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ANPREW J. B1IEY, EDITOR.
T:ur:xsnuii(;, pa.
Thursday, February 13,
TxTrilZ "SEXTIXL,' A nvchthe largest
circulation of cny pnpsr pullis'.ed in this county
oil as en advertising sheet nj'ers superior indues
fenis tJ i.icrc2iU und lu-siuas men generally.
Those d-'iirws of ina?:iig tj? of ?Aw tiudium jot
tziendlng their buwiw. can !; jo by either tending
.iriiUit direct, or through the Jiliou-ing cgentt.
John. Create, En., Johnsiova. . . .
V. B. ralr.nr, Ih?., X. Itj-.v, rhiludidphis,
fid Lxltincre.
Hi UJiiTED STATES,
d F3 E ! ' ' E .3 1 .1
t it n ii ni h
Cot. Jchn?ronT in the last 17 days ef li:3
trra, Las pardened ff.tj-f-mr convicts.
Jiciiiliury aitU EIric Railroad.
The SuuLuvy nud Eric Railroad bill baa passed
both Ileuses in the lorra its fric.ius desired.
Kcduoticn of Fares o:a Hie Pcan
Silvutila liallroad.
The Teres tlils lin2 are to be reduced, tftcr
fim of March next, to a uniform rate of two
and & Lilf cents j-cr rile.
Cits' Delegation.
The Democratic City Convention of Philadel
phia, has a: poir.tcd the foilowics delegates to
the 4th ef March Cccveation : Wni. L. Hirst,
Patrick Conrov, C. M'Kibhin. Vincent L. Brad
ford, Geo. W. Cowman and Wra. Badger. The
Convention passed a resolution in favor cf Mr.
IJ jchinan fcr the Presidency.
AppclatmentK by tlic CannI Com
iiiissiouers.
CoLttCTOits G. W. Marchand, Johnstown ;
James P. Hoover, HclliJajsburg ; P. U. Barr,
Slairsville.
"Wzxca MiSTiPfl James
to-wn Scales; Vun. B. Clark
II. WUliaais, Ilolli.laysburg Scales ; J. D. Lcct,
Hcllidajifcurg Lock.
Cargo I.vsrrcxcr.s George I.". SnitL, Jchns
lowa; A. L. Deififenbachcr, lloUidaydburg.
V'ood IsspCIOB Alncr Kelly, Portage liail
roacL til-Vis Aoe!ts Cclcjisia PvAILEOad. James
P. Birr, A. F. Hanibright, F. II. Lbur, Lewis
Frank, A. II. Tippen, C. P. Buckingham, Oscarj
Hammond, Isaac S. Y.'aierbury, B. F. Lbaugh.
Gurttvijos Joseph Clark, Lower Western
Ciufija.
"Tjiltcd States ScKator.
J. P. Benjamin hfts been elected U. S. Senator
f.'oa the 6:atc of Louisiana, for six years from
tia 4th of March 1853, in the place cf the Hon.
. U. Downs, whose term ef service then expires.
Mr. Berjomin is a Jew, and is said to be a
goat!enn of high talents and standing, and a
leading member of the Whig party. It is the
tret initonce, we I elieve, in which a Jew has
ten elected to that elevated body, and may fcc
regarded as a striking one ef the religious tolera
tion exercised by the people cf the United States.
Ia England, it is a matter of embittered dispute
whether belief in the Jewish religion ought not
wholly to disqualify a man from- being a legisla
tor ; but this proves that in our country such
intolerance :s uakuown. 2mj matter what a mau's
religious opinions may be, so long ns qualifica
tions are regarded Jacre, the road to honor and
distinction is open to a!?, and. the people will al
ways be found too. intelligent and discerning to
permit nerit to pass unrewarded.
l:xe County.
A Bill for the erection cf this county, we ob
Mrve, wa read in place by Mr. Giilis, of Elk,
i a the House on Thursday last. The county is
t be ercctod out of part of Indiana, Clearfield,
and Cumbria, and embraces a region of cooutrv
Jt sparsely populated. It is a projci t which
has heretofore been defeated by the Legislature,
nd wc cannot tiiiak is uomalldcd by the vants,
wishes, cr interests cf the people. Seme specu
lators in wild lands, it is true, Light bo benefit
ted by it, but the irns: cf the people wc feel
sitiaSci would on'y find their burthens increased,
without reaping any corresponding advantage.
