101 abe (Eomptlct. GETTYSBITRG, PA. MONIUY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1855. Fatal Accident. On. Wednesday last, Mr. Jso. W. Coot, of Melialien township, in this county, was killed at the Railroad Depot in Hanover, by one of the — earildeiaehed fro atintthen triiiiiinning aver hith., It seems he was standing Upon the track,' cornier:lllg with some one, and at the'sanie time having an eye upon his Loins, when the-car,, detached from the locomotive, struck-and knocked him down; the wheels on the one rail severing MS legs • from • the body. -antioa-the-other-shockingly-injuling-himabont- 1 thellead..)llls death .was of course almost in. stattatiebus. The wirid was blowing violently at the time, , oe:donlit proroted bin] from hearing the approach of the car in tithe. Mr. -C. -was an active busice.se man, and inghly resfected. NEW POST , ItOtlTE.—Athong *the acts passed hy'the Getigress, and signed by the Presi dent, is one eitablishing a new, Poit4oad from East: by way of King's Tavern and Farin'er's Post -office, to York. Some tutitiuge vliii Of the I a iin:has'hcen wanted for same -time, and We doubt not, that, the route now authorized' will Ape the means of furnishing the citizens of East Berlin and neighborhood their ''matter romptly and, Without delay. l'h i eY kill ton-have direct communication with the Cities, also with. York, "Hanover. and Get tyshttrg. - (0" -- In publishing. last week, the mimes, of. the township, officers' . elected throughont the county on the' ;. l6th we accidentally emit-, ted that of . our gooon '. friend am). .IktusnOßlA- Esq.`,.eleeted Justice of the Peace:in Reading town Ship: ..‘ ltyra's purely an ,oversight on our part. The impretsio'n which sorne entertained. that. Conowago township had elected a Know NOth ai:e`assitred,is entirelY'errinieOus. Ali the gentlemen plected were upon, the Dem ocratic ticket, exceat Mr. Lr v t KENDIG as As- Se,;•or, Who legd'a few 'votes Mr. JOSEPII BUR -lEg; a 1719,8 t worthy nian, who was upon the Democratic, ticket for ,that office. ThiS cor 'rectioniimeeessiiry,;to:'a fair ,understaudfng of the result, and we make it most cheerfully, because. front ,an'acquaintance with several of the successful gentlemen, we could not bring ourself ;suppose that' they would suffer theinielveato be 'humbugged by such an or- gatnzation of Know Nothingism. The Know Nothings in Mountjoy township elected Mr. DANI!CL SIIHAEPER 10 the office of Constable, without hisiinowledg_e or consent. Mr..o, is now and has all along been a firm and out-spokenopponent of Know Nothingistn, and despises 'it as every man should. Hence they no' deubt thought of casting a slur upon him, but his reputation is above that, and can not be affected by sucli an act. 11:7Gov. Pollock has vetoed the Pottstown Bank bill: Right. But it looks singtdar, to say the least, to witness Whig (or Know Noth ing)papers:ntw praising an Executive for ex erciiing the Veto power, which only a few years siiice denounced it as tyrannical and despotic, when I:xercised by Deinocratie Execu tives; The principles of the Democratic party are RIC:IT, as every party that gets into power must acknowledge, if not in words, in acts, which "speak louder." No party has ever in this Country been "better abused" than the one to which we, with an honest pride, con fesiiitUchmerit, but it is complimented, too, in just such acts as the veto of the Pottstown Bank. The only practical system of Govern.: tnent is that which was wrought out by the founders of the Republic, and carried.out ever since by the Democratic pat ty. - shall publish in our next, the re rriarts of „lir. 31cCLEAN, in the louse of Repre sentatives, in opposition to some Know Noth ing resolutions that were introduced. We re gret that our space will not allow us to do so to-day, (tf `.. 0 .01 ,i% POLLOCK has appointed Dr. Wxi. R. STSWAST and WM. F. BONNICK, Esq., of York Springs district, Aid.s-de-catnp, with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. GONE TO KANSAS:—CoI. A. 0. Ege and son, Dr: Francis T. Davis,' and E. A. Atlee, of Carroll - county, 11d., have gone to Kansas. tr7'Another new Bank, to be called the Washington County Branch Bank, is soon 16 go into operation at Hagerstown, Ml. George Kealimier, Esq., has been selected the cashier. THE PROSPECTS OP PEACH. —The German and Trench journals of New York—reviewing the foreign news—expect no immediate peace. Mr. Gaillandet, who writes from well informed circle:On Pans to the Cuurier, thinks that - the Czar's death removes a great obs;acle iu the wad• "of peace, but that :he happy hour of peace is not new as the world imagines---. MAT!". 01. 1 EX-SENATOR A RC'Il 41t.. —The Iron. S. Archer expired at in: residence in Amelia county, Va., ou Wednesday morning, after a few hours' illness. havin' returned to 3 - 7 .