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BRIGADE INSPECTOR -COI. JOHN STET.
announced as a candidate for Brigade Inspector.
A more upright, honorable man than Col. S.
lives not in Huntingdon county. If elected Col.
Stever will make a popular and efficient officer.
t The "BLACK Bann Iforni.," it will be
seen, is now in the occupancy of JAS. D. Me
lt mar. Mr. M. comes to our place highly
ricornmended by his neighbors, and we have no
doubt will make a popular and obliging land
lord. Give him a call.
County Meeting.
We hope to see a general turn out at the
County Meeting to-night. The object is the
election of delegates to the State Convention to
nominate a Candidate for Canal Commissioner,
and to do such other things as the good of the
cause may seem to require. Let all attend.
New Judicial District—Tito Presi
dent Judge.
Oa Wednesday last, the bill forming a new
Judicial District out of Huntingdon, Blair and
Cambria conntiee, passed the House by a vote
of 39 to 38, and on the afternoon of the same
day it passed the Senate by a vote of 19 to 9.
And on Friday evening last the news was recei
ved in this town that the Governor had signed
the bill, and nominated GEO. TAYLOR, Esq.,
of this place as President Judge, and that the
Senate had suspended the rules, and unanimon,ly
confirmed the nomination.
The above news was received here with
marked and general approbation. But the satis
faction produced by the formation of the district,
was tame, in comparison to the universal joy
with which the appointment of Gs°. TAYLOR,
as President Judge, was received by all classes
and all parties. We never knew an Executive
appointment to be so universally popular. In
making it, entire deference to the popular will
has been strikingly exhibited, and we most
heartily thank the Executive for it.
Judge TAYLOe is emphatically a self-made
man. Of humble yet respectable origin, he
has risen to his present eminence unaided by
wealth or family influence. He is now in the
prime of life. His natural abilities are more
than ordinary. Possessed of a very discrimi
nating mind, Jud g e T. is capable of arriving at
truth and exposing error, with an aptness not
common. His legal abilities are considered by
his brethren of the profession, of the highest
•rder. His moral character is pure and with
out reproach. And like his illustrious name
sake, of him it can with truth be said, he has
.t no snsmita to punish." His urbane, kind,
and obliging disposition has made friends of all
who hay, made his acquaintance.
We congratulate the people of this county
and district upon this appointment. This Judi
cial ermine has fallen on one every way worthy
and tined to wear it ; one who will take his
sent on the Bench without prejudices and whu
will therefore be able to meet out justice to
all. The citizens of the counties of Hunting
don, Blair and Cambria, can rest assured that
during the administration of Judge TAYLCR,
their Courts will emphatically be 66 Courts of
Justice." The rights of all classes and all
parties will be alike respected.
Such is but a feeble aid imperfect description
of our new President Judge. He commenced
his judicial labors in our Court yesterday, and
we bespeak for him the impartial judgment of
a discerning public, in the confident belief thnt
the expectations in regari, to him will be fully
realised.
Col. A. K. CORNOWN.
Now that the session of the Legislature is
about drawing to a close, we deem it but sheer
justice to say that our Representative, Col. A.
K. COIIYN, has more than realized our expec
tations in regard to him. He has represented
old Huntingdon ably, industriously and faith
fully. And he will be received on his return
home, by a delighted constituency, with the
exclamation of "well done, good and faithful
servant."
Although a new member, Col. Cornyn was
considered at Harrisburg one of the leading
members of the House. lie did not consume
time by speaking on every question which
came up, but when he did rise, he always dis
played an ability and energy which gave him
great weight and commanded the respect of all.
We congratulate him on his algid , 3UCCUSs as a
Legislator, and the people of this county on the
fortunate erlection they made by his election.
We will defer a more general notice of Mr.
Cornyn's labors as a Legislator until another
occasion.
