MM I PU EED F CR D ,Pa~ Fii.xdy Huralag Feb —27 . IBsT "Fearless md Free." pvrio ovaa, EDITOR. AND PROPKIFTOR mm STITY OKYBKTIIII. The citizens of Pennsylvania who *rc op posed to tho ute t tit n of JSUvoy and to the other equally obnoxious principle# of the in - coming National Admihistratfon. as announced in the Oincinn >ti platform;—who arc oppose ! to the union of church and State, the sxehi aiou ol tne Biblo fr m our Common Schoo's and in favor of protecting the ballot-box troni the corrupt Influences by which the * ill of tin* people w.s defeated iu the recent !stite ami Presidential elections, arc requested to elect deleg■ tes, equal in tiitiiib.T t" ttie present rep reseroatioa iu the Senile an 1 llousc of Hep resentatii-es, to meet til Coa'-eolion in ttie Balt of the House of Represent tivui, at llar risburg. on Wednesday, tho g jta di> of .March next, at 1. o'clock, M., to uomiaate candi dates for Governor, Judge of the Supreme Court and Canal Commissioner, to be support ed at tie tpsuing Odder election. David Tnggart, Fr. Jordan, John b. Harris, S. P. M 'Oatmont, JaUK'fe J. Lewis, E. V. Dickey, Pe Loroia Imtirie, C. E. Hoftman, Paxsoa Vickers, G. P. Shaw, IV. Warner, Isaac Hecson, ■John 11. Wintrode, John S. Vativoorhis, A. IV". Crawford, R. B. Bloorhead, A. lline, T. Stiuthers. •C. S. KauflTman, Ilirani Cleaver, John C. Sloan, J - G. Shumaa, Jou.is Augustine, John Mussel man, C. S. Kyster, T.J. Cotfev, Joseph lirow::, Andrew Gregg, Jos D. t'ownall, L. Real, John T. Peters, Jus B. Backhouse, Nicholas Voegbtly, Jr., P. VV. Housekeeper, James Pentose, VVm. A. Orahb, John Purcell, Gianni VV. Scofield, James M. Sellers, K. D.G.iztam, John Witherow, G. J. Ball, Chas. B. Peuruso, VV. E. Fr.-ser, Get. T Thorn, J. Pock, S. B. Chase, Samuel Kerr, David Miuutna, Jr.. S. S. Bishop. John J!. Gihboney, John A. Ucistand, Henry Souther, John Wright, W. E. Stevenson, John VV. ivillitigcr. Harritbnrg, Feb. 23, 18o". ixiox (oxvuxnox. By the cull for a Union State Conven tion, which we publish at the head of our columns to-day, it will Le seeu that there is ttow a good prospect during the coming ■campaign of a fair and thorough union of all the opposition force* on candidates for the office of Governor, Canal Commissioner and Supreme Judge, litis is well, and had the same thing been cordially entered into ia time lost tall, James Buchanan would not now be President elect. The cull is ■igned by all the opposition members of the Legislature, but three or four, sotue of wbomwure absent, und all say they will acquiesce in whatevet may be done on the 25tu of March. There will be, we confidently predict, on the part of Americans, no opposition to this ex.illent movement, and every true mem ber of the American party will use all hon orable endeavors to defeat the Lcufoco party, wfctHi. at the Convention at Cinciu tiuti, that iiouiitiAted Buchanan, passed the following resolutions, iu reference to the patriotic American party: "And, Whereas, Since the foregoing de claration was uniformly adopted by our predecessors in the National Cnu vention,an adverse political religious test, secretly organized party has sprung up, claiming to be exclusive American', it is proper that the American Democracy should clearly define it* relation thereto; and declare a deter mi tied opposition to all secret political socte li's of whatever uauie. "Resolved, That the foundation of this Union ot States having been laid in its jtrosperify and expansion, furnishes a pre eminent example of a free government built upon entire freedom in matters of religious concernment We respect persons without regard to rank, place or birth. No party can justly be deemed national, constitu tional or m Accordance with American principles, which bases its exclusive orgnn tzatinu upon religious opinion, and acciden tal birth place. Ileuce the political eru *ade of the nineleeuili century in the Uni ted 8' a tes agtiiust Catholic# and foreign born, was neither justified by the past his tory or future prospects of our country, nor wns ii in union with the p:rit of toleration aud enlarged freedom which peculiarly dis tinguishes the American system of popular government." A party that thus panders for the foreign vote, and slanders the