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Three good Presses, and-a general 'variety of dead • - suited Mr Plain add Fancy work of every -kind, enables Us to do Job Printing at the • shortesUhotlee and on the most reasonable terms. - , Person sin want of, hills, Blanks or any thing in, the Jobbing,diffei - Will - flinl it their in • tereat. to-4.v° us a' Call. .E;vory variety of 11LANKS con ' 'stonily on WOW. - - - • • , . . rip: All letters on lAiness must be• post-paid to se "ikure Attention. to Atffiertisentents. PPEAT , S7FOIi — M6I - Ths6 -7 e6id•F ,_ ..., ix . missloners of Cumberland comity ha • ve fixed fin - - the following times and placer ro t bolding the apperdS on UM triannual assesslnent, for therNeveraltownshiptiand ' - borOuphsinviid‘rpififty,, , , ' --; , ' . : Con ti ty taxi dollar rate , 3l/4:- mulls. ;.. .-- -- •- - - . State tax; dollar. rate 3 milla. The return to be made by the respective assesors at We tiffieslnd phteee fixpd.,tor the appeals, at which thou tile sensors will return two- respectable eitizena Mr • - ealloctois. ' ' - • • lilonroe tewnshlp; at ..the puhYir libuse of Saintiel Algier, on Moucitty, the 3rd diiy of Mardi.. • Upper• Alien and Mechanicsburg. nt the public house of Oeorge Spotioler, iq 31echaniesbnrie on Tuesday.the 4th day of March. ~ : • ',corer Allen and 'Noy Curnherlatid at UM s pnlilic house of =llnll=nn Wednegday dug of • East Betinsborough and Ihmiptien et the puhlic house IBenjautltt Clhy on 'Thursday the tith day of Silvee'spring at the Public house—tifOoerge Duey on. 'Friday the i'Vki day of March. Nei\ stile and Frankfort' at the public house •i - if .1 no. M. 4 iVotalburn In Neiiville on Monday the luth day of •Dlifllih and Newvill at'the name place on Tuesday the 11th day Of March. Ilopeeell•ntythe- puhlic - 14ause of:David lifo - trey on • Wtidniisdav the Ptli. • ' • Shipperislnfrg• -Borough And Township at the Public house-of . , Anghinbaugh Thursilay_the 13th ' Southampton at the same place on Friday the I•4th. Dickinson at_thepulille_ hoso r cif-Jatob Itedseclier6an the 161,11, • Wfst_Rennshorougla_at_the-puhlie-heuse-at—Mtf.d-lock' - on Monday the 17th. • itit'the Clommisaioners OfficeBn Tues. .• day the.lBlll. - „ . • South Middleton at the same place on WednAtedity ' - 'tbe :filth. • • 40._ • Carlisle East Ward at the same place on Thursday the 20th. Carlisle West Ward at the WHO place on Friday the • • Commiariners Office, Jan. 24.'56, - . )r . . 11 ; efiiii. .ura ,4 1:Y P I '_' ~....ii, ~,,,t,".4i, • 1 14 1 4.14,011111g22 ' = '.. - Cl' 2 l"Arkl6it.f+ii. , 1r ' ''- •,- :t -• " t•sr^" ---- 4 ,-, . • -, -:". -- ' . y. l i r i, ' r S. - . :'' =....; k t t . .•• -* rilji'' tr ---" 1 ~ = '"•- • oe ,^ bie r ' rr: . - .77 - '--A -..„-: '-',- - ',k! , ;•: : 1, 4k, ' ---‘.... ---,, ---,--- - __ -.... BE ;~--=_ , OtYr1"8 LITTLE 0 lANT'I -CofiN AND 0011 MILL; PATENTEE) 1K54. The LITTLE' GIANT ? though but recently introduced, nu the Wksv, 1101 V 'Stands PIIF.-Z311;.-ENT :IS tlu "most MT/CIF:NT,' And 1101.111dr FIII , III MILL of the, Uu %.NusArroatiz: are probably thu njy ones in the • 941 . —ozelusively devoted to inakinA 311 , 115, ‘er,d, .re possess superior advantages-in preparingsuch admixture of metals, as best adapted to making a durable :allele. „ . LITTLE GIANT 114 4 , 11.ftlYitTAIOd tEIPL.FiEM.--Pr(11111- 11 at tbs principle Fairs of tho Nation, its the 'nipletc and Winn - I:Went Mill now in use. • • • l'hose Mitts'ain not only •guaranteed superior to nil n-rb in their construction ,a of material. t. in the amoupt-and quail of work they perform t h any given pow*v: ant warranted. in. all cases to or the mrcluistquone • refunded - on ret ._ • l'hey 'Arc , offered to Farmers and the trade complete. =' 12 and $36, thr \o. 1. No. 2 and•No.