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A Negro's:Will Case.
A case of more than ordinary interest was
commenced in the Court of Common Pleas,
before before Judge Thompson, this morning. It
is a feigned issue 1.3 test the validity of the
will of the late William Johnson, a negro,
who was reputed to have left a white wife
and two small mulatto children, in life, be
aides and a black wife, married a few days
before his death. The white wife was in
Conn, with her two children. They were
quite respectable in appearance, better clad
than ordinary people, and might reasonably
pass for persons in the middle walks of life.
Another singularity attending the case is;
that one of the fethale witnesses for the
• white Wife is a white woman of great beau
ty and youth, who has a mulatto husband
and children. She attracted considerable.
attention. We felt relieved when we as
certained that — both these — fetnales were of
foreign birth—one at catch and the latter an
. , .
, English woman.
' The facts of the case appear to be as fol
lows : The decedent, Wm. Johnson, in
early' life, was a slave in Virginia, from
which State he fled to Pennsylvania. He
anon became acquainted with a colored wo
-Initn.'nenned', Mrs. Harvey, who interested
'herself in'his behalf, and prevailed upon the
present;. Mayor Gilpin to purchase him
from his Virginia master, for the purpose of
,s-niahumission.
• •This- was accordingly ef
%Johnson followed the sea for sever
etPlyears, but being a man of strong mind
and business qualifications, soon diScovered
that there were better ways open, to persons
Or an'energetic turd of,rnind, to make a liv-.
ing, than the drudgery and toil oh shipboard,
: I,4lhsteast of spending his earnings while on
shore y ip sibthus living; ns in his day was too
mucjvitie digVwith seafaring - m'en,, he safe
ly hotqed.thetriiup, until he had sufficient
to open,a sailore hoording house in the south
eastern part. of the city. His new busi
ness prospered undeehis careful supervision
and in , a few years the fruits of'his industry
and attention were manifested in-his accum
ulation of real estate.
About twenty years agoprobably in
gratitude for the sympathy Mrs. Harvey had
felt for him while a fugitive from labor—he
married her. She was a widow, with sev
eral children, among them a daughter, since
known as Mrs. Duce, and now claiming to
be his, wife, and to whom, and her four child
ren by Mr. Duce, he bequeathed the bulk of
his property.
His first wife (Mrs Harvey) died in 1847,
without issue by him. In the same year, a
young woman named Catherine Flynn (the
alledged white wife) arrived in this city
from Scotland. The decedent became ac
quainted with her in three weeks afterward
and as she had none of the American pre
judices against color, it alleged he married
her. It is certain they lived together as man
and wife, in one of his houses in Gaskil st.
He spoke of her as his wife and defended
her as such, against his colored friends,
whose antipathies against the intrusion of a
white woman into their circle, as the wife
of a rich colored man, were of the strongest
character.
From this alleged marriage sprang three
children, two of whom are now living.—
They continue to live together up to the day
he was seized with his last sickness, which
appears to have been on the 23d day of No
vember, 1852. Finding he was likely to
be taken to his : bed, he expressed a desire
to go to his. place on business in Lombard,
above Fent st., where he could in part sup
erintend business;. even while sick. He
went to that housei , and was soon after taken
to his bed and room, from which, it appears
ho was never again able to depart.
Mrs: Dude was then living in the Lom
bard st. house with her children, in the ca
pacity of housekeeper. Her husband was
not living with her at the time, and was re
puted to be deed. •
On the 4th of Dec.. 1852, the will in dis
pute was made, and on the Bth a codicil was
attached, m4ing provision for a child not
vet born of the body' of the white Wife. On
ihe 14th of Dec., Johnson died. A few
days prior to his death, he married Mrs Nan
cy Duce, his housekeeper at the Lombard
et. HoUse, and his step-daughter by his first
wife, She 'had four children living with
her, who.are named in the will by his own
name, and are called his children. To them
after the'death of their mother, who has n
life estate, the larger portion of his estate
descends.
