. • WWI WOILILX. - - dagular caseof • recently occurred in New Orleans. Ahusband and wife, not . • the most happy in their coitnutial relations, - thinking it better to “shuffie \nil' this mortal • Miners ...a " oriv r ts pail" than suffer the .'stings and arrows" of 4 " 111 . 14 t in unquiet homestead, resolved end their days together, and enter hand in d upon the untried fortunes of the next wortlLtAc cordingly two caps of arsenic were ed, and seated side by side, they prepared to`teke the fatal draught. The husband somewh)\ hesitated, when, on being upbraided with cowardice, by his heroine companion, he in stantly drained the cup to the dregs. His worthy spouse, however, thinking it best to 'look before she leaped," changed her mind, as women are apt to do, upon sober second thought, and very coolly took a glass of brandy and water in preference to the decoc tion of arsenic. The husband soon bade an unwilling adieu to his prudent better half, and departed this life, as might be imagined, in no very contented mood. The widow, however, was not suffered to pine in discon solate neglect.—A government officer soon paid his deroirs, and officially requested her attendance - at—not the altar, but the bar.— A trial was instituted against her for being accessary to her husband's death, but no pre cedent for the case appearing in all the•stat utes of Christendom, the charming widow was released, rind we presume, still lives to enjoy her rescued liberties. sliturdai norning, Aprll4o. TO TH W 1310.111 OP PUNIBIOTLVAS lA. OPAL STATE CONVENTION arlit be held In the Ofif of Lancaster, on TIIESDAY,,Jane 51tb, 1531, for the parr= of *electing Cand,datea ear the cacti of Governer/and Canal Costunhodoner,antl also for lodges the dnpreme Court. - , REMIT bl. FELLER. Chalreran. • SISIIPM Z. FONIINCL, t F ELL . IeitINALIT, N. lINOZ. MOIToX. ' C. TNOMFOS JOLIO„ i 5. M. attaaterr, . t - "ANVIL 11. TIioNAN, ILAKCIL *ILL, • .3011115. *SIMI. anda/11/1. ILLMAILIS, ':. T. TAYLOR SIAITiI, WY. J IMES sOlt,„ , ALLICIJSDE 2 E. /MOWN, . _ Man= I. razirrosr, ? wsw all S&L CR, • ?MOW C. ,COOSZA.W. MX. Al. WATTS. EMIT JONIMM., , JAME” COLL, CNA". 1.10 , 't l 5it555•11 I. rueLF.a. *gas.' cams, > % IDWiI C. WiLsol, L. MILT. ; i, Joni, Acuson,' -' c. o.a.oosts., easter. mecum:it, JOIN ILO '' NA, • 050105 55&SOS. ~ WILLIAM ITLIta„ -• 3 LLNL. IL! NecLvas, ' lOU C. it! ILLS: - j famed, .1 0 . 10 L-ti• R. RENDLE gmini, Seel etarv. TIM PAST AND THE PRESENT. Living as we do, in an age„ . pre-eminent for ins,advances in the arts and sciences, and blessed alike with superior civil and religious institutions, it is natural we should contrast our position with the past, and ask the reason of the difference. It is perhaps a fault of the present age, that it is cod much occupied ,with itself.— Rarely, in the velocity of its utilitarian and practical progress, does it pauSe to look over the map of departed ages. In , compliment ing the spirit of our owliage, , we must not ungenerously forget the fotadation, upon which many modern improvements are based. Some one has wisely remarked, that 'there are certain divine principles= On the earth, which never slumber nor Sleep, bat silently operate on the great moiing . arid living mass of men." One age glows rizli by the knowl edge and experience bequeathed by its .prede castors, and year after , tar a gradual im provement is perfectioethe wisdom and happinen(of the nations of the earth. The ancients made net inconsiderable ad vance in the arts anti - sciences ; but that.pro grass benefitted_the few at the I expense, nay, even the sacrihce of the many. Literature and a knowledge of whatever .was good and great, were confined to the higher classes-- the nobles and kings and priests ; while the great mats of the people were left to herd , together in the more than Egyptian darkness of primitive ignorance.- NO genial sun die chilled to their benighted iitiOn the tieauties of creation, or rai;ed their. thOtights,from na mre to. nature's God, and - slighted 'up the --... way to Haven. to them the past was no more, and the future *as dark--inscrutable, unmarked by a solitary gleam of Hope.— They -knew nought else but -to-day. i When • the Sun rose in the morning., theY'fell down" '"and worshipped him, and said, let us work. That day was their life-time-rbeyond it they knew nothing—they inquired nothing. The present was their eternity. • Let us go - back, if you please, 2000 years. Let na draw aside the dark drapery:, that en ' shrouds the mystic monuments of the old • world. Let us learn the language of temples, of obelisk's, of pyramids, whnse colossal prU - portions impress the beholder with his own insignificance, and seem to; possess all of power and greatness that human skill could embody. • Their speech is Mysterious. But we discover among the ruins of their trea sured arcane, distinct traces of a priesthood fr--of a kingly supremacy—of their people, -'*'their slaves. We inquire still further, but • alas ! for human grandeur,-the seers and wise men, who alone could decipber th es e hyero \o .. glyphitn, have passed away with tb powers ' they vainly labored to cominemom e. We . however, know enough to figure the mline .of a dark picture. We know that the age was one of mere physical pMver. Theigno ranee and superstitious fear !of the degraded multitude were fit instruments in the hands of a cunning and more enlightened priest hood, where the bigoted despot crushed the poor abject slave at his feet, for mere wan tonness, of sacrificed him no less inhumanly to glut an insatiate ambition: These are the . monuments of former ages.: . Turn we' for a moment to the contrast of - our own haPpy time. The mind is now the crest mainspring of 'action. ; "Knowledge is power„" ,We build no monuments of stone or marble's° perpetuate our memory, but we erect places of worship,. 