Tl.e !:atiou of a ne w county town in the wilder
ness, to roach, wltich roads .would have to be
rpcne l, county bu'UIrgs erected, smd the taxes
cf the people increased, vitbout r.lfur.iing thcra
raore, if equal advantages to those they now cn
ij in reaching a scat of justice, appears su
ridiculous, that it only wonld seem necessary to
idili the pr-ject known, to secure its defeut.
Nevertheless, the rage for making new counties
eppears to be undiminished, and our citizens
6hovId remonstrate strongly if they do rot with
t be dcfpoi'cd of their territory in the North of
th county by the erection of Piue. county, or in
thft outb by that of Convmaugh, to which we
alluded lat week.
The townships of Susquobauna and White are
proposed to be taken from this eouniy, and fori.
a part of Pine. These, it is true, ure two of the
smallest townships in the county, but still rt
e Knnct well spare them. Cambria county is one
? the tmallest in the fctatc, .ind the population
is not so dense, or the business of the Courts so
large as to require its territory to be carved up
into tro or tlrrce petty counties. Our reprcben
u.uxg we fcol satisfied will oppose beta of those
6Chcuacs for the erection of either Conomanh or
Fine counties, but ia r.eccs3:iry that the people
"phould &gaia speak ut, and let the legislature
luow flieir Bcnttvaeate, aad th&ir tsire that j
: Cambria thvuld rciiiln utUtct&.frf uj if Ltr
ro?.
1 II i?I Li 0
;ur I'ltfcllc iKlicoI System.
Fivm tl.e aiatual reprrt of the Superintendent
of Public Schorls, to the present session of the
Legislature of this State, Tve gather the fullow
ir.g interesting facts? ." "V
The syEtesa shorts an extraordinary and gra
tifyiiig progrcsa. Exclusive of 'the city and
county of Philadelphia, there are nine thousand
three hundred and three schools in active ope
ration and. nearly 1 alf a million of pupils,
i,4 J3,t;43.) TTith the 4S.05C pupUa in the public
ichools of Philadelphia, the amount is over a
half million. This is doing much towards pop
ular education, but the system is capable of be
ing much improved, and the report points out
one feature vrbich will greatly promote tLe desi
rablc object and that is, good teachers, well
qualified for the task of instruction; and for
this purpose seminaries for the preparation of
teachers are strongly recommended. The pre
paration necessary in these institutions would
better qualify individuals for the task, besides
making teaching a permanent, occupation, by
elevating its character, and creating and inspi
ring a professional feeling aiuong tcachers,.aud
an enthusiastic attachment to their profession. i
The details of the report and opei ation of the
system as presented ia the report, are as fol
luws: , . .t - : .
WLoh number of districts,-1,309 ; number
paid during the year, 1,310 ; whole number of
schools, 9,S03 ; number yet required, C81 ; avc
rag; number of months taught, 6 months 2 days ;
number of male teachers, 7,541; number of
female teachers, 3,SS3; average salaries of male
teachers per month, $18,19; average salaries cf
female teachers per mouth, .?10,J1 ; ' number of
male scholars, 217,404; number of female scho
lars, 20G,3S; neinber learning German, 1,290;
average number of scholars in each schcwl, 47;
cost of teaching each scholar p;r month, 43
cents; amount of tax levied, $91 4,370 90;
amount received from State appropriation ex
clusive of the city and county of Philadelphia,
S1G1.C97 50; cost of instruction, 5i711,G43 40;
fuel and contingenccs, $75,161 89; cost oi
school houses, purchasing, building, renting,
and repairing, 27 tJ,541 63.
Tlic Sunbury end Erie Kail Road.
This great improvement, eays the Democratic
Union, is the all absorbing question at this time,
in the cities of Philadelphia and Erie, and all
the northern and eastern counties. Elhcient
C Barrett John-'COmmitteC'3 SrC I:'erdt'uS in Philadelphia and
, ", , tV ' . " I along tho whole line of the road, and larsc sub
c, Johnstown Lock;! . . , . .
atliactir:g that attention to which it is eo justly
tutitlcd. Philadelphia takes a lively interest in
it because it would pour in upon her an immense
trade, that seeks other markets, and New York
e-apitalifcu and dealers are not hostile to it, be
cause it will at swmc day make- a nearer route-
to the Lakes than her own railroads; and the
people along. the whole route are aroused to its
importan ;e, because it will open up the wilder
ness and make it bloom and blossom as the rose.