•ti, and .$2 Ia 1 sweeps. 11'arra4ed to grind . .from - 8' t 'll, Qe•- • por hour according to-size. _ l (yl"l'.' Sr NI 118 L E GIANT' GRAIN • -31 ILL (CAVEATED MAY, 1855) • A It hi MiLl, is 'a most-complete and 'important article Pk xi less, Parniers and- bthers, haulm horsepower . illmr eunvehlences _for running a belt. 'They•eau bra ked.advantageoUsly with-one, two,or more horses-, ore , er. h speed of fioin four to six hundred revone .o.s kr minute can he obtained upoti a 14-inch pniley, ;t1 1 ,4 inch heft. 1/I.I4: . AIILLs are atisnited to anykind•ef work; grind codrse feedirein cern, oats,.4q., er fine ,nietil from 1, wheat or ryerand corn & cob 411 . the most sails .ory manner, and with a vast saving .of- power "iiver other mills, the Cob being cut with sharp cast-steel. `.bie - first premium was awarded these Milts at the •'l airs of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the lndus• a 1 41, labition at Boston. • • hr ;Cimble Oiant wiiighs 'about :300 pounds,. occupy quice_OLlo-nwhoplituure.l4-is-pecaillerdy-simple, requiring no skill to run 1t,,0r to • .1) t I ll_Prdqr; • • - is. , sire - offered complete, ready foi• attaching the ,ac ;55 :,..wlth cast-steel r•Oh attachments, $.OO. War t ed . to give the must perfecticithifaction. ' - rase Call the• Little liked Works; and witness rilsne4tOn. I Sauuftctured.by . ItOSS".SCOTT & • - • Cor: Nth & . , -11.11 - I.SLK LAND ASSOCIATION. , ..._l'l,le.asenelatiaromyili g permanently organized; .n t aiihers are requested to call on the treasurer.. A. uslk r; Eh and pay.their -Ir_eekly Instalments on Core Satucdt4 23d. lost: (the sante to date from s-Lry :2d.) Thorn negleetbilethlk—hotice•are'iniertu kg the i4rlctly entbretal. litcde()piea of the-Articles of the Association -.can hyqhe Stockholders on' making application to ~I••rsigaeil.—lly order. - BENTZ, Sect' y; 12, imu. tit: • \T AILS 'au► now 'pro- ti red to suppiy country- Porchautti with nails at • BAXTUN.. NO L ~~. 6,3 AZ ' Ltt_ _~, ;.~. ;~;~ ~~~'' r.tweniy yeaispist; every .an -nTharfeport emanatingfrom the office, of the 'State .uperintendent has complaitvii of the deficiency 'in thin number of welt ilualified teachers. Of Into years, the teachers them selves have endeavored to remedy . this, by carnang-institutestuld-.7trn'p-rtricthetrt; and in this way much -good has been - done. But . eparsely•settled districts these advantages have Jiot been talc, : Theee associative efforts. are but poor substitiiesfor that regular and systematic training' reqUired a AO produce good teacher, nor \Vete they ever , so intended, f - ;}}provide the requisite supply ' of competent, instructors, the - Stiperintendent i. again reoininende the establishment of Suite Normal, Schools. .As to the "results of the - .county superintendence, the report says:—••. - • "Theltostility which esis, in some parts: of tliciState ogainstthe othe.e, has 'served -.to attract public attention to - the subject Of edu cation, and the, condition and _wants of our . system have thus undergone thorough useful examination. effected a adjustment of-the business - oftratfeni of the boat s - of - tiireaturgii - n - co - rfeeTirig the deranged state of their finances, and in many. instances in recovering money of the sohools overlooked - or.suppo , ,ed to be Jost. It has -elevated the Tii•ofession;Anid establiShed more uniformity in the character and qualifications of teachers in theori and generally in praotic . e; . 