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WHITE DEVIHE, Editors sal Proprietor. .
. . EBEIIS3URG. - -
THURSDAY MORN I KG n:: ::: FEB R UA K V 15-
fjft- We are requested to inform the reader of
the "Allegbanian" that no paper will be issued
from that office this week. Re.son, failure in re
ceiving a supply of paper. - -
!C7The election of a State Senator to till the
vacancy occasioned by the death of tho Hon. Levi
Foulkrod, took place on Tuesday. Henry C. Prtt,
Whig and Know Nothing, was elected by a ma
jority of 2,342 over-J. Murray Rush, Democrat.
JIox. Wm, II. Seward, Old Une V? big, has t-een
re-elected to the U. S. Senate by the Legislature
tx4 New York j by a majority cf 6 in the Senate
.and 3 in the Hon. There is, iu consequence,
no little "wailing and gnashing of teeth" among
" the Know Nothing. ' , ' . ' ,
Cosmopolitan Art asd Literary Associa
tion. It will be seen by an advertisement in to
day' paper tliat the distribution of premiums by
this Association has been deferred until the 28th
of this month, when the drawing will certainly
take place. Those wishing to secure au interest
r la the distribution, by. which they may become
tho possessor oi a splenaia painting, a nne swiue,
or a monthly magazine worth the subscription
price alone, would do well by attending to the
matter in time. . .
A 1 art Elan.
" In looking OTer the proceedings of the Legisla
ture, we observe that a certain Know Nothing
rat from the City of Philadelphia named George
1L Smith, moved a few days ago, tliat the rules
of the House of Representatives be suspended, for
the purpose of taking up the bill erecting the pro-
, posed new county of Conemaugh. The motion
did not prevail, for the reason that more important
business was then pending before the House.
We would like to know why George R, Smith,
- it... Mn.lnA tan s tntAriAM in' V a niiM:tmn
person of George S. King, who is perfectly sound
on the Conemaugh county question, and the mo-
1.m-a tutn tvinA Iw VvlTrt , SX CTL
however . is a modest man, and wa induced from
tome motive to call to his aid, one of the universal
Smith family. We have no objection at all to the
motion referred to, if it comes from the proper
Vt Amtn rr f rvm man ar TtfrtrirtTW in
more ways than one,' as George R. Smith, it can
do Conemaugh no manner of good.' This man
Smith ought to be suspended politically, like Ma
homets coffin, between Heaven and earth. He
would hot then disgrace the City of Philadelphia
as a member of the Legislature, and (he people ot
Cambria would not be annoyed with his uncalled
for interference in her local affairs.
The War in the CrimeaIt Perils and its
Horrors. ; -
We have already alluded to the 'war in the
Crimea, and the sufferings of the troops.' - The
accounts given in private letters are truly appal
ling. An assistant surgeon in one of the divisions
says that most of the patients are compelled to
lie on the ground, and that their entire covering
consists of one or two blankets at the utmost.
They hare no tea or arrow root, or any other little
thing thought indispensable in a London hospital.
A regimental officer writes :
'- This morning I was on a working party in the
trcnche from 4. A. M. to 4, P. M., and to mor
row I am on picket again, and so on. Now, what
manner of man, think you, can stand this? To
dar w wont, at 4 o'clock. A. M.. to break fresh
ground for a battery, and we were kept thetc un-
. t m -i a i n . . n.tsi
xu 4 in i ne aucmeon, wimc aoaui guns rang
ed over us ; and when we were returning, a body
of riflemen opciiel fire and peppered us well.
ITitWAM. Anlv h'.Jin WAM Ktivi 4 Vn 1 1 Vl
der was that any ono of us escaped. Theis wan
a piece of work that only ought to have bzen at
tempted at night ; but we have a commanding
officer over all- our movements here who leads us
Into more danger than any one but a madman
would, and all for nothing. Besides which, who
ever heard of making a battery so close to the
enemy as I have described, without first making
an approach? Yet so it was, and a similar sys
tem seems to pervade everything." . .
. Another complains bitterly of the cold, says
that ' rains and snow are almost constant, and
that while the officers have houses built for them
selves, the men have the most miserable accom
modations. The cholera hail also appeared in
the ranks, and thus added to the sufferings and
horrors. A soldier of the 93d Highlanders writes
to his wife: . : :
" Last night I was on picket, and had to sit till
three o'clock, A. M., half way up to the knees in
mud, and wet to the skin with the heavy rain.
