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CLEARFIELD, PA., MARCIT. 3, 1858.
As Important Btti.-Mr. I ill, tbe mem
ber from Franklin, read ' in his place in the
SUte Legislature, on last Thursday, a very
important bill, entitled "An act relating to the
online tinn of taxes in the several counties of
the State." The first section provides that
the Commissioners of every county shall cause
their clerk to make out the tax duplicates nu
mediately after the assessments are made, cer
tify the same, and hand them over to the boun
ty Treasurer. The second section makes it
the duty of such County Treasurer, within
thirty days after such receipt of duplicates, to
give at least thirty days notice in one or more
weeklv newspapers, stating that he will attend
at least two days in each township and
borough, previous to the first day of August
in each year, for the purpose of receiving the
taxes due bv each person residing in said town
ship; if such person pay the taxes before the
first dav of August, he shall be entitled to
lortnctinn nf five ner cent, on the amount
thereof. The third section provides that in
case of the taxes remaining unpaid for a pe
riod of thirty days after the first day of August,
the Treasurer shall issue his warrant to tne
constable of the township or borofcgh, author
izing and requiring him to collect such back-
tnMnr tares within ten days alter he has
made demand for the same ;-if the person re
fuse to pay his taxes, said constable may
seize and sell his goods for the taxes due, and
to pay all cost of such proceeding. The other
sections prescribe various penalties for the
non-performance of the respective duties by
the Treasurer and constables. The bill pro
posed to be extended to all the counties in
the State, is already in operation in the coun
ty of Franklin, and has given full satisfaction
to the tax-payers of that county.
Obegon. A correspondent of the Rational
Era, writing from Eugene city Oregon, at
which placo he has resided for the past five
years, gives a highly flattering account of the
advantages to be derived by persons who may
emigrate thither. The climate is mild, even
and healthy, the soil is rich, and the country
beavily timbered nearly all kinds of wood
growing in profusion. Mechanics of all kinds
are in demand, all the manufactured articles
used in the country being procured from the
Eastern States. Blacksmiths charge from
Correspondence of the "Raftsman's Journal."
Washington City, Feb. 25, 1S58.
FbiendEow: If you think this letter will
interest any of the readers of tho s Journal,
then the "inj unction of secresy" is hereby re
moved, and you can use it accordingly.
The proceedings of both branches of Con-
gress, for the last tnree aays, naYe ueeu mgu
ly interesting. In the Senate, on Tuesday,
Bell, of Tennessee, replied to the joint reso
lutions of that State, which he had presented
in the Senate a short time since. The resolu
tions instructed the Senators from that State
to vote for the admission of Kansas under the
Lecompton constitution, and censured Bell for
voting against the" Kansas Nebraska Bill, an
event which occurred near four years ago.
Bell defended himself and his course in the
Senate, gloriously, and hurled back the insult
offered him by tho Tennesseo Legislature in a
manner that elicited great applause from the
tralleries. After he concluded his magnificent
punished for the same offence. He utterly de
molished every argument that had been -advanced
in support of the resolution. Even its
author, Mr. Harris, was silenced. He said he
wanted action on the resolution, but did not
care" how it was disposed of. ' The resolution
was then referred to select committee of five.
Judging from present indications I 6hould say
there is but little danger of Mr. M. being a
gain expelled, as it requires a two-thirds vote
ty expel a member.
. Duelling appears to be all the rage here now.
"We had a duel between a couple of "Hot
spurs" lieutenants in the army. One of them
was seriously and dangerously wounded in the
"hat." X o further injuries resulted from the
meeting. An ex-lieutenant of the Navy chal
lenged Com. Boutwell to meet in mortal com
bat. The latter declined doing so, whereupon
the former posted him as being a coward and
a liar, &c. Legal proceedings were . com
menced against bis ex-LieutenaDtship, 'who
. THE KANSAS FSAUDS. . t THIBTY-FIFTH C02TGRESS.
