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Clearfield,1 Pa. Wednesday,' Doc. 23, IS53.
-To Cobbespo3iDE5T3. We will send tho paper
to the man in Indiana, with pleasure, if G. W. D.
will givo us bla name in more lcjible characters.
For the soul of us we cannot make it out.
AluHumi. Where the deuce is"Airydala?" We
should like to know what part or our land is eo
productive of ' flapdoodle," The Stuff thoy feed
fools on. ' The fellow that sent U3 that article on
"change," must bo an exceedingly verdant speci
men. Ho ought to have a leather medal.
"J" L'. D We cannot do it. It would make us
as great a jockos as yourself.
Jt. S. You give us good advice, bat we ean't
help it. We 'must do it, and we -shrink from no
responsibility."
B.- Columbia. We have sold the establishment.
Tou are too lata , unless the purchaser "backs wa
ter," in which event wo will be happy to givo
you a chance. .-
-J. P. It. We thank you for your Christinas
gift, but it's rather a useless artiele, as we don't
indulge.
To oua Patrons. Owing to the fact of our
hands having been compelled to work on
Christmas, and that we have a good many ar
rangements to make previous to the Journal
passing out of our hands, no paper will La is
sued next week. The week alter, we will, in
all probability, Lid our readers a long "good
' bye," as we cxpect't to baths last paper we
will ever publish. . .
1 News. There are no additional news from
the seat of War. Both the Kussiaas and the
Allies are in winter quarters, and it is not
probable that any thing of consequence will
occur for some tini3 to come. All parties ap
pear to be taking it easy.
Putnam's MoxratT for January, contains
an intellectual treat with which to commence
the New Tear. It is one of the very best num
bers yet issued, and ought to be in the bands
of every advocate of a purely American Lit
erature. Price $3 annum. Dix. & Edwasds,
No, 10, Park. Place, Naw York.
"Household Woeds. The January' number
contains another beautiful story in seven chap
ters, entitled '-'Sentiment and Action." worth
- in itself the price of m year's subscription.
Household Words" is the best foreign peri
odical that is ra-printed by American puhiisb
ers." : We advise our readers to subscribe im
mediately, and thus commence with the New
Year. $3 per annum, in advance.
- - Kansas- At last advices the pooplo of Law
Yence were still under arms. Suahsos's "ar
my" was in tho neighborhood prepariug for
tho commencement of the 'siege!' A fight
was hourly expected. It was rumored that
the people of Lawrence Lad agreed to lay
down their arms, and obey tha laws of the ba
'gu9 Legislature but circumstances would
seem to indicato that tho report is entirely
without foundation. 1 . -
; .Co5GKE3s.' The IIouso of Representatives
'.is still unorganized, and ;?ms as far off it as
evcr. The balloting for Speaker is still going
on in the old way, with about the same result
-as recorded last. week. ' As long as they are
engaged in this, -they are at least doing the
country no harm, and if there rre many such
men as Barclay among them, we hope the bal
loting will continue until their term of oflice
!xpires, for we want to see mighty little of
their legislation.
Nw Tear. Before another Journal will
i-cacb yon the last day of tho old, and the first
day cf the new year will have come and gone.
It is fitting, standing as we do almost in tha
Tcstibule of another year,' that wo should cast
'our eyes over the lengthened shadows of the
past, and learn lessons of wisdom to be our
'guide and counsel in the future. Every muf-
-fled year that passes thus swiftly dovn Time's
"dim eorrider, contains wrapped within its mys
tic folds, as trophies to be rendered up when
fi the mighty- Conquerer yields up his scythe to
f Eternity,' events greater, and more startling in
their character than any which preceded it.'
'''The' perusal of these, will fit and prepare us
6 for those which are to come, whose shadowy
forms wa see now, afar off in the dark vista of
.futurity. We cannot then, study toocarefully
' .the lessons of the past, whether they bo traced
, by the dread finger of the angel or pestilence?
" whether they be mirrord in pools of blood,
vainly shed , by trembling despots to secure
the. permanency of their tottering thrones;
whether they bo taught us in the arts of peace.
. in the discovciies of science, in the fluctua
lions of trade, in the tightness of the money
'. market, in the condition of the public morals,
' , or in any other phaso or developcmcnt of hu-
inanity, all are alike important, and in all we
4 , may. find something to guide us, to protect us,
' and to counsel us in our onward journey, un
. til we too, like the dying year, shall pass
. away.
