Tflrtti HI immiU limn jcffcisoiuan ucpuluuaii. yb Hrs clay, I3.rii"l, 1852. sl . -- - - (gj- Gov. Bigler,. has appointed S. C. Bur- nelt, Esq., of this place, Aid decamp, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. B. well deserves the honor conferred upon him, and we regret that the profit of the appointment is not equal to the honor. It is our paiufnl duty to record the death of William W. Coolbaugh, who, as our read ers are aware, met with a very serious acci dent a few weeks since. Mr: Coolbaugh was an estimable citizen, and society has lost a valuable member, by his sudden and truly ; consisting of an old man, his wife, and a num melnncholy death. ' erous progeny of children of both genders. He died on Wednesday morning last, aged j Their residence is a log cabin of the poorest about 35 years. I description. It has a chimney or, at least, l ......I ( lm lm'nntn.tr P flin ivnn.In The Public Works and Hie Pub lic Taxes. The Lycoming Democrat of Feb. 21, con tains a most forcible and truthful article on the subject of the public works and their man agement The following extract present in a startling light facts which recent develop ments have proved, are but too true : "In round numbers, the debt of Pennsylva nia amounts to about forty millions of dollars, contracted in the prosecution of her public works. The interest on this debt, at five per cent., is two millions per annum, whjch must be paid in specie,or specie funds. According to the report before us, the gross receipts for all our public works, for the year ending Nov. 31, 1851, amounted to 1,793,024.82; the total expenses to $1,054,793.90 ; thus leav ing an apparent profit of 878,730.83. The apparent profit, therefore, is about 1 J per cent, on the total investment; and as the State has to pay five per cent, for the use of the money which she has invested in her canals and railroads, and only receives 1$ percent, from the investment, it is very clear that she is losing every year, by retaining the public works, the startling sum of one million two hundred and sixty one thousand dollars ! On an investment of fort' millions an ap- parent profit of -$733,730 S3 ! i ! That is, (taking last year as an average one) the State pays an annual interest of two millions in ; specie in order to earn $739,730 83 in a de-' predated currency. Nor is this all. up- wards of twenty millions of our State debt, one million of dollars of specie must be sent ) One million of dollars in specie! Just $261,- UuU li rnoic than the apparent prohts ol ttie s hole investment. (Conn.) News says that on last Sabbath morn- Xe say apparent profits; for we honestly ing, there having been a storm the night pre Lelieie, that Pennsylvania has yet to derive viously, the young man who has charge of the iirt;t dollar from her public works; that if. the meeting house in Cromwell, found on o a balance was struck between the receipts pening the stove an owl nicely caged therein, aud expenditures including interest money As the house had been locked, and the keys in the expenditures it would be seen that jn possession of the young man during the Pennsylvania has lost by her. public works, week, it is evident that the owl must have, during the last fifteen years, upward b of thir- ' Sante Claus like, come down the chimney, a ty millions of dollars! Tigures, they say, j distance of about forty feet, entered a five cannot lie: but they can be placed in such and a half inch stove pipe from the chimney, artful combination as to violate, in the most travelled through its dark recesses some iifty outrageous manner, tbe divine commandments J feet and then descended the pipe ten feet to touching lying and stealing. The Canal ' the stove, where, not able to continue his Board tells us in one breath that the profits explorations any longer, he awaited hisde of last year exceed S700.000, and in the next liverance. breath they recommend the absorption of near- : : Jy the whole of this fictitious sum in the pros- Mr. McCormick's Feat of Walking- Head ecution of new works or the remodelling of Downicards. The "Scientific American" old ones. But the Board is silent as the ; says that the feat is: performed upon well grave in regard to the amount required by known principles- of science, by using air the renewal fund. The amount used for or- ' pumps, and working them step by step, to ex tlinary repairs afford no satisfactory clue. tract all the air under appendages on his feet, AH who are at all conversant with the sub-1 so that the outward pressure on one foot will ject must concede that the annual wear and tear of canals and railroads exceeds two per