S!)C STcffcvsonian.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1,1854.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
JflSi Pollock, of Northumberland
I'OR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
George Darsie, of Allegheny.
FOR JUDGE OF TnE SUrREME COURT.
Dauici Hi Smyser, of Montgomery
Godey's Ladys Eook.
The June number of this work has been
received. It contains a large quantity of
reading matter, and compares well with
the best magazines in the country.
Fourth of July.
The anniversary of our National Inde
pendence, is again fast approaching. If
our citizens intend to make preparations
for its proper observance, now is the time
to commence.
)f The Hon. Asa Packer, M. C. will
j-leas-c accept our thanks for a copy of the
obituary addresses delivered in the Sen
ate and House of Representatives and in
the Supreme Court of the United States,
wi the occasion of the death of Hon. Win.
. Kin?.
Court.
Last week was held the regular May
Term of the several Courts of this Coun
ty. Hon. J. Pringle Jones, of Reading,
held the Courts to try causes in which
Judge Porter was concerned a3 counsel.
The greater part of the week was occu
pied with the disposal of criminal cause:?
in the Quarter Sessions, such as riot, as
sault and battery, surety, of the peace,
tic.
Most of the causes of the civil list were
continued till next term, therebeingbuttwo
t i them tried. The first was John Mcrwine
v-. Joseph Keller, an action of trespass
fjr taking from the plaintiff five Si 00
bank notes; verdict for the plaintiff for
$623 03. The other, the case of Andrew
Futz, libelant, against Elizabeth Eutz,
respondent, which was a libel by the hus
band against the wife for divorce on the
j: round of desertion. Verdict for respon
drill.
At a late hour on Saturday night the
yurt adjourned to the 19th of June, in
ant. to give persons desirous of selling
Aie, Beer, c, an opportunity to obtain
InviifM', as required by the late act of as-f-ciublj
regulating ale and beer houses.
Democrat.
The Presidency.
A prominent ex-member of congress,
oi the National Whig school who has re-
Uly returned from a tour through New
Liland, reports that Bell of Tennessee,
Houston of Texas, are the favorite
r mdidntes, respectively, of the Whigs and
D.-uiocrats of that region for the next
presidency. If Mr. Bell should be nom
inated, Rufus Choate or Robert C Win
throp, of Massachusetts, will probably be
nominated for Vice President or per
haps Ogden Hoffman or George Wood of
New York. Mr. Fillmore, he is informed
does not wish to have his name used in
c unection with the next Presidential can
:iss; but will leave the field clear to all
his conipetitorsfor the honor.
Bank Directors. Messrs. Henry Kel
kr -.t John Tindall, were by the Board e
Iccted Directors of the Farmers & Me
chanics Bank, in place of Drs. Field and
Lachenour.
A Correspondent of the Richmond
Whig expresses the opinion that Samuel
Hairston of Pittsylvania, Va, is the larg
est (domestic) slaveholder in the world.
lie is said to be the owner of between 1,
700 slaves in bis own right, with a pros
pective right to about 1,000 slaves more,
which are owned by his mother-in-law, he
having married ber only child. Ho has
now the management of them, which
makes the number of his slaves reach
near three thousand. They increase at
the rate of near 100 every year; he has to
purchase a large plantation every year to
Bettle them on. A large number of his
plantations are in Henry and Patrick
connties, Virginia. He has large estates
m N. Caroli na. His wealth is different
ly estimated at from $3,000,000 to 85,
500,000, and I should think it was nearer
the latter.
Thomas Iron Company.
At a meeting of the Thomas Iron
Company, the following persons were e
lccted officers and directors of said comp
any :
President. Peter S. Michler.
Secretary and Treasurer. C. F. Ran
dolph. Directors. Peter S. Michler, C. A.
Luckonbach, E. Marsh, W. II. Talcott,
John Drake, R. S. Ohidsey, E. A. Douglass.
mt.liLJ.li
EST Two trains arrived together at
Rochester on Wcdncsda; consisting of
sixty cars, and containing 2,000 German
emigrants. Another train followed Eoon
after, having 1 ,100 on board.
