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WHITE SEVIHZ, Editors and Proprietors.
SBS1YS3URQ.
WEDNKSDAYj MORNING :::::::::::::DEG 31.
The Riehrnoud Enquirer says : It is re
freshing to tho patriot to see the sound senti
ments avowed by so many of our Northern
Democratic brethren on tho subject of the in
stitutions of the South. While the Rlack
Republican organs are gloating over the
threatened negro disturbances, which have
beon detected in time to be checked and pun
ished, but which, call for continued and vigi
lant police preventatives the conservative
Northern press boldly gpeak out and fix the
outrage and crime on the heada of Northern
agitators. In the language of the Springfield
(til ) Register, 'what has occurred is one of
tho legitimate results of Northern negroisra.
The heresy of negro equality, while it gains
no favor with those who have the constitution
al power to relieve the slave from his bonds,
Lat incites the latter to servile war, bloodshed
and murder. Abolitionism has counselled to
this end, and the time serving partisans, for
office, have winked at the vilhmy. Such men
cure nothiug for the slave ; but if anarchy,
bloodshed, and a dismemberment of the coun
try wotdd foist them into high places, they
would risk the visitation of all such evils
Outbreaks, caused by the wicked intermed
dling of outside fanatics and demagogues, can
only result in ill to the pretended objects of
their hypocritical professions of sympathy
Disunion with the one class and office with
the other are the ruling incentives to the ac
tion of the Northern agitators. These achiev
ed, and the poDr nerro can tako care of hitn-
Cns Day Later from Europe
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
Ry the arriral at New York of the Steam
tship Europa we have Liverpool dates to tho
13th, or on? day plater than by the Canada
The London Money market was without
change Consoli93J a 93 Tho bullion in
the Rank of England ha 1 increased .75,000
No alteration in the rates of Cotton. Flour
a triflle lower.
The jitock of Sugar in the chief European
ports on the 1st of June was 93,000 tons
against 80,000 last year, and 1200,000 in 1S54
We tako tho figures from Messrs. Truman &
Rouse's circular.
The latest returns of the Rank of Ireland
are again favorable, and show a further aug
mentation of circulation to the extent of
. IS 1,000, about the same S3 ia the corres
ponding month of last monih. Here are the
tigurcs :
Circulation
Gold.
731,000
1,832,000
Rank of England, 3,559,000
Private Ranks
3,07,000
r,42i.00O 2,503,000
Last Month,
7,342,000 2,355,000
December, lf.",
December, 1854,
December, 1S53,
0,904,000
0,379,000
5,547,000
2,205,000
1,901,000
1,220,000
A case of some interest was recently deci
ded in London. A share broker of that city
bought for a customer 100 shares which were
paid for, aud subsequently 200 shares, which
were not paid far. Tho broker detained the
first 100 share3 a3 security for the payment
of the second lot, upon which his customer
brought an action of trover for the recovery
of the 100, and succeeded, the court ruling
that uo lion could accrue ca them without a
special agreement, and that they must be giv
en up. no' withstanding the subsequent debt.
This decision is of much importance, and
should be generally kuown, as in many cases
Loth stock brokers and merchants may ima
gine they Lave security, while thsy really
have none. Ia another case iu Eugland it
has been decided that a clerk is not bound to
keep secret any trading or practices of his
employers which may be fraudulent towards
others, but, on the contra-, will be protected
in disclosing the malpractices to the party or
parties aggrieved.
The fall of Herat is confirmed.
The Journal des Debats gives a diCerotit
view of the relative position of the seven
powers at the Paris Conferences from that
which is gencially accepted in England. Ou
no fide it says, it will be Russia, Prussia,
and France; on tha other, Ecghmd, Austria,
and Turkey, with Sardinia, which coincides
with France, now lahr.cing between the t-o
pa.-tie
It is rumored in Paris that, as France will
be repress ted in the person of Count Wa
lcwski at tlw forthcoming Conference, Eng
land, Sardinia, and Turkey intend to be rep
resented not by therr ee-eond, but by their first
Plenipotentiaries, viz : Lord Clarendon, M.
de Cavour, aud Ali Pacha.
CiiniSTMAS. This day passed off quietly in
our Rorough. The day was cold and bluster
ing, au 1 the streets almost deserted, except
by children and half grown boys', the latter
spent the day pleasantly ia the game of foot
ball the old folks in going to Church, aud
feaktiug ou fut Tutkics, 4c.