American party, can have no sympathy from us, and ail Ameri can# will use every honorable effort to de feat that party, and the only way to do so, is in a uuion of ail the opposition, as is pro posed in the call of the members of the Le gislature. Xcit Governor. HON. FRANCIS JORDAN. Ac we stated last week, this subject is •tow quite extensively agitated. The name of Hun. FRANCIS JORDAN appeal* to take well with the people in different parts of the State. It seems lo be conceded that be could uuito all the elemen s of opposi tion, and secure for the American Republi can party a brilliant victory. As an inde fatigable business member of the State Sen ate, he has no superior, and as an orator, ne rank* among the first in the Btate. On the •tump, should he receive the nmmnaticu, he would make hosts of friends, and deal heavy Alow* to the opposition. He has labored for the success of the cause, iu this part of the State, for oiaoj year*, wiy* ali his sybil ity, and uo one has done more for ik, than be. Ilia nomination is no more than a just merit to the muti. We have conversed with quite a number of our friend# from different parts of the County, and they all express themselves warmly favorabie to tlie nomination of Mr. Jordan. Lot our friends push Lis claims —let Bedford County be true to herself, and we may receive the Lonor of the u> xt Gov ernor from tins County. In this part of the State be woubl run a tremendous vote, as he is well liked on ac count of his tuauy good qualities of both bend nod heart. We would then say to our brethren throughout the State, give us the nomina tion, in the person of Mr. Jordan, and out triumph will be certain. £pricg Elcrthu*. American* and Republican, don't fail to attend to the Spring elections in time.— Get out your strongest and beit men, and above .ill, heal all differences au.ongyou.— Next fall oue of the most important State and County elections comes off that we have had for years, and it i* important that the Spting elections should he carried, bt. Clair township! are your differences healed? If not, let every patriot in that Township labor for the common good, in bringing about that result. Ail the ether townships are fight, and the eyes of all are now turned on good old patriotic St. Clair! Friends, heal your differences, and Bedford county will he safe both m the Spring an.l Fall, and no mistake. Go to work now, and or gauize iu time, and all will he well. The following are a few of the Resolu tions of too large Democratic meeting, which recently convened in Ehensburg Cambria county* to sustain the course ot Cress well and Smith, in refusing to sop port Forney. They are into (he -'slander er of the de.id" about a feet! Resolved, That the bitter and vindictive assaults made upon our Representative. George N. Smith, and our Senator, John Cress well, Jr., by the Keystone Club, the Bedford Gazette, and the National Hickory Club of Hollidaysbnrg, meet with our un qualified indignation and contempt, and that under the peculiar circumstances by which Messrs Crciswell and liuiith were sur rounded, they taitiituily and honestly car ried out the well known, and often t-xpres -ed wishes ot their Cambria couuty constit uents. Resolved, That we are no sunshine friends of Gen. Foster, and while we know the pu rity of his principles, and the integrity of his character, to be above suspicion, we sLatl sustain bsm against every attack, whether from open or concealed foes, wheth er made by defunct clubs or seedy politi cian'-; by the purchasers of the l>vtng or Of attend errnt of the dt.nl. We endorse bis coutse iu manfully refusing to attend the Caucus lo nominate a candidate for U. S. Senator, beeause before it met, the de ••ree had already officially gone forth that he should be sacrificed. Resolved, That the Democrats of Cam bria county do not recognize in the Bedford Gazette any right to interiogate them as to the past, nor advise them as to the fu ture; inasmuch as the saute piper ou a for mer occasion sohl out their interests and their candidate for the patronage of the Portage Railroad. The following are a few of the Rejoin titms passed at the great Democratic meet ing which met ui Greeusburg, for the pur pose of sustaining Gen. Foster, and the