80 school-houses, where the:youth of tauntry are trained to become energetic, useful men. These, , like the- jewels of the Roman matron, we - point togas the living monntiaents of our age. • The arts and sciences are daily receiving new impulses: from • the concentrated energy of great minds. Theory is become practical in the general diffusion of knOwledge. Civili zation and Refinement are fast redeeming -the nations from gross and sensual enjoy masa, and substituting the resultant happi ness of morality and Virtue in their stead.— Superstition and the poinilar delusions of ages, but a little gone by, are thrown aside as the fantasma of weak or fanatic minds, and above all, we boast of religious tolera tion and liberal institutions; as the prominent .characteristics of par daY. , . BOSTON SLAVE CASE This can was finally disposed of last week; according to the due comae of law,, without my interference on the pen of the people:- 9n Friday the Commissioner rendered his de cision, dun Sims was the;slave of Mr.-Fottey, and according to the law under which he had been arrested and tried, be, must now be re turned to his owner. Marshal Tokey, with a body of armed police, escorted Him to the boat, and accompanied ihim some: distance from the city, l to prevent any attempt at re =Pune. Sims seemed Perfectly willing to noun, and expressed no fears of punishment from his deserted masteri IA large body of citisens followed him to: the wharf, hot no insurreCtionary conduct was manifested.— Seveoitymns were sung on the wharf, and a prayer offered by 'a minister in the crowd as the boat pushed off. ! - Thus ended this affair; whith at one time threatened a different tenninatiori,in the open and lounge violation of all legal authority. We are glad the laws were respected, and hope the lessons of obedience that poured into Boston from all parts of the country, may not be without a salutary effect. for the general igood. They evince the decided sentiments of a law•loving and law-abiding people. The event, moreover, ahovre what a great noise and how much poiitive evil a few dis. acted citizens may do,; and ..cm the other hand what a determined and upright course in the administration of* and justice can ralfeet. - Gen- .firiqh ihvb4.-4 report has been going the roulade of the pipers, that General Ikady, of the IL S. 4rtny, was recently thrown from his carnage,': in Detroit, gag. sad killed. We are happy to see the report contradicted. He was math 'injured by the fail; and his life at first despaired of, bathe him 'since somewhat recovered, and it is probable he may Yet live to read his own epitaph. The papers have been profuse . with Wolin upon his life and. character. He is a native of Northumberland in this State. (),"Orchards and Locusts. The West _ - Closter Record =lions ruiners against Fun lag their orchards too closely, 911 account of ', l ll sad** depsedations *iglu. locusts, THE LAW OP NEWSPAPERS. ' A case was tried last week in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia,—;an action to recover the subscription price of the Ger mantown Telegraph for twelve years. The paper was left at a public house in the vicini ty of the defendant's stall,in Callowhill street ( the defendant being a butcher at the time, ) by his express direction,whireit continued to be left for the space of time stated. The de fence was two-fold—lst, the statute of limi tations ; 2d. that the paper should have been left at the residence of the defendant, as it was known to the plaintiff. Judge Kelly charged the jury, that where a person subscribes for a paper; and gives di rectioni where it shall be . left, he is bound io pay for it; unless heprescribes the time for which it shall he left. If a subscriber wishes to discontinue his paper, it, is his duty to square his accounts, and then give notice for a discontinuance. Ira paper is sent 'to • a person through the Post Office, and he takes it out, he is bound to pay for it. If a sub ic,riberchanges His residence,' it does'not fol low that the canker must take notice of, it, and a delivery of the paper,at the place where be was first directed to leave it, is a delivery: to the subocriber,unles s the publisher receives notice to discontinue or send it to another place. The statute of limitations did not al feet the case, as the defendant,had paid sotae- thing on account in June, 1844. Verdict for plaintif f , $22,50. STATE LEGISLATVRE. The House concurred ill the amendment of the Seiate, providing for the publication of the Geological survey of the State. After the defeat of the original Re-annexa- non - Bill, in the Senate some days ago, a sub stitute. was proposed, to annex afew dis tricts of Montour county m Columbia, but it was defeated—giving the matter its final quietus, foi•this session at least. The Legislature adjourned sine dlr. ou Tuesday, list. The General Appropriation Bill passed both Houses in , the last hours. The Judicial District bill also pas.ed, but was returned without the signature of the Governor—it bearing unequivocal Rath of hasty legislation. The veto of the Governor was returned to the Senate with a message explaining his reasons. It was sustained without a dissen ting vote, and the Bill was afterwards pasied with certain, modifications rscommended.