FOREIGN SEWI.
.-... Bjr jextrnordlnr)r feaprett. "
. JVeai Indebted 1 nh ThiladelphU Ledger
, Tor the following inmnurjr of foreign' newt,
, til-ought ly the Tilot Boat W. J. Romer, chartered
fcxpressly for that parprrse by the Ledger end
North American" of Philadelphia, and the Trl
,T! burteand Siiq vo( New York; ,n . !..! '
1. 1 ? Cotton baii improved onseigth oft penny, ow
'" ing to advices from the United State, and a ihort
( supply. . Wheat was .'from one to two pence a .
, , bushel higher. , Flour was a ahilling better, and
a, large demand. . - ' ' ' ' ' ' '
The attention of Parliament hat Dot been
formally 3if eeted to the ttate of the Oregon re
1atione. The despatches tent over by our Ex
- prs boat Romer, bad been ' laid before the min
istry, but nolime Sfsptedfo thow their effect.
;.:; Parliament is engaged in a Coercive Dill for
, Ireland, vi The Liverpool Courier of the 1Mb
: sjyt h ttate of that country justifies any effort
, for.it amelioration, but thinkt the Earl St. Ger
. Diiii.wilt be a dead letter, i ,:T ' '
, The. comments of the English pretton. the re
. final ofthe American Government to arbitrate
on the Oregon queation, look warlike.
. :i The Tariff waa atill under discission in Parlia
r mrnf,. with a prospect of being rpeedity.- com
pleted in accordance with the plant of the Min
istry.' .
There had been no action in Parliament on the
Oregon question:
There ate to be great reductioni in the R'tssi
an Tariff".
' '. It is said that the French funds had declined.
In the debate on Indian corn and buckwheat
add rice being free, allusions were made to thete
articles being American staples.
- The opposition to the Evangelical Alliance in
Scotland meets with increasing opposition among
the clergy. ' .
The French papers have bat little in relation
to Oregon. They seem to incline to the opinion
that matters will arrive at an amicable adjust
ment. .;. T" , - i .' . '
A dissension which promises momentous re
' suits had sprung up among the Jewa in Loudon.
The throne of Spain ia in-danger in conse
qoenence of (he refusal of the Queen to sanction
the elictprial law. It was expected the ministry
would at once resign.,
Political affairs in Switzerland remain in a
critical state. At Berne things look gloomy.
' Tlie Grand Council had deprived the Councillors
of State -nine of them of their functions.
' Th number of seamen required by the Eng.
1 lish Navy estimates, is 27,300, boys .000 ; ma
' rinel afloat 5,500, ashore 5,000 total 40.000. '
: It N aaid that the artillery, turned with such
' total effect against the British troops in India,
I was purchased in England above five years ago,
: , by General Ventura, for the late Rajah Iiunjeet
.. Sinsh. . ,
The insurrection in Poland seems to hare
reached a crisis. All parties teem agreed that
, a more hopeless attempt it it scarcely possible
to conceive. The insurgents are said, however,
to amount to 10,000 men. The Journal des De
, bats publishes a history of the rebellion, from
which it appears that it hat extended to the Rus-
sian army, and that it would not Lave broken
out at the present moment had not the numerous
chances of detection rendered further delay im
possible. The Provisional Government of Cra
cow were acting with vigor, and up to the latest
authentic accounts no attempt bad been made by
General Collin to attack the city. It wai repor
ted in Paris on Sunday that the Russian bad as
saulted Cracow, reduced half of it to ashes, and
diiven out the Poles, who, In their retreat, en
countered a large body of Austrians, and defeat
ed them! The Prussian government, notwith
standing the simpathy openly avowed for the
insurgents in Polish' Prussia, appears to be dis
posed to remain neutral in the matter.
