to look with acorn upon the pop
ular intelligence which had been duped, while it
showed no respect for the confidence which had
been. won only to be betrayed. Never in the his
tory of the country did'party vindictiveness mani
fest itself in a fiercer or more revolting aspect than
it did when the Whig party was installed. The
cabal which surrounded the Chid Magistrate in
duced him to promise in his Inaugural address that
in the distribution of patronage he would be guided
by honesty, capacity, and fidelity; yet the public
business was neglected in order to apportion the
spoils among Whig partizans—the government hav
ing no care for the war on private and official char
acter involved in its course of fair promises and foul
' practices.
The Whig Cabinet having no real regard for the
man in whose name it conducted the Government,
trampled his pledges under foot, and entered on a
career of faithlessness, corruption, mat-administra
tion, which will ever mark an era in our history-
It threw off the mask so soon that it was unable to
gain the control of either branch of Congress, for
its evil deeds were met by a prompt condemnation
from an outraged people. Had the result been dif
ferent—had the Whig party secured the Legislative
as well as the Executive branch of the Government
—we are justified by what we have witnessed in
saying that it would, in spite of the beneficial oper
ation of the Democratic policy, have fastened on
the country that obnoxions system which the peo
ple have so often repudiated, and would have pros
trated labor and surrounded the Government with
corruptions and abuses that would have made it
well nigh insufferable.
Thomas H. Forsyth.
This name, says the Luzerne Union, has been
presented to the Democracy and the people of Penn
sylvania, by the late Democratic State Convention,
as their candidate for Canal Commissiner. We
are not surprised at the universal favor with which
it is received. Mr. Forsyth possesses all the ele_
ments of popularity and success. Locally many
preferred other candidates. We felt warmly at
tached to Col. Mqt. We knew him to be emi
nently worthy and desired to see the lion-hearted
Republicanism of his immediate vicinity rewarded
for their unprecedented majorities. Apart from
these considerations, Mr. Forsyth is to us highly
acceptable. He is so, we believe, to the entire De
mocracy. His name is the prestige of union and
triumph. The banner inscribed with a majority
of thousands for " Bigler & Clover," and tens of
thousands Tor " Woodward & Hopkins," will bear
a high mark for " Forsyth, Banks & Brawley " in
October next. Nothwithstanding our local prefer
ences were otherwise, we admit that locally, it is
a fair nomination. Philadelphia has never had a
Democratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, and
certainly had claims. The city and county con
tain one-sixth. of the population of the State, and
perhaps one-fourth of the entire wealth. They did
their duty noble in the last canvass, triumphing
over the whole force of Whiggery and Nativism.
If Philadelphia was to have a candidate. Mr. For
syth was doubtless the prop-r man. He has served
them faithfully for eight years in the Legislature—
two years in the House, and is now near the close
of his sixth year in the Senate. While - the wave
of popular feeling in that excitable community has
wafted up many a politician high one day, to sub
merge and bury him the next, he has steadily re
tained their confidence by a straight-forward and
intelligent discharge of his duty. His Legislative
career vindicates his character for ability and in
tegrity. His votes, his speeches and his efforts have
always manifested great honesty of purpose, and
a determination to pursue without deviation the
path of correct legislation. We anticipate for him
success by a large majority, and a highly useful
and honorable career as Canal Commissioner.
J. Porter Brawley.
As :this gentleman seems to be the target at
which Whig slanders and abuse are just now aimed
the following extract from an editorial in the last
Meadville Democrat, will verve to show what effect
it will have, and what his standing is at home
amongst those who know him intimately:
We notice that several Whig papers in this sec
tion have already opened their batteries on the nom
inee for Surveyor General. Judging from some
samples before us, the campaign is to be conducted
in a spirit of gross calumny and detraction. These
are old weapons in the hands of Whig editors; their
inefficiency, we supposed, had long since been fully
demonstrated. They will be as powerless now
as at any former period. Mr. BRAWLEr has
discharged the, duties of Surveyor General with
marked ability. This is acknowledged by the Whig
press at the seat of Government. He has been re
nominated in accordance with the usages of his
party. itrid the Democracy will sustain him against
the assaults of their enemies. The course of the
Whig press will only have the effect of uniting our
ranks.
Po' MASTER GENERAL.—The New York Brother
Jonathan, an independent paper, expresses its ap
probation ofJudge Campbell's appointment to the
Post Office Department, in the following language ;
"Our new Postmaster General, James Campbell,
of Pennsylvania, is said to be just such a man as is
wanted at thelead of the Post Office. We really
hope so. After Mr. Hall was pensioned off, we at
once began to feel relief from a dead weight which
Mr. Fillmore had inflicted on the country. Mr.
Hubbard was a very fair Postmaster General; and
from what we can learn of Judge Campbell, be will
still be a better - one. All we want is a good, hard
working, common sense man, free from party tram
mels and pride of place--one who will nEither ask
nor grant favors in the faithful discharge of his du
ties and who will make his own decisions under
standingly, and not trust lazy underlings to think
for him.'
0:7 - The good citizens of the West Ward of Car
lisle must have improved vastly in morale, since our
sojourn in that " ancient and venerable Borough."
At least we infer so, from the fact that, at the elec
tion on Friday week, Professor Johnston, of Dick
inson College, and a Divine at that, was elected to
the dignified and responsible office of CONSTABLE
by a very large majority over hie competitors!—
The ne i wspapere s do not inform us whether the Pro
fessor. was actually a candidate for constabulory
honors ; but, whether he was or was not, if he will
only consent to serve in the office, we have no
doubt he will prove himself "a terror to evil doers,"
of which there used to be a goodly number in them
" digging."
LT the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, is now in session at
Harrisburg. The session will probabli,termiriate
about the dose of this week.
