1 Prom thi V. Viiteals;rint
- Execution-tr .- Otto . Grunzig.
Ottci - drtitriig, wlintit will . be remembered;
was sentience rtbeut•firet or girt montlit ago to
eider thireitremeininalty of. the law, - .for, the
Murder Of his wife: bitYpoison,. was. bupg yes,
tordayiderneen about: three o'clock, in - the
y ar d thW , City. Prison. • According -to . - the,
sentence o L r.the: execution should have taken
Pince'n month since, but the Governor wait
induced to postpone it by representations made
to hint; affirming the innocence of the criminal.
-.These representations Were based upon
!egad: confession of MS mistress, Malgaretta
Lorenz, that , she was guilty - of - the cram for
which he had been condemned to - death.
fore
was however, brOught- be;
fore the.9evernor, as it , was afterwards ascer.
;tabled - that sholtad ttrade 'no •stuelt r confeseion,
'Vat:ha...l,lml the contraryoiaid she Wan Willing
to. say aeything that might savehiri life. Fur.
iliefinforntation,obtainedlioM persona who
know,Proniig -and ; -warranted the
Attor6eY).'gr.-1/Itlet,in anew iniesti.
gatioit .of the tv,hele esse,,veltieh led to the pub
lication, Of some imporLni testimony; partly.
mplie tti tg the Woman -Lorenz in the tmoder,
eadpartir.estaltliSking the innocency of Grun. •
,2,i„i.„,,Whether any reliance was to be placed
..anthe i eidettee, corroborated by two or three
witnesacs,.was,itteourse, for the authorities
; .'.ci
rteerned in the matter -to determine. The
tvyreardid not, _however, consider .that he
was justid.td in farther delaying the execution,
And notified the Sheriff,. Mr. Carnley, to that
effect.' f • "
When; the-;Governor's , refusal - to grant an
other respite was m tde! known to the unfoa
matte lean, he - became deeply.affectedz4or he
had entertained up to-this time, strong hopes
o.conmutation of, his sentence. iIE now
prepared himself with more fortitude and-:res.
ignation to meet his' fate, although itis said
. bv.some that 110 - ,stild believed he Would not
be,hq t 3; ant went to the gallows - under:the
Ttrni conVietion that he Would ~be finally res.
plted.. _Yesterday OfteriMon he diew up his
.will,leating his, property -to , his children by.
31argaretta Lorenz, whn ho requested to sign
, it. ThiS she refused; as sonic, ~ p ortions of
contained aslight olluision to her, tending to
i.nplidate her. hi, themurder of his wife.
isiaid that. 'Grunzig intended to. evade
~ the sentence of the law, ,by - committing sui.
4..atne weapons Were found . in his cell
.by the . riolice in attendOneo-upon him. Two
clergytnen were with throughout the
.
,greater portion of yesterday up to the hour. of
• his execution.... A portion of the time he spent
in prover, in writing and in• conversation with
. the officers of justice - nod and others.
As it was known he would be executed yes.
.teitlay, a large - crowd 'of persons assembled
around-the City Prison' about an. hour before
„the appointed time. This crowd was
of persons of
,both sexes and of all ages,
the . majOrity of whom : were denizens Of. the
Five Pointsnnd vicinity. Their conduct; as
is usual !on stt...h eecasions,showed how slight
- ly they were effected by the horrible tragedy
. 11,-as to - he enacted within the walls of
Mai front witnessing which they
were meat judhilously excluded.' Thenomber
a persons present at the execution was limit.
to about two hundred, among whom were
.the police officers, and some members .of the
press. -1,
About half pest three, the; unhappy , man
waS conducted from the cell to the gallows by
the 'Sheriff, and. accompanied by two clergy.
Although its walked-with a firm step,
and - exhibited but little nereousness, it was
evidentlfrom the death:like paleness of his
,face,
.and . his -whole rdemeanor,tbat he was•
deeply impressed, with, the solemnity of the
~ t erribledate whic awaited him:. When pine
`..ed under the scaffold, the rope was adjusted
,
-retina his neck by the Sherif]; after which the
"roiniaterS made appropriate and affecting pny.
crs, -He was then asked by the Sheriff if.he.
desired!to, ralte• any rernarks,. when he spoke
as follews: • „ . • . -
-".fir: Sheriff, yan are a good manoind - ,I
have nothing to say, except that 1 protest my
sintmeenee. In my last dying words, I say
' lua :inpteent lini innocent !..I am innocentl
Justice' in this country is bad. - was not gnil
'
-ty -and the jury did wrong in convicting me."
When. he.had done.speaking; the.black cap
was pullet) down over: his face, the rope was
cut, and after a few convulsive efforts he teas
. ed to exist.- Thus s he died, declaring Ins in ,
micenet to the last, and if time should prove
the trail; of his declaration, it .is to be hoped
the lesson it will teach may not be forgotten.
linen 'after the exectitien. those assembled
~withinithe walls dispersed, iome turningiway
with stet:el:lg from the. horrid reality_ of which
they Were spectators, The body was . taken
,slowa aftethsli in hour's suspension, when it
Was pronounced dead by the Doctor. in atten
..tianee,innd -the usual ceremonies performed.;—
Toe death straggle Wes very brief, as his neck
„;vas biokett -
War b3tween England and
- Franco.
A Paris correspondent of the Lon don Chron
iple,,ntider -date of January 25th, 24ins.svrites
of theAllicatened war .between England and
France: _ -
- The impression is becoming daily. stronger.
