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WEDNESDAY A1A4C.11 : 12, 1851
THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
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WHIG WARD , AIRETINGS.
.Eaist Waid
A meeting of the Whigs of the East Ward
Will be helU at the puhlip iteuSe of William
Strohm, on SATUiIISAY EVENING; the ISih
inst., to make pxrangetl66 for the coming
lection.
' 'West WAid.
—A
-Emoting of. tile Whigs of tho:Vest Ward
wiil bo hold at the Public house of John Ilan
non; on SATURDAY. EVENING; the 15th
inst., to make arrangements for the Spring e
lection: All Whigs are particularly invi
ted to attend.
Renew your Subscriptions !
The present_ month closes the year for a
largo number of our subsCribers who hail) a
dopted'the plan of paying $1,50 in advance.—
They are therefore respectfully reminded - of
the necessity , of reneleing their subsnriptions
for the coming year if they , desire to secure
the.benefit of the redlieed terms. We must
strictly adhere Lo our terms, which are :set out
at the head of oar editorial column so that
"he who runs may read"- - L51,50 if paid at
th; Leginain . g of the ilearsl,7s if 'paid' Into
within the year, or $2,00 if paid aftyl• the ex
piration of the year.
are gratified in being able
since the'reeent, improvement • our paper we
have'had iiitite a consider e accession to our
Mit of subscribers, and that not' a week passes
In which we do not add new names to ourlist.
We have thus substantial evidence afforded us
that the improvement in .our paper is appreei
cited by thit public. To the iniprovemeniii al
ready made we intend to add others, until our'
papershall_be surpassed by none in the coufp
try. Will net our friend's aid us byn little ex,:
ertion on their part to increase still faster °inf.
subscription list?
THE SPRING ELECTIONS
We would like every Whig in the county,
says the Fulton Republican, (and we ,quote its
remarkd as applicable to Cumberland county)
to bear in minth.that there is a very impoi•-
tant election at hand which should not be
neglected by any one. We know there are
many who look *Ron our Spring elections as
of little importance. No man who is a Whig
from principth, should neglect a. isingle eke-
seem, there is still a necessity that each man
should go to the Polls and vote. If . you be
lieve that the ascendancy of Whig principles
is necessary in guaranteeing prosperity to the
country, then goito the polls and elect mon to
r-=-131Ei,e,=v1i - o - se views-agree with your own. Fill'
the smallest-office-within your-gift, :-with-men
of this kind! It will give strength and union
to-the party, and insure success when yoU are
called upon to elect State and National officers.
'There is no use in being a Whig unless you
vote. To Bay-that you•nre a Whig and never'
exercise the right which the Constitution guar
antees to every white freeman, will not give.,
• strength to the party whose principles youad-
inmate, nor will it give)the country the benefit
of those principles, which you allodgo aro
necessary to secure our national and individ
ual prosperity. Of what value is the right of
suffrage, unless we exercise it? It is but a
useless sentence in the English Language—a
sentence which has no meaning, and should
7 1 . th
be hie (ed from the pages of every book.
W e - Legislature - tact a-lawiby-whicla
io would be deprived of that privilege, you
- - would rise up in arms and die rather than lose
it, and now when you have it, many of you
look upon it as a worthless gift. Every men
should vote at every election. The man who
pays attention to little things is on the certain
road to wealth ; so is tho' party that attends
to the smallest elections, on the true road to
ME=
Remember that on next Friday' week, our
spring election takes place. Bear in mind that
it will be on the 21st instant. We would like
to hoar that every Whig in the county had de
posited his vote, on that day. Without you
pursue a (ionise of this kind, you cannot look
for success.
TO ,THE FRIENDS OF SCOTT
The Whig members of the - Legislature met
. iu caucus, at Harrisburg last Week, and issued
the following recommendation, which all pit
--pers-friendly-to-Gen-Scott-are-requested4o,
. copy . :
The undersigned, Whig members.of the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania, reepectfdlly suggest
te'the friends of General Scott,,,throughont,
•the State, to meet and consult together upon
the eipediency and propriety of 'presenting
•his,name.for i the nest Presidency.
• J. W. Rilliqer, Jos. Itenigniacher,
J. f; Vialker;' SU Slifer, •,!- -
Thou. Ctirseni, J.i
. Haslatt,, .
G.'V. Lawrence, . Benj. Malone, : .
P. B. Savory, G. It. Hart,. '•
-&-.7,--Guimingham, J. S. 80wen, ,, - , !
D.:11 . 4.8. Brower,. D. J: Bighorn,
Johndge,Clushey, George Mowry,
M. Robertson, John . McLean,
A. Robertson, 'WA. Shaeffer, '
•Oltristian Myers i , Win. Evans,
.. , .IV:;MeSherry, Jacob Islissloy,
James Parothers, IV. E. Smith, •
ii. A. MoMurtrie, Thos.' Van Horne, .
• "James Pine,
, Thos. Dungan, , •Sarnuel.' Hampton,
:BohGrt Baldwin, David Machiy,,
• James Cowden, J. S. Struthers,.
'S. R. lifcCunti, C. J.' IllinSteker:
•
tiOltrh'o' 114rIfilitirg• 'corre4ptindotit" of tlio
Matonran,, B aya:
"A. fewr'days - singe n bill passed the Sonata
giving to litra.-glisabotirJoues, of Cninboriand
opunty c a.gr,aptity, of one linudrod dollara it
• Yq.iF i for.fill ) Yenta, tie a sort :of a "oonipensa
, tion ot'thd }6ss of hot huebarid; `who way kil.,
' twit suluntor, at Northumberiarul,;.by
- failing.of 'theithinai liridgoi. whilst attotnptirig
hj.crOse tt,ttftet, night, in, the, stAgo. . Mrs:
Jones„is Ivor *roan, with' three 'groan
bhil
''
_dtorf,'wheiso'only support woe her husband;
'und-Uthittit.thc; Senate did tight •hi 'granting
);),- her. thitt , poor .pittAnce. • The ,Ifouso . will, I
4 0 P 0 0a 82 ! 31 .t1 3 _ b 11,11”
~
,ge.'llm ... colonisrLtion lill, - .Wlult passed
ongreris in the Mit hcinis of 'the seiMbM,,will
givo to the Colonization 'Society ",sbent *4-
, 860,''for talting,,eare'of 760 slaves captured on•
board the Pons by a government vossol, which
started with 000 slaves from Cetroncin for lira-
, 2ii. . Ihey , ;were, oarziod 'to Monrovia and
,_,_,thorn proiclerl for, by the poloniz atf
. Of the i.7.6"Avero taken into
The. Socretury of tho TrCionry is Aintlnirixod
rto pay autii ; no
,exceeding'fifty dollars
the care.. of, each.
