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EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA ABDICATED.
THE JLIORICAXT.
.T'TT'i. , ', Nw Yoai,' Dec. II.
T.,Tli Stoamship Europe arrived at hor wharf
at ft o'clock.
Cottoh Mamm Liverpool, Dec. 19 The
ootinued aotivity in oor cotton market, end
the, large business tranaactiona from day to
day la firing a more aettled confidence in
theartiole. ' "" "
rv Tee Pope haa fled from Italy. ' '
' . FRANCE. !
Pasts, Thursdsy, 10 P.M. Up to thitdate
tranquility continues. Louia Napoleon haa
' been elected President. The election retnrna
show a majority in favor Prince Louia similar
In proportion to those already announced.
Prinoe Louis proposes to raise General Cava
ignao to the rank of Marshal ol France.
A great number of members of the Assem
bly have to-day left their cards at the Hotel
of Prince Louis.
The proclamation of the President will pro
bably be made about the 20th Inst. A well
known Paris paper says : So far as we can
judge from the Departments, the suffrages
were divided in the following proportions :
Louis Napoleon, 68 per cent.; Cavaignac,
21 per cent : Le dm Rollin, 6 per cent.; Ras
pail, 4 percent.; Lamarline, 3 per cent. It
ia calculated that the Commissioners who
have been appointed to examine the votes
will have concluded their labors on Monday
next, and that the National Assembly will on
Wednesday proclaim the President of the
Republic ; we shall then it is hoped, feel
really ssured of a period of tranquility and
repose.
POSTSCRIPT FRANCE.
The latest news from France confirms
Louis Napoleon's increasing popularity and
Cavaignac's downfall. The returns from the
provinces are even more decisive, as we an
ticipated, than the suffrages of the Parisians.
In Paris, ths absolute majority of the Prince
over all his competitors waa nearly 20,000,
and in the Banliene suburbs tl9 had a majori
ty of 20,233, and an absolute majority of 16.
411 votes out of the 36,000 votes polled for all
the candidates. At Bordeanx. 10,000 voted
Prince Louis, whilst only 6,000 voted for Gen.
Cavaignac. Judging from 'all the reports
which have reached us, the Prince will have
an immense majority. The Cavaignac votes
have mostly been procured by government
influence. Already, lists of the new ministry
are circulated, some of which place Marshal
Oudinot among the ministers.
PRUSSIA.
There were alarming riots at Memel on
the 4th inst. The town was completelely in
the bands of the populace for four or five
hours, during which time great excesses were
committed.
In Prussia a mighty change has come over
both the people and the Court. The king
haa nromulsaled a constitution of the most
liberal character, embracing all the guaran-
tees for religious liberty. The king has is
sued a decree dissolving the Assembly, but
the Chambers are convoked to meet in Berlin
on the 26th of February. A mollification of
the Brandenburg Ministry has taken place,
but the king seems to be now resolute to en
force obedience to the laws. The Prince of
Prussia has proceeded to Olmutz, and every
thing tends to prove that a very good under
standing has grown up between the Austrian
and Prussian Courts. Foreign journals may
now be transmitted to Berlin free of duty,
the stamps on newspapers having been rea
moved.
The Frankford Parliament has made but
little progress towards Gormad unity, since
our last. Various schemes are propounded
with a view to compass this object.
RUSSIA.
The army of the Emperor now amounts to
500,000 men on the frontier, and makes
evident that he is watching the progress of
events in Europe. The army is kept in high
state of discipline, ready to act whenever an
emergency occurs Such a force cannot fail
to have its influence in restoring the Pope to
his throne.
,The report of the death of Ibrahim Pacha
has been confirmed. Abbas Pacha succeeds
him to the Vice Royalty.
AUSTRIA.
t The Cholera is raging fearfully at Presburg,
. The Emperor, by a decree dated the 2d of
December, has abdicated the throne in favor
of his nephew, the father of Francis Joseph,
now the new Empsror, having joined in the
act of renunciation. The new Ministry, by
their President in a speech, declared theic
course of policy.- The address of the Empe
ror contains pledges to maintain the liberty
of the empire.
There is but slender accounts from Hunga
rv and the seat of war. A battle is said to
have taken place at Presburg.
. ITALY.
The revolution in the city of Rome has ter
minated in the flight of the Pope from his do
minions, and the head of the Roman Catholic
Church, one of the most popular ana Papal
throne is now an exile and a wanderer. Af
ter the scene desoribed in our last the Pope
remained a prisoner ia his palace in the
Quirnal, protected from personal danger by
the direct intervention of M.'De Harcourt,
the French Ambassador. The Pope, in flee
ing from Rome, touk refuge at Naples, and
was under the protection of the King. Rome
continue tranquil.' The Pope refused to go
to France. He has signed a protest declaring
all hit late acta null and void.
