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p ibtigiltgenT 'Se' Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster; April l s, 1853.
DEMOCRATIC' NOMINATIONS:
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
AIID‘TOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER .BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
We shall be necessarily absent from our poet
for a short time, attending the Circuit Court of the
United States, now sitting at Philadelphia. Our
readers will have to e*cuse any imperfections that
may appear in the Intlligencer during the time.
Hon. Janies Campbell.
This gentleman, no* the able and acirshed
head of the Peet Office Department, is 8 e sub
ject of bitter and vindictive opposition on the part
of a few would-be arihtocrats an guerillas that
bang about the skirts Hf the Democratic party.—
The true secret of alll i this, we opine, is on account
of the humble origin of the Judge. He had not the
good fortune to be "luirn with a silver spoon in his
mouth." He is descrded from poor, but honest
parentage, and by din of his own industry and en
ergy, without familyinPuence or purse-proud friends ,
he his risen to his present eminence, and may smile
at - the puny efforts put forth by his enemies to de
tract from his high charaCter and well-earned rep
utation.
As we stated four Weeks ago, in noticing his ap•
pointment to a Cabinet office, Judge CAMPBELL is
no ordinary man: Possessing a high order of tal
ent, with indomitable:energy and,untilinching perse
verance, brie emphatically a great man, in every
sense of the word, and will distinguish himself in
his piesent exalted, poSition, as he has done in every
other place of hortor or responsibility conferred up
on him. We firmlibelieve he will make one of
the most popular andiefficient Postmaster Generals
the Government has ever had, and his Department ,
we doubt not, will be managed with consummate
skill and ability.
The vituperation and atiuse of his enemies—and
what great man is,.shoneraled from undergoing
such an ordeal—will only tend to elevate Judge
CI3SPBELL higher in [the confidence and esteem of
the American people:
The Administration
It is well remarked that the most auspicious cir
cumstances by which the advent of the present Ad
ministration is characterized, is the full and unqual
ified expression of .approval and confidence with
which it is hailed in all sections of the Union. The
noble declaration of tbe President, made in advance
of his election, that he should know no North—no
South—no East—no West—in the performance of
his public duties, wl's',a pledge that all now see will
be faithfully and religiously fulfilled.
The true hien& of " the Union as it is, and the
Constitution as it is," may repose the utmost confi
dence in the honesty land integrity of the adminis
tration, while sectionalism' and fanaticism, no mat
ter how spacious the disguise they may assume,
will have nothing to I hope from it. The Charles
ton Mercury, a prominent States Rights paper, al
luding to the Cgbinee and' the President, appropri
ately and truly •remarks:—" The Cabinet of Gen.
Pierce will be seen to comprise an array of talent
and experience fully competent to grapple with any
emergencies that are likely to arise, and to conduct
the affairs of their respective departments, with
credit to themselves and advantage to the country.''
But it is more upon the morale 'of the President
himself, than any ability or intellectual force of klis
Cabinet, that we rely for the faithful execution of
the laws, a rigid obServ.ance of the limitations of
the constitution, a reformation of abuses, and for a
check to that tide of corruption which is rapidly
undermining the public morals, and sapping the
very foundation of the government. We have rea
son to, believe that the President fully realizes the
grave responsibilltie of his position, and the difii-
Culties which may beset the path he has marked
out for himself ; but we much mistake his charac
ter if not be steadily and inflexibly pursued,
regardltss of conse'quences, personal or political.—
New Ar.ley Eagle.
The Whig Platform.
The Whigs, in their late State Convention, adopt.
ed the following very elaborate and explicit resolu
tiOn—the only one` reported by the Committee—
indicative of the principles that are to govern them
during the, ensuing campaign. It is extremely sat
isfactory, is as clear as mud, and must have taken
immense labor on the part of Mown McMichael
to prepare it. The !Whig party is evidently in a
rapid decline, and this looks like a strong symptom
of approaching disehlution :
Resolved, That thd Whigaof Pennsylvania wheth.
er in triumph or defeat, adhere steadfastly to the
cherished and often rivowed principles of their par
ty; and that they.look forward hopefully and con
fidently to the perioll when those principles shall be
found paramount in the administration of the Gov.
ernment
ir:r An amendment passed to the Post-Office
law, at the late session Of Congress, allows a Post
master, whose compensation doeinot . exceed $5OO
per qualler, one cvnt for every." free " lc' ter deliv
ered from his.olEcep and also two mills for deliver
ing from his Office to a subscriber, each newspaper
not chargeable with postage. These amounts are
not to be collected \ ! off the publiU, but are allowed
by the governm:4j to the Postmaster in the quar
terly settlement of his accounts. The law, as be
tween subscribers and. Postmasters, remains as be
fore.
The same act fixes the compensation of Poet.
masters, from the Ist of April, as follows
On a sum not exceeding $lOO-50 per cent.
" betwedn $lOO and $9OO-40 per ct.
" " l $9OO and . 2,900-36 per ct.
" " exceeding $2,400-16 per ct.
Where the mail) arrives regularly between 9 at
night and 6 in the morning, 60 per cent. is allow.
ed on the firsi $l9O. . .
Death of Mrs. Fillmore.
The entire nation'Will sympathise with the Fa-
President in the melancholy bereavement which he
sustained on Friday morning laat. Mrs. FILLMORE
was an amiable lady, and though attached to the
quiet endearments of her private home, filled the
duties to which she was called as the hostess of the
Presidential mansion with graceful dignity. She
died at Willard's Hotel, in Washington city, hav
ing been laboring for some time under a severe at
tack of Pneumonia, which resulted in suffocation.
Her remains will be taken to her home in Buffalo
for interment, as sun as the necessary prepara
tions can be made. In the United States Senate,
after the reading of the journal yesterday, Mr.
SEWARD, in some i feeling and impressive remarks,
announced the event, and as mark of respect to her
memory, moved that the Senate adjourn.
Er We are indebted to the Editor of the "Inde
pendent Whig" for the table of the township and
borough officers elected on the inth ult., throughout
the county; It ;will be found on our first page, and
will be useful Nr reference.
j We are indebted to the politeness of Gover
nor Sons BroLsa, of California, for a copy of his
"Message, and ,the Report of the Secretary of State
on•the Census of 1852, of the State of California."
ET Mrs. COI ; wile of Gen. Cos, died at De•
trait, on Friday last, after an illness of several
week,.
President Pierce.
