ion's set ao
bigh a value mpon •
.Kb ," Frii4 -she, frankl", placing it in '
mine," I yield it - to - fou freely ; the more free
that you will not be compelled to make the
sacrifice yott anticipate-in claiming IL it is
myself, and not•my aunt:to:whom yolk letter
..was addiesred:" . - i•
".But our name is Carrie," said I, .bewil
,"
natrie is Ethelitida," waS'ber
reply, "although to di-i'tigdisb riles from my
aunt, lam usually called the first" ' .
• But Fwas led to suppose that,your aunt,
• "Will you pardim 'the deception?" said
Carrie; smiling,: " I feared :that it. was my
money; and not, my-taelf. o Mc_h . would prove
`- the greater- attraction, and_ l petsuaded my
aunt to personate" the beirests: • -.Here she
comes:' - _
The siiinister7tvhci - appe:tretl in more anti- .
sae li,ght. now that I vas eatisfietl she 'had
-I* designs upon i'ny hand, very ehe'erfully
• gariller coosent to my engsaernent with her
-niece. A month -afterwaras l
twe were 'mar
.
Monit. r —Monev . i but a sorry. substitute
-far love, but ifast4is bent 'on selling hintselt
let him make suie . of the pries. •
. . , SIN6IILATi. ADVthiITR.E.WITH - A OVA
Kissel.—The brio Helen-dnee, Captain Nic
.-kerson, at Roston, brings_ advices from Omea
to Jan.. 2. - Capt. Nickerson relates a singular
- sulventitre-witfi the steward of his .vessel on
'the outward passage, -which somewhat enliv
.ened the u-ual _dull monotony - of ocean life.
.It ApPeara . that a white man having ~ an
•Ameriban protection,`and, giving his name-st
~
Kawei O. owell, of - West Denis; Cape Cod;--
.
;-- -*hipped at this - port in the capacity of steward
and received Ida advanced weges-before ing
.. if
.ou board.: The •ve. - &cel proceeded Co sea, . end
On the .morning of the first day out the stew
ard ve - a's inissit. supposed &All OW board:to
• hrtie fallen into the sea.during the night, and
-
drowned. - Aecordingly anotter . man was -ap•
r:Poinied to do his dUty, and everything went
', •em withoutiusPicion. The voyage-continued
i ,
- prosperously, 'and- nothing ciecured to ad
mobish • the captain that his cargo• was leak
ing in b very unusual manner, and becoming
. s daity,beatttifully leFs., b:y .an_operation which
,iiiight well be compared to tame late &nen
, cial tnnemiivting - ashore. It 'seems,- however,
',that after some days one of the crew accident
ally discovered that the cargo itt?ls.hOld - had
.been broken into, and an frapty basket„ of
'champagne was found, with other indliations
of robbery. The - captain's attention was im
,mediatelv called , .ba OM fact, and he. of course
suspected the crew of committing the.depre
41atien, and instantly called them tosaccount;
..but nothin g could lie - elicited; from the 'in
{
. • °
• vestigattorko fix -the crime on any •of -the
Arrival at Truxille, 22 dayaafter lent ini , Bos
:crew, who stoutly, dented -all knowledge of
the matter. , Thus the affair rested until their
~, pm: On the first night - after anchoring, the
crew . were suddenly startled by the appear
ance IR the foriscastle of the lost steward, and
so firmly convinced were the -frightened sail
ors-Of the death of their shipmate, that they
• all-inStantly fled on deA . from the supposed
apparition, and told th e, eaPtain. These - fears.
however, .was soon quieted, for the - steward
-had really appeared, end'. upon being ques
tiona confessed that ha bad secreted himself
• • in the hold on the first day, out, under the
influence-of - delitiu m - tremens, and for twenty
two days following lived lweurionslv on cham
pagne, rtesin N ham, &G., dined.sureptuously
. everldar, and had enjoyed what, onshore
would 1;... cal:ed a “bencler I" -He consumed
during the voyage eight•hakst sof chainpagne,
six boxes of tai:., ,, . and other tbingrin - pro
' portion. He vvas left in'tite hands of the EL
- B..,Gonsul, and "would he, sent home for trial.
The losses to :IN captain will amaunt to about
,$250 ' . . .. .
HOW A TRUANT 11L - SBANT! . WAS FOLIND.-
The Blo:untagtomPantograph, tells a good
story '3f . one of itF.;citizens,.Who aought after
ilieevant girl. and liountl-une-irt the person of
'his delented wife :;
" O Snturdav, the 221.inAt., Mrs. Matt/ S.
Ftieh, agent of ilia.`' WOMAIf. Protective Eon,
igrattim Elocie:T*" arrived at the Western De
pot fin
. .NeW Vo,k, in charge of between
seventy and eighty youne women;sometwen
tv five . ;7or thirty czt whom were intended for
this place. E:r:y fn the morning, a married
man Itsf :hi: city weer-to the depot 'and -in-
quifed for M-rs..1:;;;;;11. The married man found.
Mrs. Rich. The married man told Mrs. Rich
he wanted a girl to do housework. • Mrs. Rich
asked the married man who he was. The
married marrsati,fi ,, d Mrs. Rich that was. all
right, and - that 'the servant girl -would be well
treated in his funilr. Mrs. Rich then asked
• the marries man to walk into the room where
the voting Women Mee. Tifj' married man.
walked into the .r.lotn. Mrs. Rich lola the
young ladi'es that married man wanted a
girl to do houiew ork. One of the young ladies
then, walked no to the-married man and said :
'' go ciiih th'ts,iven:icalan ; I've Jived with
him before; he':, my husband!" ~ Somebody
was very much iisttinibed when the young
lady fouuki- her Lu,4,ana„ n:-.4 :mailer some
body looked vcry p;xle wh?i the married man
- found his first wife."