The people of the State at large will be benefit
ted by the enhanced value of the lands in all the
northern counties, which will greatly augment
the receipts of tho treasury from this whole re
gion. With the Sunbury and Eric railroad com
pleted, cur btate will increase in population and
wealth with a degree of rapidity unprecedented;
and the time will boon arrive when we will out
strip the Empire State.
A bill has been before tho Legislature for
some time, authorizing the municipal and other
corporations to subscribe to the stotk of this
company, which- has elicited considerable dis
cussion ; and in th Senate the' bill Was amended
so as to require a vote of the people iu each
county,- city, or borough, on the question of
subscription. This the friends of the measure
considered fatal to it, because even after the
majority lo determined, a few individuals might
make an application to test the constitutional
question, which would tic the matter up in the
courts for a long tiuic.
TLc till was therefore started anew ia the
House, and although this amendment was of
fer? J, it was voted down by considerable of a
majority, and the bill was passed finally on
Thursday hist. As there was only cne majority
ia favor of the amendmcut in, the Senate, it is
thought that a change of one can be elTc-etcd,
and the House bill passed just as it stands; and
if this is done, it is said the road will be com
menced iuniiediatc'y.
Viitk all our heart we wish it bueccda.
Slow it was Done.
Duriug the last campaign the w higa attempted
to mike the peoplo believe that Gov. Johnston
had paid over 000.000 cf the state debt by i
means of the sinking fund. Now wc have ar-1
rived ct the how it was done. Tho loau under'
Gov. Johnston of the 10th of April, 1849, was
$100,000; the deficit left iu the treasury when
Johnston left office was considerable over $300,
000, for w hich Biglcr had to bign a bill, author
izing the State Treasurer to contract a loan.
.These two loans, over 700,000, far overbalance
the money paid by Johnston into the sinking
fuud. Does this show economy on the part of
tho Whigs? Far from it. It has been shown
that Gov. Shuuk really did reduce the state
debt, and although it was not in such large
amouuts as claimed by the Johnstonites, yet it
was really done, end not by taking from one
2lace and turning it over to another. Lilanon
Advertiser.
That is the "Whig plan of paying state debts.
During the late canvass Gov. Johnston declared
iu his speeches that Ritner had not increased the
state ilebt duriug his term of office, in the face
of the fact that he left unsettled "liabilities
amountiug to some ten or twelve millions of
dollars lor the Democrats to pay, in addition to
the fuuded debt, besides squauderiug over six
million of revenue. Johnston claimed to have
paid (six or beveu hundred thousand dollars of
i the state debt, yet the liabilities of the etate
were no leas at the time of his goinout of
jotte tuaa tney were wnca came R- Such
Tint I'nblic Works
TTe arc informed that large amounts of mony
are due laboreiCand. others . along all ctir lines
of public vorhs.This policy it was hopvd hnd
been broken up, for it not only deeply wrongs
thVlaborcr and ether credited of the state, but
the ctato itself. Cash paymcoits would procure
cheaper labor and cheaper and better material.
Work bo more promptly and better done. There
would be far less difficulty in bottling accounts
and less danger of. fraudulent) and exorbitant
bills. Expensive projects ar frequently com
menced by asking small appropriations and after
obtaining them large debts arc contracted to
ccmplttc them, which could not be done if cash
payments were required to be made on all cur
public works. Many projects of so-called im
provements ere got . through the 'legislature by
this means, which would not command a dozen
votes if the eot of them was required to be
stated on' the face of the bill. VC might enu
merate many other reasons in favor, of cash
payments, but "as the propriety"' of the policy
must be evident to every man who reflects upon
it,- we deem It unnecessary to do sbTOur object
is rA?rely"to call 'the att'enttoricf the Legislature
and the people to the. subject." '" , ""
We east no censure upon the Canal Commis
sioners. The"' fault is not '. theirs. They niust
carry ont the enactments of the Lcinslatuie.
They can only pay as far as appropriations
reach.' The "error belongs to the Legislature.
Appropriations generally fall far below the
amount required, and debts therefore become a
necessity; If the appropriations are made suf
ficiently large to cover all necessary expendi
tures, to pay cash for all labor and material,
the peoplo will know how and where their mo
ney is expended, whether extravagantly or eco
nomically; if the former, who to censure, if the
latter, who deserves credit; laborers and others
will receive their honest dues, and fraud, care
lessness and error can easily be detected. .This
beggarly system of keeping our public works iu
repair has cost the taxpayers of the Etate as
much probably as the repairs would have cost
under the cash system. Every consideration of
this policy demands that it should be avoided in
future, and we luok confidently to the present
Legitlaturc to apply the knife and the pruning
hook. Kr'fttcnt.