The British in Honduras,
We are already beginning to realize, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, some of the legitimate fruits
of the Whig management of our foreign affairs for
the last four years. Our readers have noticed the an
nouncement, of hostilities being commenced by
Great Britain in Honduras, in the name of the tribe
of Indians which, in order to cloak its designs, it
has taken under its especial protection, called the
Mosquitoes. This,tribe resides within the territory
of the Republic of Honduras; is subject to its laws
and jurisdiction as much as the savages west of
the Rocky mountains are to the Government of the
United States. But Great Britain, since we have
acquired possession of Oregon and California, to
reach which territories a route through Central
America is desirable, has been resolutely bent upon
acquiring an influence there which should - enable
her to throw obstacles in the way of the United
States for the accomplishment of such an object.—
Anxious for pretexts which would afford her an
opportunity of interfering in the' affairs of Central
America, she declared herself a protector of this
tribe of Indians that resided in Honduras, and in
sisted that - their savage Chief was entitled to a
share in the sovereignty of the country.
In addition to setting up this preposterous claim
in behalf of the King of the Mosquitoes, as he has
been ironically termed, Great Britain , has the right
acquired from Spain, of cutting log-wood in Belize,
and of having a mere temporary occupation there
for that purpose, it being stipulated, however, that
she should never exercise any acts of sovereignty.
It will be seen, therefore, that Great Britain bad
-no rights of sovereignty in Central America, to be
effected by any negotiations touching those States ;
and yet during the administration of Gen. 'nylon ;
when CLAYTON was Secretary of State, she was
invited to, and did become a party with the United
States, to a joint treaty regulating the affairsit that
country, parceling out its territories, and defining
their rights, as if she was deeply interested in the
settlement fo thequestion. This settlement is known
as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850. It was a
total departure from the American foreign policy
that has always been pursued since the time of
Gen. WASHINOTON, and which consisted in not
formingany entangling alliances with other nations
and was a flagrant violation of the Moxaos doc
trine,so called, which deniedthe right, to any foreign
power, either to found new colonies on this hemis
phere, or to interlere in any matter between gov
ernments that were already established and organ
ized. It was an egregious blun ' der on the part of
the Whig Cabinet of Gen. TAILO;i. to call in the
aid of Great Britain to help settle the affairs of
Central America, on account of the precedent it
would afford that unscrupulous and grasping power
to interfere in other questions of a purely American
character, even if that particular treaty had been
an advantageous one for our interests. But this
was not so, the stipulations of the treaty being de
cidedly favorable to Great Britain; and it never
would have been ratified by the co-ordinate branch
of the treaty-making power, the United States Sen-
ate, had not that body labored under a misappre.
hension in regard to its meaning, ling ignorant of
the interpretation which. CLAYTON weakly allowed
BiTLwka, the British negotiator, to put upon one of
its Most important provisions in the shape of a co
dicil.
Great Britain being thus invited by the Galphin
Cabinet of General TAYLOR to help regulate the af
fairs of Central America, accepted the invitation,
and has now sent a vessel of war to Honduras to
despoil that Republic of a part of its possessions, in
favor of is protege, the King of the Mosquitoes,
whom it insists is entitled to a share in the sover
eignty of the country. The Honduras authorities
offered a resistance, but superior might prevailed,
and at the lascadvices the Mosquito flag was wav
ing in triumph over one. of the principal towns in
that Republic. Had not the Cabinet of General
TAYLOR admitted Great Britain into a partnership
with us, in Central American matters, where she
has no business, we are confident she would never
have ventured upon this act of aggression in Hon
duras. The news, it is understood, created consid•
erable of a sensation in Washington, and the Ad
ministration is prepared to do all that lies in its
power to prevent our sister Republic of Honduras
from falling a prey to the rapacity of Great Britain.
Europe.
The news by'the latest arrival is favorable to the
permanence of peace. The little cloud of war
which hung for a time on the eastern horizon of
Europe has melted into air. Austrian diplomacy ,
or rather Austrian and Russian menaces, have ac.
complished the pacification of Montenegro. The
report that the ultimatum of Count Leiningen had
been rejected, and that the Austrian embassy had
left thd Turkish dominions, was unfounded. The
conditions proposed by Leiningen were not so hard
as was supposed, and the Porte had no alternative
but to accept them, or go to war with Austria with
out any hope of support from the western powers.
It is evident that the integrity of the Ottoman em
pire is no longer guarantied by any necessity of a
balance of power. It would be very easy lot Rus
sia and Austria to silence any murmurs from France
and Prussia because of the partition of Turkey, by
abetting the designs of these two western powers
on the territory of neighboring States. The over
shadowing influence of which England once might
boast, scarcely weighs a feather in European poli
tics. Russia and Austria would pay but little re
gard to her wishes in maturing their schemes of
spoliation against Turkey. And it is evident, from
the tone of the British press, that England is pre
pared to submit to the dismemberment of the Otto:
man empire, and to a still further aggrandizement
of the already resistless power of Russia and Aus
tria. The London Times is preparing the public
mind of England for an acquiescence in the dis
memberment of Turkey, by constant denunciation
of the ferocity and barbarism of Warn, and by in
culcating the belief that the Ottoman power cannot
stand.
The monarchs of Europe are more intent upon
watching and suppressing the aspirations of the
people than upon frustrating the ambitious schemes
of each other. Their entiente cordiale is perfect.—
Louis Napoleon had issued orders for a march'to
Lombardy, to assist Austria in suppressing the re-
volt of Milan. And thus it is all over the continent
—a warm sympathy and co-operation link the mon
archs together. It is not so with the leaders of the
people ; Ll they are damaging their cause by division ,
and mutual distrust. The misunderstanding be
tween Mazzini and Kossuth, gives the liveliest sat
isfaction to monarchy.—Union.
