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IVEIINESDAY , MARCH 22,185,
FOR GOVERNOR:
JAMES POLLOCK,
Of Northumberland County.
ron CANAL coMMISSItIIs: LIZ:
GEORGE DARSIE,
.Of Allegheny County.
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Of Montgomery Coulity.
nia Canal, the main line cd trial aoti
from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, the Suscpie
hanna Division and North Branch Division, in
one or two newspapers at flarrisburgh, and one
in each of the cities of Philadelphia, New York,
Baltimore, Boston and Pittsburgh, for a period
of three months, which proposals, if any shall
be received, shall be publicly opened by the,
Governor at a day and hour to be fixed in the
advertisement, and in the presence of the sev
eral heads of department, who shall proceed to
1 allot the said divisions to the highest and best
bidders, together with all the property, real per•
isonal, and mixed, thereunto belonging, stibject
to terms and provisions of this act. Provided,
I That no bid shall be received which is for a
less amount than the sums following, that is to
i say : for the Delaware Division of tire Pennsyl
vania Canal, three millions of dollars ; for the I
main line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, tern
millions of dollars; for the Susquehanna and
North Branch Division, six millions of dollars ;
for the West Branch Division, five hundred
thousand dollars. And the Governor is hereby I
authorized and empowered to organize and in-'
behalf of whom the bids for either of the divi•
sions mny have been given, in number not less
than twenty persons or corporators, under the
name, style' and tide either of the Delaware .
Navigation Company. The Philadelphia and
, Pittsburgh Railroad and Canal Company, Idle
1 North Branch Canal Company, or West Branch
I Company, according to the divisions so allot
ted by the Governer to the purchasers, with all
1 the powers and privileges, and subject to all
the provisions and restrictions prescribed by an
it
act regulating railroad companies, approved
February 16 . h, 1849, not inconsistent with the
provisions of -this act, so far as the same shall
be applieable to the organization of the said
!companies, and the working of the respective
divisions. Provided, That if airy of said works
shall be wholly purchased by any Railroad or
Navigation Company, incorporated by a law of
Commonwealth, the said works shall be held
- under the terms, and with the powers which
such company already has and enjoys under
----- I its charter, as it a part of its other works.''
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Fashionable Folly.
A school teacher, who been engaged a 1
We observe says : the. Saturday Ercoirg Mail,
long time in his profesision, amt v itnessed the ; that the New York fashionadles are endeavor•
influence of a newspaper upon the minds 1
ing to cuttlo each other in the costliness of their
of a family of 'children, wines to the edhor of .
I evening parties. and it is said that a lady's dress
the Ogdensburg Sentinel as follows : .
that costs less than one thousand dollars, is con•
I have found it to be a universal fact, with -
l sidcred quite a mean affair.
out exception, that those scholars, of both sexes
1 Nothing is more vulgar than the attempt on the!
and of all ages, who have had access to news
pared w i t h t h ose , part of American ladies to imitate the flunkey.
papers at home, when compared with
of the rich trades-folks of England, who be•
who have not, are— ; ing shut out of aristocraetic circles by blood, out
1. Better readers, excelling in pronunciation
s do them in extravagant waste of dollars in all
and emphasis, and consequently read more un
i .
their entertainments, under the delusion that
derstandingly. ! they are thus elevating their social position
2. They are better spellers, and define words
1 A rich butcher of London, we observe, aston
with ease and accuracy.ished the natives recently, by appearing in his
- 3. They obtain a practical knowlege of geo-
graphy, in almost hall the time it requires nth. ; carriag e inn his shirt sleeves, with a coachman
1 and footman ill elegant livery. Now he was
ere, as the newspaper has made them familar
a man of sense compared to the vulgar mob of
with the location of the important places; nio i
' fools who spend their money in laces at one
lions, their governments and doings on the
-globe. , hundred dollars per yard, to be crushed at an
for having ' , evening party made up of silly women and
4. They aro better grammarians,
younggentlemen in white-kids, who never
become so familar with every variety and style :
earned an honest dollar, and are ashamed of
in the newspaper, from the common place att.
their grandlather if he happened to have been
vertisement to the finished and classical oration
l i a worthy suap•builer or mechanic. There is
of the statesman, they more - readily compre
nothing so foolish and weak as the conduct of
bend the meaning of the text, and consequent
"the upper tern" iinour large cities, and no class
l
ly analyze its construction with accuracy , .
