MintUntous, taiga att Volithd SOIL
From the London Gaze Hit. Mate 99
DECLARATION
Tr.is with deep regret that her Majesty an
nounkcs the.failare of her anzions and protract-
(I Lndeavors to preserve for her people and for
Europe the blessings of peace.
The unprovoked mgrsssion of - the Emperor of
Russia against the Sublime Porte has been per
s)sted in with such disregard of consequences,
that after the rejection by the Emperor of Rua
terms which the Emperor of Austria, the
Emperor of the French, and the King of Prussia,
a. rrell as her Majesty, considered j6st and equi
table, her 31ajesty is compelled, by a senswof
what is'clue to the honor of the crown, to the in
terests of her people. and the independence of
•':e at Europe, to come forth in the defence
an ally whou! territory is invaded, and whose
,),Ign;ty and independence are assailed.
H , r Majesty, in justification of the coarse she
shut to pursue, refers to the transactions in
eh;...,.1 her Majesty has been engaged.
The Emperor of Russia had some cause of com
plaint arinst the Su tan, with reference to the
settlement, which his Highness had sanctioned
cf the elmflieting claims of the Greek and Latin
churches to a portion of the Holy Places of Je
niralem and Lt. ueighborbood To the complaint
the Emperor of Russia on this head, justice
t.l ,, te, and her )lajesty's,ambassador at Con-
,tantinople had the satisfaction of promoting an
arrlu4otner.! t 3 which n. 4 exception was taken by
tile Ru , sian government
But while the Russian government repeatedly
az.. , ....trc.1 the government of her Majesty that the
iti,,,i , o) of Prince Mensehikoff to Constantinople
Ira, ?xeluilvelv directed to the settlement of the
que-non of the holy Places at Jerusalem, Prince
.;_n.t liikoff himself re.upon the Porte oth
ai
cr L.'. mends of a f- serious and important
Ql.J.racte.r. the natur which he, in the first in
.,trlcc, Pyri , Aavor.:.. as ar as possible;'to conceal
fritu Ler )1 aj es c.v . ti :vss.dur And these de
:ate .1., ino,t .tudi4u4ll, concealed, affecksl, not
only th, privi;egc- of the tired: church at Jertisa-
WM, but the position of many millions of 'lirkish
subjects, in their relation to their Sovereign the
!.-:,..iltJJ
T:1% , , • tl2,nand were rejected by the spoutane-
of Ow Sublime Peru.
a...4.suritne.. , had been given to her Majes
ty—one, that the mission of Prince Menschiittff
only regarded the Holy Places; the ttlicr, that
his mission would be of a conciliatory charaottr.
In Loth respects her Majesty's just expecta
..,ons were disappointed •
Demands we-e made whicb, in the opinion of
the Sttltan, extended t, the. iiuhi.titution of the
E:up' rir of Ititi t'•• authoriti : for his own over
a loge portion ~f tik .atiject., and those de
man w:ta_ rnt•Ir••:1 I .it a threat, and when her
I.iarnt that, iin announcing the termina
...l:./.1 ,f hi!. mis,i-ott. Prince Menschikoff declared
that the r_fu,al of mands would impose up
,.11 the Imperial covirnment tuft: necessity of
.te,k :I! a guitraniy own power, her Majes
ty th ught prop , r tIA:t her diet should leave
Mart... and. in co- , p--ition with that of his Ma-
Emperor of the French, take np its sta
neighb•irhood of the Dardanelles
in; a 5 the nt.. ,, itiations Lore an amicable
her Maje=tc refrained from any dem
ra.l of fire, But when, in addition to
the 'frl l-, k;:- of lan: , military forces on the
trouti-r ef Turkey, the ambassador of Russia in
tm i that scrviu , eoni-equentx.s would ensue
fine; the refusal ^f the Sultan to comply with
unwirrantabie demand-, her Majesty deemed it
ngtat, in conjunetiou with the Emperor of the
Frei; n, to ciNi an unquestionable prstf of her
rininati in to support the sovereign rights of
tht Sultan
I Ra-siati government has maintained that
of the Emperor to occupy the
prviLipal.t:es ;a6en in consequence of she
T.lv..ucc leas of England and France. But
•,t inv,,,,ou .f the Turkish terri
to) • wzs •I Couut Seiselrodc'es note to
l.n.eati,m of the E:nperor of Ru:sia to order
tc to occupy the principalities, if the
1".. , t( Ivl not withm week comply with the de
of Itu-,la
• despat.:ll t) her )lajesty's ambassador at
Cor , :;:zt:Loplo. anti/omit:lg him in certain speci
ti- : sind for the British fleet,
the :31st of May, and the order sent
d.ri.c. from Eng:and to her Majesty's admiral to
prxi.-1 to th.) neighir rt ood of the Dardanelles
-act:- .ie , l the hd of Jun..
nat,.)n t.. occupy the principalities
wa- 2 t•lnt n b, fur( the orders for the ad
v ,n, tut vitiaurow were given.