HoNortADLElCoNDrposs.—Many yeaFfizago
in what is now •-a flourishing -city in the
..State, lived a -stalwart black , quith, - :fond - of
•his pipe an "oke.. Ho was also fond of
' -his btob ghter, whcise many-grace:
and charm ensnared. the affections of a
susceptibi g prin'er. - The couple, had
a season of rititual ',thing and cooing, "en
gaged.' thern.eivei, and nothing lmt the con,
sent of the young lady's "parent' prevented
'their union. To obtain . this, ad interview
was- arranged, and Typo prepared a little
speech to aston4h and _convince the old
gentleman, who sat erloyinsg his favorite pipe
in perfect content. Type; dilated upon the
fact of their long ftiend.hip, their mutual at
tachment, hOpes.fur the fature;andlike
topics, and. taking the daughter by the hand;
said : ••.I now, fir, ask your permission to
transplant this lovely flower from its
_parent
bed"- =lint Lis "pheelinks" overcame - him, he
forgot the remainder of his rhetorical flouri.b,
blushed, stammered, and finally wound up
with--,"from its parent bed, into my • owit." , .
• Tbe'father keenly relished the 'discomfiture of
the suitor,. and stf;.er- removing his pipe and
blowing a Cloud, replied "Well, young mnn,
I don't know iv I'vd-any objections,- prorided I
you kill rn.arry the gal first."— Granite State
Register.
A CIIIP ( F TEE OLD Btocs.—Lord Brough.:
wails 'set), who is yet a ,rniT ! or, and conse
quently dependent upon his father for support,
has been noted - sonteirbat -of late• for his at
tention.;-to a young actress in the French
theatre: His father recently - Wrote, the fol;
lowing laconic epistle: "If you do not quit
, her, I'll stop your allowance, To which the
son replied : "If you don't double it, rii
marry her." The son will enjOy a seat in
parliament, when he hem., nes of age.
Or Every ',Democratic Administration;
from Thomas Jefferson to James Buchanan,
has had opposition, and some cZf its bitterest
opponenti where those •who, in the
. outset,
were in the Democratic paity ; so we don't
see anything strange-or unusual hi the fact
that Mr: Buchatia •rneeta i in this- eiciting
time; with iippuiition, even from triemberi of.
his own -txtrty. But, like n.ll-otber Democratic
Atlministrationa,i it will ;wale Quit we are
conti - i-sr trtilr'hottifty
gitm.otraf.
41 J. GERRITSON,.gditor.
• - gO/17 1 .7.08E,',P11.4 . ,
Thuriday, February 25, 11.8519.
r i Er - We believe it our duty to say to our
brethren. of the. preskthat "G. W. Graham,
M. 11,. 1131-'Filbert street Philadelphia," is
an impostor—Our business acquaintance With
him has forcedus to dila conclusion. Let the
public teware of him. Mr. Graham will
. please understand that he is at liberty to
- hold us accountable for this publication.
Wo gavo an account of the sudden
death of Ili:Is Ellen Bagley of Brooklyn in
our paper 'last week. A postmortem exam
ination Made on'Thursday by Drs:Rich
ardson mtdChamberlin of Brooklyn, and Ptirk
and P,atrick of Montroso,- who certify that
death re' nhed froiri congestion of the brain.
The rqdict of Coroner's jury was in ac
cordarlie with this opinion.
WTha New York Tribune says that a
benevolent society in that city pays its agents
25 par Ott of the fund collected, and another
societv:;Collected $20,000 in -one year, and
used 9P per cent of it in expenses, leaving
only lifpercent - for the object.—Exchange.
Wilfthe Tribune be kind enough to give
the public the names of the' societies - spoken
of; also the' per cent the Emigrant Aid
,Societiii,keep for expenses, whether 9'o or 99.
It might; also states what public good was.
derived from the "Tribune Kansas fund,"
and what per ceritt Greeley dr Co.• retained .of
the and to whom, if anyone, thoy paid
the balance, and what was done with it.
ker There is, eats an exchange, a "-Per
sonal
Liberty - 13i1(" before the Legislature Of
the State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations, which is spoken of in this man
neer by the Providence Journal, the . leading
Black Republican paper in the State :
." The doctrine of the bill ii right—th,e,only
things in the way. are the Constitution and
Laws of the United States.
e.
Ther e many who doubt that the ulti-
/ 1 . ate triumph of.Noithern fanatics would re
sult in the trampling nude., foot of the Con
stitution. The attention of such,, is directed
to the above treasonable ientitrient.. Such a
hill passed the Legislatureof Massachuietts
aud 'would be the doctrine in eery Northern
Stateto-day i if tbo "Republican " party had
abiolute control—for there is not a party or
gan but - breathes.similar dogmas. It is well
,th*i the "Constitution and Laws" have yet
friend. enough to keep them from under the
feet of those who hate the Union, and wish to
destroy it.
j Two weeks ago we mailed the „Demo
crat for North Jackson Post Office, in, two
bundles, marking one, via Ilarford, the other,
via Great Bend and Susq'a Depot; both go
ing from here on Thursday -afternoon: We
also sent a,letter to a reliable person at that
place, stating . the matter to him and request
ing him to report tile result. On the 'Wed
nesday following we received a letter inflirri
ing us that :the package sent via Gt. Bend
and S'usiraDiwot had not arrived! By what
process that package could be kept a whole
week or more on the riots,
T os;:t undesstand; . There is. either gross care i i
-
lesSness or wilful - mischief being perpetrated
on'the part of some person or persons con
nected-with the mails, and we shall ferret out
the party and apply the usual remedy, if the
abuse continues, Our paper ought to reach
North Jackson via , the latter •rcute soon
est,•
but for some reason it does not. We have
understood that there haCe been such delays
in, times past, but we hope to hear of no.
More of them. Our attention has been di-
I to a certain point, at which. it'is sug
gested the trouble originates ; we will look
after tie matter, and hope our friends in all
quarters' will keep us apprised of all delays,-
&c.; which come under. their notice. There
are perhapi a few "loose screws" which need
tightening—nr removing, in order that Uncle
Sam's machine mad ruu smoothly.
