K'i2:=l
REGISTER.
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. Editor.
TH URSAYI;AIiiII44I, 850. ,i';
Wright's Pennaylvarda Justice.
4 this almost indispensable
Jusfices of the Peace, have jii.Ft
Bale nt this oflire.
Wiz and it& .W.arriern.,...,„.
:testing history of the late War nitll
.sketch of the principal Goneralssind
in it—a book of near no pages
and bound, nod illustrated with nu
-wings.
'Ton SALK AT TYRA OPTICS..
t 1 volume of the Susquehanna lteg
the years 1836 and 1838, tuts been
....e one, who would confer n favoi
tubsoribers, Don't forget,
At being court week, will furnish a
...rto those hi arrears to come or
'they owe to the Printer. We hate to
tg—;but we hate full as much to be dun
tont the means of paying those we owe,
of the delinqueury of Aim's, and the cost
wa must suffer If our call is neglected,
ns to make costs fur others to pay.—
blame us for the consequences there
,* may ensue after court.
A.ll7Who would benefit themselves and us
Nate time by paying in advance,- are invi
al themselves of the advance price. All
in arrears beyond the first of January
have that privileg; fur this 'year if they
would eall the attention of our agricul
, to the advertisement in another col-
Ilhaelileie Ploughs. Many will remember
ene of them at the ploughing-match
, which was so much admired by all
it They, are highly recommended by
At competent to judge.
Things at Efirrietniig.
Baal passage of an Apportionment Bill thro'
WAS the most important of the doings
at Harrisburg. A Bill providing for
'le amendments to the constitution to a
4 the people nest fall has passed the Senate.
4/11114 1 iiit of the great Divorce cases (Wetherill's)
lite been defeated in the House. The lastday so:
the final adjournment is Tuesday the 16th.
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The Apportionment Bill. ,
.'i The Senate after several days spent on the :Ip-. llXtrtkainent Bill last week, finally passed it in a I
)111hapelf possible more outrageously unfair and un
lust
than any Bill previously proposed in either
Ilkommek of the Legislature, and the louse on Thnra
1 day concurred in all the amendments made. It is
j acid That a caucus of the Locofoeo members of both
p limes was previously 41d, at which the whole
'‘' l l 11111atlier was , Arxanged, cut and dried; and aecor
r; amity one tillisoloco S'estitor after another, 1 L tri his
A Ineti came, offered amendments -here and there to
llnk portion of the Blil as it came up, engrafting
riposi.it inch Combinations of counties as had been
•• wait:Toe for for each district, and the-e were
4 i normally pot through by the casting vote of Mr.
Brake; Best, mating 17 to 16 on each proposi
fon, however outrageous, while every amendment
11 alisted by a Whig Senator to make it more fair
ii . an 4equal, was unceremoniously voted down by
IA the same vote.. Mr. Best has now probably put
if
thadlled-liack the favor of his' party which he lost
1 at-thecommencement of the acs-ion, be electing
0 , kilmalf Speaker in defiance of the regular caucus
r ,
I s nomination, since he has helped th em in the con
i
'7 110MI111110 11 of such an abominable ontrate upon .
': i i Aar people of the state. Doubtless he will be for- .
I.,iirgieHeslad taken into full fellowship again by those
~.., : i . . *be oitercely denounced him as a renegade and 1
tridtor to the party, W l 'L'. ?ball Fee I whether' their I
7.4 denunciations are not now all hushed in silence_ .
.-r - The following area few et the abominations of ,' 1
~:. this B at in the appertain:Tient fie- Senatorial tlis' - 1
1 ititds: .
IThe ratio for each senator being 14.743 taxable=,
sod Delaware county with 5267 being adjoining
..' 14 ether counties than Chester and Mentg,omery.
illiiolllll of which having aloim 24 more than the
eitin required, and Montgomery 1227 less, reason
s and justice would dictate that Delaware should be_
ita t thea to the latter. . But the Locos who preach
so touch about eqUality put Chester and Delaware
itogether; making over 20,000 taxable., fin , one sen
! idiF. ',And Why I because they are both. Whig
eplistWit, and little Delaware might possibly some
'.
SS* overbalance Loco Montgomery if put with
her. 'in this irtstanee.,it takes 6500 more taxables
1 .1 in Whig counties for a Senate than in a Locofoeo
, totiriet adjoiailig. This is Locofoco equality I
ANIS, taa,:ii!!tor a Whig county • with 22,844
haneldel6 or senrplus of over eight, thirinsanil, is al
butaiiitilig me Senator, (instead of giviteg Lcuicas
tar and Lebanon 2 as before,)` while a double di: ,
44111 formed to elect Loco Smatc;rs as composed - of
bit a few more taxables than Lamas-ter alone, and,
one Loco district composed of Tiova, , Potter, Me
-1 elp and'ph, With only 8663 is allowed a Sena
'c tar, the tame reF,Lsentation as Lancaster with near
there times the number of taxables ! This is an
other spiiehaan of Locofecojtistiee and equal rights !
''Afirst ! thumb single districts are more truly
detnielhan double ones, when gross inetinalis'
ties blii . i that of Lancaster can be avoided, they
luisivinsde two double districts where there was
ivii-iartio necessity. For instance Berks and
Schuylkill connties might just as Well be each a
sepstste district—the Topmet having only 1 . 019
.lOW and the 114er:inching onli. 1676—neither
. b*Airlabc Sooner so far from the ratio as some
cibir ',Sab tlieylave formed. BUt TheirSeheyl
- aumetimes elect a Whig,, Send& if left
slow ? , Then again Mercer. Crasvfonl, Vguangu,
.4MlOienet.und'Werren are raadeinto a double • dis
tiiiteielieillie 4 / riffwe :aid' tho lattthree*ould be
fat shore eourideatViiogia„.si - elta. But thaii
au !hese wwill LOOO . eonotiea are wanted to holti
eitii#Atialiettie itehdy .044-insure 2 Senators
4.414***01,i1041 1 0 4 -jil :6144.4 4 ' 9 111 t ' ct3e.
