. -
.From tb• Lad:attar Etaraineri•
Pmoceedin,gs .. f the State Grand Council
of Know.,Nothings. -
_ The Supreme onler.,'"of the , Star Spangled
Banner, puystiant tii.niatice, met ett Fulton
Lancaster, on Tuesday niorning. April
- -attendance - has -Shur; only 68 (tele.-
- " gates appearing. In the absence of the Presi
dent. 0. 11. Tiffany. Jacob . L. Gosslerl of Phil
' adelphist city. was called to the chair. Gilfohl,
hiladelphia. Secretary.
After the formal opening of the Council, the
credenhals of delegates were read. and with
one or two exceptions approved. and 4he dele
gates recognized - rind admitted to seats.
- The first business in order was the consid
eration of the minutes of the Pittsburg Con
vntion, Which after an animated discussion,
- charteterized - by" the most - - violent personal
criminations, were apprOVed by a vote of 48 to
16,-four &lel...votes refusing to vote. _Brother
Freeinan. of -Puiladelphia, at this stage of the
poceidingiscr - and -- c - tatettliat - hi-hitd - hee
infortied 'the room - they were then occupying
watiot as 'secure as it should be that out
siders by •pilating themselves in the entry.
could - hear all-that was said, and that thus their
proceedings would be made known immediate
ly ;he -would therefore dilltipon-the-dol•-gatea-i- _ ; - '- The KeYstone Bards. _. „
from the city of - Lane:ie.& to inform the Council 1;
The agent of this company has made sr
whether ;the information be received %cosi rangementaby which these celebrated Singers
correct?
Having taken his seat, Jesse Landis, Esq., i can give two of their choice, ~c haste, and inimi
rase, and in a speech of -considerable length, ' , table Quartette and Ballad. Soirees. in Mc..
assured his worthy friend and brother, that he to . ' naughy's Hall,, in this place. Tins and TO-
W been misinformed—that no person could evening:4. The following float the
possibly hear anything that was said in. the " 8 / 1 43Yi
ball. ' -1 Carlisle Volunteer is a sufficient recommenda-
The Treasurer of the State Council, having' tion to us:— . -
been called upon to report the condition of the I "3lr. Hill possesses a deep. fall. 'rich voice,
Treasury, ;stated that the funds belonging to , highly cultivated. over which he has -perfect
the State Council were.all exhausted, that there i command, and on the whole he is one of the
was not a cent in the treasury, and that there- best Ballad singers we have ever heard.—Car
fore he had thought it 'useless to submit a ' lisle VoLunteer.
wridin report. lie further statedthat &ring -- -
See advertis Went.
-the last. month no money had been received by
theGrand-Council from subordinates, and that
he hoped before the Grand; Council adjourned,
they would tiinke some ':arrangement whereby
funds would be made available to meet press
ing debts; contracted by the Connell during the
last Gubernatorial election. On motion of Se
cretary Gifford the subject was indefinitely
postponed: I
No other.matter being before the 'Council it
adjourned totneet - at 2 o'clock in the afternoen.
Arreasroom Swims, 2 O'clock, P.N.
; Council met and opened in regular form--SO
members answering , to their names. The
President, 0 H. Tiffany . , being present, took
the chair. The committee on credentials re
ported that after mature deliberation of the
matter submitted' to -their charge, they were of
the opinion that all the delegates were entitled
to seats, - With 'the' exception of ex-Governor
Wm: P. Johnston', in whose case' they were un
able to .agree, they therefore asked to be dis
,,charged Goth the further; consideration of the
*6.Oct. On motion, the report was received''
and the committee discharged.
An ineffectual attempt Was now made to
pass a resolution, recognising the right of Mr. i
Johnston to a seat, which led to a protracted
and exciting-debate,. The Cameron men were
evidently determined to 'prevent his admis
sion. notwithstanding Simon professed himself;
friendly t01t... This was all gammon,. hol- I
e ver. for there Were already too many aspirants
--for the V. 8: Senatorship present, to be agree- i
able to his feelings, -
On - motion of Brother IdeCtilmont, the Coun
cil then went into committee of the whole, on
the suite 'of ,the Order"in Pensylvania, Brun,-
son. of Claremont, in the chair.
President Tiffany arose, and delivered rath
--er An eloipient.—bu,t•tart and unpalatable ad
dress. Be armed no sone?l s to the 'Order,
but rather its rapid ileclensi and ultimate
ci
downfall,- from the (act, that of one tenth of
the subordinate councilsin the State were
there represented. That even those that were
represented. -were distracted by dissensions
and Want of - harmony, Whichlboded no good.
He had since the lest general election visited
many parts of the State, and justice compelled
him to say.' that the Order was fast sinking by
„Jut own weight of corruption. The acts of the
- ;present Legit lature were characterised by such
a degree of stupidity, venality and recklessness,
that the only wonder with hint, was.. that the
people had tolerated it as long as they have
done: He imped. however, that now, with all
these 'things before them. the rock on which
they will surely split full in view, that they
Would betake ihemselves to the Properreme
dy in time.—that nil would pass out or that
lialt more firmly. resolved than - ever to be true
to the onosa and; their °kills.