We were forced to sit. as the ground was so dirty
that we could not walk about. In wet weather
the men are very little better in their tents. I
don't know what we are to do when the winter
comes on : we are bad now, but we shall be worse
then. But I hope in God we shall be out of this
place soon." . . -
: A staff officer says : -
" With the commoneit method and forethought,
this army might be happy, healthy and comfort
able for hitherto, at any rate, the climate ha
not been so bad, considering it is winter but the
men are overworked, ill-fed, and without sufficient
time to get fuel. This arises from our having un
dertaken to do too much as to tho siege, and too
little as to the Cuiuraissariat transport. At Rahv
klava there is every thing, in the camp nothing,
or but little, and that little has constantly to be
fetched by sending men, just out of the trenches,
twelve miles through nine incites deep of mud and
mire, and keeping them standing or sitting in it
for hours, until they can get what is to bj given
to them. The only bed for weeks in the hospitals
in camp was an inch and a half of mud."
United States Senator.
Private dispatches inform ns that the elec
tion of a United States Senator did rot come
off yesterday. The election hss been post
poned for two weeks. The following is the
rote as reported to os :
FIRST BALLOT. '-"
Cameron -liockalew
Vcech -
Cameron -Buck
ale w r
- 53
2
8
secoxd
- 58
27
Wilmot -Scattering
-
9
IS
BALLOT.
J Scattering -
4G
From the above it will be aeen that Cameron,
Huckalew. and Scattering are tho loading
candidate. 7 The man who can get Mr. Scat
tering, on next Tuesday week, to voto in his
favor, will n doubt bo elected, if Mr. Scat
tering lia? safSdect vote to carry Wm. htHy
L'nivn.
' COHMUICATIOir.
. For the Democrat If Sentind.
The proceedings of the citizens of Ebcnsburg
and vicinity in opposition to any dismemberment
of the county ot, Cambria, seem to have excited
the ire of the editor f the Cambria Tribune; most
trcnieiidoiirly, and make him empty out the vials
of bis wrath in rcrtcct torrents. Did ungcntle-
mauly langu-igo and billingsgate slang constitute
souud argument or rclute a enarge, ine posiuou
assumed hv the editor would be perfectly impreg
nablc. But as argum-nt.' clothed in such garbs
have been always treated as unsound and illogical,
we decline answtring " a f! according to his
follv " ami prefer following the example of So-
cratos, w1m, when the ass kicked hin, declared
that S.jcrates ouht not to kick the ass. llather
wouiJ we act on the cood old proverb that m
soft answer turncth away wrath,' and temper
ately and candidly examine into the merits of tlic
matters m controversy, extenuating nothing or
settinc down audit in malice. K
. One thing, we presume, will be conceded even
by the greatest Omcmaugh county Hotspur, that
the citizens of Kbent-burg have as good a right as
those of Johnstown, to .assemble publicly aud ex
press their sentiments upon any measure, calcula
ted to effect anv tortion of Cambria county. Be-
I:evins themte ves fct'Jl entitled to this privilege,
r thev presumed to exercise it as they thought pro-
per, and openly, plainly, and cieany state! w uic
world what they belkved, and still believe, to be
true. ' - " """ -'
The principal objection, in the Tribune, seems to
be to the material of which that meeting vas com
posed. On this, as well as on other points, the
editor of the Cambria Tribune is laboriuz under a
delusion. We can assure our fellow-citizens of
Johnstown, that the meeting was neither compo
sed of tavern keepers or lawyers. : Had the editor
examined the list of officers, or had he been pres
ent and looked upon the men who composed that
meeting, he would have found amongst them many,
whose heads had been whitened by the frosts of
Cambria county winters men who, when they
express 'an opinion, believe it to be true. They
called the meeting, and by them, and at their re
quest, was everything done. Neither tavern
keepers r lawyers did any more than they were
requested to do by their fellow-citizens. True,
. . , - it T.l
lawyers taiseti, as is usual ncre as wen as iu Jiums
town, but not one unkind word was uttered
against any citizen favorable to Conemaugh coun
ty. Their course appeared at least as disinter
ested throughout as that of the citizens of Johns
town, when acting lately in a similar capacity.
The lawyers ( poor devils, l thank nil for the few
crumbs that fall to their lot from the rich table of
Conemaugh, were pleased to know at the same
time, that the largest and fattest portion of pro
fessional gain had fallen to their brethren in Johns
town. Not the slightest feeling of envy or dissat
isfaction was ext ressed on that subject.' In this
there was surely nothing " base, glaring or mali
cious." Neither did the meeting misrepresent
public opinion, if unanimity of sentiment be a
criterion to judge by. Not oue of them supposed
they were guilty of falsehood, or that their respecta
bility would be called into question. That arti
cle is possessed alone by the friends of Conemaugh
and we concede it to them, without a murmur,
stipulating however, for the right to entertain full
belief in the truth of the resolutions. :
The Resolution in" regard to the Poor House is
true. Cambria county has contracted the debt,
and all the legislation that may be attempted
can't destroy the contract entered into for the
purchase of the property without violating the
fundamental principles of justice. We speak from
the record and by authority, when we say that
such is the fact. The Act of Assembly was passed
in good faith, and as we earnestly believe for the
good of Cambria county ; although at this time it
may not be calculated to promote the interests of
Conemaugh.