The Pope of Rome it ia understood haa
reached Bicily in safety. ,
- '
Qvtta PaoFHitcT. A writer in Black
wood refers to Several prophecies, of which
he waa' cognizant many years since. ; One of
the most rsmarkable wa in German, run
ning thus "I would not be a king in 1848.
I would not be a soldier in 1849. I would
not be a prave-diraer in 1850. I voids' b
0ything yfi 'rill it tsfrl." 1 A
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K?" The navigation on the Pennsylvania
Canals was closed on Christmas night the
25th ult. This is about a month longer
than the usual season of .navigation. Rut
little, however, is done after the month of
November.
SLEItiHIKG.
Never was there finer sleighing, than
that which we are blessed with at present,
The foundation had been well prepared by
several previous snows when the last snow
fell. The roads are solid, smooth and beauti
ful, and the air, the past week, keen, cut
tins, and bracing. Our court commenced
cnlty in the organization of the House, has
on Monday last, and the fine sleighing prevented the reading of the Message, and
brousrht a large number of persons to town, we must consequently go to presa without it
The snow below Pottsville, we understand
is two feet deep. North of us, and up
through the State of New York, sleighing
is every where excellent.
THE tCOItXATVUB. ' I
It will be seen, by the following letter
from ' friend at Hamaburg, thai there ii
tome difficulty in V" election of Speaker
for b House of Bepresenlatives in conse
quence 'of the tie vote. There are just fifty
democrats, and fifty Whigs, including, now
ever, aome half dozen Native Americana.
The democrats all united on Mr. Packer.
The Natives hold the balance of power.
How the natter will, end it it difficult to
House pr RKraESSNTATivKS, Jan. 3, 1849.
H. B. Matter. o.-aOear Sir: We have
balloted two days for Speaker and adjourned
without an election until to morrow. The
ballots are as follows:
January 2d, 1849.
Bttlletings, , 1st 2d
Packer, 49 49
Evans, 44 ' 46
Scattering, 7 5
Adjourned until to morrow.
January 3d.
4th 6th 6th
49 49 49
46 46 46
5 5 S
Adjourned until to morrow, 11 o'clock.
I think there is no doubt but we will elect
our Speaker, and then being a tie, there can
be no election of other officers, consequently,
the old ones hold over. There is a great
deal of quarrelling among the Whigs for
U. S. Senator. Stevens is here and swears
that Cooper shall not be elected. He says its
uo use of electing a dead man. They are
making great exertions to defeat him in cau
cus, if not, they declare openly, he shant-be
elected.' The Senate have elected Darsie of
Allegheney Speaker, and turned out all the
old officers but the clerks. Gutelius of Union
county was elected Sergeant-at-arms in the
Senate. ' ;
3d
.49
46
6
Ballot ings,
Packer,
Evans,
Scattering,
7th
49
46
5
8th
49
46
S
K7 Tin Governor's Message. We had
made .the usual preparations for the publica
tion of the Governor's Message, which we
exnected on Thursday mornitis'. The diffi-
We trust our law makers will settle matters
so that we can have it in time for onr next
paper, and not follow the example of our
Ohio neighbors.
!U The Speakership. By the last ac
counts from Harrisburg, we learn that there
is vet no choice. On the last ballot on
tt" Postage on NEwsr-Atms. The
Country Press should not cease urging on
Congress the propriety, or rather the neces- Thursday, the vote stood 49 for Packer and
suy, oi repealing me law taxing newspa- 49 for Evans,
pers published within the county, with
postage. All the bills now before Con- EF" The river was closed at this place,
gress pay no attention to the interests of on Wednesday night. It would have closed
the Country Press, and the Country Press some days sooner but for the rise of the
must, and fortunately can, make themselves water.
heard. Let them, therefore, speak out.
What they want is free postage for 30 miles
or within the county. They dont ask or
want unlimited free postage over the whole
State or Union.
THE BOB-TAIL AGAIN.
"Neighbor Masser, in your late
KF" Manufacturing Law. We see
that a number of papers are recommending
the passage of a general manufacturing law,
by the legislature, similar to that of Massa
chusetts. We have always favored such a
law. It grants no exclusive privileges,
tirade and is ooen to all who may choose to com-
against our humble self, the "bar-posts" and ... . . :n pntpr.
the tented-lie d." it were lortunate that von
did not attempt to slander the old original prises of this kind. This is the true demo-
"ood-ibh." ra may jei uo luunaapout jer- ... ,, ,'-, trine, and wou d add ereat v to
seytown, should you ever wish to pay him "t en. -hi
Your respects, and is still a decent noise, ex- 1 1110 proa-priiiy ui iuc nuc, 5"""i
cepting the loss we believe of an eye and the commercial and otherwise.
use ot a leg. Notwithstanding, rus horseship
...:n .... r ...:.u
will C lavuiauiv tuiiiimiu v. mi yuui I rmmm m r J tilm 1 1
democracy "-Columbia Democrat. ' TnE Cl 1tsm cdlted in Philadel.
