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From the Daily News.
Letter from Harrisburg. •
Freellanking Arnendnients
—Montour County to be re-annexed.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 17, 1851.
?f t In the Senate, to-day, the bill to establish
ria system of Free Banking, based on the
JLoans of the Commonwealth, was taken
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'up in Committee. of the Whole, on motion
Mr. Walker, of Erie, 'and debated for
some time. Notice was •criven of several
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important amendments, which will be offer
ed when the bill comes *up 6n second read
;;l ing, so that the sense of the Senate can be
,ljtaken,on them by a vote of yeas and nayS,
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cannot be called in Committee of the
Whole. Among these amendments is one
dallowiag, Banks to @be established on a de
;' posit of certificates of loans of the United
States, as well as on State Loans. This is
Ifu new feature in the general proposition,
.iland • will probably - ,be strongly opposed.—
•1:1 Another amendment that, will be offered ; is
,Oone-to subject the Free Banks to the provi
sions of the 47th section of the General
I .. Banking law adopted at the last session.
';::,This section requires the Banks of the Corn-
Omonwealth, located east of the Allegheny
; - .'Mountains, to keep their tiotes at par in
.l Philadelphia, and those west of the Allegha-
Onies, to provide for the redemption of their
i 1 notes in specie in Pittsburg. This feature,
: 4 it is believed, will bear very, oppressively
,:‘,!on the Free Banks, particulary on those of
l'small capital, and it willhe strenuously re
,f' i sisted. Several Senators, however, will
vote against the bill unless this amendment
is incorporated in it. A still further point
of dispute will be the per centage of notes
0 which the Auditor General may furnish on
r l .l a deposit of certificates of loans. Several
sums were named to-day, varying ‘from
fifty up to ninety per centum, but the
H amount fixed in the bill was allowed to re
main until the section comes up on second
reading.
' 4 -The whole subject is one that elicits much
, '.earnest attention and deep interest. The
•e : proportion 'is regarded by all as a serious
innovation, the tendency of which will be
to accomplish much good, or to produce
great evil. The object of those who are
advocating the passage of the bill is cer
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t trimly to secure the former, however, much
y~ they may be mistaken in their views:
In the House, this afternoon, there was
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I.z quite a scene of excitement, growing out of
the debate on the bill Co rc-annex the county
) of Montour to the county of Columbia.
'f.LThis county, it will be remembered, was
established last year, mainly by the efforts
of Mr: Speaker Best, of the Senate. Mr.
Best held the casting vote in the Senate,
and in the hope of inducing-him to vote for
the hideous apportionment bill got up* by
the locos, they passed his bill through the
House, - which, as is well known, was strong
ly democratic. Mr. Best subsequently disap.
i pointed the hopes of his loco friends, by
refusing to vote fo'r their iniquitous bill.—
Thus, mortified by a failure of their scheme,
and indignant at being foiled, they have
suddenly grown wonderfully conscientious,
and allege that the bill was pissed by a
fraud r Fraud, indeed ! If there 'were
` , i any fraud in the case, who were the parties
to it ? Mr. Best is, and ever has been, a
strong loco. For nearly a quarter of a
century he has edited a locofoco newspaper,
in a locofoco county. This bill was passed
by a locofoco House of Representatives
The Whigs being in a minority, had no
power either to defeat or to carry the bill,
and yet the Democrats, though the bill was
passed by their own votes, allege fraud !
This pretence is really laughable. There
was no fraud in the case. The bill was
discussed for days and days, and was passed
°pet:4,mnd above behrd, and the names of
those who voted for it may be found on the
;II journal.
