The mountain sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, February 10, 1853, Image 2

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    MOUNTAIN SUTIIEL.
Andrew J. Rliey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, TA.
Thursday, F"elruary lO, 1853.
The Senatorial Conferees from Cambria coun
ty, are hereby notified to meet at the Exchange
Hotel, In Hollidaysburg, on Saturday, 12th Feb
ruary. The Blair and Huntingdon Conferees
will be present.
Gen. Robert Patterson.
We notice with feelings of pleasure, that the
name of the above distinguished Pennsylvanian
is mentioned in connection -with a Cabinet ap
pointment in the administration of President
Fierce Ikat of Secretary of war. Gen. Patter
son needs no praise from us; his pure character
and unstained reputation as a man, his self-sacrificing
devotion as a soldier, his eminent posi
tion as a democrat as a leading member of the
party of right and of the country are known to
all, and equally cherished and admired. His
most excellent business qualifications, his admi
rable address, pleasing and instructive conversa
tional qualities, are additional testimonials in
his behalf. The selection of such a gentleman
for so important a station, would be a guarantee
that the duties incumbent upon him would be
discharged in an able, masterly and highly satis
factory manner, and would merit and receive
the approbation of the people. 1 1 this section
there are many of the brave men, who served
with distinction in Gen. Patterson's division of
the army in the Mexican war, who woud be
greatly pleased should their former "brother in
arms" be chosen to preside over the War De
partment. Under his control the wants of the
serv ice would be properly and judiciously atten
ded to, with a proper care for the maintenance
of order and discipline in the department, and
the execution of every trust with remarkable fi
delity and commendable despatch.
Ten New Locomotives.
A joint resolution was reported in the House
of Representatives of this Stat j on Wednesday
last, authorizing the Canal Commissioners to
purchase ten new locomotives, to be used upon
the Columbia and rortage Roads. An amend
ment was offered that these locomotives cost not
over 9,000 each, and the resolution as amend
ed, passed. We are confident that the business
which will be thrown upon the Portage Road
after the canal opens in March, cannot be trans
acted unless additional locomotives are provided.
The Locomotives in use on the old Portage are
entirely unfit to draw a train of cars up a fifty or
sixty foot grade on the new Portage, as cans be
daily witnessed between the foot of Plane No. 4,
and the connection below Plane No. 2. Large
locomotives, such for instance as are used on
the York and Baltimore Road, of thirty or forty
tons each, are the kind that should be provided,
and such as these, or engines of equal power,
are the only kind that will transact the business
on the new Portage Road. Whether the amount
specified as above is sufficient to purchase loco
motives of this description, we know not; if it
is not, the amount should be increased. Small,
or medium-6ized locomotives trill not answer;
they must be large and have immense power or
the road will be "stocked" with cars. "
Executive Mansion.
A bill has been introduced in the Legislature,
providing for the construction of a suitable house
for the Governor of the State to reside in. We
are in favor of such a bill, and only wonder that
the movement was not made and carried out
. years ago. There should be a genteel, well fin
ished, and sufficiently large house built at Ilar-
risburg for the Governor to occupy. And the
Governor's salary should be increased, a thou
sand or two, to enable him to "do the honors"
for the old Keystone in clever style. The pres
ent salary scarcely supports one decently and
should be raised if the "mansion" is built. We
hope the bill may become a law and the house
be built during the coming Summer.
Chief of the Indian Bureau.
We cheerfully endorse all our neighbor of the
IIolliday6burg Standard says in the following
article, recommendatory of one of the best and
' most steadfast Democrats in the State. Col.
Stambavgu is ,by qualification and experience,
admirably fitted to discharge the duties of Chief
of the Indian Bureau, and we trust he may be
selected for that position. The Standard says :
Col. Samuel C. Stambaugh.
In these times of cabinet-making, when almost
everybody are trying their hands, it may not be
out of place ia us if we too should make a simple
suggestion not in the way of forming a Cabinet
for President Pierce, in whose ability to perform
all the functions devolving upon him as Chief
Magistrate we have the most unlimited confi
dence, but in a sphere of entirely different char
acter. The incoming administration will have
many appointments to make besides the appoint
ment of those men who shall compose the con-
I , : -iv-.. i
any, 01 muse ppoinimems possess more interest I
to the nation than that of the appointment of
the right kind of material to take charge of tl e
Bureau of Indian Affairs. First among all the
men of whom we have any knowledge is Col.