SZNATOR FOOT. publishes a card in the Ns
/isnot kftriligeneer, in which, after making
some corrections in the report of one of his
speeches, he states that he is authorized to say
that had the Senate passed the Civil and Diplo
matic Appropriation bill with the House amend
ment, [organizing California as free territory,]
it would have been last, as President Poll had
atre4dy in port prepar,.:: hie trtt j* anticipa
tin ~f such a, Noll!.
lion. Alex. Rsuusey.
The President has appointed lion. ALERANDIR
RAMSRT, of Pennsylvania, to be Governor of
the Territory of Minesota, in the place of Gov.
Pennington, declined.
This is one of the best appointments made
by the new administration. MR. RAMSEY is a
self-made man. His energy of character and
strong natural and practical abilities, has raised
him, unaided by wealth, to his present elevated
position. He has always been an active word.-
fog Whig, and as such his promotion will be
hailed with the most lively satisfaction through
out the State. We would have preferred seeing
him appointed to a station in this State, but
still feel highly gratified at the honorable pro
motion that has been conferred upon him. We
understand he has accepted the appointment.—
He will make an excellent Governor.
Governor RAMSEY will carry with him to the
far West the kindest wishes of all who know
him.
The 4, Democratic Union," the organ of the
Locofoco party in this State, thus speaks of his
It gives us pleasure to announce the appoint
ment of the Hon. Ar.mcaNuErt RAMSEY as Gov
ernor of the Territory of Minesota. Mr. R.
has risen from the ranks of the people to the
position he now occupies, and we are always
gratified at the promotion of such men. Al
though an ultra Whig he has so conducted him
self in all the conflicts of party. as to retain the
confidence and esteem of our citizens, and he
will bear with him to his new home in the wil
derness, the best wishes of our people for his
health, happiness and proillperity."..
The Change in Judicial Districts.
The bill remodelling and increasing the num
ber of Judicial Districts, which has become a
Law, erects the county of Schuylkill into a
separate Judicial district, to be called the
twenty-first, and increases the entire number
from 21 to 21. The twenty-second is composed
of the counties of Wayne, l'ike, Monroe and
Carbon ; the twenty-third of Becks alone ; and
the twenty-fourth of the counties of Huntingdon,
Blair and Cambria.
The change asked for and granted in this dis
trict, so far as this county is concerned, was in
consequence of the great number of causes at
issue and undetermined upon the County Dock
et, and the numerous official engagements of
the President Judge, which prevented him from
giving more of his time to this county. And
we suppose the name cause was the motive for
the other changes made.
It is but justice to Judge WicsoN to say, that
there was no want of confidence by the citizens
of this county, either in his integrity as a man,
or legal learning as a Judge. Ile enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of all. And while we
congratulate him upon having his judicial labors
lightened, we at the same time part with him
with regret.
The Legislature
The Pa. Intelligencer says :
, 6 The Legislature will adjourn sins die on
Tuesday next. The members are laboring hard
to complete the public business in time. Nearly
four hundred bills have already passed both
branches, to which many more will be added in
the few days remaining of the session; Several
important public bills have been passed, but
others equally important will no doubt be lost
for want of time, and a stubborn determination
of Locofocos in the House to exert every effort
to defeat all measures for the benefit of the
people which were recommended by the Gov
ernor. But we shall be able to speak more
definitely of these matters after the adjourn
ment."
We understand that the Locos in the House
will use every intrigue in their power to defeat
the bill providing for the cancellation and re
issue of the mutilated Relief Notes, which has
passed the Senate. They are fearful that its
passage will add to the popularity of the Gover
nor who recommended it. We still hope the
bill will pass. Those who defeat it, will have
a fearful responsibility to settle with the Peo
ple.
BROAD TOP RAILROAD,
The bill to incorporate the Huntingdon and
Broad Top Railroad, with Mining privileges,
has—thanks to our indefatigable Senator and
Representative—passed both Houses. This bill
is substantially the same as the one vetoed by
Gov. Shank. The charter being a liberal one,
it is confidently believed that the stock will be
subscribed and the road made. Should this
prove true, the advantages to this town and
vounty from the passage of this bill can hardly
be calculated. It will also be a great advan-
tage to the State, in the way of transporting the
coa 1 to market.