SU
The .Vofunteennever sOpstti 6411
-iiimisroPreseniatlon mut faliiehOod,
king proof of this furnished , notitk
last weak of Goy . Johnston.. iron:as firet:.',
‘ , 1310v. Jehnsten wheelie tomed before Alm
peePte again will 'ante doo
,trino to that promulgated-by-him'mheiclielast
addressed his'follow citiiens from' the stump.
I,le then took bold ground_in favor of the one-
Unit principle, and"deolared himself a convert,
to that principle.P,,
This Is simply and unqualifiedly false.'thiii
Johnston tuatle'no Snob declaration anywhere.
The9,onvention which, nominated, him macle .
no enoh deelaration,,nor,was the ono term
priuciPle" ever alluded to in any of dev..rohn
ston's publio speeches. Again, says the Vol
,• - •- -I unleer—
En
On the subject of the veto power, or as
this sapient orator, called it, the " ono man
povier,' the Governor is also in rather a "split
stick." It will bo remembered by all
,that ho
also took bold grOund in opposition to the use'
'of the veto power, and in Strong and decided
terms denounced the exercise of the .veto: by
the GOverner—and he : pledged himself, thathi.
the emit of his election, he would recognise
as - law - all - bills -- that - passed - the - twor - rllouserlif
Assembly. But what has been his course?—
It ion. notorieus.fact:that Johnston `has exer
cised tho veto power more .frequently than
'was ever done by any of his predecessors in
the same length Of time. We defy his friends
to contradict this." • •
If is true that Gov. Johnston When address
ing the people spoke; and spoke'most forcibly
against that "one man peWer," by which'some
of our recent locofoco rulers had ruled this
republiCan country with a more despotic sway
'Than is ever exercised by crowned heads in
Europe. Such arbitrary exercise of power Gov.
Johnston most forcibly denounced, as in viola-,
tioii of all republican principles. Nor has his
own course as Governor of Pennsylvania been
at all inconsistent with the,, opinions ho pro
mulgated on the stump. The- 'Whig doctrine
is that the Veto power otightmot to be. used
except in cases of "unconstitutional 'or. hasty
and inconsiderate'legislation." Gov. Johnston
'has we believe exercised th . e 'Veto power but
• once* during his tertmand that was in the ease
of the foul and iniquitous apportionment bill
pasSed by the reckless loeefoco legislature of
last year—a bill for which }here could be 'no
excuse, so foul was it In its provisions, and
which was probably only passed by a' desper
ate party in order to defy 'the Gubernatorial
veto. To veto such a bill tile Governor could
not . „: hesitate„ and bitterly was locofocoism
apyiilo to laMent the masterly exposure iu the
..L . :GOetcor's veto message ef the, s sorrupt and
infamous provisions of a Of whieh'Was inten
46:ati Cheat thousands of, Whig tax-payers -of
,'the right of representation... Ent, the . •,Ve/unl a
icer ,ctipm the climax of falsehood le the fol- I
lowing :
elate that
"On the subject of the pardoning power
too, Gov. Johnston occupies a very unenvia
ble position before the.people. In the full of
1817, when he was travelling from village to
village harangueing his "fellow citizens," and
begging their votes, he was partiOlar to tell
them that he woe opposed to the exercise of
.the.pardaning power .by. the - Governor.. lIe:
denbuucett his-immediate predecessor for hav
ing exorcised this power, and took the ground
that no man convicted of crime by a court of
- justice;tmill - eutelillfid to •pumshment, should
receive n pardon from the Governor. These
were Gov. ,Johnstons views then. How will
his-professions and his acts compare? Any
one who will take-the,-trouble to examine the
subject will, find that-Gov. Johnston has grant- L .
ed more pardons, for the time ho has been in
.office,-than-ever-were granted before- by -any-
Governor in this_or any ether State.... And he.
Lan pardoned to - o, many °Nilo most notorious
scoundrels that ever disgraced humanity,-
' murderers, robbers, &e. To such an ex
tent has he exercised the pardoning power,
• and so numerous are the villains he' has, left
loose upon society, that a president Judge of
ono of the criminal-courts of Philadelphia, in
charging the jury in a certain case, remarked
that it was almost a useless expense to try
and convict criminals, so long as the present
Governor remained in office as he granted
pardons nearly as-fast as the court convicted."
There aro a great many distinct assertions
in this paragraph, and every one of, them is a
downright lie. It is not true that'Gov. John
son made the "exercise of the pardliniu,i pow
er" a subject of any of his speeches before
the 'people. It is not true that hb denounced
his immediate predecessor for exercising this
power. It is.not true that Gov. Johnson took
thaground that no man convicted ''of crime
should be pardoned: It is not true that G'ov.
Johnson has
,granted more pard l ons than ever
has granted by any Governor in this or any
other State. In fact every assertion made in
this paragraph by the Volunteer may be bran
ded as a lie. •
The Philadelphia Judge whom the Volunteer
alludes to is well known to be that designing
political demagogue Judge Parsons. We be
lieve he did at one time make the assertion
here imputed to him, and a most unfortunate
assertion it was for him too. Such an accu
sation against Gov. Johnston, made with that
brazen hardihood which distinguishes Judge
Parsons, caused. 'a
full and thorough investiga
tion into the eiercise of the pardonitapowar
by the friends' of;: Gov. Johnston, And the
result of that investigation, while it trium
phantly acquitted, the Governor, was enough
to cover :fudge Paritins with shame. It not
only-shown-that-the!nUmber-of-parclons-gran
ted by Gov."Johnistazi were not only far less
than the annual number. granted by' Governors
Porter and Shunk, but that in .every case the
.governimhad the direct request and recom
mendation of Court, jury and presecuting. at
torneyitojaatifylimin the limited number of
pardon,s he' did grant! In some of the most
aggravated. cases 'Judge - Parsons himself had
solicited the pardon... Thus the trittnau assault of
Judge Parsons upon Governor Johnston re-
Coiled7wltliten-fold forOs ppon himself.. •
And the Kotaiateeritself. is not , playing the
same part that Judge - Parsons. did: , It denmin.:
:tes Gov. Johnston for - granting ,pardons, and
yet there has probably not'licen a. pardon
granted in Cumberland county,ifo' which.- the
`Editor of tho Volunteer himself has pot been"
'among the petitioners! It was spin a recent
ease in this county, - in ,which much publie.sym
pathy was manifested for a prisoner. .Gover
nor .Tel....rztcn's political opponent's carried the
petitions round and among ollterS both the
Coco Editors 'of Carlisle were signers.'; And yet
those men - will denounce". the Governor for the
verY 'not vvlAlt eblielted 'him toil °! Wore
they' , siker° in 'signing ' that 'petition, or did
• thof only - design - to - pUtAlle - GOverridr in - a also
position tOurGOvernora mekof 9tue4o l
rfeelings:llltikother‘.incin, =and •it Weal:ltalie a
heart:of niiiiblif.tO s rosist'the:nppoalia 'of !vivoll
• and children' and multitudes of, petitiOner9
whieh : 'are addressed' to': thein'for pardons.;
the'Paidening of eriminals'is °ease, Jitigoe
and juries and•eitisens asustjlist cease signing
petitions for pardons. ~; •
.