- here' (Paris) Writ we are on the ere of war.—
' Those who are neguainted with the sentiments
of Louis Napoleon on the :subject, 'all admit
- that be trill not only do nothing to avoid' war,
i/nt that he will be glad . (1- - rin opportunity of
waging it.•" Ilis.firm and decided opinion is,
thut 'Martial success is necessary , to the_can
' solidation of his power, and that his surest
-- Means of retiinin,g a hold of the French, pee
fie, and more especially of the' French - army,
is to give employment to the troops.- The idea
of tr4r is not new to Louis Napoleon. It was
his - first-thought after his election, in 1845.
was the first suggestion he made to M.
Thierl , t, when that statesman. went: to Elysee,
' and ii , ,'ln . clefereriee to the opinion of his min
• isters, and in T ice of the opposition of the As
sembly; he then postponed the - fulfilment, of
.111. i leen.. It must not be supposed that he has
abradoaed it. "It is well known that it is one_
ofthe pendliar:ohniacteristicsof Louis Napo.
leen th a t 1 1 4,: tke vei abandons a wish or an idea
which he i thinks will-contribute to his own in;
terPets,;zr Since his election 118.• President, we
had many instances of that fact,; bat
jp . t t it; and most notorious is the confiso ,, tion
:'of the, Qrleans possessions. -There is - hardly
: ritradition-coonected with the Empire, that he
' 4oes Uti•wisli to re-ova:lista—from th
bloiltade and the Rhine :rontier. to the
- orEnkland. ,1 am credibly informed
tlkt at'- tho - present moment the President's
apholeldeals with respect to the invasion of
, that, 'jai has consulted- Generals,.
• the--PlPs of lb Baing.ei:expedition,
itiCelYeciteportA'On the feasibility . of the pas
' ilgepf the Channel, &e. - , There is not o man'
: connected: With the ;ElySee that does not off, di
- 4 6 SPeak ortheinission.ll3lArinffitir that is not
but Which' will,be attempted.
be,supPOSed ;dint yrateA is nee..
Theio ere, tiehipPily„toO Many reek
I'oloo, en.411-..iiVwhich' it vouid:,W easy-to
toii4o'the -feelings .or the Treinih Atatiol),
Of which' would be on" .
,The- Mends - nf touliNapoteoninitertind
tritlythat the ; French :'
mankeintriftlieir feviinge . for: the d e
eat' of
Waterlciii, and, for the imprisofithent
,the
Anptint
they say would be popular t a n d.
..,19,6ach,:.cireuntstances why "should- they not
; - ...midootoitl:i .1 knew. nothing :of2.the f e et.
terg-the belief is
Mat Russia ttouidjoin:.-lanny:-attnek - Which
rranitsrmiglit boVasposed.',,to-.-make
land; Certain it is that since . the 2d of Dep.
the representative of Ittissia hasbern tiie most
assiduousin his atten&ince extt,he Elyseiond
the most; honorerlof,thni diplonintic,corAthat
re
Russian nobles'a mOreplentlftil in-Paris at
thepresent moment thSn they letwei-everbeen:
since 1848 - ; and Oat. both .amongst the French
and 4ti Russians,. it isi:entrentli.stabed that
an arrangement - between Pimlico tot - Rusata
would not interfere with the extensione of fink
French frontier to the) Rhine. if France
permit liussicito seize cm COnstantinople.
THE. DEMOCRAT.
The Ate=est Clilmlntlon In *colleen
Vennsylvanan-1632C0p101 Weekly.
S. 13. &.E. B. CHASE, Einloni;
I
li t t 3 ItOgiftZtv • SZe
ni,kr4pn 4,1 s
- For President.,
Samos Biichanan.
Subject to the. decision !of tflo National Con-
ventipm
- Banking and S m allml Notes.
We have ever underatond•the' Democrati
party to oppose, moist. uncompromisingly, nll
Systems of legislation calculated by • its ten
dencies and -results to peptises unequal, bur.
thens on the people ;—tb"mate the. rich,' rich
er, and the poor, poorer ;to oppress the_l6-
dustry of the country, and to build up monop
olies ; in short. anything, in the shape of grant-
ing special pririleocs at the expense, of the
many. We have always loOked upon that as
one of the cardinal principles-in the Democrat,
is creed, and have fully subscribed in senti
ment and feeling. It is,right; it is Jest;
, and
one of tine principles in Which our government
is based, thenlaintenunce of which is essential
to the purity;iigorlof the government it
self. , We recollect the patriotic words of the
great apostle of D.:mocrey,—the embodiment
of its principles in more modern times,—when
he said ;—" Government should confine itselt .
to equal protection ; and, as Heavendoes its
rains, showei:':iis facers itlat on the high and
the kne,.the rich a n d the poor." .;Such are the
words, and such the' sentiment of the immor--
tal Jackson, the idol of his , country, whose
heart was full of deiotiOn to her goOd. Let
it sink down deep in the hearts of his country
men, and especially those who profess - to fo!-
low
out his political teachings!
WO
are ready to admit -that our' present
Banking system is defective. There is not
that security thrown around the .citizen;-that
there should-be, to protect from losses Conse
quent upon failures. The Law strict enough
in its provisioni, but LaW will not make Bank
ers, in general, honeit limn. All kinds of ex
pedients are resorted to for the'erasion Of. the
Law, as the.citizens of iSasquehanna county
well know by-expericnce. it, would seem,
that the Law should not only hold Bankers ins
terror by its penalties, but that the systeni,
should be'so arranged as to make it impo.Fi-1
ble fur a Bulk to fail without leaving sufficient
securities tet indemnify the hullers of its notes.',
We have heard' men mine that our isisten,
was deficient; that it 'was fur behind other,
States that issued Small Notes; and therefore
.
they were in favor of repealingour prohibitol
ry laws in order to place us on - a par with
them. This to our mind is 'very poor logic.,
It is much like coring the bite by biting again,
and Still deeper. If our Banks are not aS
sound as those of other States, will it make
them sounder by throwing down all restriet !
tions and giving them an indiscriminate li.