As to the resolution reflecting on Mr. King,
permit us to say that it stands fully endorsed by
citizens of Cambria county who do not wish to con
ceal tiie names, or to take a silent part when they
believe the interest of the county at stake. They
do not however look upon that resolution, as one
for controversy between them and the editor of the
Tribune, whose cry for proof is like that of the
thief when called upon to plead replied, Guilty
my lord but prove it." The charge has been made
by those who hold themselves responsible for it,
and when met in a proper manner, will be sustain
ed. If this cannot be done, those who made it
must acknowledge like men their error, and we
feel satisfied no harm will be done to ono so " su
perior in every respect" as ilr. King. The Tri
oune seems to admit that some kind of pledges
were made, although they were perhaps not "pos
itive." We will not quarrel about the adjective,
but take the naked pledge thank the editor for
the adnussiou still entertaining the opinion that
those to whom the pledges were made, are the best
able to judge how they were qualified. Leaving the
vote of Bedford and Fulton out of the question,
we request the editor of the Tribune to inform us,
how Mr. King could liave obtained over 830 votes
outside of the proposed limits of .Conemaugh, had
he been running as the avowed candidate of tho
new county. Let him add that vote to that of
Dr. Smith, strike the balance and inform us where
he leaves King. To assist his calculation , he may
throw in the 97 votes cast against King in Rick- .
land. George S. King had lie avowed himself
openly as the champion of the new county, would
not have received a single vote outside of its pro
posed limits. They were cast for him on the rep
resentation of men who pledged themselves, that
ho was running as the regular whig candidate,
without regard te sectional feelings, and if elected
he would pursue the honorable course takeu un
der like circurostunces by Major John Linton. We
rather think there were pledges about somewhere,
and those to whom they were made have a right
to insist on their fulfilment, when they find it as
serted in high places, that King was elected on
the issue of a new county, with Johnstown as a
county scat. So much for, the obnoxious resolu
tions.' ' . ' ' ' '
Happy are we that the smaller fry were not also
annihilated. That they escaped seems somewhat
miraculous. Perhaps they were covered by certain
resolutions lately passed at Johnstown, smacking
rather strongly of old Blackstone, who has we be
lieve said something about life, liberty and prop
erty. But he like ourselves, up to this time, ne
ver knew that the lives, liberty and property of
the citizens of Johnstown were in danger, and
sorry were we to hear it. That the liberty of some
of the numerous criminals furnished by that sec
tion of the county had been abridged, we had
learned from tho Records of the Western Peniten
tiary, and would not have been surprised at their
complaints, but we wore not aware that tlte lives
and property of any others in our county were in
danger. We were always under, the impression
that the rights of the citizens of Johnstown had
been. us well cared for by Judge Taylor, as those
of their fellow citizens elsewhere. . Thus far he
has proved bimself an upright Judge, who as far
as we know, never has placed in juopardy the life
and property of any human being, unless by due
cour&e of law. His decisions may not at all times
have suited citizens of Johnstown, . because not
made in their favor, but this they must attribute
to lack of testimony or the badness of their causes.
Nor is the complaint alxmt delay of business well
founded. Since the completion of tho public
works. Justice has l-en as expeditiously adminis
tered in our enurU. as in time of any other conn- j
ty in the Stat. , Nay we will venture to assert,
that m rc verdicts have been rendered at different
ternw here, than can he found in the same time, re
corded clsewhtw. On thin score there is therefore j
but little room for complaint, and it oomes with a I
bad grace from our fellow citizens of Johnstown,
when there is not over a half dozen causes on the
docket from their neighborhood, any one of which
can bo triod in a half a day.
But the difficulty and expense of reaching the
seat of Justice scorns to be awful. ' It must be a
groat calamity (or citizens of Johnstown to travel
iu Kro houri by rail and plaok road to the county
scat, transact their business, aud if they choose,
return on the same day. How pUarant, corona
red to their lot, u that of the inhabitants of White,
Clearfield and 'Susquehanna, who without mur
muring, travel on foot or horseback from 20 to 25
miles as parties, jurors and witnesses! Hani, in
deed, is the fato of the friends of Conemaugh who
expect to gaiu nothing by the fjrmj'tion of a new
county I . v Hard the lot ot the tavern keepers ana
lawyers of Johnstown, who are perfectly disinter
ested," and only ask this boon to protect life, lib
erty and property We really do not lelieve
that our f ?w-citizens of Johnstown are serious.
