- ir n i in "i - 3r.sw
a-r. L Mptkr& i
5lTaycViUan ItcpUbliCan.',
. : !
Tiirnxia y. Fo!rt:s5ry IT, IS53.
jjj3 Hon. 31. M. DnniiCK, member
of Congress from this District, has our
thanks for a valuable public document.
Can'-vl Commissioner. A number of;
names arc mentioned- by our Whig co
lemporaries for the office of Canal Com
missioner, among which are those of Jacob
L. Gossler, af Philadelphia, FT. Jones
Brooke, of Delaware, Moses Pownall, of
Lancaster, Joseph W. Mifliin, of Cum
berland, and W. T. Wilson, of Clinton.
For Auditor General, a correspondent of
the Harrisburg Telegraph mentions the
name of A. K. McClurv, of Chambersburg
The LvstCvt or tiieC-vbinet It
ia now rumored that Gen. Pierce's Cabi
net is to consist of the following named
gentlemen: ,-. . t
11. M. T. iTunlcr, of ra., Secretary of
St-jtc; . .
IIdwcII Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary of
tlie Treasury;
Robert M. MeLane, of Maryland, Sec
retary of the Interior;
Robert F. Stockton, of Now Jer?er,
S cretarv of the 2s aw:
Jihn L. Diiwon, of Pa, S ecretarj of
War;
Samuel M.'dary, of Ohio, Postmaster
Centra!;
John Slide, of Louisiana, Attorney
General.
Opening of the Canal. We learn from
Mr. Wilson, the gentleman!' Secretary of
the Board of Canal Commissioners, that
irdershavc been given lo the ofiieers of
the main iinc of the canal, to have it pre
pared for business on the first of March ;
nnd that if no physical obstacleintervcnes,
the main line will be opened about that
ti toe. l)ir.syivania. Telegraph.
Pcaasj Iraata Bsndsi
The State Treasurer of Pennsylvania
pros notice, under date of the 20th Jan
nary, to the holders of the past due five
perV?nt. bonds of the Stale to present
tho same at the Treasury Department, at
llai risburg, for payment. If any holder j
fchall refucc or neglect to surrender the j
i-ortiCcaics aforesaid, the interest thereon I
shall cer,.c to be paid by the State within
tdxty days after this notice.
ilfIVnnrv finl .1 nim ilorit if ic cmri
nave been indicted by the grand jury of
Chester county, for kidnapping Rachael ;
Parker the colored girl lately declared
free on trial in the Baltimore County
. Ti . , i j i a -r.. i
Court. It is also said that Gov. D.gler
will make a demand on Gov. Lowe for '
their surrender.
G EMi R A l Pierc r's Pirst Appoint- !
KENT. The Portland Advertiser, refer-
rins to the new carriage about to be pre- !
facnted lo Gen. Pierce, says he has ap
pointed Mr. Win. 11. Mitchell, of Port
land, who now drives for Gibson, his
coachman. The Advertiser adds that lhc
is a good Whig, and as fine a fellow as
ever snapped a whip.
A mechanic in Piussia is said lo have
succeeded in making a steam man. It is
probably one of the most interesting in
ventions ever offered -lo the public. It is
a large colossal statue, the feet of which
are placed upon wheels on a railroad, and
he goes thundering over the course, the
smoke pufling out of his nostrils in a man-
ner to give the appearance of Satan as '
pictured out in Revelations.
Heavy Verdict
In the Court of Common Pleas, of New
York, Judge Paine rendered a decision
against John Laubcr.stein, and in favor
of Joj-eph Baur, in the sum of 510,000
for biting off the cud of plaintiffs nose,
thouogh it was said the plaintiff had pre
vious attacked the defendant, and se
verely bitten his thumb.
XtS-Soldiers' Land Warrants arebring
iug fair prices, at present, in New-York.
The quotations are : For J GO acre war
rants, from 160 to S1G4 80 acre war
rant, 83 to 835 40 acre warrants, 43
to 844.
Important Questions. Put -throe-, ques
tions to yourself ba?Qr i speaking. evil of
any one. iV.-u(Isjt,tiiuc 1 1 Seconds-'
it kind T THl'rd; JUit.naosssaryt !