Tlic Xcgrocs i Liberia.
A writer from Liberia gives the following
statement of the condition of thc'Negroes in
Liberia : -
Every settler in Liberia receives a grant of
ten acres of good land. lie and his family are
8uiportcd during the first six months in Africa.
The whole espe-r.se of the voyage is defrayed by
thu-society. A temporary home can always be
obtained now, on landing, and the shops and
markets fumi-di every convenience.
These ten acres may be improved so as to
become an independent fortune to a family.
One acre will produce 5i;C0 worth of indigo ;
half an acre will raise a thousand pounds of
arrow root;" five acres will plant 1200 coffee
trees, which at five years old will, for 30 years,
bear six pounds to the tree, which is 400 a
year half an acre ofa cotton trees will stand
many years without replanting," atid yield every
year enough to clothe a whede family; one acre
of cane will furnish sugar and preserves abuu
dautlj; one acre in fruit trees will give more
baananas, plantains, oranges, pawpaws, and
pine apples, than 'any family can cat; cne acre
in a garden will give fresh vegetables, two crops
in a year, directly out of the ground, ten months
in a year, auracient for twenty persons; hogs,
poultry, &e.f may be raised at pleasure. Here,
then, is a family provided for, in the amplest
manner, with moderate labor;" and enjoying,
over end above their support, from six to seven
hundred dollars a year.
Schools or the best kind are provided for the
children. Messurado coun.y alone ha? twenty
places of worship, six of them exclusively for
uatives of the country; 18 schools, acdiS7e
scholars. -. ' ' ;
When a settlor gets a little forward, he may
begin to work oa the wild and luxuriant pro
ductions of the forest,- and: find the fullest em
ployment and reward, i He may cut camwood,
make indigo, or palm oil, or castor oil, or esta
blish, a manufactory of sugar or arrow root, or
raise rice, ginger, corn, cassada, hogs, o;c., &c,
for sale. .
Where else can the colored mau do so-well?
Where have you so much. enjoyment? Where
so easily support his family ?. to say nothing of
the independence and the happiness which must
ai is o-from being among a nation of his . own
color, and in the full enjoyment of a liberty and
au equality which arc impossible here.
Tlic Irisls Exiles.
We alluded, recently to the fact of a move
ment for the release of the Irish exiles. A
strong disposition prevails throughout the coun
try to cll'ect this purpose, and public opinion
will soon accomplish the emancipation of those
who perilled their lives, fortunes and sacred
honors, to achieve the independence of Irelaud.
At the banquet in Washington city, given to
a large delegation of Irish gentlemen, who visi
ted the capital to invoke the aid of the govern
ment in behalf of Smith O'Brien and his com
peers, Mr. D'Arcy M'Gee made a stirring and
truly eloquent speech. Hb was the companion
of the Irish exiles, and spoke as one who waslever, not very remarkable for the npirit dis
acquainted with every particular of their career
and suH'crins-. . We make an extract-from this
speech, as the best . appeal that could be made
tor the gentlemen who are now enduriug the
rigors of British justice: " ; :
But, gentlemen, I came to Washington we
all came to Washington oa business, not to
speak. Your hospitable surprise to-night alone
could make us depart from the becoming silence
of our mission.
I may say, however, that we come on no
doubtful mission. Mediation for individuals is
not intervention for or against systems and
institutions. Every ten years of Christian his
tory from the fall of the Roman empire till
the rise of the American republic will be found
to furu;'a jm instance in which on govern
ment mediated with another on behalf of indi-i
viduala subject to ethers. We Lave not asked,
and will not ask, the Chief Magistrate cf the
Union for any action unworthy of him or cf the
country t-j take. " ,
When I cay'" vrc," I do '"net paean any cne
class. Deep interest has bean felt and expressed
in behalf of Ireland's exiled patriots by the
best and most' tlistinguished men in America.
It has been freely and ge-uerously nttered under
tho snow-cove-red roof trees of the North, as
well as by you, who stand face to face with
the southern sun.