The letter-writers from Washington, of all par.
ties, says the Cincinnati Inquirer, are enthusiastic
in their admiration of the new President—General
Puma—and we do not recollect of am/man who
has received so much of the golden =teed of ap
plause on account of his personal qualities, since
the time of Axnazw JACKSON, as the new Chief
Magistrate of the nation. His tact, his ability and
eloquence are highly lauded by every one, and form
a prominent part of every communication that is
written to the:public journals from the national Cap
ital. Were these eulogies confined to Democrats,
it might be, perhaps, suspected that their authors
were blinded somewhat by partisan admiration; or,
when the crowd of office-seekers there are consid
ered, other and more Ittersonal motives might be
suspected of influencing the judgment of some who
indulge in these flattering tributes of respect. But
it is not so, as a great deal of the highest praise,
personally speaking, the President has received has
had its origin in Whig sources, and has made its
appearance in Whig journals, and certainly in that
quarter we have no reason to suppose that either
personal or political predilections have favorably or
unduly biased the judgment. The Whigs are not
usually lavish in their commendation of Democrats,
and scarcely ever concede to any member of nur
party much praise of any description, and in this
instance, therefore, when they have departed to some
extent from their usual course, we are the . more
' bound to believe in their sincerity.
All who have observed, with any attention, the
conduct of General Palma since his nomination
and election to the Presidency, have discovered in
him mental and moral qualities that are never
found ekcept when they accompany abilities of the
highest order. The modesty and propriety of his
course during the Presidential canvass, his refusal
to enter the political arena, or to do anything per
sonally to advance his prospects, while his compet
itor was perambulating the country on an election
eering mission, have been fully paralleled by the
good sense and discretion he has exhibited since
his election, in remaining at his quiet horde in Con
cord until the time had nearly arrived for him to
enter upon the duties of his office, and then avoid
ing all public entertainments 'and pageants, which
had been tendered, setting out for Washington like
an humble and private citizen of the Republic.—
He field himself aloof from all the various factions
and cliques which attempted to control him in the
selection of his Cabinet officers—for whose actions
he alone was to be held responsible—with a tact
and judgment that cannot be too highly commend
ed and admired. His whole bearing, from the time
of his nomination, has been that of a man whom
the sudden elevation to a station of great power and
influence has not been able to disturb in his equa
nimity; and there is, perhaps, no better method of
testing the strength of an indiVidual's character
than that, for the allureMents of power only the
strong minded are able to resist, as all experience
has proved.
He has not allowed himself to be either exalted
or depressed by his brilliant fortune; but has borne
the honors of his high station in such a manner as
to receive the applause of political friends and of
opponents alike. General PIEHCE possesses, in an
eminent degree, all those personal qualities and
characteristics which are calculated to win for their
possessor the enthusiastic admiration of the Amer
ican people. High-toned and chivalric in his sen
timents and opinions ; gifted with a rare eloquence
and address in enforcing them ; possessing easy
and popular manners, which, without lowering his
dignity, render him accessible to all; a devoted
patriot and lover of his country, as was proved
by his volunteering his Eervices for the bloody
"battle-fields of Mexico, in 1847 ; having the merit
of firmness and decision of character—traits so nec
essary in a Chief Magistrate of the Union—it will
be seen that he has every element of personal pop
ularity that could be desired.
All that come.in contact with him are favorably
impressed by his courteous and gallant bearing, and
speak in the highest terms of his personal qualifi
cations and accomplishments. It is universally ad•
mitted that the ;race and dignity with which he
went through the inaugural ceremonies, and the el
oquence with which he delivered the address, have
never been equalled on any similar occasion. All
his official acts have been equally well received,
and we have never before had a Chief Magistrate,
who, in the outset of his Administration, made a
more favorable impression upon the country than
General FRANKLIN PiErtcs.
.1 The State Printing.
The great farce of allotting the State Print
ing to the lowest bidder, under the new,law, came
off on Thursday last,-, when every member of the
Legislature who had any knowledge of the subject,
must have been satisfied of the folly of the proceed
ing. There were twenty-eight bidders for the work,
and the English printing was awarded to A. B. Ham
ilton, at eleven and three-quarter cents per thous
and ems for composition, and eleven and three
quarter cents per token for press work. This, it
must be borne in mind too, is restricted to all com
position, there being no opportunity of charging
double composition on any of the extras, a&the
law is clear and explicit against all double conlpo
sition, which was not the case under the old law.
Mr. Hamilton also obtained the German printing
at fourteen cents and a half per thousand and token.
When the bbnde came to be submitted there was
a defect in them, aid the convention adjourned over
till afternoon, to enable Mr. Hamilton to obtain
new bonds. When the convention again met the
security was not deemed to be sufficient by the
Speakers of the two Houses, and the convention
adjourned over until Monday next, to enable him
to obtain satisfactory security.
Every practical printer in the country must see
that this work has been taken at rates that are en
tirely inadequate ; 'and'it is not to be expected that
any improvement over the present mode of doing
the work will be effected.
'The contract system utterly failed to give Betio-,
faction at Washington, and eventually broke down
entirely in the hands of the present central:stop for
the State work, (Mr. Hamilton,) and if it does not
fail here it will be because some construction is
given to the law that never was intended by its
framers, and we have too much faith in the account
ing offidere of the State to suppose, for a moment,
after the experience they have had, that they will
permit any but the strictest construction of its pro.
We feel no hesitation here, in reiterating what
we have so often said heretofore, that the lowest
bidder system of doing the public printing is die
graceful to the art, and demoralizing in its tenden
cy.---Dem. Union.
Mr' The Whigs have a singular mode of filling
up seats in their State Conventioits. For instance,
Lancaster county had something like thirteen dele
gates, seven more than she was entitled to. Mr.
John A. Heistand undertook to represent the Sena
torial district of Carlion, Monroe, Pike and Wayne
Mr. M'Pherson, editor of th Independent Whig'
assumed to be one of the representative delegates
from Blair and Huntingdon; Mr. Mehaffey repre.
sented Centre county; Mr, Gossler, Cumberland;
Col. Herr, of Columbia, Monroe and Pike, etc., etc .
In this way they succeeded in getting together about
one hundred gentlemen, who formed what they
have been pleased to style a State Convention, for
the purpose of nominating a State, , Ticket. The
doings of such a body cannot carry much weight
when tested before the tribunal of the people.
5 We are indebted to State Treasurer BICKEL
for a eopy of hie able answer to the Bank of Penn
sylvania asking for a writ to compel him to restore
the public monies to its safe-keeping.
ilk The Senate have repealed the Registration
Law of the last session, by a vote of 19 to 7. Its
repeal was advocated on the ground that the law
was useless and expensive, and could not be en
arced.
More Galphluisixt Exposed.
The . committee to investigate the frauds commit
ted upon the Government of the United States by.
the contract for the construction of the Capitol at
Washington, have made report, and it presents
another scene of Galphinplunder,loathsome to look
upon. The contract for marble was baied on' an
estimate that one-fourth - of the four hundred thou- I
sand cubic feet necessary for the building should be
in blocks containing more than thirty cubic feet,
and three-fourths in smaller blocks. As delivered,
the largest blocks thirty feet three inches, and the
smaller, fifteen feet one inch and a half. The con
tract price of the former is one dollar and ninety
eight cents per cubic foot, and of the letter, sixty
five cents, the difference being one dollar and thirty
three cents the cubic foot: The larger blocks fill
two courses, and the smaller, one course—two of
the latter filling exactly the same space as one of
the former. The Government pays $59 89 for the
larger blocks, and $l9 66 for two of the latter—ma
king a difference against the Government of $4O 23.