; is more ,immeasurably and justly despised.—
8. They write better composition, using bet
mere Tho. whole time of managing mothers and in
ter language, containing more thoughts,
triguing daughters is spent in making a sale of
clearly and connectedly expressed.
, their offspring and themselves to the upstart
6. Those young men who have for years 1
are always 1 rich—while to sustain their folly their fathers
been readers of the newspapers,
; aro
a ll stre et. The happiness coining their consciences into dollars in
taking the lead in the debating societies, exhi• growing out of
biting a more extensive knowledge upon a i W
1 these matches is easily measured. The noble
greater variety of subjects, and' expressing
i son or noble daughter of an honest farmer out
their views with greater fluency, clearness and
ranks in worth and greatness a whole ballroom
correctness in their use of language. — 1
i full of such tinselled, brainless and heartless
Frightful Accident.
On Friday last, the Rev. limy Sletzel, left I
here with a Horse and Sulky, for Freemana
burg. Northampton county, near which ho has
n contract on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He
returned by way of Shimersville, and about
half a mile east ot Hellertown, he met a cover•
ed two horse wagon ; in passing, the cover
commenced flapping and his horse became
frightened,commenced kicking, and throw him
out of the Sulky ; in falling ho became entang
led in the lines and was dragged along for some
distance, after which the line broke and he was
picked up insensible. His head, face and
body was dreadfully lacerated. and bruised.
lie was taken into the house of dr. Henry
Kraal, where he still remains. Some doubts
are expressed of his recovery.
Fatal Accident
On the Gth of March, a German, by the name
of JOll7l G. [Lasser, met with an accident that cost
hie life. Being a laborer and engaged at the
time in repairing a look near the Slate Dam,
on the Lehigh Canal, a mass of ,-tone and earth
fell on.him, injuring him in such a manner,
that shortly after he was extricated life depart
•ed.. Ilia age was 28 years.
The Christie's are Coming !
This world renowned inimitable iron pe of
F.Tillort,tx MINSTRELS, con templete visiting Al
lentown, and intend giving two grand concerts
at the Odd Fellowb' flail, on. Thursday and
Friday Evenings, the 23d and 24th of March
next.
Almost every person in the country has beard
tell of the Christie's, but comparatively ten• have
had the pleasure of seeing diem. Their New
Opera House, corner of Ninth and Arch streets,
in Philadelphia, not being finished to go in,
until Monday next, the 27th instant: they
undertook a cursory trip to this section of coun•
try until then. Lovers of a little fon, should
not tail to be present, as material will be furn
ished to make a philosopher laugh for a month
to come. _
The Pacific Railroad.
The citizens of St. Louis seem determined to
reap a full share of the advantages of the Pa
cifio Railroad, which is certain to be built at o ne
disdant day. The Central is the popular route
with the people of St. Louis. They have al
ready made some progress; and the St. Louis
Republican of the t-•h says: "We learn that
the Executive Committee of this Company, yesi
today, authorized the Pret-ide . nt to advertise
for proposals to construct that portion of the
Pacific Railroad lying between Jellerson City
and Independence or Kansas. It is proposed
to pet this work under contract early in the
spring.
'The. Committee also agreed on the basis of
a contract with a New York firm to build the
-whole Sonth-western Branch Railroad, and au
thorized the President to olose'the contract as
reel as the agreement could be had as to the
minor details.' •
Commencement of the Homoeopathic College.—
lion. A. V. Parsons President, conferred the de.
gree of the College on thirty new graduates of
the, commencement in Musical Fond Hall on
Wednesday last.
The annual commencement of the Philadel.
phis College of Medicine took place at . Concert
Mil the same day. The degree of Doctor of
Medicine Wog conferred on seventeen graduates
tp Dr. Jesse R. Burden President.
