his subjects. 'so do we also, on ascending the ' thrOne-of Russia. and of Poland and Finland. inseparable froh if, take a solemn oath before Cod_ to regard the welfare of our empire as our only object.' May Providence, which has se 7 lected us for so high a calling. be..our _guide and protector, that we may maintain Russia ' On the highest standard of power and glory, and in our person accomplish the incessant.' wishes and views of Peter, of Catharine. of ;------AleXnder,ait father. May the zeal of our 'subjects assist us therein. We invoke and command the oath of- allegiance to us and to the heir to the throne, our sag Nicholas Alex androwitsch.' -" Intelligence had reached Paris from St. Pe tersburg, which describes that city as in a state atgreat-excitement.. The nobles had met se cretly with a view of addressing the Emperor gn the subject of arming the serfs. They pro posed pointing out to Alexander -the ruin w ateh-- - would-accom party-.sa el tat- s t ep, s and t - internal dangers that might follow. It Was expected that St. Petershorg would -- be placed_in a state of siege. The war party a l r eady began to threaten. The Emperor is - reported to have declared his intention to fol low out the policy laid down by Nicholas at - the Congress of Vienna. Prince fjortschakofrs instructions have been confirmed. General ruskicwitcalelam W J g of th serfs, and has addressed the Emperor on the subject. The greatest confusion -appears to - prevail at St. Petersburg. ' It is stated that Lord John Russell and M. I.lourquency have agreed upon the terms which England and France consider necessary for the - - treaty of peace, and i f these terms arc correctly Tendered, they are not (says the European Times) stiehAs the new Emperor of Russia ought to decline to accept. for they merely pro. pose a limitation of the Russian power in -the Black 'Sea, the transforming of Sebastopol into a commercial port, aid the destructiop of the fortress: These are not very humiliating terms, but they ought to be accompanied. by Another and still more stringent condition.— namely, that of making Russia pay the expen ses of the war. • A speck of disagreement had arisen between Napoleon and England. Napoleon said the armies .should not. - act together if Roebuck's committee of the English Parliament proceeded. Lord Clarendon went. by expresS to Boulogne and set the matter right. Of the propoSed departure of Napoleon for the seat of war nothing additioaal was_lenawn, but preparations continued to he made; It is Said Ills Majesty's visit has reference to a plan of operations of an extent commensurate with such a war as the present one. A French camp of 40,001 - ) . men will probably be estab lished at Constantinople. - On the 23d and 24th of February there was some serious fighting before *Sebastopol, hut the French and Russian telegraphic accounts of the affair are violently conflicting, and prob ably- neither of them arc accurate. ''Si The Czar's dying request - of the King of Prussia to "remain attached to RuSsia, as he has hitherto been, and not to forget his father's word," probably, referred to the following passage in the will of . Frederick William 111, addressed to the present 'monarch ‘.Never neglect to maintain harmony among the Euro pean nations i e.,s far as it is in your power. Above all things, May Prussia, Russia Austria never separate. Their union should • be considered the keystone of the great Euro pean, a.lharice." Bloody - Tragedy at New Orleans—Two A shocking affair occurred at the billiard saloon of the St. Charles - hotel. at New-Orleags, on the night or the 20th instant: It appears that a man named John Duffy,. a large owner of hacks, was tried about - four - Tears ago for the , murder of Dr. Weymouth, and that Wm. C. Harrison. a steamboat pilot, and a young man much