" Impobtant Developments. Ax letter from . Febbcaby 23. In Congress the Senate pas
Lawrence to the Cincinnati Gazette, February sed the bill to amend tbe act of March 3, 1851,
13th, implicates Gov. Stewart, of Missouri, limiting the liabilities of ship-owners. Mr.
in some very bad transactions. We quote as Bell presented the resolutions of the Lcgisla
folJows: ture of Tennessee, which animadvert upon his
The Investigating Commission for the in- opposition to the Nebraska bill, indorse the
vestigation of Election frauds, sat through I Lecompton swindle, and intimate that it is his
address, Johnson of Tenn. replied; defending appears now to be in a rather bjd "phix."
the Democratic Legislature that elected him,
and then made a violent and vindictive per
sonal onslaught upon Bell. ' Bell was permit
ted to reply to him. Anyone could see at
once, that the gallant old man was aroused,
and tho reply he made to the remarks of John
son, almost annihilated that chivalrous man. I
have often heard it said that "the more brass a
Bell contained the farther it could bo heard.'
I am now quite well satisfied that the maxim
is correct. Bell proved Johnson to be a vio
lent fire-cater,' extremeist, secessionist, &c,
and placed him in a very unenviable light, the
harder to be endured, because true. Johnson
could not sit still under the keen, bitir.g and
unendurable sarcasm cf his distinguished ri
val. Bell, much to the satisfaction of the
great "Union Eagle," on tho chair of the Vice
President, administered a cbitttog rebuke to all
disunionists and to his colleague in particular,
who was, this time, completely annihilated
The army bill, the favorite scheme of Jeff.
Davis, is evidently very distasteful to a mnjor
ity of the Senate. The question was up'for
consideration before the'Senate to-day. Sev
eral substitutes for the original bill were offer
ed by Democratic Senators. One offered by
Mr. Pugh provided for the President calling
upon and accepting the services of three thou
sand volunteers to serve as long as necessary
The substitute was accepted by a vote of 20 to
25. The bill was read a third time : and upon
the question being put, "shall tho substitute
for the original bill pass," it was negatived by
a vote of 25 to 16, most of the Republicans
voting against it. So the matter stands
The Lecompton constitution will soon be
disposed of in the Senate in accordance to the
wishes of the administration ; but it is not so
certain of meeting the same fate in the House
I think it beyond the power of any person to
tell what the result will be in the House on
the "vexed question ;" especially if Mr. Cal
houn coutiaues to keep us in tbe dark as to
the result of the Kansas election
In the House, on Tuesday, Mr. Curry, of
Alabama, made a flaming speech in favor of
admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Con
stitution. His speech was full of disunion
throe to five dollars for shoeing a horse car- sentiments irom Degmning to ena. lie ae-
penters get from three to five dollars a day, clared that "he recognized the doctrine, to its
and laborers two dollars per day and their
The last grand afiair of the kind is that be
tween Hon. Jas. B. Clay, of Kentucky, and
Gen. Cullom, of Tennessee. Mr. Clay wa3 in
his seat in the House to-day, so he was not
'killed" or "dangerously wounded," as re
ported. . The affair has been amicably adjust
ed between the parties. The "duelling" is a
profitable business for the news-boys. You
will hear them on the streets, hallooing at the
top of their voices, "Have States, Star, Sun,
sir, got account of duel in it," "great riot,"
&c, &c, much to the amusement of the "con
gregated wisdom of the nation." It is gener
ally believed that this is a better place for sur
gical students than JS'ashville is, as we have a
number of "fresh killed subjects at the dead
house" almost every morning.
Yours, &c, D....
Allibone axd a $2,000,000 Fobtcne. Tbe
Pittsburg Chronicle says, it is currently repor
ted in Philadelphia that Thomas Allibone, the
much talked of ex-President of the Bank of
Pennsylvania, is about to receive a salvo for
his oSended dignify, wounded honor, the pub
lic contumely, and "all the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune" which have lately
been heaped upon him. He certainly has had
Saturday night. Dr. Sabin, of Brownsville,
Kansas, a reliable gentleman, was one of the
witnesses examined. He testified that about
two weeks before the 4th-of January he was
in the Virginia;' Hotel, Jefferson City, Mo.,
and there overheard a conversation between
Gov; Stewart, of Mo., and Frank Marshall of
Kansas.. , Steward assured Marshall that ai
rangements had been perfected by which seve
ral hundred voters were sent over into the border
precinct, to participate in the election. He
gavetbeni . tho full details, of tho localities
and numbers. -
The Sergeants at-Arms of the Commission
had just returned from Johnson county with
four persons who were implicated, directly or
indirectly,' in the enormous frauds of the 4th
ot January election. : -
Shawnee precinct, you will remember, re
turned over nine hundred (900 votes. C. C.
