l)c Scffcrsonian.
Thursday, March 2, 1 851.
Preaching.
Rev. J. Miller, will preach in th
Presbyterian Church, in this plnce, on
Sunday morning at half past ten o'clock,
the fifth of March.
Mad Dogs!
During the past two weeks quite a
large numher of dog.q, hogs and cattle,
laboring under a fit of hydrophobia have
died in Chesnutbill, Pocono and Stroud
townships, which has caused considerable
alarm and consternation among the citi
zens of those townships.
"We were informed yesterday that one
or two persons had been bitten by a dog
in his mad career through part of Chest
nuthill. These facts are startling, and
every citizen of the county should at once
secure or kill his dog, which will preveut
the spread of this most excrutiating'mal-
Court.
The February term of the Monroe coun
ty Courts commenced on Monday last.
There arc a large number of persons in
attendance, many as suitor?, witnesses,
&c, and others to see and be seen. The
Grand Jury returned a number of true
bills, a report of which, in connection
with all other matters thatro disposed!
of at this term, will be laid before the
readers of the Jeffcrsonian next week.
Sad Accident.
A son of Mr. James Dennis, aged about
7 years, waa accidentally killed near the
residence of Mr. Geo. Eittenbcndcr, in
Hamilton tep., on the 23d ult. about 4 o'
clock. All the facts we could learn in re
lation to this sad affair are as follows
Mr. Jacob Supers was engaged in hauling
limestonc,at;d passed the Beaver Valley
School house just at the time the scholars
J
were dismissed from school, and by some
inithan the vounslad. in attempting to eet
i
fi ,1 fnll nml siinf nnr nnn nftL
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Tunuers
.killed.
oi me siea anu was ln&ianuy
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r a i i i j r x i i i v
IXjT Gen. George Ford and Daniel B.
Vondermitb, members of the Lancaster
Bar, (whose arrest, on a charge of fraud
and for'crv upon the Pension office at
Washington, an account of which we laid
before our rcrders last week,) have both
wnce absconded the former to Europe,
the latter south, probably to Texas.-
Thcir sureties are good, and amount to
519,000. It is said the transactions which
are charged as fraudulent cover aperiod of
In vpnrs- nnd tW thP nmnnnt. nf mnnnv
drawn thereby is $50,000.
Completion of Hie It'orth I? ranch
tana!.
The Columbia Democrat publishes the
report of Gen. William Brindle, Super
inteudent of the North Branch Extension
of the Pennsylvania Canal, by which it
appears that this important improvement
is now completed, and will be in operation
in early Spring.
Rents in Ncio York. The New York
Mirror, as illustrating the upward tenden
cies ot everything but newspapers, says
the occupant of store No. 5 Astor House,
who has heretofore paid S1500 rent, is to
pay 53,750 after the first of next Ma'.
The rent of the stores in front of the Me-
iropolitau Hotel which has before been!
raised to 82000.
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DeathoGcn. Armstrong. Ike Wash-
ington Union is in mourning for' the
death of General Robert Armstrong, one
'
of the editors and proprietors of that pa-
ner. He denarted this life on Thursdav
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wasmngton jity. ins age was oo, ana
his disease congestion of the brain. Gen.
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iiiiirirriiiMiii iiiiiiiiii iii i mm i :ir iri'. i -
and was for many years the bosom friend
of Gen. Jackson.
Banks. The Senate have passed bills
to recharter the Bank of Middletown; to
recharter the Bank of Northumberland;
to incomeratc the Farmers' and Mechan-
ics' Bank of. Allentown. They defeated
the bill to recharter th'e Bank of Gettys-
burg.
Liquor Destroyed by a Mob.-On Monday
of last week Mr. Jeremiah McLaughlin,
...I "l ....J .!. :..a r i-
MU..V U..UW u. .uuuuuce oi liquor, leu irom
the steps of Wilson s hotel, at New Lisbon, O.,
and waB instantly killed, ihis bo excited
his acquaintances that they attacked the gro-
eery wiicre ne was iimuc uiuun auu utsiroyeo l
i l j i j .lf.
all the liquor in it Several other groceries
were visited and treated in the same way.
