INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., MARCH 3, 1857
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The Inauguration.
To-morrow, afc the hour of high noon,
Jakes Buchanan. wiH take tho. oath of office,
and enter upon the of his duties as
President of the United States for the ensuing
four years, should Providence prolong his life
until the end of his term. No President of
the Union has been elected during the present
century who has attracted so much of public
attention, and from whose administration so
much is expected. lie reaches the Presiden
cy at a perilous time fn the history of the
Republic. The issues involved in the contest
which resulted in his triumphant election,
were of fearful import, and are still, to some
extent, pending. The Constitution, framed
by our fathers and which has carried the
Nation rapidly forward to greatness, was in
imminent jeopardy, and with it the Union
Madness and fanaticism seemed to
have -taken fast hold upon the minds of the
people of one section of our country, and for a
time it looked as if the crazed and turbulent
factionists of the day would succeed in their
nefariouß designs against the integrity of the
Union. But Providence willed it otherwise.
The good sense of a large majority of the peo
pie of the United .States were.not willing to
endanger that which our rovolptionary ances
tors gained for us at so great a price. They
resolved that, come what m?ty, the Union
must and should be preserved —and, in order
to make assurance doubly sure, further re
solved that James Buciianan, one of the
greatest, purest, and most experienced of liv
ing statesmen, should be elevated to the high
est office in the Republic. And, no sooner
had the telegraphic wires carried the news of
his electing from one extreme of the Union to
the other, than the great heart; of the Ameri
can people pulsated with renewed hopes for
'(be safety and permanency of our glorious
institutions.
The administration of President Buchanan
will mark an important.era in the Nation’s
History. Surrounded, as we trust he will be
in his political household, by statesmen of dis
tinguished reputation for ability and patriot
ism—himself a giant in intellect and a sage
in Council—we have every reason to believe
that, under his guidance, the Union will be
strengthened, sectionalism disappear, and the
country go forward with giant strides, in its
destined career of greatness and prosperity.
The Inaugural Address of President Bu
chanan will he looked for with intense anxi
ety by the whole American people, inasmuch
as it will foreshadow, to some extent at least,
the policy of his administration, both domes
tic and foreign. We predict that it will be a
State paper worthy the head and heart of its
distinguished author. We shall publish it in
our next issue—with the names of the new
Cabinet, and also the incidents connected
with the inauguration
Thc Nevr Cabinet
It seems to he the generally believed that
the following named gentlemen will constitute
the new Cabinet, viz:
Secretary of State, —Lewi§ Cass, of Mich-
Secretary of (he Treasury —Howell Cobb, of
Georgia.
Secrc f ary of liar—John B. Floyd, of Va.
Secretary <j the Nary —A. Y
Tennessee.
Secret ary of the Interior —Jacob Thompson,
of Mississippi.
J’osfni ister General —Arnold Plumer, of
Pennsylvania.
Attorney General —Nathan Clifford, Maine.
The above may, or may not, be the Cabinet
entire. A day or two more will settle the
question. Let our friends everywhere exer-
cise a little patience.
Assets of the Lancaster Bank.
We publish, on the outside of this week’s
paper, what purports to be a correct- copy of
the assets of the Lancaster Bank. We do so
at the request of several of our subscribers,
although wc have all along doubted the pro
priety of its publication, on account of the
names of many good men which appear in
the list, and in several cases to great disad
vantage. Other papers in the city, however,
having published the table, the reason fur
withholding it from the readers of the Intelli.
-\gencer no longer exists. As to its correctness
or incorrectness we know nothing. It is the
same report which appeared in the Indepen
dent Whig of Tuesday last, and is endorsed
by Mr. Fenn as a correct transcript from the
original on file in the Prothonotary’s office. —
This is denied by Mr. Geist, of the Express,
who alleges that the report published by him
is the correct one. Either of them looks ugly
enough for the management of the Bank. In
this opinion we think all our readers will
agree with us when they take a look at the
statement. |
Mark the Hypocrites!
A bill for the admission of Minnesota as a
State has recently passed the House by a vote
of 07 to 75. TWENTY SEVEN Northern
“ freedom ehriekers ” voted against this bill
for the admission of a FREE State, while
* TWELVE Southern Democrats voted for it 1—
If thetfe twelve Southern members hac voted
with these twenty-seven “freedom shriekers,”
the bill would have been defeated. Thus the
admission of a new free State is due to those
Southern members. These canting hypocrites
of the North are constantly denouncing the
Southern people as endeavoring to force slave
ry into free territory, while Southern members
vote for the admission of a - free State against
the persistent efforts of these hypocrites to de
feat it. Messrs. Aiken of South Carolina,
Clingman of North Carolina, Cobb of Georgia,
Bocock of Virginia, and other prominent
Southern men, voted for this bill, while three
Massachusetts members, three .from Connecti.
cut, three from Ohio, five from New York,
6even from Pennsylvania, (including Mr.
Roberts,) and others, voted against it. Such
is the sincerity of these freedom shrieking
demagogues—constantly bawling in behalf of
freedom and then voting against the admission
of a free State ! 1
A Significant Fact,
Let every honest man note the fact that the
Black Republican leaders in Congress used all
their power to screen those “black rascals”
whom the corruption committee have proved
guilty of the grossest corruption. The black
leaders first opposed the presentation of the
report, aDd sought to suppress it, and failing
in this they then denounced it and attempted
to sustain the corruptionists! Why was this?
What doeß it signify ? “ A fellow feeling
makes us wondrous kind.” The Black Re
publican party is a corruption party; it is built I
upon corruption, is held together by corrup-I
tion, its power is in its corruption, and there
fore Its loaders in Congress esteem corruption
no sin, and seek to screen from exposure and
puriishment those who are proved guilty of it.
Such has always been their course. The Gal
phin and Gardner frauds and,swindles were
perpetrated and defended by theta..-and their '
friends ; and the grossest frauds abd'dbrrdf?
tion in elections have been committed By their
direct advice and connivance. Let honest
men mark this, and unite in their effort to
overthrow this corrupt and corrupting organ
ization.
