•
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TTIV - DEMOCRAT:;
Ritpking
• Tit . ffejs s Arstglsitrts' , isk-Ntiietitern
The in s rat a Tess ov;• ler rite 2 ,:aw ri o n -- 5 a .... stance pie s mr,.
,a detitlAneltiti itYlvanin tet•tlitspee , ' '
clatters in Ile falba\ of a
specie haisii;anti oPOited tit :t'asresband .;
ingly,inermisatigthe pspcs: irate - With' anY
increase ofjthe aggOtigate stock of ilia
There sac, therefore, beau "free banking"
in Vennaylirania with his assent, during his
atimittistraiitinflioretill he favnetniy fee
tha6 will terid to **end the ourren
cy, because the. stock of coin may be :in
creased. Ho, trulY coosiders the purpose
oti Cireidating medium to hi - matter of
oenvenieaCis,to-tbei_People;--,and,ehotild be
Of jest Suitt an amount es theirans-etions
of.wholesOme bushiess may-texpiire;tred - nol
rare, Ifl the increases; there is the
• lose necessity tarpaper. = These are sound
centinientk and if Carried Mit-will giro its
elirreney of the hal; chareater, and at the
eltur4l-finie 'protect: - tis from those ruinous
ietuatinni--those contractions ;and ex
p
fi ansionirihielt, While 'they -benefit the
fog, • tarry loss-and. "ride to the many'. - lie
rebukes gently timing!' forcibly those gen.'
, den ten Who are continually clamoring for
protection, while'they are at the same , time
ne,sealonsly advocating nnincrease,ofbank;
larger tint of papeemoney. lie
shows what we hatiseften stated, that a re
• 41110'1 . 10t ;aurreney enhances nominal values,
tinkto a greater less .extont Walls any
reis'iriable amount of-protection that our_
federal laws may enact for the purpose.
Instead Of asking for more banks and more
paper money, the 'manufactures and those
persons -t who sympathiso with their demand
for protection against foreign competition,
to' be amaistent, and to render the diseritti
ination in our revenue laws' in favor of do
iitestielnanufactures, most efficient, should
lierthiralvocates of. a steady, uniform rand
appreciated currency. —The more currency
is derirl‘eiated the greater nominal amount
it takeS•to manufacture - a yard ofeloth or
to me top ofiron, and the more the
_natter of the cloth and • the iron have to
giv'e for . the foods On which they live, and I
the rai ment which they wear. In ,our. home I
transactions, the.resitlt is pretty:much the]
same,Whether.the currency is cheap or dear.
Bniitlen happens that the business -of the
countrY it not wholly - a domestie one-, tie
tisidiWith other nations, and ;of'Soma' we
buy More than we sell; and the difference]
has to ; by mide up in money; and our cred
itors in such eases always discriminate, in
oiar mixed currency, in favor of thecoin,re
jecting the paper. So, that tee' much pa
per works a double evil=ir prevents the
dOMeetio manufaatuter from producing' as
cheaply as ibis foreign rival, and thereby
makes an outlet for our coin, which !sill
cries depreciates the currency, and, to the I
f.xtent of depreciation, farther incapae- . '
- .
states! tne manyifietorer • from producing at
such-prices as will enable him to held corn
:candle! even his own market. The new
governor wisely directs attention to 'this
important feature of our mixed currency ;
and its ibe„rnaeufaeturers are generally
among the loudest of the elamorers for more
banking-facilitiei; we trust they may be
indueed to look' - into the inconsistency':of;
• IsEir u • WC; Slit a, SS •mu tneyma - ta - winob '
- t.be , sime.conelicsions to whieb the Govern-
Or ha's - arrived, that they.-will-at least have
respOet for his opinions, and not seek to
stialtehim an:inconsistent es themselves, by
reaming him to part from bis present Fur
pose.l, The Governor truly says, "there is
nemere dangerous political heresy taught
in °ilk land than that the prosperity of our
country is to he created by its-legislation.
A juSs policy can only guard and protect
the legitimate 'means of production frem.
epecial privileges—the - devices of the din-
Clog and trjekeci. 'The people should rely
on their own individnal effort rather than
tee mere measures of governient for their
' siniscecs." This is wholesome as truth.-
0 : )v. (Bigler, like the estimable S..tink, is
• in favor of the individual liability on tor
t/orators to the fullest extent.
1 liossuth atlittifburg.
receptimi by the People—tremerld
iuss lenthusiasziz=—Spreches--Ddegition.
Pirrstioso, January, 24, . 185!2.
The Kossuth' reception ceremonies. took
placethis morning, at the St. Vhatics Ho
tel, on the balcony. • - • -
At ten o'clock , . the hour appointed, pee
fie began to asemhloin the streets, which
were soon packed, from the Hotel to Dia
itood Alley, with the most dense mass ev
er brought together to - this city. It would
be impossible to compute the etutber:
About eleven ettioelt, after Kossuth had
'Ved and replied tothe deputations from
teem .
sewer' plate%„ be was prekerited to , the
verple by lion. W. W. Irwin.
Alelemel 8,„W: Black then welcomed the
di4tinguishedllungasian in one of the most
chssie and elfeOive' speeola es ever delivered
vi m ,. • L •
- The Colonel 'was replied - to by . Kossuth
to linnet fully sustaining his high repot
tatioolo wan Orator and patrons. His speech
was _listened to with great attention. w but
freq u ently interrupted --by ..-SUthUBLIStIO
"shears from the excited 'multitude; - who,
word, loth to disperse. -
At the conclifton of the ceremenies, Cod.]
-end Slack again came forwird, and stated
- ibitlthe people; were the jarers, and , asked
w. verdict against the, Itue s ian Dear and
, his Austrian (AA, which was. loudly givc.
'..,lraisutlo then replied that - court! of law
,senreiltiially Invested with power to ins
fain pair verdicts, sad be hoped the ver
trnot nfthis — jury. would also be sustained.
