This said, Luther withdrew, and the Princes deliberated. Every one saw clearly iJint tlic moment was critical for Christendom. On the yea or nny of this tnonk, perhaps, depended the repose of Hie Church and of the world for ages to come. In the desire to overawe him, lie had been raised on a platform in sight of a whole nation; the attempt to give publicity to his defeat had only served to enhance his vic tory over his enemies. The partisans ol Rome could not patiently submit to this humiliation. Luther was again called in, and ttie speaker thus addressed liim : 'Martin, you have not spoken with that humility which befits your condition. The distinction you have drawn as tn your works was needless, for if you retracted such as contain errors, the Emperor would not allow the rest to he turned. It is absurd to nvpiire to be refuted by scripture, when ymi tire reviving heresies condemned by the gen eral Council of Constance. The Emperor therefore commands you to say simply, yes or no, whether you mean to affirm what you have advanced, or whether you desire .o retract any pnrt thereof:' '1 farve no other answer to give than that I have already given.1 said Luther tpiielly. They understood him. Firm as a rock, the billows of the powers of the world had broker harmlessly at his feet. The sim ple energy of his words, his erect countenance, the glance of his eye, the inflexible firmness that might ho traced in his rnde German fea tures, had indeed left a deep impression on the assembly. All hope of quelling his spirit had vanished. The Spaniards, the Belgians, and even the Italians were silent. The monk had triumphed over these powers of this world. lie had said No to the Church of the Empire. Charles the Fifth arose from his seat and the whole assembly rose at the same instant 'The Diet will meet again to morrow morning to hear the Emperor's decision,' said the Chan cellor aloud. a. A powerful impression had been produced on the chiefs of the Empire. Luther had remark ed this; and it had given him new courage. The Tope's adherents were provoked because Eck had not earlier interrupted the speech of the guilty monk. Several -princes and lords were won over to his cause by the tone of deep conviction with which he had defended it. It is true, with sonse the effect was transient; but some who then concealed their thoughts. nt n later period declared themselves with great boldness, i ! Thus Aleander was master of tho field. He presented to Charles a rough draft of an edict, intended to serve as a mod! for thatthe Diet was about to publish against the monk. The production of the Nuncio pleased file incensed Emperor. He assembled tiie members of the Diet still at Worms in his council chamber and read to them Aleander's paper which as Pallavicini informs us, was approved by all prosent. On the following day, which was a public festival, the emperor repaired to the cathedral, attended by the nobles of his court. The service being gone through, a crowd of persons thronged the interior, when Aleander, clothed in the insignia of his order, approached Charles. He held in his hand two copies of the edict a gainst Luther, one in Latin, the other in Ger man, and kneeling before his Imperial Majes ty, he petitioned Charles to affix, to it his signa ture and the seal of the Empire. It was at the moment when sacrifice had just been offered; w hen the inconse filled the temple, and the hymn was reverberating in the vaulted roofs, audi as it were, in the immediate presence of God, that the seal was to be set to the destruc tion of the enemy of Rome. The Emperor, in the most gracious manner, took a pen, and attached his signature to the edict. Aleander withdrew in triumph, and instantly sent the decree to the printer, and thence to every part i.l Christendom. This result of Roman diplo macy had cost no small pains to the Papacy. We learn from Pallavicini himself that the c- dict, though dated 9th of May, was written and Figned some days later, but antedated, in order that it might appear sanctioned by the presence of the whole Diet. 