Auntingbn ournal.
Wednesday Kormng, April 18,1865,
WILLIAM BREWSTER, Editor.
The "JOURNAL' , has 300 Subseri - .F
hers more, than any other paper
in this county.
Agents for the Journal.
The followingpersons we have appointed Agents
!or the HUNTINGDON JOURNAL, who aro 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.
We do this for the convenience of our subscri
bers living at a distance from Huntingdon.
Jons W. THOMPSON, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
Sault. Come, East Berme,
Dizonos W. CORNELIUS, Cromwell township.
Honor Hu osox, Clay township.
DAVID Enfutz, Cromwell township.
Dr. J. I'. Asncom, Penn township,
f. WAREHAM MATTEILN, Franklin township,
Plant EL STEFFEY, Jackson township,
ROBERT M'BURNEY, "
Jxo. C. WATSON, Brady township,
Monts Baowx, Springfield township,
Wm. HuTentxsoN, Esq., IVarriorsmark tp.,
JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township,
Guonce W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
HENRY NEFF, West Berme.
Joum Bazamzen, Waterstrect,
Maj. CHARLES M,cutsr. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
Groner WILSON, Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
Maj. W. MoonE, Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace.
Stmeox Wmfun, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq., Cass township.
STRUM. Wifyros, Esq., Franklin township.
DAVID PARKER, Esq., Witrriorsmark.
DAVID A unAszr, Esq., Todd township.
DR. J. A LFRED SHADE.
IN' No attention paid to Letters
unless post-paid, nor to Communi
cations unaccompanied with the
author's name.
OW Dr. J. Alfred Shade will act as
agent for the' Huntingdon Journal"—
Residence, Shade Gap.
"Daily News."
What has become of the Daily News,
one of our valuable exchanges? We on
ly get one occasionally, are they about to
cut our acquaintance ? We regret this,
and hope its ample, well filled pages, will
continue to greet our table.
lir The April number of the Student,
or Family Miscellany, is on our table, it
is an excellent worlc for youth, designed
for Horne instruction, Schools, &c.
Send $1 to N. A. Calkins, publisher,
348 Broadway, N. Y., and he will send
You the work for one year.
I We are under lasting obligations
for the large number of subscribers which
has been added to the subscription list of
the Journal, during the Court, and we
alsoare thankful to our former subscribers
for their promptness in liquidating the
past. Before another year rolls round,
the subscription list of the Journal will
reach over fifteen hundred.
Or Mr. Clark, the Daguerreotypist
is still in town. Mr. Clark has attained
the acme of his profession, and his pic
tures will compare with the most celebra
ted artists in Philadelphia, or New York.
We would say to our friends, that Mr.
Clark will only remain in this place dur
ing the pnesent week, and don't let the
opportunity pass without your likenesses
being taken by him, for he can do it up to
nature.
ger On Monday last, on motion of D.
Blair, Esq., our worthy young friend,
Jonathan Duff, Esq., was admitted to prac
tice in the several Courts of Huntingdon
county.
We have been informed that he passed
a very creditable examination, and bids
fair to become a successfull Lawyer.
We wish him all the success possible in
his now vocation.
air On Sunday, the 25th ult., the
borough of Carlisle (Pa.,) was visited by a'!
disastrous fire, which consumed much val
uable property. The Iron Foundry be
longing to the Messrs. Gardner and Brown,
and two brick dwelling houses belonging
to Mr. Gardner were destroyed. There
was an insurance cf $7,000 on the build
ings and property, but this amount will
not cover one•fourth part of the actual loss
sustained by Messrs. Gardner and Brown.
_ _
Beware of the Villain.
S. M. Knight of Washington City, rep
resents himself—as attorney for Govern
ment Claimants, Bounty Lands, &c. We
published his advertisement under the im
pression that he was an, honest man, but
at the expiration of the advertisement, we
discovered his fraudulent intention. Any
person that has employed him should at
once withdraw, he is unquestionably a
grand scoundrel, and unworthy the confi
dence of the public. We would say to
the public, don't trust him wills your Land
lrarrants', or any other business.
Peterson for May
Peterson is always punctual in sending
his excellent Magazine, and by so doing
has gained the entire confidence of his
subscribers. 6. La Pcnserosa," is a mag
nificent mezzotint. The steel fashion
plates are most excellent. The reading
matter is unsurpassed, and the induce
ment ()tiered for subscription is so great
that it is a wonder that any family can be
found without it. Address, T. 14. Peter
son, Nu. 102 Chestnut street Phila.
Tangs, C 2 110 per anmuiv, hivariably iu
advance.
r The steamship Washington arri
ved at New York on the 12th, with news
from Europe Your days later. At Sevasto
pol, in spite of repeated attacks, the Rus
sians maintained their position on Mount
Sepoune, whence their guns play upon
the French lines. On the 13th, the Rus
sians opened a fire from the heights on
the English at Balaklava, but the latter
routed the attacking force. On the 19th
the Russians attacked the whole line of the
allied forces, but were driven bach with
great loss. On the 17th, three battalions
of Zouaves attacked the new Russian re
doubt at Sevastopol, but were driven back
with great loss. On the 15th, the French
carried the line of Russian ambascades,
and at the same time the Russians made a
sortie, but were repulsed. The Vienna
Conference has agreed on the first two
points of the negotiation. The demolition
of the fortifications at Sevastopol is not de
manded by the allies.