But I will own to you, gentlemen, that in my
own position I should not havelikid to be here,
if I had not another and a deeper reason than
general sympathy with good men in prison. I
feel that this generation cannot well afford, in
this age of mock heroes, of tin thunderbolts
and pasteboard armor, to lose &ix heroic men.
All races that do God's work on earth must
have a certain number of intellectual captains;
Ireland has n?ve-r wanted for such men the
blight that blackeued her fields- did not touch
her brain. . Jn ,thc darkest days and ia the
darkest nigbU of her modern history, when
earth had no hope and heaven no sign for her
people, tucn God set his stars grcat men of
mind iu :hcr cheerless sky, to be guides by
which she should know the east and the west,
the north and the south the beacons by which
she might steer through troubled and tempes
tuous waters, and the harbingers to teacL her
in what part of the heavens h cr morning vaa
to dawn.
I moved in thii project because I feci that
we needed these men ns much as they needed
liberty. I mourned because the mouth of Mea
gher was shut, and the right hand cf Mitchel
fettered because O'Brien, fit to be a compeer
among the most distinguished civilians of this
republic, and to treat on equal terms e-vcu with
our distinguished Secretary of State because
he was confined among burglars ahd pctt lar
ceny scoundrels, in one of those rascal settle
ments with which England enriches her anti
podes. I knew these gallant gentlemen well. In the
days of their prosperity I followed iu their
march, and in the days of their adversity 1
would be base to desert them. You have hereto-night
all that human hearts can desire; vou
have returned from frankly addressing your
own elected government; you arc surrounded
by dear friends, and greeted with cordial grasp
ing hands; your ears are filled with exquisite
music; your eyes delighted with festal lights
and ornaments. I look upon this- scne, j;nd
feel a deep sense of sadness ; fur I think of those
good men and true as any iu this room or this
city, whose ears hear no such music, who have
ne dear friends about them, and no fe-atiiald,
and no rejoicing. Remember thera to-night!
and let it give a suber. earnestness to your fes
tival; and may we, when we meet again, meet
to congratulate them on the fortunate issue of
the efforts yuu have so strenuously made iu their
behalf.
sirvrir days lateh frosi zttjiopz
ARRIVAL OP THE EOIOI'
Cuuard ti;;n.shin Euro-n. Car tain T
a Let,
from Liverpool with dates to the 24th nit., ur
rivctl,at Halifax, r.t about 12 o'clock last night,
having made the run in 13 days. She experi
enced heavy weather and head wind.i.
FRANCE.
Deinourer and Fould had retired from the
Ministry, and were replaccd.by De Pcrsiguy and
Abbulluceia. A new Ministry had been formed,
which was styled the Miuiatry of State.
By a later decree, the Orleans family cannot
possess property cf any sort iu Fiance, and are
bound to. sell w hat they possess in one year.
Another decree er.ucels Louis Philippe's do
nation to his children, and appropriates it to
other purposes. These elecrees arc counter
signed by the new Minister of State, Cassabian
a. The Duchess of Orleans' el 0 wry of three
hundred thousand francs continued. -
The French Minister of War acceded to Gen.
Cavaignac's demand, to be placed upon the re
tired list of the army. , The ex-representatives,
not comprised in the decree of banishmeut, have
been authorized to return to their homes.
The crcat bodies of the State are to wear a
particular dress. The Council of State, Seuate,
and the Legislative bodies arc to be clad in a
rich drt m, and to resemble w hat w as worn under
the Empire.
It is said that a second, if not a third, attempt
on the President's life had been made. Au offi
cer had snapped his pistol at him as his carriage
was coming out of the Carousal. The rumor
was rife in Paris, with all the details, and also
that the wife of an cx-pve-fect Lad made an ut-
ENGLAND.
There had been a complete lull in political
news. The opposition parties were glaucing
prospectively at the trial of strength that must
take place between Lord John Russell and the
Parliament. The near approach of its meeting
had given an impetus to the demand for a new
Reform bill. Meetings had been held at Man
chester, Leeds and other towns to sustain Lord
John Russell iu his efforts to improve the politi
cal franchise. The demonstrations w ere, how-
played. The Manchester meeting of the 21st,
was the most important. An electoral demon
stration had been held in connection with the
subject. . .
The London 27iei complains that the me
tropolis is in quite an absurd anomalous state
as Lancashire, with regard to representation.
London, with a population of two millions and a
half, ouly sends twenty-two members to the
House of Commons, including the Metropolitan
boroughs.