After the professor had taken his seat. dele
gates from Harrisburg. Chester, Philadelphia
and other plates, gave an account oft.he •order"
in their several districts. All had the same
story, the outsiders knew too much—the novel
ty of the thing wits gone and members were
growing restive under the guidance of the
Grand Cou • The mass of their constituency
had na confidence in their leaders—and the
cry of Sam and Americans must rule Ameri
ca, had lost its charm, and with the charm its
potency. There Must new features be intro
duced-!---tntire degrees, in which if it be possible
more awful and binding oaths and obligations
Mast 'be administered. If this be not done
, ---the only alternative is an open organization.
WfrligieSDAr MOuNING. 11 o'clock.
The Committee on amended Constitution;
reported progress and .were continued, after
Which a motion Was offered and adopted by a
Vote of 37 to 31, declaring (Joy. Johnston en
titled to a seat. During the forenoon the for
ernor came info the Hall, and was cordially
greeted by his friends ; he appeared. however,
to manifest but little interest in the proceed
ings.
The morning session was taken up by the
reading of several reports, none of which par-.
took of a public interest. and in listening to
speeches from various delegates.
A maim is' s&s:stoN.
Council met and opened in the usual form.
After the transaction of some unimportant busi
ness, Brother Small, of York, seconded by
Brother Jefferies, of Chester, offered a resolu
tion to this effect :
Resolved, That this State Grand Council
disapprove and, discountenance all measures
having for their object the abolition of the .se-
Bret fatufe - sof our order.
Scarcely had Secretary Gifford rend this
resolution than a perfect hurricane of hisses,
shouts. beans. &c., broke forth. Every man
jumped to his feet, and such confusion ensued,
as has never been witnessed since the tower of
13atiel was abandoned. Threats wi re made,
oaths were sworn. fists were doubled, yen
feance threatened. and as Cameron, Johnston,
and others
dent pro tern. announced that the Council', pounds! The price obtuined was 87 25, live i
-stood -adjourned '
weight. lie also disposed of a seven months
Thus euded this great 117.10,1 C. of which i have a id , we i g hi ng 540
pounds on foot, at 84 50.
lendeavored to give you an imperfect sketch.
and thus may the same confusion ever attend Adams has by this time got rid of its ancient
Inen, who in nath-bound conclav e s combine to nicknuniv,:•the buckwheat county." and there
rob their fellow-men of their rights and privi- '.are few that have done more to rake the sten
ilegen: but _
lord-of crops-and-cattle• the mon r friend Uieks.
a - D .- There is a decided improvement in the
appearance of the grain and grass fields in this
eoola gill their clory
01 the meart work they rrtwie t
Llbenittnen wonde , eft ;
Contempt tie these leAr re 'mule
*Contempt Ver the whole brlgeste.
umbetioc tees than out hundred."
neighborhood. since` — the late,_rains.__Qf course
fr:7lSever be idle. Li you have nothing else .it is impossible to predict what sort of crops '
to do. trim to and trollop that iellow that' we may have, but. our 'farmers are in much
" Ices face" at Virtir Kigtf`r. j better gpirits than they were some two weeks
..
:or st , .. ago. We hope that they may realize ;
zsDapiel er . * entriagl• as
/Od
St their ettlioxt w ashes, and but only they; Vat the
111MoilieCth BoatetAsil Slant ( 11 4'1 , ter u 0 16? 4 i .;
60 . fartnere tArtry whtre.
ticpubtican
GETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1865.
. .. 1 . ,
-- - ------------L - ------------ - ------- .sjorities last fall. In Columbus - and Cleveland i , ize the Canal Commissioners to re-assess cer-
I:o'We are again under obligations to Hon.
the bigoted and proscript;ve order olily'istd- : mGettysburg in damages on the Extension of ' selling by- the quart, and unconditionally re-
S. L. Russzi.r:. for Congressional documents, • ;ants, eating and oyster-hoes Sand 'groceries
i
ceeded by meager ma orifice. The Deinocra- ; the Pa. Railroad. -
and to Hon. MOSES McCt.EAN, fur Legislative],
tic
~
ship has righted up, and we have every in- ) The bill to alter the charter
its
the Hanover
,:. riably, we believe, granted-about the' first of i
favors. - ' ~ i. peals Tr_easurer's licenses. As, they are invm-
I dication that we will politically sweep • the ; Saving Fund Society, chang e its _name to the ' Zday, none but tavern keepers ixill be
permit.- 1
State in October next ! Speaking - of the re- I Bank of Hanover. and confer upon it the rights ted tosell binder the old law until 'October next..l
frt-VVe invite attention to the advertise-
1 F 4 :FTErre A D
men o
nrother column. Mr. Wtt.sort, the new Prin
ripal,drunci-highly recommended, and will
doubtless give the fullest satisfaction.