-t uictic i i itiiiiiirs had pictured to hcr in le- k elonupnee- er m wnicu ooinvuie naa taiien passage, i. , b i mi v -
T udu JJ.UU1..U w nu ii jiiv. ,iK uuijutnu, j o greater. . Ion Fndav cvenintr. The dinner is un-
LargC Egg. We sec that a bill has been reported and more than this she would not remain touched at that port, and joined the com- i dcr,fcood t"Q hav(J a splended af-
The B-luderc Intelligencer Fays : J. in the Senate proposing for the election i:i membership with the denomination that panj for Green Jiay. boon aker 'leaving , "fhc NT Pension La I fair, and to have elicited several very
c?.- i -i j . ii . , r n reaches but declines to nraenoe nml iuauitinac, Ine 1 rincc was introduced to 1 , ' , A, ,. . , ;
M. S ,ger exhibited to ns a hen s egg, a 0f a Superintendent of State Printing, and a due ibrm of law Williams b y the Captain of the steamer, i The following is the form in which the PPy peeclies from the distinguished
Stherwf W "v M t0 rCpeal kW givi"S h t0 thG l0"eSt thereupon down from McGrawile At the firatht of Villianrs, he became new Pension law was passed, as agreed Q0 000 BoW & reporled
meaur,s ei,ht inches and an eighth one LHder' Tbis move is nbtcdly de- comes the blushing Allen decked in fi ? fh COmmittee of shipped fVom Australia to England since
w'.v am -is and half th othr j signed to enrich some favorite party prin- wedding garb, and on Sunday morning quivered but soon recoenng bin self, he ; the two houses: previous advices
' " I ter at the expense ofthe Treasury, and ne half woke from ponderous sleep and engaged him in .conversation 1 his con- J fie it enacted by the Senate and House 1 1 Rev.Dr 11' 0f London, has commit-
TvnfTm vn "Iwnv i-p-rvr Willnn ! i nc r i thought he heard playing on the air such tued most of the time until their arrival 0f Keprcsentatives of the United States I ,Pfl - ' '
1DI. TED FOR lviDNAriNG. llliam ve hope the Senate, a majority of whom c? m,,;, J at Green Do v the next dar. The Prince r A , Ln n.n tk.i ; ted.suic.lde- . .
1
Bkxa-tk. .biindrvpeitioiiS,mcmonali',
. ever wore -presented and reterreu.
Mr. Forsyth read" iu place a bill pro
j vitli iiir for an amendment of the Consti-
tution of the State, in rclatien to the elec-
tion of members of the Legislature.
Sevcral unimportant local bills were
considered and passed..
! The bill to amend the charter of the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company,
was aken up.
The bill to empower
to grant relief in certai
up and passed finally.
The Senate then adjourned.
ITarrisbung, Feb. 12.
Senate. Mr. Uuckalcw read in place
b enate. 31 r. JJuckalcw read in place
a bill to authorize the Central Coal Com-
pany to construct a railroad.
Mr. Fry read in place a bill to incor-
porate a company to construct a rauroan ,
from Ailentowu, in Lehigh eounty, to I
. i j
Heading, Iierks county. t
' J . 1
Sevcral other local bills, making about j
i Ulll'tV 1T1 fill VPn !1 I sfl naSSP a 'lllinil'
1 ' T il T 1 I
J 5 1 ' i
them tuc lonowing: ;
The supplement to the act inenrporat-
ing the Lackawana and Bloomsburg
o fa j
Kailroad Company.
A further supplement to the act incor-!
poraling tne Oatlawissa, W linamsport . .
and
d Erie Bailroad Company. t j
A supplement to the act incorporating'
the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad
n - .
Company. .
lheb.ll to incorporate the Stippack
Plank Road Comnanv.
To incorporate tho Green Tree and
Christiana Turnpike and Plank Road
Company, and to authorize the Commis
sioners of Lancaster county to borrow
money.
To consolidate the Lackawanna and
Western, and Delaware and Cobb's Gap
Railrond Companies.
To attach the counties of Bradford.
Susquehanna, Wyoming and Luzerne to
the Eastern District of the Supreme Court,
T
one
sion, having yesterday adjourned over
until Monday.
CST"Very little additional busines will
be done at this session of Concress. There
! are but about two weeks more of the
discussion about foreign affairs shall be
t concluded, and the cue given to the for-
eign policy of the nest administration, it
will be time for Congress to act upon the
Appropriation bills.