Your are entirely mistaken neighbor Pn,a our am,ame Sd nuraored and
Tate. We have Ion? since made it a rule Pnlt08Pn,c lnena g"aia, nas oeen
to slander no man, much lea his beast. The V7 improved in appearance, by a hand-
morbid state of vour svstem has coniured """'J noeii,snea or n-aa piece,
nn nhentaeiP. that virf onlv in vnnr rlianr. la 0ther "FCts, the paper Could not Well
dered imagination, which lead, vou to rive. be P'oved. We are glad to see ouryoung
' o r i fU Tl
wrong construction to language. This, mcuu'' U1 ",c i,c,n Fru!P"'S
probably, might be construed into slander;
. rrm tonne. tarts.) '
TELEGRAPHIC NEW8. .
VENltlYI.TAftlA. LcataXATtmB.
Orgoniroion 0 (k Stnatt No EUction of
Speaker by th Housi.
' HARftistuao, Jan. t.
Senate. The members of the Senate met
in their chamber at I o'olock, and were cal
led to order by Mr. Pearson, the Clerk. . '
The Secretary of the Commonwealth pre
sented the certified! election returns of the
new Senators, who were sworn in. All pre
sent, except Messrs. Ivei and Pottiger.
Mr. Matthias offered a preamble and reso
lution, stating that whereas the Speaker of
the Senate waa now exercising the Executive
office in consequence of the demise of Go
vernor Shunk, the Senate should proceed to
selection of a Speaker pro import.
This was agreed to, and on the first ballot
the Hon. George Darsio, (Whig.) was elec
ted, having ' received 19 votes. Wm. P.
Small, (Dem.,) received 9 votes. Mr. Darsie
voted for Mr. Smyser and Mr. Small for Mr.
Mason. ' .
House of Revresentatives. The mem
bers of the House were called to order at
noon to-day by Mr. Jack, the Clerk of the
last session.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth pre
sented the certified election returns, which,
on motion of Mr. Fegely. of Berks county,
were read. The roll was then called, and
the whole 100 members answered to their
names.
On motion of Mr. Pierce, of Columbia coun
ty, the House proceeded to ballot for Speaker
with the following result :
FIRST BALLOT.
W. F. Packer. (Dem.,) of Lycoming, 49
Henry S. Evans, (Whig,) of Chester, 44
Thos. J. Herring, (N. A.) of Phila. Co , 4
Alonzo Robb, (N. A.,) of Phila. Co., 1
Samuel Fegely, (Dem.,) of Berks, 1
T.C.Steele, (Whig,) of Phila. City, 1
All the Democratic members voted for Mr.
Packer, and that gentleman cast his ballot
for Mr. Fegely. All the Whig voted for
Mr. Evans, and he for Mr. Steele.
The Native Americans, George Bellas
Charles Hortz, Alonzo Robb and Nicholas
Thorne voted for Mr. Herrin:, and he for Mr.
Robb.
Neither candtdate having a majority, the
House went into a second ballot, which re
tted as follows:
Packer, Dem., 49
Evans, Whig, 46
Herring, N. A., 2
Fegely, Dem., 1
Steele, Whig, 1
Alonzo Robb, N. A., 1
The only change made in this ballot was
that Charles Hortz and Nicholas Thorne
changed their votes from Herring, N. A., to
Evans. Whig.
On motion of Mr. Little, it was resolved
that when the House adjourns it shall be
till 11 o'clock to-morrow. He then moved
to adjourn, but the motion was negatived.
The House then proceeded to the third bal
lot, which resulted precisely as the second
On motion of Mr.. Eishelman, (Whig,) the
House "then adjourned.
but we have charity for the infirmities of
our friends. Although we never make at
tacks, we do some sometimes reply to them,
lest our friends should think us invulnera
ble. But we regret Colonel, to see you
speak so indifferently of your renowned
adjunct and prototype, the, bob-tail. "He
may yet be found about Jersey town." What
an ungrateful return for past services ! You
should remember, Colonel, that the ex-
1. r - . ..
j,.us u. juui uauury career ure so ine,- qj- Thk Daily NEW8. Mr. J. P. San
ma.-lv u.euueu wun lne ooo-tau, lniH lne dergon with hira Robert T,
1" l a 71 1
luiure msior an cannot weu re.er 10 one Conrad in the pubiication of the Daily
wuuum nuuuiug lo uw inner. Dy suou.a NeWfc Mf Coani J, weU tnown a
he not live in history, as well as the steed
Iheir en
ergy, industry and kindly feelings, well
deserve it. The Item contains a good ar
ticle on the important duties performed by
editors, and th? poor requital of their ser
vices, generally.
The Reading Rail Road. Mr,
Daniel N. Neal, formerly President of the
Western Rail Road, has been appointed
President of the Reading Rail Road at a
salary, we believe of $12,000.
