Mk t ii. - 11 Noble, le dlubr &ad Proprietor
GETTISBURG, PA
0417'
)(Atm 31.1trch 8, 1858.
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Porter
CONVErITION.
Porter aid Frost .Votninatrd .'—The
Democratic State Convention assem
ble,' at Harrisburg on Thursday last.
ittcroa E Plor.rrr. of Bradford,
was chosen tetnporary Chairmaa. The
list of Delegates was called—Dr. E. F.
finnan rei reamilirg this county, and J.
W.porow the
. §enatorisl district- In
she itternoon,"lroe. Joan L. Dawes*
of Payette, was chosen permanent Pres
idipt, (in accordance with the report of
etimmittere on officers) and made a esp.
ital speech on taking the chair, which
was received with immense applause.
A committec was appointed to draft
resolutions—Hoc. 11. B. Wright chair
man—end a motion prevailed, after a
)engthy debate, to make oo nominations
Midi a plojdaym be adopted,
',On Friday morning, the committee
on resolutions reported a series, tak
ing decisive ground in favor of the Pres
inenfs Kansas and.geeitral policy, and
DOVolimenting Senator Bigler and Gov.
P am , Mr. Stokes offered a substi
tute, objecting to the e,dmisaion of Kan
sas *niter the Lecompton Constitution.
discussion of the most interesting
tharacter followed. Mr. Hopkins, Mr.
Fielett; Idr. ifcCalmont, Mr. Cassidy,
lir. Rumbas, Mr. Day, Judge Cunning-
Brewer, Judge Hepburn and
Mr. 111 right, made strong and ow:minc
ing spectates in support of Mr. Buchan
sues Kansas policy, whilst Mr. Stokes,
Mr. Mures, Mr. Co'Troth and Mr.
(bilhotan took opposition ground. Gen
eral good tamper eharacterized the de
hate, sa. indeed, the entire proceedings
of the Convention—(linch to the dis-
Appointment of the Black Republicans,
- ‘ito filled the lobbies.)
. At 01 o'clock in the afternoon a vote
was taken on Mr. Stokes's substitute,
wnd it was defeated— , :yeas 21, nays 109
A vote on the resolutions of the com
mittee then resulted in yeas 111, usys 1!
The vote was Announced Amid deafen
tag cheers, showing bow firmly our
Peg .is entkomed
in theheart,* of the penile. (Resole
tionsot.c., neat week.)
In the evening, the Convention pro
.ceeded to ballot fora candidate for Su
preme Court, and William A. Porter
ws nominated on the Ist ballot
Wm. A. Porta, of Philadelphia
, (Margo Bharawood, Philadelphia
Thos. A. Bell, Chester ..........
11. P. flasihon, A11egheny....:. ...
The announcement of the result was
hailed with much enthusiasm, and the
Asaliastion was made unanimous. •
• The Convention proceeded to nomi
'nate a eandldate for Canal Commission
er. Three ballots were taken, when
Wesley 'cost, of Pirette, received a
majority, *Lid was declared nominated.
pounit and FROST are "a strong
team," and will 414noce all compet
itors.
The Opposition may as well give it
*P—a-NiePrism" and Know Nothing
ism combined OWL SAVO tllO4l.
• .111, , Dispataises received at the Wu
Departmoss abosrsn Absolute necessity
Oat supplies should reach the Ptah
limy under Col. Johnston the lst of
Janie. With this view, Geri. Scott has
issued an order to organize 206 mule
wfocins with the utmost dispatch, st
fort Leavenworth. The train win
otart as early as the 10th inst., with au
. escort of seven companies. An order
has also been iskted for a strong escort
to be furnished Capt. Marcy on his re
'tarn from New Mexico &boat the 30th
_of March. These orders have been sent
-by talegraph to Boonville, and thence
Wal be conveyed by express rueasen
.
41 of _Caen. Perry,- 7 —A dispatch
from New York announces the death
of Coax. Matthew C. Perry, of the
United States navy, which event took
Sane os Thursday moroiog 144. The
&Mewl Was a native of Uliode
iiaa entered the navy in Marsh, 1809,
float forty-nine years ago. • During
'a& long period he served his country
Erget efficiency and honor, and
but *few years 41;o curried out SCleo6llB
- the expedition to Jnpan. Oyer
presity-fire years of Lis life were spent
./41 sea, end sixteen core on snore duty.
,halt. Suit.
ltairation of Me Lanchng ISA* Pil
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;-Ipetd , thchulin o f faiipe 4 :
; Th 4! Hon. Jam
Hon. Plieve,iif Mary
_ `, tukti was vtirs,ll eriabr; $ **(Co
. wairmysktterqius. G. II: 3111 es, the poo:,
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ianik, selected to resit
4 V the oc
z,-In. Rev. John , of Mt.
qtet-aarY'lliguAlitisb,ii
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.. *Thuhu Dem+ oifßonhister, N.
o ir or ir,,.fh cod Oteir 1 14 1 dati Ibr Sap:
pt4o>i 4 l ll 3' Wt.
