STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER. EDITOR. Illoomel,lira, Wtdns-diijr, April 1, 1867 Democratic Nomination*. rem goVcrn6h. WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming County. FOR JUT)GK OF TlfC MJPMF.Mr COVET, ELLIS I. E WIS, of Philadelphia. ran CAN SI, rOMMI-SIONKR, SIM ROD STRICKLAND, of Chester County. PttßE-TRADIt WILMor. It remains to be seen how the old tariff Wliiga will telinh the nomination of David Wilmol for Governor. It is but a lew years niece all manner of hard things were said ol Wilmol by the men who now lake him for their leader. With him "free irade" has run along with "free soilfor hu lias always been a restless and discontented spirit, hang ing on to some visional)' and extreme notion. In 1846 he was the only one of the Pennsyl vania Congressmen to vote for Ihe tariff bill, of Itial year: and in lltia case his position was very different from that of Mr. Dallas who. ns Vice President, was a representative of the whole Union and not of Pennsylvania alone. But after the Republicans last session re duced even the tariff of 1846 It is riot strange that they can swallow Wilrtiot's nominn tiufl. Tliev have confessed that nil the clamor about the "tariff" was a delusion to catch the voles of simple minded people , nnd o, •ince they have reduced the tariff ol 1846, they may as well run Wilmol (or Governor. But will the mer. who were duped by the hypocritical cant about "tariff" be n second lime fooled by tlio sumo demagogues who 'played that trick The old Whigs were taught a lew years ago that Wilmol nnd Dal las were some sort of kin to Beelzebub; and hut few will like to be told by their leao'ers now that those lesaona were n't a farce. We think we can see in onr mind's eye I soma of the bullies who used to guard the j election polls front morning until night to see that none of their hands voted against the (Bit/r, now sneaking srottud to deal out tickets j tor "ftcc-ttado Wtimet." NEW HANKS. One pica of the speculators who want new hanks is tluil there is much capital in the , Btnie which desires an investment. Yet the esse ot lite New Cms le Bank proves that llteso institutions go to W all Sucet, Now oik. let their capital and Cashiers. / hen it is said thai many good and solvent men in these communities desiro loans nnd cannot get them. And. yet it seems that the latncaMer Bank loaned only in Ms bankrupt ollicets : and the New Castle Bank was compelled to go to Indiana to find a hot rower ill the shape of the rotten Gramercy Bank. Truly there is no nerd ot new banks lor such purposes. An I veu-tcropcird nnd itigliteous Jndg e. About a year ago Judge Wilrnot was in some case appointed a t ommissioner to take the* depositions rt" witnesses, anil i'Mied 11 subpoena, as sv.c'i Commissioner, to Nullum Newton, I'm] ,a practicing Dwyer at the Mon trose bar The witness neglected to obey die subpoena id the Ccmwissitinti', nnd litis Judge Wiluiot construed it into a contempt of his Court, and suspended Mr New ton Irotn prac tice as ail attorney in lit* several courts o! the county. - Tit* proceedings wet* removed to the Supreme Court, and that tribunal re versed Judge AYilmot'adecision, and restore,! Mr Newton to his rights at.d j tivilogee as an Attorney. Tnx AeroanoaNSNT Htt.t —There are two of these bdls before th* Senate, but each of them make Columbia, Montour ami Sullivan a double representative district with 'wo members. The bill repotted by Mr- Brow n proposes to make Columbia. T.yeotuiog. Montour and Sullivan a Senatorial district, while the bill reported by the majority ot the Ccmnt't ee makes a Senatorial district of Nor thumberland. Mortcur and Columbia The Sunbory Gucr.'te likes the latter proposition, and so will cur people generally. ET Wagonseller. the de aohing Cashier cf the New Castle B*' k, was las; week gr msted on the sireeist Philadelphia and taken to Pittsburg He h*d taken up no cnar ers at any hotel but was sneaking around from one house of ill fame lo another. The sum of $i J V 0 has been recovered from his bag gage in the bouse to wr.icb te was return *€■ Tut Ctyais —The wa'er :s now irt the North Broach Canal. aad the hosts are be ginning u meve h>i!r. 2he water was Jet ir.to the Pi' ision on Sa-- u*xtay the Slab i. to the t -de W**e: Canal on the folicwittg Monday. M*n Acm.—Mr P Ttjr&e*erol Meti er. has beer. aprvTned nic.l agent he'neen Port Ctim-U aud K m-rs it pl ot Mr. H W. Feinkw. a so cf Marry re>.c< -ed gy Rer. J £. Sandler foascerii of thu p are. and ct* ol ftaaviile. wH ah* spring take charge : l-e Crotemcat Boarding SrW, at Pi-ar- iirtiJft, Pa- tf" Tie Hqnm or th* l aaa. peWrr a; Scraatoa. Loaeme coariry. j.as changed hawr. E B. Chase retir.sg. and Join B. Ad- Mi k A. Dos aasaastrg me coaeoi of the W r GT TVtse peraoes Bo 4aaqga to aj>fty lee seven: jccmf at the netu loan wilt re-J OliQo tuir tea* rest petwior.? st-ssst be ajec mm i ai>— "" f time hesore tterf Of Om *•? km i aa* aha fiwevk Kef- - • M~l eaaabumf ama ssn a**£ S rf#l * liuk*Be la Philadelphia- JJul few of our people have • clear Idea of '"'g® amount of business done at the commercial emporium of the Keyslone Hate. One ilny last week Ihe impnrialiom at the port Rimmed up a* follow.