JRFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, march 2, 150. Pennsylvania Legislature. J Yery little of interest to our readers was done in either house durinff the nasi weelc. A bill to - o i improve, the Delaware Division was read in place in the Senate and House. A series of resolutions on the subject of slavery has been reported to the Senate taking ground in favor of sustaining all constitutional provisions, but aginst any extension of the institution. A bill for the election of Pros ecuting Attorneys was passed by a Tote of 29 to 2. A bill to divorce Edwin Forest from his wife was passed through Committee by a large majori ty. A message from the Governoi on the subject of Slavery, was read in both houses. Several divorce bills have been passed, and it would seem that the high and noble ground as- sumed by the legislature at the commencement of the session, upon the recommendation of the Gov ernor, has been abandoned. Congress Last Week. Tlie slavery question was discussed in both hou ses. Mr. Dayton made an able speech on the sub ject in the Senate. The Census bill, and Mr. Uradbury's resolutions calling upon the President for his reasons for removing office holders, were discussed. A bill to pay the Winnebago Indians SI 2,000 was passed in the Senate. The bill to supply deficiencies in appropriations, and resolutions in favor of Whitney's railroad to the Pacific, were discussed, and the latter laid on the table by a vote of S3 to 51. The Judiciary Kill. The bill now before the House of Representa tives in relation to the Judiciary, proposes to di vide the state into eighteen common pleas judicial districts, in place of twenty-four, as at present, and that twenty law judges, shall bo chosen, as follows, upon the first election by the people. I. Philadelphia three law judges. II. Lancaster and York. III. Bucks, Northampton and Lehigh! " ! K IV. Berks and Schuylkill. V. Wayne, Pike and Monroe. -- VI. Union, Northumberland, Lycoming" and Sullivan. VII. Centre, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry. VIII. Dauphin, Lebanon and Cumberland. IX. Adams, Franklin, Bedford and Somerset. X. Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield and JefTersnn. XI. Luzerne, Wyoming, Susquehanna and Brad- ford. - XII. Clinton, Tioga, 'Potter, McICean and Elk. ' XIII. Westmoreland, Indiaha,ttArrhslrong and 1 Clarion. XIV. Allegheny. XV. Washington, Fayette and Greene.' XVI. Beaver, Butler, Mercer and Lawrence. XVII. Crawford, Erie, Venango and Warren. XVIII. Chester, Delaware and Montgomery. The presidents and associates of the first dis trict, S2.500 a year salary ; of the other districts, $2,000, and mileage. No provision is- made for district or other courts, in the bill. .tsriajre - TC frtn At lon. The Governor of Nrew Jersey has singed the ; bill passed by the Legislature of that State, au- ; ihorizingihe Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Hailroad Company to construct a bridge across the Delaware river at Easton. It is necessary ihat the Legislature of this Slate should pass a similar bill before the bridge can be built. The New York Tribune thinks another Revo lution in France is inevitable and near at hand. A Freshet. Trom the Norristown Watchman we learn that the heavy rain of Wednesday week I , - - , o, . ,. . I causeo a iremenaous rise in ine ocnuyiKin, on , Thursday. The river ivas higher at this place than it has been at any lime during the last five years, and had ihere been ice on the river the damage would probably hare been as heavy me greai iresnei m ioi -, aa u was, me ichuch along the banks were swept away, causing a very i heavy loss to the farmers, in the vicinity of the j Tiver. Transportation in a new Way. The Pottsville Mining .Register gives the fol lowing as the latest wrinkle in the way of trans portation a scheme that will doubtless ruin the railroad and and canal if it ever should be put in execution : " A considerable stir is being made at this time about the new mode proposed for trans porting coal from Schuylkill county to Philadel phia, by water enclosed in cast iron tubes of wide diameter. The fall being COO feet in 90 miles, is considered sufficient, and the coal being less than one third heavier than water, it is thought that two thirds water and one-third coal will be the right proportion. It is demonstrated that la.uuu tons can be passed daily through a single tube of 3 feet ' in diameter, at a cost of 25 .cents per ton. This ; may give you a smile. But less likely things have succeeded, and capitalists are ready to embark in it, if experiments about to be made. prove success ful." A bill to prevent the destruction of small and harmless birds, has passed the Jew Jersey Leg- i lslature. It prohibits persons from destroying, ex cept on their own premises, under penalty of $5, any of the following .description of ,birds- or their eggs, viz: the night or musquito hawk, chimney swallow, bam swallow, martin or swift, whip poor will, chuckoo, king bird or bee martin, woodpeck er, claip or night hole, cat bird, blue bird, hanging bird, ground robin or chewink, boblink or rice bird robin, snow or chipping bird, sparrow, charoline lit, warbler, bat, black bird, blue jay and lhe small owl. The weat.pn is i vrrv unnromisiiair. :.:.