41dterloome rouge bitkoo bands, the crowd
tiltdispersed..
Ind three Ahab- Governor' Kassab
will bebusily engaged inv-reeeiving delega
- tient from 13,daver, - Butte,- Mercer, and'
Lawrence counties,:' s 1 -
• 'special committee. ."
Legislattre of ;Mode Island, are SUIOfI7II.
` .
<_• : The'clergyßrill wait upon himina body
itnetbovill -bias considatheii :with
the. Meinbepo Of the press whom he - -Will
- Trims ints sirsokSurristls tit ris:
:0 4 1 11 ,-4 will (mar after
ata..Yersra. -7:34531,880i,..,-4Atterwatiftt Atre
Mahe no similar oeturratta Torlorty years
, "C 4119204 %statist the `
ear 1900 will tot
abe leap Yea; Owing to the tiroliping of a..
da ou the completion of tootioeutul. •
& Pdar' , ) 0 ) 1°,4 ;
SaCentreile" - 14.
TIVIIBIIDAYs SEDUMIIt 1852. L
. ,
_ .. resi on ,
lames Buchanan; - I
fintject: to the decision of the National Con
- ' •- - - ventiOn. -- -'I " '''''''7 I
far' Witt that friend la Thomson, whore
centlpsent-ns aletter-requestinuthe-diston..!
tit:mince of his paper, withoid.amysfgnature;
give us Ids name in some way.
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Court Proceedings..2a Week;
Pliebe Ann Smitit'vs.llenry Bied, -- et.al. et
lion o¢ - Relit brought - for recovery - of &lino,
wages, . tried
..
..lilnuarY 27th. ;: Vel4lOt tor . de ,
ferld3Ot. - .- .
~ . 1 ' .-
;: Ward:vs. ,111. & W. Vanhoosen, 'Ejectment; ,
tried January' . 291 h, 1851.aferdict
„fur Plaiit . ';
C'sinntonwealtla via. Benjamin i . AYtestrorth,
James ,McDonald; and John IL - Brown, - con- ,
victed of ConSpiracy, &e.,-jannary.tlath, Cap.. ,
Reasons filed for a new trial,:and in attest of
judgement. After hearing, overruled by _the
ICourt, January_ 30th,51852. Defend:luta' be
iing - at the Bar r
, Court sentenced each to unde
go an imprisonmeut in the EaSterriPeniteutia-
ry atThiladelphia, in solitary ,confm4ment at
hard labor, for the period of one year and
three months, pay n fine' of ten dollars and,
costs of prosecution. - Sheriff Eldred left, here
With theprisoners-on Monday evening en
route for Philadelphia. i i „ _
' _ A new township has' beent created . from
parts of tiomson, Hetrick /it'd Gibsotl, to be
called AttArtsr: . • . : , ,- . :
111 our Legislature,' r
Daring the past week,;vcie notice bit little
of any interest to the • general reader.... I . Mr.
Sandersen'a Bill authorizing a .apecial toad of I
$BOO,OOO for the immediate completion .of the
North Branch Cann.l, Was taken Up inditassed
Committee of the . Whole in ihOrnoto, on tliO
27th - .Petitions hare, been presented . to
both Houses in great numbers, for the ;abro
gation of License laws in the Common
'
wealth, for an amendment to' the Constitution
prohibiting wholly the -tra [Etc in cfrdent Spirits
in this State-4or the establishment of several
1• new bootie, for the repeal -of the law prohibiting
the circulation of small notes, and for the eat*
liattment of isystem ol free Banking* . •
The matter of the contested seat of Solomon
Demeres, from the conntry n of Philadelphia, be
ing - taken up, after debate. the 'House decided
Jacob S. Painter to .be. entitled to his Seat, and
Mr. Painter was- accordingly sworn and took
hisseat. Mr. Demeres received 16,301 votes
and Mr. Pamter 16,31b't Totes.
Bills have been inirodneed• Into the Hooso_
to 'K. - m[ll - 6 - 'IITE Eine]] Chunk 'Bank, the - lien&
vibe Bank ; the Farmers and Afeehanies Baht
of Allentown, also a Bill to establish a uniform
system'of free Darling,.
The House has passed the , Bill from.the
Senate, making an appropriation - of $5,000
yearly for three years, te_the House oPßeftige
at Philadelphia. . . •
_ .
Doingi of Cozlglios.
Nve - fMa but little of interest fn , the teporM
of Congress. the 'making au appropria:
don tiabring home thitnbtut priponeralateii
pardoned by McQueen of .8 painottad the Me
lean Indemnity Bill, have passed both Sim&
Gen. Cass has made aspeech. in favor of in
terceding for lie Irish ttatePthtoners.at Vsea
Diernan's Land In the Smfate, - Ma
Commodore Stockton presented a joint resolu
tion of the Legislature of New Jersey in fa
vor of Sossuth's interVention daetfines, and
made a speech themon.J. Mr. Ilsudin liken ise
presented . some character from
the Cegislaturq of Blaine,aid,'stratige to si k i.
said he had no SPeedipa Make on the iicett
site. - iho abuse, the New Jersey resoin
tions for, and Alabama resolutions' agninitt
Kossuth'i..iutervention - doctrines *ere - pM.
seated. L .