, It is, perhaps our greatest blessing that the
. mournful . reflections which ' naturally force
' themselves on the most worldly mind at such
seasons as this, soon disT-f""' teiT of re"
gret sUmxtoffdQgkteT, and our little bark,
j-freighted" with high hopes and bright anlicipa
rs? tioos, is merrily' Unncbed upon the current of
.Vanotberjear-1 Onwardwe glide, fall of life
and hope, and as wo turn to each p onr .fellow
r Toyaear, we ring out the jjladeal (oni sin
cere gratulation t every reIej) . a JTAPPF !
' happv kf.w TEAM J. ' ;
David UiacLAT.--Th is individual, no doubt
to the greai. surprise of somo of onr readers in
this vicinity, has not only voted tn every bal
lot for Speaker of the House, for Mr. RrcdARD
sotf, the Locofocoy Nebraska Gandidiitc,but ho
has taken occasion upon: the floor '-of the
House, to kssert his democracy, and his firm
adherence to the Nebraska Kansas Bill ! ' To
say that his course has surprised us, would be
to tell that which is untrue, for we never for a
moment . relied" npoH-bis faith to our party,
from the simple fact that no honttl man could
at the" same time run openly as the candidate
of one party, and secretly take upon himself
th 'most solemn obligations to support the
principles ot its - utagoiii-t. --Such ,man.
must ba a traitor to one party or the tho eth
er, and it is but reasonable to suppose,, that in
making the selection, his "first love" should
have the preference. We say, therefore, that
we never depended upn the truth or oath of
Daivid Barclat, simply because the very fact
of his taking it, stamped him a villian.
Why then, it may be asked, did we support
Mm? Because thefo was 'M .otc-? teft
uuder the. circumstances. Wo bad no candi
date, lie vec -ived the American vote of
Clearfield county, under a mis-apprehension.
Ilad it been known, here, that Mr. Arthurs
was tho American Candidate of Jefferson,' he
would have received the vote of tho District,
and he would have been elected. But that
fact, owing to an imperfect organization, and
other causes, was kept in the dark, until too
late to do any good, and consequently, Barc
lat was elected. Bat we knew before it hap
pened that he was a traitor, and its early de
vclopement, therefore, causes us ijo surprise.
Ilad he pursued any other course, wo would
certainly have been astonished.
There arc one or two things connected with
his conduct, however, that deserve to be men
tioned. We are aware that the simple fact of
a man's taking a solemn obligation, secretly,
to support principles directly antagonistic to
the part3r that is running him as its candidate,
develnpcs a want of moral honesty a depth
of depravity, that needs no additional circum
stances to increase. That alone, without Lis
subsequent violation of his voluntary oath, is
sufficient to stamp tbo character of tbo nun.
But it seems that Basclav, when he d?c:ded
upon Lis ccurse, determined to "go the whole
hog," notwithstanding any qualms of con
science whh-h such an unmittigatcd scoundrel,
even, might ha supposed to possess. The
week of tlio Court, just previous to the elec
tion, Mr. Barclay, visited our town, as will
be well remembered by those who witnessed
his striking imitations of the "artful dodger,"
when undergoing the operation of JnJgo
Barrett's "stomach-pump," at the Demo
cratic meeting. Tha night of that meeting
immediately after it adjourned, Mr. Bakclvt
carao to our office, whero some filtcen or twen
ty members ol tho American Order had gath
ered, and then and there assured them, not on
ly cf his firm adherence to their principles,
but of his soundness on the Xebr.iska ques
tion, distinctly averting, and calling on bis
Maker to witness his truth, that he was 0 po
sed to the Nebraska Kansas Bill, and would
vote for the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise ! If Mr. Barclvy wants this proved,
we are ready to substantiate it by at least leu
respectable witnesses, whoso veracity no man
dire impeach.
We make no couiuient upon these facts, but
leave each reader to form his own opinion of
the individual who could be guilty of such
conduct. A great many liberties are allowed
to politicians, but there is an extent to which
men dar-3 not go, without blasting their repu
tations, and bringing upon themselves thu
scorn and contempt of every upright citizen.
It is well understood hro. by the leaders of
Democratic paity, that Barclay, was a mem
ber cf the American Order, and it is a com
mon expression araong them, that notwith
standing his having joined the K. N.'s when
he was their candidate, they would have th'o't
more oi him now, if he had stuck to them, in
stead of violating his oath !" lie has brought
upon himself the contempt-of those, even,
whom, he desires to serve, and while they visit
upon him the scorn and loathing that his dupli
city, treason, and perjury merit, they say
what no one doubts, of his political career
"it i; finished!"