It is alleged that the will was procured by
improper , means, while the decedent was
under the control of Mrs. buce and Perry
Tilghman, one of the executors. Perry
Tilghman, it appears - dictated the will which
was afterwards taken to the - room of the sick
man and confirmed by him in the pVesence
of two witnesses, ono of them being the
gentleman who drafted the will, and, who
testified that he knew decedent's intentions
.n 5 to , his property beforehand. The will
and codicil both are signed with a cross, the
decedent not being able to write.
The 1%411 calls the white wife Catherine
Fassitt ; and while it acknowledges her three
children, calls them by her. name. He gives
to - ,each SPO.per annum during their minori
ty, 'and,,bpatows the property in Gaskill st.,
and tlia(lit'oe N. E. corner of Christain
and . , Fourth sts., to these three children,
shaft, end share alike, when they shall have
atinined*die age 'of 21 years respectively.
The ' occupy several
Much feeling exhibited between the two
races, practice! illustration of the
iinpossibility blen'ding the Caucasian with
the African race. ' Their jealousies of each
other are natural and 'indtual.
Anymded. One Joseph 0. Martin. oftralena
111., late School Commissionorpf Jo Daviess Co.,
has absconded , with about $5,000 (be the same
as rs sthelawyeay." more or lees,") of the school
funds. He came to 'New York City, under the
pretence of yuyinr, groceries, and just previous
to sailing for Australia, from this port, sent back
an assignment of his effects to his official secu
riiies, who are now to suiferlor his sconndrelism.
larfle that talks what he knows will also talk
what ire ktOPtes
fel)igl) Register.
Allentown,,Pa.
IVERNESDAL APRIL II 18 . 68
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Noses PoUrnall,
OF LANCASTER COUNTY.
'AUDITOR GENERAL.
Alexander It. McClure,
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
SURVEYOR .GENERAL
Christian Myers,
OF CLARION, COUNTY
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
We are pleased to be able to inform our rea
ders, and the citizens generally, that the pros
pect of seeing the "Iron Horse" blowing its
way through
. the Lehigh Valley, is not far dis
tant. The labor and perseverance of the Hon.
Asn Noma, has been the means of bringing
this great improvement into effect. Although
some of the most difficult portions of the road
has been put under contract, yet up to this time,
not any distance of the road has been let; but
from a notice which appears in our advertising
columns to-day, it will be seen that proposals
will be received for the graduation and mason.
ry of that portion of tho road not yet contracted
for on the 30th of this month, at the company's
office in :Wand' Chunk.
The Agricultural Society.
Our attentive friend LAVnY of the Legislature
%hires us under date of the 14th instant, that
the Act to incorporate the "Lehigh County
Agricultural Society," was been taken up that
day and finally passed that branch of the Ler .
gislature. He expresses hopes that it will also
pass the other brunch before the-adjournment.
SaMiles of Associate Judges.
A bill was passed by the House of Represen
tattves of our State Legislature, regulating the
saliries of Associate Judges, except for the
city and county of Philadelphia. It provides
that for those whose attendance does not ex
ceed four weeks in each and every year, the
ealary_shall be one hundred and twenty dol.
lart3; 7 h;P: Anse whose attendance exceeds four
weeks' - and does not amount to eight weeks,
one hundred and forty dollars; for those whose
attendance exceeds eight and does not amount
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to twelve weeks, one hundred and sixty dol
lars; for thope'Whoes attendance exceeds twelve
weeksowoliondred dollars.
proiiSjon in the hill, makes it the duty of
the_President Judge of each District, at the
close of the year, to forward a certificate under
hand and seal, the number of weeks each As
sociate has been necessarily employed in hold
ing Court during the year.
When the bill came up in the Senate, our
representative our friend Fry, very strongly po
posed the bill, stating that if the present Judges
did not see fit to serve for the salary, others
would be glad to fill their places. He expres
ses himselfdeCidedly opposed to the increase
of salary of offices.
Neither do we believe in the increase of sal
aries, but in this case we think many of the
Judges are too poorly compensated for the ser-
vices rendered by them. Some are engaged
from two to four months a year.
Business Notices
Spring niul Summer Goods!—Our young and
enterprizing friends Messrs. GETZ & GILBERT,
in the Borough of Catasauqua, are about turn
ing over a new leaf; that is to say, they have
disposed or their Fall and Winter stock, and
are abuut receiving a tremendous lot of Spring
and Summer Goods, which in style and sarie.
ty will go ahead of any lot of Goods ever offer
ed in that place. They aro both capital busi
ness men, and have the tact of knowing how
to please their customers.
