From the Philadelphia Presi.
. THE BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA-
Until s late period no moneyed institution
Within the borders of our Common weak h
more fully possessed the confidence of our
citizens than the Bank of Pennsylvania. It
was an old established and a favorite bank.
It maintained a high reputation for a long
aeries of years, and had passed successfully
and triumphantly, through all the great mon
etary convulsiona of the last half century.
It had been the financial agent of the Com
monwealth in many of its moneyed transac
tions. It had at one period branches estab
lished In a number of tho towns of the S'ate.
Its capital stock (<1,875,000) was, until re
canity, greater than that of any other bank
in Pennsylvania, and but one bank now (the
Farmers' and Mechanics' of Philadelphia) I
has a greater capital. These circumstances, !
and its popular name, had given it suoli a
prestige, that generation after generation had
grown up in the belief that it was one of the
safest and best banks in the Urion- Men
distinguished for their sagacity considered
its stock the most reliable investment they
could make, anj we hear every day of peo
ple of the moat prudent and cautious charac
ter who had a Urge proportion of their means
in if, and who will lose nearly their all by
it* failure. Until within (lie last lew years it
always had the reputation, and no doubt,
deserved it, of being honestly and prudently
managed, and iis stock readily sold at a high
premium. Wiihin the last month, however,
its notes havo been at a discount ol fmm ten
to forty per cent. Its depositors liuvo been
uneasy about the safety of thoir depositee,
and its slock ban been selling lately at $lO
pe{ share. Those who have been industri
ously investigating its affairs find its condi
tion indeed deplorable. There seems no ma
•on lo doubt, however, thai its circulation
will all be fully redeemed, that its depositors
tiuiy receive fho amounts duo thnni, but
whether tlio stockholders will receive any- :
thing or if they do, how much, ore manors
of conjeciuro. It seems certain that nearly i
the entire capital slocks lias been Inst.
Whatever my bo saved from (ho wreck will '
be only a small portion of tlio whole.
The centum ol iho public forllio inconvo
nietice* nntl ltises thus unstained by the
eioteholtlura and depositors ol tlm I'onnsjlva
ni* Hank, and (lie nlmnM pntiro destruction
ol in capital stock, fall* most nacluslvoly up
on in Uto President, Mr. Thorn in Allibnttn,
and in directly upon some ol the director*,
lot not having exercised a donor scrutiny u,t-,
on hia management, lie was first elected
it* President in February, 18.'>3, ami speedily
became ihe ruling epirit of ihu institution, en
tirely regulating nml controlling nil its Irani
action*. Mr. Allibone was a bold, able, and,
a* the result prove*, an unscrupulous man.
lie brooked no interference with his man
agement. The cashier occupied a much
more subordinate and uninliueulial position
in the bank that such ollicers usually do.
Mr. Allibone'* control over a targe amount
ol the stock of the bank, united to his lact
and activity, enabled hun to have board* ot
directors personally Itiendly to him through
socialites, businea* relations, or other inlltt
enoes, elected ard a number of these have
had barely enough stock in the bank to le
g'ally qualify litem to become directors Men
disposed to distrust him, or to bo inconveni
ently inquisitive, were removed from the
board at the lira! opportunity, The sphere
ol independent felion which he reserve! tor
himsell in the bank ws almost unlimited
Its true condition was known only to himself.
Of tl e total business ol the bank only a small
portion was done with the knowledge or
•anenon ol the board, lie delighted m "ta
king the responsibility'" of doing as oe pleas
ed. He loaned money without the know
ledge or consent, ami without the sanction
of the directors. Those who basked in the
sunshine ot Ins favor wvre confident ct ob
taining such accommodation* as they desired
—■those who did not, soon learned that thetr
chances ol" obtaining discounts were slight
indeed, The bank had gradually been de
clining in the t'avcr of the business men el
this city for several years past, and the sus
picion in general that ts means were use.
fa,her to advance the ambitious projects, am'
to further the speculative designs, and to ac
commodate the friends of Mr. Allibone.
than to render any service to general bum
ties* interests, or to benefit its s'ockholders
Mr. A. lived in magnificent style— gavt
sumptuous entertainment*, and was libera
to a laud with those whose power he drea
Jed or whose influence he eenrte- 1 Wher
the pceatonitery symptoms of the la o crast
first appeared, the crippled con.i. ion of the
Bank ol Peonsylraaia rendered it neeessart
for him to appeal to the othet banks of h<
City for aid. At first a comparatively sruat
cam—a lew hundred thousand dollars—wa
considered necessary to re eve the bark c
it* ewibarrewmer.ts, beta kno a ledge ot it<
wccssitie* becoming public it.dcce.t a re.