The KcirrrjcKi Giant. It appears that there
r (Tilly is a giant, the keeper of a public house
. on. the bank of the Ohio, who is a sort of human
. iwutadon, (without the humbug.) A clerical cor
respondent of the CrrrisUin Watchman lately
pi id him a visit, and says that ho ia a perfect
wonder in human 6hape, walking like an ele
, p'iniit, and looking like a man from another
. world. He measures eight feet and six inches
t h height. In gazing at this man, says his cler
ical yisitrr, "we felt an awe greater than that
produced by the presence of a king, and a kind
. ofshrinking away into our own littleness. It
reminded us of the report of tho spies sent by
.Le from the wilderness of Par en to search
put the land of Canaan, who said on return
''We saw the giants, the sons of Anac, there,
and we were in our own sight as grasbhoppers,
and so we were in their sight.'"
' The mileigo' of the gentlemen from Oregou
will be something cousideroble-Minly about
$12,000, and the constructive pay for the
Senators the same amount; .
A young man named Noble lately from New
York, went to sleep in a church at Cleveland,
and fell from an upper wtudow to the street
be died soon after.
, . , ,,, - . , .
The convicts in the penitentiary of Indiana
aro professing religion. Threo of them were
recently baptized in the Ohio river, Their
fellow prisoners were permitted to be specta
tors of. the solemn rile, : . .
' An egg has been taken from tho nett of a
black hen in Albany, which measures 8 12
inches, by 6 3 ft, and weighs four onces 1
A new umbrella has been manufactured called
the "lending umbrella. It is inade of brown
paper and wil'ow twigs, intended exclusively to
accommodate friend.'
It is supposed that fluent shaker utters be
(ween 7,00(1 and 70U words in the course of
aa hour's uninterrupted speaking. .
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THE ABIEIUCAN.
Saturday, Jlpril 18, 1846.
07! On our first page will be found an inter
esting sketch of the proceedings of the quarrel
between Mr. Webster and lngersoll. On our
last, an amusing little story.
E7" The weather, for the last week, has been
cold and boisterous. On Monday it was very
stormy, affoidingan April variety of wind, mow,
rain and sunshine. ....
E?" Tim Concert of the Baker Family came
off on Wednesday evening last The court boose
was well filled by citizens and strangers. The
songs were sung with admirable harmony. The
"Granite State" and the solo of Mrs. Baker, de
scriptive of a woman and her babe crossing the
Green Mountains, in Vermont, in a snow storm,
Were much admired. The imitation of the Mil
lerite Ascension wai received with shouts of
laughter.
CjTii Tins Water Canal will be repaired,
it is said, by the end of the present month.
CC Appointments by the Canal Commis
sioners John H. Morrison, of Centre county,
to be Collector of Tolls at Northumberland. M.
S. Warner, re-appointed Weighmaster at North
umberland. W. Fiuk, Collector of Tolls at
Williamsport.
G7" Collector of Tolls at North rsi ber
land. The Canal Commissioners have at last
made an appointment for Collector at Northum
berland, by substituting John H. Morrison, of
Centre ' county, for Mr. John Youngman. Mr.
Ybongman, iiii hit official capacity, had given
such general satisfaction, that the impression
was that he would not be removed. Cut the
majority of the Board, to aecure their own inte
rests, were obliged to consult the wishes of o
thers ; hence the necessity of taking officers from
a distance. We have nothing to say against Mr.
Morrison. We presume, judging from a slight
acquaintance, that he will make a good officer.
But we did think, if it was necessary to remove
a faithful and experienced officer, a successor
could bave been found nearer home.
K7 Next Congressman. A correspondent of
the Union Times strongly recommends Alexan
der Jordan, Eq., of this place, as the Democratic
candidate for Congress, at the next election. The
writer very properly states that local preferen
ces should, at the present time at least, be tet a
side, and a popular and strong man be taken op.
We were of the same opinion at the late Con
gressional election. Aware of the difficulties
that existed among our democratic friends of Ly
coming county, we urged the nomination of Mr.
Jordan at that time. We do not think that Mr.
Jordan is desirous of the nomination, but we are
confident that he will not decline, should his
friends see proper to place him in nomination for
that important office.