Public Works
.A bill has passed the Senate of this State, an.
thorizing the sale of the Public Works of Penn
sylvania. Its fate in the [louse may be regard
ed as uncertain, but the prospect may be said to
be quite favorable. Ths first and most impor
tant section is as follows :
"Section 1. Ile it enacted by the Senate and
House of RepreFentatives of Pennsylvania, in
General Assetnbly met, and it is hereby enac
ted by . tho authority of the same, That as soon
after the passage of this Het as may be, it shall
be the ditty of the Secretary of the Common
w,•at,h to e•lrcltipr rrnr•,
r lirot :,ti!r(10,1
i'; ,
creatures
The "Hallelujah."
Mr. Lowell Mason, the eminent composer of
psalmody, is preparing a new book of Church .
Music to be called The Hallelujah. Mr. Mason
has not brought out any book (except his Musi
cal Letters,) of which he was the sole author,
since the Publications of Camilla Sucra in 1841.
Over three hundred and fifty thousand copies of
Curmina Sacra have been sold, and it has been
more highly valued and more extensively used
than any similar publication. The books a hich
in their day came nearest to a similar popular
ity were the Handal and Haydn §tic.tety's Col'
, lectiun, and the Boston Academy's Collection.,
—boils by Mr. Mason. The first legitimate sac:
cessur of such works must come before the pub.
lic with peculiar interest, and such is to be the
new book now nearly completed by Mr. Mason.
He has fur several years devoted most of his
time to its preparation, during which he has
spent eighteen months in Europe, under auspi
cious circumstances• It is understood that The
Hallelujah will nut follow in the beaten track of
its predecessors, but that it will be new in some
thing more than the name —New York Times.
lllrThe receipts of the Ohio and Pennsylva
nia Railroad for the month of Feb., were $50,.
105,82 against $29,055,72 in the same month
last year. Increase 620,150,18; near 100 per
Cent.
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Borough Election. I Whig State Convention.
The following gentlemen . were elected to fill HAnnisnotio, March 15.-- The Whig Stale
the various Himmel' offieeF, on Friday last: I Convention to nominate candidates for Gov-
Burgess—Bober! E. Wright. I ernor, Canal Commissioner, and Judge of the
Council—North Ward—Jos. V. Newhard. ' Supreme Court,.met in the Hall of the House 01
James F. Kline. . 1 Representatives, at In o'clock this morning.
South Ward—Welcome B. Powell., Henry D. Maxwell, Esq., of Northampton, was
Even W. Eckert.l called to the chair, temporarily, and David D.
Lehigh \Vard—John G. Schimpf. Bruce, of Allegheny. and J. S. Jackson, of Phila.
• T. P. Kleppinger. : delphin, appointed Secretaries.
High Constub/c—Wi'liam Horn. i I J. Spring moved the appointment of a commit.
Auch/or Jesse M. Line.tee of one from each Senatorial district, to re-
The only contr.t of any consequence was in : port officers for the permanent organization of
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10" Justice (.1 . the Peace were elected as fol.
lows viz : South Ward in Allentown—John F.
Ruhe, sen. South Whitehall—DanielJ. Rhoads.
Salisbury—William H.Townsand. Weisenburg
—Jm hua Setherling. Hanover—Samuel Saylor
and Tobias Sterner..
Fire Alarm. 03 Finlay last the root of the
frame ,hop Of Al r. Frederick Bolam in Allen.
town, was Been to be on fire, but wao put out
belore it dove mach dui
Preset ring Bacon ft am the Fly —1 ttm intitleCti
!y :1 4 , 1,.•- ever y. t;toi-ekeeper ap•
•ct c.•,:itio.mica:e through you 'mina.
btej 'tonal. the g elieetual and simple
toe hod ot preserving bacon tram iojory by the
Ily or ,kipper:
W hen your bacon is snicked early in the
spring belore the fly has made its appearance
take quick lime slaked to ar dry powder, and
tab the treat thorooghly I.n every part with it
It•aritip., it adhere as much as pos,ible; hang up
your meat, and rem secure from any trouble
from ito.cets.
I haVO Uir.d the above method (commoni•
sated to me by an experienced housekeepel)
atot e.o well eatktied ant with the experiment
that 1 consider it of Follicient importance to be
made public. I have tried many other means
tor preservinirpeat from the fly, but this lathe
only certain remedy I have ever yet fond.