New Boot and Shoe Store. By reference to
our advertising columns, it will be seen that
our neighbor Mr. J. F. firrsErt, has again corn
meneed the SHOE BusiNEss, two doors east of
his old stand, No. 13, East Hamilton street, in
Allentown. He is a Mechanic that deserves
to be patronized, as he is a perfect "Masterof
the Last." He will be pleased to attend to those
who may favor him with their custom.
Keck's Flat Emporium.--Our friend Mr. WIL
MAN KECK, has removed his Hat and Cap Em
porium, to the House of Mr. Charles Scholl
No. 21, Weill. Hamilton Street, whore he is just
unpacking his new style of Spring and Sommer
Hats. Ile also manufactures them to order, from
the Beaver In the Silk, and he understands to
“Head-dress" a gentleman as well as the next
man in his line of business.
Wholesale Establishment.—We are getting up
in the world, as will be seen by onr advertising
columns. The first Wholesale establishment has
been opened by our enterprising friend Wm. S.
Weil, at No. 39, iVest Hamilton street, Allen
town. He keeps a Variety Store, and has an
assortment equaled.by Nit few in Philadelphia,
and is able to sell aslocv as any city establish
ment. Mr Weil is always on hand devoted to
his business and winning his way rapidly in the
gciod graces of the, trading community. .
j Improved Steel Pen.— We have been shown
a steel pen, from the manufactory . Of J. Schles
inger, London, that goes ahead ()ratty thing of
the kind we have ever seen. They have a
solid platina point, will not corrode in ink or
acid of any kind, and cart not be impaired by
falling on the floor, fa. The coating of the Pen
by.Gutta Purcha preserves the point not only
from, breaking but also from corroding. They
can.be had by Chdrles S. Massey, at 50 eta. a
dozen, or's 4 a gross, we eattrecoommend them
to the writing,commurtity as a first rate article.
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larThe I, Beilts.and Schuylkill Journaroatne
to us_tnaterially eidarged. . The lournal Is ~one
Of the best papers on our exchange list. It de
nt:s;(23 to be well patronladd. - „ •
Letter from the South
Correspondence of the Lehigh Register.
HOUSTON, Texas, March 22, 1853.
Friend Rulie ; As some time has elapsed
since I wrote to you, I thotight a few lines might
not,come_amists..,_Tkis_ceurdry4s rapidly : im•
proving and filling np,• and the 'people are be.
ginning to be awake to internal improvements.
They have some seven or eight Railroads in
contemplation, for which charters were granted
at the last session of the Legislature. The
State is very liberal with these charters, it gives
to each Company eight sections of land for est
ery mile of road finished; which they can locate
on any unappropriated land in the State, which
in a few hence, will almost bring what the road
cost to build. The Harrisburg and Austin road,
which starts five miles below this place, is go
ing -ahead-rapidly •, theyifaye twenty five miles
graded and are at present engaged in laying
down the [ron, at the rate of six hundred yards
per day. On the Houston and Austin road they
have commenced grading, but I understand,
the Company never had an organization, and
I have no doubt; as soon as the capitalists in
New York, who it is said, have subscribed for'
file greater part of the stock, find out that the
Harrisburg road; owned by the Bostonians, is
going ahead so rapidly, they will no doubt give
up their project; as they run nearly parallel to
' the same point, and will conflict with each
other, and make but poor stock of both. The
New York capitalists I am told, have been kept
in the dark in regard to the latter road, and be.
lieve it to be only a branch road to the Brazos,
they will, however, be here in a few weeks to
organize, and examine the roue, and we should
not be surprised to see it abandoned.
I saw in one of my New York Herald's, that.
four hundred United States recruits, sailed from
that port in the ship Irene, for Texas, they are
very much needed here, as the Indians are get.
ling to be very troublesome in some of the
rontier counties, and unless a strong milita
orce is concentrated along the borders, they
will accomplish no geed. Those immediately
around us, are friendly and live by hunting.
