SltfNBURY A'MMJMC-A N. -'""'''' " . 1 " " - ..--. . ; v ; f , - . 1 AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL. Kit MS OF THE " AMEIIICAX." I. H. MA8ISER, - PvnttrntanM an -OSEPII EISELY. - ( rDFiiTii. . , It. B. JMSSKH, Bdltar. 'e in Ventre Alley, in the rear H. Ma . , ., er' Sture. HE" ME RIG A N' ii published every "Sator Ht TWO DOLLARS iter annum to I half yearly in advance. No pper disenntin till Alt arrearages are paid. to subscription received for 1 less period thin moith. AU communication of letters on in ess relating to the office, lo insure attention be POST PAID. TTORNf-Y AT LAW, aUUfTBTJRV.PA. insinrM attended to in the Counties of Nor ml rrlaud, Union, Lveomim and Columbia, litter lot I'lUCK OF 4 PTWlTlwmil. I square I ineertiort, . . . f(J t do '.,-, fia) .-', . . o 75 I do i do . . . . i llO Evory subsoqaeui inserlf is, . , . SA Yearly Advertisement! one column. t2& i r.tf Column,! I three squares, tlS two square, ! j on. suubiu, . nau,eriy i one eolumn, SI? j h.ilf column, tl ; three sqrares, g j twosquarta, f.5; one squats, f3 AO. Advertisement left without direction as ta tha Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from whieb there (it no appeal but to torce, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. JtrrKnao. length of lime they ire to he published, will bj continued until ordered out, and charged accord , Inftly. Ily Manner A. Klnely. Sunbury, IVorttouniberland Co. Pa. Saturday, Dec 2, 18-iT. Vol. 8 No. 11 Whole No. 3?S (jj-Siiteen line or less make a square. P. Sr. A. RevnuiiT. '' l.tiwtn & Dahrow. Ho Una St SoimAn, " HSiht. RstsroLtts, McFakiakii Si Co. Wrni, Ooon St Co., J : I XTY jtVJCTXOlT STOE, iov 81 INortlt i hint street, "-. (., thk riTv with.) PHILADELPHIA. C. MACK E Y, Ai ctioskkr. TO COUNTRY STORE KEEPERS. VtiNING SALES of Uardwaie, Cuileiy, li Saddlery, Whip. Hoots. Shoes, Hits, Cap., Guns, Pistols. U dng, At Markev's net inn Store. 31 N rill Third v v SB i n esssu a. j - - - et. near the City Hot-1. J f he ttttfiiliofi .f Country M nhanls is invited, i ie Goods will te s Id in lulu lo suit puirhioer. I nil (i.iikIk unVred will be wa'raired nU il tn the irenrni.iliitns that may be made nt'thein. N. H. A InrgH ns-(iriHieit nf (SimhIs at Private I... Jan. IB. 1847 ly CHEAP WATCHES. .. . m . r?u ...J Vni.l.. : iiu v.. iiuci nun , uivnta IN PHlhAIKl.riilA. i OLD Levers, full Jewelled, jf Sder di. d. Id Lepines, JeweMeit, !ver do. d.J. Iver Quariiera, fine ((Uli V, ild Watche. ploui, Iver Hectarlis, i lil Pencils, f 45 OA I 2.1 00 i H't 00 I I ft IU 10 0t : 15 (10 J ld Biacelem, op i ln. nn h.n.l I .r.re Km rimeiii of Id ami ; air Bracelets, finevr ru x. tesl pins. Hoop ear ip, R"ld eis, Mlver spiHins, simr tones, lliim cold ,ck. corh and f chaioe, guird ki'ys .d jrwellrry of rvery deciip'on, ' equally low ices. All i want i a cill to convince custo IT-. All kinds of Watches and dorks repaired and nnnied o kerp g.tnd time Hr one year; old Id or silver hoi-ght or taken in exclmnite. For sale, eight day and thirty hour brae clucks, LEWIS LADOMl'S' Watch, JUk and .lewelleiy Sn.re. No. 413 uket street, aUrve EleVHtth, north idr, Phrla ia. j" I have some Gold and Silver Levers, tdl urh cheaper Ihao Ihe sb'v prices. Philadelphia, Dec. S6, 1848 ly To The I. O. of O. V. "' J W. & K. D. STORE S, ,:inufacturers of Premium Odd Fel lows' Regalia, So. 194 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, First Clothing Slore below 5th Street. II HE sulwcnbers havint taken the premium at I Franklin Institute, at the last exhibition, for e lies! Regalia, tbev invite ihe attention of the der to their estatdUhment, whee lliey w.TI find a tendid assortment of !.(. and Enramiinvnt Re liu. They n make to order for Lodges and nrampments, Itega'ta. Sashis, (!iwtiiif and 'lies, and furnish every thirnr requisi'e for ihe uveiiiehoe ofuew Lislesor En amimeni. .1. W UTOKES, E- 1). STAKES. PhilndeJnhia. IW, tfl. 14. 