-:— From Cienfue gns—249 hhds., 40 barrels and 12 tierces molasses. Hio do Janeiro—23oo bays coffee. From Messina—76o caniars brim stone, 60 barrels canary seed, 100 boxes shelled almonds, 100 bales rags, 10 cases licorice pn-te, 1000 boxes lemons, and 3150 of orange*. From Cardenas—3l2 birds, of sugar, and 113 -barrels of molasses. From Halifax—762 barrels herring, 68 half do.shad, anp C casks cod oil. From Wilmington, N. C.—9o bulea sheeting, 154 of collon, 2026 barrels rosin, 353 barrels 221 casks spirits turpentine, 1222 bags pea nuts, und 60 bales yarn. | Fusion Convention. The fusion ootivsniion al Harrisburg last week nominated D.iivd Wilmnt for Governor, William Millw-ard lor Canal Commissioner, and Joseph J. Lewis iml Junes Vecch for Supremo Judges. The vote fot Governor on Ihe first ballot was us follows; Wilmnt, 69 Todd, 21 Bull, 19 Covode, 13 Jordan, 13 Michler. 7 Sullivan, 7 McCoitibe, 6 Kunkel, I Feint, | Mooiheail, 7 The whole number of voles cast were 153, making 77 necessary to a choice. There Be ing no election, tho Convention proceeded to n second ballot. Tito names of Messrs. Mioliter, Jordon, Sullivan, McCombn and Keim, were withdrawn. The result of the second ballot was as follows; Wilrnot, 99 Hall, S3 Todd, S3 Cnvoile, 13 Moorhead, S Advertising Snlra, ! The last number ot the Bucks County /it telligfnccr contains notices ol no less than 98 public sales to conic oil in lint! county. The I nit thgrncer says 1 tint in no other county in lite Stale tiro petsonnl property sales so well alteudi'd, or ate snob good prices obtained us in Bocks county. This is doubtless owing to the .bberal system of advertising adopted in that community. It has been found that mon ey expended .'or advertising is cash well laid out. This is the necessary consequence of giv ing publicity to what you have to dispose 01. The more people that know yon have no ttr tide to sell, the mote applicants to purchase n can be expeclciJ. Suppose two men have sales of property ort the same day. One of tlient puts up a few written notices; the other takes advantage ot the publicity ntlordcd by the newspapers; at 4t glance it is apparent which sole will stand the better chance of being more iiutnetotisly nttende I. And just as ttie attendance is unmet,'.ma prill the prices attained ho Intge and profitable. Tons by I the outlay ef from two to five dollars fur ad ' vetnsing, the seller is likely 40 make from 20 to 50 per cent, in tho amount of Ins sales. New \otk Appointment!', The President lias made the tollow ing ap pointmenlr lor New York City: Collector— Augustus Schell. {Surveyor—Mr. Wait. IVavv Agent—Mr. Sander*. Fit'ted States Marshal—Cant. Ryttder*. I'vvstttaster —.Mr. Kowler. Naval Officer-—!. II Bitdshell. rr The Marrisburg llnr.hi, an opposition print has ffto loilowtng notice of the late 'fusion'" state convention : CoNsiPKttABt.Y RH.KO —The nomination ol Wilmol lor Governor,)eaierday,considerably •'nled'' a good many American*. There was some thundering done when the result was announced. A tew swallowed the dose, ef tor a desperate effort and many wry laces. — but others choked on the "wool" and could not act it down. It is very evident that a good many o! "Sara's" adherent* *r* dissat isfied. and cannot be rallied under the ies.l of "Sambo." There is lively times and l.:s of ten 10 prospective. We can look 011 and enjoy it. being at outside and disnt;er. esicd spectator. "l.*t 'er rip" AN FRX or oocn Frn txc. — WE are free to coi.tesa that the perusal ot the inaugural a i; tires* has given us sincere satisfaction, so entirely unexceptionable docs it appear to be in thought at if expressioc. Indeed. wf rrav ssv ilia*. aitks in m.ti'ter. and in manner. ,t reminds us i f thos* stcrfiug At'ibotes ot g-ed judgment and common sense which cl.xracrerixeJ the S a'e paper* of President Monrcc: ar.J we ran only hope that at the c'.ose cf Mr. Buchanan's ndrnn .s: ran on the comparison t! aast.pges.reJ may not orlr o •c well tempers J er.;iire-n ard Bttamb t.ccs diction ot tVee two Ma'esmen, b-1 t>io to that rest a .or. rf es ->g which tried the era oi the earl.er Presidents, ti d which we les hope iil be she conseten. - (.as a n- rf i s re eras s-oressc.-—Xufnm*J Toe J* nTtgrccer is of the eery tew papers srh.cb si. i r-prex-ots are eld Whig party — I; is rot psc-ia* now. tot r has rot tasj the r'perary *:>..; tv, ir.irl.eftsal eoi-rrence and htg.h tore wh-ch fer marked it. a-.d which gtve (twportance .3 its op.cio-a oc all ssb jer.s. Mr Mm:% Rofefie*: Ofi:r.—A story is loU of Mr. y. a.