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THE COMPILER.
841,Ar3ERTI% VI!? VNION, AND THZ COtiz•TITUTION."
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Noniay Morning, March 2, 1857.
SfelVe are intlobto , l to Iron. I), F. Boni
through the lianil3 of Ifon. J. B. DANsr.a, for
copy cf the Agricultural volunw Of the Pateot
Office Rcroirt 1.855.
Dar The Democratic: State Convention for
the 'nominatin of candidates for Governor.
Canal Commissioner, and Judge of the Su
preme Court, will assemble at Harrisburg
to -day.
Ver'On Wednestlay next—the 4th of March
—the inauguration of President Buen.txAx
will take place. Thousands upon thousands
of strangers from all quarters of the Union
are expected to be present in WaShington on
the occasion. During the week past, the
trains thitherward have been crowded—and
this day and to-morrow Will add not a few to
the number already there. Truly. the sight
on Wednesday will ba a grand one.
Jaq" . "ltlr. Buchnzan will go on to Washing.
ton this wornivg—via York, and Baltimore.
,(tear On the 21st ult,, without waste of
thee and words, the House confirmed Mr.
Whitfield in his seat . fis the Delegate from
lianso.s.
girit an election in Yrederick, 31d., on
Monday,the Democrats elected four and the
Know Nothings three members of- Common
Council
fir The York Fur,naCe Bridge ,4in'cross the
-4, \s,
Susqueliannariver,was entirely swept aw4y by
the freshet which occurred hi the beginning of
last month.
S. 11. Keys, late editor of the
.Tyronc Era, and formerly a prominent Know
Nothingleacher, has been tried and convicted
Ly the Blair County Court of assault and bat
tery. upou a young girl only . 12 years of age,
at Tyrime, and sentenced, to * three months
confinement is the county prison, and to pay
n fine and costs of prosecution,—lla was also
indicted for as attempt to commit rape, but
the jury found a. verdict on the first charges
only;
Amusing.—,-Upen. the assembling of the
Legislature of this State, the - sham Republi-
cans eould scarcely wait for the organization
_to.._offer_frothy Kansas resolutions., Tii4
were offered and in due time came - up in or
der. • Day after day, abolition harangues were
perpetrated in the House, but no Denioerat
uttered a word, The fanatics were quietly
suffered to go on until they actually run out
of
. nonsense and had nothing more to say !
The resolutions were then quietly postponed
inJetinitely—consigued to a sleep of death!
lEr Alarge and magnificent hotel is bout
to be erected on the let at the corner of Niiith
and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, formerly
occupied by the . Chinese' Museum, S;c. The
building ..Iql have three fronts, One upon
Chesnut street of 171 feet, one upon Ninth
trect 0f:135 feet, and one upon Gei►rgo street
c,f 210 feet. — It will hoof proportionate height,
the first tinor upon Chesnut street being occu
pied by seven stores. The project is uu►ler
Om control of a joint stack company that I►as
just been formed, and the requisite amount
of stock has been subscribed. It is propos
ed to name the eStablishmetit the Penn Mauer
House. '
Landercr, a medical man at Athens,
anuounCes,that he has diseovered a sovereign
Epeeille 4gains ' t sea-sickness.,. Ills remedy is
to give from tea to twelve drops of chloro
form in water, The chloroform, in most
cases, removes nausea. tnid persons who have
tad en. tho remedy soon become accustomed to
the movement of the vessel. Should the sick
ness return,, afresh dose is to he taken.
Cltabk/as.--'ro cur© cltilblaiuh, bathe the
parts affected in the liquor in which potatoes
have been boiled, at as high a temperature as
can i)e borne, On the first appoaranee of the
ailairzt, indicated by Inflammation and irri
tation, this bath affords relief.
Swart Doil,--A tiog in Pawtucket, R. 1.,
was noticed, the other night, to be making
frequent trips back and forth between a ecr-
twin bare and other parts of the village. A
closer watch hhowed that he was stealing hens
—eatching thew, in hie swath by the neck,
nod carrying them to where hie master - was
--41e-ha4l-evideatly been trained
Fu I t.
rziF:v-Corno into fortune and then your
fr . : nids will discover in yi)11 the qualitio..; of
>6.t brilli4ncy, the ex.istence
v , 'irich, in rur inoluents'of wo*t intozicat
vani.y, you never suspected before.-- /;T.
Wcll--;re are ready to come hat() it— ‘vlle..;
js t::e fortune?
woman is a goo - d deal 4 piece of
—,iie In ,re you are ruin I the elt,, , er she
r . 11,4.4 v•nt, A. wife's be4i nto
t,;; ~v in its power till tlr zdierilf is
ita.tilx: zti , rir attachment Oat Alo•esii't
.•.tself after yntt have qi;en'th e sberiff":3,
P,.. , Z-I;uvviLiati, of tin; Tribune
utouey. Ile wi it to lfre
0 ,1 of .I.;il.lFein IVby can't he print a parn•
tiuk, ll like Other people
of' Lessil..it-0v,.11 in tit: , Vale
have J izi.o the Legibtatur.! ia..6-
giviztg them the riritt of stif7rAge.