AlNlfilkd..bilt‘e. : • ..'
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...111,11110110111111giva. tAxi, *gab anCtreble,die
ilietivoratifried* litreritruiStatioes #sixweitliere
*jai iiiktbiele4llo.43 Pr'the
Wnyriejile and Monroe are put together for two
members, when, Wayne alone Eliould be entitled to
e tinctrike anikAtontti-tate
dds
too and (,reen p l og er ,
e
hasl moriAllutn
for eite 13 (*tie tncliOs
wantecl--to ee
iiver*la , n', the .'snia.
soractimes4,:iyenihy Wa t shingtori x
Loco members where each county
representatives might give the Whigs
Mercer, VenOgo and Warren arc likewise strung
together for I 3 inernburs, when each would rather
jiaxe,.., 9 neil,hte.,,HitAmi,,,Mya - ce - fiigijtchoose 41
Whig if left Slone. *lice tine object of this. But look at tbe , iiotlisied '.'•equality" the Locos
tame flown in this 4.: Oolumbia iind• Sullivan
being stiff Locitococourities Tire allowed f.r. members
for 7.198 taxatiles, while Butler with that precise
I number must have LaWA•eur.e.attached for 2. _Here
I :we 41425 mate taxableSltequired to chose 2 Whigs
Anvil Locos. Finiiilyto slow the tinfairns . .nuel
iiiirptity most glaringly Dauphin, a Whig county is
allowed but one uteinlier for 7683 tatnbles,
1 Fayette a Loco count with 7611, is allowed, 21
awl Brie a Whig county with 8.134: is allowed but
one, while Crawford 4Loco county lying along side •
of it with only 8130 islallowed 2! Solt takes 30
more forone'represe4tiie in a Whig county than
, for two in a Locofo coiinty !
Lope theillovprnor tuts or will •I , r-e.to this
abominable Bill: If eer there was &case of pal-'
I rible violation of the Spirit of the constitution,
this one.
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POSTSCRIPTII-7-Xhe Bill Vetoctll 1 - A.
Tele
graphic despatch in the N.Y. Tribune says Gov. J.
would send in his i•eto on Tuekdv. (loch)!
Bony F041)--PROBARLE Mt'ansa.—We are inj
formed that ihe body of a man apparently about
25 or 30 years of age and six feet, in hight was
found in thelinaquelumna river at Reeny's Ferry,
Wyoming connty,.on Thursday the 4thinst., which
from appearances must have lain m the water sev;
end weeks. Physicians and,a Jury of inquestrend
ered averdiet that, judging from wounds - on the
body, it was, irobable the deceased came to hiS
death by vitilCuce from an unknown hand. Among
the papers karat m, his pooket.was. a letter froM
H. Z. Frisbie, dated at Wilkesbarre, and directed
to "Johs Thompson, Barton Hill," which may
have been the name of the deceased. This letter
referred him to his (Frisbie's) fathei in Orwell a*,
having a tavern stand - anctsinall Wm to let . -An
other paper found with him was a notice to lewd&
certain premises as tenant, signed. a P.. Herrick,
Barton Hill, Jan. 3, 1849."
BUCKED TO DEATH:7A young woman of an Eng
lish family named Henstoelt, recently settled in
Forest Like lownship, i la — tbis county, was so se
verely burned by her'clotlies taking fire on Monday
last, that she died in a few flours, after' suffering
intense misery, ns any one-may imagine. r
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The Elections.
Co:vim-rimy, cis umal when there is a slim turn
out, h as gone. L•. o. They have a majority in bob
I louses, and their candidate fur Governor luis . a plu
rality of 4 or 500, tho' lacking some 2000 of a clear
majority over al
RHODE ISLANO hang gone Whig by a very 'dec t itled
majority.
Onto in aux.in g members of a State convention
to amend the constitution, has given the Locos a
majority of Pelegates.
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Things -at Washington.
The funeral cjremonies over Mt. alhoun's re
mains and t 1 'continued discussion over the subject
al Slavery—the l. admi.sion of Califomia ark! adjuet
ins, affairs relati e to the Territories, form the har
den of the last Meeks proceedings.
rjr Mr. -FILL-MORE has given the Senate fair
no! ice that lie shall henceforth take . the respoasi
batty of repressing scurrility and blackguardiam
in the deliberations of that body, eved though no
Senalor shtimiti cal to order. 'fills isentirely right,
though it subverts the rule established by Mr. Cal
houn nearly a quarter of a century ago, and eVter
since till now acquiesced in. We trust the. Viee-
President will draw the srutflle with a firm hand,
now that he has undertaken it. There was a tnUe.
when-the Senate needed no rigor of discipline ot:i
the part of its presiding of fi cer, but since the irrup
tion of Foote it has hecomealmost as rowdy as the
House_ The country will thank Mr. Fillmore for
a resolute persistence in his just announced deter
miontiorL—New York Trite:me.
Mr. Calhoun's Death.
kr. gmrser submitted the following preamble
and resolilsions, in the House of Rept&entatires
Weditsedav—'' - , - I
Wticas:.;:t, It has iSteased an All-wise Providence
to remove from earth one of America' s most dis
tinguished sons, whose name has been associated
with her hiStto7 during the last forty years, and
whose digtinipisheil talents, private virtues and pu
rity of chameter, have shed lustre on her name.!
AND wnemess; It is becoming and proper that
society. whilst humbly "txnving to the dispeusatiio&
of infinite witlorn, should - iii mach cases tesifyl its
sense of the worth and molted character of the
illustrious decemied, by appropriate tributes of I re
spect thins memory, forgetting all points of differ
ence, and cheriihing the recollection only oiling
virtues: 13e it therefore ; !
