W , , :.::k:..:._ HIINTINGDON._JOURNAL, //// ~~~ kip`-~, -~ Wednesday Morning, May 10, 1851. WILLIAM BREWSTER, Editor. CIRCEIATION 1000. WHIG STATE TICKET: FOR GOVERNOR, James Pollock, of Nortloonberland co. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, George Darsie, of Allegheny co. . . JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, Daniel M. Smyser, of Montgomery co. Medical Students. Medical Students or Physicians, wishing a well selected assortment of Medicines, with Bottles, Jars, and all the necessary fixtures belonging to a Physician's Shop, also a well selected Medical Library, may be had on very low terms. For further information inquire at this office. tea. See New Advertisements. re - No news from Washington. /kr James Maguire, Esq., State Legisla• ture has our thanks for favors. lien , Hon. John M'Culloch, M. C., has our thanks for a copy of Stansbury's Exploration and Survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a Reconnoissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains, accom• panied with a map. Ser Tn another column you will find origi. nal Poetry by Miss It. T. M., of Washington Co. Md., it needs no encomiums from us. We will be pleased to receive a communication from her as often as it may suit her pleasure. Sir We are just in receipt of Grsham's American Monthly Magazine for May, and have only time to give a passing glance at it, but we perceive it is as facinating as ever, hav ing, as usual, the latest fashions, with a great deal of interesting reading. fie" We have received the Twenty.first An nual Report of the Managers of the Pennsylva nia Institution for the instruction of the Blind. It gives a specimen of printing for the blind. ler An old hunter predicts that the follow. ing will be a dry summer, from the fact that woodcocks have built their nests in low, moist places. When the summer is to be wet, he says they build in dry, sunny situations. Xrer If you want anything cheap, substantial and beautiful, go to those who advertise. The reason why their goods are superior to others is very simple—they have articles which they consider worthy of notice, and consequently Advertise them I >l The Peoples' Journal is on our table.— This number commences a lleW volume, and affords an excellent opportunity for new sub- scribers to enter their names. It only cost one dollar per annum. It is important to the Far. mer, Mechanic. inventors and Manufacturers. Address Alfred E. Beach, 86 Nassau st., N. Y. Sir J. J. PATTERSON, Esq., has resigned the Editorialship of the Harrisburg "Telegraph and ;Journal." Mr. Patterson has been an ef ficient, able editor, a strong and able supporter of the Whig cause. We have no acquaintance with his sueessor, Mr. STEPHEN MILLER, but we have no doubt but he will be adequate for the task. We wish him a hearty success. Abolition of the Canal Board! Such was the intense,feeling produced at Harrisburg, by the recent extraordinary move ment of the Canal Commissioners, that a bill was at once introduced into the Senate to abet. ish the Canal Board. When such high-handed conduct is being acted, it is high time that the people should be aroused to a sense of their duty, and sooner or later will the State Robbers and Peculators be made to HIDE their HEADS in SIIAME. Let them be driven into, obscurity. FIRE! It is but a few weeks since we were alarmed by a fire which burned a stable, and on Mon day night, about 11 o'clock, another visitation of the same kind, which consisted in the burn ing of Four Stables, in the most populous part of the Borough. With the Stables were con sumed three Cows, three Hogs, and a Dog, to gether wills a great quantity of fowls. Messrs. Fisher & EleMurtrie's Store-house was on fire, but was discovered in time to be arrested with out much damage. It was with the greatest kind of difficulty that the dwellings were saved. They were on fire several times, but the great exertions of the citizens kept them in check, and although not destroyed, several were very much injured. It was the work of an incendi at7. A GREAT A 3,1) NOVEL ENTERCRISE.WO pub lish in our advertising columns a magnificent Gift Enterprise, (the third of a series,) started in New York by Mr. Perham, who has been long and favorably known throughout the North and East. An examination of it will present features that commend it to the attention of every man, woman and child in the communi ty. We have only to say that the former en terprises of this indefatigable manager have been characterized by the greatest fairness, and given the utmost satisfaction to all concerned. lend in your•orders for tickets as early as pos sible, as they will undoubtedly be taken up in a short time. Sale of the Public Works. Gov. Bigler has signed the bill authorizing the sale of the Main Line of the State Improve. month for the minimum price of Ton Million Dollars. The terms of payment are made ea sy, and we hope to see the purchase made by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, but if that association does not deem it advisable to give so much, we have no doubt a Company will be found for their purchase, for the bill au thorising the sale embodies the most valuable charter ever granted by our State. We should be much gratified if the Legislature, before its adjournment, made arrangements for the sale of the other Divisions. Dispose of them, atop the leaks in our Treasury, and the State will be relieved from debt in a few years, and the burdens of taxation most cheeringly reduced. Ward Acquitted at Louisville. trial of Matthew F. Ward, for the mut , el' w. 11. G. Butler Ints terminated in an acquittal. The facts of the case are these: A young brother named William, who was a scholar in Mr. llutler's shool, bad violated the rules of the School by bringing chestnuts and distribu ting to the other scholars, and the shells were strewn around the school room. Mr. Butler, after inquiring, fastened it upon Win. Ward, who denied it. Butler then corrected him for breaking the rules and lying about it. Matthew F. Ward the next morning par• chased two pistols, had them loaded, and in company with his brother B. J. Ward, also armed, went to the school room, and made an assault on Mr. Buttler for the enormous ofTen• cc of intimating that William Butler told a Ischood abontthe chesnntm, whereupen Mr. Ward drew a pistol from his pocket, presented it at Butlers