Mr 24Kne: of illioistAppi,.conelodedifis
speech 5115 illooteictoutprouuts* e ResolutiOnsi:,
COnitaiSSiC o *.
nOtiee a - coo:mm*l6n min the. De- ,
trade Vilota; kningieg ilut-the; name of. R, ;4;
Little Es q.'• of 'Wyoming • County for Canal
04m18st:cider; *--Little, - was in 140 - s,
latiOn tiro. and 49) and =Weed
the reputition ore boldinid able. debater; Nnt
elogtent ^ speaker and 2 "gentle — man of stidgt
order of general talen
The I.er:ter of the:article aigel the upsoupt.
lion of a Jgorthern real not only beennsella
n tight but 'tor Considerations tormented Fite
"[ the. elieeay of .the: 1 o4b, Brdtleh
canal. liadvve time.* ipacewe vionideaki
theirtiele,er give its stubtnnuee:bront own tite , .
gav:e. . We shall allude to ttte'nnioe.st l inOin,
and we,Avisti sainir r w, dent - get' #o_ elee.,Y
Northerti candidates As ..n lose -10 n rune le the
_ e a • i : • -
Goszttsot lismitalfr=Bosstith 411101V:I
Cleve/10,06ft); n ` -the-Ist ilistan%l°;g°94
health, arid seisieeeivo ITAtliciinletutecto(4 ,
all' Enna At lairiotill Points , bittken that
Pitee;latd Pittsburg, be was zset-ty r. f3oegis.
ti°°° ,4 ud i'ioseilled with itiiregmatifAus , for
his cause . pe't*,,:ralitofie.w:OekrYiN*'!
stilton-at the int, and theietitik . flpeipeu . ,
p9ckets freely to give'tote noble attse.
which he is the wettlifehatipior.
Sou or ittar Ea rug
ot Ate of -Tavern** tif Weabint N9F
York tirkdrotted on
Thoday of.laii week. eieefie inuLkit
41'0 1 4 interestt and r an the tePudtliere most
elgtering. ' -
alloyeople of this Mate ore Petitioning for
PtOiblOri-Jaw; ciao!' to 01 In M aine gaud Otittootototbil wait* that izave hieg
iireseuted, amount to one hundred and -„dfti
thoutani. In.nine counties over 46,000 names
'were obtaine . d. ' r '
_
TRESIDIM ITGIXOB , E,
tohell. atia
-thy athlirtrielaatriots
111:4010011 , - :01 8 Oct Perm"'
ts.thi# viinter oin* . pa'..to be almost`as
ciid cs theKrusdati Silieriturs . The difference
'ay two iii'ibra‘ degrees;'or.:2latitUdo between
That tnetrepolis anetlielieinitig regions of
the txuthern States, is scarelY perceptible.
tins.them, .for.Jcatt. airoost„tts
rata ht : the federal city as earthqualre?, nOw
.anzi.fi.eeies
Poto
mac and the Tiber aro solid with ice. Keen
earl . Winds - howl nlerip„ - the 'Avenues, and Pc.
destrianS fly from the streets us'ic, : rt real-win
ter at the Capital , were a woidtir ee drOat "tt a
-shower-of , sters:-.'-.l3uttiftersitir - the - Chillieist
piece is the Presidential Mansion Itit hi the
political ...4retin region: of. the day•; - 2 'l kg"
More is a ':gentleinanly icicle ;. President,
wiles') courtesies are:as colOr ;.a
statesman; whose words; will-cliosen . and =di
plomatic; freeie thyy. !we , 'Spoken: Eien
the Mesh: at the New Year's Iteciptien, had
the chills on, and kople,bright as the day was,
went in at the doors, buoyant with joy,.but
-clime out at the windiqvit ttirly, shivering with
the atiue 'they' had inhaled in thelPresideit.
'preseaCe: ,Xossuth;..whe wati acinatoined
to hibernal influencea at home, was frozen - to
the heart by the flllmoreAviateF:blast; and he
ritirecrgladli , froin a scene in
_which the poll=
• .
ties, like the'weather, was intensified January,
.
The dinner -that followed was a dinner of
stern latatnary. Mr., -Fillmore did not melt
dating the,baminet, jand the - champagne was
especially.double-frozen to, be in keeping with
the occasion. The latest display • bf_these
wkiter manners and winter principles was giv
en a few days aga, when an Irish delegation`
from . the four grett•eities, Boston, New York.
Philafielphia and Baltimore. iamb to Washing.
ton to ask the friendly. Intopositimi of the
PieSideni with the British Ministry in favor of
the release of the political prisoners, noW con-,
fined in tiro penal . colonies ,: England—the
noble Irish leaders,-: O'Brien, Mitchell; j Mea
gher,- and their comriattiots. These delega
tions came saith. high' : aid hopeful hearts.-;-
They came, animated by the noble justice of
1 their cause.' -they elated by the idea
that'as they 74%1 fpr no.atmed intervention,
thetasked wha t , they; Would get, They
I cane, with the belierthat
. inew.
_according to
the Eishienable vaunt, non, when Great Britain
and the : United States are -about *to begin an
entente oral:ale for the example' of all , the- furl.'
lions—was - a good time for the,one to ask' an
act of cheap :generosity to the other. The
feelings' Of these ardent and admirable citizens
—so useful in pale' ready.in'war r —so
portent an element in our miraculous prosper
ity—were aronsed'it a prospect- which - the'
most realsonablli einTsee justly regarded asnu
spicienii. BeiiliOyeerild not cirri their "Cal;
tic impulses through - the President's icy door;
they did, they carried them in, to have
them turned into emotions of painful and in- I
dig,nant surprise. I Mr.-D'Arcy, himself a fligi
five frim._the friendly fangs of British
zation, addressed — Mr. Fillurime irra — Orrain of
manly Irish eloquence. He night as- well
hare talked to the marble figure-of Columbus
in the Capitol. The reply of Mr. Tillmore was
the most inhospitable northern blast we have I
ever experienced, and may be safely styled the
closing of the doors of Comfort -and of Hope
upon the perishing traveller
_who comes beg._
ging-for . a plaits at 'the fireside that he may
thaw life back into his body.. We r are - told
that the Monks of St. Bernard have dogs that
are sent out tOsive the lives of travellers who,
way-worn and wretched, sink into .the_awful
chasms of snowof that mountain wild. - Even
the of humanity :ire withheld from
the Irish prisoners by , :our Whig President ;
for the:flute that was naked l in their- behalf
would not - have cost hft one tithe of the elfoit
made by the Catholic_ monk td rescue thehaji-,
less traveller, Whether he , be Infidel Or Chris-,
tin.- Lei the rr . x:'iderpatin and ponder upon
this spectacle.:' Se did sot act thiradministra.
