The Wilkes-Barre Advocate from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 2

el: Sicirs JXW jsWaisr raaf -Ds, Ho -JUDGE U'LEAV AND THE Wo 1 ta the gwtinri GtttUt eT a lu iii doeuwenu tnaamliicd to Coa- dya agij nI8 atiTof io Mexico, ba'f waj ed gr Irj aval) "ioeaaiou aloej) bia t4nnip-. r3f? fi LlJt'rf aj aUrge Keale. Tb awstsxim. isanj sy'si of Jobber ani pU vdar, wW tt thU oagbi ta II -bt last lyeek. Oa Wedoesday algkt, tha ahca of Uu John WK Lyadbi, ratKer ibe wWow sSsturs ware pried off, a pane of glass brokers, and some or 40 waKbes takendt, jUsw iV aaMraajsaejrsipa broVea opea, jaod some pos, ae othff rti cjea taWJ DWisg George vt.L-a 4HnrJr.ivrb aWasl Paaki Lea, 4 brothers, wbraiddia)tth Wilkes-Bar re, aad James Tlaeyi soa Peter Suwart, raes-denU of JaeksonTowaship- were arreslaa oa aaspto1MTU4avaisaa loepied by tha Lee's being searched, there ware foend 35 lad tbe (eUewieg letlar froea Jdn jjt by wbicl it wifl be seen that that sbeN rist regards tha war aa "sMesMeteseril eoeufKKli'' regard to Ita farther preeeeaOoa hi mends aseaaares wbiehf weald epea 4, i el the peeple to tba yarthnaUey hasped apoi taeiHy'thts'idiwiirVa semiasUoe of this miserable war, wu co, isure xeoote tats wheat the aWbU was stock, aa say juagaitat tt waai eeesarilyaBd arjconaUlationeJly coa, by marching par army into diapsted ry in the poasessioa ef Mexico.

Aad, I sy that Congress who anqaesiiooably have power, should pot ita red to the waxes ha ana nonoreoie pnoctptes. -eta After agreeing upon tba teirae oa' treaty sbosld be oiada, thay ahoali Call tea, the Executive by resolution to offer 1 'IZ to Mexiea upon that baais; sod dsriar negotiation hostilities sbosld he snipe oj If tbe President shall refuse to do thij, ii, appropriation bills, tba array skant he required to take ssch positions as shall en, ry out tbs views of Congress. Thess Ml, the Presidenf could not veto, and be wsuIJk, bound by their rcqairsraeata, sutW done by tha Hooae. I hope tbst Congress will veltise te iag, any mors trcssury hotel. The notes dean ded, in addition to those already In ireala, tion, would flood the country with tbst scrip tion of paper.

Such an emission vmU constitute a government bank; controlled sal managed by a party administration. We hait now fifteen milione of treasury notes ia cues, lition, and authority to issue' ra millian more. I would not, inorsase this eirsulttioi a dollar, but reduce it as rapidly as possible, Such a system would be incomparably dangerous to the public morals and tbe public libeny. than any other system of banking that could be devised. To meet any deficiency of the revenue 1, pay the current expenses of.

the war, wonU authorise loans at psr, paying not more thai six per cent interest, and if loans cannot hi made at this rate, let the administration report to a system of taxatnn, which shall eauss (hi people to frel the expense of Ibe war. All a should bs accompanied by a avstem of direct andinitrnil taxation. Nothing abort if this can shnw, in addition to the aaerifi. of" Lfe, what we ay for mill'sry glory. Thh was the policy in the better days of the repub lic.

The late war with England waa nobly sus tained by the people, not only in the field bit by the payment of taxes. And they will sustain every just war in wh'nh our country shall he involved. But I. risk nothing in eajinj hat an attempt to adopt such a system of tat- ation would wind np this Mexican war in sir. ly days.

And ibis shows that ll.e war shoill be pnl an end to. This may be Hone by Congress in ninety days, and I pray God that the; may do it. Iruly yours, Jon McI.kax. 1. A MYSTKH OUS CASK.

Some time in the beginning of last Sep tember, two men came to this place, representing themselves as the Sberiffarid hia Dtf uty from Milwankie, Wisconsin, with' a war rant from Gov. Shunk. made out upon! a re quisi'ion from the Governor nf Wisconsin, for the arrest of a German namedimon SJchweit-xer, charged (as ihey said) with the crime of forgery. Tbey arrested him snd confined him for several hours in onr County wbea they appeared before one ol onr' Avsoclate Judges and procured the proper authority to take him off- Mr. Sehweitxer had formerly been a resident of Easton, but went oat ts Wisconsin, remsined there some lime, conidrrabla land and -then re turned to this place.

freltttdtd Sheriff and his aid took him away the same afternoon and since then, nothing has been heard of him-Being a member of Fatherland Lodge of tbs OJd Fellows of this borough, a motion 'was mads to expel him from the order (r duct; hut milder councils and it committee wns appointed to enquire into the facts. This committee addressed a letter to Milwaukie Lodge, No. 9, ia Wisconsin, rev qaasting its officers to enquire into the facta ef the case. They did sn, and received a reply from Governor Dodge of tbst thsthe had never made sny requisition upon Cover- nor Shunk for said Sehweitxer, and that if he had beenarrested, it waa done without antbor. ity It is thus evident that Mr.