— It relates to the Judicial distriCts in the North,- ern part of the State only. . The People's Railroad Bill failed, notwith standing there was a clear majority of two atirds of the members in the two Houses in . its favor. Some explanations will necessari- ly be required. and as soon as they appear. and we get . posession of the • facts, we shall lay them before the people. The application of the several improve ment Companies for Charters also failed. There are some strange 'rumors afloat in re gard to the matter. We shall endeavor to clear up the mystery before long. GEOMETRICAL PROBLEM. In reply to &Taxi) of _last week : Your problem is more readily solved theoretizally than practically. The figure described is the frustum of an incomplete pyramid 100 feet high. Its cubic contents may be easily ascer• tained by plain geometrical rules, and the corresponding contents, board measure, found by a similar process. But in actual practice there would- be a considerable difference,. as the stick of timber of the dimensions given, would necessarily cut to great disadvantage —there being only 6 inches breadth, of 50 feet long left after the side slabs are taken off. The result; therefore;dependi altogether on the custom of sawyers, as to the -manner in which they calculate such slabs. ' Vie confess our Geoinetry is sorpewhat rusty, and we have no time to brighten it in the multiplicity, of other duties. But we have said our say—we shall now be glad 'to receive Euclid's own solution. It isl some times much easier to ask !ham answer such ) questions. - FIRE AT PMENISVILLE. The barn of Messrs. Reeves, Buck, lc Co., of Phcenixville, was ho rued on Sunday after noon, 6th instant. It contained 500 or 600 bushels of grain, and a quantity of hay, &c. Four horses and five mules were burnt in the barn, which was a large building, 60 or 70 feet long. The barn, carriage-house and stables adjoining, belonging to the Rotel, were also destroyed. The horse and mules had beer. turned loose into the yard; but on seeing the fire, ran back into the stable;and could not be got out again. It is said that by putting a collar or any pan of the har ness on horses that cannot be gat oak of the stable during the- excitement of a fire, ;hey can be had or driven out without any la ther difficulty. Thi Bible in China.—Much discussion has lately been excited in China, respecting the corresponding word for "God" in the translation. of the Bible into that language. Upon the authority of several of the most learned combentitort, the- word "Shin" is likely to be adopted. gg" Abby Folsom, of Abolition and Wo.' man's Rights' notoriety, was arrested in Boa tont some days ago, as a vagraot. ," She Vim Gmrid lying in the streets, and on refusing to retire, was taken in charge by. the. Police, and provided with quirters at the city's ex pense. - the Register did she pas' ble last weep—flattered us with' the tides of "Phi losopher" "Poet" and "one of the Literati." Sony are can't reeimeate-thieompliment, gendemen—woulduit for the life of us ae ease yon of being is the degree akin to such tpudififetkes. - • - • 1 THE MINERS'.AND POTTSVILL E-GENERA,4 . - .. . _ . , . . . . . , . , • • filoinspondenee of tha Mlnera*,loantsla • I -• EDITORtiV•W ' AIIII42,. - , •larvir.m.Breape.—Mr. Edward Mans, - for! - . .., • • • - fratterssuze t 'l 14; 1851... IWs nave received the — l;teinat -" tOnal Illtonady;thr welly Bar - keeper at th e Pennsylvania Hill n it wittilhe Express line on the aa* _ • April. It contains three times tbe reading matter that ewthe d Tito freer Me Blue *matt:tin to . Har risburg - • a b - th Railroitil, nararwly escaped a serious accident on ,„,, ~,,,, - 'enema,. do, ma touristy one of e _. . -- 11 The ~eiltplialle'i-410110 i and 41177.1102 ; b er tai er t io it ea w no w published' mg ;Mask acelse, Takitkilit 4114, In attaching the Eiptesi Car, an NEC- +C. —Matters and things; in ;general. rafted (tom the best anchors, and fra•objett seems to kw* Phitadelpitla r his right arm Wait caught be- There is not scenery more diversified in Penn- ' be to instruct its will as ataitrat the trader. _ stoat raiwen iticigiumperat - land rece i ve d ' a severe con • sylvanin, than that throt;gh which •ott' pass from I books are eirpetlanyvaluabta now-a-days to cannier" Mien; He'd much painfor some** alter. • ?Uttering. to Harrisburg. The lover, of Nature ?tune the 'greet of the cheap .llteratuse with which p artmaire ly ea b ow , wan , tat a mi, t b oa e, ir , i 4 m a -•,1 must be hard to please, if some portion or dui the country Is eseiywhere - flooded:. Pabilstiee, IT on much time will be req uired to heal the' hroisi as journey fails to call up pleasurable emotions. The Strioter and Townsend-Naw l'oik-.113, a year Bahr. -7 -7 ; • . Sun was bidding this portion of the earth fareivell, seriptioas received.. and sratte. raids*: fat site at a. A would have taken to knit a fractur ed when we arrived upon:, the summit of the Blue -, 1 ktid,ge. In gazing back we could see the "lown . _ o ( lAzinincuAllTlLe: Pu s hy .' :t m - fia " iii ' e m . .Pi . i . we cre st'dip, ~_ Ilartlimrait .Dwiirattiera—Tbe 'icy Chtirett of Pinegrove, with its white cottageigleieting in tot one -gidinit Its plate to the Journal' It comalis the 'Associate Reformed Presbyteriais, jai: Knish' yet an g ere d : t x re ring d a s wa tut y -beam in ih ‘' e T i t o l i n a V il w e n o d littl , e lLied li k e ' lier4 ol ;allties. he