proposition to concur is uot yet decided p?u
t mo. Mr. Calhoun makes ft [notion to fix u
uight session. Mr. M'Clure moves to amend
to that litis cannot be taken up again. The
resolution is so amended. The excitement lots j
now become so great that every member upon ;
both sides of the House i> upon his i'eet. Tlte
orders of ihc day are railed u;ton all sides.
M essrs. M'Clure and Calhoun standing at their '
places .coolly negotiating the terms of the night j
scabion. Mr. M'Clure is nnwiUing u> accept I
the resolution as amended, until the motion to
couci:r is' settled. After a long parley, Mr.
Calhoun agrees that the vote shall lie taken
lira rot*. It is taken, and decided negative- •
ly. The fight is over, the victory won, the ex- j
citeuient subdues, and the resolution is quietly
adopted, and the House adjoins UiUo uuded j
the most exciting scene of tho whole session
m cither house.
(From the National InMlisroact-r, April 27th]
Col Beaton's Disease—lnteresting state
ment By Hts Physioian.
The subjoined letter from Dr. May, the hit* Co! R.m
tui's medical adviser and friend, in fumihinß an audit n
tic account of the nature and protfresMOt the painful mala
dy which terminated that eminent ►talesman's life, *-
vre'd as -.oine impressive incidents of his last h mrs, w ill
possess deep interest not alone for the wide circle of his
immediate friends, but for the public at Urae. We 'eel
obliged to Mr. Jones for enabling us to lay the letter be
fore our readers.
WASHINGTON, April 13th HSB.
My Dear Sir : You wore present at uiy
morning visit to Col. Benton, on the day pre
ceding his death, when be handed me a:i ex
tract from a newspaper purporting to give an
account of his disease, ami, as you are aware,
he then earnestly requested me to draw up " a
■tateincnt of his case for the satisfaction of his
friends in Missouri.'* I promised him faithful
ly to do so, and incompliance with that pledge
I now send vou the following brief statement
of bis last illness :
The disease of which Col. Benton died was
Cancer of iht Rectum. In the affection itself
there was nothing peculiar, as it is a complaint
not uncommon to an advanced period of life.
But the extraordinary fortitude with which he
met and contended to the last with this fot'tnid
able malady ; the wonderful mental vigor
which he retained whilst it was preying upon
his vitals ; the indomitable energy of charac
ter he displayed, and the unceasing labor which
ho daily underwent, almost to the last moment
of his existence, w hen considered in connection
with the position he lias so long held to his
country, have rendered bis case one of deep in
terest.
Although I had occasionally visited Col.
Benton for more than three years prior to his
disease, it was not until the month of Septem
ber, 1857, that my attention was especially
called to the disease of which he died.
In the month of February, 1856, [ perform
ed him an operation for hydrocele, (a common
complaint and one relieved by a very simple
operation,) and to which he alluded when you
were standing by ids bedside, the day before
his death, when he remarked that he had been
also treated by me for a disease similar to that
which had afflicted the historian Gibbon, and
which he requested me to note iu my report of
his case.
From this time until the summer of 1857 he
wan frequently absent from Washington deliv
ering his lectures in different cities
In the intervals of his return he oecasional
ly.consulted me iu regard to simply an ir
regular condition of his bowels ; but he com
plained so little, and his general-health was so
undisturbed, that it was impossible to have
tupectcd even the incipient stage of the in
curable malady w iiich was to destroy him. It
was not until the month of September, 1857,
that my atteution was especially called to his
case. He then sent for tne to sec him for
what he supposed w as a severe attack of colic.
His bowels were obstinately constipated, and
nil medicine failed toremove the obstruction. —
On examining the intestine I discovered it to
be closed by a hard tuiuor, about three or four
inches above its termination. The abdominal
distension was at this time very great, and his
suffering must have been extreme, but his na
ture was so uncomplaining, h. fact there was
so much of tho Roman in his mould, that he
gave but little evidence of the pangs he eudur
el.
My friend, Dr. Hail, saw hi:n iu consultation
with mo at that time, and after repeated and
tedious efforts we finally succeeded in passing
a sle:ui#r tube through the obstruction, and
thus gave gave exit to the enormous accumu
lation of gas and other matter within the ab
doir.eu. A more careful examination, made
very soon after this, confirmed mc in the view
we then took of his case, and of its hopeless
nature, and I communicated that opinion to
himself and to his friends. He received it
wall perfect calmness and resignation, express
ing only the wish that he might be allowed to
live long enough to finish his work.
