The Boyhood ; Of Mr.' Wirt• . From Georgetown I .was transfared, to a classictilmchool in Charles county, Md., about forty miles from Wend— burg. This school 'was. kept,by one Hatch Dent, in the vestry house of , Newport church.. I was boarded with a widow lady by the name of Love,. and My residence in her family forms one of the sunny spots retrospect of my ghildhood. Mrs: Loue was a small thin old lady, a good deal bent-by aget'yet brisk and 'active. The family was composed of herself and three mai den daughters, of whom the eldest', I suppose was varying on forty, and the youngest, perhaps twenty—eight. She Intd's a son married and settled in the neighborhood. The eldest daughter was named Nancy, a round plump and jollioild maid, who was. the weaver Of the family, and dad to take a great deal of snuff. The second was Sally. She presided over the dairy, which was al— ways neat •and siveet and abundantly Supplied with richest cream and butter. Sally wass'somewhere about thirty, rosy and brisk, with a countenance marked by health • and good humor, and with one of the kindest hearts that even beat ' in the bosom of her kind sex. She was fond of me, banqueted me on milk and cream to my heart's content, admi— red my songs and sung herself. From her 1 first heard Roslin Castle. Her clear and loud voice could make the neighborhood vocal with its notes and touohing plaints. From her, too, I first heard the name of Clarissa Harlowe, and she gave me, in her manner a' skeleton of the story. Peggy the youn— gest, was pale and delicate, with more softness of manners than the others.— She was , the knitter and seamstress of the family ; of a very sweet disposition, with a weak and ,slender but kindly voice. She did not sing herself; but was very fond of hearing us who did. There were two betyh of us near the same age. Johnson Cranes was rathe r older and larger than me. He was a diffident, rather grave boy, with better' coalmen sense than I had. But he . did not sing, was rather homely, and had no mirth and frolic in him. I, on the contrary, was pert, lively and saucy, and they - used to say pretty, withal— said smart things sometimes,' and sang two or three semi of humofveiy well, One was Dick of Denting Dane, in the- verse about "my father's black sow" was a jest that never grew stale, nor failed to' raise a hearty laugh. An other was a description of m race at New Market, between two horses Slov en and Thunderbolt. Sloven belonged •to some Duke—perhaps the Duko of Bolton. The verse ran as I remem— ber— "When Sloven savi . the Duke his. master, He laidlack his ears and rau much faster." Beside my singing, I danced to the astonishment df the- natives, and, alto— gether had the' reputation of a genius. Thus admired flattered and feasted with ' milk and cream, Roslin Castle and Clarissa Harlowe, &c., ,what more could a child of my age want to make him happy ! The very ,negroee used to be pleased to contribute to my amuse rnent. Old Moll carried me to the . cowpen, where she permitted• ma with a clean brad splinter, prepared . for the purpose, to whip the rieh froth from the milk pail ; and her son George after-a hard days work iri the field; came home at night and played the horse for me, by going on alifours, in the green yard, with the mounted on his back—he go— ing throiigh - the feats of an imaginary fox-hunt, sounding the horn and leap, ing over imaginary fences gates Arc, all •of which was life aajd.joy to me. 'To crown all, I had a sweetheart ; one of the prettiest cherubs that ever was born.— . The only thing I ever thanked Nancy Love for, was giving me the occasion of becoming a quainted with this beau tiful girl. She took me once to visit lint Reeder. Thomas Roe— der lived on the' banks of . the Potom ac, - just above Laidlowe's and opposite Hooe's ferry. In those days there was a ferry from Reeder's to Hooe's•—• The house _was of •brick,'situated on a high airy bank, giving'a good view to the Potomac, which is there four miles wide. Peggy Reeder was the only child of her parents—about my own , age, .rather younger, and as beautiful as • is possible for a child to be. We fell most exceedingly in love with each oth er. Bhe was accustomed to make long visits to her aunt Love, and no two lov ers, however romantic, were ever" more happy than we, On my part it was a serious passion. No lover was ever more disconsolate in the abscence of his mistress, nor more enrapturep at meet— ing her. Ido not know whether it is held that the affections keep pace with the intellect of their development ; but I do no that there is nothing in ,the 'sen timent of happy love, which I did not experience for that girl, in this course of two years when I resided at Mrs. Love. Whenl left there, we firmly engaged to • he married at the following Easter. I felt proud and, happy, not in the least doubting the fulfilment at the time ap— pointed."-4rennedy's Life of Wirt. THE SPALai.-k-4he Spalax, or blind rat is found in Persia. It was once thought to he the same as the mole andfto be blind as no external traces ot .eyes are to be iteen;• but these organs, of the . thickness of half line, have tbeentliscovered, on removing the skin, and found also to be developed. The Sptilax depends upon its ears for warn .. 'ding, and carries, its head very hi for ',that purpose its sense of he ri , g,bei , very aceute, and the audito . y,AßAKV great size. These animals ye , ' munities beneath, the` surfac of the earth, bonring upward for roots. and making one hole far, deeper than the oth ersfwbich is their City.of refuge. The agriculturist often suffers front their re. search* as they prefer cultivated land for(heir underground abodes. They can run bideways or backward, with - Out Swiftness.: Their bite itvery se—. vow. ' , s, ser Largei , flocks of , Old figeons 0, , fietvo-,ovel. l .,,Readit.g ;Pd., during ; ast a p t! '),491,4413dP411aatAi)102 ' An ;frort is an mgat Harr isburg, to revive thd-;;Till ! y • ggyznatint CANE. '1" a , 4 ;" iliE :,Boston, Sunday.' week,; the'Jury:, in l ttia ] : Caliii; under Charielif , f• attended 'Church., The MtaPienttilritr certain ItOlerrinitlY, g'tie" their b den y, t kr? ibole 14 'lke • ''''d'owalbsuffereUttaii were.tkeit in ,aertn. n ,-- A ,i - :... , . , ~,,,,'-'.',:..,,,.,',.,, -,;',,;;;:,';:g)'!..i.!.