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rut, iiiihiwipal ! . - a - steam Oemego
i l lion rdisnitoti in the election of tile
Iptstoeintic onotlidetc for lisraor.
Tb• &MON 00 1411 , 25th
OM taPellierinlik -7, --! "OLD EICURDIT" A/ if ° OLD MT," "
' ., news- , Those who are olortinough,, says the
aye(' the bill to remove thettaisabik I Waihington Examinee of the 18th ult.,
pf witnesses On amount of religions-be- I
, can well remember the thrilling politi
lief—or, rather, no belief at tl,ll. Toe i sal times incident to the removal of the
13, nays 15. C - I government. deposits from she Bank of
In the ',Louse, on the same day, Mr. I the 'United States. When that noble
Nill presented a petition from citizens old Roman, Andrew Jackson, had de
of Ayr township, Fulton county, for an terminod that the deposits should be
act to require the citizens of said town- : removed ; when be dismissed his Score
ship to pay their road taxes in money, I terry of the Treasury, William J. Duane;
instead of working them out. when committees, of Democrats, made'
In the Sen;to, on the 26th, Mr. Brew-, pilgrimages to the seat of government
er presented a remonstrance from citi- to ditsuade the President from his pur
zens of Gettysburg, Adams county, I pose ; when Democratic meetings were
against the abolition of County Super- I called in all parts of the country to ex
intendent of Common Schools. press popular sentiment against that.
On motion of Mr. Finney, Senate bill, which it was believed'woold entail main
No. 267, relative ta sheriff's sales, was upon the government; when Demo
taken up, as follows; cystic presses, too, raised their voice
sic. 1. Be it enacted, kc., That bodied or a ga i ns t, th e measure; we say when
conveyance, heretofore rn,,,ls, acknowledged! _
or,„
and delivered by any sheriff of this Common- '
such i a state thing. as this existed, it
wealth, in pursuance of any bona Ms sale, for was truly a great crisis with the Dem-1
ral eablesousiderution.ef Lei land or tenements
upon any writ of fieti facies, with waver of re-coeratio party. But, Jackson stool
q uisision, where actual peaceable pimientos firm, and those who condemned him,
u l / 2 1 tion.
bath been bad of the sante lands or tenemett - wards discovered that he was!
under such sale, for the space, of fireyears,
shall be isAinAged or taken to be defective or tight, and were ashamed of their owe :
void, by reason of the salve having been so! conduct. We Predict' that sin will I
sold after the return day of the brit; and no 1
*edam for the recovery of Lends or tenementsl be the ease in regard to President Bu
leaswiess, so
_MIA tn9vaTad and Pesasseed , shams and those Democrats who have
a g a
s * peva as Bantam in any court of
this Commonwealth. to any defendaot or ded deserted him ow a vitally important
fendaste in such tleri facia', or any one claim- Question. "Old Hicicory" said, remove
in through them; or him, by title obtained
_,‘
tubeequant to such sale, unless the action shall Me &pants, and the people sustained
have been or shall be Instituted within Sri admit Kan
s, sas
him. "Old Buck" say
years after the time the purchaser as aforesaid,
or some one claiming through him, shall have i into the Union, and as mire as the pee
taken and held actual possession of the land so' p i e are D emocra ti c , he, too, will be tri- i
sold.
umphantly sustained.
Xr.-Bell moved to add the following
to the and of the section : sir /N Tara SHOES.
" Provided, That three years be allowed for The Black Republic:mei are evidently i
the bringing of any such action, after the pas- 1 _ , %..
1 stame , n a t he turn affairs have taken. I
sage of this act."
On motion of Mr. Finney, the bill ! A little while ago, says the Union, when i
a few disorganizers and would-be feud-1
was postponed for the present.
A divorce case very similar to that of era went out of the Democratic party i
Thomas Washington Smith- and wife, i s 1 and set up for themselses, they were
inclined to be jubilant, and talked with
before our legislative wisdom, the par-
ties living in Cumberland county, near the confidence of men who imagined
the York line. and were formerly from that victory was within their grasp.
York con n ty. Thomas Brougher wishes . But since the Democratic masses have'
to be released from all matrimonial con- I spoken out—since a voice has every-
nection with Elizabeth his wife. Thom- ! where come up from the_people endors
as
is 19, Elizabeth 24, and they have' ing and sustaining the President in his
been married over two years In two patriotic endeavors to settle the slavery
.
months after the marriage, (according agitatien—the tone of the Black Repub
!
to the petition,) and five after lican press has undergone a very de
ho
had first met Elizabeth, a child was ceded change. Greeley thinks the ad
born, which he refused to father, and I ministration has probably gained at
Washington by the apparent apathy at '
he declares that another party, whose!
the North, and he culls lustily for a
name is given, and who first introduced -
,
him to Miss 8., conspired with her in lseries of earn est, an im ated an ti-Lecomp
ton meetings in the free States, and to !
getting him into the matrimonial noose,
and he verily believes be is the author his people in Indiana he says '
pubes " W e en t reat eirt.ul
a t he
et
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e e 1
ti n i b l u i c n a li n .
n s
La o f
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very young and very " green ," and it public meetings, and see that they are
does appear much like a case of extreme provided with effective speakers ; to
hardship. Bat. only one side is yet cultivate harmony in their own ranks,
heard.
sad extend an open, cordial band to ,
whoever may at any time be disposed j
In the House, on the 27th, Judge to eo-operate with them iu securing !
