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THE COMPILER.
TUE I.lli/Ori, AND TIIZ CONSTITUTION."
GRTITSBUBG,
Monday Morning, May 4,1851.
Democratic State Nominations,
you GOVERNOR,
wazi„or F. PACKER, of Lycoming,
CANAL COM/M3IONER,
NIMROD aiI:ICKLAXP, of Chester,
Seauembliog of the State. Democratic
Convention of 1857.
In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the
Democratic State Oenunittee of Pennsylvania.
the Delegates to the State Convention of March
241, 1857, ure requested
,to assemble at the
Capitol, at florrisburg. on Tuesday. the 9th
day of June, 1857. at 10 o'clock. A. M., for
the purpose of nominating Candidates to nn
plete the State Ticket, and transacting all
other business pertaining to the original au
thority of the Convention.
CJMILLES IL. RUCKALFM,
CI.I.ktIMAN.
J. N. llvrcausem, secretaries.
R. J. HALDESAN,
lerPresident Buchanan has not, it 18 eta.
ted, entirely recovered from the effects of the
;National Hotel disease. The oStates" says
be has had another, though not very severe.
attack, lle was, however, out on Thursday,
In apparent good health,
Ex•Pecsidle)Lt Picrec —lt is stated that ex.
rresident Pierce has purchased 60 acres of
land In the northern part of Concord, N.
IL, whereon ho intends to erect a splendid
mansion.
SErThe Democrats of York borough have
nominated PXTER, Wl:lima, Esq., for Chief
/largess, A bettor choice could not have
been made, and it deserves to he endorsed
1 0 the polls. "
Ham Storm in the Pennsylvania Coal Re.
gion..During the. Storm on Sunday and
Monday, April 19th and 20th, snow fell 18
Inches deep Aire4therby, 30 inches at Rock.
port, 37 inches at Beaver Meadow, 40 inc
at Janesville, and 42 i 0011,36 ntleten,
Cuba Gueno. 7 .-Lettra from Havana, state
that Capt. Green and the Commissioners
pointed by Governor Concha to Implore the
guano Islands on the south side of Cuba /MVO
returned and bring a favorable report. The
quantity of guano is undoubtedly grout; but
there is still en importomt question to bo de
aided, viz : the quality of the article. Upon
this the whole value of the discovery depends.
Zook Out; Hold .li'tketl---1. Miasmal as
tronomer . announces the startling fact that
the greataeMoViTrhich la now pursuing its
erratic course through the fields of space,
Will strike the earth on the ltlth of June, at
twenty minutes past 434,0'i - dock in the morn,
lug, at a point near Carondelet„ The astrono
mer appears to be e bit of a wag, and note
withstanding the seriousness of the ovont
.which Jae*preclicts, indulges in sumo humor•
ous remarks, lie says that although "you
oarknot boo gars through" the comet's toil,.
"they will probably be seen by' many loin•
vidulds at the time of the 1301640 n," Mi.
doubtfully they will, Loot} out for *Ws, and
hold fast 1
Religious roleration,,;---Thu
King of Slain, in the East Indies, who recent
ly issue(' n.dacree allowing the free profession
of the christlan faith iu his dominions, ex,
pressed the following language c
"Persecution is - liateful - ; every man 'ought
tube free to profess the religion be prefers,
We cannot tell who is ri,,,rlit and who is wrong ;
but I will pray to-my (lod (Buddah) to give you
hie Messier, and you must pray to your God
to bless • me, and so blessings way descend
upon both,"
lierrbe Alack. llepu Wean and Know Noth
ing editors are gloating over a statement that
'`the liquor league of Philadelphia." (is there
swab A thing?) had solicited Col, Straub, Son,
ntor from Schuylkill, to become a candidate
for Governor. " WitOID - Stattiletit is a first
of April 110114, and was got up to bawl soma
sport at tha old Colonel's e4pense,
Utah. and do Moratoits,-11re invite atten
tion to au article in euf columns relative to
the got-amount end conduct of the Mortuous
and the resignation ofJudge Drummond.
it not a Lesiva and disgrace that there
should be tolerated iu our at:lightened count
try each a nest of outlaws? if there be uuy
virtue in gunpowder, it should be used in
subjugating these people to law and deeene,Y,
Rcrurd,
It is possible that, if the present adruinls.
