DE4rzz or'svo . dic G11380R: .- • At a meeting of .the Carlislo Bar, held in the'Court Honse, at o'clock, A. 11., Wednes'day;the 4th Mat.; it was organized by calling the Hon. F.IATTS, late Pre ; „. sident Judge of this district, (in,the absente —of Judge-Gnmum,-who..svas:holding _Coma, in Juniata aounty,) ,to the Chair, and ap pointing LmttrEt. TODD,' Esq.,-Secretary.— The Chairman stated the object of the meet- ing, as•follows • We have assembled to condole with each other upon the decease of one, who, for the past fifty years hat been the father and tench 'or of our profession; and Who as a Judge, in • point of mind and legal learning, has occu pied the very highest pia& in our - esteem, and as a man and a friend the warmest place our affection. Sixty-seven volumes of re ports, spreading- over a period of six and thirty yearsirecord the sentence of the law, so beautifully, concisely and-aptly expres •se'd by this great Judge, whose honked iife and judicial service has just yielded to the -- Stroke - of time: - , • jolm • Bannister Gibson was a native of Cumberland county, born in Sherman's Val ley,- inNovember, 1780; be was a graduate of Dickinson College ; studied the Law with . the Hon. Thomas Duncan and was admitted to the Bar in the year 1804. . The great pow or of intellect which Characterized him thro life at the early ago of thirty-two years call ed him to preside over the Courts of a Nor thern District of our State, and in June, 1816 to the Supreme Court es the associate of Tilghrrian - and - Yeates; in this capacity ho served until the death of Mr. Tilghman, when in Juno, 1827, lie was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. Upon the amendment of the Constitu tion in 1839, which limited the tenure of of fice to fifteen years, he was again appointed Chief Justice ; and upon the alteration of the Constitution in 1851, which made the office elective, ho was chosen by the people. Nothing short of a laborious study of our profession will enable us fully to appreciate those firm foundations and pillars of the Law, and especially those just principles of equity, which have been so beautifully de -, veloped and aptly mouldetnritry rules of right, by his great mind. We cannot but regret the loss of such-a teacherA we cannot but lenient that we have been deprived of such a friend. Whereupon, Hugh Gaullagher, Esq., of fered the following resolutions and made the following remarks : Resolved, That as members of the legal profession, and as friends and acquaintances we deeply deplore-the death, of the Honor able John Bannister Gibson, late Chief Jus- tiee of this Commonwealth—ono of the most - distinguished,- learned and upright Judges of this or any other coinitry. Resolved, That In his death this Common -IVMM' has sustained a great loss—the Bench ono of its brightest ornaments—and Law it- Self, ono of its most illustrious sages. Resolved, Thill as members of the Bar; and citizens of the 'same town with the late Chief Justice, we deeply sypathize with the afflicted family of the distinguished deceased - in the great loss they have sustained in his death. " Resolved, That three members of the Bar, together with the officers of the meeting be a Committee to communicate these proceed ings to the fluidly of the late Judge Gibson. Mr. Chairman offering these resolu tions, I will remark that itis hardlyheees snry for one member of the Bar to tell his ' brefhern that the late Chief Justice was an eminent Judge, a distinguished Jurist, and a learned lawyer. llis judicial life and ca-' reer aro well known to our profession. It has been long, useful; distinguished, honor able and upright. The numerous opinions written and delivered by him on the Bench and published in our many volumes of reports, constitute his highest culogium and rank him among the most eminent Judges and Jurists ofEngland and America. These opinions show a profound knowledge of our boasted-common-law as it exists and is ad ministered in England and this country un der the different circumstances of our polit ical institutions, legislation and polity.— They also show a profound knowledge of equity principles and administration. We are told by Lord Coke that law is the per fection of reason, and we may truly say in the language of our great master that these opinions of our late Chief-Justice are the perfection of reason, and products of a pow erful and discriminating intellect, schooled and trained by 4‘ long study, often confer ence, long experience and continual obser vation." It has often bben remarked by members of our profession that the late Chief Justice would have made an eminent Chan cellor. This is trud and although we have no-court of chancery he administered equity principles under common-law forms wher ever he could when the justice .of the case required it. It is but justice to say of him that in equity science he was as learned and profound as the llarwicks, the Turlows, the Eldons, the Marshall's, the Washingtons, and Kents. A great Judge is one of the brightest and most valuabld jewels' of a free and civilized country. Most civilized coun tries can boast of renowned statesmen and warriors, but the highest boast of civilization Is an enlightened Judiciary—eminent and upright Judges who administer the law With intelligence and learning,,and in honesty arid purity. It is an enlightened and well ad ministered public justice that holds the com munity, together. England and this country stand pre-eminent in this particular, and amongst the renowned sages of both coun tries of the common-law and equity systems common to both, Chief Justice Gibson is fully entitled to take his stand and hereafter to be called one of the fathers of the law. ---- The resolutions were seconded by William IL Biddle, Esq., 'who said, that the pre-em inence. of the lasneided deceased as a Jurist, deeply versed in the rules of the common law, and grasping 'in his master mind the principles of equity, had been so eloquent ly remarked on by the mover of the resolu tions as to resider it unnecessary for him to dwell on that topic: As was truly said by the gentleman, Chief Justice Gibson is justly entitled to a place among the renown ed Jurists or England and this country, and • to be called hereafter one of the fathers of g , the law." With the public in general,"we as lawyers mourn his loss as that of a great and good Judge who contributed so largely and bone ficially to build up the admirable combina tion of common-law and equity that forms -.