MOUNTAIN SENTIIfEL.
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Thursday, Jane 3, 1853.
For Canal Commissioner,
TII03XA& II.'FOUSTTII,
. '-, of ?iiiadelj)hia County. v
for Auditor General,
KPIIRAIM BANKS)
. of Kifflin County.
For Surveyor General,
J. POUTER BRAAVLEV,
of Crawford County.
4 'Retrenchment anJ"Eeform" Movements of the
- Administration.
The experienced sailor upon the high seas
can often, in the dead calm of an unclouded ho
rizon, detect the infallible warnings of impend
ing danger, and is thus enabled to "make all
snug and tight" to meet and ride out the gath
ering storm. It may be that there is some such
extraordinary prescience in this administration
it may be that General Pierce has been taught
by experience to regard the present most remar
kable and expansive prosper ity in the financial
world as somewhat treacherous and delusive,
find that the prevailing plethora of the money
market, the still increasing inflation of
real and fancy stock operations, and the un
bounded public confidence in the resources of
California and Australia, may possibly end in
some such, terrible and sweeping financial torna
do as that which signalized the pet bank admin
istration of Martin Van Buren. Dubious of
tome. such approaching catastrophe, one would
conclude that, like the prudent Jack tar, the ad
ministration were making all snug and tight to
weather the anticipated shock of the elements.
But, whatever the causes or objects of these
movements, the public cannot fail to mark the
apparent earnestness with which Gen. Pierce
and his cabinet have proceeded to cut away with
the pruning-knife of "retrenchment and reform."
"When General Jackson supplanted John Quincy
Adams in the White Ilouse, he unmercifully de
clared that in the catalogue of his official duties
the American people had "inscribed in charac
ters too legible to be misunderstood," the para
mount duties of "retrenchment and reform."
There is no doubt in the world that Old Hickory
believed it. And good reason had he to make
the declaration ; for the expenses of the govern,
ment, under Mr. Adams, had risen to tfiirteen
millions a year; and Tobias Watkins, poor old
cvan, had been found guilty at Washington of a
defalcation of nearly four thousand dollars j
Perhaps General Pierce may have concluded
that the time has arrived for restoring this old
Jacksonian plank to tLe democratic platform ;
and to this simple judgment, it may be, that we
are indebted for the initial steps which have
Wen taken to increase the efficiency and to cut
down the expenses of the several departments of
the government.
Nor has the work been commenced a day too
soon. What with the annual expenses of the
government, magnified from thirteen to. fifty
millions per annum ; and what with Galphin,
Mexican, Florida, Chickasaw, Cherokee and oth
er claims, amounting up from two hundred
thousand to half a million at a single haul, it is
ce&Uudy high time for closing up some of the
leaks of the public treasury. The retrenchments
therefore, of Mr. Guthrie, in the administration
of the Treasury and the custom houses ; of the
several other members of the cabinet, in redu
cing the contingencies and in enforcingan addi
tional quantity cf work upon the clerks of their
.several departments ; and the reforms of Judge
Campbell, as far as he has gone, in the manage
ment of the General Post OfiBce, are all season
able and judicious. We hope, although "a new
broom sweeps clean," tLatthe broom of this ad
ministration will not be worn out before the
work of sweeping away all the old abuses upon
the Treasury, of every sort, is fully accomplish
ed, and the government is clear of rogues and
swindlers from atem to Btern.
Beauties of the New York Crystal Palace-.
All the respectable New York papers have
spokea loudly of the miserable management of
xaiace ousmess, of the delays in its
construction, of the private gambling character
me speculation, and of the scenes of vice tha
are enactea about it daily. Even the New York
txpress, which has heretofore been its defender
comes out upon it as follows, in its issue of Wed
ncsaay :
in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace, Sunday
dissipation attains its climax. Grog shops, bow
ling saloons and billiard rooms, of til sor ts and
'.lSi? haVf Etarted UP and we are
credibly informed that the Hall,, rar,a ,.t
f these houses do not fall short of 1000 ! I Of
"ulu" w cannot, and have no right to expect,
a radical change in this respect there, till the
r.ew licenses have been granted. The Temper-
' m lug aia nope oi stemming the
torrent, have erected their tent on Reservoir
..njwuc, xa wnicn divine service is celebrated two
r three times every Sabbath day; but their es-lam!,n-
ratt" funny manner
With tne drmklD? salnnns in 5
saloon ? in ifs imm;0f.
iH. T llllfl rOIOhi.nfA.F A - .i
U-fl. . .v.uvu i,m'
, wutiors m me one are
j.uiuihS ionn upon the inestimable blessings con-
f erred
faithfully administered, dainty young gentlemen
k,?s "Caches, the others,
e,et,y fussing the merits of mint-juleps
and sherry-cobblers. We av
In addition to . the foregoing, the New York
-l,ureai commerce or Saturday, furnishes the
rfV.lT; a a.- ...