Will readily admit, it Were Inappro- ed,la ifiarket Street. pill'be dedicated to morrow . a silver belt, spanning the mountain's base. Upon prime to make public. Wii thank hint for his comPli= with appropriate earemcinies. Services will be 'Ate eastern side, the lair valley of Lebanon Wa4 menu to crarseraci.and shall be grad in bear firma him Id - out before us, in, all its, beauty. Farms 'pin. pts , ra-11.1 in the morning, afternoon - and evening. L•Rer. - • '• - • - Dr. *dance will,teltiate in 'the Morning_ See . , an farm.houses, the tillage cherch and village Ova CHARMING tidy correspondent wilt Opera 't ech° I house, lay appsienar,, at, our feet, or in _. knowledge our, very best bow editorial. Her .fasiiir ‘ loi l ice. , ‘,.. _...... sucheir proximity, that the cast of a stone we'll° ',hall receive au tarty notice. 41 • reach e her . • I have crossed this mountain at see. - • • • ' l 5 grHorostirk _A —.Veitizett asks why To enattillMlND*ll7ll ONNRRALLN.ThiIi . t orni n uni. - enteen diferect points, ;.but ,I fancy there is notßoroug h panted with the real name of :th e , At 24 4 " /,,,,, 1 for theth 4 ye4r bee,,i not been cations must be won, more real beauty at soy crossing, from North Cary the atitanr.io cpsui r e thelr appearance : in our coin.aliss. hushed Y et. , '''"" etee° ll Ithswei letegotttem' Mina to the 'ore in Franklin county , than Cll/1 be isensures'a Account has been rei*bar &loot found at this int. Heir we have the bold and ALvis's communication too late A)1 publication ;Ti ne 4 • turesque th cultivated ana barren, the sterile plc • , ibis weak. We will Mild, Wunder considerattou. ;tithe , It ought to hitve beenpnbiished nine months waste and rocky lefi—all within the narrow space s, _ of one short mile.. And r it is here, in Met, that we bid home farewell. fit l / 4 fur =input Oiler we stood like gazing at the blue Idds'of Schuylkill, we were in "Old I3erks," and in tkenty more, were in Leba non comity. There is a samenesS in the balance of the journey, that is tat tieing to the eye. The same eternal, red-painied- se and wicktr-work fence- before it, meets e Until you become disgusted with that and gage With delight at the yellow and brown with which statne of the farmers bedaub their dwelliugs. There is however an evidence of wealth in this region of country. combined' with neameas, 'which you, do , not olten see in any &her portion! of r State, and but few mites intervene between . the sell I houses, which is s perhaps the 'only, trite sign o - he pros perity of a,seighbOrliti4,l— arrived at Harrisburg. at about six o lock, and. after tea. joined a crowd 'aid listen \to a. "charity sermon ' " delivered by the Rey . Mr. Oen rad.-a Sctiuklkill County - boy, who is, now located out .West,,,and is Professor of in Institution for\ which he is reflecting funds. ',He is .pleasant speaker, and a splendid beggar. Ye powers, how be urged his cause!. It would Ustonisn some of our Pottsville preacher., if they could have lis tened to him that evening. I tint aware.that the Reverends,of Pottsville are "some," but the Rev. Mr, Conrad "sooner." The next morning we visited the "Capitol on the Hill." Itpresents a beautiful appearaxce as you approach it, but when :viewed Closely, the beauty vanishes, and its defects appear.! The Hell of the Representatives appears as if :it had not been cleansed since its erection ; the are dirty, scorn out and rugged ;',„,the desks and many of the members,- ditto. The, fire-places are constantly 'filled with‘e igar stumpS, ashes, and half burnt cord wood, which when cast upon the fire green or wet, sends forth a cloud oflimoke, slid a perfume int pure enough to make , a dog ask leave to pair off, or absende for a day or two to recruit. -Since the formation of the Government hi Pennsylvania, I fancy there never were as many young men iii the House at the same session as this. Alauy of them, afleatheir election, faricied that they were some considerable fraetiou at this government—hut I am satisfied that if they were any fraction whatecer„ it was a mere vulgar fraction; and' that portion ' -nothing' but conceit and wind. !There are honora ble exceptions hoWever ; some Of the young mem bers displaced, during,the !week, considerable tact, and 'more 'legislative ~ capacity than their seniors. Our members from.,l4cbuylkilli *ere gentlemanly and obliging, and df;piased to devote as mulch time to our interestaa'could be expected, • . Had we gone for plea.ure.we ~ s hould havewalted until the close, lintgoing on business, we came one week too-late. The reason js easily explained— even' member has some little private measure up on whiCh he intends to expend a little wind. This little speech 01;10 °Kid pages,l is perhaps . neatly laid on his desk, or has been ;conned over time and again, until he is filled with it. 'hand nothing else." He is constantly the look-out tor, an opportunity to "fit off edam," yet when he is ready rorkod and prrot. d, you come upon him With semething, new, something that i , . no cocklsparrow work, you disarrange the gentleman's ideas, and his lips smile but hecurses you in his heart', While pondering on this new measure,:_some member rises and cries, "Mr. Speaker,' hold in my head an amendment to the Cork-screw Corporation ot! Fried Mush, lora led at Guzzteton Run.,l • This Cork-screw Corporation perhap4, was the., pet child of the gentleman to Whom you gave your bill—he is looking (tier its,manY sections, and is at last awoke by hearing the Speaker announce. the feet that the amendment of the gentleman Is agreed to, and he knows his little speech, and his Cork screw Corporation is alike used-up. I noticed seir chit corporations just as valuable as that of Guz- j zletou, just spoken ,o 1; knocked; into a cocked bat, I just in the same manner. It is useless to try to force a bill of importatirethrough either house during the bin two Weeks. The Senate Chamber presents a different appear ance; in it you see some taces,from which sparkle intellect and thought.'