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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Salimlal, February 2S, 1552
eTerinis or Tbe 'par r.
iSO per Oh num—it paid within the year 40 eetile
lvotedueletl—rot cm.i‘ paid actually in advance SI 00 w i 4.1
'Waco& Nits paper gent trier tWo years, unlen.• peel far. '
A DVElClligNigh-Tp, tint square of tru Ihtrs, te.) ,• t iyik for tht
tyr.rane 'ZS reels :co cash
fur o:Ttec in {ha '• I..'l%set liter:..'• earth r 1e el the Petale,
lecoste,tastt 'rt &hit 114-4.l(cad I Ws:. l:,artesee Le i wese
blesgre. Adams: and Elwell's law others. - •
06— Ttirou4ll Mistalte, the number of the paper,
on the outsiLle is ma 'e3l3 while it .Itould be num
bet 34.
Go*. 113tgler'is Appointinents.
Tha I,llaw in; article Is tint the Keystone meets our
hearty rippiobatiem IVe ecutfese, that
it we had any misgivings regard to the Govern
or's appointments, it k% re a tear that he might on.
eimse:ooe.ly be lei into poscriptive action. - The.
task elseleclitli (tom the thousands ut applicants
&3r the poly r {flees the (..vettior has now to fill, is
a deli-aid and difficult matter, and not calculated
to rashly the d'oappointed pattires who w re eral.
irellt to serve their eouteiy in some office. It is to
be expected th a t these be grumbling, and mut
tering, aad s
. i curses not loud but deep," from the
"pllo l ,' . but the peopte pay hula regard to these gen.
try, and their Aintsins illustrate their selfishness, and
snake them simply ridiculous.
In. appointments we were no
way concerned, and etaiserplently are at liberty to
speak plainly and freely. It was no sort of anxiety
to us lt tin was fitqles:lor at this, or sealer of that—
we Would not have genie a ti ile . in have controlled
the detection of the whole bitch of them, further
than we desired to see the v.-hole democracy repte
sewed, and the Executive office c.f the Common
wealth nut prostituted fir the purpose of rewarding
the friellAtt oh any topiraitt for 'the Presidency. It
has been too much.the Custom in Pennsylvania, to
measure a man's claims tal an office by I.ia deco
titm and subserviency to some man or set of men.
Governor lltni.e.e, we rejoice to say, has inftinged '
upon this dishonest cusfem.. Ile has el own, him
self :above such paltry considerations, and uninflu
enced by the pressure, which must have been ur
gent, to proscribe a portion of the Democratic party
in depose gof his offices. He has acted solely
with regard to the great party which elected him ten
office. and independent 01 all cliques and 'sections
tVlnte we do trot approve ail his appointments, we
honor him for them as a whole •We did not ex
pect to agree waft him in things, but in making
his appuitoinsuts, he has shown such independence
—Fitch a desire to consult the interests of the :atfac
part;—such an extended and liberal spirit—that
teel like for icing him much. wherein we may
disagree: With the stern, infiesible honesty of
purpose which governs Governor Brett.ta, we may
hope to see the day of the lamented SlirNit return,
end pure, lefiersoman Democracy be the guiding
spirit of ottr State Adoti:-.istration.
--The throwing is the ai:iele from the Kssfont.
etucL wo commend to the attention of our readers
TIM AmaNisir.srs.-We will not undertake to say
hem many appliArions were made to Guy. Biotite
for the very few offices he had to bestow ; but we
know the number WOlll.l run pretty high into a
thousand —As a generil thing (except in the ease
ererriog applicant!.), the persons applying were
wet) recommended and strongly urged by numer
ous friends, and were competent and deserving.
But only one in about every large number could be
appointed, for the very good reason that tho num-
Ir.er of offices cosy so much smaller than the num
ber et a, , plicants. It is very' probable that under
these circumstances some men were appointed
ncer the heads of more competent anct more amp
vent applicants, and it would really be something
new ruttier the sun, if such was rrat the case, for
the judgment .of the Governor is as likely to be
fallible astliat pf any body else. Some localities
may have been neglected, must have been, tot
there are not offices enough to supply all.
• Under these-rircumstances, wo regret to see a
ilisprisitiotr man tested in certain quarters to arraign
she Governor,' to condemn, to cavil and object,
which if its have any effect, will serve. only to ere.
ate faction and sli.,cortf. The great mass of the
Democratic party care but little who Gov. Bieusti
appointed at whom he-disappointed in this repot.
ma people- have but little Sympathy (certainly
much contempt) fur menwho indulge too freely in
denunciation of aprointing powers for riot giving
thi‘m otrices. , It is lot-Innate that this is true, for if
it were not no party could snrvive a victory. It is
is fair to presume that Gov, niaLeit did the be s t b e
could under the circunistances,:ind we bate no
doubt that the moment he discovers an unleithful
or incompetetent officer, if he has appointed such,
he u ill remove him promptly.
No faction or division of te party has been sera .
ed to the exclusion of any other and thisis all that
toontd fairly be demanded—With this the people are
satisfied. The true, Jeserving men of the Demo
oratie party do not fight political battles fertile sake
of the spoils that follow victory—higher, motives
govern all honest democrats--they look to victory
simply ss n necessity means of engrafting their
principles upon our institutions, and preitiiving
those institutions in their pristine purity. They
nominated milt elected Got. Ritter for this single
p ariotie purpose. Thlit purpose he will carry out
to the letter and ift doing act he lulfills the great du
sty he owes his party.
We trust the " rater second thought" will do its
work with those Democrats who failed in their up.
piicatinna I',r nflieu, and tae believe that open cool
reflec , ion every man among them who was really
' deservin2 of favor will appreciate the imposeibility
not only of piew , ing ail bin of always conferrin2 ap
pointment* upon thoie who are teary me", &sere.
ius. We Ourselves are far'from approving all the
appointment* which have been made, but are very
lunch inclined to the opittinn that the editor.* of the
Keystone are as likely to err hi judgment as the
Goveisior.
We hove ever felt n strong dislike of this cavil•
lag and snarling about appointtnerd4 4 ; it looks ss
thouth olitests wete•deemed of more importance
WWI early pri4Ciple3, 'ankh we well kIIOIT le 40!