tratiou were ,to polut the "peace maker" ut
the wait of outlaws in Utah, a goodly number
Hof those. who not doelAre loudly in furor of
eoereive weasures, would be found symput4iz
3ng with th:o poor deluded wretches beforo
the "subjugatitiu" took Iraq eliair i -
JejferBontafi,
In arbitration was held in West elms
ter .113 st week, on a, (Juju" fur dainage- , growing
4)14 of t,ho fulloying oirnom.stnnce, Tay/or
,Brown, of Reunsbe.ry towosbip, Chester co.,
in.posupany uncle, had been at a
„I...fount Meeting, at Lonswo4,.l, On their
way home, ,driving a spirited bone, they
were overtaken by a company of young men,
ssoms.on horsebaCk, And Who were proceeding
itt ft 1204 pace,all4 ten:ai4e4 to Ilasti by 13 ri ) It,
TbgtN i e made by the horses caused Ltrowa's
Ilona) to laeconie Awl he commenced
kicklug; got is ieg over tb.e sh;tft and l,roke
a. leg. Drow,o brought em,it,
„against the
;yoang men for daraa .. ges the loss of
tbdio thyme. The AL rbitrattuss after r hearing,
j awarile&damages w the ,the sow
At's=.—Reeord.
laplett dollar bills, altered from ones 4..',the
Liberty ,l3a4k,kl3).Yide l -Akte, J 3. J., 4 , r e. i 4 %-kt'
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The Legislature,
On Wednesday, the Senate adopted an
amendment to the Appropriation Bill, in
creasing the salaries of the members of the
Legislature $2OO. Mt, Brim Eu. voted against
it. On the same day, certain proposed amene
runts to the Constitution were passed finally. ,
In the House, the Apportionment Bill was
resumed, and the vote by which the whole
bill wits negatived on Monday night was re
considered. Mr. Struthers offered an amend
want • to re-apportion the Stoke according
to the present appurtionwent, This was ric,ga.
tivel 'rho bill then progressed and was final
ly passed—yeas 56. nays 29. if this is the
saints bill which passed the Senate, (a synop
sis of which was given in our last,) then is it
a most infamous gerrymander of the State.
The bill for the sale of the Main Line of
the Public Works is exciting a great deal of
public attention, and no little public indigna
tion, Bribery is almost openly practiced by
the borers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany at
_Harrisburg, and the integrity (or
rather the want of it,) of certain menibers of
the !louse is not sparingly dwelt upon. But
so palpable are the evidences of fraud beeorn.
(mg, that the Senate may be induced to stay
the progress of the bill, and save the State
from so gross au outrage upon her interests,
"Don't Give Up the Ship."
"While there is life there is hope," The
defeat of the Sunbury and Erie scheme by a
tie vote, in the House of Representatives,
gives us some ground to hope that the whole
iniquitous scheme fur the sal° of the Main
Line to the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
may yet bo defeated. In this hour, when
nothing but the rotteness of corruption is dis--
cernable—all eyes are turned toward the con
sorvativo branch of the Legislature, fur rescue
from the impending ruin. Nor do we believe
that we shall look in vain for relief. Ono
week ago, the bill might—nay, we believe
would have passed that body—but there has
been time for reflection, the "sober, 'second
thought" is operating on the minds of Sena.
tors ; they have had time to examine the bill
in all its bearings ; and it cannot be that men
sworn to perform their duties, as legislators,
"with fidelity." will give their sanction to a
measure which cannot he justified by either
reason or . 'policy 0-11ar. Union,
Black Republicanism Always the Same,
The o,4ljournment of the Black Republican
legislature of New York is the occasion of the
reessmwswww—...
o owing retnar..s In t . Any tas nu
Argus, They cannot be too curefullY.reade
too extensively circulated
"The Blaok Republicans commenced with
an overwhelming majority. They passed
800 laws, They emptied the treasury, They
anticipated its resources for years to come,—
They sanctioned hundreds of illegitinluto
They overrode the vetoes of their
own chief magistrate. They rejected his
nominations, They assailed the constitution
of the United States and of the State ; doctor.
ad defiance of the courts and overturned the
charters of the chief - cities, They reversed
the rules of the common and commercial law,
and unsettled every vested right in the State.
While doing this, they cried 'Liberty, Tiber.
tv, liberty—the negro, the negro, the negro
But they passed no liberty bill„They . tossed
the measure from house to house, and aban
doned it, They voted fur vaporising result'.
Lions ; but the lover of liberty will:look in vain
through the immense statute-book of the
year fur a single word in protection of human
rights,
.11c will ,find nothing but Cuts of
Apuliation and disorganization,
15,1ack . Republicanism is the same every
where--corrupt, bypucritic, impudent, and
false,"
-- Audits co-worker, Know Nothingisni, is
in the stuns boat—,everywiloro bigoted, into!.
orant, and corrupt.'
