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EBENSBURG.
Til ETRSDAY MORNING :::::::OCTOBER 19.
SEW ADTERTISGHESTS.
Public S ile, by Muller & Saort. Lotting, by
Comrris-i neis.- Sale at Jefferson, by J.IIami'tcn
Notice to Teachers, by John B. Baum.
Prohibitory fLiquor Law.
The majority iujho State as far as heard from
Against a Prohibitory Liquor Law is 8049.
The following counties are to hear from : ' But
ler, Jefferson, Lycoming, McKcan, Mercer, Pot
ter, Elk, and Forest, which will not materia lly
change the result. We will publish the official
vote next week.
03-Ncxt week we shall probably have the offi
cial vote of the State. Pollock's majority will
not vary far from 30,000, Black's 20.000, and
Mott's 75,000.
Accident.
We regret to record a severe accident which
occured at the Allegheny Tunnel on the Penn
sylvania R. R.t on Oct. 14th, whi'st a train
of trucks loaded with in n was passing through
the tunnel, Mr. Levi Jarrctt, a brakesman,
in drawing the brake on his train, slipped
and bis leg was caught between two of the
cars of tracks and crushed The crushed
limb was amputated by Drs Walter, McKcc
and Chcsnutwood ; the operation was perform
ed in the space of ten minutes, with skill
readiness.
The sufferer was taken to the bouse of
Samuel Williamson, Inspector of cars, where
he has received every kindness and attention.
Thanksgiving. Several States have set apart
a day of thanksgiving. The Governor of Ken
tucky and the Governor of Maine have designa
ted the 30th of November as Thanksgiving day.
In Maryland, the 23d of November is fixed upon.
Coagrtu
ta Elected.
DUt.
1st T. B. Flore nee. D.
2d J. R. Tyson. W.c
3d W. Millward, W
4th J. Broom, A.
6th J. Cadwaluder.D.
6th J. Hickman, D"
7th S. Bradshaw, W
8th J. G. Jones, D. I
9th A.E. Roberts,W
10th J. C. Kuukle, W
1 1th J II Campbtll,w
Dist.
14th G. A. Grew, D.
15th J J Pearce. In.D
16th L. Todd. In. D3
17th D F Robinson ,w
18th J. R. Edie. W.
19th John Covode, W
20th .John Knight,W
21st Dav. Uitchio, W
22d S A Purviance W
23d John Allison, W.
24th C. B. Curtis, D.
12th J. H. Fuller. V.J
35th John Dick, W.
I3th Asa Packer, D.
Anti-Nebraska men
The delegation from Pennsylvania, in the next
Congress will stand 16 Whigs to 9 Democrats,
counting Mr. Todd, who run as an Independent
Democrat, one of the nine.
Pictures of our Loved Ones.
Blest be the art that can immortalize,
That art that baffles time's tyrannic
claim.
How sweet it is in after days, when me
mories aric and dreams of bygone times, and
long forgotten things come softly to the heart.
How sweet we say it is to gaze upon the like
ness of some dear friend, with whom we once
associated, whether far away, sailing over
prairies of the far west, wandering in strange
lands, across the blue waters, or slee ping be
Death the eold clods of earth, or the roaming
wave. How pleasant the thought, that the
art "that can immortalize," can give us the
perfect resemblance of our absent and loved
ones, till we often can imagine it is reality
that life and animation alone are wanting
for often as we gaze upon a good picture, the
eyes seem to sparkle with brilliancy and the
lips appear as if about to speak.
A Daguerreotype is far more preferable
than a painting, simply because it is far more
correct and more convenient ; the form stands
out, as it were, from the plate, and gives
every expression of the face as it was in the
original. The Daguerreotype art Is, without
doubt, one of the greatest inventions of the
nineteenth century, - and its benefit to man is
incalculable. Though simple in its operation,
yet the human mind cannot comprehend
exactly its strange mysteries ; its shadow is
caught upon the plate, as if by magic, and
we can only wonder that it is so.
