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Wednesday Xornue, llaroh 7, 1855,
WILLIAM BREWSTER, Editor.
The "JOURNAL" has 300 Subscri
bers more, than any other paper
in this county.
Agents for the Journal.
The following persons we have appointed Agents
for the HUNTLNGDON JOURNAL, who are author
ized to receive and receipt for money paid on sub
scription, and to take the names of new subscri
bers at our published prices.
Wade this for the convenience of our subscri
bers living at a distance from Huntingdon.
JOHN W. THOMPSON, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAMUEL COEN, East Barren,
GEORGE W. CORNELIUS. Cromwell township.
HENRY HUDSON ' Clay township.
DAVID ETNIRE,CTOMWCII township.
Dr. J. P. ASIICOM, Penn township,
J. WAREHAM MATTEttN, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEFFEY, Jackson township,
ROBERT M'BERNEY, ' 6 '‘
Col. Jxo. C. WATSON, Brady township,
MORRIS BROWN, Springfield township,
WM. HUTCHINSON,Esq., Warriorsmark tp.,
JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township,
Gtfonoa W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
HENRY NEFF, West Bnrroe.
JOIIN BALSBACH, Waterstreet,
Maj. CHARLES MICKLEY. TOd
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL LYTLE, ESCI., Spruce Creek.
Maj. W. Moose, Alexandria.
B. F. Irim.aen, Union Furnace.
SIMEON Wigton; Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq.,
Cass township.
SVMUEL WIGTON, Esq., Franklin township.
DAVID PARKER, Esq., Warriorsmark.
DAVID AURANDT, Esq., Todd township.
WANTED,
A few loads of WOOD at the Journal Office,
ti' No attention paid to Letters
unless post-paid, nor to Communi
cations unaccompanied with the
author's name.
air Reader, your attention is directed
to new advertisements in to-days Journal.
gir- In Congress on the 27th ult., the
Senate passed a bill from the House, to
reduce and modify the rates of postage,
also requiring the pre•payment of the
same, also the registration of money let
ters, and others of value.
Problem No. 10.
How many square feet of boards are
required to make a rectangular box, whose
length is 84 feet, breadth 2 feet, and depth
20 inches? Answer, next week.
Answer to problem of last week 8.7749
feet.
air The Rev. George N. Shaffer of
Allegheny city has accepted the position
of Principal of the Juniata Academy at
Shirleysburg, Pa. A call has also been
tendered to Mr. Shaffer, by the congrega
tion of Shirleysburg. Mr. Shaffer ex
pects to occupy his new field of labor
about the Ist of April proximo.
sir The Hollidaysburg Register"
says :—On Wednesday the 21st uh., an
eagle with a bell attached to him, flew over
the village of Stanford, (Con.) He was at
an elevation of about 200 feet,and the ting
ling of the bell could be heard distinctly.
He had probably been captured in a trap
and again set at liberty.
Tun WEATHER.—For the past few days
the weather has been very pleasant, the
thermometer ranging from ten to fifty de-
grees above zero. The present week
thus far has borne the appearance of
spring, the rays of ~ Old Sol," causing
the snow and ice to disappear, making the
walking very unpleasant.
gerKennedy's Bank note and Commercial
Review for March is on our table. This is the
beet and most reliable Counterfeit Detector
published in the United States. The fee aim.
Iles are so good that any person may become a
judge, of the moat dangerous counterfeits.—
lie is also publishing it in the German lan-
guage. To be bad at 83 Third st., Pittsburg,
Pa.
MELANCUOLLY CASE OP CRIME.. --In the
Bucks County Court of Quarter Sessions,
Henry Carver a wealthy farmer of near
sixty years of age, and the father of a
family of 6ne children, was placed upon
trial for the petty larceny of stealing corn
from his own tenant. The offence' was
fully proven upon him, and the Jury re
turned a verdict of guilty.
W'The Sunday Liquor Bill which
has passed the Legislature of this State,
we publish in another column, it will be
read with interest by every friend of tem
perance. It makes it a penalty of fifty
dollars for any person to sell, trade or bar
ter any spirituous liquors, wine or cider
on Suuday, or for any keeper of a public
inn or tavern to allow it to be drank upon
his premises.
licebute Eating House.
We take pleasure in calling the atten
tion of our renders to the important fact
that Andy hash larw_. 9nd well-conducted
eating house, and is always prepared to
serve out everything in his line of busi
ness in the most approved manner. He
has also a stock of groceries, &c., which
are the best in the market. We recom
mend our friend Andy to the kind patron
age of our patrons, as he is a whole•souled
fellow, and always takes pride in attend
ing on his customers.
1101. Now is the time to subscribe for the
Journal.