~ • ,
- The only null:doh' to trait the'Voluit
teerqilirtiole:blitti 'conjecture' that the Whigs
this,rs , nomination of.l2iov.‘JohnstOn.—,
Thisithey ,undoubtedly , olq, en& rfith hilM as
thcir leader iota the contegtrith
every. prespect or trininphitiienuocess.' ;With
"JbllNSTONlte"tiiir 'thetontioued
.BEDMITION OF non SATE . DEBT 'and the pink
NOTION or,orinassrvn,T.c.xus as, our, rallying
cry, the Whigs of 'Pennsylvania have no Om
of defeat in the contest ordl3sll' . ' • 1
Wo litwo quo asoortainod Oat tho whole ,
nutabOr of votoos•1 . 3i901:1` by Clov. JohnstOn is
. . ,
OtNooNGIRESS.
I )ll i 6. thi4-first Cotresl'elosed its session
‘9.4"Tuesday'„ilie-ltkinet:;la' t
ing ;as useal crowded most',:ef
itErbusfneselato;iinilastleW days, Tho'
teiicantlnaVal 4ore out downSatier7 .
al milliond : pf dollatti; . steamship pro
jeats Wore killed. Tlieltwer and I arbor Bill
was defeated, ha well as ... the Fortificatlon Bill;
the bill creating a Lieutenant OcinCial tin the
ain:irwtis' not passed, antlithe, prenclt,,,Spolia
tion Ciejusyeejot . widels iepeatedz
I,y been acknowledged by Congress,.lM4`Passed
by for want of time. The- bills passed are,:
the CheaP Postage 11411,- - reducing , letter', 'rates
to three and five cents; the Post Office aPpror .
priation Bill; the Civil mid Diplomatic „Appro—
priation Bill; t h e Army and Navy AproVOria
tiori Bills, - and the 'Bill estabiishing'new Poet
'Routes. These ar:e'the moetlMPOrtant acts of
the session. others, passed are the
following; . the bill' making * .approprintiona to
,Light Houses; the-bill' the,
of American ship owners; th'e bill to ascertain'
and settle - Private_Land_Claims in California ;:l l
the-Senate's Joint Resolution authorizing„ t]
President to send.a
.Government ship to the
Mediterranean to bring Kossnth and his - tom-'
panions to the.pnited States. The Senate bill
providing an 'asyluM for aged and disabled
soldiers. The Senate Bill regulating the AP,
praisement, of Imported Merchandise, ni{d
providing for the appointment of four Apprai...
sere at large.
The Ne* York Triliime, ona of whose
edi
tors was in attendance on, Congress, gives an
account of the manner in which some of the
laws of the last session were passed during
its last days, and if legislation were by guess,
instead of by vote it, would 'probably result as
well for the interests of the country. :That
paper says; ,
It is doubtful whether some of the bills were
ever read, and of mymy, the contents were un
known, the members depending upon the eons -
mittees who reported them for their being ell
right. Sums of money have been voted to ob
jects which Congress never designed to favor,
among which is the stun of $350,000 tO,,ars in-'
dividual to construct a' Magnetic telegraph to
the Pacific - or the North . Pole; onb about as
practicable at this time as the other, and each
equally as profitable as en investment. But
carelessness and - disregard of the people's in
terests are still further exhibited an the fact
that an amendment of the Senate to a bill of
the House, striking ' - out a- proviso which the
latter had adopted, was never submitted to the
House again, and the speaker, in signing the
bill, took the responsibility of writing into the
engrossed and enacted law the proviso which
the House had adopted, but the Senate bed re
jected. With such loose and irregular legisle-
I (ion as this any improper . nidastsFe may- be
foisted upon the people.
The great struggle in the Senate, for the
last two days of the session, was on the River
and Ilerbor°bill. It was kept up for the most
part of Monday night, and Tuesdsy when the
bill waS tabled`by a ruse of the opposition.—
It seems dedording to the Washington Republic,
I there was a combination among certain lead
ers of Locofocoiam to prevent the° passage of
the "apprepriatibil bills uideli tlie - y could have
their way with the River and Harbor bill. It.
was clear, by numerous votes during...the day.,
that there wouldibc_a-large majority in favor
of the bill, but the doctrine of the new light
Democracy is, that the minority ought to gov
ern by trick, indirection, contrivance—by.
-speaking- against-Limo,-by-reading-long-reports.
.and_messages..to,which_nobody.listens. 7 -11 they
. can thereby_ defeat-the-will of the majority —
The. West and Northwest were- thus over. ,
slaugLedand deprived of the legislation for
which they have so long called,'aud called in
vain, by a combination of the Disanionists and I
Secessionists with the,,hair-splitting abstrac
tionists of the Democracy.
Thus ends the 31st Congress., In the con
summation of a few measures of importance
-it has spent-a - vast - deal of time - and money,
and in its proceedings, rather increased than
allayed excitement on the vexed issues between
the two great sections of the Republics. Few
persons will regret that HS -labors have come.
to a close. The country will now move on
peacefullynncl quietly, welfust, until DecemL
ber, when a new Congress will assemble, I
whether better or. worse_than_the_oldstne,_time.
'alone can decide.
wnE biin AP POSTAGE BILL
The Cheap Postage Bill. we are happy to
say, has become a law. .11v.cept in regard to
the three cent coinage, it does not go into op
eration until the first of July ...next. It 'redti
ccOthe average rate of postage both upon let 7
ters and newspapers neagly one-half. The
following schedule shows the rates on newspa
pers under the µerrlap4unpared with the
old.
NEWSPAPERS PER QUARTER. •
Semi- Tri.
Weekly Wk'ly WWII , Daily
Under 50 (dew bill) - Y bete. 10 15 25
Pregent rate 12 24 86 48
Orcr 50,'under 300 - 10 20 .80 • 50
Present rate 13 36, 54 108
Over 300, under 1000- 15 30 45 75
Present rata. 18 . 36 . 55 108
Over 1000, under 2000 20 • '4O 60 100
Present rate 19 36. 51. 108
Oter 2000, under 4000 25 60 76 ' 126
_P.resentrate ,18 36_ __s4__'loB:
Oyer 4000 . 80 60 '9O : 150
Present rate - - -'-' 18 96 54 108
"All iueeld& papers' FREE 'within the , county
where they are"publialted. Papers of less than
4;ininco, half these am! papers not
over BOG squarefinohei, one fourth' of • these
• • ,
rates. ' •• ~,,,,,,
• • . •
' The' rates on monthly and send-Monthly
newspapers the fame; in proliortiori to the
numbee of sheets tuned; aS 'onsireekly moils.
The noiv rate on lettere mit. 41[6ocdlog half
nn - minee, ie-three five' cenhf
if hot iirepal; for all' ':dietinfiee; ' ander'lhree
thinniancl Over threa'tlniefinil •miles,
double these rates.
