(Elie ttlitgl) Iftegiotet
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 18.43.
CANAL COMMISSIONER
M wses:Pownall,
OF LANCASTER COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL.
Alexander K. McClure,
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SURVEYOR GENERAL. •
Michael Myers,
OF CLARION COUNTY.
Allentown Seminary.
The Annual Exhibition of the pupils of this
InSt(fution, under :the Principality of the Rev.
came off on 'Thursday evening,
at the Odd''Fellows' Hall. The exercises con-
SiSeed in Original Addresses, Recitation, Weis
end Dialogue& The original
itcWiesseti, of which Borne six or seven were de.
livared;yras s highly spoken 01. The singing and
speaking waswell arranged and admirably per
foriried. On, the whole the - exercises were
highly creditable, both;to the principal, and the
pupils, and fitted:toinspire in the minds of pa
-
renta:gmtt.corifidence in the capacity and dia•
erefionS . A.phe former, and justify the belief,
'thafilte.latter may confidently anticipate in the
way - of - instruetion and good government, all
ttlAtAtilll4eirsonably desired for them.
;:.W.Tite*itiition of the pupils'of - the Alien.
town •Aoaderny , •Mr.J. N. Gregory, Principal,
was held:orhMofititiy the 28th of Idaroh, at the
some_plack.W.e, were not preseal on the owl
eon, but !ohm froM others who were, that is was
one of the best ever given by thatanstitution.
fry;-The Commen School Exhibition, was
held on Wednesday Evening, at the Odd Eel
lows' Hall. The exercises on the Globe, the
Speaking and Singing, was admirable. The
whole performance devolved much to the credit
of the teachers and scholars. The whole was
under the management of Mr. Jonathan Reich
ardt, the. Patriarch of the Common School sys
tem in Allentown, whose indeTatigable exer
tion and perseverence done much to establish
it upon ice present eminence.
Increase of Salaries
Daring the closing hours of the last session
of Congress, all debate was limited to five min.
me epeeohes,' although the important bills were
then acted upon. We observe that, when a
proposition was made by a Locofoco member
from Illinois, (Campbell,) to increase the sala
ries of the Collector at Chicago from $BBO to
81280, the Representative of Lancaster county,
Made a few remarks:
Mr.'STEVENS, of Pennsylvania. I believe
no one has spoken to the amendment of the
Committee on Ways and Means, and I desire
to say a few words in opposition to it. I think
the salary proposed [81,250] is too small, when
[81,600] is what the gentleman from Illinois
[Mr. 111olony] desires to fix it at.
Mr. MOLONY. That is what the collector
at Detroit gets.
Mr. STEVENS. Now if the Whig Admin
istration wore to continue in power, I should
think the salary large enough, as it has been
huge enough while Whigs have been in office.
But it is the policy of, the Administration that
is about to come in, to increase all the salaries.
I believe that the salaries of the heads of De
partments have been increased $2,000 each by
the Senate, and •that the ministers abroad are
to be allowed $6,000 for houses, and so forth.—
Now; sir - that : is right. Democrats cannot live
upon such small 'salaries as Whigs can. They
have not the same powers ol economy. lam
in favor of carrying out the wishes,of the pert
pie. The people must have known, when they
voted in this Administration, that they would
not be as economical as the Whigs had been.—
This people haie spoken. Let their will be
obeyed. Let the Democratic party put np all
their salaries.to the highest, point, and let the
country know it, and then perhaps, hereafter,
the country will pass another verdict. I am,
therefore, opposed to the amendment of the
committee.
The question was then taken upon the amend
ment proposed by, the Committee on Ways
and Means, and it was agreed to.
Literary Notioes.