.and the :floor, carpets. &e. ; look as it some dusting Itritsh!nr broom bud pass ed over them within , the last mouth. a stranger is forcibly struck • Upon entering the door of the Senate, with the ilifferenee betweer.the two Speak ers—Cessna of the House. and Matthias of the Senate. The first is,guirk, with a shrill, -feminine voice, and the gestures of an auctioneer ; the lat ter mild, calm and , dignified, while his voice rounds like a fine "Old English Gentleman," "one of the olden time." The Senator from Schuylkill had also the interests of ! 1I" tour county his keeping during the winter; - lad hlthough he wasiattacked by. Buckalew and other',, ha succeeded after a long fight, in,gaining the viriory.'. nit was his favor ite measure—all others in hii'care bad to take a back seat during'the sea4on.` In fact . , several died from tne.want of nonrishrnent; others were fcireed to place. before theirtime. and!mnrdered outright. The Norristown-and Peoples Railroad wus one of the lest mentioned species. • It was in the Sen ator's keeping six or:eight weeks, but never saw the light 01 day under ,his direction, although to hear him, talk. you would :really believe him in earnest; 1 did, in fact, and it. he forgives me for thus believing him, L shall neversin in like manner again, although I flutist say that there is not a Sen. ator in Harrisburg, whose general, so - dal qualities I admire more than Charles Frailey's. • The Hon. David Wilmot was in town for a few days. I admire the,man—there is no deception in that clear, blue eye, rubicund face and stalvtart .form. I tee satisfied be is, mid was honest in his 'determined Liostilityto Slavery—be looks as if he hated a dough tare and dough;eake. The first he hates because it is constitutional for him to love freedom, and the latter he hates because it is also constitutional for him to love) good eating. Good eating produceshealthy blood; ind good blood e duces all those pure feeling's and petite deli "that constitute the man." all of which Witi " Ot poseesses to a great degree. Be never aspired to become leamed,eloiment or great ; lie is as nature formed-him, uncontaminated ,with - foolish whims of party or party leaders Yours, ag' Qualities of Smell. It is remarkable ihat•our vocabulary is so scant in expressing, the qualities of smell, while those of the, other senses have terms !corresponding to most of their shades of meaning. For in. Stance, the degrees of hearing, touching, tasting, end seeing, are classed and appropri ately named—while we are limited to the simple qualifications of "pleasant" or "un pleasant" in smelling,' though its qualities are More diversified thad some of the others. • 13:7 Talleyrand an Amencan ?—A late wri ter in the New York Coicrier and inquirer," tries to prove that Talleyrand, the noted French Statesman was 'a native of America, and not of Paris, according to the generally received opinion. He says that he was born at Mount Desert, on the coast of Maine—his father being Captain Baillie Talleyrand, • and not Count De Talleyrand,, Perigord, the elder brother. His mother, was a fisherman's daughter, to whim the gallant Captain made love, *hen the ship which he commanded, had put into tbst place to undergo repairs, some time previous to French war. His lantenew was occasioned by his mother up setting a kettle of hot wafer on his feet. At the close of the war, be was taken to France and adopted by his uncle,' the Cunt. • . SOLD aim IN An Editor out West , aelniowledges the re ceipt of an heir:—a fourteen pounder, and a boy at that.. SoinebOdy hold him—the editor, not the baby—hear how he sidurges: am this day multiplied by two—l am a duplicate—l am number one of an indefinite senes, and there is my, continuation !—And, you observe, it is not a block, _pot a block head, nor a painting, nor ,a bust; n6r a frag ment of anything, hovreVer beautiful ; .but a combination of all the arts and sciences in one—painting, sculpture, music—hear, liar him cry l—vounarologvi, mecbanics—see him kick !—geograp hy and tha use of the globes ; see him nurse l—rind withal; he is a perpetu al motion-4 time , piece that will never run down !' And who' wohnd hirn - up ?" a7oitr milidexacay,-.--All notices al mar riages, says an Eastern paper,where no cake is sent, will be set np in small type and pliiced in some outlandish comer of the page. When a handsome piiee of =hi is sent, it will be placed coavicuonsly in largaletters;but when gloves and other Wrote are added, a piece of illustrative poetry wilt, be wpm in addition. When. howevir, 111u:tilt/Jr attends the cert.. mony in projwiltpersivia and kisses the bride, it will have row notiee—very bug* type, and the moat appropriate poetry that can be conned from the brain , editorial. - . 074 Princely ceitaie.—Tbe ,agvegate cash nine of = all the arms in Latieuter, ltangtospety, 11Peke,Cliester and Bab, is /1214'72414, ": . total 'Affairs. 17' Comnontriralth rt.. Prifer.