1v i , -. ,-' AUCTION STORE. io. ii North 3d St., third door above M;irket S I reel, PHILADELPHIA. N ALE EVERY EVENING. 4 nene.ral as- diriment if Fori iiin mmI Ioietic Hardwre, Tatvbs and Po.4iel CuiWry, Trunk, L ks, Latchei. Bob. S.iws, Saddlery, Writ, Boots, Nio,, Hi, C!, Gus ' Pistols, Trimminira, Clothing and Fancy G.mhU. The attention of city arid country dealers is ro iled. The Goods are frrsti. and will be warranted piul to the representation tlial may be made of em. BAVLIS& BROOKE K, 4ueimemt, No. 6 North Thud t. N. H. Purchasers can have their Goods packed. veral iuvuice ol Goods have biu received to be M al piivate sale. Philslelphia. l.-c. 19th, 1846. ly foiinlerrrltrrti' DEATH BLO TXT Plie puUic will plr.ee observe that no Rraud-eth Pill are aenniiie, unless the hoi ha three U- v h i e s uimmi it, (the toil, the m e and the Iniltoni) 'h contsiiiins a fic-similtaiijiialure of my hmd- ritiiiK, thn. U. UatanaarH, M. I). These la. el uiu enjmved on kIcI, leautifidly designed. ,.1 .l.w.a .1 ..f n-U 4 O(U) ThrHtOfM 1 I Ail!besoen lhai ih only thing nne-s.ry to pro- nfd iImi mtxlit'iue in us purilv, lo oleie tnese U U Uememlier the lop, the side, and the iMiitom l'h following respective person, are duly auihxri ,a' ciii'jrxoATEa or AGENCY Fur tha sale of Urandreth'i Vegetable Uniterm. l'iu. Northumberland eounlv : Milton Mack, y A i.liainUeiliii. Kuntiury H. B. Minwr. M bens nlW IieJiutdL Meixetl. Norlhumlwiland Wiu. Forsyth. Ueoraelowu J. & J. Walls. L'ntoo County l New Uerliu Bogui A. Win ter. Selinsgrove George Gundium. Middle ,urg Isaac Hmiih. ! Beavertown llavid Hubler. Adamsburg W m. J. May. Mifflinshorg Menach U.rV r. C. Moyer. Lewisburg Walls eY Green. Columbia county l Uanviiie b. 11. neynolUa Al Co. Berwick Shuiaan St Ritlenhouaa. Cat lawiaaa C. G. DrolU. Bloomaburg John R. Meyer. Jeisey Town Levi Bisel. Washington Kol.t. McCay. Limestone Balli. fc McNi-.eh. t)baerve that pach Agent ha an Eegraved Cer tificaUof Agency, eoolainini repie otator ,t I, BRANDKETH'S Maoufaclory at btog ating, and upon which will alo b aeen eiact pie of the new laleli now uteU upon (ht Brandrttk fill PbiUdelphia, office No. 8, North iblreet. B BRANDKBTH.M.D JmiaMth. U43. Lute from the nio Granite. Ry the arrival of the schooner II. L. Sc ron ton, Capt. Wood, at New Orleans, the American Flag of the 27th alt., ha been received. From Gi'atrmala and San Luis ua Porosi A Mexican eentleman who arrived in town on Thursday last, from Guatemala, makes state ment which, if true, promises our troop some more lighting on this line, ,The author of the said to be good authority for what he state He states that he left Guatemala on the 15th inst. and came through by the way of Tula. Minon was at Guatemala with 500 cavalry, acting as a corps of observation for Gen. Filisn- la. whom he represent as being in San Luis with 9000 ,ri,ops Tne intention of Gen. Filiso- ,R W, ,o o m ,(pcn MUVOt ,,, as il wa ascertained trial Uen. i a) lor riao leu the country The Mexicans have great confi- J,.nce j I'ilisola. and the neonle of San Luis were presuming largely upon the weakness of our force when once from under the lead of the dreaded Taylor." He say that the people are not at all disnirited hv the Iks of tbeir canital and evince as strong a determination as ever to continue the conflict Even though we may not believe this report offfelve, we feel it a duty to make it public no harm can result from its provine unfounded, an() jr jrlle j,e warn;ng may of service. iftBsisTiNu on tiik I..NK.MV An extiact of a ett,.r received in Washington from an orfieer lit the order said to be transmitted to Gen. Taylor, t subsist the army off Ihe country. The w riter ays : '-The country this side of the mountains caul stbiit and pay the army here, and not feel more unfinvfil itiun tlieir Ho from their nwn irnvprti. I ... , ,, ., . .,, itient in time of peace. I hope this