klije Register.
Aidentoivin, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1862.
Spring Weather
This has been a most capricious April, as
April has a right to be. A good deal of it has
been March weather, with a day or two of
such as might have been expected. This is
the 29th day, and vegOtation of all kinds seems
to be remarkably backward. The trees are
putting forth their leaves with great reluctance,
apparently, as if they were afraid it would not
yet be safe to do so. The severe winter has
killed much of the fruit, it is said—or killed
the germs, rather, that should have produced it.
The Allentown Bank
The long agony is over, and it has become
a fixed fact that the good citizens of Lehigh
county are to bo left without a Bank. Geyer
i:or Bigler having applied the executive guillo
tine to the Bill. The Governor in giving his
reasons for vetoing the Bank bills, occupies
oxer_a_column of fine print. It is mostly_ a re
hash of the old exploded doctrine on the sub
ject of banks and banking, addressed rather to
the prejudices than the good sense of the peo,
ple.
But the Governor is right in one respect.—
The present 'old fogy' method of chartering
Banks is fruitful serious evils. It is a system
of special privileges to a favored fewin.which
the masses are prevented from participating,
and as such is Anti. Democratic, Anti-Republi
can, and deserves to be broken up. if Banks
are necessary lot us have Flee Banks—Demo.
cratic Banks—Banks whose issues will be lim
ted within certain means of redemption, dollar
for dollar. It is the only fair plan, and we are
glad to see is gradually working its way into
popular favor in spite of the efforts of Bank
swindlers and interested monopolists to bring
it into disrepute. The wholesale veto of Gov.
Bigler will go far to hasten the advent of the
desired reform, and as such we rejoice at it,
and will be glad to hail 'more of the same sort.'
There is a good time coming—an age if not
golden—at least of equal rights and equal priv-
Hedges. 'Wait a little longer!'
Disgraceful Scene
The intelligence of tha re.charter of the Eas
ton Dank created great rejoicing at Easton.—
At the jollification in South Easton, an acct.
dent happened, in the primature discharge of
the cannon, that nearly cost the lives of two
young men.
Further we learn, that during the evening,
the Hon, Conrad Shimcr, and Hon. Richard
Broadhead, were burned in effigy. It being
alleged that these two gentlemen were oppos
ed to the recharter of the Easton Bank. Wheth
er this disgraceful affair was got up by some
inconsiderate friends of the bank, for the rea.
son above mentioned, or by some sneaking
political demagogues, in order to advance some
political scheme or other, which they may
have in view, time will develope. Every well
meaning citizen will repudiate this disgusting
transaction.
As to the course of Mr. Broadhead, in regard
to the re-charter, we knowibut little, if he op
posed the Bank, he no doubt had his reasons
for doing so, and for aught we know, may
have been well grounded; it is but a right that
be among the rest of hie fellow citizens saw
fit to enjoy, his intrignifing opponents:to the
contrary notwithstanding.
But the case in regard to Mr. Shinier, is
quite different.. He is a member of the Senate,
and the Journals of that body stands forth as
the best evidence in his favor. He may have
ound fault with some of the injudicious
friends of the Bank, when id Harrisburg, boring
for the passage of the re-charter, which in his
opinion, and we doubt not, in the opinion of
others, retorted instead of securing its passage.
We have watched the proceedings of the Leg,
islature closely, and we are fully satisfied that
under no circumstance could the re.charter of
the Easton Bank have been passed through
the Sendo, without the aid of Gen.
The best evidence of this is, that when the
friends of the Bank believed themselves strong
enough, they undertook to pass it over the
head of Mr. Shimer. A move was then made
to take up the Bill by Mr. Crabb. Mr. Shimer
opposed it, and it was lost by a vote of 12 to 12.
This showed at once that he had them in his
power, and that Honorable Senators would not
permit a set of outsiders, who were being fed
on oyster soups and whiskey punches, paid
for out of the contingent fond, to tyrannize
over the Senator from their District. What
did Mr. Shimer do ?. ‘Vhy the next morning
he took up the Bill on his motion, and it pass
ed finally, he voting for it—yeas 19, nays B.
