MOUNTAIN SIITIIIl
Andrw J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, PA
Thnrsdaj', January HO, IS53.
Ksoterle -AiitUropology.
A new work has appeared under the above ti
tle, written by T. t. Nichols, M. D., of Tort
linQtAr-W. Y. 'This book is a treatise on the
whole science of man, plain in languege, full
and faithfnl in illustration, and contains the
-highest and deepest truths in every department
of Human Physiology, with their individual and
social application. Such a work 6hould be read
by every one, and can be obtained by enclosing
one dollar to the author asgabovc; the book sent
post paid. 1
Pennsylvania Legislature.
" A number of bills have been "read in place"
by members, few of them, however of any in
terest to our citizens. ' Several bills to incorpo
rate new banks have been reported, none of
which, we hope, will pass. We have sufficient
. rotten, rag-currency afloat. The" Democratic
'caucus re-nominated for State Treasurer, Gen.
' Jno. JSl. Dickie ; the vote standing, Bickle, 63,
Joseph Baily 8, Isaac Hugos, 3. Gen. Bickle
. was elected on Monday, receiving 76 votes ; Geo.
A. Mndcria,' whig, 50. Judge Myers, of Clari
on, voted for Bickel. A "Legislature Record''
is now printed for the use of the members, con
taining the full proceedings of each day's busi
ness. Not being executed in good taste,- a mo
tion was made to reconsider the vote concerning
- its printing, and the matter has been referred
to a committee of five. Mr. Collins read in his
place and presented to the chair a bill to incor-porate-the
Bedford Mineral Springs association.
A joint resolution passed bothjhouses inviting
Gen. Tierce to visit Ilarrisburg, and a commit
tee appointed to address him on his arrival.
Mr. Hill read in his place a bill authorizing the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to run their
cars on the Columbia road. The following reso
lution, submitted by Mr. Darsie in the Senate,
has passed, as also, the amendment submitted
by Mr. Quiggle :
Resolved, That the Canal Commissioners be re
quested to communicate to the Senate, as soon
s practicable, a detailed statement, setting
forth the several bids received from contractors
and others, during the past year, for the various
kinds of work on the new lines for the avoid
ance of the inclined planes on the portage rail
road, specifying particularly the names of the
bidders, the prices bid, and the parties to whom,
and the prices at which, the same was allotted.
Mr. Quiggle submitted : the following amend
ment, to be attached to the resolution :
'And that the said Canal Commissioners be
also requested to obtain and communicate to
the Senate, with the information above requi
red, the prices paid for work on the IPennsylva
, nia railroad, running parallel with the said Por
tage railroad, and also the prices at which any
public work was allotted on the said Portage
road, which was abandoned and not prosecuted
to completion on account of the low prices of
the same ; and also any explanations or state
ments the said Canal commissioners may have
the allotments made on the said Portage road."
Congressional.
Much discussion has taken place in the Sen
ate on the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, concerning
Central America and more especially Honduras.
Gen. Cass intends, some day this week, to make
. a great speech on the Cuban question. The Sen
ate, unanimously, and the House by a large ma
jority, have passed a resolution appropriating
50,000, to erect a colossal equestrian bronge
statue of Gen. Washington, in his continental
uniform, the architect to be Clark Mills, Esq.,
who has gained so great a reputation by his
admirable statue of Jackson. Senator Gwin
. has reported a bill for the construction of the
- great Pacific Railroad, from Missouri to Califor
nia, and the friends of the measure are sanguine
of success. Commodore Stockton has reported
a bill foi the re -organization of the Navy, and
Gen. Shields one for the Army. The Senate has
passed sever al bills for paying just claims to
the surviving families of revolutionary soldiers.
In the House, Mr. Marshall, of California, made
an ineffectual attempt to introduce a resolution
appropriating 10,000,000, to be used by Presi
dent Pierce, should our foreign affairs author
iae its expenditure. Many speculations are
indulged in concerning the Cabinet, and every
' body seems to know what no one knows ; Pierce,
we take it, will have "a hand in the business,"
and his cabinet will be sufficient evidence that
the numerous Washington letter-writers, Swiss
and ortoodox, are a complete set of dummies
Common Sehools.Cambrla County.