I?esolred vnapintously, *c., That this kien+ral
Asimbly his heard with profound sensibility and
heart-felt sorrow of -the- death of the honorable
JOHN C. CAtunes, of South Carolinia, for. wlibru;
in his 1en..,6; and dtstinguislid earlier. whilst c it e s.
ri
diffem , from his 'views ant) policy, we have-dyer
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entertained the most pnifound respect, and in.
whose priiate virtues and item:mat character -there
has been every thing to wits admiration and concil
iate affection \
Re.soterd, Thal as a furt4ef testimony of respect
for tlie'rmimOry of the deqheff, and extract frotn.
the Journal 'Of each lions?, to be - sill by the
-Speaker be communicate4o the Governor; with a
retitte , t te' fOrward the srtme to-thii- widow -and
family of the deemtsed; with a letter of otadolence;
expre:',...Qine i the sinaere yrinpatltv oflive General
AN'sembly - With - them•in thifratilicling bereaTemeut
n,soryeet the Govdrnor be farther request-,
ed to forwaid a copy Of lie' , foiring. resolutions;
to tich
ihe elrnor of - Muth Otrolima, with Braque:at:
thit he coiratinakte id, fe-samti -10 L -the legislature
of the saidommontilialtkr - - .' •--;, '' t 1 - ; --;
The aline resolitfam, entirientlY'-4tie -le the
public servile& and the Tit tiof illepiiirate cliar-;
ei....
actor of thfr illustrioUs d ,the passed unan
imonsly by [both b=arb; es of the Legislathre.
How cliff' > t the it ion of i Petutsylvinis Leg
r la.
i4iittgc of rginii;v ieli refused to`conaiderAttach
less pasts i ielatierat il gar to the 'above, - Ws: the:
deathgjohil*Qtembr' dams: at one tints-4 1 mi.:
A leut of the 'Oohed Pita ii . .i! The ground thenAuh'
_sinned *it'lliatliir[; - ' '''ll . hieloppesed the pea:
culler likitiitleni iFf th South se far as: he cones'
tuponall could.' 14. r., alhoun was as devotedly
attaclie to the intim* of oneleatition of t he - wen.
(
tray ai'') 2:Aditriti 'arse 'to the either,:- but.iPetussyli:
vitnis if Firilijpilid) thotiitelinturihinatitild' l 4 lo l 4-
:never ait' be, fikmd watithit - in: that -sheet and ,
veneraton due IA; thoe Wlv; have -erred their
eoontry l'itithrolly i
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maxli
nt tof the . • of N 0 . ,.- T.
iy his co •eM. ! riot' $o
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he U. S. ti e, • r , ,....,i. - y blacce " ' fol
ding • s• • el; the
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Jilt C''
.widen - ill ;'• my n linannf
regret, 1 wish, on rising to second the res
inchlffit'eltiarbeen-readrteadtrtelrhat
[ W well and loilstlYsaidllitkftiftlritint
colleague of the illustrious deceased, a few words.
M' personal acquaintance with iim commenced
uPI II O I4 If twritYAJliti, YIPA's a&V:_,...—' Wirtoeutereit
at the - same time, and together, 66 muse of 'Ttep
nesamtneinenatetheoanwealiefALandiniiiinkoi ...,..,%
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The Congress of which .we thus bc.xxarkitaem
iperii; Was that among whose deliberitiont ainkacts
was the declaration of rat: against . the most jiYor;
erhilnatien, as it respects us, in the-woad.
ring the preliminary discussions 'which smile in
preparation for treat great . event, na welt as daring
those which toot place when the resolution was for
mally adepted,ao member displayed a more lively
and patrionc.setisibiliti of the wrongs which led
to that awful . event,, Than th e 'dean - red,' iabiaie
death, an unite n.4* in dePloring:,. Peer' active,
ardent, Ale—no 'One was in advance of lrim in ad•.
tiucatlag tie cause of his errantry, arariedenounc
ing the injustice which compelled that raining to
appealitrarms. .
Of all the congrmtses, with which I have had any
n u er ili a t l i Government — in since m er tcm in e t , o- i t a l ' ' t e ny ser‘ Ottlet has
been* assembled such , a galaxy of etninent Alia able
men as were those Congresses 'Which 'declniea the
war, and Which immediately followed the peace
Of that splendid assemblige—thestar whiCh has
now set—stood bright and brilliant. It wits my
happiness, sir, during a great part of-the life of the
departed, to concur with him upon all great ques
tions of national
.policy. Man
,all
session at
which the war Was declared, we were messmates
were other distinguished nienthers ,of Con•
gross from hisawa Patriotic' sAlti. •'lwas 'afforded
by the intercoti* which resulted from tluttlict; as
well as from Subsequent intimacy and intercourse,
which arose .between na, an opportunity-to form an
estimate, nut Merely, of lira. pablic.;.' but' of his pri
vate life ; and no man - with whom I have ever
been acquainted, exceeded him in habits of temp
erance, In all the simplicity of social intercourse,
and in all the te.ndernesS; affection rind rempect,
which he extended towards that lady who . mourns
more than any oilier the event which has happened,
and such. 31r. President, waa the high esthriate
which I formed of his transcendent talents, that if
at the end of his service ,in the Exetutive depart
ment, under the adininistration , of Mr. Monroe, he
lad' been translated to the highest of the govern
in§nt, I should have felt perfectly assured Oat, lib- .
der his arispices, the honor sti l l also the Preapeeta„
arid the , glory of our country Would' have been;
,placed. Birdie is gone--no more shall thmse
halls witiiesi 'fence ,yoediielfit Mislies: °rate.
keen and penetrating eve Which' he possessed'
darting through the hal,-no more shall
ness that torrent of clear,.concise and.compact
gic, poured out of his lips—the eyes awl these'
lips are closed forever; and when, Mr. President,
will that great vacancy created by th e event to
which we are now alluding; when_will it be filled'
by an equal amount of purity and of patriotinti,
and of devotion to What he conceived to be the'
best of interests to his country.