O:7lVe have been favored with a beautifully
gotten up Copy of a piece of music, entitled
“The
,College Polka," composed by our towns
man. Prof. J. S. GILLESPIg, for the E. C. C.
Society of, Penusllvania College, and published
by Stiller & Reachatn, Baltimore. _After
hearing it performed by an accomplished pian
ist, an opportunity thus being afforded to ad
mire its beauties, we were impelled to the con
.viction that the Professor is deserving of no
ordinary por.ition among the composers of the
country.
(]'On Wednesday the mercury stood at
130 0 in the shade, and on Thursday at 90; 3 ,
being the warmest April weather we had for
years. Vegetation has been rapidly developed
within a few days.
SNOW IN Arun., —There is still good sleigh.
• ing in some parts of Ne w Hampshire. In the
vicinity of Meredith Bridge there are drifts SIN
or eight feet deep.
Legislature will [host probably ad
journ-about' the Bth of May. Nearly all the
Important billy are . yet to be disposed of.
117141 r. George Elliot will make a Balloon
Ascension at York, un Saturday, the 12th of
May nest.
0 - 7 Court adjourned on Saturday night. The
most Important case disposed of in Common
Pleas was the ejectment snit of SAluust. Lot:nort
Vs. SARAN AMANDA MYTHIC which resulted in a
verdict for defendant. Counsel for plaintiff
filed a motion for new trial.
The case of • o,xecutors of Itivfn Ego vs.
Max. CASIrkLI,--SUMMOtIS in l debt —resulted
in a verdict for plaintiff of $125 50.
FarintAtst TOPPER against the township of
Mountjoy, recovered slfi 00 damages and S
cents costs, for the loss of a cow, by reason of
the insufficiency of a bridge across a tonsil
stream.
In Quarter Sessions, MA - rsn. Slum was con
victed ofselling liquor to minors, and sentenced
to pay a fine of Sl5, $5 to prosecutor, and costs
of prosecution, with 10, days imprisonment in
county jail.
JACOB SrAt.t,satTn plead guilty to a similar
charge - , and . was sentenced to pay a fine of,
$lO, $5 to prosecutor, and costs, with 10 days
imprisenment.•
In the case of r nsmattcx Ib ita. for violation
of same law, the Prosecuting Attorney,.after
developing the testimony, for the Common
wealth,- abandoned the prosecution,' the testi
mony not sustaining the indictment. Verdict
not guilty—prosecutrix to pay costs.
The indictment vs. FRANCIS thutiat on a
similar charge was ignored by the Grand Jury
—County to pay costs.
All the Tavern Licenses applied for. 22 in
number, were granted. A number of appli
cations were withdrawn during the week--
among them Mr. G. W. McClellan's, but he
will continue to entertain the public.
Dreadful Accident.
We ate greatly pained to learn, (as we do
from the Frederick Citizen.) that on Wednesi
day last, a dangerous if not fatal wound was
inflicted on the person of Mr. DA ruin. Wax, by
the accidental discharge of a pistol in the
hands of Mr. HENRY A. H MICR, proprietor of
.the Nagle Hotel, in Emmitsbnrg. The pistol
had just been handed to Mr. Hager, whwwitli
Mr. %Vile and several other vntlemen were
standing in the bar-room of his Hotel, when
the pistol went off—the ball passing through
the neck of Mr. Wile, between the windpipe
and the vertebra of the neck. Mr. Wile was
stall living when
, our,inforniant kit Enimits
burg, but no hopes were entertained of his re
covery from the effects of the wound.
Good Cattle and Good Prices.
." - TnomAs N. Dicks, of Reading township,
recently sold a fat steer, of his own raising.
three .ears old. which weighed on foot 1640
_ 1 ~
Democratic Victories im Ohio. i . Legislative. • 1 Important Correction. .
The spring elections afford the most gratify. i Major Far, of the Senate, and Mr. Skr,L3D, 1 . The Harrisburg Herald calls attention, to an
ins evidence that
. the Democracy are rapidly ( of the House,• have introduced bil!s" for the re- ;important proviso in the new license bill that
regaining, their ascendency in Ohio The fol- peal of the late law, entitled "An act to restrain I
was omitted in the first publication oldie law
lowing cities and large towns have goneagainst ! the sale of-intoxicating liquors." ° - let Harrisburg. and generally throughout the
the - Know Nothings - au& in favor - of the Demo- In the Howie, on the 14th inst., Mr. McCLEAN, • State. -It was added to. the bill's an atr•end
ern CR. by . a decided vote : AKRON. CHILLI. , from the Judicir - ii• - f -- .Corttriiittei; - report - ed -- the trient-in the Senate,-a - nd - -is - in the words :
COTHE, : CUYAHOGA . FALLS, DAYTON, rhill to prevent hawking and peddling without i "Prevititilfurther—Thatso much of any act
NEW RICHMOND, RICHMOND, MEDINA, TOLEDO, ' license in York and Ada ins counties. !or acts of Assembly, as require a license from
I ;
a city or county Treasurer to authorize Me Ital..