The few Mexicans, that are strolling about yet,
are a miserable debased set, they stand on
about the same footing with the free negroes in
the south. They refuse to work, and are worth
less for any other pursuit of life, they are treach
eroua and are viewed with suspicion. The
inhabitants appear to have a natural hatred
against thorn, which is owing to their former
butcheries itt..the war of Texan independence.
In strollirig through the burying ground at
this place the other day, .I, had some, of m
early school•bny dayn:,vividly ialled to my
memory, by coming across lhe grave of one
of my"old schoolmates of the "Allentown Acad-'
etny." A neat marble tomb Stone, merke the
grave, with the following inscription:
"In memory of WILLIAM GANOEWER, a native
of Pennsylvania, who died September 25th,
1848, aged 28 years."
Mr. Gangewer, followed the carpenter trade,
and had made considerable money, when he
t . va.s carried off by the Yellow Fever, which is
the fate of many, that come hero from the
North ; we have very hot weather for about
eight months in the year, strangjrs become de-
bilitated, and whenever they are taken with
an attack of any of the prevailing epidemics,
their constitutions are seldom strong enough to
carry them through.
We have delightful weather, and every thing
looks very prosperous. We are luxuraiing on
green peas and new potatoes; these would be
I doubt not a great rarity with you at the North,
at this season, yet we do not make much of
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them, as they can be cultivated nearly through
tho whole year.. In my next . 1 expect to be
able to give you a more general description of
the country ; es I expect to start on my tour
through the State in a short time. Until then
Adieu! ' Yours, STANHOPE. •
Results of Advertising.
The "Boston Bee" of a recent date publisha
the following significant paragraph: "If either
Washington, Tremont or Hanover streets, are
examined closely in their history for five years
past, it will bo found that those 'who have ad.
vertised most judiciously, have done the best
business beyond all chances for comparison*.
On every point the principle is a fixed one. It
admits of no doubt. It is based on clear rea
son and visible facts, and is riot to be contro•
verted. Advertising consista in plainly telling
every body what you have got; whore it is,
what it is worth, and all other necessary par.
ticulars. This is told at the fireside, the office,
the bench. People go to such Places as natur
ally, almost, as .they breathe. They know
where to go, and though a hundred places must
be passed in which, possibly, the very article
wanted, is to be had, yet it is the advertiser who
will get the dollar, the profit, the reputation."
No word need be added to enforce such les.
timony as the above. Whoever disregards the
plain laws of business, expects the public to
seek him out, and neglects the use of means
to introduce himself and his business to the at
tention of the public t --will be apt, to find', in the
end, that he has mistaken the public pulse in
a most essential particular; that he has com
mitted a fatal blunder, and given to ashrewder
and more energetic rival the advantages which '
he might have enjoyed, had he not forgotien
that trade .is a flirt that must be wooed to be
won, and. that the most active and persevering
suitor Is generally the most successful,
Minister to England.
• President Pierce has appointed (he Hon.
Junes Buchanan, Ministir to_England, This
is certainly one of President Pierce's most'ap
piobiate selections. 11r. Buchanan is one of
the ablest men in the . Democratic ranks, while
his English Free Trade mittens and. Proclivities
will render his appointment very acceptable , at
the Court of .St..lenies,' whatever it may be to
Americans. Mr. Buchanan will 110 - have an
opportunitypf studying at'the nation's expence
the blessing of the ten, cent wagea aystein of
which he , was . the edvoeate- in 'this•Couinry.
Steamboat Accident
Correeponaanee of the Lehigh Iteglater.
HousToN, Texas, March 27, 1853.