Lo cofocos who refused to support Forney. Res lived, That we havo learned with re gref the recent complication of the adminis tration of Mr. Buchanan with the election of a I* mated States Senator. A proper regard for the welfare of the Democratic ) party; and for the fume of Mr. Buchanan; ami the success ofin's administration, ought instinctively to have9uj:gcted the indel icacy of asking his interference, either per j sutial or official, in a contest for the office of Senator, where ail the parties concerned were his waim and devoted friends. Resolved, That we heartily and cordially approve of the course pursued by the Rep resentatives of W'estuinrclaud county in re fusing to participate in a caucus nomina tion, which confesses its weakness before the bar of public opinion by appealing from Pie sovereign people, ami the appointed agents of the Constitution, to the interfer ence of the President elect. Resolved, 1 hat we regret the impudence i of the hungry cow i who suppose they arc paving their way to OFFICIAL APPOINT MENT:-, and wiping out the recollection of past delinquencies, by offering-the incense of their foul pons to the sage of VVeatland, in heaping abuse and calumny on one of the greatest, purest and best of m right plaoo ami he has the ; courage to maintain it. Like the elder Lrqtua "be woulJ brok the eternal Devil ,to keep his State in Rome." Such men are worth a world of pandering sycophants, i pimps and traitors. Resolved, I oat the array of Papers which the IF-win a u Meeting, held in Be, ford a f*w days since, paraned cs sustaining G-n. Bowman in his abuse of Foster and his friends, is 3 gross fabrication esneoially as j to the Iluutiugjon Globe, and Reading Gazette, for if the Democrats of Bedford ; county will but examine tlieso Paper*, th" will uud that tliey luve not said one Word I against FvSter and his friends The Hurrisburg correspondent ol the Phila delphia Evening Journal, pays the following high and imritcd compliment to the Senator Irom this District, in speaking of tho bill lately introduced by bitn in relation tu the Attorney Generalship: "Iu tho Senate, Mr. Jordan had up his bill to create hw department in the State, co equal in dig ity and importance with tho Suc re' urysUip of State, i I proposes to give the Attorney General s£oooper year, and requires Lira to keep a permanent cflice.ll Hat is burg, and imposes upon hint many tiw and onerous duti s. .Mr. Jordan is the Senator from Bedford, and is quite a young man. He is modest and en tirely unpretending in bis manner; but is a man of reul talent uud large iniormgtion. It is so seldom that you find in public men of this day an entire absence of dispfav and vanity, snd the presence ot sterling intellect and intelli gence, that it is a pleasure to mention the fact. Jordan has a solid, useful future before him, for lie is not more than tnirts-five. The bill was amended Slightly, and sent back to bo reprinted. It will pass." The Ohambersburg Repository and Tran script has again changed hands. Messrs. Crooks k Kyster withdrawing,are succeed ed by G. 11. Merkleiu & Co. Both parties have our best wishes for their future suc cess. We call the attentinu of the travelling public to the Tavern in Stoticstown kept by Mr. Broadstone. It is an exoellen* house, and the bar keeper, Mr. George T.icker, who manages the hotel, is as attentive aud obliging a "good fellow," as can be fouud. Atteniion is directed to the advertise ment of valuable real esta'e in Snake Spring Valley, for sale by the Adtu'rs of Adam Saider, dee'd. Gov. Pollock has auth ;rized the Harris, burg Telegraph to state that he will not be a candidate for re-election. Attention is called to the advertisement of Dr. C. L Keiline. Sec advertisement for a partner in the Tavern business. Goesipon.lc ice of lue liter and Chronicle. IlAßHrsmau, Feb. 24, 1857. MR. EDITOR:—It is understood the Sen ate committee on apportionment are busy at work preparing A bill, in the hope of get - ting it reported before the adjournment next Friday, so that the bill may he printed. The aggregate number of faxables in the State is 597.652. By calculation this makes the ratio for Representative ditrict -5,9i6, and for Senatorial districts 16,011. At the last