The debate on the bill to re-annex Mon
-11 tour county was quite spirited.' The Demo
crats were rallied by Mr. Speakei' Cessna
and Mr. Rhey. The Democracy were
called upon to stand up to their work. The
bargain of last year, if bargain there was,
had been broken ; the fraud of last year, if
fraud there was, had failed to accomplish
its purpose ; Locofocoism must be vindica
ted, and Mr. Best punished for his treache;
ry. Almost by a strictly party vote, the
bill was carried through its several stages,
and was finally ordered to -be transcribed
for a third reading. ti
Short-sighted Democracy Vindictive
Locofocoism ! The vote of this afterrioon,
in the House of Representatives, will make
the strongly Democratic county of Montour,
a \Arbil , b county ! The feeling on this sub
ject, among her citizens, is far above party
f, considerations. Although heretofore Demo
cratic, they now see that no reliance can be
placed on the - Democracy, of the Legisla-
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lure, and hereafter they will be found vo
ting against those who have treated them
so unfairly, and thus trampled on their
nearest and dearest rights.
Both houses have now fairly got under
way with the important bilks of the session.
Consolidation will probably be next on the
.carpet in the House, and when the Free
Banking proposition shall Ewe been dispo
sed of in the Senate, the bill re-arrangine ,
the judicial districts of the State, will be
:4 taken- up for discussion.
FASHIQN IN NEW Yoits.. - -An evening
:party, a fashionable 'lady in New York,
t a few evenings ago, is estimated to - have
I cast . Bls,ooo. There were• present 1200
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guests, and the splendor was almost of
" Monte Christo" magnificence. A New
York paper says of this display of wealthy
folly "Some of the apartments were more
gorgeously decorated than were those pre
pared by the French, in the grand Trianon
at Versailles, for the reception of Queen
Victoria, and there were others ornamented
with-such true pictorial effect as would have
done honor to the genious and taste of
Marie Antoinette."
A NEW variety of French watches, that
run fifteen days after being once wound
up, are in the market,
WELLSBORT ADVERTISER.
rtatitrinE.
Tharsday,lrebruary, 27, ISSI.
TO ADVERTISERS.—The circulaitori of the
WELLSBOROUGI4 ADVERTISER" is LARGER than
that of any othhr paper, in the county. It cir
culates extensively thioughout Tioga and Potter
counties. Farmers offering Farms for sale, and
Merchants, Mechanics, and Business men gene
rally, will consult their own interests by ADVEII-
T/SINGI in this piper, the' circulation of which is
already ilarger than that of any other in the coun
ty, andm o rpidly increasing. 4 .Terms moderate.
To tihe Whigs of Pennsylvania.
A State Convention will be held in the City of
Lancaster, on TOESDAY, June 2404 1851, for
the purpose of selecting Candidates for the offices
of Governor, and', Canal Canimissioner, and also
for Judges of the'Suprente Court.
HENRY M. FULLER, Chairman.
Joseph R. Flanigen, Sampel McMenamy,
F. Knox Morton, Chap. Thompson Jones,
Wm. H. Sliugluffi Sampel B. Thomas,
Samuel Bell, John S. Brown,
Nathaniel Ellmaker, T. Taylor. Worth,
Win. J. Robinson, Aleiander E. Brown,
Worden E. Preston, William Baker.
Thomas E. Cochran, William M. Watts,
Henry Johnson, 3 James Clark,
,Charies B. Bordmdn, S herman D. Phelps,
George Kress, ; Edwin C. Wilson, _
D. A. Finney, John Allison,
C. 0. Loomis, Daniel McCurdy,
John Bausman, George Meason, -
William Evans, Alexander M. McClure,
John C. Neville, Francis Jordan.
R. RUNDLE Snsris, Secretary.
NEW POST CfrFICE:-A post office has
been established in the new township of
Middletown, in 'this bounty, to be called
" Sabinsville," end C.; P. - Douglass appoin•
ted Postmaster. t
NEW JERSEY:---Corn. Robert F. Stock
ton was elected S. Senator, on the 21st
instant, for six years.
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EARTHQUAKE AT CONcEPTION.=By the
arrival of the British .barque Mandarin of
San Francisco, from Valparaiso, we learn
that the city of conception has been totally
destroyed by an earthquake. The , shocks
were felt In Valparaisii, and several houses
were destroyed.
GEORGE THOMPSON. - This notorious
English Abolitionist still continues to create
excitement in Massachusetts. Is there'no
process by which the United States Go
vernment can send this impertinent inter
meddler out of our country I He is a
common nuisance, and should be removed.