Dr. Elisha K» Kane*. j
This distinguished voyager is no more. He
breathed his last at Havana, in the Island of ,
Cuba, on the IGth of February, having sailed \
there from England a few weeks previous in'
search of health. His death is a national loss,
and we deeply sympathize with his family in
their bereavement. His remains will be j
brought to Philadelphia for interment. j
Dr. Kane was born in Philadelphia in the i
year 1822, and had accordingly just entered
upon his thirty-fifth year. He received his
academic education at the University of
Virginia, and graduated as Doctor of
Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1843. Soon after that date he entered the ;
United States’Navy as assistant surgeon, and :
accompanied the first American embassy to |
China. With his native thirst for bbserving j
the manners and customs of strange countries, ;
he visited different parts of China, the Phil-:
lippines, Ceylon, and the interior of India.— !
lie was the first white person who descended !
into the crater of the Tail of Luzen, accom- ;
plishing the act at the hazard of his life. He
was suspended by a bamboo rope around his ;
body, from a projecting crag, more than two '
hundred feet above the remains of volcanic ;
eruptions. With bottles of sulphurous acid
from the mouth of the crater, he was dragged
up senseless through the scoriae. Upon this
expedition, he was attacked by the Ladrones
and savages of the Negro race, and exposed
to other hardships which proved fatal to his
travelling companion, Baron Loe, of Prussia.
After this, he travelled over a considerable
portion of India, visited Ceylon, ascended the
Nile to the confines of Nubia, and passed a
season in Egypt. He travelled through
Greece on foot, and returned in 184 G to the
United States. He was immediately ordered
to the coast of Africa, and sailing in the frig
ate United States, visited the slave factories
from Cape Mount to the River Bonny, and
obtained free access to the baracoons of Da
homy. Returning home in a precarious state j
of health, he recovered sufficient to visit Mex- !
ico during the war as a volunteer. He sue- |
ceeded in delivering despatches from the
President to the Commander in Chief, escorted
by the notorious spy company of the brigand -
Dominguez, and after getting the better of a
detachment of Mexican soldiers whom they
encountered at Nopaluca, he was forced to
combat his companions single handed, in order
to save the lives of his prisoners, Gen. Torra
jon, Gen. Gaona and others, from their fury. ;
On the return of peace, he was ordered upon !
the Coast Survey under Professor Bacbe, and
was thus employed in the Gulf of Mexico,
when he volunteered his services on the first
Grinnell Expedition in 1850. lie was accept
ed as senior surgeon and naturalist of the
squadron, and entered upon his duties with
an enthusiasm, sagacity, and power of endu
rance which admirably prepared him for the
most arduous responsibilities of the second
Expedition, the results of which are before
the world.
In his private character, Dr. Kane displayed
a singularly lovely aud attractive union of
qualities in striking contrast with the boldness
and resolution which impelled him on his
career of adventure. The narrative of his ex
peditions present a delightful illustration of
his personal traits. In this respect they pos
sess the charm of unconscious autobmgraph}*.
His modest simplicity, his refined taste, his
tenderness ol feeling, and his almost feminine
sympathies are perpetually revealed iu con
nection with as dauntless courage and con-
ever nerved heroic heart to lofty
prowess. Hence, the magnetic puwer which
he exerted over the companions of his enter
prise, winning their romantic attachment,
and making himself a centre of light and
encouragement amid the darkest of the forlo.rn
hope iu the Arctic seas. Whatever the scien
entific results of his perilous voyages, they
are of still higher significance in the example
they have presented of noble, persistent, dis
interested and undismayed manhood.
Brown, of
The State of Minnesota.
The bill authorizing the territory of Min
nesota to form a State Constitution and gov
ernment to be admitted into the Union as an
equal member of the confederacy, has passed
both houses of Congress, and is now a law, by
the signature of the President. At the latest
dates from Minnesota, the territorial legisla
ture was engaged in debating this very matter
of a State government. When the news of
the passage of the bill through Congress
reaches St. Paul, it will have the effect to
hasten action. The present legislature is in
such a curious condition, that it is impossible
to tell its political complexion. There is in
each house one member who claims to be in
dependent of both Republicans and Democrats,
though approving the Republican creed.—
Leaving out these each house is exactly tied,
so that the independents hold the balance of
power. Some division of sentiment exists in
the territory with regard to the drawing of the
boundary line. The bill just passed by Con
gress provides that the western -boundary shall
be the Red and Big Sioux rivers, leaving all
between those streams and the Missouri to
furm a new territory uuder the Dame of De
cotah. But a laige party wants the boundary
to beaa line drawn through the middle of the
territory, due east and west from the St. Croix
to the Missouri, thus cutting the whole of the
present territory into two large divisions, of
which the southernmost is to be the State.
The Testimony of an Opponent
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Times, (black republican.) pre
suming upon the correctness of the last report
in regard to the composition of the new cabi
net, thus speaks of the venerable patriot and
statesman, General Cass :
“The advanced age of Mr. Cass does not
prevent his enjoying that clear use of his
faculties which his enemies sometimes deffiy
him. His habits have always been regular,
and his temperance, even to abstenance, has
for years been remarkable. He adheres to
the custom of walking a great deal as a pre
ventative of corpulency, and exhibits neither
the desire nor tendency to being laid upon
the shelf for many a day yet.”
Assuming that Mr. Cobb is to be placed
at the head of the Treasury Department, the
same writer pays the following compliment
to that distinguished gentleman :
“ lie unites to unquestioned integrity an
attachment to the principles of free trade,
and an acquaintance, in detail, with the wants
of the commercial community, which make it
in every way desirable that their interests
should be entrusted to his hands. He is in
the full vigor of health, and is endowed with
an energy and industry which, brought to
bear during the next four years, cannot but
be productive of incalculable benefit to the
codntry”
National Safety Saving Fund. Our
readers are requested to peruse with attention
the Notice and Statement of the Saving Fund
of the National Safety Company, which ap
pears amongst our advertisements. This is
an old well established institution which has
nearly ONE MILLION AND A HALF OF
DOLLARS invested in tho very best securi
ties for the safety of Depositors. We learn
that a great many of our citizens have put
their money in this Saving Fund on account
of the superior safety it affords. The office is
.in'Walnut street, south west corner of Third,
Philadelphia.
J®=Hon. John C. Breckinridge, V. P.
elect paid a visit to the Navy Yard, at Phila
delphia,- on Thursday last. He was received
with marked distinction, and a salute of thir
teen guns was fired in honor of his visit.
i Privileged Orders In the IJ> States* 1
It is a vain boast, says the Philadelphia,
i Argus , that we have no titles in the American
i Republic. We admit that they do not exist:
in name; but they nevertheless exist in fact 1
they exist-in substance, if not in form. Soci
ety in America is rapidly becoming as widely
j divided into castes, orders, and classes, as it.
j is in the rotten aristocracies and crumbling
i monarchies of Europe. i
In theory we have established perfect polit
ical and social equality in the United States;
but no where do they actually exist. We are
vain-glorious over the idea that the poorest
boy in the country may-ultimately become
; the President of this great nation. The days
; of miracles have passed—all this looks very
1 well upon paper, but as to its actnal truth it
I has no more foundation in fact than the
; rhapsodies of a lunatic. Not that there is the
: slightest legal or constitutional barrier to the
! political elevation of the humblest citizen to
! the most exalted station, but a diseased public
; opinion, the inexorable law of custom, routine,
precedent, make such an event the merest
; fiction that can well be imagined. Who ever
' heard of a farmer being elected to the Presi
; dency, in this self glorified land oi republican
equality—where we falsely pretend that all
feet Btand upon the same political level ?