Gog.'ray, one of the Clerks of Election there,
was examined under oath. After some hesi-
tation, bo finally gave a full history of the
affair.
He swore that there were but about one
hundred and sixty-three honest votes polled.
The polls closed at 9 o'clock, P. M. Early
on the next luoruiog be and the other Clerk
went over to Wcstport, Mo., and there, in Col.
Boone's sre, added several hundred names
to those of the bona fide voters. Tho names
were read to them from some list, by a son of
Kev. "Tom Johnson," and other Pro-Slavery
men. The Judges' certificates (which had
been made out cn separate sheets of papfcr,)
were pasted on at the foot of these bogus re
turns, and they were then sent to Calhoun.
Col. Daniorth, of Westport, (who is knowiT to
have acted under instructions from Calhoun,
and who was also connected with the frauds in
the other precincts,) was tho investigator and
director of the swindle.
The Judges corroborated this testimonv ful-
lately . quantum svf. of abuse and objurga- y M(i 8WOro that several hundred names had
tion,and as he has proved himself free from
fraud, if not from blame, we are content enough
to see a reversal of the picture. According to
the story, as told by the N. Y. Tribune, he is
one of the chief claimants, by right of his
wife, to the great Jennings estate, which has
been, during this century, hunting heirs from
Kamskatska to Patagonia. This estate, how
ever, is no myth, and late English papers de
clare that the true heir was Joseph Martin,
and that Administration has been obtained by
an eminent . Liverpool law firm for Elizabeth
Bunch, the heir-general of the family. The
heirs in this country, as is well known, are
numerous, and it is said by parties in Phila
delphia, who have the means i being well in
formed on the subject, that Mrs. Allibone is
one of the most prominent. As the personal
property of this immense estate is equal to
$80,000,000,whilethe real is estimated at a ren
tal of $750,000, per annum, the valetudinari
an ex
been added to the returns, after the polls
were closed.
As these witnesses gave their testimony un
der the direct promise that they should be
protected back to their homes, they were sent
back quietly, early yesterday morning. They
will, of course, flee to Missouri.
The Spring Hall returns showed a Free
State majority. The Pro-Slavery messenger
by whom they were sent in, never delivered
them, and now swears that he lost them on the
way.
A Tekrible Situation. A man named
Streiger, near Davenport, Iowa, was some
time since in the woods chopping a heavy
limb from a prostrated tree. The limb struck
him on the back of the neck as it fell, and
bent his body down so forcibly as to break his
back. A portion of the limb penetrated his
duty to resign. He pioceeded to state his rea
sons for not complying with this suggestion,
and, in reply to a question from his colleague,
Mr. Johnson, said that he should not vote for
Lecompton in consequence of instructions.
This provoked a bitter personal retort lrom
Mr. Johnson, in response to which Mr. Bell
intimated thai he was ready for any Senator
who should attempt to brow-beat him. Mr.
Bell had the floor when the Senate adjourned.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Indian Appropriation bill. Mr. Bur
roughs of New York made a strong Anti-Slavery
speech, in the course of which be was
twice galled to order for denowncing Fierce
and Buchanan by Mr. Smith of Virginia,, who
considered it disgraceful so to treat a branch
of Government co-ordinate with the Legisla
tive. Mr. Curry of Alabama followed with a
a violent Pro-Slavery speech. Messrs. Morris
of Illinois and Andrews of New York spoke
against Lecompton. Adjourned.
FtiRiAai 24. In Congress the Senate
made the Kansas bill the special order for
Monday. Mr. Bell of Tennessee continued
his speech in defense of bis disregard of the
Pro-Lccompton instructions of the Legisla
ture of his State, and in answer to the perso
nal attacks of his colleague yesterday. Mr.