The steamship America has arrived at
Halifax, with news irom Europe two days
later than the above, but the communica-
I tion by telegraph is broken so that we are
without her news.
Postage on Lettere.
Notwithstanding, the new law requires
prepayment of postage on letters, it will
not be necessary for persons writing to
members of the Legislature to pay the
postage on their letters. The Postmaster
General has directed that, the State hav
ing provided by legislative enactment for
the payment of the postage upon all mail
matter sent to or from the Executive, the
Departments, or members of the Legisla
ture, and these facts being known to the
Department, all letters addressed to said
parties, without the postage being paid at
the mailing office, should not be classed as
unpaid letters, but must be rated with a
proper amount of postage, to be paid at
Harrisburg, where provision for such pay
ment has been made.
10.. The Messrs De Witt & Davenport,
publishers, 160 & 162 Nassau street, N. Y.
have, at this early date, sent to us the life
of the late renowned William Poole, with
a full account of the terrible affray in
which he received his death wound; fu
neral procession; official report of the in
vestigation ; verdict ; pursuit of Baker ;
examination of his heart ; also, brief bio
graphical notices of James Irwin, Johnny
Lang, Harvey Young, Paugene, alias
Patrick McLaughlin, and Lewis Baker.
Containing also sketches of Tom Hyer,
the American Champion ; James Sullivan
and John Morrissey, with portraits. This
is an Bvo. book of 80 pages and can be
sent by mail to any part of the U. S.—
; Price 25 cents.
Secret Post-ofce Agent.
The Smerican Citizut says We
learn from Washington that the Jesuit
head of the Post Office Department a few
days since appointed one Capt. Pat Mc-
Guire to the office of secret post office a
gent! His duty is to travel through the'
country and inspect any and all post offi
ces. Patrick is a good Irish Roman
Calh
olic, and doubtless has received this office
in consequence of Isis efficiency in detect
,mg Know-Nothing postmasters. This
Iwhole department of the government will
j soon be as completely under the control of
the Pope of Rome as if he were himself
Postmaster General. When will the bar
gain with Bisbop Hughes be fulfilled ?"
Marketing.
Our townsman Mr. 11. S. Africa has
commenced running a market car, and will
regularly supply the citizens of Hunting
don, and vicinity, on Wednesday or Thurs
day of each week, with the best marketing
which the cities of Philadelphia and Bal
i timbre can afford, such as fish, vegetables,
and fruit in all their variety ; fresh oys
ters by the can or bag.
Mr. Africa is a gentleman well known
to us all, and will sell on reasonable terms,
and is deserving the whole patronage of
this community. Give him a trial.
Problem No. 15.
The area of an equilateral triangle,
whose base falls on the diameter, and its
vertex in the middle of the arc of a semi
circle, is equal to 100 feet; what is the
diameter of the semicircle 1 Answer next
week.
Answer to problem of last week, 28,
2055 feet.
TVs EXPEIHTION OF THE ARCTIC IN SEARCH
OF DR. KANE, U. S. Navv.—We understand
that the Navy Department has very nearly
completed the arrangements of this expedition
which our renders will recollect was authorized
by a recent act of Congress. The two vessels
—the barque Eringo, recently purchased from
Thomas 11. Wales & Co., of Boston, and
light-boat which was building at Philadelphia.
The work of altering , strengthening mud re
paring these vessles'tbr the exposed and dan
rrous service in which they are to be engaged,
is being pressed forward with great rapidity.—
The light•boat is to be fitted mit as a propeller,
the machienery for her, which was originally
intended for a tug-boot on the Delnwnre, hav
ing been purchased ready made. It is confi-
dentially expected that both these vessels will
he ready to receive their officers crews and
stores by the nth of May. The expedition
will net ant from New York by the Ist of
June,
The following officers have, thus far, been
selected from those who have volunteered.
I.T. J. Ilatistene to command the
tender.
Passed Melshipman.Watson Smith, William
S. Lovell, and Joseph P. Fyffe, and first As.
sistant Engineer Harman Newell.
Mr. 8. I'. Griffin, formerly a passed mid
shipman in the navy, and in charge of the
"Rescue" in the American exepedition to the
Arctic under Lieut. De Haven, having volun
teered bin service; is to be attached to the ex
pedition, is the capacity of master's mate.
Passed Midshipman Loren was also is
tier xpeditioti under Lieut. De Haven.—
, Irayhisoglou
A Verdict, COMMUlliratin.
The elections in Connecticut and lthodk
• k
Island having completed 'thp „contest in ttfo
.. .
free States for members •of•• the. next Congressi•
wo present below a tabular statement, 044
the strength of the Administration and Of the' .
Opposition in the last and next House of Roe
presentatives, so far as those States are coq'..
corned :
34th CONGRESS. 33d. •
Oppos'n. Admin. Oppos'n. Admin.