A DIFFICULTY SETTLED.
It gives us great pleasure to announce that
the difficulty between the citizens of Allegheny
street, in this borough, and the Pa. Railroad,
have been amicably settled; the company
agreeing to pay the damages fixed on by three
of our citizens, appointed for that purpose.—
We believe the citizens are now perfectly satis
fied, and all undue excitement against the com
pany has subsided. In consequence of this ar
racgement, thb supplement which passed the
House protecting the rights of our citizens, has
been arrested in the Senate.
NORTH BRANCH CANAL AND INCL.(
NED PLANE.
An amendment offered yesterday to the Gen
eral Appropriation Bill by Ma. BALL, passed
the House of Representatives this morning by
a vote of 52 to 31, providing that whenever
there shall be a surplus of $150,000 in the
Treasury over and above the payment of the
ordinary expenses of the Government, and the
interest on the public debt, said surplus shall be
appropriated to the completion of the North
Branch Canal, and the work shall be forthwith
commenced.
Another amendment proposed by Mr. Myers,
was also adopted—yeas 45, nays 39—providing
for avoiding the Philadelphia Inclined Plane—
the Canal Commissioners to select the route.—
Pa. lettelligoltoor of Saturday last.
The Democratic Unionsays the Neigh Branch
section' as maiply carrittllT 'inn:paretic vot2s.
We are willing thr: sloklintve the credit.
Appointments by the Governor.
PRESIDENT JUDGES,
WM. Jessup-11th District,—composed of
the counties of Luzerne, Susquehanna and Ly
coming.
HORACE WILLISTON-11th District,—Brad
ford, Tioga, Potter and 111'Kean.
DANIEL DunsEE-19th District—York and
Adams.
NATIIANICt B. ELDREL-22nd District—Mon.
roe, Pike, Wayne ancl Carbon.
DAvin F. Gonnos—'23d District—Berks.
GEORGE TA YLOR-2.lth District—Hunting•
dun, Blair and Cambria.
JouN J. PEARSON-19th District—Dauphin
and Lebanon.
The above nominations were sent to the Sen
ate by the Governor, yesterday, (Thursday.)
They were immediately referred to the proper
committee, and after a brief session, reported
back to the Senate with a favorable recommen
dation. Some of the nominees are known to
us personally, and all by reputation, and we do
not doubt but they will adorn the bench, to
which they have been elevated. Senators, ir
respective of party, bore testimony to their
high talents and elevated character. A strong
proof of the estimation in which these gentle
men are held, consists in the fact that they
were all confirmed by the Senate without a
dissenting voice.—Pa. haelligsneer. •
Appointments.
Among the appointment, by the National
Administration during the past week we notice
the following :
Mr. Alexander Irvin, of Clearfield county,
Pa., laiLeen appointed Marshal of the Western
District of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Switzer
District Attorney of the same district. The
latter resides at Pittsburg.
JOHN IRVINE has been appointed Post-master
at Petersburg, in this county. An excellent
selection.
Col. WM. Bwrxra has been appointed Post-
Master at Lewistown. Also an excellent ap
pointment.
General Manufacturing Bill.
The Pa. Intelligence,- says In the house
on Wednesday last, the General Mancfacturing
bill, which had been lost a few days before and
reconsidered, was again taken up on final read
ing, and passed by a vote of 52 to 37. We con
gratulate our readers upon the passage of this
bill, which, we confidently believe, will give
such an impetus to manufacturing enterprize as
will greatly benefit our State, so rich in every
thing necessary to make us great, prosperous
and happy.—The development of these resour
ces needs encouragement or.ly, and that this bill
will give.—The passage of the bill is credita
ble to the Legislature. It opens a new era in
Pennsylvania, and is one of the first fruits of
Whig ascendancy in the Commonwealth.