Tixe Non-Abmval of the Steamship Her
mann Ansiktv for n kk Safetv We learn
from the Philadelphia Ledger of tho 29th inst.
that tho Steamship Hermann, of tho South
ampton and Rrcmen Line, is now out on her
twenty-fcixth day, and her loDg absence is
the occasion cf some anxiety. The belief is
that she has encountered a gale. We notice,
among the seventy-one passengers she had on
hoard, Mr. Lewis I'litt and Lady and his
relative Mr. E. Plitt. Mr. P. is a citizen of
Johnstown, in this county, who has been in
the business of Merchandizing for a number
of years in that place.
The fact is ascertained that the Captain of
tho Hermann, seme time prior to his depar
ture, sent a letter to his wife, residing in Phil
adelphia, saying that he ebould probably not
make the voyage to New York, in less than
twenty days on account of some imperfections
in the machinery.
A Make's Nest ! The ptory of our neigh
bor of the StamlardAnle Cargo Inspector
that Mr Rryden is a relative of Mr Plumcr,
it appears is untrue. The Venango Spectator
a Democratic paper .ts will be seen by the
extract below, pronounces it so. What will
the late Cargo Inspector say now, since the
burden of his obligation to Mr. Rryden is
taken away? IIoU. Register.
Mr. James Rryden-. The Ilollidaysburg
Standard does not approve of the appoint
ment of this gentleman as Superintendent of
the Portage Road, and says a greats many
hard things about him, and likewise intimates
iht we do not approve of the selection.
We have heretofore expressed our satisfac
tion with Mr B's appointment In this com
munity, co man stanJri higher for integrity
and strict business habits, and that he will
prove a faithful and competent officer, no one
who is acquainted with him can for a moment
doubt. The Standard is in error in stating
that he is a relative of a member of the Canal
Roard. ,
R02Bry.-1-A youDg man named Wr alter
Woodward, who has been in the employ of
Mrs. Mary Ann Litziner. as Hostler at the
Ebcnslmrg House, left en Monday morning
about 3 o'clock, taking with hiai a new pair
of fine boots, btlongiug to Mr. George M'
Cann one of the boarders, a new over-cn?.t
belonging to Mr. Charles Litzinger, a new
over-coat belonging to Master Thomas Lit
zinger, together with other articles of lessor
v. 1 le. Woodward is an Englishman by birth,
and only arrived in this country a short
time since. lie is undoubtedly au old offen
der. Since writing the above. Woodward was
overtaken by Chas. Litziuger a short distance
this side of the village of Armr.gh, Indiana
county and all the stolen articles recovered.
Woodward twas let off by getting a severe
drubbing from Charly aud by promising to do
better iu future.
U The Indiana " Messenger." puMlth
ed at Indiana Pa., has been purchased by
Claik Wilson Esq., late of the Clearfield Re
publican." The former editors Messrs Clark &
Young, did good servico last fall, and it
was owing to tbrir untiring energy that the
vote of th'i Deinucrt'o pas ty in Indiana coun
ty was increased. Mr Wilson has tho repu
tation of being a forcible writer. We wish h;:a
success in his new undertaking.
The Traitors at Terk.
The following call fur a Convention of the
di.juniouists has been extensively circulated iu
Worcester Massachusetts, and has obtained a
large number of si-r.at-.ires. The trailers are
determined to carry out their scheu c of de
struction. We the undersigned c-itizi-ns of Worcester
believing the result of the recent Presidential
election to involve four years moro of pro-slavery
eoverumect, and a rapid increase in the
hostility between the two sections cf the
Unj.Jii ; Relieving this hostility to be the ofl
spring, r.ot of party excitement, but of a fun
damental difference ia education, habits and
laws; Relic icg tie c-xistii.gUr.icn to be a
failure, as being a hopeless attempt to unite
under one government two antagotwtic sys
tems cf society, which uivergo more widely
with every year: And believing it to bo tin:
duty cf.inteliigcnt aiM conscientious, men to
meet these Jfaets with wisdom and firmness;
Respectfully invite our fellow citizensof .Mas
sachusetts to meet in convention at Worces;cr,
on Thursday Januiry 15, to consider the
practicability, probablity and cxpediercy of
a separation between the free and slave States,
and to tako such ether measures as the condi
tion of the times may require.