cent per annum. This granted, -what be comes of the If per cent profits, or $738,730 -83 Why instead of earnining one cent, in addition to the payment of two millions of in terest money, we must also add $61,209 17 to the sum total of our annual losses. Tax payers of Lycoming county : Tax payers of Pennsylvania! ponder over this alarming fact: ' The public works of this State are now main tained at an annual losa of upwards of two millions: and you ye tax ridden, humbugged, deluded, cheated, swindled people have to foot that loss." Opening of the Canal. The Pennsylva nia Canal is now open for -business, and the first boats have gone west from Ilarrisburg. T'lio tttlll riOTirA oil flux 1!itlrnl yi)i?r for Uie transportation of goods that the great ; business of Philadelphia, New York, and all down east demauds. 1.. j 07It is stated that a number of ten and , twenty dollar gold pieces are in circulation a.t Pittsburg,having holes first bored through them, and then so nicely filled up as to render detection very dificult. j TUo Now York papow states ' lumb auvuii uuc uuu ui mc uvuouo in Brooklyn, u the City of Churches," are labelled " To Let." Cause increased rents demanded by landlords. Dwelling-houses that rented last May, for $300 per year, are up to 15 J, and in 80e locations more, and consequently a larger, number of people than usual are lending to give, up their old abodes. ' A western paper savs there is a &aaily .there so lazy 'that they intend to die "by subscription." The Wilis a:td the Presidency. The New York Express thus glances at the Presidency : So far as we are inform- . cd there" are but three gentlemen out of whom j it is nt present likely the nominee for the Presidency will be selected by the Whig Na tional Convention, Millard Fillmore, Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott. There may be ' other candidates suggested before or at the Conventiorii and so orallof lhcgcnllcnieiI 1 named may cease to be candidates by their . own choice, or otherwise, before the assem- bling of this body. The three gentlemen named are all of the highest distinction, and purest integrity; their fame is the property of ! the counUy, and they all rejoice in being members of the Whig party. We believe that either of them would receive the full support of the Whigparty, if regularly nom inated, and be elected by the people.1' Monstrous iTIode of Life. In the northern part of Indiana county says ! the Johnstown, (Pa.) Echo, resides a family, a Iire-piaCt;, uuu niv- mrciuuij ui iiic yuuuo and chatties may be summed up thus one cow, one bucket, one pot. The floor of the dwelling is of that description known among backwoodsmen as " puncheon;" consistmgof split logs laid side by side, in drills made in the earth the. split side forming the upper surface. This much for the domicil now for the occupants. The old gentleman may be venerable for aught we know or intelligent, or handsome; but he don't wear any clothing; neither does his wife; and we blush to say it, neither do the children. All of them are in a complete state of nudity except one. That one is the support of the family. He adopts the costume befitting a civilized and refined young man, and goes out to service, the pro ceeds of which Jabor procures sustenance fbr the rest. At night he comes home, provided with a bundle of straw, which supplies a bed for the family for the night and food for the cow next da He can seldom be induced to stay away from' home over night, but if he does, invariably sleeps on the floor. The bed of the family is a hole beneath the floor, made by scooping out the earth. When the weath er is cold, coals from the fire-place are scraped into it, and allowed to remain until the earth is warmed, when" they are removed, and the family retire to rest. Other circumstances, illustrating their customs are added, but we forbear mentioning them. The story is rela ted by a highly respectable individual, whose veracity is unimpeachable ; and the facts must have come to him very well authentica ted. or he wou,d not have made them known ; in fact, he has been in that section of coun try and has seen the cabin in which the fam ily reside. An Enterprising Oich The Middletown exceed his whole weight If he is 150 lbs. weight, it requires ten square inches of at- j mosphere pressure to balance that, for the atmosnheric pressure is 15 lbs. on everv sauare A A J I men oi uie earurssunace, tnereiore iuxio 150 lbs. This pressure must be on one foot while the other is being moved forward. The courage required to perform the feat is not small, and the labor is very severe and tedious. It is needless