*?f.
true itapptieirto eye nowiFoi - tbirritty
oust in that in future we eludlbavei.o OCCSACI) to
Ivies to thissubject. . •
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Cot. .trtetiFUs Alpllirresitvitivrost.—The LoO•
4--fieintitliceisaye the,,Kosvutit' lever
ther:oland rei!nirks thutit it:riow ktiowo 1114
tolteloon*ei duuiiia tly rtiroxestbionOf oppo4o
toltitskitit'sli - ciparifien ol die intervention of - ma'
government itt the affairs of Europe. He for de
nounced- it opekly and public Ip. -
11 ON JAM r-s en arr rill --Mill gentlemen,
when Ott a visit to Richmond, Va., declined a din
ner tend..red him by the. citizens 0,1 4 membersof
al the Le.Zliplaituo. Olt • Thoirdair 'he suited, the
11tru6e of Dele.bates alit!. was , received with great
reFMI,
rgy. Demneranti State Convention meets at
I larrisbnrg, on Tiara:ly nest, tor, the , purpose of
notojoating.a ,cruhlidate tot Canal Commissioner
atilt appointing DelegAer to the Democratic National
Convention. ; ," -1 -
v. 7 Tt,c 6..veision in the eau , cf Nlrs.
livo.lvixig largo amount. of Inuit/oy, though no
ormali!! Norrouttuuq, knottittatooti to be averse to
'tar claim.
The Late Blot at Cleveland._
t EV' MA D, Friday, Feb. 20, 1853
For the Soot time in its history, the City of Cleve.
land hay been di•giaced by the. presence of ft mob,
the tall 14 of the Stale trampled under foot, and the
power of t iril authoritien for hours set at defiance.
The scene of the mob was the " Mechanics'
Block," a late four story brick building, owned
by %V Ovaltt Study, j'. , and located right in
ti a twayt of the city—the (Mee upper stories of
which, were occupied by the Homeopathic Cal.
lege. The facts are. simply these : Several months
since, a Mr. Johnson of Brooklyn, (a few miles
from the City.) lust a daughter whose body , it was
shortly after ia,certained had been stolen from the
grave. Johnson, thereupon came to the City. saw
the Professors of both Colleges, who denied all
knowledge of the crime, made examinations, and
went away without any prool that they rate gait-
ty of the crime.
Thus moors remained until some ten dayssitice
when pit of a human body was found in the cess
pool al the College nearly decomposed. The Pro
lessors upon being notified of the fact, denied all par
ticipation in the act of knowledge of the person
tomtit, and bad the remains removed and buried
supposing them 16 be nit that were there. Subse
quently, however, Johnson ha I then disinterred,
and fanciPd he saw some resemblance to the per.
son of h a douomer, through, from their condition,
a reasonable Segree of cettaitity was utterly itnpos.
Last Monday (the 15th) it was discovered that
more remains were in the cess pool and about
noon a crowd began to gather amend the building
MOM of them drawn together by curiosity. One or
two policemen were stationed at the doors to pre
vent any entrance.
About 2 P. M., Johnson, with an aze in his hand
and accompanied by a crowd of twenty or thirty of
the veriest looking , scoundrels that have thus far
cheated the Penitentiary out of its due, came upon
the ground and demanded an entrance. ,This was
refused, the guard at the doors now being reinforc
ed. He 150011 beat down the door with his axe, and
effected an entrance to the second story.
At the staircase leading to the' third and forrth
stories and where all the apparatus, Btc,, of the Col
lege was deposited, the mob was suet by prime of
the Professors add Students, who kept . them atsbay.
'The Mayor and Police finally persuaded John
son to go to the office of the lean of the College
and arrange for a lull search and investigation the
item day. The mob were then persuaded to leave
the building, and the Professors and Studente wee°
requested by the civil authorities to retire also; the
assurance being giving that they would protect the
building and its contents..
At J P. M. the building was clear, though the
crowd still hung around. During the afternoon but
little damage was done, except breaking three or
four windows and the door, but the mob evidently
left its power.
Janson went to the Dean's office and made the
arrangement proposed, but instead of conforming to
it, returned to the College with the mob about 6i
P. M. and insisted that they should search the
ding then. The police tome on duty being utterly
inadequate to the detense, finally agreed that John.
son and some of his friends should go through the
building and mate an examination, the crowd to
remain without.
They proceeded to the d'ssecting-room,:w here the
remains otsaveral bodies were found. They also
found several limbs , &n.
One of Johnson's friends seized a hand and swore
that that,was the hand othis daughter, and of this
tie liras perfectly positive from some marks upon it.
A physician present (one of the Committee) declar
ed it to be the hand of a man. Another hand we's
found but no marks-were to be seen identifying it
as the hand of the girl. A foot was also discovered
a hich Johnson's friend and a ringleader of the mob
declared was the girl's toot. The Committee then
descended the stairs, and Johnson agreed to soy to
the mob that they should go away, and that a more
full investigation would be had next day.
Instead of saying this, however, he took the hand
and tovingino. it around said, ": This is my dough.
tet's hand. The mob then becamepertectly furious
and forcing an entrance, commenced the work of
destruction. The windows (nearly sixty) were
broken nut ; the bids and furniture of students de
strnyed ; the chemical apparatus, collection of min.
Waif, museum, Vaillatgeantomicat
broken up and thrown out oh t the windows and.car.
iced au-4y.
For an hour or more the trtitt had enlire po=se'
sion of the building and did not retire until they
had finished their work. Before leaving they set
fire to the building, but it was soon extinguished.
The mob inside the building at no time exceed.
ed one hundred and fifty or two hundred, and there
were citizens enough standing around to have crush.
ed them at a single
Thirty bayonets could at any time have quelled
the riot, and twenty in the building at 6 o'clock
could have guarded both entrances effectually. The
building, was damaged some 5500 and the College
lost in apparatus, Etc., destroyed dime 6200
The neit morning the miliiary were called oat,
anti some thirty arrests made. The accused .have
been examined, and a part of them identified, and
bound over to answer the crime amnion, gr c .
