'New Politic* COmbittistions as At
'Meeting the 1111ffliitoeiratile.Piirty. -
-
Ereryerit4a 'ltithsraffirt Cf. the country,
nud,eq..ry iinportantnational rest* Which
has shrew for the eiliestme.ut of Congresesince
- the fosndatiOn of: our. govertaVent has pro= :
duced,,tg a`greater.or less exOnt;new politi- .
cal-combinations and.clianges in the-construc
tion of:parties.- There, as the Deniocratic pan.
ty for instance i -rnay be permanentl•ia their
urganikeion . ..nad retain the Sante general
.eltaractO r iteihalrthi'first to last; Fut the in- .
dividuists.Ceftipeilitg 'them, as Might naturally
be expect - e 4 atiotig Ipeckple free from . here
. tlitary..elasaificaVon, are 'far from being
rnanent itc - their attachMents. _These are
changed -with- changing interests and social
.relations, ls f motives of -popularity and .per
ronal ambition,csi by difference of opinion in•
regard..tenneasureswhieh are necessarily the
test tie party - fidelity. In- England; a man.
who ii born to the .peerage" , may_beaafelv set
. dawn AS a Tory all his life-rimet but in the
Uttiteif:Btates. it often occurs -that citizens,
piotnipent in (politics,; in the course':, of a
airies of you's, 'change their party'
soso
'.ciations if not their general views -and pin
ciples; Such neW'politic.al -combinations are.l
occurring at, every
. stepin -oniaational Ca
- leer. ',Every - 'new issue - t hat - presents" itself,
erne. every complication of our domestic or
' foreign .policy,. d e velops a new party in oppo
sition to, that great democratic organization
- which is ldevoted to the.mainteranee Ofthe
federal compact in its origigal spirit and in
tegrity, , Indeed, opposition. to the detneera
cy.-whatever ground. it may assume, or tneanS
adopt; to carry out its primary oljectS, has
always been, .the life and essence of every
" temporarti combination. .which has arisen to
. contest the field of. national politics and strive
for. the control of the federal goyernment.
Even • the deinocratic porty itself i s not
• individually the smile at various stages of
its .eiiScenee.. While preseriieg its name
and distinetire principles, and :maintaining
• its position and ascendency through -nearly
" . ..evert great struggle,,ibinh elective and legit'.
• lative, since the adoption of ,the constitution,
• it 'has, - nevertheless, like the human body;
which is constantly tassimulating and rejecting
its constituent elements, undergone many ma
- • terial-Changes of composition in- ihe course of .
a single generation. Upon the policy of
the last war.with Mexico, Upon the question_
both of • the establishment and repeal of the
Missouri compromise, upon the admission of
• Texas: of 'lt national" bank, the independent
treasury, the tariff; the cempfomise measures,
the Eanias Neht aska act,. Native American- -
and all -the eter-varYing,nerer-eliding
phases of -anti=slavery, the democratic finny
has. lnirand on a host of adherents, among
- the reasseS,ns well a's in the walks of public
• life, Without: in-the least sffectieg its integri
tv or. arresting its'ukiumphant. - ,progress. -
Al
w-though the positiorrit assurned in reference
to eacit'of these issues Was the signal for the
d e ,,,, t i or ilf m any of its trusted and • promi
nent-leaders, and though its enemies, as now,
pre . -11-ted its defeat and speedy .dissolutitm
-when grappling with these momentous eines
. the result rmi". (MIT proved them' false
-prophets, but sindiewed the wtsdoni of its
poliy,and ultimately strengthened and con=
solidated its organizarion. Its action upon
every oteasure'ef importance has beeninva
. • riably endcwsecl'hyllie people of ,this - country
•
when fairly pre=en tlik as the test of its patri
otism. and politfc:Wctitode ;and its course
:upon that - s nestion which at present engtos
' 'ses the attention of Congtess and the Commn try
• • will in like rattrier, when ptejudioe and ex
citement shall have given' place to calm 'de=
• liberition, - stand the test of intelligent souti
• . nr, ccri retieire the verdict of popular appro-
1•10 , 1111.1.
MIMIOn ai otti,ian • a I.Nsaurt annexes War.
opposed with ever •grenter vehemence and
pertinacity than is that of laid upon
the same sectional ei•otinds. Upon the ques
- tiott of admitting:Texas, in ;particular, the
same CTV of 11N-ler-,tofFtanismy was raised, ind
the same procrastinating; disingenuous tactics
were pursued by the opposition,. as in .
present ; case. .7ith the exception,
..that the
north then refused to recognise et ;acquiesce
in the Missouri Comprothise. It
_will he 're
membered too, that upon this - question sonar
of the - foremost and ,honored :champions of.
the
,dernooratic parry, including . Mr. Van Bu
ren and Thomas P. Benton, seceded from its
brg'anization,earryiyig with theth into the
e ' r anks a powerful faction in tite,Northern
.. States, and justifying thelf-aoy, ,like
certain partisans.in reference - to :Lecompto_,
- upon the plea that'Texas was Mot legitimate.
Iy Ft . -measure, but one upon, which dem
ocrats mirrht easily dill 4 without Sacr'ficing
their party or political •ielations. - But not
wi-hetandiwr this specious pretence, these re
et ,„ nts dill r a c riflo:e7 both their paity and its
relations in - 13-1.8. by then playing into the
hands orthe opposition; and those of the ar:ti-
Lecompton schon,l :ye laboring - to -do the
.same thing in - 1860,'and can onli - :be pre
vented by a prbmpt.expo• - •ure of their desizns
- and. the just 'reprobation which they deserve
at the hands °Nile national democracy. •
But those tc ho wet &' • mii.led-hy false . im
pressions and sectional sympathies upon the
'Texas question soon discovered their mistake;
and like the prOdigal son, finding that •they
bad got into bad :company; hastened' to re
tarn to
.their old 'associates 'A n d the.paternal
Mansion; and the bulk of these very deserters.
with' their principal leaders, ate again with
us in the present crisis,hre.iisting the shock- of
sectional -- fanaticism to . which lhey Once
yi6led. and standing firmly by the•Adminis
tration in 'its Kan.as poltor of immediate ad
mission. Indec3, John Van Be!en. who Beaded
the Texas revolt in New York, candidly ad
mittel, in a Speech - the other. day, that fete.