The Ilarrisburg Union, in referring to the sub
ject, says :
"Mr. Jordan is a sound democrat a gentle
man of popular manners, and would do more to
reconcile the conflicting interests in this district,
than any gentleman who has been named. There
is a clear democratic majority in this Congres
sional district, and all it requires on the part of
our friends, is united action, to secure it. Let it
be done." i
. 07" Tax on Coal- The revenue bill is now
before the Senate. We are pleased, to see that
the odious and unjust tax on coal has been strick
en out by that body. This is well. Such a tax
could never have been collected. . With the same
propriety we might tax lumber, iron ore, lime
stone, whest, corn and other productions of the
soil. ' It was, however, in character with all the
proceedings of the powers that be.
(C?- The Tariff bill of Mr. McKay has been
reported in Congress. Tbe scale of duties va
rie from 5 to 75 per cent. Iron of all kinds to
pay a duty of 30 per cent. Sugars, woolens and
silks, to pay the same duty. If the revenues
should fall short, then a duty of 10 per cent, is
to be imposed on tea and coffee. We do not
think the bill will be passed.
07" Sealed Proposals will be received at.
the house ol Jacob Dyer, in the town of Catu
wissa, by the President and Managers of the
Cattawista Bridge Company, until Saturday, the
18th inst. at 4 o'clock, P. M. for Re-building tbe
Bridge ' over the Susquehanna River at that
place.' 1
ZT" Nsw Yore Cit Election. Mr. Taylor,
the Democratic candidate for Mayor, has been
elected by a majority of 7075 over the Whig
candidate, and about 14000 over the Native can
didate. ' t .
An Excsllrmt Bill. The Judicury Commit
tee of our Legislature, have reported a bill ma
king it lawful for the Governor, in case of con
viction of muider, to commute, upon the recom
mendations of the court and jury, the punishment
of death to imprisonment for life, separate, soli
tary and bard labor and if ths decision of the
Governor be favorable to such recommendation,
the court on being informed of the commutation,
Is to pass sentence accordingly. '
Tan Earn Canal, of New York was to be
opened on Thursday last. Large quantities of
produce, it is said, will be seat early to market.
' 07" TatATtsE rut Tat Potato! Disease. Wa 1
have received a pamphlet containing a collection
of facts on this subject, by Thomas Croft, of
Wilkesbarre. , v. M '
A Tba facta which are quoted from the actual re
sutts of practical men in this country and Europe,
show most conclusively that the disease is cau
sed by an excess of carbonic acid. Carbonic a
cid is essential to the growth of all vegetables.
Liebig, the celebrated chemist, says, however,
'We know that an excett of carbonic acid kills
plants." Its strong affinity for the alkalies Is
well known. Whenever, therefore, lime ashes,
charcoal, talt, platter and guano hanrs been used,
alt of which tubttancet contain one or more of
the alkalies, the potatoes invariably escaped the
disease, while those, in almost every instance,
when planted side by side, cultivsted with stable
manure only, were more or less affected. As the
sesson for planting is at hand, we make the fol
lowing extracts from authentic and reliable sour
ces:' i '.'
The New York Genesee Fsrmer, of North
western New York, recommends 'dressing the
land with common self, charcoal, &c,n See
Report ol Hie Cumminioners of Patents, to Con
grew, for 1844.
Salt contains sods, an alkali.
Charcoal possesses the power of absorbing
carbonic acid, and thus preventing the pntstoe
from getting it when it does not need it.
The Newburyport (Msss.) Hnrald ssys Mwe
tried the experiment of putting nearly a tea
irx onful of salt into each hill at the time of
planting. The experiment was successful ;
and we had a fine little crop of entirely fair
and good potatoes.' He had lost his potatoes,
for two years before, when he used no remedy,
on the same ground. See same Report
Dr. Leibig says: "Potatoes require great
quantity of alkali."