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Another Coalition.
t' The Black Repoldican an (i N now Noth
ing members of the l,..gislature have signed
call for a erotlifio,t, ato Convention of the
isms, at ilarriOmrg, on the 2.5 th of :larch, to
nominate eanJidates fur Governor, Canal
Commissioner and Supreme Judge—Mr. John
:‘TuNselniall being. among the signers. Su,
then, the Democracy may look fur another
Little ith di ~ t iniott abolitionism and religious
proscription emnbined—but our victory will
be less doubtful than it was a year ago. Thu
"Kftadas" humbug has exploduil,—to lie re
vired.-.-''no more forever!"
The Legislature.
Both Houses hare ugrethl to go into an
election fur State Treasurer on the 11th of
Nara.
In the Senate, on the :214t, the bill to in
corporate the 'Farmers' and Mechanics' Sav
ings Institution of Adams county, was refer
red hack to the Committee on Banks.
On Tuesday, the bill fur the relief of Mick
ley and Bieseeker pas !,e , .1 the House on final
reading.
'insulations in regard to the float]) Of T)r.
Kane Nvere introduced ill the House by Mr.
Knight, and ttnaninanikly adopted.
Mr. Brewer has read in the ,Senate a bill
for the sale of the long neglected Franklin
Iluilroad—with the expectation, 110 doubt,
that a ehange . of owners will put the road in
running condition, - -
Both Houses adjourned over from Saturday
to Monday next, to allow"all hair ls" a chance
to witness the inauguration of President Bu
chanan.
On Wednesday, the Speaker (Mr. Getz)
charged that a person haling a seat upon the
floor of theilouse as a reporter, had attempt
ed improperly to prevent the passtige of three
bills, asking $3OO to withdraw his objections
to their passage. The House ordered the ap
pointment of a committee of five, with power
to send for persons and papers, to investigate
the conduct of the reporters and all persons
asking legislation. The Speaker appointed
Messrs. Longaker, Petriken, Thorn„ Gilbert
and StrutherF.
The Commitee on Banks, in the Senate, on
Thursday, reported a bill to incorporate a
!Sal/in.'s 1 Lstitution in this place, with a fa
vorable reoommendation,
liesolutioos in relation to the death of Dr.
Kane were also passed by the Senate, on
Thursday, having been introduced by Mr,
Welsh, of Yorl, who payed an eloquent trib
ute to the memory of the deceased, lie was
folloWed - by Messrs. Taggart,:Wright, Brew
er, Jordon and Penrose, when the Senate ad
journed.
Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet.
tumor has oeen haSy constructing a Cabi
net for Mr. BITE( tNAN, and the following is
ac one of the latest "givings out"—whether
__,accu rate_ or_nut,_ _how e ver e ____no_lLou tsidery
can yet say. As it is, it Nir(ljid have the
confidence of the whole country :
Secretary of State—Lewis Vass.
•• Trensury—llowell Cobb.
War—Gov. Floyd.
• Navy—A. V. Brown.
' Interior—Jacob Thompson.
Postmaster G eneral—W. U. Alexander.
Attorney 6m:end—lsaac To ucey.
The State Convention.
The Democratic State t!
~ouvontion will have
to nominate a candidate for Governor, fur Su
premo judge, and for Canal (Inumissioncr:—:-
The gentlemen spoken of fer the nomination
are:
Port novEßNott.
Han. William IL Witte; of Philadelphia.
Gon.,Williatn F. Packer, of Lycomiltg.
Cal. William Hopkins, of Washington.
Col. Samuel Bind:, of Allegheny.,
,
' Hon. John L. Dawson, of Fayette..
Hon. Ephraim Banks, of Mifflin. .
Hon. George It. Barrett, of Ch.:track!.
llon. Jeremiah S. Black, of Somerset.
Hon. William M. Ileister, of Berks.
Hon. I lopowell Hepburn, of Allegheny.
Bon. J. Porter lirawley, of Crawford.
Gun. Seth Clo‘er, of Clarion.
FOIL SUPREME .1r1)(iE.
11011. EMS LOWis, of 1.111)(•:)•;ter.
11(m Strong., of Borks.
llon, Samuel liepburn, of Utonlierlantl.
joshu.n, 11. Holvell,'Etig., of rayotte.
FoU !'ANAL :1110SC
llon,Nimrod Striolaf t ml, of Chester
Mi. David !Awry, of Lehigh.
R. K. Campbell, Es q., of oreenc.
null. c. Trout, or Mercer.
Georgetown Municipal Election—Anti-
Know Nothing Ticket Successful
rolmvTow D. ('., Feb. 2:1.-111 o'clock
P. eleotion which was hold hero to
day for Mayor and Board of Common Council
was closely contested by the two parties. It,
was the first trial of universal suirrage in this
town, awl the result is a revolution in the
politics of the city government.