- mgeD St4aziftwir CARLISLE, PA: WEDNESDAY, - - APRIL 3,,1850 THE LARGEST- 'AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY! • Terms—Two bollars a yeas, or OndaDollar and Fifty Cents, if pane/No/4 paid-in Advance. $1,75 - if paid within the year... erVire hope that our friends who come %to town at the April Court will ,pot fail to call and see us, for the purpose of paying up old subscriptions. handing In the names of a good many new subscribera..w Ith the cash in advance, witting out old neeounts for adver tising, dm &c„ and if they can do neither of these we shall be glad tit sot! them at any rate. -But we need money very badly! Death of lion. John C. Calhoun. WASHINOTON, March at The 'Hon. John C. Calhoun expired this morning, at ten minutes poet - Bevan o'clock, at hie residence on Capitol Hill. None of•hie family, sate one eon, were pres ent. Hie death, though no unexpected, hes cut a gloom-ofer the city. Tke . funeral will' take place on Tueaday.— His remains will be temporarily deposited in the Congressional Cemetery, previous to their removal to SFuth'Qerollna. The funeral will take place under the direetions of the Senate, and the highest honor will be paid to his mem ory. .DEATH OF MR. DALHOUN.—TiII death Of he lion. John C. Calhoun was announced in the Senate, on Monday, by his colleague, Mr. Butler, followed by addressee from Web sler and Clay; , Messrs. Holmes, Win throp and Venable epoke in the House, paying high tributes to the personal charac ter of the distinguished deceased. The cus tomary resolutmns were then passed, and the House adjoiiined: The President direct ed the Executive Departreents to he closed yesterday, in token of respect. The funeral obsequies will be 'solemn and imposing John C. Calhoun. The public, career of Mr. Calhoun is famil iar to all. Few men have occupied more of public attention in the last thirty years than he has, of filled more prominent stations.— He was first elected to the United States Senate in 1835, and' we believe has been tour times returned to a seat in that body by the State of South Carolina. He was elected in 1825 the Vice President of the United States, when the electors tailed to elect a President, and the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams : He was again elected Vice President in t 829 vvlien-Cielic ral Jackson was elected President. 's course in regard to Nullification was thefirst 'step which brought him into disfavor with the Demobratio party, with whom his politi cal sympathies had always sided. What a sad thing for his fame that he died with,the utterance of a cold and deliberato calcula tion of the value of the Union scarcely off his lips ! From Washington. Oclr The aspect of things in Washington seems favorable to the adoption of the President's recommendation in relation to the admission*.ol California, and letting the question of a territorial government for New Mexico rest tot-the present. The speech of Mr. Ashmun, of Mass.,4inder the Congres sional head, wall be found interesting. Mr. Chandler of Pa. also spoke to the same ef fect on Thursday-. For Santa Fe A "detachment of about forty five tnen,'belonging to the first„Regiment of U. S. Dragoons, left hero this morning en route for Santa New Mexico : - 7M4 detachment is under the command of Major GRAHAM, and subaltern officers Lieuts. SMITH, ROBERTSON, SAUNDERS and McCrusts. The detachment will join a large force at the other Western -pests intended for the same destination. The Post Office. f No appointment has yet been announ ced to fill the vacanoy in our borough Post Office. Meantime the office is in the safe and careful hands of Jacob Rit ner, Esq. one of the securities of the late incumbent. Dr. Webster Many of the New York .and Philadelphia papers express the surprise which Dr. Web ster's conviction has created in those cities, and the belief of eminent, legal gentlemen that the verdict was not warranted by the evidence. The opinion is also expressed that justice was not done him by his coun sel.. Canal Commissioner - Gideon J. Ball, our popular Whig State Treasurer, is strongly urged as the Whig •candidate for Canal Commissioner next fall. A. stronger man could poi be nominated, nor one better qualified. Mr. Fuller is alio proposed for re-nomination. Poetical Spring Bonnet. The faalienable Spring bonnet which htut ap peared in Now York, hall set the /ilirraltin rhapsody. It ways, like the buds,B. ..Elf deli cote, tender green, with the faintest ,austiknon of crimson glowing hero and there uPWIts silken surface: Like a beifßintmouthilt. is neither too large nor too small+ a naiiice a girl pestling the sweet printems de /a tie, it becomes a woman marvellously. But this eaquiiite bonnet, although. we have it faithfully tongue!. reotyped in our own memory—as, sootklowey,, So have we the face of the' wearer—glides from beneath our pen point 'when we' would describe elddes our words.': ' :; OZ,. ( Theod4oro of the York Gazoife, Car; hue yo o lunteer,and DOinoOlin, are Onkiiiid,; In' Charoberobure,inii for ib rooonk, - ,'Boyolo, review of 'Mr., MeLana lon oppoo. ; tg 8 revlow min t have d'• "gentlemen's 'equanbirity 04'146114,61y! "; • • " • tOtAkt 937461!!!'q1?"?id* Dauphin,PPun" wouplkfroin'th6,,falli*of a !flub ifbi!c( l4 4 ll ' o • ' !,.it'icid':Qll!fill.. Peel* Tues j doyi'OClitit,;*o; fVninbtl'o!rooba,.of 004* 1 :00Aili,ot ," ifiitt.V?"Of:ol4ool;o'4l,o4.;( ' ibis '4i rta ~ t new atomof t4 .14r4P- 3 ,l 44 ,T t fhltiio. l r r4o la i itke ,, .. - . 