'We, Charles the Firth, &c, said the F.m pror, 'to tho Electors, Princes, Prelates, ami all to whom these presents shall come. The almighty having confided to us for the defence ol our holy faith more extensive tlo- minion and rule than Ho hath given to any of. our predecessors, we purpose topnjoyall our powers to preserveour holy empire from being jiolluted by aoyliervsy. The Augustine monk, M;utin Luther, re- Curdles of our exhortations, bus madly attacked tho holy Church, and attempted todestroy it by writings full ofblasphemy. lleh&s shameful- ly vilified the unalterable law of holy marriage ; lie hu laboured to incite the laity to imbrue their hands in the blood of their priests ; and defy ing all authority has incessantly excited lire people to revolt, schism, war, murder, theft, incendiarism, and the utter .destructHmof the Christian faith. In a woTd, and passing over many other evil intent ions thi being, who is no man, but Satan himself under the semblance of a man in a monk's hood, has collected, in one offensive mass, all the worst heresies of former ages, adding his own to the number, .t 'We have therefore dismissed from our pre sence this Luther, whom all reasonable men count a madman, or possessed by the devil ; and it isour intention that so soon as the teim , i i n- .1...1 , of his safe conduct is expired, effectual mea sures be forthwith taken to put a fctop to his fu ry- 'For this end, and on pnin of incurring the penalty of treason, we hereby forbid you to re ceive the said Luther from the moment when the snid term is expired, or to harbour or to give him meat or drink, or by word or act, publicly or in private, to aid or abet him. We further enjoin you to seize, or cause him to be seized, where ever he may be, and to bring him before us without delay, or hold him in durance until you shall be informed how to deal with him, and have received the reward due to your co-operation in this holy work. 'As to hi adherent, you arc enjoined to seize uM)ti them, puttingtheiu down and confiscating their property. Touching hie writings seeing that the best of food is held in horror by all men when the least poison is mixed therewith how much more should such writings, wherein the main object is a mortal venom, be not merely rejected, but de stroyed ! Von will, therefore, burn, or in other ways utterly destroy them. 'As to the authors, poets, printers, painters, venders, or purchasers, of -caricatures or pla cards against the Pope or the Church, you are enjoined to seize on their persons and property, and deal with them as may seem fit. And if any one, whatever may he his rank, should dyrcto act contrary to this decree of our Imperial Majesty, we command that he be placed under 'ban of tho Empire. Let each one observe this decree. Such was the edict signed in the cathedral of Worms. It was more ihan a Roman bull, which though issued in Italy might not be car ried into execution in Germany. The Empe ror Irimsolf had spoken, and tho Diet, had rati fied the deerc. The whole body of Roman ists shouted for jny. 'The tragedy is over, ex claimed they. "For my part.' said Alphonso Veldez, Spaniard ef Charles 's court, 'I am per suaded it is not the last act, but the beginning.' Valdez clearly perceived that the movement was in the Church, the people, the age, and that were Luther to fall, his cause would not perish with him. But none conld "help seeing the eminent and inevitable danger in which tho Reformer was placed, and the superstitious multitude were impressed by a feeHng of 1jot rorat the thought of that incarnate t?atan -whom the Emperor pointed to as clothed with a monk's habit. Tlie man agninst whom the mighty ones of this earth were thus forging their thunderbolts, on leaving the pulpit of Eisenach, endeavored to muster resolution to take leave of some of his dearest friends. He decided not to take the road to Gotha and Erfurth, but to proceed by way of the village of Mora, the brith-place ofhis father, in order once more to see his grandmother (who died four months afterwards) and to visit his uncle, Henry Luther, aud some ether relations. Schurll Jonas, and Suavan set out for Wittemberg ; Luther enter ed his waggon, accompanied by Amsdorfl", and plunged into tle forest of Thuringen. That Bamc evening he arrived in the village of -his fathers. The aged peasant pressed to his heart that grandson who had dared to con front the Emperors and tho Pope. Luther pas sod the following day with his relations, joyful ly contrasting its sweet tranquillity with the turmoil of Worms. The next day he again set out in company with AmsdorlTand his brother James. It was in these secluded spots that the RcfiM-mer's lute was on the point of being de cided. They skirted the woods of Thuringin, taking the path that leads to Waltershausen As the waggon was passing a narrow defile near the ruined church of Glisbach, a short dis tance from tlie cast'ie-of Altenstem, suddenly a noise was heard, and in a moment, five horse men, masked and armed from head to fool, fell upon them. His brother James, as soon as he caught sight of tlie assailants, jumped from tlie waggon, and fled as fast as he could without ut tering a word. The driver would have resisted 'Stop,' cried a hoarse voice, and instantly one of tlie