breast and fired. But he dropped immediately, exclaiming, "Oh, my wife and NH I My God II am dead I" Matthew then Irew another pistol, and Itobt. J. Ward drew a knife, It has been said that persons of great wealth cannot be convicted of murder in Kentucky: in other wordu t that a man with "a pocket full of rocks" can do just as he pleases—hill and cripple whom he will, and justice as there adm in istered, cannot be meted out to him. The result of the above trial seems fully to sustian that position. The following from the North American, I have no doubt will be read with interest. The phrase, Kentucky Justice, seems likely to pass into current use, with quite as defint. tire a signification as Lynch Law, a kindred contribution to our vernacular from the trans Allegheny region. The question has been fairly met, in that Commonwealth: "Can a rick man, under any circumstances, be a mur• derer ?" And after mature deliberation and plenary argument, the decision has gone forth to the world that the thing is imppessible. No rich man can be a murderer. This is no Le. gislativo enactment—if it were, it migh ho re• pealed or modified. It is a judicial deliver ance, ratified by the solemnities of a forensic investigation, and impressed with the sanctity of public and official oaths. For aught that has appeared to the contrary, the statute under which 'Matt. Ward was indicted, is sound and explicit. It defines wilful murder and affixes its penalty in the usual terms. That this man perpetrated a wilful murder—that he shot down an innocent man with malice prepense, and under circumstances of the greatest atm• city—was clearly proved by his own witnesses. And yet Matt Ward is pronounced not guilty, and turned loose again upon society. In other words, a Kentucky jury has decided that the law of that State, on the subject of murder, . . was never designed for the wealthier classes, and they are not to be held amendable to it— provided, only, they go out of their own caste when they wish to indulge their thirst for blood. With this limitation, no rich man can become, in the eye of the law, a murderer. He may plan assassination for twentyfour hours before hand, equip himself and an accomplice, cap• apie, in the peaceful exercise of his honorable vocation, insult him with a volley of cowardly bravado. and then send a bullet through his heart—all this be may do, and be no mu - rdererl Had the parties been transposed—had Butler gone into Ward's parlor, and killed him—it would have been a very different matter. But ler was nothing but a teacher—a scholar, cer tainly, and a gentleman, but not a man of in dependent fortune, and, therefore, not to be in dulged in shooting men at his discretion. He lacked that essential qualification on which the criminal jurisprudence of Kentucky hinges— he was not rich. But ward is rich, and, there fore, his killing Butler is no murder. Of course, it will be no murder, if he sees fit to assassinate a score of schoolmasters; if he takes it into his head to shoot a few of the Louisville editors, who have presumed to animadvert on his late achievement. If Mutt, Ward is not a murderer,now.nothinghe can do will make him a murderer. From that stigma he is forever shielded, so long as be keeps within the Com monwealth of Kentucky. Kill whom he will, so his victims ISe not of patrician blood, he is no murderer. Let him even steal into poor Butler's house and shoot down the agonized wile and child of his victim, and he is no mut.. derer I This principle being settled, we think Ken tucky owes it both to her own citizens and to the rest of the Union, to give the utmost publi. city to this feature of her social organization. With her internal affairs we have no wish to meddle; but we see no reason why petitions should not be sent up to her next Legislature, asking for the passage of a declarative net, defining the property qualifications which shall be held to exempt a man from the opera tion to the statute against murder. If this should stimulate homicides somewhat among the opulent classes, it would discourage them among the masses. People who were disposed to shed blood, would adjourn the purpose un til, by fair means or foul, they had , acquired wealth enough to guarantee their immunity from the gallows; and by that time, in many instances, their intended victims would be out of their reach. This, however, is not our affair. It does concern us, in common with all the citi zens of thirty out of the thirty-one States, to know what measure or protection we may look for, and what we are not to look for, if betel. ness or pleasure should take us to Kentucky. What income will make it safe for a man to travel in that Commonwealth? And by what external badges is a stranger to distinguish the select caste whose wealth invests them with the prerogative of using pistols and dirks ad libitum, without responsibility? There are various other bearing of this sub ject upon the reputation and rights of the country at large, on which we cannot touch to-day. I is a healthy sign, that the late ver dict seems to have shocked the moral sense of the nation, to a degree unprecedent by any similar incident in our annals. This will not recall poor Butler from his grave; but it at least indicates that the other States are not prepared to adopt the notions of justice which prevail in Kentucky. We say, "in Kentucky;" for we do not believe the people of Kentucky will ever ratify this verdict; indeed, we know, from the popular demonstrations that have been made, they scorn and loathe it and its au thors; and that they feel as keenly as we can disgrace which this fitting sequel ty a mocking trial has inflicted upon them. Executions in May. A slave named Merritt, who was convicted of a fiendish assault and battery upon n white woman, was to have been hung on the Ist inst., in Charleston, S. C. John Hendrickson, who murdered his wife, will bo hung on Friday in Albany. Patrick Doyle, who was convicted of killing a woman, will be hung in Naperville, on the 12th. A slave will be hung in Ala erdeen, Miss., on the 19th, convicted of arson. James Parks, for the murder of William Bent sen, last summer, will be executed on the 26th, at Akron, Ohio. 118... The Franklin (Chatnbersburg) Repcsi• tory of the 26th ult., says—Mrs. Ellen Sarver, wife of Mr. John Sarver, residing on a farm near Shippensburg, belonging to Mr. Charles Burnett of this