POLITICAL JESUITISM
We have often remarked that where
the greatest professions were made, the I
least good very frequently resulted We
have noticed with some degree of amuse
ment the super human efforts of a portion
of the Locofoco Press of this State to pro
duce a feeling antagonistic to the princi
ples of the new party which has lately
sprung bp in our country, designated as
the American or Know Nothing Party.—
We
have taken some pains to find wheth
er this opposition of the Locofoco Press
was real or feigned, whether it sprang
front pure motives or originated in the
depraved minds of the conductors of the
Locofoco city organs, which are the lead
ers and guides of the country papers..—
We now say, arid when we speak it is
from our heart, that we firmly believe the
whole commotion in the camp, and vile
language hurled against Americanism, by
the hireling Locofoco country press, has
arisen from the fact, that a few men have
complete and absolute control of a major
ity of our country journals, and they are
all thus made to sound by the pulling of
the same wire. For proof, we have but
to refer the intelligent reader to the opin
ions of the Locofoco journals, expressed in
relation to the action of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, in the election of a United
States Senator. Before a caucus was held
by the American members of the Legisla
ture, who were largely in the majority, the
universal Locofoco Press of the State de
nounced every man who held Know No
thing principles, as traitor to America and
her institutions. Further, they instruct
ed their members to use every exertion in
their power to defeat the nominee of the
American party, "whoever he might be I"
Is there a Locofoco journal in the Com
monwealth.that dares deny this ? No—it
is the plain, honest and open truth. The
Americans held a caucus, and after numer
ous ballotings nominated General SIMON
CAME non for the United 6tates Senator
ship. Now Simon had always been an
upholder of Democratic men and meas
ures, provided they upheld him, and as
he had the oil to make the hinges work,
and as he was nearly and dearly related
in a jesuistical point of view to a few of
the chief operators upon the wire of Loco.
foco journalism, a change, a counter-cur
rent was produced. Accordingly the dai
ly or weekly organ tells the world that
Mr. Simon is a 'nice' man, and tells the
'eight-by-tenors' throughout the Common
wealth that Simon says they must "point
up," Presto ! change ! where all before
was "wiggle-waggle," now "points up,"
because Simon has found the true key to
Locofocoism, when he bought the services
of the chief operators. This is Locofoco.
ism. This is the pure, and wholesome
doctrine which wars against the American
movement. Opposition to Know Noth
ingism in its every form was the h . ..e and
cry once, but when the golden key was
shown, why, oh ! the country isn't in very
great danger, Simon is a nice man, and
no doubt will do what's right. Away
with such consistency, such abominable,
truckling, low, contemptible republicanism
as that. We sincerely believe that if the
perpetuity of our glorious union depend.
ed upon the actions of the leading Jesu
istical politicians of the Locofoco party, of
the above stamp, another generation would
not behold the star splangled banner wav
ing o'er this, the free and happy land of
patriots.
A few words now in relation to the dan
gers which threaten our independent and
happy institutions. We aro told by Po
litical Jesuits that there is no danger, not
a particle of danger to be apprehended
from the two greatest enemies American
independence has to contend against—
Roman Catholocism and Foreign Influ
ence. This reminds us of the saying of
the antediluvians when the waters of the
deluge were pouring down; they imagined
there was no danger, until their last foot
holds were washed away. So it will be
or may be with us. We may fancy we
are great, and it would be an impossibility
for such an event as the destruction of oar
liberties ever to occur ; we may sleep on
in the deceitful slumbers of fancied secu
rity, and only awaken to see again react
ed those frightful scenes when the infant's
blood was shed because the parent would
not bend the knee to Roman Pontiffs.—
When the golden streams of fair Scotia
ran dark with the life blood of her slaught
ered children, murdered by the blood-thirs
ty minions of the Roman Pontiff because
they worshiped God according to the dic
tates of conscience. We may awaken to
see in our native land the butchery of
Americans, as once cursed sunny France.
We ask, is there no danger to be appre
hended from foreign influence ? Those
who think there is none, we would refer
to the recent letter of John Mitchell, and
• other foreigners, who are here living in
our country, on our bounty. We think
any person who will read that letter will
be convinced that there is a just cause for
alarm on our part.
We are lead to believe that the Ameri
can Movement will be the means of do
ing much good to our country, and pro
tecting it from the secret assults of Jesuit
ism, or the more open and unholy attempts
of foreigners to make our institutions and
liberties as corrupted and vile as those of
the broken down republics or monarchies of
Europe.
NORMAL INSTITUTE.
By reference to the Educational De
partment of to day's Journal it will be
seen that an Institution of the above name,
designed for the education of Teachers
and their improvement in the .art of
Teaching, will be established in our court.
ty next summer. Since our outside was
struck off, the arrangements have been
partially made. The first session will be
held in Huntingdon, in Mr. Hall's school
room, commencing on the third Monday
of July and continue six weeks. It will,
we understand, be conducted by Messrs.
Hall, Baker and McDivitt under the su
pervision of the County Superintendent.
These we regard as favorable auspices;
and congratulate Mr. Barr on his success
in securing so able a corps of Instructors.
Messrs. Baker and McDivitt are young
men well and favorably known through
out the county; and Mr. hall has been
unremittingly engaged either in the pub
lic or private schools of our borough for
the last ten or twelve years, with uniform
and complete success. Our worthy and
indefatigable Superintendent could not
have made a better selection—one that
would have reflected more credit on his
discernment, or be likely to confer greater
good on the students that may attend his
Institute. We wish the enterprise abun
dant success, and hope that every teacher
in the county holding the " tempory cer.
tihcate," will come up to this School and
be qualified for a permanent, professional
certificate; or at least make sure of hav
ing the temporary one continued another
year, thus affording further time for im
provement.