attacking party threw him to the earth Another of the masks grasped AmsdorfT, and held him fast. While this was doing, tho three horsemen laid cold on Luther, maintaining pro found silence. They forced him to alight, and throwing a knights cloak over his shoulders, set him on a led horse that they had with them This done the two other masks let go Amsdorff and the -vaggoncr, and the whole sprang into their saddles. One dropped his cap, but did not stop to recover it, and in the twinkling of an eye, the party and their prisoner were hist in the thick gloom of the forest. At first they , took the direction of Broderode ; but they ra- j pidly changed their route, and without recjoit- ting the forest, rude first in one direction and j then in another, turning their horses, feet to baffle any attempt to track their course. Lu thei. littk used to ridinfj, was soon overcome i with fatigue. Hia guided -rmitted him tostop ; a few instants. Ha rested on the earth beside a beech tree, and drank some water from a spring which stills bears hia name. His bro ther James, continued his (light from the scene ofvencouiiter, readied Waltershausen that e venitig. The driver, hastily throwing him self into the waggon, in which Amsdurfl had already mounted, gallopl his horse at full sp. od, and cotxhicted Luther's friend to Wit tetiils rg. At Waltersliansen, at Wittemberg, in the open country, the villages and towns on the route, tho newa spread that Li.ther was cirrii d iff. Some rejoiced at the report, but tin gToater number were struck with astonish- incut and indignation, and eouii a cry of grief resounoVd throughout Germany Luther bait ! ' fallen into the hands of hw enemies' - i Alter tin stirring conflict that Ijither had been called to sustain, it had pleased God that he should be transferred to place of repose and peace. After raising him on the dazzling stage of Worm.', were ell the energies of the Reformer's soul had been roused to their high est pitch, God had prepared for him the obscure and lowly refuge of a prison, lie draws from the deepest ulwcurity the frail instruments by which he designs to bring mighty things to pnss ; and then when He has suffered them to shine for a while on an illuminated stage, He diminishes again to obscurity. The Reforma tion was to be brought about by other steps than violent struggles or public tribunals. Not thus docs the leaven penetrate the body of the peo ple : the Spirit of God seeks stiller channels. The nian whom the champions of Rome were pittilcsaly persecuting, was to disappear for a time from the world. It was needful that his personal greatness should he hidden in shade, that the revolution then accomplishing might not bear the impress of one man. It was fit that the man should be put aside that God alone might remain, to move by his Spirit over the abyss, wherein the darkness of the middle ages was linking, and to say, 'Let there tic light V in order that there miglit 1e light. The shades of evening closing in, and no one being now able 1o observe their track, Luther's escort changed their route. It was neatly ele ven o'clock at night when tlrcy arrived at the fixit of a hill. Tlie lrorsoa slowly climbed the steep nsccnt. On the summit stood an an cient fortress, on every side but that by which hey approached it, surrounded W the WaeJc fvn-ests which clotlrotlrc mountains of Thurin- ireru It was to the lofty and isolated castle of Warlburp, where the ancient landgraves in earlier times had fixed their retreat, that Lu ther was thus led. The bolts were drawn back, the iron tars fell, the gates unclosed, the Reformer passed tlie threshold, and the doors were closed upon liim. He dismounted in an nner court. One of the horsemen, Burkard von Ilund, lord Altenstem, then left him. Another John von Berlepseh, provost of Wart- burg, conducted him to his apartment, where he found a knight's garment and sword. The three others followed, and took away his eccle siastical habit, attiring him in the knightly dress prepared for him, and enjoining him to let his beard and hair grow, that noone in the cafitle iight know who he was. The attend ants of the castle ofWartburg were to know the prisoner only by the name of knight George, Luther scarcely recognized himself under his singular metamorphosis. 1 eft at length to his meditations, he had leisure to revolve the cx traordinary events that had befallen him at Worms, the uncertain future that awaited him, and his new and strange abode. From the narrow windows of his turret, his eye discove red the dark untrodden and boundless forest which surrounded him. 