4.lie ,inootp• Teton(' and` unworthy bays been rejected, while the door has been oppna wide for the edniiesion of the . meritorioue: tito .qualified, and a stimulus hies been given to study and self improveipent. 'lt is Ole grent.meclium of connectioa.betweet44o Departinetit and the sclioolsi- and -whilelt hasproduc,Od unity.. and. harinonyof nation between ._laas -se cured to the system power and elllciency.bith• eat) . Unattainahle: It has excited many enlig lit ened.and zealous' friends of eiluoation, Who Lave-no official connection with the syStem, to renewed interest in its .suetesii;_,, and bright hopes the futureare' now.4entertained . .- ~ . . . . . 7 1 . . . . . - • • " ' . . . • •-• '. - ~ . . . . - . •• . . . .. . . • . . ' ._• .._ . . . •••• s . : ~ . . . ........_ . . . ......_ ___• ',TT '' • -.:' 1 " ... ' ... . _ , ._ _'. ', -. 7 - : - 7 . 7_ - _7. 7 t: 7.7.7 - '. --' - , • - - • ... , . ... it . - •: 7 - . _. . . . . . - . VOL AND EXPOSI EO:a dun SCHOOL; ST 876E.111. Alia animal report of . the Ilen„JA: ta., Cult- T4N„ Superintendent • of ConrionSCUols of . t tie State, forlhe school year ending J LIIIc 4,. 1.. 5, with the accemPanying reports '0f...i14 Co lay -Superintendents, has just been, pub n„ • ‘"4 ' • ied: - It is.a interesting ,document; . id will be read with Satisfaction by every intelligent citizen of,the State - . _From the - tabular, statements we gather that;' dui-ing the year, the whole ninaber of liehool distrfcts was. 1632, of schools, 10,496 ; number . . . ofschooli . .yet required, 650; average . number of tnonth.s.tangl“,_6l; number. of male tear-h -err; 8003; numbeuof. folualo teachers.' 4140; average4alaries,of mitlel - eitehers-lier,'9llPntli 4;22,29; .average salaries of females per n °nth, $'14,30; -whole number of . male'sche rs, 195, 889; whole , um ale--ich are, 223,. 120; total nun .rs,' 5 9 0,009; num ber of .scholarslearning German, 10,015; ave rage. number' of scholars .attending schools, i \s,v 861,316; erage ' coat. of 'teaching for one 'schola pry niOntli, 58i- cents; whole. number of.teabli •rs, 12,14;l; wlicle•iiinount of tiklevi ed far---school purposes, - $1,244223 70;' amount pf tax levied Tfor building purposes, $150,076.45;* total amount of tax levied for the syrstetii; 19.,:354,:9117., 04,; amount received from , the - State- - oPprOpriation,---$159;5A-17; - amount received from collectors of. school tax, $1,127,1192-61; cd'st of instruction, $1,041, 571 96; .cosf.i - if fiierangeontingenefes • $l - 10, 383 1J; - cost of scheof houses, •purchasing; building, - i•enting, - , A elifNrig, &d.., $226,198_ 76. Tfiege figures exhibit u • large. increase over previOus years, and indicate that a' con : - sitlernblit impetus-has-been-given-to-the—pros perity of tlykiteni.• ~. • . The reader should - nutlet-stand that --the, to tal-is arc all exclusive of fire • city of 1 5 101adel 7 _lna; which,, sirangelyfitioughi mrt to the State authorities, and ham 1 lore, ifil - ghare - or - flie- atintfiti statistics._ The - Governor - Klitideti - to - thitr - deticiene - y - i - trititrlicift annual 'message, and hero. we sec it. practi-:1 Gaily exertiplitiod: • • The. State Superintiiident says, in his ?ad -port, that tiew 'School law.hus ititustal fresh life into the system. 