It is doe to the Faculty to May, the , they deny pos
itively that the body of Johnson's daughter *weir.
er in the college and boldly challenge a full and
- thorough invertigation.
My nwn impreminit is,that the Janitor of the in,
siltation found it easier •in tlepirsit the remains nt
diem:lions in the cess.pnol than it was to tarry
them as the Professors {put ordered and that with
' nut their ktrowledge, he had for mouths past been
the. , divnsing of them.
W e mourn this evidence of mob spirit in our
city, but it wiltbe the last time, f apprehend, that
such an occurrence will pass vri bout laud tepults
to the delete.. • &cusiu.
Tut Meetteitte Caen--We find in the INN.
mole Sun of yeateribry week, the following rater.
race to the case* of 1/IcCreary and the girl Rachel
Packer :
OtLL Fouins—lmpoevAtiv Arroi&.—The grand
jury have found a nue hilt in the case of the Stile
vs McCreary. charged with inr,s imprisonment itt
the arrotartntl detention of the girl Rachel Parker,
the alleged slave of &hoe!fie ld. Preitrrinary
this fitiding ; the girintliury investigated, of neces.
sity; the question relating to the civil condition 01
the. irl, and arrived at the eonclo "on )hat she was
tree. There are three .actione anti ipated, in the
case. One upon the itnlictment *gel st McCreary , ~•
one cnnsistota of a issti.ton kg Cravat, and &civil
actin for denNee.
frocadingsW etesetteglidatac.
tunic no. yety..-21.
Stitiip—The Sefeet Committee of this Senators
Pram the citypnd county of Philodelpble, retiirriect,.
with •siVamendmenti the bill authorising din:Afar.
dial of, rolici , of Philadelphia, to dispose .01 un
claimnk stolen itiVierty. Also, wiiii:'s negative ,
recomtriendaiim..thelill authorising theriuMnicipuf
corporations of Philapelphiacity arid county to pur.
chase ground for a public park. Also, with a neg•
mit* recommendation, the bill for theplassificatian
of IV,oril and Township Constables.
Bilis bitroduccd—To regulate theAistribution of
property assigned for the benefit of creditors in
certain cases. To prohibbit the manufacture and
sale ,of all ,bitoxicaipily, liquors, in this Common
'tie* iPtlr a, 4* Bpr iii tp tie !aimed' a 11 4 60.
villa Relative to douriii of Common Pleas.
-TheriCommitteecni Seiko renorreili ascot:mined
a bill to,incorporativink karinfL smd Tntikee!lank
of ifie-Noiilieni
Mr, Femon read in price q bill to authorize the
widening of Broad street; intilh of Philadelphia.
'the bit to 'enable Georair Bt Own, of Phil•
adelphia comity; to sell 6er:entreat estate, was con
sidered end pumsed.
The bill relating to the Orphan's Society of Phil.
atlelchia, was takers up and passed.
The Senate won after adjourned—
House—The Speaker. on motion, :was directed
to appoint a committee of five to inquire into the
expediency of reportitip a bill abelislungcapital pun
ishment. •
A Coalmines was also appointett to brine in a
bill which should give pronely of paymert to kik.
merits and all claims not tendered to jail: mews rib
tained_ for wages for work arid and labor done b)
contractors by theday, week, month or year.
The following bills were reported:
Tti exempt from execution the property to debtors
to the amount of $5OO.
To acthorize the publication of the laws in the
newspapers of the Commonwealth.
The following resolutions and bills were•read in
pla'ce :
A joint resolution against any extension of the
Woodworth parent
A joint resolntirio relative to lotteries onthorized
by the State of Delaware.
A bill to incorporate the Resolution Hose 'Com.
patty of Philadelphia. -
To divorce C. Biederman and wife.
A supplement to the act relating to lunaticea anti
habitual dtuukants..
The supplement to the set incorporating the P itts-
burg and Erie Railroad Company, was taken up
and passed
The bill incorporating the Northern Liberties Gas
Company, also posed finally.
Several private and unimportant bills passed,
and the House adjourned.
SENATt—The speaker laid before the Senate a
series of resolutions adopted at public meeting in
Towanda, Bradford county, in favor of the energet
ic prosecution and speedy completion of the North .
Branch canal, which were read and referred.
A Conmittee from the House was announced—
and informed the Senate that they had been (Input.
ect to conduct the Speaker and Members of the
Senate to the hall of the House to listen to the read
ing of Washington's Farewell address.
The Senate accordingly proceeded to the halt of
the House.
After the return of the members of the Senate to
the Chamber, quite a number of petitions and me.
morials Were presented.
The following bills were then taken np and pass.
ed:.
To incormate the Erie - City Gas Company.
The bill providing a kwk.np in the borough of
Harrisburg lot members of the Lea Warms.
The bill to Incorporate the Lehigh an d B e a ta
County Tornpikb Road Company.
Severs! other bills of a private, character also
passed.
Tire Senate then adjourned.
House—The Farewell Add reek of George Wash
ingion' was read before she members utthe F•eirate
arid House, and the House immediately adjourn
ed.
. LIST OF COSSTABLES I
ELECTED IA THE IiARDWo ToWl4.l3lPal Di U4DFORD
COUNTY
Alhetis born.,
f‘ township,
Albany.
Armenia, -
Asylum,
Burlington,
Columbia,
Canton, -
Dural!, -
Franklin,
Granville, . .
Herrick, .
Litchfield, - -
Leroy, •
Monroe, - •
Orwell, -
Pike. • .
Rome, .
Ilidgberry,
Shesliennin,
Smithfield,
Springfield,
South Creek, •
,Staliding Sone, •
Triscorora, -
Towanda- born., -
North Towanda,
Smith Towanda, -
Troy bran
Troy tp., • -
Ulster, . .
.
W phasing, .
Warren, • •
Wells.
Windham,- -
Wilmot,
• John Yunnan.
• Richard Hillis.
• S. C. Pxrli.
• • A D. Fools.
• S. W Atden.
. . P C. F.ll.‘torth
. Oliver Ellsworth, jr
. H. W. Brovromg.