- We return thanks to Thomas Collins, Esq.,
for a copy of the Report of the Superintendent
of Common Schools, for the year ending June 1,
1852, from which we copy the following state
ment concerning the Schools of this county :
Whole number of districts, 16
Whole number of schools, 94
Number yet required, 18
Average number of months taught, 4
Number of male teachers, 89
Number of female teachers, 11
Salaries of male teachers per month, 20 31
Salaries of female teachers per month, 16 00
Number of male scholars, 2,154
Number of female scholars, 1,70G
Number learning Germaa, 24
Average no. of scholars in each school, - 38
Cost of teaching each scholar per month, 48
Amount of tax levied, s 9,007 47
Received from Sate appropriation, 1,438 59
Received from collector of school tax, 4,457 12
Cost of instruction, , 5,105 78
Cost of fuel and contingencies - 613 83
Costs of school houses, purchasing, 1 up
building, renting, repairs, &c, J
18
, Cathabhtb Hates. The evening of the day
on which the steamer left San Francisco, Miss
Catharine Hayes was to . give a Concert for the
benifit of the Fireman's Charitable Relief Fund.
A premium of 500 was paid for the choice seat.
The concerts rf the Swan of Erin in San Fran
cisco have created great excitement. At her first
concert the excitement ran so high tint bats and
chunks of gold, it is said, were thrown upon the
stage, and even a diamond ring worth 700.
She had also received, as a present, a splendid
riding bat, made of green velvet, embroidered
wtb a shaniroek of gold, and clasped with a
gulden harp, Sue appears to hare xuado a deci
de hit in the old regions
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
ti, fxiirr?nor is a. single section of the bill
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introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature,
by nenry K. Strong, Esq., . the member from
Philadelphia, intended to operate directly and,
with reference to their late troubles, upon the
interests of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Compa
ny : i ' . , :
"Be it enacted. &c. That the Pennsylvania
Rail Road Company be, and they are hereby
authorised, if they deem it expedient, to extend
their road from any point thereof east of the
river Susquehanna, to the city oi jnnaueipnia ;
and for the purpose of constructing such exten
sion, the Company are authorized and empower
ed to increase their capital stock to any amount
deemed necessary not exceeding ;j,uuu,uuu ;
Provided, -That no portion of such extension be
tween the river Susquehanna and the Schuyl
kill, be located within five miles of the Philadel
phia and Columbia Railroad."
The- Philadelphia renntytcanian so well ex
presses our views upon the above resolution,
that we copy from that journal the follow
ing excellent article :
What d;es this new movement on the part of
Mr. Strong pretend ? Reasons of wise, econom
ical State policy are directly antagonist to this
suggestion, and at first glance we venture to say
that no man having the true property interests
of the State at heart, will dream for an instant
of advocating so suicidal and anti-Democratic a
doctrine.
The prosperity of the State, and the progres
sive welfare of it3 history is now mainly dependent
upon the revenue arising from its public proper
ty. Viewed in a strictly honest sense, the daty
of every legislator is to promote the value and
increase the returns arising from our State
Works. They are emphatically and truly the
only guardians of our interest, and if by grant
ing privileges to corporations, they substract
one dollar from the annual amount flowing into
our State Taeasury, that deficit must eventually
be charged to the individual citizen of the
State, and comes most certainly out of his
pocket. .
A project to construct a new rail road paral
lel with the present established State Road,
bears upon its face so direct an evidence of cor
porate interest, that we cannot see how the ob
ject can be mistaken. The effect of such a law,
should it by any freak of legislative slight of
hand become a fact, is toe apparent to need ar
gument. The new road, by reason of its length ;
strength, wealth and connections, could control
the trade, and the State works would" become a
languishing burden and charge upon the body
corporate.
We speak the Democratic and prevailing tone
of the State, when we say to the representatives
of the people now in Ilarrisburg look well be
fore you act ! The masses are closely interested
in all that pertains to the management or im
provement of our State property. It is part of
of their patrimnny, and they will not quietly
brook any reckless squandering of the public
interests. The true legislator elevates himself
above the swarm of little, hivyig, mercenary
borers, who infest the Capitol, we shame to say,
every year, and from that position looks with com
prehensive, liberal eye, upon the necessities of
his constituents. He is stupidly ignorant of his
trust, if he allows himself to be controlled or
influenced by the operations of the hired opin
ion-mongers who annually infest our State
halls."
Mere Mention.
Graham's Magazine for February, is beautiful
ly embellished with a magnificent engraving of
"The Carpet of Solomon," and one also of the
'Proposed Equestrian Statue to Washington,"
to be erected in Independence Square, Philadel
phia. The contents are of the best order, and
cannot but be acceptable to the numerous read
ers of the book.
The Ebensburg and Jefffferson Tlank Road
was completed on Monday last to the turnpike,
1 J miles west of this place. The sleighing on
this road at present is most excellent.