The Bill to appropriate three mil
lions of dollars for the construction of six
steaai frigates, was taken up in the Sen
ate on Thursday, and passed 'in less than
one minute.
JST'A slander case waa tried at Danville
last week, in which thejuryfound a ver
dict of $800 against" the defendant, for
having slandered a young lady whom he
had formerly courted, and of whose char
acter he had at that time spoken very
highly.
CO" A farmer in Franco, near Rodcz was
in the habit of cruelly ill-treating his horse.
A few days ago, the animal being at liberty,
ruBhed on him, threw him down, trampled on
him, and bit him severely. He uttered loud
cries, but it was some time before they were
heard, and when at length some persons went
to his assistance he was quite dead.
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Rail Road Accident.
On Sunday last a locomotive was run up
thcBelvidere Delaware rail-road to examine
its condition, and on its return, while crossing
the culvert near Milford, which had been un
dermined hy.the frephet, was thrown over the
embankment. One of the hands was killed
and two others severely wounded.
It i6 denied that there is any truth in the
reported "engagement" between Ex-Prcsi-dent
Fillmore, and Miss Porter, of Niagara.
The next session of the Philadelphia
Annual Conference of the Methodist E.Church
will be held at. St. Peter's M. E. Church,
Reading, on the 2-.d March. Two hundred
members will be in attendance.
Destructive Tornado. A violent tornado,
accompanied by thunder and lightning, pass
ed over the village of Harrison, Ohio, on the
14th ult., blowing down houses, fences, trees,
&c. Among the buildings injured was the
Presbyterian church, which was unroofed.
Bigs of wheat it is said, were blown out of a
wagon, and sticks of timber whirled through
the air like feathers. A young man named
William Pruden had a leg broken, and a num
ber of others were injured.
James B. Clay, Esq., son of the late Ilen-
ry Ulay, nas piircnateu a siauion in new
York, for which he paid the handsome sum ol
S4UU0.
OCT5' The Allentown Friedcn-botc, in no
ticing the proposition of the Easton Argus,
to make Easton a citv, to distinguish it from
"Bethlehem, Allentown, and other villages,"
uses the following plain and comprehensive
language:
"Well, for the sake of dibtinction, this is
surely not necessary. Easton can well be
distinguished and known from other towns,
by its unheard of bombast, by its large num
ber of vagabonds and scoundrels, by its nu
merous brothel houses, by its disproportion
ate number of drunkards and loafers, by ih-
pride and by its derision of country people
especially those who do not speak English.
iou , bLo,,-..
before destruction.
Bise ix Crockery. Among the ma
dv articles that nave advanced in price in
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nnr mnrL-f snvst'up "Boston Traveler is
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that of crockery ware, which, owing to
the high price of coals and other materi
als in the Staffordshire Potteries, Eng
land, they nave been obliged to raise
their prices from twenty to thirty per
cent., and. consequently, the rise here
A. WW
must follow.
Fight between CongressmenAn
ticipalcd Duel.
Washington. Feb. 23. A serious fracas
occurred luEt night, between Hon. Jeremiah
Clemens, Democratic Senator from Alabama
and lion. Wiley P. Harris, Democratic mem
ber trom Mississippi. Uleinens, it appears,
refused to acknowledge an introduction to
Harris, whereupon angry words ensued, and
the result was that Clemens knocked Harris
uuwii. J. lie umuci cjjio nuic jju i u tuu uui
a duel is anticipated.
Election in Maine.
Portland, Me., Feb. 23 An election took
place vesterdnv to fill the vacancy u the
House of Representatives, caused by the elec
tion of Mr. Feseenden as U. S. Senator.
C. G. Game, Whig, was chosen, having
about 50 plurality.
ITS i I os and Cloud of Pigeons.
The Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer of the
13th ult. says:
" Yesterday morning the sky here was al
most black at intervals for several hours with
flocks of niyeons 201112 north. We saw one
nock which, from the time it took to pass.
must have been over a mile long. They flew
60 neartue earth that they could easily have
ieen shot on the wing, and made in their rap
id flight a noise like the 'voice of many wa
ters. They doubtless came irom me immense
pigeon roosts in Kentucky anJ 1 enncssee,
where for some time past the woody have been
breaking beneath them.
The Columbus (Ohio) papers inform us
t,lat 1,10 uPPer air in lhat region is darkened
by miles upon miles of pigeons. There is a
great oder of pigeons about the place. Men
kl Pfe. P?. f eP
gunners, and dream or mpeons Dcoule s teetll
are wearing out in chewing pigeons, people's
eyes are growing inflamed looking at pigeons
and people's brains are becoming fuddled in
contemplating the endless panorama ot pi-
ffCons. The "frogs of Egypt, ' once upon a
tune, were sparse in comparison with the
oiffeons that overwhelm the interior of the
Shooting Cballeiiffc Extraordinary
John Travis, the well-known professor
of the pistol, in New-Orleans, has ac
cepted the following remarkable challenge
from Mr. Bertis L. Rhodes :
Rhodes bets Travis 81,000 to 8800,
that he (Travis) cannot, within ninety
days, produce a' living man, who, stand
tog thirty-six feet from the said Travis,
will allow him (iravis) to shoot with a
PJ. (off-hand) an apple placed on the
j P t
m. - T js ig to have fchrce shofcg at
wwu wu
- annic. an(l must hit the annle once to
w;n the match. If he does not hit the
apole. or if he hits the man, Rhodes wins
ue matCU 13 to come uu wiluiu uiuuiy
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days, and within five of toe city oi INew-
Urleans.
Philadelphia Markets.
February 28, 1854.
Wheat Flour, per barrel S3 90: Rye do, SG
00 per barrel; Corn Meal S4 50 do. Wheat
per bushel &1 90; Rye I 10 cents: Corn 80
ccijts-; ate cents per bushel.
There are in Pittsburgh and its vicinity, it
is said, seventeen large rolling mills ; twelve
principal or large foundries; twenty glass
manufactories ; about twenty engine and ma
chine shops"; five large cotton factories; four
large flouring mills, besides Eome smaller ones;
and it is estimated that there are more than
one miuureu sicam engines in operuuuu in
the city and vicininity, besides those above
named.
Unmitigated Cniclty
On Wednesday morning last a
case
was heard in tne Court'of Common P.eas,
before Judge Thompson and Allison, in
Philadelphia, which portrayed more
brutality and cruelty than we thought
could possible be practised by any human
being. It was a habeas corpus brought
by the parents, G. B. Hammer and wife,
to recover possession ot their child.
Yesterday morning a case was heard
in the Court of Common Pleas, before
Judrcs Thompson aud Allison. It was
a habeas corpus brought by the parents,
G. B. Hammer and wife, to recover, pos
session of their child. Irom the testi
mony before the Court, it appeared that
G. B. Mammer and wife were the parents
of a sprightly little boy of about 0 years
of age, named Charles John Hammer.
Ho was born out of wedlock, and at tue
age of a few months was abandoned by
his parents and placed in the Almshouse.
From this institution he was taken by a
family residing in Berks county, total
strangers to the child, and kept until last
Christmas. The parents of the little boy
married a short time after his birth, but
made no attempt to reclaim their off
spring until a few weeks ago, when they
obtatned him from the family who ha
thus far nurtured and supported him.
As soon as the parents obtained bis cus
tody, a s'stematic course of torture was
commenced. Although his parents were
in easy circumstances he 'picked up the
crunibi of bread and the seeds from pies
that fell upon the floor while the girls
who worked for Mrs. Hammer were eating
their dinners.' He would eat the hard
crusts found in the yard, and when spok
en to about it, would reply, that he was
so hungry that he could eat anything.