CONGRESS is doing nothing and hardly
much of that. •In the Senate, after mutila
ting the Cheap Postage bill so that no man
out of that august legislative tribunal would
think of passing it, they turned in at a " set
to" about conferring the rank of- Lieutenant
General upon General Scott. The bill
passed after the usual quantity of gas was
expended on it. In the louse they have
been trying to keep Father Ritchie from
fleecing the treasury out of . a few thousand
in the way of extra pay ; but it's hardly
likely they can do it. Nothing else of in
terest.
A GOOD TIRE CODING!—The semi
annual interest upcin the State Debt, amount
ing to $940;274,27, Was - promptly paid in
par funds-on the Ist inst., .and money
enough left is the treasury to 'meet all cur
rent demands. This is, indeed, a gratifying
state of affairs. •The time was when the
payment of the interest on the State Debt
was a difficult matter; but now, ( through
the wise and judicious management of the
Whig State administration we not.only pay
the interest regularly, but also a portion of
the principal. Wo congratulate the people
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upon a result so gloribus !
Excitement at Boston.
On Saturday a- week, an alleged fugitive
slave was arrested. in. Boston, and carried
_before the U. S. District Court, where the
case was partially heard and then postponed.
The prisons not, being open for fugitive
slaves, the man was leil in the Court-room
in custody of the Deputy Marshal and his
assistants for safe keeping. His counsel
Were allowed adMittance for consultation
with him, and as the last one was retiring,
a mob of negroes,'who had collected at the
door, rushed in, rescued the man, and car
ried him off, in defiance of the officers, Of
course a great excitement ensued.
Elizur Wright, one of the Editors of
The Commonwealth, and Chas. Davis, Esq.,
a member of the'Suffblk bar, were arrested
in Boston on Monday,' on the charge of aid
ing the escape of S,hadrack Sims, on Satur
day. They were . taken bOu'e U. S. Com
missioner B. F. Hallett, in the U. S. Court
nom, where. a primary examination was
had, when the ease' was postponed for a
further hearing.
The panics iiere held in the sum of
$3OOO each. Hon. Thomas Stevenson,
(a Whig Representative of the Legislature,)
was bail for Mr Davis, aad S. E. Sewall
for Mr. Wtight.:
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Partsinmsr FILLMORE has issued a proc
lamation relative to the late Boston Fugi
tive Slave riot. He..ealls upon the officers
of the U.nitectStates to assist in arresting
the rioters. -
THE FREE 'SOILERS in Massachusetts
have not been able td elect their Senator,
They are furtheti ow ilow than u;lien they
commenced, '
THE WELLSBOROUGH ADVERTISER.
The Whig. Party.
Some members 'of this party, says the
Hartford Courant; one of the best Whig
papers of the country, appear to- have for
gotten the principles on which it was ori
ginally formed, and are deiirobs to bend it
from its original purposes to render it sub
servient to minor and - less important ends.
The Wino PARTY in the United States , was
'formed as a conservative party, and aimed
at the . follolng objects :
It desired the presirvation of our old in
stitutions, of the Constitution as it - had
been construed, of the Union with all its
blessings. It was opposed to any innova
tions that would corrupt the purity and
integrity of these institutions—that would
place new and forced constructions ortAlie
principles of the Constitution, or endanger
the perpetuity and stability of the Union.
It desired the restriction of the various
departments of the government within the
sphere of each ; and, in consequence of the
peculiar circumstances then existing, was
opposed to the arbitrary and capricious ex
ercise of the veto poWer, and deprecated
the influence, almost the control, which the
Executive exercised over the Legislative
departments:
It desired the development of our own
resources ; the encouragement of our own
manufactures, so that- we might be inde
pendent of foreign nations ; the protection
of every species of American industry,
whether engaged in labor, or commerce, or
agriculture. It advocated a policy that
would foster American ingenuity, support
American operatives, and lead to American
independence.