Samuel C. Stambaugh, as a fit,. if not the fittest
man to place at the head of the Indian Bureau.
Col. S. was first appointed Indian Agent in
1828, since which time he has been connected
with the administration of Indian- affairs in
some capacity or other. Hisaccurate knowledge
of all the ramifications of the different Didian
departments is second to that of no other man.
.We know not whether Col. Stambaugh wishes
the appointment ; but this mnch we will say,
that if he would accept the appointment at the
hanJd of the President, and President Pierce
would confer it upon him, the Indian Zepart
ment could not fall into better or more compe
tent hands.
We think, therefore, that in tiie selection of
Chief of the Indian Bureau, President Pierce
could not choose a gentleman better fitted to
take charge of thar office than Co!. Samuel C.
Stambaugh, of Luu?ustcr-county
LOCAL ITEMS.
JBgfApplication is being made to the Post
Office Department, to establish a Post office at
Munster, in this county. An office is muck
needed at that place, as the citizens thereof, and
the farmers in the neighborhood are at present
subject to great disadvantage in receiving their
letters and papers, being obliged to go to the
Summit, a distance of 4 miles for them.
petition has been forwarded to the Department,
and we trust the wants of the petitioners will
be promptly and favorably answered.
The Conferees of Cambria, Bedford and Ful
ton counties will meet at the Washington Hotel,
Bedford, next Monday, 14th inst., instead of the
22d, to seleot delegates to the 1st of March Con
vention.
Yesterday, at Washington city, in presence of
the members of the Senate and House, the El
ectoral votes would be counted, and Franklin
rierce and Win. R. King be declared President
and Vice President from -the 4th of March next,
for four years.
On Monday, Hamilton placed a new 'Concord
Wagon," of admirable construction, upon the
Plauk Road, to run daily from Jefferson to Eb-
ensburg
Four horses brought it into town on
Monday in fine style, Barney holding the reins
with all the sang froid of an "old stager."
John Dougherty, Esq., clerk for Messrs Reilly
and M Grann, section 101, Pa. R. R., had his
ankle severely sprained at the Summit, on Sun
day last, by his horse falling upon his leg.
Prompt medical attendance was rendered by Dr.
Kelly, and we learn the sufferer is doing well.
On Sunday night last, Mr. Michael Kane, a
young man aged about 22, was frozen to death
near Jefferson, in this county. He was seen in
the evening in a state of intoxication, and in
wandering around at night fell into a mill-race ;
he succeeded in getting out, and lay down in a
fence corner, where he was discovered in the
morning, dead. An awful warning to those who
indulge too freely in ardent spirits.
On Wednesday last, Mr. Mathew Smith, a la
borer at the Penna. Railroad Tunnel, near the
Summit, fell down one of the shafts, a distance
of 210 feet, to the bottom, where there was a
bout four feet of water. He died on Saturday
w . m 1 1 il i I ..
evening. It is wonciermi mac ne was not, in
stantly killed.
had a visit on Saturday, from Tuos. Coi
tixs, Esq;, member of the Legislature from this
county. He is looking quite well, and hishealth
has been almost entirely restored since his resi
dence in Ilarrisburg.
The weather, last week, was wet, foggy, disa
greeable, and unhealthy ; bad enough to keep
everybody within doors. The snow all disap
peared, and mud, deep mud, assumed its place.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights, of this
week, were very cold ; to-day, snow is falling.
and sufficient for sleighing is anxiously looked
for. Get ready the robes and belle.
Dr. Thomas C. Banting.
The following notices commendatory of our
estimable and gallant friend Dr. Thomas C. Bunt
ing, late Register of Wills, Philadelphia, will meet
with a hearty response not only from those who
served with him in Mexico, but from all who en
joy the pleasure of his acquaintance. The Pitts
burg Chronicle, says :
This gentleman, who was Surgeon to the Penn
sylvania regiments during the war with Mexico,
and who, since the ending of that memorable
campaign, has been Register of Wills at Philadel
phia, has, we observe by the Eastern papers,
retired to private life. We remember very well,
after the return of our volunteers, praises of Dr.
Bunting were upon all their lips ; and it is this
recollection which now prompts us to notice him.
He was kind and attentive to those we liked,
and by his attention to them he gained the love
of all.