-- The Pittsburg Gazette states that There lN a regularly organized association ofhlacks that ri v. botatt.L_lagether_by _the A i ms t Mr. mdeinll oaths, and meeting in secret, v, tios,e _lo..iect is the abduction of colored _servants - -- traveling with their masters, who are 'suSpect- Dzsturcnvz Fuze.—The extensive foundry ed to be slaves. of Mersrs. Gardner & Brown, in Carlisle, was I Here is one of the frtlits of Know-Nothin e , , - destroyed by fire, yesterday morning a-week:;l,ism. The South can lake Warning accordingly. with the machine shop:, machinery, patterns; j A vv.% ms tx Fitt:DER-ICE: CriuNrY. —The Fred- Jk.4.---toss--$14,1104--insured-for $7.OM+,-T-h t crick (lld-) Examiner records the death of Mt s. two houses adjoining,. belonging to Mr. riard- ' • Elizabeth Hammond, of New Jlarket dktriet, net, were also da.troyed. It is not litrown aged 9G years Mrs. Mar- , aret Keefer, how the fire originated., bed in good on the previons'inght Archer had just. attained his 06th year. 'crick, aged 90, and Mrs. Nelson, wife of Gen. El• The Kuovi . NoLlring majority fur Gover- Loral Roger Nr.lson, of revolutionary memory, mac in New Hampshire is only 160 U. 6nml mother or Judge Nelson, aged 84 years. Know• Nothing Pend. i . "1 a onn eney . t 1 , The Cause.Of Drought. - ; Extraordinary Death. rem Hydrophobia. .two Know• Nothing organizations are said to ' The Nix-IVissersprefess to purify the ballot- ' The annual report of _the Massachusetts ' --Mr. A. Rodgers, of Franklin, ()Woo - lied. of exist in New York‘-and which are represented , box • from-foreign influence,.iind' "yet 'Some of p all id of Agriculture, devetes considerable _ Ilydrophubia .iaat week, -It appears he wa4, a road dogr . soine thirty years ago, from as tingingLalieree_iind uneomprpmising * an . them brntight-a.drunken Irishman toile Lelifigh,L-space-te--a—diseussion and' desaiption of the ' bit b y ---- tirdpolfon Friday, and offered hie vote, who .• the effects of which he recovered,-.although fare against each other.' That branch to which — W drought of 1854, and a-comparison °fits effects ;dad treverbeeri naturalt`zed . 1 , The Irish votes t_trregolar intervals he felt a p eculiar and on • the epithet - Hind/Pi is :applied, and of which ; ' with those of other droughts in past years. !,pleasant sensation, --Being a man of power will do very well, when they are castfur their i Its author, C. Flint, Esq., says that the dry; rill Janies W Barker ,is the High Priest, is said physical frame, weighing near . t v‘ , o hu n . i n cons& 1 eandidates.—Easton - Argtot. - time of 1854 was undoubtedly more extensive • - • Bred pounds, it -is priih,ihle that the strenr/ih to be rapidly decreasing in numbers, _______ of his constitution kept thereffects_of the virus uextec__of-t-heoad_rrtade_upan_it_h; branch, known as the Allen,whicJl claims - to bo the original, rejecting the practise of the II in; dons in making separate nominations, and in sisting upon its adherents voting for them, and which may, we presume. be regarded as a sort of tender to the Seward interesipof the State. The fend is waxing very warm, and .the indi cations-are that -they are-about re-enacting the game of the Hard and Soft Shells of the Democ racy. An organization thus divided- and dis tracted cannot exist long without meeting over- 1, wheltnin,i)efeat. • 10""Aincricans must rule America." This a common sentiment these days with the or- Lgans 'of the new .art . The have a :reat passion for ruling somebody, andhare so shag ed their. politicalorganization as to have divers despotic officers to'rttlethe brethren, and theme-- by learn To. rule thq - .people.- We are opposed to this business *trilling, Nobody shall rule AmerieanS. They will rule themselves, - and penult no other riders. The American has no such' word as rule in his vocabulary to have a freeman for its subject. The brethren had as well give' Up 'this fancy for ruling; it can't be indul:ed. Americans won't bear ruling. - They must confine their ambition to ruling the Know- Nothing lodges.. In these dark and mysterious Places the ambition for ruling must confin. ed ; outside of them righteousness only can rule with nndisputed authority over true .imericona. —.