He was whipped unmercifully. His
mother struck him over the head with a
lap-board with such force as to raise a
lump as large as a walnut. His father
took him out of bed while cslecp, and
flogged him severely with a &hoe, as the
mother told one of the witnessess, for five
minutes. The child's cries were heard
by the witnesses, aud his artless appeals,
'Oh father don't whip me any more,andI
will be a good boy,' were totally disre
garded. His mother has put him out of
doors in the severest weather, but thinly
clad, and compelled him to stay in the
yard for an hour and a half at a time
until he became so cold as to be unable
to walk. She would threaten to beat
him to death for, calling her mother,and
would frequently knock him down. But
the greatest torture, and that which a
roused the indignation of the young ladies
who worked for Mrs. Hammer, was the
resort of that mother to hot irons, witu
which she seared and burned the flesh of
her child. According to the testimony
Mrs. Hammer picked up a hot flat iron
and said, 'come here Johnny, till I iron
you out.' The child replied, oh! nojnoth-
er, it will burn me. one tnen piaccci tue
irou first against one cheek, and then the
other, put it against his hand, ran it up
and down his legs and concluded by o
pening Ins pantaloons, ana noiaing u a-
m . Till .
gamst his naked jlcsti until it burned tue
skin off. In this condition he was found
when taken out of their possession by a
good Samaritan named Mary Anu Lewis,
a .woman of middle age, who had heard
of the parents cruelty, and took measures
to relieve the child from their barbarity.
Mrs. L. stated to the Court that, after she
heard of the child's tortures she could not
sleep at night, aud felt it to be her duty
to rescue him. bhe and another lady
hunted up the young ladies who worked
or Mrs. Hammer. J hey did not wish to
testify against Mr. and Mrs. Hammer, as
they would loose their places as tailoresses,
aud one of them said she should be out ol
work. Mrs. Lewis replied 'never fear,
God is a merciful God, and he will pro
vide for your wants.' The young ladies
at length agreod to testily, and they did
with tears in their e'es. Win. R. Dick
erson, tor Mr. and iirs. nammer, auer
the testimony was heard, remarked to the
Court that ho had just told Ins clients that
they were not fit to have the care of a
child, and he would not ask that the
child be returned to them. He had not
supposed that such brutal eouduct could
exist, in our community. His own fecl-
ngs had been greatly shocked. He
would ask that the grandfather, who was
willing to take the child, should have the
care of him to bring him up.
Judge Thompson said that it appear
ed that the child had been abandoned by
ts parents at a very tender ace. This
divested them of all legal right to the
childs custody. The grandfather had
never shown any feeling for the child, and
had left him entirely to the charity of
strangers. Had it not been for the su
perintending care of providence; who al
ways raises up some kind hearted person
ike Mrs. Lewis, in emergencies hko the
present, the fate of the child would have
been hopeless indeed. It may be viewed
as a special Providence. The details of
the case are of the most shocking charac-
ter, ana tne court awaraea tr.e cnua to
Mrs. Lewis, his generous protector, if she
will take the care of him. Mrs. Lewis
willingly took upon herself the care of
raising the child, and every one present
elt that he could not be entrusted to
more worthy hands. The members of the
Bar present immediately took up a sub
scription among themselves, which they
deposited in the little boy s jacket pock-
t; and he left the Court room with his
oster mother happy in his new-iound
Wend. Mrs. Lewis had never seen the
bild before last Saturday, and was an
entire stranger to the parents. The boy
id an intelligent little fellow rhiladel
pjiia Ledger,
FOREIGN NEWS.
Late News from Eurape.
WAR INEVITABLE.
The steamer Baltic, from Liverpool,
arrived in New York the 20th, bringing
the latest news from England and the
seat of war.
The Russian ministers in England and
France, havo broken off ail diplomatic
relations, and returned for St. Petersburg;
and the English and French ministers at
St. Petersburg have been recalled.