system will ! be carried out on both lines. I heard, lo dav. tbal a richly Uden train of mules, (170 in nuro- j Ktnbii-ey and, it issaid, wrote from Naples in her.) with lead, gold dust. &c , had been captured ! mediately on hi arrival there, requesting in near Saltillo a few days since. The lead being ! very earnest language that he might be sent contraband, the whole will be confiscated. It is j Iwck o Madtid. In short, be appear, to have said lo be worth $70,000. Its destination was Tell degraded, lie had made hw will and ar San Luis Potosi, or some place the other side of j ranged all his sffairs before his departure, which the mountains. Three of the hombrei are said to j occasioos a turmixe that he contemplated de be in confinement at Saltillo who were iu pos- ! stroying himself even then. Nevertheless he session of the property," Gemuai. Tavlor and tub Ladies, Old R"tlih and Ready appears to have been an ob ject of interest to the ladies of New Orleans, who took a conspicuous part in the ceremony of welcoming hint to tho city, and he, the New Orleans papers inform us, appeared to be quite fascinated by tbeir beauty. Tne Mercury gives the lot lowing af count of his reception in the la dies parlor of the St. Charles ; About five o'clock the General was conduc ted to the Indie parlor, in accordance with a previous arrangement, and it was observed ihut there wns an uneasy and rertless rxpre&sinn in the old man's eye, a IrepiihiiHiii in his tiii.nner. ; which excited the anrprise of ihose who had i "''en '''nl e8l,'u,,' Joffer's darkest Ihour. A hnost immediately on hi entering the j ptr(,rf, OHir ot U(iru . Iusroos i-yesaprmared at I th,.diauand levelled their irresistible fire at the old soldier another and another pair followed, until a pha'anx ofbrdlianey and beauty was ar rayed before him, which he has since declared was more formidable to any gallant American than a park of Mexican artillery. The old man's heait fluttered in hi bueoni, and his wa vering and uncertain aspect prenaged irretrieva ble defeat and total route, t lei thought of the charge of Plo Alio, the strife of Heseca de la Palma, Ihe storming of Monterey, and the V.C tory of Buena Vit-ts, and the immortal memory of those glorious deeds coming to his aesietance, and acting ass reserve guard, some otder was restored in the head quarter ot reason, and the I old hero presented fintiT front. But an un- ,.xncied charge was made upon hir.i a pair of j ,. , , .. . ,,,.., ... (ne ,v jiveetei.l hp in the world were : prestil to his, and before he cmild recover bre'h, another and another fair lady followed ; suit, until resistance was vain, and the old hero o' Boena Vista Mirrendered. Mau-ia.ic ciTATisrTini. Iuring the last year, ih re were 5.31X) marriages in Massachu j tic. Of this number, (a we learn from the hronoty pe.) 3.99 took place between bacn, lors and widows, 46-1 between widowers i and maids, 1iS between widower and widows, ' , ,ha -,u..liimn f ll.o n.rtie is not Mated. A to the age, Bo of the men and l.l'-'li of the women married were under W ; Q'Si men and 2 060 woincu were betwteu 'JU and 23 yesrs ol age. Fasuion Bhatkn The greut raceat l lis Uui- on Course on Weduesday, between Fakhion and PaMenger, resulted m tne deleat ol llie lormer, to i the great disappointrnent of the majority of the sporting werld. Before the race, the betting was two to one in favor of Fashion. A Urge amount of money changed hands. Only two beat were jao the first in 7,45) and the second in 7,46. Tne Widow of three of the signers of the Dec I a rat ion of Independence, are still alive Mrs. Benjamin Rush, in Philadelphia , Mr. Judge Chase, in Baltimore, and Mr. Eldridge deny, in New llsven.Ct. ' ' MORRinha btatk or APPAiRf. I France displays this week curioul Bppen- rttx to the hut of deadly crime in high society ; Ihrve cnnnli have attempted suicide, I wo of the ppntlmen I ri ; in the