From one of the Philadelphia papers we select
the following compliment to the Doctor and his
public course: "He has made a most competent
and efficient, officer, and has given entire satis
faction to the members of the Bar, and to all
having business in his office. He retires with
the best wishes of hosts of friends for his pros
perity, and of whatever he majrhave made du
ring his term of office, he 13 fully deserving f r
its good administration. His successor will be
fortunate if he gives equal satisfaction in the
office."
United States Review
The New Hampshire Patriot in its issue of the
25th ult., thus speaks of this Review :-
"lne two numbers issued, evince a higl
order of talent. The tone, style, and temper of
its political articles are admirable. It discuss
cs the great questions of the -day with rare abil
lty, in a tone dignified and courteous, but firm
and decided, and in a forcible and elegant style.
exhibiting much information, good sense and
judgment. If these two numbers are fairsam
pies of what the work is to be, .true, national
progressive, American principles will have in it
an able, judicious and efficient advocate, and
the Democratic party a rrorthy organ. We there
fore, commend this Review to the patronage of
our friends."
The Patriot, nur rpmlura nin inrnun la ..1 -
i;suej at Concord, the
residence of Gen. Pierce
and enjoys his confidence. We are glad to see
that the Unincd States Review is hailed by such
authority, as the organ of the Democratic party.
It is published in New York, by Theodore A.
Foster, at ?3per annum..
American Sunday School Union.
Gov. Cobb, of Georgia, has been constituted
a life member of this Society, by a contribution
of -$100 from Sunday School children in Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia.
Gov. Allen, of Rhode Island, has received the
same mark of respect from thc children of that
state, and not to be outdone in benevolence, the
Sunday Scholars of Philadelphia, have raised
the requisite funds to constitute Gov. Bigler also
a life member.
Terrible Calamity.
On Thursday last Lieut. James W. ghaum-
wis, wi "Uhiiiiijrton city shot A. H. FnlW
a revolver, as he was entering the National Ho
tel, and it is believed the wound will prove fa
tal. The difficulty arose about a bill of board
owing by Shaumberg to Fuller. The former
was immediately arrested and is now in jail.
For the "Sentinel."
A. J. Rhey, Esq. Having just received the
Sentinel, and casting my eye over the Editorial
column, it fell upon an article at the bottom
from the "Providence Journal," which strikes
me as showing the editor thereof as being a
"leetle hard strained." Yankees arc smart, and
know a great deal, I am aware ; but sometimes
we find one who kuowsjfoo much. That is either
the case with this editor or, he is very nice
or, he wants some very nice appointment, per
haps Preceptor of National Etiquette.
Said Yankee editor takes all his brethren to
task for calling Mrs. Piekce the "Lady of the
President elect ;" and sagely informs them, in
the most positive manner, that "they are legal
ly married and she is entitled to the name of
wife." The "d 1" she is ! Who said thev
were not married or that she teas not entitled to
such a consideration ? Then he forces a con
struction, which "shacks" all his "ideas or mo
rality." Verily here is an "addendum" to
"thosa nice Blue Laws."
I ask you, my fashionable friend Rhey or I
may perhaps more appropriately say, who un
derstands fashionable life, is it not the custom,
everywhere, (and custom forms laic,) in recor
ding the names of Men and their Wives, to en
ter th em "Mr. A. and Lady ?" and who ques
tions the legality of their associatirn as such
man Jf wife ? This one instance will suffice
now for the great American Lexicographer, No
ah Webster refer to the large edition of 1815
page 4S3, and see how much there is in the
term "Lady" to shock his over sensitive modes
ty Lady, "a word of complaisance, used of wo
man." Then to page ICS "Comjdaisance," see
what is said of that.
Yours Truly, jfer Ccn.
In answer to our correspondent's question we
would state that it is customary, for the hus
band to record the names, when, for instance, he
stops at a hotel, Mr. and Lady. He should,
in our opinion, use the word wife. It sounds
more home-like. We do think there is a reluct-,
ance to use the word wife, why we cannot ima
gine. People evince a disposition to avoid using
it, in its proper place. Fashion makes the word
"Lady" more refined, therefore is it used. Why,
now-a-days, a marriage is always a marriage iu
"high life," never a wedding ; in low life it is
la wedding. We see no reason for the distinction,
the word marriage should be used in all cases.
So, in speaking or writing of man and wife, we
do contend, that it is more appropriate, and bet
ter illustrative of the existence of a "bond of
union," to say Mr.-
and Wife, than Mr.
and Lady. Ed. "Sentinel."