Before he was relieved of the attack just
spoken of lie had given up all hope of life.—
lie told mc he was satisfied the hour of dis
solution was near at hand, that it was impo.-si
for him to recover, and that his only regrets at
parting with the world were "iu separating
irom his children, and in leaving his great
work uudoue ; that death had no terrors for
him, for he had thought on the subject too
img to feel any." It may not be inappropri
ate tor me here to state that, although he nev
er expressed to me any views upon the subject
of religion, he did so freely after this to the
Rev. Dr. Sunderland, bis pastor and friend, as
the following statement of Dr. Sunderland will
show. Ho says: " Daring the last week of
Col. Benton's life I had several interviews with
him at his own request. Our conversation was
mainly on the subject of religion, and in re
gard to his own views and exercises in the
speedy prospect of death. In these con versa
tions he most emphatically and distinctly re
nounced all self-reliance, and cast himself en
tirely on the mediation of the Lord Jesus
Christ us the ground with his acceptance with
God. His own words were 'God's mercy in
J -stis Christ is my sole reliance.'"
I ascertained that in the intervals of my
visits to him at this time he repeatedly wmt
to his work and corrected the proof-sheets,
which he was in the habit of receiving at short
periods from his publisher, Mr Applctoo, and
I recollect on one occasion.w hen I did not, sup
pose lie could stand, In; suddenly arose from
his bed, and in face of nil remonstrance, walk
walked to his tabic at some distance off, and
corrected and finished the conclusion of another
work on which he was engaged, and of which
he had shortly before received the proofs from
New York. His unconquerable will enabled
him to do it, but when done he was so exhaust
ed I hail to take the pen from hi* hand to
go •* ir the direction.
As - Kin as he re :uvrred from the immedi
ate danger of lua attack he labored as he bad
—i"i or ytars 10-for ion.-t.mth at h task
tvi> ( by w ill tug iu°t s-'ani IV
with the exception of the hour he usually de-j
voted to his afternoon ride on his horse, the
effect of which though I feared from the posi-1
tion of Lis disease, be yet seemed to think was
of benefit to him.
And at this labor he eontiuued from day to
day until about week before his death, when
no longer üble to rise from weakness he wrote
in his bed, and when no longer able to do
that dictated his views to others.
Tuus it may be truly said of him he literal
ly " died in harness," battling steadily from
day to day with the most formidable malady
that afflicts humanity ; his intellect unclouded i
and his iron will sustaining him in the cxeeu
tion of bis great national woik almost to the
last moment of his existence.
1 am respectfully and truly yours, & \
J.vo. Fur.i). MAY. j
Wni. Carer Jones, Esq.
Sentence of Ira Stout.
The following is the sentence pronounced by
Judge WF.I.LS upon Ira Stout, convicted of the
murder of Charles W. Littles, at Rochester,
last week. The murder was perpetrated on the
evening of the l'Jth of December last. Sarah
Littles, wife of the murdered man,and sister of
the prisoner, also stands indicted for the mur
-1 d°r. On the rendition of the verdict against
I Ira, her counsel proposed to put in a plea of
i manslaughter in the second degree in her case.
The Court declined such a plea, but intimated
that a plea of manslaughter in the first degree
would be accepted. S..c declined entering
such a plea, and w ill therefore be tried by a
; Jury.
Judge WELLS addressed the prisoner as fol
j lows :
Ira Stout stand up. (The prisoner arose.)
I You stand convicted of the crime of murder—
the murder of Charles W. Littles. Have you
anything to say before the judgment of the law
is pronounced upon you ?
Prisoner—Nothing to so say, sir. Too much
has been already said.