Tuw h p Oflleer:
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r even rett.'tti , tes :or ihe
Ober t•t - G..vernor. :Intl strolls them Gov. W. P.
Johnson, the , moon ncement of whose name ell,
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died much nppinu,e
l'he thein ,li9'•ur.:e4 unt:l
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5. , 5.,10,1.—The convention re assem.
b;etl at ha past two o'clock, when the Commit.
lee on Officers manic report, nominating the Hon.
William F. Johns.ton, of Allegheny, for President
of the . Convention, which was agreed to with
much applause.
• They nommmedJ ~ e ph R. Fianiy.en, Wm
Moran, Ephraim Conrad. and ...)5 sth..rs. as Vice
Presidents, and 5 tiecrelar,,s,
y : ~'
Gov. Johns...n. nn talneg .he made a
very. cent oral appropriarr address, .ahich was
received wilh much favor.
Thr C , ,tnonue , on Conn.•: , oca :;.ate then sub.
Milled a repojtiteh was atlopted,?thnoting all
the delegates but the winal vote.
On motion of Jacob Hoffman, of Bet ks, a Com
mittee of Thirteen was appointed by the Presit
dent to prepare and report resolutions.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a
candidate for Governor, when on the third bah
lot the Hon. James Pollock, of Northumberland.
received a majority of Millie votes cast, and was
declared duly nominated.
Hon. George Daraie, of Allegheny, was af.,
ter the first ballot, unanimously nominated for
i Canal Commissioner.
- . -
The Convention then proceeded in ballot for a
candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, when
on :he first ballot, Daniel M. Smyser, of Mont
gomery, received a majority of the votes cast,
and was declared duly nominated.
The convention then adjourned until half•past
seven o'clock.
The first ballot was as follows : Larimer,
28 ; Pollock, 23; Curtin, 12; Johnston, 12; Ty•
son , 22 ; Puller, 10; Evans, 11 ; Ewing, 4 ;
4 ; Kelm, ;
After the first ballot the names of Gov. John
ston, John R. Tyson, Henry t..t. Evans, and Gen.
NVm. 11. Keim were withdrawn. The second
ballot was as follows:
Pollock, 41; Lai imer, 32 ; Curtin, 13 ; Scatter.
ing 5.
withdrawn, and en the third balli.t the vole stood :
—Pollock, 82, Larminer 37. Curtin, 11.
James Pollock, of Northumberland, having re
ceived a majority of all the votes cast. was de
clared to be nominated, and on motion the nom,
illation was .unanimously ratified.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for
Canal Commissioner. The first ballot stood :
George Darsie, 50; J. W. Puller, of Lehigh 22
Oen. David Miller, 17; Robertson, 10; Sellers,
10; Preston, 8 ; Markle, 4 ; Bice, 3. ,
On the first ballot for candidate for the Su.
preme Court, the vote stood :—D.tniel M. Smy
ser, 74, Cornyn,9, Myers; 14, Miles, 7, Patterson,
9, Cowan, 5, Watts, 3, Bayard. 1.
The nomination of Daniel M. Smyser, of Mont.
gomery county, for the Supreme Bench, was un,
animously ratified, and the•convention adjourned
to meet again in the evening,
A committee consisting of Messrs. Eddie, of
Somerset, Verner, • of Philadelphia , and Potts
of Montgomery, was appointed to nottly the can•
didates of their nomination.
The Chair was authorized to appoint the State
Central Committee of thirteen members. .
During the session, the following despatch
was received from Gen. Lorimer.
•.Ptrrsnt:nc, March 15.
'Say to my friends .Hurrah for Pollock, f will
do all I can for him. I leave to•night for Bahl.
more, Philadelphia and New York.
(Signed.) Wa.LAnisten, in."
The Committee on Resolutions reported a se ,
ries of ten resolutions, which were adopted sep.
crately, and unanimously as a whole.
Resolved—That the Constitutions of the Nation
al and State Governments, embrace everything
that is essential to the peace, happiness and pros
perity of the citizens; that all laws should be eni
acted with express reference to the greatest good
of the largest number; and, jehcn passed in pur•
suance of Constitutional authority, demand the
obedience of ail the people.