Hon. Milo M. Djmmick, of Mouroe
county, in this State, it is said has al
ready been recommended, and is likely
to receive, one of the prominent offices in
one of the new territories to be organized
under the Nebraska iniquity. Mr. Dim
mick represented the Northampton Dis
trict for four years in Congress, and was.
last fall the Democratic candidato for
President Judge of the judicial district
composed of the counties of Carbon,
Monroe, Pike and Wayne, but defeated
by the Hon. James M. Porter, who was
brought out as a volunteer candidate,and
elected by a large majority, though not a
citizen of the District.
Mr. Dimmick is a man of very moder
ate abilities, but a clever, and, as far as
we know, honest aud upright gentleman.
Having been defeated last fall in tho Old
Democratic Tenth Legion by his own par
ty is of course rather a recommendation
in his favor in the eyes of this week and
imbecile Administration, and we have no
doubt therefore he will be taken care of
by them. It seems rather queer to us,
however, that probable appointments for
these territories should be announced e
ven before the Nebraska iniquity is fully
consummated by having the President's
signature affixed to the bill. Those un
charitably di-posed will be very apt to
su-pect that Mr. Dimmick's appointment
was part of the consideration which pur
chased some of the votes of the Penusvl
vania delegation for the bill. Perhaps
the Hon. Asa Packer, the representative
from Dimmick's district, can Ihrow some
light upon the subject. Or is mum the
word with him? Daily News.
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The Appropriaton EilL
We have not been able as yet to get a
sight at the. General Appropriation Bill,
but we have gathered the main features
of it from the Harrisburg papers. It con-
tains a section appointing rs. stricx
la.nd, of Che--ter, John Stroiim, of Lan
caster, aud John N. Purviance, of But
ler, Commissioners to examine into the
correctness of the claims against the Com
monwealth, for debts alleged to be due on
the Poitago Railroad.
The aggregate amount of money appro
priated by the bill, is about S5,500,000,
to' which mu.-.tbc added a claim bill of not
less than 50,000. It increases the salar
ies of the Judges of the Supreme Court
$200 each, but makes no alteration in the
salaries of the District Judges throughout
the State. The Governors salary, after
the expiration of the term of the preseut
Executive, is to be $0500. The appro
priation of $1500 to the Scott Legion of;
Philadelphia, for the erection of amonu-j
mcnt, was retained in the bill, as insisted
upon by the House.
The section, added in the Senate, re
quiring the immediate cancellation of the
relief note", was disagreed to by the
House, and striken from the bill by the
Committee of conference, except so far as
it repeals the proviso to the 0?th Sectiou
of the Appropriation bill of last year.
Tho operation of this will be to apply the
whole finking fund to the cancellation of
the relief notes, instead of permitting any
portion to be invested in State stocks, as
authorized bythis proviso to the 98th Sec
tion. We cannot now say how much the in
debtedness of the Stale must be increased
by this bill, but it cannot fall short of a
million. It will be remembered that the
Appropriation bill of last year "anticipa
ted the revenues," as Gov. Bigler mod
estly says when he has to make a Joan,
and this year, with no increased resources
we have five and a half millions ap
propriated again. How the money is to
be raised, or where it is to come from, un
less supplied by loans, is more than we
can imagine, for the revenue of Abe State
will not furnish it. We may therefore
make up our minds at once to swell the
funded debt of the State, for whether it is
funded now or left like the Dutchman's
milk, "lying all around loose," is a matter
of no great consequence it is none the
less a debt that our ordinary revenue can
not liquidate under the existing order of
things. However, the people are likely
to dispose of the Public Works and Mr.
Bigler some lime this season, and we
may then begin to see daylight through
our present financial gloom. Chambers
burg Whig.
JIT J- Jenkons lloss, Esq., recently
the Native American Candidate for Con
gress in the Bucks County District, was
appointed by President Pierce a Consul
to Sicily. He is said to be a Whig and
Free soiler also, but that he is not now,
and never was a Democrat.
The Hon. Geo. B. Barrett, of
Clearfield, was, on the 8th inst., on mo
tion of the Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney.