SANDUSKY • , HAMILTON, CINCINNATI, /- Mr. Mortals read in place a bill to divorce „
ofspir i i ,,, , ~.;„,,„$ 01 m all liquors, be cal the
and FREMONT. ' Wm. White and Eliza, his wife. - 1 same is hereby repealeci." •
These places gave large Know Nothing ma- , Mr. Mcetaram . read in place a bill to author- 1 This clause refers to the licenses for restatzr-
suit of the election in Dayton, the Empire says:' and privileges of a Bank of issue, coming . up
- i
**The result of the election in this city yes- in thonouse, it was advocated by,Messrs. Mc
terday proves the &nth of what we have all t tneanFree - and McConkey, and passed finally
along - contended for—'that the people can, if ,
they will. defiat the Know ,Nothings at every I by a vote of 32 yeas to 28 nays-
election."rhe,vote yesterday prov:edanother lOn Monday last, Mr. MoCI,FaI.: presented a
declaration which we recently made—'that I petition from twenty-eight citizens of Adams
the bottom had been knocked out of the Knorr county, and a petition from one hundred and
-Nothing Kettle, and that the - institution was, I
at least in Montgomery county, virtually dead.' twenty-five citizens of York County, for s re-
We l presume that all will now agree with us . peal of that part of the Common School lave
on this question. By reference to the returns' which provides for the election of County Su
it will he seen that Know Nothingisin has
. ntendents.
been badly beaten in Dayton. When the P cri
Know. Nothing vote of last fall iS- compared The House has placed finally. acts for the
with the vote of thefew who succeeded yester- ( -relict of Magdalena Hartman, trind * Christina
day, the conviction cannot he resisted, that the I Long. widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary
'order' liss met with a decisive, humiliating
defect *in every ward in - the city. The ex-
vrar--both of Adams county.
ceeding Meagerness of the Knthr-Nothing, ma. On Thursday, Mr. 111ceLP:AN' presented two
jorities fully indicate the pitiable condition of I petitions from 75 citizens of Adams county, for
the organization, and we - now preiltTwith
the certainty which unmistakable signs in
t spire, that a Know Nothing ticket. as such,
will never, be offered to the people of Dayton
I again V!
(rfkletter from Indianapolis• published in
the Washington Olio?), states that the De
mocracy of Indutna`have triumphed over the
Know Nothings in many parts of that State
that went against us in October last.
The, Dubuque (Iowa) Herald annonnces
the triumph-of Democracy_lover,._Know Noth
ingism-in that city. Every candidate-on_lhe
Democratic ticket has been elected.
Gen. W right, democrat, was on Tues
day, elected !Mayor of Hudson, N,1.1.,hy_56
majority, over F. B. Carpenter, Ki - Ni.)thing.
At the recent municipal election in Ha
gerstown, the Know-Nothing ticket was chosen
by an average majority of 100. The telegraph
reported GOO majority—only 50 more than the
whole vote of the town.
Know-Nothing Movements.
The Know-Nothings in 'several States nre
dividing off into several cliques and coteries.
In New York there are three fictions : Ist,
Baker's party, called Hintions ; 2d, the Allen
party, called Originals ; 3d, the Utica organi
zation,•called bogus or Seward Know-Noth
ings. -In Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
New Jersey there are two factions in 'each.
All this is weakening. Unless they unite in
each State, and then in all the States, they will
be demolished by the. Democracy.--N. :lurk
*Herald.
A Just Tribute,
The election in Connecticut presents some
'eurions results, the most remarkable qf Which
is the fidelity with which the Democrats have
adhered to their party. Only about one thou
sand of them are missing, and the Democratic
candidate for Governor leads, although there
is no election by the
,people. Where the
Whigs ond Know Nothings have coalesced on
the,same candidates, they have carried them ;
but where each party has supported its own
candidates, the Democrats f►ave carried tt►eir
full share,—Providence Journal (Whig.)
Ca — lt is said that ex-Governor Johnston
will be the Know Nothing candidate for State
Senator in the Allegheny district ; and that
Mr. Darsie, the present incumbent, will be
the fusion candidate.
HOW NNAL Dow WAS Er.t.rrnii —According
to the Pnrlluud .iirgas, the Assistant Assessors
in thnt city, who were zealous friends of Neal
1)ow, left off the list the names of six or seven
hundred voters known to be opposed - to Dow.
This trick was not discovered till within a day
or two of the election.
