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3owautia, Saturday, January IS5i.
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S'i 30 per.,rvi.uotn—d paid withm 11,. y,,,r,30 rerr.•
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nrlll.oCh CASSai
the Lrittiri;: r) ..c,ll T entrait St e ft.tiowiEri
iXt - ellent smlgestirats, hich are equally forcible in
this latitude : From present indre.rtions there will
not be money ettouab in the State Tretasmy on the
st of February next, to teret the demands upon it
at ha limo. it .frerlis prabable'lliat there will tea
2e try of two hundred thousand t'ollars. There
ran therefore, be no ntoney to beappr'opriated to the
Snob r, l ra t ch 'Canal, and no money ltao 'be hal to
;.;rt on with this important improrem,ot before Aro
gust, riext,, if it can be hml Pr, tt ,thra, twiess ex
traordinary means ace restored to, fo,r that purpose.
to nor opinion the Stare shcaild make a Imitt of
Fsoo ; ooo—rind complete Iha Cntlal al , f.tiec". It
should be ready for USI by April o; Mrry. 1852.
A work of Cr e importance of this to the Treasurj
et the State, shiuld not be suffered. 10 lie idle and
seseless for want of a , . small amount to render it
available. IVe Verily believe that if this amount,.
$.500.00,0 should be raised by a loan, mid the (an
al should; be completed by the time we have mar.-
limier], that in two years thereafter the loan would
be repaid, and the canal would pay .?300 . 000, or
more yearly into the Treasury for the payMent of
the Staie debt. We ar.k the peophi of the Nor.h
who know and can appreciate the importance of the
early entaipletion of this ereal work, to meet iu
their respective neiehbothwid4, and consult and
advise as to the enarse ,that Our;lit to be pursued
ender the circumstances and whatever course they
may adopt, let them organize ail,tl act upon. Smite
thing of this kind seems to us necessary, and there
fore we bare thrown out these views. We hope
tiociii to see some action taken by the people upon
the subject. ,
The Weather.
The extreme cold of Friday night, 26.11 oil., ex•
(welled anything within the memory of the !oldest
iuhabitant. l The mercury at 6 o'clock, on Satur•
day morning, was down to 24 degrees, and by some
thermometers to 26 degrees, being many degrees .
Golder than ever before known in this region. By
noun of Saturday, the weather-had moderated, and
the-mercury rose rapidly, until there was a differ
ence of some 60 degrees within twelve hours. To
the, intense cold has succeeded a thaw, with rain,
raising the river, and breaking up, and starting the
Ice. We regret - 40 learn that our lumbermen will
be snfterers horn this unexpected freshet, - losing
lumber which was already in the river.
REMPTIONiN BAutimonc, on Sat
unlarwas a very grariA and imposing. Tie Mayor
of the _City:, Governor of the State; and other distin
guished citizens participated. The . Procession was
beaded by alt ,the Military of Baltimore county, al
ter whom Maimed a large number of civic socie
ties.
o'ciuck in the evening, Ire 'poke in the Hall
of the ,Maryland [asinine, and so great was the
pressure for admission, that many were severely
'.l:pared. Thousands :mart not get in. In and
around the building, the people appeated to be in
fluenced by the wilJesl enthusiasm for the noble
Magyar and his cause.
At a later hour, there was a grand Torch-light
r.ocession and Serenade, by the German Societies.
Aim so Posxserurts.--A Postmaster in Penn
etlvania recently had judgment given against him
for the pi ice ot'subscription for several years, to a
rusvitspaper or. the plea that he bad not given suffi
cient legal notice to the publisher to atop it, and
continued to receive the numbers for several years,
and sell them. lor the postage. The magistrate de
cideidthat merely returning a copy of .lollu Smith's'
with " Stop this" written tin IL was not sufficient
or legal notice; but a written notice, With name,
place, date, and reason, must be sent to the pub
lisher, and "
Jesuouttirros orpov. Biar.sa.—The inauguration
of Gov. Wm. Bigler is looked forward to wiih
ranch interest. Esten4ive preperations are in pro- -
teas and a grand military display is anticipated
Lesmense crowi,ls -ol the " i,overeign people" from
every section of the Stale, will, no danbi, visit the
Capitol on the interesting occasion. Tue "Ndtiln-
aiGuard" and their unrivaled Brass Danit, of liar.
risbuq, die " state Journal " says, will be fully
equipped by iliatitime, and take a prominent pad
in the ,luaugaration ceremonies, whicia will occur
on the 20;b inst.
Prssmvsets tractsLarean.--The next session
of ou Le;istature commences on Tuesday,Janua.
ry 6th. The Democrats wilt have in the House a
reajarity of twelve. The, prominent candidates for
Simaiter are low; Rim of Armstrong„ and J Et.r.ts
:44 ,n.ua 14 Cumberland. anth are Democrats,
able Speakers, and were valuable members of the
last. Howie. Gen. LILLY of Carbon, and Jove Cat,
1.1 4 odEik are al,o named in connection with .the
office.
,Ttie New YEAR ' S fiu.r., at Bmowea's, was a
magnificent affair, and well attended, deepite the
" pitiless pelting& of the swirm:' There is but one
ueilliet in regard to the supper and arrangements,
an 4 that is, tbat they surpass anything of the kind,
ever. before attempted in this vicinity.