General, admitted to practice as an at
torney in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
To fix Carpets on Floors.
The labor that housekeepers have eve
ry spring and fall, of taking out'and put
ting in tacks when they raise their car
pets for dusting, should have suggested a
much more convenient aad simple plan
for effecting the job. In some plaecs
small rings are fastened into the floor.
The edges of the carpet, or the binding,
have hooks sewed or otherwise fastened
in, , and the rings serve as eyes to these
hooks. All the labor required in taking
carpets up, or putting them down, is to
hitch these hooks to the rings or unhitch
them. There is no noise of hammering,
no nails required, aud the job is a work of
but a few minutes.
Senatorial Changes.
The terms of the followiug Senators ex
pire the prosenfc year, and the vacancies,
must be filled at the next election:
Wm. A. Crabb, Philadelphia city,
Samuel G. Hamilton, Philadelphia
count.
IIcnry S. Evans, Chester and Dela
ware Edward C. Darlington. Lancaster.
-Ezaias Kinzer. do
John C. Kunkle, Dauphin.
E. W. Hamlin, Wayne, Pike, &o.
Maxwell McCaslin, Washington and
Green,
II. B. Barnes, Somerset and Bedford.
Eli Slifer, Union, Juniata and Mifflin.
John McFairland, Westmoreland and
Favcttc.
Whigs
Tho Nebraska bill passed the
House at Washington by a vote of 113 a
gainst 100. Therefore, the Missouri
Compromise is now repealed, slavery es
tablished in the Territory, and if it is ev
er hereafter to become Free Soil, slavery
must be abolished.
WJT A vein of copper ore, said to yield
GO per cent, of pure copper, has been dis
covered in Salisbury township, Bucks
County.
Effects of Cold Weather. On a bitter
cold day, a gentleman standing at a pic
ture store suddenly felt some one at his
pocket, As there was but one person near
him, he instantly turnrd, and looking him
full in tho face, said, ''Sir, your hand was
in my pocket." "Was it sir?" calmly re
plied the other, ,I really beg your par
don, if it wa.J; but the -weather is so very
cold, one is clad to net his hand anv
where."
Nebraska. rew persons nave any
idea of the extent of thid territory. Its
boundary is three thousands miles in
length; its area five hundred thousand
square miles, and it will form twelve
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States, each as large as Ohio.
EgyA Washington depatch says : "It
is a well established fact that an extraor
dinary impetus has been given to the Cu
ban filibustering operations by the agi
tation of the Black Warrior difficulty, and
there is a small doubt that George Law's
Grapeshot is holding herself, and the
muskets she has on board, in readiness
for them."
A Most Foul and Horrible Murder.
Mrs. McBrayer, Esq., of Anderson
county, Ky., was murdered a few nights
ago. according to the Frankfort Yeoman
under the following circumstances:
"After Mr. and Mrs. McBrayer had re
tired to rest, a man entered their room
with an axe, and, approaching the bed
passed his hand over her face in order to
be sure of the right one, which awoke her.
Being satisfied that it was her, he com
menced cutting with bis axe, first striking
her breast and arm3 in many places; he
then, with several strokes, severed one ol
her legs entirely off, Mr. McBrayor, being
awakened by the noise, reached out hi&
hand to protect his wife, and received a
blow, cutting his hand in two. The in
carnate fiend, thinking he had killed her,
commenced striking about at random o
vcr the bed, with the hellish intention to
hill the youngest child, who was in bed
with them, but not finding it, he went to
the lounge in the room where slept their
other child, and aimed a blow at its head,
but only cut the baok of its neck. He
then went out, leaving the bloody axe at
the door. Mrs. McBrayer had life c
nough left to tell who, as well as she could
see in the darkness, had committed the
horrible deed. From her statement her
stepson has been arrested and put in jail
to await his trial."
Hovel Manner of Suicide.