The yeas and nays on the final passage of the
bill will be found in the proceedings of Wed
nesday. Five Democrats voted in the affima
tive, - viz : Messrs. LITTLE, Cant, WILLIAMS,
SCHOONOVER, and D. EVANS. They deserve the
thanks of the people, for their independence,
and praiseworthy disregard of the party drill on
this question, which so vitally edncerne the in
terests of the State. The Whigs voted for the
bill en masse.
[1:7" P. S. The bill passed the Senate yester
day with some amendments, and consequently
goes back to the House for concurrence.
APRIL ELECTIONS.
Raonz Iswn.—ln this State the Whigs have
elected their Governor, H. B. ANTHONY, and a
majority in both branchas of the Legislature.
CONNECTICUT.-In this State the Free Soil
vote has prevented a choice for Governor by
the people. The vote stands Trumbull, Whig,
24,739; Seymore, Loco, 22,396; Niles, F. S.,
2,796. The Legislature will elect the State
officers, where the Whigs have a majority in
both branches. Two Whig members of Con
r ess were lost by a union of the Free Soilers
with the Locofocos.
New Paper in Washington.
It is now pretty well known, says theN. Y.
Mirror, that Mr. Bullitt, the able editor of the
Picayune, will establish a new Whig journal
in Washington, and that he will be assisted in
the editorial department by John 0. Sargent,
Esq., formerly of the Courier and Enquirer.
We are glad to tears this. A paper to meet
and expose the falsehoods of the Union more
particularly than is now done by the Intelli
grocer, is needed at Washington. Mr. BULLITT
is a gentleman of well known abilities and ex
perience as an editor, and Mr. SARGENT is one
of the ablest political writers of the newspaper
press, as the columns of the N. Y. Courier
fully proved whim he was connected with that
paper. That they will meet with success there
cannot be a doubt.
Appoinhnents by the Governor.
Governor Johnston has appointed Harman
Yerkes, Master Warden of the Port of Phila
delphia, end Gharlcs Rugan, John Devereux,
Samuel C. Morton, Edward Duff, (City) John
C. Costa, (N. L.) Michael Day, (Kensington),
Samuel S. Hey, (Richmond), and W. F.
Hughes, (Southwark), Assistant Wardens.—
These are excellent selections, and will give
very general satisfaction. Mr. Yerkes is an
active, hardworking Whig, and will make a
highly efficient officer. The assistants arc gen
tlemen of character, who are well known and
highly esteemed in this community.—Phil'o.
Inquirer.
"CRISIS MEETINGS," says the North Ameri
can, continue to be held in South Carolina,
Alabama, and Mississippi, and if magnificent
language were of any avail, these disunionist'
would certainly gain their point. We are grat
ified to perceive that the Whig press of the en
tire south speak a healthy tone on this subject,
repudiating the views of Mr. Calhoun and his
followers. The agitation is confined to the
rule or ruin" wing of the Locofocos. The
atmosphere will be purer when this harmless
tempest in a teapot shall have spent its force.
Qom' The Old Hunker. and Darnburners hove
ur , .ited in the city of Yew York ,n a candidate
tor Mayrr, and ~ 111. douhtler.
Gen. Taylor and the Sabbath.
Some of the opposition Journals, notwith
standing their support of Gen. Butler, who vol
untarily attended a horse race on Sunday in the
city of Mexico, have been unjustly censuring
Gen. Taylor for receiving a public reception at
Louisville, on Sunday. And even some Whig
papers without waiting to ascertain the facts of
the case, have been whining out their censures
also. This is unfair. Those acquainted with
river navigation at the west are, of course,
aware that in a voyage of eight or ten days in
length, it would have been impossible for him to
regulate his journey so as to arrive nowhere on
Sunday. It would also have been impossible
for him to prevent the strong expressions of
affection and respect which he received from
the public, at every stage of his journey. It
appears by the following extract from the Bap
tist Banner published at Louisville, that Gen.
Taylor did attempt to prevent any public par
:le at that place on Sunday, and that the re
sponsibility of his public reception rests with
others:
It was ',Nit,' here that he had sent for
ward an earne,t request to those who had the
direction of attlirs here, entreating them to have
no parade on the Sabbath, but that they should
allow him to pass quietly in a private convey
ance through the city to his sister's, four miles
above town, and that on Monday he would sub
mit bi.nself to their wishes."