• pon it br some cf its rear est depo.
and the growing alarm irrnrnse.l -he anion
of assistance he needed ai.h eh r.ri day
oaiii the o.her bark* t'so became t-.gMer-e.
wad refused ic acccoe o 'tis demands c
be wade a full exhibit of the afla > of
bank. Tf.a he ref.isod to do. and ear.r
that there was onie er no b.v.-ab -ye. hi
ga.tng the aid be be rear iced
jwwetpnare the caastrnphe t>: a sits per. so
effect# payments, ami tcd-ag the tube
berths drwn so the positio*. which he koet
iisev tab'y awaited Ins own. A; as rv
brer he cabled a rneet.ng ot the H. rector* fca
reso'ctioa* in i*vor of suspension passer
oo-ioea ?e tbe effect por ed cr, the ooors
tbe bank—and as he redoubt foresaw,
peocrai rex upon af! the harks of the c-i:;
was commerced which resume.: ia the.-: scs
penmoc aod which eventually led rwtbegca
Met awspenasoa of nearly alt .he banks >r lb.
rnned b.aies W her. iha Governor, at.r
being swjuesueb ic ca.! tne Lagisia-c-e tpgeih
er le legalize serpens-or, vianea tt cry
Mr Ali'bone w* or he aim to take r ins n
charge and induced htm te make eerjw
pwdi.ions far arable to the Bank of Pecos*
MM hu. my npnn the other bancs ot th
Hty bafeae he waoki career., te eal: tbe Lee
■tamo* He also wa-m.y ei. irate,
be BMMI * the p-njsr. o making an
ham tamke hki tMm —mi of the Penney Ice
m toft, ■ in" i— af the iriwfWK. Al
Ihii, however, could not restore the confi
dence of the public. Mr. Allibone lingered
or. for a few weeks, avowedly ill, but appa
rently und-cided as to what policy lie should
pursue. There were loud clamors for his re
signation, but he did not lined ihem until the
last moment. The true condition of the af
fairs of the bank remained unknown. The
key of the safo in which its principal papers
and accounts were kept remained in his own
possession, and was only handed over on
l he eve of wliut cannot well be regarded now
as else - but lliglit from the infamy
which was sure to follow from the exposure
of the condition of the bank which had been
ruined by hia management. He once had
many watm and 7'alous friends in this com
munity, but has few apologists or defenders
now. By his management of the bank und
his precipitation of suspension, ho has done
moro mischief in connection with Iho lata fi
nancial (roubles, than any other American
bank officer, and it is but natural that exe
crations should be heaped upon him by the
many victims of iho bunk failures, and a
largo portion of the community.
Muil Volcanoes on llm Colorado lllvrr.
A correspondent of the San Dingo Il.ira'd,
writing from "Mud Volcanoes," on the Col
orado Desert, in July last suys:
Here I am, in the contra of the Coloiado
Desert, and in the midst of the most diaboli
cal tmbub and uunuU that old mother
Nature over got up in a small way. It is, in
short, a convention of volcanoes, spooling,
sputtering, straining, pulling and tearing
A hundred hillocks, varying Irntn four to ten
fool in height, enoli one • miniature Cltimbo
ruzo, send forth jets of steam and sntuke, and
now mid again vomit volumes of mud and
molted sulphur. Due scuds up n column ol
bitter and srulding water some thirty lent in
the air, fulling in hot rain on every side, ren
dering un approach rather hazardous, lie is
President of the ronvontioi), or, mayhap, the
orator of the occasion ; ho spnnls well, any
how. On oaclt sido ol him a huge cauldron,
160 feet in diameter, and sunk about eight
lent below iho sttrlace of the plain, polls and
"Hops" with n thick pasted mud and water,
like the witches'
"Hell broth, thick and slab."
I imagine bltokspero luid been hero the
day before Ito vvrolo Macbeth. Now and
agnir. those witch kettles boil over, and tho
hot slime runs oil tu a sluggish stream in an
easterly direction, following the slight incli
nation of tlio plain. On every side the littla
mounds vie with each other in throwing mud
ami spouting tlio water upon the unwary vis
iter. \nuapproa(hu quiet and unpretend
ing litilo mound ; no steam or smoke or any
fiery indication gives you warning of danger;
you bend over it to peep into ihe miniature
crater, when slap goes a fulfill of hoi mud
and water into your lace, and iusianily twen
ty oilier litilo volcanic devils pitch in ; and
while one washes you with slime the oilier
plasters you with mud, and you retreat, beat
on', like a poor camlid.no tor cilice who does
not belong to the party.
Tho space occupied by these mud-spout
ing politician* of the desert is about 400
yards long by ?S0 ilt width, every fifty fact
square containing ore or mere of them.
'o lorrrr in -tnw ,
intermittent, bursting out every few hours;
and others again, perhaps, have slept for
months. A hot, suffocating vapor tenders
breathing difficult, and the smell of sulphiir
eued hydrogen can be detected for several
mde before you reach the ape'. The water
ejected is extremely bitter and sulphurous.
Around ihe vent of the principal one el these
tufroni are beautiful sialagmitic cotirretions,
lipped vvuh lead, and looking like a mass ot
coral. These masses are cor.ioal and tubular,
and-from each a liitlo jci cfsieatri issues with
A whizzing noise. I obtained a specimen
wlib much difficulty, in consequence of the
hot shower falling like a magic circle around
ihem. The ground frequently trembles, and
tumbling, subterraneous noises icll of fi.-es
down below.