-t... . i 4 o - . w TUB T-ntAI, 05AI3. WEBSTER. The triaLof Dr. Webster for the murder of Dr. ParkipanyhicK has created fso inuch .excitement throughout the country, was commenced in the Ju diciary Court at Bosionon Monday, the 19th inst. A jury was empaneled without unusual difficulty. The prisoner wore a composed and somewhat melancholy appearance, but in other respects was much as usual. About II o'clock the indictment was read, and Mr. Clifford, the Attorney-General,- commenced his opening in a deliberate and selemn manner, n i t r ... conmng. PMs.l 10 a, clear . ana succinct, siaie- . nent of facts in,posscssion of the Goyornment I nese tacts, he averred, established two prop ositions : ' v " , ' , First That Dr. Geo. Parkman ,was murdered. Second That Dr. John W. Webster, committed the deed. . Dr. Parkrhan would be proved to have been alive on Friday, the 23d, of November, and was 1 last seen to enter the medical college, ten minutes before two o'clock in the afternoon of that day He was a punctual man, particularly at his meals; had a sick daughter who he was tending, and on whom he was closely attendant. For her comfort he had purchased some lettuce difficult at that season to obtain which he left at a store, intend- .. ing to call for it afterward to carry home to. her. He entered the medical, college, and-was.not again seen. The utmost search was made by jiis friends, aided by the entire police and liberal rewards ; but no person had ever been found who had seen and conversed with him since that time. On Sunday for the first timei Dr. Parkman's friends learned from.Dr, Webster himself, that ho "hati been in company with him on Friday, between 1 and 2 o'clock. On the 13th of Nov. were found in a privy vault in the Medical College, the pelvis and right thigh, to the knee, of a body correspond ing to that, of Dr. Parkman. On the evening after, were found in Dr. Webster's laboratory, in a tea chest, a thorax and left thigh, from the knee to the hips. Afterward were found, in tlje furnace. of Dr. Webster, bones, a quantity of gold, and a block of mineral teeth. None of the bones found in the furnace were duplicates of those found in the tea chest or vault. The teeth would be fully identi fied by Dr: Keep aa a set which Ire lately made for Dr. Parkman, and a mould would be shown which exactly corresponded to a jaw bone found in the furnace. The thorax was perforated in the region of the hsart. There have been chemical applications of strong alkali tojlharemains, and the veins had not been injected with any preser vative fluid. This was the evidence going to show that Dr. Parkman had been murdered. On the second hand, that the prisoner murdered Dr. Parkman. Mr. Clifford went into a minute detail of Dr. Webster's pecuniary relations of 1842, when he borrowed money of him, and had been in debt and embarrassment ever since, and he would i show that Dr. Webster dishonestly endeavored to raise money of Robert G. Shaw and others, on property mortgaged to Dr- Parkman, and that Dr. Parkman regarded him as a dishonest man, and pressed him accordingly to recover his debt ; he ii i .t.. ..1.3 -. j Ti nrt.-.,. alleged that it would be proved that Dr. Webster 1 had made conflicting statements, and lalse ones, j i in relation to money paid to Dr. Parkman, and that at the time oi tlie latter s disappearance, all ot ir. ; Webster s property was bound to him. , Mr. Clifford also dwelt at great length on Dr. i Webster's conduct during the time of his arrest, j ' and nnntfinriori that n ornat number nf nrr.nmstan- j ccs would be found irreconcilable with the suppo-; sition of his innocence. i Mr. ClitTord concluded a few minutes past o'clock, and on motion of Mr. Sohier, the Court ordered all but medical witnesses to retire. j vyjirtiica iu. .Lvuigsic , utc icai cavuic agent u i t T)r Porkman. and Rnhnrt Cr. Shaw. brothnr,in-law . 