timW - ntitivement was a mistake and a dein=
• sion, and that be was ready to testily frotn
his Own experience •thnt there - eras no place,
no refute, no alternative or occupation for a
democrat' outside the democratic organiza;
• •
In like manner, those who now array them- .
selves a rtii nst the Ad mi n ist ra i on, and turn
th‘tir hacks 'upon the time-honored party
Which •it represents, after Kansas Shall= have
been constituted a sovereign State in spite of
the machinations of her anarchists and ad- .
venturers,-after httr rebellions people - shall
have been ft;rc,ed into the alternative of self-
government by the'tintely efforts of our law
abitlingcitizens, who,.recognising the obli
gations of popular sovereignty, undertook, to
carry out the provisions of their organic act,
aid-frame a legal constitution in the, face of
an infuriated and impraCticable majority, of _
ter the supremacy of the popular will shall
been
,vindicated.bYaguarantee of the
rights .of the'peOple at any tune to change or
.abOlish - their coristitalion i _nftei - pestilent
.agi
tatorlitheithave 'been 'Silenced -and unscru
pulous partistana- deprived of their political
capital, 'when " - order reigns atWaraiw "
and, peace Wig. harmony once more prevail
throughotit t ie.l7nion, under the auspices of
a triumphant and still united democratic
phrtY;,--theri those democratic allies of the
black republican opposition will begin to re
aliz.a zthefolly and pervei-sity of'their course;
and regret the error which separated' them
from the honest assoctations.• . They
will thep,lluti that the" party Which, they sup-.
posed must 4eri.h wite?at the Remaining
light or their cotratenattoNbasiali'wbactitsva
vtalitv independent 4"-a n ): "an, 4'11114 c
combination; that it . can survive the infideli
ty of friends as well as the' opposition of its
foes; and that, however individuals May
change,' h still , remains the same ,in spirit
and sobsiance—Boiton Poff. - .
Ax NHAEITED CAYE DUCKWEED EtAt •
Gaesawocin—Cc . onsiderable eztiitement, 7 ,was
rife last o •
wning, regarding the accidental
discovery of a cave under a bill near the en l
trance to Geenwood. Cemetery: Two boys,
said to have come out of - Public School No. 2,.
were playing shout ..the locality, whets. the
earth gave way, carrying them some diritance, -
and revealingo.lll,f.s, affrighted ;urchins the
black, yawning entrance of a cave. They were
unharmed by the fall, and immediately fled
and told some gentlemen who at-once visited
the spot in question: • They penetrated about
thirty yards into the cave and found themselves
iti an apparent habitation or resort of human
beings. In the center of the • place stood
a table, shelves containing erispty and full
bottles of liquor, dm., were attached to the
walls, while from the ceiling overhead was
suspended a huge lantern. -
How much further the cave extended, or
in what direction, they did not ascertain, be--
ing detered and somewhat clammed by fright
ful noises, which proceeded from the gloom
before them ; . and which noises they were at
a loss to attribute to men or animals. It is
stated that books and papers' were- on the ta
ble, but whether any were sectued or not
. has not transpired. The inhabitants of the
neighborhood' are somewhat alarmed. .All
sores of surmises are made, but the reported,
general opinion is. that this is the resort of a
gang of urauranders--=who may, from this ac
cident be apprehended—N. Y. Nei s.
THE ESTABLISHMEYT OF 4 NEW CITy.-.-A
colony . of seven hundred pers'hs—abiaut five
Itundied• from Pennsylvania, and the rest
from Maryland—have-procured a large Jtody
of land on the Platte river, Nebraska Territo
ry, and will proceed forthwith to establish
theinselves on_ it, and build a city of their
own. Tho follZiwing gentlemen, officers of the
company, or colony, orris:v(l here this.root ping
on the 'Stephen- Decatur, on their , way . to
their proposed location, to . wit : Wm. H.
Henderson, President ; Col. Flew. Holliday.
Secretary ; W. R. Craine, Treasurer; J. M..
Confer, Surgeon; Wm. B. Darlington; Sur
veyor; also. Gen:7B. F. Bell. of Bell's Milk,
Blair county, Pennsylvan'ir, and cols. Asbury.
R: Stewart, and•S. li. Bell, v of the, same place.
•. The latter gentlemen .are -of" the highest
character for wealth, intelligence and enter
-1 prise, and, indeed, the whole company-is of a
grade not often equalled. There can not fail
to be a high _degree of ptosperity falling to the
lot - of that part of 'the west, where so much
energy and wealth shall plant itself. The rest
of this important colony will follow in a few
days.—St. Louis Neirs of 24th.
, MORMON Ewortarror.: TO CENTRAL AMER
ICA.—The Washinoten States. of Tue•day,
publishes a lett.,r dated from Panama Apiii
16th, in which it:is stated that Colonel.
Kinney had been for some time treaTing with
the 'Mormon., with a view of settling them
on the Mosquito coay. By• tire last Califor
nia sin tmer: he' received iatelligence that
his propositions had been favorably received
by the Nlirmons, and tbisinformmion enabled
hini to raise $30,000 cash, and $30,000 mere
in merchanditie and supplies, with which, ac
companied by twenty followers, he has sailed
for Grertown. Efe expects to . obtain thiove•
General Lamar spoutission to colonize the
country under the Nicaraguan tlag,obligating
the colonists to Lelp to defend Nicaragua
against the attaets and encroachineuts of
the filibus'ers. Failitg to obtain this privi
no f e , icno opposition from any quarter.
I.7sEsti, IsrENTION.—An invention for sig
nalling on railway trains is ti s.described: The
apparatus corvists of a gutty perclia tube ex
t.intiing through the whole length of the train.
It i; formed in sections--a joint for each.car
an. these are fastened togeher when it,
use. This tine is cofinectedNtla an airi..u.np
in the front and at the end a the train. By
a.sttoke of this pump the air is forced 'through
the tube. to the opposite end'of the train, and
produces a very loud and. shrill whistle at the
mouth : piece attached to the tube in each
rruard's van, and to a mouth piece which ex
ten d s al s o 63: 4 3 t o the engineer. Printed in
structions are placed in the hands of each in -
- divideal officially connected with the train,
which - states that one whistle means "look
out," two whistl!s signify "caution," and
.three . whittles denote '• danger."