'It was there,' says Mathesius, his friend and hioirranher, 'that Luther was shut in, like -St. Paul m his prison at Rome.' Jon Fbeiikhick Oschmam. This man, who, it will l recollected, w;is tiled m Retrying, for the Murder of Conrad Christ, and acquitted, itissuid has recently been convicted in the Oyer and Ter. miner of Oneida county, N. V., of the murdei of a mn in that county, and ' to I hung next month He eon Tested that he had murdeicd a man, and ioIIk-J a store in Ohio, and also murdered a man in Dcrks county. Head. Gaz. Thk Purs wiitBESnvrRT 'Oair.iiaTKn.'' The Hon. John Mattocks (or Jack Mattorks, as he is, or used to lie, familiarly styled by his towns men of Peacham) Representative in Congre from the Fifth Congressional District of Vermont (tiy the new division the Fourth,) has published a kelter, in the Vermont Watchman, to his constit ucnts, declining to be a candidate at tlie next e lection. In climng bis letter, Mr. Mattocks aays Finally, may the all-wise Being, who controls th destiny of nations, pmt.-ct and pcrietuttle our free institutions ; aud may the ( iod of Heaven hasten the lime when Shivery ahull exist only in the in- ftrnul regions, weie it oriuiualeil, and where it in inflicted for crime, and nut for color. 'Huston Transcript. Jomr PfBKiNti' Whs. A Mr. J. Peikins waa fined f 3, by the Poliie Court at Boston, a week or two since, for tying bis wife to a bedpost, with a silk handkerchief, to prevent her "going out shop. piriK." We presume this is what is meant by the "silltn tie" ao much niHtken of by the votaries of Hymen ! A Nr.w TiKAiilBo. 'J. Cypress, Jr,' speak of an odd friend of hia, who, when a collegian, waa presented with a bible fom an old aunt. On re ceiving it, he wrote upon the fly-leaf what he con sidered the apposite srntimenls of Mark Antony "Let hut the commons hear this ttdammt, hu h pardon me, do not iitean to rtud " Tbs Fisst Taairr Mtw. -Now, boys, you've got through the hson on Biography Tor the pre sent : now for the Definitions. Obeisance; What is a tar ill !' 'It's a construction of the word tear off, air. It means to tear off a part of anything.' Who was the firat tariff man V 'DaviJ, air ; because he lore nlT a part of Saul's garment when he waa asleep and did'nt know it. Jonathan, where were you going to yeasarday when I aaw you going to mill V Why, I was going to mill, to be sore.' Well, I w'uh I'd svett you. I'd got you to carry a grist for me.' Why you did r me, did'nt you V Yes, but not until you bad gut clean out of sight' iii t B i THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Jan. 21, 1843. Oj VVe have just received sixty learns of print ing paper, similar in sir.e and quality to the sheet upon which this is printed. Alan 3t! reams of su per Royal 21 by 38 inches, which will beeotJ at cost and carriage, for each. dj" There will lie service in the Episcopal Uhu-ch, to-mnrow morning, (Sunday,) at half past ten, and to the evening, at 7 o'clock, by tho Rev. Weaver. On our first page will he found an interest ng extract from D'Auhigrwi'a work on the Great Reformation, which describes what mm itrnhihtv ! he deemed the most remarkable and inti renting in cident in the life of Luther, the grrat reformer. The true character of Luther ia but little understood in thi country, even by those who profess to be hia followers. He was one of the few truly great men of the woild, because he was good as well as sreat. frjj A humorous poem will be found on our first page, which will afford a few crumbs of comfort to that most unfortunate class of human beings yc'.cpt bachelors. Tivraw Licr.sass. Now u the time for those who intend to apply for tavern licenses send in their advertisements. The law requires the last no tice to he at least ten days previous to the court. The sooner therefore it ia done, the better. fjf Our esteemed correspondent "Catharine"" makes her appearance again, this week, in a lesu- tiful little poem, entitled "Lines, suggested by a vi sit to the Blue Hill, opposite Northumberland, in June," which will be found m another column. (tj- '77 Wtelity Unit, A Stale Gazette" is the title of a new paper published by the editor of the Daily U. S. Gazette, It is a large and well printed sheet, containing all the choice mailer of the Daily during the week. r New Woain. Tlie publishers of this excellent work, now issue it in an octavo form, well adapted for hinding. The New World is de ridedly the best weekly publica'.ion in the United States. Price, 1 3 pet annum. Miners Morton was elected Governor of Massachusetts on the lClh inst , by the legislature, The vote on the 2d ballot stood for Marcus Morton. fdem.A 174, lohn Davis, ( whig,) M50 S. E. Scwrll, (abulilinn,) 4. Joe Smith was brought up before Judge