The London journals are iu a state of great
perturbating respecting the national defences,
suggesting various resources, and uiods of do
fence in case of invasion by France.
The London Morning Chronicle is surprised
that the nation should have eo long disregarded
the necessity which exists, of uvaillnj iuif cf j
their means of protection. Another journal ar-;
guca the propriety ef recalling the shir s of war
and steamers now on service clrcad.
T he American Minister, his lady and JteghUr,
left town en Saturday, for Paris, to bo absent
for a few days. Mr. Davis remains s.3 Chaxse
Mr. Davis reinains s.3 Charge
fl'Affniroa r.f tb Ufiltrd St" tc a rl,--;.. tt. V
fence of Mr. Lawrence.
SPAIN.
There Lad been several executions uf militarv
ofiicers at Madrid, and tranquility was restored.
titringent measures had been enforced to de
stroy the liberty of tho Spanish pree3.
PRUSSIA.
Vf?it V.-l Vrm MC.V-i flirt r- .-. - -
Prussia to abrogate the Constitution, although
the proposal to the effect of restoring the high
wonarchial principle had failed, by a vote of 147
to 123. The result of this debate is regarded as
rather encouraging than otherwise, and new'
projects cf revision r.r? proposed daily.
'The Prussian Co-ate of the lith of January,
says that Prince Swartrenberg Lad been indis
posed for some days, and vcas struck with apo
plexy on the 14th, and th? most serious conse
quences were apprehended.
rriuce Mctternich had sppe:trrd in public at
one of the balls given by the Archduchess So
phia, the mother cf the Emperor.
Congress was actively pursuing its labors.
gary, iu spite ef the unavailing remonstrances? If "T J r , "'- " lrQ
, t . -.1 Tf House, of Jenny L:nJ, the Swecdi&h Ni -lii:..-
and resentment oi the Hungarians. !, , , , ., , t,lg.l
... . I to OttO Coldschiliidt, the Celcbr'tr-I
Proposals arc in active preparation for a new , r . . . ' c-r-tta p.i2Jt
. . . , . . - A , . , , . Only a few fnenas were present. The Ls.-r.
Austrian loan, to bo effected in the foreign mar-? , A t , U
i . . . couple have our best w ishes for a life of Lurj-rr,
ket. Ihc urgent necessity fr this n.caure to T , . '-'-rntc;.
carry on tLe machinery of the go-.err.n.ent, is' Kossuth, ia a letter to a committee, v.n
stated to have been the'real cause of tLe retire-1 tilUt he Las recchc'1 ,00 for the eawscf.
ment cf Baron Erau.s from the post ef Minister;
of Finance.
ijkic iruui ex;i!w
The Houston (Texas) IVlegraph, of .Ian. 221,
has come to hand, containing later nes fie-mS
the iiitcri.-.r r.f tlt Stntr.
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iUl lullor ca uccn 10 ''cre tJ,s . since. Ti,.-y stitrtt-d Lome in a sk-i-b nd
found the Legislature almost exclusively devoted j morning the woman was found oVtLc sv"
to the consideration of private claims, while the ! fWa 10 death. The husband had left sit
main question of State policy was overlooked, j t:Eg oa tLc slvigh, and she was too much iatoil
On the ISth of January the thermometer atjCuted to f-Uvw him.
Houston stood at 16 degrees.
lhe ielegrapli gives the following :.cccunt of !
outrages by the Camanehe-s:
AVe mentioned some weeks rinco, when our
soon commence new Hostilities. W c warned our
fellow-citizens e-f tLe western frontier that the
savages, believing that they had duped the whites,
would doubtless avail themselves of the first op
portunity to make a foray upon tl.e settlements
Our predictions have- but been too truly verified.
According to the L-.te acrounis from the western
frontier, several bauds of savages have visited
the exposed settlements 0:1 Arangas bay and the
Nueces, and haVe killed and captured a number
of the settlers. Thev have n!.o driven off quite
, . a-a, also, Ltc perished ml
, 0 - "olJest luhabitant, as us
Camanche'd. that these faithless sav&zes would ! - ......
a number of horses and mi les from the ranches consiJcr s'Ait of Church government, ltd
above Corpus Christi. That these Indians werelnisli rward the movement originated iaVUla
CamancLes there can scarcely be- a doubt, as Mr.j I'ia, for rendering the government ef C
Burleson and his party, who" v. ere attacked by a K'-1 more democratic, by the adaisika cf
ti. and 0f ,v c.vi tlx vr.ui fr.,m (,u.r.rtA
to Sau Pan Pratriciu, recognized the Indians by
the var-trapping.s of this tribe.