The County Commissioners and Auditors com
pleted the Annual settlement of the affairs of
the county on Saturday evening last. It will
be published in two weeks.
Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, has been
elected U. S. Senator from that State for the
next six years.
Wm. Wherry, Esq., constable of Ebensburg
Borough was severely bruised on the leg, by his
horse falling upon him, as he was descending
"Mullins' Hill" on Monday last.
We are greatly indebted to Jas. D. Hamilton,
Esq., of the Jefferson and Ebensburg Express
Line, for Pittsburgh papers in advance of the
mail.
John Rodgers was convicted last week in the
Huntingdon county court, for forging fox scalp
orders, and sentenced to Beven years in the Wes
tern Penitentiary.
Judge McClure of Tittsburg has decided ad
verse to the application of Col. Charles Kent,
wlio contested the election of Wm. Magill as
Sheriff pf Allegheny county. The case likely
to be carried io a higher tribunal.
The jury in the cas5 of Andrew J. Cupples
and Isaac Hull, indicted with Joseph Reese, for
the murder of Benjamin Fox, in the Fifth ward,
Pittsburgh, on the night of the 18th November
last, have foond a verdict of not guilty.
The Chinese jugglers, magicians and acrobats,
recently from the Celestial Empire, are in Pitts
burgh. It is said their feats of legerdemain,
and exploits of skill and dexterity cannot be ex
celled, and are executed in a manner almost in
credible, t-
We are in receipt of public documents from
Hon. Linn Boyd, of Washington, and Messrs.
Merriman, Rubicam, Leech, Seely and E. D.
Evans of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Thanks
for their kindness.
The Democratic caucus, on Saturday, at Ilar
risburg, rrcommended the 29th day of Februa
ry next, as the time for holding the next State
Convention.- There being only 28 days of Feb
ruary, we suppose there will be no convention
nntil 185C ' " . "
The Case of Rachel and Elizabeth Parker.
The case of Rachel and Elizabeth Parker, the
colored girls who were last spring abducted from
Chester county, Pejina., and which has been for
some dnys cn trial in the Baltimore county Cir
cuit Court, before Judge Constable, on a petition
for freedom, was decided on the 12th inst., by a
verdict granting them their freedom. They
were taken away on the allegation that they
were fugitive slaves, and the evidence produced
during trial being sufficient to establish that
they were born in this State and therefore free,
they have had full justice done them. Another
evidence that while Pennsylvania is desirous t)f
remanding back to their owners real fugitives,
she will take proper measures to preserve the
precious boon of freedom to those of the colored
race bom upon her own sou. :
Attorney General James Campbell, and non.
Thomas S. Bell, conducted the case on the part
of the State of Pennsylvania, with much ability,
assisted by Mr. Norris, of Maryland.
But the most pleasing feature of this trial af
ter leaving out of view the ability . display ed by
the coanscl on both, .sides, is the conduct of the
defendant. He, as soon as satisfied in Lis own
mind that the girl3 claimed as slaves fere in
reality ef, waived -11 title,-and in pcTr-eourt
declared that he was willing to abandon his
suit.
We present below, part of the remarks of
Judge Campbell, - and those of Mr. Norris, of
Maryland. Mr. Norris pays a high and deser"
ved coTTipliinent to Judge C.'
Mr. Campbell addressed the court in substance
as follows
As these cases have terminated so happily I
do not intend to refer to them, but shall say a
fVw wnnl pfirf! lofivinn- this oiirt. rnnin in tip-
half of my colle igue and myself. It may have ' election caused the greatest excitement through
appeared strange to your Honor that the Legis- out California. The Democracy of San Fran
lature of Pennsylvania should have instructed ' cisco fired a run for every Electoral vote rcceiv-
her Governor to send into your courts my learn
ed colleague and myself. I need not say to you
that it was not from any want of confidence in
the learned and enlightened tribunals of tills
State, or in the Man-land bar, which has gained
, . , , ; P . ... -' - . . :
iinu 1 ii 1 1 ti n nun hiiirn iii n iu iKiiiivin iiinr i
entered into its counsels. I need not, I know,
say to 3-ou that the present government of Penn
sylvania entertains' no wish nor feeling to inter-
tere with your domestic institutions, or to take
one slave from your territory which legally be
longs to any of j our citizens.