Schwoilser was not tsken by any real officers from Wisconsin, and the auspicious are strong that he has been foullv daalt with. Tha tnamkr nf Fatherland Lodge are making diligent, enqoi-, ry into this mysterious case, end if ths troth can bs obtai ned, they will saraly get at iU- u. c.i.-:. ii. ocnweiiaer was always considered a wor- thy snd respectable man, and was perfectly thnnder-struck afhis brrest, declaring hia tire innoRAni-ii nt tti i.

iIm1 nsaisTBATio er BrsTsr, Urivwa besot, for I eta at UmI else a tuT sHra- VX tuit which I hare (sit, aed which lutt -ma iA tall fM AAmllktnv ia IH-S www a story, recorded among lit fcngftsh" te- gaod, which may wit Ie, fir all, onies raj pnsiticn. For wkee(Ieember how joe way beva appeared in raw a -past tHnevaadbowI.na Aotfii, hsve ep- jafesewe JHli I'll pTeatviuv f.ww vi ij fariJbW UXh'd I ii ass I mw tiorTxjTrrrnii Ff (5 mrTt ell.ihaee eineasrtanoee tbUkaglTse Wfeni tM4jo tbaTlhere" was ia -rJejrleod pets' nsstw i.iies neroggras jwbeiheelie Wsathe eauW ertcfc ho tl.a (kml (MlM anno- Vni sfter. I do a4 kdoar-bet lp'p ss thst ss he was Ir'K" wing hoftO'lor, whet' he had heeo etfcrfabvinv ai overtook hitn and maJe him captive, without Stall eftAwloM ef the fLr While Wwiw ffitfs'tevmg ey we p-B'-" nk all hbrseTromthe cnrt and treated him A.WtikilftT6frracUia'rnn;e.r The M-Sfrfay? a hJ mule isme. way, in bat jWro.hr5l4in been under Jajtfcnir'faohonlmii? ha called to lie'tid reload Aristotle, "to r-osw out the easrsnssiatH1roseir 'Am I Giles Serr.fr. WwaflBlrioU-thatUthe qtieatinn.

If I K.airin thnrt' have lol a horso hav (LWh'er an! cheer.) in vno v. -i JtVrfttgatHha antecedents and sorts of the feel jsoirilhin ia the same tydYnVtliai l'whouiwi to be clM Ci'i'V -af4 rfifgtaYrtnld myself ia the "Mm. eilUlfov E-iglan'd Society, and hoar trSffiaaltb'bf Pops Pius IX. proponed by your respected chairman in terras so fl.it' teiing.and reeeied wtih so rnrieh nthusiam by yu all, iBi'ita fndeed enough to make me doubt tlie re'alfly of thin'sri as they present themseWea hef Tli tery fact of my bcinj here of itself avpeia? not lhl Aoil be cfistinjoished by audi en honor Yila traiv reaard it and aenpt it aa sue so. When yoo spcuk of your Pilgrim fitli- era end rocka and the Pilgrim lanuiug, yoa toioV upnn'tppica with which I deeply 'Vpo tf'eal it as a rnslier of tradition, wfile regard it a a nrn'wf.

aJ' exptrienee. impreisaS' on mjf memory, for I a pi I BrtlD'onVeae iieRnitaliie'shvea. Aid wtro 1 disposed convey to the pyveruiga roniiu inftriftation )6 enable him to form an idi-a ol thif country'i whicJi a country, I migiit tpli nlmie'bfairy'j'if ep might call cf a aij'i longer, snd fear.a oselasa plant, waf'Jjejd oLi iu(rootHer earth, carried by tl'6 wajesof i)e Atianticjo it 'toucfieV not a rock, Imt iha soil. In hich it toot rot and ocqajtfd, a piospeyoua hte, (Cbeera.) yht aingle eiicitrnstaiwa. sboma to me gWe him a letter idea of this coontry, pUsfobtering insiituliims, ita kind nd'oiliU 9la, and ol, the atenue which it orojeijty Jeela called upon ti etar Qoa a career of sll-advancBruiuit, kisM volumes wrjlten upon tlio suhjcni.