- fit:r The Illinois. Whig State Convention resoly
editin inexpedient to nominate State officers and
reecommended another Slate Convention ott the
finill 4 e o4l4 Y 01 -Isheay -next.. Delegates were ap.
politica to the National Convention without instrue.
buns, the s•we.to cast a uyanirrious vote , ; for -.Presi.
dent and Rice rosiJew, lo be tieciiced by. a major
ity 14the D_ , lvv.es in attinilance,
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OEM
Yeaterday morning, between seven and eight o- clock, our'Cuitens Wire startled ty the alarm that
the Vara was on 4 :6re. A.
‘hoirester, induced note thirto believe thatibis was
nialsoreptim conceiving that theeditige. was prciof
onion such a d4litructive agency4'.: Howevpr.
'smoke was first seen7;issoing front thi,library,l4od
the artard who was-then-on-doty;elfected an en
trance by breaking thrbroth a panel of the door.—
A table to the room was discovered in flames, which
'extended - to the shelves iwthwelcoves tin the Worth'
east aide. By-the lime almistance arrived the room
was so densely filled with fire and smoke, that those
who had entered were forced to retire, bringing with
them only. we have been informed, four or five of
the portraits of the Piesideet's which adorned the
walla. The contept4 Of the library, were, there
, fore. left to the action of the fire. It was not long
before the games dart d through theceiling. which
was of mood, stuccoed, anti soon extended into the
roof, which wag urthe - same material, sheathed
with copper.
Papers anti -utoennients in the committee rooms
adjoining, and the original manuscripts of the House
of Repre,entatires, in the vicinity, were quickly re
mot•cd in places of safety, and guatds pfaced over
them. •
hintly after the alarm there were thousands of
ffr..ons on the grorind,.many of them rendering as
si,taftce hy past.itig tip backma,-which, mere filled
with water at the fout.ta in on the west front of ...de
Capitol; a company of manned, otdered (tom the
barrackv, Itkeivise were actively etni.inyed. The
fir e m e n, nottvithstandincr their excessive fatigue
and expoAttre to one of the k 'perhaps) coldest moo
- of the season at . ..•te fire of the Ft anklin }image.
nobly came to Ilte rear,oe. A section was Ibrought
into the rotunda, and an engine placed on the east
portico, which were worked, while other companies
supplied them with water. These men remained
until near sundown, and then retired. having com
pletely subdued the flames. The water, in the ear
ly part a the day, froze as it reached the ground,
and cakes of ice were discernible on many a coat.
The library, situated — in the centre of the west
front, was constructed with great taste and beauty.
The. room ninety•two feet in length, thirty fora in
width, and thirty-six in beigtb, having alcovis over
which were two galleries extendin,,sr throughout
the apartment. The room was handsomely ornn.
mentedvind the light was admitted both from ample
windoivs and three skylights above. Paint
ings, marble busts, and catnets, were a part of the
attractions in adibtion to the elegant folios of col-
ore,[ prints, and a choice collection of books, gath
ered ham all civi:ized - countries. and from interna
tional erchances. One of the cabinets had recent
ly been plaCed in j the library, The frame work was
of uuthogany, o t wa in the matte panel', covered
triih,g!as, were inserted choice bronze medals,
commeineralive of event; in ancient times, and
which were deposited through the agency of M,
Vatternare.
Mr. JetTer,on's library, embracing about seven
thousand . rohimeg. was pnrchased in 1815 for twen
ty-three thousand dollars; and this, we believe,
formed the nucleus of the fifty-five thousand vol
umes which have since accumulated. Congress.
leas, for a srrii s of years, annually appropriated
five or siv thousand dollats for thy purchase of
hooks and papers; and it is.-estimated that these
have cost the government, in addition to the Jeffer
son purchase, about two hundred thousand dollars.
However, many of these volumes, we learn, were
kept in two small rooms adjoining the library.—
Among them were eight thousand law books, and
twelve thousand other works. These, it is reported,
were saved ; if so, the number of volumes de
stroyed le thirty-five thousand, some of which can
not he replaced.
We repeat, that the contents of the main library
room, with the trifling exceptions already mention
ed, were entirely destroyed ; as was likewise the
roof of that portion of the building. The exterior
of the :teal! on the west front is considerably black
ened by the action of the tire, and several cracks
art discernable, which may render it necessary to
rebhild the pans which have been thus injured.—
While the library was in flames there was a seri
riot's apprehension that the fire would extend to the
dome, the spiral stairway leading to which was con
siderahly charred. Had this event occurred, the
damage must have been more considerable, and
perhaps the chambers ofi-Congress would have been
so damaged as to require( Congress to remove into
temporary quarters elsewhere.
We noticed on the premisks the President of the
United States, with several r f the heads of Depart
meets, who evidently evinced much Interest with
regard to Inc preservation of the public property.
Richard Wallach. Esq.. the United States Mar
shal for the District of Columbia, was actively en
gaged in giving directions, add in the course of the
morning ordered a supply of hot coffee and substan- -
dais for the comfort o; the firemen. The Hon. Lino
Boyd, the speaker of the House of Representatives.
also exhibited his generosity bxfornishing an abun
dant supp'y of refreshments. James\ A. Reside
drove up die wagon containing the welcome fare,
which was•soon despatched.
The Mayor of Washington was active.throughoot
the •day, and, as the chief magistrate of the city,
materially assisted in the proceedings to arrest the
fire.