0 :10 - '0 1 1 4 0* 1 LohFet o. Atiandy Smash" • Rate:' c • 'Gen. Taylor'eminagement Of, government affairs, althougliAliepublie 'generally seem' to' hiveiall confidence it; by., no, means: agrees ipi r efinincland states Manlike ideas of ; wtlh• the,the llOins,*irrprosider: over the columns of the,Carlisleltro/uniesr. In Coinnientine- upon the 'recent later Sir Henry L. Bala*, the Englielt•Minieter;who,:dpes not ,Wish: to pro elect" Englaridhi raising theliutyMl7,importerliron,,thytdua., leer expresses itself ofiee.to say that Mr.: wor Deserved to be rebuked for his imperti nence," but wide that it was "small business • for the President of the United States" to send Mr. Dulwer's impertinent letter to the Senate, and l llow Senator Cooper tp exprese the indig nant feeling which such a letter would natural !), excite. The Volunteer tells us how Pialies, administrationlwould have acted in the pre mien: 1111 "If such alotter had boon written' duillig the administration of Mr. Polk by her pretty little Majesty's minister, old "Buck" would have ta ken him into a privite - room, politely given him a brandy smash or tw o, and whispered Into' his ear thepropriety - of 'withdrawing that little e- - pleas, and say no..more abdut it. It never Would have gone to the Senate." We have no doubt of it. It was the habit during Polk's administration to get along by means 'of low grovelling cunning, and reckless political gambliog,.e.ther than ,open, bold-and wise statesmanship.' There was' elide - nee e nough of that ins dragon Question, tho Tar iff Question, anti the Mexican War Question:- But in Gen: Taylor's administration, corrupt sehemeirare not stealthily effeetedwith foreign ambassadors In "private rooms," nor "brandy smashes"• used as appliances of government,- It was a more effectual "smasher" from Gen. 'I aylor'a administration that brought the French Minister, Mr. Poussin, to hie senses, and main tained the dignity and' power of the U. States. Nor will Gen. Taylei, or his high-minded Sec• rotary, Mr. Clayton, over aak a British Minis ter into a uprivate room" and with the persua sive influence of a "brandy smasher," beg.him to withdraw an offensive epistle. di Taylor never surrenders. Ile knows the'Y‘Aoue ef fect which British manufactures aro now pro ducing upon the interests of the laboring men of this country r and the letter of the British Minieter only furnished him new evidence of how England was prospering upon our ruin.— ,We have reason to believe, therefore, that he • laid, Mr. Bolwer'er letter before the. Senaia• in order to open the oyes of the peopk. of the U. States to the alarming-elate of things which exists. No consideration of "disagreeeble ef fects" to England ever blinds Gen. Taylor to the sense of duty which ho owes to his own country. The letter of Sir Henry Buiwer we believe has had a good effect in opening the eyes of our people, and if - alia.deserved a re buke for his Impertinence," (as the Volunteer itself admits,) Gen. taylor certainly took the . oper course to secure the castigation by lay i.g it before our representatives. At any rate 1. . think Gen. Taylor's open and fearless man ner of•discharging his duty will meet with greater approval from an intelligent People than "Old Buck's," juggling management of important government afraire by Means of "brandy etaashers" in "private rooms.". Gov. Johnston% Benevolence. The Lancaster Union, in speaking of the. appointment of G. Wfirtirris, Esq. as Reporter fot the Supreme Court, says there is one fact in connection with this appointment: which is so'highly creditable to the head nod heart of Gov. Johnston, that we cannot refrain from mentioning it. It is pretty generally known to the gentlemen of the profession that in addi tion to the publication of the two volumes per year which the law required of him, the late Reporter, Mr. Barr, had accumulated a suffic iency ofinattor to fill the whole of one supple mental volume and a largo part of another, which he designed to publish at an early day. Ho died before the second volume was ready for the presa,leaving hie family in very straight ened circumsfahees. As soon. as Gov. John. ston was made acquainted with these facts, he determined to delay the appointment of Mr. Barr's successor until Judge Jones, Alvan- Hermit' &elected by the family to iniiierintand, the completion and publication of the sonde mental volumes,) could obtain from the .Court a sufficient number of decisions to.fill out the lust volume. That having been dodo, Mr. Har ris was appointed, and will at once enter upon his now duties. Gov. Johnston deservea great credit for his fiction in this matter. Not only Mr. Barr him. self, but all his connections, were the active political opponents of the Executive, apd on the score of paity had of course nl.l claims upon his kindness or forbearance. The delay in filling the vacancy, fur the purpose indica ted, was therefore an act of disinterested friend ship for the widow and her fatherless children, which must command the admiration of every one who properly appreciates a good nation.— W e know„that there are those who real deeply grateful to the Governor for hie kindness to wards an afflicted relative. New Fence Law, Tho following is an abstract of ,a bill rela ting to fence', which has, we believe, passed both Houses : "No person shall be entitled to damages from injuries done to his or . her crops, land or prem ises, by the horses, cattle, swine or 'heap of a nother person, unless such crops, land or prem. ins are enclosed by a substantiaa fence at least four feet and a ball high. Provided, That this act shall not fn'terfoto with thSS recovery of dam ages, done by horses , yr &kilo as aforesaid, known by the owner or Ildepeirthereof to be breaoby.' SZVENTII Div Barrose.r-The Committee on ;ice and Immorelity„4 the Douse leave raper. • tild. against. the memorials of the Sere nth Day 'BiStiabs, but have reported a bill whr It le .probable. in effect give them. yelitsf, so far ,as.the pertalties,or the law. are concermsd. Ely the act of 1794 the action for, t h e pen ally is gu.l tam—one half of. the, fine, going ,to t in.. former, antl:,the other half , .t.n , ilia directors 'or . the poor. , By this blll,l62wlMle penalty , gees' to the director! of the P.ool`, an that whoev er!at temple:4 enfofce , the lavr.,will find,. his, Mier' Betts gretuitotte.,, , :Ali' 'exhibition the Merits' of :Reynold'ea aelPaharpeningidaugh•took - idane ilita morning.. .Pierldinit'tuilcir 'end ' thin f:10 of :nietiabers. or 'ooligraii were tirOuieniOied :‘exiireiand Tho . Pratidoneexhibi- z , tedlihr'akill'ai `fdrmet'•by• boating. all'present In handling' tha plough': •; • ' or,:7o9 . 'tifilehliAMOFV, l o:tior,ki , 'llfaiiii; Ofthi3,!biig4niiiti,liiiiki*lvt,, UiiiieliWitiiii44lFii4lo64lkliain.' ''''' ''''h' o : l ' :4libViiiiieii r ==.: I, 9II:JR, , P— I MA:' ( .