Su.:au la:Lister wa- infwined that un-
Lc signed within a w,ek, and without the
.ng.• ,it . ti.:. Dote prqx)sefi to the Porte
in V , 1,, lok ti on the eve of his depart
;r :I.! •iriu..l.'e. the principalities of
"l , ; lat h awl Wallachia would be Nx:upied by
roops The Sultau-Could not accede to
but. wheu the actual oc
,.:ut.at t i*,u(ll.ollti , _ , took place, the Sul
‘l,„l a• have dune it/ the ezer
b. , utithoint,:d nght declare war, but ad
rac•.] J pntest t,,
e Jf Au-til, ran,
Li p,
jut,,ttrm with the sorer
. an.: Pruaz•ta. has made
• t out ? just demands of
0.1 Itus.s.a without affecting the'dig
la— Tendon:, Sultan; and, had it
. t io obtain heeurtt%,
enj :.zn,nt i , , the\l'hr,stian subjects of
ot pri% unmuulties, she
n the -.ffers that nave been
ME
"MIME
tne 61:4..r., But. a, tlia:seeurit) was
❑ (AIL ; !,ape of a .•pc-N:ia: and separate
to u w,th us-la. It was reicctAd
Twice han this 541,.r !wen made by the Sultan,
and rec , :,ma.r.d..l 1, ) , P.ar p.,wers, once by
a n ,e pr..p.,!• 1 :it and subse
:y w i ti i ti Cot" P 'lice by the pro
,,f Lases c i ne,c , ,atioti agreed upon at Con
• ,pi( n t!,• Ist of I)..ceinber, and approv
ed at V.,L011 .11 is , th of January. as offering
th. tree .neatis of arming at an under
scan °EI - ,, miug and honorable manner.
1, ,s nu, :hat a right for Russo
;L; it/teller, iu i Le ordinary relations of Turkish
Pulp o:s to their sovereign, and not to the happt
ne-- • t Christian communities in Turkey, was
the , I :,eet bought for by the Russian government;
d, man.i the Sultan would not submit,
self-defence. declared war
upon 1-ut btr 3.fajei-ty, nevertheless. in
• tom with her allies, has not ceased her
endea% t roFt. , re peace between the contend-
lug iN,rti,
/le time bar, L)s-ver, now arrived, when she.
*thief. übd rewomoranees of the four powers hav
ing proved whoiiy ineffectual, and the military
prk parations of Russia becuming daily more ex
it-11/11A, it is but too übvious that the Emperor of
Ru , --ia Las entered upoh a errse of policy which,
if unchecked, niu , t hea l t thetiestruetion of the
Ottoman empire.
In this conjunction her Majesty ft.xls_ealleci
upon. by regard for an ally, the integrity' and in
dependence of whose empire have been recognis
ed as essential to the peace of Europe. by the
sympathies of her people with right spinet
wrong, by a desire to avert from her doeautioes
most lujuriout , consequences, and to save Europe
frow the preponderance of a power which has vi
olated the frith of treaties, and defies the opinion
of the cilii,zed world, to tale up arms, in con
junction with the Emperor of the Preach, for the
detenve of th Sultan.
11.2 314.4e4.ty i. perhuaded that, iu nu acting,
wiil '_ordeal support o f,h er p eop l e;
and that the pret....rt , if zeal far the Christian re.
Leon will be abed in %Ain to cover an agemsion
undertaken in disregard of his holy precepts, and
of itr pare and beneficial aptcit.
ller Mkjebty humbly %/mete that her efforts
may Le auccesafal, and that, by the blearing of
l'rovid..ece, peace tray be mestabheed ea late
solid foundations.
Weetminister, Haesh 28,1864.
MOP W. the gnu&
Thealtra Abolitionists demand the immeofista
emancipation - of slaveryi
The ultra "Temperance" people demand an
immediate prohibitory law.
The ultra advocates of "Women's Rights" de
mand a platform which places them on an equal
ity with men. stir A ma saved from drowning a night or
The "Socialists" demand such a re-omaniza- two since ,
in Boston, abased the man who rescu
tion of society as would make every body live ed him, because be did not sere his hat.
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together, amicably and virtuously. j Om or GtAsoow —This steamer, from
Now, in regard to each of these reforms, great
Liverpool to Philadvspuis„ --1--- * has been out 'about
good might be accomplished if their advocates i
forty days, and has nbt been bawd of lime her
would consent to labor for what is attainable.
day of sailing. It is feared she is lost.
Time and experience enable both Governments
and communities to modify opprve laws and ' eaL. A paper has been stinted at Toronto
to correct abuses. Within our lection, the I der the title of the Provincial ivreemen, conduct
min who found himself, no matter by what mis- ed entirely by colored men. Rev. S. B. Ward,
fortune, unable to pay a debt, was cut into pri- I who formerly published a paper 'in Syracuse is
I son. Then oame a modification of the law, one of the Editors. - (
which gave him the benefit of the "Gaol Liber
ties," which extended to certain parts of the city
or village, over which, however, he was not per- '
mated to step. And finally. imprisonment fort
debt was iibolisbed.
. Moth ~,may be done for the cause of emacipa
tion, if the means were wisely adapted to Se
end. But unreasoning auvocates set back the
wheels they would impel forward
Much could be done to ease the burdens, en
large the sphere and mitigate the wrongs of wo
man, if those engaged in the effort i'mould not
put on pantaloons, and seek to I iverthrow barriers
which their Creator placed between the sexes.—
Ti4re is no real right belonging to woman that
would be ref d, if such nnly were demanded.—
This legislat4re, even when its hundred sands
are nearly exhausted, would pass a law correct
ing the worst evils of intemperance, if the .ultirlis
would permit it Pass a law restraining the sale
of adulterated liquor, en account of its poisonous
character, (for public sentiment would sustain a
law against eelluer "bad liquor,") with such 6111:11a
for license as would shut up cheap groceries, and
a provision making distiller and liquor dealers
liable for the support of inebriates and their im
poverished families, and teas of thousands would
rise up with grateful heart. , bless their bene
factors.
But the "Maine Law . ' adv,)estes will have
none of tbis. It in cruel, they say, to deprive the
poor laborer of the luxury of poisoning himself
with "red-eye" and "rot-gut," while the rich
man is left to sip hie sherry and quaff hisCham
paigue
The time will come, however, when laws will
be paased'restrrining the tearful adulterations of
liquor; and then some cheap, harmless beverage*
will be substituted for the drugged stuff which
maddens and destroys.—Alb. Le, Journal.