The war discussion in the Brittish Par
liament is deeply interesting and seems
to grant the war to be unavoidable and
justifiable on the part of the Porte and its
allied powers. Lord Aberdeen, Premier,
repelled the newspaper accusations of be
ing secretly the tool of Russia, or of re
ceiving the hogshead of gold from the
Czar, which was among the charges pre
ferred' against him. He is at the head of
the' Cabinet and of the peace party, but
tacitly concedes his influence to be inad
equate to avert the coming evils of an
Eastern war.
Omar Pasha has effected a most impor
tant movement, having crossed the Dan
ube with 50,000 men, and divided the
Russian army, the right wing of which is
at Krajova, the left at Galatz, and the
centre at Bucharest. Omar crossed in
person at Oltcnitza, and at last accounts
was only two days distance from Bucha
rest, where the Russian force is weak.
The supposed object of Omar's movement
was to attack the rear oi the Russian ar
my on its march from Krajova against
Kalafat. A despatch received at the
Turkish embassy indicates preparations
for an attack bythe Turks on Jbucharest
Russian accounts themselves confirm
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"1 abriL"PrS.!vg.,.!PPreU,!nS10,,S
Ul uu aiLuuiv lium mc a.uiao.
Omar Pasha is eick
immediate danger, but required rest and
j
care. Immediately on hearing of his ill
ness the Sultan sent two physicians from
Constantinople to attend him.
A Greek conspiracy has been discover-
ercd at Widdcn. A priest was" at the
head of it.
The Russian fleet is understood to be
concentrated at Kaffa. A private letter
i
savs that the return of the allied fleets
was in consequence of a scaricity of pro
visions at Smope but this is doubttul
It is understood, that four vessels, o
rifrinallv taken un bv the povrenmeut to
convey troops from Ireland to Malta, and
r l.M.m..; tj:i
irom uencc lo luu nest j.uuies uue ueeu
taken up on monthly charters so that they
may be available to proceed to any point
on the shortest notice.
At a council held at the Tuilerics, the
Emperior strongly expressed the neces
sity, now that negotiations are broken off
to nrcnare with vicor for war. In
most departments of the military ser
vice, preparations are ordered to contin
ue night and day. Immense orders for
ammunition, arms and accoutrements are
being executed with all haste and the a3
sembling, organization and inspecting for
troops ffoes on ceaselessly. Gen. Pelts
sier is selecting 20,000 picked men of the
army of Africa, and 80,000 is set down as
the amouut ot the i rench contingent. All
might be ready for embarkation in one
week.
Great activity also prevailed in the na
val department at at Brest. Levies of
seamen were arriving from all parts.
Several of Cunard steamers are taken
up by Government to carry troops to Con
stantinople; G000 men go from England
Others will be taken up from the dmer
ent stations. About 10,000 will soon be
collected to form part of the first expedi
tion. There is no doubt a brigade of
guards will form part of the expedition.
A Vienna correspondent telegraphs that
Orloff leaves St. Petersburg probably on
Wednesday.
The combined fleets were at Beycos
Bay, on the 27th of January. Six ships
asain conveyed a Turkish steamer with
troops into the Black Sea.
The iection by Russia of the JSTote of
the Four Powers was officially notified to
the members of the Viena Conference
T . , ,, , p nnniiinfnc
ibis repuiteu iuanut. puw
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luc rnnl"ma nncif.inn nnn DOW WlSllfiS to fl-
void the great struggle, if done with hon
VfA(WMW - - - -
or. He, it is said, will write an auto
graph letter to the Queen of England, de
fending his course and proving not to
have been the aggressor.
LATER.
Arrival of the Euro pa.
New York, Feb. 25, 1854.
The royal Mail Steamship Europa, ar
rived at this port this morning, with Liv-
erpool dates to February 11th, three days
later than the previous advices
Cotton Market active, advance of
pence.