Wc again ask of the cilie-ers of the General
Government if these outrages are to be permit
ted, and the chiefs who have thus violated the
treaty, are to remain unpunished? It was the
faithless Cotcmseh who made the late treaty on
the San Saba, who concluded the treaty a year
or two since, and, shortly after the the former
treaty was concluded, similar depredations were
committed. Thrve times, v.e believe, ho has
signed Irecties with the ofiicers of Government,
and as many times have they been violated. It -
is disgraceful to our government that its Com- j
misiioners are thus duped and made the pliant
tools oFsaTage marauders. It was proved after!
the second treaty was ma io with Cotcmseh, that J
his warriors committed the depredations near;
Corpus ( hristi; for, the boy thfit was released
by ths Camanchcs, declared that he had been
captured by Cotemseh's baud.
Wo understand that a high price was paid for
each cf-thc prisoners thai w ere lately given ujj
o iUU sa.ages at tae treaty; ana, P,
Cotcmseh expects to get a large sum for the un-
fortunate females w ho have lately been stolen
ne iioiu e.icc;nnaii, ooui
from Refugio. Will the Government allow its:leanSf vitll fulI cargoes, which w
officers thus to bribe the savage chiefs to steal wcre entirelv destroyed. .V (
cnueiren anu women : v. c nope not. ;;ueu out-,
rages can be tolerated no longer. The author j
of Uiem is well known; and he, this faithless;
and perfidious Cotcmseh, must be punished
The officers in command cn "our frontier should
be required to visit the lodges of this chief, and
.cquirc Li.n to give up the warriors who Lave
committed the late outrages ou our frontier, or,
if he refuse, to capture him and place him in
situaeion wxicic i.e can 00 1:0 lurmer narm.
The Mexican captives who were released from
e Indians at the late Council on the San Saba,
the
are still detained at Sau Antonio by Col. Rodgcrs.
Some of them belong to Mexican families residing
in the. vicinity of Guerrero and Micr.
TIac Coal Trade of I'eisiisylvania.
The amount of bituminous coal mined in Penn
sylvania during the year 1351, was nearly 1,400,-
000 tons, and of anthracite nearly 4,0M),000
tnaking-an aggregate of 6,300,000 tons. The
value in probably about $22,000,000. The coal-
fields of- Pennsylvania cover one-third of
State, or about 15,000 square miles, lying above
or within the water-level. Those of England
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland combined, contain
only 11,000 square miles of coal, in an area of
120,000 square miles of territory. This coal,
in many cases, lies from 900 to 1800 feet below
the surface of thc ground, and is raised by ma
chinery. In regard to thc quantity of iron-ore
nearly the same relative proportion exists be
tween Great Britain and Pennsylvania. - " -
j5oyA Hungarian officer, named May, lately
killed himself at Constantinople by tyin; a
sheet around hi body and setting it en firs.
Jtl.u DLckeV Lfcil.
...... ,. Mmn.tuu i tnnv;Tt:."a
Pvr-.Tlvua ;t.Zzl more wlca
Jar 155!, than any ether St-.., ?- U
in t'-c rrc--eti-n cf Dudlan c-rn i' - . ,
t . - - L . . ' .:.
1 id
-Fall or tec Hoasi: Shoe Eoce. q
afternoon about 1 00 feet of the-
rccscf ttel!
Shoe Fall, Niagara, on the Aactlcan
w itn a tremendous crahh.
Graashvppers have made
uc-
-h -uiy. incy tre regard
; great curiosity, particularly wleu th-
;Cf5fI 13 t ll'TI V,tA n(nr'.l, w..
A bill to abolish Camtal IWcV
tutir.g Life Imprisonment therefor L - i
regularly reported Vj the Senate of Rhode-'
and hopes are entertained of its r., '
The WEkesbarre Advocate says five c-s-p.M-lent
Judges aie praciicing at thebkr ja L-'t
COUlitv. The IH-OT.le rr.;ir.-l tl, :n ,
- . "-w- cc apf-
Lave met d out to them the fullriir cf V e !
Germany Las thlrty-se.en governaej. T.
most important is Austria hi the Soutk-eait
only a part of which is in Cenaaty
The gevernments consist of C kitigJcnis r
duchies, and 4 free cities, which hut ar i
republics.