' RONE. ,
The Feae'a Escape, . -
The following account of the Pope's flight
from Rome into the Neapolitan territory1 is
furnished by the Naples correspondent of the
ttmet: . h . t -i
"Since the assassination of M. RossiJ the
Pope remained a close prisoner in the Quiri
nal ; and the Duke d'Harcourt, the French
Representative, waa compelled , to reside in
the palace, for the purpose of affording the
protection of his person and flag to the aov-
ereign Pontiff. The. business of the Govern
ment went on in the Pope's name, but whh
out his sanction, and so far did he carry his
resolution not to be dictated to, that he refu
sed even to receive the reports, according to
invariable custom, of the Officer of the guard:
Such a state of things eonld not long continue.
aim ins memuerm 01 me uipioniaiic corpe, as
it is said, arranged a plan -for the liberation
of his Holiness, of which the immediate exe
cution was entrusted to the Count de Spaur,
the Minister of Bavaria.
At an early hour, previously agreed to, the
Pope retired into a private room for the pur
pose of apparently conferring with the gen
tleman I have just named, and there he dis
guised himself in the livery of the Bavarian
legation. In a few minutes the carriage 0
the Minister was called, and the Count de
Spaui, followed by the Pope, disguised as his
servant, descended the grand staircase, en
tered the carriage, the Pope mounting on the
box alongside the coachman. , ,
The artifice succeeded no suspicion arose
either in the Quirinal or the outward guards,
and the good old man was enabled to breathe
the air of liberty. Immediately on arrival at
the residence of the Bavarian Minister an
other transposition was made. The Pope
took off the livery suit and dressed himself in
the usual costume of the minister's chaplain
or oumonicr, and M. de Spaur having already
given notice of his intention of going to Na
ples, and received passports from the Govern
ment, post horses were soon procured, the
Count and his supposed chaplain took their
places in the carriage, and then happily clear
ed the gates of Rome. It was some time be
fore the mistake was discovered, as of course
due care was used by those in the secret to
say that the Pontiff was engaged in his devo.
tion, and could not be disturbed. When the
flight became known the ministry was thun
derstruck, and, as I hear, dragoons were des
patched to bring back the fugitive. . But
either these measures failed, or the new Go
vernment hesitated in arresting the persou of
an ambassador, and the Count de Spaur, with
his reverend charge, crossed the frontier in
safety, and arrived at Gaeta, a large town,
the first in the Neapolitan territory, not far
from Terracina. The Pope left tho Quirinal
on the evening of the 34th, and arrived at
Gaeta on the night of the 25th."
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.
We find in the N. Y. Tribune, the follow
ing brief account of tho Preideal of Franct :
"Charles Louie Napoleon, son of Louis, F.x
King of Holland, was born iu Paris on the
20th of April, 1808. His god-parents were
the Emperor and Maria Louisa, and during
his childhood he was an especial favorite of
the former. On the return of Napoleon from
Elba, he stood beside him on the Champ de
Mars, and when embraced by him for the
last time, at Malmaison, the young Louis.
tnen a Doy 01 seven years, wimieu 10 loitow
him at all hazards. When the family was
banished from France, his mother removed
to Augsburg, where he received a good Ger
man education. He was afterward taken to
Switzerland, where he obtained the right of
citizenship and commenced a course of mili
tary studios. After the July Revolution, by
which he was a second time proscribed from
France, he visited Italy in company with his
brother, and in 1831 took part in a popular
insurrection against the Pope. This move
ment failed, but he succeeded in making his
GOLD HUNTING.
Washington IrvJna'a "Columbus"-may be
profitably looked Into at the present lime.-l
Trie aedohd volume of the ne edition, to be
published ehortlj'tuppliee us ' wth a eignifil
cam paeeege . u . . ; j if i 1
"Before relating the return of Columbus In
Hispaniola, it ia proper to notice some of the
principal occurrences In the bland which
took place under the government of Ovandrr.
a greai crowa 01 aaveniureraoi Teriousranas
had ihrongw'-tie fleet: eager ipeeulators,
credulous dreamers, tad broken down gentle
men 01 desperate lortunes, an expecting iu
enrich themselves suddenly, in an island
where gold was to be picked up from the
surface of the spiV or gathered. .from, lhe
mountain brooks.
''They had scarcely landed, say's Las Casao,
who accompanied the expedition, when they
all hurried off to the mines, which were about
eight leagues distance. The road swarmed
like ant-hills with adventurers of all classes.
Every one had his knapsack stored with bis
cuit or flour, and mining implements on his
shoulders. Those hidalcos. or eentlemen
who had no servants to carry their burdens.
bore them on their own backs, and lucky
was ho who had a horse for the iournev! he
would be able to bring back the greater load
of treasure."