to say, that although the polished marble slab is the greatest won der to some, he could not perform the feat on rough porous boards. Horses. There appears to be no end to the number of droves of horses on their way from the West to the East. A larger num ber passed thro' Brownsville. Pa., last week, than was ever witnessed before, in the same length of time. 1 fi-i-A TrAntnn rorrnsnondent til II in Rnh. way Republican, a Democratic paper, berates roundly the Humterdon Democrat and the Warren Journal for their recent pronuncia- tnenlos against the nomination of eitherCass, Douglass, or Buchanan, for the Presidency, This correspondent is, we suppose, Mr. Shann, of the Assembly. He asserts that the editors of these two papers have lately been at Washington, on a visit to the different Democratic candidates, to see what could be riVL0 TlLa!.aj?i!r' .T nor Buchanan would give them a cent ; and hence, says the correspondent, their hostility to these candidates. He also says the Hun terdon Democrat has come out in an article two columns long, in laudation of Houston, and that a member of the editor's family has said that Gen. Houston has lately given a farm in Texas to one of the editor's children ! If the contest in the Democratic party, aa to the claims of their rival candidates for the Presidency, is to be carried on with any thing like the spirit manifested in this open ing skirmish, we shall sec rare sport goon, Trenton' State Gazette. Presidential. Pennsylvania. The. Opposition State Con vention at Ilarrisburg made the following nominations for Presidential-Electors : ForJhe State at Large George W. Wood ward, Wilson M'Candless and Robert Patter son. Districts 1. Peter Logan ; 2. George II. Martin; 3. John Miller; 4 F. W. Bockius; 5. It. McKay ; 6. A. Apple; 7. N. Strickland; 8. A. Peters; 9. Daniel Foster; 10. R. E. James; 11. John McReynolds; 12. P. Dumon; 13. II. C. Ever; 14. John Cleyton ; 15. Isaac Robison; 1G. Henry Fetter; 17. James Burn side; 18. Maxwell McCasIin ; 19. Jos. Mc Donald ; 20. W. S. Callahan ; 21. Andrew Burke; 22. Wrn. Dunn; 23. John b. McCai mont; 24. George R. Barret. The following gentlemen were also recorn-; mended as Delegates to the Baltimore Na tional Convention : For the State at Large James Campbell, Samuel W. Black, David R. Porter, J. Por ter Brawley, A. II. Iteeder, Luther Kidder. Districts 1. Robert Tyler; 2. James C. VanDyke, Chambers McKibben; 3. SD. Pat terson, John- G. Brenner ; 4. Peter Rambo, Henry Leech ; 5. J. B. Sterigere, Jacob S.. Yost ; G. C. W. Cooper, James W. Wilson ; 7. John N. Morrison, P. F. Smith ; 8. James L. Reynolds, William Mathiot; 9. Charles Kessler, W. M. Hiester; 10. J. L. Ring wait, John P. Lord ; 11. II. H. B. Wright, S. S. Winchester; 12. John Blancing, C. L. Ward;; 13. A. P. Wilson, W. L. Dewart; 14. John Wiedman, Isaac G. McKinley ; 15 Henry Welsh, James Gerry; 1G. S. IS.llencb, A. S. Wilson ; 17. George W. Brewer, John Stew-r art; 18.R. P. Flenniken, Isaac Hugus; 19. .Job Mann, J. M. Burrell ; 20. Thomas Cunning ham, Robert Donnejson ; 21. .David Lynch.v Matthew J. Stewart ; 22. Arnold Plumer; James E. McFarland ; 23. James L. Gillis, Joseph Y. James; 24. Alfred Gilinore, J..Fpr ey. ' The Steam Boat. We are now enabled to announce, to our readers, that the waves nnd the rocks ofithe, Delaware, have at last been passedby the, beautiful Steamboat, Maj. Wilei.vil Bar-: nett. -' ' On Saturday last, at 5 o'clock ih' the after noon, ehe proudly arrived at our shores, with' her decks covered with cheerful and hnppy passengers, and America's ever proud- and successful flag floating high in the pure breeze , that cornes from our distant mountains. When the signal was given of her arrival, the citi-' murderers of Mr. Jaggers. The man arrest zens en mass rushed to see and welcome her; ed at Stroudsburg was taken by officer Den and the cannon from Mount Jefferson, thun, man of Newark, as far as Dover, where it r 1 . .t , was made manifest UiaL he was innocent, and dcred forth its tones of welcome to Uie proud he was liberatcd Denman then came to symbol of the arts science, peace, and civil- ( Newton, and took the John Toole, who had ization, which was then majeslical ploughing been arrested at Stanhope, down to Newwark, the waters of the Delaware at this place. vh,erc he u;as examined on the 4th inst. and , , . -p. , , . , -i . fully committed. On his way to jail, Toole When moored to the Delawrres icy banks. npnL.c.n1 i- f , J confessed his participation m the murder, her officers and passengers were handsomely but said that a person named William Moore received by the Town Council, in a happy' was the