A Word to Americans. To the members
of the American Order in Clearfield, we have a
few words to say, before we bid them an edi
torial adieu, and we do so, at present, lest it
be forgotten, in the numerous business matters
to be attended to in making tho change about
to occur. We propose to take a hasty glance
at the history of the party in this Connty.
Less than three years ago a brutal murder
was committed on our streets, on tho evening
of the day of the State election, to which we
have heretofore alluded. An old man and a
venerable citizen was murdered in cold blood
by a Roman Catholic foreigner, because he said
he "he would not kneel to the Pope." Tho
murderer after having committed the crime,
was screened by bis Irish Catholic friends,
and thus enabled to escape. Nay, after be
was arrested, as we have reason to believe, in
Williamsport, Lycoming county, a letter writ
ten by tho ofiicers of that county, and directed
to the son of the murdered man, "or the Sher
iH of Clearfield County," lay by some means, in
the Post-OiEce in this town, for a period of
three tcecks, during which the prisoner was dis
charged in Williamsport, on a Habeas Corpus,
because no notice was taken of the informa
tion, and they supposed thoy had urrcsted.the
wrong man ! These circumstances, thus brief
ly alluded to, originated the American Party
in our county. It was then a mere handful,
laughed and sneered at by the leaders of tho
opposition, as consisting only of a few "tailors
and carpenters," who knew nothing about pol
itics, and they predicted its speedy disorgani
zation. But imagine their astonishment, and
chagrin, at the next Spring election, when
they discovered, after a hard fought contest,
during whjch they issued printed appeals to
j the f findy of Gov. Bigler,'
mil frt tfnH hr
them, and made every exertion in their power,
that the "tailors and carpenters" had posses
sion of the borongh offices, something that
never happened before in the history of their
town? Then the party was magnified into "a
Whig gull-trap,' and every species of abuse,
slander, and detraction heaped upon the devo
ted beads of its members. Bat, about this
time a naw element seemed to enter into it, and
suddenly tha principles of the despised party,
began mysteriously to spread far and wide,
and at the next fall election, its actual num
ber had increased in ..this County from a mere
handful, to six hundred good men ad true,
who had sworn upon the ."Stars and Stripes,"
eternal fidelity to their nativa land I Another
year elapsed, and last fall, after a contest,
"fought up to the very teeth," we. polled nine
hundred and thirty-six votes in the Order, and
a large number of its members did not go to
the polta. Thus in about two years, the ma
jority of tho great Democratic party has been
reduced, in one of their boasted strong-holds,
from nearly a thousand to about three hundred !
In this brief history, fellow Americans, we
have much to encourage us, and urge us on to
renewed efforts in behalf of our glorious cause.
We hive all the while been gaining ground,
and have bsen making rapid strides towards the
control of the county, an event only important
in so far as it gives to the party who posses
es it a no inconsiderable degree of influence,
for there is no ofiice, however small, in the gift
of the people, that has not some patronage or
influence attached to it. Continue then, fel
low Americans, in entering upon the duties of
another year, steadily to maintain tha princi
ples which wahave, in common, supported du
ring the past, and urge upon your fellow-citizens
the propriety and necessity of assuming
the rule in their own country. Never for a
moment, relax your exertions to hav our na
turalization laws extended, all foreign influence
upon our public concerns banished, and pro
tective biws passed to secure our country from
the ttream of foreign convicts and paupers
pouring upon our shores. . L'rge them to per
mit the pride of country to supercede that of
party, and as Americans by birth, to stand up
boldly lor tho ascendency in tbir native lnnd.
And in order to accomplish this, keepvp your
crniitation! Let nocons!d?r:ition prevent you
from attending the staled meetings of your
C.nincil. Remember that "ia union there is
strength," and keep up that bond of fraternal
union that oneness ofpnrpos?, that should ev
er distinguish true born Americans, who have
sworn eternal allegi.mce to the stars ar.d stripes.
If the officers of your Council are derilect in
their duty, see tha: they aro corrected or re
placed by others who will attend to it faithful
ly and earnestly. Remember that you are en
encred in a clorious cause the preservation of
our oeiovea union irora iocs witnout, ana en
emies within. Let us persevere, then, in our
jnst and holy work, devoting ourselves to it, as
our fathers did to the cm.se nf Independence,
consecrating toth.' iraiuie an;e of the Nition
a'ity and Union of the..- States, as we have
s worn to do, "our lives, our fortunes, and o;r
s icrcd honors !"