Sir, this is not cue proper occasion nor shouldl
he the proper person to attempt a delineathin of
his character, or of the powers of his mind. I will
only . say in a few words, that he possessed a lofty
gewus—dhat in his powers of genemlisat ion of those
subjects of which Ins mind treated ;, I have seen
him surpassed by no man, and the charms and cap
tivating influence of liis.colloql4l powers have
been felt by all who have-ever witnessed them.. I
am his senior, Mr. President, in years, and in noth
ing else. According to the course of natiiroplitugbt
to lave preceded him. The Vivirie . rtifrer crhu
man events has determined otherwise. I feet that
I shall , lingerbut a short time, and shall soon 'Tol
-1 l o w him, and how brief—how rapidly—pawing is
the period of existence allowed, even to theyoung
est amongst us—Or, ought we not all to be profit
ed by the contemplation of this ' event—ought we
not to draw from it the Conclusion how unwise it
is to indulge in the ascerbity of debate-how nn
wise it is to yield ourselves tdtlia animosity of par
ty feeling—how wrong it is to indulge in those un
happy and hot strifes which too often misled us in
the discharg e of,the high duties which we are cell
ocell-
edon to perfonn. In conclusion, Mr. President; I
desire to express the -most cordial sympathy, and
sentiments of the deepest condolence for those who
stand in the nearest relations to him. I treat, that
we shall all profit by the singular merit* of his
character, and learn, relying upon our own judg
ments and the dictates of our own eonselisree, to
discharge our duties as he did, according tobis best
conception of them—faithfully to the last:
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GOVERNOR Jortssros's "FoaEtir..taA..vci..-L;<n re
ferring to the 'apointrent of George W. Ifarris,.
Esq., as reporter of ti e decisions of the Spprerrie
Court, the Lancaster Union mentiona'a 'act so
creditable in every way to the head and heart of
Gov. Johnston, that We cannot refrain from repeat
ing it. _l t is blownt , least lo"the legal prtifession
of the state that in audition to the publication of
the two volinnesper year which the law required
( l e
of him, the late, repo ter,.3lr. Barr, had accumulated
a sufßciencY of matt to fill the whcile of one Op
plemental volume an
.4 large part of another, whielt
he designed to porch at an early slay. Be died
.iir,,
before the.second vol me was. ready for the press :
leaving his family n veil straightened circum
stances. As soon as v..JOhni.toti was trikde 'ac
quainted with thc.lie tets he determined of delay
of
the appointment r. Barr's successor ruiil3udge
Jones [die ~,, ,e ntlema selected by Ole family to su
perintend ihe cOmplo iouand publication of the, sup.
plemental vOluines,l could obtain from the toUrt 4
sufficient number off, eciisions to till tip thnecrind
supplemental . vol ' e'.."., • W.A. having been done,
Ns—Harris wt 4 npo etOd' iiid will at wee' enter
.
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upon his neW chines,. _ ., ,
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The
~,Execativa. deserves „great 'credit, `&r his
hunupe action in the tinctter. Not only M. Barr
himsflf but, all his ;coilineCtioaS, were thilaetive
political opponents 4 o r -, . Jo hnston, Sid* the
score) of party had of course ' no rl4ati itiare iiiii
kind*s or forbearanee; The 'delai' iii 'Mi . -the
.
vacancy, fOr the pufpose mdicated was tlArefore
an act of
. clisinterested-Triendship for the iwidew
and. her 'fatherless children which must Cdrnmand
the.admiration of
,evey one who prorierly !Titre
elnteis a good action. , *
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t#E, APl7Lugrnwir.—T4e Senate have.at . iist,
!men induced.ttkeet on the apportionment, bill,
theyi have•pawed owe more objectionable thap.ltua l
bat,
of the Bowie.. It is ammst infamous gerrymander,
as. every honorable, -*prejudiced: Man who
b rain ,
I ti
ineslit willndmit, end we hope Will never com
a law. It ilia bola and impudent attempt' d.
franchise-the , Whigs of the State, and "V la
t4O PKineiplespf repre.sentation, which is tlie 'given . .
work of,Our g,everreneut. _KO rekar4 'wh.
paidin the, ennineratinn.o .: I ''‘,^6 Ps. t litrin ,4 YI
Ctwastitutiou tleclaresllnill be the basis of apPo
tionmentAut the sore, tziketigkt ilt,t4iiiii% OAS(
was the political compleaton pf the . diStrtc its qtr
r„
ranked. The Whigs a 9 well as the 'ldecof " 4` , Ve
rights which they value ae their liies;lin which'
they will never sit tantely l bypral_ see v . teck --
i
The bill tramples on.thenght . a of , the r# ty, -
the begisletetil..the dearest nritibP -.
right to be heard ill the 'Leg . aef . ve L
(*(,.
Senate. . If )(merit/ere was slim FbeeftullitsT:
:Ind ,preserratten.ofi the ,Ponstit!4ceton Itkr . , a4ng
AntLiecto, tiniks,thp4Ple.rPYß 1 ? t", -140
ntiveoro4 tbapreseliktimae• \V e 40_/101.,.. tp3e . e
the 40ven10n,49 use tho,voto, us . Groy f rorter ve r it .
eclly did. bemuse his perty.,vo4l . 4 . ncbt ilisiek.....4
bays been sore .of carrying ; a insierity . cif 111 e Ws -
Wets:betels in act of jnsticn tn l ibe Quostitutton
R*01.414 AV theiPriAcTies , co4errea by'Aet: in
strument upon all the cillz.ens of 'the Mrrtulon
wealth
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(los f_ 111. XelOr's. Trial.