THE PCHATION OP THE WAIL—In regard to
the 'duration of the wur in Europe, Mr Walsh,
the intelligent eorre,pondent of the New Y,rl:
Journal of Commerce says :
In returning from a walk just now, l eueoun
tired, near the palais Royal, a Senator of my
acquaintanqe—an Adrsiralkexperieured in State
concerns. I expressed to littri my hope that the
war would not endure beyond •ox. months. In
London the Minister' called it short and sharp
—and the President of th, French Legislative
body, in his address of last week trust , d that It
would he vigorous, rapid and decisive The Sen
ator answered—••\u one of my colleagues ur the
members of the Government really expects that
it will, end in Utz months, or can imagine when
it will end According to the declarations of
the British Cabinet, ch.- struggle with Russia
was once for all. That war the idea of fhe
French Emperor, and the preparations on both
sides of the channel were proporti.inat,i% Russia,
had strength, pride, persistence enough for a pro
tracted, dauntless resistance—thi Czar had been
potent as a conserative—he could be equally or
more so as a destructive I was reminded of
Samson: "When he had shaken the pillars the
house fell upon all the ptinces—" he killed
more at his death than h, had kid in tio,
time."
lip
TF r Cafr t
l ingif t"i?'4Wrr 1 4 Y.14 u 1:"' l t1; ago, a
slave ship sprung a leak ..ut it -.a just as a
Russian steamer pass. diu .:Htance. The
Turkish slave dealer. wh ) preferred even th e
chill blasts of Siberia t 7. grave in deep water,
made signals of dis!re,-, : - 111 the steamer came
up in time to re-cue the sl.ip and living cargo
from destructim, But ieep,ti r. hatred of
Russia implanted in e...y Circassian heart, that
the spirit of the girl re., , lted .it the thought of
becoming the helpmate: ot the grey-coated sol
diers, instead :if 1.1..nng th, 4uraptuous .2,•uch of
a Turki-h 'fl: v h..id bid adieu to their
native mountain, with 1 1!•.i. em .tion. but as the
Russian ship appruacti ih^) set up terrible
and despairing
` scream S .In. spr-ng A.-adlong
into the 'ca, drovi_ ;ie.!: kuiveg into their
hearts. To the,: her.Aue-, death vias
. preferable
to the bridal ot a ciet.--•isi Masc. ite. The
survivors w,-r,' taken ;o in ipa ..nd married to
Cossacks. or giv. nt. “IE irs .it'rvant3
-_-..-_..--4,,,___._
SALE OF THE PUBLit WORK- —The bill for
the sale af the pubi... w rk-. a. it passed the
House of R.-present ,tive , . pr , )vides in substance,
chit the Governor receive proposals until
the 3d of July, f r the purchase of the
ma i n line of tue pubi* , , Iv , rks ofthe State, to wit.
the Philadelphia and C:slumbia Railroad, the Ca
nal from (.7.llunibia t , the junction at Duncan's
Island. the Jan' it.. Canal from thence to Holli
daysburg, th .11*. , :gbety Portage Railroad, in
cluding the new road to avoid the inclined planes
and the non: from Johnstown t.t Pittsburgh,
with all th. property belonging to th- same
The Secretary of the Comtnonweal'h, within the
ten ll'-, front the passage of this act, to adver
tise the same. The proposals to state the maxi
mum price offered for said main line. The terms
are to be 30 per cent. on the amount bid, to be
paid iu cash or bonds of the Commonwealth., and
the balance in ten equal annual payments, she
interest at the rate of six 'per cent., to be paid
semiannually. The first instalment to be paid
at the expiration of three years from the date of
the purchase: Provided, that no bid for a less
amount than eleven millions of dollars shall be
entertained, The bill is very long and points
out pretty fully the nature of „the arrangements
which will exist between the,purchasers and the
State, in case a sale is effected —.4ryu.s.
IMPORTANT PROM LONDON —\V hear t hat it
is currently stated among the European diplo
matists in Washington, that the gnglish Minis
ter on Foreign Affairs has declared that the ell,
tieste cordiale between his Government and
France, concerning A ruerican affairs, about which
so much was not long since published in this
country, has refi;rence only to the La Platte
question, and not to that of Cuba or to Mexican
affairs. We preiume that if this is the case, and
we have really no reason to doubt the fact, it
will not be long before our own Governmet will
receive official intelligence of it. We may nut
forget to mention that it is also said in diplomatic
circles, that the speech of (len. Cass with refer
ence to the entiente cord ink. caused the disavow
al of the English Minister to which we refer
above.
ass, Those men who , fail of success in the par
,.suits of life, will food some comfort in the
, lowing which is from the pen' of George 8. Hil
Old Roger remarked the other morning I Lard:,at breakfast, that "if he bad a weakness it was ewers that i wwwwww •
Years hang with
coffee." A merry twinkle was observed in his them an increasing resimet Yor men who ao not
finny grey eyes, and a slight blush suifusod the maned li fe, L b w words are commonly
, wed. Heaven has been said to be a place for
maintenance of his venerable bootees, who took
exception to the grounds of his remark—they those who have not succeeded upob earth; and
didn t se= clear.—Bostrot Rot. it is surely tree that celestiakgraoes do not beet
I thrive and bloom iu the hoe bleu of worldly
MT A Vas7" GRAAT Tsar MPH A.FTIM ALL. prosperity. 111 . 4 weoews sometimes arises from a
do was one of Hobe cheap till locks which the sePershundssee of qualities is themselves geed;
foreman of Mr. Chubb picked is England. Mr. , from a conscience too sensitiv e , a taste too fas
, Hobbs himself explained how this, might be pick- tidiews, a self-fergetfalsess too ressuatie, a mod.