Difficulties in Kansas Territory.
It appear from late Kansas papers that
very serious difficulties have arrisen in
the territory, between the Lawrence Asso.
ciation and Emigration Societies and the
original Squatters' Association. Meet
ings have been called and held by both
sides, and much abusive recrimination in
dulged in. The chief bone of conten
tion appears to be that the Lawrence As
sociation is charged with attempting to
monopolize the appropriation of the pub
lic domain. The Squatters are very sav
age against such a course. Resolutions
have been passed, and speeches made by
both sides, of such an inflammatory char
acter that they promise anything but a
peaceful settlement of the new country.
'The March number of Grahams'
American' Monthly Magazine is a very
disimble one. The embellishments are
good. The Steel' engraving -of George
Washington, with a fac simile of his sig-
nature, is from an original painting by G.
Stuart. A wood engraving of Washing
ton taking leave of his mother, is affect
ing. It also contains a great many illus-
trations of the prevailing style of fashion,
&c., &.
The literary department is most excel
lent. ', Friendship Polka," and " The
Earth it Loves Rain," are two prices of
fashionable music. Now is the time to
subscribe. Address, Richard FL See ;
Publisher, Philadelphia.
fl We are informed that the Rev.
James Campbell has resigned his office ns
Principal of the Shirleysburg Female
Seminary, to take effect at the close of the
present session of the Institution. Prof.
J. B. Kidder, of New York, has rented
the Seminary buildings, and will take
charge of the School in May next. Mr.
Kidder comes to the Trustees highly re
commended as a scholar and experienced
teacher, having been Principal of a Fe
male Seminary in New York city for the
last twelve years. Further particulars
concerning the Seminary will soon be pla
ced before the public
American Railway Guide.
The American Railway Guide has been
received. It is a companion that every
man should have who travels by Railway
in any part of the United States. It con
tains correct tables for time of starting
from all stations, distances, fares, etc., on
all the Railway lines in the United States;
together with a complete Map. Subscrip
tion price $1 per annum; Single numbers
121 cents. Published on the Ist of every
month by Dinsmore & Co., No. 9 Spruce
Street, N. Y.
Another American Proscribed.
The Harrisburgh Telegraph says :—A
postmaster in Butler county, suspected
of entertaining American sentiments, has
been removed from office, and a German
but a few years from Germany, who can
neither read the English langurge or
write a legible hand, appointed in his
place. The appointment was made by
His Holiness James Campbell, with:a full
knowledge of the German's unfitness for
the position; He is a Roman Catholic
we suppose, that was a sufficient recom
mendation.
ger We have received from the pub
lication office of Messrs Stringer & Town
send, 222 Broadway, N. Y. " Stanhope
Burleigh," a novel by Helen Dhu. Al
so from Mason Brothers, 23 Park Rowe,
N. Y. the " Life of Horse Greely," and
Fanny Fern," also from J. L. Redfield,
110 and 112 Nassau Street, N. Y. the
" Life of P. T. Barnum,"
All of the above named books have
been so amply and ably eulogized by the
press, that anything we could say would
not be much more than a reiteration.
New Prohibitory Law.
. -
The following bill has passed both branches
of the Legislature, and has received the Exo•
cutive sanction.
Sm. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and
after the first day of April next, it shall not he
lawful for any person or persons to sell, trade,
or 'tarter in any spirituous or malt liquors, wine
or cider on the first day of the week, r.ornmon
ly called Sunday, or for the keeper or keepers
of any hotel, inn, tavern, ale•house, or other
public house or place, knowingly to allow or
permit any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or '
cider, to be drank on or within the premises
or house occupied or kept by such keeper or
keepers, his,
her or their agents or servants,
on the said first day of the week.
Sec. 2. That any person or:persons violating
the provisions of the foregoing section, shall
for each and every offence forfeit and pay the
sum of fifty dollars, one half of which shall be
paid to the prosecutor and the other half to the
guardinns of the poor of the city and county
in which suit is brought, or in counties having
no guardians of the poor, then to the overseers
of the poor of the township, ward or borough,
in which the offence was committed, to be re•
covered before any Mayor, Alderman, or Jus
tice of the Peace, as debts of like amount are
now by law recoverable, in any action of debt
brought in the mune of the Commonwealth, as
well for the use of the guardians of the poor
for the overseers of the poor of the township,
ward or borough, (as the case may be) as for
the person cuing. Provided, That when any
prosecutor is himself a witness on any trial un
der the provisions of this section, then the
whole penalty of forfeiture shall be paid to the
guardians or overseers as aforesaid. And pro.
vidal fiat/ter, That it shall -be a misdemeanor
in office, for any such Mayor, Alderman, or
Justice of the l'eace, to neglect to render to
the said guardians of the poor and prosecutor
the amount of such penalty, within ten days
from the payment of the same.
