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THE COMPILER.
"LIIMILTY, TUE 17NION. AND THE CONSTITUTIoN:P
GETTYSBURG, PE.Y.N" A
Monday Morning, Feb, 16, 1857.
viiirtion. GEO. W. BREWER has our thanks
for legishalso favors.
sEgrNo election for State Treasurer took
place on Tuesday last—the Senate having re
fused to'eoncur in the Houle resolution fixing
that day. The Know, Nothings and Black
Republicans hope to make something by de
-las_-but it is very doubtful now whether an
election will occur at all this session.
sErCommitieas have been appointed by the
Legislature to apportion the State into Sena
torial and ItepreSontative districts. The num
ber of taxable inhabitants in the State, accord
ing to the septennial enumeration made as re
quired by law, is 597,652. Upon this aggre
gate, the Re'presen'tatives will be apportioned
in the ratio of oue to every 5,976 taxables, and
iho Senators in the ratio of one to every
17,000.
Adais haS 5,746 taxables, and Adams and
Franklin combined have 14,127.
Iler•In the Senate, a bill bits been reported
to erect a new county, to be called "3lononga
bela," out of parts of Washington, Fayette
and Westmoreland: also, a bill to erect a new
county,' to, be called —Redstone," out of parts
Washington and Fayette.
314)nday.last, Mr. Musselman read
in place a lull for the relief of Mickley and
Bieseeker, of Adams county..
The votes for Auditor General and
surveyor General were counted"hy the Legis
lature on Wednesday last,.with the following
result.
DITOR GENERAL.
Jacob.Fry,,Jr.,
I)4rwin Phelps,
Fry's majority,
Suitvroron GENERAL.
John Rown,
B; Laporte,
Itowe's majority,
. ,
Sir There • hi just now a swarm of
Know , Nothings and Blank Republicans t.tt
llarrisbtirg, Mancevring' ler a 'fits/on agains't
the Democracy such as they hail last fall. No
u,e-t'uo,honest, unpuoditt.sal4 public will not
m humbugged by the %V ilmut.P, Camerous and
Ji,lickstons, and their' lackeys. -
,gen The Electoral Votes for' President and
Vice President of the United States weie
cuunted in a convention of the two Houses of
Congress, on Wednesday last, and Buchanan
and Breckinridgewere of course found; to have
received a majority over all others, Adi - 4/ to
arose as to the reception of the votes of Wis
consin, (the electors of which State were pre
veined from meeting on the day appointed by
law,) , but both Houses adjourned before a de
cision of question was had.
rfTuplion, Commillce.—The committee in
vesri;;:itiig charges of corruption against Con
gressmen:are preparing to report at au early
liorace Greeley has becu subpccoaed,
and_ was expeeted in Washington during
Jast week. Judge Striker,' of New York, tes;
tilled before the uonunittee : that Greeley re
ceived a draft fora thousand dollars, and
ROrerdy Johnson one fur fifteen hundred, for
i• 4 ervice 0, in, the r D e.S in ic es Railroad
Sittionton.still positively refuses to give the
names of members who applied to him fur
chances to make Money out of legislation.
Dnriug Washington 's administration
three item , States were admitted into the
Union—two slave and one free. And Wash
ington's immediate successors admitted all
that applied, without pausing a moineut to in
-quire, into thesdomestic habits of the people.
It was none of. their business. If such was
the practice of those illustrious patriots, why
should we depart from their path to follow
such creatures as Sumner, Wilson, Giddings,
Parson Beecher and 'the Devil?
Sam. and Sambo.—ln the Legislature of
Ohio it is proposed to disfranchise white men
burn in foreign countries, and enfranchise ne
rowl. This proposition, if it passes, will
be the bond of union between the factions.
rodng Adventurer.—Dr. , ,Elisha Kent Kane,
the Arctic Explorer, who has dune and endur
so much, is not yet quite thirty years of
age.. A short life often occupies a large page
in the world's history.
SirlVe learn from the Fulton Dencorrat
that W:B. Seylar has disposed of his Ponfidl, -
.and Machine Shop at McConuelsburg to ,
42. McNulty.
larThe investigation of the DuTtlell inur-
.d.2.ed is still a mystery, and it remains yet to I of I'.l:ladelphia, in the louse at Harrisburg,
'oe told who were the principal actors iu its i w contested by Gl:u. It. SMITH, KnowNOth
nerpetration. Snodgrass and the two (laugh- i ing. The dark lantern journals talked about
lers of !qrs. Cunningham have heen diseharg- ,:•••,/, , I.s. n n the part of Ramey and his friends
.k - :.1.