Where was there ever an instance known in
which ah American mechanic was selected to
occupy a place in the Cabinet? It is of ex- ,
ceedingly rare occurrence that a member of
either of the two most useful callings upon :
earth are elected to a seat in Congress, or !
even our State Legislature. But it is of an’
other matter that we now desire to speak. j
The Army bill which has just passed both
Houses of Congress, raising (unnecessarily we
think,) the already large pay of the officers,
ignores tho fact that the sergeants, corporals,
and common soldiers, are entitled to the least :
consideration whatever. Their claims are j
wholly overlooked—shamefully disregarded. 1
i The privileged classes alone received the at- 1
! tention of ojjr republican law makers. The ■
| untitled nobility, the sham aristocracy, aloDe :
must have an increase of pay. The dispro- !
portion already shamefully great between the
-*pay of the officers and the soldiers, must be
unjustly increased—and this too without pro
test or remonstrance from aDy quarter.
II there are anymore objectionable features
in European aristocracy than are to be found
in our American Army and Navy system, we
; are entirely ignorant of the fact. The policy :
! of even monarchical France has always been ’
infinitely more republican than our own. The
great Napoleon promoted merit wherever
found. The common soldier under his ad-:
mirable system, might become a General or a ,
Field Marshal, if he proved himself worthy of
such distinction. But in the American Re
public a common soldier may be as brave as
Julius and the highest post of honor
to which he can possibly hope to reach is that'
of a sergeant. A commission bestowed upon
one who had no family influence, or who
could not control votes at an election, or did
not happen to belong to some decayed family
of untitled American nobility—such an event
would be as rare as flowers upon an iceberg.
Our republican (?) Navy, too. Who ever
heard of a meritorious sailor rising higher in
this country than a boatswain, or a boat
swain’s mate, no matter what may have been
his services or his qualifications ? When the
sailur returns home from a three year’s cruise,
he is unceremoniously turned adrift to forage
for himself. The privileged order, the officers, ■
are detained in the service upon high wages,
even if they have nothing to do. Why is it
that in this land of boasted republican freedom
and perfect political equality bf rights (?) that
mechanics at our navy y T ards are discharged
when there is nothing for them to do, and a
host of high salaries for —waiting
orders ? Why are not all classes treated pre
cisely alike, if all are treated alike under the '
American Constitution ? Why are uot sailors
retained and paid for waiting orders, if we :
have no privileged classes in our Republic ? ;
Even in the appointments recently made by ;
the President, of Cadets to West Point, we
believe there is not the son of a farmer or a
mechanic in the whole number. Every one
of them, we believe, without a single excep- i
tion, are selected from the privileged classes, 1
the sons of Army and Navy officers. Will our !
theory aud practice ever correspond? Wo
> hope the period will arrive when we shall ,
become a republic in fact, as well as in rank.
Important from Washington.
DETAILS OF THE .MEXICAN TREATY DISAPPROVED
BY THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET— WILL BE
RETURNED UNACTED UPON'.
Washington, Feb. 2G.
The new treaty with Mexico reached here
last night, and was submitted to the Cabinet
at the meeting held to day. It consists of four
conditions. First—Reciprocity between the
United States and Mexico, professedly predi
cated on the arrangement with Canada.—
Second—A loan of fifteen millions of dollars,
to be secured by the Mexican customs revenue:
eight millions of the loan are to be paid to
Mexico, four millions to the British bond
holders. and three are reserved fun the pay
ment of claims from the United States. Thirdl
—A commission is to be constituted for thei
adjudication of American claims. Fourth—
A postal convention on the basis of that made
by General Gadsden. No territory of any;
kind is acquired or contemplated, and no|
advantages are proposed not already existing.
The whole proposition is considered extra-,
ordinary, and the sentiment of the Cabinet,''
ut the meeting to-day, was very decided
agairst recognizing it so far as to ask tfie
advice of the Senate. This treaty having
been originated without instructions of any
kind, and’ being opposed to the views of the
Administration, the Executive will probab’y
take the responsibility of disapproving the
act of Mr. Forsvth.
The remaining appropriation bills passed
the House to-day, thus relieving all appre
hensions on that score. The time being
wholly corisumed by this business to-day, Mr.
Gilbert’s case was not discussed in the House
Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, will appear as his
counsel to-morrow, and if the House refuse
him a trial, as is expected, he, and the others
charged with corruption, will probably resign,
to invite a popular judgment, which act looks
like half confession.
Cheated in the Late Election. —lt would
seem from the paragraph below, from the
Boston correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, that the Black Republicans
apprehend they made a mistake last summer
in expending so much time, labor and money
in securing the re-election of Messrs. Burlin
game and Comins to Congress:
“Not a'little feeling exists here because of
the great misconduct of most of our Congres
sional delegation, about the admission of Min
nesota into the Union. Only three votes from
Massachusetts in support of the measure is
altogether too bad. The four absentees are
even now more strongly censured, if there
be a difference, than those who voted against
admission. Mr. Burlingame’s absence is the
cause of many indignant remarks. It is said,
in his defence, that he was at one of the de
partments. Now we do not 'send men to
Congress to work in the departments, but to
do their duty in the House, were they belung.
Mr. Burlingame has made a poor return fur
the arduous work in his behalf, which we all
performed last November. He would not
have dared to ‘dodge the question' if his
eleetion were pending. As to Comins, who
represents our other Boston district, we fought
hard for him, too, and I am Bure that Colonel
Green, his opponent, Hunker Democrat tho’
he is, would not have so misrepresented us if
he had been in the House. I am rather afraid
that we were cheated terribly in the last elec
tion. Everything ,is now working in favor of
the Democrats, who taunt their opponents
with the manner in which they have been
served by men in whose behalf they made
such sacrifices.”
Extraordinary Cast of Needle-Man!a.
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE NEEDLES
EXTRACTED FROM THE FLESH OF A LADY,
AND SHE STILL LIVES.
The public were interested some time ago
by an account of a lady in Otsego county,
New York, who had endeavored to make her
self a sort of pin .cushion. Dr. Sumner, who
attended her, has lately removed to Rochester,
and furnishes the Union of that city with the
following account of the case. The following
is his statement:
Some three or four years since, there floated
through the newspapers, in various sections,
a brief notice of a “remarkable case of
needles”—between one and two hundred hav--
ing, at that time, been extracted from the
body of a young lady. Like other accounts,
which are tinged with the marvellous, this
notice attracted much attention, and I was
frequently called upon to verify the relation
by a full history of the case. As the “finis”
is apparently reached, a few notes, collected
by “ the way,” may not be uninteresting to
the general reader, though the minute details
more particularly belong to a medical journal.