Mors t> TEN N Essitx. —The Franklin Review
says the wheat crop in that region of Tennes
see is unusually promising, and the only dan
ger now apprehended to it is that it is growing
so rapidly that the late frosts may injure it. If
not, the crop promises to be a first rate one.
(a - The Westmoreland (Pa.) Republican
speaks in flattering terms of the prospects' of
the grain crop in that county.
WHEAT CROP IN 7IIE WEST.-WC continue to
have the best accounts of the coming whcat
crop. From lowa, Illinois. iViseonsin, Indi
ana and Michigan, all, reports are cheering—
the wheat fields never looked better.
Ttts DROLIGHT ix THE WEST.-Th 6 ITornld,
published at Camden, in the State of Arkan
sas, gives a sad picture of the long continued
and 'desolating drought in that section, which
has never been equalled, at least in the mem
ory of the "oldest inhabitant."
TnF RIGFIT OF SUFFRAGE.—The New York
House of Assembly has adopted a resolution
proposing to amend the constitution so as
to -extend the right rf sriffrage to negroes.
withoutthe property qualification.
consequence. unable to attend the dedication
of the Scott Legion monument at Philadelphia
otahursday, an he had hoped to do.
G: - .7 - On the Bth inst.. 101,428 bushels of grain
were received at St. Louis.
- ENG-AGED-TO &AV EN LA - itinerant
clergyman in Cincinnati has been arrested.
who, it is allep,:ed7ii-iis under engagements of
marriage to eleven different ladies of that city.
C:7'lllr-- steamer-Northern - L - ight - nTriv - ed - at
New York on the 15th, firm Sin Juau, with
t - i 170,900 in specie on freight.
-CO - Ritv strawberries niiw deck. tbi 'Stills of
'he markets at N Orleans.
the repeal of the law creating County Superin
tendents of Common Schools.
?The Annual Exhibition of the Junior
Class of Pennsylvania College came off on
Tuesday evening last, in Christ's Church, - in
presence of a large audience, addresses being
delivered in the following order :
"True Nobility"—by S. Aughey, Jr.,Pattereon. Pa
.
“Tiviieidusil Effort''-G . IV. Leisher. Charnbersburg. Pm.
"trluenee of - eilehealy of Snience"—J. W. 4-.leliweirtz,
Gettysburg. . .
4 •Wane of thee'rescent"—C. P. llubleiiterg, Lancaeter,Pis.
~L oyalty'' I C. Neely, linnterstowa. Pa.
6 .111.3 Man of Om Idea ," -J. S. Cutter.. York, Pa.
p_T L iiiiic men"—W. M. It'eirlinart. 'Lebanon. Pa
"hlysterifrusProvictences ,, ,it. L. Sillbet,Shippousburg,Pic
Pol.mr !,--33. 31. Fiery. Clear4prilig, 31d:
“j ortu of Arc''-- - .A 11". r. Zica.r. Pa.
, tNature-alwaye Active"—tip ..Eichelberger, Charlestown,
Ti
"Claim* of the- Indirma"—Win. fray. York, PA:
‘.l)o•Fpot of - Puldicppi oion."---(1. Long, Newton, T.
"Tito Ilin»ionAryand ti/If Sold
"Final Triumph of American Principlegi--1.1. it. Miller,
l'inegrove. l'a
"Itotroat of the Too Thoasand"-11. W. Kahrig, Greens
burg, Pit.
••Utilitarianiren"—J. Weidman, Lebanon, Pa.
“Pencillings by the Way"-11. ilehring, Tuneytown,
Md.
~ IVonirvl nun aura Vatorl"—F... D. Kramileh, Pugl43*ille,
'Power of Love"--T. W. Do h. Strasbarg ? Va
The music, which was of the first quality,
was furnished by the "Worth Infantry Brass
Band," of York, Pa.
FIRE tx Yonx.—Shortly after 12 o'clock on
Friday morning last, a fire broke out in the
stable of Gen. Jacob Barnitz, in the rear of his
brewery, York, which, with two others ai
joining, was consumed. Gen. B. lost a val
uable horse and cow, with a quantity of hay
and straw. The loss is probably eight hun
dred dollars, but mostly insured. Incendiar
ism.
la — The Occultation of the planet Venus was
witnessed here on Wednesday evening, pre
senting a most beautiful spectacle. Early in
the evening, the new Moon and Venus were
seen ens° together, the moon a little below - .
The eastern motion of the ►noon in its revolu
tions around the earth, was soon apparent, us
it gradually approached the, planet, until the
latter, after appearing for a few moments as a
brilliant spark on the dark edge of the moon,
was shut out altogether from view—appearing,
half an hour afterwards, on the lower side.
Venus is distant froM us, at this time, about
a hundred millions of miles, and the moon on
ly two hundred and forty thousand miles. Of
course, the latter, being the nearest body, and
having to pass in its track round the earth di
rectly in a line with the position occupied
by Venus, would hide the planet just as it
hides the sun when it passeS be tween us and
that body.