-LoUisyslie Democrat. ljerk4 'eoudy. A ,few Rnow-Nothing . papers try to crow over the result of 'the township elections in Berkscounty. ' The Reading Gazette, however, Igives:thefriersi, which are as follows: gi":'The Know 'Nothing victories in Berks connty, - over which the Prras crows so lostily, are mostly Whiy , victories in disguise. Robe son and Union have always been_Whig town ahips,, and, of course elect Whig opicers ; Long. Swamp generally gives a Whig majority ; Hain ! burg prid - Womelsdorf are 'pretty near 'a tie rthe-fortner last. year gave' 20 majority for Pal f leek : Biirnville,last year went almost two to one for Brapbrd, the -Native" candidate for Governor : and OntAannee has always gone I with the Whigs. If any Know-Nothings were elected in Alsace. Amity, Comm), Nbahlenberg, ' and, Maideneteek, as the Press claims, it was 1 by Means of the 4 iveeption which seems to be a part of the Know,-Nothing meet:, and in -am dtence to Which, men, heretofore regarded as `honest; do not scruple to deny their connection with the association, foi the sake of obtaining rvotes. The Pr 0$ omits the returns-front Ex eter 'and ()ley, where an open issue was made between Democrats and K. N.s, and where the 1 t latter werecoutpletely beaten, notwithstanding their loud boastingS of success before the dee i tion. But, it has never before" been customary 1 to make th 4 elution of our toihsnip o ffi cers ' turn upon political questions : so that the smuggling in ofa few Know-Nothings here and - there - , - arntamts - , - to - just -nothing at-all - as - a - test of party strength in the county. The Way to Talk. The following we clip from the Easton Sat- Lis _an evidence 'of . the duplicity and weakness of the Know-Nothings in Northamp ton county: Immtsvir.t.c, March 20, 1855. Cot.. NEnit.ms: Will you do me the favor of publishing in your paper the following :—"As you are aware, I was needed at our recent, tow n ship election, assessor of Forks township, by, handsome majority over the Whig and-Know- Nothing candidates. And yet I ant told that the Know-Nothings in your Borough, and,,the 'mighty few' in our township, say the, reason why I was elected was that I belonged to their order. This is n lie of the blackest dye. I have always lived a Democrat—strictly adhering to the principles of the Democratic party and hope to die fighting under the Sallie banner. I de sire my friends to understand that I never did, nor will I, 'belong to a secret poli g tical organi zation of any kind whatever, and much less to that treasonable', God-abhorring, oath-bonnd Know'-Nothing association, whose. deeds are darkness." Yours in Democracy, JOHN FOLK ENSQN. (r 7. 'The Borough officers elected on the 16th, were qualified on Thursday evening, and en tered upon their duties—Join Cut.?, Eq., as Burgess, and Jottx Git:iu and I) KF.Not.c- HART, as members of Council. Hoc. S. R. wa's re-elected President of the Coun cil.; R. G. l‘lcCits;AitY, Esq., Clerk and Treasur er ; and Jous Bunxs was appointed High Constable, and Wood•Corder.—Sentinel. 7G. EDWARD HERSH, Esq., of York, for merly of this county. has been appointed Aid de-camp to the Governor with . the runic of Lieut. Colonel. A St7GGitsTioN.—An exchange says Gov. GARDNER, or Massachusetts, has been preSetit ed with a splendid sword by his military staff. A similar testimonial might he presented in Pennsylvania, at very little cost, by Gov. 1 1 01.• , LOCK S "military staff" by limiting the sub scriptinnto mit one each. A very handsome sum might be raiSed in this way. ERIE. —The people of Erie elected Wit.sox LAIRD Mayor of that city, tsn Friday, the 'l6th tol!., by a trinjoiity of 305 votes over n!I Know- No,hing influence. Well (hone for Erie. the city of Carbondale "Sam" was floored completely --the Anti-Know-Nothing •andidates for Mayor. Common Councillors, Tteasurer, and Poor-Masters, being elected by 200 majority. the others ' he--Know-Nothings—Profess—to--belie • that foreigners arc not fit to become American citizens, and should not be . allowed to vote. Nit these pretended reformers, were just as busy. last Friday, electioneering among natur alized citizens as either of the old parties ever was. They deceived many an unsuspecting foreigner into the belief . that- their ti cket was the genuine Atiti-Know-Nothing ticket; and in one instance, -at least, (in - North-West Ward) if not more, an unnaturalizod German, who has been only three or four years in the coun try, was marched! to the pills under -the escort of 'a leading Know-Nothing, and voted .the Know-Nothing ticket, from top to bottom, with nut a word of remonstrance from a single one o t le se -sty e merman party w o cry out so lustily against "foreign influence." Reading Gazelle. -From th© Pennsylvania Telegraph of May 1,9, 1,554, we clip the following: "It will not do for us to. rely solely upnn TUE JUSTICK OLP ()U k:AllS111 sari the superiority bf our candidatei . t for the foe we have to con tend with is 'cunning as the fox and subtle as the serpent.' ro succeed. we must have OIVIANIZATION,' ENtsca - and ACTION ! We must have au organization. that will reach from the centre to the circumference of the Comn onwealth. and tell with effect upon every man in thi WIUG RANKS. Now is the time to effect such organization ; and we