apportionment iu 1850 tiie Rep resentative ratio was 4,865, and the Sens orial 14,743. This show; a reasonable rapid progress in taxable* and population notwithstanding the immense emigration to the western States and territories. The agricultural districts, us ccari>..i stated that the State Treasurer had assured him that, "it all the bills presented during the p .at year, for professional services alleged to have been ren dered the Commonwealth, had been paid, the amount would not have fallen short of tvtnty thousand dollars. Arid this is no extraordinary amount, but rather an ordintry annual occur rence. The manner ii which the Treasury of our good old CofinnoiiWe-aUh lias heretofore been robbed according to law, can peihaps be best illustrated by giving a few instances of recent date "It is no doubt pretty well known to the Se tt'.te, that not long since the county of Alle gheny and city of Pittsburg issued :i large amount of bonds to aid in the construction of certain railroads. On these bonds the law re quired a specified tax to be paid to the Com monwealth. A question was raised whether this tax should he raised by the county of Al legheny nnd the city of P.ttsl.urg, by the rail road companies, or by the holders of the bonds. Now it will tie observed that tne State had no interest w' ttcy-r in this question, because it made iio tiiiil-rence to her who paid the tax.— lint an action at law was got up about it, in which the Commonwealth was used as a cat's paw. ! y allowing tier nameto he placed on the record as a party to the suit; ami the result is a bill is presented of one ihuuiM dividends. The Common wealth claimed shout three thousand dollars, and the hank denied that it owed anything.— Instead of putting the matter into the hands of the Attorney General, as would hive been done under the provisions of this hill had it been tne law, three other Attorneys wore em ployed to bring suit agtinst thebrik. The suit was accortingly brought, and the three thousand dollars recovered; whereupon tit.: Attorneys m ke cut their bids against the State for two fWvtad doll irs a pi -ce, thus charging our poor oid Co n a mv.iiltfj tito nice little mutt of eix thautanl iol.trt for the collec tion of fb<- ffto.iiand Mr. Jon da* deserves the trunks of th<> tax payers of the Commonwealth for his noble ef forts in the orrrctiin of such glaring abuses, lie ranics amongst the ablet men of the bo ly ' of which he is a member, and is untiring in ferreting out the abuses practised by our pub lic < fliccrs, and devLing remedies for theircor rection. In the instance in question, he nu succeeded to a charm. His term expires with the present session, hut it is to be hoped the people will not lie long depiived of his valua ble public services, in the sarno or some other ; public capacity, lie would make a sterling Chief Ex.outive of the Commonwealth. The following is a synopeis of the several provisions of the biil : The first section provides that ths Attorney j General shall have his oHi:e at llarrisburg; that he shall kerp proper dockets duly indexed, ; showing the nature and condition of fie bust- j best of his department; that he shtil annually make report of the*true to the Legislature, j and that at the expiration of his term he shall | deliver over such dockets and all the books ' and pijiers pert doing to the business to his j successor. The second section requires the Auditor Ge neral and and State Treasurer to place ail I claims due the Comiuouwealth. and unpaid for j ten dtys or upwards after the time allowed for : appeal, in the bands of the Attorney General ' for collection, and m ikss it his duty to pro-: ceed forthwith to collect the money by suit or ! otherwise, as be may l"em most conducive to | the interests of tile State, an-1 to pay over all 1 moneys to the State i roasurer within teu days ot the receipt of the sune. Tlie third section extends the jurisdietian of the Courts cf Common Tleas of Dauphin county over the whole State in all civil actions ! against public detaultars, and provi lex for a i sp-ef v trial in all cases. The fourth section prrscrilxtitb.it the At- 1 torney General, before entering npon the du ties of bis office, shall take tiae usual officii* oath, aud that he shall, also, give bond to the Commonwealth, with cot less than two suffi cient sureties, in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful disch.rge of his duties. The fifth section gives to the Attorney G>-n --eial the right of acccs to the books and papers of the Audinr General's office, the Stale Treasurer's ofljee, and the office of the Canal Commissioner*, and makes it his duty to see that the accounts of ail defaulters aie prompt ly sctiled, as required by law, and only col lected. The sixth section fixes his salary at three thousand dollars per annum, in full for all of ficial services rendered the State. 