Sign.---The cull of the Black Republicans
of Mastael nsetts for a State Convention has
been withdraA , d the reason assigned for
the withdrawal is, tliat - no interest is felt in
the sahjent by the people, not a single town or
district haying elected delegates, or taken any
of the steps necessary to secure a representa
tion, This must ho extremely mortifying to
the Kallochs and Porkers,
SeuNible.- 7 -Tho Xahonal Era, the leading
anti-slavery paper in the country, published
at Washington, came 'out last-week with
long article agalmt the course of the free
state party of Kansas, in refusing not to take
part in the election of delegates to the gonsti.
tutional convention. The Era adiises the
party to "rocons4er" their plan, and make
immediate efforts to show their strength at
the pull., rio Era says that no test oaths
are required of voter c, and every inhabitant
can Vote, and if the Vree state men do not
vote they will prejudice themselves in the
eyes of the people and be placed at a disad
vantitge with the Democratic party,
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pied o ‘ f Poimr.—Tho Danville (Pa.) Amer
ican says that a post-mortem examination of
3fr. Montgomery, the member of Congress
lately deceased, exhibited extensive abrasion
of the mucous or lining tout of the stomach,
and the entire destruction of the membrane,
both at the cardiac and pyloric orifice, with a
general loss of tone, or disorganization of the
thoracic and abdominal viscera. 'll'..P Pl)Pi
k:inns ascribe hie death to poison. :llr. Mont
;/1 Cry stopped at the National Hotel, Waeh
ington, during the inauguration.. _ _
4qt/us ion Vs a Steam Propeller.—Five Lives
TuEsros, N. J., April 25.—The steani pro.
pellor Fanny Garner, bound front this , place
to New York, via the I)oleware and Raritan
ealini, exploded this morning near Milisrone.
TIo• destruction of the boat is nearly complete.
e men employed upon her were instantly
killed.—The affair has ereated much excate.
pew:.
4".."1'h0 Legislature has passed, and the
i;overnor signed, a bill regulating the fees of
.Justices of the Peace aud Constables.
lr-"Two hundred persons are said to have
been fro4en to death in the United ,States
rluring tho past winter.
I 'Shad vu the StlbqUghaiga Jag selling
la Si 4 per hundp,:d.
Lost,
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The National Hotel Disease. P rom the DC tkame RepUblican.
The death of another distinguished victim Judge Taney Supported by the Supreme
of the late National Hotel disease, Hon, 'Nix i Bench of Connecticut.
Cr. Movroomtax . , of this State, and the contin- t The Black Republican prer,sos, have, since
the bred Scott decision, poured upon the ued illness of the new Collector of the Port
from the same complaint, re-directs public at- • of the venerable Chief Justice Taney sluices
tention to the origin of this terrible epidemic, of wrath, to use the words of the New Or-
There are certain coincidences connected
leans Delta, only surpassed by the seven vials
of the Angel of the Apocalypse. The . solemn
verdict of that august tribunal is declared to
lie the opinion of the "slaveholders" of the
supreme court; and the unprincipled leaders
of that party, disdaining to concur in the
viewi; of the majority of the judges, openly
counsel organization upon the false and harm
ful doctrines pronounced by the two dissent
ing justices. And for what? Simply be
cause Judge Taney, delivering the opinion of
the majority of the Court, decided that ."WE
TUE PEOPLE," in the federal constitution. does
with this subject which are suggestive of the
most horrible suspicions, but fur the honor of
human nature, we hope they may be unfound
ed. Mr. BUCHANAti arrived at the National
Hotel on the 25th of January. On the .26th,
Dr. HALL was waft& to see the first case,—
A few days afterwards he had thirty-five Ca
seS, and quite a large number took sick,
many of them after leaving Washington.—
Mr. BUCLIANAN was among the latter. The
symptons in all cases were the mine—violent,
copious purging, inflammation of thp, large in.
testiness, with a constant disposition to re
lapse.
During an interval of several weeks pre
vious to the second of March, no new case oc
curred. On the evening of that day, Mr.
BUCHANAN returned to Washington, and
about that period the hotel was crowded with
visitors. On the 4th of March the disease
broke out with increased violence and many
hundreds wore effected, The symptoms uni
formly indicate poison, which so►ne physicians
consider of a miasmatic, and others of a min
eral nature—probably copper, No satisfac
tory elucidation of the mystery has yet been
made.—Minsylcanian.
Truth vs. Fiction.
The Lancaster A:cavalier and other Black
Republican papers have been 'circulating a
story that the New York Democratic Stato
Contra' Committee had been sued by a darkeo
for an unpaid grog bill, incurred daring a,
jollification over the result of-the Presidential
election. The Albany—if/vas says, in refer
this story:
"it is a Black Republican paper that gives
this twist to this story ; but the fact is that
the gentlemen who were sued are John A.
King, tiorernur of the State ; Charles A.