As the Easton train was approaching
the Catharine street depot, at Elizabeth
town, on Friday afternoon last, a German
stepped before the locomotive when it was
but its length from him, drew his cap o
ver his eyes, faced the locomotive, inclin
ed his head forward, and the train passed
over him, cutting him into fragmeuts.-
Those who had seen him previous to the
rash act, say that ho was not intoxicated,
so far as they could discern, but appeared
to be in a state of despondency. His
name and place of residence could not be
ascertained. Easton Angus.
JSJ-Dr. Fennor, of New Orleans, has
published a history of tho Epidemic Yel
low Fever in that city, from which it ap
pears that in 1853, there was an aggre
gate of 15,858 cases and 5,613 deaths, or
a loss of 35 per cent. It is remarkable
that the lowest mortality, 5 per cent.,was
in the Girls' House of Refuge, (the Boys'
House of Refuge, with exactly the same
number of cases, being 28 per cent), ex
cept in the Lunatic Asylum, vh,ere there
was none at all,
The Easton Conspiracy Case.
To the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune.
Sir: The public mind in Easton is
still agitated on tho subject of the great
Conspiracy Case, and the newspapers are
full of thfi details of the trial. It seems
that Dr. Field and Dr.-Laucbenour were
both physicians in full practice, and wel
known in the community. The last named
irentleman' has been a resident of the
county about 25 years; during which long
period he has sustained the character 0
a faithful, hard working man, extremely
exact and honorable in money matters
and altogether above suspicion in every
respect; and he seems never to have been
charged with that kind of pride or osten
tation which sometimes leads weak men
into extravagance and crime. There
seems to have been considerable excite
ment during the trial, and there was ap
parently a prevailing idea that tho de
fendants would escape because they were
rich. There was no doubt a floating 1m
prcssion that the case was the cause of
the poor against the rich; though it seems
that the parties concerned m the prose
cution were quite as wealthy and as wel
able to spend money on the trial as any
of the defendants. Many people here
aro beginning to reflect on this fact while
many others remember that the only wit
ness of importance was this James 11
Stevensou; and that his oath alone was
put against the good charaoter of the oth
er parties; for without him there was no
evidence at all. The consequence is au
evident commencement of doubt and ques
tion in the community as to the credit to
be given to this man who is, no doubt,
the most accomplished villain in the State,
and, perhaps, in the United States. Hi
villany and adroitness were sufficiently
plain on his own testimony, and, as the
first excitement of the trial is dying away,
there are symptoms, I think, of a consid
erable change in public opinion on tin
whole subject; but time will by degrees
develop the sober second thoughts of the
people, whatever these may be. Ibi
Stevenson was a dark haired blacked
whiskered fellow, gentlemanly and stu
dent like, with rather a sinister pair of
eyes peering behind his gold spectacles,
slow and heavy in talk, and rather timid
and awkward in manner, but very push
ing and not easily abashed, lie came
hero about two years ago, and was a stu
dent in Dr. Green's office; and, with this
introduction, ho contrived to force him
self into a great many families, and he
never failed to boast or his great intimacy
with any man who so much as nodded to
him in the street. It is impossible to
imagine how many plans ne may have
concocted against the citizens upon whom
he fastened himself in this way. He was
also very pious, went to church, was a
communicant and made speeches in favor
of religion. I learn that the defendants
offered to prove at the trial that he was
actually convicted once before, and served
out his time for a conspiracy in an ad
joining county; and since the trial, other
-startling reports have come out respecting
his former career and his wonderful fore
sight and skill in villainous combinations
These and other alleged facts are ex
citing a good deal of attention among
people hero and doubts as to the truth
fulness of suoh a chaaacter, and of course
as to the real guilt of the convicted par
ties are increasing daily in the public
mind. lours, &c, w.
Eastos, May 18, 1854.
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Depredations on the United States Stint
Disclosed.
Within the last few days evidence has
come to light that extensive abstractions
from the funds on deposite at the Phila
delphia United States Mint have taken
place, and of such a character as to in
volve the reputation of an heretofore up
right and irreproachable citizen. Upon
the chief weigh-clerk of the Mint, Mr. J.
Engle Negus, devolves the responsible
duty of receiving, weighing, and describ
ing the bullion deposited, and of giving a
receipt for the same before it is melted.