Roo/red—That to preserve the National UM.
on, oueht to be the highest ambition of the Ameri
can citizens, and that all attempts to Weaken the
affections of the people for its continuance and
maintenance ; to violate its compronines, or to
produce discussions of its valve or efficacy,
should be indignantly frowned down, as a six,
vies of moral treasure.
Resolved—That those provisions of the
zas.Nebraska Dill, now before Congress, which
affect and repeal the Misiouri Compromise,
are a deliberate breach of plighted faith and pub,
lie contrails; a highhanded attempt to force Sta,
very trio a vast Territory now free from it by
law ; a reckless renewing of a quieted agitation.
and therefore merit the stern, indignation, unan,
imous condemnation of the Whig party of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved—Thal in the enactment of Laws whethi
er by National or StateGovernrnents, these impor.
tent results should be constantly in view, viz:
Universal Education, Religous Liberty, and the
useful and happy employment of the toiling mas
ses—the bone and sinew of the country.
Resolved—That our foreign ? intercourse should
lac condacted magnanimously, so that no Mins.'
procvet:rd io
r ihe •everal
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RESOLUTIONS
Ilex or wrong be done to others, or submited on
our phrt.
Remit:Nl—That' the policy of protecting our
Home Industry, against the depressing influence
of foreign capital and labour is as sound in prin
cipal now as ever, notwithstanding the acciden•
tal causes which for the moment may seem to
declare otherwisni
Resolved—That the Whig party are in favor ! Tice, opposite. There are about twenty stone
of a just equitable Home Bill, and recommend steps leading down from his lot to his path along
to our Senators and Representatives in Cent the canal. He had descended these nearly to
gress from Pennsylvania, to aid in procuring ! the bottom when a stout heavy fellow, with
the passage of such a Bill. I surtout coat and cap on stepped up from the side
Res:deed—Thai we congratulate the Democrat. wall directly in front of him. At the same mo
le party that former dilTerencea between them ' menu he heard !ootstcps behind him, and could
and the Whig party, nn the subject of the Ban, just glance back to see a large man, wearing
king losiittutions of Pennsylvania: are settled black frock coat and hat, grapple him by the
and confirmed by a Resolution of the late Dem• throat with both hands, while one below struck
°crane, Convention, recognizing and adopting him over the head with a colt or billy, lie thinks
the Whig ilocitine on that subject. there was a third man also struck him. Strange
Resolval-That the Whig party, now as here' t i led and stunned by blows, he sank down ineen.
tail..., will continue to urge the sale of the pub. I slide, when the ruffians rifled his pockets of $320
lic improvements, as the only means by which la gold watch, and keys of the vault and drawers
our heavy and oppressive Taxes can be reduc, i in the CustOm House. The money consisted of
ed, and the ultimate payment of the public debt 1 two $lOO bills, two $5O notes and one $2O, all on
be accomplished.
the Merchants' and Manufactures' Bank of Pittsi
Resaved—That this Convention, with extreme i burgh. The villians left him, they suppose&
pleasure present to their constituency—the Whig I dead. He must have lain as they left him, near' ,
party of this Siatc—the names of JAMES POLLOCK, ly threeiquarters of an hour, when reviving, hef
of Nortbumberland,forGovenor; Gentian DAIISIR, :crawled to the top of the steps and called
fits
of Allegheny : Co., and for Canal Commissioner; I help. His wife and son came rut, dreadfully
D cei EL 11', SMTSF.II. of Montgomery, for Judge of alarmed. and pi ore 'riot o l f• T o ll s
he Supreme Court, because these gentleman Office, conveyed him into the 'house. He was
aro not only faithful, sound and tried %Vhies, but found to he most severely beaten, and it was
o f approved ability and experience for thee , res, thought his sktill was fractured. Dr. McCook.
`./17,1iVe S'aIMIS, and also honest, pure and good ; Si', teas imith.dia•lv scot for, who at once repair
men et] to the spot, and effected speei'y relirt. Mes-
The thanks of the Convention were then vo - sengem were sent, also, to warn the watchman,
led to the House of Representatives, for the use 1 at the Custom ll ne, of the loss of the vault key.
of the Half ; and to the officers, for the faithful I The watchman, Joseph Cupples, was prompt
diseharge of their several duties, when the Con - ly notified, but it appeared the next morning.the
vention adjourned sine die, with three hearty ; robbers hail prelitted well by the start they had
cheers for the nominees. I got, and hail entered the vault and abstracted.