• ' , 4 -,, irlAilYlatt...`o4 , 4l# ..0 t mg:'';;lx9:f.,lecio , "‘ 4ii*totioli.;44o,ie , A* r ':iiere4e4Welliavelt eliddikiel.Y:43.l4,4,A":4vigi•k;F:A,c.„.L. CIF.I .: .. g rldr till 4,,(0 ;0;440.1,zi '.i . t5,,,:'4, , f'; 1.. 11*MAP.W r4 c lke • ', nevi'' 4, l i, muluirktitc itof:14i 1 7: 10 :01 , ; :lt, rt-,?:"?..1 •• `'..,' ii!:::lA ,. . ,.: ::V.ONF : '':=iiif44:.. , :'J.:' ~...._, Mil 'WAY iirierim; March El 5; ,1850' Hory, the Case Stands,. ..The •. speech'OF . Truman, Smith;.,in:pe. , ,to.,Mh BtadburPeleioliniiiits'!ana the subject ;4'll:i morals . from,ofpoe generalln agordi sterile. relutatioh: 4 2 the'hh:repeate4 ~falseltoMi'thet the. Whigirlia4l-iiiiMhpOitzeii,akihe oftieek 'We call atiention:ortlih - pehitla le the folloWing : ,extroeWriury . .,,,staterments of the, Manner In which our, pppOhants - Continue their gripernporklie "spoils'? , under a Whi& administiation of the govertlneMl We cpibte libm the speech the subjoined table., shdwing hoW the office's were distributed oh the 4th of MOON 1849'; when Gen. ‘, Taylo!' Came into ' Dents. - Whigs , In the State. Department 22 " Navy toepevtment . 34 " War Department • 21 " 'interior Department 93 "' Treasury Department 279 ' " Post• Office Depart'nt •47 476 156 • 156 Dem. preponderance, NO On the 1.1 of January, 1850, ten months af terwards, the following to the table: Dents. ‘ Whigs. • In the Htato Department 11 15 " Navy Department . 25 23 " War Department , 19 . - 30 " Interior Department 58 80 •• Treieury Department 202 132 " Poit•Office Department 35 14,, Dem. preponderance So it mine that with all the out-cry about proscription and the !'bloody guillotine." our opponents have still fifty-six of a majority in 'Cho Clerkships at Washington. Let locofocoism hang its head in shame over this statement != nutshell there not be refqrm in this matter ? Will not our friends in power at 'Washing ton de justice to the great Whig party which ole. vatod them to power? Elective 011icers. A bill has passed the legislature making the Auditor General, Surveyoi : Geneial and DAtputy, or County Surveyors,, elective by the people-reach 'to hold their offices for three years. A bill has also passed the Sen• atit giving to the people the.election of Pros ecuting Attorneys. A bill to accomplish the latter purpose passed the Legislature of 1847, but was vetoed by Gov. Shunk. Then the party cried hallelujah to the Governor for his veto. Now the party vote for the election of Prosecuting Attornies. What change has came over the spirit of ,their dreams? The cause is evident. We now have a Whig Attorney Geneinl, and the Prosecuting Attar mes are as a general matter Whigs. That a Whig should hold an office grates terribly upon the nerves of Locofocos, and in order to preyent this great calamity as they can, they.vote to give the selection to'the'people. Who 1,91 ,, 5ai Loci:deeds do not love office? —do no 'h ang to it as the drowning man to the last floating plank from the general wreck ? Sunday TraVot9ing. The Stockholders °l i the Central Rail Road' Company are 'toting by ballot to decide the question whether trains shall be run on Sun= day over that road. As is generally to be feared in any such contest, money-making avarice is likely to triumph over reverence for the Creator of the Universe. The votes for Suacity trains so far out-number the op position at least two to one. We have laws requiring the observance of the Sabbath, but in the very face of them these Stockholders deliberately vote to require several hundred laborer., engineers; firemen, &c. to break these laws every Sunday ! The Philadel phia Sun thus closes a lengthy ironical ap peal to the Stockholders to carry out their avandious designs : Come up to vote then, Stockholders, and re buke Ibis fanatical sympathy for beggarly labo rers. You might. Jose sixpence a year of div idends on each shard}-0f stock by any apathy or conscientious scruPhitt-tm this subject. What are religious scruples din comparison with the “almighty dollar ?" Whitt is the sublime moral Influence which the prohibition of the Sunday trains would exert its favor of the Sabbath; comparison with an addit;onitl semi-and - nal shil. ling of dividends ? Therefore vole firomptly, Stockholders, and make them work on Sun days. A Gubernatorial Veto. On the Bth inst., the Speaker laid before the Senate a meaner from the Governor, returning without his approval, the bill incorporating the North Lebanon Railroad Company, on account of the '!hasty legislation" manifested in the passage of the 4th section. The bill ae origi nally reported was for a few miles of railroad, but some legislative genius adroitly inserted the fourth section,. giving road companies thpaghout the Mete very extensive poweis, and in tide shape our wise-acres at the Capitol paused. Governor Johnston, however, prompt ly vetoed end en its 'return to the Senate he was sustained by a rote of 28 to 2: CHILDISH Munnza.- 7 1 q/lotherl guise toe baby wont ciy any more, for I've killed it and thrown It out of doors." The Dedham (Mam) DeMocrat relates that these are the words ma by a little girl in that town, only foutfand a half years old, on a return frrmi a labor! absence ; and that t h e baby was found unller the sinkapont, with a cot upon its wrist : from vrhlch'iyhad bled alrnoat to kAleath. AN ASTONISHING hevverion.—The London Mining Journal says there will shortly be bro't befere the public a new locomotive, in which the refjuirements of either steam, fire, tur, or witter,Wili be dispensed .with; its power of transaction, while effective, will .ho 'perfectly 'safe—by It ono-half at leapt of the reaont work ing expellees will . ha saved. DAME!. WEDISTICR. Exor.ann.--An English paper says Unit 4 , 1 r. Webster, the great Amer inan !Ottoman, is to be tried in New. York, 'On, the, 19 th of 111nrob,"fei the muidnriOt Judge Parker.' inuish fora ginit name. FATAL Dom-A. few dors:ago tir!,;lriiii= rem mane to: hie ,death dq .fferrjelopg,l!a., Dori, ti,eo6ote of Orink!ng ope,qoart:oi bron fly, winch:he MO Lion reocoomoocled to 141 Lie for the,.egue end „, jr,r•A young min was arrested .',Ol ,Ikfew Himpahlro, on . tbo 'ebarga hiitaiiing.: 'mOuth'v.opon •on Sunday. " fil',lrita - ;; bill was found, us/it la againatflitt law-to keeptelataik, shop open on that day.., :' r` dillaerito Chigia'fias again Made appear,. inc.' in a numberof ibtoei'alObeilid'Weatern., ,i've, 7t! snd - foam' .. arintortitinad that: it will; 4 . llfnee 11:0.e avef:l,tialky miliganny. ' ; • ' , irize _ gP°? 