The subject was a young lady, nineteen
years of age, of nervous temperament, very
healthy, and the daughter of a respectable
farmer in Butternuts, Otsego county, New
York. She first came to my office April 28th,
1853„ to have a needle abstracted from her
left arm, which she said got in accidentally as
she was moving a bundle of carpet rags.—
This, a medium sized sewing needle, was
found aud extracted from the anterior side of
the fore arm, about midway between the wrist
and the elbow. In less than a week she call
ed again, saying she had another need!6 in
her arm. I examined and found deep in tho
bend ol the arm, a hard substance, which
proved to be a needle similar to the first,
and accounted for in a similar manner. One
week after this the arm was very much swol
len, painful and presented the appearance of
malignant erysipelas, which continued about
six days. Alter the inflammation and swell
ing subsided, six needles were found, deep in
the flesh, about three inches from the elbow.
May 29th, fourteen were *aken out higher and
more cm the posterior side of thq arm. 30th,
seventeen were taken from the arm and
shoulders. Some of these were superficial,
lying just under the 6kin, but most of them
lay deep in the flesh, and a number entirely
under the biceps muscle. One, of large size,
lay with two-thirds its length imbedded in the
brachial artery. One large darning needle
was found lying directly on the bone, at the
insertion of the deltoid muscle; this caused
some inflammation and suppuration, which
led to its detection. June 4th, twelve were
removed from the left arm, two from the wrist,
eleven from the left and one from the rifit
breast. The whole number extracted during
the montn of June, was eighty-seven. Seyc
teinber, ton ; October, 28 : mostly from the
left breast and left side ot the abdomen.
About the last of November, 1853, she was
attacked with violent spasms. These continued
for three weeks, aud subsequently a large
number of needles were found in all parts of
her left side, from the left shoulder to the knee.
When apparently asleep she would converse
with her mother, and tell her where the
needles might he found, lint -when awake she
could seldom be induced to speak of them.
Also when in this sleeping or somnambulic
state, she was entirely unconscious of paiir.
While cutting through deem muscles or in the
most sensitive parts, wo could never perceive
a motion indicative of m-ling. (a number were
extracted m this fdeej’ tato.) on the con
trary, when, :-he expthrm.ed acute pain, even
from the least incision. '
I‘ruin January, 1854, no needles were found
until the middle of the following summer,
when she resorted to pins, cutting off the
Imads and thrusting them into the flesh
Subsequently she used hair pins, either
straightened or put in whole or the broken
halves. r ! hese were found deep in the large
muscles of the thigh. Several pieces of wire
and parts of the largest size of knitting nee
dies, nearly five inches in length, were found
lying directly on tho bone of the thigh on the
anterior side. These were put in two or three
inches above the knee, pushed upwards under
the flesh, and detected by the discharge of a
little matter at the point'of insertion. °A few
needles and pins were found at intervals till
December 15th, 1X55. when I extracted six
needles and three pins—all of which had lain
in the flesh a long time; some of them more
than a year. These were the last found, and
it is hoped by all her friends thaMhere will
be no recurrence of so strange a mania.
The whole number extracted was, of sewing
needles, 207—and these were of all sizes—
pins, G7,/darning needles, 4; hair pins, 5:
knitting Jneedles and wire, oach, s—total,
383. Great efforts were made on the part of
the family to detect her in the act of inserting
the needles, but in vain. It was ascertained
by comparison that most of them were taken
from a box of needles which had lain in the
house a long time. This was removed, but
she continued to use the same kind, evidently
from a 1 supply secreted about thq premises.
Almost every means has been resorted to, to
find the reason for so strange a fancy, but
nothing has yet developed it. She is firm in
her denial of knowing when, how or why she
did it: simply saying, “it must be that I do it,
for I Know no one else.” She is perfectly sane
on every other subject. Although tho effect
upon her general health has been bad, yet
during a great share of these years of suffer
ing, she has performed her accustomed portion
of household duties.
Although these needles have been exhibited
to the Professors of several Medical Colleo-es,-
with full details of the case, as well as to a
large number of physicians in this State, yet
a suitable name has hardly been given for a
disease-producing such effects. And when so
many “Doctors disagree,” I shall go no further
than to term it a remarkable case of mono
mania, The whole case has been one Qf
greater interest, anxiety and mystery than'
often comes under the notice of the physician.
Cuas. Sumner, M. D.
“Murder most Foul.’ l
The Toledo Commercial adds another to
the already long list of murders recently
committed. A Mrs. Ward, the wife of Return
J. M. Ward, ofSylvania, disappeared suddenly
and mysteriously, and the husband’s expla
nations being contradictory and unsatisfactory,
the citizens determined to investigate the mat
ter thoroughly. They went to Ward’s prem
ises, which they searched, and found indubi
table evidence that the woman had been foully
murdered. The account says :
In a pile of ashes near the house, human
bones were found—an upper T jaw almost
entire, and pieces of a skull. Two finger
rings were also found, which were recognized
as-those worn by Mrs. Ward. The citizens
who made the search fouud abundant evidence,
as they thought that the effects of Mrs. Ward
had been all burn'. Pie lock of her trunk,
pieces of dress, hunks end eyes, and other
articles were found. V citizens searched
farther—the bed cloth. d bad the appearance
of having been recently washed. On opening
the bolster and bed the leathers were found
covered with blood. Blood was also fuund
on a mat in the upper part of the house. A
minute search revealed traces of blood in other
parts of the house.
W hether the woman had been stabbed or
shot, they could not tell ; but that Bhe had
been foully murdered and her corpse burnt;
they were satisfied ; and at once proceeded to
cause the arrest of Ward. He was arrested
and examined before Mr. Justice Clark, and
was committed to jail in this city to await
trial before the next term of the Court of
Common Pleas for murder in the first degree.”
A New Treaty with Mexico, it is
rumored, is about to be concluded by Mr.
Forsyth, our Minister to that country, where
by for $15,000,000 we are to come into pos
session of a considerable part of Lower
California aDd the whole of the extensive
Department of Sonora. Of tho $15,000,000,
one-fifth is to be employed in satisfying the
claims of American citizens for spoliations.
A Miss Duncan, accompanied by a
fiend from Cincinnati, met her divorced hus
band in Louisville, Ky., ©n the 20th ult., and
after forcing him to retract alleged slanders
relative to her character, cowbided him pub
licly. The affair created considerable excite
ment. The heroine made her debut at the
National Theatre in Cincinnati, a year or two
ago.