We need not particularize the signal services
rendered by gentlemen whose names might be men
tioned. Never, before. perhaps, has there been
such a general willingness to assist at any other
fire. In the evening a number of marines were
placed in various parts of the capitol as guards.
There can scarcely be a doubt that an investiga
tion will be made sa to the origin of the fire, about
which are conflicting opinidos.
Telegraphic despatches, we learn, were sent to
fire companies in Baltimoil to bold themselves in
readiness to come hither in a special train of cars,
should their services be required; hut subsequent
ly their aid was deemed to be unnecessary.
TII6 LO6l, &C.
What extent of loss has been sustained, we are
at this moment unable to conjecture ; but fifty or
sixty thousand is probably the number of volumes,
and many of them were of rare worth . while the
value of the works of art, the collections of ancient
coins, medals, and other curiosities, &c., cannot be
approached in any estimate.
The marble busts of Jefferson, Lafayette, Tay
lor, ecc ; the portraits of Washington and J. Q. Ad
ams; a number of old -paintings; the files of the
•" National Inielligencer, are gone.
Livso..—We have heard discriminating persons
estimate tae value of the books that can be re
placed at $260,000, and the damage to the edifice at
about 520,000.
A LAccitsor.c Hosx..-The celebrated Mathew
Carey the Philadelphia printer and bookseller was
once rejected by the American Philos.ophitel So.
ciety when proposed for membership. He there.
fore resolved • to touch the pride. of the learned
pundits of that institution.
For this purpose he took his grandmother's lan,
and having ingeniously twisted, gummed, painted
and prepared it, sent it to the society as the whin
of a bat : it was received," says the &taxer in his
memoirs," with due solemni:y and a vote of
thank.' was passed to the donor . A deba'e .arose
as to the species 01 the bat to which he belonged,
and a committee of seven was appointed In aseer
lain whether it %vae the wing of a Itlarlagaseoe or
Canada bat. The committee sat aired weeks, and
afer consulting Billion's Natural History and Gold.
smith " Animated Nature, they reported that it must
have belonged to Madagascar bat." It was pro.
nounced the groateist curiosity in the Museum, e:.
wept a large sheet of btown paper which was hang
in the chimney and disguised with soot and dirt
and palmed upon the society, by the same joker
as a part of a Brahmin's shirt !
INVITATION KETUSED TO KOSSUTH —The Rich.
mond Republican states that, at a called meeting of
the City Council of Richmond, Va., held on Tees.
day evening last, a reconsideration was had of the
resolution of the body referred to. passed in Octo.
bet, pmpotsing.to invite Kossuth to visit the capital
of Virgil - meant, that the resolution Was laid on the
table by alarge majority.
otp- ft is wit _ the
. proateujion,. of the, Chr istiana
pri/-oiteis Itso already cost the U. S. Gove rnment
and that this is bdt the " beghtning of the
e d."
Eke. at 1444..C051401-:-
From the Washington Depablie, Dec. M.
Mamalwo F,lrea a ribilladOplalipk.
PHILADCI.IIIIA, Saturday, DM: 27, 1851.
A destructive fire broke out at 1- o'clock this
morning, Hart's' Building, cornet of 18th and
Chestitut-sts..; The flames spread with great rapidi.
Iy, lestroying- the ;entire building, together with,
several' bookwnd Music stores, and Parker!" restatt,
rant, in the basement. .
The'fiatries4pried to the Shaksperti Building, on
the opposite 'side of 6th-st., and adjoining Chestnut
pt. Theater, which was also destroyed, as was also
.Hawn's Hole! and . Hart'sgoading 4diatninB
"Cheatnutt4. -
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About 3 o'clock, the walls of Hart's Boildinglell
into the street, instantly killiog two colored men
and severely injuring sev eral firemen and potiece.
There is also reasons to fear that several other per
son s Were.killed, as the streets were 'crowaed at
the iimethe walls fell.
The entire block on the west side of 6thst. from
Chestnut to Carpenter-st., is a heap of mins.
Besides the buildings above-nor: l ed, Johnson's
law book store s and several other valuable stores on
•ach side of 6th at. and the north side of Chestnut
et are entirely burotil ont,
Several other ts,aildings on both sides of 6th-st. s
are mtreh ihrnaged.
The fire was got antler at about 9 o'clock, this
orsnoon,
II is reported that police officer Johnson was kill.
et!' W. W. Raley Esq , is missing, and, it is feared,
was killed by the falling walls.
The loss is roughly estimated at 5200,000.
The heaviest losses fall upon Dr. Schenck, whoa
estabiislnnent entirely destroyed; T. &T. W.John.
son law booksellers • It Blakeston, Getz. & Bock,
booksellers; J. W. ' Moore, bookseller; and the
owners of several music, periodical and Other stores
on 6th.st., all of which were entirely destroyed,
with their contents.
Workmen are engaged in moving rubbish from
the streets, and in searching for the bodies of those
who may hive been buried under the lallen"walls.
Great Fire In ButMaio.
Uurrt.Lo, Saturday, Dee. 27,1851.
About 1 o'clock this morning, one of the most de
structive fires that has visited ns for many years,
broke not in the magnificent buildings on Ma•n•st.
opposite of the Mansion House, known as Spal.
ding's Exchange Block, and Erie Hall Block. Spal
ding's Exchange, Erie Hall, the Bank of Utica. and
several spacions stores and the Bank of Lake Erie,
are entirely consumed.