vjji cno vt IUC
building, and the estimation in which its stock
is held by the public :
"It is impossible to say, as yet, when the ex
hibition will open. A comparatively short time
would suffice to finish the main structure, but
several weeks must elapRe before it can be com
pleted in all its parts the machinery arranged
nnd put in working order the goods entered
and prepared for exhibition. This unexpected
delay is unfortunate and mortifying, and many
individuals, both at home and abroad, will ex
perience serious disappointment. In conse
quence of this delay, or for some other reason,
Crystal Palace Stock, which at one time sold as
high a- 175, was yesterday down to 112." ' .
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.
;ggyMr. Wm. A. Raiset was severely injured
oa Monday last, near Plane No. 2, by a large
limb of a tree which fell upon him and cut his
nose and face quite badly.. v . x
jgWe learn that Russeli Smith," Esq., the
famous scenic painter, is at the Summit taking
sketches of mountain scenery. He is likely to
remain on the mountains, for some weeks.
A -teamster, whose name is Patrick
Cullen, employed by Mr. Carr, near Summitville,
was killed near the Allegheny Tunnel, on Sun
day last, by his horse falling over a stump upon
him.
JCgfMr Jons Feltz, a fireman on one of the
locomotives, was caught between the locomotive
and a car at the head of Plane No. 4, on, Tues
day list, and considerably but not dangerously
hurt.
JEMessrs. Hopkins, Morrison and Clover,
Canal Commissioners of this state were at the
Half-Way Ilouse, A. P. R. R. on Tuesday, and
were to visit the Reservoir on that day for the
purpose of examining the work, now nearly com
pleted.
jbSfAa we traversed a ereat portion of the
county last week, we had, an opportunity of ob
serving the appearanoeof the crops, and we have
never seen the grain looking so well at this sea
son of the year If nothing occurs, the yield
will be much greater than heretofore.
Improvements. John Fenlon, Esq., is placing
a beautiful iron railing in front of his soon-to-be
residence, which greatly increases the appear
ance of his property S. C. Wingard, Esq.,
has built himself a verry pretty office, a la cot
tage, and removed to it on Monday last Cen
tre street has been curbed and graded for one
square along the property of Rees J. Lloyd, Esq.
and Mr. L. is now having a plank pavement laid
down Several persons are taking up their
soft brick pavements and laying plank instead
The Court Ilouse yard has been sodded and
looks "green as grass" Buildings are increa
sing, as if by magic, and daily, we have 'noFe
of preparation" for more An election for a
Mayor will be held before many years.
jggyWe read in an exchange paper the fol
lowing extract from the Placerville, (California,)
Times:
Drowned,- while crossing Feather river,' Cali
fornia, on the 11th of April, 1853, Wm. J.
Wherry, formerly of Cambria county, Pa., and
late of Pittsburgh, Pa.
If the above announcement is correct, a friend,
schoolmate, and cherished companion has de
parted from our side, and his relations are be
reft of one of the brightest ornaments of the fam
ily circle, a devoted son and affectionate bro
ther. About three years ago he left for Califor
nia, where he intended to remain until this sea
son and then return home. But, if the account
of his death be true, that hope and expectation
of visiting his relations here, . is frustrated, and
he has voyaged to anoth er and we hope a better
world than this." The sorrow of his father and
family is lightened by tbe participation in their
grief of all who knew and so well esteemed Lim
Post-Office Clerks. Messrs. J. C. Dunn,
J. C. Pettigrew, Charles Hambright, and
Yeahle, are appointed as clerkato serve under
the new Pittsburgh Postmaster who assumed
his new duties yesterday. With the above gen
tlemen in office we need scarcely say that the
public will be accommodated.
New Advertisements. Farm for Sale by F.
Gillespie Land warrant lost, belonging to the
heirs of E. A. Downey, Stray Horse Kirby &
uaioream nave commenced tbe manufacture of
Buggies, Carnages, &c, in this place, and can
build you as good a vehicle as you can eet anv
where. Such an establishment was much want
ed here, and we hope the firm will be liberally
pn'.ruuiicu.
BSyThe Letting of the Ebensbure and Sus
quehanna Plank Road took place on Friday last.
and the road as far as located, to Carroltown, a
distance oi yj miles, -was awarded to Messrs. E.