chief perpetrator, and that at anoth and eloquent speech by the Hon. James M. er iitne he would confess all he knew. He n n - : ri,i-i 7o.. also stated that they had been lurking among Porter, President or the Board. A large pro- ., , . . , . M ' , the mountains together, endeavoring to avoid cession was then, tormed ot the thousands- ( observation and elude suspicion by disguising gathered at the Bridge, by the cannon's roar themselves ; that he had parted. with Moore and the shriek of the steam whistle, headed ' at Hackettstown,onthe20th ult.; that Moore by the Easton Brass Band, the Town Council and the officers and passengers of the Boat, who marched through town to the Ameri--can Hotel, where a splendid dinner had been provided by Mr. Connor. - The " Ma j.. William Barnet" remained at her icy wharf until Monday, when, she made, two pleasure excursions for five or six miles -i up the Delaware. She was loaded each timej; Jyeanwmie, Jonn tooie revealed to the an tt f u j i n 1 thorities, of Essex county (according to the with three or four hundred passengers. On . ewarl Mercury) a ea and cnnected Tuesday the made two or three more excur- : statement of the whole transaction. sions np the Delaware, for the gritification He says that on the day previous to the of our citizens, and to-day she will return to , Lamberlville. At the Steam Boats landingand reception,, we were struck with the happy coincidence j to see a small tribe of Indians led by their chief darting through the crowd with his head and ! feathers, high above the white man's. But a few years ago the site on which our Borough, ' now stands with its ten churches was the i """"fa b - I hitntmrr rrritirf rf fhn ImriTlv hut wiln finri ' savage iiidian. u was men ineir privilege ! and pleasure alone to cross and navigate the Delaware in their rude canoe ; but now the Indian looks with wondcr and deliSht uPon t,,e eam-norse at the rorhs or uie ueia- 1 tn vn ' ' rt i ri firtiiht'O r r mnrror Trior Inn iwMMi man, in power and greatness, is next to the' " Great Spirit." Easton Whig. Difference of a Decade. Sir Pertinax .Macsycophant,.(R. J. -)Valk-er,)4n 1842, wanted to secure Irishmen'sjvotes, for Polk and Taxes, and he sent the following toast to a Repeal Meeting in Pittsburg.inclosed in a letter, dated Senate Chamber, March 12,1842: , " Ireland. The hour approaches: ,when her glorious name shall be written by the God, of battles in the blood of her oppressors upon the Ecroll of independent Hepublics." In 1852, this same Mr. Walker is blarney ing England, as a paragon, and proffering A merican bayonetts to defend her Queen from an imaginary attack by the Continental des pots. It is the gold or the blood of the 'op pressor' he is after now. N. Y. Tribine. It is slated that rats are" killed in New Yorkhy a new 14 exterminator," at the rate of aborit 10,000 a day. On Saturday morn ing three wagon loads of dead rats were seen to leave Centre Market. It is also said that the rats are skinned, and their fur sold to Genin, by whom Uiey are cured and convert ed into muffs and boas and under a foreign, name, sold to Broadway belles at a high price. ,The Election in New-Hampshire, on.Tues day, resulted in the success of Dr. Martin (Loco) for Governor; the Locos have also, as near as we can foot up the returns. asniall :.. :. . ... r . -Li:.. - - i! iiiiijcuiiv i:i me Legislature. Canal Commissioner. , Wesee a number of our exchanges urging? the nomination of Jacob Ilojf man, or county", for the office of Canal Commissioner. Paul S. Prerton, of Wayne, is.. recom mended;. Either of them would doubtless make a good officer. We should prefer the nomination of the latter, partly because of his location; but chiefly of his goahead disposi tion, his sterling integrity, and his firm ness in maintaining the right. We say this not in derogation of the character of. any other candidate; but Mr. P. has peculiar qualifications for the office; has been several times spoken of for it; and wc should like to see him tried. He is one of your hardy pioneers of the , forest knows what is right in public matters and is not afraid, nor deficient in ability, to advocate it. One such man in the Board continually would be a serious ob stacle in the way of the corruption and plun der that has already aroused the indignation j of honest men of the dominant party, and led them to desire the abolition of the Canal Board. Bucks Co. Intel. The State Works. From a report made to the legislature by the Auditor General and State Treasurer, it appears that the cost of making5 our railroads and canals has been $30,057,077.56 ; expen ditures in keeping them