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- tip Republican (Compiler.
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MONDAY 31ORNINO, SANt
11:7WOOD1.-WOOD14 WOOD
-wood—hiekory or oak--and the sooner it comes
.the better. this cold weather. Will not those of
,env. ends who have . the (by us, at least)
nueli.needed article to Spare, 'britig a supply ?
. 0::7 - Our Carrier• fnte_nds to present his
friends,
as usual, with a New-Year's greeting.
11le iispeets: tO" . see ..a power of good" result
irOnn„it—inlining his pockets with such “con
trivanci'l is -4 4p . i." ••lenies"atid "quarters.''--
s:7'Bear in mad, that another sole of Burn
lots in Ever Green Cemetery takes place to
day; p.rionday.) And bear in mind, that a meet
ingof* Adatils County Agricultural Society,
to talk-about-the application-of Lime ; to laud,
wall* held at the Court-house, in this place,
on Saturday next.
' IKAUGUILATION! — C OM. AMES a °GLOM., WI
be inaugurated into the Gubernatorial chair, on
Tuesday, the 16th ofJatMarY. not the 9th prox
imo, ss stated by several of the papers.
Show OWL Carruasn.—,A white or snow
owl, measuring 4 feet 8 inches from wing to
wing, was shot in the wing, and brought down,
on Monday last, by , Mr. Wxwam Join4s, of
Petersburg, (Y. S.) The bitd is• still alive,
and becoming quite 4.tame." , -It is said to be
the most beautiful of the owl kind.
PRONTSMOti Marv:G.—The members of the
Prohibition County Committee are requested
to meet at the office of R. G. McCreary, Esq.,
in Gettysburg. on Tuesday, the . 9/h day of
,January, at 1 o'clock, P. M., to appoitit dele
gates-to 'the ;State Convention, and to adopt
such measures as the interests of the cause
may require.
fr7'lt is a rule with publishers of newspapers
to bestow no attention upon anonymoui com
munications or r requests—particularly when
ixtstige is not pre 7 paid.
. „
- • Q^ 'The' Committee on Foreign 'Relations
in the
. National House of Representatives have
had Mr. Clingman's resolution, to offer the me
diation of the United States to Russia on the
one side, and to the Allies on the other, under
considema ion, and have agreed unanimously to
eport_in_itslavor—
(C7Hon. Thomas- W. Dorr died at Proii
deuce; L I, on Wednesday last,. after a lin
gering Hines* He played an important - part
in the Rhode Island rebellion.
pr,i rate letter from Mr. Behn. the Uni
ted States Consul at Me.sina, gives a frightful
picture of the ravages of the cholera in that city,
the mutation having been reduced by death
and, emigration to less than 50,000. No $Ss
than 20,000 persons died between the 22d of
Angustand the 10th of September.
0 7A boy about nine years old was Cholsed,
to death on Sunday, at 43elleville, N. J., 'by . a
• ,
piece of hickory nut shell, which flew into his
throat-vibile he was cracking the •nut.between
, ,
- 117"Energetio measures are ,on foot for the
relief of the poor of New Yorh. The members
of the Corn txshange have appointed commit
tees,to raise 'funds, and the Board of't'en Gov
ernors recommends the expenditure of , twenty
thousand dollars in providing nutrioious food •
to the - deserving poor. .
"-Tag CONVENTION or OLD SOLDIERS.--The
president of the Pennsylvania Railrcuid Com
pan y baa.agreed to permit the soldiers of the
war of 1812 to pass over that road free of charge,
on their tiay to the convention in Washington
criithe tith'ofJanuary. Many of the Virginia
roads will reduce their pricb one-half on that
occasion. The Baltimore Steam. Packet Corn-
Pany proposes to transfer the delegates 'from
POrtsmouth to Baltimore and back for one fare,
, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
furnish round trip tickets on the Washington
branch for 'SI '5O, (good for 6 days,)'and on the
niaht stem,. from: _Baltimore to Wheeling, at
once half the usual rates.. Other roads will no
donbtAte equally liberal towards the old vete
rans.
:a7VACIEES HA NN'A.SA 'I, living in York, re
cently Slaughtered two hogs, weighing together
1682 Pounds., One of them weighed 870 and
the:other 812 pounds.
lia — Wlt.t.i.e.ht U. MARTIN. a clerk in the post
office at Balthnore, who was recently detected
in' purloining letters from the mails, was on
Friday,week convicted of the offence before the
United States Court. The penalty is ten years
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
SERIOUS A eCIDENT r . Philip Handly, 1
near Cresgerstown, Frederick county. Md.,
whilst digging a well a - few days ago, was
very seriously, if not fatally injured, by the
prituatUre discharge . of ti blast. The Herald
says that one of eyes were knocked out,
the other badly hurt and possibly lost, one of
his arms much bruised, ant/ his hand shod:-
ingly mas . •
ANOTHER. DISOOVERX.—The scientific world
otbuisisspecially interested at this nismient
in a subject whieh has an immediate i nee
for the industrial world—the fabrication of su
gar and alcohol from wood.
lapnbe Cincinnati Commercial says , that
mew batch of conntet felt tens on the Stattel3a
f)f - Oliiii, - ire getting into circulation. Thy are
exceedingly. well done. Look out for them.