A committee cf five bos been appointed to
make arrangements for the proposed conven
tion. The Iloiliday.-burg Register, says,
that Mr. Jacob Deter of MorrLon s Coat, has
gone extensively into the Poultry business. A
tew days ago he informed us that he had bc
tweeu sis and seven hundred Turkeys and
about six hundred chickens in keeping, de
signed for the Philadelphia market.
New Advertisements. David J. Evans
offers for sab his valuable property, situated
on High street.
Howard J Roberts, gives notice to all in
debted to him to call and settle itn mediately,
Stahl & Roberts. This firm have re
ceived a new addition to their already large
stock of Jewelry, Watches, !cc.
- xlrciiARD Tedou has on hand a large and
varied assortment of Groceries which ho will
sell low for cash.
Robert Davi3 has received a large assort
ment of Groceries and Confectionarics, just
suited for the IlolliJays.
T2n--re wa$ a heavy tuow -; rin at Buffalo
on Saturday.
Hon. J. Clancy Jones. We notice a
great unanimity of feeling among the Democ
racy of the South iu favor of this gentlemen
for a position iu tha cabinet of tho new Pres
ident. Among the papers that advocate his claims
we find tho Montgomery Alab ama Adcerti
ser, the Raleigh North Carolina Standard,
the Augusta Georgia Constitutionalist, the
Richmond Virginia" Enquirer, the South
Side Democrat , and nearly every other Yir- I
gmia paper that Las spoken. on the subject.
No Northern man would be more acccpta
ble to the South than J. Clancy Jones
Sudden Death. While in attendance at
court w were informed of the death of an a
ged and respectable citizen of White town
ship, in this county, which was reported to us
a3 follows : An old gentleman named Stephen
Krise, who for several years psst has been
living in a manner by himself his wif; being
dead and having no one near him to look af
ter himself cr his affairs was in the habit of
getting his bread and other things which he
could not prepare himself from his nearest
neighbors. On Saturday -evening, 22d ult.,
he - obtained a loaf of bread from one of his
neighbors and returned to his lonely home.
As he did not appear at meeting on Sunday,
and was not seen by any one during the day,
some of his f. iends and neighbors visited his
housa in the evening. Finding the d.ur lock
ed, and seeing no indications oif life about the
premises, an entrance was efTected through
the" window, when the old man was found in
his bed dead and cold hi.-slanip of life bad
expired while there was none present to fan
its feeble fame or watch its fading light. An
inquest was held over his remains by a jury
of his neighbors, who were unable todeside
as to the immediate cause of his death V.re
knew Mr. Krise well, and will say that we
believe his greatest ambition was to live the
life of a peaceful neighbor and conscientious
christian. He belonged to the Raptist
Church. He leaves behind him several descendant-:,
a numerous family conueetion, and
x large circle of friends and aequAutaince.;,.
His age was perhaps between 70 a,ud 80
Johnstown. I'ribune.
SLceking- Hurder, Robcery and Arson.'
The Lcuisviile Journal of the 22d says:
A very mytteriou and tragic occurrence is
svid to have taken plaee on Thursday T-'"ut.
last, about 1 o'clock, A. M , oj Riiar'Crctk.
near the line of Lallitt and Jcer on counties'
Tho dwelling houe. of Mrs. Josce, about
Slieen
.-en uju rrooi ajOUIsyiuo, was destroy ett
Uro Amid the ruins have been discover
V -
"3
ed the remains of Mrs. Joyce, a very old lady.
her widowed daugnter, Mrs. Welch, one of
her sons, aud a child of Mrs. VvMch. These
were all the inmates of the house at the time.
Another son of Mrs. Joyce was absent at a
wedding some ten miles distant.
The above was published ia the Bulletin of
Saturday, with an additional paragraph that
the Mr. Joyce, who was absent from home at
a wedding when the house was burned, had
just returned from the South with $1000 in
uiODey. This xas not correct. Mr. Joyce
had not been South, au j it is believed tL. it he
had all his money deposited in this city.