Sao. 3. - That in addition to the civil penal
ties imposed by ;he last preceeding section
for a violation or the provisions of the first
section of this act, every person who shall vio
late the provisions* of that section shall be ta
ken and deemed to have committed a !Made
meaner, and shall, on conviction thereof in any
criminal court in this commonwealth, be fined
in any sum not less than nor more than one
hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the
county jail for a period not less than test nor
more than sixty days,at the discretion of the
Court.
Ruth Hall.
The editor of the Louisville Journal has the
following notice of Fanny Fern. Wo have ne
ver before seen a dascription of the fair Fanny,
and think the following from the pen of the
accomplished editor of the Journal will he read
with interest :
We have not yet read Ruth Hall, but we
shall do so as soon as we can get time.—
Though we are a warm friend of one of Fanny
Fern's relatives, said to be crucified in her
book, we rejoice in her success, for we believe
her to be true hearted and noble
hearted, though she may be too fierce in her
resentments ; and wo know, that, iu talent and
genius, he holds a proud rank among the first
writers in America. We have a very vivid re
collection of her as we used to see her daily
when she was a a school girl st , .iout seventeen
years of age, and when we were younger than
we are now, and this recollection cert a i n ly in
creases the interest we feel for her. Her face
though not decidedly beautiful, was exceeding
ly interesting ; her chestnut curls fell luxurian
tly over her brow and shoulders, her form was
as perfect as a s6ulptors dream, and her step
as proud as that of a young queen over a con
quered realm. We knew then that she had
genius, but we presumed that her life would
be given up to the fascinations and triumphs
of fashionable society. We lost sight alter
for mnny years, and in the course of those
years, she had afflictions and griefs, nut the
effect of them Wog to impel her to such an ex
ercise of her great powers as has rendered her
name a familiar word throughout the nation.
Gov. Pollock and the Pardoning Power.
Pending the gubernatorial contest, we as
sured the friends of temperance that under
Gov. Pollock's administration, the pardoning
power would not be abused to screen from
punishmentliquor sellers convicted of violating
the laws of the State. We made the statement
with confidence. because we knew Gov. Pol.
lock to be a temperance man of too much in
tegrity to cater to the rum influence. Very
shortly after his inauguration, a tavern-keeper
in Franklin county was convicted of selling li
quor to minors, in violation of the law passed
last winter, and sentenced to pay a fine of 820
and imprisonment for twenty days in the coon.
ty prison. Application was at once made for
a pardon, which Gov. Pollock refused to grant
thus in the outset showing in what direction
the Executive influence will be exerted.—
Whatever just and constitutional laws may be
passed for the restriction and regulation of the
liquor traffic, however stringent in their provis
ions, we feel assured that Gov. Pollock will
promptly sanction them, and that in no in.
Stance will lie interpose the strong arm of Ex
ecutive power, to interfere with their proper ex
ecution' or to sCilien those convicted under
them, from punishment.—Har. Her.
New Mexico.
The Santa Fo mail arrived at Independence
on the 22d ult. On the 25th of December, a
party of one hundred Apaches and Utahs matt.
sacred, at Pueblo. fourteen men, and took three
women and two childreeprisoners. Great ex
citement is now prevailing at Santa Fe, on as
count of the general hostility exhibited by the
Indians who are swearing vengeance against
all Americans and Mexicans. On the 6th Jan
uary. Capt. Newell, of the First Dragoons, had
a fight with the Miscaulew Apaches, at Sacra.
mots Mountain, and killed 12 of them. The
loss on the American side was Capt. Henry W.
Stanton and three privates. Gov. Garland has
called into service five companies of volun.
teers, for six months, and recommends calling
upon Congress for an amount necessary to pay
expenses. Col. Jones had arrived at Santa Fe,
and entered upon the duties of his office. The
mail was not troubled by the Indians. An ex
press arrived at Santa Fe, the day before the
mail left, stating that 400 Apaches and Utahs
were coming to take the town by force of arms.
Lieut. Sturgis also had a fight with the Apa.
ehes, 60 miles from Santa Fe, and completely
routed them, and recaptured a lot of stolen
stock. The Governor is very much censured,
at Santa Fe. and through the Territory, on ac
count of big disapproval of the active course
taken by the people to suppress the Indian hos
tilities.—N. Y. Tribune.
Tim GOVERNMENT ♦ND TINE FILLIRESTERS.-
It is said that the Navy Department has issued
orders to New York. New Orleans and Boston,
to keep in a state of prepared readiness certain
steam vessels chartered by government some
two weeks since, to meet a hasty demand.—
Two private steamers have been chartered by
government, one in Boston and two in New
Orleans. In the Navy Yards at these several
stations everything is in a state of readiness to
meet the demands from Washington, and yet
so quietly managed that but few are in the so•
cret. It . is suppposed that twenty.four hours
notice would be all.sufficient to get these yes•
!leis off on their missions.
PRESIDINT Ronsaes.—President Roberts, of
Liberia. was born in Petersburg, Virginia.—
Before the year 1826, his mother, "Aunty Rob.
erts," as she was called, emigrated to Liberia.
In time, Joseph J. Roberts, one of these sons,
was chosen President of the Colony, and still
continues in the office.
Foreign News.