Proceedixgs of Court. Judge Brr.Nsinr:
arrived and took his seat on the bene!; at mi
o'clock on Monday, the 17th inst, and corn- ;
monced immediately to despatch lusimvi. In j
the Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions
she following business was disposed of-.
Commonwealth vs Philip Chambers. Tn
dictment "Murder." Grand Jury returned
it "not a true bill," and the dofer.J'int was
discharged. The only thing that seems sin
gular in this case was that Chambers should
have attempted to escape from custody, which,
it will be recollected he did some timo ago.
There was not a shadow of evidence against
him.
Comth. vs Thomas Boers. Indictment
"Assault and Battery." Grand Jury returned
the bill "Ignored," and Evans Miller, tho
Prosecutor to pay the costs.
Comth. vs John Blair and Daniel Dugan.
Indictment for "Assault and Battery." Grand
Jury ignored the bill, and directed William II.
Miller, prosecutor, to pay the costs.
Comth. vs Supervisors of Goshen. In
dictment "Nuisance." Bill ignored coun
ty to pay costs. .
Comth. vs William Luraadu. Indictment
"Tippling Ilouse." Bill ignored county
to pay costs.
Comth. vs Jonas Peters. Indictment '''As
sault and Battery." Bill ignored and Jacob
Gearhart, prosecutor ordered to pay the costs.
Comth. vs Jacob Gearhart. Indictment
"Assault and Battery," Bill ignored, and
Jonas Peters, prosecutor, ordered to pay the
costs.
Comth. vs James ?J. Taylor. Indictment
for "Keeping Gambling House." Defendant
not arrested. , Bench warrant awarded, and
case continued. .
Comth. vsllenry Irwin. Indictment "Ob
taining goods on false pretences." Defen
dant not arrested. ..
Comth. vs Aaron Edwards. & Michael Smith.
Indictment "False Pretences." Defen
dant not arrested.
; Comth. vs Michael ML. Rex. Indictment
" Forgery, '' Defendant not arrested. Bench
Warrant awarded.
Comth. vs John Thompson. Indictment
"For. & Bas." Continued on application of
Commonwealth. . .
Comth. vs Samuel Clark. Indictment
"False Pretences." Recognizance forfeited.
Comth. rs John Selfridge. Indictme:it
"Assault &e." Abandoned by the prosecu
tion. ' '
Comth. vs. Blakely. Indictment "Adul
tery See." Continued. ,
, . Comth. vs Elijah . Jarrett. Indictment
"For. & Bas." Continued.
Comtb. vs Supervisors of Goshen. Present
.ment. (Ko!, Pros.,' entered. ;
Comth. vs John Fisher. Indictment
Gambling ond Tippling Ilouse." Defendant
plead "Guilty1?' to the charge of kaeping
"Tippling House" Xol. Pros, entered on tha
first court. ' Scnfencod to pay a fine of $20.00
and costs of prosecution. ; -. .. - ' "s
Comth. vs Samuel Clark. Indictment i
"Larceny" Verdict ?Tot Guilty." J
Comth vs William Evans- Indictment
"Larceny" Verdict Not Guilty." j :
Comth. vs Joshua Pennington. Indictment
"Assault and Battery." Continued, owing
to Defendant's having cut his knee severely
and being unable to appear.
- Comth. vs Henry Davis, Robert Pennington
Sr., Robert Pennington jr., Joshua Penning
ton, John reunington, William Pennington,
Jacob Li agafelter jr., Wesly Toner, and John
Snyder. Indictment "Riot and Assault and
Battery." On the trial a LKoL.Pros. was en
tered as to Toner and Snyder. Joshua ana
William Pennington did not appear. The
facts, as developed by the evidence were, that
tho parties, p.long with a number of others,
were at'a "corn husking," at Mr.'Jaincs Cur
ry's, on Chest Creek; that while Henry Da
vis and a young man named -Looker, were
husking by themselves in a distant part of the
field, young Robert Pennington, Lingafelterj
and two or three others of "the tribe," came
to where Lhey were, and after sum; prelimina
ry conversation evidently intended to pick a
qnarrell, Pennington rushed towards Davis
with bis coat ofT. Davis warned him to "stand
oil," but he disregarded it, and struck at him.