CARRYING OrT A PANT OF GENERAL DACE.
SON'S WILL.--President - Jack-on directed in
his,will that "The lame silver vase, presented
to me by the ladies of Charleston, South Car
mina, rtry,nitire State, with the lari , e picture
representing the unending of _the American
banner, presenvd to ma by-the citizens of
South Carolina, when it was refused
.to be
accepted by the I.7,cited StAtes Senate, be,
presented to that .patriot residing in the city
or State fi-6m which they were p-esented,
who shall be adjudged by his countrymen or
the ladies, to have been moSevaliant in thede
'fence Of his country,-and our country's rights."
Ttm Palmetto regiment, of South C2yoltua,
being regarded as one man, has received the
vase and flag from the hands of Andrew
Jackson, Jr.
THE RETERSES OF FORM:F.—A few days
ago - one of the visitors of the Provident As ,
sociation, at the West End, was applied to, to
-assizt a man who was found in aljvct poverty
in - a
-miserable garret, without food or decent
clothing. Food was provided for him and a
change of clUthing, by the benevolent visitors.
Only a- few years ago this same man was a
2,Tew York merchant, witli at least $lOO,OOO,
living in splendid residence, and riding in a
princt-l'y carriage. We keep hack -the gen
yleman's name from motives of delicacy;,
`though it is a familiar one to some of our
merchants. How true it is. that u riche; take
to them4elves wings and 4 away.=—Baston.
Traveler.
INCENDIARIRM AT -ToRO , NTO, ' C. W.—Two
fires occarred-on the 28th of 4pril,destroying
much property. Great alarm is felt in con
sequence of the extraordinary number of fires
that have occurred there during the lest tort
night: Scarcely 'a night pases without one
or more of a :destructive character. It is sup
posed-that they are. the work of a regular or
ganized- Land of incendiaries. The citizens
are organizing a large patrol' and' offering
large rewards for the apprehension and con
viction of jhe miscreants.
• • AN EXCELLENT OPPORTCNITT.—There is
just now an- excellent opportunity for any
person to buy - a . country newspaper • °fru*
cheap. A. western paper says that in a 61.
!age of Iroquois Co.. 111., an - editor immune
rinitteli• with the charms of a young: and
handstime (married)• lady,. and " addressed
her. a lung. and: pasionate letter 'filled with:
rhapsodies on her beauty and , his •love-lorn
helplessness The lady, with the- advice and
consent of her - lord, sent the missive-to-the.
rival county paridr,ln which, it appears--
naines,.datas‘ and all.
BAD STarsir Arstaii--The State Treas
urer ist Wisaciusiu, rows pUbliSt sunourice.
meat 'that t r ,he trfasurn-is mph. with - 11000
to be paid: - _ -
7j tiult.O l i
,110itanitt
A. I'oza;mozir, Editor.
lacanizortzt,
*Mirada*: l l ay
•
.DEMOCR.4477 NOMINATIONS.
•
SUPREME JUDGE:
WILLIAS A. PORTER
PHILADELPHIA.
OMMISSIONER:
LEY FROST,..
riywnTe
CANAL
•
WES
Spepial Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the-late. firm of
MX()numGerritson for subscription
to the Montrose Democrat are hereby forbid
den settling with] J. B. McCollutn, or any
person in whose hands he may place the ac.
counts. Said accounts lave not yet been as
signed to him, in consequence of his having
reftn•ed to rende'r value for them as agreed
upon before the firm was dissolved ; any col
lectroniwhich h(i, may make will be fraudu
, lent; and his, receipts void, until further notice
be given. A. J. GERRITSON.
Montrose, April Ist, 1958.
- .IM" We are iiidebted . to Hun. G. A. Grow
for valuable pubic documents.
VI" Mexander Henry, the " People's can
didate" for Mar or wai elect
ed on Tuesday, over Richard Vaox; Dem.
jar It will by observed that'an alteration
to $3 par tern has been Made in the tui
tion of the PriMary Department of the Acati
em . See advert'sement in another column.
The Katrina Question Settled.
Congress has ftrally disposed of the Kansas
controversy by the adoption of the report of
the Committee 4f Conference. The vote was
taken in both Senate and House on Friday,
April 30th.' It-Ipaased boar the St nate and
the House . by nine majority.
,The settle
meat of the qt estion meets the hearty ap
proval of the pOple in all parts of-the coun
try. By referring to the Democruf of lait
week, our readers will find the bill entire, at,
......
ado ted. -
tar J. 11. Tti onts, M. D., of Great Bend
has been elected to a "Profosorsbip in the
Eclectic - Mediel . College of Pennslctinia
tt
The following i.I a copy of the proceedings of
the' meeting at irhich he was elected :
At a special meeting of the Trustees-of lite
Eclectic Medic i l College Of Penn-ylvania,
held April 23.1. 1
1858
on motion of Prof. Hoilenback,JOWN 11
THOMAS, M. D., of Great Bend, Pa., wt
unanimously elected to fill the chair cf A mt.-
otny and Physiology in.said College and the
Secretary was directed to officially notify hint
of the fact.
Interest Bill.
The general 'inpre.tsion is that thefollowing
hat: becom: a law, but the "HitiriYiturg
Herald," of Aj ril 28th says that it is still in
the hands ot the Governor awaiting hi,
SEW lON I. Be It enacted dc., That the
lawful rate of interest for the loan or use of
mover in all c ses where no exptesa contract
-hall have Uteri made for a less rate, shall be
.ux per. zent, o'er annum, and the first and
second sec tionslof the act passed Mare n second.