,The mother and E c kel arc kept ie cos- ---',tit the ( . ;ommittee of inve•ztigation 'Tat the
Gay, and the esalninatiou is clii-c and th'lr- i t. , liar on the other horse," and report unani
oomc,h„ The testimony f u r Ow pl,,t few days 1 lel aisly in favor of Mr. 11-unsey—blot retains
- . ::=-•-ii.ls-rather beßrily_against-EiLk el i Itis-seat,-of-teurse.
—The Legislature of Ohio has repeale.l ti; 4 l7-A. mother and four daughters, all of
the prohibitory lisuor law, but unt l no ne..c i whom reside in Northampton, Massachusetts,
• .4etment, .80 that that State I.s %irtuolls have, collectively, approached the altar of
•••,t ;mat any liquor law. Ilvmen seventeen times. The mother has
tia , l tou,r liustands, one of her daugitten fuur
12 alter Unaninuf.x.--Uhe ofrioial vwe of 1 ~
i ara., the others three (Inch. -
:.;'. Paso county, Texa , :, 'is given ;,..- P 122, ; .
.
.'.+riltabaufm4 Re Fiiku ore , u0u1.., 1, 4 - 1 , . ,—.4l,.nat , p - - - pe - -(1,,r. Marry rcill take u p lii : , re.lN'nee
120144 i ii.).
.1V a d Ai aztuu.
212,608
2N,319
3,299
212,68,5
209,03:3
3,652
RPM
int eol
Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet.
The Washington ('noun of Thursday week
says :—We have no intention of indulging ie
any conjectures Or speculations as to the prole.
able composition of Mr. Buchanan's cabinet,
nor of engaging in an y discursibn Its to, the
claimti of sections or states, or of the qualifi
cations of individuals fier cabinet appoint
ments. Our object is to express the convic
tion we feel, that when the cabinet is announc
ed it will command the public confidence, and
be regarded as a sure,indication of the wise
discrimination and , the enlightened patriotism
with which Mr. Buchanan has taken the first
great step in his administration. We believe
it is, generally known that one of the objects
of his late visit to Washington was to lend a
willing car to all the suggestions and views
which any of-his political friends might choose
to make. We believe that it is now still bet
ter known that he proved himself a must pa
tient and discreet listener, whilst he 'not only
kept his - counsels, but kept his. mind open to
be profited by all that he might hear. Our
confidence in his fitness for the responsible
duties of his position is greatly increased by
the fact that whilst Mr. Buchanan was acces
sible to • all, listened to all, responded frank
ly to all, yet that he left without having
dropped a single remark which was inconsist
ent with his avowed purpose to reserve his
mind uncommitted until he has acquired all
the information within his reach. We doubt
not that ho has obtained the information he
desired, and the result will be the formation
of n cabinet which will rally to his support
the cordial and united approval of the nation
al men throughout the country. Specula
tions as to individuals who° may compose it
arc naturally made, but no one can de more
than speculate. We are content to await the
announcement, and to look for it with the
most perfect assurance thnt the cabinet will he
such us to , vindicate the wisdom of the
people in placing Mr. Buchanan, in the Exec
utive chair."
Revenue Corn missionerir.
The Revenue Commissioners Met in the
Supreme Court room at Harrisburg onWed nes-,
day . last: The following gontlemoncompose
the Board :
1. Alex. Cummings, Philadelphia.
2. Joseph Konigniacher, Lancaster.
3. Jacob' Erdman, Lehigh.
4. John S. Mann, Potter.
Rohert C. Walker, Allegheny.
6. .1. M. Sterritf, Erie.
0. Robert Kelley, Perry.
]O. 'Wilson Todd, Armstrong.
11. Ilendriek B. Wright,. I.nzerne.
12. Isam: Mumma. Dauphin.
13. D. 1). 'Warner, Susmehann..
15. Win. Darlington, Ch a
Chester.
It;: Wm. T. Dougherty, Bedford.
17. WM. lienrv. Beaver. ,
18.
.Edwin C.' Venango.
19. Henry Reily, Adams.
20. James Turner, Mifflin.
22. Jackson Woodw.trd, Wayne.
23. S. L. Young..Berks. ,
24. Alex. C.-Mullen, Cumhrin.
25. G. B. (1'4mill:11141er, Clearfield. ' '
26. John M'Reynolds, Columbia.
If - rong..---We notice that the Committee on
Mileage in the Ilonso, have agreed unani
mously upon a bill fixing the penalty of vol
untary-Absence by n member of Congress at
$25 A duty., "If the object, is to facilitate, the
business CongresS assembles to transact, this`
bill is, wrong. The bill should give a pre
mium of $25 for 'absence, by which means the
speculators, who "are generally Republicans,
would be kept away from the House, and the
honest and patriotic members left to transact
their business unmolested, and when done, to
Inljonin and go home. By this means the
country would gain, not only pecuniarily, but
in the character of the laws enacted.
fte"According to a correspondent of the
New York Herald, the following projects are
now pending before Congress : Pneilie H. lt.