1 tha proprieties of st otcjsion, Otouoh 1 trust not, by indulging isire'rs of ijiBtpviat character which has ita tfrife andace. to trespass too long uponry'cnr'paiencei and to expreEs senli-inent winch has, sprung up in my l)eart during tha fesiiye'prpecdi'nns ol.this evening 1 bo aimplyld rVmarlt That Kew England is rot dtatijior'iushed as a country pf teit production according to tija terois.of polltioal economy. It produces granite, to be sure, of vvliich we -ftif "f't i't'' ji hare affnagpwtmncbefpte us nnd it produces iqe but there is Rtnopg us provl uctions which are still more honorable, and which lenders it more dtstingoiahed its teachers and allow 0(t9l1ri' ittMeliar of Schoolsyiifo'coneUnle wiih IliH Femi-' iht hunt thai gram SAoot-MsSt1- 1 Hiebop Vlujhes sat down amid lou sp- Th Great Cas." It will delirrlu many of renders ell iarbed ho hate been acquainted with the merits' of this case, which Jjrlhp Ipng period; of fourteen years bis bejjOfthe cfluru to learn that ttie Sn-preinejlortpfhe; tiiatej yestjarday afternoon decided unall peintt in favor of Mrt GainetfyT'B suit has been among the most important and intereatine ever before Ameri-can Courfe, Tit costs of the litigntion on the part of Mrs. Gaines alone cannul have been leae thtrts eighty er oinsty thousand dollars but the result involves many The bWluryWilre. (iiines, as we frather (t fiorh tWe record the case prepared tor the cse of lb Supreme Court ia full of the moat romantio and various incident.

She is a wo man of rem krk able abilities, de'cUion snd gen erosity, knil oT manners eingnlarly frank and engeginSJVParbap no woman in the country bas more) or warmer friends, snd if she has soy eeeirtJef'Slie' 'owes itti the' remarkable ooeiiion 4be baa ao long brcapted' as a de- trtaded Jid fnjiired heiress bl.bne of the' lar gest pstates'sn'thef Sbtitinent, bold by a' nu nierous HdJ powerful -Poafederacy, wbose bopesoi'tUphwer based upon her supposed friedlIoesvj ttd-pOTerty. -TbT Veteran 0. P. Giiriee'ls lbX1" second husband of Mrs. Gaines, Vfniie first bosband was a son of the Mats Gen? WbltrtejTof JJihghampton," rn' this Btate Vl' HMfl CaTcrHliitlTiiPWMJeB W'lhe Mary Jna PentaiilryAffer wiward 'of 300 for the sppreHWsin to" Albion flood, ho" escaped fronf ilte insuluiibft the ltb Inst He ts dcirihed as brintrabTjutt? years of age with ligUladSiura )tiir, ilr? ompleaion; atirJ grry ejee ii is 6 fctiinoies biar, has tWzi He a i eUXzaiaeii, p4 ddress, bad I 7c Villi, to whew ths warid is indebted1 if ay Msfesenesa, Ibr tha disss very ihe ef iabaliag athesT asrgicsj eases, aad of the tepated imsemeal ia tab-eutsrtiagehlofolbTfa, soars it aad aaicide, hi tha Tembs La New York, a fear days siaee.

Ha fall a vietiaa, mm deabl ta bia a discovery. Itaeems'ha4titk1eaU lha Isba of ia. haling athaav toe ita eabiUaratio cfTeeta. aad no dosbt to an extent lit had weakened bia ami ad. Cade ita kfleeaoe ha threw vitriol asraoou ftrti atlwlt, vns arraataa; aad locked tpv a eelj bhaled bWooa aVai fltaltt, rasov, severed an irtWy.

W'hti'hu aall vat tMtaal next ajoroiaf ha was Wad a corpse, having bled Poo? atss all tba eirrnmstan-eea sbow conel asively that ha waa not of sane mir-d, ftie anoet siagalsr ease. Dr. W. reputed to hsva atood high in society, both aa aeilixeo and nan of science. He was fast acqeiring notoriety, As lnsiitotion in Paris had recently voted hint the highest premium, 30,000 francs, for his discovery of the Lethe-sn, as it is called, the news of which he had received bat a faw days before tbe commission of therein act.

His and, it seeming so evident, tbst bia mind was weakened by inhaling ether, will doubtless lead to farther experiments, and investigation of tha propriety of 'la use, ia tba way devised by bian. Hs has lft a wife and child, and numerouaother highly respectable eoanections to deplore bis end. In a statement ba wrote in prison, be attrib-oted the commission of the improprieties with which be was charged, so far as true, to i is being at lbs lima under tbe influence of chloroform and his intention to destroy his life to the fact that he believed he wss ruined, and would become a maniac if life continued. Bank Failurxs. Two mora failures New York free banks are noticed.