Dana, editor of the Tribane; C. C. Leigh,
Chaumy )chaffer, Jwlge 'alwer. John Bige
low, editor of the Erelong It, Gel,. W. Cur
tis, and others. The question (l i n as Negro
sue, is to be tried by the colored brother
against these leader i,"
Thhi puts the 'loot on the other leg, and
shows that the Black Republieuns are mean'
enough to cheat the %ery clasps of persons
whose Übe rty they pretend to be lighting for,
Think, of that, Mean enough to cheat a eig.
ner ! Faugh
The Pacific Wagon Road Expedition,
• (% . pri hor ( pima
;tient has completed arrangements for the 4 e..
011,14411 1 m:1a a a wapnt road. Iron Furt Deli•
once to the .111ojuri river, under the snii(.rin.
tetidanee . of Edward F, aiikted
11. 11eap and 1)r, .I:uneg P, llamiltott,
hiciatt.
Mont. Charles F, Thar . lafrn Inns been de.
tacheil from the navy to aecompany the expo.
dition Jisr
r'
stayer. Twenty-five
Camels and dromedaries will le empliiyed,
one qt the objects ur the expedilion - being to
test 0;04. endurance and adapaility to the
climate. TIM party will omsistof about fifty
picked_men, provided with all he necessary
implements s to break a road throtp,.. h. They
win nindezvous at 'New Orleam on the L!nth
of May. lynx. All the parties foi the different,
sections of the road are now orjanized, with
instruction« to commence operniims at the
earliest practicable period. It it thonght the
work will he finished by next Deendier.
Vrimi the York ;IlonArknoian.
The Hog Cholera.—Teriibil Fatality.
Sine() We last write 4111 this suject. a large
number of hogs have died in thisConatv, from
the prevailing- sickness, a k-iiiLof cholera.
Messrs. I. ) . S; S. Small, at doh. grist mill,
about two miles from town, arethe heaviest
losers. Up to Howl on Saturdy, the 18th
hoist, one hantipcd and ../tine (od two kin
dred and fifty hogs, had.diod ; :ad from Sat
urday till Monday evening, furfren more
died, The hogs base for toms time been .
running at large, in the woods, rrt that does
not sewn to check the sickness.-:Some o f th e
dead hogs, though not many, k,cighed ova l .
two hundred paints; the gonerl, averago in
about ono hundred and twenty vitals, each,
Must of these. hogs have been )(might from
Western drovers ; the rest wereiome raised.
I'. S, We have a report fret the mill up
to Thursday noon. at which tho there were
oae hilmlred dead boy; or, riy
the live preceding days.
Jacob Myers has also lost a umber of hogs
not heretofore alluded to ; and w are inform.
ed the whole remnant of his drce-hogs lurve
died. Like Messrs. Small, Mr. Iyers' loss is
severe.
A. Mr. Free, distiller, in Mannester town.
ship, lost the next highest numbr—sumo ac
counts say two dozen.
Next acmes Joseph Ruby, in tenant town
ship, who lost ten or twelve. lk think some
were his own raising.,
Six hogs of his own raising., led. for Mr.
John iliestand, in Suring Garen township,
two milus from York'.
Besides the above, other prisons in the
county, about whom Nve have nuiheard, have
no doubt also lost sotne . of their ;ogs„
It is singular ho - w. quick uftr an attack
the hogs (lie. In numerous imil.nces, while
eating the hog Ms, and in a fti7 minutes is
dead.
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roily ..4fflivtion.—John Richards,
Esq., an eminent lawyer of balling, Pa.,
has been lying ill for two week' of erysipe
ins. A week ago his mother andsister, resid
ing at Columbia, procF - ordial to hafting to at
tend him in his illness. Both :ere soon af
ter seized with typhoid fever, id on Satur
day last both died—the mutlunin the morn
ing and the sister in the evenini Mr. Rich
ards' condition is su critical as nt to permit
his being informed of the calatitous distnt
salion of Providence which in (4! day remov
ad both these watching angels torn his sick
bed.
A Faet,—A young lady in Brddyn, N. Y.,
has recently had hor leg ampuited midway
between the hip and knee in cesequence of
a wound caused by a broken hoc. The hoop
was of steel,-,and in some unacematable man
ner a broken point penetrated° the bone.
The wouud became inflamed; aoutation was
thus made necessary. We hte the story
front a young lady who is a frie3 of the now
crippled-for-life victim of fashms, and can
vouch for its authenticity.— Triitcud Herald.
iticcrifon, rhomas Carson, forerly speaker
of the Pennsylvania-. Senate,-dit in Mercers
burg last tiunday.