We desire to cultivate with you the kindest re
lations, to act up most fully to every constitu
tional requirement, and to bind still stronger
the ties which should ever hold Maryland and
Pennsylvania together. If any thing has hap
pened in the past, calculated to weaken those
ties, no one can regret it more deeply than the
individual who has the honor to address you, or
the administration wi'h which he has the honor
of being connected. Whilst we have no wish
other than to obey the Constitution and the laws,
and so far as in us lies to surrender to you any
of your property which may flee into our terri
tory we ask that no man or set of men be al
lowed to claim or to make slaves of those who
were bom free.
Sufficient has been heard within the last ten
days to satisfy you, and I believe every citizen
of Maryland, that the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia had good reasons for believing that the hum
ble individuals, whose history we have been list
ening to, were born on the soil of Pennsylvania,
and that they are free. They belong to a poor,
unfriended class, uuable to take care of them
selves; and this was one of the reasons that the
hand of Pennsylvania was thrown over them,
and for that my colleague and myself are here.
If these parties were rich or powerful, we might
have been attending to our respective duties in
I life elsewhere; but bong friendless and penni-
! i i . i At. : . ze
less, uuauie vo gu;iu ineii uwu nj;ui3, n gov
ernment did not extend to them its fostering
care, they would be without succor and support.
But there was another and a much greater
reason. Whilst we are ready and willing to sur
render to you your slaves, and to teach every
one of our citizens that it 13 their duty to aid
and encourage you in the pursuit of them, our
citizens must likewise know that if an attempt
be made to make slaves of those who were boru
free, our government will be equally vigilant in
protecting; their rights. When the citizens of
Maryland are thus made to know that their
rights will be regarded, and the citizens of Penn
sylvania that those who were born free cannot
be made slaves, the laws can be calmly and
faithfully executed, and peace and concord exist
between the two States. These were the rea
sons which induced the. legislature of Pennsyl
vania to send my colleague and myself before
this tribunal, and I know that these reasons will
be properly appreciated by every citizen of Ma
ryland. Mr. Norris said he did not intend to make but
a single remark, and in doing so he would men
tion a circumstance stated in the history of the
battle of Waterloo. One of the cuirassiers was
pursuing a flying foe, and was in the act of cut
ting him down with his sword, when he obser
ved that the pursued party had lost his sword
arm, and immediately he dropped his uplifted
sabre to the position of a salute, and passed on.
He came not here to feel one emotion of victory,
but was gratified as a Marylander at the result
in this case. He had told his colleagues when
they came here that they would find that there
was somewhat of prejudice, but in the high hon
or of this community, if the testimony was suf
ficient, there was a guarantee that these girls
would be freed. .
When the - French soldiers in Egypt treated
some of the people with barbarous crnelty, and
it was reported to Bonaparte, he despatched offi
cers to arrest and punish tie offenders. The
Sheiks asked him why he troubled himself to
extend aid to sueh common people. Bonaparte
replied that he did so because he was a civilized
Governor, and as such it was his duty to defend
the weak equally as much as the more powerful.
So in this State, bo the persons who may be in
need of aid, ever so black negroes such was
the force of justice in the community that its
power would follow them evciywhere, and see
that they have justice done them.
He felt animated with delight that.when Mary
land claimants were convinced that they were
wrong, tiiat tuey had the magnanimity to avow
their mistake, and only ask, as they had a right
that they should bo permitted to show tho ground
of their claim. He felt delighted at the amica
ble and friendly intervention of his colleagues,
for we have important interests at stake we
are frontier States. Suppose some of our slaves
should escape into Pennsylvania, and we should
carry all the community there to testify to the
identity of our property, but under the pressure
of prejudices our claim should not be believed
and not allowed, would we not 4el aggrieved ?
Assuredly that would lead to no pleasant feel
ing. The result of this case would have a hap
py influence, and tend in a great degree to sof
ten down and do away with any ill feeling that
may have existed. , He hoped that this little
mustard seed of a case would spring up and
grow till its effects were felt in the happiest re
sults. For this they would owe much to the
distinguished Attorney General of Pennsyb ania,
and his honorable colleague, Judge Bell.
Judge Constable remarked that the case had
been met in a spirit of liberality by the counsel,
which was alike honorable to them ait gratify -ins
to the court. Much time had beenwpent in
examining the case, but perhaps it Was not use
lessly consumed, and the happy results which
the last counsel had referred to, might be reali
zed from it: and he hoped that . asperities far
and wide might be allayed on both sides of Ma
son and Dixon's line.. The court alluded to the
contignity of the States of Maryland and Penn
sylvania, their similarity of products and iden
tity of population, and said that it would be a
cause of great regret that any case of this char
acter should bedisposed of in n way to incraase
prejudice on either side. Such cases of feeling
could not be removed by the decisions of judges
or the verdicts of juries, but they may be allay
ed by the effects of magnanimity of this- kind.