place, presented her husband on Friday last with four sons. The mother and children are doing as well as could be expect ed. Vik. The New York Canals were opened on the 2d inst. About twenty thousand dollars have been received at the Collector's office in New York for tolls iu three days. Matters at the Seat of Government. The Washington Star, of the 2d, says: Tun MOVEMENT or SENATOR SLIDELL, yes terday, created much sensation in the Senate chamber. His resolutions propose that Con. greys shall authorize the Presidednt of the VlA ted States to suspend the operation of our nen trality laws so far as Spain may be concerned during the recess of Congress, if circumstances occur which in his circumstances, make that step ns i i , i ri e t e i e o s n s a r i • for ute h re t sts e the of the United t rights atein connection with what may at the time be the condition of Cuba. Mr. S. based this prop sion upon the filet that England, Spain and France had entered into a formal arrangement for the Africanization of Calm, and for freeing the negroes there, and the subsequent estab lishment of a negro government over the Is. land, under the protection of the three powers. This is the substance of the allegation of Mr. S., which lie sustained in a powerful nod very exciting speech, wherein he presented nn array of documentary testimony which astounded ninny who were present. Much of this testi mony is entirely new to the public, and can hardly fail to create even a greateC sensation on the public mind, than in the Chamber.— His movement, occupied with that of the Chair man of the House Committee on Foreign Af. fairs, asking the President for the correspond ence, with our diplomatists abroad'. and for eign governments upon the Cuban affair, gave rise last night to a rumor that the President is about to send a message to Congress asking directly fur the power which Mr. Slidell's reso lution proposes to place in his hands. We have no reason, however, to place confidence in it. The President, we take it for granted, will take due care to place before Congress all the information upon this matter which is at his command, and at an early day leaving to the National Legislature the responsibility of enabling him to protect the interests and hon or of the United States during the recess, if they concieve, from the array of facts which may be before them, that there may . possibly arise a state of things which will require early action on the part of the Government in the premises. Bribery and Corruption at Harrisburg. The course of Legislation as discharged by our Harrisburg Correspondent, must startle and astound honest men of all parties. The Legislature of this State became notorious over the country for the corrupt means used, or brought to bear upon its legislation—but from what we learn respecting the present, it was far behind in the appliances of bargain and sale. It seems now to he a generally under stood matter,thatthe services of the Legislature is in the market,tohe purchased by the highest bidder—and that legislation is made to suit the notions of those who have the longest purse and the freeest payers. That this is the ease with all, is not preten. ded, for there are, no doubt ; many honorable exceptions—many whose votes cannot be bought with a price—hut the great mass is be. Honed to be tainted, more or less; and the State, as well as the constituents of such menu hers, is disgraced by their deeds of corruption and crime. We hope that a thorough remedy will be ap plied to this great and alarming evil at the bal lot box—and that those who have prostituted their trusts as Legislators to "filthy lucre.' will be arraigned before the bar of publie opinion and be rebuked in a manner that will make knaves tremble.—Lancaster Whig. [From the Albany Journal, May I.] Important Arrest of Counterfeiters---Re• covery of $lOOO Bogus Coin. For some month pest a large =omit of Apu• ions United States coin has been put in drew . . ion in Utica. The whole dila was en. oped in mystery until last Saturday, %Own the police made a descent upon an old frame building of Third street, and not only seized s'looo in bogus coin, but caught three persons in the very act of coining in. The part., who made the' arrest were United State Mar, Mott and three policemen of flee. Ti weather was quite stormy on that der. at there were but few persons stirring about that section of the city, which enabled the par to get into the house unobserved. A gentlet tap was given by one of the party on the door of a room in the rear part of the puilding. It not being promptly answered, and hearing a slight movement inside, with one blow the door was forced in, and was thrown upright against the mantelpiece, when the officers rush. ed in and caught Mr. Voorhies, his wile, tuul Dr. Way, not only in the act of manufacturint; spurious coin, but found a large amount of it on the table, around which titer were at Ivo*. The party being secure, a thorough search wars made, which resulted in their finding SI; 100 in spurious coin, consisting to 10c., 25., 50c., and $.5 pieces, part of which was ready for use, part in a rough state, and part not vanized. They also found three dozen plaster. of• Paris moulds, a galvanizing apparatus, and all the smaller tools necessary for carrying on the counterfeit business. The party are must strangers in Utica. Voorhi . es came from Otsego, about three years since, with his wife and two children, and located where he was ar rested. Dr. Way came from the same place, and bad scarcely been in Utica a week. He was indicted about two years ago, char ged with passing bogus coin at the State Fair, and is now under five thousand dollars hail for his appearance at Rochester at the next ses sion of the United States Court, to answer to that indictment. Among other articles found on the premises, was a set of instruments, which, although not strictly surgicabare said to be used by female physicians of Madame Res. tell's school, which the doctor acknowledged belonged to him. He is also a married man. Owing to the absence of the United States Commissioner at Utica, the party was taken to the cars, conveyed to Troy, and locked up in the jail at that place. Homicide. On Monday evening, Mr. Joseph B. Earl landlord of the "Golden Sheaf Hotel" in thi borough, was killed by George Koontz. It ap pears that Mr. Philip Sullivan of Turkey foot !township, who was staying at the honse of Mr. Earl, had, on coming out of the door after night, been struck in the face by a inissle, and ' somewhat injured. Mr. Earl came to the steps with a light, and was examining the wound on Sullivan's face, when Koontz, who was very much intoxicated, came up and used BMW very offensive language, for which he was or dered away by Mr. Earl. Becoming enraged at this, he sprang up the steps, seized him, and with great violence hurled him to the pave ment. He was picked up and carried into the house by a couple of young gentlemen, who were passing by at the time, and medical aid was immediately procured, but proved of no avail. Without exhibiting any signs of con sciousness, he breathed for about twenty hours, when he died. A post modem examination was made by Dr. Fendcnburg, and an inquest held by Coroner Smith, which resulted in a finding in accordance with the above facts.