' re - COrn is selling, in Siousity lowa, at
83 a bushol, Through the. mile portion of
Elie Scats Itay is in (loin:lnd - at ti) per ton. -
ga-The Queen of Xughtui.l higiveu birth
to tt-uuti4vr pritn;vbs,
nut embrace the slave p(ipulation as well
as the whites, and, therefore, the irresistible
conclusion is that slaves are "chattels."
Now, if the New England Black Republi
cans will but refer to 'the opinion of the Su
preme Court of Connecticut, it will be found
that the sante principle was enunciated from
the superior bench of that State. Says the
New Haven Register:
In the case of Bullock vs. Jackson, in the
Elth Connecticut Reports, Chief Justice Wil
liams said:
"When the preamble of the constifniion of
the United States speaks'i)f WE THE PEOPLE,
to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and posterity, &C., it cannot be seriously con
tended that it included that class of people
called slaves, and the term people in the bill
of rights must , have been used in a - similar
sense."
Then as to the human "chattels" and the
riv,ht of "property" of Mall in man, The
' , now court says, in the Ent Ifartlird ease,
Sth or oinnevtniit, where the question was as
to the legal condition of Flora, a. colored WO-
Inan, as follows -
Peters, Judge—" Upon the death of her
muster, Fl.ira, ,not being specially devised,
was transhirred to the defolidants, and,
being a chattel, vesteil in theta."
Williams, .1 udge—"Upon the death of
Pitltin. this - slave did net vest in
the heirs, hat, being personal property,
was assets in the hands Of the executor."
Thi s was not the language of outside bar
barians, but o f our own ju(lges in deeiding a
case upon our mln Nor was it in
ancient times, but comparatively of modern
ranter; and three of the meutletrs of the
court. w:m took part in the first 011:•0 referred
to—) wages Bissell, and. Waite—are
yet living.
Hero is a ohoieo Rlie Of history for Halo,
Collainer,_andllainlin to ilia
or law" had nut in the days of these judges
tumbled the throne roasun iutu the VOlluX
of political insanity.
:1(/airs is Krim•YiLe..-.4thire.i.9 t/ - Secretary
telegraph, summa days ago, fur
-111,,l IL brief abStra.it of the address to theV
people of Kansas published by Mr 2 Stanton,
the new secretary of the Territory,. Speak
ing of the coming- election for delegates to
form It State Constitution, he says;
need scarcely say that all the power of
the territorial executive will be exerted with
entire impartiality to prevont fraud, to sup
press violence aria to secure to every citizen
a fair opportunity for the safe and peaceful
exercise of tho elective privilege; and it will
be no o 4 the duty than the earnest desire
and great pleasure of the Ciovernor Or acting
tioternor of the Territory to carry oat, in
~.-ood faith, the policy avowed by tlse Presi
dent of the United States to secure to-every
resident inhabitant the free and iudepenolent
expression of his opinion by his vote. This
sacred r i g ht t o . e a c h iudividnai must be pre
served. and that being accomplished. noth
ing can be fairer than to leave the pe o ple of
the Territory, tree Irmo all foreign influence,
to decide their own destiny for thembadves,
subject only to the constitution Of the United
States,"
flu earnestly invokes the contidenen of the
people in the declared intentions of the terri
torial exek-liiive, and deplores the events that
have marked the previous history Of the new
territory. In order that all heart-bornings
eliu .' s by the' past niny
lat obliterated, and be succeeded by peace mid
harmony, he ree,unmends that a general Am
nesty he granted to all those in anywise in
volved in the, previtatk difficulties. Such a
measure, he thinks, would be one of coneilia
tion :Cad -peace, leaving the people free front
apprehension in the future; so they eau so.
eurely devote themselves to those, inqmrtant
labors Which are destined to make the
territory a great, prosperous and. happy
State,
Ppesenbrilon Sword.'. --Three elegant and
costly swords have been received in Washing.
ton, to be presented, at the request of the
British government--one to .'aptain Hart
stein, who commanded the bark Resolute,
which -our government mode a present of to
England; one to Lieut. Trenaehard, of the
United States surveying vessel Vixen, and
,the other to Mr. Morrison, master of the Vix
en, for prompt and efficient services rendPred
to tho British Bark Adieu, in 1536. The
Union says, the heads' of the hilts of these
Swords are surrounded by an eagle's head of
gold, exquisitely carved, and the guards are
ornamented by anchors and cables. Th 0
blades are very handsomely carved, atlq„10
scabbards of blue velvet, mounted with gold.
.Congress o at its last session passed uu net al
lowing the officers named to accept the pres
ents.