in operation, $16, 925,256.38 ; and revenue derived from them $21,163,812.49. The interest on their cost has been $30,735,213.32. The account will stand about thus : The people of Pennsylva nia have paid or are liable for $77,717,547.24 oil account of -their public improvements; and have received from them $16,925,256.58 lea'virig a balance out of pocket of $60,792, 290186. Does anybody believe that incorpo rated companies would have lost to this ex tent, or to any extent, by the construction of these works 1 Not a bit of it. But because of the ' expenditure of money by the State Administration, the party managers have al ways opposed any other than the present ru inous system. lb. The niurdercs of Daniel Jaggers. We announced in our last, the arrest of two persons, one in Stroudsburg and the oth er at Stanhope, both answering the published description of John Toole, one of the alle;red had changed his name to William Kelly, and was at Cooper's Iron Works, on the Jersey Shore, one mile from Easton, and intended when he left there to go to New Brunswick, in this State. Denman started on Friday monrnig, upon this information, for Easton, in pursuit of Moore, but returned on Monday having made dilgent search at Cooper's Worlis,and throughout the vicinity, but with- out obtaining any trace of the fugitive. murder, Moore asked him it he did not wish to undertake a good job". He expressed his willingness and proceeded with Moore to Union township, where they staid during the night in one of the out-houses of Jaggers. He declares that he knew nothing of the design of Moore untiL the next morning at an early hour, when the latter told him that the old fellow who lived in the house had plenty of money, and that he meant to mur der him and obtain it. To this he (Toole) efrrtnfflu rec rA o n Tinrniinnti immmli'nfnlir i. - .? J. ' J efl jm anQ went away out lnat Moore re, mained and committed tbe deed. They came together to Newark, and the next day Moore informed him that they must run as suspicion was excited, and accordingly they left, and after separating from Moore, he had wander ed in, the mountains for several days. There can be but slight doubfof the arrest of Moore before long, and thus this bloody deed will inect with the accustomed retribution which follows crime. We arc certain from written and oral des criptions of Moore, that he was in Newton on the 25th ult., arid that he staid here or in the viciity during the night of that day, for we saw him when he first came into the village, and also the next morning as he was going put of town. This was two days be fore tfip handbills describing him, and offer ing 'a reward for his apprehension, were pos ted in Newton. There is no .improbabillity jn the conjecture that he may yet be lurking in our mountains. While here, he perhaps discovered that he was regarded with suspi cion and after leaving town he probably avoided the main'roads and thickly settled neighborhoods, and thus made it difficult to follow his coarse. Sussex Reg. Two Returned Gold Diggers. Two young men from this City, after having been two years in California re- . turned, last Wednesday, in good health, fine spirits, and a good big chip of the "root" having in their possession when they arrived at home, Sixty four Pounds of Gold dust which at 817 to the ounce would make $17,408. Their name is Beaven, They give a flattering account of the country and the mining prospects. It is thought that a few more such arrivals will vacate the " diggings" at Oarbondale entirely. Carbondalc Citizen. ' VTT They have got a new plan for the demolition of bed bugs in operation in North Carolina. It is by steani one wheel'catchcs them by the nose? another draws;thbir tepth, while a. neat piston rod purichos arsenic do wri their wind-. pipe, ' ' ' From the Harrisbiirg American. Corruption ou the Public Works. Mr. Editor, I observed in the published proceedings of the Legislature, that Mr. Wise, of Jefferson, introduced a resolu tion calling for the appointment of a com mittee for the purpose of investigating certain alleged frauds said to have been practiced on the Portage Railroad, in which it is believed that the people have been robbed of large amounts of money by the Public Officers. The committee was accordingly appointed. Subsequent ly in caucus, it was concluded by the friends of the Canal Board that such in vestigation would never do, for if hones tly made, it would bring to light a sys tem of favoritism and corruption that would place the Board in a very unfavor able position before the public. This would never do. The investigation must never be allowed to take