I Ijihert rankeof rlipl. tna ry t and two nf the attempt have been fatal -j-Couni Rrewon, nnturuitis for hie share in the Madrid marrinrjrn, hag killed himself at Napier). wither) to be sent as arobafsidnr to London, probably hoping to remove unpleasant impree aiona, inxtead hf that he wti sent to Naplen, which wae not only a pot of lesa dignity, but one where lie ntijfht au;ain have brcoino invol ve! in still lower branches of the Bourbon in triune. Cmnt Mortier,' the French ntttbasaa dnr to Turin, who was livinrr at Paris on leave of absence, wsh seized by the police in the act of rxhort ng his children to perii-h with him, under a hiilhiciniition rfspectinjr hi wife's fi de iy. Tin? Ihird euicido is the Count de Go mer. w ho had been Ipiinminiously convicted of rhootinj' at a lit tie boy trespassing on his ffiounds. Count R esnn had arrived st Naples only on tne 4,n n( October; he had presented Ilia ere dentialson the 31st, and been graciously recei. ved by the K'tif. On the 1st of November he paid a numbrr of visits; went in the evening to the opera; and throughout the day tdiowed no tijineof iooaniiy, or even of excitement. On duelling home, however, at night, he was ob served o be agitated; his excitement increas ed, ond he was heard to pace his room till innr ntnjj. A heavy fall was then heard, and on en- terinir the room the Counters Bresson found her hui-band lyin with his throat cut, and a razor b eblhiii'd. The (,'ouiit is understood to have been deeply mortified at being sent to Naples ; r' " r been deeply mortified at being sent to Naples ; he had tried to obtain the British or Russian appeared perfectly collected, throughout his jour ney, and, it is understood, transacted important boHiies at Turin en route. Count Mortier, Peer of France and French ambassador lo the Court of Sardinia has at tempted to kill his children in fit of madness The Count had been residing in Pari on leave of abence. The principal deluaion under which he labored was that his wife was tinfaithlul to I him ; but it is universal! aereed that there was not the shadow of a reason for such no tion. For som time pasf, fays a French journal, M. Mortimer had exhibited symptoms of th's terrible) inaliuly, and committed, without any motive, acts nf ihe jreatect violence On Sun day morning he lasleoed hiriiseU up with his two children m the apartments which he occu pied at the Hotel, Chatham, lie then wrote letters to his wifeand to one of his friends, an nouncing that in tome seconds he and hi chil dren would have ceased to exist. . The prefect of police, who waa immediately informed of this hastened to the hotel, as did also the pre sident of the Chamber of Peers. M. Mortier remained in his chamber, which was barrica ded. He was armed with a rsxor, which he brandished over his children, and threatened to plunge into his person; while, at the same time, he uttered tha inoet frightful language. He waa spoken to in a friendly way, but replied on ly by incoherent phrases about death and blood; and then, addressing himselftohissou, who was on hs knees, he said that he must die. The poor child, who is aged only eleven year, cried that he would not die, and wept and struggled. The Count then asked bis daugh ter, who is aged only eight years, il !ie would follow him and din with him. The poor little creature replied in sweet childish accents, that she wHild willingly die with her father, and il is believed that ho was preparing to accomplish this horrible design. Tbe persona w ho heard these dreadful word were chilled with terror. A word or movement on iheir part might cause in descend the arm which madness agita ted and retained at the saaie time. This dread ful' scene lusted iiearly three hours; and the Cuuntess Mrtier, tho Chancellor, and the pre feet of police, were at the door during the tune in a state nf indescribable dismay. At leng'h access a-1 blamed to the