- the basis of our Pennsylvania jurisprudence ; as individuals we lament our bereavement in rr3' the departhre from our midst of a true, and ' reliable • friend. To all ho was kind and `courteous. Ilia affable manners and brilliant , . conversational powers won him the respect :andadmiration of even casual acquaintances; ' • "Whilst his gencroui nature and warm and 'fectionate disposition secured him the es ' teem and love of his friends. It can be • truly said of him those ,}olio know hinabeat " love him niost. Carlisle will grieve that the • last of her distinguished sons that have graced the bench of the Supreme Court has • been taken from us. It is a remarkable fact ' 'and one of which her. inhabitants may well fell proud, that our town with its compare, : tiVely small population has furnished no less - than-four of the Judges of, that Court.—, ~First: the Honorable Hugh H. Breckenridge, who at his death was succeeded, next by the Honorable John B. Gibson, then, by the Honorable Thomas Duncan, and lastly by the Honorable John Kennedy. Tor a pori . ed of more than ton years, during which the SuPreme Bench of Pennsylvania consisted of but three members, two of thorn; Justices Gibson and Duncan were distinguished citi zens of this town. And after the number was enlarged to five, and Judge Duncan had • filed; - Carlisle could still point with pride to the ChlefJustice and Judge Kennedy. -But alas; the last and as Chief Justice the moat prontinent 'of. these distinguished men, has ,been put of in the full vigor of his intellect, , and we as citizens, of Pennsylvania; as fol , loWtownimen, as members of the .Bar, and •as warm personal friends of 'the illustrious deceased, may Well mourn - Ilia loss: • Mr. • Bonham....said I Cone* cordiall'Y; ..Ar. , Phairmani in •t he' reziohdliMa offered,— The late Cblef,Justleo wtui spOlited ajndge i'of the SuPrerruMourt, , ,by GoVernor Snyder' tbe'27thlefJune; 18114 .in the place of Hugh • 11. Breckenridge, who died Junk.the 26th, of . that year., I! The remarkable • promptness tlie , appolutment - map Made; shows,thidtit was. ,deruandedibrthe , Publie voice,• and :was peeuliarly ,appropriate,-, Priini - 'attiring the Many, 'able men in".the State,'-the C l overrior 'manifested' no, hoSitai ton whatever, fot *hen Breckenridge:gied on • and day, Gibson 'Was' aPpointed:in his rooMand stead,the next., 4.t . that time the Court condisted'of nigh= man, Yeates and Gibson. The .hext year in 1817,justice Yentas died and Thomas Duncan, of this, place .was selected to till .the. vacancy. The Court consisted of Tilghman, Gib son and Duncan from 1817, till 1829, When an act of Legislature WAS passed, the Bth • of April; of that year, declaring that thereaf ter the Supreme Court shall consist•of five judges, instead of three; and Melton C. Rodgers and Charles Huston were appoint ed the two additional judges. ffi , On the demise of Judge Tilghman; Judge ', Gibson was commissioned, the 18th of May, 1827, as Chief Justice of the State. John 'Tod was.appointed justice in the place of Gibson. The late' Chief Justice was not by ' accident or "chance, but Was a great man among great men, a greatjudge among great judges. To know and feel this we have merely to look at his cotemporaries and as ' sociates. on the bench. lle has thus far been with Tilghtnan,,Yeates; Duncan, Tod, Rodgers;-and Huston.—primus. inter kgro. In Noventber,,lB27, Thomas Duncan died and Frederick Smith, of Reading was an , pointed place- , John Rees was appointed 18th . of April, 1830, in place of John Tod, deceased. • • John Kennedy was appointed 29th of No vember, 1830, in place. of Frederick Smith, deceased. Thomas Sergeant was appointed Februa ry 23d, 1884, in place of John Ross, de ceased, and thus the bench consisting of Gibson, Rogers, lifffron - Konn - edyand Sergeant continued until 1845, a period-of eleven years without change. In the latter year the term of Charles Ruston expired under the Constitution of 1837-8, and Thomas Burnside was chosen to ° fill the vacancy. Richard Coulter was appointed by Gol'- ernor Shunk, the - 16th of September, 1840, in the place of John Kennedy, deceased, and Thomas Bell was appointed Novem ber 18th,1846, in place of Thomas Sergeant, ,resigne. , George Chambers was appointed by Gov ernor Johnston, 10th of April, 1851, in in place of Thomas Burnside deceased.• Thus the Court was. constituted at the re cent, change of the constitution of the State by which the judges were to be elected by the people. Gibson and Coulter alone of the old • bench were retained, both now gone—passed from earthly, tribunals, where judges are changable and mortal, into that Inner Tem ple, and before that Judgment Seat where sits The One' Judge of all the earth, un : changable, infallible, iimnoital. The officiarassociates of the person whose death we now mourn have been Worthy of hit - fame; Men* of solid . growth; - and have done him ample justice. At one time I heard the present Chief_ - say; (and he' judged by the intuitive knowledge of a kindred spirit) that he was utterly astonished at the fteshncss and vig our of " the old chief" in consultation—that his mind appeared imbued with all the elas ticity of youth as well as the wisdom of age, and grasped the whole range of legal sci ence. At another and more recent period, when he had known him longer and better, and as his admiration increased, he remarked tint he considered Gibson - the • greatest-mind he had .ever mettlutt notwithstanding his age,,his vis ivertice of body which his mind had to oppose and overcome, and which constantly dragged him down, his intellect ual powers were most brilliant and com manding. ' Chancellor Kent ranked him among the first jurists of this age, and, it may, be said of him as he truthfully and beautifully said of his late lamented colleague , Justice Ken nedy, that ~, he clung to the common law as a child to its nurse r " His opinions are as simple and elegant in their style as they are' learned and profound. His powprs of analysis and condensation were reinhrka ble and peculiar to himself. But this great man has died. Ho owed a debt to_nature_and ithas been paid. In this also he is superior to all of us. His monu ment consists in the legal reports of the State, commencing with 2 Sergeant and Hawk: and terminating with 7th Harris, not yet published. His judical labors and legal opinions have done more to mould thejuris prudence of the State, than the labors of any other man, not even excepting those of Tilighman. He commenced the column of his judicial fame in 1816, and ho has been erecting it ever since, for the pe riod of thirty-seven long. years, and new that the cap-stone has been placed, the builder has departed, but the column will remain forever. Lemuel Todd, Esq., said:—Mr. Chairman: Never having