Judge WEI.I.S said :
You have been indicted by a Grand Jury of
this county for the murder of Charles W Lit
tles. To this indictment yoti have plead not
, guilty, and demanded a trial by a jury of your
I peers. A jury for your trial has with great ia
| bor, deliberation and care been chosen, tried
i and sworn, who, after patiently listening to the
i evidence produced in support of the proof eti-
I listed on your own behalf, have on their oaths
j pronounced you guilty of the murder charged
against you. You have hud the benefit of able
I and faithful counsel throughout the whole of
j tlrs lauorious and protracted trial, and of eve
ry doubt in the minds of law in the course of
the trial, and the jury have been instructed to
! extend to you the same advantage of questions
( of fact which might urise iu their minds. Tim
Court is satisfied that they have acted without
partiality, and that their verdict is fully sup
ported and warranted by tho evidence. You
' are aware of the dreadful doom that now awaits
you. Before discharging their last painful du
; ty the Court feel called upon to address you iu
a few words of friendly admonition, and in do
j ing so we have no desire to wound or aggravate
: your already lacerated feelings. In the first
I [dace, we urge upon you to realize fully your
j situation. You are guilty of taking the life
! of your fellow man ; of extinguishing that life
which God alone was able to kindle, ami of
! harrying that immortal soul to the presence of
its Maker. While the evidence failed to estab
: lish with what weapon or in what particular
manner you perpetrated the dreadful deed,
| enough appeared to show that it was attended
j by great and cruel atrocity.
It was on a dark and inclement night, in the
| dreary monih of December, at a place, and uu
; der circumstances calculated to fill the soul
with horror, and which evinced a hardihood of
. feeling in so young a man, Hie existence of
nothing but tlie clear and convincing evidence
in the ease is able to establish. It leads to the
painful conclusion that it was not your first
■ great crime, and that you must have been
; schooled iu iniquity, and in violations of law,
; both human and Divine. You have not only
| imbued your hands in the blood of your fellow
I man, but you have done so in company with
j your own sister, and your victim her hus
band.
Think, then, upon what you have done, of
; the guilt which stains your soul, and rests upon
j your devoted head.
i In a few short weeks you are to expiate with
J your life, thL crime of which you now stund
j convicted.
Improve the time, wo entreat you, which
j shall intervene in preparing for your exit from
' time to eternity ? prepare to stand before that
great and unerring tribunal, where the secrets
I of all hearts arc known, and to meet the retri
; butiou which will be there accorded—where
j von will meet not only your murdered victim,
j and an assembled universe, but all the sins of
! your life, of thought, and word, and action.
Seek pardon uow while it may be found
i through the atoning blood of the Son of God.
i through which alone, and by faith of him, for
j giveuness can be found ; that blood is suffi
( cie.it to atone for the deepest guilt. Seek at
: once with penitence, prayer aud faith, an in
j tcrest in that blood, and God iu his mercy,
i grant that you may find it.
i Dismiss from your mind any infidel senti
j meats you may have imbibed, believe that the
i Bible is God's word, which is able to make
j you wise unto salvation. Study its sacred doc
j trines and precepts ; do all this and it may be
j well with vou at last.
It remains only for the Court to pronounce
i the sentence of the law upon you, which is
. that you be taken from the place from which
: you last came, and on the eighteenth day of
• June next, you be taken to the place of execu
! tion, and on that day, between the hours of 12
j o'clock at noon, and 4 o'clock in the afternoon
you be hanged by the neck until you shall be
dead, and may God have mercy on your soul.
RRIIGIOCS I NTELLIGENCE. —Last Sabbath be
j ing the regular communion Sabbath at the
Presbyterian Church in this Village, was a
j day of extraordinary interest with that Socie
ty, foryt six persons, including some of our
j most prominent citizens, being received into
the Society on profession of faith. The ordi
nance of Christian Baptism was administered
I to some twenty of the number by the devoted
Pastor, llev. S. H, 11A1.1., the remainder of
, those admitted to membership having been
we I relieve, baptized in infancy. The whole
i service was exceedingly interesting and im
pressively solemn.
At the M. Iv Church, also, several addi
tional members were received on probation ;
i and a number into full connection.
At Nichols the Revival is still progressing
I "iicouragiiiifly, uuder the ministrations of Rev.
iMr McDo.vi'H novated by different clcrgv
t men of ihi? Village.— Ootgj i'laz.
SraMorblicforkr.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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The English Kansas Sill Passed!
Both Houses of Congress on Friday, were
occupied with'thc Kuusas bill, and the English
Conference report passed both the Senate and
and House of Representatives ; —the former
by a vote of 30 to 22, and the latter by 112
to 103. In the Senate speeches were made
by Mr. BKODF.KII K, Mr. DOOLITTLE and Mr.