'ldle seventh lection require; of the Attorney General a quarterly " •ttleiiient of Ids accounts, us 1 payment f moneys received, and nukes it ill" duty of tlie Governor to punish fur non compliance by r>*mova! front office, an I ap pointment of st cesser. iiy the uightb section, t}ie present Attorney General, in opening ids office iii Harris >urg, and giving boud as required by this act, he comes subject to its provisions, and entitled to its benefit*. The ninth and last section merely repasls all former laws, which, hy this act, are altered or supplied, expiesaly including the acts f itil 1 and 1816, which authorises the State Treasu rer and Auditor General to employ Attorneys- MESSRS. EDITORS: —At the tinio is fast approaching wheu the. different parties will be making nominations foi the different of fices to be filled at the next October elec tion. I would respectfully .submit the name of the Hon. FRANCIS .ton DAS, of Bedford county, as a suitable peison to iili the office of Governor. Mr. Jordan is a young man of sterling worth and integrity, a law yer by profession, and by bis talents and industry stands at the head of bis profession, and now holds n seat in the Senate of Pennsvi vanis, where he has won for himself golden honors. Should Mr. Jordan receive the nomination, I know of no one that would he so likely to nuite all the elements of op position to the present and coming national administration. The communication which we print | above it> from tlio ilarrisburg Daily TaL i graph. It shows the writer to be not uo j mindful of those interests opposed to the |so called Democratic party, anc! also that ! he has a correct idea as to the only course jby which we can succeed at the approach i ing Gubetnatoiial contest. We want a i union—a cordial union—uud we must be careful to select a man upon whom all the opposition to locofocoiem cart effectually unite. Such a man ia the Hon. Francis Jordan. A sound American Republican, embodying all the requisites far the cuttdi -1 date of the united parties, and au earnest and unwavering advocate of their princi ples. Mr. Jordan has already done good service in the cause, and he stands before i the people of this Commonwealth without a blemish. We have no one in our party who would make us a more gallant and wor | thy standard bearer than he, and upon whom a!! the opposition elements could be more firmly coucentrated. There are man y good men in the party around which we will be proud to rally, aud many have already been mentioned in con nexion with the Governorship, but there has hocu uo name yet brought before the pub lic who would make a stronger candidate and better Governor if elected, than the gentleman alluded to in this article. Who ever may be the candidate of the Uuinn party fur the approaching contest, he shall receive ocr undivided and untiring support, but we want a man whose claim< we can conscientiously and fearlessly advocate— such aoue as Mr. Jordan.— Fulton Repub lican. From Ike .Veto York Express, Friday. Rigk-Hunded Onfragc-1 Lady (iar rofed ia (he New Fork lbtl. Thursday evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, Mrs. Bates, a boarder at the New York Hotel, Broadway, was sitting alone in her room, when a fellow—to her unknown —stalked iu and unceremoniously com menced breaking open her trunk with a chisel. Mrs. Bates being greatly surprised at the impudence of the scamp, asked him iu a commanding voice, wuit he was about . At this he seixed tho defenceless lady by the throat with one band , and placed the other one firm! v over hor mouth to prevent her from screaming. B .ing so