Johnson disclaimed any intention of aspersing
Mr. Bell's motives, but declined to make any
further apology. After a short Executive Ses
sion, the Senate adjourned. In tho House,
the consideration of the bill granting pensions
to the soldiers of the war of 1812 was postpon
ed till the third Monday in . March. A bill
changing the present system of relief to dis
abled seamen was reported. In Committee of
the Whole on the Iudian Appropriation bill,
tho Kansas question was discussed by Messrs.
Crawford of Georgia, Goodwin and Fenton of
New York, Millson of Virginia, Chaffee of
Massachusetts, Davis of Mississippi, and oth
ers.
February 25. In Congress Mr. Crittenden
presented to the Senate 'a letter from Gen.
Shields, together with bis credentials as Sen
ator from Minnesota, and urged immediate ac
tion. A motion to lay the subject upon tbe
table was lost. Mr. Toombs submitted a res
olution referring the question to the Judiciary
Committee, with instructions to inquire wheth
er Minnesota be now a State. The Army bill
was then taken up. Mr. Johnson's substitute,
providing for the employment of volunteers,
alter having beon amended by making the
number 3,000 instead of 4,000, was rejected
Mr. Hunter proposed another substitute, which
Mr. Pugh moved to amend by a provision au
thorizing the President to accept of the scr
vices of -volunteers, not exceeding 3,000, to
serve for two years, unless sooner discharged
The amendment was adopted, but the bill in
its then form was rejected by a vote of 10 to
..fau, ,u.a.iUg .u..u,c "lu. xiio lujurjr o- . P(,Pnnsi.'pratinn was mnTeil. Imt not
-Bank President may receive a large 3 al'me. P'wed all the lower jart of Lis Jed Messrs Seward and Can)cron
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board. The proper way for emigrants to reach
Oregon is by sea. '
The Way it's to be Dose. The special cor
respondent of the Penusylranian, in a recent
letter, says : "President Buchanan is deter
mined to reward those who are faithful, and
the country may rely upon it that political
traitors and renegades will receive no counte
nance or favor." That is every office-seeker
and office-holder must stand by the President
la his efforts to force the Lecompton Constitu
tion through Congress, if he desires to retain
Lis office, or to receive an appointment. The
postmasters at Chicago and Columbns, who
were appointed but a lew months since, have
been removed because they oppose the Le
compton swindle. Others will, doubtless, be
decapitated soon. ''Things is working."
Repcblican Convention. An informal con
vention of Republicans was held at Harris
burg on the 22d Feb., at which J. A. Fisher,
Esq., of Dauphin county, presided, and Geo,
S.Kinr. Esa.. acted as Secretary. Altera
full and free Interchange of opinions, resold
ttons were adopted urging a union of all op
posed to the misrule of the present National
Administration, and requesting the State Com
mittee, of which Hon. Lemuel Todd is chair
man, to call a convention of all willing to
unite on a State ticket, to be held at Harris-
burg on some day earlier than the first of July
next. We are pleased with this action of our
Bepublican friends.
Our neighbors of the Republican say their
paper contained no "apology for either of the
participants" in the late fight in Congress.
We won't say whether it contained an "apolo-
ey" or not ; but we do say it asserted sub
stantially that Mr. Grow "without the slightest
provocation insulted" Mr. Keitt, and in mi-king-that
asseveration, did attempt to throw
the blame upon the first named gentleman, as
we stated before.
WASHixaxos, Feb. 27. A gentleman occu
pying a prominent-position among the Free
State Democrats of Kansas, and who is now
in Washington on matters connected with
the political fortunes of that Territory, states
positively that Gov. Walker has not receded
a single point from his recent position on
Kansas affairs.'
The Atlantic Monthly for March has just
been received. Its. table of contents is rich
and varied, and shows that the literary char
acter of this Magazine is constantly improv
ing. It stands, now, at the head of American
monthlies.- " - " '
; The Young Men's Christian Association of
Pittsburgh, have relieved the wants f nearly
5,000 persons daring the writer. They have
distributed 23,000 bushels of coal to the poor.
This Is practical Christianity.
f nllest extent, that a State has the right to so
cede from the Union and establish an indepen
dent government for itself. If the Lecomp
ton Constitution was rejected, this would prob
ably be done. He would not undertake to say
but what Alabama might be the first to secede.