Peter G. Washington.
A letter from Was hington, to the New York Tri
bune, makes special mention of PE'rsn G. WASH
ncerroN, Esq., the newly appointed Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury. The writer says:
He has served a long life time in office here, hav
ing, by dint of excellent sense and a faithful and
laborious discharge of duties devolved on him, rais
ed himself step by step from a clerkship of the low
est grade to his present position. Mr. Washington
can say no, fortunately, and he never fails to be able
to justify hiniself for so doing. He is a relative of
Secretary Guthrie, and his intimate friend. Hence
' that gentleman's reliance on him. When in the
Sixth Auditorship, though not personally popular,
(and how can a man be very popular while faith
fully discharging the duty of a guardian of the 11.
S. Treasury ?) he was accounted one of the very
best officers of the Government.
- The New Orleans Delta, a neutral press, re
marks of President P/SIICE :
A Grump ENTannum—We publish in our pies
"We look forward to the course of the adminie. eat issue, the proposition of Mr. Josue PinnAst Of
tration with high hopes and strong trust. His mod- Philadelphia, to give away some 12,000 articles of
value to the purchaser!! of tickets for his exhibition
est, even, prudent, and dignified deportment since
his nomination, has impressed the whole country
:of the Panorama of California. These tickets cost
with respect, confidence and esteem for him. His t
bearing disarms the maliceand rsoklessness Of par- $1 each, and admit four persons to witness the e
ty, shames the low designs of intriguers, and softens hibition. They also afford the holder an opportu
the heart of a whilom bitter opposition. Such a oily of becoming owner of the Panorama itself, 'es
chief to be worth $lO,OOO. Every ticket en.
chief is worthy to fill the highest post in a repub
lic which rest upon the affections, the sentiments, sues some prize to its purchaser. (See advertise.
the will of the people,. , went in another column.
The Pacific. Railroad.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: The preliminary
steps for the construction of this great national en
terprise have been taken by Congress, which at its
last session passed an act authorizing the President
to make such surveys as may be necessary to in-
form that body by the first Monday . of February
next which is the most available route for a rail
way from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean.
This duty will be promptly discharged by the Ex
ecutive, and Congress at its next session will have
some reliable information on which to base its ac-
lion. It is certainly important, before a work of
such magnitude is undertaken by the Government,
that it should thoroughly understand the merits of
the rival projects that have been proposed for its
consideration, in order that it may act with discre
tion in the matter, and with a due regard to the
public weal. There is no measure now engaging
the attention of - the country of such incalculable
national importance as the construction of this rail
road, or one that the great majority of the people
feel so deep an interest in. The accomplishment
of this enterprise—connecting the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans by a continuous line of railway—is one
of the greatest works cf the age, and will be one of
its most enduring memorials. . .
It will be the crowning monument of that spirit
of enterprise and activity that was so remarkably
developed in the last half of the nineteenth century.
It will not be like the pyramids of Egypt or the
Chinese Wall, a monument either of the folly of its
builders or of the barbarism of the times, for no en.
terprise could combihe in a more eminent degree
all the elements of national utility and individual
benefit. Its construction, indeed, is quite indispen
sable to the future prosperity of the States, compoe
ing the American Union, and is necessary alike for
a communication between them in.time of peace,
and for their protection and defense during a period
of war. Its effect, too, by annihilating space be
tween the most distant States, bringing them as it
were into the most intimate connection, Kill do
more to strengthen the bonds and ligaments that
bind together the Union, than any other 'govern
mental measure that could be possibly adopted.—
When the traveller, starting from the great eastern
cities of New York, Boston or Baltimore, shall find
himself in four or five days at San Francisco or As
toria, in a less time than it used to take to go from
the places in question to Cincinnati, who then will
pretend to say that the American Union is too ex
tended for one confederacy, when the inhabitants of
its greatest extremes are thus brought into such ra
pid and frequent intercourse? The completion of
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad will in fact bring
the two oceans nearer together for all practical par•
poses, than the Mississippi and Hudson rivers were
only a few years ago.
It will be of equal importance in advancing the
great cause of civilization-in our western wild's,
which its completion would accelerate at leas t
t wenty years. The route over which it shall pass
would soon be dotted with villages and cities; and
the savage wilds that now separate our eastern and
western population would resound with the busy
clamor of industry that always attend the habita
tion of civilized man. The Indian, as well as the
elk and the buffalo, would start with affright and
terror as the noise of the iron-horse was heard plow
ing his pathway ,with lightning speed, through those
hitherto inaccessible gu:lies and mountains, and they
would every where recede before it.
It is quite indispensable in a military point of
view that the road should be built, in order not only
to overawe the Indian tribes by the posts that will
be established along its lines, and thus prevent their
predatory incursions upon the frontier settlements
of Oregon and California, but also to afford the
means of a prompt succor to our Pacific posessions
in the event of war between our Government and
some formidable maritime power like Great Britain
or France. Without such a way of communication
they would be thrown as it were upon their own
resources, and would be exposed to great dangers
to say the least.
Of the• commercial facilities the construction of
this road would afford to the United' States to
the China and East India trade, which now seeks
other thoroughfares, it can be hardly necessary to
speak, further than to say that it could hardly fail
to give us almost an entire monopoly of that rich ,
and profitable commerce, as its advantages over any
other route are immense and incalculable. These
are but a few of the general considerations which
it has called for, to gi•+e the subject early and fa•
vorable attention. We certainly know• of no one
that more eminently demands it.
Swearing in of the Vice President.
