Jcffcrsonicm Republican, Thursday, .Tunc 17, 1S52. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, Jacob Hoffman, of Berks county. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. SENATORIAL, A. E. Brown, James rollock. Samuel A. Turviancc. REPRESENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. C. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. I- William F. Hughes, Jainns Traquair, John XV. Slokcs, Jolm P. Vcrrec, Spencer Mcllvainc, James XV. Fuller, James Penrose, John Shacflcr, Jacob Mart-hall, Charles P. Waller, Davis Alton, M. C. Mcrcur. ATIVE. 1:1 NVr Miil(lle5nrth. 14. James II. Campbell, 15. James I). Paxton, 10. James K. Davidson, 17. Dr. John McCullock, IS. Ralph Drake, 19. Sohn Linton, 20. Archibald Robertson, 21. Thomas J. Higham, 22. Lewis L. Lord 23. Christian Meyers, 21. Dorman Phelps, Whig State Convention. At a meeting of the Whig State Central committee, held at Harrisburg on Tuesday, the 4th inst, it was resolved that the Dele gates to the late Whig State Convention bo requested to assemble in Philadelphia on the NINETEENTH DAY OP JUNE next, at 9 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacaucy occasioned by the death of the Hon. Richard Coulter. J. TAGGART, Chairman. C. Thompson Jones, Secretary. The Wilis: Convention Yesterday the Whig National Conven tion met in the city of Baltimore, to nom inate a candidate for President, and also a candidate for "Sice President. What its action may be we cannot pretend to fore toll with any certainty. If the wishes of the majority of the Whigs of the Union could prevail, Gen. Scott would receive the nomination, by a decisive vote ; hut from the influences that have been at work for some time, we feel no very strong confidence in such a result. The Washington correspondent of the North American, estimates that Gen. Scott can be nominated on the first ballot if it be considered necessary. He makes the following calculation, omitting South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, as 'they are not entitled to representation in the Convention, inasmuch as the professed Whigs in the two last States voluntarily surrendered their former limited organi zation, and the first has hardly ever had even the name, much less the oaganization of a Whig party." Arrreijate votes from Pree States, 176 " Slave " First Gun of (lie Campaign. A special election for member of Con gress in the 4th District, of Maine, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Andrews, took place on the 7th inst, and Isaac Peed, the Whig who was beaten by Andrews two years ago, is now elected by some 500 majority. This election took place in the midst of the Locofoco rejoicings, cannonades, &c, over the harmonious issue of their Balti more Convention, and may be taken as the first substantial response from Ncio England to the nomination of Pierce and King. N. B. The Whigs of that Dis trict go the entire for Winheld Scott for President. Foreign News. The arrival of the Baltic at New York, on Sunday last, furnishes ua with four days later advices from Europe. The nays however is not of important character. Cbtton and corn continue unchanged. In Fraice more refu sals to take the oaths of allegiance to Louis Napoldon arc announced, the refusals are principally from members of the General Council, no fewer than twenty-two or more of whom have ressigned their officers rather than take the oath of allegiance. Wc have nothing importaut from the balance of Eu rope, or from the East. The House of Representatives of the United States have fixed upon the lGth of August nest for the adjournment of Congress. Extensive Mail Robbery. Pittsburg, June 12. The agents of the Post Office Department have been actively engaged for several days in en deavoring to ferret out the perpetrators of the recent mail robberies, and yesterday succeeded in arresting Joseph Campbell, a barkeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, and his two brothers, and bringing them to this city. The mails robbed were those despatched from this city to the East, on the 0th and 7th inst., and it is supposed that upwards of 800,000 in checks and drafts were stolen. A number ot these checks and drafts were found in posses sion of the accused. (I Total, Necessary to a choice in full Conven tion, 143 For Gen. Scott Delaware 3; Maine S; i New Hampshire 4; Ycrmont 4 ; Rhode Island 3; -Connecticut 4; New York 30;! New Jersey 7; Pennsylvania 26; Ohio 23; ; Indiana 3; Illinois 11; Iowa 2; Wisconsin ! 