Dr. Lee, a scientific genteman of New York;
who has been employed by the N. . York State
Agricultural Society to go throughout the State,
and deliver lectures on Agricultural Chemistry,
in writing to the editor of the Albnty Cultiva
tor, from Rmithville, Chensgo county, N. Y.
under date of July 15. 1943, and whose letter is
contained in the Aujriisl No. of that pappr pays :
"More than one half of the ash of potatoes is
purn potash. Acting on this hint, I hsve found
in my tour scientific farmers, who by the use of
linleached ashes, lime and plaster, mixed in e-
qual parts, and placed in the hill with the seed,
and on the hill as soon as plnnted have whol
ly escsped the potato rot, and harvested for
several years, from 500 to GOO busheh per a
ere." In a letter from Ulster county, N. Y. dated
December 19lh, 1841, by R L. Pell, and addres
sed to Hon. II. L. Ellsworth, then Commission
er of Patents, we find the following accounts of
experiments: "In the year 1843, I planted a
held of several acres in drills, harrowed the
ground level, and top dressed it with 200 bush
els of oycter shell lime snd charcoal dust to the
icre. The yield was 52 bushels per acre At
the aame time the potatoes throughout the coun
ry were more or less decayed ; likewise a par
cel of the same seed planted contiguous to the
above, not limed, were also decayed.
This spring, when I began to plant my pota
toes, 1 took about a table-spoonful of slaked lime
and put it into each hill; and when they were
up, and be'ore they were hoed, I made a mix
ture of 8 bushels of leached ashes, 2 bushels of
lime, and 3 bushels of ground plaster, and stir
red them woll together. I made a scoop that
held about one gill, and I put this full of the mix
ture on each hill, close to the stalks ; and I
found, when I began to use them' in the sum
mer, that they were all sound, and continued
po ; and I had not one rotten po'atoe when I
took them up in October, although my neigh
bors, on both sWes of the farm, had scarce any
sound ones to get in. So I must think that
what I did to my potatoes was the cause of my
being so successful." See Rip. Com. Pat.,
page 238.
Right or Wax Convention. Creat Excite'
menl at Allegheny City. A Convention, num
bering 3000 persons, in favor of the right of way,
assembled at Allgheny City, on Wednesday last.
Hon. Walter Forward, Judges Wilkins and Wil
son McCandles addressed the meeting. Tbe res
olutions denounce Philadelphia as pursuing a sel
fish and grasping policy, and attribute its resis
tance of the right of wsy to Pittsburg to enor
mous speculations of Philadelphians in lands and
investments in moneyed corporations in Western
Virginia. A proposition to sever the State is
boldly and seriously advanced, if any thing seri
ous can be imagined in connection with such a
ridiculous proposal.
The Alexandria Gazette ot Saturday says thst
tbe accounts from the Potomac Fisheries are
very favorable. It is thought that ths demand
throughout the sesson will fully equal the supply,
and prices are likely to be good. ' Shad were
selling at Alexandria, on Saturday, at $0.50af 7
per hundred, and Herring at Sla4.25 pe thou
sand.
The Wheat Crop. We continue to receive
encouraging reports, says the Chicago Journal, in
regard to tbe wheat crop throughout Illinois. It
not only looks better, but a much larger crop has
been sown than in any previous year. These
counts from the Northern section of tbe State, as
also from Wisconsin, are equally favorable. The
wheat crop throughout Georgia, it is said, never
looked more promising than at thia time, and
should the harvest prove as abundant as is now
anticipated, it will greatly relieve tbe wants of
the people from the present scarcity of grain.
If ia sold there are no less than six persons
now at Washington who expect to be next presi
dent. The number who wish to be, baa not
been estimated.
Corrtipondtnce f the Snnbnry American.
'; '' '- NUMBER XVI.! ( ' . i
WianiNcTON, April 19, tt.46.