0f the deceased, were examined the first day, but! their evidence hardly sustains the positions me positions as sumed by the Attorney-General in his opening remarks ; the witnesses, however, on whose testimony-the Government mostly rely to sustain the prosecution have not yet been brought to the stand. The evidence ofDrs. Keep, Noble and Wy- man, on Tuesday, was confined to the identifica tion of the teeth., jaw, &c, the former having been ; Bank has specie to pay every dollar as fast as pre made by Dr. Keep, and the conformation of the sented. i latter being so striking as to produce the general conviction that the body lound was none other than that of Dr. Parkman. The Transcript in sPfarn8 of lhe bearin the Prisoner, says : I he appearance of the prisoner during rig the testjmony 0f Drs. Keep and Noble was different ' from that exhibited by htm at any other evidence i produced. He was al times considerably agitated, 1 J IT. ; 1 .. t. 1 r. 1 I and his facial muscles vveie observed to be vio- j an a(r of uncocern. by frequently drumming his nngers on his chair; and looking about. turn upon the audience, although at the same time he watched w,ilh inUrnse interest every word and movement It is said the whole number of witnesses on the part of the prosecution, in this cjse, is eighty-six. If these should all be called to the stand, and any thing like an eoual number apnear for the defence. the trial is but just commenced. xt i. t i .i. i r v eusiers coun&ei art couuueiu uiey can cicar him of the horrible accusation, and prove that it is a conspiracy to ruin Iiim. If.this is the case, what punishment is there sufficient for his accusers. The evidence, thus far, however', bears strongly against the prisoner. Great Supply of Cattle. A letter from Maysville, states that the number of cattle shipped eastward from that place, by way ' of the Ohio river and Pittsburgh, has gradually increased from 1,000 'in 1847, td 5,000 in 1849, and that the number shipped thence this year will pro- bably be $20,000. Several cases of hydrophobia have occurred within a few weeks in Morris county, N. J. Jackson is to remain the capital of Mississippi, the legislatufe hag yoied down all the bills for removal, ine proposition to mane vicKsourg too seat of government received nineteen votes to seventy-two against it. More 'Mysterious Knocking. HoNESDALE, Pa., March 22. Night before last tho inmates of a boarding house in this town .were kepi.,. awake all night by a knocking quite as mysterious as the Rochester knockings., Means were taken: to discover the cause, but without success. The noise always eluded pursuit, and seemed to'kecn the same dis farice from the pursuers.. The, matter has,creatcd quite a sensation ucre. u rfc quite a sensation here." Nevotoicn Journal has been discontinued, andHhe subscription list transferred to the Bucks County 'Intelligencer, the proprietor of which has also purchas'ed the materials of the; Journal office. General Taylor's Plantation Sub merged. The Cincinnati Commercial of the 14th states, .that-when-ahe-steamers York man, Capt.- Halde man, passed.Gen. Z. Taylor's plantation,. on, the Mississippi river, forty miles above Natches, the entire place was under water from an overflow in the Mississippi. Captain Ilaldoman says he never yaw that point so completely submerged, and fears are entertained of the total ruin of numerous plantations, and of crouse the bankruptcy of some 'of-the owners. ' . : Tlie thermometer iri New Orleans on 'the four teenth stood at 80. The ladies displayed -their summer fashions and beavers and cloth pants gave way to strayv hats and nankeens. Vermont, by annual election, has again decided against granting licenses for the sale, of intoxicat- J ing drinks. The vote just held shows the follow- j ing result; for licences, J2,G00 ; against licenses, 19,910; majority against the' licenses, 7,340. j Every county in the state, but Washington and j Essex, went with the majority. TIzc Sea Serpent. , The sea monster recently seen on the. coast of the Carolinas, has at length, according to report been captured. It is of the whale species has the head, of a, whale, with a snakish body, and several . protuberances on the back of hogshead size. There were two grown whales and two calves, which from their position were supposed to be one- " serpent." The grown whales -were about 40 feel in length. Iloucsdalc Bank. Some little anxiety has been manifest in thecom munity, consequent upon the investigation into the condition of this Bank by the appropriate commit tee in the House of Representatives. It is no doubt true that the Bank has at this time a large amount of paper in circulation, but that is no rea son why any apprehensions should be felt as to 'its ability to redeem its issues and to conduct its affairs with the same integrity and fairness, which has heretofore characterized its operations. This Institution is yet acting under its old charter, and a difference of opinion as to its privileges between the Legislature and the Directors, caused the pres ent investigation. Both papers at Honesdale are confident that no alarm need exist as to the Bank. The Democrat says. " It was anticipated that the action of the- Le gislature would, to some extent, occasion a run upon the Bank. Such has not been the result. The laborers on the canal and