Weekly Reveille, Volume 39, Number 14, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 April 1856 — Page 2

Fillmore & Donelson—thelr Supporters

Sift fttMu 'foifillt.

TheOhlb Belle Tragedy.

Letter from Col Benton.

Barnutn.

The Memphis Eagle of this 19th gives; the annexed; We published, on Tuesday, the paniclars of this awful-/tragedy. Subsequent .accounts differ immaterially from those, ond wc have little disposition to dwell on the subject. That it was an unprovoked homicide, wc think there is no difference of. opinion. It seems that.lte bill Jones offered the barber was not a counterfeit, but a note on the Bank of West Tennessee, ijlevens believed it was counterfeit, and had told Jones so. This enraged'him and his abuse of Stevens was such as to induce him to force Jobes out of-thoofficc. He tried to get in' again, when. Stevens stepped ont to praventhinv then it was that Jones fired. The account published by o’er coteniporarics as to the manner of his confinement is/very natural, considering what must have been the sorrowful yet,euraged feelings of the officers on the violent death of (heir fovorito associate. This account in', that Jones, after the tragedy, was taken abalt the shaft, and Ja.shed to the etanthuon, commencing with the rope at his feet, and winding it about his body in continuous folds, until it reached. his neck, where it was drawn very tight, it was then passed round: his head and across hi* month so tight that it stretched the corners of his mouth considerably, cutting them so much that the blood run down his jaws, leaving him in tlio greatest of agony. A lady beating of the manner in-which he Was* treated, went Mow and begged them for God’s sake pot to treat o human in such a manner.; At her solicitation,he was released; and bound fast in. un arm clntir, and the chair bound to (ho stontlieon |iy a different rope. In this situation he was left. : ■ .

;r , ■/'' ' . (Prom tho liilly Vlocennei Gttell*, j Whlaky InaanecUori at Princeton.

- Tho St. Louis Democrat .publishes the following letter, which is truly characteristic of its great author. It has been asserted that the Colonel ia wire-working for a /Presidential nomination, but this letter would seem lo settle the‘matter:

The papers and the pulpits have been moralizing over (be downfall of Barnura, whose ill-gotten gains have waisted away like; the winter’s snow l>efore the March sun. There is indeed food for reflection in the picture of the one who boasted that be had made hia halt a million by humbugging the public, himself reduced to a single suit of clothes and 8*25, and driven to - tile necessity of keeping boarders.— Wo say there is food for reflection in this, though some might think that the picture itself is a humbug. Theft can.be no doqht of the fact; however,'that Mr. Bar* nnm is, a ruined man—that if hia liabilities were liquidated he would not be worth a copper. There are those who see in this the finger,‘of retributive justice. We prefer to look upon it as a striking*evidence of the mutations of fortune, and to pity rather (ban exult over the misfortunes. Barnura made his fortune, it is true, by ministering to tho public love for the marvel Ions.; .To a certain extent, however Ins business was legitimate,'although some of his expedients to gull the public doubtlchs merit all the rcpichension. that has been bestowed upon them. But to the credit of Barqum be it remarked that it cannot be said of him as of many vulgar upstarts, that having made a'fortune ho knew not how to use it.— Ttie showman has realty done much good with his money. He has assisted many dcsciying laboring men. He has been public spirited in the largest sense of the term. He 1ms given impulse to the business in tliatown in which he resides. He has largely/contributed to the cause' of temperance, and has done many Lenovo*lent nets—mom perhaps than arc known to the public, for Batiflrin was never ostentatious in his benevolence. Now it is n public misfortune for.smli h man to Ioomj a fortune, for there arc none ..too many millionaires who are liberal minded and enterprising, and who sympathize with the masses. We therefore regret the iU-Vack Mir. Bamum Wa sustained, and hope that he wilt retrieve his fortune, though t by means more honorable toliimself than those which he has publicly boasted ‘as having employed to.accumulate it. —Boston Journal; *'.