Richard 11. Crawford was elected mayor,
over Henry Addison, the American or Know
Nothing candidate, \dm, for a number of
years, has filled the office. Mr. Crawford's
majority is 55. The whole anti-Know NOth
ing ticket fir Common Council was also elect
ed, as folliiws:
David English, Samuel CroplPy, Riehard
Jones, Esau Piekrell, Wm. E. Seymour, Rob%
,J;).. Fearson, Henry Barron,
llr. oke N. "Williams, David W. Oyster, Jeukin
Toe friends of the successful candidates
ce!c',rated their victory to-night by salutes
of cannon, and evince great enthusiasm and
i re , i)ioin n , *
i .
r..--I,—Preparations on a proper scale are being
male in Baltimore and Philadelphia. for the
reception of, and paying due honors to, the re
' 10.6 us of Dr. Kane.
tr.-F./J-11w President has approved the win.-
--- , orty NA eeb., we Uouy
, co 0 aLM s Digg, a colored . otato weighing exactly two pounds,. and has- -
tzen of frrattlenoro',l ermont. - She Is respect- p,
___ ____ _ _ —me w .- _ _ . The bottle containing the drug and the man, was found inside of Upton Worthing- , a bly c o nne c ted and never before Was assucia- .mg fifty eves. I cut it into fifty pieces, and
igg Lirin:l in SwM
no.—r. W stopp
ilkinson, of i ton's field,. about a quarter of a Mile fro ted with scandal of this sort. 'P i put one piece in a hill. This fall I dug ad.
n
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ltikarld. R. 1., 1 , , , (1 out three fat hogs to be-1 el cannot he found, though the wrapper,
m
,
with its lahel of "hydrocyanic acid," was IS'- t•rbanil, Frederick count~, .11d~ with his -.OWN
sl,tughtered, anti while he and his a-.sistants-! ing upon the utble. It is supposed thin, the ! I
La m a cut, and various other wounds up- rii , :llorace Greelv, when in London, wrote pounds or 31 bushels.
_This was seeding at
were butchering' one the two others myster- ; decea-ed throw the bottle and its contents on his person. The coroner's jury rendered a home that lie hail ''paid it visit to several the rate of two bushels to the acre. and the
iously di•appeared, and nothing could be found t into the street immediately u" sw3.ll°'.l"g a', A erdiet that the deed was perpetrated .by . bouiding house, in one of which he saw a yield was at the rate of 210 bushels to the
of then for nix weeks; at length they were dis- i portion. . Philip Hawkins, also colored. He is now in newly invented 'brick,' which struck him acre. Query—Do not farmers generally use
covered within forty rods of the spot; they 1 The,Yerdiet rendered by the jury was, that ;ail.
' forcibly ."' - v 9
, more potato seed than is necessar . , .
hail subskted under the snow upon AVllat 60 - V I
! he Came to his death "by swallowing prussic J
eould find there, and upon their own fat, or '
, acid." The, relatives of the Lleciaased 1\ ere , Ite'Mint juleps are among the luxuries
whil.:ll;:azh h 4.1 104 !about one hundred lbs. i EumnAuned by' telegraph. 'they now have at Norfolk.
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Smoked Oat.
INo IP,S9 than four political Nugnts. with ! I
' 'Mck Republican stripe:i (I)wn their back",
have been smoked out by the Corruption In
': ve,tiguting Committee in th© lower house of
COngress. The quartetto'consists of Messrs.
EuwAnns, MATTEsoN and ChLBERT, of New
York, and Mr. WEtert, of Connecticut—all
freedom shriekers of the first water. These
lentlemeii were borne into Congress by the
breeze raised by the "Nebraska iniquity."—
They are in a fair way to be carried out by
the whirlwind of their own seoundrelism—s:
The Committee recommend their expoleion
from the House, and there is every -reason to
believe that the recommendation will he
adopted.
The testimony brought out by this investi
gation fixes a stain upon the character of cer
tain leading Black Republicans who are not
'members of the present Congress. Among
this number IS HORACE GREELEY, the saintly
freedom shricker of the Noe York Trilrline,.
We have fur a long time believed GREELEY to
be a hypocrite and knave, and now we arc in
possession of the proof of his hypocrisy and,
knavery. Ile prated about honesty till the
world, mistaking the shadow for the sub
stance, believed him honest. At length he
is stripped of the clunk that covered his moral
nak ed ess, and he now stands before the pub
lic as bull a knave as over blinked at the sun
through the boards of a public pillory. It is
in evidence that he receive:l /h u a.y,i n d ,101-
kirs from a weather of the executive commit
tee of-the- Des Moines Navigation and Rail
road Company of lowa, as ":1., retainer for
counsel and advice in procuring the passage
of the bill for the bencat atilt; company!"—
Valle!! Spirit,
Suicide of a Medical Student.—Strange
Develo:ler.e Ita.—Love and Spiritnal.
ism.
Proeu the Cermatitown Telegraph, of Feb. '.2.5
A gllocking case of suicide discovered
last . IViidnesilay evening, at the hoarding
house of It. Snodgrass, NO. 355 Arch street,
above Ninth, Charge , : 11.