much alarm ed for her owu personal safety, Mrs B. was unable to give any alarm. Tiking advantage of her situation, the bold thief released his grasp from the throat of his victim, and hastening down stairs, he male his e.mpc before the outrage became known to the inmates of the house. This hotel thief was upp arently about 2Z years of age, dressed in a biacw overcoat, black pants and bat, scarf about bis neck, &i& •. He wears no whiskers. Gapt. D.lkes, of tlie Fifteenth Ward Police, was notified of the affair, and will use his most strenuous exertions to arrest this villain. i FURTHER PARTICULARS. From another source we learn that Mrs. Bates, who witu her husband, has a suit of rooms, consisting of parlor, boudoir and bed-room, on the third story front, was taking some refreshments in the boudoir, which is fronting on Broadway; that the robber entered the parlor and proceeded to the bed-room in the rear of the boudoir. The lady hearing the noise, and thinking it was her husband, entered the bed-room, where she perceived ibe man on his knees, with his back towards ber, rifling her truuk which be had jnst broken open with a chisel, which wis lying near him. She ran forward to demand what a# was about, when ho seized ber by the throat and prevented her screaming: the lady tuning black in the face from the effects of the strangulation.— The chambermaid came to the door at this moment, and stood for some two or three miuutcs without saying anything, thinking, as she has since said, that it was a simple quarrel between busbaud and wife; but when the ruffian perceived her, he flung the lady from him on the floor, and ruimiogdowo the buck stuirs, escaped. Mrs. Bates screamed as loud as she could and cave the alarm, but the thief had made good his escape. When her friends oamo up, Mrs. Bates' neck was stained with blood, and it was at first supposed that he had choked her iu such a tuatiner as to cause ber to bleed, hut it appears that the blood ' came firm tbc n an's own hand, which he j had cut with the chisel while breaking open the trunk. No property was taken. TIJO sauie fellow ft, a* soon U short tinoe hvfoii*, ihf, ohwiubonutuu, to otjisr auuth" er parlor (Mrs. Collins'} with a pass key, but when epdkrti t" by her, made an excuse that he was only looking for some person, and the chambermaid, having no suspicion, gave no alarm. We also ittarn that an attempt was made to r.di Mr. Ludlow, of Westchester, who boards in the same hotel, and has rooms on Iho first floor; but perceiving Mr. Ludlow's wife and children, the thief made a piiausible excuse and retired. Mrs. Sates i- fiom Boston, and lias been at the X w Y"t k Hotel for three or four weeks—intending to pass the winter.— What caused the robber to attack was her ringing the hells and calling loudly for a servant, lb- attempted to choke her in order to stop hr outcry. Tltis robbery is creating about a* lively an excitement in the city as the Bttrdel! murder, but it is evident that no personal violence was intruded at the outset —only a robbery. We have heard of several other cases in Hotels where like robberies have been at temp'ed with pass keys, which shows that these hotel robbers are tmw numerous in the city. Ladies now in hotels will sit with their tooms locked up, till the excitement is over, and the bolder ones may resort to re volvers and daggers for solf-defeuce. THE BCRDEI.L MCRDCR Investigation was closed on Saturday night, with the Ver dict of the Oororncr's Jury. The early partoi the day was tiken up with eviden ces ten Ung to show the complicity of young Snodgrassin the commission of the murder. He wan the Srst witness called, and in an swer to questions frout the Coroner, dis tinctly denied that he had ever purchased a dirk or swordesne, either by himself or in company with Mrs. Cunningham. To rebut this testimony, Mrs A!vise t, the wife of a cut.or, whose store is on Broadway, wis put on the stand, and not only testified that a voung man resembling Snodgrass had pur chased u five-inch, four-cornered dirk "I her, but, when confronted will) him, imme diately identified hiiu as the person. The Coroner instantly ordered Snodgrass into custody, and he was at once removed to the Fifteenth Ward Station-house, where he