The iufomiati.jn reached the relatives of the
family her
on i t iuay,
and
co lii us w;
sent.
out on tuai oay to tury the remains of the
uufortunate victims. The Coroner was not
iuformcd of it until Saturday evening, Lut,
ou learning that the place where it occurred
was partly if tot wholly in Ruilitt, and that
the remains had already been interred in that
coutity, he did not think tha.1 it came under
his jurisdiction. The persons were burned to
a crisp. The building iu which they resided
was a log hcuse, having :i pasaugc iu tho mid
dle, and a r.iom on each side of it. The ceil
ing Vins so low that a mau of ordinary height
could reach it with his hand. The Hie-rdaces
were very wide, occupying cue whole sido of
each room,
The Journal of the 23 J contains the follow
ing additional particulars:
We learn that three slaves have been arres
ted, ad confessed the crime of murdering the
Joyce family and then firing the house
bey
were detected by having a v.atcl
belonging to
joung joyco iu tticir posset-eiot:. .u the
tegroes were owned in Ruliitt county, Ky ,
and were Rill, belonging to Mr. Pendleton,
Jack, the property of lliram Samuels, and
George, the property of Louis Samuels, The
residence cfthe Joyce family was in Rulktt.
Tremendous excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood, and it was feared that summa
ry vengeance would be taken on the negroes
A Dig Sckculation. One of the biggest,
speculations of modern times is the Illinois
Central Railroad, Congress granted to the 1
Company for the purpose of aidmg in the con
struction of several millions of acres of the.
public domaio, cut of the sales of which, iu
the first eleven months cf this year, 4,4b-l,-400
were realized at an average ot 15 per
acre. How much was sold previously we are
not informed, but the receipts were probably
treble that sum. Tho Compatiy jbtill haw
one million acres cn Land for which they de
mand 25 per acre, and before it is half dis
posed cf they will deubtless advance te $50
per acre and get the sum of thirty or forty
millions more. The whole cost of the road
was not more thau twenty millions of dollars,
and this corporation has received from Con
gress a bounty for its construction out of
which they realize fifty and possibiy sixty
millions of dollars.
The Sugar Tax. The St. l.ouis Bc.no
crut, adverting to tho proposal of Senator
Houston, ef Texas, to suspend the duty on
sugar for two years, says : Last year the
value of all the sugar imported iuto the couu
try wa3 near fifteen miiiii us of dollars ; this
year it will greatly exceed that sum. Thirty
percent on tiftef-n millions gives $4,500,000,
which was the amount of the sugar tax levied
last year. According to the last census the
whole number of sugar planters in the United
States is 2G41. Tho bad crops of the last
few years, aud the want of canes suitable for
planting, have considerably reduced this
cumber. th& owners of many of tho estates
having now substituted the cultivation of cot
ton ; wc suppose, therefore, that there cannot
be more than two thousand nugar planters at
the present time. It would bo better to give
them at once a sum etiuul to the sugar tax
for three or four years, than to go cn from
year to year paying a heavy tax for which iu
the tieasury corrupts our legislation- .
The Death of Tather llatte-n:.
Father Mathew, the renowned Apostlfl of
Temperance, died at Cork on the 9th of De
cember. His career has been remarkable,
and his influence among his countrymen in
Great Rritaiu and America will long" be felt
Theobald Mathew was born iu Thomastowu
Ireland, Oct. 10, 1790. He was left an or
phan at an early aire, adopted by an aunt,
and educated in Kilkenny Academy and at
Maynooth. He was ordained to the prieshood
at Duolin, having previously entered upon
his philanthropic labors among the poor.
The curse of whiskey, brought so fearfully to
his notice among these wretched people, rous
ed him to unwonted enthusiasm, and he de
termined upon a crusade against the demon
Alcohol. Adopting the principle of total ab
stinence, he commenced a series of meetings
and soon awakened the latent enthusiasm of
the Irish nature to his assistance, meeting
with success beyond the wildest hopes Il7
travelled from town to town through all the
island c
His spotless fame preceded him, and his
progress was one triumphal march. The au
thorities unbent th.ir dignity to do him hon
or, and the people followed and crowded
around him. with adoration. He administe--ed
the pledge 'to thousands at a time ; at Ne
nagh to twenty thousand in one day ; at Gal
way a hundred thousand in two days; between
Galway and Lourhrea to nearly two hundred
thousand. From Ireland he went to England,
where even the phlegmatic Saxons were infec
ted with a corresponding er.thusiasni. Thence
he came to the Uuited States, where to shake
hands with the apostle of Temperance and
receive his medal with a pledge of total ab
etiuenco was the highest ambition of every
worthy son and daughter of tha Emerald Ile
JIw warm reception and grptifying success in
this couutry are well remembered. Throu-h
all this Herculean labor he never amazed a
cent for hims-df, but was constantly iu a .t1
oi personal poverty.