W hippo, a thellical student, who ow:1 3 1;301 a
front attic, nut making his atoiearance at tea,
and eirorts to arouse him heing unavailing,
the than• beito e !, locked vu the inside, a forcible
entrauce ‘va:s elfeeted, when lie was found
stretched out lifeless on the hod, :mil had ap•
parehtly bego t d e ad several hours. I;.r. Yard
ley wio , called it,, hod, the rman Laing. exam
ined, ill envelope, with prussic acid writteli
aihm- it, reveaied the ouch adopted by
tog iltr the mortal The de
ceased was. about
_twenty-three yeitrN of age,
and - wns a student tin ler the tuition of
Ailidt,lias I.ipits, end attei.ileit the lectures :it
the College. Ile was ii y,ling
man of very steady huJ,iti , and had
cd rapidly fu los studies, tliou:411 he -Ads ;0-
re : ln:inf.; his first course. Oo Thursday the
Coroner an ingifeAt on the holl - y. The
deeeast d uiLS the son of Pr.-C. '. Whippo,
of New Castle, Lawrence cluinty, Pa , to
whom the litter found iu the room occupied
by the dereasod, was dirooted. Tilla was
opened by the Coroner, and found to contain
only the following words:
• l.- hi
Dear Father-;-("fine ao,l got iffy draw hAy.
• Cu.% fxs IV ero, "
The contents and superscription of the let
ter were writtef, in a firm hand. Placed on
the table twar the letter, was a bundle o f en
velopes, on which W:LS written, —Oh, I a m a
murderer!" in a hand hetokenin; great agi
tation 1,1) the part of the writer. An envelope
' which 11.1(1 douhttess contained one or two let , .
ters that he revels ed. about ~ o'cloek on Wea
nesilay afternoon, wa- also found on the table.
It was pect marked Salem, Ohio, February
17, and suporseribed in a ftencile hand. Tice
(contents of the envelope could not be found,
and as the store in the room contained the
cinders of burnt pa Per, it is supposed that he
destroyed both or the letters re, e iv e d.
The evideiwe elicited the fitets that the de
ceased had, (hiring the month of .litonary, vis
ited Ohio, and, alter his return, was
at times, in a very dejeeted e e te btion. lie
appeared to be in good sprits When at (limier
uu Wellinc.,dav, and attended a lecture by Dr.
Jackson, at the Pennsylvania rilitersity, tvol
returned home about five o'clock, lie was
close to the house, when the letter ear:ier left
two letters, ittai—o.u_lr )ceiving them front the
servant,.the deveased turned away front the
house. - ser, net te,tirwil that lie tele ep:2l
ono ;of the envelope:, and, reacting the con
tents, hurried down .Ninth strea. From the
evidence of Mr; Leidy, it aopears that the de
ceased must have comic direet to the drug
store, at the corner of Ninth and Fill,ert
streets.—lle asked the price of prussic arid,
and, on hieing told, purchased an ounce, tell
lug Mr. Leidy, in reply to a question, that he
desi , iteduiaikina perimonts with it. As he
Wag going away, Mr. Leidy said bairn, ''cien't
go to killing yourself with that:" to which he
rephed, "I am nut such a fool !" As Ale.
Leidy knew Whippo to be a tuedieal student,
be bad no hesitation in selling. the drug, unit
saw? nothing unusual in his manner to make
hint doubt the propriety of doing s o,
A diary kept by the deceased, and a col lee
tutu at letters, found in his trunk, which were
examined by the Coroner, disclosed the fact
that the deceased had been for some brae it,
convert to spiritualism. The last entry in his
diary, dated in December last, was an acemmt
of a spiritual k...ommunicatiou he bad received
from a deceased friend, a Dr. Amon r ,e• his
letters were a number from a relative, who is
also a - spiritualist. The letters disclosed v e ls o ,
that the deceased was in love with a married
lady. with whom he-haul become acquainted
while living at Salem, Ohio, who is also a
sPir-itualist. and evidently reciprocated his ;
let:1 . 111gs. The relative bef,,re alluded to, in
seVeral letters, remonstrated with Whippe on
the madness of his attachment to the lady in
question, and tells him that the spirit in com
munion with him:w - as a had spirit; and not
that of his deceased friend. The letter front
Salem, received on Wednesday, is supposed
to have blasted the hopes of the deceased, and
the result was a determination to canimit sui
eide. A note contained in his portfolio, eon
firms this impression. It is in the following
words:
"VIIILADF,LNITA. February 18th, 1857.
My Dearest N—.—l will see you in the
spirit form before you will have read this, my
last communication on earth. 2kly hopes are
blasted f rever. You tell me we can never
meet on earth. I will the and live with you
fbroer. Farewell : Farewell ! till then, till
lam by your side. lam yours in Heaven as
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The 'United States mail steamship Cahavr
ha, from New Turk via Havana, with dates
from the latter port to the 20th inst., has just
arrived.
By her we have received the sad intelli
gence that Dr. Kane expired at Havana 6n
the IGth inst., calmly and peacefully us a lit
tle child.
It had been evident for several days previ
ous to those around him, that his sun of life
was rapidly setting; and although the utmost
care was bestowed upon him, in hopes of pro
longing his existence, he gradually sank
away, awl died on Monday of last week.