lie then caught Davis, and when ho had him
bent over, "gouging him," a pistol was dis
charged, the ball of which struck Aaron Pierce,
who was standing some distance off and taking
no part in the affray. The senior Pennington
and others of the 'gang,' kept urging "Bob,"
who seems to bo kept by. his father as a sort
of 'game cock,' to "give it to" Davis, with
such other expressions as are usual on similar
occasions. The senior Pennington when in
vited to the husking wanted to kuow "if there
would be any. chanco for a fight ?" When an
swered that "probably ti:ere would" he re
plied that ho "would have to take Bob along
then," from which it would seem that Robert
is considered by his Sire as a sort of 'cock vof
the walk' and an honor to the family! Under
this evidence, and the Charge of the Court,
the Jury found the two Robert I'enningtons
and Linsfelter guilty of Riot, and Henry
Davisguilty of Assaultand Battery! (on whom,
the Lord only knows) and the Court sentenced
tho two I'enningtons to SO days imprisonment,
a fine of'SUi each, and the costs of prosecution;
Lingr.fciter to 21 hours imprisonment, a
fine of $3 and tho costs of prosecution; and
Henry Davis to 21 hours imprisonment, a fine
of $10 and the costs of prosecution the pen
alty a man has to pay for defending his person
and his life from a mobt outrageous premedi
tated attack by a band of ruffians, who have
been heretofore convicted and seutenced for a
similar oilence, and who aro a disgrace to the
upper end of the county.
Comth. vs William II. Miller and Evans
Miller. Indictment Assault and Battery-.
Thomas Beers, Deputy Constable went to the
houss of Win. H. Miller, with an Execution,
to 1. vy v.ji'on a stove. Having arrived upon
tha ground, he, was informed lhat he, and
thcio him, cculd'r.t take that stove from
the premises, and ho was resited, by Jx.-ing
struck wiih aboard, a stove-wood stick.
Evans Miller assaulted him with an axe which
was wrested from his grasp, and a loaded rifle
was taken from one or both of tlu.'in. They
were both found guilty, and sentenced to two
months imprisonment. "
Comth. vs Gobi-go Tate. Surety of the
Pence. John M'Guey swore that Tate hud
threatened to shoot him, but as M'Guey had
been in court before, and tho Judge thought
George did'nt look as if he would hurt any
body, the case was dismissed, each party to
pay his own costs.
In the Common Pleas, the following causes
were tried:
Samuel Caldwsll vs Mannin; Steveuson.
Action of Debt. Judgement confessed for
PLT.
Isaac Thompson vs John M. Chase et. al.
Ejectment. PlfT. took nonsuit.
A. Gill, Exr. of Geo. Gill vs Thomas Holt.
Action of Debt. Judgt. ' for Plff. $2,"0.
Michael Quigly vs Jas. M. Leonard & co.
Replevian. '- Verdict for Deft.
Jas. M. Leonard et. al. vs Michael Quigly
ot. al. Sum. Debt. Verdict for Deft.
Michael Quigly vs Everhurt Rahorn Sum.
Debt. - Verdict for PlfT. for $5.
Francis M'Coy vs Washington Watson
Ejectment for 90 acres land. Verdict for PlfT.
The Court also disposed of a long Argument
List, and on Thursday night adjourned. Judge
Taylor, of the 21th District, Presided during
a part of the week, trying some cases in which
Judge Bcknside bad been concerned. '
Rouuery of the IIarrisbcrg Arsenal !
On Thursday, the loth iast., quite an excite
ment was caused at llarrisburg, by the arrest
of Anthony E. Drane, keeper of the State Ar
senal, on suspicion of appropriating state arms
to ' sustain fillibhstering in Nicaragua. It
seems that a short time since several hundred
muskets, estimated to be worth about 1,800
were taken from the Arsenal and forwarded by
express to New York, consigned to some indi
viduals, (probably the agents of Col. Kinney,)
who had contracted lor their purchase. The
boxes arrived safely in New York, where they
were seized by an officer fully empowered to
act in tho matter. Drane being the keeper of
the Arsenal, suspcion at at once fastened upon
him as being jyarliceps criminis, and he was ar
rested, and after a hearing, committed in de
fault of bail. ' ;
Hooped Petticoats. It is gratifying to
know that under any circumstances, these bar
rel skirts of the ladies can be useful. Their
utili'y may be inferred from what a letter-writer
to the Times says of tli3 Empress Engenie at
the closing ceremony of the Paris Exposition:
"Her Majesty wore a diadem of pearls and a
dre.ss of scarlet velvet, over the skirt of which
was hung the prize lace for which Her Majesty
book? time ego otTered a premium. The dress
was magnificent, and was enormously hooped;
it would have sufficed to covtr,a tekole family
of children."