(P 20,000,000 acres,)slso,ooo,ooo; other State
and Territorial railroads, $20„000,000 ; return
of iron duties, $1,000,000 ; Chafree, Hayward
& W. - todward, potent-
,extension, $500,000:
Hudson's Bay and Puget's &mind Companies'
possessory rights, $1,000,000 ; private land
claims in California, $3,000,000; bounties to
speculators in claims of Revolutionary officers
and soldiers, $°,500,000; French spoliation
claims, $5,000,000 ;Huterest on the same,
$15,000,000; miseethinedus, $ . 10,0110,000.—'
Total, $2.11,000,000. ,
IMIMEI
Her Jewels.—lt is stated - that when John
Bigler, late Governor of California and brother
of Senator Bigler of- this State, was a member
of the California Legislature, his wife wash
ed the clothes of sonic of the members for so
much a dozen: Her industry and frugality,
and her husband's talents and honesty, in
due time brought them wealth and distinc
tion. A proud dame of Add, when asked for
her jewels, pointed to her children. If John
Bigler shouldwa be asked for his jewels, lot
him point to his wife ; mid if she should ever
be asked for hers, let her hold up her hands.
re*The' Uaioa says: "There is one thing
not to he forgotten—if under the operation of
the laws, Kansas is a free State, it will dem
onstrate the folly and wickedness of the see
tiole:l agitation which has endangered the
pearfs of the country over since the passage
of the Kansas law."
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Singular Suicide.
A lamentable affair occurr e d near Emigs
ville, in 'York ,eounty, a shosi titb4 ag9;• It
seems (ea's the;York Pennsylvanian) that a
young inn had:leen paying his;nddrespes ter
,a lady whos ' he desired to mar but 'could
not gain di% consent of his stiother. On the
day referred to ho again asked his mother
whether she would consent to the match, but
he received a negative reply. He then left
her ; and when night came on he appeared
not at his home. Much anxiety was Manifest
ed about, his: absence. Pie' „next day the
lover'il brother was returning horn° from the
West, and on passing p,hrougb a wood near
the house, discovered the corise ,, of a maii...c-
Frightelied at the sight; he still approached - the
dead body; and on coming near it discovered
it to be his own brother. His feelings may be
better imagined than described. The an
nouncement of the melancholy suicide drove
the mother frantic. She has lost her reason.
Run on the MontiOtheit
NottutsrowN, Feb.lo, 9 A. M —Considera
ble exciten , ent exists here on account of a run
On the "Montgomery County Bank." It com
menced yesterday. All the afternoon there
was quite a crowd about the Bank, which was
kept open till 8 o'clock, and was busy paying
demands. Many causes are assigned for the
commencement of this run, but what the true
one is I cannot say.
This morning the bank was opened. earlier
than usual, and the run' again commenced,
which promises to be more exciting. then it
was yesterday.
Serious C/surge.--LANCASTER, Pa.. Feb. 12.
—B. C. Bachman, late president of the Lan
castor Bunk, was arrested this afternoon on
the charge of an emhezzlemant of the funds
of the bank, and held to bail in the sum of
$12,000.
Fuka Explosion—Seven Lime bat —B v
}vox), ,Fell. .—The boilor by which the
pumps wore driven on a section of the canal
enlarge►vent, near the Bleak Rock dam.'ex
ploded this aftiirnoon, demolishing the build
ing, and killing John Slaughter, dm engineer;
John Rider, the fireman, and fire laborers at
work on the canal near' by. Several others
were ,seriously injured.
The Approaching Inauguration.
In another part of the paper this morning
will be found the prof.tramme of Col. Seidel',
the marshal-in . -chief, 'ln relation to the civic
and military procession,
the
is to precede
the inauguration of the President elect of
the iTtiite,l States ea the 4th of March next.
His arrangements appear to be of such. a
character as will render the public demonstra
tion on this interesting occasion particularly,
imposing. '
It will also he seen thnt the inauguration
ceremimies will he_followed, as usunl; in the
evening, by a grand ball; and from' the note
of preparation we may safely add, that it
promises to exceed, , in the essential elements
of numbers, brilliancy-, and possibly expense,
anything in-the shape - of a politico-festive
gathering that has ever token place in this
country. No saloon in this city being 811E1 7
ciently .large to accommodate 'all who have
Manifested a desire to attend the' approaching
inauguration ball, contruct4 have been 'enter
ed into for the erection of n temporary build
ing on Judiciary Square: and su 'liberal and
judicious are the plans adopted by the com
mittee of arrangements.: that the citizens of
Washington, as wellas the more distant pub-:
lie, may rest assured that no difficulty') need
be anticipated 'in regard to sitting, standing
or dancing room. The main building, now in
,coarse of erection, will he twenty-two feet
high, - two hundred and thirty-five feet in
depth, by fifty-six feet in width. The supper
room adjoining is to lie two hundred and thir
ty-five feet in length and twenty-one feet in
breadth—affording ample ream, it is believed.