Friend Ridie;-1 wrote to you last week, and
as [do not know but what my letter may have
_beeri_onihe_Steamboat_Fanner,_that_ blew up
on the niglit of the 23d instant; so I concluded
to write again and give you the particulars of
the explosion. On last Wednesday night, at
about Ili o'clock, while the Farmer was rac
ing with the Neptune, the boilers on board of
the Farmer expleded,carrying away and blow.
iug to atoms almost the entire Boat forward of
the Ladies cabin. The number of lives lost is
net yet ascertained, it is estimated that full 90
to 50 passengers were aboard, of which fully
one half are dead
.and missing. There were
only four Ladies on board, none of them are
hurt. The reek sunk in about six feet of wa
ter. There has been existing for some time a
great spirit for racing, between the Farmer, the
regular Mail 'boat, and the Neptune, a first
class opposition boat, which . has finally resulted ,
in the explosion of the Farmer, killing upwards
of thirty human beings, including the Captain
and most of the officials, among the killed are
several merchants of this place. •
J. W. McGown and Thomas Martin, stepped
from the Farmer, aboard of the Neptune, while
the Boats were locked together, about 2 hours
previous to the explosion, and thus doubtless
saved their lives. The Boat is an entire loss,
mail, books, papers, money, cargo, &c. The
Captain had been expostulated with, by a num
ber of the passengers during the trip, for run
ning his boat at such dangerous speed, and Mr.
Stackpole was remonstrating with him at the
time of the explosion, both standing immedi-.
ately over the boilers. Mr. Stackpole was
blown into the air, through the hurricane deck,
and first came to coneiousness when he came
in contact with the water, atter which he was
rescued by the Neptune.
The Neptune left Houston at 11 O'clock on
the 21st, and the Farmer at 3 o'clock, in the
afternoon of the same day. The Neptune was at
het ordinary speed ;
t she stoped at Lynchburg,
to unload a steambotler, at which place the
Farmer overtook her. The Farmer moped at
the same place, and took on board four cords
of Pitch Pine knots, by which time the Nep
tune got about one mile ahead, running at her
ordinary speed, with 137 pounds of steam on,
when the Fanner overtook and tried to pass her,
in so doing they became hung together and re
mained so for twenty minutes ; the Farmer
bunting Rosimand.pitch Pitimknots, until the
blaze .came 'out ten feet„abeye her chimneys,
when.she passed. the Neptund,.andin less than.
6vo hours afterwards she blew_tip, :The Nep
tune came to her assistance, and rescued some
thirty of the passengers, nearly all more or less
wounded. The explosion was so powerful
that it twisted the immense Iron shafts up, as
if it were tire iron, and threw one of the wheels
one hundred yards from the wreck.
I had a conversation with Mr. Prichard, the
Clerk of the Farmer, on the day before they
left Houston, in regard to the relative speed of
the two Boats, when he remarked, "that he
would bet five hundred dollars, that the Farmer
could beat the Neptune and run around her, or
they *mild burst her boiler in attempting it,"
so his saying was verified, and he killed be
fore he thought of it.
I miltht have given you the particulars a day
or two earlier, but as we have but one mail a
week, you would not have received it sooner.
This melancholy affair will convince you that
the people in the South understand murdering
wholesale, in the way, of Steamboat racing, 04
well as those of the North.
Yours, &c.
Philadelphia Easton Railroad.
In consequence of our being a warm friend
and advocate of this line of public improvement
-we have been frequently, and by some rath
er sneeringly, questiOned as to the probable time
the Company intend to commence the work
which question, preilous to this lime, we were
unable to answer. Now, however, we have the
positive assurance of the officers of the Compa
ny that the road is located between Freemans
burg and Flour:town, on the Wissahickon in
Whitemarsh township, Itiongomerycounty, and
that the heavier portions of the work will be let
to contractors early in May. From Flourtown
to the city They have not yet decided upon a route
but most probably they will run up Sandy Run
(or a short distance and then rnn down by Frank
ford and enter the city on this side.
he company have npw over a million dollars
worth.of stock taken, independent of what has
been subscribed for along the route, which is get
ting to he quite an item as we learn that at Sel
lersville alone, there is about one hundred shares
taken. From present Indications do not think
that there is much fear of their not being able to
raise money enough to prosecute the work. We
trust that ere Iwo years more roll around the
the people of Wissahickon and Snucon Valley
will be gratified with a sight of the “iron horse"
in their midst, and be amused, with its snorting
and heaving.—Easton Sentinel.