e d, and afterwards added a simple protection.— testy too
. retiring. Ido not Bono far se to lay,
The Miura. Chubb improved upon the hint, sot `with a !Mpg poet, that 'the world knows Both
ell* Comma attertukon casof the old locks, and ' lag of its great men,' hat there are forum of
w ow to d ot s m id that sb ey b e d m e l t ed the 4 greatness, pr at least of eassellenee, which 'die and
'flumes Hobbs look. Mr. Hobbs ogled £2OO 'melte no stip: Thew an marty r s t h at a i m the
If they would pick his American lock, known Pubw, but not dig without the Jan
;as raw beak look, but the trial was •Mothood, Mr s sompoomee without the :sample
rvo 4"..tna!=i LI so 76+441i i$
Men of profound thoughts and earannsiods,
are at a great disadvantage with the public.
aer Col. Christopher G. Perry, eldest son of
the hero of r Laka Brie, died at Madelphis last
week.
sis„, In Boston, on Monday night, Lyman
Coombs fell asleep or fainted, feeding one
of Gleason's fast cylinder p He fell upon
the press, and one of his arms was crushed to
pieces, and stopped the press. The type in the
form was greatly battered by the bones of the
poor fellow's crushed limb
Mt - MCC - UV' FIRE.-A fire occurred in Jack
sonville, Florida, on the sth lust , which destroy-'
ed seventy buildings, including '23 stores. The
Custom House was among the buildings consum
ed,t as also were the printing offices of the Repub.
1 b'ean and the News. The total lose is estimated
1
t at 8300,000, about half covered by insurance.
' FASHIONABLY GAIT —The Sunday Mercury
'says :—" We like to see a young lady alk as
Ithough a flea was biting her on each hip it is so
fascinating. She is just the maach for the dandy,
i who steps like an open-winged turkey- veling
lover a bed of hot ashes."
1 318. The wife of Santa Anna, Dictsttor f Mea
-1 leo. , sso horn in Westerloo, Albany Cu., . Y.-
1 Early in life, she became an actress, and first met
Santa Anna at Havana, while fulfilling an en
' g:sgement there at one of the theatres Her
I maiden name was Lapough, but on her going on
the stage 21.1 e assumed another.
A HOlLE.—Propellor Forest Queen, barque
Bskiger State, and schoonees Fortune and Luther
\Wet all bound for Chicago, are reported ashore
on Lake Huron, between Presque Isle and Thun
der Bay. The U S. Steamer Michigan, at De
troit, was going to their relief.
NICARAGUA —A letter from Oreuldh, Central
America, states that, on the 12th of March, Nic
aragua formally seceded from the confederacy of
Central America declaring herself a free and in
dependent republic. The announcement was cel
ebrated with military and religious ceremonies.
j The gold coin which iv circulated by the
"Sainte" at Salt Lake is something of a curiosi
ty. On one side a representation of two clasped
hands, with the figures "1849" beneath them,
and the words "five dollars" around the edge.—
Above the hands and around the edge are tht
letters "C S. L. C. P C.," which may be trans
lated, Coin of Salt Lake City, Public Currency "
On the other side is a cap shaped like a bishop's
mitre, and underneath it an eye very badly en
graved, with the worth "holinees to the Lord"
surrounding the central figures
LATER TROY PORT CARELLC, —by the arriYal
at Philadelphia, on the 10th inst., of the bark
Pate, we have dates from Port gabeho to the 25th
of March.
Congress was in session, considering the sub
ject of the emancipation of slaves at an early day.
This project was a favorite measure of the Pres
ideut s, who hoped by it to gain greater influence
with the masses, so as to enable him to retain
power, or confer it upon his brother, who was a
candidate fur the Presidency
EXTRA,IRDINARY PASSAGE ACROSS THE AT
LANTIC BY A SAILING VEssi.L.—The Liverpool
oarirr, of the Bth of March, says that the Amer
ican clipper ship Lightning, commanded by Capt.
J N Forbes, formerly of th,! MareoPolotir , rAi i:
T3uc`..3l" n days—the
shortest run ever made across the Atlantic by a
sailing ship Her run from Boston Light to Ea
gle Island (coast of Ireland) occupied only ten
days, and to the Calf of Man only eleven days—
. a rate of sailing altogether unprecedented.
CHOPPING HER NOSE OFF.—The Brockport
,Attraat states that two kitchen maids employed
in the American Hotel, in that village, quarrel
led on Friday last, about their respective depart
ments of work. One being much larger than the
other thought herself the better man of the two,
and commenced compressing the breathing ap•
paratus of the smaller. In this state of the game
the little one, as a dernier resort, clutched a chop
per, and commenced making mincemeat of tier
assailant's face, chopping her nose and one ear
nearly off. The flow of blood was profuse, but,
by the aid of two doctors, it was stopped, and the
several adjunts replaced where they are in a fair
way of growing on again. This is the worst fight
we have heard of for many a day.
sir We learn from the Fredonia f',etuor that
the case of Henry W. Perkins, for fraudulently
disposing of his property, which hak been on tri
al before Hon. A. Lewis at that village for seve
ral weeks, was terminated on Saturday the 15th
inst. At the close of the evidence on the part of
the people the Defendant consented that an order
be - entered for a general assignment under the
non-imprisonment act, and that an assignee be
appointed, kc.