.'While we rejoice that every true American every where throughout the country, hails ; the nomination'of. Fillmore and Dondson with feelings of the liveliest delight. and sees in their success the' triumph of principles dear to every American’s heart; it is none the less gratifying to learn from every section of the country (hat hosts of prominent men whose conservatism and nationality arc identified with their country's record, but who had never before connected themselves,jjreminently ,'yrith th'cj (Anicrican | movement, have'given a hearty response to the'Philadelphia nominations;- -The fact’is; as might be expected, the ticket and its friends qonfidciioe by every day’s developements. The .opposition press— Locofoco'ami Re pub) lean—may • rant' to their satisfaction, but Flljmore’a patriotism and integrity will remain unharmed, in the estimation of .the hohestatnasses of the country,'by their puerile Ihrosts; '

; Some; ten days ago; a nameleaa notice waa posted up in front of the deepest and darkest dens, giving them timely warning | of the coming;atoriri, provided they' per* | severed in their* business, This, of coarse j pissed unnoticed' by spy one, end moroi particularly by those, whom it most inter-J crted~-the doggery keepers. On Satur* | day, pursuant to notice privately circnla* led, about. one o’clock, P. M., an army offlfldtea were seen marching in the di-j reafen of the. aforesaid doggery, armed witu hatchet 11 , hammers, hand-axes, dec. I It was composed of the principal part of the ladies of our town. This - excited some degree of interest, and hid*the effect (o attract quite a number of the other sex to the ground. The doggery man—a great stalwart fellow—plated himself in front of his Closed door, upon theirapproacli. in anattilude of defense. Due blow 'from « well handled hatchet, compelled him th shift his position.I -Immediately the door'was liberally chopped ‘ in pieces', and the doggery gutted with the; roosthead-swimiuiugdispatch. -Theglad! wlrisky leaped from the iron bound tasks, j and; rejoicing in its strength.- ran a'por-| feet f torrent into the street. This was a bold stroke, arid n.en—strong men-—stood-.arid gazed, unwillingto credit their senses. vNo sooner was the destruction-comple-ted in this quarter than they deliberately repairetl to another one. Forewarned by the rushing flood* of villainous whisky, which came sweeping down Hie gutter, knee*deep, giving ont its uholcsonif funic's ."without money and without price,” he caught the alarm, flew td Iris ' gun and swore vengeance. “Ho yoot shoot dc. virst nian or vimans who cooms irit dcrt.’V On, steadily on. His grocery w ; as crowded with customers quicker tliainlightning arid the piles of headless cooperage soon gave evidence of the.fearful work ot the tomahawk. : Disarmed of Iris gun, he betook 'himself Ui supplication; coyering a: band of rotgnl pith Vis body, crying “bhl save mien. vyinegnr!; for Got; sake save mien winegur!’’ Bnt the poor Hutch-, man's cry’ of dispair was unheeded; the harmless “ jriHeywr’' went to swell the tide. Biid though if might be. this house, I think, presented one of the most splendid ruins of thia kind ever seen. ,■

Vevay, Wednesday, April % 1B36.

Washington, March 12, ’56.

. My. Dun Sin:—I Have to thank you for your kind letters and for all the friendly sentiments expressed,* amlof these tho personal part is the most agreeable. The personal feelings of aiy friend* towards me is what I have most' to ffaerish hereafter. I never saw the flay’ I would be witling to be a candidate for the Presidency , arid am now further from it.than. ever. No earthly consideration, could make me a candidate. The Seriate wis once- agreeable to me, .when there was a chance to do something for the State or United States. But that chance seems now to be over, and all statesmanship reduced to a hurrah on one aide or the other of slavery. Even local interests in oar State seem to be crushed under it—as the Pacific Rail Road.

“OUR PIiAO IB THBRB.”

For President! ’ MILLARD FILLM ORE,

or KCW-TOWE.

For Vice Preilient t ANDREW J. DONELSON, of tcnsksscc.

What is more, ns the ball rolls on, the strength of the.ticket will increase in a geometrical ratio, until ‘ even those who have so far stood aloof to sec if the Riders believed on him, or the multitude followed him, will have to chime in, from necessity, with the Sweeping-torrent of pnbllopinion.which will.bc raised in its favor before the election day rolls around. Among those who' have, responded to the nomination we note; the following names' among the most distinguished thecountry can boast of; John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, John P, Kennedy, of Maryland, Kdwnrd Rvcrett aim Robert C.W'iiithrop, of,Massachusetts, Meredith l\ Gentry oinl-flhristophcr Williams, of Tennessee.— II 'fading Oozttle. .