Illustrated Magazine of Art, -- This splendid
periodical for April, being No. 4, is received,
and is a decided advance• upon its predeces
sors, beautiful as they were. The illustrations
are quite as numerous, while they are of a
higher order, in subject and execution. The
frontispiece, 'Weisser' on the Elba," has rarely
been surpassed by a woodcut for the beauty
with which light and shade are preserved ; and
some of the illustrations of Vernet's finest pain
tings arelittle, if at all inferior. Perhaps the
most generally interesting paper is a narrative
of Layardie principal discoveries in the East )
profusely illustrated with designs from antiqui
ties of Nimroud and Nineveh. We commend
the work to families especially as an excellent
family educator. Published by Alex. Mentgom
ery, No. 17,. Spruce street, New York.
flrNo. 1, of this valuable Magazine we did
not receive. Will Mr. Montgomery oblige us
by remitting a copy ? , •
• The Bough, the Loom, and the Anvil.—Among
the 'contents of this valuable monthly, devoted
to the interest of the Farmer, the Matiefaeturer,
and the Mechanic—for March, we find an ex
position of the free trade poliey, in a letter nd.
dressed to the lion. R. M. T. Uunter, 'chairman
of the committee on finance, in (he United
State Senate; which is not only interesting but
it also completely demolishes that ruinous poi
icy: For practical men ) in these several branch
•elef industry, who desire to keep•rtri with the
fining,' We know' of no better publication than
this. • illyrort Finch, No. 9; Spruce street, New
Yoric. 13 a year, or 65 for two copies.' '
Duty on Railroad Iron
A strenuous effort was made in the House of
Representives on the 2nd of Match last, to sus
pend all duties up railroad iron y imported into
this country, from that time to the end of the
next Congress. It was defeated by a vote of
78 to 68. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania,
engaged in the debate, and presented his views
under the rule limiting each speaker to five
minutes, as follows
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania. It seems
to me that the efforts which , are now making
are cruel and unjust to various classes of the
American people. When the iron interest of
this country was so depressed that the iron mas
ters were obliged to extinguish their fires, and
stop their business, the gentleman from Virgin
ia, [Mr. BAYLY,] ind those who now act with
him, refused to raise the duty and bring up
iron to a living price, Now circumstances for
a short period probUbly have raised it to remu
nerating prices. What is the object of the gen
tleman from Virginia. [IVIr. lim.y7] Not to
take off the duty on iron so as to relieve the
mechanic, the farmer, the shipbuilder, and
everybody else, but to favor these corporations
that have been built up by hundreds and thou
sands-at the expense of the country, and to give
them the whole advantage. Ido not know
how far this Congress are prepared to go for
this policy. lam glad to see that many of
those who opposed the increase are now with
becoming consistency opposed to the reduction
of duties, and I am astonished to see that a
portion of those upon this floor, who profess
to be in favor of the protection of American in
dustry, and are in favor of a judicious tariff, are
here giving a vote to contradict their own prin
ciples and acts, and to make proclamation of it
to the American people. I used to have great
faith in Congress; but I shall place little faith
in their professions hereafter, when I see New
York and Ohio—not those States who are anti
protective, but those which profess to be pro.
tectiver—fiustaining these measures to break
dOWrilhe . very principles that they have pro
fesaed, and, which we believe to be essential
to the interests of the country. Why are you
relieving duties upon iron which will tend to
oppress the farmer, the mechanio, the ship
builder, and favor the interests of immense cor
porations, whod beg to say have become the
rulers of this nation, and who sway the legisla
tion of this Hal I hesitate not to say that if
it were notfor them, the legislation of the coun
try would be different from what it is at pres
ent. I for my part shall trouble this committee
and House no more.
I have said, in a few words what I intended
to say. Those who have already paid the high
duties—as they have in many of the States—
are to put upon a very different footing from
those who have their railroads yet to construct.
Why, at onetime, when iron was highest, IL
linois paid high duties. I knew at the time there
was a goodAnty upon railroad iron, because
there was no railroad iron made in the United
States.--Ball ever since the manufacture of rail
road iron in the United States, there has been
a duty paid upon it by all. I venture to assert
that the manufactories in the United States are
ample sufficient to supply all the wants of this
country, from Maine to Missouri, and beyound
the Snowy Mountains. The idea now of en
couraging the British to send in their iron when
they are excluded by temporary circumstances
in the course of mercantile operations, seems
to me to be an endeavor both in favor of for
eign power and foreign interest, which can
hardly be justified in the face of an intelligent
community.