Tunnelling Neu. Jer.vy.---A correspondent
of the New York News, who is evidently
grieved at certain "evils of the• State," dug
gests the idea of tunnelling New Jersey from
the Hudson to the Delaware, and thus save
the SA tax imposed upon travelers crossing
her territory.—_mother suggestion is, that
the Jersey dues be capitalized as the Danish
dues are—each State of the Union to pay at
once their respective proportions of the ex
pense for "keeping and supporting" gatc.s at
the entrance of her territory.
An Assignment —The directors of the Lan
caster (Pa.) Savings Institution appeared in
court on Saturday and made an assignment of
its effects. T. L. Roberts is the assignee. It
is thought the institution will pay about
fifty cents on the dollar when its affairs are
closed up.
ile - A day or two since the Treasurer of
the United States received a letter on public
business with the f Mowing superscription ev
idently written in dead earnest: -
"You night E D Suit©s Treser."—lrada.
Star.
Mr. Mi 1144. —lt is understood, sass the
Philadelphia Inquirer, that this gentleman
will not be recalled, but ho permitted to re
main atir•n ;t ,l as long as he may feel disposed.
B Judea Mason, our minister in Paris,
will, it is said, remain there a year longer, 35
he has imporutut uegotiaticns peuding.
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I "War" on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
—Quite a riotous state of things exists on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. the freight con
ductors being on at, "strike." The difficulty
originated from an order of the company, re
quiring the conductors to seal the freight
j ears in such a way as to prevent or detect pil
-1 fering, by which the companyhas of late sus
tained losses—and in the event of loss under
the new system, the condUctors to be respon
sible fur it. The conductors refused to carry
out the order, alleging their too great respon
sibility under it, and leaving their posts, have
1 1 gone so far as to stop trains, under new con
; ductors, by violence, thus disorganizing the
business of the road. A number of trAins
; %chief' started out from Baltimore on Wednes
day and Thursday, were compelled to return,
and on Friday afternoon bloodshed result
,..__.
sheriff . of - lialtinio - re - eennty, with a
good force of deter Mined men, accompanied a
train, haring the U. S. Mail on' board, which
as short distance out of the city was met by a
large body of the conductors and their friends,
who rated the train with stones, and fired a
number of shots at those in the cars and on
the engine. The firing was returned, and a
number were wounded. The train passed on
until near Ellicott's Mills, whereanother fierce
attack was made with firearms and stones,
but hotly returned, wounding five or six.
Several arrests were wade. 'The train then
passed on unmolestedly.
Telegraphic dispatches were sent to Balti
more, that the train had "got through," when
two more trains were started oat, but before
proceeding far, they were met by the rioters,
and not being provided with a 'a ufaciency of
armed police, compelled to return to the city.
The Governor of the State has been applied
to in the premises, and he has authorized the
calling out of the forces of the State to secure ;
the company against such I:mle:s:mess. The ;
affair may become oven Inure serious than it
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The Difficulty Between the U. States and
New Granada.—War Apprehm*.
NEW YonK, April 29—P, M.—The.fullow
ing are the demands of the Unitel States upon
New Granada, in view of the late difficulties
and murder of American citizens upon the
Isthmus :
First. T4l eonstitutd the cities of Panama
and Aspinwall two independent muc►iripali
ties and invest them with the powers of hell . -
government, extending over the territory ten.
miles wide on catch silo of the railroad—rler
feet freedom of the transit route—its neutral
ity and liberty guarantced—the sovereignty
r ':110 “" 41; and ho
ant to he changed; and other nations to
cited to join in the guatanty.
•;ecntni. To cede to the United States the
full sovereignty of two small groups of is
landß in the hay. of Panalllal for a naval Sta- i
6111, and all rights and privileges reserv
ed in the railroad contract, tor ample consid
eratinns.
Third. To pay the damages occasioned by
the outbreak of the 15th of April.
Fourth. The sutra to be paid by the United
States.
All these demands Granada absolutely re
jects, and claims one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars from the United States for dama
ges done at Panama to New Granadian citi
zens by Americans on the 15th of April, and
that the United States owes reparation_ to
New Gramola 11)1. the rude protest of Col.
Ward, dated April 21st, and for the disre
spectinl letter: of Commodore 31ervine and
Captain Bailey. The notes of Louis Puinito
and Gonzales arc long, and full of false asser
tions and. incorrect deductions.
In the House Of Representatives it bad
been propt)sed to raise a loan of five 'hundred
thousand dollars in ease New Granada should
be invaded by the United ..4tates'.
Al letter front Aspinwall, dated the `_'oth,
says: "The alarming aspect of our relations
with New Granada is creating great excite
ment. Immediate wax with the United States
is apprehended. The property holders of
Panama had bevin already to calculate the
chances of loss. during the scenes which may
yet transpire before the settlement of the diffi
culty. Fur some weeks they have openly de
clared that no negotiations could t-ettle the
matter—that there certainly_ would be ti" rap , 'tore,
tare, and the result would he the temporary
posting of United States troops on the Isth
mus."