Up to the time the committee made their examine
tion, there was no necessity of using any but the
smaller blocks; yet the contractors had deliv
ered, according to a statement furnished by the ar
chitect, dated 14th February, thirty-three thousand
three hundred and twenty-eight feet of marble in
large blocks/costing $65,989, and only eight thou
sand two hundred and forty-five feet of the small
blocks, costing $5,359—t0tal cost, $71,348. Had
this marble all been delivered in small blocks, as it
ought tohave been, it would have Cost only $27,022 .
In the language of the committee, therefore, " the
Government has been fleeced out of $44,326." The
report says, the estimated amount of the large blocks
for the whole building, is thirty-nine thousand feet,
yet there has already been delivered where none
was necessary, thirty-eight thousand three hundred
and twenty-eight feet. If the delivery should be
continued at the same rate, the Government will
lose $359,100 by the marble contracts alone.
The following is the summing up of the Senate
committee, to which we call the special attention
of our readers
" The testimony is so full and direct, in its bear
ing upon every point material to the opinion-above
expressed, that nothing more is deemed neccessary
here than to indicate, in the following brief
summary, the leading facts which are proved by
the witnesses examined, and confirmed, in many
important particulars, by the almost daily personal
observation of the committee. These facts are :
" 1. That large portions of the materials used in
constructing the foundations of the building, and in
the superstructure, so far as it hks progressed, are
of an inferior and improper character—unsuitable
in quality, and not in conformity with the terms of
the contracts under which they were furnished.
"2. That owing to the inferior quality of the
materials, or to other even less warrantable causes
much larger quantities of materials than were nec
essary have been used, in some instances doubling
the cost of the work, without improving in any de.
gree the appearance or increasing the strength of
the building.
" 2. That much of the - work, especially in the
foundations, has been done not only with inferior
materials, but in a manner so inartistic as, in the
opinion of the committee, to render it unsuitable
and insecure for the purposes of its construction, and
so unsightly as to reflect discredit upon the archi
tecture of the country. So bad, indeed, have the
committee found some portions of this work, that
they are disposed to adopt the strong language of a
distinguished gentleman—a member of the Senate
—largely experienced in building, who, when ex
amining it with two members of the committee, de
clared that ' such work is disgraceful, and would
not be permitted for the cellar walls of a New Eng
land kitchen.'
4. That systematic peculation and embezzle
ment have been practised by the persona intrusted
with the superintendence and management of the
work, by means of false accounts, whereby large
portions (in some instances nearly one-half) of the
public money, charged to the government as paid
for labor, have been abstracted from the ostensible
wages of the laboring men as the condition of their
employment. and pocketed by the superintendent
and his subordinates. Some idea may be formed
of the amount of money absorbed by this species of
'black mail,' when it is known that, for a large por
tion of the time, the number of men employed upon
this work has ranged from five to seven hundred a
day.
"5. That, in some instances, incompetent per
sons, who were not mechanics, have been employ
ed toil work in which experienced and skillful me
chanics were required; and this not inadvertently
nor ignorantly, but evidently as a mode whereby
this 'black mail' was more easily levied upon the
government and the laborer; and in some instances
whereby the subordinate superintendents were per
mitted and enabled to receive full journeymen's
wages for their own apprentices.
"6. That more persons have been employed upon
the work than were necessary or proper, aA:; , may
have been observed by every member of Congress
in passing daily through the capitol grounds while
the work was going on; especially the work of
moving materials from the several depots to the
walls, where in many instances eight or nine men
harnessed to a truck were employed, at a cost of
some $lO a day, to do what would have been easier
and more appropriate work for two men and one
horse at $3 a day; and the work thus paid for at
the greater cost performed in a manner so unsyste
matic, uncouth, and slow, that in view of the im
proved mechanical processes of the present day
they would be amusing, did not the dishonesty in
which they originate provoke their stern reproba
tion, and a due regard for the public interest requir
ed them to be arrested.
" 7. That the scaffolding around the walls, which
under the contracts, should have been made at the
expenses of the contractors, has been paid for by
the governmenf at an expense of many thousand
dollars, as an unauthorized gratuity to contractors.
" 8. That in various other ways, and in smaller
amounts, the labor and materials paid for by the
government have4through negligence or connivance
and in some instances by the direction of the per
eons in charge of the work, been converted to the
private uses of themselves and others.
" The foregoing exposition, warranted and sus
tained, as the committee believe it to be, by the tes
timony adduced, goes Jar to account for the inferior
quality and small quantity of the work already done
as compared with the large sums of money consu
med by it ; the foundations insecure, and barely
completed; the superstructure just begun; oar
AMMON OF DOLLARS EXPENDED!
Governor of Minnesota, Sm.
It seems" settled that the Governorship of Minne
sota will be tendered to the Hon. Jam? W. DAva,
of Indiana. Mr. REILLY is thus thrust aside, though
he went to Washington backed by many of the
strongest men in the State and Nation. He has
been guilty of preferring another than Mr. BUCH
ANAN for the Presidency; and we presume that Mr.
BucerArrati , s Cabinet pet has seen fit to prefer an
other than Mr. REILLY for the Territorial Gover
norship. Next in order comes the Post Office.—
Candidates who have not allowed the fortunes of
the " favorite eon" will please " prepare to puck
er "—they may need to whistle to keep their Dem
ocratic courage up.—Whig. •
What a devil of a man this Mr. Buchanan is !
Does an unworthy man get an apppointment—it
is through Mr. Buchanan's influence. Does a mer
itorious individual fail to obtain an office—it is Mr .
Buchanan who keeps him out. Does a whirlwind
devastate a distant portion of our country—it was
Mr. Buchanan who sowed the storm, from seed rain.
ed at Wheatland. Does a long:quiescent volcano
start into action and pour its burning lava upon
the plains below—you may be sure Mr. Buchanan
is at the bottom of the eruption. We hope the
,Editor of the Whig will get the Fulton county
witch, to whom he devoted a large space of hie pa.
per, to put a spell on Mr. Buchanan and prevent
him from doing any more " devilment."—Cham
bersburg Valley Spirit.
Tax Garcia Law RxrEar.an.—The bill repeal'
ing the gauge law of 1851, that passed the Senate
some days ago, also passed the House on Thursday
last by large majority. This enables railroad
companies to build roads of any gauge through our
State, and at this time it is difficult to say what its
effects may be. We think, however, that the four
feet eight and a half inch gauge has been so well
established in our State, and it will push its way
westward through Ohio and into the Western States,
and hold its own anywhere in competition with
the New York six foot gauge. If it does not, and
our eastern neighbors gain an advantage over us
our railroad companies may ,attribute it to the lib. ,
eral spirit exhibited in our Legislature on this sub
ject—Dern. Union.
fLryon. Wzmas A.,Goamssr has received the
the appointment from the President of Governor
of Minnesota.