Wl,:n :n : :t .1 .
go-by. .;
For three years past, under the present '
law, the State Printing has been done bv !
the lowest bidders, T. Fesn & Co. and,
notwithstanding the greatly increased a- ,
mount of work, has cost the Stain hnf. a
I i.!(1a nn fon nflfl 1 I
. iiiiuc uei J4U.UUU uei aiiuuiii wuereas,
b"' a ars under the old law,
. . u" V " . - ;
11 WSfc
, 000 a year ! By the present law, accor-'
; ding to the Telegraph, more than half a ;
! million dollars have already been saved i
;. ., 0l . , . . , ,., , j
j to the State ; and it ,s scarcely credible
. that, our legislators can be SO unwise as
jto return to the old depleting system. If;
j the same principle were adopted with re- i
i irard to all tlm nnl.lm wnrlr nMrb- n mv. !
j, , .A. ,
honest industry. Hence the determined
oppositien to the "Lowest bidder" system.
The drones never relinquish their claim
to ine nive wituout a acspcrate struggle :
and
" 77ife rogue ne'er felt the hallrr draic
Willi good opinion of the law.
i ii i -.i i . ,
Rabbi Joshua once met a boy who' car
ried something in a covered vessel. "My
bovj" said the Ilabbi, what have you in
vour covered vessel I" "If it was intend-
ed for you to know," replied the boy, "it
would not be covered. '
Steam works wonders. Patent medi
cines are made in great quantities by it.
The property of James B. Clay, Esq.,
son of the late Henry Clay, six miles
north of St. Louis, was sold on the 26th
ult., at private sale, to Archbishop Ken
rick, for So0,000. There are 320 acres
in the.tract. It is to be used in part as a
in the.trac
Catholic C
cmetcry.
t.-i . . xi a k " ; l 1 f
he benate then, at twenty minutes to lul-h a cenai peuuuie negro, counecteu
, , . , tri"f?i rn, TnHfnti'nn noliri Pr.-,fniri- Ai i became a missionerv amonf?
ocloclr, adiourncd. ' ; - v
II0USE.-The House was not in scs- len'. and rsell, became enamored oi , removal oi e yuer
hon a year would be saved, But it is net imU)Cdiately. He responded that he knew vocacy of a dissolution of the Federal U- cxpiration of tho half-pay provided for ' dc,d JjLauchaiuP. an agcd Pccr 13 alt,
to be expected that those who have long what he was about and was a free man mon- Gen- James JST. Eethune will be its : by the aforesaid acts: Provided, howcy- j '
fed and fattened at the public crib will' in a free country, and should do as he editor, and Messrs. Kcynolds and Yar- ' cr That in case of the death or marriage i V Etria Advertllcnicnt.
be content to be kept u)ou short a'lor-1 Pssd. By this time the outsiders could borough publishers. The following para- 0f such widow before the expiration of The following advertisement appeared
n,i,. nr - . f .l .... ' .' i be held no longer, and the window cur- graPh iVom t,ie prospectus affords an in- said term of five years, the half-pay for in the Buffalo Rough Notes the other day,
ancc, or to enter into lair competition with - , - fr;,,,, n,.r u,.n Hxt into the future policy of the Corner oxn rmnn,Ur nf form i,nii A and is full v ud with the times. It takes
. 1'fiVO" 01 liaU ii V0iliiiw!i
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Congress Dispersed at the point cj inn
Buyout t.
New-Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 9,1853.
The schooner Aguilla, from Vera Cruz,
onngs us mgniy inierenug ua num
the
no
Cevalos. finding Congress refractory,
City of Mexico to the 20th Jauuary. otUer than liouis AVii. ot trance, the j "'g" wu.uiuU;anuu uum ; rope.
Ti,rt n!t.B xu. h.d finallr ro- Daunhin of revolutionary history, son of i Uaa . 1 ie .r?Son naa sunereu , The most j
iuiwu in liny w .uw.uuva. t i way also, the louowinff accounc. ouraineu Montitro (j
Un the evening oi the luui, rresiueni cipai pouits in uunuus uu '""" ( irom the lirst
, , ' played the part of Cromwell introduced
Orphans' Courts,)1 . . - ,,. . . Tr n
,1a large body of soldiers into the Hall,
n caaet, was a cen cearctj jfc 0f thc members at the
J illiU VHitiVlA IV VI W 1 UlVliiUWl UU bUU
point of the bayonet. On the same even-
iug, he issued a decree calling a National
Convention, to meet at the Capitol on the
15fch of Jm q rcform the Constitutionj
, - President, and exercise Loir-'
. , .
lie also gave orders to
, L- -..