Of course its value cannot be ascertained
until it has undergone the melting pro
cess and all impurities and foreign sub
stances have been removed. Between
the times of depositing and of melting,
therefore, an opportunity was afforded to
an evil-disposed person, unless he was
properly guarded, to abstractfrom thebul
lion committed to his care. The chief-weigh
clerk was noticed by one of his assistants
to be frequently in the vault, (which he
entered by means of a duplicate key,) for
which there was no occasion, but his os
tensible object might have been to secure
curious specimcps for preservation. At
length suspicion became so confirmed
that another clerk in the office, and final
ly a superior officer, was communicated
with on the subject. The evidence of
wrong afforded seemed incredible ; but
the next step taken to elicit the truth was
conclusive in its results. Upon the ar
rival of tho last California steamer, at
which time, as is invariably tho case,
great quantities of bullion are forwarded
Iroin New York to Philadelphia by the
various express companies, &c.,"the treas
urer arranged, after the chief weigh-clerk
had made his deposites for the day and
weighed the same, to repeat the process
of weighing, and a deficit amounting to
81,400 was disclosed. Tho guilty per-
son, aiter Deing iniormcu oi tho facts, im
mediately confessed his crime, acknowl
edging that his depredations had been
continued for six months past, and that
lie nau taken altogether 814,000; but of
fered to make immediato restitution,
which ho was able to do, as he was pos
sessed of considerable property. This
fact, in connexion with his previous char
acter, mak-os the present offence tho more
inexplicable. The offender took passage
for Europe at the earliest opportunity,
and sailod in the Washington last Satur
day. Journal of Commerce.
GSTT-ho Crystal Palace on Thursday
afterndon was the theatre of a wedding.
Tho groom was Mr. Merrit Smith, of
Mount Washington, Ma?s ; the bridge
Miss Elizabeth Dignoan, of Stuyvesant
Falls, New York. The ceremony took
place in the picture gallery.
Boston Kiot.
Fugitive Slave Case and Riot in Bosion
The Master arrested and held to bail-
Attempt to rescue tlte fugitive. United
States Officer Shot. The Boston Mili
tary ordered Out. The Rioters Ar
raigned. On Friday last a colored man by the
name of Anthony Burns, alleged to be a
fugitive slave from Alexandria, Virginia,
was arrested and lodged in prison at
Boston. Chas. F. Suttle, the claimant,
was arrested the same day for an attempt
to kidnap a citizen of Massachusetts, and
was held to bail. On Friday evening a
meeting was called at Faneuil Hall, where
demonstrations and speches were made
expressive of their indignation at the bold
attempt that had been made to capture
one of their citizens. The most promi
nent of the speakers were Rev. Theodore
Parker and Wendell Phillips, Esq. The
crowd dispersed from the Hall and made
an attempt to icscue Burns, by breaking
open the Court House doors. Clubs, pis
tols, guns and other deadly weapons were
freely used, and one James Bachcldcr,
who had been employed as a United
States officer, was shot dead.
The officers finally succeeded in quell
ing the riot and kept Burns in safe cus
tody. Burns had his hearing on Satur
day morning. During the trial but few
persons were admitted into the Court
House and a military guard was kept
standing in the vicinity.
Parker and Phillips made application
to the Mayor to station a body of Police
about their residences to protect them
from a mob of Irishmen, who had
assembled to avenge the death of Bach
elder. Those gentlemen are denounced
by several citizens of Boston as being the
cause, through their inflammatory speech
es, of the death of this unfortunate young
man.
The recent passage of the infamous
Nebraska Bill, has no doubt, been the oc
casion of the bold attempt of the freedom
loving citizens of Boston, to infringe and
wholly disregard the laws of the United
States.
BSsT'The ladies of Maysville, Ky., re
cently presented a pair of pantaloons to
Miss Lucy Stone in due form. Miss Lucy
accepted the pants, but says she would
have done so with a much better will if
they only had a man in them.
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British "Consols."