—This case, tried at the last session of our County Court, re sulted, it will'be -remembered, in the conviction of Martin Peifer, for the murder of his wife, at Schuylkill Haven. It was subsequently referred to the Supreme Court for a decision as t o w h e ther a jury empanelled tu fry an indictment :for mur der,. can separate alter being sworn. The jury had been empanelled, and sworn upon a Frulay, and by consent 'of both the prosecutor and the accused, separated until the next Tuesday, when the trial was resumed, and the accused, Martin Peifer, was convicted.' This separation of the jury was alleged to be error. We take the follo W ing decision of Cl ief Jus lice, Gibson, from the report of the Lager. Its c \ • orrectness and justice are evident, as the opinion stibidined will convince every candid mind : Es the forms and the, usages of the law cot duce td„justice; , but,the common law, which for bids the - ?eparatiOn oriKiklry, in a capital case, be t fore they \ burs": been discharged of the prisoner , touches not atter of form, but matter of substance. It is not too neh to, say, that if it were abolished few , influe nt' _ culprits would be ebovicted, and that few friendless ones, pursued by powetful pros ecutors, would *ape conviction. Jurdr.s are as open to prejudice trom persuasion, as "Mber men ; and neither' conveniece nor economy Might to be consulted itt order t o"guard them against it. Let them -have 'every comfort .compatible with their their duties; but let iheM' not be exposed to the converse of those_ who might pervert their judg ment. Before the trials of„ Tooke, Hardy and Stone, no Eng!ish Court had adjourned on tie trial of a capital case ; and when an adjournment be came necessary, the jurors werelept together and closely secluded. lite had preceded them. The slowness of counsel 'in chaliengingsotheir minute ness in taking &Own the words of witnesses, their I protracted cross-examinations, and their endless speeches, had made it imposiible to huisl4 trial at a sitting ; and the jurors were disposed "of,sduring the recess, as the English Courts afterwailiti dis posed of them. Such was the practice in Penn i sylvania ; but in some of the other States it tatty have beetras it is at this day, still more relaxed An experience of half a century, recalls to the no instance of a departure from it, before the pre:. seat. ' The-.4ttorney General has argued that there was, in fact, no departure, because the,)ury were not allowed 'to separate dler the clerk had gone through the formality of stating to them the sub stance or the indictment, the plea, the' issue, the , submission of the prisoner to them for trial, and the nature of their functions. But his statement is only au announcement of what has been done. A juror is charged with a prisoner as soon as be has -looked upon him and taken the oath—fur he cannot be withdrawn. . . The jrial has commenced,and the prisoner stands before him as one of, his judges. 'ln this case the jury were allowed to; separate atter they were emjamelled and sworn. True, that took place with the prisoner's consent, but there is right reason and sound ,s;enS'e in Chief Justice Abbott's remark,- in .Rei vs. Wo:te, that he !night not to be asked to consent. Who dare refuse to consent when the accomniodation of those-in whose hands -are the issues of his life or death is ;involved in the question? He would have to calculate the chances , ut irritation from being annoyed mi theone hand, dr of tampering on the other. The law is undoubt edly settled by precedent, that a prisOner's consent to the discharge of a previous-jury is in instals' , to liplea of former acquittal ; but, the instant a jury is discharged, the prisoner's life is no longer M .their power ; or if he should be the cause of their being sent back to protracted confinement, the value of a single chance in his wretched condition would disarm. Mei; resentment. Still, I think, n 6, consent I °fa prisoner in the extremity of his need ought to bind him.. . , It 'is ordered that the Tidgment be reversed, and Wail he prisoner remain committed to answer an other indictment. ' ,_ J rirLerbirr aboitt `Ghorte.—On Monday even ing the Rev. Septimus Tustin, formerly chaplain 9f the 1. s.-t..Aetiate; delivered a lecture in this place, on the subject-Of apparitions or ghosts. The generally received opinion that the Bible furnishes 4 proof of the existence of ghosts was ably and, we.l think satisfactorily rebutted. In the case of the, I, "Witch of Endor," so often alluded to by ghost believers. the Rev. lecturer risstired us that no such spirit as that of Sarnuel's 4ppeared. The Septua gint translation of the Bible renders the Hebrew word fOr "familiar-spirit - into another in Greek which corresponds with our :'Ventriloquist." Olh. er portions of the sacred scriptures were quoted in proof of this position; ai also the authority of Ho- i race and other ancient writers, totally aisproving this great strong-hold of the spiritual believers:— The audience were further entertained with a nutn breol "ghoist stories," but unfortunately the lectu rer would not let them remain gliost stories, he al ways insisted on adding some explanation, that. invariably broke thespell, thus showing the many plausible 'delusions, to which we are more of less liable, especially when prompted by tear or super stitious belief. Many portions of the address were highly eloquent. • The learned lecturer seemed to have: a thorough comprehension of the subject, and we are sure that the most superstitious present, or those Nilo entertained nay lingering suspicions re specting the occasional visits of the sPirits of the other world, went away perfectly at ease froth their previous tears, and We hope enjoyed. a night's re pose undistnrbed by. bad dreams or unwelcome; visitor. .. FRANK rir Laying a * Camer-Stone.