Those who have not yet procured these
precious mementoes, we would advise to oall
upon Mr. William Rciie, on High street,
Ebcnsburg, in the front-room of the dwelling
of Mr. Lewis Hoover, where you will be ob
ligingly entertained, and furnished with line
nesscs that will please and delight the most
fastidious.
E7HH. Jahed 1'ERKrss, Representative from
Cheshire district, N. II., in the last Congress, died
t his residence in Nashua, on Saturday last.
. Ocj-There were no less than sixty-one women
and nineteen children on board the Arctic, not
one of .whom was saved as far as intelligence ba
reached us.
ftJohn J. Crit tendon, jr., a son of Governor
Crittenden, died at Frankford, Ky., on the 6th
October.
SZrOn election day, at Mcadville, one of the
Democratic candidates knocked down and other
wise roughly handled R. L. White, of the Con
neautvillc Banner, and afterwards cc winded Jos.
Hays, editor of the Meadville Journal. fSm
th-J circulation, of sbnlcrj during the canvas, j
The State legislature.
HOUSE OF BEPB E8EKTATI TEA.
It is impossible to state the strength of parties
in the House, but we think the following will not
be far from correct.
Administration. Opposition.
Adams,
Allegheny, 1
Arrust rong, &c.t 2 (tnd)
Beaver, &c,
Bedford. &c 2
Berks, 4
Blair, &c, 1
Bradford,
1
4
1
3
1
2
3
Bucks,
Carbon, Src,
Centre,
Chester,
Clearfield, &c,
Clinton, &c,
Columbia, &c.,
2 (Ind)
2 (Ind)
1
I
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
3
1
Crawford.
Cumberland
Dauphin, 1
Delaware,
Erie,
Fayette, Sec, 4
Franklin, 1
Greene, 1
Indiana,
Lebanon, 1
(Ind)
(Ind)
Lancaster,
. Luzerne,
a (Ind)
1
Mercer, Src,
Mifllin, .
Monroe, S:e., 1
Montgomery, 1
Northampton, 2
Northumberland, 1
Terry.
Philadelphia City, 1
" County, 2
Schuylkill, 2
Somerset,
Susquehanna, &c, 2
Tioga, 1
Union, Src, 1
Washington,
Wayne, 1 (Ind)
York,
Total, 41
1
3
9
2
3
69
Skkate.
The new Senate will probably stand as follows,
newly elected memWrs being marked with a star.
1st District l'hilad. (UII Uity.J fcli K rnce,
W., and W. A. Crabb, W. & I. A.
2d Dist Philad. County. W. tfoodwin, D-,
Levi Fulkrod, D., and N. B. Browne," D.
3d Dist Montgomery Benjamin Frirk, W.
4th Dist Chester and Delaware. James J.
Lewis,0 W.
6th Dist Berks W. M. Hicster, D.
6th Dist Bucks Edward K. Saegcr, D.
7th Dist Lancaster and Lebanon John W.
Killinger,' W- Jacob M. Kreider, Ind. W.
8th Dist Dauphin and Northumlxrland D.
Taggart,0 W.
9th Dist Northampton and Lehigh W. Fry,
Democrat.
1th Dist Carlxm. Monroe, Pike and Wayne
James II. Walton,0 D.
11 th Dist Adams and Franklin David Mel
linger, W. 4
12th Dist York Jacob S Htldeman, P."
13th Dist Cumberland aud Ferry Samuel
Wherry, D.
14th Dist Centre. Lycoming, Clinton and
Sullivan .Tames WQuiggle, W,
15th Dist Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon
James Creswell, D.
lfith Cist Luzerne, Montour and Columbia
C R Buckalew, D.
. 17th Dist Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyo
ming Wm M Piatt, D.
18th Dist Dogn. Potter, McKean. Elk, CleAr
ficld, Jefferson and Forest Byron D Hamlin, D.