cense? Will it maltelthe notes id a Bank
sounder to aliow an overwhelming issue of
'
Small Notes whee its basis is unsafe and in
scenic The argument carries its own rein
tatien, and alisuch " patch work" evente
ate. in :still more - deplerable disaster. We
sbould bear in mind that rill change is, rwt . l6.
provement ; all movement] is not' progress;
' and all innovation is nOf . reform. Oa the con
trary, all such changes and innovations , in sys.
terns bad and defeative . in their , organizatiori,
only serve to aggravate_ thli evil. Oar fere
' fathers recognized thin do ctrine, When they
I•
said in the Declaration of Ilights, in substance,
that where a governmelat becamenefeetive it
was the day'of the geyernment • to 'establish 1
a new rwitenr. They commeneed no patch'
Work"- at the old.;.: -
Nowall will admit that a sound and perma
nent currency.; a -currency comparatively free
from fluctuations, is issential--indispensably
so—to the prosperity Of any - State or country.
Wbere it is othervvis.„ therecan be no sccuri- .
ty to small, or great i terests - - Commercial
derangement; a general,: unstable state of,
businessin all itallepnrtments visits ruin and
constant distress upon all branches of prOduc-
Von and trade. Thiseannotbo denied. 'Now
we have in our natural, constitutional curren
cy, one that cannot be! impaired or 'tendered
insecure. That etirrency , is citable 'itself„
and consequently when that is .• the basin on
which the.business of the country" testi; that
business will be firm, regulating itself all
its departments,::giiing Perfect security and
natural rights to every pan, from she hod-carricrto-the millionalre..l7Thatenrrency is gold.
and eirerictii_ every trien has a ri ght
equal to'his honest demands. No set Of men,
hare a rlghl:hy_virtue of, their superior Wealth
• . • - •. •
tekinterpoie,and Trev4nt. its emulation, and
thereby farts.upon the !country a mere miffs:
sentraire - er , that 'verieney4 rnakine)o. - thern.
eeliii dividends" fromithe rtiase_er. the" , people
to
,whin belongs ihe..eurreney ' in . its natural
State. . deny this position Is to deny that .
:the constitutitai is-,the, supreme ' law of the
tand,'Whieb makes 1
go ,an , Feet eon y
currency of the country; inasmuch as.,such a
denial would establish; that zuert - -ef•' - esPiftd,
-May serthat priperiball be the' - eurrineyi,iind
by hoarding Up:oi sPeele, juiperin ifte
stead an d force - circulate-iniany
considerable, atnount;';Now.,Amench.• right ie .
given -toidyman;',l'. No one hits any :business
to stepll2 - and say to the industrial .elisam of
thil.coutdry,. Iron fiat ,have thClul[iiie
iheriOarr.feay-iireqUital ayolur production,
tint-,;_lehall Control that tUrreneY, =end inatiead
your teceliink the full '-litbo tint *-14r YoUri
bor. by hatlogit itt.the constitutional cnir6..-
In'ttrtlitiMiiitttly,yot.l4l4llla,-to of
peratit: op*. Ave: soy-no
has a right to set up such an asaumption, ei
ther natural or ; legal; and no elate Legisla
tare has any tight to - -ziant such powers far
ther than the abaolute wants and convenience
Of thecommenWealth may • - require.
then, if ain :rim established that specie, is
ntittlisstandOnl by wlsielt all value isestima
ted ;=ruad that papec is mote ,valnable,,safert
and above all, that the wants and necessity of
community demand that paper
,should form
oar-currency instead of specie, there can be
no justification for the passage of laws ealeu
-fated to drive specie from cirenlation and place
paper in its stead. . Awt when such legisla
tion is effected; if is done at the sacrifice , of
the many in their equal naturalrights. It be
comes !petal legislation, thwarting the -pur
lioses:of the government, oppressing the mass i
of the gave - raid, and they have aright to cam-
Plain of the injustice of-the laws under which
they live. the - farmer, the mechanic, the
borer bas no time and money to
spend in indricing the legislation'of the coon
try 'to favor him , with special protection against
the enerciachtnents of Capital'. Its relies -on
the integrity and - sonndness of principle, of
those to whom he has committed the legisla
tion of the and when these have fail
cd him,—been swerved from theiriluty by cit..
cumstances controlled by gold, he has a right
to complain that hls rights are disregarded,
and his interests sailificed. •
But, says -an objector, the. Banks , do not
make their enormous diiidendsfroin the labor.
ing masses, even Au' they occasionally swirl.
'ie them out of hundreds of thdusanda by
failure. To.suchwe reply in a few words.—
From wbence .come all accumulations of
wealth Idanifcstly, froM the producing class.
es ;Ifthere Were no preducers, wealth would
remairistationary of cmirse. Well, who are
the producing classes? I Why, the - farmers,
artisans,' die. Then 'ttie dividends that come
to Monied corporations' from the speculation
in ;the currency Of course must come from
these cl.etsos„ either directly or indirectly, and
so far as such Corporatibns are legalized be
yond the real wants of ' r coronuinity; sn far do
our laws oppress and tax that community for
the special benefit of a few - .. This is anti•dem
,
orratic,—anti•republicani '
We come then to this conclusion; that as
Rpteie is the only legitiMate currency of the
country ;—as that is the only standard - of val
ue; so it is the only safe and permanent cur
rency that we can have, and unless the issue
of Banks is made to conform to this standard
the currency will be fluetuating and bad., In
order that the mixed tirrency may be, good
then, primarily, great care should bo exercised
in guarding against excessive issues of paper.