The Now 31inister.—Hon. James Buchanan,
the new, Minister to St. James, completed his six
ty-second year yesterday, having been born in
Franklin county, on the 13th of April, 1701: .11e
studied law, was elected to the House of Repre
sentatives. in 1814, and re-elected in the follow
ing year. He was elected to Congress in 1820
and continued as a member of the House till
March, 1831, he was offered and accepted the
mission to Russia. After hie return from that
mission he was, in 1834, elected to the Senate of
the United States, to , fill'an unexpired term, and
was subsequently re-elected in 1838 and 1848.
President POLY, in March, 1843, 'called Mr.
Boettxxxx into the cabinet, and until the close
of that administration, he held the office of Bev.'
retary of State. • •
4 Long Term—John Mcßae,.postmaster at
Fayetteyille, N. C., hap declined a reappoint
ment. Htrhas been connected ?Ith the office for
fifty years, seventeen. years as cleift under
his father, aria thiily•fiye yeart as postmaster. •
.:
April 8. Mr. Crabb; called up Senate bill No
410, to incorporate' the Allentown railroad com
pany. Passed committee, and was laid over on
second teading.
April 9. Mr. Fry, called up the bill to incor.
por,ate the. Allentown and Breinigsville turnpike
road company. passed its several readings.
April•ll. The act to incorporate the Allen
town and Breinigville Turnpike and Plank road
company. Passed second and final reading.
April 12. Mr. Barr, p e resented a petition of
forty, nine citizens of Northampton county in fa.
vor of striking Easton from said county.
An act to Incorporate the Lehigh county Agri•
cultural society, was taken up and prepared for
second reading; and on the 14th passed finally.
April 13. An act for the relief of Jacob Hous
man, Barbara Weida, and others, soldiers and
widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and In
dian wars, was taken up and passed.
An act to incorporate the Danowky Gas Corn
pany of the borough of Allentown; authorizing
the German Reformed congregation of Allentown
to sell real estate; changing the venue of a cer
tain case from Philadelphia to Lehigh county ;
authorizing several German Reformed congrega-
tions of Northampton county, to sell real estate;
was taken up and passed final 'reading.
Hon. HENRI' SHAW, the representative of our
Xffth and XlXth Wards in the Assembly, is prob
ably the oldest member of that body, yet still
alert and, vigorous in mind and body. He was
in Congress (from Berkshire Co. Mass.) more
than thirty years ago, and voted for the Missouri
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Compromise of 1820, which cost him. his seat.—
In a recent passage with his colleague, Mr: D.
13. Taylor, Mr. Shaw gave the following good na,
Lured account of his own political experience.
In polities he had been everthing.- He had
been a member of every party he had ever heard
of. (Laughter.] He was at this time a member
of the Democratic party—of that faction known
as "Hunker"—a moderate one—rather softly.--
(ReneweilLaughter] Before the time of Andrew
'Jackson he had been a Democrat. But when he
was talked of as a candidate for the Presidency,
and Crawford was mentioned too, he (Mr. S.)
became a Clay man. He remained a Clay man
during the whole of that despotic Democratic
rule and the one Otat followed. He clung fast to
Mr. Clay ns long as there was any hope of plac
ing him in the Presidential Chair, and was pres•
ent at the Harrisburg Codvention that witnessed
his (Mr. C.'s) political death, And a sorry death
' -it was too? After that heAeft the party and again
sailed under the Democratic banner. He had
been a Democrat, and left :hem when 'opposition
to the old United States Bank was made a test
of the party. He had been a Democrat, when on
the other hand they were the advocates of such a
measure ; and he expected to find them returning
to it again someday. [Shouts of laughter.] He
had been always consistent! [Laughter.] He
had made it a point to belong to all parties in i
tint ! [Renewed laughter.] He was just now
a Democrat, but how long he should remain so !
was quite uncertain ! It depended on the course
pursued by Mr. Pierce—a man who had been
elected President lately. [Laughter.]
A voice—How about John Tyler? '
Mr. Shaw—l was the personal friend of Mr.
Tyler, but I found to my sorrow that high honors
turned his brain and unsettled his intellect, and
made him a. poor vain fool ! [Loud laughter.]
Mr. S. said he had now stated Dis . position, and
given, he believed,*a clear history of his political
life.