Asa" We publish in another column, a me
morial to tbe Legislature. respecting certain
changes in the Common School Law. What
action - has,_or. will be taken, in regard to the
different pr positions which bare been made,
by the people, in the way of circulating peti-.
tiOns, we are not informed, but if the inten
tion be to ask the present Legislature to pass
a bill, it is time that bringing forth new
plans be discontinued and a union be made
upon something, and that be forwarded im
mediately, or soon it will be: too late to se
cure any action whatever. As to what Course
theteg,islature would be disposed to take in
the matter,, tie alone can determine. Our
opinion hoW ver is that no special law will
be given to any county, as the design is to
have one which shall. be universal in its
operation, and the benefits to be deriired
shared alike by' all who come within its pro
visions. The present law has been in opera
tion about four years, and has met with dif
ferent degrees of approval in various localities,
and has apparently given less general
satis
faction in this Monty 'had any other in the
State. •If the Legislature be of the opinion
that the law is as good as cad at present be
enacted, - it is more than probable that no
general or special changes will - be made,
while Kit be found to not answer the end fur
which it-Was designed, a hew law, or at least
an amendment of the present one will be
adopted. Our legislators should be" guided
by. an earnest 'desire to promote the public
welfare, and should carefully study the wants
of community, and act in accordanCe with
the conclusions derived therefrom.
let be various petitions be forwarded as
soon is praclicable, and give each House
time to` d uly consider.the subject before,acti og
•in the Matter. 'Even it nothino• e . can be done
during the present session, it is highly proper
that a subject of such vast importance should
be brought before the public and fully un
derstood, in order that •when any action be
taken . , it may be such as shall meet Abe ap
proval of the-people, and relieve them from
the evils which they labor . nnder. Nye shall
endeavor to keep the publ ic informed of the
reception which theii petitions meet on ar
riving, at .tbe Capital. Again •we 'snigest:
that wffatever is done at , all should be doui
immediately. -
SEEM
Tllae!D
David Wilmot came. '
day last, and 'petitions
among. his adherents, !st.',
not to disturb this
heard . of any petition fo
we believethat a mad.,
'this County woirld:be
eat arrangement of the
seen the papers referred,
heir of their character '
that suc'li a thing wool
on David-'Wilmot, a•
choice of the people fob
from both ideas., Fite;
to treat it as s personal
ple reason that no m
the office, .or its salary
offices of the country
the people; and no Ma l
for them. The people.
:their Legislature, . to:
' I
districts of the State,
and they belling to rid
nor are they 0-shaped
personal interest or co.
The implication of sue
. and insulting to-the b.
•
dressed z If the- gene
change, it ought to b
the.. representatives o
judge. Of this judgna.
right to complain, hOs:
interests.
Now are there sound
public good, that requ
think ther'e are; and
state only one of thein.
The districts are too
ties we pay, are too
have to-work the who
or more per day. A
work hard, and strict)
to pay their N enorrnoa
their families. Wear:
and the amount we pa
in Pennsyvania, ever
Even• dollar of this is
hard hand of toil. A
cially, economy is a d
district 1 Sixteen wee,
fifty-two weeks,—less
yca~_ is occupied With
salary of about42soo
To earn that, a man o
three•fourths of the . -;
unequal,—dreeause
that be never earns.
as if some fortunate ii
to have a little 7 by 91
him, with its princely ,
- accommodation. And
altering the fel:ices, a l
is as monstrous as if i l
man's farm, and thri4w it to the common!
"Why it is a persona attack; and
. you are
t invading my rights! ere are my deeds, and
I ' title-papers,—l was a ected by the people;
land now are you goin to defeat their will I"
Why Ad; the:peo le make and unmake
1 their own Districts; a d however made, the
people will then elec I Judges of their own
t l
choice, just as they clo now. Especially does
this come with,a poor rime from you,
fl gen
tlemen. How silts Alti. . isitlct,4o,,adel..ii...
i r
Wrisoln - SUscpieliannn 01 Ott from her ancient
: in'oerings; - and attn.* to Bradford 1 Did
her people do it, or witW it done without their
knowledge, and agairist their will I Wha
got it done, and for wi l hat purpose ? Again,
how came Judge Bulldck in the Office I Did
he bold it by the graeo of the _people, or by
that of Gov. Pollock? And how does the
present imemmbant hold it, if not by this same
Pollock tenure? Certainly, the people
. had
less to do with either 4 those appointments,
than they will have to lido with the construc
tion of their Districts. It is not oar purpose
to complain of those apointments. We be
;.
lieve-that Judge Bull ck was an excel!ent
man,—his phlitenessi irdustry,amiable man
ners, and legal learning, eminently displayed,
during the two Termsf Court he held here.
l c
won him golden opt ions from all pirties.
And we mean no dis aragement to his pre.
deeessors, when we sk , that no Judge ever
.left this Bench, not mien Judge.Conyngham
himself, with the waruor affection, esteems
and confidence of bothl Bar and people, than
did Judge Bullock:
The point we were a
show that thepeople's
nor their actions nulifil
act, they can change
linei. We [retest ag
persona} question.- It
ject of public interest ii
is an attempt to divert
from the merits of the
it in a wrong,aspect.
We have said a tnaj
sire it. How it is in
but if we can judge-an ,
feeling by that of the
unanimous for it. Atli
and embraces •some
State. Does any one
this movement from-m
ti'ons 1 . Such men - as
Adams, and all of-the I
or two, initiate and 'SU
out of private malicel
These men are as mat
Democracy, of this Coal
to express personal prel
at the polls.
tar We are indebt'
for occasional copies
Record, from - which Iv
of local interest.
nous; Feb. 15. —IW. Chase read a . peti
tion from - the judges, and county officers,
members of the bar and others of Susq'a
County'for 'an act to e tend the time of the
courts in said County to three weeks.
Same day— , -a bill td that effect.
Feb. 1.7.—A bill passed the House finally;
providing for laying out a State /0/141 from
Little Meadoirs .to Lelnsysville, also an act
to repeallhe "Lenox road laws" in the town
ships of Brooklyn and Gibson.
Howls, Feb. 18.—Mr. Chase read a .Peti-
Lion from the citizeni of Franklin township
"loran act giving justices of the peace power,
with a jury, to finally try certain criminal
cases, and if not for the. State, to pass arrant
for the -County. - .