Cr0VCrnment troops Lo cease hostilities
trQo q
now 3 hJ0 bGOn sLar(ea
, .. .. - . . .
aavocating the return of feanta Anna.
r- . , t y T -wv , .!
I ci.r At elll l)n . il t; A-n '
vuiussia ui ti waaiyii.. iiiunicn
13OSTON peb 11. Thomas Casev, who
;3 in jail on a cha c of mmawin buvra
T, and hi, -f" .f XWr in Sctem -
iayio ana hi wire .it jtitu, in aeptcm-
ber last, has made a full confession of
jl5s ilt 1Te s g j10 quarreiicd with
T a l nhont half a l1oa nd hile(1
him, and that Mrs. Taylor being awakec
br the struggle, came to the door, when
! also lcd her v'ith au CaseJ is
20 years of asje.
.
f he aittTCS of a YOHHC Girl
wa ??-
WEO nitnttUlO lTiarrv a WfCTOi
a r :r ...
o
rO Ol OUltC an
excitinff time, on Sunday evening last.
Th. rv s f!lw Ir TC;,
i
years pa.i, ue na. Kepi, at .-cnooi at tnaj
n n .- nf , '.nVr.ni-' i.t;iit;.-. .., nA Ur.
McGrawville College, located south of us
in Cortland county. While there, it seems
17 1 U 11 W Ik. Ill'' "Ul 111 I 1 I UI 11)11 -y 11,(1 I III.
tion
th
the hymeneal arms of anti-alabaster
aamoo. i no parents remonstrated ana
begged, and got the brothers and sisters ;
n i mt
iu u" -me
. nnmin-r f hiikp rn-! Hpf.-rm noi n nnr.
. ... r...
taut
thei
had
:c dulcet sounds in break of dav,
ntothedreariiinhridcgroo.-n'sear,
n him to marriage.'
That creep in
And summon
ut CVGlling cainej aiul as the anxious
-p "TV,
celebrated under tne Ptevcrend father;
roof they withdrew to Phillip's tavern oi
3
thp. wst sido nf tlm rivor nnA mnflo nm.
on
nmfinrij (Iio nnramnnlnc Tt .nn,.
v mv, n-ivinuiuv.;, an mcau-
time the affair had got whispered about
1
tJlA i rrrr iti3 tJ )in t rrry.csr nmul ni
so,ne five hundred strong, made ready
to -aisturo tne meeting.' several prom
inent citizens, fearing lest a serious row
should follow, repaired to the marriage
1house' a,tld 'uiJeS0Ee k.cPfc t5'f not down
by Fpeeches and persuasion, others gained
aj tflDCC to colo) 0 bei
asked if be was marrifld. ronHnfl 'Tn '
but that he would be in a few minutes.
IIe aS remonstrated with and told the
consequeuces that would ensue that he a
trcmnied, ana cnea lor mercy. ilie
damsel didn't faint, but at once consented
to go home, and was hurried into a sleigh
and was driven off, with Sambo under
disguise, and surrounded by abolitioniats,
was hustled out ofthe crowd ovnr tn ihn
Fulton House. The multRudc soon follow-
cd, eager and raving to grab the 'nigger,'
but after a little he was" got away from
the house, by some sly corner, and hur-
ried to Syracuse in a sleigh, at the top of
two horses' speed. Thuslhe black cloud :
avoided the whirlwind, and thus ended I
another 'Rescue.' Syracuse Sar. !
i
Senator Douglas, after his re-election .
as Senator of the United States by tho j
Illinois Legislature, gave a grand enter-
' ...
tainment in the btate Jiouse, at bpnng-;
i 1 T a 1.1 1 l . '
field. It is sid to have cost him about
83000.
Washington Monument. The total a
mount of contributions to the Washington
Monument for the month ending Feb.. 3,
was 82,452 86, and the expenditures du
ring the month 1,093 53. : , ,
pastor ot a resuiar Avesleyan Methodist, : 011 ll)G American side, ana was wounueu - ,rj- , . ,
Al..i:i:... 1 i: .. tl .1. .. Ii- l I i flir iinftlo rf T'l-ifflwir.T 1"
.'uoiiuun, xiuaiauiauuii ouuieti, au iuii- " - .n-u.g. """0 , gunou,M. -ag carried
ton, has an interesting and quite pretty j he became acquainted at Albany with toDancan's Isla
daughter, whom, for some three or four Lieut, Gov. J aylor, who introduced him c. , .