Such instances as this, evidencing to another
State, no desire to -commit a wrong, could' not
result but beneficially. The court, in conclusion,
fully appreciated the adjustment of the case
just made.
ONE DAT LATER FROJI CAL.IKOIt.XIA.
Over Two Millions in Gold.
New York, Jan. 13.
,The steamship Illinois with one day later
news from California, reached her dock this
morning.
The Illinois bring3 the mails and ever two
millions of dollars in gold dust.
The Illinois left Aspinwall on the Cd and
Kingston on the tn. Among her passengers
are Colonel Moore, Post Master,, and D. W.
Thompson, City Marshall of San Francisco.
The Illinois left at Aspinwall the steamship
El. Dorado, for Havana.
The barque Cuba, before reported ashore, is
a total loss, having been abandoned.
The news of the result of tLe Presidential
ed by General Pierce. The news was sent. -off
by express to the mines, in all directions.
Among th; passengers by the Tennessee, at
Panama, is Hon. Thomas Butler King, and C.
Benham, U. S. District Attorney.
The high price of flour, created much exas
peration in the miuing region, and meetings
were called to take action regarding the monop
oly. At Mariposa flour commands S0 per bar
rel. Many of the miners, on account of the
scarcity of flour, were subsisting on beef and
potatoes.
At Shasta City flonr was reported as selling at
2 per pound. At San Francisco,, on the 15th,
it was unchanged.
A survey, of the railroad, from Maysville to
Benecia, had been commenced.
The markets were quiet. Business was gen
erally dull. Stocks were drooping. Exchange
on Atlantic cities 3 per cent. Gold dust was
selling at 17 37 i.
Horrible Murder.
On Wednesday afternoon, 12i.li inst., Mr. Jo
seph R.ink was murdered in his store on Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia, and strange.to sny the
murderer was not arrested. A more bold and
daring outrage never was perpetrated in any
community. The wounds which the deceased
received were of the most fatal and deadly na
ture. The two in the abdomen were terribly fa
tal. The hemorage.was enormous. The instru
ment used was a dirk knife. It is supposed that
the murderer has left the city. A reward of
500 is ofierred for his apprehension. At the
time of the occurrence (four o'clock in the af
ternoon) a man was seen to come out of the de
ceased's store ; he had on a brown coat and
black hat ; he started on a trot down towards
Eight street ; he was seen but by two pcrsonsf
one of whom pursued but did not discover him.
Mr. Rink came to the door of his store and cried
out "I'm stabbed ;" was taken in and died in a
few minutes. The occurrence created much ex
citement and every precaution has been taken to
arrest the villain, but so far without success.
Gen. Cass and Hie Pacific Railroad.
When such grave, conservative, and dignified
men of the Senate as Gen. Cass, talk thus about
this great project, it is bound to go ahead. In
a late speech, the General said :
"It is my decided conviction that one of the
most important measures the most important,
for this government is the construction, so far
as our constitutional authorty permits, of a rail
road from some point upon the Mississippi, to
the Pacific Ocean. I say some point upon the
Mississippi,for it is perfectlyjindifi'ercnt to me
where it is, and I hope the friends of this object
will not fritter away their strength by mere lo
ciQuestions of direction and termination.
Southern Kews.
Baltimore, Jan
14.
fc The mail is through from New Orleans.
The New Orleans papers have Tampico dates
to the 27th.
The revolution was spreading with unexampled
rapidity over Tamaulipas and the adjoining
States. The defection had reached the regular
army, and leading officers had pronounced in fa
vor of the revolutionists. Among these are
Cols. Cazanova, Craig and Tonovia. The pa
pers are filled with accounts and pronunciamen
tos. El Tamaulipico confidently pronounces the
government of Arista as doomed. Juan Jose
de la Garcia, the provisional Government of
Tampaulipas publishes an address in which he
justifies the revolution. Cols. Mija and Nega
had joined the revolutionists, and within a few
jaya force of 1500 men would be organised
under the command cf their chiefs, and would
march to occupy San Luis and other States in
the interior. i " ..
Death of Senator Upham, of Vermont.
The Hon. Wm. Upham, U. S. Senator from
Vermont, died at lm lodgings, in Washington,
on Friday last, of Varioloid, aged 58 years.
