The Adams Sentinel from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • Page 2

iArrirtl of the Erabasir at I A GENERAL ADVERTISER. li- fo. Titnali; arrived'ou of March fioiu brings the Ja of twi) piincipa Princes iJl tue highest rank nk e. nobility theenipiie, and two who a nobles nearly equal 7 jfour are, of the Emperor's They by a suite of Among them are three 'and, fifty-two suboidinates-- -Awaking seventy-two iirall. driived at Honolulu Harch ath, and remained there till tha iSth.

v'-l he were there received with Private hospitalities extended on every hand, and the "court at the palace 4 IVt 4 I rtt. blj distinguished for- welcomed "them Jn appropriate also entertained at a grand'ball given by the of the Pow" haUnj expressing 3 great "delight at thc gay aud novel scene. X' bring to defray their personal expenses, although the at the'sole expense of the'Uuited sr "were given the best quai ters Povrhatan during the voyage, and arrived good health aud highly pleai- CETTYfiBURO XffONDAT, 23, 1860. CANDIDATE FOR OOVERNOn, ANDEEW G. CUBTIN, Of Centre County.

le chief- dignitaries are magnificently dressed in embroidered silk robes, each wearing a sword have conducted themselves with great 'dignity and propriety." If he Japanese Ambassadors visited San Francisco on the, 31st ult, and Have the honored guests of the city ever 11 -Tvventy thousand dollars has been apprdpriate'd from the city Tieasurv to provide for them suitable entertainment. All wtliejCorgOratiou the members of the Legislature, the Governor and citizens generally, 'have- paid their in person, on the 2d a grand public reception "was given the strangers at the largest Mil in the city, where the United States officers, both civil and militaiy, with the and Sttte authorities, par- Jieipated in the reception ceiemonies. Japanese carry an immense amount -including many boxes of presents for the United States Goveinment -They are so well pleased with the Powhatan that they express their wish to have 'her detained at Panama to convey them hick to Japan on their return from the States. They purpose spending about i'month on the Atlantic side, although their time is not limited. The Slate Capital SPCIUS permanently located at Sacramento, $100.000 having been appropriated for-thp commencement of a Capitol building, which is to cost, when completed, 8500,000.

Fire in the Jersey Pines. JFEABFUi Mount Holly Mirror of the 5th mst, says: A fire was ragSBg-ih the Pines, in tliib county, last week, to a fearful extent, and, of couise, doing great damage. It started on Wednesday at Garotitown, half way between Red Lion and friendship. Its couise was across to Ex-Sheriff Dubbins' tract, at Retreat, from there toBuir's Mill, towards the vicinity of which place it was burning on Friday. The extent of its Compiler has another "flourish of trumpets," about the Election of Judge Wisconsin--telling those of his readers vho are gullible, that the Democrats have elected their candidate "by at least 5,000 majority," whilst the Republican majority ast year was 3,950.

Now the fucti are, hat the Judge elected was supported as a "conservati ve' candidate by Whigs, Americans', moderate Bepublicans and Democrats. Why don't our neighbor up street sometimes try and tell the (ruth The Gas Works. We arc gratified to see that the contractor for this important work is pushing forward the enterprise with great streets are pretty well already and a considerable amount of main pipe laid. Seveial of our citizens have already the pipe taken into their houses, icady for the "gas." The gas-house is underway, and the whole affair will be ai ranged during the summer months. Doiugs of the Court On Monday of last week," the usual bus! ness ineideut to the opening of tlie Court took place.

But one trial took place in the Common Pleas, on that day and the follow, ing, which Was as follows Daniel Lnshelt vs. IJonry AVauts. Appeal Justice of the Pssce, on claim for balance due for work and labor for Plff. for 830 75 and cost. QUAKER SESSIONS.

John and Batteiy. Indictment ignored, and prosecutor, Samuel Sheets, ordered to pay costs. Com. vs. Adam for removing a line-tree.

Veidict, Guilty. Motion iu arrest of judgment and for a new trial filed by Defendant's counsel. Com. vs. John Hildebrand.

Indicted for Mayhenij in causing the destruction of one of the eyes of Reuben Stahl. Veidict Not Guilty. Defendant was bound over to answer at August term the charge of Assault and Battery with intent to kill, growing out of the same difficulty Com. vs. Jacob Stovei and Henry Craig.

Indictment for malicious mischief. Stover sentenced to three months imprisonment aud Craig to six. Com. vs. Lewis and Jacob Shocking' Death.