SEWARD. The remarks of the latter were ex
tended to considerable length. When Mr
SEWARD had nearly concluded,lie was interrupt
ed by Mr. 8101.F.K who announced that
the House had that moment adopted the Con
ference Report. When Mr. 8 had closed, the
question was taken with result as above stated
In the House the debate was long, rambling
and exciting. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, found him
self in a very embarrassing predihament, as
his change of position had been too sudden
for comfort. Mr. RASKIN stated that Mr. Cox
came to his desk, only Monday last, and read
a letter he had just written to an Ohio jour
nal denouncing the Conference Report in the
strongest terms. Mr. Cox denied it, whereup
on Mr. RASKIN offered to prove the charge
by Mr. II ARRIS, of Illinois, who heard the let
ter read. This affair caused much excitement
and confusion. Mr. RASKIN closed the bebate
bv a vindication of the twelve Anti-Leconipton
Democrats who stood lirm to the end, out of
twenty-three who started with DOUGLAS in op
position to the measure. Under the previous
question the final vote was taken, aud the re
port was adopted.
This scheme which lias been forced through
Congress by the power and patronage of the
Government, instead of settling the question,
is calculated to light up the fires of sectional
animosity, and keep awake the ngitation which
has been going on for years. Its provisions
are substantially, that it refers to the people
of Kansas for their acceptance or rejection,not
the Lecomptou Constitution, but the ordinance
granting to Kansas certain public lands, which
are granted to every new Stato on entering
the Union. If they accept the ordinance by a
majority vote, Kansas is to be admitted with
the Lecomptou Constitution. If they reject it,
Kansas remains a Territory until she shall
have ninety three thousand inhabitants. The
election is to be conducted by a Board of
Commissioners, embracing the Territorial Gov
ernor, the Secretary, the Attorney-General,
and the two Speakers of the Legislature.
Thus a large bribe is offered to the people
of Kansas for their acceptance, in the event of
which they are supposed to accept the Le
comptou Constitution, and will be declared
a State with that pro-slavery instrument.
The plan is a disgraceful one, and will we
have no doubt, be promptly spurned by the
people of Kansas. Such is the opinion of Gov.
WALKFR, STANTON and PARROTT. Instead of
1 icalizing the question, this bill will make it
more genera! and intense. In our judgment,
the excitement and struggle upon this ques
tion has but just commenced.
FORNEY announces the passage of this Eng
lish bill, under the heading of a " DARK AND
FATAL FRIDAY," and denounces it in unmeasur
ed terms. We extract the conclusion of a long
and able article :
[From Forney's Press, May I.]
But the great crime did not stop here. One
wrong after another was tried, till at last, as
if to mock at even the semblance of right, the
so-eailed ENGLISH bill was proposed, the iucar
nation of treachery and of duplicity—a bill, be
it understood, which differed from its prece
dents in this : that they were swindles and this
was a bribe ; which, professing to submit Le
eompton to the people, did not submit it, ac
cording to its Southern expounders ; and,
which, starting out in the preamble with a
scandalous misstatement, crowned the whole
proceeding with a declaration that if the peo
ple did not take it, they should fester in dis
sensions till it suited their masters to admit
them !
And this is the scheme that was forced
through yesterday— THE BLACK FRIDAY OF OLR
CENTURY !
Well may the Senator from New York cry
j " shame" upon the damning deed,
j All history will cry shame upon it. too.
The burden which this outrage attaches fa the
Democratic party cannot be air tied wit haul
crushing it ! Candidates for office will be com
pelled to speak out against it, and those who
are silent will pay the penalty of such an ac
quiescence.
What Kansas may decide upon, we are not
authorized to say ; but we cannot doubt that
she will reject the bribe with scoru. Whether
she docs or not, the wrong done will lie aveng
ed, and the sacred doctrine vindicated. The
case has passed into the hands of the people of
the States, especially those who have been in
sulted by their Representatives, as we have
| been by eleven of our members from Pennsyl
vania, four of whom represent this proud me
tropolis, where there is but one sentiment, out
side of the office-holders and office-seekers, and
that fearlessly against the action of the Con
gress of the United States, in forcing an odi
j OUN Constitution upon a protesting people.
i . J-L JL'.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Pursuant to a cull of the Republican Coun
ty Committee, a Convention of Delegates from
tiie election districts of the County assembled
in the Court House, in this Borough, on Mon
day evening, May 3, 18;>S, aiut was orgauized
bv electing BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTK Chairman, j
and I. N. EVANS and I'. 11. BUCK Secreta
ries.