Maine, 51 3 3
New Hampshire, 3 0 0 :t
Vermont, 3 0 3 0
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Massachusetts, 11 0 10 1
Rhode Island, 2 0 0 . 2
Connecticut, 10 0 1
New York, 294 12 21
New Jersey, 4 1 1 4
Pennsylvania, 21 4 9 16
Ohio, 21 0 9 12
Indiana, 9 2 1 10
Illinois, 4 4 4 . 5
Michigan, 3 1 0 4
Wisconsin, 21 0 3
lowa, 11 1.
1
California, 0 2 0 2
w, ork Correep ondenoe:
• • ~ ,1 • Nit* , 'Y'ORM ApriUldtli 1855.
Xa. ; " " ' • •
Passing evenie•Or the week have .•been few
and nein...eating, and materiakfcie the coin
' pliation of our weekly chronicle consequent
ly meagre. With the present week we bid
farewell for a time to Lent, a season of greet
self-denial in Catholic Europe, but not much
noticed by Uncle Sam, whose smart eye to bur
nieces leaves him little leisure to celebrate ei
ther fasts of festestivals. April, proverbial for
its fickleness, -made a twister., enterance ou
Sunday lent, and since that time has treated us
with greater profusion of wind and dust, that
its usual concomittants—sunshine and show.
er. During the gale which raged throughout
the afternoon, covered marine disaters occurred
on the Long Island shore, resulting unfortu.
!lately in the loss of lives, amongst the rest a
: Captain, who woe frozen to death in tho rig
gir.g of his stranded coasting vessel. Winter
still clings to the mantle of Spring, with una
bated pertinacity; and although the bright
I beams of the Spring sun at his meridan
height imparts warmth to our bodies and cheers
l our hearts, we still feel the icy hand of Winter
mornings and evenings, .d chilly blasts dis
course of coughs and colds. The past has, in
many senses, been the "winter of our discon
tent," and its visit more severe and protracted
than welcome and congenial.
The United States Mail steamer Baltic arri•
wed here on Friday, after a passage of four
teen days. Affairs at the Crimea remain un
changed, the siege of Sevastopol making but
slow progress and Lord Raglan admitting that
the place is now stonger than ever it has yet
been. The first of the four points of guar.-
tee, viz., that the Danubian Principalities be pla
ced under the protectorate of the fire Pow.
ere, has been unanimously agreed to in the
Congress at Vienna.
It is pleasing to announce that trade in gcn.
era! is becoming to he more brisk, and there
is an evident drawing of better times. The
greatest activity prevails in the Brooklyn Na.
vy Yard, and on Monday last upwards of 200
additional mechincs and laborers were put on
the various works now in progress. The en
tire effective force employed in the yard con.
siststs of more than 1000 men. A purchase
has been effected for $17,000, of the bark
“Eringo," of Boston, and she was towed to
the Navy Yard, where she will receive a thor
ough overhauling, and be immediately fitted
out for an Arctic cruise, in search of Dr.
Kane, the Polar traveler, who wherenbouts
has been for some time a mystery.
St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral was crowd.
ed on Sunday morning last by parties anxious
to heat Archbishop Hughes' first discourse I
since his return from Rome. The distinguish
ed prelate gave a lenghty and elaborate or- I
count of the new Catholic dogma of the its-
maculate conception of the Virgin Mary, and
explained the meaning of the doctrine.
The rumaelpers of this city _begin to look
blue at the passing of the Maine Liquor Law.
To the last they entertained a prospect of
quashing the bill, either by fair or nefarious
means ; but the final vote in the Senate of 21
in favor of prohibition to 11 against, left them
to mourn over disappointed hopes, and soon,
like Othello, their occupation will be gone.—'
It is supposed there are about 10,000, rum
sellers in this city, ardently attached to the
traffic; and the question anises, what other
business of a less demoralizing nature are they
The Right of Search. to turn to. So long accustomed to a life of
Those who defend the action of the Spanish leisure and the enjoyment of the good things
n firing upon our vessels, yield all the ground of this world, they cannot condescend "to dig,
for which we went to war in 1812. No matter land to be they will be ashamed." Could not
what provocation
be
may have . , the flag of . . .
tne . state, in its . generosity, open an asylus for
our country cannot be insulted with impunity.
The New York Times covers the entire ground ' their accomodation—designated a "Retreat for
of this question, when it says "Spain's juric- the Mourners for departed spirits," The bill,
diction over Cuba extends a distance of one I with the amendments from the Senate, has
marine league into the sea. Public law rives I
passed the Assembly by a vote of 80 to 45.--
her that margin for the purpose of self-protee. I
Com lisle] needs more than that, let It ask Ref I It now only awaits the signature of the Gone.
one magnanimity, and not seize it as a right. nor to become a law.