19th Dist Mercer, Venango and Warren
Thomas Hoge, D.
20th Dist Eric and Crawford James Skin
ner, W.
21st Dist Butler, Beaver and Lawrence Jno
Ferguson, D.
22d Dist Washington and Greene John C
Flenniken,0 W.
24th Dist Somerset, Bedford and Fulton
Francis Jordan,0 W.
25th Dist Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion
S S Jamison, D.
26th Dist Juniata, Mifllin and Unioj. James
M Sellers,0 W.
27th Dist Westmoreland and Fayette Wm.
E. Frazer, Ind. D.
28th Dist Schuylkill John Hendricks, W.
16 Democrats, 1 Ind. Democrat, 15 Whigs and
1 Ind. Whig.
Election for Governor. 1854.
Binhr. roHocJc,
Adams. 7
AUegheny. 5115 10377
Beaver, 400
Bedford, 2019 2157
Berks, 8493 5143
Blair, 1612 2706
Bucks. 5089 5498
Bradford, 2000
Carbon, 100
Centre 500
Chester, 1412 6544
Clinton, 250
Colombia. 500
Crawford, 500
Cumberland, 2571 3157
Dauphin, 2224 4067
Delaware, 1577 2292
Erie, 1000
Payette, . .- 1000
Franklin, 2799 3579
Greene, 300
Huntingdon, 1500 2616
Indiana, , : 1800
Juniata, 50
Lancaster, 6500
Lawrence, 1600
Lebanon, 1751 2636
Lehigh, 70
Luzerne, 1000
Lycoming, 200
Mercer, ' 400
Mifflin. 128r 1630
Monro, 1400
Montgomery, 415
Montour 976 ' 575
Northampton, 300
Northumberland, 2182 2121
Perry,
800
28,817
4252
700
800
2881
700
3773
100
150
Philadelphia,
Schuylkill,
Susquehanna,
Sullivan,
Tioga,
Union,
Washington,
Wayne,
Westmoreland,
Wyoming,
York,
24,930
5388
150
1913
400
3083
00.000
000,000
00,000
Pollock's majority,
00,000
From the "Pennsylvanian."
Col. Henry & Mott A Noble Vindication.
We invite the careful attention of ocr read
ers to the following correspondence. During
the late canvass we on several occasions
spoke of Mr. Mott, and denied in the most
emphatic terms the imputations of his con
nection with the Know-Nothings which were
published in the opposition presses. In doing
so we relied not only upon his manly letter,
but upon our knowledge of the man; upon the
assurance of the sterling Democracy of the
region in which he resides, and upon the fact
that he was making strenuous exertions for
the Buccess of his colleagues upon the Demo
cratic State Ticket. The action of the Know
Nothings in making hin their nominee, how
ever, and the fact that they have voted for
him, (although they were evidently induced
to pursue that course for the reason that Mr.
Darsie, his opponent, was an adopted citizen
and because they wished to blind Democrats
as to the real object of their organization (by
having one Democrat upon their ticket,) has
thrown around his position a shadow which
we rejoice to say is now completely dispelled.