Soldiers of 1812.
We publish below the bill offered the Senate,
of the United States, by Senator Brodhead, of
this State, for the relief of the Soldiers of 1812.
It was offered in the Senate on the 20th ult.,
read twice, and on motion cf Mr. Brodhead, re
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands, and
ordered to be printed. The amount to the Uni
ted States i? insignificant, and still it would
brighten many a desolate hearth, and cheer ma
ny a poverty-stricken veteran, or his suffering
relatives. Sufficient reward should be granted
to those brave men who, during the late war a
gainst the tyranny of England, perilled their
lives to defend their country's rights, and we
hope for the honor of the nation, knowing the
good that this bill will bring with it, that it may
pass and give joy to the hearts of the recipients:
A BILL
Extending the provisions of the several laws
granting bounty lands to the officers and sol
diers who have been engagwi in the military
service of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of Amer!
Congress assembled, That tho provisions cf the
several laws granting bounty lands to the officers
and soldiers who have been emraored in the mil
itary service of the United States, shall be, and
i
tne same are ucreoy extended so as to grant to
each of the persons described therein a quanti
ty of land which, in addition to that to which
he may be entitled under any other law of Con
gress, shall not in the whole exceed the quantity
oi a. (juaitcr bwuon, or one liundrcd and sixty
acres ; and each of the officers, musicians, and;
privates, engaged in the naval, marine, gun
boat, or flotilla service, or in defence of the
coast, in any ot the wars mentionexl in said acts,
who have received prize money, shall be entitled
to the benefits of said laws as thus extended.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That.
the passage of this act, all warrants shall be is
sued in the names of the persons who rendered
the t-ervice for which thev are crantrtd. wliothrr
living or dead, and shall inure to the benefit of
tne warrantee, it living, and if not, to the heirs
specified in the several laws extended by this act;
and failing these heirs at law of the warrantee,
according to the laws of the place in which he
had his domicil at the time of his death ; and
all patents for lands located with any such war
rants, shall, in like manner, issue to the warran
tee ; and in case of his death before the issuin"
of said patent, the title thereby conveyed shall
mure to and vest in his heirs as aforesaid, or his
or their assignees or devises, as the case maybe;
Provided, however, that no person who has per
petrated or attempted to perpetrate a fraud on
the United States undei either of said lows as
aforesaid, shall bo entitled to the benefit of any
of the provisions of this act.
Resolution Relative to the Purchase of Mats.
rials.
The following resolution of the Canal Board
was lately adopted. It is hiirhlv nrnnrr. mid
will no doubt lead to a better system of economy.
Canal Commissioners' Office, 1
Ilarrisburg, Jan. 22, 1853. J
Resolved, That hereafter it shall h t.h dutr
of the Superintendents on the Philadelphia, and
Columbia and Portage railroads, and the Super
visors of the canals,before contracting for lum
ber or other materials, for- the - repairs- of said
railroads and canals, to give ten- davs nublis
notice by print- d hand-bills, to be put up in the
most public places in the vicinity where such
repairs are to be made, that sealed proposals
will be received for furnishine whatever kind of
material may be required ; and that iu all cases
the contracts shall be awarded to the lowest re-
ponsible bidders; and it si all be the duty of the
said Miperiutendents and Supervisors to furnish
the Board with a full statement, from time to
hne, of such bids : Provided, however. That in
cases oi great emergency, as when the property
of the State may be destroyed by fire or frc&het,
such notice shall not be deemed necessary.
Extract from the Journal.
Up hill business in this part of the country
to get a correct statemeut of the weather.
ed.
Arrival of the Atlantic Three Days Later.
NewYokk, Feb. 7.
The Atlantic arrived this morning with Liver
pool dates to the 26 th. .
France. Napoleon has informed the officers
of State of his approaching marriage. His
speech is an able document. He says he con
forms to thenatiohal wish, and marries; but in
the choice of a partner he casts away old political
traditions. Royal alliances substitute family
interests for National. It is, besides, humiliating
to go begging for a wife. For seventy year?
past, foreign princesses have ascended the French
throne only to be unhappy, with the exception of
Josephine, and she was not of royal blood, lie
Bneers at Austria jumping at an allience with
Napoleon First, and sarcastically alludes to the
long chase of Louis Phillipe's son after wives,
and instances the Dutchess of Orleans as a priu
cess of third rate rank. For himself, he savs
he does not want any monarch's alliance, and
frankly admits that he is a, parvenu, elected by a
Great Nation
He is therefore determined
select a wife to please himself, and so being more
free, will not b? the less strontj.