Plankroad.—We learn from' Harrisburg, that
the friends of the Catasauqua and Macungy Rail
road, have given up the idea of getting their
road passed, and in place of it compromised for
a Plankroad, which was immediately granted.
A Hint to Rising Statesmen
•One reason, says a writer in the Boston
7ranstript, "why the South has taken almost
all of the Presiaential nominations has been
that her politicians are better cultivated, social
ly, than ours, and are making capital with the
leaders, at Washington, in the drawing-room
and at the dinner-table, while our Northern
politicians are spending all of their force making
long and eloquent speeches. There is great
influence in speeches and orations, undoubted
ly ; but there are times and seasons when
smiles and oyster-sauce make a greater impres
sion." Elsewhere the writer observes : "The
true secret of Mr. Clay's undying popularity
was, that his manners were so genial that those
who had once approached him never forsook
him. So, too, Mr. Calhoun's magical influence
in South Carolina may be traced mainly to the
same cause. All who were honored with ac
quaintance always loved him. One of our cit
izens, who happened at one time to be in
Charleston when Mr. Calhoun arrived there
from Washington, and saw how the citizens
gathered around him, and witnessed the frank,
easy and natural manner with. which all clas
ses saluted him and entered into conversation
with him, without form or introduction, was
quite amazed, it was so different from any
thing he had seen north?' • The same writer
expresses the opinion that Daniel Webster
would have reached the Presidential Chair,
if his manner had been more gracious,
Gold from A.ustralla
A.letter from London, under date of March
4th, saysthat the arrivals of gold from Austra-
Ha continued to be large. The writer adds;—
"The sum of one million six hundred thonsand
pounds sterling was received in the bullion of
floe of the bank on one day of this week. The
steamer Great Britain and another richly
laden vessel, are expected here in a few days.
It is estimated that we shall receive fromAns
tralia in all - this year twenty million of pounds
sterling, and my belief is that money, will be
cheaper in England during 1863 than ever
known. There is every prospect of a good ex
port' trade as the year advances."
Philadelphia Appointments.
President Pierce has made the following ap
pointments for Philadelphia:
Collector of the Port—Charles Brown.
Post Master--John
Superintendent of the Mint—Tho. M. Pettit.
Naval Officer—Nathaniel B. Eldred.
Surveyor—Reuben C. Hale.
Navy Agent—Capt. Alfred Day.
Marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsyl
vania—Ca. Wynkoop.
Sub-Treasurer—Robert Ewing.
These appointments the Evening Bulletin—
good Democratic authority—regards as Gover
nor Bigler's own, and hints that they are not
likely to strengthen his excellency. This may
be so, and it may not. To us it sounds very
much like -the old 'monarchial doctrine, "the
king can do no wrong ;" and the Bulletin may
simply intend by the statement to screen Gen.
Pierce from the odium some of them are like-
ly to excite.
Charles Brown, we think may be regarded
as among the best of the politicians of his class
in Philadelphia. He is a shrewd business man,
an adept in politics, and judging from some of
his speeches in and out of Congress, is not con
science laced.
Mr. Peitit's appointment is conceeded to be
a very good one.
Judge Eldred—says the West Chester Exam•
iner—holds the place to which our neighbor of
the Republican aspired, and he will pardon us
for saying, that had the administration regard..
ed only the past services or present fitness of
the several candidates, he would not have been
overlooked. Some men appear to have been
born to serve the Democratic party, while others
seem to have been born to be served by it.
Judge Eldred has held office for many years—
we should judge most of the time since be was
eligible; has pocketed his salary of sixteen
hundred to two thousand dollar's a year, and
now holds a place worth "five thousand per
annum."