. As many persons do not understand
what is meant by " consols," which are
always a prominent article in the English
money quotations, we give the following
definition from the Banker's Magazine
" They are three per cent. English
stock, which had its origin in tho act of
the British Parliament, consolidating
(hence the name) several separate govern
ment stocks called in the act " consolida
ted annuities," and commonly quoted for
brevity, "consols. 7 fVhen the consolida
tion took place, the principal of the sev
eral funds thus merged amounted to 0
127,821, but, by the funding of addition
al aud subsequnt loans and parts of loans
into this stock, it mounted, on the 5th of
January, 1836, to 355,709,228. Since
that period only one loan has been raised
that for compensation to West India
planters in the emancipation of slaves-
22,000,000 and a few millions have
been paid off. Tho total in January,
1848, was 317,824,081 English debt,
and 0,194,874 Irish debt, out of a total
debt of 772,401,851 sterling. The
stock, from its amount and the immense
number of its holders, is more sensitive
to its financial influence than any other,
and is, therefore the favorite stock of the
operation of speculators and jobbers. Its
dividends are payable semi-annually."
Excitement and Lynch Law in Arkansas.
The citizens of Crittenden county, Ark.,
have recently been much excited against
a desperate gang of outlaws in that coun
ty, and a few days ago an affray occur
red in which a Dr. Dewitt, son-in-law of
J. Abels, one of the alleged offenders,
was shot dead by R. P. Tallcy, in self
defence. Soon after a meeting of one
hundred citizens took place, and proceed
ed to the house of Abels to tear it down,
but desisted through the entreaties of his
family, who promised to leave the county.
Ihey were subsequently informed that
the house would be cannonaded the next
day if they did not leave. A public
meeting was then held, and resolutions
adopted notifying Abels to leave the coun
ty by the 13th instant, and giving nine
others until the 15th to leave, or else a
bide tho consequences.
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They have some queer jurymen in Iowa.
V few days sinoe an old toper died rather
suddenly the Coroner, in consequence,
held an inquest listened to the testimo
ny of a physician and was about tender
ing a verdict "water on the brain," when
Mr. Slccom Peplodis "rizw to object.
"Mr. Coroner, I hare known the de
ceased for ten mortal years, and I know
he never scon a sober moment in all that
time. To say that such a man can die
of 'water on the brain,' is therefore darn
ed nonsense. Cause why! IIo never
took any into his system, The true ver
dict, Mr. Coroner, should be gin, oorn
whiskey rum or brandy the brain; but as
I cannot gc.t such a verdict, T am willing
to split the difference compromise and
bring in a verdict as follows: 'Died from
the effects of brandy and water on the
braiir"
The compromise was agreed to, and the
verdict is part and parcel of the recorded
doings of Iowa.'
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C-Wo learn from the Norristown
Register, thatD.ennis McFadden was com
mitted to lail at that place on lyriday week-
charged with stopping the U. S. Mail on
tho route from the Blue Bell to Philadel
phia, with intent to kill the driver, Wil
liam Acuff. Also, that a drover named
John Hendricks was robbod at the Spring
house tavern, on the night of tho 17th ult,
of money to the amount of $177, by Rich
ard Sinclair, who was subsequently ar
rested and put in prison at Norristown. to
await his trial,
JO3 Dech, Field and Lachenour, re
cently convicted at Easton of a Conspira
cy, publish a card through the pnpera of
that place, solemnly avowing their innocence.
A?tti-Nebaska Fceleng in Connecticut.
Hartfod, May 26. The church holla
tolled for one hour at sunset to-day on ac
count of the passage of the Nebraska bill.
The First Fruit of War.
A letter from the llov. Wm. G. Shauf
fler, of Constantinople, draws a melan'
choly picture of tho distress which the
Eastern war has already occasioned a
mong the poorer classes of Constantino
ple. He says that there is no commerce,
no business going on, but little money to
be seen, aud thousands of human beings
are dying of hunger, thirst, nakedness
and disease. Rats and mice are eaten
by many to allay the cravings of hunger,
and people who but a few months since
were comparatively rich in worldly goods,
now beg for bread.