Comment is unnecessary.
Monument to Henry Clay
The Ledger noticed, n low days ago, the
fact tiro it is contemplated to raise a monument
to Henry clay, in the Washington Cemetery,
on Long Island. A New York paper, copying
the paragraph, asks where this Cemetery is?
Tho samecorresporident who communicated
the fact, has sent us another Letter, in which
he says the Washiugtae Cemetery is one mile
from the Greenwood Cemetery. It is ic.id out
with great taste and beauty, and has over 100,-
000 trees. The structure referred to is design.
ed to bo a joint monument to Washington,
Franklin, Lafayette• and Henry Clay; the name
of each to be inscribed' on•an appropriate pan
el on each of the four sides. The emit to be
raised by. subscriptions of from fifty cents to
one• dollar, from ladies all over the United
States. The contributor's names to-be enroll•
ed on parchment and suspended. in a- room in
the monument, 30. feet square. The design is
similar to thaVol Sir Walter Scott; it will be
180. feet high, on a-basa of 30 feet square. A
.iral -lair ease will ascend to the• top, from
Employment
Labor is a great blessing—idleness is a great
curse. The man in health should scorn to be
an idler. Industry in an inseparable comper
ion of happiness. When idleness leads to pov
erty, there are not many steps between pover
ty and crime. An honest laboring poor man
is the noblest work of God, and what is equal
ly delightful to contemplate, there are few in
dustrious poor men who are dishonest or vi
cious. Toil and industry are two of the great
est promoters of virtue and integrity. lie who
labors knows that labor deserves its reward—
he feels it, and this feeling prompts an active
regard for alt others who toil or labor for them
selves. But few industrious men are unsue
cessful in this world—it is the idler—the spec
ulator—he _who.would live by his wits or his
vices, that makes haste to get rioh without go
ing through the process of toil, that cheats in
dustry out of its reward. The industrious man
generally lives within his means. The mo.
fives which prompt him to work, to seek work
and never be without it until a competency
places him beyond its necessity, are the most
elevatin in their effects. Ease in old age is
a laudable objecr, which stimulate many
to accumulate property. Ability to educate
children and aid them in the onset of life, is
no less praiseworthy. Ability to administer to
the afflictions of the unfortunate—to contribute
to the maintenance of religion and morals; and
enterprises which enrich, enable, enlighten
and refiue•our country and our age—are great
stimulants to labor diligently and wisely. To
labor faithfully, and at the same time so
train the affections for wealth that they can re
lish a due part of the fruits of toil, in the en..
joyment of the innocent pleasures of life as
we pass along, makes the most useful, pleas
ant, and happy state man can enjoy on, earth.
Business Notices
A New Slore.—By reference to our advertis
ing columns, our readers will see a ne w chance
offered them to buy •cheap and fashionable
goods at the "Farmers' and Mechanics' store"
opened by Messrs. Edelman, house Co., in
Allentown. They as new beginnerk, have laid
in an entire new Stock of goods which they in
tend to sell at city prices. ‘Ve recommend
the public to give them a call.
Fashionable Clothing.—Our columns to day
contains the card of the fashionable Clothing
Emporium of Messrs. Keck & Lch. These gen
tlemen have laid in a very heavy stock of
Spring and Summer Goode, which, from the
reputation they bear, for selling cheap, can be
bought at a great bargain. Persons wishing to
buy good Clothing will give them a call.
A New Landlord—John Y. Bechtel, has ta
ken the "American Hotel" on the north - east
corner of Hamilton and William Streets, in the
Borough of Allentown. Mr. Bechtel is a very
active man, of business tact and well calcula
ted to gain friends and customers. See his
card in another column.