Llour declined Is. Wheat 3d. and Corn
2s
No new feature of importance has
transpired in regard to the Eastern qucs-
tion. Another effort at Meditation
The English government has adver
tised for ships to convey troops to Tur
key. Gen. Concha had escaped from bpain
and gone to L ranee.
Eastern affairs. England and France
continue to make the most active prepa-
rations for the prosecution or the war in
the East.
The Turkish Cabinet had dismissed a
proposition to compromise with Russia,
i ho English Ambassador is very posi-
tive in consequence of express instructions
rom home, on the subiect.
The Russian army of occupation are Douglas s perfidious Nebraska bill the
. t . m ill t ii.it
n a pitiable condition, lue original
corps being oo,uuu men weaker than
when they crossed the Pruth.
lenna, Wednesday morning Nego-
tiations arc said to be still going on.
Hie Emperor Napoleon, in an auto-
graph letter makes a last appeal to the
good sence of the Emperor Nicholas.
Omar Pasha had been entirely restor-
ed to health.
A "Wallachian General, two or three
American officers, several French and
Swedish officers had arrived at head quar-
tors for the purpose of joining the Otto-
man Array,
m
reinforcements
Considerable
.on the I
march from Sophia to Kalafat where are
already assembled a Turkish Army of
25j000 men well provided with munitions
of war and excellent train ofArtillery.
The Turks have complete poesession of
Ellsien.'
The combined fleets re-entered the
Black Sea on the 28th.
A vast conspiracy to raise an insur
rection among the Greeks on the Banks
of the Danube, had been discovered, four
hundred Insurgents were sworn to die in
defence of the Cross and Greek Church.
Three thousand-Turks crossed the Dan
ube, drove in the Russian advanced posts,
attacked the town, then retired.
The Czar is reported to be sick and no
reply has been received to the final ulti
mation of England and France.
Tutors from the Danubiau Principali-
tis cave the most deplorable picture of
the misery which exists among me Agu
cultural population, who are torn by the
invaders from their homes in order to
transport troops, build barracks, and per
form other forced duties.
The distress of that portion of th& "Wal
lachian population is so gronfc that they
emigrate in masses into Austrian and
turkish provinces, or take up arms to re
sist the outrages of which they were made
the victims.
The Emperor of Russia was sick at
last accounts and had not appeared in
public for some days.
Accounts from the Danube announce
positively another Turkish success be
tween Galatz and Ibrail.
England. The Cunard Steamers em
ployed to convey Troops are the Ilym
alya, Kipton and Menilla.
Another report states the Cunard
Company contradict the statement that
the iLL Government have chartered
that
I Ci C C c
to Turkey.
The Brittish Government have issued
an order calling on all the - Greenwhich
Naval Pensioners under sixty years of
age, no matter how employed or engagedl
to attend at the Pension Offices for in
spection by the Admirality Officers in
order to ascertaiain their fitness for ser
vice. All the Regiments are to be raised to
1000 rank and file.
In every department of the Public Ser
vice the most warlike preparations are
S01J1S
on.
. .
ucd to be
-Warlike preparations contin
made on the most extensive
scale. The work goes on unceasingly by
day and night. At the Military Schools
the troops are exercised in, operations o
attacking the passages of rivers, &c
Spain. Letters from Madrid to th
sixth state that a Democratic Conspiracy
had been discovered. Fourteen person
were arrested, being a portion of a Revo
lutionary Glub.
Gen. Concha, late Governor of Cub
had been proclaimed a rebel.
Collision on tlsc Statu Koad.
Lancaster, Feb. 22. The train due
here at 10 o clock on Monday night, did
not arrive on account of the storm, unti
the 2 1st, at 2 P. M. No attempt wa
made to so East until 5 o'clock, P. M.,o
yesterday, when the train succeeded in
reaching four miles cast of this place, bu
could get no farther on account of th
immense snow drifts. An endeavor was
made up to 10 o'clock to force a way
through the snow, but finally the train
moved slowly back towards Lancaster
The train due here from the West had
arrived, and started at schedule time,bu
ran cautiously, not, however, sufficiently
so to prevent a collision with the train
baoking up. The down train was runn-
ing at the rate of of 12 or lo miles per
hour, and the train backing up at the
rate of two to four miles per hour. The
A
two trains came together with tremend
oua violence so great as 10 smasu me
car coming in contact with the train
backing up. Some of the passengers were
, . t it.
standing on the platform, and narrowly
escaped death.