The people of the metropolis, last week, were
the spectators of a congressional war,- a thing
almost aa much to be deprecated as an Oregon
war, although the result has been tho waste of no
blood. . It broke out in the Senate, on Monday
last, from a speech of Mr. Webster In answer to
one . from Mr. Dickinson and lngersoll, relative
to the McLeod affair and the settlement of the
Northeastern Boundary. Mr. lngersoll, in his
charge of the McLeod affair, states that Mr. -Web
ster, while Secretary of State, and at the time
of McLeod's arrest, sent a letter by express, to
the governor of the State of New York, advising
the Immediate release of the prisoner, for ths
safety of the great commercial emporium waa in
danger of being laid in ashes. To this the go
vernor tent a reply, asking when it would be
done, Mr. Webster returned an answer, stating,
forthwith. Thit it Mr. Ingerioll's charge. Mr
Webster, in hit speech, pronounced the whole an
"absolute, unqualified, entire" falsehood. He
tayt he never wrote but one letter to the gover
nor of New York, and that was under the direc
tion of President Harrison, having any bearing
whatever upon the McLeod affair. It gave no
advice to ths governor, but merely, as the letter
states, expressed the President's thanks for the
promptitude in which he (the governor) was dis
posed to perform an act calculated to relieve the
government from the embarrassment under which
it was laboring.
Now, here Mr. Webster and Mr. lngersoll are
at issue upon a point of veracity, not a very en
viable position. Both are men who have held
responsible stations, and tp far bave had a part
of the confidence of their respective parties; and
for me to pronounce Mr. Webster guilty of the
charges, without their being properly substantia
ted by authority, would, in a great degree, be
culpable in me. Mr. lngersoll would certainly be
pursuing a very suicidal course, in making the
allegations he has, without being in possession
of the facts necessary to sustain him. He would
be paving the way for hia own destruction. Mr.
Webster occupied two days in his speech. He
covered the whole ground of the Ashburton trea
ty, the first day, and in the conclusion, on the
second day, hurled his sarcastic remarks at Mr.
lngersoll. He frequently made use of such epi
thets as "thing," "creature," dec, in connection
with Mr. lngersoll. It is considered one of the
most severe attacks heard in the Senate, for some
time none too suitable either, for the dignity of
that body. Mr. Webster, however, says he has
been driven to the wall, and he is determined to
expose the shallowness of the attack made upon
mm.
Mr. Dickinson answered the speech of Mr.
Webster, more for the purpose of vindicating
his own position than to sustain Mr. lngersoll
in his charges.
For Mr. Ingersoll's reply and charges of cor
ruption against Mr. Webster, see our first page.
The petitions and memorials brought before
the House, create, oftentimes, a great deal of
merriment. The editor of the Fountain, a daily
temperance paper published here, has petitioned
the house to grant him the use of the lower rooms
of the capitol for the printing of his paper. He
asks it upon the ground of public policy. The
petitioner seems to think that the publication
of a paper in the rooms of the capitol is as law
ful as the selling of liquor. For me, 1 am sure
I would far rather see the capitol turned into a
printing office, than a grogery, as it is at present;
for it is well known that liquors of all kinds
can be had for the rhino, in one of the lower
rooms of the capitol. This is a disgrace to the
nation, and should not be tolerated. Refresh
ments for the members is desirable, and could be
furnished without the addition of liquor. The
petitioner's request should be grsnted as an off
set to the grogery, for he would, no doubt, free
of all expense, hang out upon his sign: "All ye
tvho thirst, come to the F ountain and drink."
Cromwell.
Tbe Washington Correspondent, of the
Philadelphia Ledger of April 11th, says:
Mr. Winthrop, in the House this morning,
asked the privilege of making a personal explan
ation, the first request of the kind he had ever
made to the House. He referred to the charge
yesterday made by Mr. Yancey, in course of his
discussion on the motion to reconsider Mr. In
gersoll's resolution, that Mr. Webster was the
pensioned agent of Eastern manufacturers. Mr.