5; Michigan 5; California 2 Total 150. For Mr. Fillmore Vermont 1; New York 3; Pennsylvania (Hazelhurst,) 1; Iowa 2; Michigan 1 ; Maryland 8; Vir ginia 15; North Carolina 10; Florida 3; Kentucky 12; Wi SQonsin 9; Louisiana G; Tennessee 12; Mississippi 7; Arkansas 4; Texas 4 Total 93. For Mr. Webster Rhode Island 1 ; Connecticut 2; New York 2; California 2; New Hampshire 1; Massachusetts 13 Total 21. Should any considerations induce Gen. Scott's friends to yield a part of this ori ginal force on the first ballot, and a sec ond ballot be bad he would secure the following additional votes: Massachusetts 8; California 2; Rhode Island 1; New Hampshire 1; New Yorkl; Connecticut 2; Vermont 1; Pennsylvania 1; Iowa 2; Michigan 1; Maryland2; Vir ginia 5 ; Kentucky 13; Loisiana 1 To tal 182 being 34 more than arc neces sary to a choice. E2TThe Houesdalc Democrat, of the 9th inst., Says: The Delaware and Hud son Canal Company has just declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, which is less than was anticipated by the share holders generally. The Company has negotiated a loan of 8300,000, on favor- 7G able terms, and has with-drawnits entire 117 stock of coal from the market for the present, in the expectation of realizing higher prices before the close of the season. TT T -r- - l .i- I JgsarilO, J AMES JL OLLUUK laiu ;i mem ber of Conirress, is recommended in sev eral quarters as the next Whig candidate for Governor in this commonwealth. A better selection could scarcely be desired. He lias capacity, popularity, and elo quence in his favor, to a degree surpas sing almost any other gentleman in the State. Rev. Hosca Ballou, the most distin guished minister of the Universalist de nomination in the United States, died at Boston, on the 7th inst., aged 81 years. Durins; the last month there arrived at the port of New York 33,858 foreign pas sengers. It is worth while to know what the respective countries are that have giv en us that great increase. The following is the true account, according to the books of the Custom-house: There arrived from Ireland 12,875, Germany 13,939, England 2,805,Scotland 718, Wales 450, France 1,472, Spain 33, Switzerland 027, Holland 317; Norway 1, Sweden 9, Denmark 37, Italy 01, Portugal 5. Belgium 10, West Indies 55, Nova Scotia 2, Sardinia 23, South Ame rica 15, Canada 4, China 1, Sicily 4, Mexico 9, Russia 2, East Indies 5, Greece 1, Poland 1. Total aliens 33,372. A large bald male Eagle, which with its inate had inhabited 'Dole's Woods,'at Strodwater, Maine,and reared young year after year, for forty or fifty years past at least, was shot a few days ago by a per son living in the vicinity. It had latterly got to be very ferocious, and had carried off two lambs, and turkeys, geese, and chickens without stint, and fearing that some child might be attacked and carried off by it, one of the owners of the woods reluctantly consented to have it shot. On Sunday last the female, after being absent for a while, came back with two others, determined apparently to keep possession of her old domain. So says the Portland Advertiser. The most painful and heart-rending affair that we have heard of in a long time, took place in Tioga, Pa., a few days since. A woman, whose name we have not learned, being crazy, deliberatly chop ped of the head of her child. 295 The American Miners in California, arc estimated at eighty or ninety thousand in number. Among these, it is said, there is a strong disposition to excel the Chi nese irold dinners. jy- We learn from the Warren Jour nal that a person named Isaac Decker, committed suicide by hanging himself, on the 4th inst., near Decker's Ferry, in Warren county, N. J. His body was not found until the next day. It was stated by some that an uneasy conscience was supposed to have driven him to the deed, while some believe it to have been caused by jealousy. The Trustees of the Bank of the Uni ted States, under the assignment to se cure the notes and deposits of the Bank, give notice that they are prepared to pay a dividend on the claims established a gainst their trust, in pursuance of a final decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, on presentation of the proper vouchers. Give your children education, and no tyrant will trample on your liberties. EriTArn. The Pittsburg Dispatch proposes the following epitaph, be placed t over the political graves of the renowned : fogies Cass and Buchanan, the principal victims of the Baltimore Butcher shop: Here lie old Cass and Jimmy Buck, By foes to earth untimely struck; Deserted by their former toadies They sleep in death alas the fogies! A Good Story. The New York Tribune, relates the fol lowing story of the Hon. JohnMeKcon. It says : Our friend John McKeon was down at Baltimore last week, 'going it,' i after his impulsive and whole-souled fashion, for Cass and nothing short, when a by-stander remarked, OIcKcon, you : hand