1 . 723, entitled6.su act. to reduce the interest • f
m .nev from ei k klit to six per cent, per annum,'
be snd the satire is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Thai when the rate of interest ftit
1
the loan or se of- money exceeding that
establtshed by aw, shall have been rekerved
e,..
or contracted f r, the borrower or debtor shah
not be requir to pay to the creditor the ex
cess over the egal rate, and it snail be law
ful fir such - bo rower or debtor,at his opinion,
o retain and deduct 'such excess from the
amount of an3,l such debt, and, in all arises
where any bortower or debtor shall lieretofote
or hereafter have voluntarily paid the whole
11,
debt or sum l'utned, together with _intdiesi
exceeding the awful rate,no action to recover
ltack.,any sue excess shell be sustained in
any Court of this Commobwealth, unl,s, the
• me s h a ll baile - been commrn ed within six
months from rind after the time of such pay.
/I
went, provide' always that nothing in this
act shall elle it the lioldets of tit gotiable
paper taken Ina fide in the usual course- of
busineas.
The followi'pg are the sections repealed
by .the first election of the foregoing bill,
viz: . .
L No person shall, direct or indirectly,
for, any bonds or contracts to be niatletafier
the, publication of this act, take for loan or
use of money, or any other commodities, a•
hove the valu of six pounds for the forbear
ance of one II ndred pounds, or value there
of, for one'vear, and so proportionally for a
greater or less4r sum.
is
2. If any pe :on or persons whatsoever do
or shall rece,tv or take more than six pounds
per cent, per nnum, on any such bond or
contract as of resaid, upon conviction thereof,
the person or persons so offending shall for
feit the money and other things lent, one half
thereof to dug governor, for the support of
government, tqnd the other half to the prison
who shall suefor the same; by action of debt,
bill, plaint, o 5 information,' in any court of
record within !Ids provinceArerein no etooin,
protection or Ivager of law,-or any more than
ondimparlancr shall he allowed.
THE NEW LAN.—The Washington Union
contradicts the rumor "that the Executive
has determined to ask Congress to authoriz.!
a new loan tolthe amount of thirty.million.
of dollars and Ito fund the twenty millions of
Treasury noted recently authorized to be it;
sued." The qmon states that this rumor is
unfounded, and adds;
"There is nintention of asking foe con
version of the temporary loan represented by
Il i)
the Treasury totes issued and to be issued
into a- perms eat loan, represented. by (ov
'eminent. bonds. Although-the falling off in
the last sir months, as compared with the
figures for the same period in preceding years,
has been piodigiouii, partly from
-the reduction
of the tariff; hilt - chiefly front the late pamly
sis of buifinand pressure in the money
markets of the world ; yet it irgenerilly lcon
sidered that this paralysis cannot last, and. is
already in a Oat degree .overcome. There
ean , be nodout t that the business of the coun
try will soon- resume its minted' buoyancy,
and that the revenues of Ole Government will
at some early diy-aw - ell again to-their usual
volume "r
.• , .
,
. M. GgEitsi the celebrated . stab-marine
t i p
diver, is about o make' itploratiorts of Immo
rourgunkol: a nroboat stadia itr,Lahe - Erie,
with the. Clair f »miring 'machinery aid
ether property. :
The following is the rote in the Legislature,
on-the bill fur the vale of the State Canals to
the' tankrulit Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Company._ . •
In the Senate :
C. F. FOLWELL, Sec
The Mile of tlielitsite' Wbrks•
YEAS—Mesars. Baldwin, Brewer, Coffey,
Finey. Ffancia; Gregg,. Barth' Ingram,
Myer, Randall; Rutherford, Sadi; Steotiold,
Shaeffer, Souther, Steele, Straub and Wil
kina—,lB.-
- NA Dl—Mein.' Ball, Baclralevr, ' Craig,
Crebawell, Ely, Evans:l4ller; q‘azzam,. En.kx,
Limbach; Mainlie, Millar; Turoey, Wright
-14.
In the House t
lEAS—Messrs. Abrams, Artristrong, Bab.
cock, Benson. Bower, Calhoun, Crawford,
DOdds, J: H. Donnelly, James Donnelly,
Donovan, Dunlap. Mir, Evans, Hamel,
Haves, liimr(xl, Hippie, Houtz, Imbrie,
Jackman, Kirkpatrick, Lauman, Lawrence,
Lloyd.. McClure, .Mangle, Miller, Nichols;
Owen, liowna_ll, Price, Ramsdell, gainsay,
Rhodes, Roland, Rose, Scot t, Shaw, Struthers,
Warner, Westbrook, Wilcox, Williston;
Yearsley and Smith, of Cambria, (Speaket)
pro. temp.-4,7,
NAYS—Messrs. Arthur, Ain, - Bierer,
Do'inert, Donehoo Ent, Gritinan, Hay,
Ilillegas, Irwin, Jenkins, Levott; McDonald,
Nill. Nunemacher, Smith of I3erks, Smith of
Wyoming, Stephens, Stuart, Turner, Vo3g,ht-
Jr, Warden, Weever, Weller, Wharton and
Woodring-27.
Bills Vetoed by . the,Gocernor
The following are the titles of bills vetoed
by Governor Packer daring the session of the
late Legislature :
An act relative to the borough of Serail
ten.
To incorporato Trout Run Coal Com
any.
Supplement •to act to legitimate Mary
Allen.
To amend charter of Penn. Asylum for in , .
digent widows and single woman.
To incorporate Norris Cornish Iron Workt
To divide Cass township, in Schuylkill
county.
To vacate a poi Lion of Strawbeiry Lade,
Allegheny county ;
Requiring Pittsburg and Steubenville
Railroad C,lnpany to make on arch or trestle
work fur a public road in Washington cow.-
tv,
&c.
To permit August Ideldenson to peddle in
S. I% lkill county.
Supplement relating to an: additional law
Judge•in the &sib Di.s,foiCt.
To extend certain provisions of 'law in Walt
er town,htp; Liuntingdon county.
Supplement relating to a" street in Hali
fax.
Relative to tax a to complete,Pattonsville
and Woodbury Turnpike.
Relative to Directors Poor, and Poor
house in Washington county.
To-vacate certain Vnrtioni of Mantua and
S , Ory streets, Twenty-fourth Ward, Phila
To incorporate the Brady's Bond Iron
Company.
Supplement to act to incorporate the Fa
yette County Railroad Company.
Relative to the Courts of Lancaster county.