There will be no funeral over the remains at
that city, as arrangements will be made by the
Senate to couvey the body to Vermont. . The
deceased was a man of strong and vigorous judg
ment, and although not a speaker, rendered in
valuable service to his constituency by close ap
plication to business. During ten years stay in
Washington, as Senator, he never absented him
self for a single day while Congress was in ses
sion, and always occupied his seat in the Senate
if not hetained by ill health.
LATER FROJI EUROPE.
The new British Ministry are : Premier, Earl
of Aberdeen; Chancellor, Lord Cranforth; Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone; Home
Secretary, Lord .Palmtrston; ' Foreign Affairs,
Lord John Kus.scl; Colonies, the Duke of New
castle; Admiralty, Sir! James Graham; President
of Council, Earl Granville; Privy Seal, Duke of
Argyle ; Secretary of War, Sydney, Herbert
l'rtsiutut of tho Indian Board, fcir Q. Wood;
Public Works, Sir W. Moles worth : a beat with
out office. Marquis of Laudoivne. The above
form the Cabinet. Pre.-iJcnt of t':? Board of
Trnde, Mr. (-iv.veil ; Attorney Gei ;!, S!r A.
(."w'.kLurii ; iSt.ivitor t'iv-iu-iil iiif . i Vv--u.l :
Lord L"ivr.:e'!.:.':t cf Ireland, Lord tLx. Germains;
with others to iufcricr ol'.ieis.
Parliament was adjourned until February 10.
A terrific cale occurred at Liverpool on the
night of the 2Gth. - A number of American ves
sels were much injured.
An English paper says that a Mr. Mitchell, of
Ungar, iu rising from his bed, put his hands up
over his head, givins a hearty yawn, when one
of the leaders of the back of his neck sn armed,
and his head was forced half round. Surgical
assistance was shortly at hand, but his head
could not be restored to the same position. The
pain on tLe movement of any muscle is most ia
tense; and he is considered to be in a perilous
position.
The honor of knighthood has been offered by
L.ord Eglinton to Mr. Dargan, the eminent rail
road contractor, and originator of the Great In-
duatriul'Exhibitiou of lbo3, but it has been res
pcctfuUy declined.
During the week ending on Christmas Day
tno tirtii o: two boys ana i girls were regis
tered in London. 1 he deaths were 1014. -
Queen Victoria is said to be again in an inter
ccting situation. '
The decree of tLe Feanch Senats nominates
ex-King Jerome Bonaparte and sons as li::eal
heirs to tho Throne, in the obsence of a direct
or adopted issue of Louis Napoleon.
The Emperor returned to Paris on the 28th
ult. No enthusiasm whatever was manifested
on the occasion by the populace, notwithstand
ing the many rumors circulated -during his ab
sence of attempts being made against his life.
Rumor says the Emperor is much annoyed at
thedelay of Russia, Prussia, and Austria to re
cognize his government, and he insists, it is said,
upou being called brother and Napoleon III., by
the various crowned heads. England has accor
ded him this civility.
M. Geniller, Professor of Mathematics, a dis
tinguished republican, has been ordered to quit
France.
Three Equestrian Statues in bronze have bcci
ordered for tha decoration of the squares of -the
Louvre and Tuilleries, in Paris. One, that of
theEinperor, will be placed in the middle of the
Place du Carrousel; a statue of Louis XIV will
be erected iu the square fronting the Louvre,
and one of Francis 1 iu the court of the Louvre".
The Court of Romehas tenta lettertoall Euro
pean powers, inviting them to interfere in be
half oi Christu
the Turks.
ms suffering persecution from
BLAIKCOUXTT AFFAIRS.
Rail Road Collision. A collision took place
on the Penn'a. Railroad, near McVcytown, be
tween two freight trains, on Friday afternoon
last. We learn from those who were present,
that the engagement between the Locomotives
was frightlul in the extreme. They came to
gether with terrific force, running at the rate of
ten and twenty miles per hour when the occur
rence took place. Both Engines were totally
wrecked, and several of the freight cars broken
to pieces, scattering the contents for a great dis
tance over the road. The Engineers and hands
all jumped from the Locomotives and Cars and
escaped uniniured, but Mr. John Painter of
Westmoreland county and Mr. Porter of Lewis
town. Tiie former had his legs broken and was
otherwise injured, so badly, we believe, that his
life is dispaired of. The latter was badly hurt,
but will recover. The damage is estimated at
from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. Blair
County W'kij.
ty J. C. McLaxaiiax, Esq., is recovering
from the recent injuries he received. He was
thrown from his buggy about ten days since.
JJoxxafox, ot 1'ittsburgh, opens his
dancing school in llollidaysburg on Friday night
and will teach the Polka, Schottisch and Mazur
ka. He is the man that can do it.