—The Congrega tion of the English Lutheran Church, Rev. D. Steck, Pastor, will 'lay the . - Coaier-sto'ne of their new edifice, about to be erected in Market street of this borough, on Sunday, the 27th inst . :, with the usual ceremonies. Several eminent Divines will be present, among whom we notice the fames of Rev. Prof F. W. Conrad, of Wittenburg Col lege, Springfield, Ohio, and Rev. J.A.- Brown; of Reading, Pa: The services will take place upon the grotind, should the weather be favorable, other wise in In. , Second Methodist Church, near the site of the new byilding. Our ,citizens should bear the appointment in mind, as the occasion will no doubt be highly interesting. Tile building will be G 5 feet deep, by 37 feet front. Material, brick,with basement of stone. A vestibule 10 feet deep., The spire will measure 30 feet from the roof. larlsdne Bank Nops.—The Miners' Bank of this plebe, on account of the recent counterfeits of its noteP, has issued new bills of the denomination of Fire and Ten dollars. The Tens have figiaes of Hancock and Webster on the Wt. and Fillmore on the right. Vignette, an in spieading his wings and grasping a bough in his talons. In the back ground, rail-cars, canal, boats, Ake. The value, $lO, is placed at eacli end, both in figures and letters. Oct the Fives, a figure of Washington appears on the left, that of a female out the right. Vignette, a locomotive and train of cars. A town in the ha ck ground, with a steamboat and *set under snit' in the water. The figure "5" is placed twice at each end. The engraving is well executed, and'the notes present a handsome appearance. Theram dated April 4, 1851. • garMilitary.-0a Monday evening, Cmopiny B, of the Ist Regiment of Pennsylvania Vola4ers in the Mexican War, met to consult upon the two pet - means to be adopted in securing their shill* of the thirty thousand 'dollars, lately appropriated by the Legislature to defray their expenses. der( F. M. Wynkoop, formerly Colonel of the Regiment, 'being accidentally in town, waiwat for' to address the members, and 'upon their being shown bow small a portion each Man would receire,, We An dersland a considerable . emulation 'was produced the members, amounting almost to a deter inination to refuse their share of the appropriation *norther. larillown in.—The newer 'Anthracite Fur nace, on the "island" in this bah:nigh, has lately been put in operation, for the glib • time since as brit establishment. It is now under the menage• ment of the Mean.. .Wharton, Brat., said lobe ex perienced Iron masters. It has previously failed for the want of capital, and on account of the de-• pression of this sort of besides. This was the first Fnnac'e in this country, at which Iron was made, in any considerable quantity, by the use of Anthracite Coal—henie its name. It was blown in first in ,1810, when it toolr the premitim then - offered for the successful subiptation:of Anthracite to the manutactnre.of Iron. rarivi are manta to give notice 'that the Philharmonic, Society will holds anietingst Fos let's Hall; wit Tuesday am**, at 1 1 o'clock', A 'fail attendance of the cambers is iitticutarly re= quested, as business of special impartial!" will bit, Prnent,d for C 04 54 16 1 44 u.• , ar The Appreiai 4 is' _Assoriatios is now inn tarty organized. , they are about arming a Libra:, ty.' Persons having books to dispose of,' world aottfera aror by eoutrlbuting theni to the kasoria lion. , JULINERBITILLE AFFAIRS. I. 0. 0. F.—The Bulletin says that Mr. C. W. Taylor, of Minersville, has been appointed, by the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania, De puty District Grand Patriarelti'lor the District com posed of the Encampments „Meeting in Schuylkill county, to be entitled • "Worthy District Deputy Grand 'Patriarch of I. of O; F. the state of Pennsylvania."- ._. rirA Purr ass is a Liottrr.--Theßullitin pub lishers u letter, a rich specimen of English litera ture, found in Sunbury street of thetptitre, a few days ago. * We copy' the last taraiiiits as a maniple: ""eckskews this tighten. u I hav got A bad pen no more et this time From tuttlrend maty." Letter-writing is said to be peculiarly the fort of a lady, but Miss Mary', it strikes' us,' is surttewha out of her element. • • TAMA4II4II. - AVPAEFIII. Tempspyste.—Tbe efforts of the friends of Temperance, in their line of operations, and the recent order of the Court to suppress the sale of liquor on the Sabbath, his been the topic of , much remark, and the cause of some little excitement in this borough during the lewpa_st weeks. Our Ho• tel keepers profess to .carty out the order of the Court, but complain most bitterly of the new order of things, and declare that drunkenness is more president now thais before the order was issued.