Melancholy Homicide,
A deep sensation has been created by a mel
ancholy homicide in Maryland, of which the
Baltimore Sun of Saturday gives the following
particulars :
, 41Ve learn from a letter received here that
the Rev. Mr. Borroughs, of the Methodist Epis
copal Conference, who had just completed his
years labor on Kent circuit, prior to his dearture
for conference paid a visit to his wife's relatives
near Sand Hill, in Worcester county, where lie
unfortunately met with a Mr. Bishop, who is
said to hare had an old grudge against him and
who immediately indulged in the most insulting
language towards him, threatning personal vio
lence, running his hand in his face and placing
himself in a posture as if about striking him.
Mr. Burroughs implored him repeatedly to let
him alone, assuring him that he wished no con
troversy with him.
Finally Mr. Bishop left the store where they
had met, threatning vengeance against the
preacher. Subsequently. Mr. Bishop is repre
sented as having waylaid Mr. Borroughs, and
commenced an attack upon him, when the latter
drew a pistol—with which he had armed him
self, as he states solely for self defence—end
discharged it, aiming at one of his limbs, but
unfortunately the contents entered the regions
of the abdomen, and produced death in a short
time.—Mr. Borroughs immediately surrender
ed himself to the civil authorities, and will
await the judicial decision of the case. Ile is
represented as a worthy and estimable clergy
man, and the occurrence gives hie numerous
friends the greatest grief.
Locolocoism.
It is proper the Whig press throughout the
country should understand, says the Wa hington
correspondent of the North American, that Mr.
Buchanan, shortly before going out of office,
contracted with the locofoco newspapers, for
the publication of the laws of the United States
and other advertising connected with the De
partment of State until the 30th of September
next. This piece of management, which may
well be regarded as more ingenius than credita
ble, will have the effect of appropriating for six
months to come, a large amount of patronage
which legitimately belongs to the present Ad
ministration, and which I believe has uniformly
attached to the party coming into power.
The Excitement in Canada.
Advices from Montreal down to Thursday
evening, represent the people as up in arms in
regard to the bill for paying rebellion losses.
Numerous meetings still continue to be held in
various parts of Upper Canada. In Denville
the notorious Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, but for
his speedy departure, would have been ridden
on a rail.—The Toronto papers are busily en
gaged in discussing the question of annexation
to the United States. At a grand concert of the
Philharmonic society, held at Denegana's Hotel
at which about SOO persons were present, his
excellency, the Governor General, was treated
with marked signs of disrespect. The fer
ment is far from subsiding.
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
02 — A Paris letter in the National Intel!igen
err says that the rapidly increasing popularity of
Louis Napoleon is attributed principally to his
being regarded as the representative of order.
But it would be doing injustice to him and to
his pretensions not to state that much of it is
also tine to his own personal influence and the
traditionary effects of Bonapartism. Making
all reasonable deductions for the habits and ten
dencies of mankind to worship a rising sun, it
is obvious, that the President concentrates in
himself a larger portion of the inclinations of the
French people than any ruler they have had
since the palmy days of his uncle's popularity
and power. It is not merely to the lower, or
even to the middle or mercantile classes that
we refer, for even the old nobility do not feel
towards the nephew of Napoleon the same re
pugnance which they bore towards a prince
whom they regarded as a usurper; for in such a
light did this class regard Louis Philippe. They
may have ulterior political objects in view, but,
at all en'ents, it is remarkable that thegovernmet
of the President should meet with so general an
acquiescence, and that, in his personal capacity,
he should be encountered by those whose hered
itary prejudices (principles if you please) would
natnrally lead them to repudiate a Republic.
CANADA.-A letter from Montreal under date
of 3d inst. published in the New York Courier
and Enquirer, contains the following paragraphs:
Last night in the Assembly, Sir Allen Mc-
Nabb moved an address to his excellency, the
Governor, calling for copies of all petitions
that he hail received in regard to giving his
sanction to the resolutions on the paymeut of
the rebellion losses.