The letter addressed to Mr. Morr was writ
ten by gentlemen residing in his own Dis
trict, several of whom are well known to the
Democracy of the State. They are familiar
with his course during the canvass, and with
his character. His manly answer, will, we
trust, set at rest all doubts which may Dave
existed upon the subject, and will we are sure
rejoice the Democracy of the State, and tho
roughly satisfy them that the confidence they
have bestowed upon Mr. Mott has not been
misplaced:
Merchants' Hotel. )
Philadelphia, Oct, 16, 1854. J
Col. Henry S. Mott,'
Dear Sir ': Having been your intimate
friends, and having witnessed your course in
politics for many years, we have never known
an occasion where our confidence in your per
sonal integrity and political orthodoxy was
wavered for a moment. You can readily re
alize our surprise and indignation, therefore,
when we heard your name associated with a
sccret'and prescriptive organization, after you
had formally accepted a nomination for Canal
Commissioner of Pennsylvania from the Dem
ocratic party, whose advocate you have always
been, and whose principles you have ever
defended. Your letter peremptorily and
positively denying all connection with this
Order, published in August last, was regarded
as abundantly satisfactory at the time it ap
peared, but notwithstanding this broad and
emphatic denial, and in the face of your offer
at all times, to make any lurtuer statement
that your friends might require, we are pained
to see that many Democrats continue to re
gard you as identified with this clandestine
and prescriptive Order. X he Iact tnat you
have been lamely voted for by the members
of this Order is still evidently the real cause
of this suspicion. We know how sensitively
you feel any imputation upon your pursenal
and political character we know how unjust
any such suspicion is we know bow ardently
you cherish in the Democratic party.-we know
that you would scorn to belong to any otner
political organization, and above all, how
much you are opposed to all secret combina
tions for political purposes we know, too,
that in your own county of Pike, you were
the bold, active, and public op-ouentof Know
Xothingism, as the result of the late election
in that county will show. We knowf that
night and day before that election, you were
engaged in contradicting the declaration that
you belonged to this Order, and in rallying
your friends in opposition to it, and in sup
port of your colleagues on the Domocratic
ticket. We know, finally, how proudly you
can repel any and all assaults, in the slightest
degree affecting your standing as a Democrat
and a citizen. While we cheerfully pledge
ourselves to the Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania, that you are as true to the Democratic
faith as any man living, and as hostile to the
Order of Know-Nothings, as its mo;t con
scientious and nujRt uncompromit-ing opponent
we address you this letter to give you an op
portunity over your own name, to answer
these unfounded assaults of your foes and the
mistaken suspicions of your friends.
Respectfully yours,
Asa Packer,
James M Porter,
William Overfikld,
David Barxett,
John N. Hutchinson,
L. F. Barnes.
Philadelphia, Oct 16, 1854.
Gentlemen: I am grateful to you as old.
and valued friends for the generous and elo
quent letter you have addressed to me You
do me no more than justice in expressing the
belief that I have not had, and have not now.
the slightest connection with any secret polit
ical organization however, called; and I feel
that I deserve your confidence as a Democrat
and a man as fully and as entirely at the
present day. as at any former period. To
the same extent do I feel entitled to the con
fidence of theDemocratic party of Pennsylvania
When the imputation that I was a member of
the secret order to which you refer was made,
I took the first proper occasion to repel it in
strong, unmeasured and emphatic language;
I proposed to add to this denial any other that
might be required at my hands It is alleged
in some of the Whig papers that I . did not
again and again repeat this contradiction
But I prize my own character too highly
I value my principles too dearly L have
labored too long and too zealously in the
Democratic ranks to deem it necessary that
I should volunteer a reply to every imputation
upon my standing as a Democrat.
All that you say of my opinions in regard
to this accusation, I cheerfully endorse; and
I am triad that I have had furnished to me
an opportunity that enables me at the 6anie
time to point to you, gentlemen, as my host
ages and once more to declare that I am not
now and never nave been a member of any
other political organization but the Democra
tic party. When I become the candidate of
the Democratic party for Canal Commissioner
I depended upon that alone for my election
While I shall carefully study the interests
of the whole people, I can represent the inter
csts of no other party in the official position
I am about to assume. I am for the largest
degree of civil and religious liberty, and
cannot subscribe, and never have subscribed
to the doctrine that any citizen known to the
Constitution as such, shall be proscribed from
civil office, or in any degree debarred of his
rights because of his religious belief or the
place of his birth.