Recent turncoats are at a premium just now
at Washington. President Pierce selected an
arch one—Gen. Cushing for a Cabinet officer,
and now has appointed Col. Wynkonp we"
beg the General's pardon for naming the Colo
nel in the same paragraph—Marshall of Penn
sylvania.
A Row in the Cabinet
A Washington correspondent thus speaks of
the way the.adtnlnistration is progressing:
The President has a Cabinet consultation on
every little appointment, and of course there is
a diversity of opinion, indecision, delay, and
all sorts of uncertainty, and atter all, the system
of a surrender of executive power, only screens
the worst appointments, of the friends of Mar
cy, or Cushing, or somebody else. Caleb Cush
ing is working for the Premiership, and you
may look forward, and not very far.to witness
the conclusion of the work already commenced,
of unseating Marcy and elevating Caleb to the
Premiership. The Tyler party are here in full
force and virtue, seconding the ambitious yearn.
ing of Caleb. Among them I notice Henry A.
Wise, of Virginia, John L. GrahaM, S. S. Bow
ne, Paul R. George, Mike Walsh, lienrick, of
the Atlas, and John A. Bryan, of New York.
Caleb has the same indefatigability and un
scrupulousness which characterized John C.
Spencer, and he will work out his elevation in
one way or another, and Marcy must go down.
The interogatory is asked for an end, and not
for an answer: "Who is President, Marcy or
Pierce ?"
Bite of Mad Dogs
An English journal says that an old Saxon
has been useing for fifty years, and with per
fect success, a remedy for the bite of mad dogs
by the agency of which "he has rescued many
fellow-beings and eat le from the fearful death
of hydrophobia." The remedy is to wash the
wound immediately with warm vinegar or te
pid water, dry it, and then apply a few drops
of muriatic acid, which will destroy the poison
of the saliva, or neutralize it, and the cure is
effected.
We, should be glad to be able to say that we .
have any faith in this remedy, which we can
not. It does not meet the difficulty, which is,
that the virus is fastened upon the system by
abeorbtion before any remedy can be applied,
and hence the inefficacy of all remedies. if
the poisonous saliva was so slow in getting in
to the system as to admit of detersive and.oth
er remedies being applied, then there would
be no danger and then vinegar or water, warm
or cold, or any thing that would cleanse would
answer the purpose, with or without acids. It
is the rapidity which the poison is absorbed, as
in the case of bites from venomous reptiles,
that makes the dangek.
We noticed some time ago, a new theoky
that has been started in England, respecting hy
drophobia, which is, that that disease is never
the consequence of the bite of rabid animals, the
the existence of whose madness so as to be corn
mutlicable by a bite is questioned. Not being
medical men, we neither pretend to decide nor
to discuss this matter; but there have been ap
parently so many well authenticated cases,
showing that hydrophobia, and death have
been occasioned by mad dogs, that we rather
incline to the old doctrine.—Washington Globe
•The Indiana Lost Bonds.- Mr. May, agent of
the State ofjo4iana, has published a card in re
lation to the deficit in the State bonds returned
cancelled, and the number reported as surrender.
ed and paid off. The amount of the bonds actu.
ally surrendered anti discharged, was $8,000,000,
—of these bonds amounting to upwards of $4,000
have not been returned.
New Tidal Vranted.—The Court of Oyer and
Terminer, granted a new trial to Arthur Spring.
The prisoner was in Court, and has looked bet
ter in health, and was evidently in better spitits
than when in the early portimied the week. Mr.
Reed gave notice that he.ahould call up the case
for trial on Monday, (to•day,) and Mr. Doran said
that he should be ready. •
Important Opinion by Judge Black
The following important opinion was given in
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, by Chief
Justice Black, in the case of William H. Lord &
Co. vs. The Ocean Bank. This suit was on a pro
missory Note made by Wiliam H. Lord & Co.,
payable to the order of Daniel Adee. The ma
kers received no consideration from the payer.—
The note was made solely for his accommoda,
lion. He endorsed it to the Ocean Bank as col
laterial security for a note of his own, which had
been previously discounted there. These facts
were stated in an affidavit of defence, but the
District Court gave judgement for the plaintiff,
being of opinion that if proved, they would be
insufficient.