remained in confinement during the day Mrs. Aiviset's recognition of Snodgrass produced a scene of excitement, only ex celled by that in which Furred identified Eckel a few days ago. A few more witness es were examined but nothing of import ance was elicited beyond these facts, viz: that the dagger purchased by Snodgrass, a fac .simile of which was piodueed, could have inSioted all the wouuds upentbe Doc tor's persou: and that tho tuaq Farrel was observed by another party, one Mr. War rell, living in Horatio-street, ou the night of the murder, sitting where he says be did. This latter person was not placed on the stand at all. The Coroner began iiis sum ming up at a late hour in the afternoon, and occupied an hour in charging tbe Jury, lie advanced aud argued his theory that the murder was committed by Eckel and Mrs. Cunningham, and that Snodgi ass was privy to the deed as at accessory before the fact; discredited the statement that Mrs. Cunningham was married to Dr. Burdell, but did not doubt that a marriage took place in which Ei kel or some other party per snru'.ed the Dr.: thus establishing the fact of a purpose in the commi-sion of tie murder. Tiie Jury went out a few minutes ; befure 5 o'clock, and returned at 104 P. M., after an absence of five hours and lorty minutes, with a verdict of guilty against MI B. Cunningham and Eckel, against Snod grass as an accessory before the fact, and against the two oa tighter?, Augusta and H"!en, as accessories before or after the fact. The verdict was received with rnani [ Testations of approbation. The Ooronei took immediate measures for tbe committal of the daughters to prison to await the ac tion of the Grand Jury. So ends the first i chapter. THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE— The most extraordinary advertiseuteu; ap pears in tLe New York Tribune, by which Dr. Benjamin HarJinge announces his al leged great discovery for the liquidatisu of quartz rock, the extraction of the least particle of gold or other precious mctai which that rock may contain, ami for the holding of that hitherto solid rock in the form of a liquid in casks and hogsheads, ready to be turned back into rock again as it Is needed, thus aflording a new material for building, cheaper thuu brick and beau, tiful aa precious stones. We olserv, also that two French chemists, Messrs. Wobler and Deville, have succeeded iu cbryhtaiiz iug the well known substauoo boron, which bus hitherto been known only as a greenish brown powder, or in combination with an acid, sud they submitted specimens of the crystals to the French Academy of Sci ences a short time since. Those crystals possess a brilliancy and refraotiv© power which nothing oquals but the diamond, and tbey rival that even in hardness, being oa pable of sorstobing a coraudun), which, utxt to a diamond, is the hardest suhstanoe known. The specimens yet obtained are very small, sod bavo a rba le of red or yol low. but tho color is believed to be acci dental, and they bnpr that lorilver experi ments may siiat<]e them to produce it oolnr lfss. Heron agrees with silicon ir. wany ot its properties, and is considered as ioter nicd.aie between it euo carbon. This dis covery Way oor. put us in possession of a licmk.ua diamond, which the ux>st expert enced eye will be unable to distinguiaix from tbc genuine. DR. EJJSHA KENT KANE. The telf graphic dispatches leceived ou Monday leave little room to hope that the death of Dr. Kane has not already taken place. As our readers are aware, be sailed from England to Havana several weeks since with a view to the amelioration of bis im paired health, and at one time it was an nounced that there was a fair prospect of ids recovery. Tbc tidings that have now beeu received will awaken universal regret, i l)r. Kane was a man of whom tho country became more proud with every new revela tion of his character. lie was warmly cherished as one of its brightest ornaments, and a feeling of almost personal affection wis mingled with the profound respect which he everywhere inspired. Gallant, brave, heroic, smitten equally with a love jof science and a passion for adventure, ho possessed the mental force to convert the dreams of imagination into reality. I]j 3 late Arctic expedition, of