41 Tb .. tit ieS lho oulogioal `ollaractot , tif, t4tk, a 1 7 ) 1101: Drinicards - go 4 ;; tio , , ti 4 .Fl^ \ 4, , Couvictlon of ! Dr. Webster. . , fho mial.,ol Prot. John' W. Webo!er, for hp:lnuriler of Dr. Pailitilah, which tiai been going on in Bolton lot 010 last ten daysiliaa resititsd- iti' his being found guilty of thO rißle r ankle imputatl'te him. The tiial olnoeft on - '§tnurtitly evading ; last, when the ease wets given to the jury about eight o'clock, who returned wiihihejr verdict ebout eleven. The trial excited an intense interest throligh- Uut the eountiy. Sln this quarter its details have been devourekaa eagerly u they were n Boston, and opinions formed as strongly or and against the guilt of ttie prisoner.— The evidence brought forward by the defence led strongly to the'hope that Prof. 'Webster might , be acquitted, and such was the almost general expectation until it wae• diteipated by the startling intelligence of hie convic tion. 4517: I Our last paper coq*ed a brief statement bithe evidence stainst Dr. Webster. The fence was,lmiiiiirtYi - in Thursday morning, theintrodlibio Of a number of the Most \elm moil hnoaton who testified to Dr. Webster's humane and peaceable character; second, the evidence of his three daughters that he came luiple as mutt; on the Friday evening of Dr. Parkmartli •disappearance, and remained at home during the night; that he also came home every succeeding even ing until the-tithe of his arrest; at 1110)i:ono tomod hour, anti that there was nothing un- usual observable in his manner anthill timer, third, the evidence of Prof. Treaders:LA - at Dr. Webster attepded a family , party at his douse on the same evening; fourth rife evi dence of Dr. Molten, a demist testifying that there wereno peculiarities about the teeth wgioh were found in the furnace to war rant their identification as Dr. Parkman's, and that there were other plates of, teeth that would fit 'Dr. Keep's model of Dr. Park man's just "ns'Woll as those said to be made upon it; filth, that it wits no unusual thing Ice him to have the doors of his labcreartory locked mid visitors excluded, as privacy was essentinlly necessary to ,his prolesnional ex periments ; and bixthi...,fiie evidence of a number of respectableeliesses who testified positively to having sien Dr. Parkman after the hour at which he was seen entering the college, and from which the - indictment albeges he never came alive. These witneasess were severally cross-examined, but theiitestimo ny not shaken. The counsel commenced speaking on Fri day—Mr. Merrick speaking six hours for the defence, followed by Mr. Clifford, on Satur day, for the. preiecuition.- At the close of Mn. Clifford's speech, Prof. Webster was in formed that he now had the privilege of ad dressing the jury, if he had any explanatiotr fo make. Prof. Webster role and in a very distinct voice remarked— 350 294 294 I have desired to enter into an explanation , of the complicated network of circumstances. which, by my peculiar position, the government: has thrown around me, and which, in nine on- , lies out of ten, aro completely distorted, and: probably mine-tenths of which could be oath. , facterily explained. All the points of the - tee-• Union.) , have been placed in the hands of my counsel, by whom my i n nocence could have been firmly established. Acting entirely un— der their direction,l have sealed my lips du,. ring the period of my Confinement, trusting myself entirely to them. They have not deem ed it necessary,•in their superior wisdom, (this was said in an ironical tone) to bring forward the evidence which was to exonerate mo from , s variety of theme acts: The government have' brought whatever consummate ingenuity could. suggest against me, and I hope it will not have. an undue Influence upon my jury. Prof. Webster then proceeded in a short address to offer explanations as .* to the appearance of blood stains upon the floor of his room, his purchase of acids, &o. la re gard to the money paid Dr. Perlman, he said, "the money which I paid Dr. P adman on the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 21d, I had saved up from time to time and kept in a trunk in myhouse ; but unfortunately, no one saw me take it out, and I can only give my word that such id the fact." "So I might go on explaining a variety of circumatances which have been distorted. My counsel have pressed me to keep calm. My very . calmness has been made to beta against me; but 'my trust has been in. my God and my Innocence." "As regards my whereabouts from the liour of Dr. P.'s diem,. pearance, I have put into my coon sel's hands satiafiestory information, which Brill account • for every day and every hour. :1 never was absent from home. As to being Aeon by Mr. Sanderson, 1 was at home every evening." Dr. •Webster's address made a deep imat pression upon all present. Chief Justice Shaw then delivered the charge to the jury, who retired WI five min utes past eight o'clock, and Mtunned at ele ven. rho Chief Justice naked the-foreman, "DO you find the prisoner guilty .or not guil ty ?" The foreman replied, "gaiety." Upon, hearing the verdict, says the telemaphic re port, the prisoner 'sank back 'into his chair with his hands upon the railing, ;and his face on his hands, and so razained ta-a minutes. When' he recovered fro7h.lie she ck, he said to officer Jones, "why are you :keeping me here to be gazed at ?" He was immediate ly carried up to the jail, and lock ed uq 'for the night,,the ptecautton having .been taken to remove his razor and knife. The Middleton, Wothorill and :Forrest di ? yore° rises have all boon defeated its the Leg. !filature.. A bill providing for giving the courts of Philadelphia county jdrisdiction Ln the case of Forrest, was also negatived.? O :!7—The Democrat' says that Col. Har dee, a gallant officer, is to enter - upon the command, at Catlisto Barracks, in October. Col. Cooke retiree at that time. , ' Cter Father Matthew has reach ed Now Orleans. 