call upon our political brethren to go to work immedi ately in their respective localities." Was not such an organization effected? And if so, was it not Know-Nothingism ? Mark the language :—“Tell with effect upon every man in the WHIG BANNS." After this, can any_man of sane mind doubt that KnoW-.:'.Tothingisin is a Whig . . Having been sedneed into the order com. monty called •'l{now-Nothings," by represen= tations made to me by men in whom I had confidence.. that the, order was 'to correct all abuses which afflicted our country in paSt time, that the order was intended to carry out Democratic meaStires, and having foam] by recent developments that Ole whole thing is a WHIG TateK, to cheat Itemocrats'ont of their principles, t have Withdrawn from the order and severed my connection with it, and [ deem it my duty to warn all Deniiicrats that by re maining in the order they .are aiding our an cient enetides, the Colphin Federal Whigs. to fasten upon the conntry old_ exploded Whig doctrines, which had their birth in the_ Hart ford Convention. and which have been rerli ated by the people time and a g ain s i nce , JOHN Kr.NEASTER. Lancaster, Ohio, March 19. 1855. [O'The Governor has appointed the Hon. Thomas S. Bell, of Chester county, President Judge of the District composed of the counties of Monroe, Carbon,-Pike- and_Wayne,_in_ ace_ of the Hon. Jas. M. Porter, resigned on account of ill health. Judge Bell was recommended to the present Executive for this position, by nearly, if not entirely, the unanimous voice of the Bars of the four counties constituting the district. 0 .: 7 -Govermw Pollock has is' red an official order that hereafter all applications for pardon must be preceded-by at least five days' notice to the District Attorney of the riltAily concern• ed; and ten days' notice in a newspaper. SAI.g OF rut•: Jl.ttx LINE 1.-It is stated that a company has been formed who offer, about three quarters of a Milli6n of dollars more for the Pennsylvania public i►upiovetucuts than has been .offered by the Pennsylvania railroad company. ;7 - Davitt Longenecker, Eq., has resigned the Presidency of die Lancaster Bank, having purchased one of the Cotton Mills in that city, with the,intention of devoting his time to its management. At n meeting of the Board, on Monday last, B. C. Bachman. Eq., was elect ed President, anti John G. Putter, Esq., Cashier, iu pliMe of mr. Bachman. - DESTIIECTIVI; Flltr..-11111CTY -Ft VP: BUILDINGS CoNsirmiu).—A terrible conflagration occurred at Sandersville. Georgia, on Saturday wreck, which laid in ruins the court house, the Geor- gian printing office, the Masonic and Odd Fel lows' Hall, the county jail, the hotel, and a number of stores and dwellings—in all thirty five buildings—involving a loss of $121,368; on which the insurance was only $3.1,750. Many persons are entirely ruined. as out of 30 sufferers only 11 had any insurance: The public property destroyed, valued at $12,000, was not insured. Nearly all the county mew ds were consumed. , SNOW AT TIIE; NORTH AN EAST.—There is•' an unusual depth of snow for the season of the year on the highlands in New Hampshire. be tween the Connecticut and "Merrimack rivers. :1 long the valleys of those 'streams the snow has nearly disappeared. For some distance on the line of the Northern Railroad, above Franklin, N. 11.. the snow is now nearly three feet deep. In the eastern part of Alame the snow was as deep at last accounts as during any part of the winter. TuE Comm; CROP OF WHEAT.-It is stated in the Delaware Journal that Messrs. J. T. Price & Co., of Brandywine, have purchased the entire corning crop of whent of a farmer of that State; at lino dollars per bushel of sixty pnund.:—the Wheat to be delivered at Braudy wipe iiintne(liatelv after 'it harvested. r7 - The Governor of Wisconsin has vetoed the prohibitory liquor law just Passed by the legislature „'''The Bill to increase the capital of the _York Comity Bank, after having passed the llousev was defeated in the Senate. r`" --- - - The Bank Bills which have already pas,ed the Pennsylvania House of Representa tives authorize, it is said, 3. capi tal of three -millions four hundred Lhouand dollars. The Whig,Trick. To the Democracy. Eiiil = than an r.ti has pr&TAle_d__.. it for upwards of fifty years. There can be no doubt, it is' remarked, that the destruction of oar forests has much increased the severity of our summer droughts. Forests have a ten- dencyjii:protectingthe earth front the scorch:, SM ing rays of tle sun, to prevent large amount of evaporation, and thus lower the temperature- j of the boil. When standing. upon .elevated grounds, the ho u roes of Jivers are fotmd, in them, and they determine the direction of the-c-- prevailing winds and rains. The winds which I blow over forests become impregnated with ;- moisture, which they spread - crier the country, • giving freshness and life to all the vegetable ; creation. But where there are no forests the ••• I A any obstacle to arrest their progress and re solve them into rain. The. streams become dried up. the soil is heated, and the winds, pa , .sing over lark extents of country, parched by the sun, become hot, and hear with them heat and Flint re'gret3 that the, grand old forests et Massachusetts have been so nearly destroyed.