. Montrose on Mon
are being circulated
.king the Legislature
rict. We have'not
_ •
such an object; but
Lip of the people in
'leased with a differ-
D istrict, We have not
to, but from what we
they seem to assume
be a personal attack
.. would, defeat, the
Judge. We dissent
.o man has any right
r*tter,—for the gim
p has any claims on
above another. The
re the mere gifts of
. has a title 'to set up
have a right, through
:nstruct the judicial
[s they deem best,—
. an, when constructed;
ith any view to the
.venience• of any man.
a motive is nnwortlry
i
to whew it is ad
:al good requires the
Made; and of this',
the people are to
nt no individual has a
.ver it may affect his
amens, founded in the
re this change. We
e will pause now to
email, and
o the sale
awe. Common men
0
year, for their dollar
most men have to
• economize, in order
taxes, and support
a tax-ridden people;
for judicial salatie4,
'year, is enormous.
knookei out' by the
If in these times espe
ty. low is it in this
s court, out of the
ban one-third of the
easy labor to earn a"
Now this is unequhl.
ght to work at least
ear. It is unjust and
man receives money
rid yet these men talk
Ldividual bad a right
diktrict fenced off to
, Mary, fur his personal
the bare .mention of
id cbariging the lines,
ou were to .enter a
t was not thii, but to
ill is not disregarded,
•d, when by their own
. and enlarge district
inst viewing this as a
is low to treat a sub
s so.narrow a light. It
the public attention
question, and to place
rity in this county de•
radford we know not,
thing of the ?opular
' ar, it must be almost
that Bar too, is large
the best men in the
appose they enter upon
[ re personal considers-
Elwell, Overton, Baird,
T 3.
ar, except perhaps woe
pport a public project
towiards any man !--;
i rh above it as are am).
nty. When they want
- •
Terence thdy will do it
to Me: S. , B. Chase
Ithe Daily Legislative
• extract the. following
M::=!==MP
For'the Montrose Democrat.
Schoul Law—A New 4ProposP.
Ma. EDITOR: As there seems to be quite
ae earnest and persevering 'disposition in the
pahliti . mind to induce the Legislature to
remeit'y some of the more palpable defects of
our present School System,—at least so far as
it relates ' - to Susquehanna County,—l have
concluded after consultation with rraloy•
friends of Education, to submit the Following
Memorial to the Consideration of those who
are moving in the matter of - reform. If the
plan shall be approved by :my considerable
-share of the publit,'bi he fOund; on ekatnitta-
Lion, less objectionable than We one promul.
gated by thb meeting on the 23th inst., it is
to be hoped thatno time will be lost in filling
up and forwarding duplicate copies of the
Petition to our Represbittative at Harrisburg.
Brooklyn,. Fob. 22'd, 1958. 11.
To the Ifonorable-Senate and House of Rep
_ rescntatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania •
The Petition of the undersigned, citizens of
Susquehanna. County, respectfully-represent—
,That they are laboring under many disadvan
tages and embarrassinents, having their origin
in some impel feetlons in the details of the
present School Law of this Cottimenwefith
and believing said Law susceptible of such
improvement as will better adapt it to the
wants - of our County, and thus incaease its
usefulness, we pray your Honorable bodies
'to so modify the sth section of the Act re
lating to Common Schools, approved May Bth,
-18‘55, as to require the election of but three
- Directors in lieu of
.six, (who shall be paid a
reasonable- compensation for their services,)
one of whom shall be chosen by the Board a
Town Superintendent, and shall visit each of
the several schools in his district at least
twice
_during each term, and•have otberwis
such general supervision .over the schools as
is now by law vested in the County Superin
dent._
And we also pray your Honorable bodies
to so alter or amend the 41st section of the
aforesaid Act, as. to limit the duties of the
County Superintendent to the semi-annual
examination of candidates for Teachers in
each of the seveinl School Districts, and to
the reception and commission of. all Papers,
Documents, and,lieports, pulsing between the
Department for Common Schools and the
several Beards of Directors, as now by Law
requied, for
,:which services he shall be paid
the sum of dollars per dim for the
time necessarily employed.
The coveted amendments to ap
Susqiiehatma County.
And yourTethmers will ever pr
For the Montrose p c '
Exhumation of the body o
reliCr•
This is to certify that we, the subsc 'hers,
were present on the exhumation of the b. y
of Win. Archer, late 04 . 'the township of
Arraat, Susrea County, who came to his
(loth in Nov. last by a gunshot wound.
In 'view of correcting any misapprehension
that may have =risen in the public mind by
the conflicting testimony of witnesses in the
late t r i a l of Walton .oeutie Ai-eher fOr the
intentional shooting of the said Wm. Archer,
at the instance of Dr. D. F. Brundage the
body was disintered on Thursday, Jan. 28th,
1858, and re-exaruined • our presence, end
the fatal missile discllargeff om a heavy; cut
rifle was folid to have ta,k effect in the
upper or first third of the Lumbar region.) or
Small of The Baal:,) entering near, - aid
pas
sing on the light side of the back bone, tak
ing a direction to the right hip joint, as in
dicated by passinm a
„,probe in tJAwounl,
.-“*.lossterise net 1 INTS irirTa,U
to the left of the center of the back bone.)
Gurdou Barnes, W. B: Walker,
Eli Law, John Smiley,
A. R. Griggs, G. Elton,
C. G. Tiffany, George L. Tiffany,
George E. Wrighter, Wm. 1.1. Barnes,
F. Griggs, Edward Pope,
Daniel P. Russell, J. E. Whitney, Colist.,
Urbane BloAam; . J. W. Brit - adage,
Wm. Archer, • Asahel Low,
Audrew Archer, Silas C. Gelatt, -
Henry P. Law, D. F. 13rund4ge.
The Fate of Traitors.
Those who have mingled in the political
contests of the countryfor the last thirty years,
earnot have forgotten the fate of sundry in
dividuals who once stood prominently in the
ranks Lf the Democracy, but who having
turned traitors-to their principles • and their
party, soon sunk into obscurity and neglect.