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copy folkdring i,'-,y of th • tin* ?
n red • ferric' of .Ik. lister, 4.41.. of ick,
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2 , ilia 23 4,A Puin , of adiiti*il malt:
sliereilm . tifteArg r. Nelzs4s issieik
animble aisiTo7ffm. ....-,.,'
f „,..;:e 1a5 ...0 7,„.„Wianot sigapaiuterbad long -known
;Dr, Webster, had worked for him, end. had often
iteen'te'the tolleTO te'sWhi - rn; and several times
Ifoandtiim with his.dooriocked. .;
r - Two daughter's fJf D . Webster were examined
.le prove drat their fatheirlial been at honk , as usu
alltoaLtists,44 oc Dr. PLFICT9III'B disappearance
Wifis 14 -.1-4iiiilt•-nffritilie• as-usual—ands
enjoying hii kislire is f the family circle wad in vis
iting with them among their' friends.,
Dr. W. P. Gi /aortas, a dentist, who hail studied
under Dr. Keep, testified to the uncertainty of the
identification Of teeth after 'exposure to fire, and
showed that the plate of teeth found in Dr. Web
ster's
furnace did not fit the model of, Dr. Keep I
any better than some old plates of teeh. he had
would fit the same model. -
Professor Treadwell testified to having spent
the evening of the day Dr. Parkman disappeared
in company with Dr. Webster, who was .cheerful
and showed nething unusual orindidating anything
but quietness of mild.
Several witnesses were next called who swore
positively that they were well acquainted with Dr.
Perlman, and that they saw him on the 23d of
November, after two o'clock—some saw him about
three, and two swore that they saw. him about five
o'clock. They all fixed the time by certain circum
stances which enabled them to speak positiveV.=
Here the defence closed.
' hisacw.--211--The counsel for the prosecution
offered rebutting .t e stimony.
Daniel Harwood, a dentist of much experience,
believed that a dentist could identify his own work,
and that Dr. 'Keep was cornett in believing the
teeth found were those ho made for Dr. Parkman.
Drs. Coleman and Tucker, dentists, broth agreed
with the preceding witness in opinion, though not
quite so positive.
It is understood that the Prisoner's family were
wholly unprepared for the terrible result. They
had secured their own passages and that of Pro
fessor Webster, at his direction, for Fayal, for the
20th of this month. They all along had the strong
est persurisicni of his innocence ; and were com
pletely prostrated by the overwhelming intelli
gence of his conviction. '
Oa Monday morning the heavy sentence of the
law waspronounced. The demeanor of Professor
Webster (says the Boston Journal,) while waiting
in one of the looms of the court house the time as.
signed for the sentence, was that of a man duly im
pressed With the solemn ceremony about to be en
acted' : He pleased to the window of the TOom pad
looking nple the sun, remarked that iii the day of
worprosperity , we hardly mall:ad thensiturwodeor
sins; that his sins had been many, and that his
trust was in the merciful Gat He was glad that
he had not been cut off to the midst of his sins, and
that time for:repentance had been granted to him.
He, had nearly done with this world, and for his
own fate he was prepared, except when hethought
of his family.' Here his fortitude forsook him and
he exclaimed, "What will become of them ;”
coming'down to the court room, he was seiz
ed with a trembling of the limbs, and the officers
were obliged' to support him.
Chief Justice Shaw, in performing the solemn
duty devolvgd upon him, expressed the sorrow that
he felt in pmnotmcing the sentence of the law, but-,
justified the law in its punishment. He recapitu- I
lated the charge and the proof; dwelt on the enor
mity of the crime, and concluded by the following
sentencel
That you, John W. Webster, be removed from
this place, and detained in close custody in the
prison of thiS county, and thence taken, at such
time as the Executive Government oft this Com
monwealth may by their warrant • appoint, to the
place of execution, and there be hung by the neck
until you are dead--and may God, in his infinite
goodness, hare mercy on your soul!
On hearing his sentence, Dr. Webster sunk back
heavily on his seat and wept. Ile was afterwards
removed by the Sheriff.
In the afternoon of Monday, (says the Boston
Bee) Prof. Webster's wife and three daughters vis
ited him in his cell. We have no pen, nor heart,
nor wish to describe the scene. It was touching
Bbyond comparison. Mrs. Webster is a woman of
great firmness, and has evidently for es een the ne
, necmsity of preparation for the crisis which has
ready come au this most trying struggle. She en
, counters adversity with that fortitude which be
comes woman of her age and family. - She seems
to realise, in this dark and most gloomy period the
necessity of forming herself with the active virtue
called courage, especially 'hen three young and
tender hearts are leaning upon her for worldly
sheath to Sustain them tmder_ this terrible bkow.
coniiiiirin. an the circumstances, the interview
between Professor Webster and his excellent and
Much to be 'pitied. family, was one characterized
by great calumeni-and self-possession on the part
of the wife and daughters. The visit was of about
one hour in duration.
Trial and Conviction of Dr. Webster.
The papers in every direction are commenting
on the conviction of Dr. Webster on such inconc
In
sive testimony. The Harrisburg Telegrdph says :
Oar readers are doubtless all familiar with the
circninstanceS of this case, and of the trial.; it is
therefore needless fur us to recapitulate them here.