In the late canvass, I diligently exerted my
humble abilities to secure the triumph of the
Democratic party and its principles, and to
advance the success of my able and well tried
colleagues on the ticket, and it is with pride
and pleasure that I refer to the result in my
own section of the State, and particularly in
my own representative district, as an evidence
of the truth of what I say. I am aware that
the confidence of a few of my Democratic,
friends has been somewhat disturbed by the
peculiar circumstances which surround my
position but I trust this definition of my views
and actions may satisfy all
Truly, your friend,
HENRY S. MOTT
To Hon. Asa Packer, L F- Barnes, Esq.,
Hon Wm. Overfield, and others.
A C031PLIJIE.VT TO GOV. DIGLCR.
Governor Biglcr, who has been staying for
some days at the Merchants' Hotel, in our
city, was complimented last evening by a
most beautiful serenade. An immense number
of citizens, attended by a splendid band of
music, proceeded to the hotel, and after the
musical exercises were gone through, Gover
nor Bigler made his appearance, was intro
duced to the audience, and delivered a short
but eloqucne speech. He was frequently in
terrupted by demonstrations of applause, and
when allusions were made to the battle yet to
be fought, for the Constitution and the Civil
and Religious rights of all citizens, the plau
dits testified with what earnestness the Demo
cracy of this Commonwealth have enlisted in
the campaign Governor Biglcr has endear
ed himself to the people of this Stale by a bold
and manly avowal of the fundamental prin
ciples of the party, and his defeat does not
bring with it a single stain, upon his public
character. His last address to the people is
truly a republican document and will stand
as the best evidence of the basis on which the
administration of this model Chief Magistrate
has rested
The following is an abstract of Governor
Biglcr's remarks :
It was a very common thing for a success
ful candidate who had honors to bestow and
a long official career before him, to be thus
greeted, but it was unusual for one who occu
pied his position, which was rather that of a
setting than a rising sun to be thus greeted.
He had endeavored to discharge his official
duties faithfully and to the best of his abili
ty he had proclaimed to the people of the
State his honest views and principles and
though stricken down by an unseen secret
soef his heart was cheerful and his spirits
by
Duoyant
He had stood upon the doctrines of the Con
stitution; be had contended for the political
equality of citizens of all classes; he had op
posed the formation of secret societies for the
accomplishment of political objects; be had
not striven, as some persons falsely allege, to
array one portion of the community against
another, but had made the principles of
Republican equality his guide and had
throughout his whole official career faithfully
adherred to them and but a very few years
would elapse before the correctness of his pos-
ition would be universally acknowledged.
It was not the first time that the party he
belonged to had been overthrown. It was
defeated in 1840, and again in 1848, but the
very measure upon which it had been tem
porarily defeated, had since been gloriously
vindicated and triumphantly established. It
would be so hereafter, and whatever might
be his future destiny, whether he should re
tire forever into private, or again participate
in political lifo, it should be bis pride and
pleasure to belong to the great party of the
country, of the Constitution, of Republican
freedom, of equal rights, and of progress,
which had left a glorious impress upon the
pages of our national history.
For the short remainder of his official term
he would studiously endeavor to discharge to
the best of his abilities his Executive duties,
and he would ever gratefully remember the
kindness which he had received frem the peo
ple of Philadelphia, and of this great Com
monwealth
A Caution to Enterers of Public Lands.
It having been alleged to the General Land
Office that "some persons have obtained
12,000 acres of public domain, under the
guise of the graduation law, passed at the last
session of Congress, acknowledging that they
have evaded the law on the ground that it
does not require them to state when they de
sign making the settlement under it," we
have to say that, under the construction
which the Secretary of the Interior and Com
missioner of the General Land Office put on
the law in question, no such swindling entries
will be patented. The construction of the
act, which these authorities announces is, that
il - 3 .1 a - i l
iue reuuvuuu ui pneu is 10 operate wmy in
favor of three classes of persons ;
First To persons who were actual settlers
and occupants at the time of the enactment of
the law or such as may hereafter become such
settlers, and who may be entitled to a pre
emption.