If she was, wherever she- wciff be would go.
and her destiny should be" his destiny." He
was followed by Mr. Morris, of Illinois, a Dou
glas Democrat. He said that "he heard it fre
quently said that had it not been for Illinois,
the Administration would have had no diffi
culty in disposing of the vexed question in its
own way ; but he thanked the gallant states
man- and unswerving Representatives of that
gallant Democratic State, that they had inter
posed, thrown themselves into the breach, to
prevent the consummation of the gigantic
fraud sought to be heaped upon the people of
Kansas." He defended Douglas, generally,
and said that "the Democracy of Illinois, of
tte whole country, on reflection, will say to
Douglas, welf done thou good and faithful ser
vact ; thou hast been aithful over a few things,
and we will make thee ruler over many
things.' " Is there- not room to doubt their
making him ruler over many things ? Time
will answer this question to the satisfaction of
at least one great party of the country.
To-day was the time fixed for expelling Mr.
Matteson from the House, for receiving bribes
during the session of the 31th Congress. The
matter was brought up at the appointed time.
The thing is evidently distasteful to a great
number of members on both sides of the House.
Mr. Seward, of Georgia, led oil in opposition
to the resolution to expel. He considered it
a stretch of power, not warranted by the con
stitution or laws or parliamentary nsages of
the country, an outrage upon the rights of the
accused and of humanity, that a man should
be twice tried ar.d punished for the same of
lence. It is conceded by all parties that Mr.
Matteson was expelled from the former House ',
that since his expulsion he had been re-elected
; that after he was expelled he was no lon
ger a member ot the 34th Congress ; and as
the offence for which he was sought to be ex
pelled was committed before he became a
member of the 35th Congress, the present Con
gress had not jurisdiction over the offence
He was followed by Mr. Taylor, of Lonisiana,
who took much the same ground that Mr. Se
ward did. The arguments advanced by both
were clear, logical and convincing. "Extra
Billy Smith," (as he is called,) of Virginia,
and a member from Illinois, replied to them,
but with little effect. It was reserved for Mr.
Nichols, of Ohio, to make tbe great speech on
the occasion. He opposed the resolution, not
because he was a friend to the accused or had
any sympathy lor him : bet because he was op.
posed to the undue and improper exercise of
unlimited and undefined powers, and for the
reason that no man should be twice tried and
enough slice to enable him to hold up his
Lead once more among the Philadelphia F. F's.
Humboldt. The aged and illustrious Baron
Von Humboldt, now in his 00th year, but still
fresh in. intellectual . and conversational pow
ers, attended a ball given in Berlin on the 29th
ult., in honor of the royal wedding. The Bar
on allows neither his advanced ago nor bis
great acquirements, and world-wide fame, to
entitle him to any dispensation from the min
utest and most scrupulous attention to et
iquitte and costume, and willingly conde
scends on occasions like the one In question,
to assume his chamberlain's costume, and bis
numerous orders, with all the careful attention
to exterior befitting the most youthful and
modest aspirant to Court favor. His health,
however, gives frequent occasions of uneasi
ness to his friends and admirers, though he
rallies from each attack with most surprising
rapidity.
body. In this condition, and far from help,
he used his axe as a lever, and pryed off the
limb, so that he could, get out of the trap.
Ho- then dragged himself by the arms bis
lower limbs being entirely paralyzed a quar
ter of a mile, through the snow, till he came
within view of the people at the house. Du
ring his tedious and painful trip the lower
part of his body was entirely naked. It is
very doubtful whether he can survive.
Lyxchixo of a Suspected Cocktebfeiteb.
On Saturday last a company of men resid
ing about fourteen miles from Cincinnati,
seized a man named Coleman, on suspicion of
dealing in counterfeit coin, and on his pro
testing his innocence, a rope was placed a
round his neck, by which he was suspended in
mid-air, and after being nearly suffocated, was
lowered to the ground. On recovering from
the strangulation, he still refused to confess,
when he was run up a second time, and sus
pended till the blood gushed from his nose,
when he was again lowered to the earth in an
unconscious state. A third time he revived,
but refused to confess, when he was stripped
and laid across a log and severely flogged
with a whip. Finding they could get noth
ing from him, the company left him upon the
ground, where he was found by his friends in
a very precarious condition.