rami lliruugli a con ib niiied door, which was opened without noise. The Chai cellor and the preftct entered, and were fortunate enough to drag the pour children from the room, and to give tlieui to their moth- M. Mortier still kept hi raxor in hi hand ; nothing could induce him to quit it; he made at limes the geaiuro of cutting hia throat, and thia Ken) continued for three quarters ol an hour.' He then complained bitterly of the per secution ol which be said be waa the object! he accused tha prefect of violating h bouse, the neeller of depriving him ol his liberty, ki ' -d to toniplain to the keeper of tha ,es. ' The preftct recommfnered Mm lo wrie to the keeper of the seals'apd undertook lo de liver the letter; hi hope beiOfcr that l would lay aside the racor, which it would have) beeti dangerous to attempt to take by force. The Count consented lo write I lie tetter, but on the condition that the prefect should remain at the other extremity of the chamber. The keeper of the seals, hiving been aent for,' begged M. Mortier to go and talk with him on the matters of which he had to Complain, This heconsen ted lodo, and left thernatn. In descending the staircase he cloeed his razor and put It in his pocket. In Ihe court yard of the hotel he was seized and secured in the presence of the Chan cellor, and immediately conveyed ton maisotl de ante. Count de G.uner, w ho was condemned some few months ago for shonoiing a boy, ha eoni rritted suicide, in ihe same wood in which the boy was wounded, lie has been in a state of great excitement ever since the trial, and was constantly attem'ed by a domestic. The Pro. cureur du'Roi had appealed against the sentence or, the Count, as not being sufficiently revere. The Count Gustav de Gumer waa 30 years of age. He waa rich ; and had been married lor some yrira to Mademoiselle de Parte de Pressy, belonging to one of the oldest and wealthiest a mines oi 'lie province ol the Ariois. lie was the father of three children, and had always led a calm and happy life. The idea that Count Brenson's suicide had any connection with political disappointment or mortification is probably incorrect; he appears to have been unfavorably a flee ted in his health hv the clima'e of Nsples. The Coorrier des Ktats Unis of Saturday morning publishes an extrsct from a letter written by the Count to a friend in New York, in which he speaks of hi, appointment to Naples as entirely in accordance with his own wishes; he did indeed look for ward to Ixindon, but en much had been said there about his agency in negotiating the Span ish marriage that he thought it advisable to wait awhile. On tlie l"nh of October he wrote to Mr. Gu;int that the change of climate or the fatigue of hia journey gave him uncomfortuble feelings, and that he was unabie to sleep. On the 28th, he aifiiin referred to this, ssyinc that he could neither eat nor aleep that hia nerves were excited, and that the climate served him worse than had that of Madrid, of which he had complained while there. To his father ha wrote that his Northern constitntion could not bear Ihe climate of Naples. I,nn. Spectator, Nov. 13 The LiEFEHrrs aboit Mexico We are in debt cd to a friend jimt from Alex.co for the f. 1 low ing statement of the d fence w hich our ar my found before that city. This statement prepared by ('apt. R K Lee of the Corps of F.nginecrs, has not before been made public, and it will aid in allowing how many and how reri ou obstacle our gallant army has had to con tend stain!. It should always be bum hi mind, too, that tho work indicated are gener ally nf the moat permanent character, and con structed after the most approved rules of the science of (ortificat inn. The line of defence at the IVnon contained Bilteriea. Guns. '20 prep'd for 51 and 15 inf. brVt w'k Mexiealingo, 8 as 21 15 O-l 19 109 1 o San An'onio, 7 Churubusco, 2 CtHitreras, 1 Chapuitepec, 7 45 7 25 Around