Removals from Office
If there is any thing more disgusting than the
cries of a portion of the whip press against the re_
movals of their friends from office, we have not yet
met with it. These very papers have advocated it
in all instances, from the paltriest office of a small
borough to the highest in the gift of the Govern
ment, 010 they had the power, that none but whigs
should fill 'he offices. Out with such hypocrisy.—
The following from the New Hampshire Patriot
is much to the purpose:
We begin to hear the howlings of the whig press
over the removal of their friends from office, and as
more removals are made, their complaints will
doubtless become louder and more violent. This
is at once foolish and contemptible ; In the first
place, they and their friends had no reason to ex
pect anything else. The democrats openly pro
claimed, in the course of the presidential contest,
that if they succeeded the whig officers would have
to walk the plank. The whig candidate himself
made this the issue by declaring in his letter of ac
ceptance, that it elected he should give the offices
to his 'political friends. The whig officers also
fought upon this issue, most of them cheerfully pay
ing five per cent. of their salaries to aid in electing
Scott, with a view to retaining their places; and
some of them, like the deputy collector of Boston,
declared that "if five per cent. more was need
ed to defeat Frank Fierce, tney were ready to pay
it." How childish and contemptible it is then, for
the fellows to whine about being removed from of
fire,
after having staked their offices upon the issue,
and lost!
But this complaining is ridiculous in another
view. When in power the whig party has been
the most proscriptive party ever known. After
having obtained power in 1846 by loud professions
against proscription, they made more removals than
were ever before made by any three administrations.
Take the New York custom house as a sample.—
There are 626 officers these, exclusive of laborers;
and it appears from the records that since the whilgs
came into power 472 removals have been there
made.
And to show the greediness of the whig appli.
cants for the spoils, it need only be said that on
the very day the collector was sworn into office he
made forty-two removals. He made six before he
was sworn. In thirty days from the time of his
entrance upon his duties he removed 220 persons;
and in the course of a few months he had made
such a clean sweep, that only 62 democrats remain
ed in office, with 564 Whigs. A like sweep was
made in other custom houses ; and so clean work
did this "anti-proscription - administration make in
the offices, that a democrat could scarcely be found
in an office which a whig could be found to take.
Now, how ridiculous it is for those who have caus
ed and justified this sweeping proscription, to whine
and scold when a democratic administration is
about to administer to them their own medicine. Is
it to be supposed that such gross proscription is to be
allowed to go unreproved and uncorrected Is it
to be supposed that the partisans and the tools of
the Galphins—the corrupt, idle, imbecile crew with
which the late administration filled the public offi
ces—are to be allowed to disgrace and.degrade the
administration of Gen. Pierce—an administration
put in power mainly to correct their gross abuses,
to reforni their corrupt practices, and to restore the
government to its ancient vigor and purity. Those
who have so thought will find out their mistake in
due season.- Such a course wonld not be tolerated
by the people, as it will .never be pursued by the
men whom they have placed at the head of their
government. And whine and scold as the federal
office-holders and their papers may and will, they
cannot make one hair white nor black in this mat
ter; they cannot deter the present administration
from doing its duty to the country. That duty is
to clean the Augean stables, to root out corruption
from the public offices, to restore all the depart
ments of public affairs to a state of vigor, efficiency,
and fidelity to which they have been stranger du
ring the last four years. This can only be done by
making a pretty thorough sweep of the present
imbecile officials; but the country may rest assu
red that it will be done, even if it requires the remo
val of every whig office-holder in the Union.
A Curious Disclosure
It appears'that an extraordinary deception was
practiced on the recent trial of Arthur Spring for
the murder of the two women in Philadelphia.—
An individual, named Bernard Corr, who officiated
from first to last as one of the Jurors, and joined in
the verdict of "Guilty," had not been summoned at
all, but acted in the place of another person, na
med Charles .MQuillan, who had been really sum.'
moned, and all this, too, without the authority or
knowledge of the Court ;—and, what is still more
remarkable, the deception was not discovered until
after the termination of the trial, 'although the
Court room was crowded during the whole time.
The two men who thus practiced the deception
were brought before the Court on Monday, and, af
ter a severe reprimand for their unjustifiable con
duct, werepunished a sows foll:—Corr imprisoned
for sixty da'ya, and M'Quillan fined in the sum of
thirty dollars.
The consequence of the misconduct of these men,
is that the counsel of Spring has made a motion to
set said the verdict, which it is thought may be
done—although he - can still be tried on another in
dictment for the murder of Mrs. Shaw.
Assistant Secretary of State.
The recent appointment of DUDLEY MANN, Esq.,
to the important position of Assistant Secretary of
State, by Mr. Miner, meets with general approba
tion. Mr. MANN is a polished gentleman and sound
Democrat. Even the New York Herald, whose ed
itor never loses an opportunity to say ugly things
of the Secretary of State, thus approves of his wis
dom in the selection of his assistaut:
Among the various appointments to office—
good, bad and indifferent—already made by the ad
ministration, that of Mr. Dudley Mann, as Assist
ant Secretary of State, can hardly fail of giving
universal satisfaction. For the last ten or twelve
years, more or less, he has been in the service of
the government in various parts of Europe, and
will be particularly remembered as the agent ap
pointed by Gen. Taylor to recognise, on the first
oportunity, in behalf of the United States, the in
dependence of Hungary. He is intimately conver
sant with the mysteries end trickeries of European
diplomacy, and this knowledge will be of great
service, to Secretary Marcy. Indeed, ournew Pre
mier has shown considerable foresight in thus secu
ring the services and practical experience in the
duties of his department of such a proficient as
Dudley Mann.
Tan VICE-PRESIDENT.—A correspondent of the
New York Tribune says .—" I have conversed with
a friend who spent last Saturday week with Hon.
Wm. R. Bing, at the plantation of Mr. Shorntrall,
near Matanzas, Island of Cuba. Coli King is de
plorably emaciated, and glitrta in s no hope if re
covering his health. He visits the stigar house on
the estate daily, where the boiling operation is go
ing on. His friends think the steam from the su
gar kettle proves serviceable, but he is skeptical.
He has a horror of dying in a foreign land, and ex
pects to leave in the Tl. S. steamship , Fulton, about
the Ist of April, for Mobile. His nieces, Mrs. El
lis and Miss King, and nephew, Mr. Beck, are with
him. The - proprietor of the estate is a Frenchman
by birth, and is a most kind, hospitable and refined
old gentleman. The Vice-President , has no appe
tite, and lives upon buttermilk.
JUDGE ELLIS LEWIS.—We are pleased to ob
serve that the Legislature of this State, on the 10th
inst., affirmed the able dissenting opinion of Judge
Lswis in the Franklin Canal Company case, by re
versing the recent elabrate decision of the Supreme
Court. The Court decided that the Commonwealth
must give bail in inquisition cases. Judge Lewis
dissented from this view of the case; he held that
the commonwealth was not within the meaning of
the statute requiring parties to give bail; and in
the test of the matt- r, by Legislative action in, the
premises, he was sustained by a large vote. This
is a real compliment to that eminent and learned
jurist, and it gives color to the high opinion enter
tained throughout the State of his great juridical
ability.—Lycoming Gazette.