Nill read in his placea bill in relation to jostles to Kansas and extending the'
the collectidea of taxes. Its main fate area of freedom. Let them at all times
tures eire,.that before the first of April . evince a readiness to, let bygoues be I
in each year the commissioners of every bY . t° meet every sincere advance I
Aetrtway, min le MA se prvitwlies orb e i:
county shall make out their duplicates, of i nterfere whh
1 termini ttttrp aat Carder te their run'ectuessessid=duties sad nillortirof the present." '..
over to p the coupsx Ireader's. kir P oor . Greeley ! In the extasinity of
tion. is duty of the tresisurhi s fear that Kansas will !women State,
the
, give notice, by advertisement, publish- I and peace and quiet be secured to the
I ed in at least two newspapers, stating !, country, ho is willing and even anxious
n " the time and place that ho will meetlto extend the right hand of fellowship
ii :lthe tax-payers iu the different town- to dough faces and traitors, as he has
1 i ships. At the time appointed the been in the habit of calling those north
' treasUrcr is to attend. All that pan I ern teen who have heretofore acted
their taxes have an abatement of five! with the Democratic party.
per cent. made from their State tax,
not from that of the county. It also I
provides that after the expiration of
thirty days from the 12th of July all
balances of taxes unpaid are to be hand
ed over to the constables of the several
townships. These officers have au
thority to levy aid distrain property to
pay said taxes, aad are allowed the
same fees they receive fur like services
in other cases. If the times are paid
without levy, then the towable' charge
five per eient.on the Iltll2ollo t to the per
bons wise have to pay. It tsetse made
the dity of the adtverarCrierts of Quar
ter Sessions, when they swear in con
stables who have been elected or who
are epPointed, to fix the amount of bail
to correspond with the amount of taxes
which they may be called on to ordlect.
Mr. Brewer and Mr. Will have pre
sented petitions front citizen; of Adams
county in favor of abolishing the - Okla
of County School Superintendent.
A bid has been introduced in the
House by Mr. Struthers, of Warred, to
permit the Governor to commute the
death penalty in certain oases, to per
pc and Jul prison men t. _ He is to be per
mitted to do this when, " facts shall
come Lb his knowledge which raise a
reasonable doubt."
13.eport of the /Cantles lapegigating
Committce.—The committee appointed
by the House of Representatives, met
on Wednesday evening last, and adopt
ed a report, 0114048 h-a of the views of
the majority, setting forth that as the
authority was legally conferred upon
the delegates to the Leoorupton Consti
tutional Convention W framo & Consti
tution, those who had an opportunity
to voto upon the question of the rejeo
tion or acceptance of that instrnment,
but who declined to exercise that privi-
lege, are deblired from finding fault
with the action of the convention.—
Thi report, which is vory elaborate,
answers the objections pat forth by the
opponents of the LecOmpton constitu
tion, and urges the speedy admission of
Kstisas into the ljniou as the beat
means of pacifying the country, and
putting an end to the agitation whisk
preys** end which the *publicans
and their all to prolong inded
•As soon as *4 miaosity era
prepared the . repertaliill by ittbutitted
RQ t. nunbe,
0.4111 M,
I=MEM=IIIINEIMINI
Black Republican Convention.—Tho
Black Republican Convention, which
mat at a private, room of Herr's Hotel,
on Monday evening week, passed a reso
lution instructing Lemuel Todd, of.Cme
lisle, the Chairman of their Slade Com
mittee, to call a Convention for the
nomination of a Baste ticket "on some
day not earlier than the Ist of 3nly
next." The attendance at the meeting
was small, and it was generally regard
ed see grand failure.
" More /fright."—..The Conneantville
Courier regards "the proapeets of the
Republican party in till; State wore
bright at the present, than at may pea
vioas' time sinee its organisation."—
Perhaps ; but then it will have in be a
guod deal "sore bright" before it will .
wry the State.
CbMpirtsli Crushed Out.—The "Ba
v4olll of Nlearagua " appear to be com
pletely crushed out. Gen. Walker,
their leader, Is still lecturing about the
towns ar.d villages in Tennessee, but no
body appears to pay any attention to
him. The President's message on filli
btustering, and the oomnAttee's report in
Congress, have used the business up
effectually.
war The Stoubensville Herald pub
lisher employs a man with the small pox
to collect his dues. The subscribers
and job customers are all paying up
without being called upon, and the Her
ald man is getting wealthy very fast.—
It is said that man, like the monkey, is
an imitative animal, hence if our delin
quents don't want us to imitate our
Steubenville brother, they had bettor
walk up to the Captain's office and set
tle. if they - don't, they may expect a
sight of our collector and the smallpox
some fine morning !