Sartain's Union Magazine
The May number of this truly excellant
Magazine, contains thirty original article., and
sixteen embellishments, of a varied and inter
esting character. To enumerate the many
excollant qualities combined in this number,
would take up to much of our space, suffice to
say, that it is an excellent monthly, and every
family should have a copy.
Graham's IVlagazina
For May, is already upon our table, and is
as ueual rich in embellishments. A steel en
graving "The Bavarian May Queen" is beauti
ful. "Sun Rise" and "May Morning" are of
the finest style. The articles, prose as well as
poetical are rich in quality as well as in varie
ty, and the number is altogether one of which
the publisher has reason to be proud.
An Important Decision.
The Supreme Court of this State has decided
that the . purchaser of property at a Sheriff's
sale, who acts by an agent, is not bound by the
bid of his agent, if it exceeds the amount to
which the principal authorized the agent to go
in bidding. The case in which this dentrine
was laid down, was one in which the Sheriff
claimed to recover the difference between the
bid of the agent and the price for which the
properly was subsequently sold, on a second
sale, after the principal had refused to take the
properly at the price bid by his agent, at the
first sale. The Court decided that the princi
pal was not liable for any act of his agent,
which was done by the latter in violation or
excess of the authority delegated to him.
Reoharter of the Easton Bank
On the receipt of the inielligence at this
place, the strongest symtoms of rejoicing were
manifested by our citizens—cannons were fir
ed, the Bands discoursed music through our
streets, houses were luminated, and in fact ev
ery means of giving vent to their satisfied feel•
ings were demonstrated.. In South Easton, a
scene was presented, the relation of which
would not, we fear, fall very pleasantly upon
the ears of certain individuals who figured in
opposition to the Bank, so we will say noth
ing about it. We do not mean by this how
ever to countenance the disgraceful scene there
enacted.—Easion Sentinel.
Fire at Bath
Oa Sunday Morning the 18th, the dwelling
house of Mr. William Person, of Bath, occupi
ed at the time by Mr. Thomas Babe, was con
sumed by fire, which it is supposed originated
horn the stovepipe being placed too near the
the wall.. The furniture, clothing, and every
thing in the building was entirely destroyed.
Owing to the high wind prevailing at the time
nothing could be saved, as everything was in
ashes in the course of fifteen minutes. The
building•was insured , for s7oo.—Eatonian.
We have learned that Governor Bigler
Death of Judge Coulter
• We are pained to. announce the confirmation
of the report of the death of Richard Coulter,
Fsq., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of the State. lle died at his residence, in West
moreland county, on the 20th. Judge Coulter
has filled many posts of trust and honor from
his fellow citizens and in the discharge of their
duties, has always maintained a high sense of
justice and propriety. Ile represented West
moreland county in Congress, for several yes.
sions; and after that, was appointed Associate
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, a po
sition to which ho was again ehosen at the
general election, last October. At the ballot
ting for the terms to be held by the reernhers
of the now court, he drew the latest one, and
consequently was entitled to .the_ full term of
fifteen years.
As some interest is manifested to know how
the vacancy that will occur on the Supreme
Bench of the State is to be filled, we annex
the XII. section of the act of the 15th of April,
1851, which relates to ;tie subject:
Section XII. In the event of any vacancy
occurthig in any Judgeship in this Common-
wealth by death, resignation, removal from of^
lice, the failure to elect, or otherwise, the Gov
ernor shall appoint a suitable person to fill
such vacancy until the first Monday in Decem
ber following the•next general election; and
the qualified electors-shall at the next general
election, which shall happen throe calender
months after the vacancy shall occur, elect in
the manner hereinbefore provided, a suitable
person to such office for the unexpired term,
in the case of a Judgeship of the Supreme
Court, and for the full term of office in case of
.any other Judgeship.
A Defect Remedied
A bill has been introduced into the Senate
by Mr. Packer, and passed that body, to rem.
edy a defect in the law of last session, carry
ing out, as was supposed, the provisions of the
Constitution in relation to the election of Su
preme Judges, revealed by the death of Judge
Coulter. •
The amendment to the Constitution contains
the following provision : "The Judges of the
Supreme CoUrt shall hold their offices for the
term of fifteen years, if ii z y shall so long be-
have themselves well (,tubject to the allotment
hereinafter provided for, subsequent to the first
election)."