*y,a)- the WameciowE F*sf, to tie efieet jhat aa Et-Sferetr,es (.icit.ne and Matey were* returning from a dinner party since the 4th, Jhe ©oecersation turned upon the subject rf rotation ic office, and Mr. 4>. asked Mi M o tat tie thought o' ibe poi<j Mr. Marry replied that be "had lae credit cf originating the doctrine, 'to the j w4&ot* beior.g the spoils.' but bearen forbid i that be aho<d erer couuttsance the pillaging of er earn camp !" OT Tka> is mDTiag sreei. and families are irrcgratatg is aS eimctSons How the New Custle lianlc Bursled. The Pittsburg papers noticing Ihe explosion of the New Castle Bank, leaving SIOO,OOO of its worthless bills in Ihe hands of individuals who look them because "they ire as good as gold," says:— The Now Caslle Bank has been in opera lion about eighteen months. When organ- I ized a Wall Street operator, named Sherman, i nbtnined control, and put in a German named ; Neiler, as Cashier. Within a few months it j was uscepaincd thai Neiler had loaned its I notes to Sherman to the amount of fifty or I sixty thousand dollars, whereupon a provo cation was instituted against Sherman, who disgorgod ten thousand dollars, and subse quently, nil they could ascertain he had re ceived, except four or five thousand dollars. Of the amount returned, sixteen thousand dollars, it is alleged, was retained by a Pitts burg broker, for his services in forcing the Wall street man to disgorge. Neiler was summarily dismissed, ond one Wagonseller, of Luzerne county, (who gave General Charter and Hon. H. M. Fuller as hail, in $30,000,) was chosen cashier. The directors commenced withdrawing heavy is sues of the hank, and in two months past had redeemed nearly two hundred thousand dol lars, when, on Wednesday of last week, the cashier was missing, and with hint whatever small sum in cash that might previously havo bean in the "vaults" or safe of the institu tion. I During the day the hank remained closed; on Thursday notice wus posted up that ''the cashier and teller had gone East on business" —and the bank has not since been opened, although somo of the directors redeemed con siderable amounts ot its notes 011 Thursday and Friday, and pledged their proper'y (or the redemption ol more. On Wednesday \\'*g onseller was in the city, and gave a man five thousand dollars in notes of the hank, on his promise to return him lour thousand in other money on Saturday, In Philadelphia. The five thousand have been returned to the bank. Tho runaway cashier appears to be a de faulter in fifty-three thousand dollars—accor ding to the statement ol the directors—but it may tie mitnli more. They think the notes out do not exceed eighty thousand—but, as the President cannot tell how malty he lias signed, or to what extent Wagonseller has over-issued, we have no doubt it is much more. The ttsse's are nominally two hun dred thousand, hot may prove not worth one fourth that amount. As the ascertained los ses amount to but seventy or eighty thousand dollars, and the stockholders are individually liable (or every tithe out. we have little doubt its circulation will be eventually redeemed at par. The directors should at once offer such it reward as will secure the arrest and pun ishment ol th^scoundrel who has defrauded litem. Important Periston. To*>opreme Court of Ohio, in the Sum mons mur.ler case, decided lately, that ike evidence t,( a deceased witness, taken on a i former trial, is competent to b read, on a second trial of the same cause. The facts were these . It was a case of poi ' soiling, ami the main witness, a servant girl. On the first trial, the girl was examined, and I the prisoner convicted. For some cause not j spectlied, an appeal was taken to a higher 1 court and a new trial was granted. Suhse 'intently Summons was admitud to bail ; When his second trial took place it was dis : covered that the main witness—the servant i girl alluded to above —rottld not be found, ami it was alleged that she had died of chol era. A witness was produced who had taken notes of her testimony, and though serious objections were msde by the counsel for the detence, his testimony was admitted. Again Summons was convicted,and be was senten ced to be hong An appeal was again taken on the ground that the prisoner, during this trial, had not bad ihe privilege, guaranteed b\ the Constitution to alt persons charged with crime of being brought I ace to lace wiih the witnesses against him. as lh testimony 01 the servat t gitl as given on Mr* first trial was admitted on ihe second, though this witness had died before the last took pl*i"* This appeal was taken to the Supreme Court hv which tribunal it has been considered on two occasions. On the first of these, one of the judges declined. giving an opinion, and the . other four were equally dtvivfe.f for and a gainst ihe prisoner, so that no decision was rendered. The case was again brought be fore the Court during us session a: Columbus, and a decision was finally rendered 00 Sat urday iast. confirming the sentence of the lower court, and fixing the time for the exe cution oa the iv.h cf Aprit inst. Interesting Irom Waskiagtoa. ir.i.vtiec'oa. Ifcrtk 26.—The postofMin- : < cr to Russia is said 10 hare heen tendered to Mr- Aiken, of Souih Carolina, bos the latter would prefer to succeed Mr. Pallas, provided he can do so. The chance* of Francis Gallagher, of Bal is.ore, for tire Consulship at Glasgow, are rery good. There are hundreds of application* for ihe L'verpooi Consulate, which will aoon be va car.