They surely lo not .think this claim for a new county
has anv intrinsic merits. If the' rid, they cer
tainly would not ask it to be susta' :d- by vitu
peration, or by calumniating the juulciary of their
own county. A good cause neeos no sucn ashisi
ancc. and a bail one cannot but be made worse by
resorting to such means. ' That people will differ
upon most subjects is undeniable but they may
do so, we presume, without using abusive or vul
gar language. The question relating to a new
couut v is one that has been am'tatcd before and
temperately discussed. We hope it will be treated
in the same way hereafter. But if our fellow-citizens
of Johnstown are not satisfied with tho posi
tion assumed by us in this section of the county,
let them withdraw their application for Conemaugh
at this session, bring out King next fall as its
champion, run him ou that issue alone, and we
will abide the result. In thus there is sureiy
nothing " arbitrary, arrogant, dictatorial, or con
trary to the genius ot our tree institutions."
CAMBRIA.
The Beauties of Know-XTcthingism.
We call the special attention of our readers to
the speech -of Mr- Littlejohx, the f fjpeakcr of
tho New York House of Representatives, upon
the subject of Kuow-Nothingism. Its beauties
are faithfully set out, and forcibly presented. ' : -
Mr. Iittlejohn (the Speaker) had supposed that
when he last addressed ihe House it would be the
last he would have to say on this 'question. But
since then nothing but charges upon charges had
been made against his character as a man. . He
was no man of change. He would, in what he
had to say, endeavor to treat every man in the
proper spirit. The gentleman from New York;
(Mr. Petty) had said be (Mr. Ij- had come down
on the floor to speak, ilr. L. said, if when he
took the Chair as Speaker of this House his con
stituency was to be deprived of his voice, forever
"begone the honors of the Chair." With regard to
his feeling that the cause needed assistance, Mr.
L. said it was not Wm. H. Seward he "loved," but
his principles, ne disclaimed that he asked a
single vote to place him in the Chair of the House.
No one had a scrap of paper from him containing
any pledge. Thus he denied that he had deceived
any one. Whenever spoken to on the subject, he
had always replied that he intended to leave the
matter to the Whigs of the House., Ho never
belonged to a Know Nothing lodge in his county,
and never made any promise to vote against Wm.
H. Seward. lie had never been inside of a Know
Nothing lodge. He had not wanted to be return
ed to the House, but his party friends insisted
upon his receiving the nomination, and he took it.
As to the Temperance nomination, though he
received such nomination, it was without his influ
ence or advice. As to his connexion with the
Know Nothings, he would tell all he knew of it.
Last March, while a member of this House, some
of his friends asked him to attend a lecture. He
went with them to a room, where he was assured
by the officers of that Society that he was to do
nothing that was contrary to anything against
which his conscience 'would revolt. , He was asked
to make a promise. He did make tho promise,
and if his recent course was treason, make the
moat of it. If he bad perjured himself, make the
most of that. He now declared himself opposed
to the principles of this Association. ' As to his
pledge to vote against William H. Seward, rooted
might be his tongue to bis mouth if be ever made
such a pledge. . He would give, as briefly as bo
could, a complete exposition of Know-Nothings ;
but he would say, from the moment that he left
that room in this city, to this, he never entered it
again. It was enough for him to say that he saw
in that room what would prevent an honest man
from ever entering again. As to who he saw there,
their names would never be divulged by him.
He admitted that the foreign vote bad an undue
influence in our election. And he saw this in the
last Presidential election. ; . -:
Had Mr. Seward the influence over foreigners
ascribed to him, do you suppose that Mr. Scott
would have been defeated 1 It was this feeling
against the influence of foreign voters which led
him to go to the meeting he had alluded to. This
organization, in its original idea, was simple to
meet the banding of men on one side, to meet the
banding of men on the other. But no political
nomination was to be made. And thus far it was
right. But what was it now 1 Was it an insti
tution to which an honorable man a freeman
a Christian could belong ? He thought it was
not. Ho believed men here belonging to, it were
honest, but that they were deceived by political
tricksters. In July last a Grand Lodge was or
ganized, called a Grand Council. Go to New
York and you find the Grand President J. W.
Barker occupying a power in the State equal to
a monarch. And this Grand President alone ap
points ono deputy in each county ; and what sort
of a man will this deputy bo 1 Why, a second
self. And what does this deputy do 1 lie is
armed with the power to create as many lodges
in the towns of the State as he pleases. He selects
nine men as the nucleus of these lodges, to estab
lish them ; this second self of J. W ..Barker selects
these nine men, and these nine men select three
delegates to the Grand Council, to mako nomina
tions and oaths to bind body and soul of the inno
cent members of the Order. Theje officers arc
thus the creatures of one man James W. Barker,
in New York. . '. ; . '
Did ever a man conceive anything so humble in
a Republican Government. These delegates are
to remain as such three years. Two hundred
lodges send thus 600 men to tliis Council all of
whom are the creatures of Barker. The duty of
these men this Grand Council is to make oaths
to bind men who are invited to hear lectures and
to make nominations. Original Know-Nothing-
ism was to use influence against foreign influence.
This,-as a Whig, he, Mr. L., could go with. Mr.