respected, was the principal witness against him. Ever since then, Duffy; it is al leged. bad entertained an ill-feeling towards Harrison, and a few days. previous to the 20th inst., had an altercation, On the night in question they met in Gravier street, and anoth er altercation ensued. Harrison drew a pistoi, whereupon Duffy fled into the billiard saloon, pursued by Harrison, who commenced firing at him, and continued until he had discharged six shots, one of which took effect in Duffy's breast, pCmetratingthe heart. He ran out into Gravier streetand fell dead upon the banquette. Anoth er shot, during the affray, took effect on the person of Dr. Parsons, who was seated in a chair at one side of a billiard table : the hal! encored his right side, just below the nipple, and taking a downward direction, passed throogh the lungs and body, and lodged under the skin, near the Lip. lie lived long enough to run out on St. Charles street. where he fell and shortly after expired. Dully fired a pistol over his shoulder as he was running, and it is supposed the discharge wok effect upon Dr. Parsons. Harrison immediately surrendered himself. Dr. Parsons was a young man, who had graduated a day or two previous, and had been nwricd only a few months. Bishop Doane's Debts.—lmportant De- The lite Japes Perkins. of Boston, bequeath ed to his widow the clear sum of 86,000 an nually, payable quarter-yearly.. She after wards married -the Rev. Dr. Doane, row Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey. The trentle man being much etubarras , led, a contract was made between himself, Mrs. Doane and Michacl Hayes, of New Jersey:- by which it Was agreed that Hayes should take up certain notes to a large amount. which he had endors ed for the Bishop's accommodation, and that Mrs. Doane should give him an order on her trustees in Boston to pay him 81,000 annually fof a certain number of years, until he .hould receive one-half of what he- had advanced, which was about 830,000. Hayes succeeded to take up and pay the notes, and Mrs. Doane gave hint the order requesting the trustees to pay him 81,000 a year, as had been agreed. The first yearly payment was made by BiAop Doane. When the second became due, ilayes demanded it of the trustees, - who had doubts whether. they ought to pay it : and as B. N. Perkins, son of Mr4..Doane, presented an order of a subsequent date for the quarterly payment, 81.500, then due, (which order was in favor of Bishop Doa ne, a rid bt• him endorsed.) the trustees filed a bill of equity, asking the instructions or court. Judge Thomas delivered the op;nion of the court on holding that the. legacy to :Airs. Doane was intended for her support. and was to he payaHe quarter-weariv. and that, she had no right to make such a contract as she dui make with haves, altnow , ii with the consent . and for the benefit of her husband, and that the same was void in law. Chts.n Ilcia.NEo TO I)::_aTtl.—'o4 c learn from_ . - the - ,:Citauti•ciishurg, l'ran.,crip f, that on the Gird- r'Geonze •••S tra•than adt Edward 't;Veting of Tuesday of last week. a. child of ""hr . 3 aintiel 2 • 'St -11:111z John -----1111.--iitrarr-S-r-.llil--eri--hvittts-it t -fit t -rl-tiard-tr.--n-----ac-t-tz , fll---s , aaun 1! 1- - - -- 11 r - 1 tft -- G - 1 'trf - at' was so badly burned. in eottsa_si t uctiee of its Hersity Hoary Tit6topsott Win. F. '2 clothes takiii,-...4.-fite. that she died iti about eivitt, Hard lob 141.1;1 1 'F t 5i.,,,, IL 2 - hours. The father was absent, and the m o th- i leader :14 , -eith NV_i••et M try Jane tr. who had kft the house but a short tilde, iloort A tl4lll WINO ~/ N. Ell zahPth returned to find her child enveloped in flames. 