for the accommodation of four thousand ladies
and gentlemen. The main building will ho
lighted by six hundred 'gas burners; and as
no expense will be spired in its' decorations,'
we may reasonably expect a coup d'a , it Buell
as is nut often witnessed, at least on this side
of the Atlantic. The expense of the whole
affair, including a supper, which, no doubt,
will he served in Gail tier's , best style, is put
down at fifteen thousand dollars, and from the
length of the subscription list in the city of
Washington. as well as from the desire now
manifested by the citizens of Georgetown,
Alexandria, kielimond, BaltiMore,
and New York to swell that list, the re
ceipts promise to be more than sufficient to
cover all expenses, high as they have been es
timated.
It should hot are forgotten' that the inaugu
ration ceremonies and festivities thus briefly
alluded to will be inaugurated by a grand ball
at Carusi'm Saloon the evening of the 3d of
March. This bull is given by the Twelfth
Ward Democratic Club of Philadelphia, and'
promises to be a most brilliant affair. The
, President elect has signified his intention to
attend, and we presume the - Vice President
1 elect will also be present.—Washington 11:-
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num.
Prow the York Gasette
The Traitor's Reward.
• - DlLLsounc, York county, 1'
February 4, 1857: f
Missßs. EDITORS last Saturday even
ing, the TRAITOR Manear passed through
this borough on his way home, being the first
time ho has done so since he consummated
that villainous, treacherous and disgraceful
act of betraying the Democratic party, by
selling himself to the Black Republicans and
voting for the apostate Simon Cameron. Be
ing conscious that he deserved the wrath Of
an outraged and indignant constituency, he
brought with him a Man named Goodall, who
is said to stay about Harrisburg, as a kind Of
"life guard,' ; to protect his person 'from the
violence which he 166- he deserved at the
hands ota betrayed constituency. 'He' made
a brief sta• at - Underwood's tavern (Intim,
time he was frequently saluted with
nlluzza - for the traitor,", "Down with Ma
near," Szc. When they left the tavern, they
had gone but a few yards before they receiv
ed a ilit,wer of EGGS from the hands of the
bystanders, which was repeated at various
points atom , the street. Ile passed through
the town the next day on his return to Har
risburg; he made no step but slunk along like
a nasty dog when egteght tilling_sh_e_ep—
' "SPECTATOR."
i "Lore teas Once a Little Bay."—A matrimo
.nial alliance of an uncommon character has
lately been effected in Fluranna county, Va.
Mr. Robert Gray, ("Auld Robin !") the gal
lant, groom, is 95 years of age, and the late
, Mrs. Catharine Reilly, (now Mrs. Gray,) 92
1 ,
year of age.
sari' e, salary of the 11 tyor of Philadelphia
Y6u rm,
PEW AND SCISSORS.
;,... Theo. Clarke, of ,Matton couaty, Ky.,
etrui*iPatelil by hid will thirty 81nree.
" • Scarlet fever im still very fatal in'' DOS
tOni The si-erd 30 deaths frcifro it,iiist week.
~/,'.. A ~ , Orliito ittad, the firet 'of •t4te +son,
sold at Wilmington, N. C., on Tuesday, at
$3.
Mr. de Stoeckl, the Russian charge
d'nffaires: at Washington, has been raised to
the rank of full minister.--
—Two hundred persona are said to have
beim frtieti to death hi the United Stateadttr
ing the present winter.
.LTlrere are ip the State; aceordiug to the
rethine, 7R7 deaf and
,ittimb,and ;TO,
blind persons. One slave is returned from
Lancaster county.
.. —The committee on the Militia System in
the Legislature have authorized the call of a
Military Convention, to assemble in Ilarris•'
burg on the 26th inst.
There in every reason-to believe that
Spain will immediately proceed to invade
Mexico, in consequence of the inhuman treat
ment of Spaniards there.
. , Counterfeit, $5O bills, on the Bank of
Georgie, and $lO bills on the Bank of George
town, S. C., aro in circulation.
A counterfeit $2O note on the Bank or
Kentucky has made its appearance. It is an
exact copy of the :genuine plate, but is very
carelessly executed.
. ....The Ilarrisblirg Ileralil says that bogus
ten cent pieces, well executed, are in circula
tion in that town.