Glass and E
Hutchinson, Jr., of this place, at
the price of one thousand dollars per mile, which
includes grubbing, ditching, grading and laying
of plank. The contractors will prosecute th
work with energy ; will commence on Monday
next, ac,d haye agreed to complete it by the 1st
oi .December. They advertise for a nuinber of
laborers, to whom good wages will be given. We
have examined a very neat and well executed
plan of the road, drafted by the Engineer, Capt,
Alexander, which shows the amount of bridg
ing, excavation and embankment upon the line,
YYenna mat in no instance, save one, where
there is a short embankment of fifteen feet, is
there any excavation or embankment over Bev
en feet, and that only for a short distance,
There are but two bridges, of 20 feet each,
crossing two branches of the Black Lick creek,
Most of the road is light work, therefore has it
been let at a low price.
A meeting was held a few days ago at the
Cnerry Tree, and a committee appointed to pro
cure subscriptions. We learn that a considera
ble amount of 6tock will be subscribed in tha
neignDornooa, payable in cash, lumber, or labor
so soon as the road is oommenced between Gor-
...
man s miiis ana tne Ubcrry Tree. A resolution
to this effect passed the meeting. We are pleas
ed to notice that the residents of that section
intend to aid us in the construction of a road
which, when completed, will be mutually bene
ficial.
A Smart Woman.
In Lexington, last week, an Irish woman
named McGrath, was engaged in baking bread,
wnen, irom a detect in tue flue an out-buildinz
connected with the pigsty took fire, and not be
ing able to lift the pig, with an axe she knocked
away a portion of the sty, took away the pig,
and tied it at some distance from., the house.
On returning she discovered the roof of the house
in flames, and there being no person" near except
ing her three children, her first movemen was to
carry them away from danger. , Then, return
ing, Bhe removed every article of furniture, ex
cepting one bedstead, which having lost the key,
she could not take apart. Slio then removed
every door and window safelv from their nlPi
almost before any assistance arrived, and was
only prevented by force from entering the fltmM
and saving her bread from the brick oven- ' In
little more than an hour from the breaking out
of the fire, she walked over the sinokinz ruins
and took out her bread, which, was t'cund to be
nicely baked. Bunker II itl Aurora. '
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Mr. Buchanan is daily engaged at the
State Department in preparations for his mis
sion to England. He will depart in a few
weeks with full instructions as to the Fishery
Question.
Brains and Digestion. The question "Why
printers did not succeed as well as brewers V
was thus answered; Because printers work for
the head, and brewers for the stomach, and
where twenty men have stomachs, but one has
brains.'
A modest cotemporary calls veal "unfin
ished beef." This is pretty good, but why not
extend the vocabulary ? Suppose we term lamb
"incipient mutton," and denominate pig- "pre
monitory pork."
An old lady, who formerly entertained
travellers in a neighboring county, before her
guests commenced a meal, used to ask a bless
ing. She- always delivered herself in this wise :
"O, Lord make us truly thankful for the food
before us. Nancy hand round the corn bread
first, and then the biscuits afterwards.
Amen."
Gen. Arista, who is banished from Mex
ico, but retains his rank and pay in the army,
is openly and strongly in favor of tbe an
nexation of. that country to the United
States. . -
An American in England, describing the
prevalence of duelling at home, summed np with,
"They even fight with daggers in a room pitch
dark." "Is it possible?" exclaimed a thunder-struck
John Bull. "Possible, sir?" return
ed the Yankee, "why, I've teen them !"
The Virginians profess to have a great
horror of underground railroads, but we see it
stated that the Parkersburg road has twenty
three tunnels.
How any one can look at the human foot,
composed of 144 bones, any quantity of elastic
cartilage, a gill and a half of lubricating oil, and
ten thousand other arrangements for first class
kicking, and still believe it's a duty to receive
an insult without making a man smell of leath
er, is one of those eccentricities connected
with the human mind which we never could
fathom.
All the gold ia the world- might, if melt
ed into ingots, be contained in a cellar twenty
four feet square and sixteen feet high. All our
boasted wealth already obtained from California
and Australia would go into an iron safe nine
feet square and nine feet high.
The Edinburg Witness of a late date con
tains the following as an advertisement:
Sale of a Wife. By an application for a
summons made at the Lambeth Police Court on
Wednesday, it became known that a blacksmith
named Turner, lately purchased a wife, in the
person of Mrs. Huntley, for a 'pot of beer and a
three-penny pie.'
rln Brooklin, on Tuesday morning, a fire
occurred, which destroyed nearly the whole
of the block, bounded by Fulton, Willoughhy,
and Adams streets, and Myrtle avenue.
Forty dwellings were destroyed, Loss one hun
dred thousand dollars.
James M. Cooper assumes the charge of
tbe renntylvaman, on the 1st of June. Wm. II
Hope, the present editor, goes to Washington,
having been appointed to a clerkship
"Papa," said a little boy to his parent,
"are not sailors very, very small men ?"
"No, my dear," answered the father; "pray,
what leads you to suppose they are so small?"
"Because," replied tbe young idea, smartly,
"I read the other day of a sailor going to sleep
in his watch."