BUSINESS ON THE CANAL.—We learn from the
Pitts. Post, that since the opening of our State Im
provements to the spring trade,an immense amount
of merchandise has been carried over them. Such
is the extent of the business doing, that it is with
difficulty the Pennsylvania Railroad, with its great
facilities for transportation, and the 'stilt , greater fa
cilities afforded by the Canal, can keep " the coast
clear." 7.3
113 A terrible accident occurred on the Baltimor
and Ohio Railroad, on Sunday week, about 70 miles
west of Cumberland. The train ran off the track,
and two of the passenger cars wete thrown down
the side of an embankment, falling the frightful
distance of over 100 feet, and make four somereets
before they reached the base, where they were shat
tered to pieces. Eight of the passengers lost their
lives, and several more were badly injured.
it:r We were in error last week when we stated
that the salary of Mr. THOMAS J. ALBRIGHT, of
Maytown, recently appointed to a Clerkship in the
Interior Department was only $9OO. We have
since learned that it is $l2OO per annum. We give
our young friend joy ot 'his good luck.
By-The workmen have recommenced work at
the new Court House.
Kr HENRY HIESTAND, a young man residing in
East Donegal township, was bitten by a dog. sup
posed to be rabid, a few days ago. • The animal,
after biting several dogs in the neighborhood, was
killed.
07- The Libraries of the Literary Societies con
nected with Marshall College, numbering .in all
about 5,500 volumes, with the cabinets belonging
thereto, have been removed from Mercersburg to
this City preparatory to opening the new Institution
here.
f 7 Messrs. John N. Lane, Samuel Parke and
James B. Lane, have disposed of their coal lands,
in Northumberland co., consisting of 2,722 acres,
for $235,000. They were purchased by Wm. L.
Helfenstein, of New York.
Otr Mr. Levi iharr,`East Lemon Street, in this
City, manufactures an excellent and cheap article
of Writing Ink, which, after trial, we can cheerful
ly recommend as the beat article we have used in
a long time. It flows freely from the pen, leaves
no sediMent and has a color on paper which we
have never seen excelled.
TIIIINPIICE ELEctrom . .—At an election held on
Monday, the 28th ult., at Zeigler's Hotel, for offi
cers of the Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike Road
Company, the following gentlemen were elected :
President—Abraham Shenk.
Managers—Jacob Reist, Henry E. Leman, Jacob
K. Landis, Isaac L. Landis and John K. Reed.
Treasurer—Henry Shreiner.
pT Lancaster Council No. 25 Order of U. D. or
America elected the following officers for the ensu
ing term ;
Matilda Andrews, Gov.; Anna M. Hambright,
R. S.; Elizabeth Gorrecht, T.; Adaline Springer,
Ast. C. • Jane Dunn, 0. F. ; Ann W. Reese,' Ast.
Gov.; Susan S. Hambright, F. S. ; Caroline Win
enow, C.; Ann Miller, J. P.; Margaret E. 'Cor
many, Er. Gov.
[l:7 The passenger cars on the Strasbug railroad
now leave the borough of Strasburg daily, expect
Sundays, at t3i A. M., connecting at Lemon Place
with the morning train going eastward, and with
the morning mail train going westward, and return.
ing again to Strasburg at I.li o'clock. The after
noon train will leave Strasburg daily at 2 o'clock
P. M., connecting at Lemon Place with the way
train east, and returning will arrive at Strasburg at
4i P. M.
D:r The Turnpike Fever is prevailing in our
county this winter to an unprecedented extent.—
Among the projected roads for which charters have
already been obtained from the present Legislature,
or applications are still pending, are the following:
From Green Tree (in Bart) to Christiana.
From Columbia to Mechanicsville (via Chesnut
Hill.) 7 •
From Marietta to Lancaster (reviving old char
ter.)
From Strasburg to Willow Street.
From Strasburg to Unicorn.
From Strasbnrg to Millport.
From Hinkletown to Suudersburg.
From Sale Harbor to York Furnace Bridge.
For an extension of the Millerstown pike.
From Willow Street to Marticville.
For the Marietta and Mount Joy road to make
a branch.
Some of these routes are very desirable ones, and
would be of great benefit to the section of country
in which iney are located.—Examiner.
NF.W EffcrsimarsE.—Some enterprising citizens
have in view to build a Locomotive manufactory in
this city on an exteusive scale. It, is intended to
make it a joint stock company. The stock has not
yet all been taken, and it is not therefore certain
that the project will be successful; but there is
every probability that it will. The Whig gives sev
eral reasons in favor of the enterprise. First—liv
ing and rents are cheaper here than in most places
of its size. 2. It is immediately upon one of the lead
ing routes between the East and West, whence ar
ticles could be sent in either direction to any point,
rapidly, cheaply and safely. 3d. Labor is abun
dant, being supplied by the surrounding country, in
which there are but few manufactories.
The establishment of such en enterprise here
would be of great service to the city. It would
bring 200 or 300 more families to our midst—
would infuse into many branches of business in
creased activity—would give almost as great an op
portunity for securing work to our male population
as is offerod to our females by the Cotton Factories
—would thus keep most of our young, active, en
ergetic and competent workmen at home—and
would be generally beneficial in enlarging the field
of labor, increasing the variety of pursuits, and ma
king every one more prosperous. There can be no
question of its pecuniary success, as there is no bus
iness now offering itself which is likely to return
as large profits on investments, as in the nature of
things, that of engine building must.
Arroirizmerirs.—The Philadelphia Conference
of the M. E. Church, which was in session
last week, at Harrisburg, adjourned on Wednes
day evening, previous to which the following ap
pointments were made :
North Philadelphia District.—J. Castle, P.Elder,
St. George's, F. Hodgson; Trinity, D. W.Bartine,
Eighth Street, Wm. Urie; Fifth Street, J. A. Roach;
St. John's, G. R. Crooke; Kensington, Pennell
Coombe; Sanctuary, Win. Barnes;- New Market
Street, George Quigley, 12th Street, W. H. Elliot;
Cohocksink, John Thompson; Bethlehem, To be
supplied; N. City, 11. Mission, A. Manship; Som
merfield Mission, E. R. Williams; Port Rchimond,
Wm. Major; Zora, To-'be supplied; Milestown, S.
Townsend; Lehman's Chapel and Fairview, Wm.
B. Wood; Doylestown, Wm. W. McMichael;
Frank lord, J. Cunningham; Bridesburg , W. C. Rob
inson; Bustleton, R. M. Greenbank; Holemnburg,
J. H. Boyd; Bristol, M. H. Sisty; Attleborough,
J. Y. Ashton; Newtown, J. A. Wanton, M. A. Day;
Allentown, and Bethlehem, To be supplied; Qua
kertown Mission, To be supplied; Easton, J. R.