place. Conse quently, next morning a motion was made to re-consider the vote appointing such committee. When it was again before the House, Mr. Blair Of Centre, introduced a gag, in the shape of a motion that unless spe cific charges of fraud and corruption were made no investigating committee should be appointed, nor such investiga tion take place, knowing well that that would not be done, and by that means the villainy of certain public functiona ries was covered, up. But" in order to deceive the people, a resolution was in troduced calling on certain officers for a statement of the work done, cost, &c, of said road. Now, who believes that such report would criminate the officer who makes it. Nobody. But if there is no fraud upon the road, why fear an investigation? The fluttering produced by the resolution shows that there is fraud, as clear as -a sunbeam, and the tax-ridden community should notice these things, and they should be kept before the people by the press, until their eyes are fully open to their interests ; and when they see that they are annually swindled out of thou sands of dollars, to raise which they are laden with taxes, they will see to plac ing men in the Canal Board without re ference to party, who will economize the expenditure of their money. A Citizen of Cextbe. Bis Hotels. Thfi'IIotel business' is knocking the wind out of the money bags in these days. A splendid new establishment has been lately opened in Philadelphia, called the Girardllousc. The furnituic costS90,000, and the rent is $25,000 a year. One set of rooms a bridal chamber is garnitured with 7,000 worth of furniture. Terras, 2,50 a day. In New York, the " Metripolitan" is the latest concern to.draw. Its furniture will cost Si 75,000 and the windows a lone 830,000. The motive power of this establishment consists of a steam engine of seventy-five horse power about the power of Pulton's first steamboat. By means of this " hot water assistant," a grimmy gentlemen in the cellar is ena bled to do " everything" scour knives, black boots, wash bed quilts, dry shirts, "hist" coal, warm plates, saw wood, cut up cold slaw, and whistle for the.- house dog. Next Agricultural Fair. At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee, of the Pennsylvania State Ag ricultural Society, held at Harrisburg, on Thursday, the 2Gth of February it was resolved that the next Fall Exhibi tion shall be held on the 20th21st& 22d of October, 1 852 ; and the subject of a place where it shall he held was referred to a committee consisting of Frederick Watts, David Mumma, and James Gow en. As it is the purpose of the committee to inquire what place will be most suita ble, and afford the greatest facilities and acomodations for the Exhibition, an op portunity will be afforded to the different towns and cities in the State to become competitors for it. Address Frederick "Watts, Chair man of tho Committee, Carlisle, Pa., The Scientific American says that something is wrong somewhere in the intercourse of trade between tho country and the city. In the city of N. York provisions have been high this winter, while the farmers in Wisconsin and Il linois have been selling their wheat as low as two, and two and sixpence, a bush el. Can a class of mere exchangers, or middlemen, have got the control along our railroads of all the trade? Potatoos arc selling in New York for ten shillings a bushel, while the price in the interior of that very state is three, and some say in many places, two shillings, a bushel. They can bo easily brought to market in the coldest of weather without freez ing. Pack them in kiln-dried saw-dust, and they will defy the frost on any day. BSf Philosophers say that shutting the eyes makes the sense of hearing more acute. Perhaps this accounts for the many closed eyes which are seen in our church es every Sunday. Congress. During tho present week Congress has been busily engaged in considering pri Tate bills, claims and memorials. The only matter from Pennsylvania that has engaged their attention, aside from pri vate claims, was the presentation of sev eral petitions, asking for an amendment to the tariff laws, so as to give a greater protection to iron and coal. The Army Appropriation Bill has been reported t;o the House, and referred to the commit tee of the Arhole. Late from Northern Mexico IMPORTANT FROM THE SEAT OP WAR. Charleston, March 14. The New Orleans Picayune gives the details of the late battle between the forces of Caravajal and the Mexican forces on the Rio Grande. Gen. Canales, in his official report, says that Caravajal was driven from Camargo in utter dismay across the