Second To persons who desire the same
"for his or her own use, and for the purpose
of actual settlement and cultivation." That is,
where the land is desired for the immediate
use of that particular person as a farm for
himself or family and for no other use -or pur
pose ; and
Third To persons who already occupy or
own land previously acquired, who may be
desirous of securing public land adjoining that
so occupied or owned, with a view to the ex-,
tension of their present "farm or plantation."
No other person can rightfuliy avail himself of
the provisions of the graduation law in this
respect. All entries made under other cir-
cumstanccs will be regarded by ,the General J that stream and is said by those best acquaint
Lani Office as illegal, aud therefore void i cd with the different routes to be forty miles
XANSAS TERRITORY.
The following geographical and topographi
cal description, which we clip from the
Kansas Herald, will be read with interest, and
may be of service to those who intend to
emigrate to that land : . -
"Beginning at a point on the western
boundary of the State of Missouri, where the
thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses
the same ; thence west on said parallel to the
eastern boundary of New Mexico ; thence
north on said boundary to latitude thirty
eight, thence following said boundary west
ward to the east boundary of the territory of
Utah, on the summit of the Rocky Mountains,
thence northward on said summit to the for
tieth parallel of latitude ; thence east on raid
parallel to the western boundary of the State
of Missouri ; thence south with the western
boundary of that State to the place of be
ginning." These. limits give an extent of 210 miles
from north to south, and about C50 miles from
east to west, making ?n area of nearly 140,000
square miles The Missouri river, for a
distance of 150 miles, including its meander
ings, forms the north-eastern boundary of the
territory ; that is, commencing four or five
miles above the mouth of the Big Nemaha,
and running with the Missouri river to a poist
near or perhaps at the mouth of the Kansas.
The Kansas river, from the junction of the
Smoky Hill and Republican Forks, flow al
most due east for 180 miles, and divides the
territory for that distance into two parts near
ly equal.
Almost all the tributaries of the Kansas
flow into it from the north side, and their ge
neral course is from north and northwest to
south and southeast. These tributaries are
very numerous, the most important of wuich
are the Grashoppcrs, the Big Vermillion,
Little Nermillion, Big Blue, Little Blue, the
Republican, and Solomon's Forks. Nine
tenths of the waters of the Kansas are re
ceived from its north side. The lands in the
vicinity of these streams and their numerous
branches are well wooded with a heavy growth
of oak. black walnut, hickory, and other
valuable timber. The soil of both prairie and
timber is a miracle of fertility, being the rich
dark mould known as "mulatto land. The
waters of these streams are pure and clear.
running over pebbly beds, and afford a con
stant and almost unlimited water power
In the extreme northern part of the terri
tory there are some fine streams flowing into
. . .
creek. W olf river, and a portion of the ig
v t i .li ?i i?v..j. e .1.
Nemaha and all its tributaries from the South
These too are well timbered and have a con
stant supply of water contributed by thousands
of never failing springs. An easy access to
the immense bodies of timber on the Missouri
will afford incalculable advantages in building
np vms and cities, and opening farms in the
.. - .. . . .
portion of the Territory adjacent to that river.
The sl1 of the ent,re northern half of the
Territory for 150 miles west from the Missouri
is 0f the very best quality and as well sup-
plied with timber as any prairie country of
equal extent. For spring water it will excel
any ponion of the United States. This is the
region of country that for some years past has
excited the cupidity of the frontiersmen, and
more recently that of the California emigrants.
Its fame has gone abroad through every neigh
borhood in our broad land, as an almost fa
bulous paradise.