Anderson; S. Easton, E. Townsend; Richmond,
T. W. Simpers; Stroudsburg, J. F. Boon; Emory
Mission, W. L. Gray; Cherry Valley, Hub
bard; Cor. Secretary Missionary Society, J. P. Dur
bin; Agent of Tract Society, J. W. Mecasky.
'South Philadelphia Districts--T. J. Thompson,
Presiding Elder—Union, Wm. M. D. Ryan, Naza
reth, F.. Miller; Ebenezer, M. D. Kurtz; Mariner's
Bethel, A. Johns; Wharton street, J. Sewell; St.
Paul's, P. J. Cox; Salem, Wm. Cooper; Western
Church Mission, J. W. Arthur; Ashbury, W. Phil
adelphia, J. McCarter, Kelly South City Mission,
Wm. E. England; j.ihn Wesley, to be supplied;
Haddington and Monroeville, J. Henry, B. 11..
Curry; Radnor, 11. Sutton, one to be supplied;
Villiage Green, J. T. Cooper, H. A. Hobbs;; Rock
dale, Geo. W. McLaughlin; Lancaster, let Church,
Win. Bishop; Lancaster, 2d Church, J. H. Alday;
Safe Harbor, Daniel L. Patterson; Columbia, J.
Mason; Marietta, S. Patterson; Mount Joy and
Bainbridge, G. W. Brindle; Harrisburg, A. Cook
man; Dauphin and Hummettsburg Mission, H. San
derson, J. S. Lame; Halifax, J. S. Cook, H. H.
-Hickman; Mantau, J. Dickerson.
{0- The nest Annual Conference will be he
t Reading, on the 224 of March 1854.
The whole number of white members in the
bounds of the Conference, is, according to the re
ports, 45,204—showing an increase of 1859 over
last year. The number of colored members is
Appointments,
CONFIRMED HY THE UNITED SLATED SENATE
PHILADELPHIA
Collector of Port—Han. Charles Brown.
Naval Officer—Hon. Nathaniel B. Eldred
Surveyor—Reuben C. Hale.
Deputy do.—Richard R. Young.
Postmaster—John Miller.
U. S. Marshal—Col. F. M. Wynkoop.
Navy Agent—Capt. Alfred Day.
Treasurer of Mint—Robert Ewing.
Director of do.—Hon. Thomas M. Petit.
BALV.MORE
Collector—Philip F. Thomas.
Postmasf , r—J. G, Davies.
Surveyor—Jame Pollc.
Navy Agent—J. H. Briscoe.
Naval Officir—John Ketterly.
Marshal—J. M. Watkins.
NEW YORK.
Collector—Daniel S. Dickinson.
District Attorney—Charles o , Conrier
Postmaster—lsaac Fowler.
Sub Treasurer—Gen. John A. Dix.
Naval Officer—J. Redfield.
Marshal—H. A. Hillyer.
Surveyor—Mr. Cochran.
Navy Agent—C. Swackhamer.
DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD STOLEN FROM MRS.
Lietca.—Yesterday afternoon the three twenty dol
lar gold pieces stolen by the murderer of Mrs.
Lynch, were discovered by an officer. They were
in a port monnaie, which was wrapped up in a
piece of a copy of the Sunday Dispatch. The blood
stained treasure was found hid in a heap of oyster
shells and ashes, near the west end of the stoop at
Maguire's tavern, in West Market street, where
the murderer boarded. A brick was laid over the
pocket book. The discovery created a great nen
sariOn in the neighborhood, and drew a large crowd
of people. The officer was fairly beset by a num
ber of curious persons who were anxious to see the
these paltry double eagles, for the possession of
Which the lives of two unfortunate females were
cruelly sacrificEL—Thursdays North Anfrican.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Ilmnassuas, March 31
Szarri:,The Senate, on motion of Mr. Kinzer,
took up the bill to incorporate the Harrisburg and
Lancaster Railroad, Company to lay an additional
track, which was considered and passed.
On motion of Mr. Quiggle, the bill to incorpor
ate the ColebroOkdale Railroad Company was ta
ken. up and passed.
The bill to incorporate .the Erie City Railroad
Company Was taken up and passed. Committee of
the Whole, and was then postponed—yeas 19; nays
10.
The Senate, on motion of Mr. Forsyth, took up
in Committee of the Whole, the bill to authorize
the appointment of a generaFreceiver of taxes for
the city and county of Philaaelphia.
The bill passed committee, and was then laid
aside.
Mr. Buckalew ' from the Judiciary Committee,
reported negatively upon the bill supplementary to
the act relative to last wills and testaments.
'Mr. Goodwin read in place a bill to create a paid
Fire Department in the city and county of Phila
delphia.
The bill relative to relemes, and repealing theact
relative to registration, was taken up, considered
and passed..
The Senale, on motion of Mr. Fry, took up the
bill to incorporate the Donowsky Gas Company of
Allentown, which was considered and passed finally.
The hour of 12 having arrived, the Speaker and
members of the Senate repaired to the hall of the
House, for the purpose of taking part in the allot
ment of of the public printing.
The Senate, having returned to their chamber,on
motion, adjourned. 3
HousE.—The House, on m otion of Mr. Ather
ton, took up the bill took up the Sill to incorporate
the Central Company, which was considered and
passed finally.
The bill to incorporate the the Lackawana Coal
Company was taken up, on motion of Mr. Danning,
considered and passed.
The House, on motion of Mr. NVaterbuiy, after
a good deal of wrangling, proceeded to the consid
eration of the bill for the repeal of the Railroad
Gauge Law.
Mr. Hills, of Erie, moved a proviso, that the
provisions of the bill shall not apply to the county
of Erie.
Mr. Kelso advocated the amendment as of great
importance to the city of Erie.
Mr. Merriman opposed the amendment.
Mr. Moore, in support of the motion to amend,
urged it as, necessary to secure to the city of Erie
her just and natural rightsl It was a matter of
very great importance to that city, which justly
boasted the possession- of the best harbor on the
Lakes, but which would be rendered of compara
tively little value by the passage of this bill in it's
original lorm.
Me Flanigan followed, urging similar views in
support of the amendment.
After further discussion, without a vote, the bill
was laid aside.
THE STATE PRINTING.—The hour of 12 o'clock
having arrived, the Speaker and members or the
Senate were introduced and provided with seats,
and the convention of the two Houses being then
organized, proceeded to open the proposals fur ex
ecuting the Public Printing of the State, from three
years from the lot
,a May next, agreeably to the
act of Assembly.
There were 37 separate proposals for the Eng
lish printing, when, after the examination of all
the bids, it was allotted to A. Boyd Elamilton, at 70
1.16 th per cent, below the prices fixed in the Act.
The German printing was also awarded to A.
Boyd Hamilton; at 63 1-16th per cent, below the
established prices.
The Convention, on motion, adjourned, and the
members of the Senate retired.
The House adjourned.
AFTERNOON Szsston.—The House re-assembled
at s.o'clock, and resumed the consideration of the
bill repealing the Railroad Guage Law.