We understand that the defendant offered no
evidenee on his part to disprove any of the alle
gations charged against him. This course was
deemed advisable as there are s e ve ra l civil a c tio ns
instituted against other parties. in which actions
the merits of the entire case will be investigated.
A WO:VDERYUL Mu&Ottv. We are acquainted
with a young man; a clerk in this city, who once
committed to memory in a single evening, a
wholep of the New York Journal of (.'em-
Insrcf. m the company of a umber of literary
young men, he defied any one present to repeat
a line of poetry from any standard work, the next
line of which he could not recite, and also give
the name of the author. Some hundreds of quo
tations were made, and in each instance the right
author was named, and the connecting lines giv
en. The power of retention in this person's
memory was moat remarkable, as tht above nam
ed facts abundantly prove.—Ekston. Tr., n0,•,-;pt
5 0
D NZWD—TRE UPPER MHEISSIPPI OPEN
--- e learn from our friend John Calhoun, Esq.
w arrived from Dubuque on Monday evening.
that the ice ,in Lake Pepin had given way, and
I the Mississipi was now open to St. Pani. The
steamer Greek Slave, which wintered at St.
1 Paul, had arrived at liulittque, and the Nominee
I and War Eagle had both started for Minnesota.
Mr. Calhoun states that immigration to North-
ern lowa and Minnesota had already oommenced.
( It was fully a month earlier than usual, and the
prospect of a rapid settlement of these fair lands
during the caning seism' were very good. —l. Chi
awyo Democrest.
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tit Obstrbtf.
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SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 22,1854.
DIENIZATIO stars 111011111•710711
POI WIMP,:
WILLIAM BIGLER,
Of Qesrilleki County
Mel OP 813PRIEWE COURT:
JEREMIAH S. BUCK,
Of Soaterset County•
FOR CANAL COINISSIONER•
HENRY S. MOTT,
Of Pike County.
Pros Harrisburg.
The latest intelligence we knee before going
to press, •is that the grand junction (familiarly
known as Lauman's bill,) sleepiiin the Senate
on second reading, and that twIX other bills fr
the disposition of the Western toad have been
read in the House and ordered printed. One
provides for its purchase by the company from
, whom it was taken, under such provisions as
shall protect the interests of this city and the
State at large, while the other, to us much
preferable, gives the Sunbury and Erie road
the right to purchase and use it, terminating it
at the dock where it shouid be. Some doubts
are expressed by our friends at Harrisburg as to
the possibility of securing the passage of any act
during the present-session, which would be much
better than the passage of one that whouid u•
prejudicial to our interests. Another week will
probably determine the matter
Subscription to the Sunbury Road.
As announced by a brief telegraphic dispatch
in our last, the long looked for subscription ,
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad by the city of ;
Philadelphia was, on Thursday night of Last
week, completed, and one million of the money
ordered to be paid into the treasury of the Com
pany We congratulate our readers upon this '
result as by the special provisions under which
it was made it sews to se"ure the speedy build
ing of the road, and the western terminus of the
same at this city. In fact our bretheren of Phil.
adelpbut seem to be as 'strenuous on this point
as ourselves, and are determined to make it a great
highway of the State guarding strenuously her
right, and interests, as well as those of Erie and
Philadelphia at either end of it We are as
sured that the remainder of the road will be put
under contract at the earliest possible moment
and that it will be prosecuted to a. speedy com
pletion. We hope in a few weeks to be able to
announce the actual commencement of the work
here The work upon the piers in front of their
Zeta in the Bay has already been resumed
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ga s The Sunbury and our fight is now trans
ferred to Harrisburg, and we expect to be able
with the assistance of good friends to at least
prevent unfavorable legislation, if not to obtain
immediate positive suou.• 48. The next best thing
to whipping a man is to see that he dope not
whip you The opposition now, i, more a,per-
Bona' force than the besting of any particular ad
verse sectional interest. Philadelphia is with
us, those along the line of the Sunbury will
or ShOUld not Delnattislmswe the
improvement of the nbrtbern and western sec
tions But strong individual influence, and the
other strong ropes which managers in such mat
ters know so well how to pull, con stitate some
thing of an obstacle to be overcome. We. are
confident, however, that Dame - Fortune who has
so kindly attended us this far, is not now about
to soil herself with hostile embraces
'fir On the 17th, Gen. Shields presented a
petition to the Senate, with "some fifteen thou
sand names appended," gravely requesting the
appointment of a scientific commission to inves
tigate the subject of spiritual demonstration.—
Mr Petit facetiously moved its reference to the
three thousand clergymen. The petition asserts
the existence of "an occult force which is exhib
ited in sliding, raising, arresting, holding, sus.
pending ponderable bodies," and otherwise cut
ting sundry mysterious capers. "That light" of
different degrees of intensity appear ;ma.` .unta
biy in dark T00M3." And that "a vanity of
sounds, frequent in occurrence and diversified in
character, and of singular significance and im
port," are heard. The memorial elaborates
somewhat on the wonderful phenomena, and con
cludes by praying for a "commission 'and' a pa
tient, rigid, scientific investigation " The thing,
after producing some wit and merriment, was
laid 'n the table The reporter doesn't .3,3. y
whether this unceremoniom treatment of the
claims of the "spirits" and them friends induced
any "significant , sounds" or "intense light." A
little of the latter occasionally, in some quarters
of the chamber, might not be altogether useless.
Gen. Shields concluded by remarking, that he
thought "he had said enough to.ahow the truth
of Barke's beautiful aphorism," the credulity of
dupes is as "inexhaustible as the invention of '
k naves. "
After an icy blockade of three days, from
the prevalence of a stormy East wind, our huroor
is again free and unobetructad, and navigation
from this point westward resumed.