On motion the Convention proceeded to
elect Representative Delegates to a State
Convention, and ULYSSES Mitßcußand HENRY
W. TRACY wore chosen said delegates, with
power to substitute.
The selection by Susquehanna County cf a
Senatorial delegate was then, ou motion, con
cerned in.
The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
Resoled, That the recent violation by the
falsely called Democratic party of all its pledg
es and professions in regard to the rights of
the People, gives fresh assurance that upon
the Republican parly devolves the duty of pro
tecting the rights of free labor, and the free
institutions of the couutry, from the aggres
sions of that grasping power which having gain
ed complete control of the geueral Govern
ment, now seeks its perpetuation by breaking
down every s.d'e-guard agaiust its complete
aggrandizement und domiuion over the whole
Republic.
Resolved, That the course of the Pro-Sla
very majority in Congress shows that they
have not relinquished their hope of eventually
making Kansas a Slave State, and for this pur
pose t hey are ready to trample upon the rights
of the majority, in defiance of their repeatedly
expressed wishes, and if uecessary to plant the
sable banner of Slavery upon free soil, ul'ter it
shall be enriched ly the blood of martyrs dy
ing for the protection of God-given rights, and
the establishment of Free Institutions.
Resolved, That the English bill lately adopt
ed by Congress, is a direct violation of all the
popular professions of that party which has
now become the mere tool of Slavery. Its pro
visions are more disgraceful and outrageous
than the original Lecompton Swindle, inas
much as it does not submit the Constitution to
a popular vote, but offers a large bribe if Le
comptou shall be accepted, with the alterna
tive, if not accepted, of remaining a Territory
for an indefinite period.
Resolved, That the recent attempt to deprive
the people of this Judicial District of their
Constitutional light of electing their President
Judge, was au insult to the intelligence and
integrity of that people, and deserves the re
probation of every bouest man. Proceeding
from personal malice and a desire to gratify
political animosities, its authors struck at cue
of the most sacred rights of the people, while
they sought by disreputable and unjustifiable
means to accomplish their purposes. That we
claim for tiie people of this Judicial District a
fair share of honesty and intelligence, and we
hurl back with scoru the imputation that they
are not jealous of the purity of the Judicial
ermine, aud ready to rebuke official malfeas
ance.
Resolved, That we tender the thanks of this
people to those members of the Legislature,
who spurning party dictation, rose above par
tizan influences, and set the seal of their con
demnation upon this attempted outrage.
Resolved, That the efforts of E. R. MYER,
Senator, and Messrs. BABCOCK and NICHOLS,
Representatives, in sustaining the rights of the
people of this District, and protecting their re
putation from insult and injury meets our warm
est approbation.
Resolved, That in Ron. G. A. GROW we
have a Representative in Congress of whom
we are justly proud. His promptness to re
sent and punish Slaveholditig arrogance ; his
eminence as a Parliamentary Tactician, and
his readiness and ability in debate, have given
him a position and reputation, which redounds
to the credit of his constituency.
publish in another column of to days
paper a card of the Susquehanna Mutual In
surance Company. Au Institution which has
been incorporated by our Legislature at its
last Session, and gone into operation under
the Geueral Insurance Law of this Common
wealth, passed in 1850.
We are glad to see among the officers and
Directors of the Company some of the most
substantia], efficient and enterprising business
men and farmers iti our County. The necessity
of an Institution of this kind located at the
County Scat has been long felt by the citi
zens of this County. Hitherto a large por
tion of the Insurance business of this vicinity
has been dmie by Corporators located in oth
er parts of tiie State, or Companies bevond
the limits of this Commonwealth, whose offi
cers and Directors, were iu most cases entire
ly unknown to our people, and their place of
business not within the jurisdiction of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Such being
the case, many of our citizens neglected to in
sure their buildings. Thus in many iustances
causing great individual loss and suffering for
want of proper insurance, in cases of loss by
fires which has so frequently occurred. In
the future if our citizens shail neglect to in
sure their residences, Ac., the fault will be their
own.