Does it follow that a man' raised on gin
ger must be ginger-bread I" Let some of our
young lyceums discuss this. The warmth of the
subject will admit of a spicy debate.
Mr. Cass, our Minister to Rome, is in
Paris, and recently jumped from his horse.
plunged into the Seine, and rescued a drowninff
female.
The Cure for Dyspepsia. Close all the out
er doors of a four story house, open the inner
doors, and take a long switch and chase a cat
up and down stairs till you steam. Follow this
prescription closely for a reasonable length of
time, and you, will be as certain of a cure as
it is possible for you to be of your own exist
ence A Great Cargo. The N. O. Delta of the 18th
says "The steamer. H. R. W. Hill, Captain
Newell, arrived yesterday from Nashville, bro't
down the largest cargo that ever came to this
city. She brought to this place sixteen hundred
and six tons, among which were 142i5 hhds. of
tobacco, 2G0 bales of cotton, 800 bbls. of flour,
besides lots of corn and bacon, 1000 bundles and
bars of iron, 31 sugar kettles, and landed on the
coast one hundred and twenty tons of way freight,
making in all seventeen hundred and twenty-six
tons-
noN. Lynn. E,oyd, late Speaker of the House
of Representatives, has withdrawn from the Con
gressional canvass in the first district of Ken
tucky, in consequence of several candidates be
ing m the field. H. C Burnett, who was also a
candidate in the same district, has likewise de
clined, and both have pledged themselves to take
no part in calling a convention to make a nom
ination, thus leaving their party friends to
pursue whatever course they may deem prop
er. And Have They Come to this at Last ? The
Whig candidate for Congress, in the Richmond,
Va., District, at a recent public discussion said :
"I am anti-Bank, anti-Tariff, anti-Internal Im
provement by the General Government, and and-
jsustr ivuuut vj ,e j. roceeus vj me tjiowjjanas.
Here we see the whole Whig platform of by gone
days discarded and blotted out by one swoop, by
a man desirows of representing the heretofore
strong Federal District of Richmond in Congress
"Principles change not." " -
A Token of Remembrance. Some was of a
Whig Postmaster in the interior of New York.
has sent to the Post Office Department a lock of
his hniR. ReaWI !n.l-. itot urifh i.;ni. k: Hun-
j w wiavu - nuiuu uio ii.
die of returns for the last quarter was secured.
It looked like an intimation that his official
waa ready for the victors, whenever they chose
to take it. Those who examined the lock, say
that the fellow was no 'Silver Grev.' but
whether a 4Woolly head,' or not, they don't
mention.
Heavy Verdict for Railroad Damages.
E. E. Ryder has recovered JSG.583. and B. F.
Williams seven thousand dollars damages, at
Boston, from the Portland and Portsmouth Rail
road Company, far personal injuries. The facts
m these, two cases were, that on the 12th of Sep
tember, 1851, a bridge abont twenty-five feet
wide had been taken up on the defendant's road,
for repairs, and the regular train from Portland
to Boston, with about one hundred passengers
on board, ran at great speed, directly into, the
chasm. The enjrineer and firemen were instant-
y killed, and many of the passengers seriouslv
injured. Among the latter was Mr Williams,
who received a severe blow on the head, caus
ing a concussion of the brain, and whoso entire
recovery, according to the testimony of several
experienced physioians, is extremely doubtful.
wr. uyacr was also injured.
Meeting of the Democratic. State Central Com
mittee. The Democratic State Central Committee met
at the Merchants' Hotel, Philadelphia, on Satur
day last. There was a pretty full attendance of
the members, and the proceedings were quite
harmonious. Wj. L. Hirst, Esq., was in the
chair,, and Wm. Curtis and Wm. II. Welcii act
ed as Seretaries.
Mr. Badger, of Philadelphia, seconded by Mr.
Jameson, of York, moved that a committee of
three be appointed to express the feelings of this
Committee on the occasion of the death of John
Bannister Gibson. Adopted. .
The following gentlemen were appointed : Mr.
Badger, of Philadelphia; Mr. Carson, of Dau
phin ; and Mr. Miller, of Perry,
After a short absence, the Committee return
ed and reported the following c
Bewailing in common with the whole people
of our beloved Commonwealth, the demise of J.
Bannister Gibson, the late Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, we deem this an appropriate
occasion to publicly manifest our feelings on
this great national bereavement. Therefore,
Resolved, That the Democratic State Central
Committee, in Convention assembled, do enter
tain for the memory of J. Bannister Gibson, for
his profound learning, for his great legal ac
quirements, identified as they are, with the judi
cial history of Pennsylvania, for a period of al
most half a century, and for his unblemished
character as a man, the most venerated respect.