Lion ot 'James K. P.alk. Solid wit- act our
great-statesmantßOchaaan Wfien, nearly, four
years ago, he,adiireiod ;Mr. Bancroft to appeal
to the Britiih Ministry in behalf of these sOme:,
priioners; Wei on triakind this at a time, too,'
when the'British mind. was intensely hostile
to 4relend. HoW . ,easy, for the President to
have imitated this example, and to have avoid=
ed a lecture to his 'petitioners, alike out
plue-,and Mr. Fillmore has been
presenteiken,rpora than one occasion as emi
`neatly deserving of Irish sympathy;; but with
how much jwitice, we' leave history - and the
people to , decide.
Etierscii ELSzartins.—Tfie Lees;
[atm of-4imieliirhave re•eleeted Hon. R. M.
T..14173TE8 IDCM.) allSentlie for elk
years.from the emiration of bis 'meat term,
theilyprth •of Mareh,lBs3. • -
The Legi!llative • el 3ndiana: linve eTeeted: L
gras4zux ,(W/iii) U. S. t3enater,, to see
eeed Amt. AIL Down (Dem) _ -
.11677 1 "e0' frPrilFrOce 1?7 _
er Araerieli, itidpaltes ihat Louis 1 . 401e0n ie
making rapid pp:resell) his h'old scheme to
elAain i supretne power hi-the Rephhlie. Re
porhtstate that although heAss hat:dealare;l
lam, et
iEuipOr;_yet he is to - all intents
`snaiarposes sattne palOiett,:through the
Ofto4ll,:iti"to with :cries
Philadelphia,_
Egr
15 '4lroitt table for
met44ll6llV4Pili liogigieniseplitY!gu'7
07141thrd ' ;,
Nuir L - •
..!r1 :
date*.
rielaltoikipggentriemert bare been.na*
0410 bilirteld
before tbe,46 of March.: Democratic Stale
Conventinst.istandidateil for_the Oftee of
Canal Consoissi!iulet, to sit
B. Bretton, Brit,- of Caliberland.
' - 'llfaj Jebit:-Cnenninga.' of Union,
Levi Z. late, of Colalibia.;,',, - „2
.14n1 or Serb;
lifon.-Tiniotbylvesi of Potter. •
Col. Cordon F:lificson of Bradford,
- Jacob Heck. Esq.:of Franklin. rl
riaj.Wm. -- try; endelAgb. :
' 1
Foul and Mowitiroue -ffiurdert
Disarceri of_thearxiy of the ills king f or
Boy, Muteans,--sucking and Hor ible
:4 • .
- 4itatist,horr,iooatta* wal.OleveroP4 Yes
terday bistiki of Richtiond,,
en the betaitiorti:::.Al;oui 41 1 1.2 . -o'chick i -soino
whir Were playing neat
_the= ' coal '
wharf No. 14, jest otiose!. the iron works Of
Messrs. A. P. Monis, 4iti.s6V9rei3, frozen in the
tae fu " tlie gals; tli rricer'aBthat ttited
maks, closetogatkeri.:,- , -.-•
Theie childiert defamed - 461i - young then
whowerirchoptaw iinad on .they shore,
they,cut. cut the begs i witlilhoir cqes s , Th ey r
pardAy,o*meti Vortioikof
dm= tvatains,:ireCAMOlisihigA
'
..The anapicin once ilashetipon their
minds, in consactien‘n at: recent innlor.ea
prohensions is to the fate of tho missing ped
tar 1:.! . 0Y; /dent) telarnin, that hiiihody, had bOeir
briaught *tie*: inidrola'_ of spectators
soon eciNeted, Orkkatl:nnivek thn‘..sanaO
messenger WAS despatched to Kettsing,ton
for Ar...Go46'ith.:thW'Ot6nO;tapd thO
tkaolliat functiOnari:rsiTalA not
Less Thaw 1,5601 persons ;woe , assembled.--
There tins': the groateit excitement, - and an
uniiotal feging Of horror preiailed.
The !Aoki were renioveittor the ; hetet, of
captain .Gearge DlcAlitt#crton itielsnond F%t.;
near Huntington, where a jury of "inquest
empanneled, • -
„
In one • sack .yras ,a; head ;: and • legs And
feet.; in. another 4 theraxoircas and ••hands,
with the slat-era of the eles4and inthe third;
the loWer part of the'trunk, and the hips- 414
thighs, With the viscern - 4cl,the Muinal re..
gion. The portions of the body:in the diffex
ent sacks were, with parts of clothing of .'the,
deceased, fixed and tied - together, to as to oc
cupy the least space.
The head bad been severed from the trunk,
the body hewn in twain, the legs chopped off''
at the knees, and the feet partly cut- front the
legs; at the ankles, so that they might, he bent
ufferds. There had also`been an attempt to
cut the thorax in two lengthwise. On the top
of the head were two frightful - wounds; frah.. l
taring the skull •The nose virile likeivliebro.,
ken andthe eyeiil - blackened.
-!,liponeiernining the sacks, a most, bloody.
and herriblikspeitaele3tir fiese6ted. -7 - The
-eight, indeed, *as ap fallingl- The stoutest
neries; Could net view' it;isr,ithout ashidder,
writhe barethought Of it (mused the 'warm
bloodlo xun Mild, and the heart to aieken.
, .
.On putting the mutilated parts : of the body
together, and laying [hi Whole olit,in the Cor
oneesice-box, they formal the .perfect corpso
of a youth about;l7 yeais 'old—the exact age
of the lad, Lehman. The hair was like
The bady - ,-,furthermore, corresponded to his in
eiae.- height, and general appearance. The
clothing, too, was of the same, description "as
his. - Indeed, no doubt whatever remained
that the corpse Was of young Lehman.
• The distracted fattier of the unfortunate
boy was present, but he Was so overwhelmed
esti? be incapable of,.`taireignlT any satisfaction
as to the identity of tits , murdered son. „
The clothing was eat and torn into frag.