riv ers San Juan and Rio Bravo, and that in the flight a large number of his men were drowned. Forty-eight of Carava jal's men are reported to have been found dead on the field of battle, and twenty four wounded. But other accounts say that Caravajal's forces numbered between two and five hundred, sixteen of whom were Indians, that they had a twelve pounder and a good supply of ammunition, and that they made a most desperate resistance, disputing the ground inch by inch. The Mexican forces charged on them fiercely with two hundred and fifty cav alry, which, caused one wing of Carav jal's forces, under Capt. Munez composed mostly of Mexicans, to make a regular stampede. They were followed by a number of Americans who never returned. The remainder of Caravajal's men stood firm and repulsed the charge, by a heavy discharge of canister, making a great slaughter of the Mexicans. The Mexicans made two more charges, but being repulsed, retired across the rim San Juan. It being midnight, Caravajal's forces also retired from the field. On hearing this, the. Mexicans return ed and took possession of the-field, seiz ed Caravajal's only gun, and one hund red and twenty stand of arms. Caravajal, in his report, says that he lost only ten killed, thirteen wounded, and three missing. The battle lasted two and half hours. The Mexican forces numbered seven hundred, with two pieces of artillery. Col. Johnson, .of Caravajal's force, was wounded. ITe reports that the los3 on the side of the Mexicans was upwards of one hundred, including ten officers of rank. He says that Caravajal's men were i seized with a second panic, and refused .' to again advance on Camargo, and all . left the field with the exception of twenty two, when he retired with them in good ' order across the river. The Veto Power. G ov. Bigler has already vetoed sever al bills, and the Democratic Union gives out that there is to be an indiscriminate use of this arbitrary power during the present administration. It hints that the Bank bills, though they may possibly pass the Legislature, will be strangled by the Executive. We hope this may prove true. We would like to see the Democracy take the responsibility of these measures upon their own shoulders, and we think the Whigs in the Legisla ture should not interfere in the passage of these bills at all. In our opinion they should step aside and let the Democra cy take the whole responsibility of pas sing them. In their presses and on the stump they are continually denouncing these institutions, and when they come before the Legislature they are amongst their warmest advocates. Nearly all the banks that are asked for, are asked by Democrats, so let tbem legislate them selves, and the people will see how they are humbugged on this subject. "We should like to see the Whigs in a body wash their hands of all participation in any legsilation for the charter of Banks. ! Distressing Mortality. The Jones bo 1 ro' (Tenn.) Democrat, of the i 9th ult., : states that a few days previous a disease ' similar to the cold plague broke out in the family of Rev. WmrReed of Wash ington county, of which three of his chil dren died within a few hours after they were attacked. A fourth. child was at tacked with this mysterious disease while j retuning from the Funeral, and died shortly afterwards. Rule for,.Calculating Interest at six per Cent. Multiply the sum by the number of days, and divide by G. For exam ple : 8378 by 93 days 35151685 85. 9. Sentence of Pirates. Tho. U. S. Su preme Court having refused a new trial to Reid and Clements, the condemned pirates at Richmond, Ya.tUey were on Friday sentenced to be hung on the 9th of April next. I 1 0 National Free Soil ConreMtion- The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Times, writing under date of March 8th, says : The national Frecsoil convention to nominate candidates for President and Yice-President is to be called in a few days, to assemble at Pittsburgh about the fourth of July. John P. Hale,. Charles Francis Adams, and John A. Dix, are spoken of as candidates for President. Mr. Halo at present seems most likely to get the nomination. For Vice-President, Cassius M. Clay of Ken tucky, and Lewis of Ohio, have been mentioned. The Buffalo platform will bo adopted as the basis of tho move ment. HARRIED, On tho lGth mat. by Rev. J. A. Watson, Mr. Jacob Snyder, of Carbon county, and Miss Mary Ann Miller, of Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa. On tho same day, by the same,, Mr. John M. Smith, of Middle Smithfiold, and Mwa Hannah Huston, of Stroud township.
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