Winthrop said he was now authorized to declare,
that Mr. Webster did not hold and never had held
a share of manufacturing stock, nor had he ever
been in the enjoyment of any fund raised for
his benefit by the manufacturers. On Monday
last he had learned Mr. Webster was waited upon
by a committee, and informed him that certain
wealthy merchants of Boston not manufacturers.
had voluntarily subscribed a fund, which they
proposed to Invest, and appropriate the proceeds
ss a life annuity to himself and family, Mr.
Webster had uot yet signfied his acceptance of
tbe offer. Mr. Winthrop read a letter addressed
to Mr. Webster, in which his public services are
enumerated, tbe vicissitudes of life, and particu
larly the chances of old sge set before him, and
be was entreated to accept the proffered funds as
an acknowledgment of services rendered in be
half of the causa of commerce in times past, and
for his personal convenience and the comfort of
his family irl time to come." ' It had pot been de
cided what course Mr. Webster would pursue,
and yesterday be (Mr. Winthrop) was ignorant
of the facts stated.
In reply to Mr. Yancey, aa to the amount of
this fund, Mr, Winthrop said that be did not feel
that he had any 'right of search with tbe private
affairs of any one, but aa tba people of Boston
seldom did any thing by halves, the sum intima
ted (100,000) was probably correctly stated.
Mr. Yoreey disclaimed any intention to inter
fere with tbe private affairs of any man. - He
bad spoken of Mr. Webster aa a public man, and
the annuity was intended at a reward for services
as a public men.
07 A correspondent of the New York Mirror,
In some sketches Of one distinguished men in
Congress, thus speaks of Mr. Allen, the Senator
from Ohio: ;
' No man Is more treacherous in the wsy of
making a speech, then Mr. Allen he vill rise,
and for two or three minutes proceed in calm,
clear tones,' when, without the least forewarn
ing, or any cause, ha elevates his tremendous
voice to its highest pitch, and 'there is no more
peace.' He sedulously employs every means to
produce effect, though his choice of attitude and
gesture are samples of rather equivocal taate ;
he shakes the forefinger of his right hand in the
most scientific manner ; he hammers upon his
desk, and claps his hands, advances and retreats,
shouts, bellows, and finishes the sentence in a
sepulchral and warning voice. His speeches sre
very good, but his riotous manner of delivery
spoils them.
Mr. Allen, from his loudness of voice, was
compared to a Chinese gong, snd In speaking of
him he was as often designated 'the gentleman
from China,' as any thing else. Mr. Southard
was at that time President of the Senate a gen
tleman quite as remarkable for his esse of man
ner and love of good living, as anything else.
He had been listening for two hours without re
pining, to a prosy speech on a prop ier subject,
and had succeeded in attaining that vague, dreamy
ttate of half-happiness, half-carelessness, and the
other half mint julep, which he was Somewhat
celebrated for, when the Orator resumed his seat,
snd Mr. Allen rose and said 'Mr. President!'
Now, Kr. President was not exactly wide awake,
his thoughts Lad hardly returned from dreamland,
but he knew something' was wrong, something
was required. 'Eh ! what !' said he, half rising
from his chair. 'Oh yes I see the gentleman
from China !' All the Senate heard it, and laugh
ed, of course, and the hasty correction 'from
Ohio, 'that the President added only made matters
worse.
Mr. Allen,. in his last election, was unfortu
nate enough to be opposed by the father of his
bride elect a rupture was the consequence, for
the love of politics is often stronger than the love
for women, and Mr. Allen preferred to sacrifice
his affection to his election. Everything, how
ever, turned out right in the long run, for Mr.
Allen won both his election and his bride, and
achieved a victory both over the politics of his
father-in-law and the heart of the daughter.
OCCITATIOXS OF TUB lloi'FB MEMBERS OP
the Statb Legislature. The following aro
the occupations of the members of the present
House ot Representatives of Pennsylvania,
when not engaged in "doing nothing," at home.