better take things more quictlv : you may get into trouble if you talk so freely.' John scanned the large crowd , of New-Yorkers present with the practic ed eye of an ex-Discrict Attorney, and re plied, 'No, Sir, I think I 'know where I am, and who are about me. There, 'for example, is J. S., whom I once convicted of 'aggravated assault and battery, resul ting in homicide; there is M. M whom I tried for a felony; 'there Is I. R., whom I tried for conspiracy and convicted of riot ; there is J. A., whom 1 tried 'for murder and so on for a score or two. I don't believe there is anothor man pres ent who has so many tried friends about him as I have, and I shall say just what I please.' In Savannah, a merchant commencing busincs has to deposit with the authorit ies of the city the sum of 8500. Shbuld he fail in his merchandise he forfeits, the 8500. When you go out to drown yourself, al- wa xull of your clothes they may fit your wirtcoudJiUsljand UCalifomia continues to sustain her character as the land of wonders. .The Evening Picayune mentions an astonish ing product of her prolific soil, in the shape of an enormuos cauliflower. It weighed eighteen pounds, and was three feet four inches in circumference. What was peculiarly remarkable aside from its enormous dimensions was the fact that it was the growth of but six weeks from the time the seed was deposited in the soil. It was raised at the Mission Dolorc3. During the month of April, 7,555 pas sengers arrived at San Francisco, Califor nia, of which 422 were females 199 were children. Nearly one-half were Chinese. During the same time 1,915 passengers departed from the same place, 35 of which were females. Latest from California. 500 Passengers and 81,600,000 in Gold. The steamship Illinois arrived at New York on Saturday morning, with over 81.800,000 in gold dust on freight and in the hands of passengers. She brings the mails, and San Francisco dates of ilfay 18th a fortnight later. The Legislature adjourned on the oth ult., after a session or four months. Some 70 bills were passed, among which were bills for the funding of 8000,000 of the State Civill Fund, the War Fund, and the floating debt of tho country. Also, auth orizing the receiveing of the unfunded State Warrants for the payment of the Shool Fund. The northern part of the State had been tho scene of more Indian difficulties. Gov. Bigler was ill of billious fever, but not considered dangerous, at the last ac counts. It is said that there arc about 12,000 Chinese in California, only 7 of whom are women, and large numbers are expected. A company in Downievillo is taking out one thousand dollars per day, and seem to think it only tolerably good work. Big Fish. A sturgeon was caught in the Sacramento river near the city,which weighed one hundred and thirty pounds. ilfr. Alexander Bell, of New Jersey, had been robbed at Panama of 83000 JGSTAt New Orleans they have ripe peaches,and at Cicinnati ripe watermelons the latter brought from New Orleans. E. Z. C. Judson, better known as Ned Buntlinc, who served out a year in the Blackweli's Island Penitentiary, for his participation in the Astor Place Riot,has been indicted at St. Louis for inciting the late election riots there. 'Well, you may say what you please about-Captain Speckle's meanness theres one thing I know, and that is, he saved my life three times at the battle of Cha pultcpeke.' 'How so?' 'Why every time he ran away I follow ed him,' Gun. Scott's Religiota. We have received some half dozen let ters inquiring whether Gen. Scott is or is not a Roman Catholic, and intimating that the answer will materially affect his vote, should he be nominated at Balti more, says the New York Tribune t and to which it replies in the following excel lent spirit : We beg leave to answer all at once that we don t know to what reli gious denomination Gen. Scott is attached; and if we did know wc should not say in reply to any such applications as we have received. That Gen. Scott is an honest, con scientous, God-fearing, law-abiding man, is abundantly known ; further than this, we hold that no man has a right to in quire, with a view to the vote he is to cast for President. We know and detested men who electioneered against John Quin cy Adams because he was a Unitarian ; we knowthat the Chief Justice of the U nited States is a zealous Roman Catholic, but wc never heard anybody intimate that his integrity or fitness for his high station was at all affected by that circumstance. Gen. Scott, we have understood, is an Episcopalian; but wc never inquired what church he attended, and never shall in quire. It will be a sad day for our coun try when any considerable number of votes for President-can be