IL has been ruled in several cases that one to
whom a negotiable note has been endorsed as co
laterial security for a pre existing debt, and who
has given no other consideration for it is not a
holder for value, (11 S. and R. 377, 4 Wh. 258
6, Wh. 220). The maker, it is said, may aver
any ground of defence against the endorser of
such a note which would have been competent
against the original payee, (4 Harris, 120) This
rule taken without modification would make the
facts of the present case a complete defence :.for
if the payee had kept the note until maturity,
and brougfit suiton iFliimseirhe could not re
cover. But the maker of an accommodation
note cannot set up the want of consideration as
a defence against it in the hands of a third per
son though it be there as.. collaterial security
merely. He who chooses to put himself in the
front of a negotiable instrument for the benefit of
his friend, must abide the consequences, (12 S.
and R. 382) and has no more right to complain
if his friend accommodates himself by pledging it
for an old debt, then if he had used it in any oth
er way. This was decided (9 Barr 381) in a case
strongly resembling the present one. Accima.
modation paper is a loan of the maker's credit
without restriction as to the manner of its use.
The affidavit further alleges that there were
other collaterial securities more than sufficient,
without this note, to cover it. IC these other se-.
curilies had been realized, and the debt extin
guished by them, the plaintiff could not recover.
But the affidavit does not say that, and whatever
is not said in an affidavit of defence is taken not
to exist.
But we have been much [timed to reverse this
judgement because the circumstances of the case
were such that the defendant could-not know
with any certainty'whether he had a good de
fence or not. We repeat what we have often
said already that, the law requiring the nature
and character of the defence to be sworn to is a
just and most salutary one. The only regret
of those who are well informed on the subject is,
that it is not universally adopted in alllhe Courts
of the State. Undoubtedly ri'case may rise once
in a while where the defendant is not and cannot
be so informed of the facts as to enable him to
swear conscientiously what they are, or even to
make up an opinion about them.
In such a case let the defendant satisfy the
Court that he has made diligent effort to inform
himself, and that he has failed by no fault or lack
of his own, and we can venture to assure him
that he will have as much time as is reasonably
necessary. If the defence depends upon books
or papers which are in the hands of his adversa
ry, and if he shows that he has demanded an in.
spection of them and been refused, the rule for
judgement ought to be indefinitely suspended; as
all presumptions are against the party who has
evidence in his exclusive possession and con
ceals it. But here the defendant, without asking
for an enlargement of the time, and without
claiming his right (for his right it certainly was)
to examine the papers in the plaintiff's hand, put
in an affidavit which discloses no defence. He
rested his. cause upon it, and what could the
Court do but give judgement against him
Judgemeni affimed.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
HATIRISUURG, March 20
Senate.
March 29. Mr. Fry, presented two petitions,
from Northampton county, for a iaw to secure
the payment of laborers and mechanics on
the public improvements, by contractors; al.
so, one from Lehigh county against the law to
prohibit hawking and pedlitig in said county.
Mr. Hiester, called up the bill to incorporate
the Heading and Kutztown railroad company.—
(Mr. Frick in the chair.) Passed committee and
second and final reading.
April Ist. The bill to incorporate the Danow.
sky gai company of the borough of Allentown ;
authorizing the German Reformed congregation
of Allentown to sell real estate; changing the
venue of a certain case from Philadelphia to Le
high county ; authorizing several German Refor.
med congregations of Northampton county to sell
real estate ; so far as relates to the county of
Northampton, came up in order, and passed sec
ond and final reading,
April 2. The Senate on motion of Mr. Fry,
took up the bill to incorporate the Catasauqua
and Fogelsville Plank Road Company, which
was considered and passed.
House.
March 20. _Mr. Barr, presented the petition of
sundry citizens of Saucon township, Northamp
ton county, in favor of taxing money at interest
for road purposes in said township.