On the south side of the Kansas river, the
Waukareusa is the only tributary of note, the
general course of which is nearly parallel
with that stream. The dividing ridge le-
wecn the wafers of the Kansas and the Ar
kansas is very near the former. The Wau
kareusa is well timbered and will afford some
water power. Almost the whole of this re
gion is drained by the minor tributaries of the
Arkansas and Osage These are small, re
mote from each other, destitute of timber, and
frequently dry. Immediately below the mouth
of the Kansas; the eastern boundary line of
territory leaves the Missouri river, and runs
due South. In the angle formed by this line
and the Kansas is the Shawnecs permanent
reservation of 200,000 acres, embracing all
the good timber and choice land for forty
miles up that stream. The Osages, Kansas,
and other Tndian tribes, also have large re
servations in the eastern portion of the terri
tory south of Kansas, which circumstance
will retard for some time the settlement of
that region Along the north side of the
Kansas, the Wyandottes ami Delawares have
I ! tin ... T 1 wMa nnil flTtnihnir
I reservaiiou ircu umvii vv, uuv. ...0
fortv miles un that stream. The soil in
the
j ,
south half of the territory varies greatly in
quality. A narrow strip of land on the Kan
sas and Waukareusa is good, and well cover
ed with timber, while those on the tributaries
of the Osage and Nesho, are thin, gravelly,
and badly timbered. The country suitable
for cultivation south of the Kansas extends
about one hundred miles from the eastern
boundary, including the Shawnecs reserva
tion. All these facts, in connection with the
great advantages the navigation of the Mis
souri for nine months of the year will give to
the northern half of the territory, will throw
the great centre of its business and popula-
j tion considerably north of Kansas river. The
great military road, used by the Government
for tho transportation of supplies to the posts
I in New Mexico, on the Arkansas, and Fort
I Rilev on the Kansas, is on the north side of
f hortcr than any other. The Kansaa river u
navigable for a small class of boats for a mouth
or more in the s pring, but will not afford suf
ficient facilities of transportation for the
country upon its banks.
Burning of the Princess.
Further Particular FottrUen Lives Lott 8,0S9
Bales Cotton Destroyed I
The rrinccss, Gapt. T. C. Holmes, waa from
New Carthage, with a cargo of 3.0.19 balea of
cotton. The tiok fire and w.m totally coonm)
on Sunday morning, the 8th intst., at about 6
o'clock, and when two miles below Fort Adama.
IJnnt and cargo a total loss.
The fire originated under the lx.iW d-k, ail
spread with such fearful rapidity that the pilot,
who was at the wheel, had barely time to ran the
Wat ashore. So quick, indeed, wan the destruc
tion, that neither the officers of the boat. th
crew nor p-senger?, could save anything belong
ing to them.
The number of persons who perished by thia
melancholy event, to far as known, is fourteen.
Of these, as passengers, were Mrs. Jacob Weia
and child, of Red River ; Miss Maria E. Wil,
of New Orleans ; a na!l white boy from St.
liouis, name not known ; a nejrro woman and
child, l)clonging to S. M. Routh, Ksq.
Of those attached to the boat who were lost
were George Brandt, first engineer; .ADdrew Tlio
mas, steersman ; Tim. Hjlmes, (colored.) second
steward ; Arthur Spencer, (colored.) cabin boy ;
Rill, (colored.) cabin boy ; Timothy Conner,
(white,) and Bob Holmes and John Biggs, (col.,)
firemen.
Most of the surviving officers, crew and pas
sengers were brought to the city yestcrd?y, by
the steamboat Cora No. 2, Cnpt. Mosby.
Not only did the Cora go to the relief of the
Princess and render assistance in savins those
who were flting about the wreck, but to tho
destitute sufferers, her noble captain offered every
thing in his power. Clothing r.nd other necessa
ries were freely offered "without money and
without price."
The Princess was one of our first class steamer
and highly jtopular in her trade. N. O.ricaynn
'A Dismal Record.