The steamer St. Louis arrived at New York
on the Int loot., from Southampton, with news
from Europe several days later, and Mr, Soule
as passenger, with his family. Ho gives it as
his opinion that Cuban annexation is at an end.
There is nothing new from Sevastopol. Lord
John Russell fins gone to Vienna, an the Brit.
ish Plenipotentiary at the conferences. The
first detachment of British troops from India
has arrived at the Isthmus of Suez. An inane.
rection has broken out at Cabool, and the reb.
els have, at Candahar, acknowledged the suz•
erainty of Persia. They were besieging Ben.
du Cebasi with 12,000 troops. A murderous
conflict had taken place there, but the bosie•
gers maintained their resistance. Two.thirds
of the Turkish army from Varna have disem
barked at Enputoria. The Czar of Russia has
authorized a levy eft masse, and proposes to
send 300,000 men into the Crimea.
The steamer Canada has arrived at Halifax,
nod brings still later European news. The
Russians nt Sevastopol have recommenced
their n:ght sorties. In one on the 31st, 300
French were pat hors do combat, having fired
on each other in mistake. There is a rumor
that Lord Raglan and Earl of Lucan will be
shortly recalled. A division of the French ar
my, nt Sevastopol, into commands, is announ
ced, General Bascom being at the head of one
and General Pelisser at the other, thus redu
cing General Canrobert to a mere cypher.-.
Naples has joined the alliance, and will send a
Beet and army to the Crimea. France under
takes to prevent a revolution in Italy. There
are also reports of Portugal, Spain and other
secondary States doing likewise. The Swiss
American difficulty about the seizure of Mr.
Phillips, has been settled by the payment of
$2OOO as an indemnity, and the reprimanding
cf the Chief of Police.
Pennsylvania.
A correspondent of the Washington Union
gives the following figures in relation to the
population and taxes of Pennsylvania :
.
Population, Debt.
1840, 1,724,038 $27,313,790
1843, 40,491,708
1844, 39,280.461
1845, 40,803,866
1848, 40,628,949
1850, 2,311,780 40,677,214
1854, 2,518,120 $10,084,915
Valuation, Taxes.
1840, 294,509,187
1843, 533,911
1844, 751,210
1845, 420,302,209 1,318,333
1848, 463,240,987 1,350,129
1850, 457,039,649 1,317,821
1854, 531,731,304 1,649,967
In 1844 some taxes were laid, but in 1845 a
more regular system was adopted, and valua
tions have since been made triennially. The
tax here given is only that on real and person
al estate. The debt has remained nearly sta
tionary for more than ten years, during which
time the assessed value of the property has
risen one hundred and eleven millions, or near
ly three times the value of the debt. In the
ratio of this increasing wealth and number of
the people, the burden of the debt has dim,
billed, while the taxes have yielded better.
Distressing Affair.—Three persona Fro-
We learn from a source entitled to credit, that
during the recent severe weather in Illinois, a
mother and two children were frozen to death
under the most distressing circumstances.—
A man was driving between Chicago and Ga
lena with an ox team, in which were his wife
and two small children. At night the storm
came upon them with its snow, wind and cold.
They could not build a lite because the ground
being covered with snow, there was no wood to
be seen, and their distaneefrom any habitation
prevented them from reaching a hospitable shel
ter. Before morning the wife was frozen stiff,
and, as a desperate expedient to save tho lives
of his children, the men killed both his oxen
cut them open, took out the viscera, and pla
ced his freezing children in the cavitites.—
But their death was only delayed by this, as
they froze dead also. The man, leaving the
dead bodies of his wife and children on the
lone prairie, succeeded in reaching a house.
where he was kindly cared for.— 81. Louis
News.
N.O.TIONAI. Mitarts.—According to the an.
nual report of the War Department, as trans.
'flitted to Congress, the strength of the militia
of the United States is as follows :
Infantry—Commissioned officers, 45,022
Non•commis'd and privates 1,769,335
Cavalry—Commissioned officers 910
Non•commis'd and privates 12,539
Rillenien—Commissioned officers 1,953
Non•comtnis'd and privates 32,456
Aggregate, 1,862,215
The cavalry and riflemen must, ofcourse, bo
regularly organized and drilled uniform con•
panics. As stated above, they constitute an
aggregate of 47,858 officers and men. The
commissioned officers of the infantry are but
little inferior to this in number. Assuredly the
whole militia force is formidable enough ou pa
per, but no doubt it would be extremely diffi
cult to raise from this body of 1,862,215 men
an army of 100,000 for actual service.
Connecticut Whig State Convention.
HIRTFOD, Feb. 28.
The Whig State Convention of Connecticut
met to-day, and nominated the present State
officers for reelection by acclamation. The
Convention also adopted resolutions endorcing
the American principle, including [protection
to American industry; declaring that the re.
peal of the Missouri Compromise has put an
end to all compromises on the slavery question
and expressing a determination to resist, by
all constitutional means, the admission of any
more slave States into the Union.
The resolutions further denounce the course
of Mr. Toucey in the U. S. Senate, condemn
the veto of the River and }Turbot and the
French Spoliation bills; approve the Connecti•
cut prohibitory law, and declare that Gen.