L, had read here proceedings of the Grand Coun
cil, the purport of which was, that no delegate
was to be received who did not sustain tneir State
ticket, and members not voting for Ullman, were
expelled. Mr. L. commented on these proceedings,
pointing out their tyranny.' He inquired , if in
Europe there was any power to despotic. Had
anything in this broad land ever . been heard of
equal to this I Was ever a man called upon and
required to say, unUer oath, whether he did that
which the Constitution says be may do t Whe
ther be voted against a certain man? And what
was the crime of voting for Gov. Clark 1 ' And
yet this Society called i American, 'expelled men
for voting for uov. Uarlc. - as such a oocjety
worthy of tho name of American ? And he would
predict that in twenty four months no man will
be found who will acknowledge his connection
with such a political engine. Who were the men
on this Executive Committee ? He would not say
it of all, but some of thera were men of broken
reputation whose name were on the criminal
calender of New York men corrupt. '
There was another power centered with these
nine men which was that any five men of these
Councils may reject or blackball any " applicant.
Was this Democratic f But why was tins I U ny,
James W. Barker might lose the power and con
trol he had.. This scheme was perfect, and could
not be altered in three years. There was no power
to alter it. It has been said the Councils may in
struct these three delegates, to overcome the de
signs of J. W. Barker. But this s not trtte.
The by-laws gaJve Ihe right of appeal to J.- W.
Barker from the Councils to tlie grand Council.
These' schemes are perfect they are not known
ta the masses had not been to him, but he had
learned them since his arrival in Albany. Mr. L.
had read resoulutions'directing emissaries to lc
sent to Alhany, to defeat the re-election "of Win.
II. Seward : as also other prooeeuings, exhibiting
the powers of the Order. These proceedings were
read from a newspaper, ihe first resolution,
said Mr. L., required the collection of some thou
sand men here to instruct members here how to
vote on the Senatorial question, , Had the people
'sent idiots here to represent them? : " ,
" The next was, directing measures to be takeu
in regard to offending Councils. And what' was
the offence? TlM'y had dared to act, independ
ently. The Grand Council had made nominations,
and because some dared to exercise their rights
as freemen, to go against the nominations not
knowing, perhaps, they had been made, they
were to be expelled. If this Grand Council could
do this much, what was there they might not do?
He remembered the Inquisition the acts of the
Jesuits but their powers would be as nought,
compared with this organization. Wlto knows
but the thumb-screw the tortures of the .Inqui
sition might yet be ordained by this New York
Council. But, American power and American
freemen will never, he believed, submit to the cs
taolishment of this organization. Mr. L. had
read proceedings of a Council in Brooklyn, which
took place last November, denouncing the action
of the Grand Council. He only had this scar to
show that that had already commenced, which
would be carried out throughout the State. He
meant that this political engine would be hurled
from power in this State. There already exists
another organization which carries out that prin
ciple, : - . . . . -.
He found published in the Times resolutions,
to all which lie cmiM assent. IT formed a reso
lution denouncing Slavery as a moral and political
evil, and, all the others he could assent to. Those
who experienced the true American feeling could
join this organization. And he based his predic
tion on this movement, in which men who felt the
yoke of the other organization, would turn to this
for relief and power to overthrow tlte others
Therefore, could an oath, which was in violation
of a man's conscience, be binding. Hie sin was
in intentionally taking such an oath, and he con
sidered it ono which he onght now to be forgiven.
It was a sin against bis country. It was like an
oath to commit a murder. It was a murder of
the man's rights. If a man breaks a wicked
oath, would the Creator punish him for it ? No;
Sir He was willing to risk his reputation and
all else upon it. And so will the 130,000 others,
when they will come to have calmly considered
this question. He had read an oath published by
this Association, taken in the third df grec, in
which men are required to swear they wiU not
divulge the secrets of the society, even before a
legal tribunal. . .
IXajor Generals of the Pennsylrania Militia.
1st Division Philadelphia Robt. Patter
son. . . ' i
2nd Division Bucks, Deleware and Mont
gomery counties Paul Appleback.
3d Division Chester and Lancaster coun
ties Thomas S. Bell. ' .
" 4th Division York and Adams counties
Jacob S. Stable. .
5th Division Berks, Lebanon and Dauph
in counties Wm. H. Kcim. -
6th Division Schuylkill, Monroe, aud Car
bon counties Geo. C. Wynkoop.
1 7 th Division Northampton and Lehigh
counties David Laury.
8th Division Northumberland and Union
counties Wm. IT. Kase"
" 9th Division Columbia, WyomiDg andLu
xerne counties Francis L. Bowman. "
' 10th Division Susquehanna and Wayne
counties Alex It. Farnhara. "
.llth Diviwn Lycoming, Clinton and Pot
ter counties No return.
12th Division Clarion, McKean, Elk
and Forest counties R. B. Bell.