railroads have drawn some inconsiderable sums; but the busi ness men of this region have manifested the ut most confidence in the bank. They have neither presented bills for payment in specie nor with drawn their deposits. To accommodate such of the laborers as might desiie to exchange notes for coin, the Bank is kept open, each day, some four hours longer than usual, and the demands upon it have been principally paid in American gold. At the agency of the Bank in New York less than the ordinary amount of bills has, during the last few days, been presented for redemption. The Bank is conducting its business as usual, and is fully prepared to meet all its obligations, ivlipnpvpr rrp:rntff1- TCn institution fiver enioved r -j-j-- 1 . I i 1 : . i ui a higher credit, and none ever belter deserved the confidence reposed in it. Let the action of the Legislature be what it may, the bills of the Bank are as good security as any body need desire. Its stock is worth a premium, even if the concern should be closed up, of which occurrence, however, we entertain no fears." No one should part with a dollar of the notes of the Bank for less than their face. We are as sured by one who knows, that the investigation at Harnsburg has all ended in 'smoke, and that the The Amherst (N. H.) Cabinet, in answer to the inquiry .of Mr. Webster as to what will become of the American flag in case of a dissolution of the Union, suggests that the North will take the stars 'and the South the strmes. The " gallant Captain May," whom the papers had killed off, we see it stated, is alive and in good health 'and is preparing to depart for the Indian country. The Captain May who is reported to have died in San Francisco is supposed to be James R. May, of Virginia. ' The new .New York Tribune says that " Ned Buntline" has has not been pardoned, and "knows no reason to suppose that he is likely to be." The Belvidere Bank has declared, a dividend of 5 per ct. for the last six months, payable on the 1st of April. Al the Philadelphia City Election on the 15th inst. the whigs prevailed in the whole of the se venteen Wards, except Upper Delaware and Pine. In one or two of ihe Wards the vote was very close. In the Northern Liberties the Democrats have met with their usual success. The Whigs in this District have elected four Aldermen. Smuggling Diamonds: Upon opening a suspi cious looking foreign letter which was recently put into the N. Y. Post Office, it was found to contain diamonds to the amount of about $6000. The evident intention was to smuggle, and the Admiralty Court of N. Y. therefore declared the diamonds to be forfeited. It is said that a new route for a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien has been found. On this route there are now but 12 miles of land travel. The passage can be made from sea to sea in 36 hours, and it is said one week of time will be saved to the steamers two days on the Atlan tic and four on the Pacific. If so, the route to California will be shortened not less than, eight days".- Greeley roa President. Tho New York Times says that it is understood that an effort will be made by the Northern Free-Soil party, to con centrate their strength in the next , canvass upon Horace Greely for President. The journeymen carpenters of New York' have s.truck5 for an increase oftheir wage's1 to' $r?i75rper day.- On-Monda'y they had 't pioco6sion four deep and nearly a mile long. v Tlie It is the opinion of Mr. Webster, slated Jn his recent speech, that" there has. been collected and paid to abolition societies, abolition presses, and abolition lecturers, within the last twenty years, as much money as would purchase the freedom of every slave, man, woman and child in the state of Maryland, and send them to Liberia. " Father what does the printer live on 1" -" Why, child." .. " Because you said you had not paid him for four year's and still take the paper." " Wife, spank that inquisitive sarpent." Tlie Apportionment Bill. Last week, we briefly alluded to the appor tionment bill which had passed the House of Representatives of this State, and been sent to the Senate. The character of the bill may be inferred from ihe following :. the ratio fixed for a Senator is 14,700 taxables. Tho bill gives to the county of Philadelphia four Sena tors, at the ratio of 13,000 taxables, and to tho city of Philadelphia and the county of Lancas ter, one Senator each, at a ratio of 22,700 tax ables ! This is a specimen of this outrageous bill. It is rather astonishing that men who are bound by oath to legislate for the whole people regardless of party, should, so district the State, as to make 13,000 Locos equivalent to 22,700 Whigs, for this is tho case in sub stance, Philadelphia coun'y being Loco and Philadelphia city and Lancaster county, Whig. Desolation and Misery in Hungary. The