April Ist. Mr. Struthers reported a bill to in•
corporate the Macungy plank road company
which on his motion, was taken up in committee
'of the whole, Mr. (Mr. Anderson in the Chair),
passed committee and final reading.
April 2. The 'resolution from the Senate, pro
viding for a final adjournment of the Legislature
on the 12th of April, was taken up and pressed
second reading.
Siamese Twihs.--We learn from a letter just
received from Mt. Airy, that the Siamese Twins
Chang and Eng, will soon visit this busy world .
again. They have been employed by some North.
ern men (some say by ilarnum) at a salary of
$5,000 a year. We feel interested in their hap
piness; we have eat salt at their hospitable board
and been pleased and instructed by their conver.
sation. In the political language of their father.
land: i!May their ;shadows never grow less."—
Salisbury Whig. •
GLEANINGS
rir We were yesterday shown by Justice
Curts a very old Spanish coin, worth about 12i
cents, bearing the superscription of Ferdinand
and was dated in the year 1313.
127 - Cicero says that nobody dancei while so
ber, Cicero was right too; every dance is a reel•
larlf you don't wish to get angry, never argue
with a blockhead. Remember the duller the ra
zor the more you cut yourself and swear.
EirThe salaries of the various offices within
the gift of the President of the United States
amounts to upwards of fifty millions of dollars
a year.
arQuite a number of shad have been caught
in the Delaware during the past week, and sold
at Wilmington at prices ranging from 40 75
cents.
rD"The "Knights of Jericho" and the "So
cial Circle" are the titles of two new Tempe
rance Orders recently organized in New York.
OfDuring 1852, the governor of New York
granted 163 pardons from the State prisons, and
72 from local prisons.
Fir A " Shade Tree Society" has been orga.
nized in - South - Boston - ; — Each member must an
unity plant trees or pay a fine of fa.
WU. Cunningham was killed in Chester
countyPa7o - tritiontlay, by - beifig — thrown from
his sulky.
larGrasshoppers, it is said, made their ap
pearance in Perry county. Pa., on, the oh.,
LEA large number of Pennsylvanians, it is
said, are constantly moving into Cecil county,
Maryland.
LlrThe store of a Waterman, at Albany. N.
Y., was robbed of $5,000 worth of silks last Wed
nesday night.
lar'Hon. John P. Hale is about to practice law
in New York city.
Car A young lawyer, trying to establish
himself in business is in one respect like a young
physician. He needs patience.
Virile that cannot forgive others breaks down
the bridge over which he must pass himself; for
every man hath need to be forgiven.
157 - Dandies, when first-rate, are generally
very agreeable men.
1126" The first interest of a country is the honor
of its puplic men.
larTwenty miles of new houses are built ev
ery year in London.
ErThomas Jelforson was born on the 2d of
April, 1749.
rg'in the search for Sir John Franklin fifteen
expeditions have been engaged, at a cost of four
millions of dollars. Sir John has now been ab.
sent nearly eight years.
Sad Accident
Another sad accident occurred on the New Jer
sey Central Railroad, on Friday afternoon last.
It seems that a Locomotive and wood car were
thrown off the track in the morning, near Blooms
bury for wood and water. He did so, and if . he
had exhibited common prudence, and ordinary
discretion, he would have remained there until
the quarter past o'clock train had gonelty ; but
instead of this, he started to come up, but had
not gone far before he saw the •passenger train
coming down. He had barely time to reverse
his Engine and jump off before a terrible colli
sion occurred, by which MATTtIIAH Jetissorr, the
baggage master, was instantly killed, and a num
ber of persons severely injured. The engine
coming towards Phillipsburg had been reversed,
but the concussion detached it from the tender;
and it proceeded onward, towards New York, at a
rapid rate, without a conductor or engineer, and
fears were at first entertained that it would come
in collision with another train, doing further
damage; but, fortunately, it exhausted the steam
before going far, or meetilig with Inuther train.
Mr. Johnson, the man who was killed, has left a
wife and six children to mourn his untimely end.