influenced, one way or another, by the religious profes sions of the rival candidates. From the Daily News. " No man, except he who is grossly ignorant, need ask "who is Franklin Pierce." Pennsylvania of Monday. "He has been Governor of New Hamp shire." Fennlvanian of Monday. Ih never was Governor of New Hamp shire. Who, then, is amongst the Grossly Ignorant. June 10th. From the National Intelligencer. Highly Interesting Statistics. Wc arc indebted to the Superintendent of the Census for the opportunity of plac ing our readers in possession of the follow ing table, exhibiting, in a luminous ar rangement, facts of great interest, and in many instances really surprising, and a rapidity of increase of population the like of which was probably never before seen upon earth. population of the principal Cities and Towns in the United States, with their decennial increase per cent from 1840 to 1850. Cities and Towns. 9P 9 a o o 8.027 15,218 5,314 5.141 20,790 15,032 9,089 11,484 7.497 JJjIn Missouri, Col. Benton in a speech opening the Congressional canvass, declar ed himself in favor of protecting iron bp specific duties; said that the Polk, Dallas, and Walker Tariff of 1 340 was a humbu". and to persist in it would ruin the coun try; that 1000 tons of Welsh Railroad iron was arriving at St. Louis, which ought to have been made at home out of the nearly pure iron ore in that state; that in Venango and Mercer counties, Pa., there were thirty two blast furnaces, now but one in operation ; that in Clarion Co., Pa., the Sheriff had a number of Furnaces under execution ; and that throughout that State three fourths of the iron es tablishments were closed up since the pas sage of the tariff law of '46." Com. Stockton has avowed similar sen timents in the Senate, whilst other mem bers of the same party have proclaimed doctrine essentially and precisely the op posite ! Yet all are Locofocos, working for the part', not indeed bound by a com mon principle, but a common passion the love of the "spoils of victory the "cohe sive power of public plunder." Terrible Fatality. On Thursday afternoon last two sons of Mr. Thomas Finney of Halifax township in this county were instantly killed by light ning ; and two others were seriously in jured, one so severely that his recovery is despaired of. There were four broth ers setting under an apple tree, in the lot in which they were at work, where they had taken shelter from the storm. The bolt of electricity did not injure the tree in any way, but killed two of the four brothers, and dreadfully burning another, who was lying in a very precarious con dition. The fourth, a lad about eight years old, was sitting in the lap of the el dest brother, at the time. The elder brother was killed instantly, and the young est escaped with being only stunned. A Dog lying by them was also killed. Tho age of the two brothers killed was 18 and 11. The one so seriously injured is aged 14. This awful dispensation is most dis tressing to the parents and family of the deceased. Ilarrisburg TelegrajM, 9th inst. 33.721 18,213 20,191 5,094 19,334 12,782 10,006 9,125 4,665 8,933 5.824 Bangor, Me Portland, Augusta, Bath, Manchester, N.H. 3,235 Boston, Mass., 9d,dSi Lowoll, Salem, Roxbury, Charlestown, Worcester, New Bedford, 12,087 Cambridge, 8,409 Lynn, 9,367 Springfield, 10,985 Taunton, 7,645 Providence, R.I.23,171 New Haven, Ct.,12,961 Norwich, 7,239 Hartford, 9,468 N York City, 312,710 Brooklyn, N.Y. 36,233 Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Williamsburg, Troy, Syracuse, Utica, Poughkeepsie, Lockport, Oswego, Newburg, Kingston, Newark, N. J. 17,290 Patterson, 7,59G New Brunswick, S,663 Philad'a. city, 93,605 exclusive of" 164,372 Pittsbunr, , Alleghany, Reading, Lancaster, Wilmington, Del. 8,367 Baltimore, Md. 102,31 3 Washington,D.C.23,364 Richmond, Va., 20,153 Norfolk, 10,920 Petersburg, 11,136 Wheeling, 7,885 Charleston, S. C.29,261 Savanna, Ga., 11,214 Mobile, Ala., 12,672 N.Orleans, La. 105,193 Lafayette, 3,207 Memphis, Tcnn., 2,026 Nashville, 6,929 Louisville, Ky., 21,211 Ciucinnati,Ohio.46,333 Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Chillicothe, Zanesville, Madison, la., Chicago, 111., Detroit, Mich., 9,102 St. Louis, Mo., 16,469 Milwaukie, Wis.,1,712 21,115 18,089 8,410 8.417 Oyster Shells for Trees. An observer writes as follows : " One of the best ap plications I have ever made to fruit trees, in an old and barren condition, is a com post in which finely broken oyster shells were the principal ingredient. The shell has generally a large per ccntage of saline matter attaching to it, in a fresh state, with some animal matter, and much lime. By breaking them and mixing them with wood ashes, and