Relative to the purchasers of the Franklin
_
-An,act relative to Sheriff's sales.,
To'consolitede the offices of Register of
Wills and Clerk of 01phans Court in Luzern::
county.
• Relative to the public roads through farm
fJan.es Milo, in Erie .county.
Chester county.
The late Legislature.,
The session of the late Legi.lature com.
menced on Jan. the sth,and terminated Apr 4
22d. having lasteh eight% - . fi ve days, which is w
neatly a month less than as occupied by the
-e aeon ot 1857. The list of acts passed em
braces °ter rive hundred. Of these only
-eventeen are genetal laws. The amount of
-pecial abbut - toktiship elections,
distticts, personal claims; county roads, and
hundreds of things which the Courts oughtdo
be empowered to settle in amazing. We
publish ajist of no less than 25 bills vetoed,
by Governor Packer since he came into th
office, on the 19 1 11 of January.
No new Banks have been chartered tiy the
late Legislature. Not many railroad compa
nies were incorporated, if we except the Pas
senger Railway Compahica of Philadelphia,
eight of which received Chanel's. Only two
divorces were granted, which shows that this
business is now confined almost entirely to
Cou ts.
Tim NORTH BRANCH CANAL—,Before the
811 for the - sale of the State Canals was fi
nally passed, an amendment was proposed by
our Senator, Mr. Steele, and adopted, requir:
ing the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Compa
ny, before making sale of the North Branch
Division, to first orer the salmi to citizens re
siding along-the- line of said Canal.
We understand that such an offer was
made immediately after the Bill passed, and
was accepted by Col. C. F. Welles, Jr., of
Bradford county, in behalf of a Company of
good arid responsible citizens of Bradford;
Wyoming, Lozertif, Montour and Columbia
counties, fir the sum of $1.500,000.
The North Brar.ch Division then, will pass
into thebands of our own eitiztns, and we
have a hope that it will be putin such a con
dition, and so managed hereafter that the
people may be baaerned, and the coal inter
ests of the Wyoming Valley greatly echaneed
by the, change.—Luzerne lion.
•
INTERESTING FROM UTAH.-7A letter from
.Fort "mavenworth of the New York Times
gives the statement of a gentleman of educa
tion and ability, Mr. F. Lobs, who has just
made his escape from Salt- Lake City, and
who furnishes very different accounts of the
cundition of the "Saints" from those which
have hitherto been current. He does• not be.
lieve they will fight the United , States,troops
if the latter go in force sufficient to be at all
'formidable. He says they have no powder,
nq cannon, no militaiy stores of any kind,.
that all their stories of - their having a large
force, perfectly drilled, and ready 'fig service
are all nonsense. The whole numberof their
men capable of being good soldieradoes not
exceed 3,500 lie thinks that Young will
have a "special revelatiOn," and run away as
soon as he finds that the United States are in.
eat nest.
RIGHTING THE - 118ELVES.—The "Detroit
Free Presethe "Ohio - Statesman,nlie "Cleve
'land Plaindealer," autt the "Louisville Demo
i;rat," berctofbre violtini.ropPonenti of the -
Leco_mpion Conetitution, cordially endurie the'
new Karisaa bill; but "tv union with Black'
Republicanism having no terrors - for" "the
Press," it ranges itself with the gew Yotk
"Tribune", and COI. FORNEY will consort here.
after with the GREELEY7I3. and Gastmeotee—
Pennay/vanian, - -
CoL. C. F. %use, Jr., of Miato, Pa* hag
contracted 'with the Sunbuty and Erie kiln=
road•Oompany for the pnrchase of the' Wirth
11,4ttigt riot* *OnhOroberland -to the
State line, for ono and a half million of dol
-
late.
The
,Vote Ou the Kansan 001.
The folloWing is the vote in the Senate on
the adoption of Mr. English's Kansr Bill':'
YEAS:DEMOCRATS—CIay. and Fitzpatrick.
Alahima; Johnson and Seba s tian. Arkansas;
Bayard, Delaware;
Mallory and Yulee, Flop.
ida ; Iverson and Toombs, Georgia; Benja
min and Slidell, Louisiana ; Gwin, California ;
Bright, Indiana; Jones, lowa'; Brown and
Davis, Mississippi ; Green and Polk, Missouri ;
Biggs, North Carolina; Evans and Ham
mond, South Carolina; Johnson, Tennessee;
Hunter and Mason. Virginia; Thompson,
and Wright, New Jersey •, Bigler, Pa.; Allen,
Rhode Island ; Pugh, Ohio.
Awzarcasts--Houston, Tetras; 'Kennedy,
Maryland.
4 NAYS.--.BErusucAtla—Dizcn and Foster,
Ct. ; Trumbull, Ill.; Harlan, Iowa; Fessen•
den and Hamlin, Me.; Wilson, Mass. ; Chan
dler Mich.; Hale, N. H. •, -King and Seward,
N. Y.; Wade, °hien Cameron, Pa.; Sim
mons, R. I.; Collamer and Foot, VL ; Duo
little and Durkee, Wisconsin.
Dzstoca.rra--Broderick, Cal.; Douglas
Ill.; Stuart, Michigan.
•
AMERlCANS—Crittenden, Ky.
PAIRED OFF.—Bel; (A.,) of Tenn., - with
Pearce (1 . )..) of Md. ; Fitch (U.,) of Ind., with'
Sumner (R.,) of Mass.
ABSENT.—DEMOCRATS — Bates, Del.; Reed,
N. ; Henderson, Texas. -
RaruntacANs--Claik, N. 11.
AMERICANB—Thompson, Kv.
. The vote in the House of Reps. was as fol
lows:
YEAS.
Anderson,
Atkins, .
A very, •
Bark dale,
Bishop,
Boceck,
Bowie,
Boyce,
Branch,
Bryan,
Burnett,
Bums,
Caruthers,
Caskie,
Clark of Mo.,
Clay,
Clements,
Clingtnan,
Cobb,
John Cochrane,
Ccckerill,
Cor Ding,
Cos,
Craig of Mn.,,
Craig of N. C.,
Craw Col d,
Curry,
1 htyi'dson,
Dee art,
Dowdell,
Edmondson,
Elliott,
,English,
Florence,
Foley,
Gn~trell,
G Ilia,
Gilmer,
Geode,
Greenwood,
Gregg,
Groesbeck,
Hall of Ohio,
Haskins,
Balch,
Hopkins,
Houton,
Granger,
Grow, •
Hall of Mass., -
Harlan,
Harris of Md.,
Harris of 111.,
Huyler, _
Hickman, .