80-4: Boston correspondent of the
N, Y. Tisus, says that Col. Fremont,
when cm a visit to that city, a few days
since, "intimated in unmistakable
terms that he means to be a candidate
for President is 1860." This corne
r ndoot would have facilitated the
meeker of knowledge under difllmalties
if he had dcsigaated whic4 Fremont—
the one that pulls Pimp and Fork ) in
Molatgeal; s l * laPilriliteadettt of nil
roads in North Carolina, or thMOSher
feller,"--Brie Observer,
F!M
TAO? Ara/ TANCT.
"a" r-..•■••
l 4 ■OT soul."
Deinocaiills - af plila county laartily
done xr. Buchsidsaii False policy,
Thit Steam Tire Raglan Is now itl
fei •operation in Philadelphia, and ti about
to be introduced into lifejtimurs:- _
Dan Rice's Great Show is fn Philidel.
phis.
$ . l ,00,000 iagaNarrived from California
last week.
The Mormons ore getting short of pro-
visions.
The bo w ers q . of California and Con
necticut are with the Antinistration out the Kan-
sas questlost,
There is a rapfilly growing sentiment in
gasman in [Argent isinfediateadmiasion ender
the locompnon Con/1401114m.
Havana leetaeasys that Meats Aaaa is
expected frost St. Maw, and. will proceed to
Mexico in a Spanish W steamer to assume the
Presidency of Mexictatrr the last time.
Si; tar loads ot ioAdiers passed through
Colon:thus, Ohio, tanned Cincinnati, on the
26th ult. Their deitkaation is seppised to be
Utah.
• ......The Wry: Nominated.-13. C.
Scraston, nomin the straight-out Amer
icans of Connecticle Itor the °Bice of Governor,
declLaes to accept, immil states that he shall vote
the Democratic ticket.
The Philadelphia Nattilylranian Says the
question has at !epeeist:won Noised of the right
of colorist persons% ride in the cars of the
City Passenger Itaikread. Their probable ex
clusion is ezoltimeir • feeling among a por
tion of the colored Anfcation.
Prominent Democratic members of Con
gress bare calculated that the Kansas and Min
nesota bills combinalwill pass the Senate by
six or eight, and ttia—House by about fifteen
majority. '
Sam'! Medary, postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio, to among tholte;eontlr,osed by tho,Seinaie.
...._Caps. klorriioa, who is to command the
Leviathan, writes to Boston that he is In
hopes to be in Port/ood with his vessel in the
latter part of the month of June, ■nd that
he proposes to reioala there with kir seven
weeks.
.James Fox, a limber of the bar at Har
risburg, died oa Buariay.
The salary of Hoary Ward Beecher is to
be raised to $l,OOO.
The Democratic County Convention of
Cumberland, which set on Monday last, pass
ed resolutions folly endorsing President Bu
chanan on the Kansas question.
Freeman Want, editor of the Merchants'
Magazine, died at New York on the 3dinst,
It is estimated, that India is worth to
England at least $35,000,000 per annum. .
A compositor ("sub") in the office of the
North West, at Debuttni, lownilnut fallen heir
to the sum a( 1/0 - ,0011:
A lad, who tits sway: fro! his mother its
Cleveliutd,. Ohio, ntii year* ago, boo jaat taro.
ed up in 'California, wealthy, the owner of a
valuable ranche wetrilaniboldt. The mother
had given him up' Air dead, iod was" io re
joiced at again hearing from him that she
fainted. The son joined her st Cleveland last
week.
It Is stated thitt excellent salt Is manu
factured qtt,tbe BaIC Springs, in Lancaster
connty, Nebraska, equal' to the best qualities
manufactured in arir . part of the world. The
water from which tha tall snatte.,vields from
forty to fifty fty yalLona
' Gustavus Ardelilms !new , how' to 'Oat
down duelling. Twf.xiilicers asked leave to
t A due'L.rLeartesiransiven, and he became
a sPartatcr- WWillobn taxa:babe Provost,. Rae
shal.—"Nqw, gent.taities,"awld - Gisatavaa
combatants, "dightiftlli one of yen is killed ;
the Provost jtartlliat,ivill bang. ihe avirvlvor."
The officers shook 'minds, • .
WABEINGIION.
Dolt Conrisim:—Large andirneli are at
tracted to the Senattdaily, to listen to speech
es on the bitl for the admission.of Oriels auto
the Poioa. Mr. Green, 01 Mo., an orator of
great power, lead AA on Monday, on the Le
eompton aide, and was followed tijMlr.ileemird
on the other. Mr. Omen, IMa teeeday, gave
notice of an amendment, Ao adm:tiCruisas sad
Minnesota ia ise bill ; and Mr. Pugh another,
to thetdrect that the People of Kansas may alter
copstitutioar whenever they please.