The fire extended down Commercial and Lenyd
sts. burning down several valuable buildings on
each street. The coldness of the night and the scar
city of water rendered it impcssihle to slue the
fearful progress of the flames. During t e time
this fire was raging, another alarm up town was
given. It proceeded from SWan-st ' where; a
pri
vate dwelling was discovered on fire. The fire.
men could not divide their force, and consequently
three handsothe dwellings were consumed.
It is impossible at present to estimate anything
like the immense loss. The offices of most of our
leading lawyers were in Spalding's Exchange.—
The extensive shoe establishment of Williams &
Co. rind 0 H. P. Williams,: the large tailor shop
of L. D. Hibbard, the confectionary establishment
of F limb & Co., anti about twenty other large
stores, were entirely consumed. The flames are
now got under so far as to prp'vent any further spread
of the fire.
MERCANTILE Esetcessne —The result of the suit
ot if. /I.r. IL 131EARIL 4 LET TR LEWIS TAPPIN, in New
York, was given by telegraph yesterday morning.
The largest verdict of 810,000 wets rendered fur the
Mr.Tappan was in 1848, when the cause
.of action occurred, head and manager of the system
mercantile espionage which extends to every
village and city of any note in the United States.—
Through agents, information is obtained in relation
to the standing, credit and prospeCts of merchants
and other business men such as are likely to want
creadit in New York, which is entered upon record,
and is open to the inspection of , titse who become
members of the Himilitution." in pursuance of this
plan, certain statements were booked in relation to
tne plainutis—merchants of Norwalk, Obro—which
they claim were false and slanderous, and it appears
from the verdict that the judge was of the same op
pinion. Judge Berry, in his charge to the jury,
remarked of the agency, that it was commendable,
bet the defendant was to no wise protected when
wrong was done try information placed upon his
books.
THE Caotre—How To PRIMKNT rr.—A correspon
dent of the New York Mirror, a medical practition
er, in an article on the sallied, says:
" The premonitory symptom of croup is a shrill,
sonorous cough. The patient is not sick—has no
(ever, as often in a common cold—is lively, perhaps
even gayer than usual, his hands ate cool, his face
not flush, passible a shade paler than usual. The
solitary symptoms may last for a taw days, with no
material increase or abatement, and without attract•
ing any notice; suddenly, however, the disease
hitherto latent, bursts forth in all its fatal fury, and
too often continue its ravages, unchecked to the
dreadful consummation. The remedies for this
symptom at croup are simple, and in most instan
ces perfectly efficient. They are: a mustard poul
tice or a strip of flannel dipped in oil of turpentine,
spirits of hartahorn, applied to the throat, and nau
seating doses of Hive syrup to be continued as long
as the cough remains. By the timely employment
of mild agents, I unhesitatingly assert that a multi
tude of lives might be caved every week, that ate
now lost through negligence and delay."
SAD OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday last Martha G.
Fairlamb, daughter of Nicholas Fairlamb, of Mid
dleton in this county, sayx.the Del. county Repub
lic, was burned to death, in, consequence of her
Dress taking tire while engaged in lifting a pot of
boiling lard from the fire. Her father was present
at the time, and scrceeded in putting out the flames,
when his son, who was at the barn, hearing the
alarm, went to the assistance of his sister, and
made his way into iLe room, leaving the door open.
The current of air from the door increased the
'flames, and it was not until the lady was most hor
ribly burned, that the fire was extinguished. The
sufferer lingered until evening, when she was re
lieved from pain by the hand of death. The de•
ceased was about twenty-three years of age, and an
estithable lady.
SUPPOSED HORRIBLE Case or A itsoN.—At a late
hour on Monday night, a. small dwellirig situated
on the farm of Robert Howard, EM , situated about
8 miles from Baltimore on the Bel Air road, was
set on fire, it was supposed, and burned to the
ground, and what is horrible to relate, one of the
occupants, Mr. Sikes perished in the flames. The
neighbors proceeded to the ground' after the fire
had consumed the buildings, and found the charred
bones of Mr. Sikes. A search was made for his
daughter, bat without success, and as he has not
been seen since, it is very piobablo that she also
perished . Mrs Sikes a few days previous to the
occurrence, lea her house and is slit missing.
LANC.ANTER COUNTY —The two Committees of
ihe Democratic party in Lancaster county, have fix
ed rpon the aame day—the 14th, of January next
a Con's:llion viteet
for holding Delegates to the
Sate c oo vaniinn. Both divisions of the party will',
atm meet st the primary elections in the several
De.itirta y ao tcnt a lair teal of strength will be made,; ,
between the frieqdf of Mi.. BUCHANAN and his opfxA",
nem.. Let the contest result as it may, weal goodr.
will be accomplished it it only settles the unfortu.i
nate difficulties which have tent the Democracy of
Lancaster into two amtending factions.
OtrA Sasser. Gaut cot Lute Etui—A few 4
days cince, wrecked the Steamer Mayflower near
Conneaut, Ohio. She was . fmm - Milo, bound to
Detroit, being the last trip of the season, and was
one of the best boats on the lake. In the gale her
rudder chains mad smoke pipe were carried away
and she was tint of Weil of bid for three days;
until driven ashore 1 the passengeni and - crew oary
rovrly escaping a•fearful death.
.0-Mrstione;, - .
.Poz is very prevalent. at this time, in
Westrbilpdelphia.- - Some silty cases of thistrigtit
.•
fat disease are repotte d. • • —4
's be gate ctt Lake Erie otf. Tneeday bight,,was
'veryselrere, arid drove Ore* restate ashore.