That we regard his death as a great public ca
lamity, which we mourn, as becomes those who
regard the loss which the country has sustained,
as one universally deplored.
Resolved, That, as a token of respect we will
wear tbe usual badge of mourning for the re
maining period of the term of our official
appointment, and that these proceedings be en
rolled upon the minutes of the Central Commit
tee.
Mr. Eneass, of Philadelphia, seconded by Mr.
Mott, of Pike, moved that the late State Con
vention shall re-assemble at Harrisburg, on the
28th day of J uly next, for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate for the Supreme Bench, to be
supported by the Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania, at the ensuing election, and for the trans
action of any other business that may become
necessary.
Mr. Vaux, of Philadelphia, seconded by Mr.
Fretx, of Montgomery, moved to amend by in
serting Norristown in place of Harrisburg ; Mr.
Vandyke, of Philadelphia, seconded by Mr.
Monaghan, of Chester, moved to amend the
amendment by inserting Philadelphia in place
of Norristown, which was lost, the amendment
being also lost, the original resolution offered by
Mr. Kncass, was adopted.
How to make Men Brave.
Santa Anna has hit upon a new expedient, it
seems, to make brave men. It is nothing: less
than striking off from the army list the names of
olhcers who surrendered to General Scott, at
tbe time when that great commander entered
Mexico, after Santa Anna himself had ruu
away. As these men fought bravely, and only
yielded when a further struggle would have
been madness, the plan seems rather a question
able one, at least to our straight- forward ideas
of what nourishes courage, and what not. If
the leader who deserts his post, and thus sets
tbe example of abandoning the defence of his
country, ia a braver man than those who, re-
J maining, are overpowered and compelled to yield,
we snow noining, we couiess, oi wuat consti
tutes courage, fidelity, or patriotism.
Santa Anna, while thus proscribing all who
surrendered to Scott, is endeavoring to canonize,
as it were, all who fell in battle with our forces,
lie has ordered their bones to be disinterred,
and buried in suitable sepulchres ; while he
has directed that the names of General Vasquez
and Leon shall be inscribed on the banners of
the army. But such factitious encouragement
will prove, we suspect, as ineffectual as the ter
ror of expatriating those who surrendered. It
is not, by such stage tricks, that nations, sink
ing into decrepitude, cau be restored to vouth-
ful vigor. Men cannot be made brave by the
arts of the harlequin.
Important News From Mexi co.
New Orleans, May 2o, 1853.
The steamship Texas, with dates from Ve
Cruz to the 22d inst, has arrived here. She
reports than on tbe 17th a revolution broke out
there among the National guards, in conse
quence of an order from government to incorpo
rate the Nationals with the troops of the line
The revolution lasted three days, during which
business was entirely suspended. The regular
troops having possession of both the forts, and
the National Guards of the streets and city
gates, brisk firing was kept up during the whole
time ; but the the affair was finally ended on the
20th by the entrance of a large body of regular
troops from Jalapa, who took fifty of the Na
tionals prisoners, when quiet was restorted.
About fifty of the National Guards were killed,
and many wounded.
Our dates from the city of Mexico, are to the
9th iust., at which time government was adopt
ing severe measures against all whose opinions
were considered perjnicious.
A decree had been published for the arrest of
all who served in the army during the late yrar,
as guerillas, to be tritd by a, court martial.
A list of Mexican officers who surrendered as
prisoners of war to General Scott, when the cap
ital was taken, had been published, and a decree
issued degrading them from their rank in the
army, and dismissing them from all civil em
ployment, The army was being re-organized and increas
ed. Several new batalhons had been created.
Under the new enlistment, a National Guard is
to be organized.
Governor Trias, of Chihuahua, has marched
with troops to oppose the ocupation of Mesilla
Valley by American troops.
Washington City Appointments,
A despatch from Washington, states that CoL
Jas. G. Berrett ha s been appointed and commis
sioned as Postmaster of that city. He was for
merly chief clerk in the Pension office. The
remaining district appointments are still under
consideration.
J: D. Hoover, Esq., Chairman of the Jackson
Democratic Association, has received f he ap
pointment of Marshall for the District of Col
umbia. Mr. Allen has been appointed Navy Agent.
He is from New Hampshire, and was formerly
connected with the Union, whilst own.ed by Fa
ther Ritchie. He is a personal friend of the
President.
Mr. Shugert has been appointed Chief Clerk
of the Patent Olhce, vice II. Weightman, remo
ved. Mr. S. has been a clerk in the Patent Office
for sever.il yeara, and is thoroughly acquainted
with all the affairs ot that interesting depart
ment of the public service. He was formerly a
Democratic editor in Bellefonte, Pa.