13th Division Bradford, Tioga and Sulli
van counties Jas. P. Magill.
14th Division Juniata, Mifflin, Centrej
Huntington, and Clearfield counties John C.
Watson : .- ;
15th Division Cumberland. Franklin and
Perry counties Edward Armor. ,
10th Division Bedford, Somerset, Cam
bria, Blair and Fulton counties A.' II. Cof
froth. ' -
v 17th Division Westmoreland, Fayette,
Washington and Green counties James Coul
ter. - -.-... .
18th Division Allegheny, Armstrong, In
diana, and Jefferson counties Wm. Larimer,
Jr. -. -. '
19th. Division Butler. Beaver, Mercer and
Jefferson counties W. W. Taylor.
20th Division Crawford, Erie, enango
and Warren counties John Kilpatrick.
Impoktast to the Scsdat Papers. A cu
rious case has lately been heard before J udgc
Roosevelt, in the bupreme Court, and its de
cision will have an important bearing on the
prosperity of the Sunday papers. The ease
alluded to is that of Smith vs. Wilcox. The
plaintiff is proprietor of a newspaper which is
i ... cf j- ' J 1 j
issued on ounaay, auu uss sues ucieuuaui ior
work and labor performed by the publication
of an advertisement in said newspaper. The
defence set up is that the contract is illegal
under the statue, which declares all agree
ments made for labor to be performed on the
Sabbath to be null and void. The Court evi
dently inclined to the belief that plaintiff could
not recover, but reserved the decision until
the general term . It ro ay be held that the labor
is performed during the week; but that would
not be a competent defenee, because the pub
lication is made on Sunday, and. that publica
tion is the only proof of the eon tract.' In fact
it is the contract itself, bnould the general
term decide according to the principles laid
down by the defence in this action, the pro
prietors of the Sunday newspapers will not be
able to receive any debts due to them by pro
cess of law, either for advertisements or sub
scriptions. It will be equivalent to an act of
outlawry. Ar. Y. Her. ; '
Desertions from tu English. Armt
Desertions to the Russians from the British
Army in the Crimea are reported. The first
desertion noticed in the accounts of the Crimea
was of a marine employed at the batteries.
It was given out, to produce an effect, that be
was a Yankee," who had found his way into
the. English navy, and the letter writers at the
seat of war were at pains to circulate the 're
port that the dastardly deserter was not an
English soldier.' : , f . ' , u 1 .
Hits tor the French Armt. The manu
facture of these huts is proceeding with rapid
ity. Before the end of the month a number
sufficient for . the accommodation of SO ,000
men will have been despatched. Wooden
stables for 10,000 horses are being constructed
by a contractor in Paris, on a model auppUed
bv the Emperor. . On the whole towards the
5th of January next, a sufficient number of
houses ' to lodge 3,000 officers, 80,000 sol
diers, and ' 10.000 . horses will have reached
tho army in the Crimea.
SUMMA RY OF N EVAS.
(Jrj-Mayor Wood i "down"- ujku the fortune
tellers in New Yurk. He has instructed the po
lice to hunt them out and report thern to him.
fGov. Pollock has nominated A. K. MfJlure,
of Chainbersburg, as Superintendent of the Public
Printing. -
, fcr-The New 'York' 'merchants have already con
tributed $4425 to a fund for a tcstimonuJ to Com.
Perry. -
fjoThe British Government have given notice
officially that British subjects contributing to a
loan in behalf of Russia, will be guilty of high
treason. '- - ," - '
fJC-An advertisement in a Boston paper, lately,
for a yov 3 man to work in a store, was answer
ed by ei-Lteen applicants, but one for a gentleman
to travel and play on the banjo met with 409 re
spondents. ' - m - i
fX-Thc Maine Law passed the House of Repre
sentatives of Indiana, at Indiariapolis ou Friday,
and is now the law of the State. There is great
rejoicing at Indianapolis in consequence, .
09-In the House of Representatives, on Satur
day, the bill conferring the title of Lieut. General
upon Wiufield Scott, passed by a vote of 126 to j
Co. ''' ' ' ' ''''',.""'' ; j
fcr-There were 6,701 emigrant arrivals at the j
port of New York for the month of January last i
a falling off of nearly one hundred per cent.,
as compared with the same months of the year
before. ' ' ' "
OCr-President rierce has recognized the appoint
ment of Placidc Gratwohl, as Vice-Consul of the
Swiss "Confederation, for tle State of Michigan,
Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Territory of Minnesota,
to reside at Detroit. . ' J
$The ships Florida and Consul recently sailed
from Savannah, for Liverpool, with cargoes of
Tennessee copper.
fThe Masonic G raud Lodge of Mississippi, at
its late session, appropriated $500 for relief to the
poor of Philadelphia..