The lady is said to be endowed with every
virtue. She wiU socn be preseuted to the people
and the army, at Notre Dame.
There was a great sensation on the Bourse,
and the funds fell, but recovered.
- The marriage takes place on the 30 th.
Belgium has discharged all foreign officers
from the army.
Another Madiai Case occurred at Genoa. The
victim is Daniel Mazzinghi, a surgeon, who
sentenced to three years' imprisonment for tho
crime of preaching.
The Turks are pursuing operations vigorously ; The announcement lias taken Paris by sur
against the Montcnegros. -'prise, and is unfavorably received. She is
On theloth of January, Omar Pacha took Gra- Spanish by birth, ami the grand-daughter of the
proo by storm, but afterwards, in attempting to British Consul at Mahiga. Her muther is Irish
surprise the Capital of Montenegro, inthemoun- by birth, named Fitzpatrick, and her lath tht
tain, he was repulsed.
A great meeting was held at Essex Hall on the
25th, in behalf of Madiai. Another was held at
Birmingham.
Napoleon contemplates sending a colony of
half a million of emigrant. to Algeria.
Iti3 reported that the Pope is dangerously ill
of apoplexy.
The Ericsson Engine.
The editors of the New York Post state, as an
, ,,, . . r , . ., , .
evidence of their full confidence in the caloric
motor, tnat they iiave contracted with. Captain ; yards. No less than 'Zb line-of-battle ships, lb
Ericsson to furnish them with one of his engines frigates, and lo smaller v ;--els of war are buil
for use in their office. They add : j din- at t,ic different .French navy y;rds.
. T. . , , . . . e . , On the same day fixed for the uintriage of the
"It 13 already in a staic of considerate for-1 i-,v. i, .. , .
J , Lmneror. 1 r:nce awoeon .Krun.e is to esnonsf
wardnes
Patterns are prepared by Captain
Ericsson and the machinery is making by Messers
IIorir& Delamater. It is to have sufficient now-i
er to drive one of Hoe's rotary pre&ses at the
rate of 10 000 impressions an hour, and four job
office presses,with a reserve force of two or three
horse power, and yet is to occupy only the space
enclosed in a cast iron box six feet square and
between five and six feet high. It is to be finish
ed and in operation by the middle of April.
If it succeeds, of which, of course, we have no
doubt, we shall feel proud of the distinction
which willja-operly belong to the journal that
first avails itself of so important an improvement.
If it fails, we mean the world shall know it, and
the reasons why, if we can ascertain them.
Eace of a Kadman.
John Madden, an Irishman, liling in Warren,
while in a state of delirium tremrns on Thursday
morning of last week, left his family of children,
whom the mother had entrusted to his charge for
a few days, and taking off his boots and stockings,
and coat, which he left by the way side, rail from
Warren to Spencer, a distance of twelve miles,
before he was overtaken, although immediately
after he left he was hotly pursued with horses
and carriages. The race occurred during the
severe storm ot that morning, and when Madden
was overta'n, his feet and legs were badly froz'n
and his feet much lacerated by contact with the
frozen earth. His flight through West Brookfield,
iiiuuuuciu, uuu uiai uiuuLuciu, m iuu 1 ui uic
storm, and almost in a state of nudity, is describ- Flour at Melbourne at 10 a 47 per ton, and
ed A3 frightful, while his speed was almost that gold at 3 7s Gd to 5 10s Gd per ounce
of a deer. He was taken back to Warren, and ! china.
t t-l l l ,
U1'JU v o ' " v o-'-o.
he was going to sign tne pledge. arrc uazciic.
Monument to Honry Clay.
A number of distinguished members of Con
fess of both parties have recently in a published j
card recommended to the country the erection ! from the previous year.
of a suitable Monument to the illustrious Clay, j lcsr.l,y T1:? 1ales- T-
rhe Lnitcd Mates ship
iu noticing which the Washington Union, TVith!cao
great propriety and justice says: " However j
many of the American people may have differed j
from Henry Clay on certain dividing issues
agitated during his life, none will deny to him :
the great qualities which impartial history must j
award to him as a bold, eloquent, and patriotic
leader, .-Mid as the advocate and the champion
of our country's cause during more than one
try ing crisis. The closing scenes of his life were
among the brightest of his career, and the ev
idence of his great power as a statesman and a
patriot were never more brilliant. The thou
sands who have responded to his appeals and
who have admired his character, will not fail
to assist in the tribute by which the affection
and thegratitude of those who were his neighbors
during his lifetime, propose to commemorate
his long aud disting'hed services to his country."