He was a good husband and a kind father, and
his loss will be severely felt in the community
in which he lived.
This accident has been the result of gross, we
may say criminal negligence on the part of the
Engineer who had charge of the Locomotive.
He had no business on the track at the time
he knew the passenger train was expected every
moment; and if there is any.law that will reach
him, he should be severely punished.—Eadon
Argus.
Egyptian Runners.—Mr. Bryant, in a letter to
the Evening Post thus describes the way in
which he effected a landing at Alexandria :
On the landing we were at once surrounded
by a mob of fellows in white turbans or lez caps,
and blue shirts tied around their waist by a string
offering us their donkey with loud shoats, thrust
ing each other aside to get at us, and blocking
our way so that we could not get forward a single
step. As there was apparently no alternative,l
took the'one who stood immediately before me
by the throat, shoved him out of the way, and
then attacked the next one in the like man.
ner till I made my escape out of the crowd.. The •
good natured Musslemans smiled at finding them-
selves thus unceremonious handled by an infidel
and I jumped upon one of the best looking of
their animals, and trotted off through the streets
swimming with white mud to a hotel, followed
by a shouting donkey driver, who brandished
his long stick which he occasonally brought
down on the quadruped's flanks 'to encourage
his speed.
Death of Samuel H. Clapp. 7 -Our readers will
doubiless remember, that several •months since
Samuel H. Clapp was Incarcerated in the County
Prison for obtaining money on a wrong order
given ,him at the Mint. Mr. Clapp had been to
California, and on his return to this city, depos
ited a quantity of gold dust in the Mint. The
order which he received for it was intended for,
another depositor, and for a larger amount.—
Clapp drew the money, and it was not until after
this that the mistake was discovered, and it is
by no means certain that he knew anything of
the mistake. He refused to make a return, and
it was consequently arrested and sent to prison
to await a trial. Whilst in prison, he was taken
sick with a fever, and soon became 'alarmingly
ill. Under an order of Court, he was permitted
t o be released on Wednesday last and on Thurs
day night his death took place at a boarding
house downtown. His relatives reside in Read.
ing, Penn.
The Gardiner Trial.
From the Progress and the develnpements
made in this extraordinary trial, there is no tel.
ling when it will close, or what will be the end
of it. First of all, there is a sam of upwards
of $428,000 involved—a mighty temptation to
the lawyers on both sides to contest the issue on
both sides. Second, the defendant, to whom this
amount of money has been awarded, is indicted
for a State prison offence, that of perjury, in get•
ting up his claim. Thirdly, if he wins, he can
afford to pay his counsel right royally—if he
loses, they cannot expect anything extra. Hence,
their client may at least depend upon their fideli
ty to his cause. He may also congratulate him"
self on having two of the ablest lawyers in
Washington and one of the first in South Caro"
lina'—a partner, if we are not mistaken, or Gen.
Waddy Thompson—to manage his case; while
on the part of the United States, Mr. Henry May
and the District Attorney, Mr. Fendall, have
proved their metal in many a hard fought contest
heretofore.
Thus far the witnesses brought forward by the
government present a singular - grouping of odi)
characters. There is Mr. Togno, a native Cot
can, but an adopted citizen of Pennsylvan ia,liv•
ing for many years in Mexico, pursuing the lu-
crattve business of a tailor; and there is Mr.
Lewis,*an Englishman, born at Marseilles, but
who has lived among the Mexicans so long that
he speaks his native language with a Spanish
accent ; and Senor Alexander Atocha, a Spaniard
by birth, an American citizen by adoption, but
for five or six years occupying towards the
Mexican government, as a broker and money
lender, a position somewhat analogous to that of
Corcoran & Riggs, at Washington. Then There
is Mr. James Wright, originally of New York, a
regular Jac k -o f -all •trades in Mexico—a practical
operator in various silver mines—a stage driver
—the ring-master of a circus—anti a balloon
ascensionist, among his various employments,
from time to time.