On Friday last, a son of Mr. Win. Har
dy, of Snyder township, in Blair county, aged
about 14 years, met with his death under the
following painful circumstauces. He and his
companion, a small boy, were crossing the Rail
road bridge near lower Tyrone Forges, about
the time the Express train crosses " the
same, and before they had both reached the end
of it, young Hardy was overtaken and instantly
killed. His head, one arm, and legs were all
cut off, and his body torn to pieces. He was a
sad and mangled corpse to convey lifeless to un
suspecting parents! His associ-ite reached the
terminus of the bridge, but made a miraculous
escape.- IVniy.
25" A man named Joshua Creighton, was
frozen to death on Duck's Hill, near Springfield
Furnace, Blair county, on the night of the 11th
inst. He leaves a wife and seven children to
mourn his los3.
We learn from the StnndarJ thot several
fires occurred in llollidaysburg, on Monday
night, about 12 o'clock. The Livery Stable of
Mr. C. F. Delaucy, situate in the rear of the
American House, was discovered to be on fire, i
and with its entire contents, consisting of hay,
harness, and a" quantity of grain, were all con
sumed. Shocking to relate, four horses also
perished in the flames, and another was so bad
ly burned that he had to be shot. The loss of
Mr. Delancy win prouaoiy amount to i,uuu or
1,500.
A short time afterwards the Exchange stable,
was discovered in be in flames, and was burned
to the ground, together with about one hundred
bushels of oats and some two or three tons of
hay. The horses, buggies, harness, hogs, cows,
&.C., were fortunately saved. A two story frame
house, opposite the stable, belonging to Mr. T.
B. Moore, was considerably injured by the fire.
In this, as in the former fire, the snow on the
roofs of the surrounding buildings was all that
saved them from destruction, the engines being
perfectly useless. Fortunately, the night, though
cold, was perfectly culm, not a breath of wind
moving.
On the same evening, about 11 o'clock, the
bed-room of Mr. J II. Douglass, in the second
story of his grocery, was entered by the back
window and the bed fired, which was fortrnately
discovered and extinguished before any material
damage was done, except to the bed and bed
ding, which were consumed.
Soon after, the stable of D. Watson was dis
covered to be on fire, the fire having been com
municated to some straw in the mow, but the
fire was promptly extinguished.
These fires were undoubtedly the work of a
band of incendaries, and it is to be hoped that
the citixens of the town will at once adopt mea
sures to capture the inhuman scoundrels who
commit these deeds.
Massachusetts Legislature.
Boston, Jan. 17.
In the House, this morning, resolutions were
introduced inquiring into the expediency of re
pealing the Liquor law, and also to amend the
act by a clause prohibiting the use of Tobacco.
FEOM OUR EXCHANGES
S3- Wm- Hopkins, Esq., the newCanal Com
missioner, took his place in the Board, on To
day, in the room of J. A. Gamble, Esq wi,es"
term has expired. The Board has been reSt
ganized by the appointment of W. T. MorriT"
Esq., Presidet, and Thomas L. Wilson
Secretary. - '
$$The present Emperor of France was
few years ago an English constable. DurinsrtK.
Chartist movements, in 1848, M. Louis BonnVii
te found himself at London. Not fcavinj ago
in his pocket, he was, of course, 4" 'in favor of r
the great questions of the day," that Tromise!i
to pay anything, and ready to join in gettinen,y
a revolution or putting down one, just m th
wind might blow. On the 10th of April, iiH
when a Chartist insurrection was anrpiL.,,i-V
Louis, probably forseeing it would come tn '
tiim
applied for the office of constable !
was sworn in as a
pecial." He was r,t
duty iu the streets of Londor, and assisted h
keeping the populace in order.
37 An American fitudent at a German Uni
versity, writes home: "A German bed is j.
ways a6ingle bed in the cases where Provident
has blessed a man with a wife, the eame custom
is adhered to, and the single beds are drawn lo-
vingly side by side." The same writer says
'I verily believe that half the people in Germa
ny think that the Americans are Hack. Only
yesterday, I was soberly asted Ly a theological
student, 'how many heathen are there jn Massa
chusetts,' and if the 'Americans are not 'gener-
ally blacks or corrta colored And, last even
ing, at a concert, we were asked by an intelli
gent la ly, if it was safe Iri-eUing a the part of
our country from which we came, on account of
the Indians. An American friend, who is so
journing in a country town, at some distance
from here, writes that the country people ex
claimed, on seeing him, 'Why, is he an Ameri
can ? he is as white as any of us." Speaking
of music, he adds, '-for three cents you can at
any time hear a better concert than 3 on can
hear in American, except on the rarest occa
sions. f7 So many rivalries are started among tie1
different Threshing Machines of the country
that some mischief is apprehended. To com
promise all difficulties, it is proposed that one
general patent shal 1 be issued for the Democrat
ic Party, it being properly regarded as the great
est threshing machine in the country.
t3 Mr. Senator Douglas, of Illinois, has
been elected by the Legislature of his State to a
new term of six years in the Senate of the Uni
ted State.-, commencing on the 4th of March next
when his present term will expire.