Vulva or A T KSTAVVNT. —I know at least
t one intionrs of a shilling testament put
I chased at New Orleans previous to the Mex
ican war. which not only saved the life of
the possessor, but was the mean* of saving
his soul It wa< in this way:—A young Il
linois gitl purchased a small Testament for
p four dozen of eggs at throe cents per dozen ;
, and whoa brother was About to start to Mex
ico as a volunteer she put into his vest poc
ket There it remained, wrapped in the
same paper and in the same pocko'. un,il
he batt'e e: b... ua Y.sta. when tho owner
received a wound through the Testament,
which broke the force oi ihe bullet, which
lodged in his breast a.-..", sent h.r.t to tec
hospital There he read lis book. and the
last time 1 saw him he was in an 11 r-.s
co.lege, preparing for the pulpit, or rashor
" for a missionary field in ihe Method.s:
Church
WRITTO FARJACXS—There is sxilivei
cms corva-r.i -n'he fv't'rair.g pt-i;rpt*
abewt the wt'nee serm.ws :
' Tre frgrtt o-u HercU, cco'cs from an
r evchA'cv tn Account of dev. D- DAI •*. uto
: h.j been Amour,red tor-etch, but ssid to
he cortregs.-cn. r, by sr. ore-- gh: ofit'f
v bigtrge rr.is'rr. b, ct-pet-brg had bertj or.
tr.d ;.-.A' sc-mt one else ir.cst there o-e preach
la :is ea.'. Toe Ilfoiii stvs •' itta. re
Pu s'tnd.rr na Mars Hi!'. *t Athens, be
tore A.-. arx: 'r r: keer f crs.r.g Creeks.
tri string. V? mer o. Alliens. ! pores re
;bi i; A t ;s re i-e jeosfpe.-? ■; ros an.-,
i w irjsf he goes'-on w voc as soon as
try oA-pe -ots comfs Torn Berea "
Nrw WAT TO act em or A BAIT—OB
Thurso ay morn.ng I AS. as a SC.A. girt was
oa her way ic setae.. in Ptuaoetptta, she
was met by geneey dronaeii young mar
who stopped ber and enquired where she wn
going She replied o school, her. ihe
vornr mar. Ssteti the name oa iba mistreas
Or. bemg ir formed he requested the untie git.
;t cowry a bo rate to bet. at ihe name rs
cannoning ber if carry r. vev cowfni'c as
she tuier nreak it —She took the bcadie
and carrier it wiifc great Ck-r to ber teacher
Who, upas opening it, found a white child
afpvahit/ a&oe. '.ear dart odd. To* icue
one wee jef nirty later on* o."
! Star of tl)c Nortl).
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
IllooncUiurg, Wednesday, Dec- '£■ 1807.
m KANSAS—II S CONSTITUTION.
Once again the Black Republican presses
aro endeavoring to raise a breeze about Kan
sas. Not long since they went crazy over
the Topcka Constitution, and now ihey are
trying it on again over that lately formed at
Lecompton. No fair minded man over de
fended tho authority which formed Topcka
Document; but as it was good enough a
Morgan till altor tho election, it was seized
upon us a perfect God-send by Iho Republi
can presses and orators. Wo have already,
upon moro than one occasion charged upon
that party, lite accusation that they were
endoavoring to make Kansas a slave State,
and wo aro still of that opinion.
A convention, elected und called by au
thority of law lately assembled at Lecomp
ton in tho Territory of Kansas, and adopted
a constitution for that embryo State ; which
is to bo submitted lo tho voters on the 21st
day of this mouth, Decetnbor, and to vole
directly whether or not slavery is to bo an
institution of tlio futuro State. If tho major-1
ity of tho vote should bo for tho Constitution
with slavery then it will bo a slave .State; if
for the constitution without slavery, then, a
free State. Tho following is tho preamble
and regulation upon which the vote is lo bo
taken.
"Hoforo tlio consiituiion is sent to congress
tho president of this convention, or in his
absence, by reason of hisdouth, resignation,
or otherwise, tho President pro tan. shall by
proclamation declare that M tho 21st day
of December, 18.57, at tho different election
precincts now established by law, in the ter
ritory of Kansas, an election shall he held,
over which shall preside three judges, to bo ap
pointed by the president of this convention,
or in his absence, by reason of death, resig
nation or otherwise, the president p>o ton ,
at which election the constitution framed
by this convention shall be submitted to all
the male citizens of tlio territory of Kansas
over tho ago of tweniy-ono years, for r.ilili
catiou or rejection, in the following manner
and form :—Tho voting shall be by ballot.
The judges of said election shall cause tolie
kept two poll books by clerks, by them ap
pointed ; the ballots cast at said election
shall be endorsed, 'constitution with slave
ry,' or 'constitution without slavery."
"Ono of said poll books shall be deposi
ted with the president of this convention, or
in his absence, by reason of his death, re
signation, or othorw isc, the presidentpro fern.,
and the other to bo retained by the judges
of election, and kept open for inspection.