CharleA French.
• . C. G Gors.
. Thos. W. Wheeler.
. Jno( Adams.
. Ira Crane.
LIST OF JVSTIt ES,
ILLECTIGD AT THE RECENT ToWNAIIIP T.LtCTIONS„ 1
Athens tp., .
Burlington,
Herrick,
Standing Stone, .
South Towanda,
North Towanda, •
. .
'Ulster, •
Wyalusinq., -
gr It
Wets,
An Illetlelntla Frederick Bolden, of
Allentown. the Democrat top, has recently invent
eAt a new lock, tattwis lac safety eacel4 anything of
she kind now in use. nil to deatined 110 auperaede
all others for PRIME, batik,, ate . as well as P rivate
dwellinza It is a donttle rprinn, door lock. with
an alarm am cher!, which makes a report as loud
as.on ordinary pistol. It is ao cot 'wooed that by
totnirt4 the key once, the bolt moves aufTwiere
lance to lock Ihro, atior—..whirh „ flot i er , all porp,„„
ea for the daytime Ttlflling Ihe key wain, a optiniz
111 a plettotwock, which comrarmieateri waft small
batteLat the rear of the lock. sett by means of ita
mechanism, whet! properly lo aded. is said to make
a noise loud' enough to be heard three squares
on.
CetteuseloS or W4I 4 III2VITTON ' a Marti DAlr.—Ai
Wanhinuton City. on Saturday esvning, there watt
n Congrepaional Bongos' et. VVillarts, in home of
Weshine,ton's.birili day , Senator Stockton piesid
eil, and made itspeeoh. He wart tullnwed Of , M r
Crittenden ; Mr. Bayley, niYirginia; .11)•Ipe Wayne,
of the'll. S Supreme Unlit •, General %vmg - Mr
Tonnibt, andotheaillessot.Criitenden. Batley atn
Trumbe opposed the doetrineol,interventicm in the
slurs in Europe. There yr:wrest ewhesi l ora a n d
the company did' not disperse till s Iwo ho ar.
Ihanissuna, Feb. 23
Jnhn Snell.
• T H. Arnold and
Nathan Eilminster.
A. Thasiiiis.
• .1 T. Deinond.
John W. Morrow.
• Jere Travis. jr.
Harrison Robbins.
- Voiney M. Wi iton.
Rensselaer Ross. ,
• Randolph, Lyon.
. Lewis E Gibbs.
Shun way.
- Mo-es T Carrier.
Richard Notion.
• G W. Father.
Frederick Orwan.
• 3. M Smith
B Kitchen.
- M. C. Allen.
Jame* Lsvrie.
Leri Browr,
Curia C Leonard
Jor.epli EL•hree.
Samuel Woodruff.
James Stone.
• IVilliam A. Lane.
Calvin Stone.
. Mark Compton.
Frederick Fieher.
H. C. Fox,
• Stephen Bennett.
S. H: Stiles.
. Harry Gore.
Theodore Hines.
• D• W. Brown.
Lorenzo Grinnell
Mi!M3E==:Mil
To the Ediior of the Reporter :
-I)(4ing,Alte - evly put at last symmeg emplajing
my iiMakAa a tbkligrovei,itt tifiber 'lend of Am.
thif: stoMint and:. drs
nicessariti ha 4 to:
- be rfrikiov4d. previte)s_jo
maltirtg the State flodd Pitssing , t'•rough the ''sramrk ii
I distiebedrtire f ghiet repoithof With it
abrusal of young ones. Instantly it e hide fellows,
swept ste t true totheir-pecoliar instinct, soughtlt
hiding place by thrusting their' heads under a leaf
or soy email substance . ; this one, however, kept
moving to and ho, end reminded me of the old
couplet I learned in my early sellout days,
I("t8`" a t
A,lll iosv sa!,'
- ThlielingitemottortimMioiierfranr - sit ibsgePti-.i - -
l conctuded.lto,retain,my.conquesi , Hy en 'Minnow
tionl.founit that it had all the tom, and in Pa," -ale ,
'appearance of a common fowl chick: I earned the
Wile prisoner home and tied.ltimPlaoed in a coot
where his wants were provided lor, about three tn
tour weeks. Supposing has wild propensity was
subdue by. the kindlreatment it teceived, it was
let out,. but truth stronger than tictiott i P evinced
itself clearly on this occasion, our prisoner abide
his escape in.double quick lime. The next, day it
was seen in the bent-yakf, whale it continued to
provide for itself—'till (pith recently, harrow, now
grown to a full sized hen. She loomed too associa.
tions, roosted by hersell. and avoided the presence
of lumen beings, although every possible rflort wa ,
made to subtitle the wild n a ture, she es i e e e d nn
disposition approaching menralization Fur the
last few week* the " Pheasant' as she is familiar
ly.called by the tamily, is seen in comptrily with
the rest of the fowls during the day, and at eight
goes on the roost with them. This - lien, although
differing in its features from any other fowl on the
(arm, and ! have a great variety, to me is a real
engtma-s-its legs are a pale green—the head and
beak rather sharp, without comb or gills ; ite color
is a beaniilul light speckled and darkly shaded.
Qrtere ? In view of all the peculiarities oh this
fowl, who can satisfactorily ansrer for its origiti
is it one of Nature's freaks, sending from the nest
don aboriginal Pheasant, a common hen! or is
it a mixture, pan fowl and pan pheasant f or is it
From the egg 01 a common hotel
hope no accident may betel nor singular pet,
as I intend to see what its progeny may be.