....The following is the average value of
the worn Spanish coin at the - United States
taint in Philadelphia: Quarters, 2. cents ;
eighths or levies, 10 9-10 cents; sixteenths
or fips; (ii - cents,
....Catwhalbiandy, made at Cincinnati,
Ohio, has recently been purchased, it is said,
at $5 per,grdlon for exportnti on to France, for
the purpose of flavoring gireign liquors, -
.It is stated that a Russian agent is on
a visit , to this country to examine our must
approved sub-marine diving apparatus, with
a view to its employment in re-buibling Se
bastopol and raising thu hulks sunk in the
harbor..
....:1 new tunneling machine haq been put
in operation On the east side of the fr 00.44;
tunnel. It weighs 40 tons. and its Imilder
predietß that it will work through at the rate
of 50 feet per day.
...Ale Louisville Journal states that it is
estimoted that 'upwards •of WO young hugs
have perished from c3ltl in the northern part.
of Kentucky 'during the present wieter. 2 ---a loss
that will seriously affect the hog crop of 1R57,
partintarly if the same unfortunate result has
'occurred. in other sections.
... I Later advice~ from. China state that the
Chinese authorities , continuing obstinate, the
British bad taken and destroyed the "French
Fully F 01.," and i,‘'•ere bombarding Cantiiii.
.... Mr. lluchanan.—The Wrightsville
Star states that the President elect "footed
that part of his journey from that town to
Lancaster on his return frOm Washington on
Tuesday week.
•
t letter from Sebastopol states that the
city is gradually,' beiloning re-peopled,' It
now , contains about 7,000 inhabitants Ka!
miesch 2,000. .
....It is stated that Col. John Preston, of
Louisiana, has lately made i3:160,000 from one
senr's crop of Molasses - Itt 60eents per gallon.
....The old York County Prison was sold
on the evening of the3lst.ult., fo Mr. Chris
tian S. Gerber, of Dover township, fur the sum
of $3,510.
--Letters received from Kansas say that
the' oint committee of both Houses of the
Territorial Legislature have repo-and-4m favor
of taking a census, preparatory to a Conven
tion for a State Constitution. '
....It is statel by the Niagara Falls Ga
zette, that an unusual number of persons are
making preparations to be present at the in
auguration of Mr. 13nehanan.
The Cmnherland Valley Bridge has not
been. carried away. Several of the piers were
injured, but not materially. The ice on the
railroad between Harrisburg and Middletown
has been removed.
....Columbia bridge has been- injured, but
not seriously. A great deal of property along
the river has been destroyed.
....The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge,.
crossing the juniata near Birmingham, has
been washed away, but it will not interfere
materially with the travel on the road.
• .... the Peach Buds.—Most of the peach
buds on the low grounils within a few miles
of the city were killed by the severe'w,'atTi
of last month, while those on the high gi\mndS
ten to fifteen miles distant, have in a meast.,..to
escaped, In that favored locality, Pewee
Valley, the fruit has entirely escaped injury
—Louisville Cour.
They are designing to build
,new_lio
tel at S. Paul, Minnesota, which Will cost
$150,000. Within 24 hours after the subject
was broached $30,000 were pledged as a bonus
to the builders.
A. New Idea.—The Illinois Central
Railroad Company has appointed a clergyman
as superintendent of "truck literature," to
suppress all magazines, newspapers and
books I I •
of removing the ru )his i to extricate those
beneath progressed so rapidly that in less
than three hours the whole was accomplished.
Two bodies only were exhumed, both ufwhom
were discovered to have perished hy . the fire.
Their faces wereturned off. They were both
German tailors, and were named dohn Jordan
and Fred. Tehotter.
Edwin Cassady was in the barber-shop get
one reauy-maae Barmen - orscond. lin.'".., hayed at the time of - the neeideat,and
hand. was the first person,extricated. One leg and
VtirOn Saturday Noah D. Taylor. a young
arm wore broken, and he was otherwise seri
ously injured. Mr. Theodapin as a l s o
man about 23 years of ago, residing. in :Jersey gettnag.shaved at the same ore
time P . and e w seaped
City, drew a prize out of the Delaware Con- with a severe cut . on the head. Frank R ,bi
solidated Lottery which, less the discount, deau and Thomas Burch. two of the barbers,
amounts to $59,500, payable in forty days. were pretty badly wounded on the head and
We have no doubt this item which we find face.
coating About in our exchanges, will indnee
many a goose to invest his hard earnings in
I The remains of the Hen. Preston S.
Brooks, of South Carolina, reached Richmond,
Va., on Tuesday evening, in charge of a com
mittee of gentlemen from Mr. Brooks' con
gressional district.