A letter from Matanzas, published in the New
Orleans Picayune, gives an account of the swear.
ing in of the Vice President of the United States,
from which we extract the following:
"For the first time in the history of the Republic,
has the man chosen by the people for the second
post of honor taken the oath of office in a foreign
land. William Rufus King was, on the 4th instant,
sworn in as Vice President of the United States, at
the Cumbre, near Matanzas. The' day was a most
beautitul one; the clear blue sky of the tropics over
our heads, the emerald cal pet of Cuba beneath our
feet, and the delicious sea breeze of these latitudes
sprinkling its coolness over all of us.
"Early in the morning Consul Rodney, deputed
by Judge Sharkey to administer the oath, left town
on horseback for the Cumbre, accompanied by sev
eral American gentlemen. A pleasant ride of three
miles brought us to the estate where Mr. King was,
residing, called La Cumbre, (the peak,) from its sit
uation on the culminating point of the hills that
immediately surround Matanzas.
"The oath was administered by Consul Rodney
to the Vice President, who was ready and waiting
our arrival. The volante, was brought up to the
door, and Mr. King stepped into it, in order to ride
into Matanzas before the sun should be too high to
make it pleasant. The who're cavalcade, consisting
of some twelve or filteen AMerican gentlemen, im
mediately mounting and forming an escort 'around
the carriage, accompanied the Vice President to
town.
"Mr. King left Matanzas on the same day for the
estate of Mr. Bhartrain, in the partido of Limonar,
about eighteen miles from Matanzas. His health
is very poor, and no one accustomed to see patients
with pulmonary disease in this climate but knows
he cannot survive very long. He may live for
months in this mild climate, but he can never be
better. The old statesman views his coming fate
with calmness, as one who has fought the good
fight and will lay hold of eternal life."
The Gardiner Claim.
This case is now on trial before the criminal
Court in Washington. Every person has heard
something about it, but perhaps all may not know
its history. The counsel for the government in
opening the case to the jury, made the following
narrative
Dr. Gardener, in a memorial to the board of
Commissioners, stated that early in the year 1844
he was largely engaged in mining operationsln the
State of San Louis Potosi, Mexico, employed 600
laborers, had upwards of $300,000 invested in men
buildings, steam engines, horses, mules, and men
of science ; that in 1896 he was compelled to aban
don the establishment, his property having been
despoiled by the Mexican soldiery ; that said mines
were worth half a million, and would have yielded
him $50,000 per annum. The accused filed With
this memorial depositions purporting to' be from
persons residing in Mexico, going to show that he
owned said mine. The issue was on the truth or fal
sity of these assertions. The. United States affirm
ed, and expected to prove, that every statement in
the memorial, and every paper presented by him,
were false from beginning to end, pure fictiod and
invention,—Dr. Gardner received from the United
States, as the fruits of the fraud, $428,750, while
his mine could not be found, though $5OO had been
offered as a reward to any one who would point dut
its location.
WHIG STATE CONTENTION.—Thie body, num
bering one hundred delegates, all told, not a few
of whom weze substituted, met in this City, on
Thursday last, and organized by appointing. Hon.
Hairs: M. Fuzzzw, of Luzerne co.,President, with
several Vice Presidents and Secretariee,
A committee was raised, with Morton M'Mich
ael,•Eslf, of Philadelphia, at its head, for the pur
pose of preparing resolUtioast but as it is some
what difficult to find any Whig principlesjast now,
the Committee wisely determined not to 'report any.
This decision was announced by the Chairman, and
the Convention sanctioned it unanimously.
The tollowing named gentlemen (two Whigs
and a renegade Democrat) were selected to bear
the honors appertaining to, an overwhelming defeat
at the next general election, viz:
Canal Commissioner.
MOSES POWNALL, of Lancaster co.
...ludifor General.
Ar.ExAsmia B. .I . 4.'CLuaz, of Franklin co
Surveyor General.
CHRISTIAN MTEUS, of Clarion co.
An Irishman, named Tirriothy Gordon, re
siding in Middle Street, in this City, made an un.
succbssiol attempt to commit suicide, last week, by
cutting: his throat with a razor. He' assigns du.
mestic difficulties as the cause of the rash act. He
is said to be intemperate in his habits.
Er We are pleased- to learn that our young
friend, Mr. Monti!' J. ALBILIGHT, of Maytown, in
this county, has received a Clerkship from the Sec
retary of the Interior, Mr. McClelland, at a salary
of $9OO per annum. Mr. A. is a worthy and in
telligent young Democrat; and will make ,a capital
Clerk.
Sin AccinENT.—On Saturday afternoon last Mr.
DAVID C. Sommr, in attemrting to jump from the
cars, near Columbia, had one of h:s legs badly
crushed, from the effects of which he died on Sun
day morning. Mr. S. was a highly respectable
young man, and a Teacher by profession.
'rte We direct public attention to the advertise
ment of Mr. PHILIP T. &MEI . , in another column.
His Marble establishment presents strong induce
ments to purchasers. Give him a call..
nr See card of the Mount Joy Academy, in an
other column. This Institution is in a highly pros
perous condition, as evidenced by its Catalogue for
1882 and 1853, and is deserving the patronage of
the community.
ID' We direct attention to the card of our young
friend, Dr. J. G. Moony., in another column. It
will be observed that he has removed his office from
the old stand, formerly occupied by his father, Dr.
M. M. Moore, and more recently by himself, to the
rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Evans, Dentist, in
the building at the S. E. corner of North Queen and
Orange streets.
Re has just finished a sett of artificial teeth,
which is not excelled by any thing of the kind we
have ever seen, and proves him to be a most skill
ful mechanical and surgical Dentist.
We also direct attention to Dr. J. McCALLA:s
card. It will be seen that he, too, has removed his
office, and now holds forth at No. 4 E. King st.