-, bo: no selection has yet been made. Messrs Pease. Morptay & Co., of New York, hare been awarded ihe contract for building she revenue cstter destined for the igh'-house sen ice in Caitfomia. Kepor's are correct of a sodden coolness between the Administration and Governor Geary, bat I car. tears troth r.g defiaite concerning them GP"Rer. Mr. Harhcrst of the Baptist ehcrcb baptised eight yocng persona in the Sr.aqseoaaM at Lewtsberg oa Sattdat morn ing a. CP" Theatea ia acre* of Berks coo my, is 5.800. L'laetae h the largest county in the State, baring aa area ia acres of 696,- GT Et-Goeernw Med ill of Okie, has been appointed First CoapnaMar of the Treasury. vice EMm V.'hitilesey, "those resrgaation" is to take efleet on the first ot Mayne*. OP" Foot persons were baptizad a* the riser at Kenanmheriand on Sunday aad • caired iato the Baptist Chwels' | Declination of chief Justice l<ewl. We give below, the letter of Chief Justice Letris addressed to the Chairmen of the Stale Central Committee, declining the re-nomi nation recently given to him by the Demo cratic State Convention. Thia determination of Judge Lewis will be a matter of the most sincere regret to every sound lawyer in Penn sylvania. No man within our common wealth has had the judicial experience of the present j Chief Justice, and no Judge has labored more | zealously to tree the docket nt the Supreme , Court of the accumulated litigation of ages, j The whole-legal fraternity have had the ut most confidence in the soundness of his opin ions, and have looked to him for the settled law of the Stale. We doubt much, whether Judge Lewis has ever been equalled in in dustry on the Bench. With him, it seemed to he a conscientous duty promptly to decide all cases argued before him, even at the loss of his own bodily comfort, by divesting him self of the hours which should have been de voietl to rest or recreation. No litigant ev er had cause to complain of delay where Judge Lewis had the trial ol bis cause, and few ever mutmurerl at his decision*. The clearness of his head, in nil hie conclusions, was equalled by the integrity of his lieurt, and it may be said of him, as of Ler.l Thur low, that lie had a head of crystal with nerves n! brass, which nothing could ebako from the line of conviction RIUI duty. WMT PKNN SQUARE, ) Pnii.ADCt.rniA, March 23lh' 1857. J To CHARLES R. BITKAI.EW, Chairman of the Democratic State Commiuoe ; Dttr Sir— At ttio lata Dernocrario State Con volition, the local claims of the different set-liens of tlta Siaio were generously waived for iho purpose ol securing my continuance in llie high anil important office of Supreme Judge. The energy will) which iltese claims are now urged (or iho oflice recently vanaled 1 on llie Supreme Bench, shows the extent of ; the sacrifices then made, and the nature <)( : the dissatisfaction which may exist alter one | section shall be gratified and the other ilisap , pointed by the anticipated nomination. The ! Convention, when re-assembled, might he able to harmonize these claims, if that body i had two nominations to make, instead of one. - I therefore fool at liberty to decline, as I now do, the re-nomination tendered to me by the Democratic State Convention. In thus pro moting harmony, 1 consult my own earnest \ desire to return from judicial life, and at the same lime put the delegates to no inennveni- 1 ence, as tiiev will be obliged income togeth- 1 er again for the purpose of nominating a can- > didate to fill the existing vacancy. I have been laboriously engaged in judicial j duties t.eariy twenty-four years—a longer pa- | riot! of service than that of any living Judge J in Pennsylvania. 1 have been thus engaged under three changes of the Constitution. I have aided to the extent of my abilities in I bringing up the arrearages of business, in ; re placing upon (heir ancient foundations some ol the landmarks of the law which had been inadvertently removed, sod in main taining the purity and tne independence o! the Jo-Victory. 1 have constantly endeavored to do justice whfiotn Oelay, tear, tavor, atTec 1 lion or ill-will, I now occupy, by tha voice of tl e people of niv native State, the highest judicial station in it. My long career as a Judge has received the approbation of the Democratic party in the re-unmination so generously and unanimously nude by the State Convention. All my ambition is satis tied. 1 have but one wish left, and that is to return to the freedom and independence , ol private life. Ido this with a grateful heart lor the long continued confidence of my (el- j low citizens, and in the lull trust tf.at they ! will appreciate and approve of my motives. Very Respectfully, Yours, KLLIS LEWIS. The Konns Government. D',isAmg<on, AJ.trdi S7.—Hon. R J. Walk er, tn accepting the Kansas Governorship, ' dees so, it is unde.