The greatest possible hympathy was shown
by the officials of the Island and all others,
including the Captain General, who attended
his funeral. The solemn cortege was very
long and imposing. The - corpse was placed on
board the - Cahawba and brought to this city.
It will be forwarded by the river route to
Philadelphia.
Nero ORLEANS, Feb. 24.—The remains of
the lamented Dr. Elisi!, Kent Kane, the gal
lant Arctic explorer, who died at Havana on
the 16th inst.,.wero received on their arrival
at this port in the steamer Cahawba, yester•
day, with every mark of respect. The Conti
nental?! were immediately ordered out, and
escorted the body to the City Hall. The
mayor and other city officials also joined the
escort., At night a portion of the military
was *detailed to keep guard over the corpse.
This morning arrani.ccments are making to
do further honors to the deceased. There
will be a large military and civic procesion,
which will escort the remains to the steamer
.1. Woodruff, bound for L'alisville. At the
lattCr city the remains will be forwarded to
Philadelphia via the. Ohio river. The bodv
has been lying here in state at the City Hall.
He fell, Covered with Glory and Honor.
The death of the oter, the heroic, and the
gifted Ir. Etitstf.i. KENT K ASP:, excites the
• mind to reflections that are both monrnfnl
mid niraging. At the early age of thirty
four, he has been called to render an account
of his 'stewardship by the great Author of
Nature, whose works he so fervently adored.
ItOW N'aSt the expel-it:nee' that was crowded
into his brief period of existence, and how
varied his kr owledge and deserts. That "the
(rifted and good die early," has long been re-
C11 1 4MV,041 itS a proverb, and the. death of Dr.
ANE lint adds strength to its truthfulness.
',.)Eiraiieatt, after achieving the revolution in
]"ranee, died }toasting that Alexander, the
Saviour of the World, and himself, had ac
complished more in their short span Of thir
ty-three Vear4, than any other three that hail
ever possessed life as mortals. The daring
blasphemy or this eloquent iutidet, vjas tJte
re-afft of vanity and woooded pride. But
what service to mankind dill either Alexan
der or Mirtilwau render? The tete desolated
half the habitable globe. and fattened' the
earth with the blood of millions—the other
robbed a cation of her true tied, and bade her
w•wship the cold statue of Reason, while he
• placed in the ha nd•ef man the sworilid" hav
oc and de.:;pair. "'Mark the comparison.
tweiet those ,seletr..;es or humanity 1111 tho
brave, hut gentle sp'rit. whist) early depar
ture we now lamein. Ibe, tea, hail :Ft-played
hi s vB i., r la the field of strile_with his comt:
try's enemies; ; hut peatfe returitiit:•, his noble
soul sought a loftier cool-age, to i l attained a
more geoerons ambition. From his earliest
youth, Dr. KANE had gii en eviileace that be
pes , esseil no ordinary spirit - . Animated by
: tile Lae of allyea tare, itild wedded to the pro-.
motion of seiem.e, he traverse,' the burning
sands of Africa, and penetrated the forbidden
cities lir in quest of knowledge, that his
country and the - world might be therewith en--
riched. The Isles of the far distant Pacific
were by hint peacefully - invaded for the same
purpose, and be dared co encounter the liquid
tire 0f the volcano, that lie might learn the
• secret of its cotta teat commotion. Perilous
as was this enterprise, a ehivah it: sense or
duty whisfiero , l that . , lie ought to examine the
crater's mouth tbr the sake of„science, and
deep in the vawnieg abyss he crept with diff.-
culty, Adis Itfe hail nearly beim the penalty:
b it he learned Allure or the volcano's conti...„7e
ration and workings than had ever Inlfore
been knttwa. Nit 'ciatigert: could medal hint
•
where honer led the way..
It is to
_the two last great acts of his life that
we are to look with the liveliest pride land
pleasure,—lle knew that a number of his fel
low creatures were locked in the cold embrace
of an Arctic winter; and whether dead or alive,
he re , olvt;d to rescue their rentains, 1t pUs.sihle
tu man. With this view he joined the Grill
eel expedition in seareli of Sit-dello Franklin.
All that could be dome by mortals was thine
by that gallant expedition ; but their search
Was ineffectual, and they returned to their
native country. Another expedition- was
fit
ted out by the United Rata's, and again the
vide(' of humanity called the sensitive soul of
Ih% Kl\ E 'to action. Ile took the citmomnd
and carried the flag ur our cottetry farther
over the frozen harriers titan arty flag hail
ever been hcfore. There, beyond that vast
ocean °rice, the ()pen are ( ! 1' (henry flashed up
on his vision in alt the sublimity- of reality,
It is his by right or discussers, and should bear
his mune wherever language is spoken and
eon age respected. 'litre's mutations may
make that region inhabitable; or, it may be,
that there is now living there, a ractr'ol men
liefiwe unknown to the world. Seneca pre
dicted another hemisphere, and Columlais
fiattal it. The first demands cur admiration,
and the latter our gratitude.