0:7 - Local polities run iii4gh in
.the_soestern
country, A candidate , fior county - Clerk in
TPxas offered to register marriages for ft
His - opponent, undismayed, promised to do the
+saw and ammo a cradle in.
•11:7•Tht merchants of Cincinnati hate just
contrititted $5,300 to the relief of the poor in
*bat city.,
c.C7' An, excellent en hgt tit te for coff , a hRR
Leon found in the seeds of 2sp2ratns.
.., The New European Alliance.
- - Some of our cotemporiries do not think much
Of die Nustrtan atrabee ttie Evrtfpean al=
agaittstAussia. A New York paper says
‘!nol?ts4l7 api*ra..to imagipe:that_Attskis_en
i
tars into that.,Alliance otherwiiej than. under.
thirpreiiintre of,itewasity. Sha -appears to. skit!
with France and England because Palmei•ston
arid LouirNapoleon say to her, 'we can stand
your neutrality no longer: you mutt side with
us, or we raise Hungary, Italy, Poland, against
you.' It is probable also that a heavy subsidy
froth the' British Exchequer is a part of the con
sideration for this engagement. Austria ob
tains this money, (which she sorely needs,) a
guaranty of, the maintenance of her gotten
and worse kept possessions, and prtsent im mu-
nity from the ReVolutionary tempest lowering
darkly on her horlzen. In return she engages
to do—what ? To make war. on Russia, next
spring, in case the Czar does not meantime ac
cede-to reasonable terms of peace. Well, sup
rose a coquetry 16 negotiations should be car
ried on at Vienna for two or three months, and
• , • • . :hada decider - that — the — Czar':
propositions are reasonable, and, that but for
the obstinacy and extreme preteritions of the
Allies, peace might be made then? There will
be loud talk of Austrian perfidy, of course; but
there is nothing novel in that. We'suspect
Count Boul would 'Survive it."
Kossuth on the War.
Kossuth has delivered a great speech in
England on the war and the errors of the Allies.
His view, enforced with his peculiar powers of
oralory, is that the only means of securing the
west of Europe against the encroachments of
Russia. is the reconstruction of Poland, .fol
lowed by the restoration of the other lately sub
jugated and suppressed nationalities or the
continent. He argues that the war has not
been properly directed by the Allies, having
made their attacks in the wrong places—where
the Czar was best able to meet, and probably
defeat them. lie, months ago, predicted many
of the disastions results now apparent. The
speech has made an impression.
• SEVASTOPOL.—As there seems to be' some
doubt as to the correct pronunciation of Sevas
topol; we would inform the curious that ac
cording to the Penny Cyclopcedia, and its 'de
cision is adopted by other authorities, the right
pronunciation is Se-vas-to-pol, the aceent being
on the ante-penultimate, and the fin.ll syllable
pronounced as if it were written pie, and notpoi._
The pronunciation of Constantinople, Adriano
ple, &c.', may serve as a guide. The word is
now indifferently spelt Sevastopol and Sebas
topol—the letter b among the modern Greeks",
having almost universally the sound of v.
- FLORIDA U. S. SENATOR.—On the 16th ult.,
the legislature of Florida elected the Hon. David
L. Yulte„dem., to the United States Senate for
six years, in -the place of Mr. Morton, 'vvhig,
whose term expires on the 4th of March next.
The Otestood 7 —Yulee, 31 ; Brown, Whig, 21.
ILLINOIS LEOISLATURE.—According to a state
ment in the Washington Union, the "fusion"
majority of one on joint ballot in *the Illinois
Legislature has been_changedinto a Democrat._
is majority of one. in this way : Mr. Lincoln, a
member from Sangamon county. seeing that he
held the balance of power, and desiring to be
a candidate for United States Senator, but not
liking to vote for himself, resigned "his seat,
under the impression that a personal and po
litical friend would beelected to fill the Va
cancy. The election came on,_ when the Dem
ocrats united, and returne d one of their own
party, thus giving them a majority of the Legis
lature acid probably the United States Senator.
TILE CIIIEF GRAIX PORT OF VIE WORLD.—
The Chicago Press of the 1 4 th ultimo says that
a thorough investigation establishes, the su
pretna-cy of Chicago as a grain port over all
other ports of the world. According to its cal
culation the grain exports of Chicago exceed
ItbOse of rear York by 4,296,393 bushels, those
of St. Louis by • more than two hundred and
fifty per cent., those of Milwaukie nearly four
hundred per cent. Turning to the great grana
ries of Europe, Chicago nearlyAlotibles St. Pe
tersburg, and exceeds Gatatz and [brain). com
bined, 5,406.727 bushels.