The New York Tribune says, "the State Bank at San-gertics and the Bank of Cayuga Lake suspended redemplione. These are free banks, and the circulation, which has been reduced lo $50,000 each, is secured entirely by New Yo Slocks. Thera cannot be much loss to the bill-holders, who wait redemption from the Controllers office. The general opinion smong tho uncurrem money brokers is that these are the taut failures which will lake place." Pkacx. Rumor aays, ami occasionally, very positively, that the basis of a treaty ol peace has been agreed upon between Trist and the Mexican authorities, with the concurrence of Gen.

Scott. One rumor says a copy has been received at Washington. The Union says that. Mr. Trial has no authority to act that no official announcement has been made of any treaty.

Ths CaKtested Meat, The Legislature, after examining the tick ets polled in Carbondale and Ross, drcided that Mr. Gcfi is entitled to a seat. Mtstkriooi Svicidc A young man of prepossessing appearance, says the N.Y.Her-ald committed suicide at six o'clock, on Sunday evening of last week, by jumping over board from one of the ferry boats for Jersey City. Every effort wns made to rescue him, but all proved vain, he having sniik aa soon as he jumped over. He had been seen near tha coal-box for some minutes before the commission of the fatal act, end it is supposed filled his pockets with coal, that he might at once go to the bottom of the river.

Immedi ately before jumping over, he handed a note to Mr, J. P. Reese, of Philadelphia, who was on the boat at the time. The following is a verbatim copy of tbe note "the cause nf this craell Death of Mire is Best Known to "My Relations When they see this ia Print, farewell to this World. Please Deliver this to the Herald office.

BASKORI)." His name is supposed to be Uaaford, from the faut that he affixed that name lo ihe note. There is some mystery connected with tbis unfortunate affair, but what we are unable to eay. We give the facts just as we received ihem. Hsnkt Clat. Including Mr.

Winthrop, thera have been eighteen Speakers of the House of Representatives since the adoption of the U. S. Constitution; and of these, Mr. Clay has presided in Congreess ten years, having been six times chosen Speaker, first, in 1811, next in 1813, again in 1815, 1817 and 181,9, and last in 1823 to 4th of March, 1825 No man living has a more intimate knowl edge of our political system, politicians and people, than Henry Clay; not even Mr. Ad.

ams himself. Mr. 'Clay was speaker daring the last wsr, until hs waa sent to Ghent to negotiate a treaty nf peace with England, and a more fearless advocate of American rights never sat in Congress. 8alt Spsiito We have been informed tbst a Salt spring has bean discovered on tha land of Keuoen John, in Roaringcreeb Town ship, Columbia county, about eleven milea front Bloomsburg. Tba water bas been tested by several persons and produces pure salt.

Ths water forces itself out through I rock in a hundred places, and risea op in spouts in very small streams several inches high. It ia believed that if a hole waa bored down thro' tbe took it would flow oat in fountains and be very productive. Would it not be well for capitalists to pay tome attention to it Bloom kwg Demoexat. New Kind if MenurtK German in jW ing testimony on Monday, ia lbs Common Pleat, aa relates to the gold penoil-caie anit, ssys ths New York Express, was asked how large lha money drawer wss in which Mrs. Fila was said id hate put the pencil-caaa found by the child.

After some little hesitation, he spread bia lee, apart, as if to ahow ths length, and finally aald he thought it was "about i six Snd Aajriong." Bat finding ths tedl-oeeca laughing, be reeeeteJdwred, aad laid a feet ad fr-hslf, Santa Ainiia, pietle ib found I It 1 AtKlt and CmMoDoif i If Santa Anna erxlaavora to enter the ports, yea will allow biia to pass ireely. jummsw tf em pix'rTjnvT 0. Commanding I oms Sqeadroa. Com. Connor's letter stHsoonring the retara of Santa Anna Motive is also given.

bare allowed ba to says the Commo dore, 'without molestation or even speaking the ressul, as I ws iafotmed by the seai'w Knglialt naval officer beie, Captain Lambert, aba carried no cargo, and would not be allowed to lake; any rttttiia, I eoold eaily have bearded the Arab, but 1 deemed it most fnp er ao't to de so, allowing it to appear as it tie entered without my concurrence, it is now quiln certain the whole country that th garrisons of every town and for.reas bavedt dared in his favor." It is a little remarkable that the same batch ol documents communicating to Congress li fact that a Tree mhnietion into Mexico was granted to Santa Anon, should also contain oflit-ial letters of ssvero remonstrance to th-lir'uUb government b-jcause ef the ronveyanee of i'ascots l' Yen Crez cf board a DriUh steamer. The dismissal of the Dritif-b captain is demanded yet Santa Anna was on-vejed to Vera Crua on hoard a British steadier "If it was right in Mr. Polk," say the Riehmond Whig, 'to demand the pun'sh-cneut of Miy, for per.nittinj Parede to return direct to Mexico, (Parades wlio has evidently ni lonjcr any inflnncce at home.) what oulit the American peiple lo with Mr. Polk himself, who gave a free "paw" to Sar.ta Ar.na, to whose energy teal and talent we owe all the bloody battles that hav been fought since his return from exile?" have referred lo the official acknowledg ment ol Santa Anna's permitted return to Mexico for Ihe purpose of connecting with it soni? pointed and pertinent comments by a distinguished Senator, Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, who (poke on the subject some Oys ego, thue Al-iny far ago, tiiere was a certain personage In our of Texaa then a provinee claimed by Mexico by the name of Don An-tonia Lopez de Santa Anna.