We are pained to learu of the suddeu and distressing dcathjj' Mr. WM. sou of Mr. JOHN SENDER, of Moaallen township, which occurred on Friday week. He had started in thc morning for the neighborhood of Papertowu, iu Cumberland county, for a load of lime, a team of four horses.

Before arriving there he was met by several boys, who requested permission to ride on the wagon. He consented, on condition that they remained quiet, as liis horses would not stand any noise. No sooner were they on the wagon, than they commenced whooping aud hallooing, when the hoises ran off, aud Bender was in ome way thrown under wheels passing over him. the wagou, the This was about o'clock iu thc morning, and by half-past o'clock he was a corpse. His remains verc brought home on Saturday, and in- teried on the 15th, at Bender's Mr.

Bender was one of the most Thankl VOMMMATCD. solution, passed unanimously at the last next time for regular meeting of the Liumeau Society of tlie School Directors iu the County to choose Pennsylvania College; on Saturday 14th County Superintendent of Common April, 1860 Schools, allow me to recommend favorably to their notice Dr. DAVID CAUL, of York Jttsolved, That the thanks of the Lin- VIn Society be sincerely proffered to those AV1D AR1 or kind friends who recently, furnishin nn 8 I( hav been engaged iu the kind teams friends who recently, by furnishing nn 8 I( hav been engaged iu the tools, and tan, without charge, have Counties of York, Cumberland and Adams aterially assisted us in repariug the as a practical Teacher of Common Schools so materially walk meeting continued aud beautifying the College "Cam( upwards of sixteen years aud having had the best opportunity of witnessing his method of teaching, I can cheerfully bear testimony to his qualifications, together with other abilities at his command, which eminently fit him for this important position Com. J. W.

ROTH, D. lj. TRESSLER, J. B. Fox, 3 Communicated.

Emm.itsbu.rg. While spending a few duys in the pleasant town of Emmitsburg last week, I was very much inteiestedin a Female Piimary School Exhibition held in that place. The tastefully-decorated schoolroom, and beauty FRIEND OF EDUCATION. COMMD.V1CATBU. Clerk oCthe Courts.

MR. EDITOR Among the important young men in that community, aud his un timely death is deplored by all who enjoyed his Compiler. Ilmich of the young ladies made a deep impression offices to be filled next faHig that of Clerk- estimable upon my susceptible bachelor lieait. Inn 0 i deed such a feast 1 have not enjoyed for I UI a res ouslble many a year. I Jiijoyed for was carried back asrain to the days, of my boyhood when I was 'a participant in just such gay scenes.

The es- bill to suppress polygamy in Utah passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 147 to 60 nays. This is allowing! the peopleof a Territory like.those of a SfdlbTn spoke of the Past, Present and i In her case Burglary. A most daring burglary was committed in this place on last Satuiday night. The house of Mr. JAMES PIERCY, in Baltimore street, was entered some time during the a small in a lower room, in which he kept his papers and money, was taken out into the alley, broken open, and robbed of the money it contained (about! Thc papers undistuibed Craig.

Indictment for Larceny of trunk tat to regulate their fo OT institutions ETTIJJ" told us a sad "RemiuiV-ence'of nf in tVin nion nf HIV 116816. 1 llfi fillo-h f. Ml inrSttnnee nT of acquittal in the case of Nathan Lewis, and conviction of Jacob Craig. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. All the applications for Tavern Licenses, us, advertised, were granted.

COMMON PLKAS. John B. Hoffman vs. Executor of David Diehl. Action for Debt.

Verdict for Defendant. my heart. in the Temtoues, has it not the same right TO ice Jieu deied the reader to abolish slaveiy? Where is squatter i sovereignty when you come to cairy it into practice It is one of the grandest hum- heard All parties must repudiate it. WASHINGTON, April very uminous report of correspondence between our government and that of the German The slight hoarseness of her doubly inteiest- Miss '-CLARA," in au "Apostiophe to the Moon," sp-fce of a '-scene of Maiden and Lover. us captive i ty, Miss Midnight Musinog vol Heridcas were beautiful and full of depth 1 I VIL een Uialo ues Vocal and Instrumental Uusc TM TMd ourselves inadequate to and a matter of great importance to the public to have placed iu it a man fully competent to discharge the duties of thc- With a view to this, and with a to see a stiong man placed upon the ticket--one who could command the eutiie vote of the People's Party, and at the same time bring to his support a host of honest democrats--allow me to recommend Mr.