The president of the convention, or in his
absence, by reason of his death, resignation,
or otherwise the president pro ton , with
two or more members of this convention,
shall examine said poll books, anil if it shall
miOU Mill •
itv of the votes cast at said election be in fa
vor of the constitution with slavery.' he
shall immediately have transmitted the con
stitution so ratified to tho congressof tho Tai
led States for admission into tho Union as
a sovereign state under said constitution,
but if. upon such examination of said poll
books. ,t shall appear that a majority of the
votes cast at said election bo in favor of the
■eons; .tin ton without slavery.'then the article
providing for slavery shall be stricken from
this constitution by tho president of this
convention, or in his absence, by reason of
death resignation, or otherwise, by the pres
ident pro ion . and "except thai the right of
property in slaves now in this territory shall
iti no manner he interfered with," and he
shall immediately have transmitted the con
stitution so rati tied to the congress of the
United Siatcs for admission into the Union
as a sovereign state rivulet the said constitu
tion."
It might be thought that such a fair ar.d
distinct enunciation would be sufficient for
honest men and fair parti.-.tns ; but the New
\ crk Trtbxm and papers ot that ilk denounce
the action of the convention, and counsel
their fncnds to refuse concurrence, an.', with
held their votes of the Slst l<eor.use the
whole constitution was not submitted so as
to be voted v.pon. Mas there over such
quibbling acd hollow-hear.odness' M'hen.
under democratic nilo and ,air dealing, it is
in their power, by concert of action with
democratic free btate men. to make Kansas
forever free, they oppose factions h*.r split
ting to the work of the convention: is it not
plain that their object is to taster, slavery
upon Kansas I
M> trust that the good sense of the mass
esinrhat Terriiorvw-.il . cleat the treason
of thc.r leaders, that a full and free express
ion of the popular will may be had. ar.d
that by the Co'gross about to assemble
Kansas may be admitted into the Union, a
free, severe iga, and independent btate
1-ACXAWAKSV ASH F.o. V-IRNU KAILROAO
T .is road is :ss: approaching completion:
tue i-aoklayers nave but about five mues
more of road to lay with raits, when it
w. . be finished and in running order
b-.onid the wr-.her remain favorable, in
e.-it or tor. days A passenger irair. win be
introduced upon it.
i f The editor of the ilepub.icafi orcar. ttp
town is going into spasms about Kansas : he
tr.icks the '-acting ecjor a the -Star" don't
read any —about Kazts&s. We would not
ir.-srepresent asythajg peßa-r.ug to Kansas
aSairs but jHttct the truta Bead pur leader
this week, if you p*ease.
ir The Philadelphia papers say that the
iiaaroed ir oaey of those wan cave way re
tiie feais during the pour is eonimg torth j
iron as hitimg place and seeking tor invest
ment
EF* linnet mattes art gxarmaliy beewAanng
easier Dolt u< .Sew York awd PtnteMtptuA
TM jwwm rt tymrniv* cud o frmmock* mt •
Governor Packer's Cabinet.
Hon. ij. B. Browne and William A. Porter,
Esq., of Philadelphia; Hon. P. C. Shannon
and A, B. McCalmonf, of Pittsburgh; and
Hon. Qaylon! Church, of Erie, aro named In
connection with the appointment of Attorney
Generil under Governor Packer's adminis
tration. For Secretary of the Commonwealth
the most prominent names spoken of are
Hon. William M. Hiester, of this county;
| Hon. A>hn L. Dawson, of Fayette; and Hon.
John Cessna, of Bedford.
We do not know what Mr. Hiester'* views
ate with reference to accepting a place in
Gen. Packer's Cabinet; bat all who are ac
quainted with him will agree with us that he
is peculiarly well fitted, tiy education and ex
| pericnce, for the office with which his name
I has been coupled; and should the appoint-
I inent bo tendered and accepted, it will do
credit to the Governor's choice, and be rs-
I garded with the liveliest satisfaction by the
I people of this, his native county, as well as
I by the Democracy of tho State at large.—
Rending Oaxettcj,
Mlngntnr.
We heard of L singular circumstnnce the
other day whictl occurred a few miles up the
Lehigh A little/girl about four years old,
awoke in tho Aiiddlo of the night and told
liar father that there wrs a negro in the col
lar—He endeavored to quiet her by telling
her that she hud been dreaming—but she
resolutely insisted that she ssw the mango
in and Was positive that ho was there. In
orderto iniei thechil J, therefore he arose from
his bed, dunked out of the win low (which
commanded a view ol tho cellar door,) and
to his surprise sow it open. Ho then went
down stair just in time to see a mar. coming
out with u pot of milk in his hand. The
thief, or, thus being caught, dropped the milk
jumped over the fence snd made tracks. Hi
stopped, however, and begged ofT, on tlirealt
of being shot. Tloa occurrence took plao
on Thursday night last. By what mean* wai
this knowledge contmuntcsted to the child
Was it through that presence of evil which i
is said sometimes warns us of danger in on
sleeping hours I—Alkntotrn Democrat.