The amendment of Mr. Hills, of Erie, excepting
the county of Erio from the provisions of bill, was
further debated and lost.
The bill was then passed finally—yeas 67, nays
18.
The House thereupon adjourned.
ANOTHER SPANISH OUTRAGE ON THE AMERICAN
FLAG. Capt. Sterling of the schooner Manchester,
of Baltimore, whicn arrived at New York on Fri
day, from Kingston, Jamacia, reports that on the
15th inst., off the island of Cuba, and about twenty
miles east of Cape Antonio, he was boarded by
twelve armed men, under the command of a negro
second lieutenant, from a Spanish cruiser of twelve
guns, who took possession of the vessel in spite of
his remonstrances, and carried her inside the reef
there. They then demanded the schooner's papers,
which the captain had to take on board the cruiser
for examination. They also broke open the hatch
es, and took out about a third of the schooner's cargo;
but not finding any ammunition or guns on board,
put it back again. This was done after the papers
were examined and fotind correct. After detaining
her twenty-four hours, anchored close under their
guns, the schooner was allowed to proceed and get
out of the reef the best way she could. This, how
ever, was not allowed, until Capt. S. had promised
to satisfy a demand of thirty dollars Jor safely pi
loting him inside the reef. The only excuse given
for this wanton injustice, was their suspicions of
her being bound to Cuba with arms for the revolu
tionists. The bogrding officer gratuitously inform
ed Capt. Sterling that it was utterly impossible,
owing to the strict guard kept, for any one to at
tempt to surreptiously land upon the Cuban coast,
and that any one caught in the attempt, would im
mediately have a a "rope around his neck;" a hint
of-what probably might have been the fate of Capt.
S., if any article they could have construed into
"arms" or "ammunition" had been found on board.
INFANTICIDE AND ADMISSION OF GIIILT.—The
New York papers report a horrible case, the facts
of which were elicited before a jury, upon the body
of a male child, about two months old, who was
alleged to have come to its death by being stran
gled by its mother. Considerable testimony was
.taken, the most important of which was that of the
mother, a German woman, who said :
" I have been in the U. States for two years past;
I have been living with a black man, named Cyrus
Cole, in Rawdon, New Jersey, who is the father of
the child. I understand that lam at liberty or not
to answer whether I have choked my child and
caused the death. of my child by choking. The rea
son I killed him is, that a black man was the fath
er of him. It would bring shame and disgrace up
on my family. My parents live about five or six
miles from Rawdon, N. J."
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict to the ef
fect that the child came to its death by strangula
tion, caused by Christiana Darzback, its mother,
and the latter was committed for trial.
TEXAS AND Tax B►nrnas.—A letter from San
AntOnio to the Cotton Plant, states that a bill has
passed the Texas Legislature which grants to the
Barings, of London, the right of way from Houston,
Texas, to the El Paso. They ask for no land—
Their agent; Mr. Chatsworth, has pledged the faith
of the Barings, and forty millions of dollars to car
ry out the matter at once. They intend carrying
the road to the Pacific, and it ie understood that the
Mexican government are to prepare to grant the
right of way over their territory.
The Monthlies
The !'ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART," for
April, is an excellent number, handsomely embel
lished and fully sustaining the previously acquired
reputation of the work. Amongst the embellish
ed we notice a very fine portrait of President
PIERCE, of the Empress of France, and also of Dr.
Layard, the celebrated Eastern traveller and anti
quarian.' The reading matter is ilso exceedingly
interesting, embracing a groat variety of subjects.
The work is published on the first of every
month, simultaneously in New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia, Lowell and Montreal. Price 25 cents
each number.
•" THE TEK,LE."—ThIs excellent Masonic pe
riodical is still working its way more and more in
to public favor. The April number is more than
usually interesting. The work is edited by B.
Parke, Esq., of Harrisburg, and Professor C. E.
Blumenthal, of Carlisle—and published at Car
lisle, at $1,50 per annum.
ILLUSTRATED NEWS.—The last number, in its it
lustrations, is a real prodigy. The Black Swan,'
and various other equally well executed engra
vings, cannot be surpassed. Verily, Manama can'
be beat in any thing he undertakes.
THE LADIES' KEEPSAKE, for April, is made, up
of interesting articles in prose and poetry, and is
beautifully embellished with an engraving repre
senting "Childhood."—Price $,lOO per annum.—
Address John S. Taylor, 193 Nassau street, New
York.
FonnEsrts , s BOW and Gums , MAGAZINE, for
April, is on our table It is published monthly, by
F. & G, C. Rand, Boston, at 10 cents ppr number,
and is a capital work for junveile readers.
WEBSTER'S QUARTO DICTIONAR.Z.—Without re
serve or qualification, the best extant. President
Olin. Surpassed in ullness and accuracy by none
in our language.—President Wayland It far ex
cels all others, in giving and defining scientific
terms. Pres. Hitchcock. The standard wherever
the English is spoken,iit deserves to be, must be; is,
and will be.—Prof. Stowe. An honor to the lan
guage. Pres. Humphrep. A copiousness perspif
cuity, and accuracy, not fouud - in any other.—Pres.
Day. A great improvement on all which have pre
ceded.—Pres. Bates. Worthy of general patronage.
—Pres. Woods. Most complete, accurate, and re
liable of the language.—Pres. Beecher, Prez. Lar
reale, Pres. Keller, Pres. Woolsey, Pres. Blanch
ard, Pres. Smith, Pres. Knox, and Chancellor .Fre
linghuysen.
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Mass., and for sale by rittrits.sy St Bromic, in this
City.
Foreign Items.
Nam Yam, March 28
The steamship Franklin, from Havre, via Cowes,
Which port she left at 6 P. M., on the 16th, arrived
here this evening, at 8 o'clock, bringing 47 passen
gers.
The steam propellor Andes put back, in conse
quence of springing a leak when three days out.—
She was discharging part of her cargo in order to
repair.
The Australian mail packet Australia had put
back for the fourth time, leaky, having sprung a
leak in the Bay of Biscay. She was only saved
from foundering by the constant exertions of the
crew and passengers at the pumps.
airoxAsm.—An explosion occurred at a colliery
in Monmouth, on the 12th inst., killing 12 persons.
FIIANCE..--A Republican demonstration took
place in Paris on the 13th, at which nearly 20,000
men were assembled in procession, the occasion be
ing the funeral ot Madame Raspail, the wife ot the
celebrated State prisoner of that name. A detach
ment of cavalry and an immense police force were
present, and prevented any speeches over the grave.
The Pope is said to have postponed the date o
his visit to Paris.
Swrrzsnr.ssrn.—Switzerland is represented as
being still 'greatly agitated in consequence of Aus
trian measures, and it was feared that some collis
ion would trke place.
GERMINT.—An American lady has been arrested
at Heidelberg, charged with having revolutionary
pamphlets in her possession. She was direct from
America.
Arrarara.—The town of Cremona has been placed
in a state of siege, in consequence of an Austrian
sentinel haring been killed.