Novel Charitable .Project.--A concert has
been originated in Cincinnati for the relief
of the poor, to which the price of admission is
- either nay
lfittery tickets 111111 :11• 4 0 that Noad 1). Tay
lor will uvt bt wurtli a eviliJr in five year;,
More of the Freshets. Mr. Buchapin• and Senator Bigler.
Csircu:o, Feb. 10.—The'frestlet ceesequent I Some of the opposition papers are /abusing
upowthe recent thaw has,dene immense dard, bard to create an impression On the public
age T in Os railreads, thilt the President elect and Senator
telegraph wit•es. •&e,' (in Friday, at:l:Bigler are not on the most friendly terms,
Autitra. tWO bridgeA, saw mill, planing and that,t therefore, the former was anxious
'esixris.ge fnetiiry asid,larga'quantities of bun-for iljorney's election, so that be might
beer:were sweptlt' s itVievred that severt4) havg ene.„,:reliable friend from Pennsylvania
livea.bitve been lost. in thiNSenate. "TM 'vile insinuation or false-
The Reek Island Railroad bride.° and the ' hood is 'elaborated upon by the liar! isburg
Merrls bridge are gene. - Also th e Mi c higan Telegraph, of the 2d inst., and it is dished up
Central Railroad bridge at Ypsilanti and the with -die sliest and most reckless assevera
bride(' at Niles, nigether with several over thins against the course of Senator Bigler
the St. Joseph's and Kalamazoo rivers. i w hil s t Governor of the Commonwealth.
Both branches of the Chicago river rose . Now, we do not like to spoil the ealcula
several feet,on ; The setithern Dor:- .tions orP9,r opponents. especially as,
time: thk city aro submerged. but the river with them, in this case, the "wish 4s father
i s f a lli ng. Th e d amage d o ne to the to the thought," but yet, we consider it our
Chien , so;Burlingten and Quincy Railroads is duty to say that there is net,e word of truth,
esti nuited at - F.410,1a in the entire allegation of-the Telegraph and
Roenrsrta. Feli.'lo.=l. Periling n.601441 . 1;0 other filtr.k-Reptibliean irsetaels, The Pried
oecurred on the Genesee river. in which seve- dent elect and,S,enater, Bigler are on friendly
rat bridges arid buildings were carried over terms. sociallyand politically, aril w e 'k n ow
the falls. Only one bridge is now remaining that the former has entireconlidence in tho
in the centre of the city, and pedestrians are latter, and relies implicitly upon him for a
using the canal aquedttet. warm and able support of his administration.
Amitsy, Feb. lit, P. M.—The water reeerl- The assertion of the opposition press is
based upon the assumption that if :Mr. till
ed considerably last !del-ILI - nit it, still high.
No mail has been received by the Hudson chanan had one friend in the Senate, he
River Railroad. It is reported that two fami. should not have sought to have' another—
lie4 on the island opposite the eityliave pci'- that because he was anxious for•the election_
fished . o f a good man, therefore he concluded'that
St. Jelin's church, in tills city, is badly there are no good men in the Senate now.--
dnueesed, the pews having been ripped Up by 'This ridiculous twaddle will . disturlyne one,
the water
,and otherwise-injured. The object is to sow discord in the Democra-
There is much sufrerint front a want of tie ranks —hut they will fail in this., Mr.
drinking water; All the. pipes in that part of 'Buchanan has the fullest confidence in-sSona-s..
the city are either frozen or submerged._ for Bigler, and this feeling is fully recipro.
Large quantities of grain sterol] in the second eated by the latter.' We
. a,ye t willing that
stories of warehouses were flooded. State- time shall test the truth or falsity of our pre
street bridge . has been raised several feet diction.--Luncasler Intelliymeer.
above the iron oulunins.
The relief Committee are'itetively engaged] Election of Two: United States . Senators•
in striving to alleviate the wants of the desti- in Indiana.
tote, and soup hoirses have been opened _near ' The Legislature of Indiana, says the Cinein
the floi sled districts. nati Enetarer, has elected Messrs. Bright' and
llsvite-ns-OriAcE, Md.. Feb. 10.:—The Sus- Fitch, Democrats, to the United Stateg,,Senitte
quehanna. river.nt ,this point presents this —the latter for four years, and the foriner.for
morning a majestic but destruetive spectacle. the full term of six years, commencing on the
A large portion of the Port Deposit bridge 4th of March next. Despite all the efforts of
p as s e d down
. this t eem fa
earning, showing that the , tionists to prevent an election, a netier
above this place great it:image has• been dune. its of both lb.uses were present in the joint
.
meeting. viz : twenty-six Senators out of fifty;
and sixty-two Representatives fiat of one hun
dred.
- In the lowa ease; which was desidedagaiest
Mr. Ilaylan, a majerity of the Senators were
not present, and that, in th'opinion of the
United States Senate, -vitiated tthe electiori.