'lt has been fomul highly salutary a tiU beneficial in reqUiring bettor se• outity,.. and more rigid 'accountability front reasirrers mid M - sff'e - a61%"67 - I — sairrinihring t irt7' -services of more capable...pen . as • Secretaiies of the Boards of •Direnters:- But the .!Ohlit leading feature of .the new regiine, lathe le.the area tion _fil. the• office of County 'Superintendent which-supplies -the-necestisaryp!gene-y-491,--the administration of the eCheol'Aiw in the dis tricts and provides the „department with . the knowledge and control of. its operations. It has worked' a great reform, „notrtithst.anding. all drawbacks. TO these the • report alludes in detail, to'shoW. the causes of the unpopu • larity of . tha office: in derthin localities. In most eases the salaries of the cenlity , superin- : tendents Were Miserably, .inadequate. . SoMe, counties hare not made . 1, -- Foil - J selections to — ifirl fhe'office. , Two .causs, however . ..were prowl.- I bent amotrffie difficulties. "These .were . the fear of additional expense of the office and Ll' supporting better scnouls, and% the "%operation of the taw upon - incompetent teachers. -Of the latter there were a very darge number;. sonic •oftliem, the report says, only superior to the., Children under their care in ago aid size: The standard,of qualications requited by the law for teachers excluded all.such, and • tlreY have consequently created a popiihir'agitation against it. 10 It* . --C. TEO , - , E - SPAY * - F:g -- .1)1W - A - .1iY; . n ~_1,0:-56. many who, had watched its - uncciffiiiii exist .ence and doubtful usefulness, with fears of its Alutnatddeoqy and abfkedonment.."',.. , The - reiluirement . that there'should be:a per feet uniformity of text books in each - district, has anewere&the,most sanguine expectations of-its friends f where TA has been thoroughly and prutUntly_tesfed,but it has not yet .been carried out., everywhere. By the en of the , current year, it is hoped, the law will be gen. erallY, complied with.. THE ICATIS'As AVITATION, .I'llo - New York Post says,' that 'Missouri State stocks, which aftibd at 9 before 7 bere the last i invasion of Kanzas, have, since fallen to 86. L - - • This however, may just as.wellThei.'owing to the, newly adopted policy of the State, of t ..., ox tending'aid lavishly to railways.' . A - person iiiiitieTWliite; recently lectured itt the capital .. .. •of Georgia,on the subject of colonizing 'Kan sas of which ha alleges hitaself, to be a 'Citizen. Ho &aid that his. ilibision • was to - raise pro- . 'slavery recruits to triumph in 'Kansas at the but hittlot box, that:: if his party failed •in ibis _ . they were determined,.to e p e ziip.vfitaq t fo gißE the cialni L . 's ' itroll7olf6i 41646 41tididii;6 Legiilature to Make lin - appropriation in hid of the cause.. • A mart - named Ijuford isliasily. engaged in Georgia,-Alubsiun, and South Car olina; in:ritising .usegiment. of .five hundred' men, divided into companies of fifty, officered, armed, and cliSMpliiied, to go 'to - Jim - 18as: - .A. ldr. 'E.-8.-Dell,- of Edge field, S. Ci.,alse adver. tises tliaChe, will letd - one hundred ' southern • emigrants to Kansas on the first of March.— tliiiforits does'net purpose .to start • before the !last of March. At Neil/cantle, Indiana, 40.000 I . was subseribetiatut sent to Kansas,' and con; tributions.fer the purchase :of Sharp's rifitik were going.r.o vigorously. _At *Painesville, a 'money unif arms ware, at- the last, ,.. accounts, freely contributed for Katlnft3. The arms Coll -Atilt t '.