It :is a great mistake to suppose that Banks
create capital or nwhe money - plenty.—
They Pannet do that. They may make the ,
representatire of Money plenty - by large issues, 1
but when those issues exceed the specie ha. ,
Mil, with which they,must be redeemed,in that
prOportion they are worthless. TWo hundred •
thousand dollars of Bank Billserith but-.half
that mount of specie - for their redemption,
are worth but half their • nominal value, the
-other - half being eventually swindled out . of
their holders. Where Banks are al owed as a
convenience, (Which is all .they are good for)
their number and issues should he-.circum
scribed to meet the specie basis of the curren-,
cy; and-as the natural tendency, of large is
suer; of-paper is to drive the specie,from the
country, and to more productive markets,such
issues should never be allowed by the govern
ment. They induce wild and extravagant in
veitments.in speculation; and when a contrac
tioncomes, as it must, one the Banks ex
plode, the whole currency is uprooted, and a
hurrieane of Bankruptcy sWeeps the whole
country. This is - not_only in accordance with
reason, but with past.experience. We have a
list of one hundred and sixty-five Banks that
failed between 1811 and 1837. Their whole
capital amounted to thirty ',Millions. Of these
"kinks therewas a Mal lorrito stock and note
holders far above`the whole Capital Invested ;
probably not teas than curly Of ye
advoiratee fora paper crrrency, exclusively,
ja look oa the mischief yo have - done." .. And
ye-hard-handed laborers,' the producers ofj
the 'country,—from wheal this amount has
been; plundered, learn from this a
_lesson; see
'Where'y, our rights are, how they are bartered
away, and then rally.to Maintain them in fu.
lure 1 1 What wonder that there 'came at the
letter period of which we have spoken, a gen
eral destruction Upon the countryl--that Bank
ruptey and Repudiation:swept it like " a del
'
In:
.`-regulating the . currency then; in order
that It may be sound; safe, free from fluctual
tmitions, so as. to give,.a. steady AO healthy
tone to tire advancing business _ prosperitY of
the country preventing the occurrence of those
terrible commercial convulsions With which
trehave been =visited, so often and disastrously
in the Furt,siecie,the legitknnte Currency of the
Constitution, should:be somewhere at the
foundation. ! Without if, therecan be noval
vie ia the cdrieney, as that possesses an' in.
trinsic traltie derived from the costar 'mining,
&e..; which paper does not posiesi to any
tent. , Ds.siEv Wkusizti said a' truth 'which
rhould redeem . Many at. his errors, that,—;' Cf
all the coy:triremes, for,
.cheating -t . laborirg
classes if mankind, - nons so e as thca
which deludes' them with paper - looney. It is
the wise - I/edits epedierit ever : invented forfor.
tqizitw,•!he rich, man's field 41U - sisal of the
poor_ Ursa . s &Du.?
We prinaisedt lag week, ta deftne' our. pri..
situin in referinee to our - present: - oyotem 'of
Banking, and the:Small isloteXowj ood;Otso
thrkpoeitioikthat-wir und e rstand VHS Dectibam,
cfr otthls county t0!:,i0c0Py:,..,-,W,e,"trad pro::
grossed thelSsw,', ,, x4eill nit were coned, witht
11.1
ba,*lloo*.iiiirill*.i . o: ' sttlend ir - *eh
friend rit illi e rvifdritrg,:vilileh,pr4it,,itit, of our
powef
•B:: •
.
G: or thelDhio
State &Calk, has presented -Kossuth witb4
gold resuppsing Rule s which hell;et liberty
to cenvert tote-money, pr reserve stkr(present
to the Printer ofthe first free paper published
in the Ifungurlatt-Repuldlc.-- Asa, we alivays
knewlon, were ." trim p . . 1, iStuppese you go
to Snotty and print. that yourielt,—
Who )1,1101.44 hut you inlglit• be inade,tic Gov
ernor wel!"#,Kounth..«-Cai:Spyydate.Thcn.
The BannOr County of Poingsyl-
vania.
, • •
It will Im.-seep sa s.tho Pimtsylfanian that i
the Democratic State Central Committee have
nivarded the- 'GOLDEN BANNER tole the
stirdiDemov . y af : Menrod.'ecnin ty." The
honor:: is •I'Merited, and 'We congratulate.that
- -
gallant county, on the distinction , which the'
prize confers. They have earned it nobly,by
.
their devotion and steadfast adherence to the
truth and the principles of Democracy. -
DAMOCIIATIC STATE CESTBAL : CUMMITTER. .
,HAnntsnuno, Feb: 25; 1852,
To the Democracy of . Pennsylvania,—
Your committee onnouncos with plenSure
the gratifying intelligence that the GOLDEN
BANNER, for-which the :Democracy - so gal:
lan* struggled -in the late contest, has been
won from our Democratic brethren - of Califo
rnia. While we rejoice with you that our sue,
cosi is a triumph .of truth and fidelity to-the
UnioW over -.error and • fanaticisin, its results
must be regarded as an additional evidence
of theattachinent of the, people of. this State
to the cherished prin c iples and time. honored
usages of. the -Republican Party. • • '
While we regret that ourfriends have lost
the oPrize,"we cannot forbear to congratulate
the Democracy of our young sister State,i,n the
triumph they have so nobly nehieved;ond the
honors which their- gullunt conduct's° richly
The banner has been awarded to the dounty,
of MONROE, whose indeuiitable' and iron
hearted Democracy. are worthy of the
-"jewel;
for the noble example given in her undying de-,
votion to our principles, wide]] justly entitles
her to the proud appellation of the "BAN
NER COUNI'-r of the Keystone of the Fed
eral Arch. •t: WIILLIAM DOCK,
Chairaien.
F. K. Boas, Secretary. •
Silver. G'reek Division S. of T.
The Siker Creek Division No. 80, of the
Sons of Temperance of Pennsylvania; was in
stituted on Tuesday evening lest, by D. G. %V.