1 It 1 l 1 1 , in ! - wv i-kttnl at Ia - 11 I A r rt s. fl imrvn
a.m ."..on., uvwa,i, uau.u. -u ux , 7 , , ; broken in various places to let the water it a part of a scheme to excite hostilities
each other and thereunon entered into 1 Bay, he accompanied them to that place, , n-. , -1 -1 . , , "' u sulu,ia
t.ini uiiiw, .imi lutrtupuii ciucicu iuio , . . .. run off into the river. against England.
the rcnusite stmulations and areempnt-s I where he has remained until a recent pe- i T ivtr L ii n .1 1 c-i 0 , 1 , ,
uit aipin, miauu n .uiu agreement . . . i In Wilhamsport the cellars in the lov,'- Government has before it proposals for
to constitute what is known to those in- nod. lie is now an Inuian Missionary! 1 Li i- ). 1 ' , uuaaia iui
10 wiuu uie nudi is jvnu, 10 uiobe in ; J ; er part of the town were filled with wa-' three lines of Trans-Atlantic steamer?
terstcd in such matters as an 'enn-ao-e-1 at St., Ileis and Lloansbur, on the St. 1 . 1 . . 1 , 5 t , -
I s t iwi nnfi-nii I s r r i -r s y-i .- I A irii I t I ir i r.i i iv ii ill i.itrr f iit-iu til 1 i i ititii
menf to be married A sho-t time since- Lawrence in this State. His reputed j , '""fe- : - u mwB tue uuu oi xuex-
niLiit iu iiiaruuu. mu.i u.nc binoe, j . . , r . ! ISo houses were swept away, and no lives ico, and the third to New York
the damsel went home to her amaLrama- mother lives with him at a very advanced . , . - f - J , i iKjU u L,n' w".r" l -e,w.10fkl
nrachitifT narcnts and mido known asce. WenowtaUe another step in this ... .,, , . . c : ; , , , ,1, i M""1'
e arrangements whereby their lovely . strange iii.tor i counts from above, but the roads bein- Mosello. Ai,- VHlnJn, TW ,
riflii.T hwr OTTipptei sonn tn hp tr ripf in' u;i mi; aniv.u oi uue
k tiAtr t-vnMi' . i i i ri iii'i ii ii ii'f'i'ci iii i . f i i i.ii t r. ii :i i s r: :m -n. . i
: Ul uiu uuu aim UUUIU JUIU lllliaie - " r' ' " r ' ' hnrp trie fnrfnnnfnhr nn nn n t , r ( AT;.frr. nlm-N n nnU.n w.nn ttl.
tl W V Ul V . . .LlktOiilU XL1 VJll''i 1 1 T . Ill 1 1 I t . I - I 11.11. 1 ,l . I L' 1 f- l I.
1 1 ri lio tnnhhnri onri nmcf Innra Inrt-rt tit VjOlUUlIJUr;. VJ U.. tlllll UevOICQ lO IDC !1U- vinrl nt 1nn imnm t -. ssmi,,iis i-u t . , . .
Bourbon in Ajim'icji.
J tie arucic oi most general uueresi in
luc present io. oi rutnam s iuagaziue
entitled "Have we a Bourbon tituong us,"
gives a detailed statement of the evidence
which goes tcshow that the Indian Mis -
w u
are as follows : The Dauphin was born
March 2o, 1 So.
u i-no
mother in 1iM,
care of Simon, tin
After the death of his
he was put under the
f.lio hrnt.nl noblnv. bv whom
w.w -w. " j
he was treated with the most barbanous
cruelty. In Doc., 1791, the Convention
passed a decree to send him out of the
Ropablic. On the 9th of June, 1795 his
death was announced to the Convention,
three surgeons testifying that he died of
scrofula. To come now to the
; llev Mr. Wiiuams. prior to
' of thirteen or fourteen, eycry thi
! ted out of his memory. Until that time
! ms mind is blank. Uathing at Jjaice
: I '.l C T T I I.
ueorge, wiui a group oi Lnaian uoys, ue
1 plunged head foremost from a high rock
1 into the water. He was taken up insen-
i -ble laid in an Indian hut and restored
j Sioie, laid in an Indian hut, and reatoied
to life. This is the first remembrance of
which he is conscious, lie was the repu-
-.ow ju7
AI '
Mass., wh
captive to
ho with his family, was carried
pUvc to Canada in 1704 bv the Indians
. . .
j and the French. He was sent to school
t. T.nn,m,nHnw Ar, m1 nt mulnr tl.