An exceedingly sharp and bitter discussion
ensued. The motion was lost—ayes 16, nays
39.
An investigation is going on at Toronto in re
gard to the late riots at that place.
The ins.l ,tes,-,re are rennin; on the opp,
Lek.,
A Calumny Nailed.
The Locofoco press is steadily laboring to
create dissension!: in the Whig ranks, and to es
trange the Whigs from their President. Among
the host of fictions they have conjured up for
the purpose the following is most relied on to
effect their purpose : T
4 , Notwithstanding the Allison letter, and tie
pretended pledges of Gen. Taylor, to leave all
questions of legislation entirely to Congress;'ho
was found personally urging ',lgniters of Con-
gross, to pass Mr. Walker's amendment through,
attached as it was to the Appropriation Bill.—
The first movement of the fast friend of the
Wilmot Proviso, after he hod arrived at our na
tion's capital, was to give his personal influence
to a measure, the effete of which was to extend
slavery."
Aside from the fact that no evidence can be ,
shown to sustain this charge, Gov. Seward, the
New Senator from New York, and one of the
most radical Free Soil Whigs in the nation,
effectually refutes it, by a plain statement of
facts. Gen. Taylor did urge the necessity of
having a civil government established in Cali
fornia before Congress adjourned, but never
4, indicated any plan whatever, or expressed
any opinion on the question of the extension of
slavery within the territory. What Gen. Tay
lor did say on the subject was, that he desired
to substitute the rule of law and order for the
Bowie knife and revolvers."
So much for this calumny. Like all others
raised against the devoted patriot, it vial only
tend the more to strengthen hint in the erec
tions of the people.
Interesting from California.
We find in the Washington pipers an inter
esting letter from Capt. J. 1.. Folsom, of the
Quartermaster General's department in Cali
fornia, to Maj. Gen. Jesup. It is dated San
Francisco, January 23, and says that within
the last few weeks much had been dime towards
the organization of a provincial government,
and several villages had appointed delegates to
attend a convention, which it was proposed to
hold at Pueblo de. San Jose, on the Ith of March,
for the arrangement of fundamental lawn for
the country. The question of government
was regarded as one of vital import, and was
ahnoet daily brought feelingly home to the ap
prehension of every intelligent man, from the
utter insecurity of life and property. Crowds
of men were flocking thither from every quar
ter—among them many of bad character and
desperate fortunes, and every kind of villainy
was practised with impunity. The weather
for live or six weeks had been exceedingly cold
—the season having been the coldest since 1823
-24—and in the mines the snow was four feet
deep. A great stagflation in business had oc
curred since winter had set in, and prices of
goods had fallen in consequence. The market
far goods arriving was bad, and would continue
so until there was a tendency towards the mines
in March, when new supplies would go in that
direction. Within the previous ten days there
had been six or eight arrivals from Mexico and
the west coast of South America, and it was
reported that some forty vessels were soon to
follow from Chili and Peru, with some 3000
emigrants. Every vessel sailing from Califor
nia took away a rich freight of gold, and of the
$3,000,000 taken from the mines, at least
$2,000,000 had been taken away. The trade
of the country was rapidly increasing in conse
quence of the mines and the influx of popula
tion, and 'he revenue of California for the year
is estimated at $1,000,000, the duties of San
Francisco having been $30,000 per month for
several months, and for January it was thought
would exceed $60,000. The first steamer from
Panama was looked for about the 20th of Feb
ruary, and many persons would avail themselves
of the rapid trips by this line to transmit gold
dust to the United States. The letter is chiefly
devoted to the necessity of a government in
California, and it was anxiously expected that
Congress would make the necessary provision
therefor.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge.
It appears that the damage to the Railroad
bridze over the Susquehanna above Harrisburg,
has been considerably exaggerated.—The fat.
lowing letter from J. Edgar Thompson, chief
engineer of the company, will show the extant
:
Tut Voles or Onto ox Feet Soir..—Free, and the Call 3133 of the injury t .