P. GEO. Pur..LEn, assisted by members from
the Montrose Division. '
The following persons were , duly elected
and installed officers for the present quarter:
Di H. Foot, W. P.; E. Suinmers, W, A.; L. G.
Brown, R. S.; B. G. Graver, A. R. S.; M.Kemp
sey, P: S.; A. Southworth, T.; L.ll.
C.; NVilliarn Burrows, A. C.; F. Crandal, f. S.;
Norman Mitchell, 0. S. , ' _
We were present at the ,exercises, and think
there are the elements fur a large and iirosper
ens division. . " ,
Corrcapondence GE the Democrat.
, SPftiNGVILLE, Feb. 25, 1852.
Alessis. S. B. • 4 E. E. Chase.,
you please you may publish the following an
'swer,to my letter, front our members at Ilar
riehurg, on, the liquor question; which I think
fairly•settles the question as to their position
in the-matter.
Truii, those .whO,have petitions shmild get
them fined up as ;soon as possible,nnd forward
Alum at the earliest possible moment, in order
to give our members an opportunity: to net on
theM in season.. -- .... - -
. - Wry respectfully yours,
. JUSTUS KNAPP.
HARItIBURGI Feb. 18, 1852
• Justus KNAcr-,-Esq.—Dear Sir:--Yours of
the 16th-came to hiand to,day, In newer to
your inqui6 , obnut our position on Maine
Liquor Law," we
,would say, should -our con.
stitilents desire such a law we would support
it very cheerfully. •
We hate received
. several petitions from
Wjoming asking but very few from Sus
quehanna.'
What the ultimate prospect is of passing
such a laW this winter, we can hardly say.—
The question is much agitated here,
Send on your petitions as fast as you please
and we will preseUt thernimmediately.
Wo_remain yours very truly,'
MidILEL
- ' - . ISAAc RECKEIOW.
•Tr.nnta4 Cittiaurry, ENGLAND.—The
steamer Cambria brought the intelligence of a
truly awful calamity; which occurred at the
village of liolmfirthi near Huddersfie.43, by
the overflow of a reservoir used for supplying
the - woolen mills and a number of the dwell
inei in the neighborhood with tvater, and
known as the Heinle Re.Servoir, which on
-Thursday morning, about one' o'elock, burst
with &tremendous roar, Mad the Water rushed
doiva the valley with. terrific force, 'carrying
away an iinmense mill, !Milt of stone, with all
its heavrmachinery, &e., several outbuildings,
two rows of new buildings at flohnfirth, and
part of the village of Hinchcliffe Mills. Near.
ly all the'inhabitanta *ere nsleep at the time,
and were swept to n considerable diitanee, a
number of bodies having: been taken from the
river fifteen utiles from the spot: One bun
persons are missing, and more than sixty dead
bodice are said to, be lying at the inns.
• lar The Case •of the CommonWealt4 of
Pennsylvania rerszio tho U.B. B3ill‘, Which
.was taken to the Supretne,Conrt of the IL S.,
has been deeided.,in favor of the, ooru!non
wealth. The Judgnient of the_Distriet Court
Which has been affirmed, tundunted with in.
terest to $1,30,000.
I rgr The Case-of Mrs. paines in the. Su.
premo Court hasbeen decided. against-.her.=
It is said Mrs. cables has spent many 2 . years
and two fortunes in endeaveringt*. pixie() her
title to ths.estate. The estate is.:valued at
ten millions *idolises.
Mr" Oyer state Dement- in — Convention
.
,riieeM parristnipg to.day, for tho no-ruina
tion of Cabal Commissiener ;.andelentioi of
DeletatesiAo the NationalDemooraticConiem .
lion to he,helcilallallimo.re:
Cot. Joni IL Deinoerati has
been . ul eeted_ by the-j - .4ielatUre-of California,
Senator'for etz yenre from the fourth of
1114reh 1852. Col Wellerlakes the place' ot
FremOut.
, .- •
The Case or P. wimp ,veystii
vriO Foiest Batteiy. is ;now
:progressing iu N.l.pity. - .
fiiramr. Ujhaly's daughters, -who ate
highly educated, it is said, may be seen dai.;
ly at work in the enihfiuld with.a bee; on
their farm at New Buda lowa. ,"
.
. .
.tV pi ll 'has tiattetilii, Simato!of.-Alit
bimaprehibithis the ihtiOdiaotive of staivee
liit . ::Attlejtite_that,. iti4.?) . ;''. - ,: ' ' t ''. -c .- - ,.'''..:•-.. f:, '
'From the Philadelphia Ledger.
. ,
- Tree Banking.
A lawlo antlinrizoa free banking is now /
before our Legislature . '_ As a general rule. ,
'we °Aise ecirporations, 'and would have ,
general laws, authorizing private- Seeeleia.
tions or partnciships to elercise any'pow.-
ors usually granted by eharters. Audi wo •
contend for such lei's, because we oppose
,monopolies or exclusive privileges. A char
ter grants a species of monopoly, and - can
no obtained only by special law. Renee
°hatters are special laws for , the special
benefit of special persOns, and therefore in
conflict with equality: As such, we op
pose them. And the creation of each com
pany under a charter requires a particular
law for the , occasion,;;and , we would not
have the time of Legislatures consumed in
granting special permissim for the transac
tion of business which ought to , be free to
anybody under general laws. According to
this, we ought to be in favor of free hank
ing.. But regarding all banking as an evil;
we mate an exception against it in our 'pref
erence of general over'speeial laws:
Our argurnent in., favor of free banking
in this State, is its tendency to' raise the
price of our public debt.. _lts advocates
say that, under a free booking law like that
of New York, making . our-State' debt the
basis Of bank-notes, the price of this'debt
would almost immediately rise above par,
through the demand for banking. ' This is
a good argument fir the holders, who haVe
bought for present prices or less, and who
mild sell. for a profit under the riso.—
But is the argutnent equally: good for the
people? The debt of Pennsylvania amounts
to $40,000,000, and can be made the basis,
under such free banking law; of a new cir
culation amounting to four-fifths of that
amount, or $.32,000,000. 'Would the ag
riculture or manufactures of the State be
promoted by this augmentation of the cur
rency?' It would bo'an auxiliary,, to the
amount of - S3/000,000, to that excessive
circulation which already snakes the'coun,
try dependentupon the workshops of En
rope, and wh ich periodically Fends: away
our coin to pay for 'what we ought to , make
if, home. How Much 'iron is imported
- which ought to N be made in Pennsylvania?