Other aud later theorists, by the powerful
detinotiims of reason, had suppose& that be
yond the massy harriers or ete rn al i c e, there
was open tvater and animal existence. Dr.
KANE has rendered that certain which was
befere may conjectural, and made that prat:-
theil which hitherto - was an unsolved problem.
Though our fellow-citizen, he, like l'eluat bus,
behings to the world, and while we, and the
inhabitants of the other hemisphere autumn
his hiss, let us not Ihrget that he stood befi)re
the universe a perfect man. Well may his.
parents be proud of suelf a son, and- America
of such a citizen. Let the youth orour cone
try emulate his glorious example. Too noble
to dwell kinger among mankind, God took him
to hintsel!hat he ought consort with the
angels in iven.—Pennsyleanian.
_ i'Yr.t-
PI - I,lring with Steam
,Pmeer.—Plowing, with
the power of a locomotive steam engine has
been. successfully practice I in England the
past season. W. Smith, of Walston, England,
publishes a letter in the Mark Lane Evb ess
t
statin7 that lie had plowed his whole farm by
steam, except one field and a small spot pur
posely left to try the steam plow upo n in the
spring, and it is stated that the wo rk is much
better done than it could have been done by
bores, besides being done more expeditiutn.ly
and at less expense.
Murder 11l Frederick County .—Ou 1V ethic' .5-
Death of Dr. Kane.
NEW OftLEASs, refE-423:-
From the Rochester Colon.
Extraordinary Case of Needle Mania—
Three Hundred and Eighty-Three Nee ,
dies Extracted from the Flesh of a La
dy and She still Survives.
The subject was a young lady, nineteen
years of age, of 'nervous temperament, very
healthy, ar►d the daughter of a respectable
farmer in Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y.
She first came to my office April2Bth, 1853,
to have a needle extracted from her left arm,
which she said "got in accidentally as she
was moving a bundle of c ar pet rags." This,
a medium sized sewing needle, was soon found
and extracted from the anterior side of the
arm, about midway between the wrist and el
bow— In less than a week she called again,
saying she had another needle in her arm.
examined and fonr►d de v ep inithe bend of the
arm, a hard substance, which proved to be a
needle similar to the first, and accounted for
in a similar way. One week after this the
arm was very much swollen, painful and pre
sented the appearance of malignant erysipe
las, which continued about six days.
After the inflammation and swelling had sub
sided, six needles were found, deep hi the
flesh, about three inches from the elbows.
May 29th, fourteen were taken out, higher and
more on the posterior side of the aril and
shoulders. Some of these were superficial,
lying Just under the skin, but most of them
lay deep in the flesh, and a number entirely
under the biceps muscle. One, of large size,
lay with two-thirds its leugth imbedded in the
brachial artery. One large darning needle
was found lying direkly on'the bone, at the
intersection of the deltoid muscle: this caused
some inflammation and suppuration, which led
to its detection.. June 4th, twelve were re
moved from the left aria, two from the wrist,
eleven from the left, and one from the right
breast. The whole numer extracted during
the month of June, was eighty-seven Sep
tember, ten : October, twenty-eight ; mostly
frinn the left hrcttst and left side of the abdu-
EOM
About the last of 'November, 1553, she was
attacked with violent spasms. These contin
ued ahout three weeks, and subsequently a
large number of needles were found in all
parts of her left side, from the shoulder to the
knee. When apparently asleep she would
converse with her mother, and tell where the
needles might be found, but when awake she
eould seldom be induced to speak of them.
Also when in this sleepless or soronamindic
state, site was entirely unconscious of pain.
While cutting through deep muscle. or in the
most sensitive parts. we never could perceive
a motion indicati-,T of feeling, (a number
were extrmtteil in this sleeping state,) on the
contrary, when awake, she experienced :mute
pain, even from the least in c ision.
From January, 1. 5 t, no needles were found
until ;the middle of the fidlowing Stinunm
when she re: , orted to pine, cutting elf the
heads and thrusting theta into the flesh.
Subsequently she used her hair pins, either
strai , ditened and 'pot in while or the broken
halves.- These we.-e found deep in the. large
muscles of the thigh. ;t4.;veral pieces of wire,
and p (Irthe largest ; , :izeefklutting szetqlles,
neatly five inches in were found lyinff,
dir,eerly on the hone of thigh on the :utter-
ior ,ille
'The-,e wore -cut in two or three inches
ahove rho knee, pushed upward under the
flesh, and deteotedll2,: the d , •t barge of a little
!natter at the poitit.of insertion. A few nee
dles and pins ere found at ii tervals till De
centl)er nth, when I ext. aeted six nee
dles ;.tnd three nins----.:11 of ‘vh:.ch had lain in
the flesh a long, Aim ,; stone of them._more
than a yeat.. These are the last found,
and it is hoped hy.all her frietuls • that there
will lie no reeurrenee of so strange a mania.
the whole number extracted was, of sewing
ncedle-z. `2`. Y 7 —;tivi these were of all sizes—
pins, (IT: d a rning needles, 2; hair pins, 5:
knitting needles and wire, each 5---tutal ;383.