-siooJ, wiih the intention cd resigning the po-t as soon as he succeeds in restoring tranquility to the territory. To do this the administration has promised to statu! by him in every emergency, it is well understood that had it promised as much to e*-Governor Ucary, ihe laiter would will i.'gly have returned: but then it is insinuated that he should have fi-st consulted the views of the new administration betore he left the territory. Had he done so. tliere is every reason to belteve he would have been sus tained. The most extravagant anticipations are entertained of Mr. Walker in the discharge o( the dunes which he has finally consented to assume. GOLD F*OM Csumasfa.—The falling off in the receipt of Gold from California foot up, including the last arrival, over eighteen hundred thousand dollars short of amount received by the same time last yeat. At this rate we shad drop behind lull nine mill ions in the course of the year, an amount about equal to the sum which we can hope to retain in the country, out of the whole arrival from California, in other words, as suming that the demand :"OT specie in Europe icing the prrsent year is equal to the de maad in past years, we shall not retain one Jc lar of our import of gold from California ty IVed Scon—who if remanded to sil very hj :in Supreme Coon decision—is the r ate ot one of the Massacfcnse;ts M C.V t>r Cr.affee, tbretfc his Wile. Df. C. reore sen s the Springfield disiiict, the Argos c! which pace stales the fact t;ew ScoU be came CticSera atari—by Chaffee irarry ig the wvow of Dr. Emer-on, of Miesoan. The decistoa of the oeoet that Dead Scoa w no: a ctnree cf thw Coned Spates and could rot see in rbe Called States conn, j#a reman- Jed bin and hit faatdy to tha rJnauethood of Mu Chiaee. Clnac-Tte&lnii X'miuciaf saya tba 'be ts Kf tai. aofar. exceed# this aoatcß, acyta*ag ef the kiaf trier before witnessed r. ow ceeeuy. Su Loci* it fitted with encjeia, sod tnttn beted ap from the rider Svee bread fcr Itctaif™ lloa. James B. Clay. This gentleman i* now in our city, and it stopping at the Astor House, and we presume that many ot the old and wairaly attached personal blends of his lather will call on him and pay their respects to one who acted as his illustrious father would have done, and dissolved party ties when no longer consistent with the interests of theirnounlry. The Pres ident, in tendering to Mr. Clay the appoint ment of Minister to Berlin, indicated his es limato of the value of Mr. Clay's services, and paid at the same time the tribute of friendship to the great orator and sintesman of the West, with whom Mr. Buchanan was so long associated on the most intimate terms of private respect and affection, even while differing on questions of public policy. Ttio delicate and honorable declension of this post by Mr. Clav does equal honor to bin head and lienrt. It is for the purpose of giving siill more earnest proofs of his devo tion to the causo of Democracy, now com pletely identified with thst of the Union n* the only National party of the country. The Democratic Iriends of Mr. Clay In his native State of Kentucky propose to ser.d him to the Senate of the United States, the scone of the glorious labors of his lather, and those triumphs of intellect, eloquence and patriot ism which have reflected such lustre on hie name and that of Kentucky. We believe that there is not a democrat in the laud who did not read with rapture of the generous and patriotic labors of Mr. Clay during the last campaign, anil who did not believe that had the leader of the Senate in the struggle of 1850 been living his bold voice would have been heard in trumpet lone* on the same side.—-New York Aries. RIGHTS or NEUTRALS IN TIME or WAR.— Though (treat Hriuin entered willingly into llto proposal of the Paris Conference to abol ish privateering, it is not disposed to agree to the proposition of Mr. Marcy, necessary to our acceptiince of the first proposition— that all merchant vessels shall be free from rapture during a time of war. In a speech on the income tax, on the 9tlt inst., Lord John Russell alluded to this proposition ol the American Secretary, as carrying with it an air of philanthropy, bill in piactice was one which would not tend to prevent war, and wou'd cripple the energies of IJteat Bri tain. Foreign notions now drepd the naval superiority of England, and are therefore dis posed to peace with her If, on the contrary, they were sure that nil their merchant ves sels would be allowed to pass in safety, ore great reason for remaining at peace would betaken away. The United States could march an tinny into Canada, and (item Bri tain lave no means of offensive operations against them, l-ecause the Americans would send out no navy. It might resort to block i ado. but blockade, as tow limited, must be effectual, and, with the American extent of coast, this could not bo done with the eoiite force of the British navy. It could not shut up Russia during the late war with that country. Great Britain would therefore be rendered in a measure powerless, at.d wars ' would be more (irquetn. He hoped no min ister would set his seal to a treaty containing this stipulation. Without