w,UihCn L L-gan S?n l l.ts brother
unro t.Ti :ICTfa distillery. lie
c" 'Ph 1 luCob"' until his wonderful suc
o, r!lVuC,i distillery, aid reduced the
-rr to bankruptcy. To meet the wants of
the good Samaritan, the Rritish Government
settled an annuity of 300 upon him, which
sum was not sum. ient to pay the premium
upon uTi insurance policy held bv his creditors
as security for their claims. mec his rctu-n
to Ireland, the weight of years and the cxe--tions
ct b.;S labor have compelled his partial
"'.tudrawal from the public life. Iu personal
address rather Mathew was benevolent and
whining iu the highest degree. The news of
his death will be received with profound re
gret by every true friend of man throughout
the world.
A Nkw Dance. A Petersburg (Va.) pa
per says, iu the select circles cf Richmond so
ciety a new dance bearing the name of " Per
sian
liinfr.
has just been introduced : it i:
somewhat amusing, and may be imagined
from the following description.
It begius by some six or eight couples
waltzing; a chair is suddenly introduced into
the center, in which the first gentleman seats
his paitaer He then leads up and presents
eaeii uf the ;iher
'm.oaviii in succession.
If tlv? h.-iv reQcv
-.1
led
"en res
bo-
C:'t:
"ight man,
up, the !! . and uec-iiit cf tho music arc r.c
ccierwUd, and oil she waltzes with the elected
tho rest pciza their partners, ai.d the circle
is continued. All in turn go thro the process.
Three chairs are then placed A lady (m
succession) id seated between two bearers,
who immediately solicit her reluctant regard,
till at length she gives herself to one,' an d
waltzing is resumed. A gentleman is then
seated in a center char--, hood-winked, and a
lady takes the place on each side. In this
perplexity of ehoicu tho Tantalus of tho mirth
remains, tiil by a sudden resolution he d-:
tides for right or left, uncovers the eyes, and
waltzes away with the chance-directed part
ner, followed as before by tho rest. The
chairs are now placed triangularly Jos a Jos,
and three ladies are thus seated. The youth.-,
pace around them in a circle till each of the
fmr ones throws her handkerchief, aud away
thsy again whirl. Tho inen appear to'dw'iv
r tor-ach, butto one alone is given, a ring,
and the dance concludes by the ladies passiug
hand in hand, thro arches made by the exten
ded bauds of tho gentu men, and each seizes
his tartner and once more swings aiound the
circle. Wo have learned that this dance will
be introduced in all thej chief fashocable "hops
of the coming season."
In Armstrong county, oa Tuesday mor
ning, Sam Gardner, an aged negro, who has
been a resident of Kittanning all his life, and
is known to every citizen, was discovered ly
ing dead at the foot tf tho stairs in a cellar of
Arnold's Row. Sam had been considerably
intoxicated on the previous evening, and iu
attempting to find his way into the house,
where he lodg'-d, is supposed to have missed
his footing, falling into tho c.dlar the door of
which had been l.'ft open, where he remained
during the night. His death is attributed to
injuries- in the fall, and oxposuo to tho cold
ou Monday night.
A Ntw Town in Kansas. A letter from
Gen. Pomeroy, in the SpriagSald Republi
can, states that ho has formed a rew settle
ment iu Kansas, at the mouth of the river Sa
line, far beyond the settlement of any white
man. The valley is beautiful and the grass
is green all through the wiut. r Fifteen men
have takeu up claim? in the now town Tho
Saline is very ealt, from the numerous salt
springs which ruu through it.
WONDEKFCI. PUKSERTATIOX. On'WcdnCS-
day afternoon, a chil l four year3 old, who had
followed her mother into the pines, near Qua
ker R ridge, Ruiiington county, N. J., mis
sed her way. The alarm was soon given, the
neishb'U's turned out, and, after searching all
night without success, the little one was found
fast asleep beside a wool pi'e, without bon
net or shoes, and, to all appearance uninjur
ed by the exposure, although the night was
bitter cold.
PuEACHElt MARRIKD IN I1IS OWN PlLPIT
The congregation of the Cumberland Presby
terian Church, in Louisville were consiJcia
bly startled a few evenings ago, by the Rev.