If, in view of her own stubborn refusal to place I A proppositlon was made by the Common
our relations with her on a more convenient
Council to curtail the dimensions of the propo
footing, we decline her requests, she has no re- I
dress except in her appeal to the public opin. sod Central Park, which loss very properly been
ion of the nations. Even then she could, with vetoed by the Mayor. The veto has given
no more propriety, violate the acknowledged general satisfaction to those who look beyond
principle of public kw which relieves Anieri
the narrow limits of the present fora source
can vessels from search upon the high sea.,
than can the merchant's clerk justify the cm• : of health and recreation for this fast increasing
bezzlement of his employer's funds en the plea city, destined at no distant period to he the ler.
that the merchant is indebted to him and will gust and most densely populated city in the
not pray. Au individual cannot Wm the law i world. It would be an act of criminality on
into his own land; nor can any nation expect
t
to be sustained if it attempts to violate thehe part of out present Legislators were they
law, unless it has power sufficient to justify it to allow the whole island to be built up without
in an effort to make new law and impose it up- reserving some spot like the one contemplated,
on the world by the strong hand. That Spam where our
cit .. ns
nay retire from the crowd
cannot do, of herself. She has evidently ex
pected that England and France would fight ed and fever-tainted streets, to inhale the pure
her battles, and make her weakness strong.— atmosphere and participate in healthy recrea
If by a foolish miscalculation of this sort she tion.
has involved herself in engt.glements dam
John M. Throck, formerly a resident of Millie
gerola to her own safety, she will he likely to
learn ere many years have palmed, that the af- bury, Holmes County, Ohio, was arrested on
fection of England and France for her, and beard the steamship Union, immediately on
for which she hos rejected our overtures of her arrival on Wednesday afternoon. The
'friendship, is that of the spoiler fur his antic!-
paled prey." prisoner held a high official situation in Ohio,
and absconded to Gettnany with public funds
Tile DEMOCRACY HAPPY I—ln the celebrated amounting to $20,000, and had also committed
Jesse How correspondence, there is a letter , novena forgeries. The accused is a native of
from Jens Van IJuneN to Jesse, complainilg Germany.
that the Whigs would not het on elections, Iffb Many "doges" arc restored to in these wide I
said he wished they could carry a constable awake days for "raising the wind," and one I
somewhere, as it would revive their spirits,—
The Cincinnati Cazette is reminded of Joules equal to the most prominent in effrontery or
remarks in reading the comments of the Dem• rascality occurred during the week. A com.
cratic papers upon the result of the election in pany of "fast men' under the appellation of
that and some half dozen other towns iu sari- the "Browne Minstrels" advertises! to give an
ous States, which the Democrats have carried ~,
othe s ki n of their teet he god Dow a good sumop ian entertainment at the Gothic Hall
luck. They take no notice of the late elections and certainly i r their proceedings are a delin•
in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connec- I eation of nigger peculiarities, they are bad
ticut, St. Louts, New Orleans, and a hundred I ones, A
other plaes. They will probably not hay goodly number, after severally depot,.
wird to say about the Virginia election, which Rings quarter at the door for admittance,
takes pla ce i n e , f ew dews. when Mane Tam, I graced the Hall with their presence. When
LEY wasanked how he feltwheu nearly dead with the hour for the conneencenient of the enter.
the Eden Fever, hesaid "he was happy." The I tainments arrived, the lighte were put out, and
Democracy are happy I
an announcement made that there would be
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR ANCE.—The party no preformance that evenieg. The victims de.
that elected Pierce president, and Medill Gov- mended back their money, which would
erase, (which was called the "Democratic" par. doubtless have ended seriously, but the time-
V.) has suddenly and mysteriously disappear- ly arrival of the police will meet wish their re
ed, and the most alarming apprehensions are ward, and as consigned to "where the bad nig•
felt that it hae wet with foul play at the hands ff ,„.„
of its profeesed friend. When last heard from
it wait known to bo in company with its "old en. Your readers will probably remember that,
envies," suit as the midnight hued of commiri• a short time ago, Bartholomew Blanco was ac
tors called the Sag Nicks have threatened to rested in this city (ma charge of being con
swalluw it entirely, the most serious fears are fleeted with the slave trade. The bill was
entertained for its safety. One dozen Shang- brsught up before the Grand Jury during the
hai eggs will be Paid to any pen. who will pfeaeM sitting, and dismissed,
f i
urnish us with ntelligence so that we may The large number of the "frail sisterhood,"
recover the body, as we wish to see it decently ; "So were arrested for walking the streets for
interred. —O. R. Journal, , decoying the weaker portion of the kids of
122 21
Three seats are contested, being those of
Mr. Fuller, of Maine, Mr. Hall, of lowa, and
Mr. Allen, of Illinois, and there is one vacan
cy in the Illinois delegation, caused by the
election of Mr. Trumbull to the U. S. Senate.
Here we have a change, which indicates mar
velloas loss of popularity on the part of the na
tional administration, though the government
organs seem unable to recognize the fact. The
following slave States have also held elections
with the result shown, the columns being the
same as in the above table :
Delaware, 1 0
0
Florida, 0 1 0
South Carolina, 0 G 0 6
Arkansas, 0 2 0 2
1
Missouri, 3
10
Altogether 129 of the opposition and 31 sup
porters of the administration have been elec
ted, leaving a clear majority of 98 against the
latter. Only 73 members remain to be cho
sen. So that if the administration should car
ry them all, it would still be in a minority of
25. But there is no likelihood of this, as may
be seen by the following statement of the poli
tical complexion of the members of the last
Congress from the States which have yet to
elect.