The House consists of 100 members, which is
made up sa follows : Farmers, 44 ; Lawyers,
14; Mcrchenta,8; Physicians, 6; Millers, 3;
Morrocco Dressers, 1 ; Csrpenters, 2; Saddler,
1; Shoemakers, 2; Tanners, 3; Artist, 1;
Clerks, 2; Teachers, 4 ; Innkeeper, 2; Prin
ters, 2; Oak cooper and guager, 1; Tranrpor
ter, 1 ; Currier, 1 ; Gunsmith, 1 ; Teachers and
geologist, 1. '
Thk Resclt in Connecticut. The Hartford
Times of Saturday evening gives us a result of
the election in Connecticut. In the Seriate the
Democrats have one majority. In the House,
Democrats 08 Whigs 78. Democratic majori
ty SO. There are 44 members to be elected.
The election was to take place on Friday.
Santa Anna. The Washington Union says:
A member of Congress has addressed us a note,
stating that he was satisfied that Santa Anna is,
before this time, in Vera Cruz, and either victo
rious, or that he has suffered the penalty of his
boldness ; and also that tbe Mexico-Texan army
will never reach the Rio Grande, and if they do,
will not fight our army.
More yuan SOO tons per weee. The Mon
tour Rolling Mill, at this place, has, for some
time past, been making over 200 tons of Rail
Road Iron per week. At one turn, last week,
the night set of hands made 183 rails within the
12 hours. Tbey made a hundred rails in six
hours, having that number finished at midnight,
The great work now goes on vigorously and con.
stantly : tbe Anthracite Furnaces of the Com
pany, situate within a few rods of the Rolling
Mill, close, by the Canal, and in the heart of the
Montour Ore Region, are furnishing an abundant
supply of metal for the Mill.- Danville Intel
Mexican ArrAina. The Courrier det E
tats Vnis, usually very well informed about
Mexican affairs, and professing to speak in this
instance upon the moot reliable authority, gives
the following information.
"TtedilTerent sections of the republican par
ty in Mexico had, at the latest dates, resolved
to unite against the common danger, and bad ta
ken measures to invite Santa Anna to return to
Mexico, and assume the position of chief of the
republican party. Their overture had been fa
vorably received by the exiled President He
hid stipulated that, in case of bis return, he
would submit to the people the election of n
new President of the Republic, and retire him
self to private life. The Courrier professes to
have seen n confidential letter of Santa Anna's
companion in exile, Signor Rejon, in which the
grounds of tbe ex-dictator's conversation to re
publicanism are aet forth, and ita sincerity
warmly asserted. Rejon has also published
pamphlet explaining tbe reatona which led San
ta Anna, and himself aa Minister, to approve
the decrees of the 20th of November and the 2d
ot December, 1844, to dissolve the Congress, re
atrtin the liberty of the press, and to assume
dictatorial power. Tbe purpose of these strong
measures tyejoo alleges to bo the concentre
tion of the Mexican force against Texas. The
Mexican Coegreee gave only a lukewarm sup
port, he says, to that movement, and was there
fore dissolved. The ruturn of Santa Anna to
Mexico doee not, however, in the judgment of
the Cornier, indicate further warlike move
ments' oo tbe part of Mexico,
(Correspondence of the Public Ledger.
FROM HAtUUBBURO.
. HABRtssoao, April 13, 1848.
Tm Geological Suave t The Condition of
the Specimens, d;e -In the House this afternden,
Mr. Galloway, from ths select committee appoin
ted on ths subject, submitted the following :
Tbe Committee appointed to exnmine and re
port to the House of Representatives, upon the
situation and condition of the specimens collect
ed during the late geological survey of the State,
and to recommend such legislation, as in tbei
opinion msy be necessary to carry out the origi-
n design of thete collection!, report :
That they have examined into the condition
of the specimens collected during the geological
survey of the State, which are now deposited in
the basement ttory of the capitol at Harrisburg.