The crime 'tilt Was set forth by the prosecution,
was one-of the most cruel, vindictive, and in every
way'revolti4 and abhorrent murders ever perpe
tinteilixt tls Stir any other country. It seems to be
the - almost unanimous opinion, however, out of the
city'of Boston, that the evidence has entirely failed
to connect Dr. Webster with the horrible crime in
question with that certainty which the law requires
—and the public seem to have been not less as
tounded at the lameness and impotency of the de
fence made by his counsel, than they have by the
verdict orthe.Jtiry itself, Every where we hear
.biit one opinion,-and' - that is that the prisoner has
been saerifieed - either by the timid fears or the
crimuisil neglebt of his counsel, Can it-be that the
and'power of the relations of the deceased,
have over-awod the ministers of justice, and made
the legal gitardians of the-prisoner shrink from the
full and f‘rles',S discharge of their duty I WO
have no hesitancy id saying that the course of his
cetmsel muit, hive seriously prejudiced his case in
the ininds Ashasbeen truly said by,
the 'Philadelphia east, their speeches -were nothing
more noileie - than a plea of guilty,from first to
last By prosiimitrg - "to argue that case, as they
diti,tipen the hypothltsis Of manslaughter, against
the positive denial and instruction of the prisoner,
the
t ir raised 'an unwarrantable' presumption of- guilt
in le mhul of- the Jui7, which , the result very
eele , Fly stic4rs it was to overcome. That
they should have Oilseed this course, too, - against,
. tlb"reuicsistieticenf - of the - prisoner, the wore
• stin fi ge,,4l4644 sin that tEerolipot a: *lngle- eh
cuifistance,4olllthei testimorty - ,-leiding-to such a
poi g niptioid:' If jecotild- - have - been established
that-thisrdeide was committe d at all, by every
the hoi Ovistenee,it Wail nothing less than murk
der To 'argue; ilierf, upon , the - - presumption -of
manslaughter ~ was to admit-the murder. And that
the Jury sio ' constrneil Nils Singular comic - let on the
pal+ Of theionnisel, the vtinlictiteelf asufficient
eviilenee, Certainly there Wallilet evidence before
the 3 thy, isifficisint :to satisfY , them, beyond air rea
-linnhble antibt guilt of the-prisoner.
Tice speak feelingly, upon this auliect.benause
0f1y . 1 . ,u7 Ifs deeply , interested -in- thelusCand
properridministratentrtif thelawand - every
wrinKlefiieted - -Upon sin indiiridualis a wound us.,
flietethipon'the itoinnunity-A-every vi_olation'of in
dividnel an Outrage upon the right, but, the
ill of the people; therefore,-to watch- the course
of
R nblic jistiee; and see that It is not strained to
the pi - iint of hasty and foregone' conclusions
The Philadelphia North American, and the I
; i/y iiitorfib v the vordiC.
asWelras tlAboarse 4 ,21 he i f • s counsel, ig
titttstto ybroth at so far at
the,:rioOttiOlg of legal tle " - s'f it that city are
thtl* tic u th pression o
that,abe ova :: , '" e ence • the cause
iiistifylhwediict • • • b ~ t he 17.
The Sun adds •" In no o ter city but Boston
WOuld auttraverdietlutlre'beeritendeveitipen
testirnoviy, audit was, ,producial there by the un
der current which was .at. work.
. _
" The indecent baste, too-, with !which the de
fendant was sentenced by the Court, and the sur
prising fact that no motion was m ade fora now
. • ar-ataxrask_oti Ofecenkli.MnNZ-•
that his defence was Wire
by them."
The verdict wins randetea..loo 13Sertki„ y
and on Monday morning the 'Oink plftinnfinced up.
on the prisoner the sole*judgment of death—
Whatever may be th e practiee of the Courts •of
Massachusetts, this certainly looks like'iuest extra
ordinary haste. .
" A MUUDERED" MAN FOUND ALIVE !--The Elmira
al. Y.) Gaiette states that a Mr. ealisbury,'who
disappeared from that plate 4n the fall, and wait
Imppesed to be murdered, has bent} discovered at :
Waterloo, Seneca county, where -he hag. been all
winter chopping wood. Two men b 7 thd rained of
Rorick and Russel, who were with him about the,
time of his disappearance, have beeivtried for mnr
dering him, dming his absence, and fortunately re.
quitted. e - • -
RHODE Imam) Er EcrioN.-;:rlii election for Gov
ernor kook place in Rhode_lsland oti Wednesday.
melting in the ttleetite. , cotllletalr D. NabOW,
the present worthy',Whig Gereimar.. The -Lecofo
fil*
cos made no rthy of name. The opposition
candidate, Mr. ;- (Free Soil,) 'received only
617 votes. The ig• vote was 2,009, the voteall
round being very light. ;Mak Island can, 41 oc
occasion reqnires it, poll a Whig vote of full seven
thousand ; but there was no occasion foretiort. - ,
Late from California.
. „ • ~
?Vincemore . 7 . , ,
The Steamship Cherokee arrieednk New York
on Friday morning in ten days from Cliagres, bring
ing over a million and it half in Gold and Gold &tit;
and 'the Empire. City :arrived the neat day alai
nearly the same amount •
The following is extracted from the summary
news brought by these arrivals
On the night of the 23d of Marcha very (Willie
tire fire occurred at chagres, by whic!i more than
one half the whole town was burned to) the 0004
and a large amount of property lost. It was sup
posed to have been the work of an incendiary.
Thera .were•no American _vessel:vat Magma"
when the Cherokee left. The- Georgut 4*CW:en
expected in several days, and fears were entertain
ed for her safety. Tier mails wertoo4.o*bt :00 in
the Cherokee. - •
The Empire City sailed on the meming of March
26th, and the Cherokee on the afternoon o(the
same day. When the Cherokee left ,Kuigsteitthe
Empire City was hauling to the dock preparatory
to coaling, and may be expected in less thou 24
hours after the arrivalof the-Cherokee.
.The mails per Mealtime have been 34 days,itiniY.
on the route from San Francisco tn. New York,
which is as quick, if not the quickest, time that ;the
mails ever came in from that place.. They contain
nearly 80,000 letters, which is the largest mail, cV.-
er brought from there. .