FlLLSrORHr— u Tba foundation of ihTprefercnee U tbit Mi. Hi tutoae bu admlaltterod the K«c* utlve Gorernmentwllh ilgul auceeunnd abilily.--(te bat been Wed end found nrt, rtimrcL, imm and coamtxTior*.”—IIKKIIV CLAY.

I am now far advanced in my second vojumc. The publishers oft about 500 pages deep iq the priming, and l am a hundred pages ahead of the compositors in the writing. Prise at day-break arid work till midnight, with an interval 1 of one or two hours recreation on hor-eback. As ‘soon as my work is finished, ■ which will be some time in April, I shallcome to Missouri, and Of course shall have to speak—to what extent f do not know—but certainly only for the general purpose of aiding my friends and the Democratic cause, and without any view to a personal consequence. Congress is no longer, desirable to me; politics have run down too low to have any attraction' for mo. ; , I.spent thirty years of my life in ■ a cpntest of great principles—of great measures—of great men, and cannot wear out the remainder of my days in aslavcry agitation, cither on the one’side or the oth!er of it. •;.* ‘; ’

DONEtSON.—‘*1 bequeath to trrf well beloved nephew, Ami* Do»twosj»oD of Samuel Dcoelioo, deeeaaed, the elegant «word prevented to ice br Uto State of with ihi* lujunlloen, that he fall not to tiae it when nctejiirr In wpport and protection of our clarion* Colon, and for the protection of Ihu conttltnllonal rfjtbti of our bvtored rounby, ahontd th«r be assailed by foreign, or domeitle traitors. Tola bequeath U‘ teed* it i me* men to of nr htph regard, affection and<Jjtocra which I bear U him as x ranti-xiaasn, udtasr JBd Kre—A SDHBW JACKSON.) ;

The Missing Steamer Pacific. The Collins steamer Pacific left Liverpool os the 33J of January tact, mul has not been heard of since. The lapse of seven weeks has made many begin (o despair of ever heoiinjj of bet but there best informed in marine matters alii) cherish the belief that she is safe, and will yet return to port. They argue that if mid ocasi—for instance, by tlie breaking of her sbwjcsb? could nit, under canvass, * have coast at so early a date as vs vwthiag tiAwwliaMj. fin a sailing vessel to be sixty or seventy da}s in making a voyage from Liverpool lo New-York without being spoken on the passage; and if

Explosion -pf the Steamer Metropolis

eight lives lost.

Meantime a ctluu passenger;was tna- : king himself couspiciou* by boasting tlmt in California he butt helped hnijg over 50 person*, that be bad hmig men for as lofi* as So, nod if tWv wwdd n chance, be would "dispose of the d—d scunudre) for ad—d sight less.” Aehbrt time after, this hangman extraordinary un.la friend were missing, nnd soon after om informant beard a sploshi He ami some'other passengers then went below to see the. prisoner: but found the rope that bound the chair cut, and the man and chair both gone. -/ ■ ' , n rLa ffpjuirtnffrt-t* *■ ■■■ ~

From the Cincinnati Commercial:-of

Saturday, we learn that on Thursday morning the'new stemwheoler. Metropolis, louml fiom Pittsburg to New Orleans, was missing YY esl Columbia, few miles below | Pomeroy, 0., lior starboard boiler burst, I tearing away the floorpf the halt directly above, instantly killing three persons, and scalding ttvo olhcrsso leverely as to cause their death in a few hours, Capt.D.C. Ilazlclt entered .the hull, a few seconds before the accident occurred. He was picked up. on the lower deck near the capstan, und wasso badly injured he.died in a sfioit lime. The nmier, a white man, mid resident of Louisville; u- : passengef mined Ftoheils, a jeweler DOm Pitlsbuig, and 1 CJea, Barrett, Iniik«*ejter, weie iu the wa.-li ! house, adjoining the hail. * 'Hu- Inner was ■ severely bruised on the head. The other two died shortly after ■ A Oct man and his son, passengers, mines unknown, killed. A son, of Rev. Mr; Biyant. of Pin*iiurg, killcsl. T. A. North, of Galveston, killed. A 'deck hniid, niime unknown, killed.’-Two firemen are missing, am [several other passenger?) slightly seal Jed,