the City of Mexico, independent of the snrinuiiding ditches, generally 25 feet wide, and 5 feet deep filled with water, whose bank form natural parapets, there were 47 batteries. prepared fot-J7 guns, and 17 infantry breast works making on all the lines defending th approaches to the city, &i batteries, prepared for 3-lfi guns, and 42 infantry breastworks, in dependent of Ihe natural defences of mud, wa ter, the numerous other d'tehee. broken bridges, &e. ,c Savanna Republican, Dec, 4. A Naw Kiso op Bfcc The Cumberland Civ liau publishes and extract ef a letter from W Wood, of that town, now in Mexico, which says "The night after the battle of Churubusco, we slept upon the fi -Id. I erept under a shed, where the surgeons bad been engaged in the amputation of limbs, ere , and there slept soundly In the morning 1 found I had been sleeping on a pile of legs and arms, which wre thinly covered with straw". PirNnruTiov Th following example of mal- punctuation, illustrate the necessity of putting toi in their proper place: '-dBsa r entered on hi bead, hi helmet on bis feet, armed san dal npon his brow, tber wa a cloud in hi right hand, hi faithful word in hi eye, an angry glare saying nothing h sat down." OaioiaAL Somebody tells the trath io this way I 'The steed called lightning, (tay the Fates) Is owned in th United Mate. 'Twas Franklin' hand that caught th horse; 'Twai karnsd by Tiolessor Motse," From the Phi la. Daily Sun. Myattrlna anil Interesting Cats r Child Btenllnar. A case of unusual interest, relative to the stea- ing nf an iu'ant at Albany, N. Y. and the re covering of it by the mother at a period of seven or eight months su'.ireqnent lo the theft, was in vestigated by Alderman C. Rolkley, on Saturday nd Saturday Mi;ht. The evidence is volumi nous, and presonts the following? facts, which inbrace all the points in the deeply mysterious nd interesting case. A t'y or two ago, Calvin Pepper, Esq., an Attorney at Albany, N. Y. cal led upin Aid. Butklcy, and stated that he had urne to this city, in compmy with a Mr. Ha miltnn and child, to ascertain by iiuinerous wit nessesin Philadelphia, and to satisfy Mrs. Ha mtlton whether or not the child she had with her wns her real child. It apnea rs that about he nrddlft ot April last last Mrs Hamilton gave birih to a fine male child, and the accompanying sicknrss beinir severe, a wet nurse was adverti sed for and a tall slim woman, in resonse to he advertii-ement ended upon Mrs. Hamilton and said that a Mrs. Mclntyre, residing in Pearl street Albany, expressed a desire to take the child. Mrs. IL knew Mr. Mclntyre by repu tation, to be a kind hearted; out imable woman, the wife of a very rei-pectuble citian of Albany and therefore gave the little one into the custo dy of the woman, who had called and sent her servant in company with her to ascertain that all was correct. Having arrived in front of the residence of Mrs. Mclntyre, the woman told the servant she need not go in that the lady who w a to rrceivethe child would not wish to be seen takititr it, She suggested to the servant to go home, and she accompanied her part of the way and then returned towards the residence ot Mclntvre. The servant went home, not suspecting but that eveiy thing was right, and Mrs. Ilnnnlwii thought the child was safe in the care of Mrs. Mclntyre. On sending there the next day In inquire about tho child very ono wastaken by forpr st Mrs. Mcln tyre had never seen it, and was surprised. Her anguish, (she knowing the intensity nf a mo ther's love,) became almost indescribable her sympathy for Mrs. Hamilton became fully exci ted. The affair was immediately made known to the police the public mind became much aroused and individual exertion was made throughout Albany, and for thirty miles around hut alas, the little one could not he found. Things remained in this condition until the middle of Juno, when a young looking