After the adjournment a mass meeting was, I $lO,OOO in gold chiefly twenty dollar pieces,leav,
organized by calling Col. Edie to the Chair, i ing,12876 scattered over, the floor of the vault,
and appointing several Vice Presidents and Sec. i As yet no clue is had to the perpetrators of this
retaries. Speeches were made by Messer& Col. I daring eterage. A reivard of one thousand dol
fee, Benedict and Casey, and great enthusiasm tars is oficred for the arrest of the robbers and
prevailed. A more respectable spirited Con.. 1 1
recovery of the stolen money.
vention has not been held in this State for years Mr. Hastings' recovery is pronounced by his
and better candidates for any office have nee, I physician, Dr. McCook, as very probable.
er been presented for the suffrages of the pen - During the momentary struggle with the rob-
pie. The auguries of success are cheering. hers on the stone steps, there were several boats
that hail just arrived at the tole office, not thirty
"Uncle. Sam." ! yards front the spot. Some half dozen persons
Our national appellation is said to have origi. I were i n 'the office and about the porch. yet not
naied in the follawing comical manner During the slighest indication of the brutal deed being
the last war with' England a man, by the name, done so close at hand reached them. Not o word
of Elbert Anderson, furnished provisions by con. 1, appears to have been spoken. but with a silence,
tract to the General Government. A great quantt and celerity truly astonishing, the bloody ruffians
ity of them were barreled a t T ro y, New York, ! performed their work. There is no doubt their
and the barrels were maitre(' with the initials of intention was to kill their victim, which they
the contractor's name. "E. A.," and "U. Se" for i supposed they had accomplished. Possessed of
United States. The inspector of these Prnvi- i the vault key, they must have hurried at once
"ions was one Samuel WOW' , called familiar l y I to the Custom House i but how they managed to
I -Uncle Sam." get open the outer door, and to .avoid ail alarm
One day a workman was asked what the letters of the watchman, is yet a mystery. An investit
E. A., U. S," upon the barrels signified, when gation is being had of the matter.
hp zn.sl that they Sinn,' A n•inrenn •
Uncle Sam." The joke tools, and spread among I Ayproprmtams.—W e Understand that me art.
Cue soldiers, m h o afterwards, whenever they saw I proprintions asked for the pohlle. service for the
anything marked "U. 5.," declared it belonged to l Year, nre over six millions of dollars. An emir,
Uncle Sam. By degrees it pound its way into I moos stun—what can it be wanted fur? If a
sum so Intg,e is required, the committee should
our national vocabulary, and may, for aught we
know, yet be voted to be a classical expression. lose no time in reporting, for it strikes us that a
- I bill asking , for 5G.000,000 will not pass w thous
a protracted debate and very close scrutiny.—
Harrisburg Der:menthe Union.
Think of that tax payers ! An appropeiation
of SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to carry on
Gov. Bigler's rotten Administration for ti single
year. If it is granted it will cause an increase of
the State debt of at least three millions, over and
above what it is at present. What a veryccon
utnical State administration we have to be sure,
Necessity of Political Parties.
Governor Crosby, who, by-the - by, is the whig
Governor of Maine, holds forth, as follows:
Political parties are incident in every form of
government in which freedom of thought and ut.
terance are tolerated. Their existence is not to
be depreciated, for in the weakness of human na,
ture it is to the watchful eye which each keeps
upon the movements of the other, that we can
look with confidence for integrity in the admim.