enjoyed an intimate acquaint ance with the late Judge Gibson, I cannot speak of his qualities as a friend, a husband or parent. Ills duty was almost performed, and the measure of his life almost full, he fore I entered the profession. Ile is known to nic only as a Judge who has impressed upon our Jurisprudence the character of his own gigantic intellect, and done more du ring his long—and distinguished career, to, give form, consistency and strength, to our peculiar system, than any other man living or dead. ' His labors as exhibited in the Re ports, of our ,Supreme Court, for the last thirty bidd years, evidence, not only, a mind of flue highest intellectual reach, grasping with ease the most comprehensive and diffi cult questions, and evolving thereout judg ments distinguished alike for their solid truth find logical accuracy, but also an ele vated morality that commands our homage, and is in perfect harmony with Christian ethics; thus-illustrating how beautifully and beneficially they may be apiflied to the prac tical business of life. But, perhaps, we may claim a closer rela tion with the deceased. Ile was born in our own county—was intellectually nurtured and trained beneath the -fostering hand of the same beloved Alma Illeiler, whose kindly. teachings guided the - happy footsteps of our young manhood in the way of wisdom and uSefulness. Here in. our own County Court, he first assayed the- arduous duties of the profession, whiclj has carried him to its proudest eminence : and here, in our own beautiful and peaceful town, he held add discharged the'relation of husband and pa rent, and reared up a fa - roily, some of Whom, more than one of us, can pleasantly associate with our boyish sports and pleaSures. It is therefore, peculiarly becoming • in us to mourn the departure of ono so long connec ted with our profession,'and who has shed, 'bistro on its name by devoting to - its devel opment and perfection, the untiring energies of a truly brilliant, acute and commanding mind. It is fitting, that we the actors in the same forum where ho once moved, should manifest a proper appreciation of his great services, and give public utterance .to 2 the sentiments of profound regret•that fill our hearts at the calamity which his decease has bro'tupon the public: and it is right, that we who are connected with him by associations heademic;. professional, .and municipal, should lament. the death of ormovhose learn° reflects honor upon each ono of these rela,-. Hone; and that we unite in humane and neighborly courtosY' in rendering duo respect to the memory of the deceased. I therefore cordially approve of the sentiments contained, in the resolutions offered. John B. Parker; Esquire, said :—Mr. Chairman : That common inheritance which all nnii'bliare in the fruits and treasures 81' a grant mind is largely enhanced to ihose whose business and property, whose. rights and relations social or political have been the immediate object of its labors. Beyond this, sir, the , lustre . which one eminent for worth - and services sheds upon his prelbs sloe is reflected a degree upon every mem ber, and the humblest' asc the moat distin guished should fool and own' acdebt of grati tude and veneration. And it is, therefore, mit we have here assembled, not alone ,as attached to that profession which he adorned but also as citizens of, that Commonwealth . which has profited by his life-long toils, to pay our tribute ofrespect, genuine, however feeble;to the inemory of thb departed Chief Judie° Gibson;' to 'mingle our sympathies for :his loss, to mark our admiration of his great intellect r otir high.apprepiation of his distinguished worth. and serVices. To.ncit '.manyis the allotted Spelt Of life extended as !Wattlif4 tO,fewee:stilrthe oppertunity, and .7 ability; to , , makehis. impress so strong and lastiUg in his gerieratiOn. rm. : nearly forty '• years as a Member.^or. ii`the head • of ,the ,highest judielaltribncid of Oda State; Were the energles.ofhlS'great niimbenipleyed as siduously.,in ,tht3,.most itupOrtant,' of civil functions, the, expounding of her lawny es- . 1 tablishing and ptregthening their principles; • . . and'shedding the strong and 'steady light of. .his-.profound , , learning, on their doubts and • difficulties. To - have so sustained his:bigh office as. to 'have' been deemed the worthy' successor. of a Tilghman; to have enjoyed the praiso,and consideration of a' Story and, a Kent, Might well fill the most ardent am- . bition, for legal distinetien. The character istic :Of his reasoning was great •powerf' CendeniatioriTorhis style nervous perspicuity, with -ffilicity. of illustratiin— ness and Choice and apt in the selection of words, peculiarly .careful and precise as to their moaning,.ever .emphatfcally the right word in-the right place; hitl jadicial opinions are Models for clearness and accuraey of expres sion, as for cogency of argument. this nu; macrons, decisions, which fill and enrich the ' pages of our Reports are his best and most enduring monument; a monument of intel\ lect. line lifs 'idgorbus mind :was not re strained within the limits of legal science.. It was richly stored with the fruits of , re search. in other- domains of science, while in literature and the fine arts''his taste Was cul- ' tivated and refined. But strength of intel lect, refined taste,:eminent worth and. servi-:.1 sees-- cAvdil its na, • TO' make,!excAPtiOns from the common lot." ' Death hag the past year gathered in , a rich harvestfromthe ranks of glory, worth and fame. From both, sides of the grtat ocean has the wail of nations gone up fbr their illiustrious dead. The conqueror of ' an hundred battles, the statesmen who have' moved and governed nations; the expound ers of a people's laws have alike yielded to. inevitable doom. And as the lesson is now brought _home to us more nearlyA-7moye deeply do we feel that.'" the path of glory leads but to the tomb:" Tq, them, to all as tb the noble Roman, was the prophetic ap peal of the spectre uttered:., Votiet qua , iniecent =nes Hero duces. Properay mold— while we are revering the memory of the eur,linent departed, may the appeal not be by us unheeded. The Chairman appointed the following Committee r J. B. Piirker, W. M. Biddle and R. M. Henderson, Esters. FRED'K WATTS, Chairman. . LEMUEL Wm, Secretary. IIIMI!=i1=1 DEATH Or JUDGE GIBSON We copy front the Philadelphia liullelin, of Wednesday last, the following proceedings in I relation to the death of Judge GlusoN NISI Pains—Jucto Lowis 7 -The Court met yesterday for the transaction of business.