Valley Hill, Feb. 24, 1852. D. M. BULL
Another Dreadful iecidenL
Another dreadful accident occurred on the Erie
%littoral on Wednesday, while the ,nail train from
the West was stopping at Deposit for dinner. and
mot.t of the passengers were in the salami. While
the passenger train *as standing at the station a
freight traits ran into the rear car and entirely broke
it up, killing, almost instantly, two passengers and
severely u ling another. Toe persona killed
were Miss Wimer of Goshen. Orange Co . and nor
!whim girl. Mr Mooney was severely, ifnot fa=
rallv, wounded. We are u rmed that the cau-e
of the accident was the gram* earele:eonepis anti neg
lect of positive orders by the engine mail. and the
entrant-tor of the height tram The freight train
was on It switch at Somme:eh& miles trom Depos
it, u ben the passenger tram passed, and ought not
to have arrived at Deposit until seven minutes eller
the patitenger mint left. The freight trains are n o t
allowed to run over twelve miles an hour, ari d I t
the instistetinus had been ettelett, the tta•rt would
not have reached- Deposit till. Mug of er the pas,-
mtgs.( train hail left Bier the conductor and the
engine Men knew that the train wre,),l stop at De
posit. coal remain there twenty Imitieror, as that is
the regular dieing phwe Mr. Ma-teat.,,. the con
ductor tit the pa.r.et ger vain, arid the station watch
man .a.v the freight train Comtic2. Mitt the condtle:or
jumped upon the engitie and warted their tram with
sufficient speed to le,seti very much the force of
the ;tcolliwet. The engine Mall and etituttletof a t
the freight train Spam; off hettne the engine struck.
audible- raved thernseltilps We are inhumed hat
the officers ofthe cutup:My hare ordered a t gilt
itivestigaibti to he made um) the cmanristances at.
tentlimg the accident. and w ill spare tin it.thts to
bring to justice the engineer and Cl.l,llilleilif of the
freight train. They are probably both ender arrest
now.
VERDICT or THE coßosta'ttmor
Depo-n. Friday, Fvbarmy 20. )852.
-
Before Stone W Sheldon. Coroner —The July.
alter a particular aid thorough inve.tigtoint; of 'ter
circumstances atteinitog the death of Patrick Mbo
toy and AAA M. i,cna. an IM18:111 girl. ac Driu,6 l l
motion.
On the Pie..-Yrnk Mitt Erie 11.411.10.i.t, Olt
February 18 1852. tiod that the de c ra4ed tieue pas
sem.rera in the n1;111 Pas-roger trams of that ria.
and that they were either-in the rare or attemptiro;
to jump ham them, when a freight Aram y ~
at Areal speed run Vito 801;1 p.I•IO.9aOMT ;TAM IX IA ?
o tat k lini at Air station. by which, tlecea, , ed %vele
either -tided to &al h,
By the evidatire hefirre tot. it appears that the
freight train followed the passenger tram, leaving
the summit 15 +mooted atter the f)llo , Let , get train
•---
that the freight train after mama/ ub va a mile.
beeame tinuitisageahle; after all the hrakes• t.eirta
applied. the engine seversed, and back
applied. but by reason of the snow ;Lid frost on the
rani- the speed of the mitt could not be checked ;
that the Engineer of the fie ;;In train. by the usual
signal of the whistle. in time called the Station mart
at Deposit to turn the trai•k off the main Irovk and
avoid the collision, but the ~witch-man who
i an
der the co hh h h ol oh the Station-Agent, was oat et the
swik•h.
conclusion, the ,bily and grew canse of leen
!eve i1a4111.1 the RA1411;411 COTTIp:Illy, by reason nt
UIIOWIII4I beijbi 111111/A tn.immedtetrly G•lluw p a ..
%e l ute ! t f . t het, up or down armlet ; knowing that
freight trains have. at several times nrevinmly,
become unmanaurable on this grade, and run by
this stationts, the highest speed.
Deposit. Feb 20, 1852.
Gates Clark (forentan,) A. Devereaux, Addison
B. Dean. Sidney Sheldon, tic. Burrows, Charles
Demander, S. G. Dean, John Peiers.
Louts NAPOLEON'S CONATIVOTION •—The Constitu
tion of France, as promulgated by Napoleon, is a
remarkable elucument,; and fully carries out the tib
ject, of the coup d'efut by' placing every thing in the
hands of the -4 , Nephew of his Uncle.", The Presi•
dent governs by means ni the Ministers the Coun
cil of State. Senate, and Legislative body. The
Senate is appoitt.erl for., life by the President, the
Mtitis•ets ate appoiteed by hint and depend solely
end entirety upon him, bete_ impeachable only I,y
the Stitate, which be ,appoints The Connell of
State is nominated .111,,ar by the p resi d en t, an d is ti a .
We o removal by him, The Legislative corps is
the only Otte of the four powers—by means of which
the '• President u.ivet ii:4"—iy loch is elected by suf
frage ; and the deputies of this booty are elected for
six years Louis not wishing In repeal the caper,.
mere of popular elections too often. These repre
sentatives of the people are mere nullities They
can neither originate Tier amend law& hen have sim
ply the power of wittie r ' upon ouch as the Freottlete
sends to them. as drawn up by the council of State.
t i
The Legislative body s also kept small, in order to
be better= under the cr troi of the President. basil.
tinge are to be secret , arta the press has not the
i l
right to publish any o its proceedings, except the
Assembly. No belle scheme than this could be
devised for cello:taxi g power in the President. and
giving him complete - Control of all the funetions of
government Such alconsti.ution is a Jibe] upon
the name of a republi6 ; with the shadow of choice,
it has all the elements of the most :abootnie and
complete despotism ji as the outrageous nvorees of
the President show h i e intends to make the glom
meat. I
-Aullte4ealorpeaL , _
(we etre. the tottourtnatettar as it came to our hands, with
oui:rassiagany gunnel es to the truth or 649no(es state
St WONGABEL*, alr SEs, nth45,4(152..iz!,
refitorierf itke Neat" York Tribune ' • -;)
"its mill relict liar just been repotted 17 . 001
eigetheedi and_iut slid is apparently Wend into eon*l
of bur Shaithertl - itorte; I' stared to teritak her, past
posety to acquaint &neigh your widely diflused
journal, the people of the Vetted States, with the.
tact of the eximeue.er soul capture of the Sea• Serpent
—a mobster deemed fabutons to many—but the
truth of whose esteem° is' forever settled, and
dust I will be excused in 'saying by Yankee intre
pidity.