The fate of these men might have served as
a warning to aspiring politicans of after
days who, in their inorclina'e estimate of their
own abilities, imagine the - success of the
Democratic party depends upon them, and
that, if they are not permitted to rule and di
rect its patronage they an at their - option
overthrow its power, and build up another
party- on its ruins. We all remember Gen.
Duff Green, who foolishly supposed that it
was his puissant power that elected General
Jackson to the Presidency, and who, presum
ing upon this silly conceit, undertook to
direct the old hero how to dispense the
paTronage of the office. Being soon made to
feel that Gen. Jackson was President, and in
tended to eicercise the powers pertaining to
that position in accordance "vvith his own
judgement, free from the dictation of any one,
Duff Green determined' to take a hostile atti
tude and crush the Administration at once,
and rear up in its stead -one which would be
more grateful . to his services, and more-obe
dient to his dictation. The result of this
silly effort is a matter of history. The old
Chief of the Hermitage, at the head of the
Democratic party, went on conquerring and
to conquer, until ail opposition was crushed
out; 'and Duff Green, the imaginary Warwick
of the day, and all who, like him, stood in
the way of their progress, wore politically
dead and- buried,
We have in the present day a _precisely
_similar case in the person of Col. Forney,_of
the Press. Col. Forney imagined it was his
mighty influence that" made Mr. Buchanan
President. Thus thinking, he had a supposed
right to select his own position, and be con
sulted about others. Me: Buchan* . like
Gen. Jackson, determined to act upon his
own jndgement and experience; This gave
offence to the chivlron's Colonel, who, in
imitation of Duff Green, forthwith established
the Press, to beat down the Administration,
And organize a new- party, of which he is to
be dictator. We think, Colonel Forney will
realize the fate of his prototype, and find
himself, like Duff Green, atmotied upon the
barren - shores of neglect and contempt.
Or The York (Pa ll .r.Spublican says that
on Tuesday last five children,- three boys and
.two girls, who were returning home from
school, in Manchester township, ventured
upon the ice on the codorus, but it not be
ing of sufficient thiCkness to sear their weight,
four of the nembe s r broke through, and before
assistance could be rendered tbrei -of - them
"were drowned. The fifth - child, a little girl,
give ths alarm to some yon* men who
were fishing near, by, gad one - sf theta; Mr.
ilubley,ht the risk of his own lib, with much
difficulty abeceeded in biingiv the other
little gtrl eateirto shore. . .
. •
NEWS OF TUE WEEK.
_
Icr. H. J. Goodwin, of - Wyoming, Pa., hag
been appointed r oute agent on the route (rom
Great Bend, Pa., to Hampton, N. J., in the
plaoe of J. Alger, resigned _ Seilary is7oo ,
Michael r, Grenell, of Clinton township,
Waytte county, died on the 12th inst., at the
agp of la years. 11e was a „soldier in the
ltevolatio'n, and one of the first settlers in that
county.
The WestornA .) eztitetatiaty at Pittsburgh has
187 inmates-87 convicts were received. in
1857, - and 71 discharged. • •
OUR "FAST" , is stated that on
Tuesday, at 10 o'clock P. tt. , a preeminent
member of the NeW York i3oard 'd Brokers,
arLo'haii !hide 050,000 dtiring 'the Stock
panic, suspended for about $200,000, aud at
12 o'clock, had settled all his liabilities at BO
ceuts on a dollar, and was in his seat at the
Board again at the second session.
Late advices from Kansas state that a party
of Lane's men had visited Westport, Mo., to
search for Mr. Danforth, a member of the Le
coinpton Convention. The Missourians made
rio resistance.
Mr. Storer, the Democratic representative
from Leavenworth County, was recovering
from the wounds received in the late attempt
to murder him.
An
Anti-S , laverfTonvention watt held at
-Bradford, Vt., on the 26th. Parker Pillitinry,
C..L. Dymond, and others of like stripe,Were
the speakers. The customary reeommodations
for an immediate dissolotton of the Uuion
-were adopted.
There were 43,849 deaths in the four cities
of New York, Philadelyhia, Baltimore :and
Boston, in the year 18571
The NOrtbern . Bank, Bank of Kentucky
and Bank of Louisville, have 'been re chart
ered by the Legislature fur twenty years.
The Printers of St. Louis celebrated
Franklin's irrthdlty by a grand festive ball
and banquet.
A Turkish top manufacturer recently died,
near Constantinople, at the age 0f...0ne hun
dred and thirteen years , and a lady died
in Smyrna, aged one hundred and seventeen
years.'
CINPINN An; Fth. 17.—A. fire occured at
Springfield, last night, which destroyed the
Western Public School Howe building. Loss,
$lO,OOO. Another fire destroyed a large
stable valued at $70,0. No insurance. Both
fires are attributed to incendiaristn.
DA :MT. LP:, Pa., Feb. 19.—The jury in the
case Of Win. J. Clark, charged with the mur•
der of his' wife, returned a ferdict this eve
ning, after being out seen hours, of murder
in the first degree.
ly only to
ELMIRA, N. Y" Feb. 10.—A school house
on Main btreet caught fire from the stove
pipe, at about nine o'clock this morning,
and was entirely consumed. , No one was
injUied.
O ocrat.
IV ni.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—1 t appears from
the official statement, that the amount on
deposit in the United States Treasury, on
Monday last, w,v,--K:333,000 ; subject to
draft, 64,220,000. The receipts fui the week,
The following names are said to bein the
Cincinnati Directory : Messrs.,Gunn, Cannon,
Pistol,
_Fosce, Shuttee, Bullitt, Shot,. Musket,
and - 11. Tillory.
Hatrrroao, Coon., Feb. 10.—A fire broke
out in the North Middle School House in this
city during the session of the school this aft
ernoon. Ic the various departments about
four hundred scholars were diimh-sed, and
no one was hurt, though the vain was
great.
,T*ltentre, Pi., Feb. Edward 13arc*c,
'Superintendent of the Little Schuylkill Rail
road, and Duncan Weir, mine agent-, were
mine*
rfie,--Dodir
yesterday. Jetr
midnight.