Un Aovtcr—T!lß newspapers of the prin
cipal Eastern cities arc tinging upon the
poor and those out of employment, to leave
the cities for the country, It is vety improp
er for our city friends to giro this kind of
advice. The people in the country districts,
at this season of tho yc:.r, have help enough
to do all tho labor required. Wo hat o our
own poor among its, and our duly is to sec
that thoy do not suffer. There is a much
more extensive field for employment in the
city than in tho country at the present time,
and the means of providing for those in strai
tened circumstances are rtuclt more ample
in the former than in the litter. We advise
persons out of employmvni, to remain just
where thev are, and not go to places where
they are entirely unknown.
IT* About forty of tho unemployed work
ing girls ol the city of New York left for the
West on Tuesday afternoon, under tho charge
ol Mr. C. C. Tracy, who was also accompan
tr t> a company ( u.imeless bojs, tiom
tho Central cilices. Oress-makets, sewers
of all work, tailxresses, factory-girls, pen
makers, and parasol-workers, composed the
motley avocation of tho industrious young
women who thus availed themselves of the
oppottanily to better their condition in the
land of tho West. Tho young tvomon wore
nest and tec,!est of appearance and looked
perfectly happy at >hc fortunate epoch of
their livesfrhu-h had arrived at a tune when
they had buffered much from the want of
employment during ibe late crisis
FT Hoivj Theodore Frelinghiiysen. in IS
-44, Whig candidate for Vice President, now
President of Uutgera'a College. was married
on tho Sfiih of Oct., to Miss Harriet Pom
polly, ot Owego, N. Y.
ITFira hundred United State troops,
supposed hi hre belonged to the Utah Ex
pedition. are -eported to have been attacked
and murdered by the Indians, near the
Missouri River.
try Queen Victoria's Crown weighs throe
pounds threo ouncosi and live pennyweights,
Troy. It contains Sit> jewels, oue of which
is a ruby worn in ike hemlet o< Henry V ,
at the Rattle 01 Agin^ourt.
t3P" Mr. Her.ry Shiw, a wealthy gentle
man of St. Lonis, htf declared his intention
to rent a vacant lot aid tiil it with wood tor
the betteti: ot" the peer of St. during
the coming w nter. !H;s is a noble exam
ple.
|
rr The Methodius have already thirty
itinerants and peroral local preachers in
K.msas, and their camp-meetings this tall
have been very sue. essiul. The Me.ho
dists have hud the : .iuad an on of university
rdrnyra. catted Uifl Taker university after
Bishop Baker.
AoQrtTTiL OR MS CAPTAIN or THIS STRAW
tt Ortuorsis—.Vow Qrirn.> Nov ST—Cat
tain Ellis, of the sursrer Opelousas, who was
ird-c ed for roanslwigh.ter. in eorsequenee
ot tbs recent eollisioi of his vessel with the
Ga vesica, has been .chained
Re rime \Vo it.— "The P.ttsbarg '-Pa." Dis
patch says tha. sereni of i beSitgo iron works
tare rescmed this week, and are new run
rsicg half time. Tha wtll famish employ
ment to many who hire beea ia* for some
t.me past. Several e the mills in tbe Fifth
Ward, also, the De-patcn says, will man
again ehwtiy.
IWOKTAICT Drrjwcs.—At a recent trial in
Broome county, K. Y., it was decided that
a passenger having pcrcbased a railroad
•eke; irom one point to anotber, bad a right
to nde or *ry train be chose -rapping
ever at ary place ec be road a day or
more at pieawe. Tae notice, "good for
this in: only," was of no legal iorce
iy A Ruasian ma-o; war has been sunk
in the Gutf of Fmland, by which calamity
I,W uvea were tact
It m wya iaek dowe oa others; a leek
bewn a* gmm-iiee m the iAwky
Important from India*
LONDON, Wedneacay Morning.— THO fol
lowing telegraph despatch was received this
morning at the foreign office: Delhi, which
fell into onr hands on the 80th of September,
was entirely occupied bn the 21st, and the
whole of the enethy expelled. In the os
sault of the 14th, sixty-one officers and elev
en hundred and seventy-eight men, being
one-third of the storming party, were killed
and woundod, General Nicholson died of his
wounds on the 21st.
The old king said he was ninety years of
age when he surrendered to Capt Hodgson,
about filleen miles South of Delhi. He was
accompanied by his chiel wife. Their lives
iwere spared. Two of his sons and a grand
'son were also captured by Capt. Hodgson,
about live miles from Delhi, and were shot
on the spot. Two moveable columns were
despatched from Delhi, on the 23d, in pursuit
of the enemy. By accounts from Agra one
column appears to have reached the neigh
borhood of Alyghar and the other that ol
Muttra, on tho 28th of September.
Gon. Havelock, with twenty-five hundred
men, crossed tbe Gauges, from Cawnpore,
on the 10th ol September, and relieved Luck
now on the 25th, jnst as it was ready to be
blown up by its besiegers.
On the 26th the enemy's entrenchments
were stormed, and on the 291h a large part of
the city was taken. Four hundred and fifty
British were killed and wounJed. General
Neill was killed.