Amongst her passengers are Messrs:T. 0 LatHAt
in, Priest, &c., appointed by . the California
Steamship Company a committee to arrange, Jot
the immediate construction of. the necessary ste4l4-
ers. •
.t
The Oregon arrived at San Francisco on,the
22d of February, and remained in port , but one
week. English dates to the 28th December, were
received by her in San Francisco, being but 35.
days on the route. • I
Many of the passengers who left New York in
the steamer herukee, ou the 1 January, were
but 36 days in reaching Sam Francisco.
On her passage down, the Oregon ran aground
on a sand bar near San Bias, but was gof off in ti
short time without the least injury.' It was yery
foggy at the time. •
The new State has been unprecetlentetlly desti
tute of domestic news since the sailing of the Feb
ruary steamer. r
.t _
The rivers of the Sacramento valley, tributary
to the noble stream which courses through its
midst, have slunk back into their rocky. ,beds, and
the towns along their banks are left high, dry. ac
ceisible.
Since the floods have rotk-ed, business has re•
turned, and in Sacramento city, town kl.s : which
during the freshet maintained unabated encel, are
every day increasing in value. The inilitcfspiritetl
citizens of thatmutaciliality have -taken,rnensttres
spirit disasters similar .te the occurrence,of, late,
and it iit believed tiodifficulty., will be experienced
' raising the necessary Enns fticonstructingleven
along the river's tanks. ) The.estinudeticos.lof the
work is nearly Of (hiller&
The Le„islature of our new State are toiling
withkut indifferent success. Thus,fitr not !finch
of importance has been done, and tlie,.work;witicli
has been accomplished:has in most histances,origi,
noted' in the House. . Resignations haye o ,ficen fre;
queut, at which both .branclis, in a coneutrent ad:
dress to the people of this State:have ,expre.: l seci
their displeasure, Great ~uncatt i ncits. „exists. - on ,ac
countof the dull financial., prospects ,of . theSnite
Government. An act creating a temporarj ,
passed after- much flebata,
San Joaquin and its - *neg.—The _llisturbi t nee'
between the Americans and ghiliansothich 674-44
apprehensions for the long er sjtf tx. of ,the lgtter
numerous class of mineri,.lias„becii adjusta.,,ting
good will if nut mutual harmonyptestor.O.
the winter the mines have beol,difficUlt,of poems
from any of the.river.toslisinOAdistriet.4.lthciogh‘
explorations were extended by partiqw.4uAciing tit
the motintains, and new .diggings.distaivcre4Ar
rims sections of the mining, FARA. ,
The great Tulare plains larrl-,ltegP• 1 4 7 qergA9
all directions since,the fair• ,wcather precee , rolit rah
cent showers commenced.-. visions. haieleen
freely sent into the heart of tin mines ',kern the
flourishing town of Stockton: ;and the migratory
class of the!' old guard" mining population. ltavo
taken up their rearelt l to :the Southern tranelies of
the San Joaquim, ,witlt tlio-,aNyakonhig,
Spring. From San Francisco to Sti4ttoti,3llo.lrtis:b
is nearly as great as to. tlie : trppettritersi,„Oftlie
Sacramento.
It is rumored extensively, Al?eP,CtrFit l . l i,
of good quality, has heerkdisf.:O.rer4lionke,wirn
the contra coasts, nearly opposite tldi - pia& , A
disposition prevails, to quiet, the .inati4r,, oaf ;fur a
fear, IL few would, get, their, fingers: burnt by ,piti
coal prating:to,lreinsphalitutwwe ll!Oughl it
do to " tell about "—A lta
Xrzgrontux?.7k-- - -A: letiesf,rccelvetlin Seel
reia4es en fitade[ l ,q l 4 - Ini lso / 06..1 !" 131 '
severe disnpiwAnttlitet iiiteatiof iitA• 11144
gv.whoMarl limActitire.tu tlie.nTies,,2ls potii9V6l
old eirne4'it. 11, 011 . 1,11% U44eiesOro*Which
he had taken.pas4ageltsetui4. -- oNinitik , .mliwp
or oihdiriisebance; rnOet joed_ f nn
Isia band, mei the'ilhiiite-iiiKitisd'irentliefor-:
tops, in,foity :feet isf , Watir;;ltailkitselloi* difrr
'4 l ,-..-Z•44. 7 , •
,4 vz
•,- ,4
Tai I?cosisa Inthog. , :zATOtotiherl4druit4-41*
date of our last accounts, one tundred,atioliffisk
ida-Indlaut inidulthsti
TinisWilliyjbrAtisido.iikAtmisairlilianghisheolst
thd l aatne - nutribet : clioniwinild eilarkframe Obs
lotto,liarbOti, totuandrthinientlerThoustin
era - artlFvert :Wm's-apposed "-termildgillioS
but ihWI6I)
1 "4 -44 k. l l‘
liCw advertisements 'crowd nut nupdrof our
-rurtfal . vtuiety thia week. -
Lett Mitt DWI&
2
• . „4 a
rope'
•a • ' e r u 0 ed at Halifax,*
d i from Liverpool in
•
E
chancellor of the Exchnue ires.
ented hisVulriet kir the - eirsiiinirfr e r, and
although he had the pleasure of announcing
a surplus - Of itarly two and& 'haltatintiont
still the mannerin:mblekt i th av mohis had
beei rl dW is atilluilniCestistnetorY
Itromia
There arCOW I3I :-Wlt Hof an sp.
prowbipplissolutioniAtPartiame at .
The hi_ l l...f44l).. , OPitfl* c !.P .0i. , : - O eaten=
anerof frelandA .
meat after Easier'. -
We learn from Irelaudithat cultivation' is
going on tp,..ore,rapidly,than'Nasant,:icipat e d,
and theit-i7greit AirearithAWretabOis hav e
'been nowu.:l. . -. •
FanigAtini &ern - the southern frontiers of
Irehind is rapidly
The operati4 ll6 f'di4 l .PMberistates bid
is now
_begintii4t f olikkils . - - :..biinefteial effects.