The Senate is sitting but four days in the
week, and hence will emisume aevetal weeks
with this question. Few ,POW fantmare elicited
in the debate, but "pave Senator's " as Well
as "quarreling ConVessmen" merit llave their
"say." That wawa will 1 s admitted some
time daring this session is not doubted, bat
this disposition to talk—talk—talk—tenet to
some extent be first gratified. z. T. Z.
ifirifeeBrll. BVcKALZW , , gocuELL and
•Basenteyof the State Senate, and Mr.
of:the House, have our thanki
for Ligkdative aoriments. Mr. W.
Hasateraa Sierra, of the Maryland
Housevf Delegates, has favoreA. us with
a copy of the Si*. Agricultural Hopei,
of Dr. Higgins, Stite Chemist, for which
he has our. aelnowledgmenta. We are
likewise under obligations to Dr. Some
Cuaweit,Superiateadent and Physician
to the Pen osyliakda State Lunatic Hos
pital, for the report of the Trustees and
Superintendent V that institution.
Are at Frederkk.-0i Sunday night
week, in Frederick city, Md., the sta
bling attached toStimmers Central Ho
tel was destroyed by fire. J. J. itraith,
the owner, was ir►sured far 8400 in the
Baltimore Fire Insurance office. Mr.
Stitnmers loss was 11125.
iiiir-Hon. Henry S. Brooks, who is
oonteeting the seat in Congress of the
lion. ll:Winter Davis, has asked for an
extension of time to take testimony.
birThe East Baltimore Conference
of the MethodisCß. Church assembled
at Baltimore on Wedncsdsy last.
Mir The Virginia Senate on Tuesday
passed the.biltlitaiting bank bills to 510
and $2O.
The New Jianarbire State elm,-
dock takes place io-utorrow.
M!'I',!FrPUI
Messrs. Augur V. Homan and Amos
Pitisri., the former a blacksmith and the
latter a wood-chopper, made in the shop
of Mr. Samuel *teals, in Benderrrille,
ninety horse shoq, (*wedged, stamped
land panched the ugh with." pritael,")
&roar t1(1111144.1111 Unites. If soy
tie heat eheti oily ase sUflig fe try
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n. L, • L....-44!•eD
THE PRIINSYLVAIILLBABI—AItCITB
- BAHLEItiik
The cvmmissioneirs • appointed by
Gov. Pollock, to inv e stigate the affairs
of the - Pennsylvania Bank, have made
their report to Governor Packer. The
interest of It is much diminished by the
report of the directors. but kyle facts
are stilt important. The committee are
of opinion that the capital of the bank
was not much impaired on the Ist of
January, 1853, and they then go on to
express their astonishment at the sqb
sequent reports of the directors as to
its actual oondition, none of them ap.
peering to be aware of its failing con
dition until after its suspension. If the
examinations of the direotors had been
thorough for the last Ibur or five years,
tbe great wreck might have bees avoid
ed.
Exandnationa," thereport goes on,
"so paktial and loosely conducted as
these appear to have boon, cannot bo
too strongly condemned." The parties
making them exetwe themselves by
saying ' they took the president s
word "that it, was all right." If that
was a suflicient excuse for not examin
ing a part of the assets, they might as
well hare taken his Word for die whole
in the statement found in the, books. It
is a little remarkable that all the officers
and clerks of the batik appear to have
been entirely ignorant of its true con
dition.
• Soon - altar the commencement of Mr.
Allibone's administration, now accounts
were opened, and are so continued and
complicated that neither president, %lash
ier or clerks seem to understand them.
Bills purchased, bills receivable, tr.in
sient discounts, tetnporary loans, ster
ling acoount, to say nothing of George
Peabody's account of Nos. 1 and 3, are
in such utter confusion that it is impos
sible to . unravel theta. Buried up in
these accounts is apart of the capital of
the Bank..
The account of Thomas Allibone,
president, and Thomas; Alh bone amount,
in the aggregate ,
. to immense sums.
The Receipt of Thomas Allibone, presi
dont, appears, from 'his testimony, to
have been entirely for the use of the
bank. That of Thomas Allibone is in. I
discriminately made up of his own and
the bueineaa of the bank; be alleges, un
der oath, that large deposits were made
to his individual credit by parties not
willing ,to open accounts iu the bank,
and that those were from time to time
drawn out on 'his individual checks ;
that very large sums, amounting, at
one time to some six hundred thousand
dollars in a few days, wore deposited by
his friends, and that much of his private
accountwas made n p of transactions such
as these, which were; as he statoq, for
the benefit, of the bank.
, To one :of these accounts $25,000 is
*charged; Which was given as compensation
to one individual for services rendered in
'effecting' the sale of the banking-house to
government for a post office.
We did not find any evidence that
the bank at any time took more than
legal interest ou any bills it discounted,
but frequently sold bills in large sums
at ruinous rates. We find an uccuuut
of bills sold by R. J.' Ross & Co., at 2
per cent. , a - month, and commissions.