Pierce's administration is entitled to but little
respect.
A Spunky Feminine.
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In Allentown a few evenings since, an in.
teresting little affair came off. A woman who
had long suspected her husband of making a
practice of spending his hard earnings in one
of the numerous "gambling dens" with which
that town is cursed—where profesakuul game.
stern practically and hourly reduce the busi
ness of life to chance, made up her mind to
"keep au eye" on his movements. At about
nine o'clock she entered the "den" and found
her "liege lord" sitting at a table "euchering"
to his heart'. content. She ordered him to
accompany her home, which he very reluctantly
prepared to do. The keeper of the "hole'
interfered, when the woman threatened to go
for an officer. The keeper of the den, finding
he had "caught a tarter," beat a retreat; and
the woman left the field in triumph, bearing
her captive husband with her.
par Brigham Young is building two beau.
tiful houses, adjoining that which he occu•
pies now in Salt Lako city, to accommodate
his increasing family. He now rejoices in be•
tween fifty and sixty wives, and from forty to
fifty children. Elder Kimball, one of the
Mormon apostols, has between sixty and eevanty
consorts.
Mr. Gen. \V. Custis, in a lecture at
New York, spoke of these pious people who
clasp their hands so tight in prayer that they
could not open them whon the contribution box
cane round.
From tho Daily Ncw•s.
The 11. S. Senatorship.
Hammen., Feb. 27.—The great contest is
over, .d by the fidelity and faithfulness of the
Conservative members of the Legislature, the
arch intrigue of Pennsylvania has been defeat.
ed.
The Conreution had three ballots fur a Sew
ator.
On the First the vote stood, Cameron 55, nll
others 75.
On the Second, Cameron 54, all others 77.
On the Third, Cameron 65, all others 76.
On these Ballots, Steel, Bowman and
terhouse, who formerly voted for Cameron, vo•
ted on each Ballot against him, and in favor of,
the motion to adjourn.
After the Third Ballot, and the disposition
of various motions, on the motion of Senator
Brown, of the county, the Convention adjourn•
ed to the first Tuesday in October next.
The vote on the postponement and adjourn.
meat, was as follows :
Yens—Messrs. Browne, Buckalew, Darsie,
Ferguson, Flenniken, Frick, Goodwin, Hamlin,
Jamison, Jordan, Avery, Baker, Baldwin, Ball,
Bergstresser, Bowman, Chamberlin, Christ,
Clapp, Edinger, Fearon, Foster, Foust, Frank
lin, Fry, Gwinner, Harrison, Herr, Hodgson,
Holcomb, Hobbs, Laporte, Lewis, Mellinger,
Pratt, Price, Sellers, Skinner, Taggart, Walton,
Wherry, Leas, Linderman, Latt, Lowe, McCal
mont, McClean, McCombs, McCullough, Mad
dock, Magill, Mengle, Morris, Orr, Page, een
nypacker, Powell, Simpson, Smith, Stewart,
Thorn, Waterhouse, Wickersham, Witmer,
Wright—Yeas 66.
Nays—Messrs. Crabb, Cresswell, Frazier,
Fry, Haldeman, Hendricks, Hoge, Allegood,
Barry, Boal, Bush, Caldwell, Carlisle, Clover,
Craig, Crawford, Criswell, Cummings, Daugh
erty, Donaldson, Downing, Mining, Eyster,
Fletcher, Frailey, Free, Gross, Guy, Haines,
Johnson, King, Kirkpatrick, Krepps, Lane,
Killenger, McClintock, Piatt, Quiggle, Sager,
Shuman, Mester, McConkey, McConnell, Max
well, Morrison, Muse, North, Palmer, Reese,
Rittenhouse, Rutter, Sallade, Sharer, Smith,
Smith, Stehley, Stoekdale, Sturdevant, Thom p•
son, Widdell, Wood, Yorks, Zeigler, Strong—
Nays 65.
The friends of Cameron are exceedingly
ehop•fallen, ninny of them claims that the Le
gislature must meet on the first Tuesday in Oc
tober, when they say they will renew the fight.
Of course there can be no Convention on the
day adjourned to, and the sent now occupied
by Mr. Cooper will remain vacant until filled
by the Legislature of 1856. George M. Lau
man's powder, bought for a salute, is for sale
cheap, and the opponents of Cameron propose
to purchase it at half price.
Swallowing a Bar of Lead—Daring Sur
gical Operation.
.... _ .. .
..The fallowing paragraph has glared upon us
from our exchanges for several days past. We
were first inclined to set it down for a hoax, for
we should as soon think that a man could swal•
low a live boa•constrictor, or a meeting house
steeple and live, as take a bar of lead eleven
inches long into his stomach, and have it ex•
tracted and recover. Here is the paragraph.