— I, As soon as the Judge had taken his seat, - C. rENROSe arose, and announced the decease of Judge Gibson. lie spoke substantially as fol. lows : May it please your -Honor—l rise_to_nn: nounce n melancholy 'but notunexpected event. JudgeGibion, so long a 'member of this. Court, after a protracted-illness, died. thin.morning. at 2 o'cicck, in this City. The announcement of his dtoel,l3o I em well aware will be receiv ed by every citizen of the CoMmonwealth, with due sympathy and profound respect. It must recall the recollection of the long life of de-. vetion to the public interest in the high office which ho held and which has thus terminated. -No citizen has been more distinduished in this respect, and his brethren of-the' bench and bar, well know how true it is' that none has more admired the exalted station, none haamore impressed upon our system of juris prudence the mnrks of prnfound learning and distinguished ability, as n jurist end a judge, -end for so long n period (mile has done. As the resources of legal ,knowledge, of those principles of jurisprudence which have been left, and given to us, to enlighten and guide in the adminis•ration of justice, are consulted in the records of this Court, in the reports of its decisions, in which he poured out in such rich ant nd nee the treasures of his great mind, It will be acknowledged that he has left here a monument worthy of the highest ambi tion, which will endure in all time. Judge Gibson was. elevnted.to-tho - bench of the Supreme 'Court of this State on the 27th of June, 1816, and on the death of. Chief Jus tice Tilghman, he was advanced to the office of Chief Justice on the 18th of May,'lB27.= Anti when under the new constitution of the State, the choice of the - Judges was confer red upon the people, they attested how well they eppreciated his services sit the discharge •of his high functions, by electing -him to hll one of the seats on this bench, which, under the constitution, was vacated. In that elec Lion the confidence of his fellow citizens was attested. They placed him on the bench ; it was ell they could do. The position of Chief Justice, it woe not in their power to confer. This office, untie , the Constitution, was, as we all know, determtned by lot, and thatßot, although it conferred upon him alonger term of office, gave him, for a time, an inferior po sition. A position, which, ,doubtless, had it depended on the will of the people, or the de sire of his MAC associates en the bench, would not leave been assigned to him. They would have preferred that his long life should have been closed in the chief place which he h-td so eminently illustrated end adorned. But his great ability and his velunitle services acre preserved to the people in the high and honorelde judicial station now vacated by his death. So that hie judiciellshors here known no interruption front the time of his Oren• lion to the bench. in 1816, until they 'have been ended by His divine decree, by whom all things are ordered, and _who order+ nil things aright. Fur the long term of thirtY• seven years tl 4 gnelebors have been; continued. They are note ended, and his place on this bench shall know him no more forever. Full of years and full' of honors, after a long life of usefulness, like a Ithock of corn fully ripe, he has been gathered to his fathers. = To his immediate friends there is much of con solatio, in the manner of his death llis ill ness.wos protracted, but it was ;attended by tittle bodily suffering. Ilia strength grade ally ,passed away, end surrounded by his sor rowing family, his spirit calmly end quietly departed. in common ,with our whole community, knew him ns a gi4: k t Judge; but it wog my pri•ilege,in a restdenee of many years in the same town; to be acquainted with him, in the endenriug relations of husband end father.— I knee, him and I knew •every member of- his interesting family. :Here he shone with not lees - preeminence. .Never -was .there a m re tender or effectionnte_linglamd, nevCr`a mars testier nod affectionate lather. There was in these relations a daily beauty in his life, which impressed all who knew him and knew them. The high office which be held may lie filled, nnd.well filled. Learning anti ability may be found to grace the station. But in that fami ly n light hos ' gone out which never can be replaced.,They have Mir sympathy ; • but' hey mast look for .consolation in their affliction to a higher Power 4 than human sympathy con supply— to the Power by whidh all things arc orderdd r sad Abate they will find It. The topic whieh,oetinsionsthese remarks has grown familiar to us. fienth is nt all times busy in our 'midst. Burof Into ho has chosen Shining marks. Men of exalted BM : lion, of public anti private worth, have in rapid ettecession been removed from places of power and trust. The nation lies been called repeatedly to mourn, nod we have never been more emphatically admonished of the frail tenure by which all earthly bettors are held. Let these lessons sink into our hearts, teach ing us. to imitate the illustrious' examples of the eminent citizens who haye been thus re 'moved, and 1.0-be prepared 'to follow themi Ii .retrinins only that .1 should move, that this Court, in honor of the deceased,. do now ads, no wan followed by J. M. need in a few . brief and pointed remarks. Judge Lewis replied substantially As follows : The announcement.. rtbleir his just boon mule 18 oflielihto to 'produce in my mind the; most solemn reflections. Tho deceased was the oldest Jude in commission in Pennsylva nia, and, since his death, that position new being pine, in duo course of nature, my turn 'may come next. I have heard With groat satis faction, the testimony that has been,hotrie'bi the gentlemen who have just addressed the Court, of the: great grasp. of intellect, the high judicial talents and profound teaming that have charaothrized his diatinguished , career as a Judge, and impressed name upon the highest pages of the judicial history of the State and the Union,. Peeling as I.tio, the deepest sorrow.for his death, and respect fer, his memory=sitting, eel do,in the sent'Whibb I occupied : and holding .that _branch of the Cpurt,'ln'oonsencenoe of his: sickness, w hi c h , ,was peculiarly in ids charge—l feel too pain fally,hap-reesed with the 'tneltneholy event to be able to do justice to aulthre before tee. And prespect to the memory of the 'decetisedk the court will-adjourn until Saturday next. 3E ERALD AliD EXPOSITOR. I e CAILLX . SLE, •-: • WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1868 IHE LARGEST AND ,CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY , . 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NEST PAPER 11, NGING s ESTABLISII34 ENT.