• ThO section authorizing the coinage of three
cent plecoo, is retained.'
r“ , , ? Gir.riTEpAL SCOTT.,
Tho.T , lumaraivas Advoonte published New
~?ltiladolphia,, Oltio, in, nn artiClo doitlg justice
to the gallant 'old licro i of ; Lundy s Lano
marks:! The hour has
come Tho signs. of tilit halioato
,that:ln !42149 to the Jli g h eat,
office ivitlihi thirgiit of a frq vanalO,
YrfP.,tl O ..F4F, l ? ,pilp,ir,,lr.o,lcara ; that ',tho .
'fihlgl of IMttlor
co voAtfoli ado fe strong 7°.?19, q°ni' (I ,e l ß*'
'Fin.49.4139F4.'89904) Choir b l 4,.° ll PIP O, iroT "t4 O
!req)4 1 91tX,! 11 „ilT,PIII!.1;? 1.
gold Ohii) Iforllti •ad ioatoi cnis' as
0 4 9 4 9C3 9. 11. 1?94+ 11 ! ) '4 .l i4.l°PriPt!aPa 'Tour
/Pi.; ` ;;.; i - ;;; ; .1t:, , • •:s i.•
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t303!.u . 711,:tr • ifreno4 'war
Sispl
enortn§its .
ThreepersOn's may
pit iaeiao Of. it, and oat scitno6"fitik& round
yard
Clitimen Bonveolior PYTretiu ¢ a Piers,
npito,' March. 0.-The flfth-PresbYtUrinn Chuiehl
in this city, under the prietorarellargo_ of_tho.
14...)Y05t, woe totally, deetroyhd by; fire
.this morning. It is supposed to bay° boon
tho'doork'of an Incendiary. .• Lose not °Boer
, _ TVELLWriIItiCA33OTIT '3IIOIVIZI.
- 4 •'= l .F:.iii - .4..... •`.'s,--;:,_. I
Ailtplicr,ONOLAViliATlliN ! ~
. •-. ' : i:.: - :::.' 4.....= • ---4-. ,•. ;1,.
Vro Thirty te:Vorty Bultdan,gs Meru.
•' .2'l: - • eft to ,gie-farnuud t i , , • ' ,-
' ..
The / rneit:destruetlie.'and' widesiiread , fire
I v s l4l:7 l3 74,4 l oltrhdrongh has over been visited,
broke Pulthistinriving. about,. half-past itvelve
'''O'Clocl4- The fire 'broke out in'the'efablo at- ,
Inched to thegmbh'iphouse • of Mr. Scott, on
Nortivilanoveratreet and being suriounded
btal4bles 'and'-other frairmlniilditi,gs , -Spread
v.ininiosOnCtirritiineonsly bri - on'absitlii , to the ex
. tent of.,a squa l re, By the time our citizens
were generally roused, the aspect ofthe,Can
flagratien was:most fearful, threatening die it
"did thetotaddestruction of, the whole' Eastern
~seetletteCtlin tforoughi;:'Altlongli4lte night
„, was comparatively calm; the action of the. fire
• produced an egitationmf the air almost equal
to a hurricane, and great finites of fire were
whirlechoveC the town-to the. distance of two '
' and thOe squares tramline origin of the fire:
Roofs'of houses were‘thus ignited et , the..gie- ,
tanoant a - square 'apart, 'and three Seperate
. .- fires.produced on diff - ci.imrstreets. ,''Our7Fire
companies were on the ground with their tip
paratui ea speedily as possible, but difficulty
' • of proeuring a Continued supply„gf water:and
' the impossibility of attacking the fire at all
the 'different points at which it broke out in
' rapid succession, ,baffled their exertions. They
. Forked with great eriergy, however, and saved
•
a number of buildings which would have been
• otherwise consigned to destruction: ',
,„From thirty to forty buildings of different
•descriptions were entirely consuinedin the con
flagration. On the, west side of 'the-alloy ,in
the rear of gortlOHanover street, where the
fire commenced; the stables of Mn Arnold and
' and Mr. Glallaglier, , the Workshop and stable
of Mr; likinyer, 'the 'stables and carriage house
of Miss Sturin arid Mr. Scott,- the Warehouse
and stalile of' Mr. Senor, and the stables of
- . Messrs. Georini'keller and JohriHumer were
entirely consumed, With most of their 'contents.
KTT the stable of Ml... Scott were thlMe horses
and a cow, all of which were burned 'to death:
On the opposite side of the alley in large brick
buildingAtiown as the " Arcade" among the
colored people, the stable , 'of Mr. Todd, end
severnl bUildings owned by Mr. R. Shapley,
and'occupied . by colored people, were "itlia,
burned to the ground. From these the fire
eltended Olong Louther street and destroyed
the dwellings occupied by Mrs. Ithinehart; Mr.
.Fridley, Mrs. Isaac Todd,„and the family of
ex-sheriff offer. . In all these houses more or
less furniture was also consumed, and tine
~ Itiffifiderain'veld'iVith treat difliMitti,So rapid
-was the-spread of--the fire: '
'The next building destroyed was the Capa
cious church edifice .of the Lutheran congrega
tion, on Bedford street, of Which Rev. Mr.
Hoffman is Pastor: This church had recently
been rebuilt and re-modelled by the congrega
. tion;JO whom 'the loss of their house of wor
ship will be a deep grief. We regret to learn
. they had no insersoce. ~A large frame dwell-.
• ing house immediately opposite, owned by Dr.
Zollinger, was consumed at the 'Mune time.—
--- Fronclifenectifti - fiiViateride - rtiftlieThileirsiiii
stabling of the public house kept by Mr. Meer,
and Speedily enveloped it and his hotel trent
ing' on High' street. The firemen here battled
the domes manfully but without success. The
- building was soon 'a total infin.. - Mr - Heiser%
- loss will be at least s3,ooo,'whielf.we - inte - glind
to hear is .00vered, by nearly or ,quito , .that
Amount _ofdesurtinetilzu the Dickinson_ ;Fire
Company. Here the fire was finally subdued,
after four liners untiring exertions by, firemen
and citizen* • On, Dickinson alley the, iron
warehouse
,of. Mr. 'Saxton, the stables of
Judge Hepburn amblioffman's public house,
' together with , other similar buildings were
consumed. Most ,oLlhe buildings destroyed
were fortunately not of the most : valuable
character. The calamity will however fall
heavily on some of the owners, andmust occa
- Mon great inconvenience to the occupants of
houses, whose furniture has been scattered and
- injurekas well , as-distress to many pobr, col
ored families who have not only been rendered
houseless but have hist their scanty stock oft
- Tani ndltlie - hour we go to presswhave
heard no statement as to the aggregate loss
by the fire. The ainount of insurance is sta
' ted to be very small. Its origin is involved
in mystery, and suspicions are indulged that
it_ was the work of an incendiary.