The Missouri Legislature has granted
charters for the organization of eight l Banks
in St Louis. Their aggregate capital amounts
to $50,000,000.
State Legislature.
Harrisburg, Feb. 25,
This morning Mr. Myer, from the select
committee.on tbe resolutions instructing our
Senators and requesting our members of (Con
gress to vote against the admission of Kansas
as a Slave State, made an elaborate report*in
writing; which was ordered to be published
in the Legislative Record.
Tbe Senate resolved itself in Executive
Session, to consider tbe re-nomination of Dr.
Wm R. Dewitt as State Librarian.
A long debate occurred on the question of
confirmation ; but on the question being ta
ken the nomination was confirmed by the
following vote :
Yeas —Messrs. Brewer, Browne, Cresswell,
Ely, Evans, Fetter, Finney, Flenniken, Gaz
zam, Harris, Ingram, Jordan, Knox, Laubach,
Lewis, Penrose, Sellers, Steele, Straub, Welsh,
Wilkins and Wright—32.
Nats —Messrs. Coffey, Frazer, Killinger,
Myer, Scofield, Shuman, Souther and Tag
gart, Speaker —B.
Amongst the bills introduced was one by
Mr. Shuman to re-annex the borough of
Washington, Lancaster county, to the Manor
school district.
To-morrow will be the last day on earth for
Simon Green, who is to"he hung fhr murder
on Friday at noon. This miserable wretch
will expiate his terrible crime on the same
gallows used for the execution of Johnston.—
His execution will take place within the prison
yard.
In the House, the Speaker called Mr.
Knight to the Chair, and having asked leave
of the House, he proceeded to make a charge
against onp of. the Reporters of that body,
of having Attempted to extort money by inter
fering with! the action of the bills before them.
He said thi Reporter demanded the payment
of three hundred dollars, to have thembjection
of certain members withdrawn from a certa'n
bill. The demand was made to a friend of his
(the Speaker.) He stood ready to prove what
he had asserted. His friend was startled at
what was said to him by the Reporter. He
make an appointment to meet the Reporter
in the evening. At this interview the Repor
ter told him that he had seen his friends who
had objected, and that as a favor to him, (the
Reporter,) they would remove their objections
whenever he asked it; but that he would not
ask it unless three hundred dollars were paid,
cash down. The gentleman said this was
corruption. The reporter replied that he did
not care a d n ; that he was poor, and it
was his business to act as a Legislative attor
ney, and that he would have to pay a Repor
ter on the orher side of the House one hundred
and fifty dollars, who attended to bills on that
side.
Tins disclosed a deep conspiracy on the part
of certain persons to levy black mail and all
kinds of mail upon legislation. The Speaker
said if the House required it, he would name
the reporter. lie would take occasion to say
that his remarks did not allude to Messrs.
Kerr, Sipes, Rea, Morgan or Foster. He was
willing to believe that members of the House
were innocent of any complicity in this trans
action ; but it was just as bad, as far as justice
was concerned, if they were made the innocent
instruments of corruption—for instruments
they undoubtedly were.
Mr. Longaker- offered the following resolu
tion, which was agreed to :
Resolved. That a committee of five be ap
pointed by the Speaker to investigate the
charges made against the conduct of certain
reporters upon this floor, and that said com
mittee have power to send for persons and
papers; And further, That said committee be
empowered to investigate the conduct of all
reporters or other persons who may have im
properly approached members of this House,
or persons who seek legislation, and report
such evidence to the House, together with
such resolutions and recommendations as the
committee may deem advisable.
Messrs. Longaker, Petrikin, Thorn, Gildea
and Struthers were appointed said committee.
The bill entitled “ A supplement to toe act
relative to the defalcation of Jacob M. Stick
ler, late collector at Columbia,” was taken up
and passed tbe House finally.
Harrisburg, Feb. 27. — There was nothing
done in the House yesterday afternoon, the
use of the Hall having been granted to the
Military Convention, the proceedings of which
were unimportant and uninteresting.
The execution of Simon Green, for murder,
which was to have taken place here to-day,
has been suspended by the Governor until the
27th of March.
Proceedings of Congress.
The Corruption Cates—Defence and Resigna
tion of .Ur. Gilbert — Mr. Matteson Resigned
also Great. Excitement in the House.
Washington, Feb. 27.
House —The House resumed the consider
ation of the resolution for the expulsion of
Mr. Gilbert.
Mr. Purviance offered a substitute that the
House will forthwith proceed with the trial,
directing; the Sergeant-at-Arms to summon
Messrs. Triplett and Sweeney to appear before
the bar of the House for examination, and
that Mr. Gilbert be heard in person or. bv
counsel.
The resolution ol Mr. Purviance was reject
ed—yeas 82, nays 10'J.
Mr. Gilbert then rose to speak and the
members gathered around him.
He remarked that he rose with an unusual
degree of emotion, but he felt in his own con
science he was not condemned. Although he
had been placed thus before that assemblage
and his name spread broadcast over the land,
he was convinced of his own innocence.
The volume of evidence regarding himself,
had been commented on by others, and he
would add no weight to what bad been said.
He submitted to gentlemen, men of intelli
gence and lawyers, whether on such evidence,
they, sitting as a jury, would enforce a judg
ment in a civil suit for $25. On that evidence
he had been arraigned, and charges preferred
against him, which, if true, would affix upon
his name an enduring stigma. Ilig position
in life was well known, and he challenged
any man to say ought of his personal or official
conduct. If any member of this body felt
that lie had been injured by association with
him, let him rise and say so.
This attempt to fix a stigma on his good
name, was unprecedented. He charged the
House with gross injustice towards him, his
family, his friends, his constituents and the
world, in depriving him of a fair hearing.—
He felt confident that on his trial he would
come out unscathed. There was a history
connected with Mr. Sweeney that is yet a
secret. He has been home since he, testified.
He has been associated with men who have
used him as their tool, according to his (Gil
bert’s) honest-belief, and he thought he could
be /sustaimed. There are men high in author
ity who dare not cross Sweeney’s track. 1-f
the House had gone inti; a trial, some aston
ishing devclopements would have been made,
lie was prepared, jf the trial had been accord
ed, to vindicate himself.
Mr. Gilbert sent up a paper to the dork,
which was read. It stated that the committeo
had refused him a fair hearing, and reported
garbled, ex parte testimony, with the view to
convict him. He concludes by saying, that
from this moment he has resigned his seat as
a member and notified the Governor of New
York of the fact.
This announcement took the House by
surprise. Mr. Gilbert immediately left his
seat.
The resolutions of the Investigating Com
mittee in the case of Mr. Gilbert were tabled
—yeas 135, nays GB.