—At this time of the year, nhen houVekeepers feel in the notion of fixing up and making new hn prevements for their comfort, it will not be .amiss to direct their attention to the new es tablishment of Messrs. Longstreth & Brother, in third street above Market, Ns . hobo adver tisement will, be found in another column.—. The assortment of Messrs. Longstreth & Bro• .ther,.is. perhaps ono of the finest and most .benutthil to be found in Philadelphia, and it will be well worth a yisit from our readers in all-sections,- to examine. their ,stock before making purchases. THE GARDINER CASE This is one of the most remarkable cases in the history of our Government. It is now un dergoing an investigation in one of the courts at Washington. Either Doctor Gardiner is the most ingenious, plausible. 'deliberate of contrivers, or he is a greatly injured' man.— The , Philadelphia Inquirer says: "We recent ly conversed with a gentleman who has paid much attention to the sul j, ct has examined all the papers, and he inclines to the opinion that the 'latter is the case. Pr. Gardiner, it will to remembered, submittal a claim to the Mexican Commission, that was soiree years ago authorised to sit at Washington, and after II careful investigation of the fact, that Commis sion, consisting of some of the ablest men in the land, decided that his claim wmijust, and authorised the payment in his hand era large sum of money—several hundred thousand dol lars. The money was promptly paid by the Treasury Department, and Dr. G., after in vesting the greater portion of it, Set out on a trip to Europe. Ile had not been gone long, before an allegation was circulated, to the ef fect that the claim was fe fraudulent one, and that the mines described in the papers had no existence whatever. Dr. G's properly was attached by the Unit ed Slates authorities, and information of the fact was promptly forwarded to him by some of his friends. Instead of abrndoning the ground as n guilty man, he immediately step ped'on board n steamer, returned to this coun try and challenged investigation. The trial has been in progress at Wnshington for some weeks and• testimony of t o le most contradietT'.. ry nature hos been submitted. One . phrty, the friends of Dr. Gardiner, sustained the features of his claim in every lending particular, prove that the mines were in existence as described, that the Doctor was engaged i•t working then. and that he experienced ties looses he alleges Other witnesses strum that they went in -pur suit of the mines; at the instance of the limi ted States . Government, but searched for them in vain: Isleverthelest, as !dimly ,bsersed, the evidence, we are told, is very strong in . fa vor of the claimant, and he is likely to4indi cate his position, and prove that injustice has been done to him This, at least,•is the„opin ion of one who has paid great attention to the subject, and who has read all the testimony with the utmost care. PIIESDITERIAN GCNERAL ASSE3IIILY.- The General issembly of Me Presbyterian Church, (Old School) will hold its nest annual meeting in the Central Church, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, ,the 10th of Mti. In alluding to this meeting, the Pretbyterian says that the election of a Professor to fill the vacant chair in the Theological Seminary in Princeton will Is m& mattei of importance. ThO filling also of a vacancy in--the 'Western Seminary, and the locating and organizing the seminary for the great Crest, will render the meeting o? the next General Assembly one of much more than ordinary interest. - SACRIFICE OF HUMAN Lire —Within the last few days, besides several minor disasters Of the same class, says the Journal of COI7IIIICITC, we have recorded the loss of 125 lives by the wreck and twilling of the steamer Indepen dence, oar the' Pacific coast : 16 by the collision" on the Central tindßouthern (Mich ) Railroad, and 25 by the burning of the-Ocean Wave, on Lake Ontiirio.. To this.must be added scores of persons maimed or disfigured for life, and finally the wholesale catastrophe at Norwalk. IfoAnnum Strum.—A recent trial in the tintiphln county court brought to light the font that two German fiimilies, living in the enme neighborhood in Douphiti l county, had hoarded up 'a large quantity - of silver, for thirty vears,.nnd. we presume it would have 'been hoarded for many years mere, but that a eer ',rant girl found the boxes andhogs containing it, and • helped herself to a few hundreds. WhaVaridiculind system it is to beep money bid away in'a heuse for years and years, los• hag the,interest and being subject to robbery and other . rittendant risks, Instind of. doing this c all perSonahaving money should loan it ttineme prudent business man, and have it all the timeneourettlating. This would help trade end commerce, improve ,the country, and crease thefund for , tho owner. „ DiltaoEBl3lW. TO J !Man 01.1380,,i.--ahoi HOD: John C. Knox, of Tiogn, Judge foil and John cadlynilader, . of :Philadelphia, ,are spoken 'of , i for the suoc;oesorship to Judge Gibson en:.the • PuP,r9un' Bond/. • -. , . . • . . . fier,The Tranittio Roilroad , oonneoting Ha-. 1 . gerstown 'mod ebtimbereberg, :le 'abot# to :leo 691d10r Itti debts, and renewed' with s Leavy', rail.. • TIGlq,4ll3Lk RAIL ROAD (ACCIDENT. Over:Vitty Lives Lost.:' A frightful dianster occurred on the Now York nnd New Haven rail road, on Friday: • last, bY : which over fifty diyec were hist. - The': accident took place near Norwalk, Co s unecticilt, aboid 49 miles from' New' York, whore .the, rails. cross a river. .The.train-was-running at — l l high speed, and the draw bridge had been left open by accident or enrelesiness, and the lo comotive ond bliggege oar, with three panne ger cars, _wore precipitated into the river, • presentiag a'frighqul catastrophe, there being upwards of one hundred passengers, nice, 'women, and children, Cillier involved in the - ruins or sunk beneath tire water in the cars. The locomotive, bliggage car, and two passeil ger cat's plunged into the river fifteen feet below the surface. • Every 'person in the two 119 , t cars were either killed or seriously in jured. At 9 o'clock in the evening forty4line bodies had been recovered. The blame is laid on the engineer,qhc bridge tender having :4'13- played the usual signals, which - were not heeded by the engineer. The engineer and - fireman were arrested. The New York papers are filled with the de tails of the frightful disaster at Norwalk, Con. necticut, Friday last. It appears the train, which left New York at S o'clare,"A. M., con sisted of two baggage cars, and three first class passenger cars. The baggage cars pre. ceded the passenger tors, and in the rearmost baggage car was the smoking apartment.