our firemen worked braviely altholigh'fOr a
longtime - without avail. WS must not - forget
to mention also that they were assisted by the
' Dragoons 'from 91.3 Barracks, who to the num
-ber of about two hundred were speedily on the
ground and rendered most valuable and effi
cientserviCes.. The firemen express warm and
grateful thanks' for the coffee refreshinents
which were copiously served to them after the
firent , the houses of Mr:Lyon, Mr. F o dtteci
Mr. Monyer, Mr. Wingard, Mr. Ligget, and
probably others, whose mimes have not been
mentionedjo us. May it be long , before we,
..have to notice another such calamity.,
Sudden Death:,
Mr. 'John Lehn.'an aged and r6pectable cit--
izen ofNorth - Middleton , township,-died--vOry
' auddehly at'the residence of Dr. Dade, , in this
borough, on Monday last. He called at the
:Dootor',B office, complalug of very severe pain
from cramp in the stomach,- for wliich the Dr. ,
adminibtefed , n prescription; and: the patient
after lying 4Olvn a few minutes in 'on adjoining
• riront' declared himself relieved. Dr.-i Dale Was
_ neW•iumntened ag'ain,td his office:by altlsiter,
andieturffing in a feW.minutes
found him trying: Lohn !ma about amis.!
• ty Years old and had boon for many : years sub
ject to attacks , of cramp in.the stomach.'. ••
CtiltiatY .
Tho Dinit.'crat ways',' 3:' thich'fioldr;Esq:,: of
Juniata 'O'OnhtS',"wlio tikoacnel this judicial
distrlat hiiho'bohrd of Ravel - hie Commiasfon
pald'oUr borOugh a'reflortiviele on'rElatur
day% week: hint Nto lonfti that the Thlu-
to the Bgaitl from Ole emiri
tY'fOiJitheiyettr 1850; axe.eecte that 'of .tlfo year
'1.847 - 14 thb onormOne mina'
tltOacind_._ dollars, vtilat that') of Perry
66`-ty'llits been decreatied-ne
qly 'one' third.—
itid'olod. tho Board has been in
' 'ittlinted equnliie and "adjntitytini `taros
thrOuglient COninorbivOitltl4 'lseobineoreiy'
truat our oßresentative, who 'gait°. an Intel.:
tr:ellerftaliavr Oar county' brought balk to
TlL2OilAtiliiatii4 of something like "eorrameit
duinb4dand county always been
among the foremost to pay her n'uotitnf tax. to
-the St.afe;:iind narfartnere sionuflielently hark.
• dotted' almtedyoivitietaies Ororerk &scrip tioit,-
more
filroliortion linteeed 'upon thavoy; therefore,
the' tiiennial , itscesenient:of 1850 hits bean raia-,
ed $1300,080' !over thdt 'of 1847 c we ..have no
hesitatiOn in declaring dna such augmentation
'; bydlitiy clieunisteneee, tending
to the - belief 'Oita proporty , , haw advanced in,
!We hope, theieforey Bin:Board of
Comnalcolottere , will 'do: .ua'Alll.luctioe in tho
.
ge ko lobn J, Clendonin, sq., formerly' of.
Harrisburg, rnufrecontly
,re::eleetett .Attorney
Qattara of.Arlugum, majority of 700.
•
Cleati.otit'oreCittt:n, ~
We aroXielited•Xp Majoe.clieoli.
Deputy Ma hali foritlie following of ciaitiOir
of the cenetteiefCuteberininlo3Untyk
Twp's dr. 3Pop Faln,Pdaills
North Middleton 2285 ' 855 , 330'.
West Pennebore',,. ' 2040. 34G 854, 42)',.
Upper Dielaneohd 2218
_397 '4o7 s . 87
FrAnkfoll ? j • /1251 ,222 227. -
1058 • Uhl 197
. • ,
Southampton, • 1653 • 271 , • 283 15
. Shipponsburg; • 108 85 87 28
Shipponaburg Boro. 1578 , 277 331
Nowvillo 11oro. 715 188 .140 • 5
Norton; C; 1000 280 288:
' 1574 267 - _273 „ 0,
South Middleton,. 2252 377 393 3.,
toWer Dickinson, 825, 139 140 . 9
Sili*er Spring, • '2BOB t4OO 401 ' .22
Mechanicsburg Dore. 882 177 182 9
Monroe, 1772 821 3.23 19
New.-Cdruberlaint,"i 'Bls' 59 , . 13
Hampden, 1275 289 239 20
B. Pentilibormigh,l . 1604 . .327 • 827 89'
Carlisle,' - '•' 4578 .783, •. 848 •58
Upper Allen,, • 1v,0„„,,,„gw,r 208 15,
Lower Allek - - 1184, 216 :21,5 .20
84,340 0019 0245 ' .:470
Farms th'e Mu:O.—Nur thlliddletori 180;
LaWar Dickinson 30 Franittord 97; Ilopetrell'
85;' SouthainPtdn 120; 81Appensblirg 21';
NeWville 4;' Iqewtoti'll3 Mifflin 129; SOntlf
_ -
Middleton 102; S ilver4priag 183; Monroe
125; iltunpden 89 ; East I'ennsliorouglylo9 ;
Carlisle 28; Upper Allan 100; lower Allen
CO.—Total 1824.
.Productive Establislonents.—Northl‘liddleton
9; West Pennslioro' 14; Upper
. Diffldusen S ;
Hopewell 11; 'SoutliamptOn 10;':Shippensburs
'borough 30; Shippenslnn•g township 4; New='
ville 7 Newton 3; 'Mifflin 2_; South 'Middle
ton 7; Silver Spring, 14; Mechaniosbnig 13;
Monroe 18; New Cumberland 7; Hampden 9;
B. Ponnsboru' 10; Carlisle 42; Upper Allen
17; Lower Allen 14.'Potal 257.
Cumberland County Seiko°le
The following statistics,' which Nre...have pre
pared from the annual report of the Superin
tendent of common schools, will show the op
oration of the public selpol systemiii Cumber
land county:
Whole number of districts, 20
Whole number of schbols - 152
.
NUmber yet required 12
Average numbor of months taught, 51
Number of male teachers, 184
yumlierTif female teachers, - 22
Salary of anal° teachers per month, f 3 .18,00
Do. female tenders, '4112,93
Number of Male scholars, 4,925
Do. of female, 3,920
Number of scholars in each school, 49
Cost of teaching oath per niontli,^ - • cts. 3-1
Amount of tax levied, . . $18,218 35
,Amount of-State appropriation; -- • $3,217 58
Whole cost of instruction, - • - $1(5;297 94
Fuel and contingencies, $1 . ,382 77
Cost of school ileums, repairs, &c. $2,00,2 42
Schools of Carlisle
Number of schools,
Nurnher of months taught,
Number - of male teachers,
Number of female teachers,
Monthly salary of male teachers, $27 76
Do. female teachers, $2O 22,
Number of Male scholars, 434
Number of'fomale scholars, ---"
Number of scholars in each school, 50
Coat of teaching each per month, 45
A - rammt - of -$.3,000 -OD
Amount of State appropriation,— • 400 10
Whole cost of instruction, :,..:48,090 00
Fuel and contingencies, 420.77
Cost of school houses, repairs, &c., 220 06
.Electrical Psynhology...___,.