Oit the morning el Jan. 13, when in latitude 3
414 a(1" . . min. - Stnok end Imigitude 131 deg 50 min
'Wee!, the Min on the 100k -nut, seated on the fort
aopartaatetess.uees ; eattgoist.-eekVbre water; rand
I m reply on my " Wheie away t' said f" Two points
on the Ire-bow " Sntirmsing it th'biiniette by sperm
• whales, avid 't ery matinee ter Obtain oil, 1' ordered
the ship in be kept off and immetha sly went aloft
with toy spy-glass, .1 Will observe that for several
day- we hat been e r 11 gliti2 Leong at h very light
and teal winds, but at daylight of the
of the 13:11 the wind hail drawn to the south Ninth•
wee', beirome steady, and threatened in become a
%tele. l was ;deli nearly halt an; teen before i ob
skewed any'hing Ike • whitetruferr end then I pre.
mom d it tithe made by a ,thiwtnr lather shoat at
porpoises, triritlMl (a be vermin. I ordered the
mute, as it was seven bells, it turn all hands , square
in the yards ar d send out the port stuililen sank' It
being thy breakfast hour. I urged the. Mali 10 keep
beds nee open, and ear n s down, but below I reach
'Hl the /leek. my Rltentili was called to the sadden
vehement sty of Onnem Vanjiiii, a Marquesan
(skeeter. "0! 1 k ! Look ! Me see ! Too much !
fun much!" Ali eyes weie instantly directed to
the savage, to ascertain where he wait looking, and
then all ryes tinned in the lerequatter. I just had
time to ere blade skin" when it disappeared. The
native wits excited, mid itt minty to my eptestions,
said, "b u whales-tit much—to big—to -long—me
on see tot same da feller.-me (raid " Nut being
able to tell which way the animal or fish was bound,
I huffed and came aback; ordering the lines in the
beats and the crews to- a stated by." The horizon
was scanned ireevery direction fur nearly an hour,
when giving up all hopes, I braced forward and
went below The fialite 'continued to look with
eagerness. pushed on by the observations of the
crew who te-oertell that he had seen nothing, but he
proyed the truth of his slght in a few minutes by ut
tering another cry, and With more vehemence than
the first 1 rushed on deck, and the first look, not
a mile io the leewarJ rested on the strangest crea
tote I had ever seen sit the ocean. It was appa
rently still, btu " sobbing'? up and down, as we say
sperm v.hatee I knew it was not a whale.—
The. heal I could not see, but the body had the ma.
lion like the waving of
. a rope, when shaken and
held in the hand. Every eye in the ship regarded
it retentively, and not a word was spokep or sound
altered In a few minutes the to hole length of the
body rose arid Jay on the water, it was of an enor
mous length Presently the extremity or tail, mov •
ed or vshiated. agitating-the water, and !Wen the
head meet entirely above the water, and moved
sideway* stun 1V tiS it the monster was in agony or
sittrocining •• It is a SEA SERPENT," I exclaimed,
stand by the boatA." There was a hesitancy and
the mate said 01 what use is there lowering for
hen I we ot.ty lose time and gain nothing, be.
side..." I abruptly checked him and ordered all
ha/Wee:Med aft Whets they had mustered I told
them i wiehed to •• try" dee jeileta-1 weed them
w all the eloquence I possessed, lettere them
them ens but new who believed Mahe existence of
the see serpent, and that a wt-ti had been exptete•
ed that a whale-ship might hdl tit a nth one of them
—that it we del not attack lion. and elintild tell nt
seeing him when we ere Mime, we Arnold be lattah
ea at a n d derided—and the very find question
would be. `• Why didn't you try him." I told them
that our cnnraye Wag at stakt.--(tilr maolittod, a n d
even the credit of :he whole A met ican Whale Ftsh.
cry„ and concluded bj eve:dim! to their impish y.--
landlord out that we might possibly gel lent 1/710 I
stone erwthert. po r t.
" I .1.1 not /niter one of yon In a', in 'he boats.'' I
suet. bat who will volunteer l" Let the say lii
Illelf rich,' sere) . Arrestor:in in the ship etepped ou t
at tore, tollowe,i by all but one native and two
Eio'bduneis. I ordered the boa•weerers avid efli
t.etS to exam we- and see that evetything in and about
'lie boat' , th pet feel artier. I lo a d Arad) jump
ed into 'my boat n hen the Soiree' began to move
Wine rxpnHy, And it ttAA veers-wry lo eland al er
Wm The anal Was piptcla up Shilmily. but as we
gained I raffinate,' in carry all earl, Wining to he
elite in lower before the gale ret detect it impossi
We, The serpent winked 141 it 11111 ward. whit h
ero/yelled me to hind or, Me blunt, and MOM slier I
carried away my toietop gallant toast; that was
rtitlr.t 1111101.1;y our its. and a hat was 0111 w'or'e we
I t.l SlOll of the mereeer We tepairea damages
with ail all pois.itilsr stispa.ch, anti add kept on the
wind Menne to ere his .nAkeelitp 111 IMO than an
hour Ye saw Inin ri2aiti. but en ways in
wiud
wanl ; pool* a-certinnon2 that lie [rattly tinned and
a as sited had oitibeativ, I put the elitp about an
'le' other tack. The wind had Me/eared so much
that I wee °tailed in pie a emelt. reef in the tote
.mil mizzen to cads The Serpent ilisappeared.he
a lea; minutes again. but • lieu tie hose lie was 'a
tails alieAti of the ship-and geese idoe ly to leeward,
'melee, nettle a IrclfilittelS circuit
I frankly admit my hopes were feeble of ever re.
ally capturing tom. and the gale made me fir-rate
ahem' lawe.log. but the, ittLe arftSrth the Serpent
was still, arid we neatly a halt mile to wirolwaill.
I come to wish the head sat,l. alt irk . to have a het
tr.!' control tit all 'he ship. and told the ship-keeper
to keep Anse to its. and by no mean.' ',glossa
of 114 lot an instant We lowered, my-elf taking
the lead, ant in a hew I n a and sea
eair)ing its to leeward—l told the hnat-ste,eret.
James IVltittniare of Vermont, to " 50i:clop r
eatin and stied intrrpiditt fir hold hold of his iron,
(harpoon.) and, when I tesekotied with a move.
