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Atffiertisentents.
PPEAT , S7FOIi — M6I - Ths6 -7 e6id•F
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..., ix . missloners of Cumberland comity ha • ve fixed fin
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the following times and placer ro t bolding the apperdS on
UM triannual assesslnent, for therNeveraltownshiptiand '
- borOuphsinviid‘rpififty,, , , ' --; ,
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: 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
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Commiariners Office, Jan. 24.'56,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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-11.11 - I.SLK LAND ASSOCIATION.
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..._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
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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
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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;
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id will be read with Satisfaction by every
intelligent citizen of,the State -
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_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.•
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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
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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
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invasion of Kanzas, have, since fallen to 86. L -
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This however, may just as.wellThei.'owing to
the, newly adopted policy of the State, of
t ...,
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tending'aid lavishly to railways.' . A - person
iiiiitieTWliite; recently lectured itt the capital
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•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
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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.-
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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
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PENNSYLVANIA
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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
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- 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:
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-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. ' . . -
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