Tiesdity evOritni the!. jeweil•y stoie'of Mr.
Stius, ai•liorkistown. was bioken Ia by two
men--a Frenchman and an Irislitian , arid robbed
of two gold watches. two silver ditto, and three gold
chnins. Itte thieves, when last seen, were crossing
the bridge'Oreiritte ftchilylhill at Norristown.
—A bill is before, the, Tennessee Legislature,
which requires the owner of the slave, who desires
to emancipate him, to first place at the disposal of
the Circuit. Court. a fund sufficient to transport the
slave to Africa, and support hint six'Moilths after
he reaches•thateountry ; and upon this being done
_by_the owner, or_by any uegro,now free, the Judge
is to notify the Governor, who will immediately
send ham to-some seaport -to be transported.
—The Alabama Legislature has paised resolu
tions sustaining the compromise measures, sixteen
to fourteen.
—Tbe proposition before the Georgia Legislature,
calling on the people to unite in sending delegates
to the Democratic Presidential Convention, has been
reecred. Yeas 92, nays 28.
—The Annapolis Gazelle states that the Rederap
tionisv intend' establishing a noviciate of their or
der in that city. The Marchioness of Weltesty has
offered the order the beautiful and eligible property
known as the "Carroll Mansion," with its adjacent
grounds.
rbe friends of Colonization in that State met on
the Bth of December, and appointed a committee to
propare' n constitution to organize a State Coloni
zation Society for the State of Alabama, to be called
the “ Alabama State Colonization Society," for the
purpose of aiding free colored persons of this State
to:emigrate to Liberia.
—Mr. Delazon Smith, the celebrated politician of
Ohio, has been ordained to the Methodist ministry,
and is preaching at Kooscqua, lowa.
—The scarlet fever is very prevalent at Wil
mington, Delaware, and several cases, have proved
fatal. Dr. Lewis P. Bosh has lost two of his chil
dren by ir.
—The First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
town. N, J., which was built during the Revolution
ary War, is being entirely remodelled.
A tract on Female inftneoce , for the Maine
Law. has been published by the American Tempe
rance Union. which has, in connexion with the
American Tract Society. resolved to publish fifty
thousand copies of it in New York city.
A writer in the Lothisvilk Journal is di,.e.tissing
the practicability of removing all free persot.s of
color from Kentucky. Be argues that their contin
uance in the State is pregnant with mischief not to
be lessened by time.
--The only two Catholics in the Senate of the
United States, Shields of Indiana, and Mallory of
Florida, voted for the resol ition to receive Kossuth.
It is not usual to classify votes according to the re
ligion of the Senators, bat as much has been said,
in this relation, it would be no harm if a little should
be known.
—Mrs. Shearer, wife of John Bhea•er,. of York,
laid down to Sleeri near a stove last Week, with the
doors all locked, and her clothes takint fire, she was
burned to death before any one could get into the
house.
—Hon. ions Patancav, an old citizen of Mont
gomery county, died in Philadelphia, on tho 9th inst.
He was formerly a member of tlongress, and as a
lawyer, stood very high in the estimation of all who
knew him.
—The Doylestown Democrat announces the death
of Joshua Dungan, Esq., of Warwick township,
Bucks county, and pays a very handsome tribute
to his memory:
—We are pleased to see that Kossuth declines
being dragged about from one theatre and place of
amusement to another, to be played ott as .a card
by managers and others, for their own pecuniary
benefit. His refusal to sit (or his portrait to specu4
lacing daguerreotypists, who were among the first
to beset him on his arrival in this country. evinces
on his part a higher self respect than is usually
shown by most " distinguished " personages.
—Hon. Jost'R. Poisstrr,late Minister to Mesi
cen..and Secretary of War under Jackson, &c., died
at his residence in Statesbnrg, South Carolinh, on
Friday last, December nth, ages seventy. Three
years.
„—The new King of Hanover. George the Fifth,
has published a proclamation, in which he pledges
WS royal word for ” the inviolabl e maintainance of
the constitution of that country.
The Cologne Gazette, of the , 23d, ultimo, says,
"The Cabinet was determined to , hold out against
the Gergan Government's demand. The weather at
Hamburg is severe. It was expected the Elbe would
soon be blocked up with ice."
ithe Danish mining expedition to Greenland ap
pears to be very promising. Large quantities o
copper ore, containing about 60 per cent pure cop
per are easily obtained, a ship load of 'which, will
be sent to England in the spring.
—The portion of the Paris and Strasburg Rail
way between Bar•le-Duc and Commercy, a distance
of twenty-five miles; has been opened to the public.
In the course of next slimmer the Rue will reach
Nancy and Strasburg.
—A man, named Martin Oliver, the murderer of
the hermit of St. Baume (Var) and his sister, has
been executed at Dragoignan. He had refused to
proceed_ to the scaffold in a cart. He went on foot,
accompanied by two clergymen.
—A ball is to be given within the palace of glass.
the profits at which are to be banded over to the-
London hospitals.
• --nie French papers state that Lord Boughman,
in his retreat at Cannes, is preparing for publica
tion a work entitled •" France and England before
'Europe.in
--Nearly three quarters of a million sterling ap
pear, according to the advertisement in the London
journals, about to be raised for Californian and
Australian Quartz• Crushing Companies.