Pope, on a llalxnt Oorput, in Springfield, III., and released. His arrest was decided to be illegal, be cause he had not been out of the Slate. (Jj'Tha idea of perfect equality is a doctrine on ly cafcutaHx! for demagogues or mountebanks. As long as there ia a difference in the habits and edu cations of persons, there will always l distinctions in society. The peasant may l as good as the prince, and is so in the eyes ofhis Maker, but both would feel extremely awkward on being thrown into companionship with each other. Ajmointmrnt by the Governor. CHiair.a G. Dori, Esq., to 1 President Judge, of the 8th judicial district of Pennsylvania, composed of the countiei of Lycomipg, Northum berland and Columbia, in the room of the Hon. Ellis Lewi, resigned. A more popular, or a better appointment. Governor Porter c iukf not possibly have made. In this district, where Mr. Donnel is well and favora bly known, his appointment haa given uiiivmafsa tisfaciion. As a lawyer he ranks among the ablest of the profession, while as a gentleman and a man of character he bold a position ir) society, second to none. He was nominated by the Governor, on Saturday last, immediately after the confirmation of Judge Lewis's apoiritmrnt to the Lancaster district. The Senate were unanimous in confirm ing the appointment, which reached here on Sun day afternoon last. On Monday morning follow- ng, the oath of office was administered by the Register eV Recorder of this place, and a few hour after the new Judge was in Danville, where the Court for January term had just commenced, and where he ia now discharging the duties of the ardu oua and responsible station to which he has been elevated, with entire satisfaction to tlie communi ty- MISCELLANY. lCdItorlal, Condensed and Selected. The difficulty between the weavers and their em- (Covers, in Philsdehdiia haa been adjusted. Thi is creditable U both parties. A Mormon named Joseph Beehee, haa been ar rested in New York, under a charge of having run away with another man's wife. The New York Commercial states that 150 men are now at work upon a job within 100 miles of that city, for tlteir meals and shoes for the winter. A woinaa named McCarty went bef.tre Recor der Vaivant, of New Orleans on the SIst uli in a moat awful situation. Her husband, it seema, had cut open her head with an axe, and it is doubtful whether die will recover. McCarty waa arrested. Several conveita of the "battle-axe" doctrine, a most licentious creed, hav been lodged in the pri son of Cheater County wiihin a week. A Wfflqie liiJtltti The boot of a mail sUrs from Pittsburg, on its way to Kaltimoie, waa robbed late ly near thu hnuier city two trunks were cut off anJ nfled of (heir cwiUuU. The End of the HWi. -We understand that in one of the 8rhoo1 Districts v of Hillsborough, N. H., the whole population have become believers In the doctrine of Miller closed their district srhool, and taken their chihhen home to get prepared for the Second Advent. FolIiwer$nf haae Walton. The passion for the sport of angling Is so great in the neighborhood of London, that the liberty of fishing in tome of the streams in the adjacent counties is purchased at the rate of ten pound per annum. Dr. Barker, of Linn, Mans., died very suddenly on Sunday evening last, from the effects of the mortification of a dead body, while engiged in dis secting. He had a small wound in his hand, by which the infoclion entered. The returns from sixteen States, of the applica tions in Bankruptcy, made in accordance with a call for information on the subject by Congress, show In the aggregate, 18,374 petitions, of which 17,094 were voluntary ; 8471 have been finally discharged. A number of ladies of New York have nrganiaed I a Society, having for its object the introduction of the Common School System, into every country in South America. A son of Mr. George Rothrry of Newaik, N. J., waa severely injured in Saturday week lost, by re ceiving the charge of a fowling piece in his chin and neck. The gun pointed nt hint, and the trig' ger pulled under the suposition that it was not loaded. Vanprrhm in Mn,narhuiett.i.Tbnl Common wealth supported during the past year 13,088 pau pers, or one to every 54 inhabitants. Of these, 2,805 arc foreigners, and 2,302 from Great Britain and Ireland. There are 181 Alms Houses in the State, with 17,811 acres of land attached to them, the whole valued at $900.281 ; in them the average weekly cost per pauper is 83 cents. The value of labor performed in them waa f IG.209. Immediately after the arrival of Frank Johnson and band nt St. Louis they were arrested and fined $10 each, under the law which forbids free colored men to appear thrre without a license. Some re spectable citizens became bail, and the matter waa carriid to a higher court. 