. Enormous Embezzlement.
'rho New York papers contain the fol
lowing startling account of an eniliezzlement
practised in that city. It hardly scams possi
ble that such protracted itislionesty RI Id have
been ea rried on, and it is to be hoped that he
will be "IN-anted" by the courts of justice, and
that speedily
-"John Mel!Yee!), cashier of the firm of J.
Beck & Co., extensive dealers in dry goods at
No. 355 Broadway, was recently arrested,
charged with having, during a series of years
in which he has been in their employ, em
bezzled money to the amount of upwards of
130,001), The firm failed some months ago,
and wished to ascertain the cause, if possible,
of their deficiency in funds : they instituted
an investigation of their books for several
years past, and the discovery of the above
enormous in their cash account has
been regularly balanced, but the balances
had been forced, and the difference between
the true and false balance had been embezzled.
The cashier had enjoyed the fullest confidence
of his employers, and until the discoveries
recently made was not suspected.
"It is stated that he has made confession to
his employers in regard to the dispo:iition
made by him of the embezzled funds, and has
already made over to them a house and lot on
Fourth street, opposite Washing,tou Square,
which he purchased with their money. It is
expected, also, that considerable more proper
ty will be delivered up to them."
Singular Dirorce, Cu.yr.—A person in rath
er a high position has just obtained from the
civil tribunal of the Seine (in Prance) a sepa
ration from his wife,' with the right of keep
ing his child, in consequence of the following
circumstances: The child had the measles
and the medical attendant declared its life to
be in danger; but the mother nevertheless,
continued to prepare her toilet for an evening
party, to which she had been invited. 'You
cannot leave the child, who is dying,' exclaim
ed the husband. The wife replied that it was
impossible fur her to remain away from the
party withoct breaking her promise, and be
ing guilty ufa want uf politeness.
The husband again remonstrated with her,
but in vain ;she insisted on going to the par
ty, if only f.ir an hour. The husband then
informed her that if she carried her intention
into execution, the door would be closed
qgainst her on her return. The wife left for
the party, but on her return home was refus
ed admittame. The tribunal has decided that
the husband was perfectly justified and has
furthermore ruled that a wife whof Irsakes
.
her child iu forfeits her conjugal tact:-
tion.
The "Great Eastern."
We find in the last nnmher of the Scientific
American a description of the new steamship
"Great Eastern," (now being built near Lon
don.) with drawings of her machinery. It is
confidently expected that this immense levia
than will be launched in July or Aug,ut next,
with all her engines on board, and will make
hoe first trip to Portion'', Maine. soon after.
We extract the following paragraphs from
the description of her :
"The ship is novel in several important re
spects, aside from her vgy extraordinary di
mensitms. The length entire is 680 fett
more than an eighth of a mile the breadth,
at tie widest point, exclusive of the paddle
boxes, etc., isS3 feet, and the depth, from th©
upper deck, is 58 feet. Unlike other vessels,
whether of wood or iron, she has no keel, and,
strictly speaking, no ribs. The shell does
not diminish in thickness or strength from
„the bottom upwards, like other vessels, but is
of equal strength throughout, like an im
mense tube. The lower portion, however,
up to a line eight feet ab:ive her deepest irreo
mersiou in the water, is constructed of two .
thicknesses or shells 3 feet apart : the space
between being traversed longitudinally by 33
continuous strong and water-tight partitions,'
thus forming 32 separate iron chambers, each
provided with suitable cocks, - by which it can
be filled or emptied atyydeasnrei bermaintain
the proper trim, or to ballast the vessel.—
There are four decks, each of which strength
ens the hull laterally, in the ordinary manner,
and the whole structure is crossed by strong
and water-tight partitions, each capable 4 r. &
resisting the full pressure of the water a. case
the hull should be damaged and either elim
partment filled. There 'are ten such trans
lexerse partitions, sixty feet apart, and the hull
I is, in fact, designed to be separable, by vie s
knee, into several separate vessels or sections
and. in addition, there are, through a large
portion of the distance, two longitudinal par
titions, thirty-six feet apart, and extending
up to the lower deck.
"The arestt Eastern will be'propelled by
loth is pair of paddle-wheels mid a screw;—'
The paddle-wheels ore to be tifry-six feet in
diameter, and are to be provided each with
twenty-eight paddles, thirteen feet in length
and three in depth. These will be driven
not simply by one engine, as is Common (A
our coasting steamers, nor again :by two, as
in common on most of our ocean steamers,
hut by four engines coupled in p a irs. one p a i r
for each paddle-wheel. The diameter of each
cylinder is seventy-four inches—considerably
less than those of most of our large steamers.