A slight rising of the rebels took plaee
near Nassick, in (he Bombay Presidency, in
tho suppression of which Lieut. Henrj was
killed. The Madras troops defeated the mu
tineers of lh fifty-second regiment, near
Kemplee, and killed ono hundred and fifty
ol them.
IT" The Now York Ttmos mentions the
following fact as evidence that there is iiO|
tfllile so much desperate distress in that city
as snmo imagine:
"There was an application last week for a
woman to go into the country and livo on a
small farm, whero she would be paid five
dollars a month, and it was three days before
any one coulJ be found among all the multi
tude of unemployed laborers who was will
ing to accept the oiler."
XV The next legislature of '.his Slate will
be strongly urged to prohibit the circulation
of Hank notes ol a less denomination than
ten dollars. Some very prominent gentle
men are in favor of carrying up the limit to
#25, so that paper as a currency shall no: in
terfcre with the (roo circulation of the high
est denomination of coin. There is much
reason in favor of 925 notes as the lowest
denomination ol bank bills.
Aoul'lTTFtv—Win. Hint, was tried Issl week
at Williamsport, for killing Samuel Hill, lin
ing a tight two weeks ago, in Brady town
ship, (not Clinton township, as stated in our
account of tho affair) this county, and ac
quitted, tho evidence going to show that the
aet was committed in self defence.— Munty
Luminary.
So.MCßcnr says the rfertf is a mean word
anv wsy you can fix it. You eani make a
respectable word of it anyhow. Remove
the d and it's evil, transpose the t and it is
vile, remove the v and it is ill, remove the i
and it is I itself is cockey for krJl.
A Basari'i. printer refused a situation in a
printing oflire where females were employed,
saying that he never "set op" with a girl i.i
his life.
Or The trial ofM r*. EMMA A. CrNNIMItAM
for producing a false Iteir to the Hnrdefl es
tate, ha* been again prostponed. It will take
placo "if nothing occur* to protein" on the
thiol Tuesday of December, in the Orange
County Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Go
alien.
SHORT CRRPITS —Tom says that when they
won't ttuat a fellow tor hit drink long enough
lor htm to swallow it, he thinks credit a itt/U
too short.
New Yotk is in a de plorable state Mur
ders lake place nearly every night, and the
papers are tilled wi.h horrible details of sick
ening crimes.
Two of the shoe manufactories is South
Deerfied, N. 11., which hsve be idle for some
lime, started on the I6ih. These establish
ment* will give employment for the winter
to three hund.ed persons male and female.
Cy A brill iant meteor blared over town
on Sundar night abont tof o'clock, casting a
shadow as distinctly as the llame of a large
gas light upon the pavement. It disappear
ed suddenly with a noise like that ot a half
spent rocket, or like putting hot iron in wa
ter.— Kmwrd cf Ike It met.
CY CTRIOSITT —A red frog ha* been shown
to the North Bngwaier Gazette, found 22 feet
below the surface of the ground, by a man
digging a well in that town. He jumped as
soon as set iree.
tST Hon. C. C. CUT, Jr., has been reelec
ted U. S. Senator by tbe Legislature of Ala
bama, for six years, from the 4th of nexi
March.
Tbe Legislature of Texas, has elected J.
Pickney Aendersin and J. \V. Hemphill, to
the United States Senate, in place of Gen.
Thomas J. Rusk, deceased, and Gen. Sam 'J
Houston
Most Woax res MecHAmcs—lt is stated
that orders hare been issued to 'be Gosport
(Va.) Nary Yard, by the Department, for tbe
mmedtiie preparation of tbe brig Perry for
the Brazil station, and of the eloop-of-war
Marion, for tbe coast of Africa.
BP Twelve hnctlred and ten persons were
committed to tbe Philadelphia county prison
during the month of October.
GF The Capitol at Washington originally
cost 53,000,W00, and, it is said, tbe improve
ments now in progress will COR $4,000,000
more.
HT There are in New York a great many
people who xfaa't sleep in bouses ' A
night or two tinea the station bouse reports
thawed the names of 400 lodger*.
iy Thechiaertiof Bmiidmig- Pa, town
w —"t> deeidei agaiaat aa issue f
The Allegheny Cobnif Murder.
Lift, Stewart arid Charlotte Janes to be Hung.
\ The Supreme Court, in motion at Pitts
burg, as we learn from the Chronicle of yes
terday evening, affirmed the judgment of the
Court below in the case of Life, Stewart and
Charlotte Jones, convicted of the murder of
Henry Wilson ond Elizabeth McMasters, at
McKeesport. The Chronicle says:
When intelligence of the action of the
Court reached the prisoners, the effect on
each one was most extraordinary and un
luoked for. Stewart, who had always dis
played the most astonishing selfpossession
and calmness, appeared overwhelmed by
the news, and betrayed a degree of emotion
that he never beforo manifested. His whole
hope centered on the Supreme Court. He
believed firmly that there would be a rever
sal of tho judgment of the Court below In his
case, and when ho found the hope which
had buoyed him up suddenly destroyed, his
sell possession deserted him, and he govo
himself up to a degree of anguish that sur
piisod while it pained his fellow prisoners -
He stdl proclaims his innocence, and main
tains that, though a thousand Courts held
otherwisn, he is guiltless ol the blood ol the
Wilson family.