The case of Mr. Matteson was taken up,
when a long letter in reply to the charges
against him was read, concluding with a. res
ignation of his seat.
Considerable debate ensued, when finally
the first and second resolutions reported by
the Committe were adopted—yeas 118, nays
17, on the first, and yeas 114, Days 83, on the
second.
The third resolution was laid on the table
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, then called up the
resolutions in the case of Mr. Welsh, which
gave rise to a long and animated discussion.
a resolution was adopted, declaring
that there had been no sufficient evidence
elicited by the Committee, and that no fur
ther proceedings should be had against him.
Adjourned.
Senate —The Senate passed some twenty
five private bills.
Mr. Adams presented the credentials of
Jefferson Davis, elected a Senator from Mis
sissippi, from the 4th of March next.
The Post Office Appropriation bill was ta
ken up and debated for a time, when the
Senate took a recess till 6 o’clock.
The evening session was occupied by a de
bate on the Post Office Appropriation bill.—
An amendment was added authorizing the
Post Master General to contract for the con*
veyance of the entire letter mail from the
'Mississippi to San Francisco in four horse
coaches. Adjourned.
A Visit to Gen. Walker’s Camp.
A correspondent ot tbe New Orleans Pica
yune, on a visit to General Walker's camp at
Rivas, writes on tbe 23d instant:
“ Although it was nearly two o’clock in the
morning, Walker was seated on bis sofa, giv
ing one of his officers directions for the mor
row. Being lett alone, after a few words of
recognition, (For we were in 1851 brother
newspaper scribblers in San Francisco,) he
asked in a oareless way, aod in bis habitual
soft, half drawling voice, some questions in
regard to the closing of the river against him
by the Costa Ricans, tbe first news of which
we had just brought from Panama. lie did
not appear the least disturbed at the intelli
gence, and I doubt were an earthquake roek
inghis house from its foundation if he would
show the least concern; But Walker has
been so often described to your readers that a
new pi.dure would be superfluous. I was
much struck, however, with the change that
three years of exposure to tbe tropical sun of
Sonora and Nicaragua, their chills and fevers
and anxiety, though he never appears to feel
any, have produced id his face, ne is only
thirty-three years but 'no one would
take him for less than forty.”
The same writer adds :
“ The whole force under Walker’s command
before the battle of St. George amounted to
eight hundred men. He had in his two hospi
tals at Rivas about one hundred and fifty
sick and wounded. I counted seventy-five in
one hospital, and was told that the other had a
little larger number. There mav be two
hundred more about tho camp, consisting of
hostlers, cooks, servant, and useless loafers,
who receive rations. The fifty men from Cal
ifornia make up the loss at St. George.
/‘The men look well, Rivas, at this season,
being very healthy. A fresh, invigorating
breeze comes off rhe lake, tempering the hot
sun, and making the nights cool and delicious.
But in six weeks there will lie a change of
weather, with less winds and more heat, and
then probably the troops will suffer some by
sickness. Most of the cases in the hospital
are old ones from Grenada, where the climate
is extremely fatal to foreigners. Some of
Walker's officers estimate that he buried fn m
1,500 to 2,000 men there.
“Walker’s officers are all excellent fighting
men, and have no idea they can be whipped if
they can bring the ‘greasers' to a pitched bat
tle, no matter what their force. The men are
also eager for a fight, not so much for the
sake of fighting as from a hope of terminating
the war, a large portion of them seeming to be
heartily tired of it. The little army has pow
der and lead enough, but is short of round
shot and shell.- They have a considerable
tjuu *ity of corn and jerked beef in the city,
and for; zing parties are constantly bringing
in cattle.”
Arrival of tl»e Illinois at New York from
California.
New York, Feb. 27.— The steamer Illinois,
from Aspinwall. has arrived, bringing Califor
nia dates to the sth inst. She brings 77 boxes
of treasure, including twelve for Drexe! it Co.,
eleven for Wells. Fargo & Co., six for E Kelly
& Co., four for Duncan it Sherman, one f r
Ross, Falconer & Co., and one for Ames &
Co.
The lUi nois connected at the Isthmus with
the Steamer Sonora, which brought dowu
about $1,700,000. Tbe exact amouut trans
ferred to the Illinois is not stated
The Legislative Committee reported that
one hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars
had been taken from the Treasury. The
Treasurer accounts for its disappearance by
exhibiting the bond of the Pacific Express
Company, to pay in July next the interest of
the State debt. The validity of the bond is
questioned, as it does not make acknowledg
ment of the receipt ofthe money. The Treas
urer has been called on to give additional secu
rity for the money in his keeping. A propo
sition to impeach him is before the Legislature.
At a meeting of the citizens of Mariposa, it
was resolved to resist Col. Fremont's claim to
the Ma* iposa tract. A bill is before the Sen
ate providing for the working ofthe mines on
grants made before the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, which will, if passed, enable the
Mariposa settlers to defeat Col. Fremont’s
clftim.
David McDowell, a native of Philadelphia,
and forrnorly marshal of Sacramento, died at
Napa Springs on the 27th ult.
Mr. Latham forwarded his resignation of
the office of collector of San Francisco, by the
San Francisco steamer of the 20th ult. lie
recommended the appointment of the lion.
Frank Til ford as his successor.
Gen. Wool, and a number of others, visited
the Russian man-of-war Diana, bv invitation
of the Captain, when a salute was fired.
lowa Ilill, in Placer conn tv, has been nearly
destroyed by fire. Loss $150,000.
A party of Mexican bandits are devastating
the southern country, and murdering the in
habitants. The sheriff of and
three constables who went to protect the peo
ple were murdered. The Legislature has
appropriated $5,000 to assist in exterminating
the robbers.
The recent earthquake caused the ground
to open ten feet wide for many miles in length,
in the southern part of the State.
Business at San Francisco continued dull,
and there was no improvement in prices. -
The mines are yielding largely, except the
northern, which are blockaded up with snow.
The receipts of gold at San Francisco are 20
per cent, greater than for the. preceding fort
night:
Three Days Later from Europe
Halifax, Feb. 28.—The Collins' steamship
Niagara, from Liverpool, arrived this forenoon,
with dates to the 14th iDSt.
The steamship Atlantic arrived at Liver
pool on the 13th inst.. and the Persia on Sat
urday morning the 14th.
| (The papers contain ja rumor that the Persian
war was terminated.
Liverpool, Feb. 13.—The advices by the
Atlantic received to-day, occasioned an ad
vance in the cotton market. The sales of the
week have been 07,000 bales, of which 25,000
were taken on speculation, and 5500 fur export,
i. lie sales to-day have been 12.000.