Mr. Quicksall also sold some fur the
bank atltom 1 to 21 per cent. a month.
Mr. Charles, liearyi.elier. took from
the bank at oue tinigabout 000
what.ratoi he does not recolfeat. • Mr.
Fisher safe this tooleaelotkolltulWAlndia
ht the: "Went *iiiiirtistion Ir.' Ati.; '
booe,•to "aye thebink hoin destruction
In 1858; : '
The late president of the bank corti-
Eft that, within the lastfour-yesirs, he
paid one Arm in Third street over one
hundred thousand dollars for iuterest
on deposiii at usurious rates. In 1853
tho bunk took from,the Commonwealth
$75,000 coupon bonds • in 18% and 1855
these bonds were mallet a loss of $13,-
251 7L The law is still on the books
as an asset, under, the head of Coupon
bonds of the State of Pennsylvania.
I Daring the same year it was discover
ed that.oae of the book-keeponi was in
collusicin with a Mr. Fry, and allowed
him to overdraw his accounts some $70,-
000.. When it was discovered, the
-book-keeper was discharged, but the
loss was left on the books, where it still
remains is in asset or addition to some
$12,000 . Wore overdrawn by other irre
sponsible 'parties, makinj an aggregate
of $82,68$ 18. There was also consid
erable lose in the sale and purchase of
foreign, bills of exchange, not charged
to a proper aeoeutit, but appearing on
the, books_as an asset.
The bank bolds ita own stock, bought
at diffeirent times by the president, cost
ing $1.98,070 68. Some time during
the month of September last, 868,453 54./
of the bills discounted, disappeared and
have not since been seen. * * *
The bank 'during the last five years
declared 47 per cent. dividends on its
capital ' stock, while we do not believe
that after doly 1853, it was in condition
to make Any dividend at up to the
time of its suipetision.
Whilst the president had those about
him who were pluddering him it may
be well enough to state that'one firm
actually deposited 43,000,000 in gold in
the bank during the month pending its
failure.
They think the causes producing the
failure of the bank were dividends de
clared, not earned, and taxes on these
dividends amounting tos other , to more
than half th e capital of the bank,
&c.—
They further declare that there is no
evidence of fraud on the part. of the
president, bat that there was " a degree
of ignorance of what he was bound to
know, wholly inexcusable, and scarce
ly less than , criminal." They censure
severely the cashier, and clerks and
directors, and conclude by referring to
the efforts of the assignees to bring the
affects of the bank into something like
a satisfactory shape.
In conelugion, they say that the finale
of this bank shows there is little utility,
and less . reliance to be placed on the
bank statements, as sworn to t by the
officers of a bank, and sent to the Audi
tor General.
W. 'C. Patterson, Wm. Lyttleton
Savage and John D. Taylor, assignees
of the bank, have Wiled a notice to the
creditors of the bank to make arrange
ments with reference to their indebted
ness to that institution. There will,
no doubt, bo some considerable busi
ness for the courts and sheriff soon.
Per tire Comp Use
Sharp Ptactice.—The Harrisburg Tel
egraph says that, Esquire Baehua, of
Shiriejsburg, Huntingdon minty, ra
tion:it Seed Jamie A. Poyle lire dollars
Itir WU/ is Ara seat dating the time of
prayer In the 14. 8. - eborehl Under
what law ? • •
& itffßitts.
u /Lprit Omit* bat One. a Year!"
And it is "MU for most of mortals
that the case is such ; for were it other
wise, and the said " that" should occur
twice or thrice in a twelve-month,
each visit involving the same " bother
and worry" to secure the "needful"
which is now the "fashion," not a few
would wish themselves in some happier
sphere, "where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary aro at rest."
Bat—the inevitable "first" is cord:say
—is not far off—and will, we expect,
bring with it, to us.aucnber cif obiik
tions then due, and among them one of
those " sock4oUigion," which there, ia
no getting over, under or around—
which there is no chance of humbug/mg
or putting off—we mean a heavy taper
bill! To meet it is the object of our
present solicitude, and those Webted
for Subscription, Advertising and Job
bing will be good enough to ocinsider
us in earnest when we express the hope
that they will all give us "a lift" be
tween this and the cawing first. The
case is an urgent one, and longer . " put
ting off" on the part of delinquent
patrons would subject us to great in
convenience. Be considerate,beprompt,
friends; a little from each ono in or
rears might answer our purpose. The
mails are always open - for remittances.
To our ready-paying friends, we are
under many, many obligations; so also
to al who have taken any intoreit in
enlarging the circulation of The Com
piler. The list of subscribers is steadi
ly increasing, and with it we hope
steadily to increase the interest and
value of the paper. " The good old
cause" of our country is a glorious one,
well worth some sacrifices and the ex
pense ott&I and means.
Uztures.
On Monday evening last, Prof. M. L.