I,NGINEFR DEPARTMENT, P. R. R. Co.,
Soil resolutions have passed both Houses of the ;
Harrisburg, March 29, 1849.
I Sint—The public prints having insert• '
Ohio Legislature with much unanimity, encoun
ed erroneous reports in relation to inju
ry by the Railroad Bridge
tering the opposition of only twelve Loco
o rY rer the Susquehanna, it is proper that
Focos in the blouse of Representatives. Of
the dozen, Messrs. Pierce, Pugh and Roedeter
, a correct statement of the facts should
a w r e e re o
f f
raCuidnucliennntaltyi. The
admittedt w to o .
e l a a t t t i e i r n N t , h •o e r t L h e i g es .
be made known.—Six spans of the 4
islature by Morse and Townshend, both rene- . structure, partly finished, only were
blown off. The contractor, (Mr. Stone)
gade Free Soilers, elected by Whig votes,—
who has had many ye ors of egperience in
This resolution had previously passed the Sen
bridge building, deemed it an unneees
ate, but not without encountering the opposition
of Whitman and others. The action Of the , miry precaution to anchor it to this Ina.
House has brought to light the extent of Cass- ' sonry, as instructed, and also emitted
in the last spans the vertical diagonal
ism which yet lingers in that body. It is Bred-
itable to the Whig party that no negative vote cross bracing. Even the extraordinary
was given from their ranks. wind that occurred, would in my opin-
APPROP.RIATIONTOTTIE - PUBLIC ion have been insufficient to have pc,
WURES. I ved the bridge without these precati-
From a letter presented to theliouse on Wed- Cone.' If his 4nXietV to push tile
work ahead, with all possible speed, had 4
lasf, from the Secretary of the Canal Baud : ,
it appears that be made 4 mista k e i n trena C T ' not induced to load the top of the bridge
bing the report agreed upon by the board. The
ti
whole amount asked for by the board was as at the end spans, with the timber for the
follow',
$ 230 , 377 72 water fell, to press the work withou ,
let April, 1830,
1 next, so as to be ready the moment the
T ro o r p:i e y pa d i e r b s ts fro te l f s o t r
D r
e e
c p, i r 1 5 8 , 48
to
306,3 2 2 38 1 detention.
I indeed, the whole cootie of the dimes-•t aster seems to have arisen from a }4)r.• 1
f getfulness of the wholesome rule, to
" make haste slowly," which if nothing
but an ordinary storm had occurred,
: would have redounded to his credit.
The loss to all parties, after the mete
rial has been collected, will not proba
bly exceed six thousand dollars.
There will be no difficulty in supply
ing the deficient timber, in time to pro- -
vent a delay in opening the road to Lew-
istown, exceeding a fortnight at most.
Yours truly,
J. EDGAR THOMPSON.
Chief Engineer.. '
To S. V. Merrick, Pres'dt.
Execution.
Total,
TEE OLDEST PaiSON Iv IKE UNITED STATES.
—The venerable Dr. Nott of Franklin, Con
necticut, received the visits of his flock, on the
23d ult., to congratulate him on his having
reached his ninsty-sixth birth day. Dr. Nott
was born in 1754. He was ordained and in
stalled over his present charge, 4, the Congre
gational Church in what is now Franklin, then
Norwich, West Farms" on the 13th of March,
1782 ; and has consequently exercised the pas
toral office during a period of sixty-seven years.
UT Hon. Amos 'Fuca, of New Hampshire,
who was originally a Locofoco, and left his
party on Slavery grounds, at a Whig supper at
Portsmouth the other evening said :
The editors who base assigned to me all
sorts of opinions will take my presence here
this evening as evidence that I hove gone over
hook and line to the Whigs. 1 a, hare tAis
be v itA my fri,e+i .10: , • e:rfe:
•••n• nt., it of
Steamboat Explosions.