It - desired to see the nation engaged in
such improvements as would facilitate do
mestic trade and provide markets arid
means of reaching thew to all our own
multiplied products. It wished to see the
public funds employed for the benefit of
our rivers and harbors, and for the facili
ties of internal intercourse.
It deiired the establishment of such a
policy as would assist each class in society
in the situation in which Providence had
placed it. It never desired to excite the
poor against the rich—the tenant against
his landlord—the landless against the
wealthy. Our public domains it wished to
see employed for national purposes, not for
the benefit of speculators or for the gratifi
cation of the cupidity of the States or for
the food of any new political theories of
Agrarianism.
These were the great and national aims
of the Whig party. in its formation.
Are there not some of our friends, even
in this State, who have forgotten these
useful, patriotic, universally operating ob
jects? Are not some narrowing down the
principles of the party to some single aims
and views ? Have not some forgotten, in
the pursuit of one idea, however laudable
and right it may appear to them, the na l
tionality, the conservatism, the utility of
the party under whose banners they are
enrolled? Will not such Whigs remember
that the true aim of every friend of his
country is " to seek the greatest good of
the GREATEST "Nr3IBER ?"
Morals in Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg" Whig State Journal,"
takes the following notice of the morals
of Harrisburg. It certainly does not speak
well for the Capitol of the State, por for the
faithful carrying into effect of the late gam
blink law passed by the Legislature. We
are of the same opinion, as our cotemporary
of the Journal, that the proper • officers
should put a stop to-such robberies.
" It is a Act, not generally known, that
,Gambling 'is practiced to a fearful extent
in Harrisburg, at the present time. Our
town is infested with a number of profes
sional pickpockets, who watch every op
portunity to lure the unwary into their
" dens," and fleece them of their money.
There are several establishments of this de
scription, where crowds congregate nightly
to " fight the tiger, "
and lose their money
and reputations. We. are- astonished. that
the " keepers" of these " dens" are permit.
ted to pursue their career of infamy and
crime unmolested. Why are they not.ar
rested and punished as other violaters of
the law are punished? We haVe no sym
pathy for the sneaking, thieving gambler,
whose mission is to rob and ruin ; and- we
hope our officers will make a - "descent"
upon the "den" alluded to, and extermi
nate the nest, of thieves who are growing
rich upon the dimes and dollars, filched
from the pockets Aif their miserable victims.
"'Let justice be done."
oassi of Wm. Wirt, - in the con
gressional burying ground, at Washington,
is unmarked by any tombstone whatever.
A movement is being made among the legal
profession of Baltimore, to erect a suitable
monument over the illustrious dead.
WHIG MEETING IN UNION COUNTY.-
The Whigs of-AJnion county held a spirit
ed meeting, in the Court house at New
Berlin, on Monday a week, and nominated
Gen. Scott for President, and' Wm. F.
Johnston for Governor. Resolutions were
adopted sustaining the National and 'State
Administrations, and complimenting Presi
dent Fillmore , enry Clay, and others, for
the part they took in support of the Com
promise measures passed' at the last session
of ;Congress.
Our Budget.
p•Tho Western Hog Trade histillen off this
year 649,000 head.
ID" Alcohol—a clothes-brush celebrated for de.
strbyiiig the coat of the stomach.
ELT The Susquehanna was at argreat height last
week, in consequence of heavy rains and ice. -
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If you wish to get rich, get married. When
was ever honey made with one bee in the hive
Thq Miners' Journal says, 8100,000 is ex
pended annually in, the borough of Pottsville fur
rum.
07 The steamship Cambria, from Cork, arrived
at New York on the 20th instant, with the cargo
of the Atlantic.
The Legislature of Illinois adjourned on the
17th, after passing the free bank, bill over the
Governor's veto.
LET Gen. James, the new Rhode Island Senator,
is the contractor for the erection of the cotton
factory now going up in Reading.
& The Council of the Cherokee Nation have
imposed a-heavy tax on all -free negroes and mu
lattoes residing. in the nation.
tia. The Ohio Constitutional Convention have
abrogated the law authorizing the granting -of
license to sell intoxicating liquors.