—Nevertheless, he says, it is a well established fact that the forests of that State are at the present moment actually increasing in extent, though most of them are of a young growth. - The report recommends among the most practicable methods of preventing suffering by drought, that' irrigation be introduced more generally among our farmers, and that they take more pains to reclaim and cultivate low lands, which, - at. the Same time that they retain moisture better than - others, will slot fail to pay a very large profit to the cultivator, year after year. _ A. BAD.Girr.—The Indiana T.egislature has adjourned without apportioning- the State for representation in the aext Legislature. The present apportionment will expire before the meeting, of another session. Tf the Gover nor dues, not call an extra session, there 'will thug- be no legal ruleof representation to gov ern the next election, the Governor having no authority to provide one. The Legislature, it is presumed, was too busily engaged in passing bank charters to take time to attend to this matter, and so they have left the State in a de cidedly 1)241 EARTINI:AKE BROLI. A , TURK EY.- Bniussa has been nearly destroyed by an earthquake. and a despatch says that 2,000 persons 'lost ther lives. - • 1 3 - .7T130n. S. 5.1 1 11e1p.;,-late a IT. States Sen ator from Venocult, expired at his residence at Middleburg on the 25th ult. A ANA: or nuEoNs.--The Terre -Ilante Ind.) American says that the country therea- bouts is literally swarming with wild pigeons. On the evening of the 9th, about 5 o'clock, a (lock near a mile in length by about silty feet deep, passed directly over the city, making a noise audible at a great di , tnnce. ' TY' 'Now is 'the ti toe to trim and transplant shade or fruit trees. Also to set out eimant, gooseberry and raspterry bushes. Give a few boars to your garden spots, unit it_ will save you (Julian; by and bye. L 7 - Prosperity attends all those who, adver- , rise in the Compiler. rr7 . llic Boston dilverther says :—"The 'American' party have vastly lowered the character of .s-achnsetts' public men : and have inflicted an iniury on the public service more an tempotary. It is not to be expected hereafter that such men as we really need as one representatives, will care to-fill - the seats which have been oceapied by those for whom .Ir. Appleton and his colleagues have been forced to give way." [t — TF - The 'Maine Liquor Law seems to he pro hibitory only on paper. In Maine it has not suppressed the liquor trail - lel:, nor prevented drunkenness. In the city of Portland, during the year ending April Ist, 1551, the complaints and arrests, exclusive of those for violations of the liquor law, were 008, of which 297 were thr drunkenness. For the period comprehended • s a nil 11th, 1854. and March 10th, 1835, the committals to t watc iiiuse in the same city were 883, of which 409 were for drunkenness, and 45 Ibr selling liquor. DEATH OF A VP:TM:HA:S.-AVM. lloliday. II rev olutionary soldier, and one of the guards when Major ndre was exeemted, diod in Delaware county. N. y., on the 23tPul t. .-aged 104 ears. Mr. 11. had been thrice ntArried---had 13 chil dren, SO grandchild, en, 151 ,great-grandchil. (.1 1 en. altd - 1-7 great-great-grandehildren : teak= ing the stint Mal of his posterity- 261. A (loop Pitten ron A llortsE.—The colt Morgan, from the original Black H aw k, owiw d by David i fill , 13t idgeport. Vermont. five years old, was sold last week in New Yolk. by James M. Hill to Mr. B. F. Fields, of Califutnia, for $4,000. A STRANGE DELUSION. --It said that tile wires of the National Telegraph line hare ken cut away in North Alabama, on suspicion that they are the occaston of the existing drought. Mr. W. D. Reed. t Ipc treasurer or the cotupany, ha , ; set out from New Orleans to dispel the de lusion and re-construct the line. r-7,-lele g raph wires have peen extended en, tirely across the peninsula of llindostan, nom calmly., to Bombay, a distance of 1200 PO”-ON ED BY A R AT. —A few days ago. a young lady at a boarding school, in Flushing. N. Y., had her hand bitten by a rat, %+ - bile she was in bed, asleep. It soon commenced swell ing, and a physician was called in who pro nounced it to be badly poisoned, and expressed the opinion that it might have to be amputat , ed. The yount• lady has been cofnßelletit to' r77, 7 " - Ir. Gilmore. of Concord. N 11.. lost his a leave school. and isnow at her home in carpet bag con aini no •;..