— Koontz was immediately arrested and commit. ted to prison. As the affair will be judicially investigated we forbear comment for the pres ent. Mr. Earl was Register and Recorder of this county, the term preceding the present one, was extensively knowh, and universally esteemed for his kindly and gental temper, and native goodness of heart. His death has or phaned a large family of estimable young la dies, whose only parent and protector he was. Eqomerset Whig. The Russian Expedition to Japan. A letter from Malta, speaking of the report that the Russians have signed a commercial treaty with Japan, says:— "the Americans, it would appear, have not been very honorably treated by the Russian squadron in those seas, who rather cleverly succeeded in getting the treaty which, in all justice, is duo to the Americans; and this, after they had been lent coals, Ise., by the Ameri. cans in China. If it had not been for this kind ness on the Americans part, it is doubtful if the Russians could have got so early to Ja• The Postal Burden. A parapraph under our telegraphic head yes terdav, announced that some one in Washing- ton had been detected in selling the franks or members of Congress at the rate of fifty cents per hundred, and that he had thus sold a large, lot to a private dal. agent. The latter used these franks to covellcirculars in reference to his business, thirteen hundred of which were found in the post office nt Washington city.— Suspicion being aroused, the members whose signature were thus abused were notified, and the fraud exposed. The immediate result was the arrest of the fellow who sold the franked envelopes, but the ultimate result was his dis charge again, for, as we learn from the Wash ington Sentinel, "the young man was respect ably connected," in consequence of which the members of Congress whose franks he bad pur loined waited on the Postmaster General, and at the instance of the Attorney General the Postmaster suppressed all further proceedings. The Sentinel thus concludes its notice of the affair:—"We forbear, at present; the publica tion of the names of all parties to this transac tion, in the hope that this announcement will deter them and others prostituting to pri . . vale uses a privilege intended only for public purposes; but we intend in future to make pub lic all such and similar transactions, without respect to family, title or station." So the young "gentleman" who perpetrated this fraud was so very "respectably connected" that he not only got clear of a prosecution for his crime, but succeeded in keeping the news papers from exposing him like any other crim inal, albeit the Sentinel hopes by being thus gingerly to deter him from repeating the of fence! A much surer way of effecting that end would have been to publish his name, and all the particulars of his case, in order that the public might keep their eyes upon him. It seems rather strange to find the Sentinel threat. ening, to give names hereafter, at the same time that it allows itself to be made a party to the screening of this culprit from justice. The crime will he no worse when repeated than it is now, and was. before this unknown "respec. tab!) , connected" person undertook to make money, at the expense of the public treasury. It was not merely a crime—it was a grossly dishonorable breach of the trust confided in him by the members of Congress, who employ. ed and paid him for his labors. When he com mitted this despicable deed he forfeited all claim to consideration, and all who have per mitted him to escape exposure and punishment ought to be themselves held responsible. This mawkish sympathy for criminals, because they are "respectably connected" is all wrong, and can only be productive of the most mischiev ous results. It strikes at the foundation of our penal code, and destroys the effect which the certainty of punishment was intended to have in the prevention of crime. But we refer to this case not so much on ac- count, of its importance, as to point our read ers again to the monstrous ahuso of the frank ing system which is continually perpetrated at the national capital. Here was a packer em ployed by two members of Congress to pack and send away documents under their franks. He had been at work thus for days together, and the reader may imagine the extent of the burthen these two "honorable gentletnen," as the Sentinel styles them, have thrown upon the Post-office department by the fact that their packer had so many of their franked en s-elopes by hint that he could sell thirteen hun dred to the claim agent without their being missed. it seems highly probable, indeed, on , a review of the facts, o that the members were themselves not over anxious to have the mnt. ter investigated, lest the public should be made mare of the extent of their operations. The Post-offices of the whole country groan under the weight of this franking system. Millions of espies of speeches are sent to every quarter. and reports, messages and public documents of all descriptions crowd our mail bags. And yet in order to maintain this ever increasing load, it. is now proposed by Congress to raise the rates on postage, on the plea that the depart ment does not pay its own expenses at present rates. If this sort of 11111180 is to be tolerated, there nn rate that will pay.