Dr. 'JAI. 11,siNni--,- who has be'en-lecturfnz
on-this subjectin - York for some time, - andwith%
marked sues s, as we observe by flattering
notices-in the-papers of that place,-has been
lecturing during Several evening's past in Car
lisle. The subject has of celiac attracted
large audiences, and the most skeptical who
attend are obliged to acknowledge after wit
nessing the experiments that "there is some
thing in it." Of Dr. Rainey's character as a
'lecturer, we have the-,following testimony in
the resolutions of ,a class in New Haven, Con
necticut, who received instructions from him-'
.self -and Mr. Benton, an associate who was
formerly engaged with him in lecturing °atlas
subject. We subjoin the_ resolutions:
"At a Meeting of the members of the class of
Messrs. Benton and Rainey, in New Haven,
Messrs. L. 0. Pc* Wm. W. Holley, A. Gor
appointed a committee to Aral% resolutions; and
at the subsequent meeting held July°2d, 100;
they reported the following; which was
unani
tnously adopted:
' Resolved, That the have been greatly inter
ested in the Lectures and instructions of Meg"
era. Benton and Rainey, and that while we tire
unable Tully to tiruTcrstafirtidiThllininee nLTcTi
is known 'es Electrical Psychology, we can all
of us testify that we have seen it cure the sick;
make the lame walk, and the delifkoar ; and
in our opinion it is the duty of scientific men
carefully to investigate the means by which
such results are produced, instead of pronoun
cing well attested facts to be lies and humbug.
Resolved, That while we regard Electrical
Psychology (so called) as a valuable curative
agent when prneticiid by judicious.and' skilful
men, we would earnestly impress upon all, that
in the hands of the ignorant and rash, evil ef
fects may and will result from its use.
Resolved, That we tender to Messrs. Benton
and Rainey our thanks for the courteous and
gentlemanly manner in which they have dis
charged their ditty toward us; they have fully
redeemed their pledge to us on becoming their
pupils, have shown 'themselves always ready
and willing to give to us whatever information
they possess on this subject and in parting they
take sour best wishes for their success and
prosperity..
On motion, these resolutions were directed
to be signed by the Chairman-and'Secretary,'
and a copy, presented to Mossrs..BentOn
,aud .
Rainey. %
C. IL-SHIPP M. D., Chair Man:
Wsri Wxtiti Ilott.iv;'SeCretary. •
Dowirt.ure Of, Troopo.
. . .
A. detachment of about sixty U. S. Dragoons
left the Carlisle Barracks' on ;‘! . endity . htei; un
der the annynand of Lied. flastings, fel. Fort
Lcardirriorthren the -Vtiouri rivet.--- 7 :..' . ' :
' Ikethodll4 Eptipiickpal,.Confereziop,
BALTIMORE, Alarelx of the
Dickinson College, on Saturday, : read hitralln
nual Report before the Baltimore. Conference,,
at :Winchester . , showing Unit thq receipts large
-13; exceed thq expenses. Be i proposcd n plan.
for‘he permanent endowment pf„said college,
and a plan for establishing, n.,netiv professor
ship, to be called . the,Ejnory Professorship ;:, —,
Ile says, dant the Philadelphia and, Now Jersey
Conference favor the project. : ;.'
Broncliitfa
Clorgiinon or Others cfllioted . wltb 11 . ronoltial
or PlniOrkary'disettiO, nt
prog nvd Ffinoy gtore;'Moin'iireet,"Cur .
lisle, and rend n ldttor giving the dotailti'cift n' 'most remarkablo cure by Schenk'a
• - It.
' .44 t rxtry N 01.10011;
Xi The Gutirilinn far March; p .
the Rev, Ir. Zlnibnugly Lanotistor,
.otVa l ine?.
many nrticlos; of On ;anteito;iii.:P:
ing ohliraoter. Thoth not re'Ocinitno'nei6h
plateo,, like -most of ite..,o4omporevies, it .is'
not he idea tisefuh ;
80AR138.-4)UTIFS OF lig ll l9,xoN4s:--:
Superyisors,of ldghways.,are pet Rl-„
•ty of ton dollars, in. ovory. case, whgreltikey nv
gleet.or rains° to -VA - up:and 'ikefip
ploto repair," Indox boards at tho intersoodan'
:of 'publlo roads, attar ton days personal notice
by any citizen. -1 11nt's the law and &Tend.
sore in, many torfneldps who totally overlook
it, should kpow the liabillty•thei aro under la*
thejterald':. :
, VV23l4lFicO.ANcia
-4gropckbly to-previous notice, th 9 frimultrof
Teloperßhee Met in the M..E.th4rob, hi ikie
eit—Seturfiy, Mst'rehr,dist, - et ).0
(4160k - ,:11. , -.M.: For the .tempordry orgautza- ‘
bon' of'. the- meetieg,.?llr. D.:ll , ,,DooKniE.ri,ow
to,the , ,ehair, and Of. 11
'tiPbeinteci ,Se!eretery•
pn. motion - it ,was .agreed .that the creden
tials„ if any, be read. ,Whereupon the dole
gu~os to the BoiliiigHpring
".k0. ( 1.20'0f tho B . on's of -Tempel:Una, were found
present, viz: Messrs. C:W. Brandt, L. W.
Weaver, It. Anderson,, W. Thomas, 1166ert,
Fou'ght,'W: W. Wise, M. I isscl,.nnd SAevinrt
wee agreed-that- nil- present
friendly to the cause of temperance should be
members, of-the convention.. ..The following
persons consented to bonen-led: Rev. A, Babb,
Ilev. J. &mks,' IteW; 'lllr - ;11 - eight, D...Coover,
Jos. Messer, B. o.> sinter, : John Balsley, H.
G. Rupp. A. C. ltic John Houser, Jr. Joln
Hinkle:J. Young; a d othorsrr -
4-On
4 thrce,bo rlpp 'uteri to select otliccr:C. A 163-
D-CooV , Itov. A. Biagi; and Rev. J.
stinks IT .e Fcordibgly Appointed, who repor
ted the following:—
President.—D. it. ROCKAFELLOW. -
Vice Presidente.—J. BALSLES, Mr. HarrLE-:.
MEM
Secretary.—G., IF. Haldeman. ,
Committee to report bitsitiess.'—J. Dorsheimer,
It. Anderson, L. Weaver.
On motion it was resolved that this be styled
neouvention - of the friends of ,Ten(perance.—
On motion, adjourned to meet nt half past 1
o'clock; P. M.
Agreeably to adjournment, the convention
met at l the minutes of the morning
session were on motion read and adopted.