° 4 - . Ti g ti t e h b Ou t z l i t t a y i : P ;I l o s , r a illi rm d irel l" fi ti t s ei —E e a t ' r 4 ; 1 ::, Ltiici outapautes_have_ujready-heett-iiipt- to,the -1 territory, and itt - Statimit. bounty tt'' regiment 'ef 300 men is saiti.to - hay.e heed' already enlis ted. in. Worcester and Anany other -towns Maiisfichitiettn, the peopleare making liberal eentributhitte. The: : spring emigration from New - Ktiglana - will'lte - much larger thin last year. A purnpuly of twb hundred emigrants 4:01e..M-g--,:ketptturett- , -: N. .f., a company-- is organized which ,will Probably -reach "fifty, all armed With' Sharp's rifle. ' The Kansas eorrespoinhint of the St. Louis Democrat says that after mak - itig care ful inquiries relative to the various districts„ - liiiTtitiiiiiSlieCiliiii - 11e - poiiilittitn of the terri tory at this time is tiearly„6o,ooo. T,he total result of his inquiries gives an aggregate 'of hs,ooo,hut - this' he thinks au exaggeration.- • PROCLAMATION ON. .KANSAS.--Prosiderit Tierce has issued a - Proclamation' on Kansas, invoking!' all good citizens to protnete orde by rendering obediencfrtcrl-a-w,-"—ineariingT--01 course, that all shall submit to the enactments of the Missouri mob-LOgislaturs of Katisas. 7 - Commenling ou thitijioveu]ent of the Presi dent to aid the Alissoud _lollies, while prn fussing to aid the rerritOry, the Xationui hatelNtencer ~r . The Government , proper' of yestorday , :con. twined on. Executive Propimitation which,. for the, inforintition'of our readers, we tranSter'to our columns. Polloviingnn - Ttlin heels_of Shin ,recent-special 111 ess 1 V - to'Nenigress .. ou 'the' sitoie.suhj ect, it is evidence that the. President anticipates noinething like civil war in the land of vaunted " Squatter sovereignty," and is preplifing to meet the crisis. _lit is proof, lifso-r-wf-a - riVrtit , r-*trhid, Wirrati perhalis - the President does not discern so .clearly;_tinil_that, fs, - tlielieliticiii:ertor Which has hroughi - theSe treubles.ppon ityetipon the' country,- Surely; never has any false step of (govern= . ment iti-Our-brief history-, •in - the - history; 'Of any free Country) been so fruitful of evil-of. unmixed, uneninpetisatetheiiltqw the uncall ed-for repeal. of 41.1 e Missouri coiliplinlise.— And now the President Js endeavoringlyy . itli the.intentiene'.'riO"deubt, - to - aVert .one""tif -its digistrgns . consequences : by 'Prod-emit tiou. 'What a sight in this f'ree . Republican country, to behard'an Executive proclamation forhiding civil war!' We most 'devoutly hope. it may , have. the effect; but we-fear that mon whn.a.re aiming rifles arid reVolvers:at each Other's fraternal bireas - ffifiTlTollitre disposed to . heed' "the .President's • sAnfittiiiians—. . then should he. tind it necessary to interpose the luilitti'ry power - of the General Government 7 -,and that , must be the next step- 7 -what a state of things shall we net then present to the world and to the 'country:!—ls it not_ enough to Make angels Weep to‘Sia , Se'llaPpy,- hatmonloua; peacerat a•- country—blessed-. in every element of natbral and donietitie happi nosi ne was this 'ordsr two shirt years 1)4(F-- suddenly; by one mad, and perms», act, con verted into, an universal' arena of ilitsooril ,and of threatened Cottithotioit? , • • - ing:), - ,;The . Story of rude treattitent,on the .part bf President :Pieraa - to Senator Hale, at the .Presidthrt,'s levee which went the rounds °Otte neWspapers,' soine weeks ago, is. pro nouuoed untrue: The neWspaper which Start. eti it•new. "bearns.that it is incorrect, and that no indignity Was offered. to Mt Hale . t.. PENNSYLVANIA . , . Ti4eiclai Feb.. 12:—In'Senate,.. Mr. •Crabbe read in place a bill to incorporate. the Batik of Pattstown.