OO-The Vienna Preae states that, with the
consent of the Porte, Anstrian engineers are about
to ascertain the difference of the level between the
Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
, C7A Manufacturing firm in Boston has just
completed a quantity of machinery for the Cuban
government, to be used in a school for practical
engineers and machinists." Cuban planters are
now dependent on the United States for the labor
of this class of artisans. ;
frJ-There are now upwards of 1000 workmen
employed iu the Navy Yard at Charlestown,
Mass. The larger proportion are on the new frig
ate Merimac, while the balance are employed on
the sloop-of-war Saratoga in the dry dock, and in
other departments of the Yard. 1 -
- K7"The Pension Roll of the United States du
ring the past year amounted to about 14,000
names. There were 1,000 Revolutionary soldiers,
7,999 widows of soldiers, and 5,006 invalids. Du
ring the year the list has decreased 648 names,
by deaths.
Qg-Samuel S. Cox, editor of the Ohio Statesman
and Democrat, has received the appointment of
Secretary of Legation to Tern, in place of John
B. Muller, of New York, whose name was with
drawn, after being submitted to the Senate. Mr.
Cox is ar. accomplished scholar ami will doubtless
make an able diplomat.'; "'
fThe continued illness of Mrs. Breckenridge,
now sick in Washington City, lias rendered it im
possible for Major Breckenridge to leave for Spain,
and he, tlierefore, on Friday, resigned the commis
sion which he had accepted as Minister to that
Government. Thereupon the President nomina
ted Senator Dodge, of Iowa, for tliat position,
and on the same day he was confirmed by the
Senate. " . "
OCr-The first bridge across the Mississippi river
is completed. It is just above SL Paul, Minnesota,
It is a single span C30l feet long, and cost over
$35,000. Another bridge across that river is be
ing constructed at Rock Island, it will be much
longer f nd more expensive than the one at St.
Paid. ' . '
' BO-Lieut. General James Robinson Arnold, died
at his residence, in Onslow square, Loudon, on
the 27th ultimo. It is said he was a gallant offi
cer, second son of our Major General Arnold, (the
traitor,) and of. Margaret, daughter of Edward
Shippcn, chief Justice of Pennsylvania.
. ICTThe Ladies' Calhoun Monument Associa
tion of Charleston, realized $550 and upwards
from Mr. Meagher's lecture.
.. (JCT-Lieut. James II. Rowan has been ordered to
the command of the United States brig Cambridge,
vice Lieut. Hunter, dismissed.
(Xr-The Washington Star of the 8th inst., states
that the British Minister has rent orders to the
squadron in the Carribean Sea, not to allow Col.
Kinney's expedition to land in any part of Cen
tral America. .; ... .
r (-About fifty women attacked a tavern in
Mount Pleasant, Ohio, lately, and demolished
all the casks, battles, Arc, of liquor they could
find. Warrants were issued for the arrest of about
20 of them, but could not be served.
- C3?The British Admiralty Chart of the Arctic
sea, lately issued, gives to the land discovered by
the Grinnell Expedition the name of "Grinnell's
Land." In a former chart it had been called
Prince Albert's Land.
-.'' C7"During the' past month, nearly' forty fires
occurred in the United States, where the loss ex
ceeded $10,000. Tho total loss reached $1,055,
000. Eight lives were lost by the above fires.
- ICDuring January last, 43 American vessels
have been reported as totally wrecked, and one, a
new ship, burnt. Of these, 7 were ships, 3 barqnes,
17 brigs, and 17 schooners. The value of vessels
and cargoes" was, $1,244,000; the insurance
amounted to $1,095,000. .' ; "
. . OO-The west wing of the asylum at Bcaupres,
near Quebec, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 2d.: Loss about $12,000. The
institution contains nearly two hundred patients,
but none of them were injured. , ;
. (Xr-The receipts at "Wheeling, for freight sent
from there over Jthe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
in the month of January, were $140,678 85, being
$16,000 more than was ever before received at
that cad of tho road in any one month.
(Ciitj Corrtsponbrwr
' , : Prom Philadelphia.
. Correpondence of the Democrat It Stntinrl.
The Sleighing Young America's DeterminatUm
to ewjy it The Fttrcign Newt A Sad Com.
merit arg on British Braggodoaa The Ciwin
nati Steam Fire Engine Value of City Prop,
erty awl Expense Virtue Orcrpou-ertd Sne
Device of the Fortune Hunters 3L'dsumutr
' Sight's Dream The Mm kets, be. - .
PiiiLAUEUrnJA, FtLrvary II, 1865.
Our streets have rarely presented a more anima
ted appearance than during the last few days.
The pangs and pains of the extremely cold weather
of the early portion of the we :k, when the ther
mometer obstinately persisted in hovering around
that point so terribly expressive of an Arctic at
mosphere, zero, have been amply compensated fur
by the glee and hilarity which good sleighing has
produced. All the pleasures of the world are
said to be fleeting, and as those which depend
upon the continuance of snow iu this region are
particularly so, great eagerness has been mani
fested to make the most of the occasion at once.