—44 leading medical practitioner, at Brighton,
bag lately given a list of sixteen cases of paralysis
produced by antoking, which came ander his knowl
edge within the last six months.
—A Roman nobleman, Count de Reload, has pa
n a claim to some of the most valuable pictures in
the Louvre, and amongst them, the " Holy Family."
of Raphael, having been unlawfully pillsged by
the French from his family when they invaded
Rome.
- —Jenny Lind gave her Farewell Concert in Pb
adelphia, on Friday evening.
; —A casket containing a cannon ball Bred by the
(Americans at the battle of Bunker Hill and a mns•
ket ball used at the battle of New t Weans; surroun
ded by hair of Gteneral Jackson and President Ma
dison was presented to Kossuth. lie expressed his
great pleasure at receiving it.
• —Since his arrival ill this,ountry Kossuth has
shaken hands with about five hundred persons a
day.
—Kossuth% Head Quarters in Philadelphia, is at
the'United States Hotel.
—The New York Herald thinks that Gen. Butler,
of Kentucky, and Gen. Scott, of the army, will be
the democratic and whig candidates for the Presi-
dency. If they do not run better in the United
States than they did in Mexico, they will not make
very good time.
—Prederika Bremer arrived at Stockholm on the
22d of November last, in season to be present alike
funeral of her eklersister.Miss Mario limiter, from
whom she inherits a very large fortune.
—They Black Sweep!' • trocalist.of reputed tal
ent, is winning great applause among the Knicker
bockers. At last accounts she was in Lock e on,
N. Y., where she received hish Commendation from
the press and the people, • - • •
awypreteadetiThatulluy uirrattei
The tidings from France are full of interest and
signifmance. ,-It mast be remembered - that, all the
iendtnaty chatinelant intelligence from that emit
ity elated. There is not,iin Prancein
itagleiiress permitted to make public the:least
portant factlihidribe government of Loahi Boat.
paste *sire& to 'Oppress. No man eatititter - in
opinion, in retatioarto the late' event t ) or 6' 1 46141/ 1 -
cm anincident,.without being sure that there is
not a spy at his-elbow, and that be may not pass the
neat night ,in a pri,stfor : sis indiscretion,- Not a
letter can be sent to the mails which is not subject
to be opened-and read by the police. now composed
wholly of the creatures and agents of Louis Bona
parte.
'rhe letter writers. therefore, as a matter of pro
denceoeren when using'a foreign language, would
naturally write alth great circumspection, and in a
manner not to expose themselves to the danger of
being' imprisoned or out of the country, if their
letters should fall into the hands of the civil autho
rities. We must tbereforeOnfer the real state
of Trance, not so much from the accounts we read
in the letters of 'correspondents, of the acquiescence
of the people in the usurpation, and the satisfaction
said to be expressed in some quarters at the pros
pect of tranquility and peace, ss from single facts.
t he knowledge of which is allowed to escape, and
t he happening of which is inconsistent with any
e xpectation that Louis Bonaparte will be quietly
n ertnitted to retain the supremacy he holds by astir!
1 „ ration.
P Among these facts are several, the intelligence of
which is brought by the last arrival. The order of
the Minister of War, diret.ting that all persons found
resisting the established authority, shall be imme
diately shot. certainly indicates any thing else than
a state of quiet, or the expectation . oflpliet. It drip
notes a consciousness of the hostile disposition of
the people, and the determination to silence and
overawe it by force and cruelty.
That eighteen hundred arrests have been made by
the order 44 Louis Bonaparte, and that the number
is continually increasing, proves that there is no ac
qniesceoce in his usurpation. If the generil mind
was not thoroughly discontented, the arrest of a few
of the principal mat:contents, for form's sake, would
suffice. The suppression of seventy-three journals
in a country where there are so few newspapers as
in France, implies that the government, even with
the aid of the laws which already fettered the lib
erty of the press, could neither trust the newspa
pers nor their readers.
Four departments, it is said, have been declared
in a stage of siege ; in other words, the government
of Louis Bonaparte proclaims civil war against the
entire people of four departments. The disarming
of the National Guards, which was , begun at the
time of our previous advicejs now; it appears,
going on, and if it should not be interrupted by
eyenta adverse to the plea of the usurper, will pro
ceed till the troops of the tine are the only men al
lowed to possess arms. Meantime, the Republicans
are flying the country, in which their heads are no
longer safe, and some of the most illustrious citizens
of the' republic, such as Victor Hugo, are bunted
like wild beasts, sheltering themselves from pursuit
as best. they-may.
Everything, in short, indicates a conviction on the
part of the ,aen who have just taken upon them
selves to abrogate the republican constitution of
France, not only that the people are not with them,
but are so ho,stile to the new government forced up
on them, that it can be only upheld by the worst
methods of the worst tyrrannies. The events to
which we have pointed imply yet more : they imply
an intestine struggle even now going on in France,
which at any time may break out in a general ris
ing of the people against the most ignoble govern
ment to which the French nation ever submitted.—
Evening Post.
COLT or Aassii, rya THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
A design for a new t'Coat of Arms" has been repor
ted by the Alabama Legislature, and is thus de
scribed in The Mobile Advertiser.
A Shield Quartered.—ln the center on a shield,
a " waterfall," ut proper colors.
In the dexter chief, a a branch of cotton" in prop.
er colors, oh a gold field.