The office of the Company is kept at No. 3,
in that fine Brick Row, which has been built
ou the west side of Main street within the
past year, at the ceutre of business in the
Borough.
—.—
FIRE IN OVERTON. —The dwelling house
aud store of WILLIAM WAI.TMAN, in Overton
township, was destroyed by fire ou Friday
night, 23d ult. Nothing was saved, bat some
furniture, a little bedding, and the notes and
accouuts. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The loss is estimated at $3500. Insured for
$2330, in the Lycoming Company.
Colonel Thomas L. Kane, the special
peace commissioner to treat with the Mormons
has reached Utah after a long and tedious
journey. We trust sincerely that his mission
may terminate the present unhappy difficulties.
Judged by his antecedents, no one could
have been selected better adapted to promote
peace and amity with the Utah fanatics.
[From the I'hiiiiJtlphia Press.)
Rev. Doctor Tyng on the Death of his SOD.
It having been understood that the llov.
Stephen It. Tyng, I). D, would last evenitig,
preach a sermon at Concert Hull, with special
i reference to the death of his son, the throng
| attracted to that locality was immense. An
hour before the appointed time the hull was
filled almost to suffocation. At one time the rush
from Chestnut street entrance was perfectly
frightful, and men and women, becoming sick
and faint from tlie excessive pressure, found it
even more difficult to make their way out than
to enter in.
In consequence of the house being thus early
filled the devotional exercises, which were con
ducted by the Rev. Dr. Newton were commen
ced in advance of the appointed time, and
when these were concluded, the venerable
minister, to whom all eyes were turned with
such profound solicitude, arose and announced
as his text, the passage of Scripture contained
in the first book of Samuel, Ist chapter, 27th
and 28th verges, to wit :
" For this child I nraved ; and the Lord hath piven me
mv petition which 1 of htm : Therefore wso 1 have
I lent liim to thel.oid ;as long as he liveth lie shall be
| lent to the Lord."
[After an affecting biography of his son, Dr.
; Tyng proceeded to say :]
I He had surveyed his course with great cafi
i tion but with unceasing gratification. He
! would not undertake a delineation of his public
! niinistrv, yet he conld Hot admire it for its
boldness in proclaiming the truth and uniform
testimony to the riches of divine grace. His
trumpet had never given an uncertain sound.
I The suddenness with which his usefulness had
i been completed, the speaker received as a ful
i filrnent of the promise which his convenaut
| God had made, lie had himself not enter
tained a single doubt of God's goodness in this
dispensation of his providence. Already the
i clouds were breaking. Already he heard of
j young men coming out on the Lord's side, by
! reason of the circumstances connected with the
| death of his son, and he had not a doubt but
this single providence was to be glorified in
bringing many souls to seek salvation. His
own grief was swallowed up in the public loss.
He had taken special pains to investigate the
immediate circumstances of the fatal accident,
and it only convinced him tlie more that tlie
i event was providential. An examination since
his death had relieved his mind respecting tlie
possibility of Lis life having been saved, it
having been clearly apparent that the the first
wound was sufficient to induce certain death.
The urnputation of the limb to which he was
subjected, had relieved him, and probably been
the means of prolonging his life some forty
eight hours, and soothing his departure.
At this point the reverend speaker entered
into a very minute and most affecting account
of the last few days of his son's life, and more
especially the few hours immediately preceding
, his death. Whiie this narrative was in pro
gress,'nearly every one in the house was in tears
| The speaker was himself obliged to pause
several times and give way to his feelings.
fitCoeur De Lion Cominandery of Knights
Templar was opened on the 28th inst., iu Scran
ton by the R. E. Grand Commander Benjamin
Parke, Esq., assisted by others of the Grand
Officers and a number of the members of
Crusaders' Encampment ot Bioomsburg, and
Palestine Eneompment of Carbondaie. The
following are the officers : R C. Simpson, E.
C.; Thomas Dickson, G'o.; Jos. Godfrey, Cap
! Gen'i ; W. 11. Perkins, Prelate; George S.