Meets, and all the buttons wire' removed from!
the greateeat Arotind the pieces of the body)
both inside and ontside of the .sacks, were'
geese wings and feathers. In each sack was
heavy •paving stone. - ,
The Coroner went into a, thorong,ii,and rig
id investigation of the font homicide, carefully
conducting the proceedings in order to serve
the Offs p 1 juselee,in r the best manner. Up
to a late hoar the jury Were still in session: •
,
No
development, havibeen made by the
testimony beyorlvag,tte suspicion. The pa-
lice were- on the atert, but no - clue whatever
to the inhuman arid . perpetrators _ 'of' '''
the 'alarming deed:Of-blood had b_ een obtained.
Thesictim of 3,11 tragedy. : Was
the son of Aaron Lehman, Gennanlew ped-
Lr, residing at No. ,497 North Seventh street,
above Franklin avenue, Penn District.' When
last seen he had with him eliont 8200 worth
of common: .watches; jewelry, and fancy arti.
cies, which comprised almost the entire stock
_in trade of his father.:
There has never been a parallel tithis mon
struts homicideln the annals of crhne in Phil
adelphia. It even exceeds inatmeity the mut:
der of the BM tie family,. in Roiborough;—
North Aineriiapi.. ' -
- - I
iti nS rbo te m, le.: is 4111 ':'
rison; trahiiittkiM,igoislrove , hisfi °froth
home in I e-oblidiffit. as refereed tO' us by
the Brookville -I/emitter: • -Shg
her le young Child and started Ito
hor*s. being out awhile he' - started.
a Hula girl, f Sif..yeirsafter -the 1 , uiothcr.
The 'child iries,Lbiiily.cleci,.,iind started :on
bet errand. Bo ;bipg a smart stream:, she
couldn't ger , over -it reed turned user&
home. :-ThaPeinlieriteui)'s abet bad almost
reached hioMe-in.satety; but in attempting
to - elimb:theitinitfironnd the besse:,lii rail
slippe_dtreniiitt flano throvrig. her . the
eartliand
poeitioasbt was onnd by, ;bar father the
next mornisk,:deinli: and:eobi. tis.tho :tom
drifts aroond her.. Withontlifeing the rail
or-removing the corpse into his' house/ the
hinte storied 'for tin-. Officer to held' ate iii
-4#4,t.
- Gaast.Fraz is Nair Y.3a5..—..t fire
broke OttSist No.llo Nassaufetreet, , abnnt,
o'clock on Wednesday' akiins, by _which
prapirtiffsOrth - ibalf a mlllion dollars was
. ionsureet.' l The prineipai eirtfireni
gaq in gtL l.l 4 o 7 lc - 111Pirt**;-19Alei. about
N. B.' %lacy," toss somo, insured . for
sao.opt.
Freoineei itodges- Co. ; losi about
$430000:' :„. , •„. ,
' Joint, Lockwood, - lost _sleek about
Doremaa, Nisei ,tr.4:ls6.iniiiikent:s26o.-
POC , • 1 ,,*- 1- 7,`
Lester.; Elsber*Robinen, loss --on . stock
= *bons $75,000. . •
r .;.~~Cau4l
rger); Frankrieittei PflN,ew Han*
ithivire'es reeentlyiomkata tor the prat
idenet Us own State. 'He . declines to
have his came eved.lot*hat 0 1 " e; in a very
neat toter to the Om:mid Patties;
, _
✓Willful Murder azid-Robliel* on
the Battery.—Myeteriotie Aftir;
ativalletf, upon to record .
thoSeHtrutal,mnrkers,,. somni
woregtetititliay,
ofteifishibittheir isi idniglit deeds in this
tropolis 40104 ,detection. C:5 1 , 11 ,11;i
-poor, itiolllnisive derPyin; non:CA:, Chas. brell, ,
aged abont; twenty.tour years', Who mut bboat
returning to his ,native bind, having ;received
Irma .bisparentait-bandrett,gulidert(for that
purpose-amounting , ta about
,s4ll—lms: been
deprived of his' tifittorilie - sole purpose of ob.
taining these few:dollars. _The marlin!- %VAS
- - - --•
evidently accomplished ot, the flattery, near
tiio tingsii if, and after stealing from his per:
son the $35 95, which was known to have
t d b throwingit
_re ; o smof oby o y -
ovelthe railing into the river, with A - view, 00
doubt, that the 'tide slunald eanY_off the ovii'
dente of theirevil deed: TIM fdets attending
thaldiseMi : ety of thO body which; told that a
- _
murder had linen cOmmitted, - are simply as fol, ,
•• • • ' •
A lir;Redmond Roeliei.of 1.1 Harrison
Street, left his residerice about six o'cloek yes,
terday morning, for the -puiPoso of taking. A
wsdk on the ,Batteiy for the 'benefit 'of his
health, and when he arrived there it iya? about
a qufirter to seien . o'clock..Hn passing'around
on the
-walk next, the Aver, and-when; near the
flagstaff, he obierved• traces of blood on 'the
snow , b3r'the bench, and considerable more by
a tree;where It appeared by the iniPreiSion
and marks on the snow that a struggle-of no ,
ordinary character had .taken , l;place ludween
some parties. On' witaiessing the the 1
excitement of Mr. Roche was at once aroused,
especially - when he saw- a neckerchief and a
pocket knifelying °tithe nagging, With marks
of blood dn them. The tracks of blood were,
followed rip, and found to"lad to the railing!
next the river, wheie there were also•tnarks of
blood; and on looking down Mr Roaehe dis
tinetly saw the legs and a cap of the deceased
visible;' the balance of the body was nearly
all covered over, with snow and ice. 'Alarmed
at the discovery, Mr. Roche hastened to pro
cure assistance. He, did so, and some parties
Coiling to his aid, le remained there on the
spat until officer Collins and others arrived,'
whe took charge of the body. The 'deceased
was Iling'ou'his -face.; and - oti'removing him
there waslisedveied an sifut wound imme
diately above the, right oye; fracturing the
skull in a terrible manner, froM which the
brains protrnde . d2-L-11: Y. Herald.