TIM RUMORS or WAR WITH SPAIN.—The
Washington Star says there is no.truth in the
New York Post's statement that Secretary
Guthrie has written to a friend or friends in
Kentucky to be cautions, in their business, as
war with Spain ►s inevitable. The statement
that the government is concentrating troops in
Florida is also said to be unfounded. No troolis
have been ordered there since December last, -
when the condition of the Government's Indian
relations in that quarter made it necessary to
add to the number for years kept there, up to
that time, by the addition of two companies of
artillery- Since then, none others have been
ordered to that quarter, nor is there any idea
now entertained of sending more to Florida.
- 'ESTER TTEW - B KT EEN MR. 31 A ACT AND TTlti
SPANISII MI osmat.—The New York Post
professes to have been credibly informed that
immediately, or very soon after intelligence
of the assault made by a Spanish cruiser upon
the El Dorado reached Washington, Mr. Mar
cy had on interview with the Spanish Minis
ter, which resulted in an immediate and un
conditional admission by the latter that his
government has been 'guilty of a trespass upon
our commerce, and a promise to send 'instruc
tions at once to Governor Concha to see that
hereafter no vessels sailing under the Ameri
can flag, however suspicious it may appear,
shall be fired at or
, brought to, unless within
three marine leagues of the shore, which is
the extent of marine jurisdiction conceded to
all nations having a sea exposure. The Post
infers that the instructions of the Minister
have ere this reached General Concha.
r7WH. B. CLAtme, formerly Whig eandi
i date for Governor of Maryland, died suddenly
yesterday week.
__
aa'Two families in Hendricks county, Ind..
engaged in a fight. last week about. sonic landi
in i which one man was killed and half a dozen
others wounded.
GOOD AnvicE.—Thejournals in the %Vest are
all urging the farmers to put in abundant crops
of spring wheat, potatoes. corn, and whatever
aerre as e. substitute for wifiat.
or until their licenses expire. Proprietors of
eating houses, groceries, &c.. cannot F;r' oeure
license until October, as has generally been sup
posed ; and all those taken out, or to take ef
fect; since the passage of the new bill, are ne
cessarily null and vcrid. —Cleanaberstiurg Rep.
Opposition to the Liquor Bill..
Nicw YORK, April 15.—The Leading hotel
proprietors. liquor importers, ttc., held a meet
ing at the Astor House last night, to concert
measures in view of the disastrous effects oI
the liquor taw upon their business. It was
determined to raise a fund to fee the most emi
nent lawyers, and , fully test the constitutional
ity of the law. Over $B,OOO were subscribed
and they adjourned to meet again next week.
Terrible Shipwreck—Five Hundred Lives
Lost.
Bosrox, April 15.—Letters from Sydney
state that a vessel, name unknown, has been
wrecked in Bampton Shoals, and five hundred
Chinese and a portion of the crew lost. Her
captain and eight men only were saved. These
made for Cape Dennis in a boat, but on landing
were attacked by the natives, and tire of them
killed, leaving brit three" survivors out of 550
souls. • •
The Great Four Mile Race at New Orleans.
NEW OuumAtts, April 14.—The question of
superiority between Lexington arid Lecomte
was dicided on Saturday last, by a four.mile.
race over the Metarie Course. New Orleans.
Lexington won in a single heat, nearly
dis
tancing .Lecomte. Time, 7.22 i—ten and a
quarter seconds less than Fashion's time.
Lecointe was withdrawn' after the first heat.
The speculation as regards the time made by
Lexington in his run against time-77.19i—
n0t being equal to Lecomte's-7.26--are now
at an end. Lexington is now. undoubtedly,
the fastest horse in the world. lie and Lecomte
are half brothers, Lexington out of Alice Car
neal, and Lecomte out of Roe!, and both sired
by the famous old Boston, the great competi
tor of Fashion.
TIIE "ELEPHANT" Anour.—P. T. Barnum
has on his farm near Bridgeport, Conn., a large
elephant. - He is said to be very docile, walks
three times as fast R 9 a pair of horses, and
drags a large sub-soil plow, driving it from 16
to 21 inches deep. This same animal was used
in India, to Work on the roads, pile lumber,
&c., and it is said that he don't stick up his
nose at any reasonable work that his present
owner plaCes before him.
BANKING IN PENN:SYLVANIA.—During the
present session of the Pennsylvania legislature,
22 bank bills have been reported in the House,
with an aggregate capital of $4,180,000: and
in the Senate there are 21 similar bills on file,
with a capital of 86,800,000. Besides these
are some 30 other bank charters, it is slid.
with an aggregate capital of 88,525,000 ready
to be introduced. The people of Pennsylva
nia may look out for a financial crisis one of
these days that will cause them to remember
the present legislature with feelings not at all
pleasant.—halt. Sun.
3:7'The high price of breadstufTs and pro
visions !s the subject of universal complaint.