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es, The Washington Liao* of Monday
the krmt number of the fourth volume, wines to
tts in an entire new dress, looking as nice se
new pin. We know of no paper more deserving
of success than the flume, and arc glad to wit
ness such an evidence of its prosperity.
us. The Rough Notes of Thursday last an
nounces that it has changed hands, aad that it is
to be incorporated into a new daily of the size of
the Commercial, to be called The Democracy.—
Samuel Wilkison, Esq., of that city has purchas
ed it, and unlike what its title ',Mild indicate, it
is to remain whig in polities. Whether,the pres
ant editors are to continue or not does not ap
pear
We notice eirr atchalges often speaking
of "boys" and "moustaches." It has always
seemed strange to us, that nature does not start
the ears to sprouting, as soon as the determine
tics -is formed to let the upper lip go unshorn.
FOUND Now mirn.—The body of a yosug man
named Loren `Hilbert, was found floating in Con
neaut Lake, in this County, on the 7th inat.+—
He resided in Wasninoon township, and when
last seen, which was sin oe seven weeks since, he
wu , ,kiitozioated. It is soweed that while in
thatomditien he atettego s d to arum the Lake on
the ass, mad ass No askashapide.
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War Doh:4
After a year of dittomiitic simnhig and deal
ing. war is the Wes. The Landon Greastir, at
lfisab 28, sanatineed Engband's declaration of
hostilities, andconcisa exhibition of her posi
tion. After a very proper enPmeniel! of regret.
that all efforts for the maintenance otpelee have
proved unavailing, the document starts out with
the-charge of "unprovoked aggressionby the Em
peror of .Russia against the Sublime Porte."—
The charge is true to the letter The Emperor's
anxiety for dui welfare of the Greek Church gen-
*rally, and for the Greek Christians of Turkey
in particular, amounts, in the opinion of arothers,
to nothing more nor less than a hankering for
Constantinople, with the possession, division, or
superintendence of the remainder of Turkey.—
WI do not think that such inordinate rapacity
can be justified, on the ground that Peter the
Grtet, without the fear of God, man or Ike devil,
and at the very brink of the gave, chose to be
queath a scheme of rascality to be nationalised
and parsued'lliy his successors. If England and
Prance are but true to the memories of their past
deeds and buried heroes, we may expect, and we
most sincerely hope to bear of the Czar being
roughly handled, particularly on the water.
The same day a declaration was made of the
intended policy of England towards neutral na
tions. This latter paper involves a commenda
ble acknowledgement on the part of the authori
ties that be at Westminister,'of the justness of
our claims concerning the rights and privileges
of neutrals, as asserted prior to and singe the
war of ISi 2 The principle that neutrality,
whether expressed by the flag of the vessel or
t he owuershp of the goods, gives security, ex
cept to articles clearly contraband of war, is
founded in justice and humanity The fact that
two nations are , at war, should no more exclude
all intercourse between the parties and the other
nations of the world, than the fact that two men
are litigating should render criminal all business
transaction- betweeu either of them said his
neighbors. It is poor logic to - us that insists, be
cause England and Russia are at loggerheads,
the United States shall not import the fabrics of
the one or the hemp of the other. It is unfor
tunate enough, if two men determine to black
each others eyes, but it is the sheerest nonsense
and the plainest injustice to claim that the fact
gives the belligerents the right to rifle the pockets
of any innocent bystander "The end of the law
of nations;" says Ids eminent authority, "is the
happiness and prosperity of the general society
of mankind." But this is a waste of words and
good sense, if the arbitrary tastes of any one or
two nations mad nullify the principle at pleas
ure. Akin to this, and of deep interest to the
citizens of the United States, are the - subjects of
of impressment and blockade Impressment, as
claimed, is the rights of a nation at war to cap
ture and enforce the services of any person who
may have once owed allegiance. The doctrine
is directly in the teeth of all naturalization laws.
It ignores the first principles of personal liberty,
and denies the most undoubted rights of individ
, nal States On this subject the declaration is
silent. But we have already had an earnest of
what will be tile temper of the present adminis
tration, should the right of th, nation or the
humblest citizen be endangered The matter o f
hlOckading is of equal importance Blockades,
by the law of nations, are allowed; but the en
forcement of what have teen properly termed
tawietllackalleulitansitbsrautcAu446ll944;
pie never will submit to, and which the English
government was wise in abandoning. A "paper
blockade" means, that a simple order declaring
i a line of coast, for thousands of miles and with
hundreds of commercial points, if you choose, in
j a state of blockade, without the actual presence
of so much as a yawl boat, seals every port, white
! the order stands, against the world for cot:met
! cial entry or egress The object of a bloodade is
I ' to cut off all commercial intercourse, and thereby
harrass the enemy A glance will show its
oppression upon neatral_nations, and the propri
ety of restraining the docteine to the condition
of the actual presence of an armed force, which
is the true criterion. To a commercial people,
like us, the above, considerations are of vast im
portance; and any attempt at re \ viving what was
so spiritedly combatted in the first part of this
century, will generate a clap of Yailtee thunder
that will send its vibratzetto; to the center jewel of
Europe's firmest crown. \ •
The war must be favoranle to us as producers
and carriers As between the nations fighting.
the probability is that all engaged will feel it s -
r;ously for years. Immense amounts of money
and life will likely be spent before it can be de
cided. England with her naval powers, and
Fr mace and Turkey with their ambitious active
soldiery, are formidable foes; yet a nation occu
pying so much of the map of the eastern hemis
phere as Russia, and numbering sixty-tw o
- , f inhabitants, the mass of them apparently
united and enthusiastic, is a match for almost any
combtnntion Time will tell the whole story.