Efow much flour is -not exported, which
would find a foreign Market under a dearer
currency? The iron-inalterowho have do-.
MI their furnaces on 'compulsion, the capi
talists who would build new furnaces upon
assurance of . a domestic.market, the, farm
ers who once did, now cannot sell flour for
exportation, and who would so sell it under
dearer currency, can-answer the question.—
The mischief is already serious; giaantic ;
and anybody of common 'sense can estimate
the' effect upon this evil, produced by an
addition of $32,000,000 to that excess of
currency in which the evil originates,
The advocates of free banking, say that
the systam would prevent the State from
being iniindated with small notes from oth-
Or States. This is the arg.ument of the
English, who attempt to restrain the, execs
sire use of Tnhaeco in China, by the sub
stitution—opium! Our readers remem
ber the days edloan companies and shin
plasters," when. every "piece of FilYer coin
disappeared. We think that stringent laws
against- the foreignsinisehief will BMA d p
better remedy than laws authorizing the
domestic mischief We do not believe
much in manufacturing the mischief at
home to prevent the importation of Os-
chief from abroad. We prefer a total in
terdiction of the mischief.
The advocates of free banking say that
it 'would preVent bank failures, and thus
protect the holders of notes; for if a bank
does not redeem its notes, the State com
pels it to stop,eonverts its stock into' money
and redeems its notes at par, the issue toot
exceeding tie value of the stock. 'lndeed
The history of free banking in Nev York
tells a different story.' Every one iof-the
legiotP founded upon the stocks of other
States, real estate,- stocks of chartered
banks,,andf other securities, bas tailed, at
great loss tir'the holders of flutes. These
failures produced a law requiring Federal
stocks and- the State'stooks of New York
as. the basis.
_ - Of the
,batach raised upon
this foundation, many have already;failed ;
and in every ,failure nil the lass fell upon
poor holder; who could not wait the wind
ing up of the 'affairs of the bank, 'and all
the gain, which was no trifle; was . nlade by
those who tiought the notes of We: imor at
a great discount, and then held them till
paid in full from the sale of the Federal or .
State stocks. Even some-of " the: banks
have failed 'for the Very. purpose nY gain - ,
and in ell those failures the poor aro losers,
We disliko . )l, system_ which is so fertile in
fraud, under which tbe - pooi 'die the ehicf or
only - sufferers. -
. _
Distressing Aceiden.t.l
A singular-and painful accident n6curred
on Wednesday morning last, at- iOnling's
Mills, on Musquito creek, about 'six' miles
from thiaplace, the particulars of which, as
near as we can - glean, are as followS: •
Two men - were employ-elk in tho mill at
which the= accident occurred to superintend
the sawing during the • night; Mr.Joitri
lissny taking his turn at work. from 12
o'elock'until daylight. = Having been awa
kened at Midaight, as . aim), he went under
neath the mill for; the, purpose of arranging
some of the gearing preparatory to pursu
ing his •nighes. task, when, , unfortunately,
slippi his light was 'dashed. ftOtii 'his
band. -- - 'and in his - endisavonrs- to grasp at
something to . enpport'liimselfind'prevent
fall, hia.fiegers were aught in-the meshes
of a eag-wheel which, Was.slOwly revolving
abOve him. The - 'wheel" gradually drew in
his . arm—erushing., his strong, muscular
hand.like., a. .wafer,- entirely ,sev4ing the
bone above'the Wrist, and mangling him in
She most;. horrible annertrotil:he was
tip
drawn SO that be ni
hid baiely tifoothad
upon tha.points of points of his;ldes: In
this position, his own; weight and gbh enter
ing wedge, formed.by his ann:.siaPped the
revolution of': the machinery, :The poor
&hp*, who 'must baveteen suffering the
most excruciating agent ! waresmedifrantie
ally Air help' f the noise :thelrashing
water drowned his voice, a r id hia fntier !ti t :
borer,viho bad' immediately, dropp ed asleep
in the Mill, ftbave ticoustamed ',to noise
and.clatter,. did not awaken hear him;
There was none' other likely :zto bear him.
What an awful position for o. l, strolg, atis;
' min. , ' full of life -- and' vigor 1 . -He
Screamed tnheeded,:tintil bits, voice _ faired
. .,Voifitto:- hoofs he remained iii oat,
otisitio 7 ;:tie sight - **Feted between
•
-.. • . _
the-"impi n gin g whcels;, - in a ,winter
night,
'ttiti warm - bloed.trickling over him from his
weueds t . His wife awkening frim a f r ieit.
ful dream, slut seeing no lightin 'the Mill,
surmised.that something had hapenect.ran
ran fromthe house to the mill, heard Lim
moan and discovered him. and"arousing the
neighbors, at five eleleek, alter conshiera ,
ble difficulty. be was released from his
frightful captivity.
_.f arm was =puts
ted.on Wednesday; by Dr. Tuostas LYON.
from whom we gather these_particulars, aud:
who now bas the mangled limb at his office.