-63.1 . 1110 ra lmnds. llrook- Ivn. She says she was ati4 akencd in the night . ford, on Friday. I . the rat and tinen' - it from the bed. • PErrxcr.—The charter of the Know-Noth ing council in Wayland,. Stenben r.ounty. Ohio, has been returned to }wad-quarters, and the president has burnt up the records. Seeretnry of the Trva,ttre neknow ledges the receipt of 37 ti, in an tinvefope wurk ctl over paid." 7 - The fatiwr of Matt. Wrrrd—)ms—h)st—tri suit against the city of Ucuisville, fur injuQ dune to his hue hy. the moll. Thc A torn of Carroll county (Md.) Wood' is :wiling at Chicagu fur sixtcen Cum!. C01:11 Cmitlinet,ce-; to-day. dollars a cu: d. .371)r. INlontlt, the chief phi-sician of the late 7:: - P,11/Age Douglas addressed a Dvrnocratic Emperor Nichulas, is a homeopathist. meeting at Richmond, on Tuesday ing'ut. nary, however, a small, half starved doff bit him on the hand, when he instantly rernarkrd to his wile that he never felt suelt a pain. It seemed to..tht,ilkhis_§.ys,tern like an electric shock. NothiA further; however, occurred at- that time beyond a very severe headache •4 The Collins steamer _Atlantic, which was below :New York 'at a late honr on Monday am a s I,E.p nervot e . • • ! tea- night - , - as stated in -Tuesday's Sun. arrived, zette says.: her--wharf- - -abont davtight - on - Tliesilay.;- Tile same dog was, known to have bitten morning, when the- important news brought several hpo.„ hot not until the hogs• bemire by her, was - telegraphed - to. this city and is- • rabidliicirwas - sFrireral - weeks - atter; --- was - the:j sahcT in (. ... 3tras o f the „ sun, „ as fast as it could doff suppo.ed to have been mad. -When Mr. be 'received. Rodgers heeaton acquainted with these facts The death of Emperor Nicholas, oflZussia, he at 'once felt that, under his - peculiar situa- is fully confirmed. Alexander, his eldest son, . tion, will) the virus of a former bite in his,sys- has peacefully 'ascended the throne, under tem, his case, was a hopeless one, and irnme- I the title of, Alexander 11.. Chnstantiue and diately set about closing up - his business, and I the , other sons of Nicholas have taken the oath made his will, c „ minlin i en ti rl o his apprettPn- of allegiance to the new Emperor. The latter' sines to no person. not even _his has issued a manifesto declariig his adherence-. enjoyet esua ea it nn i P nes( ay ore his dernh. when the symptoms of hydropho bia begati to manifest themselves. eausinu however, no serious inconvenience until day mornirpr, when on attempting' to wash his hands and face he found hinr&ell tillable to get his hands into the water. fie ate but little breakfast, and in a short time went to bed. About 12 o'clock Friday' nialtt he was seized by a most - fearful spasm which lasted for some time. After the spasm pa , •sed ofT he became quitt calm, and conversed almost incessantly, and assured his friends that he would not harm them in any way. ills next spasm was on Saturday morning, and more violent than the former. 'llre last spasm seemed to rack the sufferer with the most ex- • rutiating agony, and was theadful in the ex treme, even. to witness. Durin g ! all his ittfrer ings to *the very moment of his death he was conscious of his condition, perfectly rational in all respects, and seemed to take i)articalar care to liirtn ne one during his raving fits, al though fie was in ttO way secured, and in the same room with his friends and attendants. It is evitainly contrary to usual experience that the virus should remain - so long in the sys tem, amt give ne more tteared manifestations or its . presence. But the ease, thotwit a re- - ni:trliahle one, is by no means an isolated one. II FOlt D , March '2sth:-L-Ureat—e - fforts are made by the Whig State Committee, to secure a complete union of. th Know-Nothings and Whigs upon candidates for Congress, the State Senate and House of Representatives. Soon t rageous are these• bargains, and so unprinci pled, being made in a secret way, and consum mated by sly management, that the voters, in many of the towns, will takean open and-man ly stand against it. and rna candidates known to be opposed to secret political cabals. CINCISN'ATI, March 2.s.—The Donocrats of this eity.have.nominated James J. Farrar: for Mayor. The Convention rxissed resointions tlenunciatory of the Know Nothings. All the candidates for nomination were rehired to give assurances that the were not Know Nothine-s. The contest between the Know Nothings and the Democrats is getting decided ly warm. TNDIAN noLTBLEs.