In the sinister chief," "emblems of mechanics
machinery and manufactures," in gold, on a red
held.
In the dexter base," emblems of commerce," in
gold' on a blue ground.
In the sinister base, an " ear corn in the husk," in
gold, on a green ground: •
These represent the resources of the State—its
water-power, its agricultural importance, represent
ed by its two great staples, cotton and corn—its
commercial facilities, and its capabilities in a me
chanical and manufacturing point of view—Those
truly, indicate wealth k—a component part, but not
the whole of what composes the greatness of a
State.
That which is wanting is supplied by the crest
which denotes wisdom and strength. A mailed arm'
holding a sword barwise, the ! , erablemsol Strength
and.poi.ver,. encircled by a serpent," the emblem of
wisdom and prudence
The whole " arms " suggest the motto, " These
make us great," Or, in other words, that the inter
nal resources of the state, when developed and tip
plied by the strength and power of the State,. govt
erned by wisdom and prudence, constitute the es
sentials of nation's greatness.
Asarrrna GANG or ROGUES BROKEN Up .—The
Dundee (Yates Co) RecoM is exposing a gang of
villains ►n that vicinity whose opperations extent,
ed into several of 'the adjoining counties of the
State of Pennsylvania. The principle rendezvous
of these scampshas been at the tavern of Abraham
W. Flaws, Limestone Township, Northiamberland
County. Pa. Haws, says The Record, is a smart ac
tive man, about 50 years of age, smooth anilgen
tlemany in his appearance and language, and is
generally known among the gang as' Kin .Haws"
He is reported to be quite wealthy. His -premises
are said to be,princ pal rendevous of the thieving
and counterfeiting gang and chief place of Ale Posit
for property stolen, aewell as a mart for the sale
and distribution of counterfeit bills. His general
character is reported bad in the vicinity where he
resides. Quite a number of suspicious looking
young men (some of whom have frequently been
seen in this vicinity;) were noticed idling away
their time in the bar-room. This discovery is an
important one, and we congratulate the gentlemen
above-mimed on their perseverance and success.
" Dr. Warren" ono of the gang, is in Rochester,
jail. And Henry Thomas who was arrested at
Honeoye Falls for a general system of theivery,
lies in Monroe County jail.
&unmakes& INTELICENCE.—To find the size of a
shoe-consult the following calculation from she
Lynn Directoiy : A shoemaker's size is the length
of one"barley-corn" or one-third of an inch. A
size-stick is thus formed : take a rule, or piece of
pine wood, thirteen inches in length,, and divide it
finso thirty-'nine equal parts, of one-third of an inch.
The first thirteen are left blank and counted noth
ing. The second thirteen are called children's si
zes. The third is called men's and womens sizes ;
each marked from one, so thirteen. Thus nine inch • N
es is a mans size, 0., 1 ; ten inches is No. 4 ;
eleven inches No. 7 ; twelve inches No. 10.
A NiVr APPLICATION OF THE FUGITIVE LAW,--
Two apprentices ran away from the service of
John Russell,file manufacturer at Sing Sing.—
They escape into Canneticut, and Mr. Russell
brought a complaint before Commissioner roger
soil for their " return" under the higitive law.—}le
preyed that their services were due him, as inden
ted apprentices;
and the Commissioner decided
that the law applied, They were accordingly cur.
rendered.
Tun Cams-rues PauoNaa.—All the prisoners in
the Christiana riots, except William., colored, are
to be taken to Uneasier for trial on the charges of
murder and riot 4 and if not convicted will - be taken
back tO Phitadeephia to bertriod for obstructing the
process of, the,. United. States: Williame vrill /be
Wed in Philadelphia, a t the January retmpf the V.
S. District Courielcir obstructing the fugitive olive
law s by giying.nolice to the visit of Mr. Getsucir to
Christiana ; - . .
.;..7.,:.; -Irlo!i'llre'Wiiiilfilisitoe
On Thursday last the 18tb inst, in New T o‘ i
ppfituanco.of pfpViotti notice which was paw,
inthe.city papers and sera marked to 'heed,
the, country kWia gratuitous advertisement,
cupcouree of persons assembled pi Ham ihon
on!ixty-first street, between the Third. and
;venue foam purpose of witnessing the t
,Pliillips'Artre Annihilator. The public et
has been for some time excited al I) the r
the annihilator. The tollo!ipg ie an account
exhibition; The builainfoiected &the •
'was a house L wit of green spruce and 6 1
timber, twenty feet square', :two slaries in '
with a wing on each side, twenty feat in del
ten feet in breadth. In the centre was a lac
way, with a ()wilt) , of hoards and some it
placed in an upright position ; a staircase we t
ed in the interior leading to the second tlc
whiott - a kgnantity of 'Wring; was spread.
ceiling of this floor having been lathed and pi ;
eel, and being only finished on Wednesday
noon, it was, of coarse, not sufficiently hard.
operations,commenced by ignitipg some /du
which were placed on the timber leaning
the sides of the hatchway. Four annihilator
in the space of a minute applied„ two from
side, and, immediately extinguished the
but before the timber was fairly on fire, arm,
sings which were spread en the secon d fir
came ignited, and were trampled-on an emii
ed with a bucket of water. riothiag birth/
done by the annihilator than the mere esti
ing of the shavings which were fired in the ,
stance. Some of the poisons assembled to
the exhibition then having been apparently ,
•ed that the operations were unsuccessful, el
set to work and fired the building:in several,
and it was entirely burned down without and
thee eflorts having
been made b) the fire sum
tors to extinguish it. Mr. Phillips, óe
the agent ,
was present in the early part of the t
stions, bat Was nowhere to be bound wh en
flames had reached their greatest heigh t.