SrcEVER, deliv.ered a Lecture on "Aaron
Burr," in the Methodist Church. 1).
Rsq.,, will Lecture this everting,
at 7 o'clock, in the German Reformed
Church—subject : " The North . IVest
Passage: Its Votaries and its Victims."
The last lecture of the enurse be
delivered by Rev. R. S. Galva, on Mon
day evening next.
Counterfeits.
in the March number of Peterson's
Bank Note Counterfeit List, appears a
large list of new counterfeits, among_
which wo observe the following on the
Bank of Gettysburg. It will be well
figche public keep their eyes open.
altered—vign. a female, eagle,
shield, liberty pole, ship. dco. ; Indian
with a bow on the left, sailor with a flag
on the right.
lOs vign. 'coat of arms of the State ;
medallion bead of female on each end;
th'e word Tor in large letters across the
body of the note.
lOs alter4d—vignette, tetnale,'water
20s, spurioaa—gennine have for vig
Washington, eagle and thmale seated.
• , A Kamm ?allure in York
The announcement of the failure of
Mr. Aletander Demuth, on 3 of ourprin
cipal Dry Goods Merchants, has caused
a great excitement among a number of
our citizens, and it has been the gener
al topic of conversation, in our town,
since Saturday morning last. We hoar
his liabilities variously estimated at
from fifty to ninety thousand dollars.
It is said that a number of persons will
sustain heavy losses, through this-fail
ure, and it is feared some of them will
become greatly involved in their pe
cuniary affairs.— York Press.
Miasmas Present
The members of the Hunterstown
Presbyterian Church recently present
ed their Pastor, Be,. J. R. WAZNILII,
with a splendid new Raga, as an evi
dence of their appreciation of his pas
toral labors among them. It is an ele
gant and substantial piece of workman
ship and reflects credit on the builder,
Mr. ANDRKW Scuicit, of this place.
We learn, since, that the Upper
Marsh Creek Presbyterian Congregi
don, to whom Mr. WAszaz illso minis
ters in spiritual things, bavepresented
him with a very fine Horse, thus com
pleting a creditable " tarn-out."
Property Sold.
3F.r.lohaßernitz has sold the proper
ty pa the northwest oorner of the pub
lic sqaaro in New Oxford—a two-story
brick house and lot of ground—to Mr.
Jacob 'Aulabaugh; price $2,209.
Mr. Wm. J. Martin has sold his two
story frame honsu,, op West High
street, in this place, to Mr. Jacob Mil
ler, of Carroll coanty, Md., for $625.
1611-In the Haase' of Representatives
at Washi , tee 28d nil ., Hon.
WILSON RKILLY, ifinrons consent,
in pursuance of pra ' notice, intro
duced a bill for the of ANDREW W.
FLEMMING, of Oat" , which was
read a first and second time, and re
ferred to the Committee on Pattie
Lauds. Mr. Flemming was engaged
in the Florida War, where he received
a severe wound,- laming him for life,
and we trust the application now made
for his benefit may be successful.
allrHr. Tow= has entered into
contract with the County Commission
ers for the. building of the new Court
House. He is expected to commence
operations about tho first of April, and
to ooniplete the building in a year from
that time.
A Footprint Remody.7—We believe no
medicine has ever (erected so many
cares as the azyipmated Bitten- la
mesa of irpespashrsi. 411kimapeati*
ty, restoring LAI* witebee=p b
whoa all other remedies hve '
. ifee . ll -4
FILIIND STAHLII:—Dear-Sit
close you a solution of my Problem
in yottr pa per
. some two weeks ago, with
s dia
gram, kc. (The solution by S. in your laet
week's paper is incorrect.) As the Conover)
Farmer sent you one bearing a similarity In
firms and in many other respects, (sad pat is
the Sentinel by " Studiosus " 3$ years ego, who
knew not its author; with the solution after.
wards, appended,) some persons might think it
the same, yet as it is lettered dowsin your paper
it is different from the one I sent you. But
a few words to the Conowago Farmer to show
him how far my authorship laths Problem ex
tends, and how muck plagiarism Ineed to oom
pose it, kc. At a period of time between this
and the time that " Studious " had his Prebilent
(author unknown) put into the Sentinel, I was
officiating as Teacher, when one day one of my
pupils brought me up &written Problem some
thing similar, as near as I recollect, to that
which " S tudioons " the Mathematician's
Toy, and which I never had sue before, yet al
ter a second or third reading by me timed it
Problemetleany, (e• yenned Not oar now
understand.) So lbw mgitettliewehip. lot to
" Studiosus;" if he Is yet living, I can Worm
him that his solution is orreatieue,oe I have
caret illy examined his Problem as onto Di
/OHL R.
Axawa.: , —Length of walk 41 1 1.3 hit knelt
of 'meridian 31:0.9 feet; bee Ws II 4/* W-; but
tes* flew 46° W.
Pro'Men.