Great efforts were made on the part of the
family to detect hair in the act of inserting
the needles, hut in vain. It was ascertained
by comparison that most of them were taken
front a hox of. needles which had- lain in _ the
house for a lung time: This was removed,
but she tried to use the same kind, evidently
from a supply secreted about the premises.
Almost every means has been resorteit to, to
find the reason fo; so strange a fancy but
nothing has yet develoyed it. She is firm in
her denial of knoWing when, how, or why she
did it: simply sayin! , , "it must be that I del
it, fi'r I know no one else does." She is per
focily sane on eve:l . other subject, alth ,ugh
the effect upon her general health has been
lee!, vet (hiring a great share of these years
of suffering she has performed her accustom
ed portion of household duties.
Although these needles have been exhibited
to the professors of several medical colleges.
with full Ale!ails of the ease, as well as to a
large nu ml,er of physicians in this state,
„yet a
suitable name has hardly been given for a '
prolltwing such . effisets. Anti when so
inany "doctors disa o -ree," I shall go no fUrthel*
titan to tf.rm it a remarkable case of monoma-
Il k. The w hole ease has been one of greater
interest, anxiety and mystery than often
conics under the tuAiee of the physician.
Terrible 001 , rent; in. A",ln.vis—Uor. Crotry
snltol—Serowl l'exns son. Shot.
Sr. LOU Is, Feb. 25.—The Jefferson City
correspondent of the St. Louis ItentorPftt
learns by p tssen , rers from Kansas to-night,
that a &Gallo; had occurred between G.ov.
(teary and a nm.n named Sherrad, --- gn - O,Niari - g
(Mt o't the termer refusing to appoint the lat
ter to the office Of Sheriff, as desired by the
Legislature, and which had a fatal termina
tion. Sherrad had avowed the purpose of
killing l~or. Geary, and meeting him in the
street spat in his thee. Gov. Geary did not
resent the insult, but his friends got up an in
dignation meeting On Thursday the 10th.
Sheriff Jone 4, Sherrad, and others, attended
to interrupt the meeting, and in the affray
Sherrill]. shot Mr. Seppard, one of Croy. tk a ry s
friends, four times, and wounded two others.
Mr. Jones, Goy. Geary's Secretary, thereupon
shot Sherrad through the head, killing hint
instantly. Great excitement prevailed at Le-
Compton, and a general tight was anticipated
thatJii gh t. Gov. Ueary's residence was guard
.et by United States troops. -
Sten mlmat C ollisinn—Liss Twenty-Pe Lives,
:,' , ;EW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.3.—Another steam
boat collision, involving serious loss of lif e ,
has occurred on the Mississippi. The steamer
Belfast. from this port, bound to :Nashville,
and the steamer llumboldt, came in collision
a few nights ago, opposite , nark island, by
which the latter was sunk in a few minutes,
and twenty-tire souls perished—eight white
and seventeen colored persons. The Hum;
boldt, with her cargo, is an entire loss.
W 5".. The lativ
,u - nfortunately complicated
with Rev. Mr.iialloch is, says the Springfield
Peptibl wan, the young:lnd lovely wife of a eit-
Ditil - The peach nail plum trees were in blos
;
sota uear 'Marianna, Fla., on the 15th ult.
('11.11t).F; St'ilsEtt,
1C!=2211
Shocking Murder of a Female—The Body
Burned—Arrest of Her Husband.
The Toledo Commercial of the 18th ult., re
lates the particulars of the murder of the wife
of Return J. M. Ward, in Sylvania. Ohio, on
the 3d ultimo. It appears that Ward had
been in the habit of ill using his wife, who
once left him on account of his brutality..
She disappeared from his house on the 3d,
and Ward told his neighbors that she had left
him again. his replies to questions intended
to ascertain the reason of her disappearance,
were not satisfactory, and suspicions wero
aroused. Ward's premises were, therefore,,
searched by his neighbors, who found most,
indubitable evidence that the woamn had been
it foully murdered, and that her body had
been burnt in• her own house-. In a pile of -
ashes near the house human Nmes were found
—an upper ja alraoKt entire, and pieces of a
skull.—Two finger rfn i ,e-, , v were also found,
which where recognized as those worn by Mrs..
W ard.
The citizens who matle the search found
abundant evidence, as they the.ught, that the
effects of Mrs. Ward had been ail burnt.
The lock of her trunk, pieces of dress, .hooks
and eyes, anti other articles were found. The
citizens searched further. The 'bed clothes
had the appearance of hating been recently
washed. On opening the holster and bed the -
feathers were found covered with blood.
Blood was also found on a mat in the up
per part of the house. A minute search
revealed traces of blood in other parts of the
house.
Whether the woman had been stabbed or ,
shot, they could not tell but that she 'hart
been foully murdered and her corpse burnt,
they were satisfied. Ward was arrested and
fully committed on a charge of murder. He
is a tailor, about forty years old, and married
the deceased, who was his third wife, in
Adrian, Michigan, some tiwelast summer.
Something that never Fails.