77ie Ijost Jtentrds. Tlie Staunton Spectator lenrns, from an authentic source, that the Books and llecords of Greene county, Va., which were stolen from the Clerk's Office of that county about twelve months ago, have been recently found by a fox hunting party, in a C ive in the side of a mountain. By pu'ting a piece of lump sugar, the size of a walnut, into a tea-pot, you will make the tea infuse in one half the lime. .Messrs. Schoolcraft and McLeod, nf the Michi gan Legislature saya a Wstcm paper, will earn their mileage this season, at least. One resides at Mackinaw, and the other at Chippewa ; and in consequence of the sudden closing of navigation, both had to 'foot it' a portion of the way to Detroit. A Fatal riungr. Gov. F.llsworth, of Ct., lost a very valuable horse and sleigh, on New Year's D iy, at Hartford. Wrhilehi Excellency was making a call, the animal ran away, and continued hia course till he got upon the ice on the river, whence he plunped into the open Connecticut. Neither horse nor sleigh have since been heard of. Following in the Foolttejit The New York correspondent of the National Intelligencer says, "The Bev. Mr. Palfrey has sold the North American Review to Mr. Bowen, and, having taken three of Mr. Everett'a steps, (a Unitarian pulpit, a Harvard professorship, and the editorship of the North A merican Review,) is about to take the fourOi, by entering on political life FOR TUB AMEIIIC1X. LINKS. Suggested by a'vinit tn the Bn-r Hill, opponte Strrthumbtrland, in June. Most glorious Nature! at whose early birth Arch Angels sang their hymns of ecstasy, How weak are words, to faintly shadow forth The spirit's transport in beholding thee. Sul'lime aud beautiful, as when first sprung From Chaos, thou olreyed'sl the high command, And blazing tuna in boundless spare were hung, And worlds weie fashion' d by the Almighty Hand. Here from this lofty promontory'e height, Beneath, around, what splendors meet the view : Rich vales of waving plenty bathed in light, And distant mountains clothed in mists ao blue. Here, meeting from afar the wandering streams, Ming ling, reflect ttie changing fice of heaven ; Now tlie blue depth wilh dazzling sunlight gleams, Now o'er its surface fleecy clouds are driven. While through the foliage, beneath the bill, Where graceful slopes, with richest verdure glow, The village lies so beautiful, and still, And zephyis filled with ftagrance softly blow. Proud Pennsylvania ! beautiful and grand ! Thy stalwart sons are still, the brave the free ; Nurtured 'mid scenes like these, they 7r must stand First in the ranks of Heaven-born Liberty ! ClTHABiat. Sunbury, Jan. 14. PMUda., Heading 4i Pottsvllle It. R. We give Mow an official statement of tonage of coal on the Philadelphia Potuville and Reading ft. Road for 1812. The total here given ia exclu sive ef coal sent early in the year from Reading lo the city. The amount to Richmond includes some 200 tons shipped at Willow street wharf, alter the burning of the Falls Bridge. From Pottaville to Richmond, . 10,992,07 - - Phtlada., 4,072,07 - h u 0ther points, 1,579,09 ie,644;u3 From 8. Haen to Richmond, 12,331,15 u " Philada I7.212.iq - u other pihuts, 3,071,14 32,G4,06 Tona 49 290 t9 foltttitlt Entftriuini CorrMpontlrnre of the Amcritan. IlAaataacaa, Jan. 19, 1843. DiuaSt : Tho excitement of lost week has nearly subsided, and the regular routine of legisla tion is now in progress. There fa not much al prevent of peculiar intereat going on here, or at Washington. Since the election of U. 8. 8enatr we have had another warm contest, in the election of Slate Tieasurer. Some of the ultra-diaorgan-leers, made an attempt to defeat Mr. Mann, lha present able and efficient Treasurer, but failed in their schemes. Mr. Mann was re-elected on Tues day last, by a handsome majority of 40 votes over all his competitors. The bill to regulate the pub lic printing scemi to create greater difficulty than any thing else before the legislature. There are a number of applications fur new counties. The bill to form a new county out of parts of Luzerne and Columbia haa been reported, but not yet acted upon. Whit its fate will be, it is difficult, at pre sent, lossy. On the I4tb, Mr. Penniman called up his resolution of the day previous, for an inquiry into the purport of the minority report, on the Lumber JiMinew, that one mfmlr of fie Com mittee was implicated, referring to himself, and the resolution passed. On motion of Mr. Champneys, the Senate then look up for consideration, the nomination of the Hon. Ellis Lewis, as