Kingsbury, S. W.; N. F. Marsh, J. \\\; E.
i Kingsbury, W.
gszf Tuckcrman the mail-robber, who once
moved in elegant society, has been convicted.
He will be sentenced on Thursday next. Tlie
; verdict shows that, in New Haven at least,
justice is no respecter of persons. We have
no information that there was any attempt be
: fore the trial to quash the indictment.
REJOICINGS AT LOCKHAVEN AND ERIE. —The
J news of tlie passage of the bill for the sale of
1 the State canals no the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad Company was received at Lockhaven
! Pa., on Saturday evening, and much excite
j meut aud rejoicing followed. At Erie tlie
j intelligence was welcomed by the firing of one
: hundred guns and other demonstrations of
joy.
Luther J. Wolf, age about 35 years, a son
of tlie late cx Governor Wolf, was killed last
Wednesday night by falling from the window
of his room in tlie ♦hird story of White's Hotel
at Easton, where lie was employed as bar
keeper.
On Thursday, Mr. John Rathmell, one of
the oldest citizens of Willamsport, was obliged
to undergo the operation of having his left
foot amputated, in consequence of a severe
frost bite received last winter. The operatii n
was performed by Dr. Lvon, assisted by Drs.
Smith and Rothrosk.
Thomas G. Price, editor of the " Work
man's Advocate," published at Minersville,
who about a month ago was sentenced to the
Schnvkill county prison, for four months, for
publishing a libel upon Mr. Bust, a coal oper
ator, has been pardoned by Gov. Packer.
The steamboat Ocean Spray last week, star
ted from St. Louis for Illiuois trade, and being
engaged in a race with a rival boat, caught
fire, and 25 or 30 passengers perished.
A true bill was found by the Grand Jury
of Plnlad. against Robert Kirkpatrick and
wife for conspiracy to poison the family of
Edwin Kirkpatrick.
The three men taken up in Lycoming county
for counterfeiting, were tried the same week,
and seut to the Eastern Penitentiary for three
years.
The New York Canal Commissioners
I offer'proposnls for loan of a million and a half
I at the rate of five per cent per annum.
ftoT'llon. WM. WH.KINS, of Pennsylvania,
is now on a visit to Washington, the guest of
Mr. Buchanan
[From the Lancaster (Pa.) Express, April 2~v
Death of the Last Pennsylvania Slave
We tome time since noticed that there w .
but one slave in this county, of the j iUtLi '
manumitted under the act of abolishing slav,*'"
iti Pennsylvania. Tiiat last relic of t| le •
ilized barbarism" of our fathers now no nrv!
He died on the sth inst., at a very advar,,',
age, supposed by many to be the oldest i* r ~
in tlie county. His name was Abram K.rk
and he was the slave of Stephen Porter,of It '
more township, by whom he was manutnitted
His exact uge is not known, the Slave Iter J r .'
of the Court of Quarter Sessions in which t '
date of his birth, and other particulars,
no doubt registered, not being among the o- '
er records of that office. The index is there
in which it appears that Stephen Porter hay'
a slave registered iu Book No. 1, the
record referred to. It has been
however, from other dates, that
over 103 years old when he died, and the p-'
sumption is that he was still of more adru u
ed age. He was, in inaay respects, a remark
ble negro. His memory, and indeed all
faculties, were unusually sound to the last, r , ;
he seemed to pass away in the easy natural
sleep of a dissolution by old age. He conid
remember many incidents of the Revolution
some of which he relator! with an interrstii;*
uiiunteuess of detail. One in £
seemed to have made a deep impression opo#
his mind, referred to the services rendered o*
La Fayette in the struggle for American liber
ty. When a young man, in 1781, he
in rowing that Geueral and his troops aero#
the Susquehanna, at Ball Friar, and was of
ten heard to relate an incident which then#;,
eurred. and the remark it called forth from
the French patriot. The boat in which Abra:
was rowing having aecidently run on therix.k<
in the stream, La Fayette called out to those
iu charge of the boat " Do not drown nj of
ray noble men ; I expect to have uetd of 4 tVa;
all at Yorktown."