X. STAHL'S some of lO' 00M1111104d.
ents he're the kindness to furnish a *elation to
the following Problem:
If two bodies start together fromulh• e=•
tsetniti of the diameter of a•eirele, the see nor.
Log uzarenalY 111Ong the t diameter at tint.aadm
of le feet par second, and the other in the aka.
conalisrence with • variable velocity so as to
keep it always perpendiculaviy above the fbr
mer. What is Its velocity is the eirctinferenee,
when passing the sixtieth degree from the start
ing point, supposing the diameter to be 50 fee'
February 24, 1858. 8.
tee The Owes Sher.
Aarostical Wpm
I am composed of 36 letters.
My 1 5 8 is a river in Scotland. '
" 2 5 12 was the son of Nosh.
1, 3 St 34 30 is a river in Opals. •
1, 4 17 2 24 is a river in Swede&
" 5 12 12 13 14 is a lakoin £u*ls.
~ 8 3 5 14 is a period of time.
" 7 9 14 in a teens applied to sailers.
" 8 3 5 14 1 is the seat of
" 9 10 7 3 14 is a lake In Bavaria.
.." 10 2 8 12 13 31 an herb.
" 11 24 22 is aligner.
1, 12 11 14 18 2is pas of the isseatbst.
11 13 14 34 is what we are all liable le de.
1, 14 13 30 7 is what we all require.
" 15 14 13 denotes envy.
" 16 5 12 31 30 29 18 111eariveriii
" 17 is • vowel.
" IS 19 34 Is.whatweanwiabtollenwefrelle,
" 19 30 '5
Ise man's sums.
" 20 9 24 29 Is • maiktiows seisoal*.
" 21 25 1 3 Is a fruit.
" 12 22 24 Is a species of soaks..
23. 35 l is a domettie
" 24 3 5 4 is a alletel.
" 25 15 144 a eseentia so
" 36 30 31 32 34 1 is • ww#9 14.66104
" 27 24 21 5 is in the Meitterraasan
" 28 30 30 34 is in every hones.
" 29 30 32 is ..pert of the teen.
" 30 8.2 24 is a kiwi s(psiMe.
". 31 ay i 1 lir • minor 1
" SE 5 20 I is oue oldie eirdlnal points_
" 33 34 35 36 what wo alluleeire to be.
" 34 IT 1 is a mischievous ..nimbi..
" 35 12 20 is a vizor in Germany.
" 36 14 15 36 is a lake in the UnitmiStatas:.
My whole is a day that should be remembet•
ed by everrtrue American. 8.
A Tribute of Gyatitude.—Our readers
will recollect that a few days ago Mr.
John N. Jones, of Wisconsin, waethe
happy instrument of saving the lives of
two estimable ladies at the Kirkwood.
House. A few evenings ago be was
surprised by being presented with a
valuable and elegant gold-headed cane,
inscribed " Wilson Reilly and A. K.
McClure, with a father's and a hue. ,
band's gratitude to John N. loam"— .
Wash. States. '
An Empire at the North.—An effort is -;
making to unite the British Ameriema ;
Colonies in one grand confederacy, con
templating ultimately an independent ,
government. A conference with the
Imperial Government has been had on
the subject, and the rePly was that her
Majesty would be ruled entirely by the
wishes of the colonies themselves on
this subject; and, in pursuance of this;
intimation, Nova Scotia has opened ne--.1
gotiatiani with the other Proviness.--2
The territory em&rsced in this contain-7
plated confederacy is nearly three mil
lions of sqoar3 miles, and the popes
tion nearly three millions. This is good
foundation for another empire.
The Pacific Hotel Tragedy.-:We have
in tho St. Louis papers of Sunday last .
the testimony taken in the investigfr
tion of the charges against Charles L.
Taylor, suspected of murder and arson.
The evidence is quite voluminous, but
on reading it over we find nothing iced
ing to confirm the suspicion agatnettas
accused. It merely presents *tight
grounds of suspicion, thlfacta being
apart from the tragedy, very easy oft
explanation, and such as might readily
transpire in connection with such a rawl4
as Taylor and the somewhatdiseigotedif
style of life in which be lived. s
The Probable I.rodits of the Monism
-ST. Louis, March I.—Tbe Leads -
learns from Father Desmet, i Bo
Catholic missionary, that there la a
fectly practicable route north from
Lake to the British possessions. H
gives as his conviction that the Mo
11:10118 will leave their present 10(1ttiO
and will proceed northirazd to Ne
Caledonia, in British Ailailies, and se
tle at 'the base of the Portage moue
tains, near the 49th podia of norC
latitude.
-The rumor that General &anti
Anna is about to ratartrto Maximo not
imams a positive shape. The extood o
Lion will pm. an atter fa
um The 'Ma &dose got
ernment at tie
i Zat Maxie° Is Tut
80011 to war.— the noostitationt
govenunens now itS 4 Oranninte
"S l OO7 111 11 1 111 . /atter ,
trnallat'ander,
threetatetiii ot Nri •
boirtile to Boots Anus.
Ise Ills glimile