Opposition. Administration.
6
Alabama,
Georgia.
Kentucky, 3 5
Tennessee, 6 4
Louisiana,3
l
Maryland, 2 4
Mississippi, 0 5
North Carolina, 3 6
Texas,o 2
Virginia,o 13
Under the worst auspices, the opposition
cannot fail to elect 20 members in these States,
which would give them a majority in the House
of 65. But it con scarcely be doubted that
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and
Virginia will show decided gains for the oppo•
sithm ; so that, in all probability, the Adminis
tration will go into the next Congress with a
force in the House about equal to that of the
Whig party in the last Congress, or probably
less, even. It is impossible to conjecture what
results may follow such a change ; but one
thing is clear, the next Congress will be deci
dedly more national than the last, and will de ,
vote its energies to the benefit of the republic,
instead of wasting them in schemes of section
al advancement.
creation, and committed for a residence on
Blackwell's Island during the sunny months.
have one and all been brought up on habeas
corpus, and liberated, again to allure those
who are fools enough to succumb to their bleu•
diehments. •. .
The Great Republic on his first voyage out,
has a proved thoroughgoing first class ship, ar
riving at the port of hor do3tination, Lcnd on,
in fifteen days. iler qualities us a sea-going
ship were severely tested, through an unu
sually rough passage, during which she beha
ved to the admiration of her captain and crew.
The greatest distance she made in twenty-four
hours was 342 miles, but it is supposed she
could easily accomplish 400, if put to the test.
There was no dock sufficiently capacious fur
her accommodation.
A female slave who was in charge of the
Captain of the steamship Jamestown, escaped
from that vessel on Friday morning. He tra
ced her to a house in Sullivan street, and ap
plied to the Marshal fin advice, but as there
was no proof that she was a runaway slave,
nothing could be done. By the laws of Vir
givia the vessel is consequently forfeited, lila
the officers and crew are liable to be imprint
ed for aiding in the escape of a slave.
The musical and thearical chit chat has
been of some interest to the devotees of the
opera and drama. The Academy of Music
is indifferently patronized, although there are
great attractions. William Tell is announced
with a powerful cast, and Oratorios are about
' to be brought out. .At the Broadway, Mr. Fos.
rest is starring, nod the house is well attended.
At Wallach's, a new piece called the "Diary
of a Young Wife" has been pretty sueeesful.
Burton has made a good hit with a new five act
play by Dion Bourcicault, entitled "Janet
Pride." The Pyrie and Harrison troupe gave
a concert at Niblo's on Tuesday evening, which
was well patronized. Yours Truely, V. S.
Agricultural.
In pursuance of adjournment, the Hunting.
don county Agricultural Society, met in the
Court House on Wednesday evening the llth
of April, 1855, and was called to order by the
President.
J. S. Barr Esq., one of the Recording Sec
retaries of the Society, net being in attendance,
on motion henry Brewster was appointed in
his place t pro lent,
The minutes of the last meeting were then
read. approved, and adopted.
On motion it was resolved that R. Hare Pow•
ell, Esq., the Treasurer pro tent of this Society
be requested to hand over the books, money,
papers, &e., now in his possession into the
hands of the present Treasurer, Hon. James
()win.
On motion it was further resolved that this
Society hold a fair next fall, at such time and
place, as the Executive Committee may dc•
citle upon.
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On motion the following supplement to the
Constitution was submitted for the considera
tion of the Society; to come in as a new sectifin
after Sec. 11th, by " Any person paying live
dollars to the Treasurer, may become a life
member, and shall be entitled to all the privi
leges of said Society." A vote was taken on
said supplement and carried in the affimative ;
but a question-arising as to its constitutionali
tT and propriety, a motion was made to recon
sider, which being carried in the .affirmative,
the following resolution was offered and adopt
ed n as substitute, viz "That it shall be optional
with any person contributing to, or wishing
to become a member of said - Society, to pay
fifty cents, one dollaror anygrcater sum that he
muy deem proper ; and that any person' paying
five dollars to the Treasurer, for the use of the
Society, may become a life member, and shall
be entitled to all the privileges of said Socie•
ty.
On motion it was resolved, that this Society,
when it now adjourns, shall stand adjourned to
meet again, nt Huntingdon. on the Thursday
evening of the first week of the Court in As
gust, nex.
Reso/red, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in all the Newspapers of this
county.
At this stage of the proceedings, n number
of very fine, and select specimens of seeds were'
presented, through the us:tiring zeal, and per
severing industry of the Librarian—Theo, H.
Cresner ; and by him distributed in small par
eels among the members present.
Society ddjourned.
The meeting, on account of other attractions
elsewhere in town, and snore especially in con
sequence of a large number of citizens, and
person s attending Court, Insuring gone home
the day previous, was slot so large as on some
former occasion ,• yet the number in attendance
was respectably larg, and the proceedings were
conducted throughout in the most orderly man.
user. Everything passed off harmoniously, and
to the entire satisfaction of all present.