'Elte - 131tANDRETH'S PILLS ARES A BMOC CURE FOR Inntitunze.Titis complaint lute become . so frequent, that there' are fewpersons who 'glove not , had it several times. is a kind • of:malignant con • , legions coldi. attended with; much ,fever :nnA area- prostration of etrength.•.,S9 soon as' possible. swots low sir or oigh itjarge dose, le.absolutoiype— caesary to roitovo the brain, that'organ animating To"„. suffer greatly' In, this eompaint. they have. operated well. put'yontibet and legs to hot ivater,cr • " take r' hot batb. .11e.surkand be purged before ynix • • use any. meann,Of Increasing. the circulation; or 'your life may Ito .the, , forfolt, Now , go to bed , when in lied•takatwrimore Pills, ananome hot tione-•.'" 'sot tea, catnip; or balm of balsam;''or some water • gruel,-•any of these warm drinks , willtanewer,, and: which, may be. left to choice-either : et them will?' help tcrrestoro ,Insonsiblirpereplrolitin, nod. this thud will generally cure:. Should, however, the pal:, lient,,htlet.timpille and after this treatment; not be. , • better WO° morning, lot him take another els, eight; • • ..• or teniuills more, according to, the tirgeney:, • of symp Tett, and the . worm, drinks • foe'and' r, getterathoth.,, at night. 'lty experienee'llae-olimvp' mo the• Stint day generally tale the patient • wellLwheu this. Won has been adopted' fromthebeginnirlgi - .„,,,.•T'ut in. any event, th e , continuance ;of • treatmeM. hfillet btill'thitl: can bit' adeptod;W Whet- it ; toga one; or twenty to 'effeettlie care,' Hempel:llnd the bean, '• may ; ttei never, let hlood Ito 'drown or leeches applied,. we Want all the, blood' wo haVe: title 'ills of our -flesh,' let uateko more pills, which , will lake the' deativ,prineinle ; •fronV.ll9,'letiitingl bloed . relleved, and , reedy, to rally all tte,lifo.noweret ter our restoration, cocoon as the:purgation ; bunt mit: it ("note:effect this.obiocti .'• • :• ' Carilalk-ot %I cents p er; Mix IIii,UITAItLEFP,' , . P4)INITZ7;ty vEI. Culbertson: . Sbippetiolutrg 11,:ttlrenneinent?PiewOureboriand , Il for On d enou Divorce Caqes. Dr. Webster Sentenced! :Boston, Apri( - 1; 1850;',Df.. Webster was hrought into'CoUrt this •Moining 'at .8 minutes to 9 o'cltickto receive*, sentence of the law, H. loohed gloomy in thp:extremO, but collected ; and was densolyrowd7 ed, aobuireo-lt...ding: to it, At, ten • . minutes past 10 o'clock. tho court came in.- • • J. Anal some minutes of silence, Mr. Attoiney General Clifford, narrated ; the flints of the in dictment, trial and verdict,and moved the Court that the final sentence be now pronouncsd.— The prisoner rose, and was asked by the Clerk what he had to show ;why sentence of death shoild not be pronounced against him. The priesner bowed and took 'his seat in silence. Chief Justice Shot then'delivered an affect- lug address to the prisoner, in which the air cumstaneesof the murder and trial were reca pitulated, and concluding with the sentence of death, in the following words : And new, nothing remains but the solemn duty of pronouncing the sentence which the .law fixes. for the ericace.f murder, of which you stand convicted-14,t4ch sentence, is, that you, John W. Webster, lid removed from this place, anpe detained in Mose custody in the prism:; d this county, and thence token at such time as the executive government of this Com monwealth may; by their Warrant appoiiit, tothe place of exichtion, and there -be hung by the neck until you are dead—and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy' on your . soit)! . It is slated thallhe jury almost unanimously agreed upon. (lie verdict in ter minutes after retiring. The family of Dr. Webster was not informed of the verdict the night it was ren dared. Friends, however, undertook the task o preparing their minds for it. The awful dis closures were made to. them on Sunday morn ing by Mrs. Wm: E. Prescott. , The scene was moat heart-rending, and the w ails and shrieks could not he concealed frein the passers by.— Every effort has been made by their friends to assuage the grief of the afflicted wife' and daughters, who up to a late hour, confidently expected an acquittal. A letter of coAolence was presented them On Sunday arterpoOn, signed by the heads of all the principal families of Cambridge, inclu ding the Hon. EdWird Everett, Jared Sparks, Prof. Norton, Judge-Fay, &c. The immense crowd retired from the cour room and vicinity in silence and withou the least disturbance. Judge Fay 4 3 / 9 it up that his frientl, Webster, was egifilty man, after hearing his own speech on Saturday esening. Anecdotes of the cruelty of Dr. W. in early life Kamm told by persons who were then acqulfinted!Witb him I Hr. King's California Report. The official Report of the lion. Thomas But ler King. in regard.to.California was transmit ted to both I - louses of Corigress by the Presi dent on Wednesday Int. The principal topics discussed in it are the population of the coun. try ; its agricultural resources ; extant and pop of tho mineral region ; tho' commerce and navigation of California ; the legislation necessary for the territory and especially in regard to the disposition of the gold-bearing lande, belonging to the United States. . The population of the country Is now about one huridred and twenty thouiand. An acces sion to the pOpulailon by immigration, during the year beginning at the next dry season,— on the lot day of May, is estifnated at two hun dred thousand. The agricultural capacitics'of the State are vastly .grualer_than_haa_been..heretolore repre sented. There is . a vast extent of pasture lands, unsurppssed any where in the world, in verdure and richness. The wild oats grow epeintane °ugly all over the plains, yielding an annual. crop at the rate of forty bushels per acre. Any number of cattle and sheep may be raised.