I Imvo work cnougli tnqrtiwl but to occupy tlie remainder of tfiy life, find of a kiuil to be pleasant and profitable to me, if not beneficial to a future generation—winch 1 think it may be. I propose to abridge the debates of Congre>s from 1789 to 1S50; also, to continue my-history from 1850 to the day of my death. This is work enough for me, (to say anything else,) than acting a pint in a slavery agitation, which is now-the work of both parties, ami winch,in my qpinion, is to end disastrously fur the Union, let which side will prevail. A new man. unconnected with the agitation, .is what the .country wants. •" Your friend, .Tuomas H. Be.ntox

the Pacific's machinery has been disabled, she is, of course,nn no better plight than an ordinary sailing vessel. A Boston barque, which recently arrived at Savannah,.was eighty-five days at eea, from the Mediterranean port, witbont once being hailed or reported on the

Let-.Protestants Read and Wonder

monunt the desolating army had left in quest of'more spoil; I stepped to the door. The, utter .hopelessness of the scene actually shocked me. The best battery of the Crimea' turned loose upon the tenement.ono ; hpur, could not hayc produced a more desirable. mash-up.— However, leaving others to contemplation and reflection, and, if they choose, to feast tHelr 1 souls upon the poetry of loose whisky and irredeemably, di|npidafcd doggery fixtures in general, this glorious band of mothers, wives Mstcrs and daughters, steadily and unyieldingly pursuedthe enemy to other retreats, and Sh one short hour jive doggeries —the pride of their masters —'lay withered and strewn.’ One of tiic keepers iimde choicc.of that better part of valor, and surrendered at discretion, a cceptcd tltei r terms, and saved ■ his house. > - ■■

/Die Nashville Unhn,. a leading" Sag. Nfeht paper in the Southwest, and the central origan oT (lint .party in Tennessee," has an editorial in n recent number extolling the noman Catholic Church to the skies,.and openly mid dircctly-allackihg the Protestant faith, Pi mestants, be your political preferences, what they .may, redd and ponder on the extract wc give below, and sec .for yourselves thnt the so called Democratic parly is neither.more nor less than:a Popish political organization.— Hall Clipper., - r ■' ■ "Men are . beginning, to ask. what has' Protestantism done for the World? What has'sho done io alleviate and elevate the down trodden"? Is the race any better off for having accepted her faith? These rn 1 -’ erned hypocrite, ( referring to Protestant ministers}—these smites and. pharisees ore treading on a terrible volcano. They will , find their, treasonable , schemes and infernal plotting , against the liberties of men tried and condemned by the pure light of God’s own truth and love) which shines and throbs in every pulsation'of humanity’s heart.' ‘ If Protestantism proves recreant to iier high trust she will have to pass the ordeal bf cnlightensd public ppinion .'and ..become: consigned to her merited obscurity. Popery adapts* itself to the tiroes and to circumstances; -arid thus saves ; itself from being absorbed in the mass ofconflictingcicments.’'

voyage. There is also some reason to hope that the Pacific may have taken refuge at Fays I, or some other port in the Western Islands, whence we have had'no recent intelligence, had forty-five passengers, of whfim about fifteen had taken passage in the nrst cabin, and the rest io the second cabin.— .The officers and crew numbered one hundred and forty-one, all told.