ter NYe have received; from Commo
dore Stociton, a copy of ids speceh Made
recently in the U. S. Senate against flsg
ging in the Navy.. lt is eloquent with
genermis and humane feelings. The fol
short extract from ite com- .
meneenient
." I am'pf the opinion that the'-nation
whose, service is supplied With, the best
common sailors, will excel ie naval warfare,
as well as in all literati= pursuits. lam
further of opinion, that in versatility. edu
cation, courage, and industry, cur sailors
in the whaling and coasting service excel
those of-all other nations. lam further
more of opinion, that the superipritYof the
American sailor has decided the ;battle in
our favor in many a-bloody conflict, when,
without that superiority, it might'have been
Otherwise: I desire to secure and preserve
that euperioritY. • 'Tothat end, and for ha
inanity's sahe,l am_ utterly and irreconcila
bly opposed to the use of the lush in the
Navy, or - anywhere else, The lohgest, the
most arduous voyages are, made in
• the
merchant service without the use of the
lash. In' the kitlar seas—among the`iee-'
i,4gs of-the Arctic and Antarctic oceans,'
the intrepid New Englander parsues his
gigantic :game and. hurls his harpoon.; 'and
after a three years' voyage, -retarns. with
the oily spoils Of his. adventurods naviga
tion.- But ho owes noap - of bis success: bis
patient 'endured* his exemplaridiscipline,
and ; his indefatigable industry, to, the guar
dian ministrations of the lash, To say that
men who can-make such voyages, and en
, &ire such hardships cheerfully and content=
edly, cannot navigate their . own • national
1 ships Without the infliction .of thh infaroons
lash, is 'a libel. - ,-,
Who; 0 Senators! is the American Sai
-1 lor, that he is to be treated - worse thin a
dog ?_ Ile has been .my 'companion for
more than a % quarter of a' eentury—thro'
calm and storm, priiations,Sufferings, and
danger. In peace and' in war Ijiave lived
with him, and fogght with him side byaide,l
by Fes and - by land. I' hatie.seen _bird .in
the werthern.lieetin, where there : was no
night to veil his deeds.- . I have seen' him ,
on the coast of Africa, surrounded by. pes- 1
tilential diseaSe. I have seen him among
the West India Islands-in ehaselof pirates.;
with-- his parched tongue - hanging
. almitat I
eat' of his month. - I have encamped with ' l ,
him on the. California inoutitaies,, and on
the plains of. the Mesa.'. I horn seen the
rays of the morning' sun play: .to his- car
bine arid his boarding-pike. . -I have:seen
him march one hundred and fifty miles
thieugh an enemy's country, 'over;moun
tains and through rivers. I have seen his
feet awaid by tbe.projecting tocks, as he
hauled hie cannon over the, bills.'.:"/ have
!aeon him with ,no shoes on twit their!, Of
canvas, made by his own bands, and. with
no'precision but what be took
_from the en
emy; I have seen -him ••plunge into the-
Rio San Gabriel: and:drag Ilia guns after
him the face:di :galling firelrorit a des,
prate foe. ' And finally, I. have laid lie
side_bim on the oold gronnd,, whenthe lee
was formed.on his beard.;.: Sir, his 'beast,
his-best close to my.own. -- I might to know
him'. - do "know-him. =-. And. OAS dayLi
now, b fore the nimblest- 'Senate of She
Repub ie. I stand up to speak - in his.ho- I
half.
.r, I hope lie ,will= find an abler adve- 1
cate;.• ' Nay I ; aar sure ha will find abler
advocates iin tha floor. '-,'But, nevertheless,
hear me' . - v! -'. -•1 z
Tun - GilinatiaTontaz. VOL—In no
conlanie tbe.provision of tho =Coned
tution,,the votes for GOVernor were . opened
And onn4e4 , by :the tiegiAtaenre, : ibe
I.4tbsinat„ sod the result was announced
by the-Speaker oftbe &nate, as, follows
Williamilipler bad - 186.499
F. Johnston had; 118,034'
8;40 ,
Bietr'sl33o,lo7oY-.
of which'
ett - iittitraittllitt , , -0 -
At. amesting of the friends ef tke.Nettit The opwsef., , the - destruetio n 1 3 I
Brtiuch Canal, bold 4 , t the Ce ‘ urt tr na '4 n tho West India Royal lit IS E "' of
hrief Announcem ent°a' tennier A
tThiltiAteinatilaezron'A; Arctic,)
th is. e nom,
followingofficersWere "
_Oro motion_ ;mon -o moons sailed
....,•; 0. rota s out h
"` - •' ' • *-- Itinetonl - wit tails and passen gers; '
elected=
Bresident4-- en ; .. Y . N. S. EDS?. 2d.tost , ., and whem aysont, an d s
- VIC() PresidentS4Jonathan G. I,lo . miles sofith4est of Stilly Islands
Steele, a. - Irßtirohano, and Col. B. S. diseovcred to be on fire. The film - 0 4 4; try
1 ,
Brockwiy. out at an early boor on-the morning of -
- Secretaries=Sylrester Dana, Medea 4th and in twenty minutes alter;
Jei ga ns .. _ rapidly';
did the flames spread, the ship'
On motion, a Committee,of fileen was completely gutted. She subsequently
appointed by thaliair, to prepare resole- ed to tho water's edge, vrhers her b o o m
tiona expressive of, the views of the mvetr exploded,aad the Mull immediate!
rok,
l og. , -
_By:this tern le.disanter 41.passengen t i g
51 4
o. comnoittee,threttA thelr. . PhairniPn; 69.eftheeffmers and crew of the gum.