; Appointments by the President,
By and with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate :
Conute—William Henry Vesey, of Pennsylva
nia, to be consul of the United States at Havre, in
France, in place of Lorenzo Draper, recalled ; John
F. Bacon,
of New York, to be consul of the United
States at Nassau, in the island of New Providence,
in place of Timothy Darling, resigned; Henry B.
Dewey, of Pennsylvania, to b 4 consul of the United
States at Para, in Brazil; Amos S. York, to be con
ed of the United States for the Island of Zante.
JUDGES—John A. Campbell, of Alabama, to be
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the
United Stales, in place of John McKinley, deed ;
Edward Laniler, of Indiana, to be chiefjustice for
the Territory of Washington; John K. Miller, of
Ohio, to be an associate justice for the Territory
of Washington; Victor Monroe, of Kentucky, to
be an associate justice for the Territory of Wash
ington.
MARSHALS AND ATTORNEYS.—WiIharn M. Low
'ry jo be marshal of the United States for the east
ern district of Tennessee, in place of J. Parsons,
.resignrd ; Watson Freeman, to be marshal for the
district of Massachusetts in place of Charles De
yens. jr., resigned ; Weakey Frost to be marshal
for the western district of Pennsylvania, in place
of John Dickey, decd ; J. Paxton Anderson, of
Mississippi, to he marshal for the territory of Wash
ington ; Fleming B. Miller, to be attorney of the
United States for the Western district of Virginia,
in place of B. M. Smith, removed ; J. C. Ramsey,
to be attorney of the United States for the eastern
district of Tennessee, in place of Samuel K. Rog
ers, removed.
PoentastEris.- . --Selah R. Hobble, to be First As
sistant Postmaster General, in place of Ja
cobs, removed • Henry Sanderson, to be deputy
postmaster at dew Brunswick New Jersey,in place
of Samuel C. Cook, whose commission has expir
ed; Benjamin Johnson, to be deputy postmaster at
Austin, in the county of Travis, State of Texas ;
John G, Majer, to be deputy postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Allen county, Indiana, in place of Samuel
Staphet; Isaac Cook, to be deputy postmaster at
Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, in place of George
W. Dole.
COLLECTORS or THE CUSTOMR—PauI Arnau, dis
trict of St. Augustine, Florida, vice John M. Han
son, removed; Hamilton Stewart, district of Tex
as, vice William R. Smith, removed; Richard P.
Hammond, district of San Francisco, California,
vice Beverly C. Sanders, removed,
Alexander P. Buel, of Michigan, to be register
of the land office at lonia, Michigan, vice Louis S.
Lovel, removed.
Frederick A. Hall, of Michigan, to be receiver
of public moneys at lonia, Michigan, vice Stephen
F. Page, removed.
Ebenezer Warner, ofMichigan, to be register of
the land office at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, vice
Richard Butler, removed.
William A. Pratt, of Michigan, to be receiver of
public moneys at Sault Ste. Marie, Michard, vice
Joseph N. Brown, removed.
. William M. Felton, of Michigan, to be register
of the land office at Genesee, Michigan, 'vice Cor
nelius Roosevelt, removed.
Thomas S. Atlee, of Michigan, to be - register of
the land office at Balamazoo, Michigan, vice D.P.
Webster, removed.
Lawrence Van De Walker, of Michigan, to be
receiver of public moneys at Kalamazoo, Michigan,
vice John M. Edwards, removed.
James Long, of Illinois, to be register of the
land office at Ch.cago,lllinois, vice Alfred Cowles,
whose term of office expired on the 13th inst.
Michael G. Dale, of Illinois, to be register of the
land office at Edwardsville, Illinois, vice Mathew
Gillespie, whose term of office expired on the 16th
inst.
Robert C. Wilson, of Illinois, to be receiver of
public moneys at Palestine, Illinois, vice Jesse K.
Dubois, whose term of office expired on the 17th
inst.
Green W. Caldwell, to be superintendent of the
branch mint at Charlotte, in the State of North
Carolina, in place of Jame W. Osborne, removed.
Christopher Carson, of Mexico, to be Indian
agent in New Mexico.
Joseph NI Garrison, of Oregon-, to be Indian agent
in Oregon.
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WASHI2fOTON, March 21 —The President to-day,
announced John Slidell, of La., Minister to Central
America; Joseph Loire, Collector at Pensacola;
Mr. Humphries, of Tennessee, U. S. Judge of that
State.
_
The Senate confirmed to-day, Mr. Moneypenny,
of Ohio, , Commissioner of Indian Affairs ; Judge
Mason, of lowa, Commissioner of Patents. Also,
a considerable number of Postmasters and Receiv
ers for Land Offices.
The Senate also debated an Indian treaty.
The five examiners appointed to investigate the
affairs of the Census Office, report that there is
work enough to employ fifty clerks until next ses
sion of Congress, at least.
Several removals of clerks in the different De
partments are reported.
Complexion of Congress:
In reference to the Thirty-third Congress of the
U. States, the New York " Journal of Commerce '
By the election of 6 Democrati in S. Carolina,
and three in New Hampshire to the United States'
House of Representatives, that body now compri
ses 98 Democrats, 50 Whigs, and 3 Ablitionists.—
The same districts sent to the last Congress 85
Democrats,6o Whigs, and 2 Abolitinists. Eighty
three members of the new House are yet to be
elected. Total 234. The Democratic members
will be to the Whigs in the proportion of about 2
to 1. The Democratic majority in the Senate will
be 15 to 20. For the next two years at least every
department of the government will be Democratic.
The high tariff men have hung their harps upon
the willows.
lam' According to the triennial assessment, just
completed, there are in Pennsylvania 508,678 tax
ables. Calculating the proportion of taxables to
population at 1 to 51, the whole population of the
State at the present time would be 2,544,665. Ac
cording to the census of 1850, the population was
then 2,311,000.
irr The Legislature have passed an act to char
ter a Company for the purpose of making a rail
road from Chamberaburg to intersect the Connels
ville road near Bedford.. When once accomplished,
it will affort a direct railroad communication be
tvieen Chambersburg and Pittsburg.