'hinter J • 11 , 1 4. niter C4itintritic Small children .should not be I,:rt alone with Hurst Abraham Wis - lt•r Peter Hamilton lf,lizalwh Youlyr Mrs. Jane fires, and had this precaution been observed ____ by incise parents, they would not now be Ia- H4) , ,ver Enzaheth - Cr e'r 111.-ZII /,.. acts. !twilling the dist ryss.lry , 0 ^-4trt ,, 414-4 ;list related. n'illildn U 4 rim tine Jilt II euiz :10.iite Ludwig 1,11 ii .t dam 11. !tidier L_Ata I:,,caa _ T IVREI: Al .t i/iip-, Li. -..... ... , .4 41. A11....,,A4 .i . ,0T1. sy;re A Fe w 11 I) e-e ofß. S. It.enal(l,uti. Ksii.. of Nurtliburu . , N1:1;..,.. ? W NI. GIL LES PI E, P. Af. T OrusT AND CH E‘;N UT TIMBER preseutei/ ner hit , n)and with two boy. aud (Ale (kZrPer.innq cAlinl for iPift.rs in the ab o ve i j LOTS fur sale. A pply to ' '- girl at a 4ingle birth on the :26th ult. ; Li4t %11l please s,ty they pte adveruseti. , mai - 12 ; - .1. 1). P:kXTON. - Men Shot Dead. CISLOII. Latest from Europe• The Asia arrived at Halifax on Thursday night. Operations at Sebastopol were arrive, hut no de"cisive. fighting. The .Tienna Con ference was in session, and progressing smoothly. The nest / steamer may bring im portant news. Forsyth and Mott, Can! Coin- missionees, visited this place last week, and proceeded to view damages at several points on the. "'Tapeworm" Railroad, -for which no allowance has been trade. 7Prepay your letters—otherwise they will not be forwarded. Burning of a Prison. NA STIT 7 LLE, 'larch 29. —The State Peniten tiary arthis place is in ruins. At 3 o'clock this morning a fire originated in the cabinet department of the institution, and the fire spread so rapidly that in a short time the en tire portion of the building devoted to the dif ferent branches of trade was a mass of names. The cast wing of the mai n building then caught, a'nd it .was so much damaged as to tender. it use . . " te - cel - l - s - w - ere - a4 l-- thr ,3 wn - open and-- prisoners were conveyed to an enclosure inside the walls. One convict named Connor was smothered to death, but not one escaped from the enclosure. All the* tools, and work in the various shops were destroyed. The loss is es mated at $lOO,OOO. ELOPING wrrn A mAN's wn , E—ENCOtTNTER OP Tttls lICSISAND AND VAILAMOCIL —On Satur day night ltuset a couple arrived at Dunkirk in the cars, and stopped at the American Hotel, where they Passed as husband and wit'e. Yes terday morning the true husband of the woman arrived in pursuit, and requested to he shown their room. Being directed to it, helmrsbin, and presentimr a loaded double-barreled pistol at the gay Lothario, attempted tordischarge it, but. failc.,d. The vutile being heard by others, assistance arrived, and the weapon was taken from him. He was taken hethre a justiee and examined in the afternoon, and in an interim of the trial, while - standing at the doorway, he leveled another pistol which he had procured subse _ Tient to the first attempt At the deAroYer of his peace, and discharged it. The ball missed the intended victim, bfirThe injured husband-, supposing it had proved effectual, declared that bitth were now ruitted7-:intt_he was satisfied. Subsequently he appeared convulsed, and avowed that he had_ taken poison, but whether this was actually the ca-se not determined. Both parties_ are front I!4nnsylva,nia.—Fredo itia 9.1.150 r. COL. MCCLUNG, "TIMErAsT."—The dis patch published yesterday, stating that Col. McClung. •'the duelist," -had committed sui cide at Jackson, Mil l s., referred to Col. Alexan der K. lkleCi ung„ a well.li now citizen of Mis sissippi, who served gallantly in the Mexican war, - as a. volunteer under General Taylor. He was the lieutenant colonel of the Mississip pi regiment. It is said that he was the first to scale the walls of the Black Port at Monte rey, and for his intrepidity in placing the stars and stripes on its captured walls, was marked and pierced by the' enemy with wounds under which he suffered the most