"They all set out in high spirits, eager who
should first reach the golden land, thinking
they had but to arrive at the mines and col
lect riches, 'for they fancied,' says Las Casas,
'that gold was to be gathered as easily and
readily as fruit from the trees.' When they
arrived, however, they discovered, to their
dismay, that it was necessary to dig pain
fully into the bowels of the earth, a labor to
which most of them had never been accust
omed : that it required experience and saga
city to detect the value of the ore ; that in
fact the whole process of mining was ex
ceedingly toilsome, demanding vast patience,
much experience, and after all being full of
uncertainty.
"They digged engerly though for a time
but found 110 ore. They crew liuncrv, threw
by their implements, sat down to eat, and
thee returned to work. It was all in vain,
'Their labor,' says La Casas, 'gave them a
keen appetite and quick digestion, but no
old.' They soon consumed their provision.
exhausted their patience, cursed their infatu
ation, and in eialit davs set off drcarilv on
their return along the roads they had lately
trod so exultingly. They arrived at San
Domingo, with an ounce of gold, half famish
ed, downcast and despairing. Such is too of
ten the case of those who ignorautly engaae
in mining of all speculations the most bril-
iant, promising, and fallacious.
Poverty soon fell upon these misguided men.
They exhausted the little property they had
THE CONTESTED SEATS IN THE OHIO
LEGISLATURE.
The Quretlen Taken on the Canteated Srate.
Columbus, Jan. 2, 1849.
After quite a storm of words to-day, the
armtment in relation to the contested seats
was cotistiijfrd.
The roll being called, soventy members
answered to their names.
Mr. Townsend, a Free Soil member fronr
Loudon county, moved an adjournment. The
question being taken, the motion was lost
On motion, the question was then taken
on the following resolution
That George E. Pugh and Alexander N.
Pierce Democrats are entitled to seats on
the organization of this House
The yeas and nays being called, stood as escape, and, his brother dying at Forli the
follows: yeas 25, nays 45.. ' . , . same year, he visited England and afterward;
The question was then, on motion, taken returned to Switzerland, where, for two or
on the second resolution : three years, he contented himself with wri-
That Oliver M. Spencer and George W,
Runyan, are entitled to seats on the organiza
tion of this House.
The yeas and nays being demanded stood
yeas 32 ; nays 38 three Free Soil members
voting in the negative.
On motion '.he House adjourned.
No Speaker can be elected until this ques
tion is decided.
EIECTJTION dF WILLIAM D. KPES.
We hav rhertlidned the execution of Fri
day Wt, at, Dinwiddie; Vs., of William Dan'
dridge Epes, for the murder of Francis Adol-
phu Muir. in February, 1846. The .Peters
burg Republican says:
- The prisoner mounted the cart, and in a
clear, audible voice, indicating no signs of
emotion, made the following remarks :
Wemjemen,': It was not my object to have
any thing to say on the present oocajionbjit
ii may uo gooa, i nave determined to say
something. I have been charged with the
murder of a hog drover-I have been charged
with the murder of my mother-in-law J have
been charged with the murder of my son--and
1 have been charged with the murdefot
my own servant.- but, gentlemen, all these"
charges are false all false. - Would te God'
I could say as much of that other charge.
But of that 1 am guilty. I murdered Fraaols
Adolphus Muir. I murdered him. He fell
by my hand. I have regretted the act ever
since it was committed-it has been before my
eyes ever since. I have the gratification ' to
state that 1 believe he is in heaven, and I trust
I may meet him there. In hisdyiug moments
he said he hoped to meet me there. I he
I shall meet him there, and I believe I '
meet him there, for I trust in God's promise
"Gentlemen I have seen better days, ano
many of you know it. But when' the tempter
is aroused we know not what we may do. I
hope that my fate may be a warning for you
to shun my example. I leave this world at
peace with all mankind. I feel that 1 am at
peace with my God. I trust to meet you all
in heaven."
While the preliminaries were arranging,
the criminal displayed the same fortitude that
he had shown throughout the trial, and at the
pronunciation of the sentence'. While the
bandage was being tied over his eyes, he
muttered, "Ashes to ashes,duat to dust,", and '
he died without scarcely a struggle.
After the expiration of an hour, the body
was cut down, when the nock was found to
have been broken. The body was laid in a
coffin, furnished by the relatives of tho de
ceased, and on the next day removed to the
residence of his brother in Nottoway county.
O" A Company are forming at Towanda
for California, by way of Santa Fe.
jfij n n i e d ,
On the 2th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Ew
Mr. John PmssLnii to Mrs. Elizabeth Ha
all of this place.
At Northumberland on the 2d inst.;
i nos. a. l.ainrop, iir. .Samuel a. Bit
bine to Miss Hannah IIobkrt, both o
place. ,
EXECUTOR'S SAL1
brought from Spain. Many suffered extreme- I TTTILL 1 sold on the prcmiws, on THU.
ly from hunger, and wereobliged to exchange ' V DAY the first day of FEBRUARY nt
even their .apparel for bread. Some formed
connections with the old settlers of the island
but the greater part were like men lost and
bewildered and just awakened by a dream.