— Two hundred thousand'hoad of cattle must be, brpught into the country during the next two years. e - The cattle were formerly trilled for their hides, which wes the chief article of export; and they were worth but lour dollars a head ; but now they aro worth twenty or thirty dol lars a head. California ie especially adapted to wool grow Ing ; a gentleman was about to import ten thouslind sheep from Mexico, with a view to go into that business. The future value of the vineyards is represented as very great. As to the commerce of the country, he esti mates the value of imports needed in Califor. ma from the Atlantic States for the next year, at four millions of dollars in flour, six millions ,n lumber, and two millions in other articles. 1 As to the article of lumber, its price is now $75 pen thousand, and cannot be lower, because it is below the cost of labor necessary for cut ting and sawing lumber in Californicelt can be carried to California for $24 a thousand; and supposing it to cost $2O here, It will con tinue 'to pay. The gold region is described as extending five of six hundred miles from the South to the North, and from forty to sixty miles in width; from East to West. It rises gradually in an inclined plain from the Sacramento Valley, to the elevation of 4,000 feet at what are- called the Foot Hills. Between theme hills and the Sierra Nevada, a number of streams have their source, and take their course through the Foot Hills, westward. Mr. King examined twelve of these rivers, and found them all very rich in gold. The territory on the North is very rich in gold; and the conclusion is inevitable, from all the facts, that the whole quartz Wain, containing three thousand square miles, is full of gold bedded in the quartz, and some of which, disintegrated from tliesquartz by the torrents, may be found in duet end lumps in the beds of the streams. The whole number of foreigners in the re. gion, who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand. There have boon but seven thousand American gold hunters. The Chiliuria and Sonora peo ple came in crowds, and have carried off twon tyfiso millions, The Americans have procpred fifteen millions. The Chilians are expert dig gers. • The amount of gold already procured, is for ty millions. But forty millions more will be procured during the coming dry season—say from :gay till November. The regular mining °prattling in the solid quartz rook 'will soon- begin, and. can. he _con tinued during the wet as well as the dry sea son. . . - Mr. King eetimates the amount:et gold which will be procured, from the Bret of May, 1851, till the tat of November, 1852, et, one hundred millions Ho recommends thatytho lands be t ;retainod as public , property foroferiand as a Perpetual resource for the public exchequor. To the workers and diggers tif'grold, he pro. Pesos to grant permits, at the rate of an ounce of gold for each pound., • For the encouragement of regular mining operations, ho proposes to grant leases of a limited number of acres, to persons or compa nies, at . a small per contago on the amount o gold' procured. irrA tremendous meeting .in: favor of the Union has' bean bola at Natchez; , _ • pelCometook & Co.'s • List 01 Valuable peparationa;conalsting of • . ~The opilutne Balm of Columbla,for• restoring the , Cannel's Magian!. Pain Extrseter; for Pains and .burns; . , • • Uolves' Nerve and pond Liniment for Rheumutism , Dr McNair's Acoustic Oft for,Deafness. Hays' Liniment for the Piles. • Comstock & Co'a'• Concentrated Compound. Itiu)d Extract of,Barsaparillen - for purifying the Blood. • Spohn'a Each Headache Remedy. , Mother'altollaf—anindlawalscovery, • Longley's Great Western PanAcent' ••• Rev Dr' Partholontaw's Expectorant Pink Syrup for "Colds. z' • Dr. Connel's Mixture for Secret Diseasite.. , • - leolmstock'o VerutifUga for,Worma In' Children—. And Mrs Drown's cielehratedP Dain , Ritlar," or roller In 'OhOlern.rriorbui4.Dysenteryt-,Cuts! and bruins, healing on'tnan or begat; ?To. be Akan internally or applied no' tt.,,w,oilif.'4llthiif above, valuahle proparotiope,which want of, robni crier:lnn! speaking', of snore .pertlettifirlyifiet',Whica obtained the highest '-celebrity; In Cue. Ihtle bk.•,CHA:llLEEl.oCHlAll4•.eolat ; efebo a rittnted itecilons botintatttl?tlkii.,9#o42o9 l o'.t'';V.: , muttlatjog,,oP:thetl; , joili.nall9n'"7 igivrap - oilidi'iliat , '.disiSpeakei , N 4ll 0001 iipthunri.inprive cro (...‘iTh IffrOt 1,p1 . 11 ; *k • • - • . . -iY, . ' '-:' , . 'l , , -"Tnesday, March 26, 1850. SENATE.—The proceedings of the Senate, bi-day; which Were ; et a• highly exciting character, will•be found on our fourth page. ... In the.lionse u discussion of an angry nature took place, on a charge by Mr: Preston King, of New York, against Speaker Cobb, for hibrinimutilated and altered the journals of the Rouge,' for the purpose of .srnotheiing the_ Bill for the admission-of California in Committee of the Whole. A committee of Investigatien was appointed, consisting of Messrs:. flo.lipes, Vintbn, Boyd, Ashmun, Doty, StcpyenCol Geo., Strong, Gentry and Richardson-:=s Locos, 4 Whigs. •7"Wednesday, March 27. SENATE.—AIter the re:i of petitions and reports of commi 'es, IVIr. Benton rose to a, personal explan tion. j 'Alluding to the report of the Senate proceedings el yester day, he stated that h s remarks wore report ed accurately, but c mplained with much warmth of the ep t made of Mr. Footers' remarks. He ex mated the reporters en tirely, intimating ery distinctly that he knew Mr. Foote MU reported himself. - He denied'-the right of an Senator to change•or modify-a single expre ion in a personal matter. As reported, M Foote was repre sented to have said that Mr. Benton was sheltered - by-his age, his open disavowal of the-obligations of the laws of honor, and hiS senatorial privileges. This was never said, and if it had been' it was false. Let any man offer him ihsult where it could be pro perly chastised, and he would learn his age. He had borne much indignity in silence; . but having , once noticed it, he would now give notice to the Senate that if it forgot that it was .the American Senate, and failed to protect itself from the use of language which would not be permitted in the veriest brothel in the suburbs, he would henceforth protect himself from all indignity and insult, cost what itnay. Mr. Foote, in reply, con Tended that he had made no unjustifiable alteration in his speech. He avowed the report as. his own ; but contended that he-had added nothing not absolutely necessary to fill blanks left by the reporters, bebause of their inability to hear. He admitted that he had defined a paragraph referring to the affair of honor' betvreen Mr. Benton and Mr. Butler, and he had done so at the suggestion ut friends, who considered allusions to affairs of this kind, when settled, not strictly proper. As to the peril - Cuter pas sage objected to, he asserted that it differed in no particular from the expression used 'by hint. In conclusion lie wanted- to know if Mr. Benton meant to say that he does consi der himself.amenable to the laws of honor? 