'( he closing stock of cotton in port is 342,000
balc : . of which 220,000 are American.
Liverpool, Feb. 14.—The steamer Persia
arrived this morning, and the advices caused
the rates of cotton to advance 3 ICths.
The market closes unsettled and excited, the
sales being estimated at 14,500 bales.
Breadstuffs are dull generally; Wheat is
much depressed, prices having declined la2d;
Flour is dull, with a turn in favor of the buyer;
Corn is quiet, but stead} 7 as to prices.
SECOND DESPATCH
Halifax, Feb, 28.— The London Nciat, re
ceived by the Niagara, says that no more
troops are to be sent to Persia or Canton.
The British- forces at Bushia will not ad
vance into the interior of Persia, and every
effort is being made to perfect a peace, and
there is every reason to hope that the negoti
ations at Paris will terminate in the establish*
ment of amicable relations between Persia
and England.
. New troubles are however said to be brew
ing in Kurope, growing out of the question in
relntion to the Principalities.
The London Times says that a satisfactory
settlement of that question, cannot but be en
dangered by such an imprudent manifesto as
that published in the Moniteur
The Times also said that it will be the duty
of England to declare positively against tem
porizing with the integrity of Turkey, and act
resolutely to support the resolution taken
against the proposed union Principal
ities.
Treasurer of the United States r>*.
resents the joint indebtedness of the several
States as reaching $190,000,000, and that of
the General Government as $30,000,000, mak
ing a total of $220,000,000. The figures ap
pear large, but, when compared with the in
debtedness of Great Britain, they are quito
insignificant. Indeed, our total debt, State
and National, is not equal to one year's
interest of the national debt of the United
Kingdom, computing it at our rate of interest!
six per cent. This exhibits a great difference
in the pecuniary liabilities of the two countries,
The following, which we find in a late
nnmber of the Providence Post , needs no
comment: —“ The Maine Liquor Law has not
stopped rum selling in a single town, village,
school district, or neighborhood in Rhode
Island. On the contrary, in at least fifteen
towns where there was not a groggery
six years ago, rum is now sold openly and
freely—in one town that we might mention
in at least twenty-five places. Oh! what
progress we are making under this new order
of things 1”
CITY AND COUNTY AFFURS.
Mr* Bucltanan’i Departure*
The President elect and family left Wheat
land on ytsterday morning, at 8 o’clock, and were escortod
to the Itnilroad Depot by tbe Mayor and City Councils, the
Wheatland Club, and an immense body of citizens, of all
parties, anxious tp do honor to tbeir distinguished neigh
bor and friend. During the progress of tbe procession
down West King street to Centre Square, and from thence
along North Queen to tho railroad, a salute of thirty-one
gnus was fired, and the different Church bells were rung.
Ileptlng s Band furnished most excellent music for the
procession. At the Depot thousands of both sexes wore
congregated to witness the departure ot the venerable
statesman. At the corner of North Qneen and Chesnut
streets, the Lancaster Fencibles, who bad preceded the
procession to the Depot, were drawn up In lino and pre
sented arms aa it passed. Th ■ sceuo was truly grand and
imposing beyond description. The whole population of
tl:.- City and surrounding country seemed to have turned
out cn nins.-f.- upon the interesting occasion.
Upon ascending tbe platform of tho car, Mr. Bcciuxan
was greeted with treraondous cheering and tho waving of
handkerchiefs from the immense multitude. The train
then left for Columbia, amid loud and continued applause
the Fencibles’ and ilepting's Bands discoursing sweet
strains of musk. His escort to Washington City wascom
posed of the Lancaster Fencibles, accompanied by tholr
Bind. Committees from branches of the City Councils, a
Committee of Students of Franklin and Marshall College,
and a number of person*! friends. The demonstration was
truly an Imposing affair, and must have been peculiarly
gratifying to the President elect—coming, a* it did, spon
toneously. trom his neighbors and acquaintances, irre
spective of party.
The train left here at R) ! x o’clock, and would run through
to Washington the sauio day. reaching the Capital about
4 o’clock, P. M.
Presidf.nt Buchanan's Inaugural Suit.—
We stepped into tho establishment of our friend Metzoer,
in Hast King street, on Tuesday last, and were shown the
Inaugural Suit cf the President elect. The coat is of a fine
quality of French cloth, and tbe workmanship upon it Is
worthy of the highest praise. Thirty-one stars, representing
tlie Rrvet.U Mates —wiiu the Keystone "of this National
arch in tho Centro—are beautifully worked io tho lining.
1 he p ints and wst are also of a very superior quality of
g0*..!?,, rii'j suit is of a plain black, except th vo.it, which
is of flowered satin, and the whole tits with becoming grace
the noble frame President elect. So much for our
Lancaster Tailors.
Mr. Buchanan's Private Secretary. —■
We understand tnal the Piosidont. elect has conferred tho
appointment ot Private Secretary upon his nephew, James
Rcchanan Henry. Mr. H. is a jmiug gentleman of tine
attainments and accomplishments He graduated, .toms
or li-ur years since, nt Princeton College, N. J.—
lie is well versed in several foreign languages, and besides
has been a sojourner in Km/1.-md. France, Italy. And is
intimately acquainted with the workings of those govern
tneuts. .Mr. Henry, we believe, is ft native of Washington
City, l). C . hut for some tiim past hns been a resident with
his Urn 1c »t Wheatland.
“Love anh Money.—The next lecture of
the <-it:/i-iis’ niurH* ‘rill l>u delivered by I‘aRK Denj vsiin,
‘>t: Friday evening m*xt. Those who wish to hear a
highly interesting dissertation upou two popular trpica
should !*y .ill means attend.
Lanvaster Bank
The stockholders of tho-
Hank li.. ‘ .1 meetiug *t H,>M, Wvst
Kin ; r on . ~tv »ei-k. A committee nf to, D.
u. Swart:'.. Hum-mail, w.m apji-untod fir the purjHi.su of
raising funds, emi>i.yjng coun-iel, ,tc., to curry on tho
criminal j.r.>secijttons already miumouced adjust David
la iig.-n, i kef and I>. (J. Bachman
A committ.-e of five, 11. \\\ Humi.il..>r. f'lHrm.in, wan
also aj-.pi-iut«*ij, to ii,juice into the expediency of bringing
ciui and criminal siiiu ugain-t thus.* Director* andOfflcvrß
of the Hu k. who hav- been. guilty of acts of omi'id<<n and
cotntiiisMou, by which the stockholders have been de
frauded.
J £TVI'KRSON CiU.iVF, Xu.
The following editors have been elected to serve for tho
.V A.-Francis H-ck.o-t
V. A —John Dellinger.
1. G.—U lllialil Mi-K.rli.
.-rcomry F-t -r .1 Horner.