The passengers inside were all thrown
"Um lUUll 3Uaii3 IllbU iJlUUU t lUIUIIWC
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xuo uuuiuu mil uau uay luiuuilii tuu uai,
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catching one man, who was in his seat
on the driver, and threw him up on the
bod y of the locomotive. I he stove in the
car was upset, and set fire to the shattered
remains, which were soon consumed.
Some eight cars and five or six engines
have all been disabled by the collision.
One of the passengers, a Mr. Hudson, of
Philadelphia, and formerly of Lewistown,
had both his legs broken, one near the
hip, and other at the ankle. Mr. Wm.
Lash, also of Philadelphia, had the toes
of ono foot cut off, and another man had
an arm broken. His name could not be
ascertained.
What is Congress Doing
It is now above eighty days since the
commencement of the Sessipn of Congress
the aggregate pay oi the members ex
ceeds 180,000, and not one single act of
public importance has yet been passed.
Both Houses are largely Democratic, and
we have a Democratio Administration
making loud professions of industry and
economy. In the House, three or four
weeks oi legislative labor were expended
upon the Deficiency bill, and after per-
tecting it, the bill was repudiated and re-
jected, and in order to render the months
work valueless, it was condememned be-
yond the reach of Congressional resurrec-
tion.
The introduction into Congress of
discussion ana agitation mat it nas ana
will continue to create tue aeteac ot tue
Deficiency Bill, after a month's annoy-
ing labor upon it, and the bad feeling it
has occasioned the Gadsden Treaty with
banta Anna, with the greedy and rival
claimants for the plunder it proposes to
distribute the intrigues of Gushing and
counter plottings of Marcy, with an inef-
ficient and incompetent Executive, in
whom no one has any abiding confidence
all these and other troubles, difficulties
and outrages in contemplation, present
a gloomy prospect for useful legislation,
and for the tranquility, prosperity and
honor of the country.
From California,
' The steamer Nothern Light, which ar
rived at New York on Thursday night
from San Juan, brought about four hun
dred passengers from California. They
left San Francisco inrtbejafternoon of the
1st instant, and camcttfrough in less than
twenty-oe days.
The weather Has been unusually severe
at California. In Grass Valley and oth
er places the snow was two feet deep,and
on the mountains near Stockton the rain,
had been violent. The gulches were fil
led aud the miners busy. Rain storms
in Gras3 Valley and El Dorado had done
considerable damage. Mining had. been
suspended on the Coloma and other p'aces
on account of the cold weather.
The sloop-of-war Plymouth and a Gov
ernment mail steamer were soon to sail
from San Francisco for Lower California
to look after Walker's party.
The Shasta Indians have commenced
hostilities again on the Klamath. They
had attacked a party of whites arid de
feated them. The whites had four killed
and a number wounded.
Advices received at San Francisco from?
the Walker expedition state that the bar
que Caroline was raptured in the Gulf by
the Mexican cutter Guerreros. Some ac
counts state that matters were apparently
going on prosperously. Walker had is
sued a decree dividing the Republic into
two State.?, named respectively the State
of Lower California and the State of So
nora. Another decree changes the nama
of the Republic from Lower California to
that of the Republic of Sonora.
From the 1st to the 31st of January,
1854, the total number of passengers that
reached San Francisco by sea was 2,205r
of whom 1,702 were males, 460 females,
and 43 children. During the same time
the departures numbered 617, leaving :t
nett addition to the population of 1,580.
Frightful Accidental P'iasar:i.
Buffalo, Feb. 24 Another frightful
accident occurred at Niagara Falls to-day .