4;de, said Mr. Foote, and if he does, - let him 110 , 'Iso, and I know icy course. . . 'r. Benton made no reply, but, turning in his seat indulged in a contemptuous laugh. Hposc.—The report of Hon. Thos. Butler King, on the condition of was presented to the . House and ordered California,to be printed. The President's California Message was then discussed. Mr. Ashmun, (of Mass.) having the floor, said he should vote for the admission of California. He belie ved that the views of the President were ,founded in patriotism and wisdom, anti de manded the approval of the country. When thq question was tp be taken, he could not tell. We are now in the last week of the fourth month of the session, and little legis lative business has been done. What is the cause of this? The spoils brought home \ from the Mexican war of conquest.. We hive spent a hundred millions' of dollars, and thrown away ten thousand lives. We have got one-third of the spoil pl Mexico.— He voted against the war, because tie fore saw the consemlences. He, like Wise, voted against the sppropriation to consumate the treaty. He warned the country that it terri tory was acquired; the north, as one man, would resist the extension of slavery. The prophecy then made was in process of fulfilment. The North will resist, and this is the sole cause of the present struggle. The South press the extension of slavery.— The slavery questnn entered somewhat into the Presidential, election. .Betore the fourth of March, 1849, there was was no outcry about dissolution of the Union. It' was . heard distinctly alter the inauguration of General Taylor. Then it was that Southern rights were in danger, and the South were ' called upon to rally as one man. Then it was that a caucus issued a catalogue of the crimes of the North, and then the Nashville Convention was projected to concentrate the South. The South are invoked to protect their rights. All this was for political poses. He did not believe that the Nash •file Conveption .was invoked for disunion purposes. j`The Most active of the leadnis design poiitical purposes. The gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Thompson, said that it was to erect a platform on which all could rally. Mr. Ashmun had heard ciltr p.a..orms be. fore. There was one made at Buffalo, but the rains descended and the rains blew on until there was not a plank left. Nov , Itriats . , General Taylor is elected, the cup of -Si'fiiithern , endurance i► to be drained, and the Nashville Convention is to meet. Geo graphipal parties cannot exist in this coun try. The same ruin that betel the Miele Convention awaits the Nashville Conven tion. They will produce commotion for a time, but he had no fears for the Union.— W hat would iustfly the 'South in resorting to bloody revolution? The North do not pro pose to oppress any Slate. They only ea), that where slavery dose not now exist it _shall not go. Arid for such a cause as this a revolution is threatened. • Fqr filty years past the South lins,ninna ged to pontrol die destinies of the nation.— The South his never .asked anything that Congress has not granted. He admitted that " the North has not regarded, as it ought, the constitutional Clause in relation to the escape of persons held to servile labor. He had no mental reservations as to the obligation to carry out the clause in the true &pipit. But at the time ho would protect Southern rights, Ire would not interfere with Northern rights. His own view was, that the eight of trial by jury should be accorded in such cases. Ts it for the Wilmot proviso that revolution is is thus apprehended 1 He had shown that filial measure grew out of the annexation of Texas. The .annexation resolutions provided for the formation of lour States out of that Suite. He stood ready to admit them, when the contingency arrived. He had no apprehem sion that slavery would exist to Therefore he had no desire to pleas on hot the Wilmot Proviso. It would be unneces sary. If it could be proved to him that sla very cannot go to Mexico, no act o.f4s, would give °Bence to the South. Sel 9 4'i long as Southern men insist en carryielft, their elaveti to New Mexico. he would insfs,t on the Proviso. if they insist merely as a point of honor, he' would yield; if they says that slavery can and will go there, then ho will -conform himself to the views of Lis , coati:l4'oMo; arid go for the Wilmot Punier); - -it the Sbuthlorce the.,euestiod: The recommendation ol.the President if patriotic and just.' 'There' Was .no. rieeessity,.. for forcing- an. issue, Mexicti'• neeids,"is•ri regiment _of soldiers to keep off Bile -will -do as well at the next , next Congress. , ". Looking to the eonsequori deri, wisdom and,pixtriotisnrdiclate - that Are +Monk! Sfa ;Mr.-Oared maintained •that the function,' of CoMiress haverbeen•dost sitild of f end that :orConstitution giies, rigid' to legislate alaierY:. He amnia. the President •lIV having Interfered. in ,tltc affairs. nt California, aud:Was,preetteding Melitiw :that .we, are in ,Ilt;l;ntidiit,of 'a' reVolution;whed. feeling un• - ;give: wiy:: for a, motion tuft the -;fir,-;itiebPraded!' .• • Trriday.,.Mareli 26.. I.,'4lii!Sennte - vot jn having,adjour. .ffeCtiliirlitil,Melidayrltuthe;Hattr,.llll;,lbe bill liiik.ooititirg„stop,o9o,;(o`itie ciptore,ol; the. ' t /rhill 6 Ttlita 4 olo. lll.l 4:.*:";' 4li fc l ' u P. :oll.d ' '4lfier • , a Wil IMBENE 3 : : :''' '' ,. ;:4"; : :`, : : -. : 1 '; . : . ''' : ; - :,;:. ''' . ' . l'-.:?. MEM
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