—A letter in the St. Louis Republican, dated Whitebend, Kansas, March 18, has the following: "I have just heard of an express from Fort _Peirre, which brings intelligence that the Sioux have surrounded that place, and are making hostile demons' ra Lions against all persons who are engaged by the United S.ailes —that Col. Vaughan, the Indian Agent, is obliged to keep within the Fort and out of sight, and they are only deterred horn destroying all our officers and property by the interposition and influence of the agents of the American Fur Company. How long this will continue, or what may be the result, we 'do not know. It is too far to Send succour now, as the distance from here is some two thousand miles, and we will have to leave the Inatter in the hands of Providence." TrIE fIE AT CROP AT THF: NV Est.. —We learn from a gentleman who has travelled pretty extensively through the States of the North west' during the past six weeks that \the prospect of the wheat crop was never better. In lowa a large quantity has been sown, but so great is the emigration to that State, and so rapidly did it fill up last season, that a large pot tion of the surplus will be required for the new settlers there and in Kansas and Nebras ka. Throughout Illinois, it is represented that the crop never looked better. The high prices of the last few years, and the almost certainty that there will be but little abate ment during .the present year, have stimulated the farmers to sow to an extent beyond former precedent. And the same may be said of Wi . seonsin. The prospect there is that the abundant crop of last year will be succeeded by one equally us good this year.—Chieugo A NEw "MAIN'S LItZUOII. LA W."-A natter OULU • the legislature of 'Maine. and approved by the Governor. For infractions of its provisions it inflicts for the first offence imprisonment, for the third not lesS than three not more six months, and for the fourth and every subse quent conviction, . - 141.000 fine and one year in the State prison. Neal l)ow, author of the original Maine !aw, is again a candidate for :Mayor .of Portland, for which he has been thrice defeated. WHAT NEXT ?—We saw the other day 2117% .M. Sanford. of West Aledford, Mass., who lost both legs by an accident sever al years ago, %N.alking about the streets just like any other man. lie limped a little, it is true, but no one would suspect. on seeing him. that he possess ed a pair of mechanical legs instead of those furnished by nature. —Sete Yew/c WomAN's R twrrs IN I 1.T.1 Nuns —The follow imr, resolution AA as adopted by the House of Representative , ; of the Illinois Legisla e : Res , ./ret;, That a tine of $5OO he hereafter i m p o sed on any lady who shall lecture in pub lic i n any part of the sate. •aIIOUL first put ting on-gentlemen's apparel. St•WIDF; TX PRl•to.—Thennas Trek- ter, of Chester county—hung hitnself in jail at Lacaster. Pa.. on - Tue-;day. where lie had been incarcerated for dronkenne.,s.• Ile was. an ocatel man. of a re , pectable family, and bad been a school teacher. , • . - ARRIVAL. Or THE STEAM= ATL.S.I..TTIC. One. Week Later from Europe.. TIII:' CZRII'S 11E4TH COIVETI?_11 ED. Son .91exander daten tied the Throne and PrneLaimed Ike Policy arilis Pather—ltricha las' Dying Request of Prnssia.:—Effect of the Emperor's Deatkin Enaland, France, Prus- ...tan:jest° .9lexonder If—Orders to Press on the Siezre rf Sabastopol—Bottle Between the French and liussians--The• Vienna Conference.. 0 Ile po icy o us • t er. The Illness and Death of the• Emperor of - Russia. lIERtn.:, Friday, 'Afar& 2.-officiarneemints, have been received of the death :of the Ern-. peror Nicholas. The event took prace this• to oi ning at 12 10. 'Paralysis of the, rungs was: the...iminediate cause.. The Prussian official fournal ptiblishes the. f)liowing dispatches, addressed to Berlin by Lieut. Count Minister, adjutam. in• the service of the King of Prussia : l'ETEusut:itG, March I, 25. A. M.— The, St ate of the Emperor became much worse-• yesterday evening; The followinfs is, the nie(hcal bulletin: ‘Yesw.rday violent fever manifested itself, with inflammation of the lungs. The fever lasted the whole night, pre venting sleep. The ejectibus continue without. obstacle. A slight attack of gout is ohserva- Me.' I must add that the. debility of the au gust invalid has greatly increased, and that,. at least ki the opinion of the physicians, the: state of his majesty is mast critical-. ‘•ST. PErsusucllG, Winter Palace, March 2d',. fi A. M.-The,Euiperor. has calmly receiv - t4 the communication from Dr. Nana, that atrophy o f the-longs is possible. lie simply Oliserved—'When shall Ibe paralysed`?' The puysicans could not give a precise answer.. The Emperor then said to Dr. Carell-- , Where shall I choke ?'