. Draw Yons, March 24.—The contract made by
Mr. Ramsay, to carry the California Mail via Vera
Cruz and Acapulco has been confirmed by the Post
muter General. .•
Arthur Spring
The following sketch of the life of this man, now
under sentence of death-,. as also of pis victims, Mrs.
Shaw and Mrs.. Lynch, we copy from the Sunday
Mercury
Arthur Spring was born in Milltown, Castlemain,
Ireland, in the year 1808, and, what is a very re
markable fact; tbetwo sisters whom he so brutally
murdered, came from the same district, and were
daughters of John Donavon, stewart to the Earl
of ffinmore. Spring came to this country 'when
quite young, and, we havebeen informed, first made
his appearance in this city. For some years, he kept
a low groggery in the vicinity of Fairmount, which
was the resort of the low and depraved of both
sexes. He then removed into Market street, above
Thirteenth, and opened a confectionary, on the site
now being occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. While at this place he was constantly
causing trouble amongst his neighbors, by his ill
conduct. His wife was shockingly treated; in fact
she lived each day as if it would be her last, so fear
ful was she that he would, in some of his` fits of'
spleen, end her lite. The cause of final removal
from this establishment, was his prosecution by Mr.
Tracey, now keeping a confectionary at Sixth and
Market streets, for obtaining goods under false pre
tences. For this offence he was sentenced to a few
months' imprisonment, but was pardoned out by
Governor Porter. Spring remarked to the lawyer
who conducted the case for the prosecution, that he
convicted him, but it would be as much as Gover
nor Porter's place was worth, to keep him there;
and his pardon shows that this must have had some
Influence, however small. It is a singular fact,
that upon the prison record opposite Spring's con
viction, a gallows was drawn at the time, with a
man hanging from it, and underneath, this sentence:
". Justin will one day overtake the guilty."
After Spring had got rid of this trouble, he re
opened a tavern near Fairmount; but the mixing
of liquor with the base passions, soon forced him
to relinquish a business unsuited to him, and de
structive of the peace of the neighborhood.
The next place we hear of Arthur Spring is in
the city of New York, and it seems that his remo j
val to new scenes and new associations were not
productive of much benefit to his temper and mor
als; but a short time elapsed before we heard of
him in the Criminal Court; charged with the mur
der of his wi:e. He escaped the noose of the gal
lows, not because he was believed innocent by the
people of that city or the jury, but from the fact
that his soh, the same boy, that now publishes his
guilt, was so young, and he being the only one who
could testify to the outrage, that his evidence was
reected.
In October, 1845, and subsequent to Spring's trial
for the killing of his wife, he was charged, tried,
convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced to Sing
Sing prison, for the term of eight years. He served
seven years of his term, and then received a pardon
from the Governor, through the interference of this
same son, and once more cast loose upon society,
Srring and his eon remained in New York until
some five weeks back, when he made his appear
ance in our city once more, and took lodgings at
the boarding house of Maguire, in Market street!,
near Schuylkill Front, where he remained until ar
rested on the charge of committing one of the
most bloody and revolting murders to be found on
the criminal calender of our country.
Having thus briefly, but we believe truthfully,
given a history of Arthdr Spring, we will now pro
coed to relate all the facts connected with the mur
dered women, that we have been able to obtain
from reliable sources.
We stated above that Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Shaw
came from the same district in Ireland, in which '
Arthur Spring was born.
Mrs. Shaw was married quite young, in the town
of Dingle, to Dr. Leavett, with whom she lived four
teen years, she fortunately never had any children.
Her husband died on the Bth of January, 1852.
Ellen Lynch was born on the fourth of March,
1822, and married John Dowd, in Dingle, in 1843.
Dowd died in 1849, and his widow came to this
country soon after. On her passage she had the
ship fever. Lynch met her on her artival, and hav-
ing known her in the old country, when a child,
and being extremely fond of her, made proposals of
marriage, which were accepted, and they were sub
sequently married, in the Church of St. Philip de
Neri, Southwark, and commenced a short time af
terwards, keeping house in Federal street. It seems
that Spring, after his release from prison in New
York, called at Lynch'xresidence, to see Mrs. Shaw
and during that visit received money and clothes
from her, he being very poor, and badly in need of
these articles.
Mrs. Harrington introduced Spring to Lynch, at
his house in Federal street, and he was subsequently
told that his company was not desired, and that he
did not like his looks, that he was a convict, and
he would beat him it he did not cease his visits.—
Lynch also gave his wife instructions not to let
Spring in the house, unless he (Lynch) was present.
The last time Lynch saw Spring, was on the eve
ning previous to his leaving for New York, when
he was asked by Spring if he wiiiitoing away.' He
said, if his health permitted he should, and Mrs.
Shaw also informed Spring that he intended to go
to New York—that Lynch had just been paid off—
that he bad $BO, and would be gone for some time.
Mrs. Lynch at one time resided in the- family of
Mr. Durand, druggist, corner of Sixth and Chesnut
streets. Mrs. Shaw is represented as. having been
an excellent, good-hearted woman, her only fault
being a desire for liquor. Lynch is a good swords
. man, and has served three years in the London po
lice, in division "N." •
Our Navy.
According to the Navy Register for the current
year, the following is the naval force ofilhe United
Eleven ships of the line, carrying eight hundred
and sixty guns. 01 these, there are in commission
as receiving ships, three in ordinary, four on I the
stocks, and one preparing for sea. The Indepen
dence, a razee, carrying 54 guns, is also preparing
for sea.-
Twelve frigates of the first and one of the second
class, carrying five hundred and sixty-four guns.—
Of these, five are in commission, four in ordinary,
two on the stocks, and two preparing for sea.