Jackson, • Hoit d,
Jenkins, Howard;
Jewett, Kellogg,
Jones of Tenn., Kelsey, '
J. Glancy Jones, Kilgore,
Owen Jones, Kuapp, ' •
Keitt, Leash,
Kelly, Leiter,
Kunkel of Md., Lovejoy,
Lamar, - McKibbin,
Tandy, Marshall of Kr.,
Kaw reoce, - Marshall oft IM ;
Leidy, MOrgan.
Letcher, Morris of Pal, .
Maiday, Morris of ill.,
McQueen, Morse of Me., -
iqxson ; Morse of N.Y.,
Maynard, . Mott,
Miles, - Murray,
Miller, Nichols, - -
Millson, Oliver,
.
Moore, Palmer,
Niblack, Parker,
Pendleton, Petit,
Peyton, . - Piks
Phelps, Pour, ,
Philips, Pottle,
Powell, - Qui; mark of Miss.,,
Ready, --- • - Ritchie,
,Re , gaa, Ricaud,
Reilly, ' • Robbins,
Potfl, Roberts,
Russell, Royce, i •
_
Mandidge, Shaw of Ili.,
Savage, Sherman of Obi•l,
Scales, Sherman of N. Y.,
Scott, Smith of 111.,
Searing, Spinner,
Seward, - Stanton,
Shaw of N. C., Stewart of Pa.,'
Shorter, Tappan,
'
Sickles, Thayer,
, Singleton, - Tompkins,
Smith of Tenn., Underwood,
Smith of Va 4 • ' Wade,
Stall worth, Walbridge, '
SttriSens, . Waldron,
s.. Stevenson,z Walton,
• Talbot, Washburne of 111.,
• Trippe, • - Washburn of Me.,
Ward, . Wilson.
Watkins,
While, '
Whiteley,.
Winslow, ,
Woodson,
Wortendyke, -
Wright of Ga.,
Wright of Tenn.,
&ilk:offer,
- •
As Ma. Daiwa°, Ridgway,Elk county,
Pa., was going through the woods about three
miles' from that village, he discovered some
cloth, which--had been a coat, and wider it
some human bones. A party visited the
spot,• 'who exanlined the remains, and found
in the pocket of the garment a silver penult
case, with guard, keys and-- bullet mmildS.
whicb served to identify the remains of •a'
man named Williatnlteed e who was
the vii*Kla ill the winter of 1'85 . 5. Reed and.
aritstlia' man started out on a bunting excur
sion up Elk creek on the 10th of December,
1855 A short distance up the -creek they
separated, and need. was never seen alive
afterwards. The. woods were searched, but no
trace of hint with dil4caverkd. The Mann* of
his death remains,a, mystery.
Wnr Sttrivt. froth a . prbtilieted cough
when relief may be so easily obtained, Wistar
Baliarnor Wild Cherry is undoubtedly the
most reliable of all preparation olfred for ,
Me cure Of tbroat'ind keg conipbtintr. Try it.
None genuine unless signed I. Betts.
Beauitkable piisclosiliee-Marder
,
Ott tbe iBtlC6f September, 1850," the oiti.
tens of Orange were thrown into a. great
excitement by news that txfarmer tamed
Ira Clark had been found dead in a field not
far from his house, witl . f . a terriblegash in his
throat atid a rater in his baud.' After a "nay
of intense interest, rand after a carefel
ekaini
nation of the' trails of blood near by, the
Coroner's jury deCided that the deceasedhad
•not committed suicide, but was murdered by
some person , unknown. Physicians testified
tits, no man could walk far enough to leave
sudh.a long trail of blood with so fatal.-;a cut
in.lhis throat.
ititspicion fell at once upon a worthle.sris
fellow named Bowen, who had tnmintained, a
disrupetable intimacy . with the . ,wife of the
man, but no proof of his guilt amid be found.
Hp was released from jail. and (or more than
t.even years there has seemed no chance that
the murderer would ever be elposed or con
victed. -
. But "murder Will out." On Friday last-
Mr. W. C: Pruden, whose farm lies next to
that formerly owned. by Clark, while repair
ing a stone wall, c hanced to pull away some
. stones that lay against a ledge of rocks. ••To
his surprise he found behind them a coat that
had evidently lain there for years, but in spite
of its partially decayed conaition, we-are in
formed that it has been po.itively identified
as the mining cont. worn tom. Bowen -until the
morning of the murder, but never since seen.
It hasbeeti brought in this city to be examin
ed by competent ctminists, and if chetnical
analysis should establish the belief now enter.
mined, that the coat is stained with blood,
thc evidence would seem complete. •
Bowen has been livin g _ for EolliB yeari in
-
Derhy,where he attempte d to commit
aide some time ago, but -was interfered with
in time to safe his life. The_ Seletament of
Orange have Own counsel ei.h the State!y.
- Attorney on this matter, and Bowen will be
arrested immediately.
The wife of Clark, who was somewhat sus
pected at the time of complicity in the noir
der, is still living in Orange. After a dis
graceful intimacy with a man 'of half lieliau
.and half negro blood, she was finally married
to him at the unjust' request of the emboli
ties.—From the New Haven Palladium
•
April 26th.
. sAfa.
Abhott i
Andreiri,
Bennett,
Billinghurst,
Bingham, '
Blair,
Benham, of S. C
Brae ton,
Buffington, . •
Burlingame,
Burroughs.,
Carripbell,
, Case,
Chaffee,
Chapman,
. ClArk of Conn.,
Ci.ak of N. Y.,
C. B. Cochrane,
Colfax,
Comine,
Comic,
Cragin,
Curtis,
Daifirrii,
Davis of !ILL,
Daiia of Ind.,
Divis of Mass.,
Davis of lowa,
Dawes,
lien n,
Dirk,
Dodd, -
Darien,
Ellie,
Fai os worth,
Fenton,
Foster,
Go,,di,
Good nin,
~"~,"
will out.