The miseries of the mind, as usual, heighten"
ed the sufferings of the body. Some wasted
away and died broken-hearted ; others were
hurried off by raging fevers, so that there pe
rished upwards of a thousand men." .
all that
It KICK IIOIJSC i
nml tenements together with the lota attached
thereto belonging to the estate of Catharine Roes,
dee.M., in the Uorough of Northumberland. Sale
In commence at 10 o'clock of raid day at which
time term will lie made known by - ' -
mtES TAGGART, ) .
JOSEPH R. PRIESTLY.
Northumberland, Jan'ry-6, 1849. ta
Exec'trs.
of Hudibrass, thus graphically described by
Butler:
The beaat was aturdy, large and tall,
Wiih mouth of meal, and eyea ut wall ;
1 ahould aay eye for he had but one,
Aa moat agree, tho' aoma aay aoni.
What would the world say if Gen. Tay-
lor, would thus cavalierly dispose of "Old
Whitey," after his services on the bloody
able writer, and cannot fail, in connection
with Mr. Sanderson, in making the News
a paper, worthy of the support of the party.
Prefreea el the Chalera la the Weal Daatba ia
uuciauu.
Cincinnati, Jan. 2, 1849.
There have been several cases' of Cholera
and a few deaths in this city.
At present there are no boats at the land
ing. All the boats that came up from New
Orleans during the past few days had Chole
ra cases on board. A number of deaths have
taken place on the upward bound boats.
IlIOT ATFUXKAAL.
The Hoaesdale Democrat gives a long ac
count of a riot at that place, about a week a
go. . A Protestant young man married a wife
whose parents were Catholics. The wife dy
mn aa ltaruita o pfau aa IA WhalhAf arte art mi trt
field of Buena Vista and at Monterey I Re- Lburiedin Protestant or Catholic ground,
fleet upon this, Colonel, and remember the The husband ilIBiftted lhat 6he ,hould be bu-
palmy days of the bob-tail, when
You etrodc o'er hia back, and he took to hie wind, '
And he pranced before, and ha kicked behind ;
And gare a loud anrt, aa when nuUariuga roll
Abroad from pole to answering pole.
O Canal Commissioner A number
of papers, we observa?, are recommending
John A, Gamble, Esq., of Lycoming coun
ty, as our next democratic candidate for
canal commissioner, mr. uaniole, is a
gentleman of worth and ability, and would
ried where he could rest by her side at hia
death. The parents expressed their fixed
determination to have her interred in Catho
lic ground. Eaeh party sought legal advice,
which resulted in the decision that the hus
band had the right to direcf where his wife
should be buried. Matters were then com
promised so that the Catholio service was al
lowed to be performed over the body at the
house, and she was to be buried in Protestant
ground. But on the day of the funeral, just
as the body was placed in the hearse, the
father came forward snd loudly claimed that
make an excellent officer. He has had con
siderable experience on the public works, I the body should go to Catholic ground. There
and comes strongly recommended from the upon, a fearful not ensued, in which a large
North. Henry C. Ever of Union county number ot people participated, ana tne coirut
is also strongly recommended in some of
.L-Tt ' . m-
uie femocrauc papers, air. .yer . i one
Of the strong men of the party, and is also
well qualified for the station.. 1
was tossed about carelessly. The Sheriff
finally quelled the outbreak, and the inter
ment took place in Protestant ground
Ia Courtland county, New Yrk, a white
congregation have selected the Rev. Mr.
War4 m jwlArfMl tirM1ia, lria.tr '
-H., our Aurprssemauva w narruourj, lor and ia Toropk-in, coantr , colored teacher
has been chosen in a district school.
07 We are, indebted to Geo. A. Frick
tq-i our Representative at Harrubut
favors for which he has pur thinks.
Thb Difficulty in respect to the Niagara
suspension bridge has been adjusted with
Mr. Ellet, tbe contractor, the company
takes the bridge off the contractor's hands,
paying him SI 2,000 for his services, etc., and,
at the same time, taking his stock at pafc
During the litigation which has attended the
difficulty, it has been made to appear that
there has already been received for toll on
this bridge since it was passable, over $8,000.
During the year 1843 there were erected
in the City of Washington. 53 brick and 84
wooden bcildings. The total number of
dwellings in the city is 5,922 ; and the popu
lation is estimated at 33,53 2 souls being an
increase of 12,000 since 1840.