- • Ali. - Wilkins bill tcr::repear the Liquor. La_w "wite.tlien taken up; the . question_ ot(Mr.'Browno's amendritent. The-15111 was - debated in' forenoon and aftertioon sees-, ion, whin the qUestion was- taken on . the first' section 'of Browne'ti substitute,... and it wag agree ( d to, yeas 19, nays - 13, as follows: • 'l. - eas—Me:srs. • Browne, Crabb, 'Ferguson, Flenniken; Frazer, Gregg, Hoge, ..himiSon.. Jerdon,'LeWis, Mellinger, Pratt, Priee,,Sel- Jen, Shuman, Souther, Taggart, Wherry and .Speaker---.:l9.Evn s, • Ingrann,: Latibach„ Met:linto - ek,' Straub,: Walten, Welsh' and • .. . - This is regarded is egtilvarentTo — flio 'cid . : fen of Mr. Wilkins' bill. The oth . e; sections of Mr. Browne's. substitute were then, agreed ,to , as far 'AS the sixth, "by a similtir vide,. ..vriteritheSenate adjourned.: hi. the House,• •the bill to incorporate the Pottstown pas Com • pati'y:pittised finally: . Tito consideration of the bill to ittorggiatethe Praticiscatt Brothers of ~ :„Krj":‘4't - ,P,V.'‘W.a.a.resunted, when a motion iie iikr4lAttc764-tx7314-1110-111.1bietideririitely and riegn.tived=yeas-28, nays 60. ic motion. • Was then matde.to recommit the bill to the. Committee on the Judiciary, With instrlt4tione to,iminire_l66 the constitution,. bydaws _and oaths of the Order. Lost—yeas 19, nays :50 The first section of the bill was then nereed to — . p.m 68, nays 30. - The bill theicheing, on its final paisage, .Mr. _ Morris mbiressed • the House for"balf an hour . in 'Opposition- to 'it, mad was faitowedzhy,_Mir. - Joliiiridglipport of it.. - The , bill then passed finally—yeus (10 . nays ;!.0. Altthp ' 'rninocrals' present .voved in theniiirmative, excepting Mr.. Fry, of Le high:: .-Adjourned. . . . 1•: - •• liedneaday,Feb. • 13.-4 n the ` Senate,' Mr. _• . Jameson read_ in _place a bill for the sale of 11 - w - 3 in - irc tilir - tlioPUblicrlV.orks. - The • _______. - - 1 - Semitirthial — esumed..the consideration of the Tavern License Bill; when theeeveral . selitions of Mr. 13rowne's amendulent_ to_tim_loo-in clusi-ve, were adopted, with various amend ments A. motion to Strike out $5O ",..as the price of a license and insert -- $2O, was lostL: yeas 16, nays 17. ltt the llouse-a number of n's_wara...pre.sented—but—tto—busluess--of ' itportanev-transiote • sursday, Feb. 14.—1 n. the Senate, after the - usual morning busirit sense agnin, taken...np, ing on Mr, .Buckalew!a .e Seduce the Minimun-rata of linen:it) from $5O to $2O, it was lost—A . ..yeas 12, naya 20.. The:motion to strike outmalt liquors-was then lost by the sanTh rote and the section passed. In after, neon session theLatlaitronal sections of elm nit! Were passed, in committee without Material amendment - , anti the .bill then' ,passed second reading by the following vote : 'Cribb, Ferguson, Fientiiiren,_ Frazer,' Gregg,' Hoge, - Jamison,. Jordan, Lewis, Mellinger, Price, Seller:, Sou man,' Souther,, Taggart, rugrWherry : -1.7. Nays-Messrs. Cresswell, Fry, Evans, In gram. Killinger, Knox Laub - lick, .McClii,tek, Stpaub,.Walton, Welsh 'find Wilkins—i 2.. Messrs. Prattr - huffiTund acre sent:: Mr: 14naltalery took part in the oiScass ion but did not vote, / baying paired the Speaker. was . ordered to be printed as i ameniled, And the .Senate auj.,orti ed at 7 . o'clock-jrrthe Among a number of bills reported was,one to - erect a'new•lcotinty . to he caned' .21.4idison,' Out f i rf parts of Alleghody l l3utter and West moreland; one 'ltiViTtect the new county - of . iinnortgebelo,' out of FaYeito, Wtrtrirore land find Washington, antl-ono t0,.....,areci, %Mit iinniiiireauriTy;Thut [Of parts - of- Indiana /aid Jefferson. A bill toi. k. divorce 11clett 1 - 1 and Johli. l . l .,,Jortlaw, - waepassed- finally. A bill wad_ place , agninst tax „ ing money-at in terast,and the bill piovitling . tor.j..ne slectien Of a State Printer, .tor a term of efid for the' re-adjustment _of 'the - prlceS,, pasSed nripy, yeas 46, nays 31. - • „. • A DEMONSTRATI9N ,OF; THE •LtiA.P^lE.4.lt.