A. T. Clintock, 'Esq.-„'.reported the follow- are known to have periehir: ”
lug preamble:au:l resolutions' which warn - Capt. Sinw, his four chief °Seers, tio
on motion, unanimously; adopted:- Surgeon, and Elliot Warburtmo ; th e , e ,‘
..)Naterties" , The gonipletion - et.thb brated author-or the "Crescent And th •
Branch - will perfect- the gr eat system of Cross," -were among the sufferers ,
internal, improvement projected by the Many of the passengers, from the sppon,
State of Pennsylvania; open to the bound- ing rapidity with which the flame! smut
loss coal fields of Luzern° County mar- were either-burned or auffncatcd in do z .
'let for her.riehimineral-pre4ctions and in! berths. ,
sure to the. State A revenue that will -more •As soon as every Effort to saw m il l
than ineekttin interest Wnt, the large .in- fl t rim h e o S
la ha il d riebed..
bu
failed,thet
erringboatswtoertehaettoterdet,
vestment expendedupon a Canal, now use-
o
less; but destined to tie- : the most .product nation-which , prevailed , on all sides, t id es ,'
tree - of.alr the State improvement perste, and despairing risli was madtkr
‘ Therefor:e, Resolved, That the - comple. 7 thorn, anithefore.they could be got is
tion of the North Itrapch Canal' i 3, b ineas into'the ,witeritw) were swamped dots,
are most insportnot - to the financial inter- sidnofthe steamer; And every soul inure;
este of Pennsylvania. • . - MIS TOO..TAo. other boats were meta:
ResOlved, That the interests of Northern fully; launched:and thus nine jassengei
Permsylvania imporatively require the com- and 37 seamen succeeded in escaping fi. oi
pletion of the North Braneh_Onnul Wittiest the burning wreck. They were shoring.
delay - . . ter pmke up—one party by an En g r u t
• 'Resolved, That :the,truri
of this an d ob c other by a Dutch and Ifni
State is to completesail.Canal.during the safely landed respectively at Plytnouthnd
present year, and thereby the State will se- ,p r o n o, - . -
cure a revenue from Oa saw, far beyond The Amazon WAS' a new and magnifiete
the interests of tha whOte eapenditure •in beat, and very richly freighted. Thep
said iMprovement. , ' . therelere,isimmeose. The , origin onto
Resolved, That' Northern Pennsylvania fire remains a mystery. .
alwSys true to thn iinprotement policy, of '
the State, now demands that regard shall,
be pald'to lion interest, and that thoia por.
bons of the Slate;; enjoying the benefit at
improvements seemed by votes from the
Northern Counties shall be just and- true
to us. k
Resolved," That the t'ue policy and in
terest of the State will bn best - advanced
by appropriating at the 'present ; session of
the Legislature a awn sufieieut to complete
the North Branch Omni, and, our members
are hereby instructed to - Vote: firr,..and-pro
cure if possible'sneh an appropriation.
Resolved, 'Thai if to secure such appro.
priation a loan be; necessary it, be earnestly
recommended to the 'Members of the Legis
lature to provide, for ao,adequato 'loan for
the earliest practleable -completion of this
work, and that se- touch of the accruing
tolls-on the finished portion of -the North
Branch Canal os MaTbe necessary, be ape
cificelly pledged
i for the payrioetit of the
in
terest on a loan.,l' , .
-
— The meeting ;was addressed-by A. T.
McClintock, Esti; Hon. John
,N Chnyng-
I ham, Hon. Luther Kidder; Hon. Gee. W.
Woodwa: '
On motion, The following persons were
appointed a Gounitittee of Correspondence,
to wit : , •
Hum John Ni Conyngham, V. L. Max.-
Well, Esq., Hon. Luther Kidder, Washing._
ton Lee, Jr., E. 8., Harvey, Esqq.
On motion, .Resolred, -That Hon, Ziba
Bennett, Hon. G. 141.1 Woodward,. A. T.
McClintock, V. L. Maine% and C.B.Fish
er, Esqrs.;' be 4 Cominittee to-, attend to ,
procuring and cireulatipg petitions' in favor
of the North Branch :Canal,. and to prOPI
ournproper persOns Harrisburg
this winter and is ge upon the Legislature _ '
the itnportance of -tho speedy= completion of
said work. '
On motion; 'Bisolred. That =the pro
ceedings of thisineeting be, sighed by the
officers and - published,
.and that. copies, be
Sint to;:our. Representatives at. Harrisburg.
(Signed by the racers.)
Democratic Atilosphero.
, •
A vast change lhas 'taken
_place in the
atmosphere on Capifol 11iil,crithin the last
few days. A Whig Governor vacated.the
Executive quarters on Tuesday ; last, and a
Democratic Goveinor his been i6talleflin;:
to is position. . Nature seemed to have
proparedlierself, by a mighty effort, to - pu.
rify the apartments, by an excessive - frecv,
and a tremendonri blast from the
itian mountaies, of every vestige, of the
taint of WoolY:heided Federalism that hung
around the Executive halls. Vhen,,we
entered. them_ , -Wedeesday,' . we found
them Barb and sWeeras though they, had
been'weshed with chlorine and scented, with
Otto of rose; And' 'then" haw natural they
reeked, and what; familiar faces: le found
in these pleasant:apartments. There - were'
the old ;stagers on their
,ancient.tramping
ground,`and the young Democracy-.1.,1 great
force; "all looking to the rising Sun -with as
intense anxiety and; ardent hopes is ever
the children leolied to the East
for the star of BithlehoM..,
It was cheerin'i4e,lhel the intighrating
influence of the Democratic atmo i sphere that
pervaded the halls, and to wit nos Vie hop.
py, smiling faces!that:twowded-them. All
appeared to' have high hopes ond-large
pectations, and none seemed to tenter , into
the 'calantation - to,eacertain'hoW few ; prizes
there were in this great irlitimil;lottery,and
what a large preponderance there ;would be
of blanks in the wheel on the day Of- draw.
•
.