The objection - cannot be urged against the
United States Senators elect from Indiana..
This tri en - Ai—which has been desperately
emitested—will be hailed with gratification nil
over the Union. • The. Democratic star in Indi
ana is still in the ascendant! Of the Senators
themselves we need not speak . ---they are
known to the country as able Democrats and
Statesmea„
The Coinage. 3341.
There seems to ililVe been an unnecessary
panic amongst the people in l'0:43111 to the
effect o f tile new coinatte bill before G.ngress,
and speculators will had a pause in their f.aro
gress if the House should concur, ns.doubt
less it will, in the amondinentitdopted by the
Senate on Thursday: That amendment pro-.
vides that for the space . of two years it shall
he lawful to pay out at the Mint the new
vents authorized to be coined for the fraction
al parts of the dollar• at their nominal value of
twenty-five cents, twelve-and-a-half, &c. It
has been ascertained that the Spanish coins
which arc not (leaved or clipped are in reality
worth something more than the Ame:icitii .
The obieot seems to be to drive m , ~f circu
lation the smooth light pieces so common in
small dealings, but it is wisely concluded that
in doing this there is no necessity for a Fol
den movement, which can only enure to the
benefit of speculators. - Ad vintages in the
t•tiluie of the cireulatotg medium should be
made with proper deliberation, and this seems
to be the course prescrilHl by the, bill, as
amended, nod now pendin • 'n the House of
Representative , .—.\ - 01. bildligoierr.
A New Excitementin Prospect.
Blirning the Driol.—An eminent New York
physician has, according to the Buffalo Re
public, written an elaborate work in favor of
the practice of horning the dead, which is to be
published after his - ,own death.
By his *ill he directs his mortal remains to
be kept, for live days in a warm . .roont ; the
thorax then to ho opened, and the heart ex
tracted, which is to be embalmed and enclos•-
0.1 in a thick vellum Imo', strongly itnpregini
ted with asphaltum : the remainder of - his
body then• to he publicly burnt on a pyre
of sassafras or sandal wood, in o n e o f th - i+
public,:cemeteries—the itStIOR carefully gather
ed and deposite.l with.the embalmed heart in
a bronze urn. Five copies of the leading daily
city p spurs. containinL7 an account of the
whole proceedinw, are likewisedireetel to be
deposited in the urn, which is then to be her
metietlly sealed mat taken to the New York
Museum.
In the mid-It of the excitement created by
these proceedings the work is to he published.
For itscircitlatiort $lO,OOO , are appropriated,
$lO,OOO m•tre for distribution among the city
officials and le-olity , pofiticians or all parties,
- who at.? to receive from $25 to .i;700 each Inr
assisting in the eere•l‘ony, and $lO,OOO mere
fr the. editorial fraternity* to be divided pro
rata, attoording to their influence.
Shottl•l anything occur t a prevent the due
exec-talon 'tithe will, the bulk of his property
is to be at once transferred to a eharttable in
stitution in Philadelphia. The Republic has
these facts from the attorney „ ho drew up the
will. lie estimates the property at $200,000.
Pa - U of a House in St. Louis.
Three Persuns Killed and Sereral Woundrd.
—The St. Louis, Ilepuhliean of Saturday last
hai the following account of a dimuressing ac
cident in, that city :
Most of our citizens are acquainted with a
block of two story houses on Chesnut street,
just below Fourth, in one . of which was for
merly,- the noted barber shop and baths of the
Clatnorgans. About two o'clock yesterday
afternoon the whole block fell in simultane
ously, without premonition of any
In the various establishments in the first
story were the proprietors, their employees,
And in some instances, their customers. In
I he. upper rooms were lodgers, and persons
having offices there. In all there were about
twenty-five to thirty persons in the three
buildings that fell; only two of whom were
killed. The third was Maj. Wm. Gardner. a
wealthy firmer of this county, aged about 73
years, who was pas Sing through the alley by
the south side of the building_wiren_it-feli..
Some one called to him to warn him of his
danger, when the building was seen to be
filling, hut he only had time to throw up his
hands befitre the whole broadside of the house
fell upon him; burring him beneath a mass of
ruins several feet deep.
In a few minutes after the crash the ruins
were discovered to he on fire, and before an
etwine could be got to work the flames were
roaring like a furnace. By the almost super
human exertions of the firemen and other eiti
o
gpEsinA yi,ung la4v who AVaS 111'C1 to .Stlid •
French, replie(l. dint she thuug;it um; tongue
sufficient, fur r.ny wumau.
I=MII=IIIMI
•
• The Citalce. , Clan-mfr.—They bare a man in
California who is a martel among snakes.