These fatal disasters appear to be of more
frequent occurrence than usual, especially on
the Western waters. A telegraph despatch da
ted New Orleans, April 2, states that the tow
boat, Defiance exploded below that city, killing
the engineer and three hands instantly. She
had three ships in tow, and was on hoc first
trip.
The Pittsburg Commercial Journal of Mon
day last gives a heart rending account of the .
explosion of the Steamer Virginia, ernployee
as a regular packet between Wheeling and Steu
benville oa the Ohio. The boat it is stated
was literally blown to fragments. The follow
ing is the list of the killed and wounded :
Killed—Wm. Rowe, Sr., Mr. Wells, Mr.
Rellinger, J. K. Sturgeon, Ms. Sharp, J. R.
Spencer. The Chambermaid, Mr. Hacker,
Samuel Nelson, Andrew Snyder, both legs
blown oft, died in three hours.
1 1 li$3ing—Joshua Everett, Washington Ev
erett, Felix Valley.
Wounded—Mr. Win. Rowe, jr., slightly hurt.
Mr. R. Bowles and lady—lady badly wounded.
Mr. Lefar—badly scalded—from Cincinnati.
Mr. Osterhouse—thigh amputated—recovrrry
doubtful.
Captain Dawson—slightly wounded.
Mr. Wm. Dawson—badly wounded.
Mr. Kennedy, Clerk—badly scalded.
Mr. Taylor, Engineer—badlyscalded—recovery
doubtful.
A boy—name unknown—mortally wounded—
taken to Wheeling.
Mr. Rouse- 7 -lee broken in two places.
Mr 9. Corn, of Wheeling—,lightly
Miss Moore of Steubenville—head slightly cut.
Miss Cooley do unhurt.
1). Nugent and S. Neaee, do.
The boat had landed to put of a pgssenger st
Brush Run ; the explosion occurred immediate.
ly on attempting to start the boat on her course.
The cause of the accident—whether from de
fective boilers, or from carelesanesa of the en
gineer, has not yet been ascertained.
CHOLERA AT TUE WEST.--A ;tan froiviClarka
vine, Tenn., died in the street in Cincinnati,
last week of Cholera. 'lle steamer Eudora
lately put a mon ashore at Point Coupee, and he
expired in an hour. lie was from Kentucky.
From the .20th to the 97th of March, 91 case.:
of cholera occurred at Clarksvill e,' of which
eight died, seven were doubtful, and thirty-six
convalescent. The epidemic had broken out at
Maucxport, Ind., a town on the Ohio, below
Louiiville. It was very prevalent in the rivet
towns along the lower Mississippi.
During the week ending the 19th the deatha
at St Louis front cholera were 21, and there
were ten cases convalescent. By dates from
Nashville to the 2 lth, we learn that several nes• ,
cases of cholera had occurred there, but only
one death. The steamer George Washingto n
arrived at Louisville on the 20th of March, ard
had thirty cases of Cholera on board, among her
deck passengers, (foreigners) but nearly all had
recovered or were convalescent. Three Gel=
mans had died and one was landed in a dying
conditions. At Jefferson Barracks, from th,,
15th to the 19th of March, twenty-sevendeatha
front this disease had occurredamong the troops.
The Guillotine under Polk.
The News says, Mr. Polk during the first
four months of his administration, turned CIA 6
Aundred and thirty-six persons out of office in
th 3 city of Washington alone. We need not
add that the guillotine was as active throughout
the country as at the Capitol. Yet some dozen
or score of changes under Gen. Taylor have es
cited the horror of the Locos who not only in
ged the proscription of Whigs, but even e,n..
cured Mr. Polk for retaining the few Whgs who
were found absolutely indispensable to the per-
formance of the public duties while the locofo
loco officials were engaged in electioneering.
Out upon such hypocrisy.
$336,000 00
James Cadden was ezectrted at W itkihero,
Luzerne county, last week, for the murder of
Daniel Gilligan. The places around the jail
walls, within which the execution took place.
were crowded with spectEW-6- NO a ripsd es.
t.nni Eris-re.