Mr. Henry is in d fair way for recovery
from the terrible accident and exposure to
which ho was subjeeted.r. Lycoming Gaz
ette.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
'Harrisburg, Feb, 23,
SENATE.—The Senate"procceded to the
consideration, in Committee of the Whole,
of Iklr. Muhlenberg's bill fur the better reg.
elation and ` management of Ole public
' - •
She bill, passing the Committee, came
up on a second reading, and was thee post
poned until Monday next. . ,
HousE.—The Speaker laid before the
House the proceedings of a public meeting
held in Bradford county, in favor of the ire
mediate completion of the -North Brunel'
Canal. - 1
Mr. Leach moved that theprivilege of
the'Hall of the House be kratited to Win ,
R. Dickerson of Philadelphia, for the, pur•
pose, of lecturing upon the evils of the State
House Row, in Philadelphia.
The - motion was negatived Yeas 31,
nays 53. -
Mr: Lilly moved that the Congressional
Apportionment Bill be taken up orl,3lon
day next, and that it be made the special
order for that day, which Was agreed to.
• The Committee tin l3anks reported a bill.
'to recharter the Easton Bea, and also,d
bill to incorporate' the Erie City Bank.
A biltrelativele appeala from Justices'
of the Peace; to prevent farmers and oth
ers in Chester county from trespassing up:
on lands; for a new sehool district in India
na county ; to regiilite the descent of prep- ,
erty, of mothers of illegitimate - children; to
allow writs of error, mid bills of exception
in homieide cases,' were lead in place.
SENATE.— The :SenAte then took up in
order tho'Fugitivci Slave Bill, the question
being upon the amenditient of Mr Crabli
to the amendment, of Mr. Mulilenberg,
which proposed to repeal the whole act of
1847, except the Ist and 2d sections.
Mr. Crabb moving to - include the Seventh
section in the list of exceptions, along and
warm debate ensued, which was taken part
lin by 'Messrs. Muhlenterg, Crabb, Carson,
Buckalew and Xtitikel, and finally adept
' ad—yens 25, nayS 5. • - -
The question then being upon Mr. Muh
lenberg's amendinent, as amended, Mr.
Guernsey moved to strike out the whole of
the repealing of the bill, and insert a pro
virion repealingpt , ly the sixth section of
the law of 1847, when, on a motion to post
pone, the Legislitthre adjourned.
February 26.
SENATE.—The further consideration of
the bill in relation to kidnapping,was then
on motion postponed until Wednesday next.
The bill atitherizing a loan for the imme•
(Hato eninPletion cif the North Branch Ca
nal, eatee-u0 in order, and after' being de
bated at length, was postponed. •
The bill providing for 'the mire aecurate
defining of the boundary lines between !the
counties of Mntitobr and Columbia, passed
Committee' of the tlliole.. ;-
The Senate then adjourned. •
House --The greater portinn of the
morningwas•taken up with the presentu 7
tinn of petitions: &a. Quite a largemums
ber were presented for the passage of the
~canoe `Liquor. Lacs; signed by. between
8000 and 9000 names, and also numerous
remonstrance - s against the same, one of
which from Allegheny county, was signed
by upwards of 3000'eitizens, rand asked
that the license raw in force in the city and
county of Philadelphia, may be extended
to that county. I.
* Several iniportant bills were introduced,
and the "House then adjourned. •
HottiE.a , The resolutions from the Se
nate against the removal of the United States
Mint-from Philadelphia to New York, was
taken - up and pasted. • "
- The Committna on Ways and Means,
were, on motion, instructed. to .enquire•
Whether it was not necessary to requirei
venders of patent rights to take out a Staten
license, as venders of foreign Inerohdodize,l
now do. • , ! • -
Mr. Leech presented a remonstrance;
signed by 9,390 citizens against the enact
ment of any law dialler to the Maine Liqubi
- The following bills were read in place :
To incorporate:the Charleston Silver and
lead Co. • - • • '
• TO incorporate: the Wheatly Mining Cni
To authorize the Governor to appoint
Cdthraissioners tb and codify the
-laws
of the Common*ealth. , • ,-
A supplement to the net relating to in =
apeotors. ii • .
-To provide for the creation-:of a
,lionso
o f. correction = and Employment in, Phila
delphia county, • •
'JENNY Ltso wss married by the Protest
tent ;Episcopal rite, • She -is thfrtyrona
'years old, bet. - bnaband- twenty-four r
He is a gentleman and a: man of -genits 7 .—
of liebrew origin "We .beliere•: - We 'well
r member , his peforrnaneemi ibe piano fort.
te, too , good for,generaLappreciation, Nand
neverdoviating from the severity of Odra*
out the public apPlindits by tricks of clap:
trap,wbielt ho had dexterity enough to'do if
he had elMsen,- - -On these-I:Maass-ions Jen..
ny, who was not on_ the stage at the MO !
went, used often to` stand frrward'- . in 'her
private . box, slid 'Olop hers kinds" vigorous
in sight ,ofi - --the• audierieti.- who by, no_
mains seethed t& I hare her admiration. for
the : pianist. -HOwever, she underatood- hie
merits a - great deal better ,than they`Alid.
- t Tribuna.,-, • '
. ";Dlr Wilcox,of ;Dayto n
Ohio, in assisting about twe.weetts ago, to
take ti - drliken loafer to-jail, was-bit by bite
lon •one of his fuiters. Ho id but
'attention to it.until a --few'days subsequent
beennm swollen and psitiftil; •Thdoidina
'ry ropuslies Were applied,bet the inflatnition
spread rapidly , from tin; .Itand
and; finally to the . badYLiirowing.wore
and worst uotlinortglostion pnt an end to
' •
raecond Congress—Vim
Session. -
, -
• •
„:" WABI,ItNOTON„
Mr. 'Rusk presented petitions for th e
M a,-
form"
ican of the Post (Mee lawti, and, ok t dic
ex indemnity. ' •
Mr. Cooinr presented three petid tz
relative to important modification s 4
tariff. - •
Also, for making provision fur thn p t .