- JUSTIOE—THERE AND HERE.—They. bane
a habit of calling things by their right names
in England4which it might nut harm us lunch
on this bide of the Atlantic occasionally to
imitate. Bank offieers i , who are caught
heating the public.are too ofteri put down
here as clever -••fituinciers,"—a little to las:,•
perhaps—but still gentlemanly, jolly good
fellows, whom it would be an unpardonable
breech of politeness to *end to the Peniren
tiary. On the other side, how - ever, all such
men are called rogues, and get a rogue's
punishment just as surely as if they were hut
common pickpockets.- The trial of the
Directors of the Royal British Bank at Liver-.
' pool for conspiring. by false pretences. to de
fraud .the shareholders and the public, is a
case in - point. The parties implicated where
all what ate called 'men of standing. position,
and influence,'—vet, when brought into Court
to answer for swindling their creditors,
neither 'standing, po-bion nor influence' was
permitted to stand between their just deserts
and the honest judgment of the Jury trying
them. Hence, the result, and these last
financiers have all been convicted—anl all
sentenced—
Mr. Catheron to twelve months• imprison
m.mt with hard r.
Mr. Brown twelve months hard labor.
Mr. E-.dale, twelve months hard labor:
Mi. Kennedy, nine months iniprisonnient.
M r. , 00 en, six months imprisonment. . •
•
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NOW, may be that Justice in America s
the same blind—and therefore impsrtial—
goddess she is in Britain,—but, seeing holv
small is the proportion of the fast "financiers"
consighed to the Penitentiary here, tr. tho-e
I hat. ate left off; we cannot help thinking tits t
the jade is not so blind as she pretends to be.
In fact, she general! keons one eye open fur
t .e beneSt of the roger a— tv that may only
be to oblige her ar- lenstiye; Mercury, the:
god of thieve, , •
Commissioners to revise the
• Penal Code.
Under an act passed at this session of the
Legislature, Governor Packer has appointed
ex-chiefJusticeLewis, John C. Knox. Attor,
ney General, and Charles R.•Bapkahm, com
missioners to revise the penal code of the
State, and the laws relating to corporations
of their taxationr- These nominations were
utmnimously confirmed by the Senate. They
are certainly unexceptionable. The Goiernor
could not. have selected three men more abun
dantly qualified fur the enlightened perform
ance of the important . duties devoliing upon
them. Judge Lewis is a profound jurist and
an emirieut.crituinll lawyer. JIY Iga Knox is
only second to him in and expOeni-e:
Mr. Buckalew is- one of 'tire clearest th nke .
iu the State, and he possesses the-very im
portant and va'uable qualifications cf being
thoroughly familiar with, the laws relating to
corproations and their -taxation, which will .
enable him to suggest some clear and uniform
system in place of the intricate, tioeven and
discrepent mass of laws which new goveiti
this important subject. The commissione's
are tcrreport of the next Legislature.—Patriot
and Union.
Rejoicing at Washington over_the
Passage of the Kansas Hill. •
WAsnixotorr,May night a large
crowd collected before the President's house,
where cannon were fired amid music from the
Marine Band. President: Buchanan appeared
at the window and returned thanks for the
honor, saying thatjhe best interests of tie
country were involved in the contest Which
bad been so happily ended, and he hop. d an.)
believed that the passage of the Kansas bill
would-tend , to promote the peace and pros
perity of the Union, -
Me-srs. Toombs, Gwin, Clay, Letcher and
Stevenson also spoke to-the assemblage, the
first regardihg tie result as a pacification, in
which there has been no dishonor anywhere.
Senator Bi g ler, Green and :Brown, and. Re
presentatives X. 'Glancy Jones and English'
werrialso serenaded at . their residences, and
made speeches of vrcultation at the passage rf
:he Kansas bill, regarding,r as a measurr • f
peace not only for Ka6llS, but for the
country, a ateasuar of Union for the States
and union' for the democratic ttryi, and as
petting an-..end to the question of
.slaVery.
which has so long distracted tlmeountyy...
At FLASK ROAD - Compaxr, in Trumbull
Co., Ohio, have prosecuted 4 soon for refusing:
to pay the toll—one cent, •The suit b4ore
the Justice resulted'in a flue of $5, being as
lamed upon the defendant. The deCett4alll
appealed, " and . the Coramon Pleas- Court
affirmed' the declaimy of the Justice. A tno,
lion for alum' trial' was denied, and that has
gone tip on appeal- tralhe bistrict Cddrt. The
costs already amount to over s3oo—and' xll
td &Ade the tiocatian whether the'daitidant
sboula have paid ode cent.-
-
"lUDs opf A reArnea,"dro.At the Orsini
and Pierri demonstration, it Bost o n, on
Thariday.evening l WrwAloyd Garrison wrote
letter ardently syitipithistrrx with; the, Pr.FL
pose -of the tweeting ! , • '
r====
till& Bpßatilla Moinerstor.7.The editor of •
the.Pottsville Journal recently'paika visit to
a natural Curiosity in that vicinity, and thus
gives an account of it. 's very interesting;
"As in generally known
,there Lis vein of
Coal located above the w
tar level in Broad
Altiantain..about seven 'miles ;from Ilia Bor.
ough, and near tletiliseherville, . which for
twehty=one years has been on'fire, The vein,
witibh contains excellent white ash coal, is
some fit) , feet in thickness. The origm of
the fire it attributed to a couple of miners,
who, having some work. to perform in the
drift its the depth of winter, built a fire—they
being cold—in the gangway. The flames
.destrtiying the prop timbers, were carried by
a strong current, rapidly slung the .passite,
and the fire communicating to the coal, all ,
subsequent efforts• to extinguish it were inef.
fectuak Theinen were cut off from escape,
and were undotibodlysoffocated to death.—
Their reinitihs were never found.