At Boston, Voter sells at wholesale at 40 cents
per pound. and other things in proportion.
'rho New York Courier is of the opinion that
prices live reached their highest point, and
that a decline will soon take place. It bases
its opinion on the fact that there are one million
tive hundred thousand hbls. of flour to come
forward before harvest front the Western States
and the Canadas, which are awaiting the open
ino. of the canals in that State. Fifty thousand
bushels of potatoes are on their way to the
New York market from Nova Scotia, under the
reciprocity law. The crop of Nova Scotia last
year was very large. Free trade has, wjthin
a few weeks, opened this market to consum
ers, and the chances are that a liberal supply
will COMP forward, under the present high pri
ces. At Oswego, N. Y., produce, under the
reciprocity law, is pouring in from Canada.
During three days last week the receipts were
as follows ,-13,467 bhls. flour; 34,345 bit'. -
els of wheat; 85 bushels of potatoes; 235,-
000 feet of lumber and 14 kegs of butter.
DESTRUCTION or ANTs.—A correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger says :
"We give you a sure remedy—procure a
large sponge. wash it well, press it very dry ;
by so doing it will leave the small cells open—
lay it on the shelf where they are most trouble
some, sprinkle line white sugar on the sponge
(lightly over it) two or three times a day,
take a bucket of hot water to where the sponge
is, carefully drop the sponge in the scalding
water, and you will slay them by the thou
sands, and soon rid the house of these trouble
some insects. When you squeeze the sponge,
you will he astonished at the number that
had gone into the cells."
SINGULAR, DEATII. -Mr. Wm. H. Whittaker.
of Cincinnati, while at breakfast on the 13th
inst., eating a piece of bread. swallowed a
h.srd s:tilasumee..--whioh—lodged—near-h . .
stomach. Soon after it created so much pain
that lie took an emetic, and on the nest day
threw the substance up. It proved to be a
piece of shingle nail. about half an inch
which had been broken, and was sharp and
ragged at both ends. It appeared to have been
part of a nail used in securing the hoops of a
flour barrel, which had got into the flour, and
t hew-einto - the bread. - --- Af;er the nail ta me u p
Mr. W. was easy for two or three days. When in
flammation set in, causing his death on Thurs
day week.
Ono-FF:Lt.ows' Cor.t,Eati.—The Grand Lodge
of Oda-Fellows, of Virginia, has adopted the
' Martha \Washington Female College, at A bing
. don. and %%ill take measures to make such
arrangements as will insure to the indigent
daughters of every deceased Odd-fellow the
- UneTrot a 4,,tioct
Correspondence of tLe Baltimore Foe
StiIIIGTON. April }Pill.
Coinmodoie MOOlE4l4'B Cuban instructions—
, Their - .9pproval by -the Whole fabinet—j
Protest Against the Detention or Search of
Our Vessels--Solnevecut -gets of the sort to.
be Punished by Force. • • •
Th e i ns tr o oinns, whatever they are, that
have been - given to Cont. ltllcCatiley, meet witty
the approval, iris said. of the whole Cabinet.,
We may,, therefore, readily believe them to be
jnoicious, and as well calculated to prevent
future aggressions on the part of amebae.
aei
thorities, as to resent them. The most yea
sonable yersion tr the instreetints isthat Com;. —
MeCattley k to convey to the Captain-Gen
eral a protes,ta.sr o tinst the searelt and:detention of
our vessels on the ocean,. and beyourt thektris
diction, of Cuba, on any pretenee a hatever. ,
-He wil7 notify the € . ;+ - tvernor that, it their
acts,. rhea d'eernetf aggressive hy the ease& '
States., ttetrepeated..„oisz,vesseiS si ai 11*1 I ro-
FPCGRI from them. Pf the , protest ' notice
anheetted, the Commodore wilt, upon the.
first reearrenee of the auagression, capture or
sink the- aggres-sirT, vessel' of war. Out mer
chantmen wilt he ratviseat not to notiee then
tract of every Spanish Ship of war. hot to pro
ceed' oa their course,. and', it - the , Spanish ves
sel' of war shalt resort to foree, Commodore.
McCauley wi.iß forthwith engage the Spanish,.
as an enemy. Ft these be the i nstriset i nn& ,'
they are somewhat IfirOire moderate than has
been reported.
Force, ors oar part, is to be need estl'y Pri re
^Para to , future eases, and not for the. parpo set'
of reseirtioo aets that trace been eoramitted.
Pt will he oh4erved, however, that the instruc
tions, though they repire a notice to the Cu
ban auihorities as preliminary to ariattaek on
a Spanish vessel of war, ete not contemplate
any appeal, as heretofore made, to the Roverm
rnent of Spain. The issue is to be made vrithi
he-authorities-oMaha. /ex.
Late and Important frmn Mexico---G'reLt
Succesi of the Revolutionists..