woman called upon a Methodist cl rgyman, in Albany, ard reprernt.''d herself aa a widow with one child, and obtained from If.e reverend gentleman the sum of $15. This woman had been in Pills- field, Muss , Toronto, Canada, States nf Illinois spd Maryland, and other difl'erent parts of the Un ted States, with the child, nn a regular beg gng tour. Sue stoppd st ti c Albany Hotel, 1 and the stealing of Mrs. Hamilton's child not yet having been forgotten, the woman was sus pected, and detained at this pihlicho'.ic. Some time during the night she broke nut of tho room with the child and evaded the officers, but was finally arretted, and taken before the authori ties at A'biny, where she L've her name as Caroline Smith, alias Weeks, and stated that the child waa not Mrs. Hamilton's but that she rib tniued it from a woman in the District of Ken sington Philadelphia. This news was sent on by telegraph to the Mayor of this city, and (m immediately despatched Left. Bulkley, and L II. Smi'h of the police, who in short time, that reflects the hrighteat credit upon them a offi cers, enceeded in finding the whereabouts of the wrmn In Kensington who had given a child away. This waa an illegitimate child, and the name ot the mother does not transpire. This fact beintr made known, threw a doubt in the mind of Mrs. Hamilton, as to the paternity of ihe child which was taken from Caroline Smith, alias Weeks, and finally she conceived the idea that the child was not hert n,it having seen it from within a day or two of it birth, until No- vemb'-r 29'h. In such moments of anguish, she determined to come to thU city, aa already stated. Her coun"1, Mr. Pepper, succeeded in pro ving by twelve witnesses who were examined most minutely b him ho'., as w-llathe worthy Alderman, and many facts were elicited rels live to the sff.ir. It appears that Caroline Smi'h had received a child front a woman in Kensington, to whom the Philadelphia mother (if wo muy so term her lo be properly under stood) had given it and there is no telling how many more children the said Caroline ha stolen for the purpose of making a deeper impression upon Ihe leelings of those from w hom he may aolicil tor help, &.c. That b have had aevetal accomplice in this high-handed, outr geous and nefarious business, is not improbably. When Mrs. Hamilton fir arrived in Phi'.bdej. phia she called upon the mother of Hit other child, and ha vine conferred to',ner, so great became her doubt, aa to whjte child it waa, the gave vent to a P'4 of '.ears, and became disoou raged f)U e naluul under the rmfil oircum- '.. oce. Il may be prop ia Ibis p1" 10 that Caroline Bmilh waa in Philadelphia, in May last and put up at the Mansion House io Market street where ho recorded her name a Mrs. Belling or New York. Oa Wednesday an advertisement appeared in paper of thia city, that a child would be given away to any respectable person who would call at, ir Kensington. On the morning of the fame day she proceeded lo the house, in Kensington, ami obtained the child. Subsequently on the same day, she took boarding at the residence of Mr. Ystes, corner of Eighth and South streets, ao l next morning, upon picking up the paper, disco vered the same advertisement in it respecting the child, and upon pretence of ming after it, soon relumed with that of Mrs. Hamilton's, to the house of Mrs. Yatea. What became of th-a poor little illegitimate child, which she had ob tained on Wednesday morning, is not known, only to her or her companions. She obtained it on Wednesday morning, but waa childless. on the sumo afternoon. Tne whole case in fact i one of the most difficult to condense, so as bo be understood, that we have been called upon to notice for some time. W have endeavored to detail the facte in brief, in order to ahow one of the most nefarious fystems of child stealing, for purposes of begging and dissection, Scc, that puts the miseries