Stamped Letter Envelopes. The general
Post-office Department, it is said, have abandon
ed their original intention of issuing the new
stamped envelopes as early as the 1st proximo,
though the contractors are nnderstood to have a
portion of them now ready for delivery. The
l'ostmaster General, being indisposed to scatter
them abroad until he can have sufficient on hand
to send them in every direction, has deemed it
best to wait unit I the 1st of July, when an ample
suppiy win dc reaay. . .
ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
KOnt DAYS LATER KItOM ElKOPE.
Sew Yoek, May 29. The steamship Arctic
arrived this morning, with Liverjtool dates, to
the 18th.
The Arctic reached her berth at 2 A!i-k this
morning. Among her passengers is th bit
Mmisier to France, Win. 0. Rives, with his ihrn
ily, and ('uiuiuodore A'lHck, the bearc-r of des
patches from China and Lond.tu.
ENGLAND.
Parliament wu u;t in session, having ad
journed Whitsuntide hi'tlidiiyM.
1 he crew steamship riiucinx. oniinin l
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his wife go out in the Phoenix tofouiidaperma
nent settlement in tiie Arctic regions.
Messrs. Brogdeu's Northshore cotton factory,
at Liverp ool, was destroyed by fire, on the night
of the 17th inst., causing a loss of 15,000.
The Dublin exhibition has been immensely
successful.
FRANCE.
Mr. Rives, the American Minister, had an in
terview with the Emperor on the 12th, and pre
sented the letters recalling him from the French
mission.
The Princess Achille Murat arrived at Paris
recently from Florida.
Raspail, the Socialist, has been ordered to
quit Brussels, but was taken into the sanctuarv
of Pidemisile, by Vaillanta, a representative.
SPAIN.
The Spanish Cortez, irritated with Senator
Soule's appointment to represent the U. States,
and the Madrid journals are demanding that he
be not received.
The dates from Lisbon are to the 7th, when
the wine and brandy market were bouyant.
TUSCANY.
The police at Naples had been greatly agita
ted by a report that Mazzini was on board the
United States frigate Cumberland.
RUSSIA.
The opening of navigation at retcisburg was
daily expected on tie Gth.
At Odessa, wheat had greatly accumulated,
and was drooxiug in price and dull of sale.
EGYPT.
The U. S. Corvette St. Louis, and the steam
er San Jacinto, were at Alexandria, and Judge
Jones had gone to Cairo, to present his creden
tials. TURKEY.
The dates from Constantinople are to the 14th
ultimo, when public affairs were in a satisfacto
ry condition.
Tbe Turkish Tasha Trabizonse had been de
posed fo r slave dealing.
ITALY.
Another trouble is reported to have taken
place at Milan, in consequence of which the mil
itary had been called out, and a large number of
arrests bad been made.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The dates from Buenos Ayres are to April 3d,
when hostilities were expected to be resumed.
No business wag doing.
Great Britain had effected a commercial trea
ty with Paraguay.
At Rio, on the 14th ult., coffee was active,
and the sales for the mouth were 175,000 bags;
the receipts were small, and the planters were
holding back for higher prices. The export du
ty is to be reduced to 9 per cent, from the 1st of
J uly.
In Bahia business was very dull.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The details of the Indian news have been re
ceived, but the main features were anticipated
by the telegraphic despatches from Marseilles.
Ihe dates are: Calcutta to the 7th, Bombay to
the 14th April, and China to March 28th.
The Bombay market showed but little altera.
tion, and money was easy.
At Calcutta tbe imported fabrics wcredulland
prices were tending downwards. Exports were
quiet.
A great hurricane swept the south and west of
India on the 2tth of March.
Dates from Hong Kong to March 28th con
firms the siege of Nankin by the rebels, and the
application for British aid.
The United States steam frigate Mississippi
was at Galle on the 11th all well.
The movements of the rebels had created a
panic at Shanghae, but at Canton all was quiet.
cape of good noPE.
The dates from the Cape are to March 9th.
Lavadilla, Mercoraer, and all the chiefs had
sent in their submission.
Several cargoes of slaves had recently been
shipped from the west coaat of Africa.
A difficulty had occurred between the British
and the Ashantees, which at one time threaten
ed an open rupture, but has since been settled.
Ireland.
Opening of the Great ExhiLUion.
The Crystal Palace Exhibition at Dublin, was
opened on tne l.tn, by tne L.ord lieutenant with
much ccrruonv. In his speech, he referred to
the improved condition of Irelaud, the advance
in agriculture and all branches of industry, and
to the progress in manufactures, much of which
he attributed to the School of Design established
in Dublin.
The day of the opening was very line, aid
more than 15,000 persons were in the build
ing. Many of the objects to be exhibited have not
yet been finally arranged, some are still arriving
and many more are expected. The 8pectator
may fancy himself, on entering, in a vast cathe
dral, composed of a labrinth of ligbt pillars and
lofty circular arches, the grand naive being
one hundred feet width, and four hundred and
twenty-five feet in height.