—North Ameri can and IT. S. Gazelle. lam' Three. More Indian Treaties have been ratified by the Senate, as we learn from the Washington Star. They were negotiated be. fore the meeting of Congress by Col. Manypen ny, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the Omahas, and the confederate tribes of Ot- toes and Mis'souries. Those tribes sell all their lands to the government, • except a small por tion to be selected by the President ns their fu tore abode, and they relinquish all claims for money, ete., under provisos treaties, and all claims to lands east of Missouri river. The sums to be paid them are, the Otto. and Mis sosries $20,000 annually for three years, SI 3, 000 per annum for the next ten years, $OOOO per annum for the next fifteen years, and 55000 per anmim for the following twelve years; to the Omahas $40,000 per annum for three years, $30,000 per annum for the see ceedine ten years, $20,000 per annum for the next fifteen years, and after that $lO,OOO per annum for twelve years. These payment are to be exclusive of $20,000 to the Ottoes and Missouries, and $41,000 to the Omahas, to be paid forthwith, to enable them to settle their affairs and remove to their new homes. The President is authorized, at his discretion, to have the country selected for their residence surveyed and divided into lots for the exclusive use of individuals. and the governtnent is to provide for each tribe a rist and saw-mill, far mer, blacksmith and miller. Awful Storm at Chicago. The Chicago papers, of Friday last, give ac counts of a tremendous storm which swept over Lake Michigan on the day previous. The Tri bune says of the gale: "It was almost a continued hurricane, and the wonder is, not how vessels exposed to it were wrecked, but how they were saved. The sea ran entirely over the North pier for nearly half of its length, and even dashed over the top of the light house, some thirty-five feet above the lake level, It was with great difficulty that persons on the piers could keep themselves front being blown off. During the day, thous• ands of people lined the beach. watching un der the most intense excitement the vessels that were wrecked, and the struggles of the poor sailors to escape, in many cases, alas! in vain." At lost accounts, the schooners Rocky Moun tains, Oliver Richmond and Merchant, the P. Hayden, Lizzie Throop; Arrow and Main, were wrecked. Seven livee had been loaf. Four of those lost were of the crew of the schooner Met , chant. The damage was very great, hut no estimate could be made of its extent, It was apprehended that many disasters had taken place along the shore: The Latest from Washington—The Ne- braska Bill. WASHINGTON, May 4,-9 P. M.—lt is very generally believed that the Nebraska bill will ho taken up in the House on Momday meat.— In this connection. members ore voting to lay aside bill after bill, until the Nebraska bill is reached. It car' be easily done, members not being requested to vote by yeas and nays in the Committee of the Whole._ The whole patronage of the President will be used to gain votes for the bill. The most glittering bait is several missions and consul ships of value yet to he filled; beside, two Gov ernors, two Marshals, two Secretaries, two At torneys, and six judges in Nebraska and Kan sas to be given out. Several Western members, believed all along to be against the bill are now known to be among its warm frionds.—News. Loar Mexico is a great place for fun. The girls and boys do nothing but play till they are twentrone. They then marry and spend the root of their days visiting country cousins, amo• king, eating soup, and going to mass. For a free and easy style of folks, you may put the Mexicans in the front seat. Suicide of a Young Wife. The New Orleans Delta records the suicide of a heantiful and interesting young wifo iu that city. The name or the unfortunate woman was Mariann Lowe; she was about 16 years of age. Abent a year since she' married a man named T.oN•e. They lived unhappily together and she Has had reason for believing that her husband had ceased either to love her o• to re member and respect the :owe he had made in marriage, and had transferred his affections to another woman, who resided in the immediate neighborhood. Day before yesterday the young wife (her husband having been absent from her for several days,) repaired to the house of this woman and inquired if her husband was not there. She was answered by the woman, "I don't know anything about your husband," pointed to a gentleman seated in the room, in whom the young wife recognized her truant lord. She uttered not a word of complaint, but returning to her home, despatched the servant to a drug store in the vicinity for an ounce of laudanum. She wrote along and extremely pa. thetic letter, and then taking laudanum, laid herself down on her nnhonored bridal couch and died. Yesterday morning her mother vis ited the house very early, and found her ;laugh ter dead. She stated, "that having nothing more to live for, deserted by him she loved, and robbed of all hopes of happiness in this world, she preferred death to the miserable ex istence which lay open before her, and she' calmly and deliberately destroyed her own life by taking laudanum. She would not upbraid her husband; she had ever and still dearly loved him—forgave him all the wrongs she bad suf fered at his hands, through Isis cruel neglect and desertion. She hoped, too, that God would forgive him as she did—and that he might live long and happily." The husband came in while the inquest was being held, and appeared a good deal affected, and expressed sorrow for the loss of his youthful and beautiful wife; he, however, denied the charges of infidelity and neglect made against him, hy the letter of his wife, as well as by the testimony of several wit nesses, The Kentucky Murder. The end of this tragedy is not yet. The ex traordinary acquittal of the murderer by the Court in Hardin county, is met with unquali fied denunciation by a public meeting at Lou isville, the scene of the murder, followed by a popular outbreak in the shape of effigy burn ing in front of the elder Ward's house. The meeting, after condemning the verdict of the trial, passed resolutions of censure against Mr. Crittenden, soon again to be of the U. States Senate, and Mr. Wolfe, State Senator from Louisville, requesting each to resign their pla ces, after their disregard of the cause of justice and popular sentiment; the one in volunteer. ing a defence of the murderer, and the other in traducing the city of Louisville, in his argu ment before the Hardin county Court. The brothers Ward were at the some time request ed to leave the State. This expression of feel ing is not at all surprising. The cold-blooded murder itself; the hasty acquittal of the mur derer; the volunteer aid proffered in his defence by Senator Crittenden. are all bad enough to call forth the indignation 05 a community in whose midst the assassination took place, while the course of Ms. Wolfe seems to have been a deliberate aggravation of the wrong upon the cause of ;justice .d the good name of the city and State, which have to bear the odium of the transaction abroad. Robbed Himeelf A Mr. Ilise, of Jackson township. who, as we are informed, had sold his farm a short time since, received his money, $lOOO, in gold, on Thursday evening last, and putting it mto a carpet sack which he hung upon his bedpost. went to sleep. In the morning the sack and money were gone—all he had in the world.