The follewin,3,gentlemen wero reported as del
egates, viz:'o.Wobbert, L. Snell, Wm. Grif
fin, Jos. Lens, J. G: Grove, dud Dr. Day, Me- .
ehaniesburg; Jesse Kiri:, and Morris Star,
Lewisburg; S, Diehl, 4ickinson Col
lege.
The committee on business reported the fel
lowitg result:onm, Which on motion were a
dopted :
Whereas the temperance 'cause hits been in
3 languishing conditfono for some time post in
various section of our country; we would there
fore offer the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the delegates present, (and
friends of temperance in general) are respect 7
fully reqUested to use their efforts to organise
isocieties in their respective districts, for the
:_promotion of the cause of temperance in their
midst. 3,
Resoircd, That as temnpemance men we ought
not to vote for any nuts or set of men, in any
State, Congressional, County, Borough or
Township elections, to lilt any office of public
trust, who directly or indirectly mike use of
intoxicating drinks for electioneering or other
purposes.
The license sistem was here discussed, on
the resolutions of the late State Convention,
but coming to- no decision it wns on motion of
I. S. Diehl
R - ,, , ed.„Tlint We do not approve of the
present license system in any fornror manner.
(-which-was-unanimously-adopted.) •
On motion , Old convention adjourned until .
t 3 o'clock, M. Met agreeably to adjourn
ment, minutes were 'read and adopted.
Resolved, -That n committee be, appointed to
ascertain the number of temperance societies
in fra:4ll.lTCaOlpiiiiig"itrantie7s,,t n report at time
next-conventionr-Comtnitteo, M. Stur, - J. Mos
' s'er, -- T. Dershenner, 1. - S. Dial; and It:Ander
- .
/Pcso!ra, • That. this convention. appoint" a
committee of-seven to-,nocure a statistical se"-
count of the crime •
- .rism from the traf
tic of ardent spirits tn. : AL. , expense thereof,
hi this and York countlr,,,nd report at,„the
next central convention. ointnittee, Dr,Day,
1. S. Diehl, Win. I'. Nebinger, J. Kirk, D. it.
Itockafellow, M. Morrett and S. McGowan.
On motion of I. B. Diehl,
Resolved, That persons in the different parts
'of York and Cumberlmjd counties be appoint-,
ed and requested to t;ike a' certain district in
which organize aid hold meetings, and have
them addressed by Temperance speakers, so as
to advance the temperance pause more effectu
ally; Committee, I. S., Diehl, J. Mosser, M.
Star, J: Dorsifeimer and,lC AndCismiißep - ort
of the committee: '
Mechanicsburg,—J. Dorsheitner,
--
.Carlisle,—lsrael S. Diehl,
Churehtemn,—Bichard Anderson,
Lewisberry,—Morris W. Star,,
Shepherdstown,—David Coover, :
Lisburn,—James Devinney,
lleguestown,—Judge, Clendenin,
PaTpertown,—Wm. B, Mullen,
— New villif,l=Tiffile - s
Shippensburg,—Levi K. Donavjn,
Ifanover,—L. F. Melsheimer,
York,—Dr. Henry F. Thomas,
Dillsburg,—Rev. S. Henry,
Welleville,—Abraham Wells.
On motion of J. Dorsheimer, I. y. Diehl was
appointed to have the proceedings of this con
vention published in the Carlisle papers, and
to request the other papers of,Cumberland and
'York counties to please copy.
' On motion of J. Kirk, that the thanks,of
this conventior9Ar tendered to the trustees of
this church for their kindness..
On motion adjourned to hold, the next cen
tral convention of York and Cumberland coun
ties, in Citurchtown, on ' the last Frisky of
May, A. D. 1851.
(Signed by the OfilFers.)
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
NEW'Yons, March 7.The steamship North
America, with California dates from-Clingres,
has arrived. She brings 460,000 'in gold -- in
the bands of passengers. -
The choice • for . Senator lay between Col.
Fr&ninit diid T. Butlei - Ning. ,T.The diction
was to take • place in the cOnise of two oribree
dnysi• It Mlle thought , iliat Col. Fremont was
'gninbig;ktonnd. .
• ;• Thb Steamer John Tompkins, from Sacra
nicnte for San Francisco, - bursVher boiler on
the 27th of Jantifir.V; killing 2d Engineer and
badliscalding:seicral others.
' ?luoh
, sicknosd prevails on the Isthmus; but'
itlie not of a Malignant cheratder.
The scarcity of rain haa'very materially em
barransed 'operatien% in the dry tliggins:' The
'miners dins far, have oceupied.:themselves
throwing up'dirt, ready toValte! advantage of
the first rein.' rtis said Wit in a few days,
Lite rain vrilitnable them to collect an , iinL
nien6e`hmount of gold;' which being immedi
ntelY throWn into thelumds ,of traders, will
gtvo credit to Miners for stored, and have the
''effect at encotfireViving r btisiness throngitont
.tlie'cettntry.''' The' gold dredging operations in
tlio Yuba have be'en iciy successful. ,'
MIIII
The People of Sitn: Joao, notirithatanding
the vote In the Semite, have no idea of giriiig
up thOieMoyat of• 'the. Hoot of, Government
froth that pleOe. Ilusineas at Snoramento city
la'6lM6illiigly.dull, hat ti good 'trade Is antiel
iinted iii thlo'"spring.
Dnica'frOnilllif'SUndwhili Islands• are to Jan
nary I Thoro' is" xio'lngSwe of irrip . i.rtanoo. JA .
Post Lite boon outublialieci t Honolulu, :und#
'the'latiqiostal treaty with the Unitell,St4es.
5011714,..c..%,/tpl. l lNyi. / „P r; S. , SENATOI9.—It
stated.thAtlAir„lthett,
,oxprosucti Mk; a do=
scot,, nd that; 111;1
putler,,his oo ague, has,alaoidt!ca thi ,lm
will,tiot r cope book any more. liy the cen?pi:
just taken, it appears, too, that ,South Caron.
ua will^lose two yternbe'rit of Congress. That
can't be, sot down , to NOrthern injustice, cer
tainly] -.
,
Tp4GRIFP,IIIC j .D.V.SOATCII.E.S. . • •
: -.
4 '. Rillnapplikg CaPp'l , 4•33,altisztore..
g 33.8.vti ; stona; . March . 7....---The Governor of
Pennsylvania has sent a requisition to the
Governorof Maryland for James S. 'Mitchell,
of Cioil mmllos' elmiged . with- kidnapping a . °
.f . retf.nogro alid:onr'rying Liza to Maiyland.—
Aiiehellyslave•wouiaii ran away five years a-:
go, -. thidi during her alis'enee-luid . •4 child.- ,
Tkig agent of .114 e oWnei:had secured.her -and .. '
the child and brought them back. The Gov
crane of ,Peansylvania considers the child free
bo l rii.' i Goviirney Lowe refuses to deliver ,Idit- . ;
clitill as afugitive, and has written a long let r 4' ; ,
).
te;lo the GoLcrior:of Penn:viva tia,eustained' '
itti;is'opiniod by the Attorney C mere], taking
the ground, no clearly defined b the laws of -
the State, 'that a child bprn of a;slavo ; woman.
is a slave for' life, or for the period' that the' -
mother is a slave. How this refusal will be
received by lho Goverar of : Petnisylvanta re-
mains to be seen.