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It is rumored at Washington, that Mr. Benton
has been offered the Mission to England. If this
lis so, we trust he will not accept it, for his ser
f
vices can illy be spared in Congress. Of the gal
axy of great men, who, twenty years ago, made
the Senate chamber the first intellectual arena in
Christendom, he remains, nearly alone. Ejected
from Congress, for a temporary period, he has
triumphed over all his enemies, and regained a
seat there, chiefly by his indomitable courage,
his plain spoken eloquence, and the memory of
his past services.- Of all the men in the federal
legislature, he is the most powerful, perhaps, for
I good or ill. As h;s integrity is unquestioned,
and as age has sobered his eccentricities, we
may naturally expect from him a cover of single
hearted patriotism, unmixed withe baser motives.
In no other capacity, consequently, can Denton
serve his country so effectually as in his present.
There are fifty men, who will answer as well as
he for a Minister to the Court of St. James; but
there is no other man in the whole Union, who
possesses the same qualities as a legislator.
We have so high an opinion of Mr. Denton's
good sense, that we believe he will himself see
something of this, and that he will in . consequence
decline the appointment, and remain in Con 7
gress. We hope scion to behold him in his
STANHOPE
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place in the Senate. But meantime , he will be
of the greatest service in the House.--4vening
Bulletin.
Railroads In the Wed.—The Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroad 'was opened, and the first cars
went over the entire distance from Pittsburgh to
its western terminus, Crestline, a point on the
Cleveland Columbus, and Cincineatti 'road, dis•
(ant 187 miles, on Saturday last. The Pittsburgh
Gazelle of the 11th says:
It is announced by advertisement in our col
umns to - day, that the Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad is to be let to contractors the whole
length,. one hundred and fitly miles from Fort
Wayne to Chicago. By the close-of the next
year the Cars will be running, and the direct line
from• Pittsburgh to Chicago will be complete.
The distance from Pittsburgh to Chicago by this
route; will be 467 miles, as follows : : From Pitts^
burgh to Crestline 180 miles; from Crestline to'
Fort Wayne, 131 miles ; from Port Wayne to
Chicago, 150 miles. This is the. Shortest line
that can be constructed between this city and
the thriving Metropolis of the north west. It is
a line of easy grades and large curvature:, and
will have a•first-class railroad the whole distance
and when finished, can be run in from 16 to 18
hours..
Pennsylvania Legislature,
Hanni;ninto, April 17,
Senate
House
A Veteran Politician.
Benton and St. James
The Murder of Mr. Roberta.
Enough has alreOdy been fastened upon Spring
convicted cif the mtirdet of Mrs. Lynch and Shaw
to convince the pfiblic that he is a fiend of no
ordinary Character. We would nor excite pub
lic curiosity against this miserable man in that
direction, but as curiosity as to' the perpetration
of the murder of Mr. Roberts, in Camden, has
not yet subsided, we will give r feW circuma
stances which may, perhaps, assist in solving
and ascertaining the name of the geilty parties/
At the time Spring occupied the store No. 342 1
Market street, Mr. Roberts stood in Market, cit.
rectly in front of istore and both Spring and
Mr. R. were intimately acquainted with each oth'•
er. During the time of Spring's pecuniary di6'•
culties, Mr Roberts was very kind to him, and
'frequently loaned him small soma of money. it
Is said, on pretty good authority, that on the day
Mr. Roberts was murdered, Spring knew that be
had considerable money in his possession ; and
firm late in the afternoon, Mr. R. started across'
the ferry, on his way home beyond Camden.—r
Mr. Roberta was seen to cross Cooper's creek,-
and as Spring was acquainted with the limonites'
of the road, it is believed, he waylaid him. The
singularity of the murder is—whoever commit- -
ted that act did it with a degree of boldness 9nit
equalled by those already fixed upon Spring.- , :'
As soon as Mr. Roberts was murdered, the per
son who committed the deed, jumped into the
wagon, rifled his pockets, and, turning his horses
around, drove them back to the vicinity of Cam
den, where he left them and crossed over the fey'
ry to Philadelphia. It being in the edge of the'
evening the persons disappeared before the hor.