Baim's TcLBcaAFH. It is said that steno
graphic characters can be transmitted by
Bain's telegrap, and that the rapidity of tran
sit by this instrument is almost miraculous
that the whole of the New Testament, in fact,
from the beginning of Matthew to the last
solemn words of the apocalypse, might be
transmitted by it from Washington to New
York in ten hours. . But the invention of aa
intxument transmitting stenographie charac
ters, is to the pre as particularly, of the greatest
importance J for the press, after all, is to be
the great patron of the magnetic telegraph,
and this invention will not only abridge time
in transmitting news, but reduce to a very
great degros the expense.
ting political and military works, which do
not appear to have been extensively read.
The death of tbe Duke of Reichstadt in 1832,
gave a new impulse to his ambitious hopes.
His first revolutionary attempt, at Strasbonrg,
in October, 1836, completely failed, but after
a short imprisonment in Paris, he was sent to
Eugland. The illuess of his mother occasion
ed his return in the following year, and after
a visit to Switzerland he took up his residence
in England until his second attempt at Bou
logne, in 1840.
In this affair several of his followers were
killed, and he was himself taken and senten
ced to imprisonment for life in the Castle of
Ham. The particulars of his escape in May,
1846, after an incarceration of six years, are
well known. From that time until the end
of September last, when he was returned as a
Deputy to the National Assembly from the
Department of the Seine, he has resided in
England. A late London journal, in describ
ing his mode of life, gives the following not
very flattering account :
"He was unscrupulous in contracting obli
gations which were wholly beyond his means
of repayment ; and his most serious pursuit
was the study of alchemy, by which he ex
pected to arrive at the discovery of the phi
losophers stone. So vigorously did he prose
cute this exploded science, at a house which
he had fitted up as a laboratory at Camber
well, and so firm was his faith in the charla
tan empiris whom he employed, to aid him
jn transmuting the baser metals into gold,
that he is said to have actually appropriated
bis revenues in anticipation, and to have de
voted the first ' milliard of , his gains to the
payment of the national debt of France, in
order to acquire thus an imperial throne by
purchaser'. ,
. Ths Cmmitcof Flosida. TA Sr. Jugus-
tin Herald of the 14th ult. has received some
beautiful "guares," two cotton blooms, and
specimens of sugar; has been shown a half
blown peach, and says; "We have figs with
In reach of our office window" all the pro
duct of Florida, in the month of December
THE rillLADELPIlI. AND READING RAIL
ROAD
We learn that Daniel N. Neal, Esq. Presi
dont of the Eastern Rail Road, at the solici
tation of tho Eastern Stock and loan holders
has been selected as General Superintendent
of this Road, for the ensuiug year. If one
half the reports we hear are correct, a refor
mation in its management will not prove pre
judicial to the interests of those concerned.
The following unofficial exhibit of the re
ceipts and expenditures of this company for
the last year we clip from tho Daily News.
"It is rumored that the forthcoming annual
report of the Reading Railroad Company will
show the aggregate capital and indebtedness
of the road to be over 14. 800,000 a con
siderable increase dm ing the year. The
gross receipts are said to be $1,700,000; the
running expenses $300,000, repairs, bridges,
&c., $350,000, interest on debt f 00,000, ex
tra interest, commissions, &c, $100,000
leaving net earning $450,000 equal to 5
per cent on the capital stock. ' The above
figures are not official, but we think they will
not vary mnch from the results asset forth in
the report. The increased freight charges
for the coming year, together with the judi
cious management which will follow, under
the skilful supervision of the experienced
agent, Mr. Neal, who has lately been ap
pointed to that trust, will undoubtedly secure
dividends for the future, and by restoring
public confidence, resuscitate the standing
EXECUTOR'S SALE.;
1TTILL lie sold on the promise a, on Saturday the
" tenth day of February next, atl that Farm
' It New OatBAns, a man is not at liberty
to emancipate his own slaves without having
Aist obtained permission of the Municipal
council. . , , . ,., ,, . ;
eontiunini; lot) arrcs, more or lew, situated in
Lower Angus';! township, Northumberland Coun
ty, about five milea from Sunbury, near the Centre
Turnpike road. About one half of which is clear
ed and on which ia erected a good 8TONE '
HOUSE, a InrKe LOO BARN, an extensive Tan
HOUSK, and out building, belonging to the estate
of CuUiarine Rom, dee'd. Sale will commence at
10 o'clock of said day, at which time terms 'will
be made known bv
JAMES TAGGART, )v ' ;
' 1 JOSEPH R. PRIESTLY. ) t'x'c
Northumberland, Jan. 6, 1849. ts
LIST OF JURORS
OF Northumberland County for January
Term, A. D. 1849.
Grand Jurors.
9 a n In ry. Christian Bower, Peter Hileman,
Edward Oyster, Thomaa Robins.
tapper Aitgu.ta. Lot Dcrgstrceaer. '
Lourt Augusta. John Krigbaum, Jne. Kra
mer, ar., Jan. Lytcl.
Hnih. Christopher Campbell, Wm. H. Kaee-
ShamoliH. John Caacman, Chaa. Koch. : '
CW. John Hein. ' I .