According to The Kew-Orleans Delta, the
South has already reopened the African Slave
Trade. A regular depot has been established
on Pearl River in Mississippi, where cargoes
of negroes are landed and sold. The vessels
engaged in this traffic hoist the: French flag.
Whoever else may be snrprised at these dis
closures, we are not. There are always vil
lains ready to embody a wicked public senti
ment in acts, before it has become sufficiently
strong to clothe itself in the forms of law.
The Federal Government is not Argus-eyed,
as respects matters of this description. Let
us see if, now that its eyes are opened, it will
dare to use its hands. -V. Y. Tribune.
Wasteda Washlsgtox Squaw. The Wash
ington Stales gives an account of the first re
ception -of the season atthe White House,
from which we extract the following :
"The sons of the forest, 'painted and plum
ed in battle array,' were ranged along one side
of the room, and gazed with stoical apathy at
the novel sight. Ihev were evidently verv
voted in the affirmative. Alter listening to a
personal explanation between Messrs? Boll and
Johnson of Tennessee, the Senate adjourned
till Monday. In the House, Mr. Quitman re
ported a bill authorizing the organization of a
regiment of mounted volunteers for the de
lense oi tue lrontiers ot lexas, and giving
the President power to call out four addition
al regiments of volunteers. The case of the
Hon. O. B. Matteson was called up. After
considerable discussion, the resolution diree
ting his expulsion was referred to a "Select
Committee.
Febbuaby 2C. The House postponed till
Thursday next the consideration of Mr. Hoard':
resolution for the appointment of a Select
Committee to inquire whether Executive in
fluence had been exerted to control votes.
Mr. Grow gave ijotice of a bill permitting the
Government to be sued by its creditors in the
United States Courts. In Committee of th
Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill, Mr.
Smith of Tennessee made along speech about
Kansas, in the course of which, in answer to
a question from Mr. Giddings, he expressed
himself ready to vote for a bill requiring the
President to withdraw the troops from Kansas
Other Democrats agreed to do the same, where
upon Mr. Giddings gave notice of i bill to
that effect. After Mr. Giddings had spoken
a few earnest words on behalf of Freedom, the
House passed the Indian Appropriation bill
and a bill appropriating $408,000 to enable
PESITSYLVAlflA ITEHS.
rBFPAEED FOB THE "BAFTSMAX'S J0UB5AL."
Washisgto County. As Mr. Henry Arm
strong, of Canoasburg, was returning from -church
on -Tuesday night, the 8th ult., his
horse, by a mis-step was precipitated over the
end of a bridge crossing the millrace at the
lower end of main street in that place, and
fell some ten feet, breaking his back. The
rider, strange to&ay, though falling partly un
der the horse escaped with a few slight bruises.
The horse was shot the next morning
On Friday the 12th ult., a small girl, aged a
bout eleven years, daughter of Samuel Lytl
ot Dry Run, near Monongahela city, got hor
ribly burned, lrom the effects of which sbo
died on Sunday morning about 2 o'clock.
She and some other children were in a room
by . themselves engaged at play, when her ,
clothing by som i means caught fire ; and thero
being no adult persons in bearing, they litterly
burnt off her body. -Medical aid was immedi
ately procured, but all to no purpose. -
Yobk County. Fife children1 three bov
and two girls who were returning home from
school in Manchester township, on the lCtlt
Feb., ventured upon the ice on the Codorus,
but, it tot being of sufficient thickness to
bear their weight? four of their number brok
through, and before assistance could b ren-
ercd three of them were drowned. The flfta
child, a little girl, gave the alarm to some-
oung meu from xork who were fishing near
by, among whom was Mr. Henry Ilubley, who
hastened to the rescue of the children. Mr.
Ilubley, at the risk of bis own life, with much
difficulty succeeded in bringing the other lit-
le girl safely to shore. Two of those who
perished wereons of a Mr. Baylord, and th
other a son of Mr. Philip Lehr.