ses were recognized ; and on searching the wag
on the dead body of Mr. Roberts was found hor
ribly mutilated. His pocket book was found in'
the dock the next morning. Whoever the per
petrator of that act may have been, we hope the
circumstances above alluded to may have a ten- -
dency to lead to his arrest and conviction it liv
ing so that justice may yet be administ - ered to him ,
and the public.—Daikti Sun. , _
Harvest, of Gold. -
The condition of affairs in Australia occupies'
much attention in England. The leading Jour.
nets abound with ,detaila of the latest news, and
speculations as to - the future prospects of the
ony. The latest advices says Bicknell's - Hepor-'
ter, announces the shipment of nearly two mil.
lions sterling in gold, or about ten millions of
dollars. The Victoria. mines yield about two mil.
lions of. dollars weekly, and gold had also
been •discovered at Natal, New Zealand. The
effect - thus far • may be readily imagined, when
the fact is realized, that the value of the exports
from Victoria alone has been increased in a sic
gle.year, from about five millions of dollars to
seventy five millions. Several steam vessels
sent from England for sale, have been disposed
of at immense' prices, and others were greatly
needed to carry on the intercourse between the
flourishing ports of the Australian continent.—
The emigration from the mother country .eontin
tied, and was rapidly increasing. The inquiry
has again been started—what will be the effect
—the effect of the increased supply of gold I--
The London Times predicts that in a few years,
the value will fall one third, and some predict
half, er that a bushel of wheat which now cost a
dollar will bring two; or that an acre of land
worth thirty dollars, will command sixty. Mr.
Hunter, the keeper of .the mining .recordS, in . a
lecture recently delived in _London, treats these
apprehensions as .chimerical. His opinions,
however, seem to be founded upon the assump
tion that the gold fields of California and Austra.
lia are soon to be exhausted—an opinion, not
warranted by facts, in . our judgement. ,
A Sermon Man tifactory.- In England, 'some
persons are constantly employed in writing ser
mons to sell to clergymen. The following ad.
vertisement in the John Bull newspaper : • Many
young ministers, from the press of parochial bus
iness, and from inexperience, in composition be
ing sometimes obliged, very much against . their
inclination, and to the serious injury ut• their
ministry to copy sermons, firm books, the striver*
tiser, an experienced clergyman, engages to sup
ply original sermons, of good composition, of de.
cided Evangelic doctrine, and of practical appli
cation on receipt of hal( a sovereign ($2,50) each.
Persons requiring sermons, may choose their
own texts, and need not disclose their names, as
the sermons can be directed to a fictitioussigna
ture, at any post office they are required to be
sent to."
' The Overland Emigration This Spring.—We no.
lice by St. Joseph and Council Bluff papers, that
Freparalions have been made to equip and help
forward a large emigration this Spring, and al
ready considerable numbers are arriving on the
frontier preparatory to the long journey. The
Western Bugle is full of advertisements.of ler.
ries and ferrymen on the Platte, Loupe, acc.,
ers, and the representations are that unusual fa
cilities will now be enjoyed in. crossing the rivers
and plains. The Emigration freak Missouri, /I
linois, lowa &c., will be and. Ohio wit/
Wish her quota. We learn by the Ashland
Un n that some tWeniy•five emigrants left that
place (or California on the 28th ult., and'thei.
expect to join another company from Ashland
which preceeded them, west of the MisaissiF•
pi. We observe other coppanies about to.start
in 'various portions of the West, and 'altogether
quite an army will again mover forward toward
to the setting sun. Australia, , however, divides
•
the current of gold "seekers somnwhat. as the
ships advertised in lliew•V:ork frir
• 'Melbourne. •
Port Philip, &c., go out full.. By„the, last Elan
Francisco papers it appears that some large par
ties are about leaving California to try and do
better in,Atistralia, although ihe Transcript
ures out that with the same number of diggers at
work, California would 'still beat Attstrilla Wits
yield of native gold. •
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The Siamese ,Tmins.—The Twins are a00n.4.1
reappear before•the public, and are now in Dos;
lon. Where they arrived In - America,.frolli! am
they made their first appearariialn Boston. For
the last'fifteen years they have been engaged in
agricultural pursuits in North, Cattlina, where
they have wives and •eleven 'children, and it is
now their intention to visit a few of the princi..
pal in this countryrtml Eurupe,after which
they
. will again retire into private We, ,
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