— The number of passengers in the train was about a 7 near as oan'be aseertAined. The Courier rind Enquirer says : The train proceeded as usual, until it react-- NI Norwalk, 45 miles distant, at half past 10 o'clock. Half a mile cast of the NOrwulk.sta lion is is bridge across the creole, and over the channel there is n draw in the bridge sixty feet in width. The rules of the road require that the speed of the train -should be checked_ at the Nor walk station, Mid the train held well in hand . until the engineer obtain sight of a signal—a red ball upon a polo sane thirty feet high; which is visible nearly half a dine from the bridge. This signal is only display. ed when the draw is Closed and the trackelear. Both these precautions were neglected upon • this occasion ; the speed was not slacked at the station ; the signal for safety, had been withdrawn full ten _minutes_ before- the train. -- approached, but heedless of the Warning the engineer dashed on at n rate of nearly thirty miles an hour until hp reached the open draw, _when. such was the -momentum -that- the -en-- - gine sprang across the chasm of sixty feet, . dashing against the abutment on the-oppo site side - but-little below - fire level of the - lino - of the rails. The draw had been opened to perrkit the steamboat Pacific, from -Norwalk for New York, to pass through, and she had barely missed as the triin dashed in. The en' • gine was followed by the tender, which rested - upon it, the first baggage car went-partly up on the tender, and partly alongside ;,the the second car, containing tire smoking apart merit, went alongside the first , Iniggngc par, and , two of the first class cars were dashed among the wreck of-those aehich preceded them, while the bottom of the last car was broken in two cross-wise, the forward part heingdragged into the submerged ruins, leav ing one half the bottom and the entire sides and roof erpon the-track. The water in the channel over which the draw is placed is from ten to twelve feenlecp in high writer. The frightful Scene tint ensued may be con ceived, but ne thee those who witnessed the, occurrence, nor those who escaped with their lives can give any adequate description. The cars were so broken that those who had not sustnired any injury from the collision, in. Fatly strove to escape through the windows and brolcen roofs,, and it is wonderful. that under the cirCUmstances so many succeeded, in their efforts. It is supposed all in the last car escaped--those who were dragged forward on the broken floor being thrown on top of the wrecic, escaping with a few bruises. Those who were in the two cars preceding the last, were all immersed in the water, but as for as con be ascertained, most of them were rescued. The moment the occident occurred, there were strong willing hands which maned small boats fortunately lying near, and by their ef forts the rescue of the saved was effected.— Many of those in these cars sustained coitus ions of greater or less severity. •But few of those in he:mei:lag car escaped, and it is the opinion of Dr. McLean, of Norwalk, who was in attendance, that most of those who lost their lives were seriously injured by .the crushing of the ear. The semis at the railroad, station house in Norwalk, in the afternoon, was appalling.—, In one small apartment were twenty-eight .elinstly corpses, rigid in death, and ifNue:h er seventeen—thickly covering the floor. A mong them numerous surviving friends were eagerly scrutinizing each countenance, with • mingled hope and four, searching for the lost As one after another was identified, the scene was,often affecting. Money, you.ll and chi age were all represented among the dead. The body of a beautiful female child, seeming to be almosninitualed with life, elic ited exclamations from many. Almost all -the boclid:e wet e greatly difffigured ses and cuts, and probably in a majority of instances injuries of this kind were snf le i Cllt cause of death. A few evidently died of strati. gelation by touter. Before dark nearly all the bodies store divested of their clothing, put in nest coffins of black walnut, and forwarded to their friends. , • NORWALK', May O.—The number of bodies recovered is 46; the number of injured 10- mining nt Norwalk is 21, and the number un injured 106. ENORMOUS APPROPRIATIONS The General Appropriation bill, Passed by the Legislaturo, contains appropriations to the amount of over FIVE MILLIONS OF 'DOL LARS. Some of the items arc these : The•several departments, $31,005 00 For legislative expense,. ]OO,OOO 00 Public printing, 25,000 00 Distributing the &c , 700 00 ' ' Miscellaneous; 3,000 00 Water and Gas 2,400 00 Common schools, 200,000 00 Pensions and gratuities, • 20,000 00 Judiciary, 01,300 00 Interest on public debt, 2,000,000 00 Public works, . • . 2,501,757 60 Penitentiaries, 11,000 00 Publishing abstract of counts of Supt. and Su pervisrrs. • • Charitable institutions, Printing regristry books, Legislative Record, Geological report, Damages, Extra compensation to officers, Digests, -° , Library,_ Certain suits, Portage railroad, North Branch cannl,,r Relaying North track of tho Columbia railroad, ° 107,000 00 Iri reporting this bill . to the Senate, tiro Chairman of the Finance Committee is thus' reported r. Mr. DARSIE • called attention to the very largo ameunt of appropriltion for the publici works, which he remarked would strike Sena tors with. Ourprieo. The amount ,appropriated or re pare and ordinvy expenses alone, amount ed to almost as siatich:as the revenue derived front the: whole works in any one year. Ile thought the Commonwealth would be well rid of these! works. For his part he was Sick of tbem, and would be, lyilling to give them away, if the State cannnot got, rid 'Of thorn in-any other way. • ,•119..The telegraph enaounceit 'ono ther ehcok lug steapbeat• ialartltY,:ia. the ono ,or the; • ile"n Cn.:her•Tarfren? Hamilton, C. W to Ogdensburgh:, :She:lves . destroyed bq, fire ,on Friday night,. forty, adios oh eye Flogs=T,N: ton, , and, or the My porsons report ed on board . only twenty-two were eavod. Rho . belonged to the Northern Railroad Coinpany. ' . • gown uu (Counttl Rinittrq. Dickinson Collogo.--Small Pox Two 'cases of Small ,pox, having occurred, last Week artiong the students, the Faculty of Dickinson College concfuded on Monday morn lag last upon a suspension of the College du- ties until the first of June. A majority 'cf the students have accordingly left town 'and returned :to their homes. In pursuing this 'course the Faculty we think have acted with entarnebdrible prudence and With_ a proper re gard to the relaioni which they bold to stu dents and parents. 