this stipulation, the United States will never agree to the treaty. This Government went to great length in proposing the modification it did, but it will never surrender tha right of priva teering, in which onr chief naval power re sides, without an equivalent which will guar antee the safety of our commerce at all times. —Lci/gw. Tkt Afysttna of the J.w—ln .Maine, at ihe term of (tie Supreme Court now being held at IVrtland, a bill of indictment was found by the Grand Jury against John S. Sprague for the crime of polygamy. The indictment charged that Spragne.on the Uth of Septem ber, ISM, beinst then and there an unmarried man, was lawfully married to Emily M. CWrk, and that afterwards, on the 4th ol December, 1P55, his first wife being still living, he mar ried Phoda St lvia S'ewart, thereby commit ting'he crime of polygamy. Spragne's coun sel stated to the Court that the County Attor ney was willing to admit, and that the de fence could prove that the alleged first mar riage was not a legal one.Sprague at the time being a married man and having a wife liv ing :in fact, that he had three wivea; but, as the indictment wa based upon the legality of the second marriage which was no/ legal, it must fail. And further, if the government attempted to prove that the fi.sf wife wis lit. ing when Spragne married the Ikird one, he should object to soch evidence, as they* was no such allegat ion in the indictment. This last position being sustained by the court, the County Attorney entered a nol. pixts.. ami :hns Sprague, who was charged with having frco wives, got clear by having Ibtt. Tkt Cahfamta fPatON ftyads —Parties at Washirgton are strenuously urging immedi ate ami effective measures Inr Ihe opening of the Ca'tfmnia wagon roads, authorized at the late session of Congress. Promiuent among the applicants is an ok! Catifornia stage contractor, temiiiarty krtwn as '-Jim Burch.' who proposes 10 take it entirely in his own hand*, and run a semi-weekly mail lr the $600,000 per annum authorized to be paid by Congress. This is strenuously ob jected to, on the ground that so important an enterprise shoutl not be commuted to a sin gle individual. The southern route is the one most likely to be selected, and it is thr't that the mail wij be transported overland wrthtn the neat siz or eight months. fe#" Lien>. W. N. Grier, L". S. A, formerly of Daiitille. aows<ilto:ed ai Tyoa Pa*. Cal, sues aa in erprinij aeconni of so earthquake at thai place, commencing on the 9it of Jan oary. Tree* .hree feet tfctck were mapped ofi iike pipe-stems, aw! a fistnrt to the etr.h opened tor too or fiiteea miiet. The shocks continued Jay mod night for cute days, aver aging one every hoor. A La act. Hicl.—The basin, below the railroad, at Sunbnry, appears to well stock ed with fish. Some days since, 960 catfish were taken in one baa!, with a small scute, besides a cumber of chub and other fish. ■ a 0f Ex-Governor Mn Bigier. of Califor nia- has been appointed Minister to CSSi English Politic—-Fall ot Ike Falaaerstou Administration. On the 3d ult.. says the Mtc York Herald, on a question relative to the movement in Chin* consequent upon the aetxure.of the lor clia Airow, Lord Palmeraton'* Ministry was beateJ in tha F.oglish House of Commons by a vole of 263 against the government to 217 in its favor. The question at issue was not one of any consequence. Any and every British Minis try would necessarily have pursued the same course in reference to the Chinese question that Lord Palmerston ha*. Tha arguments of ll.e leading speakers against the govern ! menl were the merest moonshine ; Lord Pal : merstoti's reply was perfectly conclusive and unanswerable. Yet in the teeth of this, the government is beaten by a majority of 16. And the vote would have been larger, no doubt, against tha administration had the various coalescing elements of the opposition , been nwnte of their strength. It is said that Lord Palmeraton will not pur sue the usual course, and consider the ad verso vote at a signal to relinquish office.— Very likely; of late years, the difference* of principal between two rival parties in F.ngtsnd have shrunk into suoh slender dimensions that statesmen have frequently felt justified in retaining office with a majority of the House against them. Lord John Ruaael did so; to did Lord Derby; so did, foretime, Lord Aberdeen. Lord Palmeraton propose* to follow the not very glorious example.— But ha will aijoy a not very uncommon good fortune if the defeat of the 3d be not followed by offirrs fur morn overwhelming in their character. Die opposition have now Isarn'. their power, they are likely to consummate tha overthrow of the government and to force Lord Palmerston to resign, as soon at tha Karl of Derby ia prspsrej to undertake the duty of forming an administration. The nrgsn of the Palmerston government intimates that tha Ministry will endeavor to save itself by dissolving Parliament and appealing to tha country ; but there seem* to be but little rea son to expect • new verdict on tuch an ap peal. it appears that the British people are tired of Lord Palmeraton, who has been with few intervals for s large segment ol a century the principal woiking man of their government. Ha has dune his duty, they seem to think, and now lie ought to retire. They have no particular fault to find with him or his policy; but they are tired of seeing always there | with the same cheerful (see, and the same John Bull look, and the seme lutmy speeches, and the santa cutting sarcasm. He has run i long enough; they want a new ploy bill, with a new programme, nod new performers.