spreading it thickly a round old trees, an almost immediate and a decided improvement will take place." The Isthmus of Panama is now crossed in half a day instead of 5 or 6 days as formerly. During the present summer men will witness the locomotive puffing on the Atlantic border, and within two hours will hear it snort on the Pacific side. The two great oceans will then be connec ted, and doubling the " Cape" will be all but suppressed. The whole Indian, Chi nese, and Japan trades will then be hur ried across this famous pathway 6,048 6,071 6,017 3,977 4,706 3,798 4.470 14,432 20,815 8,225 3,020 13,932 136,871 33,333 20,264 18,364 17,216 17,959 16,443 15,215 14,257 11,766 10,411 41,512 20,348 10,265 13,555 515,507 95,838 50,703 42,261 36,403 30,780 28,785 22,271 17,565 13,944 12,322 12,205 11,415 10,233 37,894 11,333 13,387 121,376 287,386 46,601 21,261 15,748 12,365 12,979 169,054 40,001 27,482 14,326 14,010 . 11,391 42,985 16,060 20,513 119,461 14,190 8,839 10,478 43,196 115,436 17,833 17,034 10,977 7,100 7,929 8,005 29,963 21,019 77,860 20,001 o o J 5 3 67.28 30.77 54.77 56. 330.67 46.56 60.52 34.35 102.04 49.91 127.41 36.03 80.93 52.2 7.1 36.57 69.15 56.98 41.8 43.16 64.85 167.26 59.53 132.03 80.29 504.24 48.83 37.41 39.35 39.04 161.62 27.78 75.7 124.95 49.26 54.53 29.58 74.83 120.7 110.73 73.25 46.9 67.07 65.23 71.2 36.36 31.19 25.8 44.46 46.9 43.21 61. S7 16.39 342.46 356.27 51.21 103.05 149.11 195.68 130.51 80.92 73.52 66.36 110.76 570.31 130.92 372.76 1071.78 Where do all the Eggs come fro3i? There are daily some one or two hun dred barrels of eggs received in New York by the Erie Railroad, and porba bly as many more by the various other roads and Hudson river. One hundred barrels of eggs were received in the steamer Empire City, which arrived last week from New Orleans. This is a curi ous fact in the history of the egg trade. Cincinnati eggs traveling to New Orleans a distance of fifteen hundred miles over the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Atlantic to the city, fifteen hundred miles more, constitutes one of the wonders of modern commerce. Such a voyage was hardly contemplated by the Ohio hens when they cackled so proudly over their pro ductions New York Express. Cuba ag ain threatened. A Havana correspondent of the Tribune writes,under date of May 30th: 'The excitement arising from a report to the effect that preparations were being made in the United States for the purpose of invading this Island, was considerably increased by the Isabel, from Charleston, bringing, it is said, dispatches to the Gov ernment, with information that the invad ers were about to embark or had done so. This news, which was soon whispered a bout, with the active preparations of army and navy, the consultation of the author ities, the sailing of men-of-war, &c, and other things done to meet the danger, have added much to the anxiety felt by all parties. When I speak of excitement, I do not mean to say that which a stranger could see, but such as a person mixing and conversing with the community in general can observe when such exists. I mako this remark that mistakes and contradic tions may be avoided. 'The merchants and the Spaniards curse the fillibusters, but the Creole pop ulation, at least in the cities, wish their arrival. It has been rumored that there has been a rising in some part of the Island but as some five or six days have passed since the report was first circulated, it is more than probable that it is false; par ticularly as the place is not mentioned, nor has the mail, which has brought news from all parts of the Island, brought I any information of consequence" Gen. Pierce in Congress. We find in the Washington Repuhr the following record of the Congrcssio'0 al doings of the Democratic candidate t the Presidency : r In his second Congressional term l distinguished himself by his hostility f harbor and river improvements. In j 1830, he voted against the bill maki additional appropriations for the Dei ware breakwater, and for certain harbo and removing obstructions in and at th' mouths of certain rivers, and for oth purposes, tor the year 1830." a r days subsequently General Jackson signal At the same session Mr. Pierce Yotc(T against the bill "making approimntw ! for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned," which was aho if 1 .1 .l 1... 