Mr. Newman, the paster of the church, des
cending from the p-alpit, after closing his dis
course, aud selecting a young lady, who had
cousented to becomo Ins help-mate, to whom
ho was immediately joined in tho holy bonds
of wedlock.
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Scarltt Ftrrtr, tf a mt malignant type, is
prevailing in ti e vicinity cf Butler Pa.
The Heaves, in h; rscs, has Iccn cured ly feed
ing the ammalcn cornstalks.-
HnEKFW Senators. J'r. Cer-jatnin. frcm Lcu
siana, and llr Y nice frcm Floiida, aie both He
brews. The Bcrfenle Gas "vVoiks vciit into operation
on M:e ltth int. They ue Tittsl urg cod at a
cost cf about $20 per ten.
A remarkable instance of Ioiij;etify is men
tioned in the llejcican papers that of a lady who
died at Actopcpan, at the age of ICS years.
Iowa instructs her Scr.ati.r3 to suatain the ad
mission of Kansas; with the Topcka or Free
State Constitution.
Judge Drummcnd's reported charge to a Mor
mon, grand jury, against polygamy, isprer.oua
ccd a hoax.
A man has been arrested ia Chicago for dealing
hair. He was a journeyman wigmaker, and stule
from his employer.
There are about cijd.t hundred workmen now
engaged on tho Erie Division of the Sr.nburvand
Erie Railroad.
The Pagoda at Luady's Lane, a frame tower a
hundred feet high, commanding a fn:e view cf the
battle-field, was blown dwn in the ralj of Sun
day week.
The portraits tf the Pennsylvania Governors,
recently purchase,! by the r.-giblr.t;:re, arc t- fcc
hmig rjp jn ta3 large corner ro,in attached tu the
EsUtlve D; pr.rtr.ient at Ilari iahv.rg.
" Tintion !" exclaimed an Irish scignt to his
platoon j f.xLt face, end tind to rc-wl call ! As
many cs ye as is prt.sint will say llrr:
and
The Exchange Bank cf Bang, r, Maine, l:ns
Veen discredited at Boston. The B.mk of II dl.j
ve!I, Maine, and the HoKyoke Ilenk, Xorthaiap
ton, Ua.., have been cnjuii.cd.
A suit to sustain the patent Cr the Parker
wat-r wheel, in the United States Circuit Curt
at Chicago, has resulted ia a verdict for the de
fendant. David Bidcnour, convicted of murder ia the
second degree at ILigerstown. Md., has been sen
tenced to sixteen ycari aud seven months in the
penitentiary.
In Lawrence county Samuel M'Bride has le n
appointed poitma.itr &t Phunzroire. vice D. A.
il'Bnde resigned and Wm. Newell at Cross-cut
vice David Douu.
The Democrats of Tennessee will h Id their
next State O nver.tiua at -sshviile on the lUh
v.f Ar-.ri!, for the nomination cf a canJidate f.r
Governor.
I'rs. Strah B. Sott, tT-e J.-t srviv-r. daugh
ter of Patri. k Il.-nry, u.c-l ou the lOu, hist., at
Sevca Islam'," ia II diLs o n:.!;-, Va. Si.e
was 77 ver.rs old.
A Lock Il.iVtn tavern hooper reec-r-tlv w ent cn
a hunting excursion ij tho upper end cf Clir.Jon
and Centre counties, an 1 brought i tr-r wi:h him
a panther and c-i-vcu dec:, as the ir pides cf Lis
skill in Lusting.
The value cf the real and perstnr.1 estate cfthe
United 5:ates U reported f.,r the year lof, by
Mr. t-ecrttary Guthrie, at -1 1 1 ,S 1 7,C 1 1 ,672 that
is over eleven and a quarter lilli. ns .f d-.l'.ari.
Tho total p-..pul.itun is 2C,0C4,312 so-:'j.
Lceornpton, in Kansas- is thriving pea'Jy, ami
only wants workmen and capital. Houses that
cost from two t.- fjtir hr.ndre 1 doriars t-- btnld,
are renting f,r from C0 to i3f0, and sellint.
froin to
In Cumlrhind county a woman named Iia'd,
residing in the town ct" Libton, abt.ut nine miles
irom Karribl urg, was arretted on a charge c,f
whipping one i.f her chii.lren so severely as to
cause its death. It is stated that fvo cf the child
ribs wore broken.