—The Emperor has taken the last - sadraments ; he has taken leave of his. wifeand children. .whom he has blessed sep arately, as also his. grand-children. in a firm voice, in full possession of his intellects, per -reedy calm. and with great presence of mind:. The pulse isstill strong. but mask has already been administered. The Empress keeps up,. and shows resignation." The Morning Chronicle has published the fellow ing telegraphic-. intelligence, dated St. Petersburg, March : '‘The.Emperor expired' yesterday at ten o'clock. Alexamkr'was pro claimed Emperor on the same day. Ile ie ceived homage to-day." The .last words of Nicholas to the Empress, were : "Tell Frederiek, King of Prussia, to continue attached to Russia, as he has hitherto been, and never forget his, father's worls.•' It is said that a few days before his death the Czar succeeded in effecting a complete recon ciliation between his two eldest sons, Alexan der and Constantine, who were at variance. Si. PKrEassunn, March 7.—The rapid do composition of the body of the Emperor Niclto -lan has prevented the exhibition of the body to the public. The Journal des Dehntszays:—TheEmperor Nicholas has not died soddenly :.he had beer) ill for twelve days before. We have before us letters from St. Petersburg. of the 10th ult. r which state that the Emperor them kept his bed by order Of iris first physician. M. Mundt. The Empress was also ill and confined to her bed. Our correspondents attribute the illness of the Emperor to a cold. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather, he continued' : his us ual occupations ; he was desirous to see every thing for himsel . 4; and m the roost minute de , tails ; he visited the soldiers in their barracks ; he passed long and frequent reviews, Rirgettinte the precautions which his age required in such a climate, and in such a severe . season. To , all the observations made to him by his chil i dren and .by his most devoted servants, he re plied he had something else to do besides tak ing care of his health. lie had, however, at tended to it for more than. a year past, and at. times felt uneasiness. "lie said that he had reached, and even ex ceeded, the number of years which God had , allowed to others of his race, -and that his end I was not far distant. lie had treated. hiniself according to his owns ideas: he had insisted or his physician putting him on- a regimen which would prevent his getting corpulent, of which he had a singular dread.—What change has; taken place since the 1:11h of February ? It is• said he had an attack of apoplexy, or of pa-* alysis of the lungs. This was a thing which Mr. Mandl had not anticipated. for at that time- lEEE= satisfactory. The Emperor Nicholas was, moreover, subject to attacks of gout, and at the commencement of his illness he had fel4 some symptoms of it." The Effect of the Emperor's Death. The news of the Emperor's death created a profound sensation throughout Europe. ITIE EFFECT IN PIIFSSIA. i'he nerlin Conrt placed itself in mourning . immediately, and orders were issued for the whole Prussian army to wear symbols of mourning for four. weeks. VIE E*FTECT 'EN AT - STRIA. VIENNA.. March 3.—T lie t.ews of the death or the Emperor Nicholas, which was known here at 9 o'clock last night, has produced an im. mense sensation. VfENNA, March 4. —The Archduke William, * - 1 the personal friend of the new Emperor of Rus sia. goes to-dav with an autograph letter from the Emperor dAu&tria to the 'Emperor Alexan dcr. The Emperor of Austria directs that in ac knowledgment of the services rendered by the Enipc.ror ichol as cluri og the time oftmtbrtanate trials, the .Nic!iolas Regiment of Coriasseurs shall always preset ye that name as a sou,s,:enir to the Austrian Army. THE EFFECT IN FIIAN7C - E. Immediately otrthe death of the Cza - r . NicTr olas being known in Paris, orders were sent to Marshal Canrobert to press the siege of Setag. — topol with the utmost vigor. The Paris'police had arrested several ballad singers for chanting verses disrespectful to the— dead Czar. The" TIC W., Or the CAav's death - was - received in England with demonstrations of joy. The several theatre managers came before the cur tam and announced the fact, which in most in sta noes was received with tumultuous cheering. Manifesto of the New Emperor. A dispatch from Konigsßerg . . dated the 7th inst.. give , :. the tollowing summary of the man ifesto of the new Ettiperor. - -e(jtussia : —The manifesto of Alexander IL has arrived. announcing . the sudden a nd severe ill ness of the .E.tiperor Nicholas. which terni•ina led in his death.. it says that. as the deceased der(Aed hialoelf mces.sautly for the welfare of II MILT IMPORTANT - INTELLIGENCE, wz:za TUE EFFECT IN - ENT: AND.
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