- _
ma. The Buffalo Rough -Votes takes exceptions
to our saying that the Harbor at Erie is open
usually three or four weeks ether than Buffalo
or Dunkirk, and in f4ct denies the truth of the
statement The utter nonsense of such a denial
is too apparent to every one to need a passinj
notice from u. 3 Every one knows, that knows
any thing, that Lake Erie runs from the south
west to the north east, and that• the prevailing
winds along it, are from the south. south-west,
wo-t, and north-west, every one of which tend to
drive the ice towards the foot of toe lake, assist
ed also by whatever current there may be in that
direction, at which pout Buffalo is situated.—
Every body, also knows that the lake is open
first at the west, and that navigation is resumed
al points along down as the ice is forced below
them by the prevailing winds. Hence, the rea
son why navigation is open earlier here than at
Buffalo Now, 'nary lxmly knows this, and the
Aroks only makes itself appear ridiculous, in
making such statements as the one in its article
of the 19th that Erie was open but little if any
before Buffalo .) , Ve would say to our neighbor
in all kindness that it it useless to tell a yarn
that no one believes for it only "vacs" your
reputation.
Ns. Young ladies now-a-days, when they are
preparing for a walk, ought not to keep their
lovers waiting as long as they used to do, for
now they have only to put their bonnets half on.
—Gct:rue
But young ladies shank! allow the gentlemen
now-a-days a long time to arrange their garments;
for we understand that the modern style of eel
pants requires no little patience and some grease
to adjust them.
Won jibingpmrsonap u oar neigh
bor.—Guselk.
An insuperable respeoi for the ninth saw
ntaaiiaent pane* a stun of the somplissat.
M===i
The bill fur the ask of the Public *orb has
es length palmed both immehm of the Legislature,
end, we this, we preenme, lissome a law. The
main features of the bill we give below, and while
we are personally opposed to the sale, we hope
that all the bleeeinge, may be realised from it that
i ts f r i en d s c laim. It mates in -our midst, its
provisions are carried ant, a more powerful Mon
ied empanel= than exists on this continent, one
that will need the vigilance of the whole people
to keep it within the bound, of its legitimate
rights. We look upon the eleventh section of
the bill Es the most dangerous§ on in it. By it,
the company will have the right to build railroads
in any part of the State, and by it they will be
able hereafter to ruin any improvement in the
Lands of other emppanies which may in the least
conflict with their interests. There seems to
have been such a great dishy, on the part of the
Legislative to get rid 5f the work" that they have
scarcely looked at the consequences that such a
bill must inevitably entail upon us for all time
to come. They have to look at nothing but to
rid the State of the wark& \ This one idea has so
blinded them that in their 'hasteto accomplish it
they have attached to the bill whatever provisi
ons interested parties have suggested, without
ever thinking that they were Rcumbering the
State with a monopoly that mig?A perhaps prove
a hundred fold more injurious to it than a debt
of twice the amount it already owes Bat It is
s law and all we have to do now is to wait the
4epelopements of the future. We hope for the
beat, but cannot refrain from expressing our fears.
The following are the general provisions of the
bill as they passed the Houses:
The fol .• is a synopsis of the bill provid
ing , -•• the "akin Line of the the
Pu 9:, 'it s, from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh,"
as the House on Monday last, by a vote
of 6-1 30 noes, and was sent to the Sen
ate for .9. ourrenoe. It uodupied the Flouse for
ten days, and encountered the most insidious op
position, but all without effect. The bill fiat.
the minimum price at $11,000,000--twenty per
oent. of which is to be paid in cash, or the bonds
of the Commonwealth, before a transfer shall be
made, and the balance in, ten equal in.staltuent..,
Immediately after the passage of the act. Is
made the duty of the Secretary of the Common
wealth to give notice in one or more newspapers
published in the cities of Philadelphia,
burgh, Boston, New York, and Wisehiugton,
that sealed proposals will be rec4ved at his Jtfie,
for the purchase of the said main line of the pub
lic improvements, up the first Nt2nclay iu Jun..
1554. Said propoials to State the ina.r,./muLa
price offered; and no bid to be less its ainQunt
than $11,000,000. The operation of the
supposing the eleven millions to be obtained,
would b as follows, up to 1866:
SateLSll,ooo,ooo.
52,000,000
528,000
528,000
1,408,000
1,35,820
1,302,400
1,249,600
1,196,800
1,144 ,000
1,091,2,00
1,038,400
985,600
93•_'.'00
14,960,000 total.
The second aection makes •it lawful flr any
company incorporated finder the laws of the Com
monwealth to bid for and become the purcha,er
of the main lint
The' third affixes the time for opening the pro
rithar titftitigthiguituruierlirtti
tween two bids, should they be alike.
The fourth giies the Governor authority to is
sue letters patent to the purchasers, and incor
porate them into a company, under the title
the Keystone railroad and Canal Company.
The fifth provides that immediately upon issu
ing the letters patent, the railroad leading from
Philadelphia to Columbia and the Ea, - ..tern
ion of the Pennsylvania canal extending from
Columbia to its junction with the Juniata di% is
ion extending from Dunelia's island to Holliday.
burg, the new and old Portage railroad from lio,
lidaysburg to Johnstown, and the We s tern
decis
ion of the Pennsylvania canal from Johnstown ;to
Pittsburgh shall be vested in the said etirporatoN
and their successors, including the bridge over
the Susquehanna River and Duncan's fsiaud.