— And who are they likely to have.' Evidently ! the best chance is Lord Derby'* who deliver ed a lour hour speech the other day on the Chinese question in anticipation of office Lord Derby is* conservative; but what a conservative may bo in tho present stale of] British politics we will not undertake to say. | Tito only thing that can be asserted positively - is that Lord Derby is nut a protectionist, and not opposed to popular education, or the ex tension of the franchise, or the self-govern ment of the Colonies, or any other scheme of tho patty heretofore known as liberals. If ; tie lias any particular principles, there are , those of liis opponents. If he has a policy to ] carry out, i( is the one he now denounces I He is at the head of a patty at present, which ] comprises the stitlest of the stiff necked lories, and the wildest of the radicals: under his banner march at one liand tlte men who be j Iteve that all England's tronblea arise from undue popular liberty, and on the other, the Bright and Cobden action, who want to pu' the crown in commission, and aeli the House of Peers at suction. He will work this pecu liar composite party in order to carry on the government nt England ; remains to be-een But one thing is certain—a seat on lite eppo- I si.ion benches in these times will be the most conelortable post.—/Vfjiurg Lion. Chinese Sugar Cane —We understand that tho demand for the seed of the Chinese Sugar Cane has been extensive, and there is little doubt that a very largo surface will be planted this spring. It is the almost universal intention to plant it for a forage crop; and, if it produces—as experienced men say it will—from six to nine tuns per acre, the accession to our annual value of forage will be very important. We are in formed by a gentleman who has made him self wise by experience, that it is advisable to plam at two or more separate periods— say ten days distant—in order that difficulty in drying may be obviated. The sugar cane, of course, takes much longer to dry than clover or hay, and to cut a great quantity at one time would be injudicious. IT In the case of John Dean, the Irish coachman, who married the daughter of his master. John G. Boker, a rich merchant of New York city, the commis-ion of lunacy having decided the girt perfectly sane, the Court before whom the case was pen ding has dissolved the injunction granted against Dean, and given hint possession of his wife. The decision was received in Court on Monday, with great cheering. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Dean had an in terview. and talked over their little plans of life. They propose, it is said, to leave the city and settle down, he to his carpenter's trade, she to giving music lessons, if neces sary. IV T.ne complimentary dinner to ex-Sec retary Guthrie, by the citizens of Louisville, without di-tinction of party, took place at the Gait House last Thursday afternoon— Judge Bollock presided, and there were about 300 si the table. Mr. Guthrie made an elo quent speech in reply to an address Imm Judge Bullock, and the assemblage was quite enthusiastic. The evening was enli vened by toasts, speeches, mr.-ic, &c. ty The Dai las-Clarendon Treaty has been considered and approved by the Cabinet at Washington, as it passed the Senate. It will be immediately sent to England, by special messenger. XW A despatch from Augusta, Ga, mates that the latest information frontal! parts show the decrease in the receipts of cotton to be I 250.000 baies as compared with the sums time las' Meson OKBDS TUAT AUK DEATH LESS. HOW TIME IIOMAH JODQMBNT. Tim* lesis th vale* of oil human action, and deeds that wets thought glorious at tba period of their enaotment wear a differ ent hue .when looked back upon, apart from the false surroundings of immediata victory. It ia but a few yean, comparative* ly, since we were assured that the battle of Waterloo had settled the condition of Europe upon a permanent and imperishable basis; tiie "era of revolutions," Lord Castlereagh declared to have gone by forever: and yet the Europe of to-day is practically Ignorant of any results Irom the greatest of Wellington's achievements and even the British Queea finds it prpdent tn forget, in the Nvphew's alii* 'ance, the implacable hostility with which her gouty godfather pursued the Unole. These deeds of warriors and etatesmen, so muoh noised about in their day, are of little significance when the true history of the world ' comes to be written. Fulton and Watt, and