New York Tribune translates some Hungarian correspondence from the Kolnische Zeitung, from which it appears that the coun try, already desolaied by pestilence and war, is being stripped of its inhabitants by the con scriptions for tho army, every one being en rolled, who served in the revolutionary war. Already 70,000 Honveds have been enrolled. There are not hands enough left to sow the fields, and the burni-down villages cannot be rebuilt. When the Hungarians come before the courts of justice, ihey are insultingly re pulsed by the magistrates as "Hnngarian dogs," and the utmost rigor is exercised against them for the smallest offences. A bow cannot be bent beyond a cenain degree before it will break ; and so it must be with the Austrian yoke upon ihe neck of Hungary. The lllormous. In the Senaie a day or two ago, Mr. Under wood submitted a petition from a. body of Mor mons who present very grievous complaints against their brethren of Deserei, and they charge that the Mormons about Council Bluffs, who have possession of the region of district and control the post office, obstruct the free circulation of information through their papers, by which they are prevented from enlightening that sect, and spreading useful information among them. They wish the interposition of Congress, and particularly the Post Office De partment, and that free information may be cir culated among their brethren. The Rockville (Md.) Journal says "Our farmers are progressing wiih their work, and our gardens are receiving the attention of our house-wives. The wheat shows beautifully, and generally speaking, our people are in ex cellent spirits, all hands hurrahing for Union particularly the young ladies." The STew Bedford Mercury states that Cap lain Timothy Colby, in that city, has a bed cord made of whale's sinews, which has been in the Colby family since 1640200 years and is now as good as a dozen new hemp cords. It has never been broken. An indignant husband in Dearhon county, Ind., a few days since, brought suit against a chap for kissing his wife. The matier was compromised by lhe chap agreeing to pay the injured husband $16. On the 6th instant, snow to the depth of three feet lay upon the gronnd in the western part of the Slate of New York. Foreign and omestic Labor. The Philadelphia Inquirer, thinks that the "recent communication of Sir Henry Lytion Bulwer ought not to excite any suspriso or as tonishment, because it has been notorious, that since 1845 British agents and manufactur ers have been much more consulted and advised with at Washington than Amercan. Indeed, an American manufacturer cannot be heard, bocause he is an interested party a monopo list. The "hue and cry" is raised at once ihat he belongs to ihe privileged class. It is, however to be hoped, that such moves a that of the British Minister, will open the eyes of the good people of this country to the effects of the bill of 1646, the tendency of which is to encourage foreign labor at the expense of our own. The Scarlet Fever prevails to an alarming extent, in Lancaster county, Pa. Tn seven days Mr. John Laveny, of East Hempfield township, lost six children. Discovery in Oregon. The California pa pers mention the. discovery of a new and fine entrance to the mouth of the Columbia River. It is called ihe Southern Pass, apd has here tofore been represented to bo impracticable. This Pass" will no doubt bo used by the South in slipping out of the Union ! A jellow, who looked, as Jeomes snid, in the account of a trip lo Greenbush, very much in the sear and yellow leaf," popped his head into our sanctum and asked if we had any old jewelry to disp6se of. Jewelry about a printing office,! and editor tho possessor of an ear ring ! ! Shade of Faust ! one might as well look for honesty in a Locofoco paper or conscience in a doctor's, bill. Albany Knick erbocker, COURTS; In 1850, the courts of Carbon' county, will commence on ihoTo'llowing days : ' - The' Third-Monday of April. - Fifth"' " Seniembor, and - " December? '' . John,?John.sioi),;vcpnvJicie(LatrPaiiQrsoni N. J. PAl.hPimurdor,,p.f;jJudge Ya.n - Winkle: and ;his vife, has. beoniBontoncpd tu be sbuitg oij-ho 30th April, 'j-. ' .