Mein al mylidlid, qlllll‘ as thollahl N 0 11,1144 Wea
pOtis writ. buried to the socket in the repulsive
body before as I MllOll ell - stern," but there was
no visible motionof hie stiakeship. 1 shitted veils
with the hoat.eteer. and cleared away a lance as
quick :is priesible, them to pull up, that
might get when a movement ot the bed)
was visible, and the head Aid tail of the monster
rushed as it WPM to touch the wetted. The hit:W
ittiness of the head, as it approached the boat, fill.
ed the crew with terror, and three of them jumped
overboard, I instinctively held out my lance and its
sharp point entered the eye-1 was knocked over
and telt a deep churning of the water around me--
I rose to the surface and caught a glimpse of the
Writhing body, and was again struck and carried
down ; I party lost my consciousness' under water,
but recovered it wheel nose again, in the bloody
loam. the Snake had disappeared, and I shouted,
"Pick up the line." The third mate, Mr. Beason,
caught a hipht ui my line near the ,etel, and bent
on hie, elites in an instant began to be taken out
rapidly. The mate picked me lip as -non as I pee
Its the surface. and in n few minutes all were pick
ed up—one war severely !goosed and another its.
sensible. hit he recovered. arid ho It are v well
The Snake hard Isken my line, the thind mate's, and
was taking the eecond mate's, when 1 ordered the
mate In bend no a id give his line to the ' , hip. The
Snake was flOrMilifig arid I cautioned the officers
not to hold oc toil bard tor fear ol drawittu the irons
Al firm the IMO went tint rapelty tun decreased
gradually, necerthel-‘es I was oblig e d to g e l up e
spare lute ant of the first-hots and • bend on. For
tear that the ship would by hi weight on the line
draw the irons,l put on several drags and gave the
-line to the mate, when it became stationary. There
was now nut four boats' lines, 225 fehoms in a
boat. and two-thirds oranother line, 100 fathomi
mare—in all one thousand fathoms, six lest in a
faileirre-eix thousand. feet- better than one indeand
a n eighth. an error:Deus depth, and the pressure at
that distance it hironceirable.
It was now blowing todsm'ily, and i eeereely fla t
ail to carry sail enongli to keep the ship up, tho boat
was in pent. and 1 was obliged In take the fine to
.hi t ship nut and run the risk of the hoar thaw-
EEC
iagxuadlivliiieo4l-4,460 hitelaekand look st . h
sail but enough to keep her steady, and a ai k . d
alarm the snake', the parting ni the
theironakdring. At 4l' M , wad bega r e t ,4
atierjvcit,til u 4 chute ; SP. n, to or e '
,
ter
joyi,, an 19, abate.,
_or, 11,1 snhtfen lutl ; line tent. ,;,
•wiii:beauticoil, the itCy clear, wind scarcely lik;
artoea rapslity I;ioeig.
Kb e y e erai e tteted in the ship yretrily,,./..,
ling rti OUr grey. li was evident he W u r e - ti 'l
bottom. He staid down a long lime; blun t) ,
don.t consitiered that was,hisforfe7- 1 5Ithe
home there. At Atlkti - oribe - 14.ii;Siza tee j
After he went down, the line been to Aack,.l7
w
it taken to the windlass, *hen e Red net!, 2,
1 lines ‘• nand over hand," then there cor iFsi '.2
again. This straits continuing.' I told erruy e Z
heir a,hand and get breakfast, and just tie_l4 l .
were through, the cook cried out, " Heialie e ,7
li m e an k. l .,- co n on
,ty c i c ., surn.egiov ilo :
'Men ; b ut all tliii C er'sntittiibie
• Wai . butieti", -,7 1
iently,the . hight.inf,,the snake,triebere, he h a d 13q; i „.
fastened to. I loweirli ituee hilatg, anti we 6Z I j
the holly repeatedly without atoning any 11 3; ;
While we were at v oils , he gradually
"
t h e st a nce , andaround him floated, what ( 1 ,„ 4 :.'
be pieces of his lungs, Which we had cut loth
lances. To make our work sure we nomintat s.
lance, eagerly seeking for la.; life, when he
himself up and} we pulled away, and then vra x r..:
ed t h e terrify-dying struggles of the mons:er.
of the crew who witnessed that terrine Nene
ever f orget it..... t he escalations of the Lady
id as lightning, seeming like the revolving of app; c
sand enormous black wheels.
the
tail and bi
would occasionally appear in the surging
loam, and a sound was heard, se dead, noisy
and expressive of acute agony, that a thrill di
for ran through our veins. The convulsiv e e j r , l "-,_::'
lasted ten or fifteen minutes when they m k t ,
stopped, the head was partly raised—it
body partly turned and lay still. I took °fla il
and nine ternticcheers broke simultaneously i x '
our throats Oar prey was dead.
Luckily he floated buoyantly, and we te a k
.alongside, and while doing so he tamed ore, s ':',
mg belly up Every eye beamed with jay 1 ,
looked at him over-the rail, and the ma rxi i7
cheered vociferously, and) 'Dined them. We.ar.:::
held a consultation as to what we sic old
had requested all hands to oflertheir opinions. L ,;
ter a short talk, all of us felt convinced that ur n
be impossible to get him into port, and The,
concluded tetty and save hisskin, head andlea
if possible. In the first place, I reyuested a Eat
man who could thaw tolerably, to take a dad f:
01 him as he lay, and the mate to measure era.:,; '
It was now quite smooth, and we could
vantage. As-Lam preparing a mirage dei minz t : : •
of the Serpent, I will merely give rt..' ter Lett.
ran points. It teas a male; the leng:h, Itg
inches ; 19 feet 1 irch +wound the neck:24 lerf
inches around The shoulders ; and the farm
of the body, which r ppeared somewhat darts_:
49 feet 11 inches. The head was long and ht
with ridges; the bones of the lower jaw sep al
the tongue had its end like the head of s tar,:
The tad ran nearly to a point, on the cadet Vie r . ?
was a flat firm cartilage. Tire was
turning brown on the sides, then yellow, snit; -
the center of the belly a narrow %hoe sneak nC
thirds of its length; there was also -canerrra
the body dark spunk. On evamitring, the skim'
found, to our surprise, that the I ody was caR F
with blubber like that on the whale, Wirt wax-
lour inches thick. The oil was clear as wanit,a'',
burned neatly as last as spirits of turpentine.