The engines are oscillating, with slide valves,
and the general arrangement of erieli pair is
shown in the engravings. These engines will
work with a nominal power of 0;00 horses.
The screw is twenty-flan- feet in diameter,
with a pitch of thirty-seven feet. The pro
peller shaft is twenty-four inches in diameter.
This will also be driven liV falr engines, to
subdivide the power, and either may he dis
connected at pleasure to ease of disarrange
ment. Screw engines are necessarily ofsher4-
• -.
. . • . , • .eli-bffon-r-feet
the diameter of the cylinders is eighty ,
fur inches.
"There will be in all :22 engin_es,_ including
all sizes : 4 for working the sererr,A for work
ing the paddlewheels, 2 for working the cap
stan, getting up anchors, and -pumping, out
ship; 2 for revolving the screw, ito prevent
its creating resistance when- uncoupleil and
the ship is working under sail and paddle.
wheels,) and 10 donkey engines, or steam
pumps, for tilling up boilers. 'The large
screw engines are also fitted with a separate
steam cylinder, to ahl in starting ant/ revers
ing, which cylinder might almost be sated. us
a still additional engine.
"The tonnage of this ship, by our gpvern- -
meat measurement.• would he about 22,1100$
tans. The di-placement of water, or the :e
-tool supporting capacity, will he about 27,-
000 tons. The weight of tho hull, rigging,.
and enginery will he al,out 7,000 tons, and a
sufficient quantity f.foonl f9r a full Australian
voyage is estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000
tons, leaving a clear capacity for freight of
about 14,000 tons.
'lf "the very gigantic clipper ship Great
Republic, the mantimith N t eaniS hip of war
Niagara, and the Cullins steamer Adriatic—
at this date the largest steamships afloat —were
each _to be fully loaded, and klien transterred•
bodily, with their loads, into.the bold of than
Ureat Eastern, it would al pear from the ,
figures that .t . " he whole would make bat a fair
cargo for this novel craft."
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The Indian Massacre in Minnesota.
_Prtrther Port if-illclrs.—Tlie St. Paul (Min
nesota) Pioneer, of April Pith, gives some
further particulars ono:eating- the Indian
troubles in that territory. A party of SOl'..
diers who had been dispatched from Fort
Ridgely to the scene of depredations on the
Des Moines river, on arriving, at Springfield,
on the 4th inst., frond that a band of Sioas-
Indians had attacked the town the 2tid hest;
killing seven persons, wound.ing three, anft
earrytrigfour women into captivity. Among
the killed
,were William and George F. Wood,
Josiah Stuart and a Mr. Church. The name,'
of two of the women who were taken prison
ers were Mrs. Marvel and Miss Gardner. The
Democrat says
The attack was without provocation, and
was unsuspected by the settlers. Mr. Wm..
Wood, a trader and nu old settler of Mankato,
had been proceeding to have a talk with the.
Indians on the bank of the river, when het
was shot dead and his body burned. After
this a general massacre took place, in which
all who were not armed suffered naTe or less.
Th o se who were armed barely escaped. Two
Indians wore killed—tote having been shot
by Mrs. Church, who loaded guns fur the men
in ,►ne of the houses.
Thirty-eight volunteers left 31ankato, tinder
Capt. Lewis, immediately on receipt of the in
telligence of the massacre. The company
reached Slocum, on the -Watonwan river, on
the evening of the 11th, where they met a
budy of Indians eacamped, who, on their ap
proach, fled, throwing their hatchets in . tho
air, firing hack as they ran. The company
killed four Indians. his, however. was but
an outpost, fur immediately afterward 150
:trilled Indians made their appearance and
showed fight.
Gen. Shilds, Gen. Dodd, and ono or two
others, had raised companies of volunteers
and proceeded to the scene of war.
Telcyraphic Cables.—The Magnetic Tele
graph Company between New York and WaA
ington city have just succeeded in laying two
largo and very fine cables from the foot of
Thirteenth street, New York city, to the Jer
sey shore. Each of the cables contains three
conducting wires, and although very heavy,
the cables were laid lw Mr. Heiss, without
difficulty or accident of any kind. This,:with
the telegraphic cable recently laid across the
Susqueanna, makes the connection between
New York and Washington less liable to in
terruption, and will ensure; with other im
provements, the working of the line at all
hours, day and night, accNrding, to the recent
orders of the company.—San..
VD* "A fellow who had undertaken to serve
some subprenas, finding the roads in a shock
ing condition, wrote a note to each of the par
ties, .tating that a sum of money was deposi
ted in hands, which they could hare by
callin; 4Th 'pint. They called and got a tibpo..l
- and cents each.