Blair Cousty. A serious, aoJ probably a
fatal accident occurred at Altooaa on the even-
ng of the 18th. Catharine Beech, a young
ady between sixteen and eighteen years of
age, was engaged in assisting a lady friend to
the cars with her children, baggage, &c, w!,bd
she was suddenly run on by the Way Train "
eastward and was thrown on the track, tho lo-
eoinotive cutting and mangling the calves of
her legs in a horrible manner, which will pro
bably produce death. Conductor Cramer, see
ing her situation, endeavored to save the un
fortunate girl by catching her, when she seized
him, almost throwing them both beneath the
wheels of the locomotive. .... Wiu. Handlin,
an English miner, died last week of mania a
potu.
Moxtocb Cocxty. Tho sentence of death
was passed, on the 20th ult., on Wm. J. Clark
for murdering his wife, by administering poi
son. He asserted his innocence before tho
Judge pronounced sentence The trial of
Mrs. Twiggs, for the murder of her husband
in the ssmo manner, has been put off to the
May term. The poisoning took place nearly
a year ago, and it is alleged that it was com
mitted in consequence ot a erimiual intimacy
between .Mr. Clark and Mrs. Twiggs.
Cambria County. Mrs. D. J. Morroll was
thrown from a sleigh, liear Ben'a Creek Fur
nace, on Wednesday the 17th ult., by wbicb
she received a severe wound on the cheek. A
party of ladies and gentlemen were enjoying
themselves in a sleigh ride, and in passing
over a breaker tbe sleigh pitched so violently
as to throw Mrs. Morrell out, nearly under the
horses' feet, by which she received such a
wound as-to require tho aid of a Surgeon to
dress it.
Ixdiasa Cocsty. The Rtsisttr, of tho 23d
Feb., says : "Mr. James Says, of Venango
couuty, it appears, is the lawful heir to a fur-
tune, left in England by an ancestor, amount- .
ing to twenty-three hundred thousand pounds
sterling! Mr. Says was in this county about
a week ago, completing the evidence uooessa
ry to enable him to get possession of the
money.
Westmobelaxd-- Couxtt. In Greonsburg,
Tuesday night, a son of William Row, coufec
tioner, aged ten years, whilst sledding on the
street, ran into a wagon, fracturing one of his
legs and injuring his bead.
Tioga Cousty. A little girl, threa and a
half years old, of Mr. A. Knowlton,-of Gaines
township, was so shockingly burned by its
clothes taRing fire at the stove that it died in
a few'hours.
Hustin-gdox Cojtxtt. Esq. Bachus,of Shir
leysburg, recently fined James A. Doyle five
dollars for ziiling kis stai during time of
prayer in the M. E. Church. -
sio-hf.
vain of the attention shown them by many of the President to fulfil tbe treaty stipulations
tne ladies ; and gne old lellow, very hncly respectinj: the abolition of the Sound dues
painted, confidentiallji remarked to his inter
preter, when one blooming lady was introdu
ced : 'Igice'em three horses for squaw tery
nice squaw.' " v
We notice that Mrs. Bliss, widow of the
late Col. Bliss, V- S. Array, and daughter of
Gen. Taylor, the ex-President, was married
on the 11th inst., to Philip P. Dandridge, Esq.,
cf Virginia. Tbe marriage took place. at
New Orleans.
It is said that the French Government has
decided to take an active part in the affairs of
the extreme cast It contemplates fitting out
an expedition on a large scale, nd the troops
to pass throffgh Egypt, en route for China.
A Utah correspondent wiitesto a New York
paper that "Bishop Johnson, of Springfield,
has seven wives, lour of whom are sisters, and
bis own nieces." . This is mixing up matters
pretty freely, even for a Mormon bishop.
Benton "Old Bullion" assigns as a suffi
cient reason why Senator Douglas will never
be President, that his coat-tail was too near
the ground.
The State Convention of the Democracy of
Pennsylvania meets at Harrisburg to-morrow,
March 4th.
Adjourned till Monday.
Stbaxge Phenomena. On the evening of
the 12th ultimo, the inhabitants of the north
ern part of Washington county, were startled
by the rolling of apparent distant thunder,
which.' in some places was so violent as to sen
sibly shake the houses. At Paris a large me
toric ball passed over the village through the
heavens' and exploded. The same display of
fire balls was witnessed at Wellsville across
the Ohio, about the same time, accompanied
with loud explosions, and a sensible shaking
of the earth. Many who did not see the me
toric balls thought they were experiencing the
reverberations of an earthquake.