' amtttA, N. Y., Feb. 17.—A flue broke out
in Water street, this place, at 2 o'clock this
morning,
m ar before it could be itubdued
twelve ors were destroyed. •
'WlLmixwrox, N. C., Feb. 17.—The steamer
bourid to Fayettville, exploded at
Whitshall to day, killing from fifteen, to
twenty persons. A fvw of the bodies have
been recovered.
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Feb. 17.—The bark
Niuskingum . of Warren, IL 1.,, IL J. Martin,
from Mantanzas for Providence, with a cargo
of molasses, when coming into West Bay on
Monday night, went -ftsilare near Itea‘er
Tail Light, where she remains. She lies in
a rocky place. Tier cargo is fully insurerl in
Cuba.
Who did more harm to society, the un
fortunate two who were laiely hung at Pius
berg, and who acknAlefftr,ed the justice of
their fate,—or the late Piesi'dent of the Bank
Of Pensylvania
BosroN4Feb. 2L—A renconter occured at
Parker's Hotel here this afteinoon, ' the facts
stated, being as follows:
A Mr. L. D. Merril of ibis city made a rip
lent assault upon Mr. F. I3irge of New York,
the former spitting in the.' letters face, etc.
Mr. Birg.e after repairing to his room, again
made his appearance, and called Mr.,Merrill
to account for the insult. A collision-imme
diately. tookklace ' during4which Mr. Birge
discharged a pistol at Mr. Merrill, but with
out effect. They were separated and both
parties are now under arrest.
-Bsrmstoits, Feb. 20.—The Court House in
.Bell Air, Hartford County, Md., was nearly
destroyed by an accidental fire last night.
'Many of the records were destroyed. There
, was no insurance on the property. The noto
rious burglar, Captain Green, alias Gallagher,
was arrested last night when robbing the
of P. Sauerwein dt Son. Ovel ,
$3OO in coin was found in his possession.
WASHINGTON, Fee. 20.—A 'personal diffi
culty•between'the Hun. Mr. Clay s of Kentucky,
son of Henry Clay, and Mr. CUllom, late
Clerk of the House of Representatives, resulted
in a regulaf lht fight between these two 'gen
tleman at Brown's Hotel to-day. It appears
that Mr. Clay and Mr. Cullom wete,drinking
at the bar of Brom - ; - n's Hotel, when Cullum
proposed as a toast "The illustrious sire of a
degenerate son," at which Mr. gay naturally
felt and expressel himself indignant, when
Cullom struck him.-
Sr. Lours, Feb. 20—A. at.—The Pacific
Hotel, in this place, was burned at 3 o'clock
this morning. Eight or ten persona were
killed and many others seriously injured by
junipiiig from the windows. It is at present
impossible to ascertain the names of the kil
led and wounded. '
EIGHT O'CLOCK, P.M.
The burning of the Pacific Hotel proves a
much more terrible calamity than - was report
ed this morning. About one hundred per
sons.were in the house when .the fire broke
out, forty or fifty of whom are missing.' •
PHILADELPHIA; 'Feb. 20.—The Ship Dia
mond-State, formerly called the James Bay s
took tire during the night and , is still. burn
ing. She will be a total loss. The: ship bee
aground near West Jersey ferry landirig,
Camden. She was built in Wilmington,
Delaware, is valued at $16,000, owned by
Stetson Co.; and is fully insured.
TOAST at
,a surplice party, Flll,/.2, ' 3858 t
"Here ie the man who swcarsi steils stag lies- 7 ,
swears 'oft from . driaking s ,; stealspray from.
bid consdy, ' and yes an hisneit bed..
Black Republicans m the Ne
braska Bill.
- From the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Enquiibr
• &
It is now:slim loss - fa falsehood to.omit a.
Portion of the truth, iban.to openly assert a
te. If a statement is designed to' convey
false impression, even. should its every word
be true,yet it kas Much mendacity is •an out
spoken falsehood. In a piece with such - deceit,
is the following extract from the New York
Courier a n d Enquirer, and which hes been
copied into mold of our Republican exchanges.
It is headed "What Northern Traitors may
ekfreot," and is intended to intimidtve the
fickle and wavering members of Congrets . in
the matter -of the Lecompton Constitution.'
Here is the extract :
- "Of the forty-two 'members' °Me House
from thelTortb_ernßtaters,wbri voted for the
bill,'but three are members of the present
house. .These - are J.
,Glancy :Jones and T.
B. Florence of Pennsylvania, and W. 11. Eng
lish, of Indiana. . Upon all the other thirty
nine, the waters of- political oblivion have
closed forever. Now the Lecompton Coned
tution. is yet. more obnoxious to the great
,toAy of the,people than' was the 'Kansas-
Nebraska,sbill." •
The above is - untrue; •both as to. the fact
and the implication. We know of at least
one other Democrat in Congress besides those
named, who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, Niz. John G.• Davis, of Indiana. 'Besides,
how very unfair is Such a statement "as the
extract. Every man at all conversant with
politics Is fully aware of the fact, that mem
bers in Congress in the Northern States, of
all political parties, are seldem returned for
more than two terms. And this, not on ac
counl, of objections to the individuals, but be
cause the doctrine of rotation is orautised,and
the aspirants for Conrsional . honors so
numerous.
Of course, therefore, the only just way to
ascertain the indignation of the people against
the Nebraska bill, is to find out those districts
In the Northern States, the members from
which voted for the Nebraska bill. Aa
examination into the Tribune Almanac shows
us, that seven only of such districts are now
represented by Republicans, -out of the forty
four! which went for the Nebraska bill. Of
the seven, one is in Maine; one in New
Hampshire; Awe in New York, the 18th rind
27th ; (the 18th, at ,the recent election gave
a Democratic majority of 400 !) one in lowa,
'1271 Fusion majority; two in Michigan,
let and 3d the last gave 422 majority for
Bingham ; the. 3d gave near 600 more Demo
cratic votes in 1856 than in 1854, the year
of the Nebraska bill. At the last elections
held in the different States, only four of the
Seven Congressional -districts gave majorities
for the Republican ticket ; they having
lost in New York; lowa and Michigan, one
each.