Mont of the Texis bond bolder& ''
On motion of Mr. Mason, the Camai ttes
on Foreign Relations were discharg e d f r4l
the consideration of the petitions forc e
ing the decisions of the Mexican Ch , , z - 1
Commissioners; and moved the appsio ttti
of a select Committee for said subjta,
Laid ever. , , • -
Mr ; ,gwin reported a bill in final
grantinv additional compensatio n to t
Navy Officers and men who have 0, 34
and are.still serving on the coast ofl4
fort& and'Oregon.
R us k presented's joint resnlatitsh
favor of modifying the post office latuk,
California end Oregon. -
Mr, Hunter gave Notice of a
fying the warehouse laws, ,
Mr. Borland introduced a k.int cuss
lion relative to the more equal repustet
tion of states in Congress; and ! briefl Jrt ,
plaine3 his 'views on the sul , Yet. Be a ,
red to the Judiciary Comtnittee.
• limn.
Mr. Briggs presented a memorial ki k
the Chamber of Climmeree in New tti,t 4
the removal of the United States Mi ct4
Fhiladelphieto New York.
The.bill granting lands to ?diun ut if,
railroads was. then taken up, ben kr,
Orr c"intnenced a speech ilk Emu 44
pas_age.
Feb. 2,5:
SENATE.
Mr. Miller, 'of New Jersey, presead t
remonstrance against repealing the Imtk i
admirality, proceedings,
Mr. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, salcia t i
'three reinonsttances against the Wooin l i
patent,
Also,' fora modification of the MI R
segars. _
Air. Walker, of Wis , presented Rata.
orial from Cal. Sherburne, - relative-tali
'new patent anchor, he said. was desi4
to p.event disasters on the Lakes., ,
Referred to the appropriate coon.
tee.
; Mr. Hamlin presented a merneriallas
'certain mill nimers to 'Kline, agaiiimi l
renewal of the patent for Batkeians
Mee I.
HousE.—Lthe finnan met at them;
hour, aid after reading of, the jeutul
4ce..
; • Mr Johnson, of Arkansas, tlttemM
; ineffectually to:report a hill for the appiv.
men t *lf a supariateedant of IndiautZa
n 1 California.
1
On motion the House resuTed elem.
.
suleration of bill granting land to 3lier4
the construction of Railroads.
• M, 7 1 .11011:' of eiiolie at e
length It favor , :)f - the. passago
-•
Feb. ‘-'7Ol. SEIT4
The Senate tnet at half- pait 11 th
m 4ion or3l - r. Orsln, the colisi,feratiai
:private '-• bilis ITIS SilSpeadjl - for el ,
hour.
Httott spoke at some leenthloe
I.n . the remarks made in reference toll.
'self by Messrs., Cass and Clemens. '
He wa particularly severe nn 1416
who, he :said,: bad charged Lim with 4;4
guilty of knavery and treason. '
Mr Rhett said that CL mens steal
nri such: high moral or political positint
to impeach any. man.
Bowie moved to pimp
tliec•miideratien of the, Bounty Lodi
until 319nday, which was debated.
SENATE —Notwithstanding the 672,
the galleries were filled to their etnie4tn.
Imeity, with persons who were an k:A
hear, the conclusion of lklr. Cltzdi
speech.e , .
- Mr Seward presented a resnlotlecfn
the Legislature of New York, in fame'
compenrtium.of the census.
Also a petition fre ni 476 citizens c 1
, agave connty,NewN. , rk, against gran
an extcnsion of the Woodworth patent, ,
NEW RATLE 0 R ACE ON THE Sottn.
hanna.—The old railrnad hack attonth
Suscochanna, having become much c
And in two or three places slightly letla
by- t helnimense travel over it for will
weeks, the Railroad Cm par,y onll'ihs ,
day commenied laying down -a spa IA
Which voSs completed on Thorsilopfoo•
noon, by the railroad supervisors, is
is
than thirty-sii hours—,a feat nit di
equalled by - the best railrml hoil , len
the United Stites. Immediately oo
completion, some sixty or several bzro . s
ears, 'all heavily laden, passed ectrittl
ease And, shfety,
Vheiroad pow, with its new 411 51.1
mils, awl/raps if it would lasi tar Nam
weeks to cootie, 'prndded no staldon
in tho weather take place, the ire leirtc'
pArently as float and 'strong as it 3 14
any time during tho winter. Thii
or railroad, by the way, is n natural
turfs
ty, and has excited no little, inviest ,l
number :of our citizens , daily tato it
in the carp for the express pnrpS
ing it._ ,TheTe two two good hotesot
ile,Graeo, it' either of whish
be plAasantly and comfortabli artolo
dated.. • • ,
y means of this track over 200 t•it!
freight Will now be passed from 1411 / 7
phi . ° hi Ralik:tore, most of which is
tined rot West In pass over tbellP,
66r0 and OhiO‘Rnilroad whir?' sooal o
°TN° got ever the Pennsylvania k
t
avoidiligsßaltimore •cod tto rat n'
of Marylind.
,T4e.Printine,
elntfirant. of thp flufriihnig ffiliPa. isr
On - .old fonts- of
_type from twenty to 10
years old
,andlsmrked." by :same
inurta°ri aPpreption boys thst scantli
B iktiP!B loot 'frinn an eni
amormnts far the dele' sineinting dal
.1
Itoyltiell, - Ore ".nimr 50 days
N X.. Courfer' and EP'
that,the-onnual IllanUIPCIUfe oft
t4obtsiii f°r the S 4
0
tISEIgy midjons 00
This aertiqily ie an eporgiou , 012°4