Important Decision,

The constitutionality of. the power of cities nnd town corporations to assess a special School Tax was affirmed by Judge Bithnell’s court in the New Albany cose. The ledger says: "The motion for an injunction to restrain the county Treasurer from collecting the fifty cents tax levied by the city, council of; New. Albany for school .purposes'Was befoi o'Judge Bicknell*s court.on-Friday and argued at considerable length.; The Judge; immediately at close of the argument, read his decision,-which sustained the .validity of the law and the ordinance dJ 1 the council, deciding, 'however, also,: thut.the council must account Tor. the:. tekole of the fifty dents tux as so. much money and apply it to the schools. We are glad this question has been', decided, end we hope that whatever errors may have occurred-m conducting the schools, will- bo; promptly- remedied!” ■■ ‘ -. ■

: The Indiana Wombx ys. Free Wrusi t v. —In Princeton, Gibson comity, on 1 Sat* unlay, 1 the women'took the law in tHelr jown hands and “cleaned out” every doggery in the down. ( They had previously given the liquor sellers tcii days nptice to; quit the traffic." They numberedsome two hundred. AH the liquor they could find, including bottles,; dpmijohns," [and barrels in which it was found, was destroyed, - Six doggeries -were visited, anil it was thought That, property to the amount of 81,000-wasdestroyed.; There is now no Hquor.in the place, and the wo-, men are determined there shall be none. The Attica Ledger has thefollowing:— We understand, that "the ladies of our neighboring village, Williamsport,- on last Friday evening, rose eh masse against the doggeries and mm shops of that place and with axes, hatchets, and hammers, caused the streets Utterly to flow -with whisky. They lamed- the contents of four groceries, one agency, .and one drug store into the streets. ,•

O’The Newark (N. J;) Eagle stys: " \\’c are daily In recc.pt of advice*ftem every section of the Union, and they all speak jit the

most flattering terms of the favor with which

Romish hTomtANcr..--Here is a pu t ly specimen of Romish in I idem me, from tlic Dublin Telefp-npli, a lending Roman Catholic Journal: .'. ■

the nominations have been received. Against Mr. Eillmore, as a National man, no onc can cay aught AVe know that the Southern extremists dislike him on account of his con-

; "As to'thn. Irsli people thermal u-<, they really want something more mibsttm tinl and beneficial to thepi,- ns \ working and industrious nation; than n Republic. The Irish have had two bitter expei icira’s of a Republic-in their own country aj subjects of an- English' Republican Gov • ernment—in hie United State*, as'.subjects of the great American Republic.— In both they have suffered'a ruthless, pitiless persecution—lidre, from the CromwelfiauR—there, from the’Know Nothings,’- The Irish are aware that under a Republican government there may, amt can )>e, ho safely for bishops, priests, monks or nuns. This is the Irish e.xpe Hence of a Republican government."

servotivc Union principles, which are diametrically opposed to secession in oil its phases, but still they accord to him.integrity of pur* pose ami fine abilities, and a private and public character above reproach.- The Republicans, on the contrary, bate him with nn. intensity which know's neither depth nor decency, and they daily abuse alad vilify him more foully than ever a pure-hearted man before. Out we have a trusting confidence in the Union-loving and law-abiding sentimeht of the country, which wilt in the end prevail oyer the voice of faction and act its; sent of condemnation upon every species of sectional treason.”

After having more limn successfully conquered tiro last cuetny, they triumphantly marched to the place 'of rendezvous, aud' quietly passed one resolution without 1 preamble, avowing sudden and certain destruction to all groceries attempted to be established in the town of Princeton hereafter, let.-the consequences and respbnsibilvtiei bo what they might. ■ After which/they quietly dispersed, npd that is Jiist the way it'was done. The most astonishing featnre of this grocery exterminating crusade, to ' one who never witnessed such" a spectacle, was the cool cal* entiling, undaunted determination which marked the! whole proceeding. No giggling, nb merriment. A funeral; procession; could not have been .more solemn and dignified. No! it was emphatically an outburst of pent' np mdignatiop—one of the Jcfritinmto; results of oppression ind wrong, Until' but:too keenly felt, lashes its victim to frenzy and desperation, when the Ordinary, barriers of society are leaped at a bound, and'beautiful woman stands before-you, ■towering in her strength,- determined to red ress her 5 own -wrongs, .in her own way, with the might of her own arm. ’. ■= ./V- ■ ./ v. : /'■ . ; j