Sailors Flogging Themselves.
The following is published in a late letter from
Norfolk : ' '
'The United States frigate Raritan is here, of
which you are aware. . I have learned from one
of her officers, that since the abolition of Hog
ging in the navy, the men who were disposed to j
do their duty, seeing they were compelled to do
more than their own, in consequence of a large
portion of the men bcingconfined as punishment
for ueglect of duty, and various other offences,
took it into their heads that something must be
done to prevent the continuance of such a state
of things. They therefore formed themselves
into vigilance committees, and took upon them
selves the punishment of offeuders, by tucking
them up aud giving them Ivalf a dozen or a do
zen with the cat, as the case required, the officer
of the deck being always particulai ly oblivious
just about the time the operation was perform
E?,The children of Israel once complained
of the hardship of making bricks without straw,
a difficulty overcome now-a-daj s by tho imbi
bers of juleps using a glass or silver tube. '
ONE WEEK LATER FROM ETJE0PE.
Anticipated Coup tie Mnlu 1y T.miis Napo
leon aguliikt Kiiglaiid.
Halifax, Feb. 4.
The Royal Mail Steamship Canr.d.v arrived
hire this morning, at 7J o'clock, with dates to
the 23d u!t.f bavin;; been detained until Sunday
morning.
The .Steamship City of Manchester, from Phil
adelphia, arrived at Liverpool on the morning
of the 20th.
kn;i.axi.
idstone h:;S been re-tle'
.Mr.
ted to Parlia-
iV.CT.t.
Serums :i r-her:
aland tint the ;ni
ioiis .-ire euti rtdtied in Enrol-
N-ipo'coii ' meditaiinjr
a coup de m
i;i in ihc v;iv of a descent on Enjr-
land.
The Government is making inquiries of the
various railway companies how many men and
horses ami munitions of war they can carry in
a specified time to certain points in case of an
emergency.
Large military stations are to be formed near
Birminsrham, and no more regular troops are to
be sent Irom home
Napier, the English ship builder, has received
to ,' an order from the Lrench Emperor to build him
13 frigates. The English Admiraltv-, however,
cancelled the order, and gave Napier a similar
J order,
j Since the departure of the Africa, 2,000,000
sterling in gold has been shipped to Australia
for the purchase of gold dust,
Guano has been discovered at the Falkland
Islands.
fraxce.
Paris, Friday Evening, Jan. 21.
The Emperor's marriage to Mademoiselle
is Montego, is announced to take place to-morrow
week, in the Church of Notre Dame. A (low
;' of 5, 000,003 francs is demanded for the bride,
' Spanish count Montego. The Emperor made
formal proposals on Sunday, was accepted, and
the next day he informed his ministers of the
determination he had formed. One report states
that all the Mini-try, o.c pt cue, reigned, Lut
j that the Emperor refused to accept their resig-
. nations.
It is said that the civil marriage has already
I taken i. lace, and that the religious ceremonies
J will be performed on the 2'.th.
! Tlie Emperor has refused to accept the rcsig-
nation of M: De Drouyn De L'Huvs.
; ., . , , .t
1 here is great activity at the various navy
; the daughter f Prince WatTim.
Tiie Legislative body has Wen summoned ti
meet en the to receive a communication
from the Emperor relative to his marriage.
feimuitnneous with the announcement of the
marriage of the Emperor, came a disastrous fall
on the Bourse, which the government papers sar
is owing solely to a check riven to speculation.
On Wednesday, the 10th, the Bourse was more
depressed than at any time since the coup d'etat.
The whole of the Orleans property is now al
ienated the year allowed tor the sale having
expired.
It is reported that the renewed attempt to ef
fect a fusion of the Count Chambord with the
Orleans princes, promises to be successful.
The Budget for 18-31 shows a large increase
over that of the present year.
Disastrous accounts of floods in tho various
departments have been received, causing most
deplorable results. Many of the rivers are
overflowed, cnusir.g great injury to the towns a
long the banks, and much destruction of prop- j
e-rty.