GLEASON'S PICTORTAL.—Thia favorite illus
trated journal for the new year is to be greatly
improved, and one additional page of illustra
tions added each week, making from one or Iv.
hundred more illustrations per annum. The
price is to remain the same. though the work
will be printed henceforth on find satin-surfaced
paper. M. M. Ballot], Esq., the proprietor, is
resolved to make an illustrated journal which
shall be-a credit to the whole country. its lit
erary character. ill also he greatly improved.
and more attention given to its descriptive de
partment and editorials, for which purpose the
proprietor has associated with himself, as as- .
sistant editor,' Francis A. Durivage, Esq., a
gentleman well-known in the literary world
as a ripe, scholar, a graceful and ready writer,
and an author whose fame is already es tablish-
I ed. This arrangement will greatly enhance
the intrinsic value of the Pictorial. The pub
lic may be on the look-out for a magnificent
per on the first of January. General Agent for
Philadelphia, A. Winch, Esq., 116 Chesnut
street.
ALBANY' ITENts.:--On Tuesday afternoon the
Iltidson River Railroad Sleigh, containing 20
pit.sengers, broke through 'the ice while cross
ing, the river, submerging the horses. sleigh and
pitsengers. All, however, were rescued -Mrs.
J Reynolds and niece, of Hudson, and Mrs. E.
W. Wilson, of New_York, , just as they were
sinking.
The Common Council of Albany have appro.
pria tett five hundred dollars, and ordered two
hundred tons of coal for the poor.
CRC-EL CONDUCT OF A STEP-MOTIIER.—A man
1-named-C.-Guilphor. of Butler county, Ohio.,
lattly married a second wife. Soon after, it is
a; lc 7, ed. she commenced treating his three smell
children in a most brutal manner. A few days
_ago_they_were_taken-w ith_ sudden a nd-violent
Illness. A physician waStalled. and the cause
i was attributed arsenic. The mother was no
where to be found, and in a few hours the young
' est child, a little hoy, was a corpse; but the
other two were saved. Officers have gone in
pursuit of the mother.
Ant Assessoa PUOSFZUTED. —We notice that
at the- late term of Court. in Lehigh county;
Judge 'McCartney fined ierhach. the.
.As:iesgor of Upper Saucon township, ; 4 ;51) and
Gists, for neglecting to attend the election as
red by Las.
A. Million and a Half in Treasure.
aThe steninship George Law, Lieut. Fox,
fl -- L - , commander, left - Asiinwitll - ,onthe-26th
utt., and arrived at New York on the afterown
of the 25th." She brings the California mails
of the. lst/u:t., $1,4G1 t 464 . in .treasure on
freight. and 224 passengers,
Mr. Tierkins, of Lexington, Ky., and 'three
other Americans, and one Swiss, had dug a
monster lump of gold in Calevaras county,
weighing 1604 pounds and valued at $26;262.
It has been sent on to New York. The San
Joaquin Republican says of this "big lump:"
"The length of this immense mass - is about
15 inches, and its width from five and one half
to six. As cne side is extremely irregular and
uneven in its formation, it is difficult to arrive
at the thickness but it will .robabi • avers.°
four inches. The other side is almost flat, and
presents a solid Mass of pure 'gold; the only
quartz perceivable is• on. the upper or ragged
side, and some pieces are so loosely imbedded
in the. precious metal that, with the aid of a
;iointed-instrument, they might be- easily re
moved. The whole mass, at some period, has
apparently been in a fused state." ,
Who-is -Right 1-
Tha Millonian. regarded as the home organ
of Mr. Pollock, states,that Mr. Cu'rtin is no lon
ger a candidate for U. S. Senator, but that be
has declined in favor orex-governor Johnston.
To this the Bellefonte Whig, which we pre
sume is the "home organ" of Mr. Curtin, re
plies :
"NOT CORRECIT:—The Millonian states that
Col. Curtin is no longer a candidate for U. S.
Senator. The editor of that paper is misin
formed. Mr. Vurtin is still in . the field, and
his friends will press his claims with earnest
ness and zeal. -
As we do not believe either of them will be
elected, the decision of the question isirnmate
rial.—Dena. Union.
Decision under the Lien Law.
The Sureme Court, now in session in Phila
delphia, h %ve decided that no lien against a
building,is good unless the lien is filed within
six months after the delivery of the material.
.A .builder may make a contract for lumber or
brick, and obtain the!article as Wanted, and a
lien filedsix months after the last delivery, is
good for the whole bill ; but in the absence of
any such contract,each delivery becomes Li new
contract. It was the case of George Duncan
vs. Elias Philips. error 'to District Court in
Allegheny, In which judgment was reversed,
and judgment ordered to be entered for $25,53,
the _only...item in the account filed Which had
been furnished within six, months of filing.
the lien. It is supposed to invalidate one half
theliens file.l.