It is denied that Mazzini escaped on board an
English frigate, anc he is still supposed be in
Piedmont.
'Marshal Haynau died at Vienna, on the 14th inst
AUSTRAL] A.—Advices from Australia, to the
10th of January have been received. The yield of
gold at the diggings is reported to be greater than
ever. About 100,000 men were at the various dig
gings, averaging ten ounces each, per week. Trade
was brisk, and prices were sustained, excepting in
flour.
Eorrr.—Advices from Alexandria state that
grain bad declined considerably, and several failures
had taken place.
Isima.—The Overland Indian mail had arrived
at London, with dates from Calcutta to February
sth, Bombay to Feb. 12th, and from China to Jan
uary 13th. The new revolution in Ava is con
firmed.-The King of Burmah has been dethroned
by his brother, and the English Ambassador had
set out for the capital.
Commerce in India was active.
The advices from China state that the rebellion
was making rapid progress. Trade was inactive,
but large operations bad, however, been made in
teas, at an advance in greens and Congous.
COMMERCIAL NEWS
LIVERPOOL, March 15.--The Cotth market was
only moderately active yesterday, with sales of
.5000 bales of which 1500 were for exportation.—
The sales to-day (15th) reached 8000 bales, half
on spipsulation and for export. Prices are unchang•
,ed. The sales on Saturday reached 4,000 bales.
BREADSTUFFS.—There was a lair attendance at
this day's Corn market, and Wheat and Flour gen
erally recovered from Friday's depression. Corn
was in small demand but prices were .ls. lower .
for white..
LONDON PRODUCT. ALMILET, March I.s.—Thera
has been a good business doing in Sugars, at full
prices. In Coffee a fair business has been done.—
Native Ceylon—sales of 1000 bags (private sale)
at ISs The Corn market, yesterday, was dull
Wheat was lower and Flour was heavy; American
qualities being ld to ls, lower. Corn was press
ingly offered by holders.
Important from San Juan
The port of San Juan del Norte, has been taken
possession of by the U. S. Sloop•of.war Cyane,Com•
mender George N. Hollins. This act, we suppose ,
will create a stir among the English, as that, we
believe, is one of the settlements of the Nicaragua
coast claimed by the Mosquito King, the ally, or
rather, tool of Great Britain.
We copy the following statement of the facts of
the case from the Washington Union:
In the month of February the municipal council
of San Juan, in consequence of some dispute with
the Nicaragua Transit Company, passed an order
for the demolition of the depot and buildings of the
company, situated on Punta Arenas, opposite tho
city. This order was partially carried into effect
on the 21st of February. Meanwhile, on the 10th
of March, the United States sloop-of-war Cyane,
Captain George N. Hollins commanding, arrived at
San Juan, under orders to cruise in that vicinity.—
Immediately Captain Hollins was served with a pro
test from the agent of the Transit Company against
the order of the council of San Juan, and with a
request to protect its property from further depre
dation. Accordingly, ho despatched Lieutenant
Green with a remonstrance to the council against
any additional outrage on the property of the Tran
sit Company ; but the council replied that they
would complete the destruction of the buildings at
eleven o'clock on the next day, Ilth of March.—
Capt. Hollins then made a protest in person to the
council against their threats, but with no betterre
suit. Learning_that the people of Nicaragua were
proceeding to the destruction of the buildings
of the company, he despatched a detachment of
mariners for their protection. Being forbidden by
the guard to disturb the buildings, the Nicaraguans
desisted from their purpose and dispersed. In con
sequence of their repulse the council of San Juan
abdicated their functions. Captain Hollins deemed
it necessary to continue the protection of the com
rany's property ; and on the application of an
American citizen who had suffered some outrages
from the Nicaraguans, he issued n proclamation,
warning them in uso manner to molest the person■
or property of foreigners resident in San Juan.
Later from Europe
We have tour days' later accounts from Liverpool
brought by the steamer Attantic. The following is
the Telegraphic report :
In the British House of Lords on the 7th inst. the
Earl of Malmesbury alluded to a report that Maz
zini had escaped from Genoa on board an English
frigate, and said if the report was true it v.ea an act
of ill-judged hunianity on the part of tl,- r.tish
commander.
In the House (A Commons Mr. Hume alluded to
Mr. Everett's letter to the President of the United
States on the subject of a Ehip canal through the
Isthmus of Panama, and asked whether that Gov
ernment had received any intimation on the subject.
If so, whether the Ministers were prepared to state
their views, Lord Russell replied by intimating
that certain intelligence induced the Government
to think that the convention concluded with the
United States would not answer a decided purpose
the projectors of that canal having changed the
scheme from a canal admitting only coasters. The
Government hid heretofore communicated with the
United States upoci the subject, 'declaring that the
object originally contemplated would be frustrated
and another plan was proposed, of which the Brit
ish Government thought favorably, and would be
very glad if the American Government would con
cur, as, if adopted, it would greatly increase the
commerce of all nations. - -
Parliament was to be prorogtted on the I?th till
the 4th of April.
The Emperor of .France has appointed a com
mission to visit every part of Europe to inquire into
the wants of the country. Father La Cordaire has
been ordered to quit Paris for alluding in harsh
terms to the Emperor in a sermon. A tradesman
of Paris has been arrested, charged by a dying wo
man with haviog shot the Archbishop of Paris du
ring the Insurrection of June, 1848.
Senor Rosa has been elected President of the
Chamber of Deputies of Spain.
•
The Emperor of Austria is rapidly recovering
from his wound. There is a report of conspiracy
at Comron, and hanging of Provost. The object
of the conspirators was to deliver the fortress into
the hands of Magyars. Five hundred were arrest
and taken to Pesth.
Abstria demands that the Hungarians and Poles
serving in the Turkish army be immediately dis•
The Porte has withdrawn its troops from Mon
tenegro, and pays four million piastres to Austrian
subjects. Kleck and Santorini remain to Turkey.
The latter relinquishes the right to erect fortifica
tions on them, and to approach them by sea.
EXECUTION AT GErrysnigno.—The death war
rant of James Green, a colored man, who was con
victed at Gettysburg, for ttiOmurder of Samuel
Mars, has been signed by the Governor. The day
fixed for his execution is Friday the 15th of April,
between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock. The-Com
piler says, Green was deeply affected by the reading
of the warrant, and asked the Sheriff nothing
could be done for him ' Ever since his sentence
he has labored to prepare himself for the terrible
doom awaiting him, but still , barbored the hope
that something would be donelo relieve him from
the penalty ordeath.
CHEAP TRAVELlNG.—Passengers are now ticket
ed through from St. Louis to Philadelphia, via Pitts-
burg, for s22—cheap compared to what it used to
cost. The Louis Intalligencer thinks that the
day is not far distant when a man will not .require
more than three or four - meals in traveling from.
that city to New York, and the cost of the trip
will not exceed ten dollars.
ET The U. S. Senate adjourned over on Thurs
day last, upon the announcement of Mn. Frrs•
mosa's death, es a mark of reepeet to her memory,