. Tjs RoBBErrbF-T-AiiKaiCA2r Expaicss
Co?PXst.fJt w41t be-rewmbed that in the
month 'of "September last pie American Ex
press Company wasobbed of, $50,000 in gold,
which it was.conveying fronvDubtlqae, Iowa,
to the New York 'branch of tho Subtreaaury.
Tho Company failing to recover;the stolen
specie, paid over the amount to tho Treasurer,
but did not at all relax .their efforts , to ferret
out the thieves. The messenger W. C; White
by name, who had charge of the treasure du
ring its transit by night from Chicago to De
troit, resigned his office at the end of the
month and came to (his State. Mr. Best a de
tective officer in the employ of tbe Company,
after a few weeks investigation, was at last
able to write to his employers that two men, :
Oliver King, who formerly kept a hotel in
Lowell, and Wm. C. Ayer, formerly a broker
at No. 17, Brattle square in thiscity, had thro'
a third party, who has also been arrested, de
posited $5,000 in gold in the Haverhill batik,
and from other circumstances not . yet divul
ged it was thought that they were in . connec
tion with White. It was subseqently ascer
tained that King, whose previous poverty was
well known, had made purchases of houses,
horsen andother property, and seemed to bo
rolling in wealth. Upon receipt of this infor
mation, Officer Best, with two of tho partners
in the American Express Co., Mr. Far
go and Mr. Williams, immediately started for
thiscity. Here the' held a conference with
tiie Chief of . Police and other officers, and ac
companied by Deputy Chief Ham, officers Sav
age and Lynch, they proceeded to Lawrence,
where King and Ayre reside. Arrived at Law
rence, Mr. Ham, leaving the rest of his party
at tho hotel, went out to reconnoiter, and soon
discovered Ayer riding in one of his newly
purchased carriages. Returning to the house,
lie met and arrested King at the very door, and
after placing him in custody, went in pursuit
of Ayer. He soon captured him and returned
to the hotel. In a search of the premises
and persons of these two men, silver plate,
gold, and bank bills, to the value of nearly
$2,200, were found in the possession of King,
whoso financial traiisactons of difi'ent kinds,
within the past few months, have amounted
to near $12,000. Ayer has recently purcha
sed hilf of a livery, stable, and two or three
valuable watches were found in his posses
sion. After a fruitless search for White in
New-Salem, Litchfield, Manchester and other
places, the officers returned to this city on
Saturday and found him here. The three
were taken before the Police Court in the af
ternoon, ami required to furnish bail in $15,000
each to appear at the trial. Otis P. Lord, of
Salem, and Thomas A. Parsous, of Lawrence,
have been engaged as counsel for the defen
dants. Remarkable Electric Explosiox. One of
the most remarkable natural explosions of
electricity we have ever known, took place a
few weeks since, . at the residence of David
Thomas, of Union Springs, Cayuga county,
New York.
Ther appears to bavo been a negative
cloud passing over head at tho time. The elec
tric fluid broke up from the ground, near the
wall, tore up the turf, and splashed the win
dow and side of tho house,, up to the eaves,
with a discharge of mud and earth; this was
the kitchen wing. About thirty feet distant,
and at one of the front corners, a dichargc
appears to have come up thro' the cellar wail,
and to have escaped just above the underpin
uing through tho outer boards, making a hole
about an inch and a half in diameter, tearing
off a few splinters, and throwing them about
thirty feet distant. The noise was a single, ve
ry loud explosion. A thunder storm, on of
the last in autumn, was passing at the time.
There are good lightning rods on the house,
but we could not discover that they bad any
connection with this discharge from any exter
na marks ; but there can be hardly a question
tht most of the explosion pased through
them upwards to the cloud, and no doubt had
their points been observed at the "moment, a
vivid brush of light might have been seen upon
them, precisely bimilar to that occasioned by
a discharge through a point from nn electric
machine. Country Gent.
Death op Robert Sciilyler. The follow
ing extract from a private letter f rom Paris,
translated for tho'Tribune from the Cornier
Dos Etats Unis of Dec. 19, will occasion some
sensation in New York:
Robert Schuyler died about the middle of
last month in the viciuity of Genoa, where he
had resided for some time under the strictest
incognito with his family. His colossal frauds
had not enriched him ; he received from
America the means of his subsistence. His
place of residence would have been know
long ago, but for the interest which many per
sons occupying very important positions in tho
management of several railroads, especially
the New Haven exerted to keep it in the
shade. Since he absconded his health has
steadily declined, and be died literally of a
broken heart. Many distinguished financiers
of New York will not be sorry to hear c f his
death. He leaves, I am told, a large collec
tion of important papers which will add for
they will bo published a curious chapter to
our New World speculations. His body has
been temporarily embalmed, and will probably
be sent to America." :
. A Terrible Case op Hydrophobia About
two weeks since a laboring man named Corne
lius Wurze, a German," employed by a farmer
on Clove road, near Flatbush, had one of his
thumbs bitten by a small dog on the place.