It will be observed that this language is em
phatic as to the term of the Judges. This
amendment further provides, that "any vacan
cy happening by death, resignation, or other
wise, in any of the sail courts, shall be filled
by appointment by the Governor, to continue
till the first Monday of December succeeding
the next general election."
The law of last session, in direct conflict
with these express provisions, authorizes the
Governor to appoint, in case of a vacancy, un
til the next general election, at which a per
son would be elected to fill the unexpired term
of the deceased Judge, instead of for the 'full
term of fifteen years. The bill remedies this
error of the law of 1851, so that the Governor
will appoint a person to fill the vacancy until
the December following the next election, at
which a person will be chosen for the full term
of fifteen years. This will derange the beau
tiful system of succession established by the
uniform period between the term of each Judge,
but its necessity is manifest from the require
ment of the Constitution.—Dc iv Union.
Translation of the Bible
A correspondent desires information.respect
ing the period at which the present r):nglisli
translation of the Bible was first made. The
question is more difficult to answer than might
be supposed. Nominally, the present transla
tion was made in the reign of James the First,
who appointed a large number of learned men
to execute the work, and authorized its publi
cation subsequently by a royal proclamation.
But on comparing its style with that of contem
porary writers, it becomes evident that the
translation was not really made at that time,
but that the older translations were merely
corrected and improved. The basis of King
James' Bible seems, in truth, to have been the
Bishop's Bible, first published in the reign of
Queen Flizabeth. Illany words, which had
become obsolete in refined society, were pre
served in the present translation, because they
were still in use among the unlettered, am: in
consequence largo numbers of such :have re
turned into use. The Bishop's Bible was itself
founded on an earlier translation. In fact
each successive translator appears to have
availed himself of the labors of his predeces
sore, and the result is a translation which, in
point of style, will compare with any ever
made. Our correspondent also asks us our
opinion as to a new translation. We reply
that we have always opposed it, believing that
the advantages, to be derived from it, will not
equal the disadvantages that will accrue.
French Spoliations.—The bill providing in
demnity fur French spoliations committed pri
or to 1800, has passed the Senate of the U. S.
by a vote of 26 to 13. It is to be hoped that
the (louse will concur, anti thus relieve the na
lion from the dishonor of forever postponing a
set of claims for which they have long ago re
ceived value. !lost of the original claimants
are beyond the reach of the indemnity mites
et!, but a few are not, and the dependent fami
lies of many who are gone would bo greatly
cumforted by the relic! which the bill provides.
Better late than never. •
Shochitag.—We learn from the Milton Demo.
crat, that two dead infants were found near Mc.
Ewensville, Northumberland county, a few days,
since. Efforts are being made to ferret out the
guilt of the unnatural mothers of the children.—
One, it is said, was hurried along a fence, and
the other was found in a brick yard pond! This
is shame, disgrace and crime in the highest de•
Abolition of Capital Punishment.
The Harrisburg Telegraph, of the 16th inst.,
in alluding to the recent action of the House of
Representatives upon the bill to abolish capital
punishment, says : For several years past the
subject of the abolition of Capital punishment
has been agitated in most of the Old States of the
Union, and much has been. said and written on
both sides of the question ; but none of them to
our knowledge, have ventured to make the ex.
periment by the passage of laws to effect this ob.
ject. The policy of such an enactment has been
so much doubted, that although reports of Legts.
lative committees have recommended the pas
sage of bills, no Legislative bodies in the Old
States have ventnred to pass them.
But in the House of Representatives of Pcnn•
sylvania on Thursday, the following bill did pass
by the vote which will be seen in the Legislative
proceedings. This bill in fact does abolish cap
ital punishment if it becomes a law, and was so
stated by Mr. Flanigan in his place, and was so
understood by the Representatives of the peo.
pie. It is a most important naeasure.in Legisla•
rive reform.