(Cr The saw mill of Messrs. Gilliind & Van.
dyke, bear Bellefonte,Pa., was burned on the 14th
inst., together with a large amount of lumber.
IIJ A bed of silver and copper ore has been
discovered about three miles southeast of the vil
lage of Brandon, Vt., which yields 31.23 per cent.
of silver.
97' Herr Ryninger, the celebrated wire perfor
mer, in attempting to walk from the tower of the
capitol at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 4th in
stant, fell and was killed.
aa. The steamboat "Autocrat" was stove on the
Mississippi, near New Orleans, on the 10th inst.,
by coining in collision with another steamer, and
thirty passengers were drowned.
tla' London has 300,000 houses, which cover an
area of 14 miles long, and 7 miles wide. Between
the Ist of January, 1839, and Ja;nuary, 1850,
64,058 new houses were built, forming 1652 new
streets..
" Alabama," in the Indian tongue, signifies
"rest" An Indian chief, fleeing southward, struck
his tent-pole in the ground, and exclaimed, " Ala
bama! Alabama !" " Here we rest ! Here we
rest !"
a:r A famine is threatened on the Cape de Verde
Islands, the hurricane in September fast having
desolated St. Nicholas, and the great mortality of
the fever having caused the crops to be left to
perish.
LlJ*Jenny Lind has met with great success in
New Orleans, where the net proceeds of her two
first Concerts amounted to over $40,000, and in
some measure consoled Barnum for his ill success
in Havana'.
llTAdversity exasperates fools, dejects cowards,
draws out the faculty of the wise and industrious,
puts the modest to the necessity of trying their
skill, awes the opulent, and makes the idle indus•
trious. •
The Grand Jury of Lycoming county, re
commend the purchase of a stone, to be placed in
the "National Washington _Monument," and in
scribed with the name of their county and'the
guile. This is a most excellent idea.
liv The negro 1 er of the gang who made the
recent robbe f gold on the Istknus, has been
condem to be shot. The two other robbers
arrested, Chilians, arc to be confined in the Chain
gang for life.
The Indiana Constitutional Convention has
fixed the term of Governor to four years, and
given him the veto power, which shall be over
ruled by a majority of all the members elected to
both Houses.
IIT The average depth of the Atlantic ocean is
set down at 13,400 feet, and that of the Pacific at
.18,Q00. On the western side of St. Helena sound
ings have been made, it is said, to the depth of
27,500 feet—five miles and a quarter—without
touching bottom.
ICS Judge Vance, who resigned his- scat in the
Ohio Constitutional Convention at the desire of
those who pretended to be his Democratic con
stituents, and who were discontented with his vote
against the provision for the repeal of all charters,
has been re-elected by a majority of 1500.
tir Reader, did you ever hear of the honest
Hibernian who had clambered to the brink of a
well and then let go ,9f his hold to spit:on his
hands? He was just about as wise as the man
who stops his advertisements. A man might as
well take down his signs as discontinue his ad
vertisements.
[l:7' Col. Pragay, Adjutant General to Kossuth
in the late Hungarian struggles, is about to emi
grate, along with some of his countrymen, to
Texas, and hts sent a card to the military and
corporate authorities and the editorial fraternity
of the city:of New York, for the civilities which
he says has received at their hands. •
ID' Mr. Alfred GI im, oeWinclester, Va., lost
his life in a horrid manner at the residence of a
friend in Hampshire county. He was shooting at
a mark when the cap exploded. 'A fbw minutes
after he took up the gun and was in the act of
blowing in the muzzle when it went off, and the
whole load entered his mouth and came out at the
back of his head, causing instant death.
tl The Constitutional Convention of Indiana
has, by a decisive vote, excluded negroes and mu
lattoes from hereafter settling in that State ;, also,
that all contracts with such .persons shall be void;
that one employing them or encouraging them to
remain in the State, shall be liable to fine of from
810 to 8500 ; and that such fines shall be applied
towards . , the gradual coloniiation of the negroes
now in the State. This article is to be submitted
to a separate vote of the people.