Jarison. Marks Leader.
' latter JViAonoy.- Michael Lahr. " ' - ;
Point. Francis Gibaon, Jacob Snyder, Chancy
Currey.
Cn7i?io7"i" Wm. Huff. '
Milmit. John Murray, Jacob Houts.
Turbitt. Daniel 8. McFalla. - '
Delaware. J. Reiser. ' ' '
Leteis. Jacob Karchner.
Traverse Jurors.
SiiHBi ai. Jacob Rohrbach, Geo. Hileman. - .
-' NoKTauaaiDLtxD. Wot. Wilson.
Lower Ai-btst. Chaa. Garinirar, John T.
and credit of the Company, and raise the MePhereon, Jacob Rhoada, Peter V'ocum, Thee.
value of its securities to something near their
intrinsic value. The annual meeting of the
stockholders will take place in this city, on
the 8th of January next, to hear the report of
the Directors, and to take such further action
as the stockholders may then direct in regard
to the Act of Assembly passed at the last
session of the Legislature, respecting the con
version into stocks and bonds of such portion
of 'he funded debts of the Company as may
become due prior to the year 1857. In no
tiring this meeting, the Boston Courier makes
the following remarks : ' '
"Within a few days it has transpired
much to the surprise of almost every one in
this quarter that the cost of the road, from
various causes, has been increased during the
past year, about two millions of dollars, in
cluding new stock and discount on a new
mortgage f the particulars of which, it is
said, will be satisfactorily explained in the
forthcoming report, where it will be shown
that the business of the road fully warrants
the total expenditure, and that remunerative
dividends could have been made from the
nett earning of the current year, if the whole
of fourteen millions had been represented by
shares." . ' v ,. , v
Bounty Lands, The soldiers are permit
ted to select their bounty lands fiom twelve
States-six Free and six Slave States, it is
said that of the warrants thus far issued I,
500,000 sores have been selected in the free
States, and only 200,000 in the Slave States.
. V
The upper Missouri and Mississippi rivers
have both been closed by iee siaee the 14th
ult. ( .-, i i, o..-in i. ta .1
, . , 4 . ( - ., , , ;; t
Snyder.
Rush Wm. Huff, Philip Oberdorf, Henry
Weaver, Lewie Vaatine. -
SmxoaiH. John King, Felix Lerch, Wm.'
Haas. '
Jtrctox. Isaac Rcits, Jeremiah Adams, Mar
tin Drumheller.
Lowir MtnonoT,-John Seller, Peter Borrel,
Michael Wert, Hugh Seasholtx, Isaac Dribelhis,
John Brosioua, Philip Heokert. ' '
1ki Moiot, Peter Gcist, Geo.' Heim,
John Keafer, Gid. Adama. ''
Coal. Geo. Lung, David Billman, ' Jamei'
Thomaa. , ;
LiTTix MtuoKOT. Jacob 8. Ryan. ' " ' " '
CuiLise.Daavi.-Jaa. Gearhart, F. Candor, J.
Adams.
, , Miiros. John Houts.
TuasuT. Potor.Dunkcl, N. McKray, John
vuiiaeb .... i . l .,i
Liwia. Jonas Koch, Samuel Manges, Wm.
McUuire. ,
Dilwaaaeob Brown. DaxiielDiefle aback,
Anthony Fullmer, John Rouah. . ,.. : I . , r '
iPoiav. John Elstou. , s ' , ; 4-:M
;;:'?:';' , Petit Jurors.
Spxai'sr. Martin Harrieon, Wm. Krigbaum,
, Lowna AuaisTi. Geo. Keillor, Philip Wei
aer. Ah. Bartholomew.
Urria Aru st John A. Shiaaler, George
Armstrong, John Bowen Peter Culp.
Rrew. John. Kline, jr, Michael Moore, CW
tian Weaver. t ; ? , i ,,
Cuit. Daniel Evert ' 1
JicKeov Jno. Leader, Benj. Hein. 1
SmiioKiic. Jno. Kotbennel,jrn Henry Houpt,'
Jacofc Reed, John Testa,' "4 A
Urria Mtaeaev Philip Sella. Peter Beiesel.
NoRTajvaasauss. - Jehn Dunham, John
Weiae.' a r v--. -
: PoiT Chaa. Gulick, J.'.W. 8tm. Chsav
Beam (" t i : , u
MiVToohn Kohr, Johj DiveL Uracl Keep.
ner. .; .. , , , ... 1;0, t:yi ,u-o.!
., Teaao-iJohn lUag. ... . v f. )
l)iL.etM liotwK MeKee, Muse Berdert
Jaa. F. Beard, t t , i r.i '.
Lswaa-PeUw Neecker, Juo I jaebaelv iJ,
Klapp, o'ji?'
... .- , r i ' y )!''