Sec. 1. That no : warrant for the execution of
_any_convict by_hanging shall be issued within
one year after the sentence of death shall have
been passed, and, that after that, period, if no cir
cumstances shall come to light to render doubt.
ful the correctness - of the verdict of the jury in
the matter, the Governor shall then issue his
warrant for said execution. Provided, That from
the time of conviction to the time of execution,
the convict shall be confined in one of the Peni
tentiaries of the Commonwealth; as is now pro ,
vided by law for the safe keeping of convicts.
Ste. 2. That upon the rendition of any ver
dict of 'guilty of murder in the first degree"
against any person charged therewith, in any
Court of this Commonwealth, it shall and may
be lawful for the jury rendering the same, in
their discretion, to recommend the person or
persons so charged and convicted to the mercy
of the court; and every person duly convicted of
murder in the first degree, whom the jury so
convicted shall recommend to the mercy of the
court, shall be sentenced to undergo an hupris_
onment in one of the State penitentiaries, as the
case may be, and to be kept in separate or soli.
tart' confinement at labor, for a period not less
than twelve, nor more than fifty years.
The Washington Monument
The obelisk which is in the course of erection
at the Capital, costs a thousand dollars a foot,
and It gt;es towards heaven at the rate of four or
five feet a month, and consequently requires a
monthly expenditure of tour or five thousand
dollars. While the work goes on, there is, of
course, a steady' drain upon the treasury; but
the receipts fluctuate, and have. of late so much
fallen off, that, unless the subscriptions speedily
and materially increase, the work must stop. It
should be born in mind that the blocks which
have been forwarded to Washington by the dif_
ferent States of the Union, and by other countries,
though they add much to the interest of the mon
ument, contribute very little to its bulk and
height, and diminish the cost of each' course of
masonry only in a very slight degree. To corn,
piece the monument will require a sum which, it
contributed in equal proportion by the citizens
of the United States, would tax each individual
to the amount of three cents. And yet the sub.
scripiion languishes, and the building commit_
tee is embarrassed. The ladies finished the
Bunker Hill Monument, and it may perchance
be theirs to bring the present enterprise to com
pletion. We learn from the Boston Transcript
that there is a rival in the field. The prelimi
nary arrangements for the erection of a mono.
meet on Plymouth Rock, to the memory of the
Pilgrim Fathers, are in progress, and the sons
of New England, in all parts of the country, will
soon be called upon to contribute. One 'at a
time, say we. Let not the claims to honor of the
Father of his country and the Fathers of New .
England be brought into anything than even
looks like competition.
Firo without Coals
Recent arrivals from Europe bring some grat
ifying results of curious experiments, which
have been made at the London Polytechnic In
stitution, to teste the results of the recent inven•
Lion of Dr. Bachuffner, which consists in the sub
stitution of thin pieces of metal in the place of
coals in fire grates, which being acted upon by
a small jet of gas immediately become red hot,
and emit a prodigious degree of heat. The flame
which is by the gas, co-operating with
the metallic luminate, gives the appearance of a
brisk and cheerful coal fire, and can scarcely be
Wstinguished from it. The heat can be regula;
led by turning the cock of the gas tube. There
is nu deposite of soot, no smoke, or any of the
annoyances which attend coal fires, and the gas
can be extinguished instanter, or the fire kept as
low as may be convenient. This useful inven
tion is of general interest, and not only as affects
private houses, but as affects manufactories, and
all places where large fires are required, and by
its adoption the use of enormous chimneys
might be dispensed with, as no smoke is gener
ated. The expense with the gas, now used for
lightning, would render a fire on this new prin.
ple about the same expense as if coals were em
ployed, but, where what is termed non-carbon
ized gas is employed, a great diminution of ex
pense would be obtained.