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Post-Office Decisions. In answer
to inquiries, the proper officer in the Post
office Department decides that there is
nothing in the laws or post-ofiice regula
tions that forbid?, justices of the peace
being post-masters. It is also dscided
that post-masters cannot deliver lotters
from their respective offices which may
be addressed deliverable from other offi
ces. jj&'Dr. Golsod, of Autaugaville, has
shown the editor of the Mercury a won
derful chicken, which is thus described
by the Doctor : It has four legs, four
wings, and a part of two vertebral columns
joining at the beginning of the cervical
vertebra?. It has only one alimentary
canal; and appears to have no other bony
connecton than the one alreday mention
ed, and by its clavicles. These apparent
ly pass from the scaplse of one part to
that of the other one on each side. On
the whole, it has the appearance of two
chickens with their abdomens and chest3
in contact, with the exception of having
only one head.
fiSTRev. G. W. McPhail, pastor of tho
Presbyterian Church at Fredericksburg
Va., has accepted a call to Easton, Pa.
The Hew Hope Delaware Bridge Again.
We learn from the Doylestown Intelli
gencer, that there is some error in stating
that the party that purchased this work
had forfeited it; and that it had reverted
to the Receivers. It is said they have
paid upon the purchase more money than
the sum named, and that their failure to
.make the last payment due had- not
caused a forfeiture.
A Wisconsin paper saya that a resident
of that state (probably a Yankee by birth),
has built in the town of Menosha a singu
lar looking craft one hundred feet long
containing a cabin for the residence of the
proprietor and his family, and also a
large Pottery manufactory, with a full set
of machinery for grinding clay and man
ufacturing earthen ware. The machinery
is propelled by a wind mill which is ele
vated above deck. The proprietor de
signs when the navigable season commen
ces to descend the Wisconsin and Missis
sippi river in his ark, stopping whenever
night overtakes him, exhibiting the man
ner of manufacturing the article and sell
ing his wares to the benighted inhabitants
of the region. He anticipates a profitable
as well as an agreeable trip.
From Washington.
Washington, May 2G. Tho Houso
will on Wednesday next, take a recess
until Monday week, the 5th of Juno. A
war message is expected from the Presi
dent immediately after the recess. It is
the general opinion that onr affairs with-
Spain are approaching a crisis.
The Star says that tho Hon. Milo M.
Dimmick, of Pa., will probably be ap
pointed to an official position in ono of tho
new territories.
Fall of Catfish.
The Norfolk Argus states that a curi
ous phenomenon attended the hail storm
in that city ou Tuesday night of last week.
Quantities of catfidh, somo moasurmc a.
foot in length, fell in different sections of
the city, and some of the fields were lit
erally strewed with them. Hundreds
were picked up in tho morning. This
(3ays the Argus) is no piscatorial fabri
cation, but a fact which is attested by
hundreds of citizens.
Important News from Mexico.
Santa Anna has been defeated by Al
varez in the mountains near Acapulco,,
and is now on hi3 way back to Mexico.
Alvarez enclosed tho Mexican dictator in
a defile, and killed and captured all his
men. Alvarez has been completely rout
ed, has lost all his men, aud is now a fu
gitive. Important, if True.
A statement is put forth to tho effeoC
that a company of capitalists has been
lOrmcd, with ex-Governor Johnson at tho
head, which will bid SI 1,000,000 for tho
Main Line. It is also, stated that tho
Camden and Amboy Company will give
12,000,000. What truth there may ba
in this statement, wo are not prepared to
say.
A Mr. Edmonson, in McCraken coun
ty, Ky., last week, on sitting down to
breakfast discovering tho biscuit of an un
usual color, called his cook and requested
her to eat ono of them, which she did ve
ry reluctantly, and died in fifteen min
utes afterwards from the effects of tho
poison she intendod for her master and
mistress.
Jis" The Free Democratic State Con
vention assembled on the 24th ult., about
40 Delegates wero present, E. D. Gazzan
of Pittsburg was chosen President. On
the first ballot, the Convention nominated
David Pitts of Chester for Governor, Geo.
R. Riddle qf Allegheny for Canal Com-:
missionor, Wm. M. Stephenson of Mercer,
for Supreme Judge.
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