ID' The Minesota Pioneer says : Wo saw in St.
Paul, a few days since, Jack Fraser, a Sioux war- .
rior, of whom Capt. Marryatt makes mention in
his travels in the Northwest. Jack is a wirey
looking man, aged about forty-two years, the son
of ai Highland Scotchman, by an Indian mother,
and one of the most intrepid of the Sioux braves.
At the war-dance Jack wears thirty-two eagle
plumes, each plume representing a scalp taken.
Ho is a nephew of Wukouta, chief of the Red
Wing band of SioUx.
Tr A bill has just passed the Kentucky Legis
lature, which prohibits the-transportation of ne
groes across the Ohio. river by owners or keepers
of fbrries, except in company of their owners, or
by their written authority, la the - form of a power
of attorney duly acknowledged, certified, and re
corded, and imposes for every such offence a for
feiture of the ferry right, a fine of 5200, and makes
the owner° or keepers of the fe!ryliable, in addi
tion, for the slave. -
Notes of the Week.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-:- . .A fearful accident
occurred on the Columbia Railioad, on Thursday
a week, about nine miles froM West Chestei, which
has terminated the life of Philip Garrett, a highly
respectable farmer of that county: The accident
occurred •in the immediate vicinity of the Green
Tree Hotel, a short distance from which the Lan
caster turnpike crosses the railroad. - Mr. Garrett
had heard the steam whistle of an approaching
train, but judging it to be from one he saw passing
down, he ventured to cross the track with a two
horse carriage he was driving, when the slow line,
going up, which had been hid from his view by a
curve in the road, came in collision with the vehi
cle, crushing it and killing both horses. Mr:Gar
rett was not injured by the collision, but being
thrown from the vehicle, his skull was fractured.
A young girl, the daughter of Mr. John Wistler,
and a lad of 12 or 14 years of age, were also in
the vehiele,and thrown out by the collision. The
girl had her shoulder dislocated, but thei)oy esca
ped unhuit. Mr. Garrett was removed to the hotel
and received every attention, but died on the fid;
lowing day from concussion of the brain. The
engineer of the train, William Bigley, is exonera
ted from all blame, having blown the whistle three
times before reaching the point where the accident
occurred. The horses were mangled in the . 'most
horrible manner, ono having been dreggedtong
the track for about thirty yards. The locomcte
romainod on the track, but one of the cars was
thrown off and cOnsiderably broken.
MYSTERIOUS DEATU.—We have just learned, says
the Tamaqua Legion, the particulars of the melan
choly and rather mysterious death of Mr. John
Driesbach, who resided at North Creek, in West
Penn township, about seven miles southwest of
this place, and three and a half miles south of
Summit Hill. Mr. D. had a contract with the
Summit Mines Company, to supply them with
lumber, he being engaged in that business ; and it.
appears, left hone on last Saturday morning with
a load, and remaining longer than usual, his family
became-somewhat alarmed, and went in pursuit of
him, when his friends met the team near his resi
dence, on their homeward road, walking leisurely
along. They found Mr.D. suspended to the break
chain by one of his legs; having been 'dragged the
distance of two miles over the snow and frozen
ground, and literally torn to pieces. His intestines
were torn out, and the body broken and horribly
mangled. His cap and whip were found on the
top of what is called Mauch Chunk Hill, about
half-way between his house and - Summit Hill,
lying together on the side of the road, as if they
had been laid there carefully.
How the accident -occurred is not known—
many suppose he fell from the wagon and becom
ing entangled with the chain, could not extricate
himself, and was thus dragged to death—whilst
there are others who believe that he was murdered
by some person or persons, who supposed he had
drawn a considerable amount of money at Summit
fill, and resorted to this plan to conceal the-matter
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—A young man by the
name of - Viccry was to have been married at
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th ultimo, but in conse
quence of the illness of his intended the wedding
was postponed two weeks, and he died in a few
days afterward I-In had an infection of the heart,
which, when excited, troubled him very much.