/ Assignment. —David 'White, of* tbiK city, generally knownas "Old Enterprise,” has been forced, by tbo adverse season’s operations, :to make an assignment.of. bis p roperiy for the;benefit of bis creditors. Messrs. \Vm. M.|Dnon, C. :E..Walker dnd John M. Freeman are . the assignees. This we insider one of the hardest blows to the business of lhc city, Her shipyard, mannfnctorics and;: genera] bpstQessVwill feci, the blow adversely for some time.— Tlic estate—real, personal and mixed, is large;, but we have.-seeit no. statement of jtho ; assets and indebtedness; therefore ;we havo no;opinion tt) givo'as to tbo condition of the snme.,— Madison Courier, March 28. ‘ • : 3 ‘ .. •

. Nbw Kind op Maine Law.—Wf perceive by.tho Sarahs villa Sla? that a few days sine 1 } some 15 or 20 ladies of Sharon, made sad havoc with the prospects of tin old soldier in the .cause of King- Alcohol. Not liking the manner or means of a certain liqrior selling business, they look the mailer in their own hands, jam! walking intohis establishment, smashed his botand entirely discomposed his whole arrangements. ; The reasons they gavo was; that if the men would not enforce the law they would, and they did so. ■ We have, in the course of,the lost week, heard of of a similar case haying transpired in Frminglon, Illinois/ whore the ladies made a similar demo miration, and -effectually cleared out both the grocery and its keeper. It is, said* that the work was thoroughly/done. -Some two hundred spectators, comprising husbands, brothers, fathers, and friends of the ladies stood by arid witnessed the affair. Duo notice was given Tho discomfilted gro-, eery, keeper, that if he/opened another "doggery” he wopld receive another visit

ST On th(T 26lh day of Match, a Democratic Convention met in Cincinnati for the purpote of nominating candidates for the city election. The delegation stood thus ;. • ?'

v jJST The father .of Major,; Doonolson, says the Knoxville. IRWy, was among the; first scttlere of Middle Tennessee! a lawyer of sound sense, apd tho brother of Gen. Jackson’s: wife. The mother of Major Dbnnelson was the* daughter of Gen., Smith, who was. elected Co the Senate of the United States when' the legislature convened in Knoxville, Major Don-, nelson, like Mr. Fillmore, born in the year 1800, and is consequently ‘56 years hid. \ . After the death of Major Donnel son’s father, his mother married a Mr. Saunders, and his three half sisters‘were tho wives of Col. M. P. Gentry, Judge Gahal of the Chancery Court, and Judge Carnthers, at present one of the Judges of the Supremo Court of Tennessee;.Mr., Donnelson graduated at the. University of Nashville, at an early age, and was sent by Gen. Jackson to West Point, where he graduated a second time, with honor to himself and friends, From that time he regained tho . aid-do-camp of Gen. Jackson until the; General retired from tho rftny.

Tun New York Erouiiiitohv Law.— : The highest court in' New York,’ theCourt of Appeals, oh Tuesday rendered & .decision that the.prohibitory Liquor Law of that Stale was unconstitutional. This decision was concurred in by four'of the six judges. The gist of.the decision is that any prohibitory law,*winch interferes with and o fleets property already in pot’ iession is unconstitutional and void; that the present law is wholy unconstitutional for the reason that it applies to property now in possession, as well as that to be hereafter acquired; but that the Legislature have power to'pass a prohibitory law to apply to liquor to be hereafter ;purchased, . .

Whole number of delegates,.... v .. ;105 T,he delegates were— . ’

Foreign Roman Catholics.... ....'8i Amcncan Roman Catholics....It Natives and Foreign Protestants... ..60 Candidates nominated, eight; ' Foreigners ,6. Natives.*, .3 As might tnbipecled, the nomination of such a ticket inlh'e Queen City has created much dissatisfaction among the members of thedem* ocra’lic party. The "foreign element" is most too strong to sail them. ■ > ! :

Same thing’’ to Rtrarmbcr.

■■ ’We deem it asetvice for which our friends will thank us, to direct attention to the amoz~ ing success attending the use of Hurley’s Sarsaparilla. Day . by day it increases in public favor, combatting disease of the most obstinate and inveterate character, and considered by. the faculty the safest, best and most purifying medicine that can be taken during spring and summer. Tbe cures effected in. this city and vicinity would, if narrated, seem to boider on the fabulous/lul numerous well authenticated certificates place the Imaller beyond question in Uie iniud.of any reader./ Call, at ihe store, procure a few-bottles, and do not fail to UEcil. — IjOuit'rilUCourier.