Considerable accessions were made to the
membership of the Society ; a respectable fund
was raised to neet the current, incidental, and
other expenditures of the Society; and a deep
and growing solicitude seemed to be manifes
..
ted by the Members to do everything in their I ,
pewer to promote their interests, and to carry'
out ultimately and successfully the objects of
the society.
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JONA. McWILLIAMS, I'rca't.
J. S. IBcTT, Secretary.
HENRY SLIMMER, Seey pro tent.
Napoleon at Home.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser has the following piece
of news and speculations
"Day before yesterday, a conspiracy to as
sassinate the Emperor of France was discover.
ed at the critical moment, and the parties are
now in the State Prison at Maras. The Em.
peror was to review a portion of the Imperial
Guard, which was about to start for the Crimea
in the Court of the Tuilleries. During the re
view he was to have been assassinated, but by
what means has not become public. All that
the public know is that arrest were made at
the moment whenthe review was about to com•
more ; that the persons arrested were convey.
ad to Mesas, placed in separate cells and inter.
rogOed. Some of the highest families of Par
is,.among the legitimists, are said to be impli.
cated in the conspiracy. The attempt is at
tributed to the feeling which is growing up in
the country against the absOlute power which
is exercised by the Emperor, wino does not
consult the interests, much less the opinions, of
his people, and whose conduct of the war is not
considered eminently satisfactory. That class
of people who have serious interests at stake
to whom the honor and prosperity of their na.
tine country is a paramount object, and wino
have heretofore had some sort of voice in the
in the administration of public affairs, now find
that these precious interests are,placed
hands of a man who scorns alike their good or
bad opinions—who conducts the affairs of state
with an obsolute secrecy, and an indifference
to the opinions of others, as if he wore the only
party interested, as if he alone was the body
and soul of the country. It is impossible that
this state of things cant last much longer.
efarThe New Castle (Lawrence co.) Bat*
bill has passed Loth Houses and was signetkery
the Governor, hew Castle is a place of far
mot, active business than any county town we
know of, and if well managed this bank will
greatly aid it.
Threatened War with Spain.
(From the N. Y. Commercial.)
WASHINGTON, April B.—The country will not
seen be relieved from startling rumors in re
sped to the policy of President „Pierce, who
seeks to revenge himself upon the country for
,the. unpopularity of his Administration by
plunging it into a foreign war. It is to be up
pretended that there is some truth in the late
rumors that the President, encouraged by the
presence of Mr. Soule, and the advice of all
the lending fillibustets of the country, has
again brought his courage up to the sticking
point, and is determined to demand such terms
of Spain as will certainly be rejected, and
thereupon to take some hostile steps, and so
far no it may he in his power to do so, to pro
yoke a war. If he yields to the pressure of the
fillibusters, he may get Mr. Marcy out of the
State Department, and bring in Mr. Dallas or
Mr. Buchanan, both of whom are pledged to
extreme measures.
Then we shall have a war, if the Executive
can bring it about. The plot for that purpose
has been deeply laid, and has been once frus
trated, but is now revived, and with too much
prospect of success. The President cannot de
clare war, but we have seen that he may ren
der it almost unavoidable. He cannot carry
it on without the aid of Congress, and it is con
fidently believed that if he call the new Con
gress for the purpose, that body will refuse to
sanction war measures. Even were there a ne
enmity fora war with Spain, Congress would
not trust the present Administration with its
conduct.
It is difficult to doubt all the reports that
we hear in regard to the President's determina
tion to snake an issue with Spain the matter
of the trial and execution of Estrampes, a not
uralized citizen of the United States. The
point to he taken is that Estrampes was denied
a trial other than by the military commission.
The bitter fruits of the doctrine held by the
United States in the Koszta case are to be
shown in this new question.
The officer appointed to the command of the
Home Squadron, Commodore McCauley, is a
very discreet and worthy man, but all the naval
commanders, as well as those its the army, as
pire to popularity and look to the Presidency
as their crowning reward. Commodore Mc.
Cauley, with the shadow of a fleet is to go to
Cuba, under the orders of President. Pierce.—
We cnn judge what the orders will be, from the
character of those given to Captain Hollins.—
• But lie will have confidential as well RS public
orders, as is usual under this Administration.
According to a prevailing rumor at this time,
' Commodore McCauley is to make demands, a
/a Hollins, and blaze away, however harmless
• ly, against the Moto thistle, upon refusal of
compliance with his summons. Something of
, this sort is said to be in meditation and soots
to be put in execution. This rumor may be
, groundless as well as absurd ; for if it were to
be verified, Congress, as soon as it snorts, would
• for once give us FM instance of an Executive
impeachment.
(From the N. Y. Times.)
WASHINGTON, April 9.—The President has
really determined to make is demonstration
against Spain at lust. The selection or Coin.
maim McCauley to command the liulfSgmad•
rou is significant, and the rumors of an increase
or the squadron, which I gave you some time
since, are all confirmed. As strong n naval
force as can he spared for the purpose has been
ordered to cruise in the neighborhood of Cuba,
in the track of our steamers, and future insults
to our flag seem likely to he promptly redress
ed.