— They say that the onlyielfect of this order is to take the trade from tturU and giye it to the,eer altars, many of whom sell ardent spirits as well as ale and beer. And without doubt there is much truth in their statements, for it was remarked ;that there was as much drunkenness in this borough on last Sunday as caissirSonday.of lite. But then the query arises that if these Hotel proprietors ate de *roue that law and order shall prevail, why do they nu takeitie matter-in hand, and suppress 'the sale of beer oti the Siibbath It is idle talk in 'say that this Annot by done—for every soul of them who opens ida drunkard making establishment for basi -1 'less on the•pabbath, may be prosecuted and fined $4, before_ hveakfisst on Monday morning, for every glass Of beer or ate that it can be proved he bad bolds:a-the Sabbath, and tavern keepers as much as other meet are bornid to see the laws obeyed. ' . z iarTha Coal Tradi appears tobe opening with .atbrisk deptand for that a rticle, and our enterprising operators Ire as busy as,you can imagine but pri ces are ranging almost ruinously low—the more to be regretted. as, of coiirse, \ the prices of labor must corresPoruCto some extent, atleast, with the prices of Coal. .\ rjrNi.u. Chirrel.--{bir Episcopal friends are shout to ecrrninenci. the _erection\ot a neat and commodious Church, which willrbe s ttn ornament to our borough, and a great accommodation to that clenommatioa of Christians, as thetttaVe crt pre sent a very ..awouved,ent place in which`towor , NAHHAT2HL ririvewkirk institution is said, to be in excellent ,condition. It ecin4iin. a [aria number of . books, magazines, pamphlets , dee. The Librarian attends twice during the week, tor the delivery of books to the citizens. Tne tetras of membership are $1 year or Zi cents per quarter. lIWAt a Cajoled Meeting , held in Tamaqua on Monday evening, 7th instant, a special police was elected to serve for the ensuing year. rrThe Tamaqua- Lyroum still continues its regular meetings. The audience seem to have lost none of their interest in its proceedings. " PAPAL AGGRESSION. The Bill recently carried . by such an over whelming majority, in the British Huuse of Commons, re nders penal , the assumption of territorial titles by Romanist Priests.---The following weretbe principal causes of me+ citement and opposition , totvard the Roman Catholic side of the question. A letter teal ter, from London, alludiog to the RoMish members, remarks.; ' They had, however, considerably damaged their cause by their open avowal that the I doctrine of the end'justifying the menus would be the rule oi their condurt, and that irthe minister dared to press die measure, they would vote against him in a body npon all other question?, whatever, might be their opinion of the abstract right or wrong of what he might propose.' Since this notifica tion the party have been styled "the houtira hie members for Rome." Another cause of weakened resistance was found in some remarkable revelations of the peculiar energy with which the' Roman Catholic priesthood are punning their designs in private homes. A few Weeks since au ac tion was commenced in one of the law courts by the relatives of a Frenchman who died in London,..bequesithing the savings of his life —about £7oo—to the advancement of Po pery, and who, it was alleged, had made his will in his last moments under the threats and misrepresentations of two priests.— While the scandal consequent upon the evl ,) dencein this case was yet fresh, another and far less doubtful affair was glaringly expoied, to which we have 'already referred. Miss Talbot, an orphan and a ward in. Chancery, with a:fortune of £BO,OOO, was found to have beep placed in a nunnery by Roman Catholic relatives, (the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury,) ;under circumstances which bear all the appearances of a long and delibe rate plot to induce her upon Coming of age to take the veil, and transfer her propeity . to the purposes of the church. Au inquiry in- I stunted before the Lord Chancellor not lazily interrupted the scheme, but led to an expo sure of deliberate falsehood on the part -- 'of one of the new Catholic prelates, (Dr. Hea then, "Bishop" of Clinton,) which had an extraordinary 'effect in strengthening the hands of Lord john Russell. • This Dr. Hen dren had incautiously rushedinto print, to defend all the proeeengs,in Miss TalhOt's case, and among other things had said that she had entered the aunnery as a Protestant, after die'explinatiOns, and • that 'the Lord Chancellor had authorized her being placed there. Subsequent evidence from Min'Tat. bot and the Lord Chancellor, respectively, have stamped both these assertions as utterly untrue, and Bishop, Hendren, who- had pre- Tinnily . figured. for some days as an indignant writer In the stewepapers, has since 'been publiclydenotinced in the bum simple terms t aPPlicable to his case, and has not ventured Ito utter another word. Awl from - their di rect untruths also, the whole of hisatlerapted representation! had shown the Weir to be a TM bad one. ;"Miss Talbot is niaiteen years or age, and is , forthwith tnberemovedl from her present guardians: ' inirrwrom. The new town, says the Qazette, of which we have before spoken. ill dingMune_ dog more intention'. The putihase is now bwd somely laid oiit into lots, and a beautiful and correct map,. showing the precise plan of the town; has been completed, and can be seen at the office °lithe Agent. C.F. Bowan, Pak On Tu i twA last, the. books were opettet when Worth of lots were sold at pi. nue sale. Judging from this circumstance. and taking itito consideration the many at tractions and Advantage% which the location pommies, there is every reason to believe that but a few years will elapse before the oPPneite shore of the iStsquelisoina will be decorated with_ belatifil and pop town, equal in business and enterprise to Pittston pope. • • . 1/74tnetde awl Bachatter pars notice inereses ot travel on thenultosde p$ tog through those cities, cQX