Whiskey Fraud. —A barrel of Ohio whiskey
arrived at New York a few days ago, which
gunge(' forty.eight gallons, but the purchaser
measured the contents, and found only thirty.
eight. The fraud is accomplished by giving
great solidity to the barrel, particularly the heads
while a hollow scooped out in the staves oppo.,
site the bung, admits the guager's rod to the de.
sired depth.
The - Mini in New York.—A Washington car.
respondent of the Baltimore Sun states that an
attempt will be made to establish a United States
Assayer's office in the city of New York, in lieu
of a mint, with power to issue mint certificates
that shall be transferable with those issued by
the Philadelphia mint, with a view to aid the rc,
quirements of trade or commerce. Stich:a mea,
sure could nut legitimately be opposed,.even by
the Pennsylvania members, we should:think,
Letter from the President
A number of documents relative to the Japan
expedition were sent to the senate on Monday
weelt... The following extract of a letter from
President Fillmore to the Emperor• of Japan, will
be read with interest:
I send you by this letter an envoy of my own
appointment, an officer of high rank in his coun•
try, who is no missionary of legion. lie goes
by my command to bear to you my greetings
and good wishes, and to promote friendship and
commerce between the two countries.
..You know that the United. States of America
now extend from sea to sea ; that the great coon.
try of Oregon and California are parts of the
United States ; and that from these countries,
which are in gold silver and precious stones
our steamers can reach your happy land in less
than twenty days.
"Many of our ships will now pass in every
year, and some; perhaps, in every week, between
California and China; these ships must pass
alOng the coast of your Empire ; storms and
winds may cause them to be wrecked on your
shores, and we ask and expect from your friend
ship and your greatness, kindness for our men
and protection for our property'. We wish that
our people may be permitted to trade with your
people, but we shall not authorize them to break
any law of your Empire.
..Cur object is friendly commercial intercourse,
and nothing more. You may have productions
which we should be glad to buy ; and we have
productions which might suit your people. Your
Empire contains a great abundance of coal ;
this is an article which our steamers, in going
from California to China, must use. They
would be glad that a harbor in your Empire
should be appointed to which coal might be
brought, and where they might always be able
•
to purchase it.
"In many other- respects, commerce between
your Empire and our country would be useful
to both. Let us consider well what new inter
ests may arise from these recent events, which
have brought our two countries so near logeth.
er ; and what purposes of friendly amity and in•
tercouree this ought to inspire in the hearts of
those who govern both countries."
GLEANINGS
arNearly every county hi Missouri has in.
structed its delegates to vote for Fillmore for the
•
Presidency.
Ohio and Virginia.—The Ohio Whigs go for
Scott for the Presidency—Virginia for Fillmore.
r3"Froin April 20, 1851, to April I, 1852,
there arrived at the St. Louis Quarantine 13,802
emigrants
j•lt is said the manufacture of Catawba wine
near Cincinnati will this year amount to ha . lf a
u ;illion of donate.
ErA ifztin of 48 cars, having on board 200
fat cattle from Cumberland county, passed
through Lancaster, Pa., a few days ago.
I..V"A California potatoe in Washington, is of
an oblong shape, measuring sixteen by eighteen
inches. The flavor is said to be of the finest
character.
rirThe Harrisburg Union mounts a "rooster"
upon a rum barrel, by way of crowing over the
recent election returns from Connecticut. The
emblem is most appropriate.
French Popu4tion
The following is a classification of the social
condition of the people of France, taken from the
last number of the WestminiAer Review
Millionaires, 60,000
Rich men, 200,000
In easy circumstances, 5,500,000
In moderate circumstances, 4,200,000
Gaining a decent but uncertain living, 6,000,000
Gaining a scanty and uncertain living, 16,000,000
Living in extreme indigence, 5,000,000
Paupers, thieves and prostitutes. 4,000,000
Compound Interest. The accumulation of
money when placed at compound interest, after
a certain number of years, is exceedingly rapid,
and in some instances appears truly astonishing.