-!? - . v The ftextEIeciion. The Whig State .Cotivention, to nominate a candidate forCanal Commissioner, is to be held in Philadelphia on the 19th Juno next: The time for organisation and preparation for the election, after that convention, will be short. It becomes the Whigs ofthe state, therefore, to begin now to prepare for the work' before them. They have seen ihe disastrous result of apathy and indifference ; and they know also that if they will bui make the effort, ihey can accom plish a brilliant triumph. Tho stale was carried for Zachary Taylor and for Wm. F. Johnston, and it can be done again for whomsoever the Whigs of the siale choose to nominate. Bui it can only be done by systematic, slraight-for-ward, persevering exertion. Tho Pennsylvania Telegraph in the course of a well-timed article, calling the Whigs of the Stato to their duly, suggests the re-nomination of Henry M. Fuller, if he will again accept the arduous position of Whig standard bearer, in the contest, and proceeds to show by a compar ison of ihe voios for several years back, thai Mr. Fuller possesses a popularity at the north, en joyed perhaps by no other man, while his ex perience and zeal eminently fii him for ihe sta tion, and render him the mosi likely to bring out the full vole and the united strength of the party. The popularity of Mr. Fuller at home is clear ly proven by the faci that Luzerne county winch gave Gov. Shunk in 1847, 1279 majority, gave Mr. Gamble, in 1849, but 571 majority, and his strong position in the north generally is shown by a comparison of tho majorities in the northeastern counties in 1848 and 1849, which the Telegraph furnishes, from which it will be seen he made an inroad upon the op position vote in those counties of upwards of two thousand. Bradford Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming, Wayne, MAJORITIES. 184S Longstreth. 507 1177 818 1344 925 488 819 858 156 . 617 IS49. Gamble. 103 777 571 1062 767 536 712 490 673 5698 n Total,. 7709 5698 2010 56 2066 Fuller's maj. in Wyoming, Making a total gain, of And this was ascomplised when Mr. Fuller was opposed by a northern man, laken up sole ly with the view of commanding the rote of the north, and shaping all his opinions and ef forts to that end. JXj3 Ripe Strawberries have made their ap pearanco in the New York market. A culti vator of tho fruii says that "his strawberries are like gold dusl ai present." Pie adds : " I havo had a:i offer of two dollars a doz en for them, but do not wish to disappoint you. You can have the whole twenty-one for $2,50. I am almost ashamed of this, but could do bet ter at home." Foreign Mcw. By the arrival ofthe Niagara, we have Eu ropean news two weeks later Liverpool dates lo the 9th inst. Tho Cotton markent was dull with a de cline in prices. The Corn market ditto Com having fallen from six to nine pence per 480 pounds, and flour one and six pence per barrel. American stocks were improving Pennsly sylvania Fives selling at 93 a 94. Manufacturing in England was depressed. Commercially and politically ihere is no news of importance. Queen Victoria has of fered rewards for the discovery and relief of Sir John Franklin, amonnting to .40,000. The Canadian Annexation movement excites but little atteniion. Public opinion appears to be favorable to acceding to any decided ex pression ofthe wishes of iho Canadians. Public sentiment is strong against Lord Pal mersion for continuing ihe Greek blockade ; and it is believed the Russians will give the Greoks efficient aid. Nothing of any importance from France or any other portion of the Continent. Horrible Revenge. The Galena Jeffersonian says, among tho overland emigrants for California last spring, was Mr. GreBn, of" Green's Wollen Faciory," Fox River, and two of his sons, the youngest a youth. It is reported ihat while passing through a tribe of Indians, this young man killed a squaw. The tribe having become well advised of tho fact, hastened after tho company and oveitook them, and demanded tho murderer. Al first the demand was resisted ; but after tho Indians had informed ihem that they would destroy tho company if their re quest was not granted, ihe youth was surren dered into their hands. They then stripped him, and in tho presence of his father and the whole company, they skitincd him from his head to his feet. He lived four hours after he was thus flayed. Auctioneer. A bill has been introduced in to tho lower branch of tho Legislaiure, says ihe Easion Argus, providing thai after lhe first day of June next, any citizen of this State, re siding in Easton, who depositee twenty-five dollars into the Siaio Treasury, and a bond with two or moro sureiies for iwo thousand dollars, shall be appointed Aciioneer for the Borough, by the Governor. The bill requires the Auctioneer to pay into the State Treasury a lax or duiy of one quarter percent on all sales of loans or slocks, and one and a quarter per cent on all other sales made. All uncom missioned persons are prohibited from making sale, al public auction ol any merchandise, es tate or properly whatsoever, under penalty, of $100, except Sheriffs, Constablas, Executors or Administrators. Death oj an Eastonian m California.- Tho last arrival from California,bringi lhe news of the death of Frederick F. Randolph, at San Francisco, on the third of January last. He was a house carpenter by trade and loft a wife and several children lo mourn his laao,
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