A 'grand rush was made upon the livery stable
keepers, who, as a particular favor considered to
hire out their horses and sleighs to the. pleasure
seekers at the moderate rate of $5 an hour. All
the fast young men and all the fast young ladies
who are the objects of their adoration, were deter
mined to have a good time, of it, and the expe
dients which have been resorted to, to obtain the
necessary funds on the part of those' who were
" bard up," outwitted in ingenuity all the fruit
ful schemes that pass through the Leads of our
reat financics,,, and many beautiful gold
watch, or expensive trinket, is smugly stored away
in a pawnbroker's desk, as collateral security for
the re-paymeni of sums advanced for the purpose.
Upon nearly all the omnibus lines, sleighs Lave
also been placed, and all the close packing your
good readers ever witnessed, read, or dreamed of,
is but perfect looseness, when compared with the
compactness with which passengers have been
jammed together in these vehicles. The only re
deeming feature of the arrangement, was the im
portant fact, that a fair proportion of them, prob
ably one half, were ladies, and in that sort of a
compound a vast amount of tight squeezing is
borne with perfect good humor. . .
The foreign news by the Atlantic brings us no
intelligence of new battles but a startling account
of the continuation of the merciless and horrible
slaughter and butchery of the English trr ops
not by the barborous Russians but by that far
more potent and relentless enemy the ignorance
and neglect of the British Government, and the
officers in command. Out of 64,000 English sol
diers sent to the scat of war, but 14,000 are left
in a condition to bear arms, and not over 2,0t 0
are in even a tolerably good state of health. The
London Times computes that at the present rate
of destruction, from the combined effects u( cold,
hunger, and diseasc-Tsy the 15th of March no
thing will be left of the British army except Lord
Raglan and his staff. -
The Russians are in high spirits. Lord John
Russell has resigned Lis seat in the English Cabi
net, principally w account of the storm lowering
over its members on account of the roisraaBsgr
ment of the war. It is probable that Lord Pal
merston will take charge of the War Department.
The English press is very apt to twit Brother
Jonathan with being possessed of a vain spirit of
boasting, but when we contrast the actual condi
tion of their forces and their achievements during
the present war, with the arrogant pretensions
and prophecies indulged in at its commencement,
we know not where to find a parallel for the spirit
of the braggadoeia they liave indulged in in this
instance. Let them ever hold their peace here
after of Yankee bragging.
The Cincinnati Steam Fire Engine Las leen in
our city for some days past, and a trial of its
powers has anxiously been looked for, but so far
postponed on account of the weather. It is now
announced to take place on Monday, and an eager
throng will be preseut to witness its operations.
Our volunteer fire system has been for Somc'year
past a nucleus around which all the rowdyism ami
viciousness of the city seems to have concentra
ted, and although many bold, daring, and useful
spirits are connected with it, even their good bravo
deeds are insufficient to shield it from odium. A
re-organization of tlie entire department by tho
employment of paid firemen, has long been in
contemplation, and the success of the Steam Fire
Engine would prove a great auxiliary to this move
ment, which is violently opposed by the present
firemen, who therefore look with j-alous eyes upon
the " great skwirt.,' as they term it.
A statement of the value of the property owned
by the city of Philadelphia was presented in
Councils the other day. It amounts to over $16,
600,000, without including the public squares.
The annual revenue derived from it is stated to
be over $1,000,000. The appropriations for the
expenditures are very heavy. During the month
of December, 1854, they reached $1,226,136;
in January, $465,521, and bills have already been
reported during the present month for the appro
priation of $397,464 more. , '.:.
A man named Edward Virtue, becoming intox
icated, laid down in the streets the other night,
fell asleep and was nearly frozen to death the
physicians having had great difficulty in restoring
him to consciousness, so that yon see even . virtue
has been completely overcome here!
The office of the Receiver of Taxes, has for somo
time past, been much thronged with a crowd of
tax-payers, anxious to avail themselves of the de
duction allowed for prompt payment. Among
them have been quite a number of gallant young
fancy gentlemen, who are as destitute of property
as of brains, and who never condescend to do
anything so vulgar as to contribute to the sup
port of the government. For a time it was a
matter of surprise why they should be so punctual
in their attendance at a place where they could
have no legitimate business; but a cute observer
soon detected the purpose of their visits to be the
institution of as minute an inquiry, as the drcuaa-""
stances admitted of, into the amount of taxes
paid by tho widowed ladies who visited the o3ce
information which they desired as a guide in
their arduous pursuit of that glorious prop of
idleness and sovereign remedy for ruined fortunes
rich wife.
The most prominent of our public amusements,
at present, is "Tho Midsummer Night's Drcaai,"
at the Walnut Street Theatre, which has drawn
c