One penny, says the Conservations' Lexicon,
put out at five per cent., compound interest, at
the birth of Christ, would, in 1810, have amoun
ted to a sum equal in value to 357,477,700 of
globes of standard gold, each in magnitude as
large as this earth, while at simple interest it
would have amounted to 7s. 83d! It would af,
ford a good exercise to our your mathematicians
to verify the above calculation.
Beatified of the Lake Boute.—A letter from a
gentleman in Columbus, Ohio, to a friend In this
city, dated April 11, asks for duplicates of cer
tain papers, and then proceeds to say:
"My reason for requiring duplicates is this: I
had the misfortune to take passage on board the
steamer Ohio, on Lake Erie, on my way here,
with about 300 passengers. The boats go fast
in the ice and has since then [l6 days ago,]
been floating in the ice at the mercy of the winds.
Finding it impossible for the boat to get through
'the ice, I determined to leave, and did so by
walking to the shore, in company with about 100
passengers, leaving my baggage on board, con..
taining all my papers."
While this and similar difficulties have beset
the traveller by the Northern route, the Penn..
sylvania routes have been unimpeded all winter
and spring, and Western travellers have fully
discovered their superior advantages.
Etiquette.—The National Intelligencer has a
correspondent whirproposes a series of num..
bers on the subject, and the Telegraph tries to
condense into commands what he demonstrates
by argument. Some of these commands may be
tried : •
1. Before you bow to a lady in the street, per.
mit her to decide whether you may do so or not,
by at least a look of recognition.
2. 'Excuse my glove' is an unnecessary apol
ogy ; for the glove should not be withdrawn to
shake hands.
3. When your companion bows to, a,latly, you
should do so also. [When a gentlemnn bows
to a lady in your company, always bow to him
in return.]
Newspaper Union.--The Whig State Journa
and Weekly American, in Harrisburg, have re
cently been united, and will hereafter be publish
'ed under the firm of J. J. Clyde & Co.
Supreme Couit
HARRIADDIIO, April 24.—1 t is currently rumor: .
ed here, torday, that Judge Bell of Chester coun
ty, has been appointed by Gov. Bigler, to the yr'
cant seat upon the Supreme Bend; occasioned
by the death of the Hun. Richard Coulter.
[SECOND DISPATCH.]
Muumuu°, April 26.—The Governor- has
yet made no appointment to the vacant seat up•
on the Supreme Bench. It was first tenderedip
the Hon. U. W. Wood Ward, and declined, and it
was then offered to the Hon. T. S. Bell, whose
friends say he will accept..
Man Drowned.—On the 20th of April, whilst'
Henry Hunsicker, of Lockport, Carbon county,•
was crossing the Lehigh in a Canal Bbat, at the'
chain dam above gastorre he lost his life by
drowning. The iron chain caught at the post to•
which-the towing line-is tied and slipped off; hit..
ling Mr. Hunsicker and cragged him into the'
water. His body has not yet been recovered.--- ,
The deceased was about 24 years old.
Debate on the Dill to Abolish Capital Punishi
mend.—The Delaware County Republican says,
the speech of Mr. Bromall, in the (louse of Re
presentatives, while this bill was pending is said•
to-have-been an elequent- and-finished-produc.--
lion. In the course of his remarks he related
place in this country, many years ago the facts
the circumstance of a trial and execution that took ,
in relation to which are doubtless familiar to a
portion of our aged readers, but may be new to
many of our young friends. The case is this
"A young girl, of fair character, was unfortun.
ate in giving birth to an illegimate child. Some
time afterwards she made an excuse one after
noon to visit a neighbor ; she took the child with ,
her but returned alone. - Search was made for
it and it was found buried in the woods, in the'
neighborhood. On these circumstances she was'
tried and convicted of the crime of Murder, and
sentenced to be hung; but such had been her
previous character,and so apparently discordant
to her disposition was the perpetration of such
a fearful crime, that those who knew her best
could not believe her guilty. But she did not
and would not make any explanation or denial of
her guilt, until the evening before the execution
was to take place, when believing that her fate
was sealed she confessed to her brother alone
in her cell, that the father of the child had indu
ced her to meet him in the woods under a prom..