Prrsid- nt Judge in Lancaster county, and on motion nf Mr. Heirfter, the nomi nation waa confirmed, Messrs. Penniman, Spack man, D irsie and Matthews only voting in the ne gative. I nis prevents the operation of any law to reduce the salaries from operating upon Judge I,., as the aalxry of a Judge cannot be reduced during hia continuance in office, and Charles G. Donnel of your place waa immediately noininateJ and con firmed in place of Judge Lewis. The appointment of Mr. Donnel, I presume, will give very general satisfaction in his district. It waa well received here, as may be supposed, from the f ict that the Senate were unanimous in confirming his appointment. On tho lfiih inst., Mr, Deford submitted a set of joint resolution instructing our Senators, and re questing our representatives in Congress to vote against any alteration nf the Tariff, to endanger iu permanency, and in favor of the Tariff generally. Laid on the table. The tariff is now looked on here as a measure of the utmost importance to Pennsylvania. The free trade advocates cannot number more than a half down individuals in the legislature. Every in telligent man knows that the future welfare and prosperity of the State depends on the continuance nf a protective tariff. Governor Porter, who has always been a tariff man, and a warm friend of Pennsylvania interests, urged the attention of the legislature to this subject, in his last message. Tlie Glol-e, at Washington, has thoueht proper to make an attack on him for his manly independence on this subject. So long as the Governor advo cates the interests of h a native state, he haa but bnte to fear from such seivile prints. The Globe is owned and controlled by Southern nullifiers, and of course advocates aouthern principles acd South ern interests. The Globe and its fee-trade com patriots could biok with the utmost complacency on the entire prostration of Pennsylvania, if there by she could be made to subserve the interests of scheming politicians. Knowing the feeling of Pennsylvania on this subject, Mr. Buchanan's friends were chliged to come out during the con venlion, and declare that he then was, and always had been in favor of a protective tariff. Draft, ofCol. Hepburn. Letters received in this city contain intelligence of tbe death of Col. HsrHi-R, who will be re. memhered in this city from his speeches in Tam many Hall and other places, during the last sum mer. He was an ardent politician, and the last time we saw him, was violenllv preaching r ree Trade from the steps of the Exchange, in Wull street, to a number of siilois who h;id been induc ed to get up a strike. We learn that the difficulties had for aome time exhisted between hitn and fieri. McDougsdd, the Democratic candidate for Con gress, from Georgia, who haa just been defeated by Mr. Crawford growing out of cotton specula tion which proved to be a loss. Col. H., it seems, had overpaid his share, snd in the bitter feelings that tbe transaction engendered, had threatened to take tbe life of McDotigald upon the first opportu nity. Col. IT., on the 5th, waa in the Insurance Bank at Columbus, when Mr. M. entered. As the latter approached, Col. II. put bis hand in his breast pocket to take out a letter. Gen. McDou- gald, doublb as supposing he intended to draw a pistol, instantly fited upon him, and sot hiu through the heart. A. Y". Tribune. Lltat. Hunter's Kxpcrtraant. Extract of a Utter pubtiihed in the Thilndetphia Evening Journal i WisaiscTOi, January 4. Leut. Hunter's great experiment was moot sue cessfully tried yesterday in our harbor. The ''Uni on" had tbe steam put upon her for the first lime. It was the first trial for lha machinery. She nent down to Alexandria and back in a beautiful style. She ran at the rate of twelve miles an hour, or ra ther i' waa proved that ahe would make lwelv milea an hour with ease, after reducing tb e her paddles. She ia a three masteJ .bin -" U. . - , .f one lousand tons. She rarriea fc,ur p., ...... ... .xhan guns, xt,,ghUdT.w. very l,.llIe are under water eot.vly, .n, he . exposed. The whe, wrk hoiilrtlUl At ... or whenever ' mtJ , neceswrVi.he wi use net aaila to ,he npmM o( fu(i, 0m. to the pccui; tX milda in wtlich ebeU propelled, there is (0t ,he lightest jar of the ship, under any Pr"-ure of stesns. She Itavet nt wake, and rarely creates a nple on the surface of the water. The whole ship, out and out, cost less than one of the engines of the Missouri. She is to go to tea imme diately. She will lake a ran to New Orleans and up the Mississipjai river, and also to Cuba. A Mra. Bi.hop is lecturing iu Yuik on Mormonitm and Mesmerism,
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