The trcllaced galleries, raised between tbe
doable colonades which 6eperate thenaives, have
an exceedingly beautiful effect. A light hlue
tint which pervades the whole, with glass roofs,
and gorgeous escutcheons hanging on either
side, have on the whole an appearance of exceed
ing grandeur and beauty.
Conspicuous among the pictures arc the admir
able likenesses of her Majesty and Prince Albert,
by Winterhalter, which have been graciously
lent by her Majesty to the Exhibition Commit
tee. There is another collection, also, which is en
tirely unique, namely, a selection of Japanese
productions, which have been lent from the Mu
seum at tbe Hague by the Dutch Government,
and are being arranged with great skill by M. A.
A. Van de Kasteele, director of the Royal Mu
seum of curiosities.'
One Insane Woman Killed by Another.
Boston, May 26, 1853. We have tbe partic
ulars of a singular tragedy which occurred at
the Insane Hospital at Somerville, yesterday
noon, at about which hour a Mrs. Strong, of
ermonu an aged ana very teebie person, was
missing. The alarm was immediately given,
and a search instituted for her in all directions.
In the course of a few minutes she was found
in the room of Mrs. Jameson, another lunatic,"
lying on the floor, at the foot cf the bed. Mrs.
Jameson was kneeling on" the bed, in the atti
tude of prayer, and looking directly down upon
the body, which was covered by a'sheet. There
was apparent a slight bruise near the right tem
ple, and another ou the throat,:, but no indica
tion of a struggle having occurred between the
two women, and there was no discoloration of
the face of Mrs. Strong, whose body, when
found, retained much of the natural warmth of
life, except that the feet were cold. Immediate
and active restorative means were U3ed without
juigicuriu, na.i uevu uruereu 10 iej.:iri oa liiejSaiu, i aon I want to. "Then" aid v
search for .T-'iv .IvJ-.n Fi.tuklin. C,:iut. IVnnvun.l IlillvarH. T mil, nut i. - ' .
effect she was dead.
The London correspondent of a Nortv. r
man paper relates a storv wWl, r10
way in which Pijnce Albert disrmi;0. . 0 tle
dren, which the TrZuke translati.
The young pricce stood; oraj day ia Li,
in tbe royal palace at Windsor, at the ?a
whose panes reached to the floor." .Hc jf j
lesson to learn by heart, but instead was
sing himself by looking out into the card.-n mU"
playing with his fingers ot'the i jur S.
governess, Miss Hillyard, an earnest ls
person, observed this, and kindlv i : us
think of getting his lesson. The
j ..r i . . .. J Dntlr-
I j j - IUC VUluCr
- ! won't learn," answered the little frlln-'
tile fut1 .
i
lutely, "and won't stand in the corner f,! i
lu ""ce oi waies. And as he said tils v7
knocked out one of the window panes wit!.'
foot. At this, Miss Hillyard rose from her
and said "Sir, you must leam, or I must?u;
you in the corner." "I won't," said he, kw
ing out a second pane. The governe9rK."
rang, and told the servant who entered to S
to Prince Albert that she requested the pre&eS
of his Royal Highness immediately on i pw?
ing matter connected with his son
The devoted father came at once, and Lewi
the statement of the whole matter, after wlkh
he turned to his little son and said. .in.
an ottoman, "sit down there and wait till I .
I n IV1 v -n,ce Albrt weat t0 L3 room
and brought a bible. "Listen, now," hesaidto
the Prince of Wales, "to what the holy Apostle
l aul says to you and other children in your no
sition." Hereupon he read GaUt. iv. 1 and
"Now I say that the heir, so Iout , i. "
child, differeth nothing from a servant, tlou-k
he be loved of all ; but is under tutors and
perly you may become
nrn.
man of high station
i
fnvif
nors. besides, 1 must impress upon you anjth.
cr saying, of the wise Solomon, in" Troverls
xiii. 22 : "He that spareth his rod, hateth Lu
son ; but he that loveth him, chastiseth him hi.
times." Hereupon the father took a rod anl
gave the heir to the throne of the weightiest
empire of Chri&tendoni a very palpable switch
ing, and then stood him up iu the coruer, far.
ing, "You will stand here and study your ItV
son till Miss Hillyard gives you leave to couif
out. And never forget again that you are dot '
under tutors and governors, and that hereafter
you will be under a law given by God." Tl;:,
adds the correspondent, is an excellent I'hris'
tian mode of education, which every citizen uu I
peasant who has a child may well take to Lis
heart as a model.
It may be proper to add that the youugttcr
who is represented to have received this pater
nal admonition is but 1 1 years old.
Joaquin, the Mexican Robber.