We cut the snake in, but found ;treat
and had to (tense ham , the body would not ad,
rue blubber was so very elarmir that whenr4
twenty feet by the blocks, it would. when re;
shriek to five or six leer. We took in the hfti
trlghtful object, and are endeavoring to p
wet; salt.
We have saved all .he bones, winch diem
riot dune clean rig Fri. hi cluing (pen
pent we Mudd piece 01 milord arid a t a r,
tisk the fir-h of which dropped from the ctes r . - 7
One of the Sri perm's lune. was three lert ad -
than the oilier. I
Plinn4it have ut‘y.esavit thet;-
were rimety.tmir teeth tan t h e jaws, very 411 7 i:
prorating tract:ward and as lane as (The
Ifir gain, tt - deeply turd firmly -et We frer.
had tern .pour-hoses tar spuncl.?a. soli urns tie
like a n hate. it also liad lour f , X1111M11,2
IMO:Violins of for they were like lira
lier.ti j inr- rit the bark welt. 104. r re
:::1
wrinPki a• it ni.en g list r
vtin rib's am( a j at a tinit--almo-1 like
mut etnriol tie
th.ail. Made I. k a- if t
low...Malicia! Mitres We u ere nearly Itrarr,ro.„ . .;. -
2eiturg. ;lip hidies in ':+1) ale I",n nearlygr.:
arid are very 1).4'01111MM 'talk rninted.
The hewn 1 aa- vt•ak•lrd In preserve
and olie tif the'eje., tint the he-id. nr.drnieow
it is cool tiekriis in efilll at: hfier.-ire
am so near the coast te'w that I -hall holrlarri:' - :
as it is, mites!. it 1- really Ike id tarred a Met
Every mars in rime -Lip participates ie sty
2 P M.—l have jn>t ritoken the Yenta::
proves to he the No 2 Grp-ey. Cap( Sotrgecol,
days from Poore. P. R. w i th orarQe.ranrheetr.2.,
rime. bnimil to Bririmprin, lie has
so pok.these sheets in the pm , t Odice sire ilia
rites. As soon as I get in I shall he elder
Impish '(na 'w.f.. delkiled acredirn:
1 . am Sir, your rrfred i e r ri , ers ee
CHA SrApowe. NtWer \" 1116
ship Mosisetealialii.ot N
Si cavr.a most Pon...—On Tacklar enact, ',.`
13th ofimatary. a man Ramer 'TVM I4 1 4 -1 j. .:
wag {nand dead on the ('otinel h• 11, tetel*::
Mitt mite" above Joittranwn On examtrstf:::
WU,. km ti he hail been brontliv munieraL ..-.
large h01e... f one Of ‘ , .lnel) die toil A --
(Intim:. were. Intent in his lira& end the Fk 27 --..
ly fractnred it, addition. The Nine antler ;:,.',
eye we , . broken. T e act wall eamienily r.-,`. , : \ :
tea with a hammer. Lan:ahhn and a marl '„,
John M,Y 1111 were in a gir.averys it,,OOUF /
lit tl e Inet inn.. to the murder, and left ihe not.:
nether. each %anti a some hammer )11 tartik..:l
Flom [hie anti other crruncoanCe4. Marl' 4ll :,:'''''
rested nit 'u-picarn Ibl ha k ‘ lug et , lTtrtin ,o,l. 3 ". , :::
and al et a twining before !twice Mactel47-','
committed to prawn —rime ev Klence c‘ nt re.i.?,.;
,natatal, amt wile her Star in rea lly cantere l o:.• -
murder or not is a matter of 'lonia Tte. oft:
.'.,?,
will proba-ly, ne‘er be cleared tr,) Cue /- 4 -..,
"weed on ; the minder of L.-ie.:Win IS c learri. ,, :'
"hie 0 'he lactiotts known awongn the Irr'°" l4 :,
era as Corkoniane and Fantowns 1,1:4 0 ,
I'ngerl to the tormer , while the party Iflc s : 4 *:-. - '.
t e w lia o rn o e ti t i t e tl rs th 6 a u t flPe the cte S d o ' n be a
i each - eltter like welees..L-Jultnnotr,i Echo--;„
l o o i ng E e r d in to
s t il l IL I:L a u: 4 . t', ' z
JCSOCEULINNA Rata —teerphirgc'''
ed jib the Susquehanna riser, and the sprb t i '.;
ed lessee bye frinihst, is of deep intert het
hare mm it grid Irmaii who nn tiand , O Pa 4g t ir ':
vi-tt to the ftWPf. Ittit C.t'imit`6 l
" - rjrk• the I,4lowttr, Fran
itti,ornstit ii. enrturr erring at H titt-tnel.
'hat lie' Inntiata is nearly clear 101 . tn , m 111 ;: ,
h"'g to M the r Vef .1111,0-10'4K,
ive. Out at Wt t•thtpor there h. an
tx. h ly of ice collerwil. wlvcti t''
film About four note.% behlw
Columbia tit Out., Ole ice. ha. 1... ,, rt1ett and
ttainineti up. Tile
piers tit iihni are tto.t
high. and the ice and water eam II hi.' 14 If T .
the frame. 'rtie 07'
E'rreeeed with ire and water, 'lttt
Brukte four miles tirJaw, nod at that point
a break in tha canal 01 at.an
ur:hich the tostpltif4 w.ver tr.t.lte.; I'. 4 t"'
Mere is a fall oration( eight feet, anti the ire'e
tbiltrennet with great irrine'nosity. A 4,0 ' 44 ; . -
1 . 1 apprehenited, will be wieoileil With
con.equeocos.
The turnpike bridge, on the ea,t Pit he ±:i
er, short distance below Cohniiiihi, he hee
riot! assay.
the BPPrehengions in reht.inn to the bre
Columbia have in a gioat t iegree
vr , ‘".ct ha,e ery ,vpia•alf 111:•