Morse, and Hollow*)-—Jennings, tha invantnr > of Vaccinnation, and Arkwright, pntanlae of ia to the Itees of these the future historian must turn when ha en deavors to acoount for tha vast physical and mental progteas which characterised tha first hall of tha Nineteenth Century. Ha most consult tha life of Holloway in particular; for no whero elio oan ha find so perfect a typo of that combination of activity and erudition .. which forms tha distinotiva development of our modern iutellacl. The wist and learned of lormer sgea wore omnipotent in the acad emy, but helpless as new-born babes in the rough conflict with the world ; tlisy confined the treasures of (heir genius to soma half score or two of credulous disciples; but for tha great masses of the people—tha prqfiinwm vutgus, is they call them—they cherished a profound contempt anu haired. What a pleasing contrast to this avrlusiva folly does the course of Professor Holloway atford ! How much wiser, at tha event See proved, was he to irvtt mankind with confi dence, and rather seek to elevate them to his own intellectual and acientific pisiform, than to look down upon them from an envied and unapproschnble height I Ha has now muitf friends Of tha world—of til races, creedsWd tongues of man ; ho is looked up to by mill ions from all cornersol the earth ss the phys ical redeemer who has disenthralled tltein, by his universal remedies, Irom the bondage of disease. The world has not s language in which the broad principles of his Pathology have not been enunciated, nor hat the earth s race of human beings so utterly batbsrisn as to be nngiateful for the benefits his phil anthropy hat brought home to them. Indeed, ingratitude it by no means a barbarian vice. We find mora of it among the polished cir cles of society than amid the natural rudanat* of a savage camp. We could, at tbia Very moment, lay our hands upon hundreds who owe their vary live* to the usa of Holloway'* Pills and Ointment ; and )et, because they think it "mora tha thing" to have a "family pnysician," yon could not offer litem a worse insult than an intimation of who it is that re ally has cured them. lit the redemption of humanity from the | pangs of physical anguish, by llolloway—in : tho telegraphic annihila'ion of distance, by Morse—in the labor-saving machinery of i Arkwright and the independence we enjoy > ever wind the tide, through the dauntless a*- j ertiotte of Fulton,—the luiore historian of our I race will find the deathless deeds which ere j to claim the tribute of his pen, and will ex claim, as lie records the mighty mirsolae i which they performed—"Ah, there were gi | ants in those days ! we ne'er shsll look upon | their like again."—iV. I*. Excrmmrr. Something iti Goo,l as Lidi.i IlMer. —A oof. respondent of the Scientific American sends t!iat paper a specimen of a substance whirh has the propenv of India rubber, but i< pro duced in all the States in this country tooth of thirty debtee*, and ia in a solid form. It may eaaily be reduced toa suitable shape for exportation. The editor says it looks like the real caoutchouc. The discoverer is Jos. K. Ware, and if the article possessor the ph) steal properties of India rubber, lie has wade a discovery of inestimable value. ScwcTtos Case—A year or two ago says the Harrisbnrg Herald, a young man named Cassel. seduced the daughter of a fatmar, namad David Hassler. The latter subse quently brought a suit for damages against Cassel, and the case was tried this week, and was ably conducted on both sidee. Th® jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plain tiff ol £2,500 damages, Cassel to pay the costs, which, including his attorney fees, will amount to at least £SOO more—making £3,000 in all. RAILROAD FARES— The fare from Blsck stone to Boston over the Boston and N. York Central, has been reduced from $1 25 lo 75 cents. This is but a fraction over two cent® a mile—the cheapest railroad traveling in New England. IV Elliott E. Lane, Esq-, a brother of Mist Lane, and nephew of President Buchanan, died suddenly, in Lsncaster, on Thursday morning, of inflammation of the bowel*.- He was a young gentleman of fine charac* ter, and is said 10 have been qnite a favorits o! the President. WThe citizens of Pmlatlelphia and Bucks counties, to Ibe cumber of one hundred and twenty| recently rent to ibe Legislature a pe tition praving for a law to prevent negroes fro® other States acquiring a residence in Pennsvlvanit. ur According to the official returna the township of Highland, in Flk county, is the smallest district in Pennsylvania, having tut eight taiables. Jackson township in Potter county has fourteen. ty The silk worm malady continoea in Franc. The Emperor has just offered a premium of ten thousand franca to any one who will discover the cauas of this malady, and indioatesn efficacious remedy for it. I#" Thirty thousand passengers wars car ried last year by the steamships between the Vailed States sed Europe—.acludmg eartwn and wsstere 'raersafcr* :
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