- : -A. tatberningular and amusing occurrence place fear • Coobranville, Chester county, in this State a feel-weeks since. A Mr. Bechtel!, , from,Medina, Ohio, was introduced to. a Miss Du.quet, the afternoon of thee 16th ultimo, and _marriedl,ier_Within_thece_hours—afretwurds,-- Both ! are said to be worthy and respectable .Rersondi but vary livelyt..'_They,irere, jesting on the eubject of-matriniony, when she jesting ly "popped Elie - question,". to which he - accod- Ohe re lily brought' (instilled/err:until they weui - toiihn parson's and had the ceremon 'performed, • _And •itE SLAVE'. CASH. 'AT CINCINNATI.-.---1.113 grand jury at' Cincinnati have found &It* bill for,niurder against Peggy as principal, and the - rest of the adult. V fugitive alaves a's accoisaries; -t( of. the pliild. The writ was- p hands of the sharilf, who when I-- -were brought to jail by the nn tegpAng turned the li6i_tipon thei are-now in his possession. The. case grows. Hive and nore uplicated. No decision has'yet been, Hads as .tlio o d'ership of the ;laved NO: ~~ -STILL LATER. FROM EtiRQP TRE_CANADA_A.T,IIALIF rgovew..l.•aospic.cT BRIGHTER. CENTRAL AMERICAT A,F.PcIMS. 1:1 HALIYAX, .V.eb. , 17.-111e Royal Mini! Stoop skip' Cunsda, Copt, Lung, f oiri Liforpbol •on -tho-'aftern'oOo o,f Febivary arrived ltfr., at 4 o'oloO th's - - • • . CENTRAL - AMFItICAN QUESTFIA. s , Me lion . don Morning Advertiser has the foi .14wings annonneonieal:—lirVea: regret tinenr thdt. at 'an • interview which Lord .Clarendini `and Mr . Buchanan 'had togother at the foreign :offOe on: Tuesday, - ver'yau .;# 'words I a . ?led •bo!rieen th.ein rOative erCentral Ainerican goesiion,' • r • THE •TEAtE NEGOTIATIONS. The `despatches thoSunsian ttiverkunenk . 'comPletitigand.ponfirining the telegraphic•an•' - nAndement. be: the tincondikiontil•_nc i deptance . of Austria'a propositions; were, received at. Vienna on the 23d-alt..; and tt — courrier diately conveyed them to Pitris and Linden. A memorandum, embodying- the .propost4,., 'tiotts, - has been. sigueif at. Vienna atid' .sent; to .Paris and London,• • _.......- It is reported that tbe•Congretis will meet at Paris on -.February • 17th, that very . . little • time will be%lost in the discussiotrof the sub ject, and that the-wh'ole.matter Will be brought.. '..to a conclusion by'february 25th.,. The signing. of the preliminaries prior' OM opening of the Qanfereace,• now only aVraitS the arrival of the Jurltiely. Prenipeten• . fiery: .7 ', • • • • • It.is stated that Pimssia refuses to agree to exacted by the Allier , prelitui, nary to,h,er. adinissimi into Om peace einifei , mices, and that consegnently'she will . fw ex• chided frimi the lilonferen . C.o,,but be invited. to sign -the final deed of settlement.. Enron Ilrum and . Count 'Orloff are the , Rits. shin rleniputentitiries, itssigted 'by Messrs. Til k off and Fenton. • Lard elaroid trf repr England: Marquis 11.--A-sRg Sand ni Count • Duo!, , Walews`ki . ; France; Dervish Paella, Turkey: . THE BALTIC Letters•reeeiTed to the 30th ult. spec k of ni,il - i , weather, and the resuMption_ or_ naviga non, .itiqre ur•lesS, at Aleiiel and' CUx.. -haven. - 'rue-ice.5115 breaking up. I= The correspondence from the Crimea; fl'oni the English camp, to 'January pith , rePorfs the army, healthy. Russians..continued tt?