This old slave had a scrupulous regard f.;
honesty and the truth. On one occasion
some two or three years ago, lie was called to
give testimony in a case then trying in our
court. He told a straight-forward story of
what he knew, and all present were struck
with his simplicity of manner and evident can
dor ; but the attorney interested on the other
side felt called upon to ply the old fellow
a pretty crooked cross-examination, which in
duced the old man to think the lawyer *
trying to induce him to depart from the truth
—a conclusion in which he was doubtless not
far astray. Looking the limb of tlie law fall
in the face with an earnest gaze, he said, "Do
you think I came here to tell a lie?" Tlri
satisfied the questioner that old Abram had
told the truth honestly, and would not iu thj
least allow himself to be led from it.
This old African's funeral was largely atten
ded for while living lie had been highly res
pected in the neighborhood, as an honest ami
inoffensive man. His remains were interred
at Penn Hill, in Fulton township.
The last slave ! That solitary figure under
the head of " Slaves,'" which we find iu the
census of Lancaster county for 185U will dis
appear from the IK-W census.
" NOT QIITE so BAD." —The Bellefunti
Democrat tells a good story of Sam Bike,*:.)
had been down the river this Spring, with *
raft. Returning home he stopped at a tavern
where quite a crowd was discussing the Kan
sas questiou. Sam had not,slept the preview
night, and was about squaring himself OD*.
for a comfortable snooze, when one of the
loudest, turning to him, said—" Here sits a
Leeompton man, I'll bet the liquor for tL
room." " Done !" said his opponent who WSJ
Auti-Lecompton. "Now then, friend," gaid
No. 1, iu order to decide this bet, will you
be so kind as to tell us whether you are a Le
eompton man ?" " What makes you think so**
Sam asked. " Because, sir, you look like mu\
I can always tell them by their looks,'' replied
No. 1. Sam answered, "Do 1 ? Well, gea
tlemeu, I was on a raft from Snow Sisore w
Marietta; I have been drunk for tiro
but I fuul no idea that Ilooked as hard asths'."
The Lecomptouer paid the liquor and slojied.
HOUSTON'S COMPLIMENT TO THE SENATE.—ON
a recent occasion, Gen. in the Sen
ate, thus characterized the conduct of his a
sociates in that body :
Mr. Houston—l am not going to mak? *
■ speech, but I wish to make a remark
Mr. Seward—Very well.
Mr. Houston—l have sat here, Mr. Presi
dent, for nearly twelve years, and I mast con
fess that 1 have never met in this chamber a
| single day that I have not been intensely mor
tified that I was a member of this body in
some respects. I well remember there was
time when this body was the most decoroa.
dignified and respectable body that my ey
ever looked upon. The male rial here is £' 2
enough, but there is a total disregard of trtrp
thing like order and respect to fellow inenbert
when they are addressing the body. It is no'
alone that disorder exists in the galleries but
it exists on the floor of the Senate. The rule?
of the body are such as to enable the officers
of it to enforce authority, and to maintain or
der and profound silence.
Mr. Mason—l must call the senator to
der.
THE OLDEST INHABITANT GONE !—Mrs. So
rah Benjamin of Mt. Pleasant, died on thf
20th inst., at the reported age of lit
5 months aud 3 days. Her exact a_re > s aß '
certain, although reported to be known to
day. There is no record of her birth, and no
memory of man runneth back a hundred year",
hence the fact of her being just so many years,
months, and days old, is guess work. Judg
ing from the age of her surviving daughter,
Mrs. Benjamin was something over a huudro:
years old—but how nmeli over that no ou
can ascertain.
Her maiden name was Sarah Matthew?"
She was born iu Goshen, Orange Co . S I
She was thrice married. Her first husband
was Mr. William Reed. He served in the
revolutionary army in the earlv part of | n '
struggle, and died of a wound received in ir
giuia. Her second husband was Mr. Aaron
Osbourne of Goshen, N. Y. He also was ' u
the army of the revolution, but survived the
war. Her last husband was Mr. John b fll '
jamin, with whom she settled in Mt. Picas®" 1
in 1821. He died four years afterwards S' K
had live children, the youngest of whom "
seventy years old. She has left four geuer*
Lions of descendants. She accompanied h fr
husband in the army of the revolution and
at the battle of Yorktown. She was nc T '
sick, and nutil tlie close of her life, cnjoyi 1 1
cheerful and lively disposition '
j Herald.