' ; - The City of Jeddo. | ■ /Every thing about the mysterious city of Jeddo, ot the dost nidi on of .which by an earthquake we were informed a-few days ago);is now of interest, It is tho residence of' the Emperorof Japan, and it is said to/lie as large'as London, It is situated op the Gulf ot Jeddo, on the southeast edast of the Island- of Kiphou, in lat. 35 deg, 40 min.,N., Ion. 139 deg. 40 min. E. LippencottV Gazetteer says: . The city is said to bo enclosed by a trench, and intersected by numerous canils and branches of a river, navigable Tor vessels of moderate burthen. It hat a fortified palace with very extensive grounds, many’noblo residences ornamented externally with sculptors and paintings, some large temples and other public edifices, and numerous conventional establishments; hnt its dwellings arc mostly wood, and it suffers frequently from destructive fires. The Imperial Library is said to contain 150,000 volumes.

THU HEWS,

Since our last issue, we have received ho news of importance. The arrivals from Europe bring nothing importing Doth houses of Congress are still in session, but-they* are doing nothing Worthy of note. -The ' House baa sent a committee of three to Kansas, to investigate tbe cause of ttm'difficulties in that Territory. They will no doubt have a happy time of iU . - . J V ■' {

(Kr The members - of ■ the. Americaa party, North and South, without reference to their differences oh- tho slavcry question, united on tho 26th in the House its defeating the previous question on the bilk regul a ting, suffrage i n‘ the ; District of. Columbia. This Juill is to set aside,the decision oft he judges of electionVthat naturaiized citizens,without reference to their antecedent residence; must reside'here oae year after tho date, of their nolnralizatioiv before they can vole,, The Americaua/ia the House , are contending Tor aclauso making the decisions ofiheJudgca law. -This is the. first' practical' J d ivisiM.ajTa question between the Kriow NbtMrigs’and' the opposition to;them in Ootigress. lhat has been;had since the’ oigamzatiom.i.i;* *

0ir It is a cnriona ‘ fact, tlmt Girard College tamed onj last year more lads to follow the buslnesaof printing than any other class..’ Nineieeh pupils have taken to the tyrfesi'and twelve'have become farmers. Tea; others choose to be chem* jets,and the remainder were distributed in mechanical avocations;'

Is Favor, of Filuiore,— The' Philadelphia Daily News/ hitherto not a pplitical paper, - places Fillmore and Donelson at the head of its columns, and remarks: ■ “Thus ; proclaiming our preference,'we know that we‘reflect the sentiment of an. overwhelming majority of the people of Philadelphia, and, 1 wo verily believe of Pennsylvania. ‘No man now living Jhas a,stronger hold on the affections’ and con? fidence of - the American people than Millard Fillmore and emme ntly doei his past career show that he'ii'deseryihg of . it.”::

President-making appears to be the question most agitated at Washington; and we presume tbit not ranch business wilt be transacted until after the Democratic and Republican nominations are made, if at all this session.

Box. James Bucdakas’s Opinion op Foreign Influence.-— Th e following is an extract from-an.oration delivered ; by the Hon. James Buchanan on the 4th of July, 1815, in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ,/ .//- .

APRIL ELECTION.

Next Monday is the day oi the Township elections. These elections should not be neglected—for it U impotlonl that good men be elected. In'another column will be found fLe names of good men, who will serve if elected, and we hope they will be.

TEMPERANCE CONTENTION.

"Above all, wo. oogbt to drive .from our shores foreign influence and cherish American feeling.; Foreign influence has been in cveiy age the corse of republics —its Jaundiced: eye has eveiythipg in false colors. -The thick.' atmosphere ;.pf prejudidee, by which it is ever snrroan:' ded, excludes from its sight' the light of reason." •

We hope there will bo a general attendance at Ml. Sterling, on next Saturday. Oar Temperance friends should be up and doing. jVbu is the htne.