The Charleston Standard traces the prev
alence of the cholera in that city to indulgence
in oysters, and says that many of the largest
and finest of these bivalves which are brought
to market, are gathered from brackish, not salt
water. This year the body of fresh water has
extended almost to the harbor and even there
the fresh water predominates much more than
it usually docs. As a consequence of this, oys
ters, which require salt water, are diseased and
dying; ninny of them are dead; and yet from,
the midst ot these dead piles arc gathered a por
tion of that which is sold iu the market as fool
for man. It will be recollected that to a simi
lar cause wa3 attributed the mortality from,
cholera at Apalachicola.
E2V Mr.Eryant, the editor of the New York
Evening Post, is in Paris, and writes home that
that city is full of foaeigucrs, among tlicm a
large number of the wealthy classes of EnglanJ,
and a thousand Americans. Mr. Bryaut notices
a great improvement in the business of Paris,
since he was there three years before. Then'-v
bank establishment of Louis Napoleon had given
a new impetus td trade and speculation. The
revolution had almost destroyed sever.d br ush
es of trad which are now restored. Mr. I'.rvaut
thinks a large m ijority of the French people are
in favor of the empire, because Liuis Napoleou
will maintain order, but yet finds many who are
opposed to it. .Mr. l. relates conversations wita
several intelligent citizens, who told Lira they
voted for the empire in hopes Louis Nanoleua
would enable them to live iu peace. Ou the day
the empire was declared, there was not the
slightest exhibition of enthusiasm among citizens
of Paris when Louis Napoleou made his appear
ance in the streets.
PCtL,Uiie recent fete of the Golden Fleece,
tluj, l' tof Austria wore the decoration of
.mwnch formerly beloncrd to Charles
hrurguudy, and which has in the centre the
magnificent diamond considered to hold the third
place amongst those existing, and which is worth
a million of florins.
CO Our eastern exchanges note the death of
Frauk Ward, a wheelright, of Boston, by falling
from a gravel train.
No less than fifteen cars, weighing in all about
100 tons, passed overhis body. The legs of the
unfortunate man were copletely severed in three
places, the trunk w. s cut into three distinct
pieces, his arms were also separated into four
pieces, while his head was cut completely off.
and all that could be found of it was a mass of
brains, flesh -and crushed bone, not more than
two inches thick. The fragments were scattered
along the road for more than fifty rods. Tb
deceased was a stranger to those connected with
the train, but the pieces of his body being gath
ered up and taken to the Boston depot, his wife
repaired thither, and as a part of the trunk,
with his coat hanging to it was lifted from the box
she uttered a shriek of agony, screaming, "It's
r rank, it s Frank !" It was thus that bis name.
was ascertained.
ED Female Physicians. The Boston Jour
nal talks thus of female Physicians : That the
medical profession is hereafter to consist of wo
men as well as men, is no longer a matter of
doubt, judging from the 6trong setting of public
Bentiment in this direction. The prefercncei
Incoming so general, we understand that thefe
who are educated arc overtasked with labor, and
many incompetent women are prompted te adver
tise thjseJv;es, and for the want of those better
qualified1 they are 'employed. " To
prevent
the
evils from this source, it
is im
portant that the Female Medical College ia
this city, designed to accommodate the whole 0
New, England, should be placed in in a condition
to afford a thorough scientific and practical ed
ucation to a sufficient number of suitable
males.
The Earl of Aberdeen is the first prime minister
who has not been a member of the church of
England 6ince the expulsion of James II. fr00
the throne and the restoration of Protestant as
cendandancy by tho revolution of 1C8S.
lordship professes the faith of his forefathers,
and is a member of the Presbyterian church 0
Scotland.
Among the passengers who ombarked from
England, early in October last, for Calcutta,
was Father MMhew, tho notad teetotaler, an4
five other Roman Catholic priests. Their busi
ness in India, as is reported, " is the foundtifn
of a Roman See at Hyderabad,' . ,
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