" uu"" uu"
f- r T!,.
Ul XJl.
Subsequently he was
unier tne tuition
of Hv Mr TTn'p of
UVtLomntAH fir. t V limlrJnrr nut rtf
I 7 V.LtI.ll2f US11, W IJ UL) k 1 VWU I q VLV V .
! the war of 1812, being then 27 years of,
' ace, he took up arms as an Indian chief .
- - M
- , -
Dr. J3utii3r. attention was thus drawn
' - -
to the J'piscopal Church. At the close of
tne war, lie was introuueca to Jttisnon uo-
i.'i Cj. if i'
hni-r irifl ennn otrnr unfion Ins cutthnti
,, . 1 1 . Tl- 1 IT
nfliJne
me vueiuas.
viIle 'ln Yorlc in 154
il one of hN firfc
lo'v snrh nnPT-
- 4" '"" 3 Z
sou Lno a. Lleazer niiams among tne
r , . , (-
LcarnilliZ ills location at G-reen Lay, the
u j.i-.. wit i
lhen toid' ".liams that be had some mat-
ters of great importance to speak about,
and after gradually preparing the way,
informed him that he was born in Europe,
and was the son of Louis XVI. lie then
wisnea mm to sign a document, auaicung
ii i j. ii n th !
all claim to the crown of Franco In favor
of UnU Phillinpc, on condition that he
should receive a princely establishment
in this country or in France, with the res-
, . M . ill
toration oi tne private property oeionging
to hint which had been confiscated in
France during the Revolution. After rc-
flection, Williams declined the proposal,
and the Prince went about his business
without further palaver. Such is a bare
outline of the story, which our readers
will find well and fully told in the Mag-
zine. Tribune.
dz: - 'i.t-:c : :
i i i irt f nrrtnr rrmn it tnn t tt n rr
UI j ajjoi auuuo tu uu buihcu
r i i j j ij il. j
"Belie-t'inz the General Government to
be corrupt in all its parts holding that
it belongs to, and is, and will be adminis
tered for the benefit of the North alone
that it is an engine by which the power
:ln(I resources of the South are wielded to
"er injurythat in all respects, and un-
der 3ll circumstances, the political con-
nection between the two sections is pro-
ductive of evil to the South, we shall ad -
vocatc its dissolution.''
:
Raitroacl--South EastOR.
The Railroad on the opposito side of
the Lehigh is progressing A fine Denot
c c i
will be erected at South Faston, and that
town must necessarily become one of the
largest manufacturing tows in the State.
r- . - .... .
oouth hiaston will be greatly improved
during the the coining year. Several
buildings are being erected Mr. Thomas
is adding another stack to his Iron Works,
and otner vaiuaoie nnprovcments are now
going on. We are pleased to sec these
evidences of prosperity among our neigh-
bors, Eastonian,
,.i it,-
x ' . . . most, and the telegraph being carried a- the marriage
ii5 is uiuu-
ted son of Thomas Williams, a half-breed : aSaisc ce fridge at miamsporr,wi .cn .Napoleon Jerome will espouse the daught-
' . was knocked some eight feet out of line er of the Prince of Warn-am, urand
Indian. descended on the mother's side1 t mi. , , . , ' o
; uii uiu viesieiu span. main, was not : aau" uter to luarsheii Uerthier.
John Williams of Dcerfield, ; carried away is a miracle, and its ability ; The Senate, legislative body, and coun-
I . . 1 " -1 I it
- . - ..... iu:l, us iai aa licaiu. num. j. nu utfmiit; uncniinrs nT rno nnnns in t nnn.i
xiriagrscurrieuawuy. u rccu, jjcsirucuon
flr P,w
of Property.
Hauuisburg, Feb. 10. The flood in
the Susquehanna, which did so much
damane here. Droves, as was feared, to
1 l,avc been much more destructive higher
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passenger wno nas ocen a-
ble to reach this place from Sunbury,
gives the first particulars of the flood.