Ths Honnons-ov—W-An.—ltris-estimatiel-tla
in the Chinese wars of Races, over one hundred
millions of human beings perished by fire and
sword: in the Napoleonic wars, inclusive of the
French revolution, sixty millions, and in our
American wars, over thirty millions. This lit
ter' estimate, of course. includes all the wars
with the Aborigines, the French and Indian,
Revolutionary. 1812, and 'the Mexican war.
A REMINTSCENCE.-It is said that in the war
of 1812 when the British troops entered Wash
ington, and destroyed the • public buildings:
that the Patent Office was saved from destruc
tion solely • by- the eloquence of Dr. Thornton,
who made nn appeal lathe commanding officer,
representing that, if he burnt that office, he
would be ranked. with the Goths and Vandals,
and with Oniar, who burnt the Alexandrian -li
brary._
A NoBLE Yomt.—On Saturday evening
week, as some lads were skating on the Back
Bay, at Boston, (Mass.) Edward WeitskY aged
13, 'fell • th-rOugh_ an air-hole. and sunk. A
young man named George E. Porter, instantly
pulled off his coat and plunged after the drown
ing boy, Who had been carried under the solid
ice, and after a desp6rate struggle, succeeded
in bearing him back to the air-hole, when they
were both soon extricated by the by-standers.
A nobler act was never witnessed, nor one of
truer heroism.
QUICK WORK. -Mr. John Ward, of Whitby
Grove, Manchester, (England,) undertook. re
cently, to make 2000 quill pens with a knife in
ten hours for a wager. At the end of Live hours
he' had succeeded in making 1129" and at the
end of nine hours 4nd a half he had made 2030,
being 30 over his 'task, with half an hour to
spare. ' The conditions of the match were, that.
they should all be tit for commercial use.
Q,l Someof the English papers threaten to
dethrone the Emperor of Russia. The Northern
Daily_Times said, "France is ready to a man to
embark in the overthrow of Russia's power ;
and England only waits for the call to hurl
the Czar from his throne." Considering the
small progress, yet made in the war by the
allies against Russia, this threat is not likely
to be realized very speedily. When cannon
balls fail to make an impression,' hard words
are not 'likely to frighten.
SATfANIC REVOLVERS.—The Russians, it is
said, call the, revolvers infernal machines,
which have been given to their enemy by the
devil, and imagine that they will go off when
ever'required, by invoking his aid ; hence the
great ter& always evinced whenever these
weapons are brought forth.
•
fl:7 - The Sum eme-Court of Rhode Island gave
an opinion. on_ Tuesday, on. the Lipuor Law.
and the proceedings in the Tarticular case tried
were pronounced correct, but the clause that
authorized the seizure and detention of liquor
was declared unconstitutional.
THE EXCHANGE BANE ASSIGNMENT.—The
Washington Globe says the grossest error ex.
ists in the schedule of the assets -of Selden,
Withers & Co. The late Gen. Armstrong is
put down as owing the firm $32.000, when his
estate owes it only $1,400. It further says
that the preferred creditors who claim $55,000
are, in reality, &Aden. Withers & Co. '
A PREDICTION.—The Ledger's Washington
correspondent predicts that during the ap
proaching set:Situ - I of Congress, ‘. the Sandwich
Islands will be peaceably annexed, and will
hereafter constitute, not the garden spot, but
the paradise of the - t United States."
CALIFoirxiA.--Californitt is the living wonder
of the world: Governor Bigler says, that dur
ing the past season, California has produced the
astonishing, yield, in one instance; at least, of
eighty-two and a half — busizeterof—wheci fh
acre.
PRETTY NEAR DRUNK.—A German employed
in one of our hotels, was sent one or twbemnf
ings since tbr a bucket of cistern water. Re
tnaining longer than was necessary, the land
fbrd, who knew him to be pretty well filled
with lager beer. went out to see what was the
,utter, and found him industriously turning
the wheel of a dray, which had been propped
up to be greased, with his bucket placed under
the hub. Mynheer complained that the water
was very low in der cistern."—Louisville
paper.
r7A man has just been fined slon at St.
Louis for insulting ladies in the street. ....S.Tved
him right.
An Appeal to.'all Liberal Minds.
President'Pierce has spoken for the Demo
cratic party;,,ier - hisistat annual message. on the
great questions of the day, and be has also spo
ken for thousands ofpatriotic Whigs, who have
resolved henceforward to wage uncompromi
sing warfare upon- secret political parties,
pledged to the proscription of religious belief
on the one hand, mutt° the disfranchisement of
all citizens of foreign birth on,the other. On
this issue, although the message does not go
out of the way to rehearse the current argu
ments of the day, it assumes a position alike
unequivocal and impregnable. The flag of the
equality of the States and the equality of (
indi
viduals is bravely - unfurled, and all who believe
' in these cherished doctrines should at once ral
ly under its folds.. Let not faction or fanaticism
deceive itself, that that flag can ever be per
manently prostrated. When the dilirium of the
thour haspassed away. the ranks ever_
waves will be found decimated, perhaps. but
Unbroken and confident ; and when those who
are about to assume command in'the several
States in which they have recently been view.
rious, shall fall to pieces of their own accord.
because there is no- element to unite them to.
gether, then the party that stands up for these
doctrines will re-assume the power which fa
naticism will have disgraced. Well is it for
the country that we have now in the Presiden
tial chair a citizen who so boldly avows -Ina
resolution to stand by the imperilled rights of
hi nscience and universal equality. Well is it
- for the nation that this citizen does not forget
the sacred guaranties if The past, or the glorious
hopes of the future. While he stands firm we
have a leader; and we prophesy that the time
will soon come when those who resist present
combinations will find themselves once more in
the majority in all the States of the Union. .