Captain General Concha is much frightened
about the El Dorado affair, and makes all the •
apologies in his power. The President has ta•
ken very decided ground in that matter, and
assumed the responsibility of carrying out his
own views of the measures proper to be adopt.
ed. These, you may rest assured, are vigorous
and extreme.
It seem that not only the El Dorado and
the Daniel Webster have been brought to on
the high seas by Spanish cruisers within the
last month'or two, but the Illinois, also, was
served the same was not long ago. She did
not report the fact, however,—such outrages,
without atonement, having become too com•
mon to be deemed, in the estimation of her of.
fieers, worthy of notice.
There will be trouble with Spain soon, un
less, with the usual pusillanimity of insolent
imbecility, she tumbles to her knees at the
first exhibition of spirit on the part of the Usti.
ted States. Prompt atonement will doubtless
now be made for outrages upon the El Dorado
and the Daniel Webster. But they will lie re•
twitted, doubtless, in the cases of other vessels.
The Spanish Naval Commanders, rejoicing in
this opportunity of indulging their hatred of
los Yankees, will doubtless insist that they can.
not perform their duly without firing a shot at
our passing steamers, and pursuing their instil.
ting search. They will probably, therefore,
quite disregard Concha's frightened exhorts•
lions to greater propriety but the next time a
Spanish cruieer brings to one of our mail stea
mers On the high seas, it is intended that a Uni.
ted States war vessel shall be near enough to
participate it; the entertainment by pouring
her broadside into the Span:Ard forthwith.
Mark the truth 'of this. The instructions to
McCauley wilt confirm what I say whenever
they are made public. Such a demonstration
will make an issue not to be evaded ; and we
shall then learn the true character of the se•
cret protestorate of Spain maintained by Eng
land and France. With a capital privateer
fleet our Cuban Fillibusters would fit out in
the event of a war with Spain arising out of
these events.
Mr. Marcy is very backward about going in
to this business so is Mr. Cushing. Messrs.
Guthrie and McClelland are also understood
to oppose extreme measures. But the Presi
dent haft acted on his own impulses, although
only Mr. Davis and Mr. Dobbin warmly approve
his course.
CAmms von Tun U. S. ARMY. -1t will be re
collected that by a recent act of Congress a
certain amount was appropriated to enable the
Secretary of War to try the experiment of in•
troducing camels on this continent as beasts
of borders and for military purposes. As the
Navy Department have occasion to send stores
to our squadron in the Mediterranean, the
storeship supply, now at the New York yard,
has been selected for this purpose, and on her
return voyage will bring the camels. This
vessel will be commanded by Lieut. David D.
Porter, of the navy, and will take out Major
Wayne, an officer of the Quartermaster's de
partment of the army, to purchase the camels,
and on her homeward voyage will bring them
to the United States. The vessel will be.pre
pared with all despatch for sea. There is no
doubt that the experiment of introduCing cam
els as beasts of burden, and for military pur•
poses, in the south-western part of the country,
will prove entirely successful. Their great en•
durance, ability to carry large burdens, and the
length of time that they are enabled to exist
without water, will render them a valuable ad.
junct to the array in tire section of country for
which they are intended.— Woshingion Union.
THE Sale JAMES CHEstow.—The Baltimore
papers of to-day are full of particularsin regard
to the ship James Chestou, which Wilt abau.
dosed Feb. 25th, being leaky, and was picked
up three days later by an English crew and ta
ken into Liverpool. Certain circumstances
bid led to suspicion against the Captain, Jos.
L. White, but these have ail been removed by
letters, and his arrival in
Baltimore was looked
for today. There seems to be no doubt of tho
full conviction on his Find that the ship would
godown. Portions of the crew that have arri•
ved in lialtimoro maim everything clear, ex
cept the circumstance of tliw•u being auger
holes bored is the ship, marks of bit of and
other signs of conflict on board.
Prohibitory Liquor Law.
The rise and progress of laws in various
States prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
drinks, is to be seen in the following abstract :
1951—Passed by the Legislature of - Maine.
1852-,Passed by the Legislature of Mintiest,
tn.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of Rhode
Island.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of Massa•
eh usetts.
1852—Ratified by the people of Minnesota.
1852—Passed by the Legislature of Vermont.
1853—Passed by the Legislature of Dlichi•
gen.
1853—RatiGed by the people of Vermont.
1853—Ratified by the people of Michigan.
1853—Its submission to the people pronounced
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
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in Minnesota.
1852—Pronounced unconstitutional by the
United States Supreme Court in Rhode
Island.
1858—Supremo Court equally divided in Mid,
igan.
1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in Massa.
chusetts.
1854—Passed by the Legislature of New
York.
185-I—Vetoed by Governor Seymour of New
York
1834—Passed by one branch of the Legish,
lure of New Hampshire.
1854—Passed be one branch of the Legisla.
tune of Maryland.
1851—Passed by the Legislature{ but the two
branches failed to agree in I'ennsylyn•
nia.
1854—Passed by the Legislature of Ohio.
1851—Voted for by the people of Wise.,
1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in Ohio,
1854—Passed in a modified form by the Leg•
stature of Rhode Island.