Life, 100, wastnlten aback not a little when
lha decision was made known. He soon
recovered his equanimity, howaver, and be
yond declaring his innocence, he spoke but
little oil the subject. Hoesys they may lung
him when they please, but that Stewart is an
innocent man, and that i( he be executed, it
will be a judicial murJar.
Charlotte Jones received the news with
extraordinary composure. To our mind, she
is a callous wretch —insensible fo all the fine
feelings o( tho human heart, ami indiffereit
whether or not she ends her days on a gib
bet.
Nnotv Mortn nt Oswego, New York.
OSWEGO, N. Y., NOV. 24.—Tho weather
here is very cold. Two inches of snow fell
during last night.
A large (lent of wheat laden vessels bound
to this port, and detained on the Welland
('anal by the ice. Navigation on the Canal
Kastward, is still uninterrupted.
DETROIT, NOV. lh —The propeller Ogdon
berg, which arrived from Chicago this after
noon, reports having encountered much ice
in the Straits ot Mackinac, and greet difficul
ty in forcing her way through.
The schooner John Martin of Cleveland,
is ashore near I'resque Isle, a total loss. The
crew saved.
There was another unknown vessel near
the same place, which will probably prove a
total loss.
There have bretr no tidings of the schooner
1 Seaman, which is believed to be lost on Lake
Superior, with nil on board.
The river boats run with difficulty on ac
count of the ice. Navigation is considered
almost closed for the season.
from Washington.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 27.—AS far as can be
asoettained, the Cabinet are united in sus
taining the action of the Kansas Constitution
al Convention. Whatever preference there
may have been for submitting the entire
Constitution to the people, it is understood all
are agreed that the mode proposed for the
inhabitants to settle the question of slavery
as one of their domestic institutions for them
selves, is in accordance boih with the letter
and sjntit of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
Gov. Walker has had another long inter
view with tho President. on the subject of
Karsas affairs, ami these also, to-day, occu
pied a large share o! Cabinet deliberation.
No arrangement has yet been made in re
gard to the transmission of the President's
Message in advance of its delivery. It is
probable, however, that the newspaper press
will be supplied with copies by the means
heretofore adopted.
All the reports of the heads of Departments
are in a sufficient stage of forwardness for
copy iog.
I* .Vrfhorfiil CknrrA tknilA and Sl.rtwry
The liolston conference of the Methodist
Kpiscopal Church South, at its recent confer
ence in Marion, Va, rescinded that clause in
the discipline which prohibits the "buying
and selling of men, women and children for
the purpose of enslaving them." The Kuox
ville Whig says that there were over one
hundred traveling pre sobers in the confer
ence, and only fonr veted against it. The
proposition is to be submitted to the twenty
three annual conference South, between this
and the general conference in May next,
which convenes in Nashville.
STun-ai to Deitk. —Among the deaths in the
city of Providence R. 1., list week was that
of a female in the fih ward, about forty
years of age, whose physician's certificate
states that the cause of her death was '-'want
of nourishment." What a recorj for a city
where the friends of foreign missions were
so sumptuously entertained a few weeks
ego.
An Infernal Machine. —The Buffalo Cora
mercisl Advertiser slates that on Thursday, a
baggage man at the Central Depot, while
handling a trunk in the nsnal slam-bang
manner of that tsefo! class of citizens, threw
it down with such fotce as to explode a pis
tol within. The pistol exploded a canister
of powder, the powder exploded the trunk,
and the trunk exploded the baggage man,
tumbling him neck over heels and served
him right a< that.
Housekeeping fa Kanni. —A Kansas let'er
says there is a grest scarcity of servant gills
:n the Territory, snd wages are very high,
while the matrimonial market is still more
aciive. snd female domestics readily obtain
"situations" where there *re but two ia tbe
family. A married lady etn hardly keep a
servant more than a mouth or two, be/ore
there is as announcement that a wedding is
to come off, and ber servant is to be the
bride.
f ,r * ID Jcrttg Short. —On Snnday evening
fire wee discovered in the Store of Meesrt.
Baker & Manic, ia Jersey Shore, which de
stroyed nearly all their stock of goods, tboogb
the bedding was saved. The origin of (he
fire is not known to cs. The lose of Baker
fc Maoia as about S3, OOO —fully iem red
1). c. Ilachmun, ashler of the Laacas
ler llauk, Acquitted,
The caa of this gentleman, charged with
bmhevrlement in the l.snoaater Batik, was
tried in the Lancaster Quarter Sessions last
week, audi rfe-ulted in a verdict of acquittal,
after a lull hearing. The Jnty retired with
tho case on Friday tnontint. and returned
wiill their verdict about 10 o'clock at night.
Bscliman was accordingly discharged; and
on motion of counsel, Mr. DaVid Longeneck
er, lata President of the Rank, and implica
ted in the same charge, was also discharged.
This verdidt was unexpected to the com
munity, and has ekeiteJ considerable feeling.