The wound healed in a few days, and no par
ticular attention was paid to it, but on Thurs
day last unmistakable evidences of hydropho
bia were seen, and on Saturday the unfortu
nate man was taken to King's County Hospi
tal in a stale of raving madness, in which con
dition he remained for tho most of the time
until Sunday, when nature becoming com
pletely exhausted, he died.
When first brought to the hospital ho was
secured to abed by strong straps, but tfacse he
broke loose from with the utmost ease, and it
required the strength of four able bodied men
to manage him at all. As it was he succeeded
in biting his main nurse in the arm through Iu3
coat sleeve so as to draw blood. Dr. Turner,
of the hospital has taken the nurso under his
charge, and he anticipates no serious conse
quences from the bite. New York Times.
Bible BrRxixo. A great excitement was
recently produced in Kingston, Ireland, by a
most revolting and attrocions scene enacted
by tho "Redemptorist Fathers," a body of five
or six Roman Catholic clergymen, who, it
seems, after celebrating mass and preaching
in the chapel of that place, brought their mis
sion to a conclusion by presiding at the ourn
ing, within a few foet of the public thorough
fare, of a large pile of Bibles, &c, which they
had ordered their audience to collect for the '
purpose. The pile consisted principally of;
Bibles, but not exclusively the orders of the
Redemptori8ts having been for the collection
of bad books generally, and tho Bible, in their
estimation is the worst of books for the peo
ple to read ! ' '
Expexses or the Navy. According to the
estimate from the Department, the total amt
required for the support of the Navy of tho
United States, for the next fiscal year, will be
$8,142,418 for the support of. tho marie
corps$851,113 for special objects $4,530 974.
The cost of the sea mail aervicq yiiounfes
51,40,W.- - v.- .. ." , ...
&HApx'g RirLas. The following accoaat
of Sbarpe's Rifles from the Missouri Democrat,
will bo read with interest at the present mo
ment : " n .''.
"This recently Invented weapon, If It po
sesses one half of the power and capacity
claimed for it by its proprietor, ie destined
soon to supercede every ether weapon lor
warlike purposes now in existence. It is the
most efficacious and terrible fire-arm in exis
tence. Tbe small carbine now used by the
United States mounted men throws a ball with
deadly accuracy one quarter of a mile, aad
can be fired ten times in a minute. It it not
complicated in structure, is easily cleaned,
and sutlers no injury from wet weather.
"Mr. Sharpe is now preparing model for
four new species of this weapon, namely r A
small pocket pistol, calcolatod to throw aXia
nie ball one hundred yards ; a rifle suitable for
footmen,"with a range of one mile, and a Wf :
gun to throw a two ouuco ball or a small shell
one mile and. a half, , or as far as a man or
horse caa be seen to advantage. With this
latter weapon M. S. declares he can set on fire
a house or a ahip at a distance of nearly twe
miles, ami prevent the use of field artillery,
by killing the horses before the fane ere bro'f
within good rango.
"This rifle in the hand of a gcod inarkeaan
is equal to ten muskets, bayonets and all, for
place a man six rods distant with a musket
and bayonet, and before he can bring the bay
onet into use, the rifle can be leaded and dis
charged ten times. They carry -balls with
great precision and force.- Mr. Sharpe in
tends these rifles to become a national weapon,
and shenld Congress, by using a little liberal
ity, purchase the patent, the country would be
possessed of a means of warfare unequalled In
the world.
"IxDiLGiJitts." Indulgoacos have eel
gone out of fashion. The Cincinnati Commer
cial says, Bishop Timon, of Buffalo, has adop
ted the plan invented by LeoX, for improving
the finances of the Church. Bishop Timon
wants money, and by hook or by crook, Blab-
op Timon is determined to have it. Tbe
Church is willing that the people shall refrain -from
sin, but the Church cares more ahnut the
people's money than it does about their piety, -and
Bishop Timon in the name of the Church,
is free to consent that the people sin, proii-
ded tho cash is only forthcoming. In a re-
cent pastoral letter be has proclaimed as fol
lower" "Cn Sunday next, or any day more appro- -priate
for that purpoio, before the 5th day of
November, each pastor shall receive duuitiuoe
either by a collection in the church or by vlr- -itation,
as might bo considered most proper,'
and according to the power invested lu as, we '
grant absolution for forty duyt to any one who,
from zeal for the holy Catholic unity, and for
the embellishment of the house of God, and to
the honor ot the holy St. Joseph, will ceatri
buto one shilling er more.'.