istration of government, and the preservation of
civil religious liberty. It is only when plunder,
rather titan principle, becomes the cohesive pow^
Cr id party it becomes unmitigated vile. Political
parties should be. as with us they have long been
and I trust they ever )nay be, the exponents of
principles. To abandon the one is to renounce
the other. The right of every man so to do is
unquestionable; convinced of error, that right
becomes a duty—a duty which should be dis"
charged boldly, fearlessly and manfully. No
paltry subterfuge should be permitted to serve
as an apt logy—no anticipations of personal pro'
fit of aggrandizement admitted as a justification
for the abandontnent of party and principle.—
The integrity of the individual members of politi•
cal parties, of the parties themselves, and of the
Union, are synonymous—and each involves the
destiny of the other. •
•
A Mathonatical Prodigy.—We on Saturday saw
a young man about 18 years of age, who posses,
see the faculty of calculation and combination
in numbers to a wonderful degree. His educa•
non has been Exceedingly limited, having been
only about a month at school, yet his innate • i
sense (for he. can call it by no other name,) of
numbers is most remarkable. The most difficult
problems are solved by him instantly and the
result given without any calculation apparently
on hi. part. From what we have seen of him
we venture to predict that there is not a comb',
nation in numbers that he is not able to give the
result of, almost as soon as the question is an
. nounced. It is one of those wonderful mental
pheiMmena that are ineiplictible, and we would
I advise the curious to try him. His name is
Meredtth Holland, and he is from Monroe county;
Kentucky. In this cor.ntcuon we would add
that ill:. mouth is afflicted, ankis deserving the
sympathy •and.nriaterial aid of those who choose
to test his wonderful powers. His levees are
generally in the street. We observed a crowd
about him yesterday in the neighborhood of the
Post7Office.—Sl Louis Republican.
Serious Accident and Loss of Life.—On the 6th
inst, as the hands were engaged at the deep cut
of the North Pennsylvania Railroad at Edge Hill
the ground suddenly gave way above and buried
underneath its surface a number of the men
Five were extricated.seriously injured, and four
were found dead and horribly crushed. Of the
killed, three were Irishmen, and one German.
Their names are not stated. The cut where this
catastrophe tools place was 36 feet deep. .
Great Robbery at Pittsburg.
Friday night last, one of the most desperate.
and daring robberies, connected with an attempt
to murder, was pepetraled in Pittsburg. Mr s
John ilastings, Collector of Customs, who re.
sides in Allegheny city beyond the canal, had
taken his supper at about seven o'clock, and
stepped out to cross to the Collector of Tolls' Of-
horse Racing.—The ..Great Slate StakT," for
.7.'20,000, "play or pay," which is to come off on
the Metairie Course, at New Orleans, on the Ist
day 01 April next. is exciting much interest at
the South. it is i.xpt cied to be the greaten race
which has ever taken place in this country, in
the number of horsrs the amount of money at
stake, and the probable number of spectators
who will be present. Horses of all ages may
run, but limited to one from each State ; four
mile heats.; $3OOO subscriptions; each horse
starting to receive $lO5O out of the stakes, pro,
vided he is not distanced; and the winner to res
ceive the remainder; each State subscribing is
lobe represented by three responsible gentle.
men, residents of that State, a mojoristy of whom
shall name the horse to run fur that State. These
; are the terms of the race.
Banko.—There are afloat new counterfeit Err
notes on the Farmers' Bank of Lancaster, whictr
are so well executed as to be calculated to de
ceive good judges, who are not very familar with
the engravmg of ilie genuine; the signatures are•
a good imitation. But the counterfeits can read.
ily be detected by the ends of the notes, which
have the ward "Five" appear in dies in three•
of the corners lengthwise of the note. In the
genuine, also, the dog, the key, and the Chest ap
pear between the signature of the President and
Cashier—while ur the counterfeit tkere is nosh'
Bloomer Outelbne.—Mies Mary D. Wit'
liatns contends for the right of women to
wear men's clothes if they choose. In a letter
recently published she argues the question, and
lays down the laws of good taste in regard to
-the cut and color of jackets and trowsers for, the
lair sex. She says ; I hold that women should
wear this costume whenever and wherever they
choose to do so, either in town or country, its•
doors or out of doors,occasionally or constantly.
If the male part of creation should And any troue
ble in determining our sex, let them quit shaving .
their faces, and then the difficulty will be otivi.
ated. •
Harrisburg, March I 6.—Mrs. Susan Digler,re.,
lict of the late Jacob Bigler, and the' mother of
Gov,, Win. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and dole,
Bigler, of California, died this morning, at
her residence; in Delaware township; Mercer
county, aged about 10. Goy. Bigler left hero
this afternoon for Mercer, to attend the funeral
which mites place on eaturday. lie will return,
on'Tuesday next. '