_tire frboi the North Yorts. Printie (ort- tifuliakutt. had handed over the -- ceuiniatat-lii: Geiierai Indere, and issued a. new valedictory to the-corainandere in the eritnea. - - _ . . On the lith of Jantiaiy . , the Russians tin expeilition over, the ico to-atttick• 'Rinsch; but Gen. Vis'idu beitig on-the ttlert, they. • • I iftoM - UALIFORNIA.-1110 steamship _Prom etheus has Arrived at New Orleans;'-wtth Francisco dates to the 21st of •January,, and frhut--San Juan to the oth inst. The papers furnish uo.news'of strilsin! im.ortance b t it is stated that the'a_ icultural accounts Ire better, and the ruining prospects are' enconrag no Legislature is still itroroublu an , regard to the U. S. — Senator, but asfieveral of ,_theoandidates hare •withdraivn; a new . mau is expected•to harmonize the A:koterioati party.— Mere fighting has taken place with the Ludt - ans . at Walla iValla, and pie U. 8 troops en gaged, !oat tvretity-three -taco, aril wounded) • Affairs 'in Nicaragua are qtkiet; but . has retaliated 14 the relusilii• t 6 re ceive Mr.' French, by auspentlitig relations with our Minister,••Mr.•Whenier. . IsnENious.lise.trm•—A prisoner named Ja , .cob Prance, confined in- the :NJhrylaud.,Penft- . .• - teutiary, at Beltiniore effected uts.....escapc fro3,that. ins itution Thai Snuday night, by cutting the grating at tit window of his cell r:ind removing the bricks' froM . .tbn _wall.'lle -11,Weltrs.'to have. been employed in the black „ Huth • shop, where he had'probablYlabricateet t for his escape, or get • 'the materials fir waking theta.. With a - finek saw he out though the cross bars where they entered the and the .Upright - .bars -- mitside, BO "th a t in either.case detection would., be probe.- ble • •• 'After this he drilled' tw o . holes through tapriglic hars with ratohet Att this pert of the work was done previous to ir it, iti was ellown by its Vie— tint ay nig t , as ,Ina rust. prevent-ed7acriitiny—by ce ng the o t ees with' whiling to resiiniole the white-- wesli of the Wall. On 'Sunday night:tie drift. iTerilie iris sill, removed, the vpright*._bar,, cut off the remaining half Of tho cross bar, and.inade a hole in thdwall large enongh to ..allow his body to pass,-thouust - l haie been tight squeezing, as it. ira • uIY . a foot • •square of room, lie then Larefully removed tho bricks from the'left side of the loop-hole which afforded .Ventilotlen to the cell; without breaking anyof thenwand so passed .to the 'east - wkfl of the yard, Where he foatitta; . tini t i.., ber of iron bars. Oile of thee he beat so to fond a hook at both ends, and with thi s and a tiope he managed to climb over tlie + Wall and railing: . All this was noiselessly done, Janal the escape wad. not•disoovered until the .prisoner was missed from the gang onlftinday. France is a native of PennVliania, fortY:"threo . yearscild,;and Speaks / German fluently. ,the -oria - 1!_of he was: convicted Was petjy • 1I ft,. but he added to it by assaulting An • Ilia' France has since been recaptured. When he:iscaped on Sunday night weelche walked five miles out on the 'York road', but the cold- was so •iuteuse that helairtes take slielter,in a barn and remain there until day night. ire then 'walked ,as far as 'the: . ils ortlnnpowder, where the deep snow and se oold a I'M arrested, his•eteps, and seek- • , lug Shelter i a furut deteeted, t(3.' his - -- •liig itletitity by , a person 'villo'had read:of 'hi; swops, -he confessed it and expressed' a' 'tle-' sire. to return to ,pris . White this .hardy, criminal was thus braving the - elements,:,tvo poor persons died in the city* ot, 1 3 4 1 2timore front A 941. and exposure. ' . . - I