which be bas left such a graphic and beautiful record, was but the culmination of a career which gave early promise of its subsequent achieve* nients. Dr. Kane was born in Philadelphia in the year 182*2, ami had accordingly just entered upon his thirty-fifth year, fie received hit academic education at the University of Virginia, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1843 Snou after that date he entered the United States Navy us assistant surgeon, and accompanied the first American embassy to China. With his native thirst for ob serving the manners and custom* of strange countries, lie visited different parts of China,- the Philippines, Ceylon, and the interior of India. Ha was thfirst white p rson who descended into the crater of the Tail fJ Luzon, accomplishing this enterprise at the hazard of his life. lie was suspended bv a bamboo rope aroun 1 his body, from a pro jecting crag, more than two hundred feet above the remains of voleaoic eruption?.— With bottles of sulphurous acid aud other specimens from the mouth of the crater,, be was dragged up senseless through the scorix. Upon this expedition, be was attacked, by the Ladroues and savages of tbe Negrito race, and exposed to other hardships which proved fatal to his traveling companion. Baron Lee of Prussia. After this, ho traversed a considerable portion of India, visited Ceylon, ascended the Nile to the con fines of N übia and passed a season in Egypt. He traveled through Greece on foot, and returued in 1846 to the Uuited States. He was immediately oidered to the Coast of Africa, aud sailing in the frigate United States,visited the slave factories from Cape Mount to the Iliver Bonny, and obtained free access to the baracoous of Dahomey. Returning home in a precarious state of health, be recovered sufficiently to visit Mexico during the wras m volunteer. He succeeded in delivering dispatches frotn tho President to the Couimauder in-Chief, es corted by the notorious spy company of tbe brigand Dominguex, and after golfing tbe better of a detachment of .Mexican aoldiera , whom they encountered ut Nopaluea, he was I forced to combat hi* companions single handed in ordet to save the lives of bia i prisoners, G moral Torraion, General Gaona and others, from tbeir fury. On tbe return |of peace, he was ordered upon the Const ! Survey under Prof, bache, and was thus employed in the Gulf of Mexico, when be volunteered his services to the first GrinnclJ Expedition in 1850. He was accepted a seniui surgeon and naturalist of the squad ron, and entered npoo his Juliet with an enthusiasm, sagacity, aud power of endn , rancc which admirably prepared him for the more arduous responsibilities of the second | Expedition, the results of which are before j the world. In his private character, Dr. Kane di | played a singularly lovely and attractive union of qualities in striking contrast with • the boldness and resolution which impelled I him on his career of adventure. The naira tive of his expeditions presents a delightful 1 illustration of his personal traits, la tbi# respect they possess tbe charm of uncon*ci i ous autobiography. His modest simplicity, his refined mate*. his teudernoss of feeling, ! and his almost feminine sympathies are per ; petually revealed in couucctioo with as ! dauntless courage and oonntancy aa ever ; nerved heroic heart to lofty prowea*.— Hence, the maguetic power which he exerted over the companions of hia enterprise, wiuning their romantio attachment, and • making himself a center of light and en couragement amid the darkest moments of the forlorn hope in the Arctio seas. What : over the fcientifie results of his perilous voyages, tbey are of still higher significance in the example tbey have presented of noble ! net sis' cut, disinterested and undismayed ! manhood. De: th Of Or. Elliha Kent Uan- Reception off b! Bemaloa *•. Xen udeawi. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. -The •tee® : ship Co ha who arrived t©-dy frotn Havana* whence she sailed oa the 20th inai., brings iug the rem nee of Dr. filisha Ken' K|W . tho Arctic Explorer, woo died in HeTM*- on iho lfth iust. The re>D3 were reoeivwl by tb Oot tumutoU, and escorted to tho Ci'j HtR where they wtll lie to Stale till t