He met some American troops if I recollect the history of times gr ne by at a certain place called Goliad, and induced Idem to surrender to him under the promise that they would be fairly and honoiahly traatcd a prisoners of war. He took out every one of thera, the next day, and shot them one by one, deliberately in cold. blood He violated a ffblemn pledge before God und and bloody ruffian murderous villain as he is, slew hundreds ofmy countrymen, after pledging bis bon.rr to give them quarter. At another time this same Dun 'An-toni'i Ij ipex de Santa Anna massacred son. 6.

hundreds more of our countrymen at a place call-d the Alamo. These things are fresh in the recollection cf every American. There is pot an honest Anieiican heart that did Hburn wiih indignation against this ferocious rnflian on account of these airoeious Well, air. when this war was declared in 'May, 1810, the President of the United States the heatl the Administration and of 'the Executive Government gave this same Santa Anna, with all his titles, a free pass through the A- meriean fleet into Mexico 'Mr, Johnson of Maryland, (in his seat.) On the same day on which the war was de clared. "Mr.

Clayton. On the very day, as my honorable friend remarks on which the war was declnred, the President of the United Slates issued his order to let pass the perjured assassin without let or hindrance into Mexico-This, sir, is ore of those points on which I desire to see the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs ao easily repel iho attack which he has invited. I am bound, sir, to hold np the conduct of the 'resident, in this instance not only to the Senate but to the American People and 1 ask the champion of the Administration, or any gentleman on the oil er side of the chamber, to demonstrate to us Ihe ease with which he can repel the charge of misconduct, on (he pait of the President of the United Stales, in admitting that murderous ruffian into Mexico. What sir, have been the consequences of that actl Why, let me, in reply, tnke up a newspaper which is good authority with my honertthle friends on the other side. In the "Union" of this morning I find the following paragraph We have received a file of the "North A-merican," printed in the city of Mexico, from the 3d of November to the 7th of December.

We find the following in the "Amorican" of the last named date. It has dlrendy appoared In the New Oileans paper. "Onc Mors. Senors Cuevss, Atriatain, and Couto. the Mexican peace Cnmmiesion-ers, are etiil in the city, hut of course can effect nothing.

It is now said that they will not go to Washington Belong a Santa Anna is in the country. The Government dars net even pay their expenses; nor would the com missioners rlare go lo there and make a trentv: for the Napoleon of the ftnt nny turnup again some and then President-A naya end the eommissloners -would be shot. Oh, what a deplorable condition have tbis people reoucee ineroseivea io "1 ask, would not the ejaculation have been more, appropriate "Oh, to what a de plorable condition has the President of the United States reduced this people and his own country Upon his head, sir, and no other mast the sin rest, and if the honorable gentleman on the other aide of the chamber haa Ingenuity enough to extricate the Presi dnt from this position, lie shall Indeed be in all fiats! hereafter mr Magnus Apollo If ha ean point out sny rood ot salvation (or the President Trom this chsr'g'si tt fill reflect in i ii iff 'I units nonor on me character ss sn "This saoi'e Dob Antonio Lope de b'snta Ann, wbe mnHered at ofMazioaM lb at Mbr maa ft at Opre Gorde at Coetreras striooraiOS eo at Motiao del Hey at CbapullTe 4I at tkm eirv of Mexiea. If foecbt till was drrrsar-rBa Jhr. taibiU tha tn where be aow rnaaiita with bia- rvertllss, ready to awrdar tha fraosr stoiwaiMoaerav bis own ooantry if.

they sbeId dre to- srwsit wirtt 8utb Is the mia' wbota 'the fresi. deu't of tle United fi ales inttodseed iuM Uian country, sad mis tna siau taiagp vs which the American pe p4e bavebeea baegbt by Ihe conduct of the i Uneronii Counrrrfcif; One of the most ingenious esnterrit wa have ever seen bas just, beea dissovertdl Ii purports to be a qoatlCi eagle of the NewOr Usns Mint, dated 1843. Ilia of full weigh1 and goi-d color, and wss proa ones genuine, by the beet jedges of specie io Wall-st. It wns sent to lbs Philadelphia Mint for examination, and af'er being subjected to ths usual tests it was there also pronounced a genuine quarter eagle. Exposed to powerful microscope, not ibe slightest differenes eoald di-covertd between it and a genuine quarter coin from the New O'leane Mint, excepting that the edge was slightly more rounded whicb aiight be occasioned by wear.