The first ship ever built in Florida went to sea
from Key West on the 23th ult., bound to Char
leston, S. C. where she arrived tafcly. She is
called the Stephen 1J. Mallcry, in honor of the
United States Senator of that name, who is also a
resident of Key West wl ere the ship was built.
On the 1st inst., the funded debt cf Pennsyl
vania amounted to $::0,SCC,97o, and the unfund
ed to 2oO,S.:9. There remains iu the State Trea
sury and the sinking fund the sum cf $7C5,2o7,
which is applicable to the further cancellation tf
State stocks &c.
C"3-Accordicg to an official report recently sub.
mitted to Congress, the three first States in the
Union compare as fdlows in tho items cf wealth
and population.
- Popuh.t'nn. Value of Property.
Xcw York, C,i70,0c0 $1,3U4, 154,025
Pennsylvania, 2.il42,S0 1,021,731.304
Ohio, 2.215.7C0 6CO,S77,35i
Tho Lou Ion L meet states that thousa of the
drug btl adonna, as practised in oriental Larcn.s
to give biilliaucy to the eye, is now unLlus-Lingly
advertised and provided for ly the caterers of
fashion. The cf ect of this powerful and deadly
drug upon the eve, is to contract iris and enlarge
the pupil, inttnsifymg its tri'diancy, and rapidly
destroying the organ.
Isi tho Supreme Court of New Tork Judge
llofiman decided that a client had a right to
change his counsel at his pleasure, no matter what
his motives might be, as the relation cf counsel
and client required, the most unlimited confidence
and perfect harmony. Ho further decided that
an attorney has no claim upon the papers entrust
ed to him further than to secure costs and fees ;
and that even then he may be compelled to pro
duce them under certain contingencies.
Committed. On Thursday evening last
Roieuna Rooks, from Cherrytree borough was
brought to jail at this place and committed to
await her trial for infanticide. Indiana A
.t t r r t ei t .
j v. j 4W nui&iv jui; cumsiar.ee?. t,- suppose a mockery. Doubt-
The R'.&cicral College of Alabama, cn the ccca- j' 3 t!"cr,e are.wi Je distinctions among gam
sioii of giving their vote f- r Mr IU- van.,n f.jr ',,Il'rs- 45oRie' & R "J" I'O, would scoro what ia
President, uusnimouslv rcccmu end, 1 the Ron. rf would le a dishonorable move
Win. L. Yancey kr rhve in Vs CrT- ? ' W"i , " ''" CYCry P0Sltle. advn-
Gamtlirg in Great Citie.
are
lably
at
circuit;.
tanevs? Aceoiding to this statement, there
are three hundred lemplcs of chance and of
fraud in actual operatirn in that city every
night. If we average the attendance at ten
for each place, and this must be regarded as a
very moderate estimate, the aggregate will
amount to three thousand nightly The los-si-.s
and gains per annum may bu computed at
millions. The vice is at once fascinating and
seductive. It tempts and excites, it maddens
and it destroys. Ever and anon we hear of
some fearful defalcation or forgery. In many
cases, too, k is impossible to conceive the
motive, or to imagine how such large suroscf
money are squandered. The proprietors and
the whittles of the gambling-houses, could
probably solve the mystery. Gambling is one
of the most appalling vices; of our day. It i8
carried on to a fearf ul extent ia ell the jrreat
...
far too many. These inwtiiiiilnna nr. -
are v
to every cemmucify in which they exist.
...erne sre fitted cp in the most magol'o nt
style, are provided with all the luxuries of tho
season, and thus the novice is t once stimu
lated and betrayed. The system is cold-blood-cd.
cautious, plausible. r,d polished Tho
finished gambler must be able to Pee his vie
tim wiithe in agony, as he parts with his pro
perty, and even look calmly cn, as the t-had-ows
of despair gather upon Lis brow. Row
many yci-tig men Lave been hurried to ruia
threugh this vile agrney ! How many father
and mothers have been sent breken-hearted to
the grave 1 The vice is a secret one to Eotue
extent. It is indulged mostly at night, awy
from the eye cf observation, and often under
the exciting influence of wine. . To suppose
that the cage", the unpractised aud the im
pulsive can c.uain fair play under such cir
.1 , . rri a
u.. aus. j ntre are moreover, various
modes of gamLI ng, which we need not specify-
There ar other games of chance than
those practised ia the card-room or at thefaro
tablo; and where, too, dishonesty and fraud
are qu;te as prevalent as in more disreputable
scenes of hazard. The evil, we repeat, is a
fearful one; and when once an individual be
eoiiics habituated to it. it is difficult indeed,
wholly to destroy the fascination. Nay. tho
3-oung man who imbibrs a tnste for this dan
gerous excitement, will almost invariably close
his career in ignominy and ruin. That ca
reer, l.-o, will in all probability, be brief. Gtful
and full of mental anguh-h. "L'ven should he
?ain night after ninht far weeks, his fate in
the end will not be the less certain : for suc
cess at the gaming tab'e, at o ce infatuates,
imperils, aud eventually enculfs Ret ter al
most any error than this, for it opens a path
to sure and inevitable ruin. Inquirer.