1-1 r . "l , icrwarua appiuv uu uy uen. j ackson. Ky the same session he voted against 11 the bill to continue the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois" This was on the 29th of June, and on tho 2nd of July Gen. Jackson siznad tint i very Cumberland Road Bill. There i- no "noiso or confusion" to prevent us from arriving at Mr. Pierce's opinions on the question of improvements. He is against all improvements of roads rivers and harbors by the Federal gov' ernment, and committed against them on the journals of the House positively and repeatedly. If, in the event of his elec tion, should he ever be called unon to sin an improvement bill of any name or na ture, our western friends may look out for a veto. How will it read in Iowa, Illinois, along the Mississippi and the great lakes, " Franklin Pierce, and down with internal improvements !" But this is merely en passant. On the 21sfc of February, 1837, Mr. Hubbard presented in the Senate the cre dentials of Mr. Pierce, elected a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, to serve for six years from the 4th of March, then following. During the session of 1837 38, he recorded himself against 3 harbor bill that was voted for by Mr. Bu chanan and by Mr. Wright; for Mr. Pierce went with the extremes. At the same session he voted against a bill for the benefit of the Alabama, Florida, ami Georgia Railroad company, which was a measure of such a character that cvcii Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Grundy voted for it, and Mr. Pierce found himself in a mi nority of six in opposition. But it was enough that the bill contemplated "inter nal improvement." At the same sessioa moreover, Mr. Pierce gave a vote which we desire to submit to the particular at tention of those of our western friends, who are soliciting aid from the General Government for building their railroads. They should know that the Democratic nominee set his face as a flint against all those projects. A bill was before the Senate for the " benefit of the Mt. Gar mel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana" providing for a grant of alternate sections along the road, the Company contracting to carry tlu ?nails for twenty years without charge to the Government ; which would pay the Government at the rate of one dollar and six cents for each acre granted. Mr Clay and Mr. Webster voted for this bill . Mr. Pierce, in entire consistency with his whole course on this cognate subjects, vo ted against it! We should like to know if our friends, Messrs. Henn and Clarke, of Iowa propose to go into the next canvass before their people as the advocotes of a candidate who is not only pledged against the improvement of rivers and harbors, but against granting any Federal aid by the appropriations to railroads even on the condition of their carrying the United States mails twenty years for nothing. We do not propose, just at present, to follow Mr. Pierce through his Senatorial career. It is enough for our purpose to show that, as far as their especial inter ests arc concerned, our western friends would have found them much better cared for by Mr. Douglass or Gen. Cass than by Mr. Pierce. It seems to us that they have been a little overreached in the idea that Mr. Pierce's Legislative career was a mere "blank sheet of paper." It is writ ten over with some awkward committals. His most elaborate speech in the Senate was against the bill for the relief of Mrs. Harrison, the widow of the lamented Gen eral. Important Arrests. Charge of Coun terfeiting. On Tuesday, officer Reed, of the Chief's Office, received a telegraphic dispatch from the authorities of Philadel phia, stating that one Gus. Smith, said to be a notorious counterfeiter, had taken the morning train for this City; and re questing that he might be arrested, as he was wanted in Philadelphia to answer a charge of passing counterfeit money. Mr. Reed, accompanied by officers Radford and Allison, accordingly repaired to tho depot to await the arrival of the boat, and from the description of Smith, which was 1 contained in the dispatch, they soon re ' cognised him. On finding himself caught, heattempted to throw away a roll of coun 1 terfeit bank bills, but was detected in the : attempt, and the bills were taken from him, which proved to be counterfeits on the Commercial Bank of Philadelphia, of the denomination of 85 amounted to 840. Two other individuals were found 1 to be with Smith, whose names are John Young and Valentine G. Crosby. These men the officers also arrested on suspi- cion, and on searching them, found in ' possession of Crosby S265 in counterfeit I 85 bills on the same bank. The trio were committed to prison until yesterday, when they were sent to Philadelphia in charge of two police officers from that city. Tho counterfeit is a new one, and is so admi rably executed that the best judges aro liable to be deceived by it. It is supposed that a large gang of rascals are engaged, in circulating these bills. Tribune lltft inst.
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