Apart from the repulsive exclusion enforced
by this new order, apart .from its unmanly and
anti-republican secrecy, one of its achievements
is calculated to inspire almost universal indig
nation and alarm—we allude to its studious
proscription of soim , of the purest statesmen of
the land. If Gen. Washington were now alive,
and avowed his celebrated "letter to the Oath();
lies.'' he would be discarded at once. Jackson
would be disfranchised because he was the son
hof an Irishman ; Jefferson Would be repudiated
for the pledges of his inaugural - address; and
that earlier patriot, Roger Williams, would be
outlawed because he dared toannounee and to
suffer for the holy principle of religious tolera
tion. Take the trophies of Know-Nothing ven
geance already secured. Joseph R. Chandler,
of Pennsylvania, a Whig of distinguished abil
ity, was remorselessly sacrificed for his reli
gion , •in the house of his friends." Following
this connexion, look utile result in Massachu-
setts, Two of the most esteemed and efficient
representatives in the present Congress, lead.
ing members of the Whig party—we 'mean
Charles W. Upham and William Appleton—
have fallen before this unsparing proscription.
In the Democratic party, that which we note
as an exception in the Whig ranks, becomes
the inexorab'e_rule . . Men who have-reflected -
lustre upon the American character, whose ex
periencetlearning, and devotion to the couatry,
have made their names "household words"—
such men have fallen before the tempest of
prejudice. But proudly do they bear them
selves! You would take them for victors, not
victims. They feel that they have gone thAfb
in a good cause, and they know that their banner
, stilt waves.
When those who have been misled into op
position to such men as these fully recover from
their delusions, they will start with amazement
'at their own work. They will find that in
losing their old and well ried servants, they
have gained a host of reckless demagogues—
the mere traders of politics, the mere charlatans
of fanaticism. It is right that all men should
aspire to a station in a tree country ; but the
day that sees this great nation permanently
transferred-to-the - hands of - men — who - have - no
claim upon the people but,that of being able
to flatter a popular prejudice—that` day will
be a. dark' day in cats history, for it will be the
starting point in our downward career. You
cannot ignore high talents; long services;, ripe
experience, without wounding yourself and
your country. There is no Democracy in ele
vating men unfit for station, simply because
they have never been able,-till prejudice took
the place of reason, to attain position. These
are truths which it would be madness and.
treason to conceal. When the men who have
been overthrown in this storm of proscription
shall return to their homes, and mingle with
those who have aided to swell the storm, it will
not be long before they will find public opin
ion returning to its accustomed channels.
Their own services will be "freshly remember
ed" and fondly recalled ; their wrongs will be
so many arguments for , their restoration to
power; and the errors of their successors will
arouse, in all breasts, sensations of shame and
remorse. The hour will soon be here. Let us
be patient. —Let us confide in the leader who
avows a persecuted principle, and stands for
the riglit'amidst inflamed antagonisms. The
tempest is not yet &Yu ; but there is a bright
spot. in one part of the horizon, at least, which
shows that the sun is not yet blotted from the
heavens.—lt tells us that the Democratic, party
still survives!—Washington Union.
"A Miserable Sham."
A correnkondent of the New York Tribune,
writing - from "Washington last week, declares
it as his firm conviction that "Nriow-Nothing
ism at the South is a miserable sham." Right,
as far as it 'goes ; but iS'nt it a "miserable
sham" at the North, tool Is'nu it a'"miser
able sham" every where ? Is'nt its principles
"a miserable sham"? Is'nt its objects "a
miserable sharn"—its leaders a "miserable
sham"--their claims to honesty of purpose a
"miserable sham ;" and worse than all. its
"fears fur the supremacy of Protestantism, a
"miserable sham." If it is not, in all these
particulars, a -miserable sham," then there
never was a "sham." Said a dligusted Know
Nothing to us the other day, "my experience
in tile Order, is, that every third man at least
is an office-seeker. And as to the honesty ut
this new party, it is all pretence. There has
been more knavery-. more dishonesty,' more
corruption in its brief existence now, than
can be laid at. the door of both the old parties
put together." And this is undoubtedly so ;
our friend was right. It is a "miserable sham."
Under the banner of Protestantism, with
"Fox's Book of Martyrs" for a text book, it
seeks to enlist the prejudices of the ignorant
and bigoted against Catholitisin : not because
it believes Protestantism in danger. but be
cause its . every "third man" wants office, and
to get that otLigT nothing is too sacred for its
unholy hands." Erie Observer.