But it is a poor rule that wont work both
ways ; and if it is ,held, that the people of
the Northern States have not returned to Con•
gress on
,wito voted for the Nebraske bill,
because they did vote for it, there is as much
common sense and logic in the as.4ertion, that
if those who voted against the Nebraska bill
were not returned, therefore, the pedplo of
their districts• favored such a bill. Let us
look .at the secret. Of„the 01 nays to the
Nebraska bill, in the Northern States,
forty
four were Whigs, - besides several Mee Soilers,
lei were recligieTrit
-Of these forty-four districts, 12 ! were Demo•
cratic last election'. So that, by the test of
figures,.the Nebraska bill Las. it decidedly.
But let us look at.the forty four rain w ho vot
ed against the bill, . and see over how many
"the waters of political :oblivion have closed
forever 1' Only eight were returned to the
present Congress. .Pis of the number, the
pure 0. D. Mattelon, known to be one of
the most corrupt men in the Souse ; was ex
lelled_the lakt session, and will probably he
AFired
_....A.u0t her of the
eight is L. D. Campbell, of Ohio. Its seat
is contested, and there is scarcely a doubt
that he.will lose it. • At the recent election,
.hisldistrict gave over 1200 Demperatic ma
jority.
. We have- taken the above facts from an
authority which our .Republican friends will
scarcely dispute, viz. Greeley's Almanac. And
it can not be denied, that we have made out
.a much better record for the Nebraska bill,
than the Courier-- and, Eng:niter did 0.
gainst it. .
Let not Democrats be d6.eived by the hue
and cry of •the RepubliCan press. Let our
members of Congress preserve the unity of
the Democratic party, despite the howlirig of
the opposition. Let them recollect that
those Democrats who votes against the Neb
raska bill have, generally, -either gone ever
-bodily to the enemy, or been swallowed up by
the waves of,political oblivion.
The People can
_Delegate their
Power.
There is an•error sotnewhat prevatent,which
has received its most distinguished support
from R. J. *talker. The late Governor of
Kansas asserted, in his letter of resignation,
certain doctrines which ale destructive of our
system of government. He reasoned that
sovereignty is indivisible and incapable order
e'„,oittictt ; that the sovereign power .of the peo
ple cannot b exercised by a representative
cons entior..l
We - hare already spoken of the dangerous
tendencies. of the doctrine whioh Gov. Walker
unfolds, and hive argued that it would neces•.
sarily imply ti-at Mr. Walker desires to see
a pure Democracy inaugurated in this land,
and all the constitutional checks, which our
fathers wisely. placed upon their own will and
popular possessions, removed. At present we
desire to allude to the historical evidence
of the unsoundness of Governor': Walker's
views.
The supreme law of 'the land is the federal
constitution, and, iD hccordance with its pro
visions, the, highest acts. of soveteignty are
constantly exercised.
This 'constitution was never submitted to a,
popular vote, but was framed by ,a natibttal
convention andd . ' iatifiedl by Itate Conven
tions. • '
On the 14th of May; '1'787, the delegates
met in Philadelphia,. in compliance with the
recomuiendation of Congress and the conse
quent action Of the-,States, in choosing their
representatives. -On the 7th of September,
.1787, the present constitution was framed,
and the convention resolved," that the pre
ceding const i tution be laid before the United
States; in Congress assembled, and that in the
opinion of this convention that it should af
terwards be submitted to g convention of del
egates; chosen, in each State by the peotTe
thereof, under: , Off recommendation of sts
Legislature, for tliOr assent and tatification,
and that each convention, assenting to;- and
ratifying the smite should'give notice there
of to' the United States, in Congress assein
bled." ‘•
In Accordance with this provision the States
sevirally
_passed 'acts for'calling conventions,
and the constitution,' having been submitted
to them, wits ratified by' the ,conventions of
,
the several States at different dates. Ft was
adopted b Pennsyliaaia on the 14th of De
cember, 1. B?. • • • •
f
OXYGEN/VI : ED BrrsinsThls compound pos
ses:sea much real merit. ''The cures:it is effect.'
ing on every' ad are without prkettrost. , ~ pis
peptic' silo have suffered for piarl. bays bon.
entirely relismd by •alew-buttlei, „.,
, .
The Late Ea rthquake at ?Calle .diThl'e r n "
slAy evening,
I- was sitting in's
saloa is our residenc e here on the "Chieta
nione, Situate on the immedi
ru tes shed
shore ofthe
bay;: when one Of mir s e rvants
room to ask;What was the matter, Supposing
thaOve lia&knoCked violently at the demi Or
the tuns ..,.:Immedrettely the windows and
doors Vegan lrYtatfle in the strangest manlier.
Imagining that it might proceed from one of
'these sudden coups da - yent so frequent'in ilia
climate, I opened the windows and walked
out on the balcony. -The-atmosphere pas
still, the. most profound Om prevailed, net a
cloud could be seep. It was a splendid star
light, sight. , I retnraed_ into the . salon, and i n
a few ;seconds Is-feltd.lie floor 'alternately sihk
ing and rising, and affected like that of a cab
in of a vessel which, rolls and pitches. In'the
next room, where tiro young ladies had just
gone to bed, I beard that they found it &Adult'~ .
to keep 'in bed. The maid. Who - Attended
them said the walls were falling: Nooked at
a large bronze chandelier suspended' tom ,the '
centre of the-ceiling of the salon, and 'to M, y
astoilishreent saw it swinging exactly like a _
lanip suspended in the cabin' of a vessel to a
storm. The character of the phentimehon
was no loner doubtful. I looked at 'my
watch. The hour Was a quarter past ten lex
aetly.: As the niostesitet meanesfestimating
the Undulation, I. observed the movemerA, of
the large Chandelier.- ?This is a large bronze
lustre, weighing-four or five hundred pounds.