Twenty-one sloops of war, carrying four hundred
and two guns. 01 these, fifteen are in commission,
one in ordinary, and one preparing for sea.
Four brigs, carrying forty guns. Of these, three
are in commission and one preparing for sea.
_Also
four schooners, carrying seven guns, two of which
are in commission, one in ordinary, and one tirepa-
ring for sea.
Five steam-frigates, carrying forty guns, all in
commission; four steamers of the first class, carry
ing eighteen guns, two of which are in commission
one repairing, and one preparing for sea; and seven
steamers less than first class, carrying five
,guns,
three of which are in commission, two preparing
for sea, and two employed as tenders.
Five store-ships, carrying twenty four guns ;
three of them are in commission, and one preparing
for sea.
This gives a total of seventy-five vessels 'of a
kinds, carrying two thousand and fourteen gunss
CLOYERSEND.—This article has an upward.,ten
dency, in consequence of the apprehension that the
quantity in the country will not be equal to the
demand for home use, arising from the fact that
the exports this season to England and the Conti.
❑ent nearly or quite equal in quantity the aggre-
gate exports to those countries for the last five pre.
ceding years; and the prevailing idea that the high
prices ruling for the article since the opening of
the season, has had the effect to bring nearly the
entire crop to market, leaving the seed-growing
districts of the country comparatively bare. The
last sale we hear of was 142 barrels at 'lie.—
During the last five months, 4,345,000 pounds of
cloverseed have been exported to Europe from
Philadelphia and New York, against 4,516,000
pounds for - the corresponding months during the
last five years.—N. Y. Courier.
DESPERATE ATTSR PT TO Muunsa.—Sarah Smith
a colored girl, has been arrested in Chester county,
Pa., charged with attempting to murder a little
daughter of A. W. Pennock, aged 5 years. It ap
pears she took the child to a barn, and, notwith
standing its cries and entreaties,
put a rope ground
its neck, and drew it tight until she silenced it by
strangulation, when, supposing it dead, she loosened
the rope and threw the child on its face in the gar
den. Fortunately it was discovered by an Irish girl
soon alter, but it was several hours before it could
articulate a vvorikk The negro girl was arrested,
and made a confaillon, allegingahe intended to mur
der the child for slapping her lace.
Plumytit. or Msrico.--Of the twenty-three
States of Mexico, sixteen have declared for Santa
The Governmeni, in the meantime, remains
in the hands of Gen. Lombardini, who is prepared
to l surrender it into the hands of the President elect
whenever he presents himself. The information
that Santa Anna was about to return to Mexico
was received at Vera Cruz with salvos of artillery,
beating of drums, and ringing of church bells. Gen.
Arista 'remains on his farm, still suffering under
severe indisposition. It appears that the peimission
he applied for, to leave the country, has been re
fused.
•
WAIMINGTON, March 24.—President ,Pierce's
last levee, (for some time to come) was thronged
this evening by a brilliant assemblage.
Irr The Great Tunnel on the line of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, through the Allegheny moun
tain, le 3570 feet in length—about e of a mile.
Executive Session of the Senate
WAsHINGros, March 24, 1853.
SENATE.—The Senate proceeded to the consider
ation of Mr. Walker's resolution, authorizing the
Committee on Indian Affairs to delegate one of their
number to proceed, during the recess 'of Congress,
to take testimony in the matter now on reference
to said committee, touching certain frauds alleged
to have been committed by Alexander Ramsey, and
others, in making payment of moneys to certain
bands of Sioux Indians.
Mr. Hunter objected to the delegation of such
power to a single member of a committee during
the recess. No precedent than this could be more
dangerous. The subject properly should be inves
tigated by a special commission horn the Execu
tive.
Mr. Seward asked what the J charges against Mr.
Ramsey are.
Mr. Walker replied; in making payment to the
Indians in paper money, through a third person,
causing loss to the Indians of fifteen per cent., and
withholding money from certain half-breeds. Mr.
Walker said the committee could proceed no fur
ther without the testimony of certain persons in
Minnescea, and hence the obj'ct of the resolution.
Thousands of Indians are in-that territory, and it
was therefore necessary, looking to the safety of the
whites, to give some assurance that the matters of
which the Indians complain should be considered
and settled.
•.- • -
Mr. Brodhead said he had served with Mr. Ram•
sey in Congress, and knew him when he (Mr. Ram
sey) was Clerk to the House of Representatives of
Pennsylvania, of which State he was a native. It
was due to say that Mr. Ramsey, during that time
maintained a good character for integrity. It was
proper the charges should be investigated or dis
missed.
Mr. Seward remarked that he knew Mr. Ram
sey well, and did not believe the charges against
him were true, and pressed a prompt investigation.
Mr. Hunter replied to Mr. Walker, saying it was
the mode of investigation to which he ebjected.—
He thought it was a matter of Executive inquiry,
and objected to a single member of the Indian Com•
mittee conducting the business in the recess.
There was further debate as to the power to del
egate one member for the purpose indicated, and
the necessity was pressed fora prompt inquiry into
the matter.
The consideration of the subject was postponed
until to-morrow, and the Senate went into an Er
Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARRISBURG, March 24.
SENATE.—•A large number of petitions, &c., were
presented, and referred, including one with over five
thousand names, for a change in the mode of col
lecting taxes in the city and county of Philadel
phia, by the appointment of a single officer for that
purpose. •
Mr. Frick presented eighty-three petitions from
citizens of Chester and Montgomery counties, for
the erection of a new county out of parts of those
counties, to be called "Madison."