-r " v " ,! S T' ,
manufacturing towns lias also been depress-ed.
ihe corn market of Pans is declining, and the
butiucse m the departments quiet. Barley,
Rice and Oats, are declining.
TUSCAXV.
The Tuscan Moniteur contains an official con
tradiction of the death of Francis Madiai.
AUSTRALIA.
The dates from Sydney are to the ICth Octo
ber. The Sydney papers apprehend a scarcity in
breadstuff's. '
The steamship Great Britain arrived at Port
rhilip in November,
, 7.1,; i- r i - o.t e r 1 1 A
I . . . , . . v. . V. 1 V. v ... . ' . , ,1 Lt' I 1 1 1 1,1,1,1,.
-X ilV Xi ttli'Wi Ulll'llll IWlili
.dates to Nov. 2'Jth. The imperial troops had
; gained a decisive advantage over the insur
gents.
The Shanghai dates arc to the 25th November
The import market was favorable to large trans-
! actions in teas. Prices are maintained.
The exports show a deficiency of $2,000,000,
The export of 6ilk is
Plymouth, was at Ma-
Freights from Canton to New York, were $10
for tea and $23 for silks.
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad.
AUulment of Sections of Sun burr j- Uric Rai
Road, from Smhtiry to Vt'Hintnsjiort S8 miles
made at Wiltiarnrport January 14th 18-33.
Sections -3, 0 and 7, II. E. Monger.
Section 8, Geo. S. Shuman.
" 12, James Cameron.
13, E. W. Graham.
" 14, David Marr.
" 1-5, Ralph Bogle.
" 10, M'Allister, Reynolds & Oles.
" 17, O'Bryan, Smith & Co.
18, H iv and Shack.
" -10, Riddle, Sallada & Co,
" 20, do do
OI P.t-a,lt..r.1 C- TlrtrrTV,
" 22, Parsons. Ives & Parsons.
2-S, (.'. & C. Kenned y.
" 21, Moor, Crier, Bice & Griffey.
" 2.5, Geise, Hagurty, Steuart, Blair.
20, Robert Crane.
28, Dull, Criswcll & Dull.
" 29, do do
" . 31, Martini Allen. '
32, do do
" 33, John B. Beck.
31, Miicklin & Bogle.
" 35, M, K. Moorhead.
" So, do do s
" 37, Funston & Updegraff.
" 38, Parsons & Tallman.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 10; II, 27 and 30 were
reserved. Lycoming Gaz.
3"A gentleman" writing from Monaghan
county, Ireland, to an acquaintance of ours in
this di-tnct, gives a remarkable instance of
Longevity. Owen Duflfin, when one hundred
and sixteen years old, lost his second wife ; he
subsequently married a third, by whom he has
a son and daughter. Ilis youngest sou is two
years old, his eldest ninety. He is now one
hundred ami twenty years of ago, and retains
in much vigor the ue of his mental and corpo
real faculties. He walks frequently iothecoun
ty town, a distance of some eight miles. Thisi
statemeut may be relied on as strictly true. '
Anderson (taz ttc.
, FE0M OTJR EXCHANGES
The Mayor of Baltimore has received &i
from Gen. Pierce, declining a public rcccrT
on his passage through that city. TLe co
tee appointed by the council to make arT
ments, has been discharged. 8ne"
j5y-The late Amos Lawrence of Bo'0n
away during his life more than mjm' E"
hid Tinekpt bnnlr rrna tn-M.. . ... ' 0a
all it
pi out a man 11 ue gain the whole worM
his own soul ?"
nl loss
ESB-When did Egypt resemble a Jrv ' .
After the Jeics had left it. (Dlcca of tlTe 7
-v.. v,y.tl "y., 13 uuuer indictment for
A. a! it ,
iraung mis pun. )
C-S'-The President of a debating ocietv
west lately decided that "the milk ftr,.. Ut
.iuuuvss merany meant milk punch
tje uu(m(,(, j j
with a lit.
it.
CSWe are pleased to learn, savs the r-.,
b cuo, mat itie Jion. Wil
son Mc.
canuiess has arrived home from av
proved health.
Dai ia i:a.
JCSyCltneral Pierce will Ieav
e far Washita.
ton about the loth ins
He has .l.f'm.i ..i I
public ceremonial receptions on the route.