The following is a list of banks that Lava
burst ed within a short time past :
Patchin Bank, Buffalo;
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, Oswego;
Fanners' Bank of Canandaigua;
Drovers' Bank, Ogdensburg;
Bank of Carthage;
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, Maryland;
Bank of Milford, Delaware;
- Farmers and Merchants' Bank, Memphis;
Massilon Bank, Ohio;
Ohio Savings Institute, Tiffin;
Cochituate Bank, Bostoa;
Bank of West Killingly, Connecticut;
Eight A'enuc Bank. New York;
Bank of Ellsworth, Maine;
Elkhart County liank. Indiana;
Bank of Northern Indiana
Bank of Washtenaw, Michigan;
Erie and Kalamazoo Bank, Michigan.
Ocj-Thomas Francis Meagher prop. Mat to mi
grate to California, an 1 make San Francisco hi
future home.
Vau e ok a IlTsnAsn. The judiciary commiv
tee of San Francisco rejxrted in favor of paying
Mrs. Greenhow $10,000 as compensation for the
l.ws i if her husband, who was kiIU-d by falling
from one of the 1 ad sidewalks of the citv.
C-The Harrisburgh Telegraph raises the name
of James Pollock, (Governor elect) for President
in 1850.
lL"Bank of England notes are now sienod by
machinery, by which a saving tf JClO.000 a year
is effected.
The Courier and Knquirer says that since
the 1st of January last eighty new bl .st fur
naces have been put into operation in Penn
sylvania Qr3t-A PnorKR Conviction and a PaorKR
Punishment. At the late term of the crimi
nal court for the county of Lenawee, Michi
gan, Augustus McDonald was tried, con
victed, and sentenced for life, for placing
obstructions on the line of theUnited States
mail road for the purpose, as was clearly
shown and admitted by him, of robbing tho
mails. Thi3 mail road, we suppose, was a
railroad ; if so, the punishment is a just and
proper one, and we arc pleased to see courts
recognizing the enormity of the offence and
treating it with the same severity they would
visit upon a murderer.
A Touching Incident.
The Hoston Traveller states that when the
ill-fated Arctic was about to sink, and after
the boats had pushed as far from the vessel as
possible, to prevent being drawn into the vor
tex, which it was known would draw dowu
everything near, Mr Comstock. of Rhode Is
land, was seen to jump into the water, and
swim towards the boat, which contained, among
others, Mr. C. T. Mitchell, of Charleston, S.
C, to whom he was well known. Recogniz
ing him in the boat, Mr. Comstock called to
him, "Have you room for another man ?" To
which the reply was, "No, we are almost
sinking now !" He then threw up his hands,
exclaimed i "Good God ! tell my wife and my
five children I am gone !" and was seen no
more.
DIED.
Iif.d at his residence in Carroll Townsliip on
Sundav the 15th day of OctoUr, John Wkak.
land, "Senior, in the 9Sth year of his age.
' The deceased emigrated to this County in 1798,
and leaves but few of the pioneers of tha Moun
tain Wilderness behind. lie found Cambria a
dense forest occupied only by wild animals, and
lived to see it made by the untiring industry of
man, tho happy home of thousands. No man
contributed more to develope the resources of this
County by patient toil and prudent economy
than him.
The life of John Wcakland would be a history
of this County, after living for many years in tho
neighlrhtxM'. of Loretto, be removed with hU
numerous family to "Hart's Sleeping Place,"
where be died. It was then a dense forest far from
any settlement. He lived until he could look
over a region of country as highly cultivated and
productive as any in the land, of a herculean
frame and physical powers drvelopcd in au extra
ordinary degrees, be was peaceful and playful; au
affront from his inferior he would invariably no
tice only with jest. His charity, kindness and
amiability will long le remembered ; dying the
death of the just, be has left not a single enemy,
or one who can say. be ever was wronged by
him. .
His descendants numWring over one luinare-i
and forty in children, grand and great grand
children have the consolation to know that tho
evenings of his days were truly happy, rnd that
he recaived the call to the Spirit land in such a
manner as convinced all who surrounded him
that bid death was an epitome of his lifa.