On the evening of his• death he had been reading
to his intended the story of " Walter Errick." It
was a very exciting tale Of "love and murder,"
and under the circumstances wrought deeply upon
his feelings. When he had finished reading, the
last paragraph ending with the sudden death of
"Errick," he remarked that "he hoped he should
not diO-thus suddenly." The young lady looked
at him and saw his hand falling which had the
paper, and his countenance changed to a deathly
hue. She took hold of him from her chair, when
he gently leaned toward her and died in her arms.
CAUTION TO LADIES LIMITING FLUID LA3IPS.-•
The Richmond Dispatch relates the following oc
currence : Miss M. J. Wade, a young lady resi
ding on Shokoc Hill, Richmond, narrowly. escaped
a very serious accident, a few days ago, while in
the act of lighting 'a fluid lamp. The wick hap
pened to be out of one of the tubes, and the-fire
communicated with the body of the fluid through
the empty one. Instantly the lamp exploded into
a hundred pieceS, throwing the burning fluid all
over the young lady, burning her hands very badly,
and setting her dress on fire. Fortunately her ap
parel was woolen manufacture, or the result might
have been the loss of -her Occurrences of ibis
kind we consider it our duty to chronicle as a
caution to others.
A MUSICAL CAT.—There is a family residing at
South Boston, says the Journal, which is exceed
ingly fond of music, and - almost invariably scats
herself beside any member of the " family, when
they commence playing the piano. A few days
since when the family were engaged in another
part of,the house, they heard sounds proceeding
from the piano, and repaired at once to the parlor,
where, much to their surprise, Tabby was dis
covered seated on the piano stool with her fore
paws upon the keys, making them fly in double
quick time, evidently much delighted with her
first effort, and also greatly to the edification of
the family. No sooner did the mistress of the
house appear, than puss very politely resigned her
seat; but has since resumed her attempts, seem
ingly with a determination to acquiro a knowledge
of so desirable an accomplislithent.
SINGULAR CASE.—The sheriff of Butler county,
Mr. Cams, brought to this city, says the Pittsburg
Gazette, two Germans, who wore tried in the
Butler Court for larceny, and sentenced to four
years and six months' imprisonment in the Peni
tentiary., There is something singular about these
men. Their propensities fol. thieving were so
great, that they could not resist .the temptation,
and have carried it on till they have arrived at the
advanced ago of sixty years. What is more re
markable, they are twin brothers, and plundered
together. They are both well bnclugh off in the
world to live comfortably without stealing.; but
their pilfering desire was so strong they had no
use, and the last 'article they were known to steal,
was a door from,a new house.. ,
CONSPIRACY TO ROD AND MURDER DETECTED.—
lo Harrisburg on Saturday a week, a white man
named Shaeffer, - and two c.olored men named Ged
dis Miller and Finley, were arrested, charged with
conspiring to murder and rob an old man an
two daughters, named Rush. The prisonere-w'ere ,
committed to )aiL
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Good News—r The Atlittle . Safe!!
The steamship Africa arrived at New
York on Saturday night a week, with two
weeks later intelligence from Europe. Tho
Africa brings the joyous news of the safety
of the steamship Atlantic, about whose fate
so much anxiety has- been felt. It appears
that when nine days out, she broke her
shaft, and was compelled to put back. She'
was at Cork when the Africa left. All her
passengers came over in the last' named
steamer. The Atlantic experienced terrible
weather, and
,the scenes at times must have
been truly perilous. Her machinery is
much damaged, and it will probably take
two months to repair her; , But all this is
as nothing, compared to the fact of her re.
appearance after so long a period of anxiety,
and the entire safety of all her passengers.