Frozen.- A brakesman, named John Myers,
on the frieght train of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, was found at his post on the 23d ult, be
tween Philadelphia and Parksburg, so badly
frozen as to be perfectly insensible his hands
frozen fast to the Iron brake, and his body
perfectly immovable. He was taken oil, and
with proper care was ablo to speak on the fol
lowing morning. - -
The Hon. George Bancroft, the illustrious
American historian, has come out in a well
written statement in opposition to-the admis
sion of Kansas under the Lecompton Consti
tution. He favors the principle of the maior-
ity ruling, which was formerly considered
good Democratic doctrine. Democracy of
the present day, however, is not as it "used to
was." Mr. Bancroft was Secretary of the Na
vy under President Polk, and was afterwards
appointed Minister to England.
Rather a Salty Lake. There is a lake
200 miles long, between Corpus Christi and
Brazes, Santiago, so salt that a skiff cannot
proceed but about 40 miles from the latter
place, because of large, solidified cakes exten
ding clear across the passage so says a writer
in the Plaquemines Sentinel, who .has visited
it. The same writer adds that on the side of
the mainland,' crystalized salt is to be seen
piled up in blocks, one upon another, and
shining in iho sun like glaciers.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
who writes himself "A European," says that
the secret of the attempts made upon the life
of the French Emperor by Italians, is that
Louis Napoleon, while a wanderer, was a
sworn member of a secret Society known as
the Carbonari. This Society never forgives a
renegade member, and "Louis Napoleon has
been tried by the chiefs of the Society, for
mally condemned to death, and received no
tice of theoom which surely awaits him."
Dangebs of a Scaelet Petticoat. As two
young ladies were walking along Sixth street,
one afternoon, in St. Louis, when near a cros
sing by St. Charles, a couple of oxen were be
ing driven down, and the quartette met. The
ladies made a run to cross, and one of them
raising her dress, showed some eighteen in
ches of a red skirt; at this one of tbe oxen
took umbrage and gave chase, the demoiselle
only, escaping by running into a house, the
door of which was fortunately open.
The Pacific Hotel, at St. Louis, was burned
at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning'the 20th
ult. About 100 persons were in the house,
30 or 40 or whom are missing. Many leaped
frCl n tVlA srm ttnA WAra liAl-riMl? m.ni.ln1
damages against V m. .Uattiers lor ureacu oi Others, unable to reach the windows, were
promise under aggravated circumalances.n!) 1 burned in their rooms.
In a Ciuuinnati court Mary Jane Cribbet has
obtained a verdict for ten thousand dollars
The difficulty between Hon. James B.Clay
and Gen. Cullom has been amicably adjusted.
To Correspondents. "Alonzo." Yes, If
accompanied by your proper name.
'Lines" from Pennsville, will appear as
soon as possible.
New Advertisements.
FRESn BUTTER AD CHEESE, for sale
by march3) TIIOS KOMXS.
CAST STEEL MILL AXD CROFS CUT SAWS,
of the best qualities, made bv IitoD. for
sale by - WM. HiVlX.
Curwensville, March 2, 155S.
TWENTY BUSIIELS WHITE BEANS, for sale
at tho "corner store" of WM. lliVIN,
March 2, 1358. in Curwer.avilJe.
SUPERFINE AN'D EXTRA FLOUR for sale by
Curwensville, March 2. WM. IKVIX.
"ITrAMED-a Journeyman Cabinet Maker,
IT to whom constant employment will be giv
en. One who can finish and turn preferred. Ap
ply immediately to H. HAYS MORROW.
Clearfield, Pa., March 3, lS5S-3t.
A I";lJS'?ITOR'S OTICE.-L.UeN
J-. of Administration on the Estate of Elihu
5Iott, late of lieU township, Clearfield county, Pa.,
deceased, having been granted to the undersign
ed ; all persons indebted to said estate, are requea
ted to make immediate payment, and those hav
ing claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated for settlement to the under
signed, or to L. J. Crans. Esq., ClearfieM.Fa.
' . ' HOMER W. MOTT.
March 3, 1553-6t. . Adminittiator.