The rains that fell in the latter part of
last week caused a rise in both the North
and West Branches, as well as in all their
tributaries. It commenced on Saturday,
and rose with unprecedented rapidity,
until both rivers were running furiously,
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the main river was swollen immense-
L-ouuug, uuu x.oyaisocic
ncr man ever Known.
'. The West Branch, however, was not so
I been much more extensive. The rjartie -
ulars of the damage, as far as known, arc
, as lollews:
I 1 ' in Limc no rn tt IV hnmcrvni'l nyl
f lt. ... TT'.lli .
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. J,lia rauroau .u swupi, aJJr.
WT 1 ova To
1 f load bndge over the Susquenanna
at Jersey Shore was swept away. One
; half of it lodged about four miles above
i Williamsport and the other was carried
to resist the shock and the continued
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Mr. hanes, the
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, The PlR0 Crcck aqueduct was
also
carried awav and lodficd against the
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""""t-puii' uuge. n w a ih:h hi ul -
ture, only two spans beiug up. Mr. Kel-
tuu luu "".;. 13 .B ab 1 'i
be rebuilt in time for the opening of ;
navigation.
ss the Shamokin, below
awa', and floated
nd. Another bridge
I ml . I l.m MIT 1 lllll lllli IV I II
on the road from
j Sunbury to Pottsvillc, wasalso carried
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aWrpf
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I .Llli; JJVJtt UOUIC UUb&O 111 lUU UulUU lit
c new State docks in the canal at
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iNortliuinberland were entirely inundated.
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kufc it was believed they were not much
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uaiuageu. xiic eanai uanws nau to ue
' c no comtnumca-
i tioa' irrom SaturJay untiI Tuesday no
; stages had arrived at either Xoriliumber-
,and Qr Wim orL
Many logs were carried away by the
' .-ii iJ.t r .i -hi J J i
! uoou, out most oi tuem win oe recovered.
j an widows and orphans who were granted
, an(l allowed five years' half-pay, by the
' provisions ofthe act approved the twenty-
' rat dav of Julv. one thousand eirhfc him
' dred and forty-eight, entitled, "An act
, amendms the act crantinr' half-pay to
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, widw8 or orphans where their husband,
, fathers have died of wounds received
... uimuiij BU rn , Ui tue u. otaiw,
in oaou vi ucuuiwku uiiiuuia una auiuiurb ot
the militia and volunteers, passed July
fourth, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-six,' or an act approved the twenty-second
da- of February, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled, ;
'An act granting five years' half-pay to
muowb ana orpnans oi omcers,
non-commissioned officers, musicians and
privates, both regulars and volunteers,'
be, and they are hereby, granted a con-
z l l i l t i-i i
"nance nau-pay unaer mce nm..
tatioiis and restrictions, lor a lurtl
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thcr pe-
child or children ofthe deceased officer
or soldier, whilst under the age of sixteen
years: and in like manner the child or
ehildrcn of such deceased, when there is
nn Ti-Irtinr olioll ln Howl ii- 1nnnii.
while thorn is a ohU, nr Miilrlni nmW
niUUM OliUli Vis II it! 14. UJ lUil"i;i 1. 11 ill I
.... a
, the age aforesaid; And provided further,
; That no greater sum shall bo allowed in
j any case to widow or child or children of
j a,,y officer than the half-pay of a lieuten-
, ant colonel; Provided further, That tho
j act approved the 22d of February, 1849,
'granting five years' half-pay to certain
widows and orphans of officers, non-com-
missioned officers, musicians and privates.
i both regular and volunteer.' be so extend -
- i
ed and construed as to embrace the wid-
ows and minor heirs of the officers, non-
commissioned officers, musicians, and
privates of the regulars, milita, and vol-
unteers of the war of 1812, and of the
various Indian wars since 1790.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
.. .
. tne widows otall omcers, non-commission-
, ed officers, musicians, and privates of the
Revolutionary army, who were married
subsequent to January, A. D. 1803, shall
history oi . nign as ib was lwo years ago. roriunaie- hand was formally made on the 3
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the ape l) ounuay nigui neiug very coiu, uie uoou and was, of course, acceded to. Th
i.ii was unuuivuu, or tuu uumagu imgiib uuu uay the hannv br denroom com
be entitled to a pension in the same
man-
i "'"iuu Deioro
uiacaaic.