— To add to this misfortune, too, he had contrac ted for another farm, and was to pay for it the next day. During the slay (Friday) the carpet sack was found in a hollow poplar stump near the horn, with the pocket book in it. but no money there —the thief had secured what he wanted. On Friday night, Mrs. Hise wile awakened by her husband getting out of bed. She arose and watched him. He went to the barn, and after searching a little while, came out with the money in his hand and went to the stump where the carpet sack had been put. She now awakened him, when to his great joy he found that all was not lost. Ile had doubtless while in his pleep, became uneasy about his money on the first night, and get op and hid it; the second night, fearing it was not secure where it was, he was removing it to a snore secret place. Fortunately for him his wife detected him in his somnambulistic wanderings, and saved their all.—Greenberg (Ind.) Freon. The Japan Expedition, A correspondent of the ]Vine nrk Tribune, writing from on board the U. S. steam Meath Susquehanna, at Great Leo Choo. says are preparing to sail for Yedo. We bare here three steamers—the Illicedonian, Vendalia and Susquehanna : and three store-ships—the Supply, Southampton and Lexington. The Saratoga is hourly expected. It has been blow ing a gale for three days. The ships have each two anchors down, but ride in safety and in smooth water. Commodore Perry has given notice to whaling captains of the advantages of this port as a stopping place for water and other supplies. * * * * * * * The force whirls had been promised us to bombard the walls of Ycdo, and to overrun the Empire of Japan, never has arrived in the Chi na Seas but in part. And even that portion which has rendezvoused here is weakened by the necessity of keeping n vessel at Shanghai, and another at Canton. And what is more provoking, the last mail brought orders from our Government to place one of the remaining steamers at the dispose: of our newly-appoint ed Commissioner, Mr. McLane, to carry him from port to port. This mode of conveyance is a little expensive, since the consumption of coal alone will cost Uncle Sam eight hundred dollars a day while the ship is under steam. But no matter. The Commodore will go ahead with what force he may have loft. Fire at Chambersburg. CITAMBERSTIVRG, May 5. A fire broke out in the rear of the building owned by Judge Chambers, near Diamond street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and before it could be checked, twelve stables were consum ed, and much damage done to other property. Whilst the efforts of the firemen and citizens were directed to the extinguishment of the fire at Judge Chambers' premises, several stables took fire simultaneously from the sparkeacross Main street, leaving the intermediate dwellings uninjured. The flames spread quickly and followed the course of an alley, burning all the stables except two for the space of ten squares from Main street, to the Franklin railroad.— Messrs. Eberly it Getts, and Mead's stables, took fire about the sanie time, and being near the Court House, it was with difficulty the building was saved, being several times On fire. A number of dwellings on the north side of Market street caught fire, but were extinguish. ed before much damage was done.—North American. _ _ An Artificial Man. The Memorial Burdelais states, that not far from St. Stever, there is living an old military man, who has a false leg, and a false arm, both moveable by means of springs, a glass eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose of silver, co vered with a substance perfectly resembling flesh, and a silver plate replacing part of the skull. Ire bears on his breast the Cross of the Legion of Honor, won in the campaigns of Egypt, Italy, eod Russia. at Friedland, Jena, Austerlitz, Wagram and Waterloo. Re. A Whig Triumph hasrred in the city of Cincinnati, all the Judges of the Su perior Court just elected being Whigs. Cin cinnati has always hitherto been a strong dem ocratic city, but the eminent worth of the Whig candidates in this instance. caused their sue- Three Days Later front Enrop.e. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. 7'errible Massacre al l're'resa.-:-Tarkish asters on the Danube.—The,lastrn-Pussian Tardy oj' Alliance Signed.—The Greek In- surrecliun NEW YORK, Mav s.—The Royal Mad steam• chip Africa arrived at this port this morning. "ter dates from Liverpool ore to April three days later than were received by Ole Pa• _ . ..... No UM; of the City of Glasgow. The Blaok Warrior Case. Tim correspondence of the London Times says that the affair of the Black Warrior, so far from being settled, has been urged on with extreme violence by Mr. Soule, the American Minister, and at present wears a threatening aspect. It is stated in a letter from Madrid, that Mr. Soule has demanded the recall of the Captain- General of Cuba, and that an officer succeed him having full power to settle, upon the spot, such disputes as may arise with the American government. It is also stated that he has de manded an immense amount of money by way of indemnity. The result of these demands is not known. The Spanish Government has issued a high ly important decree against the slave trade in Cuba, according to which all slaves are to be immediately registered, after which any slave found on the island without a copy of the reg ister, will be looked upon as fraudulently im ported and declared free. The decree also provides for the introduction and organization of white laborers. Numerous incendiary fires have occurred at Barcelona. The War, Austria and Paussia have signed a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive. The news from the Danube is interesting.