The Wapello (Iowa) Intelligencer says:
"On Christmas day, a Mr. T. W. Bates,
while doing the exploit of sticking a bar of
lead down his throat, let go his hold, and it des.
tended into his stomach. The physicians of
this place, not knowing but Bates was trying
to hoax them, made a slight examination at
the time, inasmuch as head made but little
ado about it, and, at times, denied having
swallowed the lead at. all. A few days after,
the victim having swallowed some acid sub.
stance, the lead began to corrode, and he be.
came very sick. The physicians were then
called in, and it was soon found that every oth•
er attempt to extract the lead would be una
vailiug, save opening the stomach. This be•
ing resolved upon, some five or six physicians
were called in on Wednesday morning last,
when Dr. J. Bell, of this place, performed the
operation, probably the first on record, of open.
ing the stomach and extracting the lead. The
bar was about eleven inches in length, and
about one half the length showed the acid upon
it. The patient, at lust accounts, was getting
along finely, with a prospect of speedy recove•
ry, the inflammation caused by the lead, while
in the stomach, being the greatest difficulty to
contend with, at present appearances."
The Intelligencer of the 9th tells that Bates
is rapidly recovering.
A Favored Community.
A letter from Ohama city, Nebraska, Jan.
19th, to the Cleveland Plainticaler, closes with
this paragraph:
"The weather here is still delightful. In
truth, we have bad no winter on this side of
the Missouri river. Say to all your friends in
your part of the country, who are troubled with
dyspepsia, bronchitis, bronchial dyspepsia pul
monary affections, and chronic debility from
any cause, to come 4o Nebraska, if they wish
to be restored. Its mild climate, and elastic,
bracing atmosphere, is a sure restorative from
diseases of the above character, and guarauteb
a long life."
A MENDICANT LENDINOFM HUNDRED Dole
LASS.—The Buffalo Republic states that a mer
chant of that city was "abort" $5OO, a few days
ago, and found it difficult to raise until a friend
took him to the house of a worthy old German,
where, on giving good security, it was handed
to him, all in specie, with the offer of $5OO
more, if it was wanted. This generous offer
was declined, and as the merchant turned to
leave, the door opened and in trooped the three
or four ragged children of the money-lender,
with baskets on their arms, whom the borrow
er at once recognised as "regular customers"
at his house, and who had just that moment
returned from his larder with their customary
supply of cold victuals,
KANSAS.—The Columbus, Ohio Statesman of
Sunday morning, says :—Judge Johnson, one
of the Judge of this new Territory, spent last
night in Columbus on his way to Washington
City. He appeartkl'in the finest health; and
spoke in the most eulogistic terms of the Kan.
can country. He says a better climate, richer
soil or finer scenery can scarcely be found any
where. The election of the first Legislature
comes odic March, (we believe the 13th) and
he thinks there is no prospect of slavery being
established there. The result of the first elec.
lion, he thinks however, will not be decisive of
the question by sup means.
A NEW FEITURE.-A lady in Franklin
county, Pa., was recently married—her father
refused to give his consent ; however, till the
husband gave bond in the sum of $5OO that he
would treat her kindly. After marriage he
treated her so badly that she left him and the
father brought suit for the recovery of the
amount in the bond. The bond was declared
invalid in the County Court, but being taken
up to the Supreme Court, a verrdict was found
for the plaintiff for the amount and costa.
Mexico.—We have dates from Vera Cruz
to the 22d, and City of Mexico to the 17th.—
The revolution at Ilse South was gaining ground.
Many of the Government troops had gone over.
Gen. Palecia was besigned at Chilpancingo
by 2,600 rebels, and reduced almost to stem.
Lion. The Moxican Poundry Commissioners
have 64nd upon 10° 47' as the initial point.
A FEARFUL lincoan.—The number of mur•
dere committed in Califoruia during the year
1854 is said to ho four hundred and filly, and
even that id suppoaed by many to bo much tin
der the mark. During the same period there
were only fifteen convictions fur manslaughter,
six executions by officers of the law, and eigh•
tceo he the code of Judge Lynch.
ARRIVAL Or THE STAIt OF
WEST.
Details of California News.
New Yom, March •1
- The Steamship Star of the West rrrived thiA
evening, with the California passengers, and
$650,M0 in specie on freight. Her possen.
gers number about two hundred.
The Star of the West touched at Rey West
on the 27th ult. The Spanish Consul at Key
West has issued a twoelamation, by order Of
the Captain General of Cuba, declaring the
whole coast of the Island in it state of blockade
and also stating that all vessels bound to any
port on the Island, or found cruising along the
coast should be searched by the Spanish yes•
sets of war•
The 8, steamer San Jacinto was to leave
San Jacinto for Ilatann un the 'Pith,
The mining provccta in California bad int•
proved, in consequence of the recentrailui,
Sixty dead bodies have been recoved from
the wreck of the steamboat Pearl atSaeromen•
to. There Tere still twenty persons missing.
The boat has been raised and was beingrepair
ed.
Business at San Francisco was slightly bet
ter. Moat provisions were looking up in price.
Mess pork $l7; clear pork $20®21. Hams iu
brine 19 cents; hams, dry salted, 17 cent. ;
lard, flour and grain are dull ; crushed sugar
2t cents, arm.
Robberies, murders, and executions under
the Lynch law, continue.
.4 severe gale visited Salt Lake City on the
Ist of January and caused much dathage.
The Legislature of Utah convened on the 11
of December.