scene was most ludicrous, and much dissanifi c4
was expressed at the result of the experiment. V
merous inquiries were mad'e for Barnum, ande r
the proceedings had nearly terminated, a fire
hilator was carried off by the crowd and pi,-
over a public house near the scene, w ith
of " Barnum" chalked on the front of it ; 14,
cited much laughter '- and' cries of " Nnml
" humbeg," was heard on every side. Tbe '
mg report was adopted by a committee, who
appointed by me spectators at the suggesim e
gentleman, (of course not in any way coin,
with the Fire Annihilator Company) echo
ed the people from the roof of the house, k i d
gested the appointment from among, the aw
IThilil At it tli sid e a p '—' ublic trial of Phillips' Fire Anal
at Hamilton square / on Thursday afternoon.;
o'clock, the undersigned *ere appointed by II
zens assembled to superintend the expetio.r
they would report as follows :
First, The building was constructed of
spruce timber, and constructed in such a I
as would have been a difficult matter, under
nary circumstaques, to have got it fairly on fit
Second, lit out opinion Mr. Phillips had
opportunity afforded him to fairly test the
meld, and everythinm , was infhis favor.
Third, A slight fi re wortlinfied inside 11
ing, and the Annihilator was almost imam
plied, before the fire got headway to any cor
ble extent—it partially extinguished it.
Foiarth, Mr. Phillips has- requested that
experiment shall be made under the (Inert
the same committee. After such expert.
made, the committee wily present the public
full report,
Receiptil and Expenditures.
The Auditor General has furnished the 11.
burg paper* with a !able o! 'be receipts and
penditures of the State for the year ending the
of November.
Recurs
The total receipts from ail sources, is $1,570,39;
Balance in the Treasury,
Dec. 1, I'Bso, availablr,7H,2s2 81
Depreciated funds in the
Treasury, unavailable, 41,032 KY
Deposit in Bank of the
U. Stales, unavailable, 28 1,000 00
1,075..54!
$.5,645.679*
The receipts from Canal and Railroad Tolls,
Jed in the above, were ti,719,751
xxvx.surru LES:
The total expenditures mere 51,780,667
The expenditures on The p3blits-works, inn'
in the above, were as follows '
For motive power expenses no
the railroad, includina new lo-
comotives and old debts,
For repairs on the canals sod
railroads, ordinary 1311 ext a
ordinary, including old debts,
For salaries of the Cam 1 Con-
missioners, their Sec'y,
For salaries of collectors, weigh
masters and lock keepers,
For re-building Clark's Ferry)
bridge.
For re-building Conesto.sabriige
For new depot at Columbia,
For weigh-scales at Laneaster,
For straightening and otherwise
improving the Colombia and
Philadelphia rail w ay,
Forrailroad* to avoid the A Ile- t
gheny inclined planes,
For extension of the North
Branch Canal,
For western reservoir,
4 11, 10
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KMITTII AS AN ClitATol3•—lt is almost itnpo' .',_,
to explain or understand the enthusiasm rtbzf
i
eloquence of Kossuth excites in one's bread ij
words may be compared to pictures. davit Li
brain and arresting the attention. while hi' 4 ' '4:
meat thus gains an enterance into the unite : " :•:;';
1
His style combines, in a very high degree. 7; 4
Cat power with brilliant imagination and et , ::11
simplicity. He is at once a poet and and a?'" :!).
opher, an orator, a Icgician r and a statesman. ',l
possesses a fertils invention=hence the Pea' ;
riety in his compositions Nothing can be 15 '.:
different than bis farewell address to the ladle 1 - r .
some of his political speeches Yet the WI ,:'1
of Eastern thought is traced through them 2 , 1.t:i
well known that his favoritepoet is the Bard ii I
—Thomas Moore—to whom he has been 3' 11 : 45 .v .1h,
by r , Latta Rookh" . —a poem entirely Easters • .',
subject, language and style. Even his modeo
,'.r
of himself, that there never was a man in thee'
who desired to do so much good as he, tiiiee .e ; . -i
and unobserved, like the violet which dititus
,?
odor unseen, is peculiarly Eastern.q
,
Bun white Kossuth is almost, he is not Oct*
Eastern. With an Eastern imagination and 1 ,1,i
of thought and expression, his reasoning fo', ,
possess the vigor and strength of Notthern FA
It is this rare combination that makes him %h'''
1 is-..the most/ popular.man of the present 44'
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Dos'? give op that fallen rnan yel. He had "
ken his pledge ball a dozen times, you 63 5. ,#
pose he has, and suppose he should Wet 0 ll' ..
doien times more—still, it after all you should
need in saving him, so much greater wili b e ,
glory and the joy of your success. Try again ,
Poor creature if his fliends lorsake him he l' :
iainly lost forever. But if they persevere,
Venture even he may be saved. And. 4,
describe the happiness °laugh salvation I—Y. I fg
Organ.
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idency are snotty well advanced in years
@ter
,and eau are both abouip ; Scow; )1 :"
Wool, Marry and' Boller, sixty or mote,'
an 8U1Y.4 4 0 Lanel liy.tbree ; Douglo,
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