Apppintments by-the (Non:staff ' - v"'' i - • the3 s4
gcr, onneet out olotow t"
: ' .:
• ' ' • 1 ..
andiCabinet.' eat members - of Gin is as cativo!,
- .Zlisha -, S.', &CAlWhite' Ot ' Towanda State, both from --Ponos ''';
Dep_oty.Seorelobe of Cont r ib'. - : .- ~ ; _ A: Grow, of Xlltli , District, * stlin_.
•- H. L. Dieffeabach, of the Keystone (for %Ahem - cci'., aged 29, and floc. I{ t'
taerly or Lowisinirg,) Chief - , Clerk School M. Fuller `of tho Kith District, a nip!,
Department; incl:Capt, Zeigler, of 'Dialer Lieeldield Co.. aged 81—ooe a do s "
Herald,, , Chief Clerk -Bacot:live Depart, and Abe other a whig.: , . * ~,,,gi
month ; ''
..- r': : -•.- '' ,• -
~ .-- ~ -Thal/art/OM Times silorn.s l ,4' .
~.'Otoi.blOrivi=rilesiro, G., B. Lad, (1( both with 'Kossuth. on the int er
L. Vleit;an4.4l4pla.: - .Shisolc.. - . !_,: :,, ,: question
''-' ' • ' ' '
- - -.ldossengers , -1 1 .1r::liforrio or Berko, l a „..,. ~,•.,. - ---- .- --- -131,
mi. ,Heilimuf feilini.Gbitemont room. .:'... ,;-...::: illarl i liki Thant": Mnr " er e f
-- 4 t is expeetiii ',the' Flout .. and -Leather ar,elett-bdrofe tho'SaPr eme C c ?
isspeators . will', be apPainf d'th's • k - wtoh- last. woik on thitbe Ba° l I
_ tutniand.alleged-iriegularloa p
, The New 'gamptbifix-Demeeraey The ease-was argued, by the ILI! .
are rallying'stionget! on Noah 'Martin i. .- of Dielciason; for the prisoner, and 5
Doyni; for GOireitlim'and Aii - P. Cat e, . of A Munger; District Attorney for lb, l _, A
- Northfield, for Lida,- Ghtrernot;. ' ' Atwood ty . i 119e1Steti, by Hoc .: Joshua A.
tit;
is trying to malic nsisehief.:bui , his leiter/titer ate reople... The decision oor7;
against tho Pies : . :Soilers do mot' compare-1 plieation for is - new trial is rter ; 0 0
Well - with - ids actions' now, and the' people', the may term of_ the Court -44.
have nacoundeica la 4iin:' '• ' igate
_ , : • . .. '
KoS3uth's • Progress Westward;
odViinor'Kosstitii left 'Harrisburg 14 ..
companiad by, the gentlemen of . his pits,
at ,lialf-pait - ono on Saturday, and agl s d
at Heilidayshorg at half-past ten 'them
evening... At -Tuscarora, he vas met 4
Gov..Bigler,,on his Wray to HatTisburph
entered the. car in which Kossuth wass e g.
ed. Upon his being presioned to aorta.
or Bigler, GOV. K055...A.6 said :
!Sir am happy to, have met with,
Moot- kintfneis syn . :ll)26l . lnm tee
State of isimnaylvuoia, tho people ofalif
well deserve the confidence bestowed
them by. me. I i feel highly honored,
meet the Governot elect of this peop:e, s t i
to. express my warm hopes thaLio
hands of your,excellency,..l will meet vil
the asmpathy and support, so far as tini.
terest and welfare of the United Stu d
will permit, of that cause which I, io uJ
huihbl9 capaoity, plead before the trot ;
and very generous people of the t
- States."
Gov. Bigler, in reply, said :
" Sir :—lt requires no assurance ca st
part, I presume.-at this day, to satishta
that you bare the sympathies of Shaker.
jean people. _ Amongst those of mynahs
State, so far as - I hare
_personally kW
them' expressed, I am well aware that t}
are with you: and your cause. I trestth
rime is, not farodistant when this spoil
will become to your prostrate eountryeat•
thing far more ImporWut than eywoit
The sympathy which you are ezeitiailts
for the cause of your . country, I mat Id
become practical aid to , the glorious ma
which you represent. Whether in thew
pacify of the ex_ecutireollieer'of this SA
or the hinible citizen,, you will ,hateej
Warmest feelings,' and if God spares tolift,
any aid that I can give'
,
A '4 . 11Nkieji langbableixi•
dent °correct near *PiaCeryille, a fel . iv
since. - • • •
. •
A miner who was engaged
home, .deposited a lump of gold_in th
gronnd, snresvllly inspetting that mire
quisitive knight of the pick tvtuld ere 14
be "prospecting". thereabouts. A =Lk'
having soon congregated about him, her
cidentally.struck his pip irdctherighto
and turned up the shining burp. A
paroxism of the gold feVer instantly tad
the bystanders, who rushed fok
es, hatchet's and knifes, velterenith told
stakes for laying out anitsecnring 1i;
claims. In an . unprecedented shortsissi
time eight or ten perm' averaging rag!
as Plany;cen'cs to the acre, :were dalyld
Off, and pie•emption rights fully seecelti
the-claimants. It is needless to oidi l / 4 1 ,
sinceihat memorable .day, no red
have been visible in that section nivel
--California Paper.
'Rho NOrristoirn ' Watchman says dal
the' pth tat,'mr: James Hamilton, 1 1 1
ci yeark tinicl,i,eiteetned citizen or
~
s „ township, residing upon the propil
Col. Levi -B. Smith, met his death byte
tgorible accident. He went up S till
the purpose ot'getting his gun to 51..1 1
rabbit, and in couttning down. bolaio
Mania of the gun—which was bilk,
towards bini, the lock, struck tira l ' 2l.2l
stairs, and the - whole lead was dil l l
into his lett breast, entering the tot
causing blatant tieatb. t Dr. Seltzer l
mediateip galled . . in, put
_the unt'al 7
man WAS beyond tbe reach of medial,'