The first estate sohL.nnflex.. , :the. new com m i s .
sion was bonght• - br n-i•tentintlarmer.
T}te`sobi ' for' the _ itiprovemeni; of th e
Cultivation of 'Rai inlieldnd; - is; mal t i ng
strenuouis'7efforts , tiiliititrod,uce thai,erep into
the Soitheoso,*_,l.lreit•Orti'Pr,ovindes,
Lord dOuglk, haa been ,hOnored and
feted everrVhere.,;who,iiiis returned from In
dia, propro*vieturnip his country ,seat.
, •
The elecOons Have closed 7ithoui, any dis
turbance 1440; The offiCialikelarations
of the rnenibers :retuiveaSfiorri.; , Piris took
place on Friday rsorning,,,Mben • the- three
Socialist carididatifa-Ciirfiot , , Vidal, and De
titte—rwei:eldechitfcr duly The num
bers liolled'iverias,folliiwas,Carnet 132,697:
Vidal, 128,449.; pefitte 126,382. .7 M. De
fitte, lowestf_4llo;aileeessfUl.etildidates, has
a majority ofl339.oyerrM .I?uye, the high
est candidatevof the unsuccessful list. Very
few persons' ii:e're' . ::presetit - . at the ceremony,
and little etieitsitfielif icakitii&nifeSted.
The Patriciwt;ich is:hioked.-Aion as a
semi-official, paper intimates that,thii Govern.
ment preirtlit• ahtLeiteeti# mers,
by which t143.-Ailtra Democratic , party sivall
be restrained..Therafanitraralseiitinounc e s
the lippiMittitent - of M. Ferdinand Barret, as
envoy extraordinary; encl.' minister plenipo•
tentiary at Twin,ioni &special mission, in tha
the place of 4 Lucien Murat.
•, • GERMANY..
At the" (Ai - cuing of -"the dumber, on the
15th, the -Ititig• . of - sWurtettitinrg - rdeelared
. that a Milt** '§tate . 'of:Germany will i
nothing but ,a C.hiMera, i aid that if attempted
to be carried'out, it.woultiJead to the sepa
ration and, &a - solution, of Gerniany
The _speeC.li„wasgrently, cheered,; mid pro•
d aced. a favorable•effect. upon, the peep
A lettei,froin , l3irlin;dated the 116th inst.,
says: " learn.rfrom an authenticisouree
that' the mission of Count Goren -sell to Vi
enna has failereeltipletaY..
Hanover . has,tatteu the decided resolution
to place herself in.the face of the rivalries of .
Prussia and'Austria,and to adia pa ss ive part
amid the internal-coniplicationa of Oermain.
It is reported -.that-a:Congess Gvrtnlti
Sovereigns.tvilltb&held in April at D,reOen,
to hold - CO-Until' on' GertnaiiMatters. Mt!
Emperoc,of, - Aiisfrin and the Icings of Bava
ria, Llafieverrun4Sexon, willibe present.
• turnote,, , !,.l-.
Rev. A. 0: Warren will pruastriatjdyooklyn, co
the third SwidaivorAptil.
A 614 e '4oried - pria-ifi T tn., ct.
th6ipirict aiit Urf*iiveaas
hieoutifit A 114114.
March 20.. I y - 1 J. V.
, -
••,, ••• , aminTtua' • • •
Of the B:weljeckieoect - 40,00 society.
adied,644'iideibl l eef WC No:let), h: /
ll' held the' - Cad{ eve*
of ,the first 4opli Court '
some of out
full attend
aqe
4:11!' - §ll:l§i3trltY, Sey.
Montrose, ApriL 3tl ,1850, .
'"" nitEt- . 0:02000/it1024 ' a
Of North , enistern Pennvilvaniit,'*ill*eet in St.
Math's Chin/ch*,) , Tew Milforkeh April loth
beldin the ChOrch
M. and e‘iening, op Friday, galityilak,,nnd Sund.ty.
Arid. - ieitinity , _.ber l e*creil ;at ()teat - Vend, on
Fiklaj , . Satindtfe:o - rainy mU Sunday nfter
niiiiit.,'"4; 7 - 'VtribrAllso.
t a r
OR 01 9,14.. „inkti.4l-441tr4PP •
~m i cumioaPkyuloiAutigunto*JuLlA
E--144110tfr 14 04 . tike l 4 43 4,9ffir xi er, plate.
In Vestal on the 314 ult._ by W. iVitliam'o Eqr
PitcuitittClilitiiili*tok 0. Mor.l:,
both (ifrilliteot'lLigto;' , -
rgr Atniditbtoutitill-L6af islPir-liftide't este
mune with the above notice, the par
limoifhhe rtt#4 + `
virtti6==abet Otreoilio' being at
p l ai n tm—iv :it .t?
4 - e.• ''rrat
In Harfoid on the-81st Ilk, -Mrs:-Ilut.osn BLOT,'
Uttolicle Joseph :Rending, in tig
gad leirlef het
1- >tirl. 4 - 1113 Sttei Atththeniugh, froe
ieltiehriance'ikeleine* id' Raeford in 1799. to
.110:111,ar — intestliniti14 • de 4he3l>tbotsel the Ret
• Seth Williston, 'she • ttsuljeet •reneeiDg
- ecilleptimma churl
Atisileileiohf Lid • marked
wittPhsiliftitrattikfit. bode, , r44l,4vl%!finist , " l
her wilikliilonf 'Alt* ragre,viith lit
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very liberiu:deini ot-Win4gbotog 4 on !be'
the Ott 'year, saCipßkl; tetpOltilVi t in:
call Ludt ; examinattleit,l4:WlFun ''''
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