ise of immediate marriage, when he murdered
the child and buried it in her. pesence, in the
place Where it was fountr. Site preferred losing
her own life innocently, to pro,e.cuting the father
of her child, and' before a reprieve could be pro.
cured from the Governor she was executed.—
Circumstances afterwards; transpired; such as
the finding of a letter inviting her to the meeting
and others, which rendered it certain that this
story was true, and that she had been unjustly
condemned. So this brave and' generous girl
was sacrificed to an unyielding law?'
The Flood at the West.—The Pittsburg, J'unrotif
ofTuestlay says Mr. Brady, of Booltlyn, JelTer•
son county. who came down the Alleghany in a
skirl, and he gives sad accounts of the loss of
lumber along that river and its tributaries. Mt
left Brooklyn on Saturday for Kittanning, where'
he remained over night, resuming his voyage on
Sunday, and his report is of rain, heavy and un.
ceasing, anti a rapidly rising river all the way.
He witnessed the wrecks of rafts which he could
not number, and represents that the lumber on
Red Bank, prepared for market, had all burst
away. His estimate is that one hundred and fif.
ty rafts were swept out of f-d Bank. Of these
a number would be caught and landed in the ed
dies, dut the greater proportion would go clear.
Brady also stales the number of rafts carried oft
from Mahoning, would equal those
.from Red
Bank. Here is a proof of a very serious loss of
property from two points alone. What must the
aggregate be along the Alleghany, to its head
waters, from which kindred representations are.
coming in. Mr. Brady confirms the report that
up the Alleghany the valleys were laden witlt
snow to the depth of two or three feet. We are
indebted to the same gentleman fur information.
coca break in the canal, below Freeport, occasion - -
ed by a hill side,. The extent of the injury he.
could not state.
Dreadful Illassacre al Sea—Recent arrivals at.
New York bring advices from Valparaiso to the
tenth of March. An American whale-ship, name
not stated, was siezed by a party of convicts at.
the Galapago islands, and the captain and crew.
murdered in the most cruel and cold-blooded•
manner. The convicts then sailed towards
Guayaquil, with the intention of opposing Gen.
Flores. On their way they fell in with two
schooners belonging to the expedition of Gener
al Flores, and having siezed them, murdered all
on board in the most ferocious and blood-thirsty
manner, including the nephew and son•in.law of•
Gen. Flores. On board of one of these vessels
the convicts cut the throats of twenty 'three men.
The whale ship was afterwards taken possession
of by a Swedish Frigate. The convicts were
placed in irons, and the vessel anchored in the
Guayaquil river.
Raising l'ouler,y.—One person, in Burlington
county, from the Ist of November last to
the Ist of April, collected two hundred and ele.vr '
en thousand one hundred and eighty-one pounds;•
costing twenty.three thousand two hundred and
thirty dollars ; and the whole amount was sent
to New York market. The whole of this poUltry
was collected within an extent of twelve miles •
square.
Indians Starved to Death.— The Minnesota*
Pioneer says that a report has come from Lac•
qui Park, that over forty Indians—men, women.
and children--were found froze to death, having:
eaten their dogs, moccassins, skin tents, and ec--
thing that could afford the least sustenance. Itt
was feared, last summer, that the loss of crops•
by the floods, would result disastrously to them.
Large Sale of Provisions.—During the week
ending the 14th inst., there were sold at Louis" ,
trifle, Ky., 6,537 barrels of mess pork; 1,255
casks and 16,800 pieces of bacon, which, in the
aggregate, amounts to $198,167. In addition,
sale was made on the 14th of 500 basiel mess'
pork, 1,828 barrels and tierces of prin:to' lard. '
and 4,Bo2,kegs.oSlaril, The entire. sale tiMotulti'
ed to the very, large mim.0f:5278,919..