And, somewhat to the prejudice of the testi
meny of these gentlemen, all of them, except
Mr. Lewis, has had some bad luck in his claim
against the government, as compared with the
good fortune of Mr. Gardner. Mt. 'l'ogno says
he put in a claim of $BO,OOO for damages to his
goods and business of two or three stores, during
the three or four months of his expulsion from
Mexico, with other American citizens,•and that
the government commissioners only allowed him
some fourteen hundred and odd dollars, while
they awarded to Gardner, who, he nays, had no
claim at all, nearly half a million ; Mr. Mocha
has a claim of $467,000, for his losses on adcount
of the war; but as yet he has got nothing, while,
as he declares, he believes the claim of Gardner
a downright robbery. Mr. Wright also his a
a claim for services rendered during the•war.—
Now, when we consider that government set
apart only $3,225,000 for the payment of all these
Mexican claims, the prejudice of the disappointed
claimants against Gardner's claim may be readi.
ly accounted tor. About one half or more of his
award is conjoined by the government, and if he
is ousted, some two or three hundred thousand
dollars will be recovered for the satisfaction of
other claims remaining unsatisfied. The cross
examination of the aforesaid witnesses shows
the defence intends to make the best use of their
unsatisfied claims against them.
Other witnesses, however, have testified, point
blank, to the presence of Gardner at Mazatlan
and other places on the Pacific side of Mexico,
as a practising dentist, and a speculator in mer
chandize in a small way at the very time he
claims to have been working his silver mines
among the mountains of San Luis Potosi, ern
playing a force of five hundred men, and steam
engines, and men of science, and all that. This
is a very extraordinary feature in the case.—
Perhaps some of those five hundred men, and
those steam engines, and men of science, will
make their appearance before the trial is over;
but certain it is that the government commission,
after offering a reward of five hundred dollars
for it ct.tild not find the, mine, nor even the steam
engines, nor anflhing belonging to it. .
Upon this branch of the case we .must await
the witnesses for.the defence. We have no in
tention nor desire to anticipate them or the jury
in our judgment of the case. The prisoner has
been denied a speedy trial; it is due, at least .
that lie should have a fair one. It is dde, also.
to the ends of juitice, that all the parties inter
ested in this magnificent award should be called
to the stand; for, if the claim is a fraud, the de
fendant, we apprehend, is not alone responsible
for it. It is impossible that he could be. The
casemay yet occupy the court a couple of
months, and by that time the court; counsel, and
jury will have obtained some considerab:e knowl-
edge of the geography, topography, mineralogy,
and morality of Mexico, at the public expense,
whatever may be the issue of the trial.
Sermon of a Quaker.—My friend bridle, they
tongue, to enable thee to remain quiet; mind thine
own business, and thee will not have much time
to attend to that of others. And thee will bare
many friends and fivi enemies.
Renting Pianos,—Few are, aware to what ex
tent the renting of pianoti is carried in some cit
ies. In and around Boston, several thousand
are annually hired out. i The Mail says that DIP'
son globe rents some five hundred pianos, and
pianoforte makers, would as lief rent as.sell—for
the profits are elegant. A piano can be bought for
nt $l5O to $3OO, and will rent for $25 or $5O a
year 1 It pays well. Opera Glasses are the next
luxury offered the million to hire.
Dreadful Treagedy.—A man at Bowling Green
Ohio, named Valentine Sage, whose mind had
become unsettled through religons frenzy, after
performing some eats of madness, seized one of
his children by the feet, and dashed its brains
out on a log. His wife, who was ill, leaped from
the bed, and was knocked down by him, but the
neighbors came in and secured him. Ho is now.
a raving maniac. . -
Great Price.—A lot of negroes, fitly in number
sold at Carrollton, Miss., on the Ist inst., cam.
manded a very high price. Not unusually likely
negro fellows brought , from $l3OO to 1400, and
one women sold for. $1175. Boys from ten to
twelve years of age brought from 1000 to $l2OO
and girls in proportion. '