This collection is contained in tixty-three boxes,1
which re neatly and ttrongly made, having the
covert teenred by tcrewt. The committee
caused several of the boxes to be opened, with a
view of ascertaining the condition and state of
preservation of the mineral specimens therein
contained. They were found to be dry, clean,
free from mould, and apparently in as good con
dition as they were when first packed in the
boxes. Each specimen is marked, and a number
pasted on it, and is wrapped separately in strong
paper.
This catalogue, together with the results of
the chemical analysis of the ores, coals, lime
stones, &c, which were made at the expense of
the Commonwealth, it is presumed by the com
mittee, the late State geologist intends to retain
until the Legislature shall determine upon the
publication of his final report.
According to a communication made in reply
to a resolution of tbe House of Representatives,
during the last session, the late State geologist
estimates the expense of publishing his report
at fifteen thousand dollars.
If there is nothing in the existing laws to war
rant his retention of the papers relating te the
geographical survey, it follows that the catalo
gues of specimens, the maps and drawings, and
even the manuscript sheets of the finafreport, are
the property of the State, subject to no contin
gency or reservation.
In this case, the late State Geologist should be
required to surrender these papers to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, in whose hands thej
should remain, subject to the further action o,
the Legislature.
The committee having thus performed the du
ty assigned them, offer the following resolution
Resolved, That the committee be discharge!
from the further consideration of the subject, an
that it be recommended to the attention of th
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In the afternoon, the Right of Way hill wa'
discussed the entire session, in the House, b;
Messrs. Burnside, Matthias, and Kunkle, who al
spoke against the measure.
April 14.
Senate. Mr. Cornman, from the Committe
on Militia, reported a supplement to the act ri
gulating the militia of thit Commonwealth.
The bill authorising the Montour Iron WorV
to subscribe to the stocks of railroad and bridg
companies in the counties of Columbia, Northun
berland and Schuylkill, was rejected, yeas '
nays 10.
The bill to extend the time for thecommenc
ment and completion of the Danville Railro;
was read a third time and rejected yeas 7, na
12.
Another Wonder The Newsrk Daily A
vertiser furnishes sn account of a young womi
living in Middletown, Monmouth County, N .
aeventeen years of age, who is said to exhil
certain magnetic phenomena of a very sing
lar nature. The account ia derived from t'
clergymen of Middletown, who hsve visited t
patient:
"For four years past she has been afflict
with some mysterious nervous disorder whi
has confined her to her bed for nesrly that wh
period. At firtt it assumed the form of St. '
tus's Dsnce, which was followed some time
terwards with a remarkable sensitiveness of
whole surfsce of the body, that made the alig
est touch very painful, until recently it hai
ken on its present marvellous character, i
eats on an average not more than half a crac
in 24 hours, and her bowels operate only oj
in forty days yet her face and entire body
main full and plump, while the skin preser
the fairness and Oerhness of heal'b.
Tiiis msy be considered st belonging to
preternstual, and the physical; what full
has relation to the supernatural, and thespir
al.
She falls into a sort of trance Tr catalepsy
which condition her soul passes into the ot
world. Heaven is opened to her and she ia i
to see and converse with its blessed inhabits
Tbey have, she says, constsnt intercourse t
this world. Deceased persons become the g
dian angela of those in whom they felt a spt
interest while living. She told one of the c
gyrnen present at this interview, who live
the oeigborhood, and had lost a child a a.
time before, that she saw the child's spirit 1
iog over bis shoulder while he waa engagt
grayer at a certain time in hie study. - .
Tbe proofs given that she actually bad ii
course with the unseen world, aro as fol
Blood without any woond, appeared eud
!y on tbe forehead, and each of the hands
feet; end subsequently on the posts and I
of the door of ber bed chamber, the marl
which remain to thia time. These thing
vouched for by ber mother, who U t reap
ble member of the Methodist Church, and ;
era. . Tbe gentlemen referred to, nay, that -herself
talka very rationally on religious
jecls, nod they came away favorably iropn
no far as her sincerity waa cooceraed."