Citiirt: in Texas. The CJrotticU atul AJ-i-.ccre,
a religious paper sr.ys :
The number o
ho:n
ici
s, murders and
- . ... ....... ... A .V. It
ie last years, is
W hea we first becainu thn
eenduetor of the AJec'catc. we nticod ts
ilems of Rcwi, the different killings, as the-v
ccurred tmm week tu week Rut. the borrid
hst vr.s .s". rap suly iac reused, both in number
and bLodiin . ss, that we shtink, both font
making our columns u calender of crime, and
front faiui. Prizing the minds of our readers,
e.-p: ciaiiy the young, with such demoralizing
s.r. nes. During ihi latter part of the prcs
' r.t year, murders an J a.-sa Scioations Ceni to
have increased in an unusual ratio In the
oast, a man, his wife, and a niece, are all
hilled, whllo sitting at the supper-table, Ly
one muskct-shot. In t!:e wtst, a man is as
sassimited, it is supposed by his own brtither
and sdster-iu'iw. In the centre of the State,
a man is shot from his horse and. killed by a
villain concealed ia the cedars. And thesa
are only a few cases "
The Washington correspondent of the Eos -ton
Tianlhr, wri ing on the 25th instant,
says :
"Senator Doughs appeared in his seat to
day, for the first tine this session The great
est possible improvement is visible iu his ap
pearance since his marriage. Last session he
wore ill-trimmed whiskers, long hair, turned
down collar, seedy dress coat, and had a de
cidedly shabby look. Now. Lis face is clean
shaved ; Lis collar stands stiff and glossy; hU
linen looks decidedly resj ectable : he wears
his hair much shorter than usual; and, to
crown all, he appears in a new suit cf black,
a neat fitting frock, instead cf the shabby old
dress-crat, and looks about ten years younger
than ever. On coming into the Senate cham
ber, he was congratulated by all, and by nono
mcro warmly than by his political opponents."
Some days since, Messrs. Isaac and Henry
Wentz were out hunting on the head waters
of Robbs Creek, in Union Township, iu this
county, when they discovered the tracks of a
bear. following the tracks some distance,
they discovered a large Rear, and after ap
proaching within shooting distance, each of
these gentlemen put a ball into him, when ho
expired. Re proved to bo the largest known
in this couutry for many years. The fat was
four inches thick on him. and he weighed
ever 400 pounds. Bedford Inquirer.
Universalists. Tho Supremo Court of
North Carolina has confirmed the decision of
Judgo Manly, that mcmlers of the Univer
salis! Churcharc incompentjto testify in courts
of justice, according to the laws of that State.
Ry this decision tie Universalists of North
Carolina are virtually outlaws, as no mem
bers of that religious denomination can collect
his debts, swear to an assault, or testify be
fore the Courts in any case.
On Thursday last some arsenic, which had
been purchased for poisoning rats, was mix
ed, through mistake, with flour in preparing
biscuit for the family of Mr. Joseph Hogg, a
bookseller, in RufTalo. N. Y, Mr. IK and
several members of the family were taken vi
olently ill, but by prompt treatment they all
recovered.
e-i- -v :
Ail Gone- Of the 2G members of the fa
mous Hartford Convention, every one has
passed to his grave.
;miic.. mat m iew xorKcity there
A,. !
iw nunui ta painMing Ik uses, and pre
. ..... nL-i ia.u uauns; ua we WCLUir
-l..f-.!.... 1 1. , ,-...1 -
.u.iaiivuo cm-! mi t'tt its uuuCTiues;
iuim wv; tuion. i miaaeipma, like Acw
ork, has its splendid establishments, and al-
uioogn not so numerous rcrhans. there