Upcn being an into, however, it was discovered to ho a mere (hell of gold, the interior being filled with silver. The gold was wnrth leaving a good profit to the maker. Suspicion was eXi-lt'd in regard to this piece by its ring. whirh was peculiar; but other quarter eagles which were genuine, were found to possess the same peculiarity. So perfect a fat tittle is this counterfeit that it would srera that there is no safety in receiving gold coin unleea nach piece is tried with the file all other testa fail against this fraud.

Wa understand that a half eagle nf the same character has been received at tha Philadelphia Mini from the N. Orleans Mint, and that eaglea have been detected wl ii-h have been iwcaled so as to be woith but $9. The discovery of the above oounterfeits lias created a considerable excite. ment'amnng the banks snd specie dealers, no one knows how much of the false coin ia stowed nwav in his bass. The Locofocos have made a strong argument against Dank notes, that the loss is large by counteifeita but here is their favorite panacea for all evils so simulated that Col.

Ajax lienton himself. with his pjise lull of yellow gold, culd not it'll within 50 per how much money lis carried. Now how came these false coins to resem ble those ftom the New Orleans Mint so close ly that with the microscope not the slightest difference can be distinguished 1 Is it possible tlrat they are passed through the dies ot that Mint 1 We think it behoves Mr. Secretary Walker to bestir himself end discover, if possible, whst ingenious knave it is, who is thus usurping the prerogative of Government. Whoever it may be, he certainly enjoys some very remarkable facilities, and his discovery might at this crisis, relieve the Secretary of his present annoying embarassmcnt as to the ways and means of raising more funds for the Mexican Vortex.

Tribune lb call or Gsn. Scott. In reply to a question asked by Senator Crittenden, Gen. Cass said tlint Maj. Gen.

Scott had been suspended from the command of the army, that Gen. Butler was now the senior officer, and i that Gen. Worth had been relieved from arrest. Mr. Crittenden expressed his astonishment and regret at the course pursued in this matter, and well indeed he might.

The suspension of Scott is, under all tha circumstances, a bold and unblushing outrage. So improbable waa such a step deemed, that when the first rumors rpa bed ua, we treated them with otter indifference believed they were not entitled to a moment's consideration. Mr. Polk, we argued, cannot be so blind, so bigoted, so mad. Scott was Insulted and out raged by the Administration before he went to Mexico; and now, having covered himself with glory, having achieved victory after vio- lory, cool, deliberate and malignant effort is made by the authorities at Washington to dis.

nonor him. Numerous as ars the blunders that have been committed by the Administration since (he war with Mexico was commen ced, this (suspension of Scott may be regarded as the folly. Its only effect Will be, to warm the hearts of the people towards him. Pa, Itwuirer. 1 Ths Reduction is the Psice or Iroh In England, news of which was received by the late arrivalswill undoubtedly operate injuri ously on the Iron interests of ihis.coontry un der the present low Tariff.

We learn that rail-road iron has been offered by the English sgents in the Atlantic cities at from $50 to $53 per ton, delivered, and other iron in proportion Large orders have been sent oat already by the last steamers, and we will no, no doubt, very soon reap the benefits ol' that admirable British Tariff of 1846. Several rolling mills and iron establlsmenls in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia and vi. cinity, have stopped operations or are about doing ao and we fear tha worst for our own immediate neighborhood, which so entirely depends upon trie successful state of tha iron trade Danville Dtm. From sr. DoMwoir An srrival at Ntw Yotk, from St, Domingo, brings, dates up to the first of ths present month.

It seems thai a plot had been discovered, beaded by the Prime Minister, to destroy sll tha whiles ia that part of ihs Island. The Prima Minister, ths General in-Chief, and two other officers, bad been shot a few days previous to tba sail. in of the Mary EJIen. Thirty others -of tba eonsptntorVwere; confined in tha casUe, who, tt Was wooU) also ba shot lap tba course the next week. The euthorhlea wessaspv-sliirf sa attach frsra 1 Cffi sVILEESARRE ADVOCATE fi SNASfr Bk.

Ltwia, SDITOS, -r e. a. uViisor.fAssrrrasr. uu mmtY or i it-, AQfiVQTw.i. H.