The Senate took up in order on third trading,
the bill to repeal the Railroad Gauge Law. •
Mr. Crabbe moved to go into Committee for the
purpose of amending the bill by adding a proviso,
that the provisions shall not extend to Elie county.
The motion was disagreed to—yeas 13, nays 18.
The question was taken on the final passage of
the bill, and' it was agreed to—yeas 16, nays 14.
The Senate adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.—The Senate re-assembled
at 3 o'clock, when Mr. Evans reported a bill
amendatory of the charter of the Union Canal-
Company.
The Senate then took up the special order of the
day, being the bill to authorize the city authorities
of Philadelphia to subscribe to the capital stock of
the Hempfield Railroad Company.
Mr. Darsie moved to amend by adding as a pro
viso, that the act shall not take effect until the State
of Virginia shall have made a grant of the right of
way to the Pittsburg' and Steubenville Railroad
Company.
The bill was debated at considerable length, and
without coming to a vote upon the amendmet.
The Senate adjourned. •
House.—Mr. Collins moved that when the House
adjourn it adjourn to meet on Saturday.
The motion, after some little conversation, was
agreed to.
The House proceeded to the consideration on sec
and :reading of the general appropriation bill, the
several sections of which were debated and 1 absed
as far as section 19, when on motion the bill was
laid aside.
AFTERNOON Seam:.—The House re-assembled
at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Merriman offered a resolution fur the ap
pointment of a Special Committee to examine into
the affairs of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, and
report to the House in two weeks; the said Com-.
mittee to have power to send for persons and pa
pers.
Mr. Kilbourn opposed the resolution.
Mr. Merriman:supported the:resol ution in a speech
of some length, and very strongly denounced the
Manner of the lettings of contracts on the Portage
road.
- .
Mr. Flanigen followed, and also strongly urged
the adoption of the resolution.
Mr. Struthers asked the mover of the resolution,
(Mr. Merriman,) whether he charged bribery and
corruption -upon the Canal Board in the allotment
of the work.
After further debate, the resolution was adopted.
Mr. Henderson reported a bill to repeal the usury
laws of the Commonwealth.
Mr. Barton, from the Committee oa New Coun
ties, reported adversely upon the bII for the erec
tion of the county of Madison out of parts of
Chester, Montgomery and Berks counties.
Mr. Knight reported a bill relating to the Har-
risburg and Lancaster Railroad Company.
The House the adjourned.
Tax TROUBLES IN Hosnurts.s.—By the brig Hell
en Jane which arrived at this port this morning
from Honduras, we have further advices in relation
to the aggressions of the British in that quarter.—
The dates are from Truxillo to the 27th rf Febuary.
Tne accounts state that Her Britanic Majesty's war
steamer Devastation, Captain Campbell, arrived at
Truxillo at 4 P. M., on the 18th, from Belize, and
that immediately upon her arrival an officer was
sent on shore with a despatch to the commandant
of the port, demanding the removal of certain troops
stationed in Limas, on the Romain river, in Hon
duras territory, but for some time past in the pos
session of the English mahogany cutters.
The demand was disregarded by the command
ant, and a. second despatch was afterwards sent
from the Devastation, demanding that the troops be
removed by 12 o'clock on the following day.—
This demand was accompanied with a promise
that the British subjects should not be inter
fered with for the luture. If the demands, how
ever, were not complied with, Captain Campbell
stated that he should proceed to Limas to remove
the troops by force.
As no resistance could be made on the part of
the people of Truxillo, the demand was complied
with under protest.
New Publications.
A Nrw WoaK.—We have received from the
publishers, Messrs. GOULD & LittCoLN, Boston, a
bound copy of a thrilling narrative entitled The
Captive in Patagonia; or, Life among the Giants."
It is an exceedingly attractive work, handaomly il
lustrated. Though strictly a personal narrative of
the adventures of the author, Bourne, in that
inhospitable region—having been made a captive
by the savages of Patagonia,-and detained long
enough to become acquainted with their manner of
life, &c.—it has all the charms and dramatic inter
est of a work of fiction, and conveys most valuable
information. If the reader wants to be amused, in
structed, delighted and benefited, he cannot do
better than to procure a copy of this book of 233.
pages. Already four large editions have been ex
hausted, in the short space of foul weeks, and the
cry is still for more. A remittance of 85 cents to
the publisher, will ensure a bound copy, by mail,
postage prepaid.
gr We have received the March number of
" Frank Forrester's Boy's and Girl's Magazine,"
I published by F. & G. C. Rand, No. 7 cornhill, Bos
ton. The price of this interesting little monthly is
only $1.25, or, if paid strictly in advance, $l,OO
per annum. We recommend it to our readers as
one of the best Magazines in the country for the
use of little boys and girls. It contains interesting
stories and historical sketches, and is well worth
the price asked.
Will the publishers send us the January and Fetib
ruary numbers.
CLARA MORELARD; or, Adventures in the Fay
South-West," by Emerson Bennett, is the title ofa
new Novel, of 334 pages, just published by T. B.
Peterson, Philadelphia. It is a production of thril
ling interest, graphic in details, handsomely illus
trated and written in the must attractive style.
The author's familiarity with the manners and cus
toms of male and female character, civilized and
savage—and his bold and vigorous pen, will give
this book a run that very few works of fiction ever
attain.
,For sale at MURRAY & Sroxic"s Bookstore.—
;rice 60 cents.
BALTIMORI, March 21.—The Maryland House
of Delegates,*to-day. paned, by a vote - ol 38 yeas
10 14 nays, the bill authorizing the Fhiladelphia,
-Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company to
bridge the Susquehanna River. The bill is a libe
ral one. It imposes no capitation tax or other un
necessary restrictions.
The Senate of Maryland, today, unanimously
passed a bill reducing the State tax from QS to
12* cents on the $lOO.
Basra'', March 19