Joseph Ritner, a grandson of Ex-Gover
nor Ritner, was recently crushed to death by
, I •I'lo., i ~ . at . . ma
cart, near Crescent City, California.
t
13unkley is said to be writing a long
letter iu reply_toAlie_Superioress of the Sister
hood at EtniniLsburg.
INsANß.—Ephraim f.ittlefield. somewhat no
• torious as the chief witness in the trial for the
murder of Dr. Par•kman, has. in consequence
of a painful disease of the ear, become insane.
[Li—Brigham Young. of Utah, says that St.
Paul's declaration that a bishop should have
•one wife'' does not imply" that he should have
but one. It means simply, according to Brig
ham, that he should not have less than one.
fr_i — The cholera is prevailing at Nt..w Orleans
to a coasiderable extent.
ARRIVAL OP THESTEAMRI,JOISItiCL.
-,-Ten- Days -Later-from" Eirope.
Atistrian Jlllianei with Franc anttlEngland—
. Conditions ff the Trea4—kusisiun Peace
Propesitions—Prassia and the States
- Preparingfor - War —The Siege of Sebastopol
...Some Fighting Still Going an,i—lleinforce
tnents On Both Sides—Mr. Soule at .4fodrid
and Corn Steady—Wheat Declined.
HALIFAX, Dec. 23:—The steamer America
arrived here at noon to-day, with dates from
Liverpool to the 9th instant, being ten days
later.
She brings news of the greatest importance
to the future progress of the European war.
Though there is little news of interest from
the, seat. of war, negotiations are becoming
most complicated and critical. On , the 2d of
December =atreaty - of alliance'Was signed at
Vienna between "Austria, France and England.
The -exact terms are not known,-but are sur
mised as follows•:
Firstl,—That Austria regards the violation
_of the Turkish territory as a war against her.
self.
Secondly—That Austria will augment her
forces in the Principalities so as to enable the
Turks to resume offensive operations.
Thirdly—That on the demand of France and
England 1 20,000 Austrians will be sent to the
Crimea.
Fourthly-,france and England guarantee
that the territorial possessions of Austria
shalt, under all - circumstances, remain undi
minished.
Fifthly—At present is secret.
Sixthly—Prussia shall be invited to join
the Alliance.
Seventhly —The treaty to come into-opera
tion on the part of Austria, should Russia not
come-to-terms before January the second.
There is also published a letter from count
Nesselrode, setting forth the terms on which
the Czar will assent to peace. namely :
Firstly—A joint guarantee by the five pow
ers, of thelprotection of the whole christian
population in Turkey. -
Secondly—A joint protectorate' of the five
powers over the Principalities subject to ex
isting Russian treaties.
Thirdly—The revision of the treaty of 1841,
to which Russia will assent, if the Sultan will
likewise do so.
Fourthly—The free navigation of the Danube.
The speech of the king of Prussia to the
Chambers is also published. The king says
the army shall be made ready, for. War. but be
retrains from indicating the codise, which Prus
sia will adopt. Meantime.-the 'Berlin papers
publish a dispatch from the Benin Von Man
teufuel,, Nov. 15th, to the Ambassador at
Vienna, expressing the determination of the
Prussian government not to demand from Rus
sia any concession beyond the four points. It
is, indeed, stated, but should be received with
caution, that at a council held on the 6th,'the
kin_ of Prussia determined_to uniAe in the
treaty with a view to bring the war to a close.
The deliberations - of the Germanic Diet
Committee are most important. The actual
position of affairiseems to be, that Prussia in
sists on a declaration in favor of Prussian poli
cy, or at least of neutrality, while on the con
trary, Austria insists that the following point'
shall be decided—whether the Northeastern
frontiers of Austria are not sufficiently threat
ened to warrant an immediate support from
the federal troops. Most of the Germanic
States are with haste putting the armies , on a
war footing. The present opp„rt•.inity for
peace is probably the last, and if this be rejeot-,
ed we may be prepared to see, next spring,
military operations on as large a scale as they
were during the great wars of the French Em
pire.
-Affairs • before —Seba stopol are -n ncba nged.-
There has been some fighting, but none of im
portance. • The garrison continue to make sor
ties. During the night of November 14th, in
a hurricane of wind and rain, the Russians
made a sortie from the city on the , French
camp, but were repulsed.
On the 15th of November, several men and
horses died in the camp from cold and exhaus
tion. The Russians quiet. 16th.---Fire very
slack. A few redoubts were completed by the
British overlooking the Inkertnann road.
Some reinforcements reached the French.
17th--Men and officers are constructing for the
winter. An order has been issued by Lord
Raglan that no officer shall leave the camp un
less sick or wounded. Rain is coming down
in torrents.
November 18th . .—Weather more temperate.