PALMKFt, aathorixed tose as Aient for the Wilics-Barss Aovocats and receipt' alii monies for Subscription and Advertinog.atbjssenetes.la fhtiadeipnia, ixo-oa, fine street. New York ICO, Nassau street. Boston, 16, Statestreet. Haltimore.S. R.

eer. Bait. Calvert st. Merchants. Mechanics and Tradesmen, eea- erally, may extend their business ly availing nemseires or the opportunities tor advertising rhicb hisageney affords.

We have just pal up sn additional Press Wiib.ossr former-varlely of FcT Jos Trrit and tin jtterial lactiTitly added, we sis prepared to do )a Won with neitnera snd deepalrh. Coanry affaire. In this paper will be found the Commission. cri sfateaicnt of ths Receipts and Expenditures of Luzerne Anyone who will com pare ft with the statement published in 1844, will discover how much better is the financial condition of the county. They will discover too, a decided improvement in the statement itsolf.

Every thjng is published out boldly nothing for extras, dec, clubbed and hid witb other items. Having exposed and censured the mode of doing business, we should be recreant to duty, iA we not commend when commendation is so richly, County orders daring the latter part ot the last year have been made as good as gold, and the Treasury is amply supplied. It is true trio Agents of the county have had the income of heavy Taxes with which lo replenish the Treasury and it is also true, that they have been vigilant and active in collecting old outstanding debts, and as the statement will show, in managing the county affairs, dis creetly and economically. The whole indi cates integrity of purpose and action, as well ns vigiance and industry on Ihe part cf all concerned ia the management of the affairs represented in the statement. Less we can- pot say, having censured when there was cause for it.

Beduc tion of Taxes. The commissioners have decided on redu cing the rats of county Taxes, in I.nzeme, one third. They were hesitating whether to re duce it one half, when onr Jail was so filled with prisoners, as to startle one with the threatened increase, of county expenses. Ws believe (Vy concluded that it wonlJ be better not toTeJtice the rale so much at once, but put it for. Ihe present year, high enough, to without doubt, a continuance of the present favqrable financial condition of the county.

Cdunty Taxes however will be con siderably Jo.wer than they have been for Ihe last few years. Whbj National fonveutlon. It is nptajjjtle surprising that a few of the Whig papers are averse to bolding a National Convention 19 nominate Whig candidates for President and: Vice President. Bv a Nation al Conventions the only way to act by concert and aeuasel of the'Whigs i the Union and certainly surest wgry lo secure harmo- i rti iv nj mm uiifvii i aciijun me coniesi. me last National Convention recommended the holding one iin.

1848, ita Philadelphia. We see no eo goof way, as (or, the districts to elect Delegates, ajfreealwy with that recommends- tion. l' Merchants. Attention is -asked to the advertisement of Conrad Roberts, Hardware I.uporters, in the City of Philadelphia. Having some knowledge of the character of these men, wo can most heartily commend their house to our Mercantile friends.

Many Merchants in this section now deal with them, and have for years. They have the faculty of retaining their customers Ahe secret of doing which can be readily imagined by dealers, snd is of iuelf just euob a TeeofnmendHtion, as country mer chants want of Ji city dealer. The secret lies in meir iningruy, innir aipomion to oblige, their reasonable prices, and their csre in fur nishing good tliales. Try thera onne, and you'll ba sure to try them again. Tha Ycnnx People's Mirror, This is ol a paper, in convenient form for preservation, just started in New York.

It is published by E. Walker. It is embellished with various cuts, snd its col amns ladened with instructive and intereating Price, per year, or five aopiea for $5,00. 1 Lo.J ths Poor African," CavacH Bcrscd. The colored peoples' meeting Elkton.

Md. was burnt down on Saturday last. Some scamp set it on firs it is supposed, as thera bad beea no fire in or near it fora is the second time this Church tssbeen'destroyed by sn loceodi ay. ifraall. Pox.

I -h'i i Thera have beea soma eases of Small Pox, near. Carbondsls soma eases in Maoeh Chank, and a number Otpisee (a Sobsylkill caaaty. Parents every where should be prompt ia their iseoarsa to ptwuionsry wsare. asasi HJ Wa'cbes. a nnmber of Pistols, articles of Spooee, ksirea, Door Latoiies, Powder flasks ani bsllets, and a naraber ot oiber articles, including several Arys.

One item, not to ba that indicated pretty clearly the appetite bad bees consulted, a a pait. of a barrel of salted chickens, also a. large quantity of Honey. Tha' persons arrestsd were taken before Justice who after an examination, committed them for trial. Tba Watches were identified ss having been taken from the shop of Mr.Lynde.

Seme of the aiticles, together with 3 guns subsequently found near this same premises, were dtntified as having been stolen from the shop, of Page snd Some of the articles were identified as the proper of Mr.C. Gslts, whose 'shop bsd been broken open a few nights before, and some of them sa belonging to Mr. D. Meyers, and others to Mr. J.