— There had been three battles, during which the Turks retreated, according to orders from Omar Pasha. They fought valiantly, however, du ring the engagements. The French squadron, under Admiral Des -1 chenes, consisting of twenty-seven line-of-bat tle ships, frigates and corvettes, had left for the Baltic. . . Letters from Constantinople state that the soldiers at Prevesa had sallied out, burnt fif teen villages, massacred the men, violated the women, and carried off everything valuable. The French navy has now 56,000 sailors afloat. There was still some ice in the Gulf of Fin land, but not enough to interfere with cruising. The frigates were watching the Russian movements closely. All the Russian ports in the Baltic arc now under blockade. _ . There have been, altogether, ten Russian merchant ships captured. A decree has been issued in England, prohi biting the export of iron to all parts of Europe. The Journal of St. Petersburg, of April 13th publishes a manifesto replying to the English and French Declarations of War. It throws the entire responsibility of the war on France and England, and says that the gen erous confidence of the Czar has beets abused. The convention between the French and English goverments, which was signed a few days ago at London, has already beets ratified. it is asserted at Copehageu that the Swe dish government has positively entered into a secret treaty with Russia, by which an abso lute enactment forbidding more than four ships to enter a harbor has been restored, and the same extended to Norway. . . - The inciter is, however, taken up by the Swe• dish Parliament. . Complaints are made of a want of sufficient accommodation for the allied troops at Galli poli. The Russians have advanced within one hundred and twenty milas of Verna. The export of aims from Austria to Monte. negro has been prohibited. A Greek conspiracy has been discovered at Constantinople for attacking the Turks during the holidays. _ _ Count Nesselrode, the Russian Premier, has issued a circular to the Russian diplomatic agents favorable to the Greek . insurrection. The English fleet was off Gothland on the 19th of April. Eighteen Russian frigates are lying at Het. songfers, and Admiral Plumridge has been watching ,for thentx,ith four frigates, waiting for Admiral Napier to come up with his squad ron to attack them, The Greek Insurrection. Accounts from Athens state that an An& French note of a menacing nature has bee received. • A Greek ship with ammunition has been captured off the Wand of Negropont. it is rumored that Themly, Macedonia and Salonica are in a state of vreolt. 11%..The North Pacific Exploiing Expedi tion, sent out by the U. S. government, under Commander Ringgold. has been heard from under date of Sidney, New South Wales, Dec. 28th, 1853; and Jan. sth, 1854. The Vincen nes arrived at that port on the 2Gth of Decem ber, in 47 days front the Cape of Good Hope, officers and crew all well. Commander Ring. gold says that for vessels seeking the ports of Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope, the most desirable route, is in from 38 to 40 degrees south latitude, the winds there being not so powerful, and inure steady, the weather far more settled, and the sea less turbulent than further south. The same parallel is also recommended for crossing the South Atlantic and passing the Cape. Ships bound to Sidney will do well not to venture through Bass' Straits, but rather to pass well clear of the extreme of Van Dieman's Land, and haul gradually up, giving the island n clear berth. The barome ter may be implicitly relied on in those seas. Commander Ringgold thus describes the route of his exploration: "Our course and duty hence are through the Coral sea—the lea'st known, perhaps, and ad mitted to be the most intricate and dangerous, of any portion of the Pacific ocean. Our ob ject iu exploring this sea is to expose its dan gers, and make clear channels for our country men in their way to China." * * * "On leav ing here, I shall proceed to the examination of the route to China, West of New Caledonia, ta king up in succession Lord Howe's island, the reefs and islets northward; thence coasting along the western shores of Now Caledonia, turning its northern extreme to Huon isle; thence severally taking up the New Hebrides, the Santa Cruz, or Queen Charlotte groups, passing through and examining the passage formed by the isle of Nitendi, and the Solomon islands, and New Britannia, with the adjacent reefs; thence either through the Caroline isl ands, via the Ladrone group, or more westerly, sighting the Pelecw islands; thence reach the China sea and Macao, via the Bashu isles "Circumstances may cause a partial depar ture in the movements and reconnoissance thus contemplated. lithe winds are propitious, I hope to gam the harbor of Macao in forty-five or fifty days." "The Porpoise, after passing over the south ern ocean in the parallel of 39 0 south latitude, will proceed around South Abstralia; thence up to the westward of Lord Howe's Isle, through the Coral sea, examine the passage formed by New Holland and Bonanville Isle. thence along northwardly to the west end of New U Mum, and finally to Macao." Salaries of Associate Judge. The bill fixing the salnries of Associate Judges, which has been hanging between the two Houses for some time, has been arranged through a committee of conference and passed. The salaries are to be as follows: For those whose attendance at Court ex ceeds sin weeks per annum, and does not ex ceeds twelve weeks, SM. . . For those what attendance exceeds twelve, and does not exceed twenty welts, $175. For those whose attenchinee exceeds twenty, and not thirty weeks, $200; and thou execed. lag thiry weeks, $250. For thn Huntingdon Journal Evening Reflections, BY R. T. M The bright sun speeds in silence on, And nears the western hills; Another day has almost flown With all its joys and ills. The night is fast approaching, too, The shadows o'er the vale Are long, and in the sky to blue The stars we soon shall hail. The gloomy night around will spread Her mantle o'er the earth; How