'With an infectious disease in their midst., so terrible in its character as the small poi, to keep the stlidents together would only have opened a field for its frightful ravages. Upon the' , brenking out of epidemic or in fectious diseases in a community it has been a common practice for the local press to keep' silent, with -n view, of preventing panto - tit home and concealing the alarming filet from strangers. We have always doubted the wis dom. Of this course: It is infinitely better, both for effect nt home end abroad to have the whole truth strictly. told. We learn that the disease is supposed to have been brought here by a student from Frederick, Md., upon his return to College after the'recent Spring vacation. lle was attended by a physician and-recovered from the attack. The disease was o immunicated by him to two other stu dents, one of whom was his room-mate and the oilier a frequent visitor to his room.— These two are now lying ill, but as we are glad to learn, with every prospect of,recovery; both having passed the crisis of the disease. It is an iniportant fact. to remember, iu con nection mills these two cases, that neither of them.had ever been vaccinated. We also under stand that there are fiz-e other cases cf vario laid, neither of which are in a dangerous sit 'cation. This is the whole number of cases of either disease which have come to our knowl edge. When the. disease became known, measures were taken for the vaccination of the students, atcd Since their dispersion it is -hoped there will be no further spread of the disease. There have been so deaths, and 9 no•new cases of sickness have oceurred sine 2 those above mentioned. There are no cases at all among our resident populaticii, and no ground for alarm iii felation todhe disease. It is well, however, for every individual to be sure that .he has been effcctunlly Vaceinatel, - nntl . parents whose children have tiot been vaccinated Should hare it done without delay. With this precaution no spreading of the disease need be apprehended. -At a meeting of Council last night soy-. era! of our borough Physicians wee employed to attend to the vaccination of all children in the town whose parents have not been able to .bear the expense. All children who have not been vacCinatetisbould be immediately report ed to the physicians. JUDGE GIBSON'S FUNERAL According to previous announcement the body ofi.Judgo Gibson accompanied by his family arrived in the cars from Philad&- phia, on'Wednesday afternoon of last week. The corpse was moulted by the members of the Carlisle liar and '‘vas liorne to the rest deuce of the deceased. On the next day, (Thursday,) at 12 o'clock, 314_ the funeral took place. The day was very inclement and the rain poured in torrents, notwith standing however, a very large number of the citizens of our borough were present to pay the last sad rites to the distinguished dead. The order of procession was as follows Ist. The - members of the Masonic Lodges. 2d. The Reverend Clergy of the borough.. 3d. Win. M. Biddle, Ilugh*Gallaglier, W. H. - Miller, J. E. Bonham, E. M. Biddle, A. B. Sharpe, W. M. Penrose, and R. B. Hen derson, Esiirs, as carriers, and the rest of the members of the Carlisle Bar as Pall Bearers. 4th. The faculty and students of Dickin son College. sth. The officers of the United States .Ar statiened at the Carlisle Bart'acks and the citizens generally. The fluidly and relatives of the deceased followed the hearse in carriages. The burial seri-ice of the Episcopal church was read by the Rev. Mr. Morse of St . John's church, and after that solemn ser vice the grave was closed to the eyes of the The life of the late John Bannister Gib son was full three score years and tew; ring that loUg period the tombs of the young and the old were growing thick around his future, resting place, until more, than ono generation slept under the sod of the val ley. lie too now sleeps ,in the quiet and thickly potipled grave yard of one ancient town, among those who , in times gone,hy. were the companions 'of his youth, the no- Attint,auces of hismattirer years, the_ advi rels of his genius, the friends of his heart. lie among_ all the sleepers in bid abode of the dead wasperhaps in life the greatest. Towards his grave the steps of future gener ations will be directed and they will linger with. respect and reverence over the spot where repose the ashes of this great man.— In time to come this new made mound of earth will be a shrine for pilgrimage Were men will come to pay a tribute to the mem ory of a noble -intellect;a true heart, and distinguished public services. , The flowery mouth of May has given us few_ gleams of _sunshine yet, but on the contrary n week or more of dismal rain and cold. •En• ergetickmusekeepers who prematurely removed theiTtores and dirt. Winter furnishings have i•oftgai ,til4Yepent of their hasty summer nr- 600 00 50.600 00 6,255 00 1,200 00,' • • rangements. - The farmers make glowing reports, howev, er, of the.grewing crops of„grass - and grain, which arc advancing rapidly with a rich prom ise of abundance. Some of our farmers, we learn, have got tin ought with corn planting, but with others tho wet weather has deferred the work, 8,000 00 20,185 00 ],500 00 838 00 600 00 , 0 0 00 413,000 00 060,000 00 A , Peer FOR FAUMElB,—Ajille letter writer says: "Tie wheat generally looks well, and proinins-rt fair,avernge_ crop, except in_gortic localities, where the winter has killed it, by heaving out. That whloh was, put in with the drill inearidbiy looks better than that which was sowed brondenst; and the present indica tions of the crop arc thgt the difference in the product, will more then pay the coat of $5,100,460 00 ing. Indeed, some fanners last season drilled in their oats, : going twice over ihor ground, to get it - thick enough, and were satisfied that they had a better swop than when sowed broad cast," . pi a Leahey, the' recueaut molly •off' La ,Trdppe, Who liCs.been' on' filni'in' tortogo City;' Nieoouein , forthe'murder of B. Manley, has been found - guilty Of the -charge, and sen tenced to ho'• iroprisoced in . the Stato,Triscn for life. Leahey killed Manly in Augliat loot, on iirelenOo that the latter.had, boon guilty of improper conduct, with Leahoy's wife.- The trial; whichiwas pending at tho ti►no of the murder, showed the•suepicions to'be unfound , May..