Coons. I Next day, Daniel Cross, and Mlchasl Lee, (father hf.the four Lee's first arrested,) residents ol Jackson Township, were arrssted. Search being made, there were found on their premises, Shirts, Hats, Ladies' clothirg and caps, table covers, towels, boots, books, one watch, a quantity of Honey, and some other articles. Thess two men were taken before Justine Bulkley, who. after examination, committed them for trial.

We doubt not these men are part, and perhaps the greater part, of a gang of creatures who have carried on, lor months, a system of robbery, without a parallel in the country. Escaping detection, hitherto, they bad become bold in their depredations, and were only dis covered when they bad accumulated so much plunder that it was difficult to hide it it al most stuck out to public gaxe. Now thai these men have been arrested, and these facts come lo light, and with ihe disposition generally felt to be on the alert, we doubt not com munity will be more secure against the mid night robber, i Much praise is due Charles Westfield, H. Dennis, Wro. Ewing, F.

Horlon, G. Tuck er and others, through whose exertions these men were arretted and the pioperty found. The most nefarious act, connected with the robbery of Wednesday night, was an attempt to set fire to the shop of Marsh and Page, near the corner of river and Market streets The indications that such an attempt had been made were so clear as to leave little room for doubt. On the floor of the. shop was found, on Thursday morning, a piece of a candle which evidently had een left burning, standing upright.

Near it were several powder horns, in soma of which there was a Ii title powder. Some powder and tow was also strewn upon the floor close by the candle. The candle was partly melted away, and had fallen into tbe melted grease. Near this spot lay a po vder horn, with the bottom out. It seemed from appearances that the ignition of powder in the horn, had forced the bottom, and quite probable that the explosion blew out Ihe candle.

Thus il seems that a providential circumstance prevented a most disastrous fire. It is possible the thieves may have put ont the light before they left, but the appearances indicated a probability that they did not. If the design was to set fire lo that part of town, it must have been for plunder with more oase. Fo'tunate however, we think it was that they attempted to file the building, as it fumed ont; for the building did not burn, there was no destruction, and to the citcumslsnce we think n. ay be attributed the arrest of the gang.

Un 1 hursday morning we weie asked by Mr. Page to look at Ibe appearance or matters, on ths floor. We went in, in company with Mr.Jacob Kutz, and while wa three, were closely examining appearances, some one passed, who looked in, and whose gaxe Mr. Kutz observed. In an instant Mr.

Kntt exclaimed, in aubstance, as he hurried to the door, "did you see that man's look, as his eyes fell on us that is one of the Lett, and from his look, as ke past his eye in, I believe he is the very man, that committed this rob. bery." Kut seemed set in his notion, and oft" he went, wa presume breathing hissuspi. cions to others, Soon wa hesid the Lees were and some of the property taken from tbo shop, with other property, found, Tbas ws believe, to the circumstances of the eagle-eyed Mr Kuts, looking at tbe indications that an attempt had been made to set the building on fire, and catching the eye of one of tha Lees, while so looking, may be attributed tha discovery of the gang. A few days previous a little girl of Mr. Kuia' found under a pile of slabs, a pillow case pretty well filled with pistols, wstch chsins, beads fcc.

snd he had sharpened hia vision a little, by heing on the look out. These srtioles proved to have been stolen from Mr. Celts, soma of property was found on the premises of the Lees. Wa advise all thieves for their own safsty, to keep ss far from him, aa they well ean, and to leave ss soon ss they see him and WVetheld together. What an apparently trifling, aad, yet provl.

dentist circumstance, often leads to tba detee. lion ol villains' Stim. Tt Tr tbs tls I4ib (i Ibs91d af tha preseat month, t4l0 "Iroral. grants bars arrived at tba part af New Yorbi MAsauext. A bitl for the regiatrallon of, biithi, deaths and' b''aeiW'lii 1 Bute Legislature, snd we hope will passythar '1 body.

The eiUsens of the SlaW ire deeply ease, and a law, such ai baa been reoommea- i ded by the Medical Convention, would give, much light upon tha subjects of hereditary maladln id IIVKIUI.OI I seasons, atmosphsrio changns, habits, aoeapa' tiona, age, aex, race, eensanmilaltv. enJmle' and epidemic agencies, and ba ths data npes) which better sanitary regulations could bsv, lounded, which would lend te the removal el particular causes of disease and tbs preserve i tion of human life. A Lerr Rim M. v.t. Bold, Ad wi(s-e for a loot sisur, Mary I.

to. who left unn uarra. i r.sw wsi sa nisButn asasT MJ H.j i-robablr sarefes, rbjlateldi,.