short a day! How soon t tis fled„ How transient all its mirth? Its pleasures and its joys depart, They quickly fade and die, And often does the wounded heart For lasting pleasure sigh. Thus passes, too, the day of life, It swiftly glides away, And all its joys, its woes, and strife, How soon forgotten they? Lost in the silence of the tomb, The lowly and the great, Alike repose amid the gloom, They share the same sad fate. But in a brighter world than this, Eternal day doth reign, There all is joy! There all is bliss! And everlasting gain. Washington County, Md._ The Cashmere Goat. The editor of the Farmer and Planter sass:' This goat, which has recently been introduced into the United States from Turkey, by Dr: ba. vis, of South Carolina, is of larger size than our common goat, is as easily kept, and by this ex• pertinent is proven to be admirably adapted to our climate. Its great excellence is, that in stead of a coat of hair, it has a fleece of fine silky appearance, from four to six inches long in one year's growth. It is from the fleece of this goat the celebrated Cashmere shawls from China are made. Besides its beautiful and sib ky appearance, textures made from the fleece of tins goat outwear all known substances.— Stocks made of it have been worn six winters without material injury. They can be shorn annually, and the average weight of each fleece is about four pounds, sometimes weighing au much as seven pounds, being equal in value to the united fleeces of about sixteen Merino sheep, annually. Dr. Davis considers these so well adapted to the climate, and so valuable, that he refuses to sell full blood ewes at all. but sells the bucks from $lOO to $2OO each. He is very liberal, however, and has given several to friends. _ _ Rail Road Hours. Fast Line going Eastward. Westward. Leaves Mt. Union, 4 33 P. M. 5 31 A. M, Mill Creek, 4 19 " 5 45 " Huntingdon, 4 09 " 5 59 " Petersburg, 3 53 " 6 12 " Spruce Creek. 3 41 " 6 26 " Slow Line going Eastward. Westward. Leaves Mt. Union, 343 A. M. 400 I'. M. Mill Creek, 3 24 " 4 17 " Huntingdon, 3 14 " 4 32 " 4 49 " 5 05 " 2 54 " 2 38 " PetersGrg, Spruce Creek, TS DIA RE HUNTINGDON. May 9, 1854. • • •57.75 n !MOO 7,00 1,40 1;50 Flour per Uhl Clover Seed, per bu., Red Wheat, per be.,• White Wheat, per be Rye, per ha Corn, per be Buckwheat, per hu• • Oats, per he Flaxseed. per he Hay, per ton Butter, per lb., PHILADELPHIA, Ray 9.—There Is nn In creased demand for Flour, and the market lirm Sales of 500 bbls standard brands at $8 75 per bid, 1500 bbls extra nt $9, and 150 bbls extra tinnily nt $9 121. In Rye Flour and Corn Meal there is nothing doing and prices are unchanged. Grain—Thera is a good demand for Wheat, and hat little offering—White $2 20, and Red $2 10. Rye is in demand at $l. Corn, at 87 cents. Oats are in litir request, at 53 cents. ne most rel 07 , 0(11 . 110,W diSr6l.ll in the World; is the Great Arabian Remedy fur Man and Beast. n. G. pAnnm.T.'s CELEBRATED ARABIAN LINIMENT, IT IS A FACT ESTABLISHED and well known that the Arabians attained a height in the knowledge of medicine which caused the whole world to wonder and admire. With them the science of chemistry had its birth, and it is, therefore, not at all strange that a people so eminently successful in the healing art, and so persevering and daring in chars, ter, should by actual and untiring experiment; discover remedies far surpassing its efficacy all ethers, for the cure of those diseases incident' to them from their mode of life. The greater part of their time being spent its hazardous and bloody warfare with the different tribes, they were subject to the most violent attacks of rhea matism, paralysis, neuralgic pains, and vari: ens inflammatory diseases, as also the must horrid wounds, sprains, bruises, tumors, swel Hugs, diseases of the joints, etc., etc. All these diseases they were so surprisingly efficient in• curing, that the uninitiated looked with won der and attributed their skill to the powers of magic. H. G. FARRELL'S ARABIAN LIN -1 IENT is a composition of balsams and oils, from the rare plants peculiar to this country,. and it was by the use of the articles composing this great remedy that not only their physmians, but even the wild Arabs of the desert were en abled to perform such miraculous cures. The Arab steed is world-renowned fin• his beautiful symmetry of form, Isis unsurpassed speed and agility, and the incredible Wigan he is capa ble of enduring. Why is it? Because from the time of his birth his limbs are carefully watched, and upon the first appearance of dis ease the magic lotion is applied, and such things as confirmed sweeny, fistula, ringhone, scratches, spavin, lameness, etc., etc., are unknown. The sumo result will follow in all canes where IL C. Farrell's Genuine Arabi • an Liniment is used in time. Therefore delay not it-. procuring a good supply of it, for every dollar spent in it will save you twenty, and a great deal of suffering, if not your life. Look out for counterfeits! The public are cautioned against another counterfeit, which has lately made its appear ance, culled W. B. Farrell's Arabian Liniment the most dangerous of all the counterfeits, bit cause his having the name of Farrell, mani will buy it in good faith, without the knowledm that a counterfeit exists, and they will perhap only discover theffr error when the spuriou mixture has wrought its evil effects. '• The genuine article is manufretured only lk H. G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietu) and wholesale druggist, 'o. 17 Main stred Peoria, Illinois, to whom all applications ft Agencies must be addressed. Be sure you gs it with the letters H. (1, betbre Farrell's, the —H. G. FARRELL'S—and his signature the wrapper, all others are counterfeits. Sold by Thos. Rend & Son, Huntingdon,9 E. Sellers & Fleming Brothers wholesale, Pit burg, and by regularly authorized age' throughout the United States. oar Price 25 rind 50 cents, and $1 per be AGENTS WANTED in every town. Nil and hamlet in the United States, in which' d is not already established. Address H. G. II roll as above, accompanied with good Wet* as to character. responsibility, &c. May 10,1851—1 t. LOST, On Sabbath evening, on Main street, hi the Presbyterian Church and Miller's GMT/ WATCII-KEY. 'rho finder mutably rewarded by leaving it at thin uft May 10, Mt
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