The Daily Times severely censures '.he court
and jury, and intimates pretty broadly that it
was through the position bl the parties, and
the corrupt nso of money, that the verdict
was obtained, and that any small rogues, un
der the circumstances, would bare been con
victed.
Cot retpon,tenet aflhe Daily Penntylvanum
Letter from New York.
NKW YORK, November 24, IBS 7.
The mortal rhtffains of the late Goners''
Worth were conveyed from Greenwood (\G
metory, to the Goverttor'e Room, City Hall,
thta afternoon, preparatory to their final do.
posit in Madison Square, under the monu
ment, to morrow. If the arrangements for
the funeral, as laid dotvn in the programme,
are faithfully carried out, the psgeanl will ho
one of th most imposing ever witnessed in
New York. While tho procession Is in pro
gress, the various places of business along
lha route will be closed.
Rev. Dr. Vinton, of St. Paul's Church, and
Rev. Dr. Stevens, of Philadelphia, are to be
the officiating clergymen.
From Washington-
If'ii.rAitigfon, Not'. 24.—Setter Don Napole
on Escalante ami Senor Don Litis Molmo,
were lo day introduced to the President by
the Secretary ol State, and delivered their
credentials as Envoys Extraordinary and
Ministers Ponlpotenitariea from the Republic
of Costa Rica to tho Government of the Uni
ted States.
The siate of the government finances pre
sents die only difficulty lo the consummation
of tho New York City Post Offloe proposition
Phis, however, ntay probably soon be re
moved.
Whent lor Oswegot
OSWKUO, Nov. 21.—The Times, this after
noon, publishes a list of fifty vessels now on
their way from the upper lakes, let this port,
with 7<)o.ik)o bushels of wheal, principally
from Chicago. It is estimated that half a
mill ott of bushels will bo here on the closn
ol she canal. All the mills are in operation
I3T Godfrey, the comrade of the late Dr.
Kane, who ha t pcen committed to prison in
Philadelphia, oq the charge ol having three
wives at one time, is stdl unable to procuto
hail to the amount of $2,000, demanded by
the eommiiing magistrate. One of the wives,
and then not first mat tied—is most assiduous
1 in her attentions !o him, and visits him in
i prison as often as the regulations permit
From this ii seems that ho improved on his
• first choice. It will be remembered that Dr
Katie, in his book, mmtinns Godfrey as bo
, ing especially desirous of marrying a Kam
i sckatka woman, while die ship was ice-bound
I and the voyagers in winter quarters. God
; tree's weakness for social life is not likely to
bring him much comfort.
LARGE PANTHER KILLED. —The Woodvillo
Republican of the 271h instant saya that a
panther was killed last week, within ten
miles of Woodvillo, Miss., by Mr. William
Do Loach in the vicinity of the Buffalo
Swamp. The gentleman and his lady were
walking out in the evening, ho lakiug Ihe
precaution to carry his gun with him iu hopes
of finding some game—a squirrel or turkey
They had rot progressed far into tho woods
before he heard a rustling in the tops of tho
trees, w hen, looking up to sea what it was,
he discovered a largo panther almost ready
to jump on them. Mr. Do Loach lost no
lime in despatching the monster. Ho meas
ured ten feet in length, and was large in pro
portion. One of his paws was exhibited si
Mr. Lindenmyer's, which surpassed anything
in size we ever saw.
SINGULAR CALCULATION —Mr. Anderson, the
Wizard of the North, says that during the
last twenty years he has paid £25,000 for
advertising, £33.000 for bill printing,£4l,soo
for bill postiug. He has posted 335,000
square miles of paper on the walls of Lon
don, and in doing this he had used 1,363.000
pounds of paste.
RESTMING WORK. —Two of thashoe manu
factories ir. Souih Deer field, N. H., which
have been idle for some lime, stare.! on the
16th. These establishments will give em
ployment for the winter to three hundred per
sons, male and female.
!
i NEW MODE OF STOPPING A HORSE.—A few
days since, a fiery young horse, attached to
j a light carriage in which two young men
were seated, took fright at the noise of a
' locomotive, at the railroad depot in Lancas
ter, Pa., and started to run away, when one
i of ihe young men, leauing over the dash
board, and seized the animal's tail, which
j had the effect of stopping him instantly.
1 A Gosling trefl Plucked. —Mr. James Gos
ling, dry goods merchant, of Pitisbnrgh, must
: reel very much like a goose, sined Mite Lu
cy Motgan has obtained a verdict for SI3OO
against him for slander. She took a pair of
* corsets from his store to try them on, and,
as tbey did not suit, sent them back. Mean
: time Mr. Gosling saw ber in an omnibus on
her way to a railroad station, and aconsed her
of having tlm corsets in her trunk, end called
her a "rascal."
The Engfuh Manufacturing Dutridi.—Bai
■ ieess in the manufacturing districts la Eng
, land is nearly at a stand still. Out of ninety
manufactories in Manchester, Blackburn, and
Burnley, only two are working full rune. At
Boltoa, Leads, and Halifax, (be spinners
' have napped work, i# whole or in part.