Several persons, it appears, were at work
at the suspenhiou bridge, when the scaff
olding on which they were standing gave
way. precipitating two of them from ua
height of two hundred and forty feet.
They were of course instantly killed.
Two others saved themselves by catching-
hold of the cable?, to which they clun
ir-
until rescued.
Why do Teeth Decay!
All the theories that t:mo mid again have
been advanced in answer tuthis inquiry have
long since vanished before the docirinc-uf the
action of external corrosive agents. The great
and all-powerful defclruyer of the human
teeth is acid, vegetable or mineral; and it mat
ters not whether that acid is formed in ihe
mouth hy the decomposition of pnrticles of
food left betwen and around the teeth, or
whether it is applied directly to the organ
themselves, the result is the same, the enamel
is dissolved, corroded, and the tooth destroyedl
Much, very much of the decay in teeth may
be attributed to the corrosive effects of acetic
acid, which is not only in common use as a
condiment in the form of vinegar, but it is
generated hy the decay and decomposition o?
any and every variety of vegetable matter.
When we consider how very few persons,.
comparatively, lake especial pains to remove
every particle of food from between and a
round their teeth immediately after eating can
we wonder that diseased teeth are so commonr
and that their early loss is so frequently de
plored 1 Practical Dentist.
ITT The snow storm of Monday nihc
and Tuesday morning the 20th and 2fst ul.r
wjs very severe throughout a large portion of
the United States. It extended from the'Bav;
ofFundy to Norfolk, and from the sea-board'
to the Alleghenies. It was the most violent
olf the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. The
snow fell over this extensive scope to the
depth of from three inchoa to two feet, a ml:
the high winds which every where prevailed,.'
drifted it into batiks of formidable size, impe
ding and obstiucting travel in all direction?.
The trains on the various railroads were un
able in many cases to get through, and some
were wedged in banks of snow, so that they
were extricated with great difficulty. The
tram on the Camden and Amboy road, con'
taining one hundred passengers, was stuck,
at ten o'clock, P. M., one mile south of New-
Brunswick, and was not extricated until ten
o ciocK next dav. 1 he Ireiffht train on the
Central road to E6ton was also wedged in.
uid obstructed the travel on that route for the
day. Similar mishaps occurred on all the rail
roads divenrmir from the Atlantic cities.
We have heard of no loss of life on land by
the storm. The shipping, it is hoped, have
also escaped mortal disaster. The wind for
tunately was favorable for vessels to get into
he opon sea, and thus eecape the dangers of
he coast. Sussex Reghter.
A Valuable Squaw.
We clip the following from, the Pitts
burgh Union.'
An excellent opportunity for a philan
thropic young mau of an educutioual. and.
agricultural turn of mind, is now open,-
out West.7 Tho Chief of the Ilavnsc?
dians, in Oregon, offers one thousand '
lead of horses to any respectable young
white man, well recommended, who will
marry his daughter, a girl of about eigh-
een; settle dawn among therar and teach. -
them agriculture.
A correspondent of the Seurgis Prairie
Journal in making tho matter kndwnj.4
ays :
'These horses are worth from fifty to
eighty thousand dollars. I have seen.
this valuable squaw. She is about the-
medium sizor with tolerably regular fea- "
tures, high cheek bones, sloping forehead.
black eyes, auu dark hair. Her form ta.
quare and stout. Her long harr hun-
over her shoulders, profusedly or name nt-
d with shells and beads. She wore a
robe raado of fawn skins, most beautiful-
y ornamented with beads and shells.
Icr step was light and pround her gait
ftniSV nnrl rrrnnnfnl J "
A fine chance for all the, objects mea
dream dreams about, Fame, power, for-.
uno, iove and romance, all in a buncb,
dangling from the hand of an Indiar
nncoss.only eigteon years old, which
hand and its accompaniments await tho
acceptance of any respectable, well re
commended ---whito young man. , -WllQlfA
wants a 'recommend ' , "'Sj"
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