3TOue of our country exchanges Mrs--"An
old sheep gave birth yesterday to a Ub
belonging to a young vridow lady hi the a
with six legs." ' e
S3The latest aj -plication of Italia RuhUT
is forbore shoes. It is stated that experiment!
made previous to the present cold weather, in
dicate that they will prove fully as durable ...
iron, having all its toughness without its Uii
tlcness or weight.
jT"If a man is seated on a broken Vf.'.e
and can't rise without running a pitchfori im.
his head, which had he best to do ct
continue !.!-
squat or undertake to get up ?'
Some cool headed philosopher says, if nature
designed man to be a drunkard he would LaTe
been constructed like a churn so that the m rt)
he drank the firmer he would stand.
EAA young lady rending in Boston
IS years of age, died on Tuesday, of erv-i
M1J
after a sickness of only two or three days. S.,..
was seized with the disorder while in the :tl-: ,f
being measured for a ball dress, and faintv l a
way. Before the ball took place the w;:s In Ltr
shrou-1.
ES3' The New York Times calls Billy De-wle
"Mr. William Cruikshanks." This is earning
politeness some considerable distance.
JKrifAu idea may be formed of the imiiirn-
business done at tho St. Charles Hotel ia .V-,f
Orleans, when we state the fact, that on a sin
gle day, Monday, Jan. 24th, there were ar
rivals ! We presume thers is not another hotd
in the world that does so large a busitieisas the
St. Charles,
JfcayTbe following is supposed to be the num
ber of newspapers in the moiM : "Ten in Aus
tria, fourteen ia Africa, twenty-four in Siii,
twenty iu Portugal, thirty in Asia, sixty-five iu
Belgium, eighty five iu Denmark, ninety in Rus
sia and Poland, three hundred in Prussia tl ne
hundred and twenty in other Germanic Stau.-,
rod in Great Britain and Ireland, J
eighteen hundred in the United States.
fO" Veil -Pacha, the new Turkish Amhnfsv
dor, in Paris, is SO years of age, and so im
mensely rich as to be called the Musulmna
Rothschild. It is said he spent fifty milli
francs- on hfs journey from the Sublime Purteti
the Barrier de l'Etolie. AH his" attendants wore
during the whole trip, the Turkish costume.
He gave away twenty thousand dollars in grati
tude to servants, postillions and chambermaids,
from Marseilles to Paris.
&F"Debby, the door bell rings, and you
must run, light the match, and touch the sha
vings, and let the Vurnt stick and brands get on
fire in the fire-place, or they will think we Jjn't
keep a fire in the sitting-room, aud that would
not be genteel." Yes'm there it is all roa
ring, and the bell rings again shall IgonowT'
t4Oh ! Lordy, inarm, it was only a re J.'er." "A
pedler! Confound him; take the fire opart,
and get ready for another alarm."
Pardons.
The following is a copy of the bill concerning
pardons by the Gove.nor, that was recently
submitted to the Senate by Mr. Crabb, of the
city.
Sec. J Be-it enacted by the Senate an 1 Nous
of Representatives of the Cwnmonwealth rf
Pennsy lvania, in General Assembly met. and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the mihp.
That it shall be the duty of the Governor, when
ever he shall pardon a convict, confined in any
penitentiary or jail of this Commonwealth, or
any one bound over for trial for a violation of
law to cause to be published as soon ns practi
cable thereaftei, once a week for two weeks, ia
at least one newspaper printed in the county in
which the penitentiary or jail in which such con
vict shall be confined, nmy be located, or in
which such accused person may reside, the rea
sons, if any, which have influenced him ia gran
ting such pardon, . together with the names, it
any, of such persons who may have peiiti 'iieJ
for the pardon granted. Provided, There shvn! J
be no newspaper printed in the proper county,
then the publication shall be made as aforesaid,
in ariewspaper printed is an adjoining county.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, upon the granting
of a pardon' by the Governor to a convict, to
cause to he made out and delivered to the par
doned convict, a duplicate copy of such pardon,
the production of which shall be conclusive
proof of such convict's restoration to citizens
ship. Sec. 3. That any expense which may be in
curred by carrying into operation the provisions
of this- act, shall be paid out of the contingent ,
fund of the office of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth, Murder lit Baltimore
Baltimore, Feb. 4. A colored man nanici
Samuel Howard, living in the western part of
this city, this afternoon deliberately put a pi--t j!
to his wife's head aud fired a heavy load of slut
into her- bkull, producing an awful and instaiit J
fatal wound. He had been charging her with
infidelity a short time before the commission of
the act. He immediately fled, and has net Jfc
been arrested.