The Dunker&
The Johnstown Tribune gives us the following
intelligence respecting a chrious sect, of which
there area good many members in some of the
western counties of this State:
We recently became acquainted with Mr.
Henry Kurtz, one of the leading members of
that sect of Christians commonly termed Dun
kards, and the editor of the Gospel Visitor,
their only organ, published near Poland Ohio.
Mr. Kurtz is a native of Germany; about fifty
years old; was at one time a Lutheran minister
wears a long beard, a broad•brimmed wool hat
and a suit of quaint texture and workmanship.
He informed us that his periodical is printed
in the country, and in the second story of his
dairy home.
" He further informed us that the term dunk.
ard is a misnomer, a senseless vulgarism.—
The correct name is Tunkcr, from the German
verb Tunken, to baptise. The Dunkards, how
ever, are known to each as The Brethren, and
to the world wish to be known as German
Baptists. The sect was founded about one
hnndred and fifty years ago by eight Germans
of both sexes, who chose to be more humble
and less social than their neighbors. Their
followers are to be found in eleven States of
this Confederacy, but are not numerous.
They have no church discipline ; no este,
fished preachers and but few educated men.—
They are opposed to war , dress plainly but not
necessarily odd ; never swear ; never sue each
other ; are seldom known to drink intoxica
ting liquors to excess, and are generally hon
est and truthful in their intercourse with the
world and each other. About one half of dm
farmers of this place are of them.
Tee Excretes finest COMET.—The
neat astronomer, M. Babinet, member of tho
French Academy of Sciences, gives some very
interesting details relative to the return of that
great comet whose periodical course is comps.
ted by the most celebrated observer at three
hundred years. The result of his investiga
tions is, that it will appear in Aug. 1858, with
hn uncertainty of two years, more or less ;so
that between 1856 and 1860 those who are the
living may hope to see the great luminary
which in 1566 caused Charles V. to abdicate.
HARRISBURG A CITY.—The borough of Har
risburg has applied to the Legislature for a
charter of incorporation as a city. There is no
objection to that if the citizens desire it. It
contains some twelie or fourteen thousands in•
habitants, and is every year increasing in pop_
elation. It is becoming, too, largely engaged.
in manufactures, and has several railroads ex
tending to different parts of the State. Let
Harrisburg be a city, by all moans, ifits people
desire it.
M A rogue asked charity on pretence on
being dumb. A lady having asked him how
long he had been dumb, he was thrown off his
guard, and answered, "From my birth, mad
am."
"Poor fellow I" said tho lady, and she hos•
towed ou him a dollar, with perfect good na
ture.
ILA—The Iron masters of Pennsylvania are
to hold a meeting, in Philadelphia, on the 6th
of March, to adopt such measures as may seem
necessary to "prevent a recurrence of those
periodical disasters, now imminent, to which,
this great interest has unfortunately become li
able, as the inevitable result of the present
revenue policy of the General Government."'
Toe VETO,—A Washington letter to the
New York Commercial saysi- , -"Justice Mc-
Lean says, according to rumor, that if the veto
power Lad been used in the early days of the
(ioverhment in the manner in which it was
used on the occasion of the French bill, it
would have been deemed good cause for an im
peachment of the President."
PROPORTIONS OP THE SOLAR SYSTEL—A
sun, two feet in diameter, would correspond
with Mercury as a mustard seed, with the
Earth and N onus as a pea, Mars ass pin's
head, the Asteroids as a grain of sand, Jupitor
as an orange, Saturn, small Ope, and Her.
shel as a plum—their orbits varying from 164
Met to 8000feot.
A teem. Iltivr.—The difference between ri•
sing every morning at 6, and at 8, , in the course
of 40 years amounts to 20,200 hours, or 3 yrs
121 days and 16 hours; which make 8 hours a
day for exactly lOyears r So that rising at 6
will be the same as if 10 years to devote to
study were added to each person's life.
At the marriage of the great chief
Tengi to Anna Jane, the daughter of the kind
of the Friendly Isles, the feasting lasted the
whole week. One thousand hogs wore baked
whole, with a proportionate supply of turtle;
sharks, ray-fish, and every other ash that le
caught in those waters,
PROMOITORY TRIUMPH. -At the charter
election in Winchester, Va., on the 13th inst.,
the candidates were run exclusively on the li
quor question. The Mayor,itecorder and a major
ity of both branches of Common Council, in fa
vor of Prohibition, were elected by large ma
jori tics.
New CITY IN NEBRASKA.---A new town site
has been located and surveyed adjacent to the
river, about thirty.five miles above Omaha,
which in called Cuming City, in honor of the
acting Governor.
Yocarax.—The last annexation report from
Mexico is, that our Minister, Gen. Gadsden, is
treating with Santa Anna for the accession to
the United States of Yucatan, for the sum of
$10,000,000. Doubtful.
seirOur foreign intelligence may be sum•
med up as follows "Austria is cheating the
Allies, Prussia is cheating Anstria, Russia is
cheating them AP."
Mater. T. Flanders, of Baltimore, is deli.
ming a series of lectures in Frederick, Md.,
on the " Origin, History and Destiny of the
Devil." A profound subject truly.