1854—Passed by the Legislature of Conneeti.
eat.
1955—Passed the lower branch of the New
Jersey Legislature—defeated by one
vote in the Senate.
1855—Passed by the Legislature of Wino..
sin and vetoed ; modified and passed,
and again vetoed, by Governor Bar,
tow.
1855—Passed for the second time by the Leg•
islature of New York, And Immune a
law of the State by the signature of Gov.
Clark.
Eight States and one Territory have thus
passed prohibitory laws. The question has
failed in four States through legislutiyo disagree.
ment. It has been submitted to the people
and retained by them in four other States. It
has nowhere been repealed by legislative ac
tion, though it has been four times set aside by
the judiciary, and in 0110 instance re-enacted in
a modified form.—N. Ilerahl.
Traces of Ancient Mining on Lake Su•
perior.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free TreSB
writes:
Some interesting discoveries have lately been
made upon the Quiney and Pewabic. A series
of ancient pits, tracable sicruss both the lore
Sons, have recently been opened, and found to
mark a very well defined vein, rich in copper.
Pieces of flattened copper have been taken
out, and stone hammers with the marks of
hard usage upon them. These excavations in
the solid rock are usually d or 5 feet in diame
ter, and sometimes extending several feet in
depth. They seem to have been made by
burning wood in contact with the rnek, and
'then breaking it Op with stone hammers. A
Inrge quantity of charred wood, coal and ashes
is invariably found in 'these pits. A piece of
oak wood, found in the bottom of one of them,
was brought in yesterday, with a portion of the
bark, in a good state of preservatiOn, still upon
it. One end shows the marks of the instru
ment by which it was ma as plainly as if it had
been just done. It is the 'oust perfect spoci
nten of the kind I have yet seen.
The stick is about five inches in diameter,
and seems to have been cut standing, by a right
.handed person, witlt an instrument similar to
an axe, having a bit at least 2i inches broad.
The first blow penetrated, in the usual slanting
direction, about threedisurths of an inch, cut
ting the bark smoothly, and leaving at its ter
mination the mark of a sharp-edged tool. Af
ter cutting the stick nearly half off, he changed
his first chip. He then struck his instrument
in each end of this remaining portion, and fin
ished Ids work by Lreaking it down. I venture
to salt' that, if this stick had been rteshly cut, it
would not, upon close inscription, have been
thought singular, or to have Leen cut with any
other than the usual instrument, and in tho
usual manner. I will only add, that the Ode,
lion in which this specimen was found leaven
no doubt of its origin. It is preserved with
others of a similar character.
°int CUBAN TROUBLES.—The Washittgloss
correspondent of the New York courier, who
is generally reliable, says that there "is no
longer any reasonable doubt that serious dis
cussions are in progress in the Cabinet, eels
live to the course to be pursued towards Cuba,
and that Colonel Davis, Secretary of War, and
Mr. Dobbin in favor of immediate and decisive
measures. Also, that President Pierce inclines
towards their policy." It is further stated that
the Southern advocates of immediate sensation
declares that now is the !mist fiavo•able mo
ment for strikirg a blow that occurred for
many years, or that can be hoped for during
massy more, hinSlntleii as the Naval Allies of
Spain are fully engaged in the war of the
East. The National Inielligereer, which is
not apt to take the alarm without sufficient
cause, speaks of "a desperate game now on
foot for party or mercenary objects, or both
combined, in cooperation wills foreign mal
contents, which, unless promptly frowned down
by a sound American sentiment, will he push•
ed even to the plunging of the country into
war."
Day-Liquor laws sharpen the invention of
those who trafic in intoxicating drinks, and
many plans are adopted for avoiding the pen
shies of a violation of the law. A. !teepee of
a lager beer establishment in New York
evades the Sunday law by holding pretendad
religious services thenin, officiating himself as
the loader of ceremonies. lie takes the Bi
ble, reads a chapter or two, serves each of his
hearers with a glass of beer, and takes up a
odlsetiou.
IY-Last week, a wo;ian named Sulser, elo
ped from Butler en., Ohio with ayoung school
master, named Pease. She had lived happily
with her husband for near twenty years, anti
was by him the mother of seven interesting
children. She took with her her youngest child,
an infant, (leaving six with her husband.) and
about . F. 5 0 0 in cash and negotiable notes--
She was the daughter of a wealthy old farmer,
who died about a year ago, leaving a very
Intudsome property to her.
PEACH THI:E3 PESTROYED.—The Rochester
Doily Union learns from I'. V. Schenck, the
celebrated peach grower, of Brighton, that an
examination of his orchards has convinced him
that not only the buds, but the tress also have
been destroyed by the cold .weother. 110 stater.
that in cutting the limbs from ono thousand
different trees, hu (Lund no exception—all had
perished.
• Assir The father of Mat. Ward, the murderer,
who brought a suit against the city of Louis
ville for iojurins dune his house by the moll af
ter the acquitsl of his 60n, has failed to recover
any compensation.
mar Kissane, convicted of forgery in New•
York, was only sentenced to two years and sir t
mouthy in the Penitentiary,