-Crops, ISte. GOLD DOLLAD. TEST. --Dr. Gideon. I . . ns invented n ecinit l ivenoo foe deteciin,; . _ . rious Coln of the gold dollar stamp. It 1s ; small box with &slit in the lid, which will fl... mit the genuine, coin only. If n sinitious coin peseta throhgb the flit, it will 'not sink, because it Is resisted,by a • weight issi le. on. Perior to the leverage by whiel. ti‘o true e o , 'werpoises tit:: weight. :Anil. bpuri - uu.l coin is made,eo large that its weight celeste the true coih, it will sot pans through the np.. erture. GOYEENOIt or• NEW Mrsico.-- - -The Union an nounces that tip Hon. David- 'Meriwether, of Jeffers n county, Ky., has received the ap pointment of governor of New Mexico. M. was the immediate 'successor of Mr : Clay in the U. S. Semite, having been appointed by the.Glovernor of that State, but he held his sent only a four weeks, having been superse ded by Mr. Dixon, 'who was elected Senator by..the..Legi eta tura. Reading and Harrisburg Railroad, which is a continuation of the line from Pitts burg, avoiding the • Columbia road, was or ganized on Wednesday, by the election of Gen. Simon Cameron, President ; John Tucker, Robert Coletnnn, Wm. Strong, Isaac Eckart, Samuel Bell and John W.'Killinger,Directors; and 11. A. lilublenburg, Treasurer and Secre tary. 114; John M. Cooper, of the Clinmbersburg Valley Spirit, has been tendered an Inspec torship. in the Phiindelphia Custom Hqiise, 'with a salary Ofslsoo per annum. lle is al so to edit the Pennsylvania 4, for which ho is to receive the additional sum of $lOOO per annum—making altogether 200. DE: rn OF SAMUEL I. Pica'aiins.—Mr. Pick ands, sj widely known ns thoworthy occupant of the office of Grand Scribe of the Grand Division of the Sons of temilerance„of Penn sylvania, died at his residenje in Milath en Wedneaday last. . . no..' Pierce's administration is ear--l''''a Fillnfore's contracts : . they can be found. This is one u: evils to which party spirit drives _t:,,_ ' fieri man down East 'soya that the party is not defunct, and thnt he is ready to suPport_the.nezd Whig_candidate.for thcPces idency, ho-Eecritt may be. 11,-.l`he -- election - of - Col. Benton to the U. S. Senate in 1855, in \lr, Atchison's room, 's the great issue.in Missouri polities. Allen, Governor of , : the St:, • , as been elected Senator in Congress thode Island. There Aas no opposition. Yta The New Yotk Crystal Palace will not be opened , until some time in June. Another wonderful cure of Consump tion, by Dr. J. IV. Cooper's Duglin Vegetable Cough and Consumptive Syrup, CONSUMPTION CURED.—It is with pleas are that I have an opportunity to make known to, the Citizens of Chester county, the great benefit my daughter has received from the non of Dr% J. IV. Cooper's Indian Vegetable Cur.. or Consumptive Syrup, prepared by C. Hewes. Ido hereby certify that my daugi.,, r was severely afflicted with the Consumption, and was attended by two skillful physicians, one of Delaware and the other of Chester uo., They did all they could for her. They took Me into anodic!: room and toll me my daugh ter must die, that I should make her acquaint ed with her situation, that she might prepare for death. They said she could not live three days ; _perhaps not that tunny boars, and that all the doctors in the Universe- could not save her. When the Doctors left -the lidos() I thoueht of Dr. J. W. Cooper's Indian Vegeta ble Cough or Consumptive Syrup having cur ed James P. Aftlik of the same disease. I then wet t and got some, and gave it to toy daugh ter. She commem.,•ed improving on sight.— She continued taking this medicine tsr six months, which cured her sound and well, and has remained well and free front any disease of rte lungs ever since, which has been about fiveyears. REUBEN TIIONIAS. Williston township, Chester county, L's. Foi• sale by Wm. 11. Bretz, Carlisle, who is agent fei• the proprietor. POISONING Thousands of parents who use Vermifuge composed of Castor Oil, Calomel, &o are not aware, that while they appear to benefit the patient, they are actually laying the founda tions for a series of diseni:es, such as saliva tion, loss of sight, weakness of limbs, &c. • In another column will be found the tulver- tisement of Ilobensack's Medicines, to which we n.l: the attention of all directly interested in their own ns well ns their children's health. In Liver Complaints and all disorders arising• from those of it bilious lype, should frinke use of the only genuine medicine, liebnsack's Liver Pills. ef23 7- °.‘ Be not deceived," but ask fur Hob,en flack's Worm . Syrup and Liver Pills, and ob serve that each has the signature 'of the Pro prietor, J. N. IIOttENSACK, as none else are genuine. • r r WI • PHILADELPHIA MARKET MONDAY, MAYO. FLOUR_AT, , ,7O4BA4.—FIour u,m2„tinues very dull, some 3000400 bbls boiler brands found buyers nt,4 bbl, which is the reoeral itslcing price ; but there is MC, o.• ,m 1 Dither for.export or horn° oze„ . .t at the, close is, pretty much at , . Flour is seam. Corn Moot b; • • ary, and a further' sole of •. : . Meal was made at s2' 70 `.bl GRAlN.—Grain (miss forw Wheat is soiree end in better t. 4000 bushels sold at $1 1S fur i - 13- for good Penn'a. Ted.- _ltr_ mend, and a further sale 'of 10 Penn's,. was made at 85e. Cori, • and the leceipts, some 5003( L i.1; , Southern yellow, found . 62e-and part at a pr co c , o pub', thereqs 110 eltangm and it.jo bushes„att'u , sold at 43e. ' BALTIMORE, MA tICET . . MONPIY, MAY 0. . FLOUR AND lIIEAL.—Wo ore not advised of any transaction in Flour to day. Buyerti were not offering over did Brtdbbl. for Ilow• and Street brands. Nothing done in C.•••• Mills. Rye Flour and Corn Meal unchs. , ,,• GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Tho receipt. of Grain •coutinue light=prices Tam. quoto red Wheat at $1 1001 14 ; white do at 1 15' ®l 2G to 1 20'ilbusliel, for, good to fair and very prime, for family flour. Maryland Rye 80084'eents, and Pennsylvania do. 00 cents Ifllrusheh . " Sales of-white corn at 546,50 uts. yellow do, 58050 contsTibusliel, Maryland Opts' 813040 cents, Penrsylvania d0,.42043 centslllbushel, Seeds quiet—Clover nominal $O, Timoi,liy 2 137e53, and Flaxseed $1 40 %lbushol. ivx. - AAREED. On tho 28th ult. bytho Roy. A, IL Kremer; Nr.IACOD REIDLtilt, of, North - Middleton tp. to Afis . SI.IBIIIILIITART; of West Pennsboro. -On the Bth inst, by , the same, Mr Joux MissANNA C. JAmtiS, both of Qarlisle. IMED. - On tho 29th ult. GEORGEEnn.Y, son of Ben ethic and Ann G. Law, aged 6 years *and 9. months. At hie • residenod nonr Bridgeport, in this county, on Monday the 16th ult.., et tnIANDEX Wilms, Beg., in the 74th year of hie ago.\ • the 28d ult„ in Shipponsburg, of Pul monary-Consumption, Mrs. ELIZAII Tu wife) of Doctor Alexander Stellat la - the 40th year of her age., , •- • I= M EMI