" A few days since we ascended the moun
tain at the Spot of the fire, and were Much in
utrested- In exist:dining the effect of the fire
upon the surface. 'rue course r)1 it is from
west to east, and where the vein is nearest the
surface, the 'ground is for the Space of several
!unched feet, sunken into deep pits, and
while the stones exhibit evidenc e s of having
been exposed to the action of intense heat
every vestige of vegetation had been blasted. ,
It is a de-art track in the midst of smiling
fertility. , The ground in some places WAS al
most too warm fur the hand to rest upon it,.
while steam froin water heated by the inner- .
nal fire, rose from every pre. The fire has .
evidently extended for .sevenal liondrel yards
from Ow place it originated, and finds vent
awl air to continue its progres, at the pits to
which we have alluded. A Foore of . years
has passed, still it hurnsl, and will burn until
further fuel is denied the devouring el,ement.
Thousands of tons of coal have untkuhtedly
been. consumed, and thousands of tons may
yet feed the fire before it is checked."
ATTEMPTED PETTICOAT SWINDLE.—At Bat.
tle Creek, New Yolk, the other everting two
gentlemen and a lady—one of the real skit ex
panders—got aboard the 'cars fur Ullitorgo.—
Oue gentleman and Lis wife Lad through
tickets, *hilt the other paid hi. 4 fare only to.
the first station. From certain mirnifestations,
George Wandie., the conductor who is keen
on scent, concluded that it was the intention
id' the trio to dead-bead one of the party
through. On arriving at Augusta, the gen
derrmr, n ot get out, and on search being
made he was found see.retivtin the {Otis' sa
loon, lie was brought forth and directed to
leave the train at the next station. but on ar
rising there ho was not to be found. After
a lon°. And diligent sea . rCh, in which every
body had become interested, it was concluded
he had leaped off, the train while in motion.
SpecutatioL was then rife as to him fate, when
a gentleman sitting near .r ..- ••-•ft• 17.--..L?•••di
inensions, hinted" that tEose hoops 'Might
there "a •tale unfold." On producing- a
• light, four feet were seen'prot ruding from her
petticoats, which it was unrea-Diable to .-up
pose belonged to one • pettiott, and the lady
was reqoessed to ri.e, wh•cti she did after
some be,i reve &lin , the lost passenger.
THE AbIST-SIGN Q. 7 Yeti Sr~Tira—•Gev.
QUITMAN . S BILL—The bill which, Mr. Q.rit
man of Mi , .sissippi, endeavored to introduce
in the house a few days ago; sets forth that
it is un ise, impolitic and unjust to the es
it-4ring S'ates, to prematurely and hastily ad
mit new States, thereby unduly stimulatin
e occupation of distant anti vacant territtr-
ries. by forced and t nnatural migration for
political and partisan and stJetinnal pffrposes,
'producing strife and discord between the dif
, ferentportions of the Union, and leading to
eorrunt political combinations in Corigres4.—
these evils, and give time
ly mitice'of the line of poiiCy„ b which will here
after be...pursued, the trill provides that no
new States shall be admitted into the Union
until it is ascertained, by a census taken by
authority of Comte-a, that the Teiritory ask
ing-adarission contains a population sufficient
for a representative in Conga.-s, nor until the
people have been, authorized by Gindress, to
hold a Convention to frame a Constitution,
and to present the same for admission.
RICO REVELATIONS —Whilst the Con.titu
tional Convention, was in session, a spirit of
revelittion . atone time was manifest. -If they
had continued: in session- a_Ahoit tithe longer,
we feel satisfied that we would havelearned
whese'all the funds for "bleeding Kansas"
Came from and " white" they went to.
In course of debate Mr. Fish. a ruerither of
tho Convention, and a member of the Topeka
Legislature, regaled Us with. the following
within his own k'nowled'ge
First, That two thousand dollars had been
pubscribetf in Burlington. lowa, for the good
of the cause, to be sultlect . to Gov. ItObiuson's
order.
Second, Two thousand &liars had been
übsicribed in Qhintv, Cot the same
genilemae's coder. •
- Third, That the Remy Wikon, a
S,n-ttor of the Un'id Stites, from the Com
o•o•twealth of ilissriobtr.etts,hAd -farni.hed
e fonds to pay the expeirie.i of the Topeka
To this third item of revelation we call par
ticular attentiim. What a pity for '•suffering
humanity," that Mr. Fish was not allowed to
make a clean gieast of it.—Kawas Daily
Ledger. •
TILL KNOCKING.—We are like,to have New
G.-amide upon our hands before we know it.
It will be seen by reference to the news from
the Isthmus, puhlished this morning, that the
Attorney Gene-al of Now . Granada in suhmie
ting die new Constitution to Congress, Fug.
gesta that the only way by which the Govern
ment can he saved from'-impendintr ruin,
is her annexation to the American ' . Union.
Ile says:
•9:he.incorporation of the States of Nee
Granada' into' the American Union, under the
same cond.tions as the States which already
,forth-that Confederacy, is the true policy foe
her to adopt."
We' think' ourselves this a very sernible
-u!_lestion on the part of the. Attorney Gene
ral of New fkranadri, and if he meet*wi!h the
approval of his Government, and not objecte4
to Irtr ours, we see no difficulty. in bringing
this little arrangement Speridily about.- "Die
member from Panatrih" would notsouittl bad
)), in. the House.
TIMM! BOMBS —The bombs thrown under
the yardage of Napoleon in Paris were earer
,d at the Cala;4 eustum house"as a new ma
chine for the invention urges, and the in
-vectors-of them coat , i&oed them of so little
value that:they itharged'ao duty Tin them,
Orsini charged them' with fulminating pow
riot that he carried from London in his mtelied,.
io dathp paper. tie' dried it in front of a
stove, with ot watch in his one hand and tt,
thermometelin the other, liable at ar4. ml;1
ment to be blown- intu'etertfity by its- taxes
Five'odly or the liotubs were tlMd of
eighteetritisd . e, and the anxious inquiry 9f
`Paris is : Vi t het ‘ e ate the other' thitteen.! Do
they remain in the hands of other conspire
tors, ready to be used at the fist favorable
'moment; to accomplish what he first failed to•
r---the destruction of Napol4on,.and thus the.
loosening of the key atone that supped", the'
arch ofibe r t leattotic pciwer is Moore Time'
will .
ibow. •