The distance from its point, of suspension; to
the lowest point of its axis is' about- ten feet.•
Its motion at first seemed to be,that of a pen
' dulum, the arc el vibration of the lowest Halt
being about three feet, but this. immediately
I changed the motion of .a conical pendulutii—
or rather an elipse, the major axis of which
Was about two feet. It appears, therefore, that
the phenomenon began with a' tremulous
movement of the fouhdation 'of the huhse,
manifested be the rattling of the
_deers and
windows, and that this, after a-short inter iv al,
was succeeded by two-undulations, propagat
ed, as it would seem, by the conical swinger
the lustre, in two 'different directions. ,All
that thave here taken so my lines to describe
took place within two, or at..the moat,-three
minutes, Of course, the lustre-once thrOwn _
into a state of uscillatioti continued to s ing
for a much more considerable time. •
Such being what I witnessed personally, I
ascertained aftertiarde that similar'phenomena
were presented in other apartment Sin theiho
tel. The swinging of the lustres were eves
greater, but this arose no doubt, from I the
circumstance of their being smaller and their .
lines of suspension'shorter. The hells of [ the
hotel .were all set a ringing. The penduum
of a' large lock Standing iu the ball rattled
Against the clock . case.. A gentleman dying
asleep upon a sofa on the ground floor was
flun g to the floor. ~ • 1
A man servant of ours occupied a neigli a .-
boring apartment with his Wife and two ail
then. The.bed'.Of One_ of the children was
overturned,
, and a lamp standing on the table
*as thrOwn on the floor. The population
generally - soon after the shock went out Into
• the squares. places, and other open spaces.—
The wealthier classes ordered out heir -car
riages, whieis they passed the chiefartof the
night in driving on the Chiaja rod, which
t
vu us along: the borders of thebayori e enceigh
to keep clear cf fulling houses: The people
who tilled the squares and other open spees
lighted fires and spent the night around 1.1 ern.
li
Many, families- had s chairs- and benches
brought froM their apartments - into the P i lazi'
. za Reale,theLargo I.?eCastellcethe Santa Ldcia
, ,
•
Land other like places,where_they sat duting
the night awaiting a, recurrence dale shocks,
In some houses the thin partitions -which
divide room from room and the ceilings Were'
crack-en; some 'damage is also said to have
been done to tliesßritistt-Ilospital.
On ' tl,e nialt t 5.0. ,,,,, 1 4 .,76 - I .th. pliPhoulep l on,
the rspulationfirn'tigining that. repetitioe of •
the shacks Might be expected about the sine
hoar, crowded again. into tile squares and (wen
%ewes, where they tyttssed 'part of the nigliit...
At the Royal Observatory on the Catnyo
di Monte two astronpMical clocks, the pinidu.
!ems of which vibrate in the plane oft the
prime 'vertical, (that is, •e - Ast and wejt;) ere
stopped, . Other clocks in - the obseryiat'ory,
however, continued to go regularly. 'The
employees of the observatory . estimated !the
cnntinuance of the first shock to be five, and
that of the second twenty-five seconds, They
considered - the direction of the undulatioes to
be feoie south to north. ; .They perceived two
slight shocks at three and are - o'clock in the
morning of Thursday.
Whether the stated the atmosphere has
any connection. with onr dependence Upon
- this classr4phenortreria is not certainly. kndwn.
here the weather for six weeks back has been
like that of June in I;ondan. The rain !has
fallen, and the sunshine has been almost ion
interrupted.,' The Sirocco has alternated with
the yenta di terra, the---one corresponding' •to
onr•warm southwest winyl,:.and the, other to
our cold northeast, Vesuvius: has been Very
active, threAving up constantly-showers of in
candescent Matter, which at night pre- eta
from time to lime the -appearance of wh t is
Called the , " bouquet in artificial fire wcirks.
A slight. eruPtioa of lava took place last : week,
and-it has been Observed that the activity of
the volcano *as considerably -abated for two
days before- the shock. - - I
It is unfortunate-that here we are without
the benefits d -the agency, of journalists ie.
''such cases, and have mainly to depend onithe
information which is obteine&from moue to
mouth. There is an official journal, but that
gives onlysuch information ai the govern
ment chooses to disclose, and the fea.r bflex.l
eitement among an ignorant,- fanatical, and
priest. ridden
,population, determines the ger
ernment as a general rule to supply as Attlee
intelligence of what takes place as possibld.— .
Such as itis,lowever, I wait the publication
-of the official journal, which Lam- told will
make known to die so- much. of what has
.passed,in Calabria,, as the government ' - II
I. despatch to be published. Before espatch his
letter to khe post 1 shall be ableto tell you m re.
-: P. S.- 7 ,As rexpected, a few pat ticulara of
the disasters in
.Calabria are given in the riiffi-
C . ialjournal.. The visitaton, is undoubtedly
far. more.,grave than is admitted.. It appriats
that the telegraphic wire has broken between
Eboli and Sali,-both in the line of conntry I.
have indicated. News, however, has been i re•
ceived from the latter place, where the walls
of the prison acid barracks - have. been-cracked
. and three persons killed. At Atessas a tdwn
near Sala, half of the houses are . reduzedi to
ruins. ln Padilla, another town in that dis
. blot,. more thrill one hundred houses has beert
thrown;downi with an unknown number{ or
,
persons buried under ,• theni.. In La Polls,
anOthdr. town Of that neighborhood, the diias
teis lave 'been enormous and the victims lu
tneraus,,but. unascertained ; among theni,4w
' over, is. included a, brigad l e of 'gendarmeriei—
lie Ateletta,- &trusts and Caggiana, ruin and
delth.have occurred to an unknown exten t. 1 Ia
S:alerfiaa church and belfry have fallen, killings
two ladies. -In Carnpagna,numerous houses are
cracked, including that of the superinttrahlat. -
In thellasiliCataot Polenzl, the disasters
have been extensive. Numerous buildirigs.,
have beenittiown down, 1 burying
numbeis.Lenwli. their,raink . A bro k e n tele
unkn4m,
graiiiitio'diipatch fio4l)ari and Campo Basso
. -hiai;iaitedgritat'alitria,'.)is iV would typearit . c.' :
i . rinit.TAllllii. liA.Alittialiabi biota Of . one : 0(0)14 .
plad4i rive. bow Otkitmed.--ZraNeB rou sts ,
4 ,on' 'dill* o'inii L 0 7,16,4 riqici, ' . . , 1