The Alta' Calif Fay's:
It w„sirth while let our readers to look
in and judge tier themselvos his,oninipoten t
power over the fiercest and most verminous of
reptiles. His handling of his' 4 .pets," as ho
styles them, cannot fail tivconvinee,thenioo
skeptical that he eertainly p(issesses a won
derful power over the serpent species, and the
manner in which he treats. the imisomais rep-
Wes shows that he is. as fearless as the ani
mals are timid. On yesterday, while witness
in t; his hold performance, tiro 'Haired that he
placed in his bosom three rattltnakes.' Af
terward he kissed the months of the rattle
snakes, pinching them meanwhile, :end by
every means exciting them to resistance.—
Rut the subtle snakes would eraii•l up his fair,
and wind themselves most offectiormtely a
round his neck, but make not the slightest of
fensive demonstration.
en. While Rev. E. 11. Havens, a Itesfrodist.
tninkfer, of titeuben, N. Y., was making tu
- I)alsam in which turpentine was used, an ex
plosion took place, scattering the hurnite*
fluid over himself, Ins - wile:llA three children,
amt—tiring the room. and Mrs: I laver's , .
and two children were injured so Entlly that
they died the same day. They'. leave two
children who were at school at the time of the
ureic lent.
KAEZI ED:
On Thursday, the stl inst., at Conowago•
Chur"h. by the Itev. Thomas Lilly, Mr. -HAIN
L..JF KINS to Miss JA NE F., eldest daug.hter
{4 len ry Roily, Esq., an of Mount plien , nnt rsvp.
On the sth inst., Tic the Rev. 'Mr. Van
Wyek, Mr. JOI IN I tiVIN, of Cumberland
township, tf , MISS SA RAH, daughter of Capt.
Viotur 3ld Ih &my, of Fran kli,n township.
On the Cith inst., in this imrotagli. by Oen.
Arnold. Fs q_, Mr. Awe COLLISON to 3.1b.3
RF,REVCA SNYDER both (A -Franklin
township.
On the 29th ult.. by 'the Rev. er.Rqtb. Mr.'
JEREMIA nom to. Miss ELIZA ANN
DEARDORFF—both of Butler township_
On the I•2th inst.. by the Rev. jaeohZi.;gler,
JOHN' MICKLEY, Esq... of Ilamiltonban
township, to Miss HARRIET HEiNTIEL
MAN, of Cumberland township.
DIED :
Very suddenly, of apoplexy, at Papertown,
on Friday week, Mr. JONATHAN I‘TILLEIt,
of llnatington township, aged about GO years.:
On the 2d inst., Mr. HENRY STAM
BACH, of Huntington township, aged 43:
years and-24 tiari.
On Thursday week, in Oxford tOWnship,,
Mr. ELIAS°. LYNCH, (hlln 1)f jOhlt- Lynch,
Esq.,) aged 24 years 11 months and 25 days.
On the 22(1 ult., Mr. I.4EORGE BOLION, of
Menallen township, aged 63 years_
On the 4th inst., at his residence near
Grindstone Hill, Franklin county,. Mr..lolEst
ESSICK, (formerly of this county,) aged 7I
years 7 months and 26 days.
List_of 'Letters
DEMAINING in the Post Office, at Gettysi.
It burg, Feb . . 14, 1857.
Baker Miss Eliza Meilheny Miss Mary E.
Bailey Mrs. Nancy B. Metz Jacob
Bailey Mrs. Nancy Miller Col. John or
Barber John Caps. James White.
Berner 51rs. Mary Moritz Carrie F.
Brian Mrs. Hannah Musser George.
Brown Mrs. Sarah - Norris Susan C.
Butler Daniel Philips Rev. Samuel
Diehl Daniel Reiline , Valentine 2 •
Forney Hannah E. •
Prow Archibald
Goldsmith M. •
Green Win.
Herman Marg. Ann
Hamer Margaret Ann
Hussler Henry 11.
Irvin Joseph
Johnson J. R. M.
Kepner Joseph
Kerrigan Andrew
King. William
Kloepper Adolph
Libman John D., of
C.
Linarl Peter
Little Sainifel W.
Ling Heury
Lover Henry
WM. GILLESPIE, P. Iy,
Tersom: Calling for Letter, in the abuse
Libt will pivast; bay they wort: ailvcriabcci.
orne it •
Rier Chistopher
Riser Mrs. Margaret
Russell Nathaniel
Sell „Henry
Sell Miss Eliza
Sineak John
Scott Mrs. Jane
Scott Abraham V.
Slyder James
Stratey - :A bra ham
Stratton Joseph B.
Stokes Mrs. Mary
Tawnev D. AI .•:t .
Thompson Mrs. Jane
Trostle Peter, Jr.
Wible Mrs. Julia
Wies Myer G.
Woolf Jacob.