.1 . .
minsarv. nnd has coutrac'e.l f. r 40 rif n ...
.- f -1 U .- .J
at -'2 each. lie o'-poies the large atacuausrt-i:
for ban-jii'-ts and r-araJe3. ci .l s.i-.? t.,.,
" .V
, mcty lccu given
hue been ended.
to l.xm. Lis raiss'c roc
V r, r ir.' 1 :s
V'ie i-urcLast-d a m'Ji,:,
.
i irtisiiev in a v
'
ing-r in ntes count v a few iii-
Iu the Stj-te cf Georgia, the thcrmontetfr, i'4
winter, Lf.s fallen to within three degrees cf icrc.
and itars are cutvrt.4ir.ed that tL? ersr,- t.-t
will be dcxtroye-J by the frost. TLe LhUi u.i
arge numbers. Tn
ual, remember; sctii-
Aistuiax Am.vesty. It is announce! tit;
the Austrian government L.ive granted 12 ta
nesty, which includes mary Hungarian perswic
ages, who have always been iu discoid itt
Kossuth. Among these U menticned Ccur.
Batthyany, wLo has resided for some tie ia
Par-L-, vrherc Lc cnjoy3 much consid. ration.
A large meeting of tho members cf the M. E.
Church of Washington and Gcorgctcv.n,
hold at the former city on the SLth ul:ia.c, U
J ue.eates ui tae conferences.
The pay of the Austrian arrav is u Lc ii-
creased. The young emperor devotes his whol
time and attention to "cultivating" the lore cf
his army. No eye hr.s seen him since hi accti
sion to the throne, out of uniform, cad Lelu
even "deigned" cn one occasion, to wear tit
dress ofa. private soldier. He recently rutiii
generals under arrest in one day, fcr tfpcirj:;
ia the streets, out ci uniform.
When eggs are sixpeuce ope ice, it it tr .fi.
while for fanners to know how to make hct.s hr.
The South Carolinian states that if you giTe t!
most reluctant hen a piece of dough TvLiel
been well mixed with lard, ycu may rely uj.t
hearing her triumphant cackle ever a Ltv-ltii
egg. the next day. The quantity of larded dotja
Thich must be assigned to each hen, to Irlrg
about the desired result, is the fourth part cf
average doughnut
RrXAEE.AEi.E liicivtaz. The steamboats S;
Washington anel Martha Washington mrebcti
destroyed by fu-e on Wednesday morairg st tl
same hour; the former at Grand Gulf, lis
sippi, the latter at Memphis, Tennessee, distt
four hundrcJ an j twentr.Sve miles flpart. Both
1 boats wcre f cincinnPti. bound to New 0.-
ith the boats.
rw Orleans P
jaK
Mrs CatLarine Sinclair, (late Mrs. Fen)
appearcd ou Monday night, for the first tuuebe-
fore a New York audience, at Brougham's D
ccum. The papers of Gotham describe hcrcV-
as being successful and brilliant in the eitreif
; TLc touse WM a pcrfect jflm ond fcTindrcJs ard
!thou3aas wcre ctimrc!ied to leave wittoutWH
6ble to gain admittance. The piece selected!
the occa3ioD wa3 thc School for Scfladal," tit
L of Ladjr Tcazle Uilis pCrformei by M
j pr.v,.f
Forrest.
Gov. Ramsey, of Minnesota, in Lis message V-
the Legislature,
, says the revenue of the terntc.7
years, amounted to J'illw
for the last two
the expenditures to S2.031. The Indian, c
whom there are 25,000 in the territory, tiT
committed but few aggressions. The Govertf
congratulates the Legislature upon tLefjt
the excitement which has lately pervaded u
thcl.n.i (r.t:.,n . r. r.n tf-e rart of
people of Minnesota.
The "Buckeyes" arc erecting a nugaiscc
State House at Columbus. It will be,
completed, the largest and most impoS
tol in the Union, except thc National Capi"
Washington. It is 304 by 164 feet, and cot
an area of 55,036 square feet. The ttPjj
Tennessee is next in size, being 135 by
covers an area of 82,400 square feet
Capitol of North Carolina stands next,
90, and covers an area of 14.840 feet
Capitols of Pennsylvania sn i Iadia
qul eii, ISO by 80. . , .
" mg me tiiis in tnc oiueu t
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