Tr -a'lucr —William Oorreuht.
lliir -'civt. meets every Wednesday evening in the
Old fv !.' l ws Hall. Si-uth Queen -treet.
WouDM'ard Iln.h Cemetery.— At tho an
nua! mooting of the lot holders of this Cemetery. on tho
-J inst.. the following olltcers were elected for the imsulug
I'residont—God fried Zabm.
Secretary—Joseph Hriminer.
Treasurer—Charles A Ileinitsti.
'I rustee*—(lodfried Zihm. John R. Shultz. Henry Stci.
CTwalt. f'hurles A. Ib-init-h. Dr P. Cassidy, c. Uidtnver
Uui. V. I’.n.oks, G. S< n«r. 1). Killlnger, Dr. U. K. .Muhlen
berg. Ge-rge D Sj.rerirr. Henry R Reed. Christian hai-rn,
Henry Sw.-ntzel, U mry J. Steigorwulr. John W. Hubhtv,
Philip Dei-diler S. M.-D mu'.d. Jinno Black. Fred Soner,
R. A. Sha-thtc, W. G. Biker. Henry Fisher, Jacob Buehler,
F. AV. Beates. /
Daring Attempt at tliunwAV Kodhert.—
Eirly on Wednesday morning last, u cont.tryman who was
on his way to market in this city. with a one-horse wagon,
when about two miles mid a half from tho city, on the Litlz
turnpike, was suddenly startled by a umn attempting to
catch his horse by the head, hut the horse being frightened
by 1 lie plunge at him, suddenly sprung to oneHlde, and the
market man, putting the whip to the horse, escaped, tho
wagon wheels knocking down and running overtherobber.
The morning was so dark that he did not see the footman
beftfo he sprang at the horse, nor even then distinctly.—
But as the wagon passed over the man who caught at the
horso. another man closo by cried out stop, stop, hut tho
market man hurried off as fast as his horse would hring
him.
Our CirrutT.-i nn-I mark'-t men are cautioneil to bo on tboir
guaid ngaiost highly robbers ami foot-pads, w’jo are
prowling around the c<.untry porting to all kit'.dH of
thieving, burglary aud ciihu-s, instead of honest
industry aud employment which they seem to dc-ppise. Our
county is overrun with there miscreants and scourges of
society, and every honest citizen should dy ail in hid power
to detect and bring such characters to justice.— Thursday's
Inland Daily.
Influenza. —Thb a very common disease
at 1 his season of the y<ir. and fr«|ti*‘ntly lea’.s to deep
neati'd coughs, and oftentimes CnnFumptiM:. To those who
may be troubled in that way. \ve advise to . ead the follow
ing notice, and act accordingly :
From the Pittsburgh M •'-nine Post. Oct. 28, IS^U.
J.NFLUfcS/. t —Ouu of the best medicines for U ■. euro of
Influenza, that can be li>.,.id4u the couutrv, is Dr. Keyser’e
Pectoral Sjrup. 'Vo liavo t'ied it, and t.tkojro t pleasure
in hearing t-stiinotiy t>» its efttrary. There is no humbug
about it. At this season of thn year, when one-baif ot our
citizens are sneezing and coughing, it.should be V town
that a few spoonsfui of this modi' hio will, in half.s day,
work a perfect euro. Reader, if you have a Cold uko our
advice, and buy a buttle of Dr. Keyser’s Pectoral. Syrup.
It may be ha«l at Ui-intbdfrt Drug Store, I,'i East King
street, in this city.
Peraonal Squabble In the House.—A Du
el Anticipated. '
Washington, Feb. 2b.—During tho pro
ceedings in the House this niurning, Mr.
Wright of -Tennessee approached the seat of
Mr. Harris of Maryland, for the purpose it is
said, of speaking to that gentleman. Whilr
there, Mr. Sherman was of opinion that Mr.
" right acted in a menacing manner toward
him, between whom be and himself a sharp
Eersonal controversy recently occurred in the
iouse. Mr. Sherman indignantly threw a
handful of wafers in Mr. Wright’s face. Tho
latter made an attempt to srike him, when
Mr. Sherman pn; his hand into a side pocket
to pull out, as was supposed, a weapon.
Mutual friends immediately interfered. Mes
srs, Watkins and Savage conducted Mr.
\V right to his seat. Jhe affair occasioned
much confusion and excitement, which, how
ever, soon subsided. Rumors of a duel are
now current. ,
Terrible Outbreak in Kansas—Gov. Gea
ry Assaulteil— Scveral Persons shot.
St. Louis, Teb. 25.—The Jefferson City
correspondent of the St Louis Democrat learns
by passengers from Kansas to-night, that a
difficulty had occurred between Gov. Geary
and a man i amed Sherrad, growing out of
the former refu.-ing to appoint tho Tatter to
the office of Slier.fi‘as desired by the Legisla
ture, and which had a fata! termination.—
Sherrad had avowed the purpo.se of killing
Gov. Geary, and meeting him in the street
spat in his face. Gov. Geary "did not resent
the insult, but his friends got up an indigna
tion meeting on Thursday the 10th. Sheriff
Junes, Sherrad, and others, attempted to in
terrupt the meeting and in the affray Sher
rad shot Mr. Sheppard, one of Gov. Gearv’s
friends, four times, and* wounded two others.
Mr. Junes, Gov. Geary’s Secretur/, thereupon
shot Sherrad through-the head, killing him
instantly. Great excitement prevailed at Le'-
eompton, and a general fight was anticipated
that night. Gov. Geary’s residence was
guarded by United States troops.
The Mexican Treaty.—Washington, Feb.
2G.—The following is probably the correct
version of the new Mexican treaty. It con
templates a loan of $15,000,000, of which
$3,000,000 are to be applied to the payment
of American claims to be adjusted by a joint
commission, and the bi lince unrestricted.—
Twenty per cent, of the receipt from Customs
by Mexico, is to be appropriated for the re
payment of the loan/ It also contemplates a
joint postal arrangement via Tehuantepec as
well as a transit route. There is no stipula
tion for a cession ot territory, and Congress or
tho President have no authority to contract
such a loan. ‘
From 'Washington.
Washington, Feb. 28.—David Hume, of
Virginia, proceeded to tho Pension Office this
morning to demand tbe rotraction of a charge
by D. 0. Lee, a clerk in that office, that he,
Hume had p : cked Lee’s pocket at the Presi
dent’s reception last night. Lee declined to
retract, when Hume struck him with a stick,
Lee therefore shot him dead with a pistol, and
soon after delivered himself to the officers.—
Great excitement prevails, particularly in. the
west end of the Government Departments.
A. 0. D.—