Russians in the valley. Observed to have re
ceived re-inforeements—supposed 20,000 u
nder General Li prandi— -
November 19t,1i:- 7 -The French made a re
connoissance in-10*:iiWound the Russians
busied in repaii*.y.:= 'Artillery damaged in
the previous battl • :'
November2Oth.' - ":,*P th Britishßegiment
landed ex-Orinoco steamer. The Queen of the
South .arrived with various drafts of British
troops. The French landed considerable re-,
inforcements at Katneisch 'Bay. Firing very
brisk from the town, and warmly replied to
from the French and - British lines.
November 24.--Bombardment continued
weak on the part of the allies. Their fire did
little damage, and that little was constantly
_repaired. The allies were mainly occupied in
strengthening their positions against attack,
and in establishing ' new batteries, the fire of
which had not yet been opened: MenschikOff
reports that the English had attempted to es
tablish themselves • near the head of the dock
yard, but were-repulsed with loss. Further
reinforcements had reached the allies,
, November 25.—The Russians made a sortie,
were repulsed by the English, who, in pursu
ing. took and retained 9 guns which the Rus
sians forgot to spike. Another account says
two seven gun redoubts. _ •
On the 26th part of the garrison attacked
the French lines, but retired with a loss of 230.
The French lost 75. The defensivq, work of
the English between the right of their line of
attack and the left of the French lines bad
been greatly damaged.
The Arabia having taken in shot and am
munition at Kingston, would proceed to Mar
seilles to embark French troops for the Crimea.
The intended augmentation of the British
army was to the extent of 65,000.
Twenty-two of Mr. Oliver's ships were sold
at .i.1.03,000—a1l being bid in by bill-holders.
The Spanish Chambers have decided to sup
port the present dynasty. The Ministry had
resigned on a financial trifle, but have resum
ed 'office. The crisis, however, still continued.
Mr. Soule bad arrived a t Madrid and resumed
his post.
[From the London Times.]
The Terrible Slurm in the Block Sea-4uful
Destruction bffe and Property. - -
The total toss of men at the various stations
on the coast of the Crimea - on the disastrous
13th of November cannot be less than a thou
sand. besides those who have fallen into the
hands of the Co,sacks. The loss of vessels was
thirty British and French wrecked, and half as
1 many dismasted at Balaklava, and eighteen
wrecked or dismasted at the mouth of the
Katcha.. Our men of war have come otf with
no further damage than the loss of guns or of
masts, or of riggings. the twisting of their rud
' ders, or the springing some leaks. The French
have lost the Henry IV., a noble three-decker,
, and a favorite war steamer. Thus far we have
TUE WAR.
'ENGLAND
SPAIN.
sustained no loss beyond the ordinary drain of
war ; but the greatest calamity,ist ; that of which
we scarcely now know the folk' ,
:'file Prince, a magnificent new screw steamer
of 2,700 tons, carried' out the other day to Bat
aklavit the 46th regiment, all thevyinter cloth
ingfor the troops engaged in the siege. inclu
ding '40,000 great coats; flannel' suits. under
clothing: socks, and gloves, beef, pork, and
other provisions. hospital' - stores for Scutari,
and a vast quantity of shot and shell -to carry
on 'the siege. These are wholly lost, and no
thing remains of the Prince bat half a dozes of
her numerous crew, who managed to get on the.
cliffs when she was mhrokepi,to powcler"a,gainst.
then,. The Resolute, wittr 900 tons of gun
powder. also went to the bottom. Thus, it
seems, all the materials - for carrying- on the
siege and providing against the severity of the
winter have beenearried off at one felt swoop-;
and-even_ityve think to_oontent Oursell&s. with
merely maintaining our position on the heights.
before Sebastopol', it is evident that we are not.
in a Condition to stand our worst fee, the cow
mg winter.
Everything seemsto have conspired, under a
mysterious dispensation of Heaven, tomake the
loss of the Prinee the greatest possible disaster.
She could not stop at Scutari e land the hos
pital stores, so greatly_ Wanted there. When
she arrived 'at Balakiava, it was. blowing fresh,.
and she did not venture within the narrow tor
tuous channel of the harbor. , All she did was
to land the 46th; though it is said, besides I
very large crew, some sappers and some medi.
-cal and other officers were still on board. - - -
On attempting to anchor, the whole of the
cable. ran ant, rot being properly clinehed. A
second cable shared the same fate. - Tlie Prince _
then steamed out, while a third tible was got
up' from the hold, - and with this she was
brought to, though with a smaller anchorthan
those which she had loSt. — This 'answered. fir
'a while. On the dreadful morning of the lath,
however, it proved utterly inadequate. "'The*
Prince cut away her masts, and put on her
steam ; but the wreck of the mizzenmast fouled
the screw, and the noblexeSselhecoining help
less, immediately drifted against -the rocks.