Detkstios is w e&id to' be ’.'a' m living'.m' Omcidriali, wJio; : with''otherB, some ytare »go; : > sailed out.of St. Johns/in themontbof; March, in a vessel bound for the coast pf-Labrt' dor, oh a sealing vpyago, - Before reach* ihg the co&sl, arid when ahoot a hod red and fifty miles froth land; they; tni into the ice,- and were fast in it'foreixty days; during thrir long imprisonment in the ice field not a sail was to bo seen.

•/; Eight yearn ago on Thurshay last Eliot crossed. the NiagaraBiver,in a' gasket slungupona wire-rope carried across the,, river by the aid of a kite,; Frbm ! ilna single line of. wire has been thrbwnacross the gulfthrongh whichthe Niagara runs in its course ; tothe lake/ a snspehsioh bridge capable- of saslainiing the heaviest trains rnnningon'onr rttdwayii/-

ICT We learn lh*la Picsbylety of the N. S. Presbyterians wilt be held in this place this week, commencing to-day. Several ministers have arrived. Some 25 or 30 ate expected to be present during the meeting. This same body met here seven years ago.

Essuees a Weddixo. —Professor Rondout, of New York, may be called the Poor Parson’s Friend. He bos produced a deeply interesting work that will render marriages ns plentiful as blackberries in August. It is entitled ‘The Way to the Altar, or Matrimony make Easy,” and the secrets it unfolds ore of immense consequence to the whole human race. Tbe advertisement explains itself, hut we may add that its grand purpose is to show how anybody may win a lover! We dare not say more. The curious hook will speak for itself.

The Next Election!. — New Hampshire having led off the Presidential elections, will be followed by Connecticut on the first Monday of April, and Rhode Island the Wednesday ensuing. There are no other elections earlier than August, -

AST Two young ladies were singing a duet. ■ A stranger turned to. his neighbor saying, .‘Does not the lady in whitnsihg wretchedly?’ ■ ‘Excuse .me, sir,’ said he, T hardly feel at liberty to express mv sentiments; she mjny sister.* ‘1 beg your pardon, sir,* added the stranger in much confusion,' T mean the' lady in blue.’— ‘Yon are perfectly right there,’ replied the neighbor, T have often told her so myself; she is my wife.*

CJT Candidates wishing their names on the April election tickets, must arrange that matter with (he Printer—beforehand. Don’t you neglect (bis (to us) important matter.

p* We have received a copy of a speech delivered by Hon. James 0. Putnam at a Fillmote and Donelson ratification meeting in Rocnester, Ncw-York. It is an able document, well wotlh reading.

AST The anniversary of the Bible Be* vision Association will be held at Louisville, Ky.v on. Ajiril 10lh.*~ Ample provisions are to he made for’the accommodation of the delegates and members from a distance. Eminent speakers from various Slates will be present.

. S3T It has been beautifully said ."the veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of 'Mercy. 1 ’ Seek not to raise that veil, therefore, for sad* ness might bo seen to shade the brow which Fancy had arrayed in smiles of gladness.

O* We are indebted to Hons. 0. 0. Dunn and Will Cumback for favors. Also, to Hon. E. Joy Morris, of the Pennsylvania Legislature, for a report. -

(£y* The Indiana Stato Fair for the present year offer premiums to the amount of six thousand dollars, and competition is open to the whole world.

(£7- John Comstock, who has been employed as a watchman at the Jeffersonville (Ind.) penitentiary, was held to hail id the snm of five hundred dollars, on Tuesday lost, to answer a charge of permitting a convict to escape.

O’ We have received from J. Haven, Publishing Agent, New-York, a Map of Nicaiagua, North and Central America. Price 26 . i ■ cents.

gST Tha sun has made several revolutions without having a single spot on its disc. Such a circumstance has not occurred for at least forty years past.

Otr Hon. Z. Chandler, of Detroit, boa offered a premium of 95 per head for tbe first hundred men who wilt volunteer to go to Kansas to settle.

ICTWe direct attention to the advertisement of the Philadelphia Times, in another part of this piper. ■

03* Speculators are beginning -to crOsk about a failure of the wheat' crop! All nonsense, , • : : ; i ■ ■. ■

£T Jos PaiMiBo neatly an l cheaply done.