The ?jail makes it necessary for the superm
tendants, toll collectors, and other officers el to'
r - lad, to continue to discharge , their duties at
the existing rates of compensation, until remcN
ed or re-appointed by the directors of the u,R
company
The seventh provided that the Company th._:.
keep said public works in good repair mil ti ::
they shall forever remain a public highway
TLe • •."ht enjoins thi• tire said C iinPulYi ' 1
the fir , : :)i, - of December, after itE inciirporati , e
end aniitial'y thereafter, ,hail cause t. 00 In Ca'
oat under thi. inath of bile of the ,itliii rq. and
trantinitted to the offke of the Autiivr CI tkra:.
a debieil statement„ exhibiting the mottot o:
tolls, froigilit and other incomes which hay. , Le,:r.
irtseeived by said company donng the preeui)dlnit
year; also ristatement of all the expenditur. , t' i
the same peried, for repairs, nianageinent, inoili
piiwer, and other purposes: and it shall 1.. , _ •':.e
t;11 \
duty of the An 'tor General to tile said state
ment in his office all similar report; are evils.
filed.
The ninth, that the id company ma) iwn
and employ locomotive eagines, cars, boats, and
horses, and convey passengers and tonage of
whatsoever description, on said canals and rail
roads, and shall 'have the right to Wiceive com
pensation for the same as hereinafter provided,
.and to make such general regulations for thy.
transaction of business on said railroads and ca
nals AS they may from time to time deem proper,
and they shall also 'have the exclusive rigLz -..
furnish all the motive power for said railroad:
Various other sections are given, but th, fore
going are the moat impiwtant, if we expect the
eleventh section, whis... provides that the pur
chasers of said railroads .i.ini muds shall le a
bpolitic, known - as the Keystone Canal ;Ad
road Company, and that they ,ivill tia-,ii
perpetual succession, and be impleaded in all
warts of reoord and elsewhere, and to have. pur
chase, receive, and hold, and enjoy to them and
their successors such lands, tenements and hered
itaments, goods, chattels and estates, real, per
sonal and mixed, of what kind or quality soever,
as shall be mammy for the repairs and manage
ment of said canals and railroads, and the same,
frose time to time, sell, exchange, mortgage,
alien, grant, or otherwise dispose of, and also to
make and keep a 00Olaboa seal , *ma the Barn. to
alter and renew at pleasure; and, also, to ordain
establish end put into execution such by-laws,
ordinances, and regulations, as'vonvenient for
the government of said corporation, not being
contrary to the Constitution or haws of the Uni
ted States, or of this State, and generally, to d o
all and singular the matters and things which to
them it shall lawfully appertain to do • for the
well being of the mid corpora tide, and the due
managing and ordering of the affairs of the same,
"and the mid company be, and they are hereby
authorised, if they deem it expedient, to con
struct a railroad by the moat eligible route, from
the western terminus of the Philadelphia and
Columbia railroad, and connect therewith, and
also extend the y Partaige railroad to
the city of Fitts , or to oolis4met a railroad
from any point on Philadelphia and Colum
bia railroad to the Ohio Rim, by any route that
may by them be deemed best, and to purchase
or counsel with ay ndireed sow constructed or
satiteeined to ba sand by any gm of this
Commonwealth., and to connect by a
gauge with any
,railroad now anthoriw e d ""4l ,„
may be hereafter authorized by th,.
Maryland, Virginia or Ohio, and to, i n , " 4 ' 4
capital stock of the company to an)
.
essary to complete the same, not ..x 0 , 14 1, t .„ 161
hundrefl thousand shares, at fifty d o ll ar , tu. "'"v
Provided, That nothing herein
be so constructed as to give to the said Th 444
tion any banking privileges what 0..,1
The following remarks from the
ocrat are very pertinent and accord i rlt.
views of the case exactly. We twi t
to expect that a mammoth - corpor w ti.,,,
own State will be different from thri ft .
State. That paper lays:
"The weight of the Penasylirlia /d
company, with its capital of fifteen
dollars, is already felt in the halls if the
lature. It exerts a powerful influence :7;
commercial metropolis, and in the differen:=
ties through which it passes It csa
one for office, and defeat another It e tt
and unmake publiiimen, and is astute.
excise of its power. Wherever i t h,,,,
with the people it is the victor br. u
already over-grown corporation, tii• 1744 1 .1
the State improvements, and you
power bcy.nid eximputation. You ir:r t
forrding men who have their
in that business, and force them it.
suits at great sacrifices, and girl. D10n ., ) ,
I the carrying trade to this laina.cns.
lof capital and power We have been
I it, as Democrats, of talking ...if p •
fluence of the United Stases Ban:: y •
ture t., say, if the Pennsylvania
is. !Grum the owners of the main !in
provementz. in addition& th• :
have, and the capital they alrea.....
; Delaware, and North Branch . ;
Pennsylvania canal, beCOMC ',be c
York capitalietq, as they probab y x.
sale of these improNeinents take pi... • •a.
of Penui.ylN ania, waild feel a weiri•
siou and thraldom in tat .r
affair, :hat far ~ , , a rpa.,..ert any tvr -
ercisca by the Bank .if the United
effect- .)f the Liter were .-pren,l ,v.
c:untry. while this mouop.ily of v. .
bc concentrated ill it. eft , •. w •
Pennsylvania. Au act.,
with tlit:-y mille_n. i_f capit. .
payee -, p. netratiug the hear. t •La•
curitr , lliu,2 the busine , s and.
with the b, the easie,
route, having 6
,perpetual is
ing iu power and wealth a- ).. r
cut - Ist .. .nee 71 bower •1 1 ' trt inendU" • .
alarm iu its c , ,intetypliaion I. .•
India numbering La' • •_
and vet lordinv .1 over 'L
habit at •L
railroad company N
trolimg the Legis!ature sod peo:., • •
it, ...1)::Jp , :y ;:ad.:, travel b:.
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