Thelollowing, from,* London News, Will
give the particulars of the Atlantic's
'dent :
This magnificent steamship, which left
Liverpool for New York on the 28th De
cember, was compelled, in consequence of
the breaking of the main shaft, and the pre
valence of south-westerly winds ) to put
round for the port from which she started,
and ultimately put into Queenstown:
The Atlantic, it appears, took her depar
ture from Liverpool with the ordinary mails,
a considerable cargo, and twenty-eight pas
sengers. After passing Cape Clear, the
Steamer encountered a continuance of se
vere weather, with :the wind blowing hard
frOm the west, which it is unnecessary to
say, was directly against the course in which
her port of destination lies. Thogh the
wind, at intervals, rose to the violedce of a
hurricane, the Atlantic steadily pursued her
way until Monday, the 6th of January, when
the wind- came on moderately from the
northwest; and, in a few hours after, the
main shaft of the engine suddenly snapped,
and the engines were consequently disabled.
At this time the vessel was about midway
between Cape Clear and New York ; and,
after the necessary precautions had been
taken to seeure the machinery from any
fUrther injury, it was determined to steer
for Halifax ; but it was found that, from
the quarter from which the wind was blow
ing, it would be impossible to make that
port, and the ship's course. was altered for
Ber muda. The vessel then proceeded to
wards the,above island, which course she
pursued until the 12th, when the wind again •
came round to the southwest, and it was
found useless to persevere.
The efficient commander of the Atlantic,
Capt. West, then determined to steer for a
European port, and, with engines so disa
bled as to be totally useless, with a vessel'
only slightly adapted for sailing purposes,
he succeeded iri navigating the Atlantic,
from q distance of over fifteen hundred
miles, in safety into the port of Queenstown.
The Atlantic was descried off the harbor at
an early hour on Wednesday morning, the
22d ult., and, as she appeared to be partial.
ly disabled, two of the river steamers went
out to offer their assistance; but the offer
was declined, and the vessel entered the
harbor a few hours after. She then lay in
the man-of-war roads, a short distance south
of her Majesty's screw steamer La Hogue,
where she remained until orders were re
ceived from the parties interested, in Liver
pool and Glasg ow.
A meeting of the passengers was held on
board the steamer, at which resolutions were
passed in testimony of the unwearied care
of Capt. West, and the other officers in
bringing the ship safely into port.
The injury which the Atlantic has sus
tained in addition to the breaking of the
shaft, is confined to the loss of her bowsprit
and jibboom, together with much damage
to the paddle-wheels and boxes, those at the
starboard side especially being almost corn.
pletely destroyed. We reg ret to state, also,
that one of the firemen had his leg frac
lured by a portion of the broken machinery.
The following additional , foreign news
has been brought by the steamship Africa :
The Ministerial crisis in France is over.
The President has sustained his position ;
which is saying more than can be said of
his enemies. The ultra-legitimists inake no
secret of their dissatisfaction with the con
duct of M. Thiers and Berryer. The peo
ple have been tranquil ; the funds have re
mained the same.
The report is revived that the Pope is
about to abdicate and retire to 'a monastery
for life.
Cardinal Antonelli proposes, it is said, to
create three cardinals in the United States.
The Dresden Conferences seem likely to
end in the complete discomfiture of the
liberal party in Germany. Prussia has
yielded everything. to
_Austria, and the two
powers, it is now positively asserted, have
come to an agreement to re-establish a Pro
visional-Central Power, with an army at its
disposal, of which Prussia is to have the
command.
Tho chief nations in Europe are making
preparations to despatch their respective
productions to the world's fair, in London,,
during the ensuing summer.
Advices from Hamburg . announce that,
on the 29th ult., a corp of 2000 Austrian
troops-had entered thity. The new go
vernment of Holstein - was to enter upon its
functioas- on the ISt proximo. The King of
Denmark has directed an immediate ex.
`change of all prisoners of war made -during
the last campaign inHolstein.• ,
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REM/CM) RAILROAD FACE,—The Nov
York papers state' that,tho Railroad Con.
vention, sitting at Albany, has resolved to
reduce the fare for through passengers be
tween Albany,and Buffalo, to $6.60, to take
effect on the Ist of April. Tho distance is
aboUt titree.hundred and filly miles, and the
reduced rate per mit° will be less than two
cents. ' .
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NEvea condemn a person hastily or un•
heard,