The San Francisco Herald gives a romantic
account of Joaquin, tho Mexican robber. Ik
recently stopped on the Salinas Plains, anJ the
owner of the house asking him, in the course of
the conversation, if he had heard of Joauia.
the person addressed put his hand to his heart,
and with grave politeness and penetrating
glance, replied
"Sir, 1 am that Jon qn in, and no ttnn taLr
me alive, or cvwes within one him lrc 1 y.-.rli "t
iuo, with these guotl weapons."
Without any further ceremony, an 1 i rfi.tt
unexcited, the robber went on to relate the rea
son of his conduct in - his late career: 1m In I
been oppressed, robbed, and ncrsccuic J l the
Americans in tho placers; had lost $:;i,V0:, hn n
driven from a piece oflaud, which he was work
ing with an American companion; had Wtti in
sulted and grossly maltreated withont justice,
had been flogged and he was determined to f
revenged for his wrongs, four-fyld. lie Lu i
robbed many, killed many, and more ebouM
suffer in the same way. lie appeared then u
grow very serious, and became excited.
"I was once a great admirer of the Ami.
cans, and thought them the most nolle, nud lib
eral people in the world, from haviug seen
many of them iu my own country and here, win
were men of the most generous and l.onorab!;
principles, to whom tyranny nnd injustice were
as hateful as the rule of Gachupins to the Mexi
cans. I IiatCd the llisecuritv nri.1 ri-vnln'mns nf
Mexico, and came here thinkinsr to end mv davs
in California, in peace, as a citizen of the Uw-
ted fctates. With an American friend. I took
up a piece of land not far from Stockton, sh1
was getting a fine little f:um under way, when 1
was annoyed, insulted and injured to such a de
gree, by my neighbors, that 1 could not live i:i
peace. 1 then went in the placers, and tv.-isgi.t-ting
on very well, when I was driven from mv
hold by some of my lawless neighbors. I was
in trade and business there, 8ud was w rouged
and cheated by every one 1 trusted. At every
turn took, I l.?t, or was swindled and robbed,
and that, too, by the very men for whom I had
the greatest friendship and adiniralivti. 1 saw
them daily commit acts of the most outrageous
and lawless injustice, or ol cunning and mean
duplicity, hateful to every honorable mini. I
then said to myself, I will avctge my wronjrs,
and take the law in my own hands those who
have injured me I'll slay, nd those who have
not I'll rob my track fchall leave a trail of
blood, and hc that seeks me shall bite the dust,
or I will die in the struggle. 1 will get my
money back some way or other, and I at loftsi
will not submit unrevenging to outrage."
Joaquin sai I that hearing a large reward wa-
offered for his head or his living body, he rode
into Stockton, disguised, walked leisurely round,
with his serape thrown over his shoulders, read
ing the different hand-bills posted up about the
town. Coming to one of these, in a public tho
roughfare, where S3, 000 was offered lor hia cap
ture, he wrote in pencil uuderncath: "1 will
give $10,000 myself Joaquin" and leisure!
rode out of the town.
The Retiring Senators.
With the close of the late session of the Leg
islature, the terms of the following named Sena
tors expired. Names of democrats in iltUca:
1. Philadelphia City Charles O'Neill.
2. " County Thomas II. Fony'A
11. Adams and Franklin Thomas Carson,
lo. Cumberland and Perry Joseph BaiUy
15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon K. A-
McMurtrie. '
,;16. Luzerne, Columbia and Montour C E
Buckaletc,
' 17. Bradford, Susquchannah and WyomifiS
Geo! Sanderson.
19. Mercer, Vcuaugo, and Warren ?u',u.
21. Butler. Beaver and Lawrence. Archil
Kobertsou.
'22. Allegheny James Carothcrs.
25. Armstrong Indiana and Clariou Chris
tian Myers." ' ' . ,
Of the above districts, tbe Ut, 11th, 15tb,-.l
and 22d are decidedly whig, and the 2d, lotn,
ICth, 17th, 15th and 25 are as decidedly demc
cratic. One of the latter was represented fj
Judge Myers, whig, during the last Senatorial
term ; but there is no likelihood of such ft re&iA
at the next election. Should the parties, tbc'c'
fore, carry the districts next fall in which tncy
preponderate, the next Senate will eta11,1 K ,
whigs, 16 democrats, and 1 native ; and e&ouui
either party lose one of its districts, the sur-re
macy iu the Scnato must thereby be SlTCa " 1
v.i nine uj'jiuica ox me lather"
"It is true, "continued Prince Albert, "thatrou
are the Prini nf V1ac ;r 1 . J
v mvs. mill 11 UU l It M ' I llT
w V.
aim utaiu oi vuur moiacr niv
become King of England.. IJut now you are
wwJl aaAifc WUV-Y U19 lULUfS SkTi'l
other.