CraRLESTON. April bt.—The Britisfr.steavu-,
er Clyde arrived at ilavana on the Bth inst., is
six days troth Vera Cruz, bringing advice& six
days later thail these by way oi New Orleans.
Everything indicates the speedy IF3YY a Santa
Anna. :Nloreno's - disaffeetion and subsequent
capture and execution were all fabolouS, got up
to entrap Alvarez. -
Cot. Bires vras recently discomfited' at Ca
jores, and his whole regiment dispersed by the
revolutionists ; those attempting to cross Pop=
agango river were drowned.
Governor Nla xi MO Ortez, whilst On the march
fi . orn ltchinean to Tehuantepec, felt into an
ambusade, and his. whole force-of six hundred
_
were nearly annihilated.
The accounts from the South are favorable to
the cause of the Revolutionists. Alvarez is
supreme in Guerrera, and the opinion is tirti.!
versal that Santa Anna will be obliged to fly.
It is also evident that the allied powers have
stimulated the Mexican internal commotions
to brino. Mexico on the other side and identify
her with Cuba.
Horrible Affair.—A _ Family
. of Seven
Persons Murdered
The Wabash (Ind.,) Gazette extra, contains
an account of the discovery of the bodies of a
family of seven persons, near that place, of the
name of Wench. who had been brutally mur
dered.. It appears that the family consisted of
French, his wife, and five 'children. They
were very pour, and lived. in a cabin, and in
September last, another family, of the name, of
Hubbard, went to live with them. During
October, a neighbor pet - weeded to the cabin to
see French. and was told by . the Hubbards that
the family had moved away, and that they had
purchased all their corn, garden produce and
furniture, valued at the aggregate at not over
850. - No suspicion of foul. play was aroused,
until recently, when the Hubbards were arrest.
ed on suspicion of murdering a man named
Boyles. The house was then searched, and a
portion of the groefiul floor dug up, which re- •
stilted in the finding of the body of an infant,
very much decayed. 'The Gazette then, after
referring to the summoning of a coroner's in
quest, says :
"In the presence of a large company they pro
ceeded to examine the place where the infant
had been. discovered, and, horrible to relate,
found seven bodies; consisting of the entire
French family ! Their skulls were all broken
in, and the legs of the old man French and his
wife were broken, so that they could be doubled
up and forced into the hole, which was three or
four feet deep. They were laid in a heap—the •
father and mother at the bottom, and the chil
dren on the top. The babe was about fifteen
months old, and the oldest child about fifteen
yearS old.. There were three' g irls and two
boys. The children were much decayed, but
the parents were stiff sound. and easily recog-.
nized by those who had known them.
There is not the least doubt that the Hub
bards are guilty of this wholesale and—anuf
ing murder. ( lt is almost too horrible for 'be
lief, but the f4cts are as above stated, and the
conclusion is irresistible. The Ilubbards are
all in jail. -There seems to have been no other
motive than the obtaining what few worldly
goods this poor family possessed, which were
not worth over fifty dollars!"
A Husband Poisoned by his Wife.
Mr. Arthur Ragin, a respectable citizen of
Piqua, Ohio, died last week, from the effect.% of
poison, administered by his wife. She has
been-arrested and made a full confession, im
plicating a man named Mowery. She states
that she wrote a letter to - Mowery proposing
that he should persuade Ragin to go out West
with him. awl, while there, he was to get rid
of him by shooting or by poison, and suggest
ing that oyster soop was a good article in which
to put the poison. and that, when the plan had
been fully carried out he was to telegraph her
of Ragin's death, when she would be enabled
to thaw his funeral benefits, (thirty dollars)
from the Temple of Honor and forward it to
Mowery. and then there would be no difficulty
in her joining him and living together. Mow
ery, however, never received the letter, but
subsequently urged her to elope with him,
which she refused. Ile then, she says, urged
her to poison her husband, which she finally
did by putting arsenic in his coffee. Mrs. Rag
in and Mowery have both been committed.—
The parties have heretofore been highly res.
pectable, and strict members of church.
What is a Ton Weight ?-
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recent-
ly decided that according to the laws of this
State a ton weight consisted of 2.000 lbs., and
that a greater number of pounds could not be
tegally_enactedin_purchasing 4, ton nr_acial
withstanding the custom of giving 2,240 in one
part of the state, and 2,268 in another. The
United States District Court at Philadelphia,
on Monday. however, decided in a suit in ad
miralty that the legal weight oia ton of coal
is 2,240 lbs., and that the coal dealers have
no more right to give less than grocers
would have to give less than sixteen ounces
- to_the—pound. As—the_constatution_ of__ the _
United States gives to Congress the power
_
to "fix the standard of weights and measures,"
it is supposed that the act. of 1834, passed by
the .Assembly in Pennsylvania, must yield to
the highest authority, and all the laws of the
State prescribing the size of the yard measure,
the cubic contents of a bushel and of a gallon,
are null and void where they differ from the
I,7nited States standard.
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