of Paris far into the shade. We should have said before that the illegitf. mate child had dark hair, and a mole on thesidia of the neck, under the ear, and that of Mrs. Hamilton had difl'erent colored hair, no mark upon its neck, but one on tie aide of the fore head. These facts having been elicited by thei investigation, Mrs. Hamilton, who by the way mcvee in the higher circles in society, and wha ia beloved by a'l who know her, became satis fied and perfectly convinced, that she waa in tha possession of her own dearly beloved child. What gave rise to the doubt in the first place, was the declaration that both children had a mole on the left aide of the forehead, which hap pily has been proved to be untrue. The child, of Mrs. Hamilton, when born, was healthy, well formed and fat When taken from the wretch, Caroline Smith, it wa poor, aikly looking, and had fallen away in conseqnence of the unnata. ral treatment and tho many privations which it must have undergone in its travel about the United Stales, a already atated. It is now re stored to ita mother, and we feel inclined to think the reader will, as the writer of this does, ' congratulate the mother and father upon the re storation of their long lost child. The public would do a benefit to Society, by eliciting any fact connected with Caroline Smith, ait Week, alias Belling, in her infamous traate, w hich will make her conviction more sure, and warrant a lifetime of service in prison. Inter. sling front the Facial. From the Valparaiso Neighbor, Oct 2ft Terrim.: Eabtbqcake. On Friday, the 6ih inst., an alarming earthquake occurred hero at 11 o'clock in the morning. lis duration was 45 seconds in the Port; through the Amandml it wa more violent and protracted. The vibra tions of the tower of tho custom bouse were perceived with fearful distinctness. It i grati fying to state, however, that no material dam age was caused. Tha walla of some building were crtcked ; but so far aa we can learn none have fallen. The movement waa from all ac counts as perceptible to persons on board ships in the bay a it waa lo those on the shore ; equal ly sudden, diatioct and disagreeable. A gen tlemao who waa in an Engliab ship of war aaye the sensation wa a if all the gun were coming through Ihe deck. That the motion should thua be distinctly communicated through auch depth of water aa there is in the bay, ia very surprising, it it does indeed come through the earth alone. Duriog tht remaining part of th day, and the following night, several other shock occurred. They were slighter and ahor- ter, but still enough to cause alarm ; and to in duce many families to betake themselves to t by street. Much anxie'y prevailed to beer from other portions of the country. The first rumors from the neighbothood ol Gqiiimbo were that great destruction had been caused there. It waa sta ted that the town of 1 1 la pel had been reduced to coniplete ruin. And again that all Ihe finest buildings in Cquimbo itself had been, throwr. dowo. Thia we are happy to find waa an exag geration. Still the shock at lllapel waa more violent thau it waa in this place. Six or eight, houses, so saye a letter written thence nn the 0i iust , were thrown down and ono life wa loHt. A the rumor in regard tu Coquimbo have not been confirmed, it ie hop.rd nothing se rious occurred there. In the Cspiial, Santiago, also, tha shock waa mora powerful thaa ie Val paraiso, and somi injury recoiled, tie High it lr. fling compared wii'.i the fear lo whir. the.o- heaint of nature give r'te. What Iheissme- t dialo agency of tuch incacriable power maf be, ia difficult to tiicoe r. Here a tskoW region tif country, of ten thouaaavt square mil, ie m'de to quiver like iKe kifui tiee. aad that on an inaUnt, for tht linve, a br e t e bo ascertained, waa almost aiawaltanrouj it pUseej a hundred mile diatant J I
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