Figures are but feeble language fetifie descrip
tion of such a catastrophe, but the value of the
Prince, as she floated, is put at £150,000, and
her cargo at half a :million. There must have
been nearly 200 souls on board. The thirty
transports uttcrlylost, with most of their crews,
at 13alaklava, ire pnt down at £15,000 each"
So here at oncett•million of money went to the
bottom, in a form of which money conveys but
a feint idea. ' The - other loSses , enumerated
Above, the French ship Of . the liner arul war
'steamer, the 'transports lost on' the .western
coast, the many vessels of all• kinds disabled,
make up another million to' be added to the
naked pecuniary . esti mate of the loss. - But - the
true way of stating it is, that the army is 'ut
terly disabled for the present, and left' no other
protection than Heaven and that valor which
the British soldier is ever sure to display, in the
face of the greatest difficulties, the direSt pri
vationsrand-the-most-oierwhelming-number
Yet never was the ancient valor of our nwe put
to so tremendous a trial.
SENTENCE OF Aiunscici, THE "INFERNAL MA
CHINE" MAN.—The motion ifor a new trial in
the case of Wm. S. Arrison, the young medical
student, convicted at Cincinnati, of "murder
in the first degree" in causing the death of Mr.
and Mrs. Allison, by Means of an "infernal
machine," having been refused, he was called
up before Judge Flinn, on Saturday, to receive
sentence, when 'he addressed the court in a cool
and collected manner, giving some of *the,rea
sons why he desired 'a new trial, and'declaring
that he could, had he a chance, establish his
innocence. , When he concluded, Judge Flinu,
in the presence.of a crowded court room, sen
tenced him to be hung on the lithof May neat.
The prisoner heard his terrible doom, witheut,_
-the least apparent emotion; and was*conveyed
back to prison in charge •of a strong guard.
SELDEN. WITTIER.% & Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia American,.
speaking of this exploded concern, 'says
“The Commissioner of Patents had $10;000
of the funds of his office in the bank, whieb,•ft.
is feared, will be lost to him. - Mr. Forney,.
Clerk of the House, bad 59,000 ofpublic money
on deposite. It is thought that he is secured.
Gen. Dodge, Senator from Wisconsin, is a suf
ferer to the amount of $lO,OOO representing a
considerable part of his private fortune. 8.-11.
French, Esq., former Clerk of the House of
Representatives. and now Commissioner of
Public Buildings, had a balance of $4,000 of
his private funds in the bank. As soon as he
heard of the approaching explosion he caused
an attachment to be sued out and laid upon
the property of Mr. Withers, the senior partner,
in St. Louis, by which, it is supposed; that he
and others will be secured."
The Washington Star states thgli Mr. Forney
loses nothing by the concern, and that the
Patent office, which is daily in the receipt of
small sums, in uncurrent bank bills, which
cannot be placed in the sub-treasury, had on
deposit only $l,OOO. •
A NARROW ESCAPED? b RAILROAD TRAM.*
- At Wilmington,, N. C., on'Friday night week,
as the train on the Raleigh Railroad approached
the depot, the brakes refused to operate, and
the locomotive and tender pitched over into the
river in ten feet water. Fortunately the coup
ling broke, or the whole train, filled with pas
sengers, would have shared a similar fate. One
man went over with ..the locomotive, but was
saved. Mr. Quarks, the mail agent; sprang
from the car and broke his arm.
WIIAT THE LAW DEEMS LIMCIIIES YOI JD
WIFE. —A novel case has jest been decided in
New York, which involves a curiosity in medi
co-jurisprudence. A mesmeric physician sued
a husband for services rendered the wife in his
absence, and the Supreme Court say that is
the Sth act of Cushing's Report is their opin
ion in the case, viz: that the law does not re
cognise the dreams, visions, or revelations of a
woman in a mesmeric sleep as necessaries fur
a wife, for which the husband, without his con
sent. can be made to pay. These are fancy
articles. which those who have money of their
own to dispose of may purchase, if they think
proper ; but they are not necessaries. known to
the law, for which the wife can pledge the
credit of her absent husband.
.1 ('as, of Poisoning.
ALBANY, Dec. 23d.—On Monday last Mrs.
George E. Rice, of this city, died after a very
short illness. Circumstances tending to show
that she died from the effects of poison induced
an inquiry to be made, anal 'a post-mortem ex
aminatio'n having been held, such was proved
to be the case. Charles Gill, her brother-in
law, has been arrested on suspicion of having
caused her death. The parties are highly re
spectable.
Latest European Ondits.
Nsw YORK, Dee. 26th.—Private letters re
cei v ed-here-from_London, by_ the recent-ar rtiva _
from what is deemed reliable sources, state
that England has not agreed to-suppress the
apprehended rising of Hungary and Lombardy,
as an offset against Austria s joining the allies.
It' is also stated that M. Kossuth is in high
spirits and hopes soon to. be again in active
Operations amongst his Hungarian brethren,
and in open contest with Austria.
Ca - Governor Manning. of South Carolina,
in his message to the Legislature, recommends
a repeal of the usury laws. Money, he says,
like everything else, should have a relative, not
a flied value.