Do you .doubt it ?-1)u you donbt that our
graveyards and cemeteries are filled with the
bodies of the young and themiddle-aged, who,
if they had been wise, or had been wisely
counselled, might have rejoiced in a hale old
age ? Whether you doubt or believe, it 1,4,
nevertheless, 'true. For liollowzy's Medi
cines never fail.
Do you doubt thrttmultiindes diedailv from!
the consequences or their ()MI rwrl appvtite' 4 ?'
Piles not intemptirnnue,- for instance, marry
thousands to a premature and dishuin,red
grave? But it i true that the disease whivit,
results even from the grosYemt form of intent-,
porance may be offel,tttally cured. For I.lld
-lowav's 'Medicines never fail.
Do ! put doubt Mat twyelixeuse.. wha tever its
may hy following tr!le . advici
Of that most skillful of plivsiciuns, and that
iierfi - Aet health and long M'e nun- la;.sisitivref.l
to the invalid? 'Whether you doubt or helieve,
it is quite true. For 111 's Ek mines
never fail.
Do !pot doubt that the niilst stab/vv.-a
dies, tvktieh !lave 0,4441 the treattnetif tit' the
sehool , euilteg . eN. ,ir the .14
and the new IA oriti . Iv . ait•hre.lcvvee the liatifnit
ti) tt skeleton, awl twctere bitik with the tag , t,
e:certaititile,4 •Uulhe ni,tvnet• :16
curse to hi:a :lull heath a ph.,t4i7ive
d o you believe thal thev may tvet I>e rer.e\
merely, but totally extiviettee- irwa the ::v,t
tetif.-thett.:rh they have takea
vital pw.t.,:.! I.)tittlit ur )..suevi..ths pat please,
but it is still true. For 11,1lowurfs Atediein.eB
iteri.,,r
The fond hope of relations,--elt&: beautiful
being around whose life so many hots bonds
of affection are wound.-- - --tlie beloved' dau gliter
and sister, whose- girlish charms just
ripening into womanhood. ST )se :ft er . r. made
musie as she lyalked, whose voive Wati - 111,31 '4l V
Nsluse smile was sunshine, whose preP4n4t*
irradiated the household, and gave happille.S*
to every' heart—must she be taken away aml
her place know her no more? By nu meals,,
if her friends are wise. ]J pm; rifothe flit
the destroyer may be repelled; and her c he e ks
and eyes once more re-nme the glow and
brilliancy of .perfect health ? Whether Nutt
believe or nut, it is true. Fur Holloway's
_Medicines never fail.
That fond wife and mother, on whOm the
seal of death seenis to Le surely set--;hall the
distracted husband, and the terrified and in
consolable children, Wait from hour to hour
fur - the anguish of her last heart-breaking
f a rewell? Oh: keep the Angelpf Death fri>at
that dwelling. Let the dart be stayed a nd
give not to the tomb all-that en:4ll-111es so
.
many ardent affections ? you Aloubt whe
ther she may life or die? It is tbr h'er friends
to decide, fur Holloway's Medicines Dever
fail.
The reader may ask the reason why they
never fail. We w:,nlfl simply answer that,
laving ransacked the *hole pharmaetyptcia of -
medical art, he finally sour,ilt, instruction at
the brink of the well of nature's truth, as the
old Greek philosophers sought it, and rect,iv
tile, required htforipation, lie ;.rained her
secret. And we regard hint as a man of origi
nal and profound genihs, for his system puts
to shame the aectunuhited medical dogmas of •
two thousand years.—N. Sunday Courier.
Bangerong crount,'l:l;.'il.—A counterfeit SlO
bill on the Farmer's Bank of 'Virginia is in
circulation. It is payable to E. A. Wise,
Norfolk. The word "ten," in the centre, is.
deeply shaded. In the word "dollars" the let
terg do are but slightly shaded—the letters
/bine are shaded, but not so heavily as the word,
"ten." The names of the president and-cash
ier are engraved, and are a very good imitation
of the genuine. The engraving of the vign,et to
is badly done.
ze'qhe Wriyhtsrille Star gives a descrip
tion of au enormous sycamore on Forge Island
in the Susquehanna river, about eight miles
from that place. It measures in circumfer-•
trice at the butt, forty-three feet. At eight
feet from the ground, it divides or forks into
five prongs, each of which is as large round,
as a hogshead, all are much nlike.in site, and
ascend sixty feet without a4imb. Our nation
al bird, the Eagle, has a local, habitation and
a nest in its top, a fit eyrie for the bird of
Jove.
Parlous Spectacle in a Court Rnenn.—A
man named Knight is on trial at Portland,
Maine, charged with the murder of his
wife. A letter giving an account of the trial
says:
"Although the day has been stormy, the,
court room has been crowded, a very larger
number of whom were ladies. The ladies.
both old and young, bring knitting, crotchet
and sewing work with them., and the hall
presents, (aside from the trial) quite a busy
appearance."
l'coibtel of One Porato.--Tudge Yoting,
of New York, sues: Last s rim' I baited a
£A letter from Alabama :Teaks of the
' Sea*, as as Very warm awl sprinz-like.