:
i Fi'OIll BlH'OpC
t? at i. n i . .
Stone, arrived at Hallifax on the 4 1
, wist., wnu one weeK later news from Eu-
mportant item of news is
of Louis Napoleon to M'lle.
ountess of Seba: which seems
to have taken Paris, as it will au
nn prance, by surprise,
j M'lle. is a Spaniard, 25 years of aaC
' a blonde, and grand-daughter of the Brit'
ish Consul at Malaga. Her mother was
an Irish woman named Fitspatrick and
hcr father the younger son of a Spanish
family, who' fortunately, by the death of
his elder brother, succeeded to ti. ,m-
0f Count Montio, Duke of Tcba a
rermamando. Her sister is Duchess
of Abbn. nnd Mademoisolln ia li
, Countess of Teba. The pronosnl for br
0th ult.
e nest
municnfprl
: tn the minKtnre d,nf ,i..wm::
. Was taken, and that it was a marriage of
'affection. One report
;port says that the min-
lbiurs, except, one, rcsigneu, nut that tho
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emperor reiuseu to accept their resigna-
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; It ,s said that the civil marriage has
already taken place, and that the religi-
1 0us ceremonies will'be held on the 29th
inst., (January,) on which occasion Prince
; cil arc summoned to-day (22d) "noon
to
receive a communication from the E
m-
peror relative to his
, Simultaneously w
mama sc.
taneously with the matrimonial
: wl,flms l,na nl..; in - J.w .n
( r uBHUuj1.au
. on tne bourse, hut the (iovernment as-
J sorts there is nothing in the state of tho
country eitner nnanciaiiy or politically
cause uistrcss. Ihey attribute the f
to
fall
solely, and probably truly, to the check
of speculation, and say that when the re
action tlui3 caused shall have restored
things to their proper level, the funds will
he in harmony with what the Pays, call
: 'the general prosperity.'
cuv jHuunj.
An article, believed to be written by
j the Emperor himself, in the Monitcur,
complains bitterly of the Paris corrcepon-
dents of the London Times, Mornin"
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j uiiromcie, and Advertiser. Some see in
Sarthe are overflown, doing great injury
' to the towns along their banks.
j A severe storm happened at Dunkirk,
tho i5tIu A 1 an Amer;can'
' flag attached, was seen floating at sea.
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ine iion. .j. it. mcersoii, iimencan
j Falkland Island- announce that cuano
1 jias discovered there "
i a!,,'. ran rtr An
Apprehensions were felt of a coup de
main of Napaleon on England, and what
gives strength to tho impression is tho
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i ' for ortin roonf in c e
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tho Na Js and other inC2Sures pr0
cautionary and defensive.
Tho U. S. M. Steamship Atlantic.
Capt. West, from Liverpool, Wednesday
2Gth ult., arrived at Halifax on the 8th
inst.
With the exception of Napoleon Ill's
; s h to tbc Bodies of Stat announcJn
hi3 marriagc, the news does not possess
, any diking feature
: porrclra autj10r of Elements of
Materia Medica and Theraputics,' died
nt London on tho 20th nlt
a printer to display a thing,
Wasted., situation as Bookceper,
by a young Man of good business capaoi-
ty, tolerable moral character, ordinary
nm,sp.vnr.'in(,r an d other 'nrcrcauisites' in
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. t a I
proportion, in an office where tne Trip-
oipal' is absent most ofthe time, as ho
flatters himself he can take care of tho
money arrangements to tho satisfaction
of himself at least. The applicant i3 a
g00(l Bookceper by single entry, and hav-
ing been a printer for several years, pos-
sesses good general information. Apply
t,n'3 officc'
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! A P.w was rceently sold at auction in
rann strect --.nurcn, ooswn, ana wa
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bid on by a woman at uve uunarea anu
, forty dollars. This wonaa has for many
yearsbeen known as an npplo seller on
. Long wharfc -
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' ,K..v-i ?n 1?v.l.r! nrtnnfr locf: tTonv Wil.H O-
tuuu-ji "-ju j-i -
ver 886,000. 026,684 of loans were paid
off, and now loans to tho nmont of S28t-
04 contracted.
i J. UU X'tlll Ul UAIUI U lO uwu Ukrtu.
. Thus :