agonizing pains for several months. During General" Taylor's administration, he was appoint-ed Charge d'Af fairs to Bolivia, in South America. lle was engaged in several duels many years ago, and was noted for demanding and granting the most extreme terms of the falsely styled "code of honor ". Ilis firsk l meeting was in 1833 or 1834; with a man by the name of Allen. The weapons, pistols, to be fired at ten paces. or while advancing nearer to each other, and then the use of the, bowie-knife. Allen fell. The second meeting was five years afterwards, with young Menifee, at Vicksburg,. the brother of Richard 11. Menifee, member of Congress front Kentucky, in 1838-'39. The weapon, the ri fle ; both parties excellent shots, but Menifee fell at the second fire. lie was also concerned subsequently in, other duels. lie was a man of fine talents and of much-influence in Alissis sippi.—Sun. • TERRIBLE ACCIDENT —Two PERSON'S Ktr,ixpl On Tuesday morrik , week, hetweon 10 and 11 o'clock. a segment of' Cie large fly wheel at tadied to the engine in the Bolling 111111 of Messrs. H. Brooke, at Birdsboro', ifl l3erks county, burst front its fastening w`hile. the wheel w'ts revolving at rapid speed, and - deinol ishing everything mit.; course, flew through the roof to a distance of two hundred yards from the building:, and sank deep into the gronnd. The piece. weighed about a toll. Four of the work men, named Hem y Minker, William Stubbel bine, William Kline, a nd John.Nagle, all young men, unmari ied—were struck. by the fragments which this heavy mass of iron scattered about the premises, and seriously wounded—two of them fatally. Minker and Stubbeihinc died the same afternoon, and Nagle was not'expect ed to survive. YORK BANK S rOCK. —One hundred and four shares of York Bank Stock, belonging; to the estate of Henry Sultibach. &ceased, were sold in p ar c e l s , a t, public site, on Saturday, at pri ces ranging from :. , 41.35 to 842.20 - per share. The par value of this stock is Yesterday, 213 shares of York Bank, and 20 shares of York County Bank Stock, belonging to the estate of ilenry Ebert, deceased, were sold at auction, in parcels. The York Bulk Stock sold at prices ranging from 7, 7, .41.65 to i•:542.25—the 'lurk County Bank at $30.31 to s3o.7s.—nrk Glizetle-rf List of Letters F:MAINING in the Post O ice, at Get tysburg., April 2, 1855. Beecher & Hoover Levine D. D. Messrs. IlleCreary Thos. A. Benner Jacob .31efitteny James K. Black Michael 31ci/ovvel Bolting•er Jacob Miller Thomas S. Busseriitan Gerirge jMiller Isaac Brinkerhoff Hiram 1M 'Wier W iViinm Bragli A ndrew Mater Mr. - Busliman Geort..,re !Nlyers David Brandon Miss Sar.ih E.'OrrJulin Cobean Master James '.Orr \\-iili arn S. f Miss ;Oyler John Doar.l,)HT .I,oln iPwtlll Mary I)aniwr ifii-nehArt L.•vi B. 0.-ets Lawrenee ;Utley Liddy Dll,,caus ula Adam S. 1:11. Fleimer A brain ;2 , Ititler J.:lnes Piseel David ;Smith 31 try Elivibeth Fiscel Michael :Sp.-ingier Mrs. E. C. Piscei Eptir..iin day Mks Catharine Grmin,ir !Stinuli FIRE AND DRATit—The Hillsborough, N. C., ----:';- ' :New Goods, ._ Recorder says that on last Wednesday week, i , AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST. the house of Mrs. Margaret Woods. on Little G EORGE ARNOLD has -'as River. was burned and she in it. The evidence before the jury of inquest wrts considered sta.- from the cities. as late a stock of new cleat to authorise the commitnient of Pressley goods it s has been offered to the public at any Riley. on suspicion of hariv,killed Mr.s. Woods,me, among which are, cheap CLOTHS, and set fire to the - house. . __ " Black, Blue, Olive, Browii - aiiii - Ciaretairi' arid fancy Cassimeres of every variety— Vest-_ i ings—Ready-made Clothing—Ladies' Dress 1 Goods in great variety—Men's, wear of every - r - 7-Frresit„ NJa-t.0...:. Ori-t