Explosion and Biarning of the. Slani-e
sr Oregon.
7.--The steamer Oregon,
bound down from LOnifitille, while pulsing
through the shade of Island No. 8,2, at 1 P.
,;Al. on the I'd instant, burst her boiler with i
tremendous report, carrying away .the forward
Cabin and upper deck, and killing and wound
ing GO persons. . •
. . .
She was heavily larlon„und,latil from $0 to
loci passengers, whollritt just linialted dinner,
and were generally eolleytill in i}.:C Lull, end
on the forward guard et the time.
Lpon seeing the explosion, ('opt. Lee, of
the Irbquois, gave orders to go to the relief
of the Oregon. tut few minute., tqapsoil be
fore she was alongside. The flames had just
burst through the hurricane roof, • bran, wo
man and children were colleCted: sort„he, on
the after part of the boat, without . trze raeatm)
of, getting way but by juinpiug from tb4.
The shrieks of the women, the finswy oC
-
the nun, ready to leap overboard to smut the.
more horrible death by fire, and fhb gums of
the scalded and dying, and the piteous :riming
of the cattle, baffle description.
Captain Lee ran the 'bow of - the Iro , ,,‘lnVisz
aft of the Oregon, and ladders being pprscit
from her upper deck to the,lower deck of Ole.
Iroquois, all on-board the burning-vessel Whm
wero able•to walk got.off, the Iroquois being .
all the 011110 in great danger of biking fire.
The Iroquois had on board twenty-five of
the scalded, 11 of whom died before .. reaching
Memphis.
The Pugltls.e Slave Law luDiaralttleld
BOSTON, - . MRECh 50.—The towns-people Of
lion. Daniel Webster, had a meeting, and pass
ed a series of resoluitons, by yeas 120, nays
31, that they would 'net nustiiin the
. fugitive
slave law, and urged the fugitives to escape.—
The resolutions were ordered to be enrolled on
the official records of the town.
3Emlgratlon of Fugitth•o Slaves
BosTos, 1110. A 0, 1851.—Thirty7oue
tire slaves left Poitml, Maine, yesterday, for
St. John, N." 13. The.eitizens opromised. them
protection if they - would remain, but. they pro
ferfed to go where they. would he out of the
reach of their pursuer!. There, are many left
Who declare they will dieratherthanbe taken
again to slavery.
Chnlez7L In -Tonnexeee
CINCINNA:II, March 7.—There' has been
much excitement in Tennessee, in consequence
of the appearance of the cholera at Franklin
and Nashville. Late accints front Franklin,
represent the disease as tpidly disappearing,.
and nt Nashville thpe^have been no 'hew ca.-
Res fur several
MOVEMENTS AND DOINGS.
p, Otte-eyed Thompson, an old offender
who Was arrested in New York about a week
since on a charge of counterfeiting, Las since
committed suicide in priscin .by taking mor
phine. lle leaves a wife and family—to whom
he wrote a very affectionate letter, Truly, _
"the end of the transgressor is hard.
trt.:l„flov. Lowe, of Maryland, lens offered a
remtrd-of-900-for-the-arreit-and-con-rietion ---
of the person or persons who murdered the
Crosden family, in Kent county, Md. 'lt is
one Of the most cold-blooded murders' on re-
,z
cord.
23 .- 7 - John Wise is engaged in constructing
mmtlier-monster-bulloon, - to be - about-three
times as large - ns the 4, ,Heredles," used lust
4umMer, in Lancaster, with which he intends
to prove the certainty of his ability to cross
the .Atlantic, and circumnavigate the globe.
great Cathedral is projected by the
Roman Catholics in Washington' City. It is
estimated to coat $1,000,000, mid is to be paid
for by contributions from all the Catholics in
the Union and by donations froin Europe.
_Ate:ln the house of Reprbsontatives at
Harrisburg, a day or two ago, a resolution
was introduced and agreed, to, instructing the
Committee of Ways and Means to enquire in
to the expediency of , making an appropriation
to procure a lot, and erect thereon an Execu
tive Mansion.
I:la—Garibaldi, whose rumored return to
Remo was at last 'dates so frightening the
Pope, is just now nianufactur;ing candles at a
factory of his. own down at Staten Isla'zid, N.
Y. Ile is doing all he can for Greece (grease) 4
now—not Rome.
ItiarAn :AllegCd Fugitive Slave reached
Boston a few days. ago, 'on board the . ship
Daniel \Vaster. • He was tho second Amok : —
The Times 'fifty that whorl the ship.imaercil tin
Lightlloueo Channel, and after Capt.-Howard
left - heti, a beat Att:4lol boldly r alongside,_and
in.threo minutes , was and after Hint(
the second coolr. 19:18 mi s ysing though. no tine
saw him leave the,ohip.
• Tp.E GREAT Drscovtlev.—Th.o Ocrpuintoirn
states in reference444,its Setient'Mi
notincement of a very important discovery ; in
regard to a propellitig power, that a . vessel is
now being fitted oat at olio of our: parts with
'it: 'With this vessel it is.intended to visit the
Nyorld'Srldr, and it may' lie oriMeted to lead
in tile. course.of )1,111011UL! Tim oonfi loljpo ; in
the emnpleienesit iiiid,greatitess of the discov
ery, we are inforand;is in no Wise lesstined,
but rather strengthened, by every additional
deVelop.ement, thathns been made. Whet, in.:
ereases,' addsthe legralili, or rather 'con
firms, Ourfaith in the discovery, is, that all
ourinforination comes (rein 'Scientific geatle
men4.tile, the lagbest.ohartiotor who have no
possible interest, whatever, •in bringing it to
light.
-;;') _ , •
IMO Dix, TUE hIIILp NTIIIIOPI9T.--44ithi Dix's
0,000;000 Ceres of; b oi l
for the'F,uppert of, theinSane, was loot in Con
gress durini 'its last inntrs,'for :mint ' o f a ' t , 1 4. 0 .
thirds vote to take it np. ~s he bad satisfied a
Majority: et" lnith. TlOsss:o't" the importance
and utility:or : her scheme; and - ;. very
MoiriCrit s 'when inn:label's seemed • dbont . to be
crowned _nrithlues)!ipi:,±r kepis were dashed
to the ground.' i„ , :•
Punt,to Daiirson announced
in Congress on Saturday th'idat'ibe ; eindOc tho
piesent fiscal year the publio de14..0f the U.
stu,t 9 ,,,, v eill, be, pne / htoidred miaiok'eptakire.