For tho exceedingly moderate sum of one
shilling, friend;., and fellow sinners, yon may
secure by contract, ia advance, free absolution
and pardon for the crimes of forty days! Iav
it cheap dog cheap T Forty days for a shil
ling. Who would not become a pnrcLar for
the permikion to commit some pet peccadillo t
xTaESTex, N. J., A Trenton p.iprr aUUe
that an Irishman, about twenty four years of
age named Michael Murdaut, baa beea com
mitted to Mercer jail under the following sla
gular circumstances. lie had bcon living fbr
80ine timo with Mr. Ephraini Black well,
about two miles from Pennington. Ia Jcly laet,
a very remarkable change was observed te
have taken place in tbe conduct and behavi
our of a daughter of Mr. Blackwell, a little,
girl turned of thirteen roars of age. WhiVe
in ill health and melancholy, in October fJl, .
lowing both she and Murdaut suddenly di?
tippraied, but several days afterwards, after -diligent
search, were discovered living tuge
ther at New Hope, Pennsylvania, where they
had been married by a priest. She was irusse- -diately
taken home by her friends, and 3tor
daut arrested and taken t Flemington jail v .
a charge of abduction. On her return among
her friends, the girl confessed that iu July
last Murdaut committed an outrage ou br. .
and it was that outrage which shattered her
health and broke down heritpirits. Siuoe her
return homo her health has continued to d- -clinc,
and at the present time she ia confined
to her chamber, in a vory precatbms coudi- -tion.
Gov. Sharon. Tbe Detroit Free Prs,
Gen Cass's home oran, af tar publishing
petition cf the people of Kansas to the Presi
dent for the removal of GovernorShanoa says;
"Accounts from Kansas are so eonndcting :
and exaggerated that it is difficult to deter
mine the exaet truth regarding the conduct vf
Governor Shannon. Wo are satistiod howev- .
er, that there is good ground of cc-rt-plaint -against
him. There stems to be no room to
doubt that the late difficulties are Urgely at- -tri
but able to inconsiderate h.-i.ite or wilful J
sign on Ids part. There was no need of cal- -ling
for rtrnied volunteers, and for U. States ,
troops in the iutUcr of the ulTray aliout the
land cliim near Lawrence. Thre o
need of issuing an inflammatory piociawatiwa. .
Even though there might have teen the revolt .
Gov. Shannon professed to suppose, he could
not have adopted worse policy to iuell it. W .
are painfully oppressed with tho iejprt!o-
that the right man is not in the right place atw
the head ol affairs in Kansas.
Emigration Southward. A large, party of
persons are about to remove from Boston to
Georgia, where they have purchased a fine
tract of land, which includes a good waU
power, ready for immediate use. They pro
pose to build a manufacturing town, which
shall soon become a city ; and, carrying with
them, as they will, New England energy, in
genuity and aptitude fcr thrift, they cn bard
ie fall short of full success. They propose ta
king out quite a number of new and practical
workiug machnes, and at once establish man
ufactories and trade, as well as agrciulture.
A few such colonies will do more to allay sec
tional agitation and produce frateraal; feeliosr
between the North and the South, than all
party platforms could effect in a century, ,
Pke-emptiox Laws and Foreigsi.s. Oi
inquiry at tbe General Land Office, the Wash
ingten Union learns that there is uq hw of
Congress giving away the land in Kauaaa andr
Neb raka to f oreigners. ., The. 12th and ISth,
sect ions of the act of Congress, approved Jnly
22, 1854, direct the unsurveyed -lands to. bo
exposed to sale,' from time to timo, in the.
same manner and upon the same terms and
conditions as tho other public lands of the
United States, which sections are in full force
Lands arc not only not given awa- to for
eigners, but they are excluded from the bene
fits of tbe pre-emption laws, whith, in their
operation, arc confined to citizens of the Uni
ted States. -
t. , f
in a letter to tb- - a Kossnth say.,
t, .oIew jorfcTiraess
the Fr-Vu0e-n,0t positive Information that
pi K?'fb ad thePEngUsharfe on the worst
rouble t- - . tfc Crimea. Neither men nor
ofhceri. -JIA" v.n!r Intercourse. Th
treat the EngUsii wih Pf""T:
dullness inc m 7 a
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