JOHN M. WOLF, of Berwick Boiough, C. GIUKW, said he had succ best by manuring heavily. A elo sod ploughed down, scored out shallow covet ed he seed by passing shovel plou cachMde of the harrowed wise when coming np cultivate during early growth and gradually W0 7kej the soil up to the row whole and cut. Could improved the variety, Vl small seed they would in Si, the in Co I of PRESIDENT said he had met with ftr nier, formerly a resident of tl is now living in Somerse.

county turned his attention to he takes com stubble, scores out two feet by three toes 2 eyes to a iece an manures oes to a hill an -leeteS for that post. YORK SPRINGS. -enough Iouat)I lor the 5n States, concerning the riehts of our natural- 4 PC who has ch 'ge of the cifuenh to i i th Ju strulueQtal ocal a cer- cifuenh to visit the phwcs of their Iiath lfc was made to the Senate to-dav down the general cloct'rine de rves the praise, as well as TT nure already amounted to about one hun- Housckeepers had better be on their guard, dred and sixty thousand dollars, of. which his life. It Pence" contributions nncc ttn de art ln eace as there appears to be a good many logues sum Ireland has contributed eighty thousand dollaia, as much as all the other countries of Europe taken together.

Besides this, it is euireutly icported that tlie Pope has no less than twelve million dollais the about A week or TOUXT was a two ago, thc cellar of Mr. Iso entered, and about 50 pound? of buUeritakcn. call attention to the adreitise- inent of BAETRLSS of New Ox-' pious oft'ei ings of good packed away iu boxes at the Vatican so that, iu case he should consider another uecessiiiy, the money for his That the summary orderiug away of such a citizen of the eir es ho done them kindly ic- UlRY Umted without good cause, would jj the houest comphments of the stiun- be regarded as au unfriendly act towards this government. WASHINGTON. April President Disunion in Congress.

The public should never forget the start- ernmeuts conccruing the rights of Ameri- foid, in our papei to-duy The former has penscs is abundantly provided a hisrh reputation for business qualifications aud agreeable manneii, and ill find an able assistant iu the lattei. BgyTMFiom some local matter, the People's candidate for Judge failed in his election in Abbottstown. But the election for Borough officers on the7th inst. showed that all is right theie--the entire People's ticket being elected by the old-fashioned ma- proportion membeis of the pieseut Cougiess cau -tnralized citizens abioad It is con- J1Ave "'y declaied themselves to be in ducted throughout in good tempei--tlie favor of d'sunion iu the event of the United States in all eases repudiating the cess of the Republicans next fall. lav doctrine of peipetual allegiance.

suc- This petuai allegiance. part cnd to 11 from these documents that i i a Spiingfield (Ohio) Journal twelve yeais the government re-, a as while the Presidential n-etG 1 IVlno- noar i fifir i It COMMLMCITED. Sheriffalty. 3lK. appears to be a disposition upon the part of our friends in all parts of our County, to put iu nomination a strong ticket to be supported at the fall election.

This is and cina Just as important 1 other seedL essay on planting corn shaj low 0. GHIEST, Sa id corn should not right, and to assist iu bringing about this much desired object allow me to recommend, in addition to those aheady announced, Mi JACOB F. Lowi.li, of Franklin township, as the strongest and most available person in the County for the Sheriffalty. Put him iu nomination and that part of the ticket could not be made stionger. FRANKLIN.

feied in the now making states that a wretch livin near that city named Joseph Shubart, recently hi mother to the city to be supported by the county, or perish in the sheets, although well able to provide for her himself. Tbe poor woman is. eighty yeais of age, and a fewyeais ago gave all her propcity to her sons. She was piopeily taken caie of. ravages, at that time, was a distance of about 0rlt length, by three in breadth.

The stage, on ite way to Mount JIoily, on Friday, met with a narrow escape trom the fhe. Thc driver, before he aware of it, found himself almost, in the midst of the flames. The great body of the fire, however, seemed to TT sor Ancient has been appointed Profcs- in Dickinson Languages Seminar), Wilhamspoi Pa. has been a change in the time be in advance of he turned around I of arrival and departure of tne Cars on our to make good his escape, but he had not Railroad, for the particulars of which see proceeded far before the flames checked 'hbnih his retreat, and he was obliged to the aavcr t'sement. pursue his journey iu another direction.

ajshort time he again found himself jjurrouuded by the flames. saw no a fire in a dwelling house at Philadelphia on Friday, it is said that poisons in firemen's equipments inadeannh for the sleeping apaitments, plundered the bureau and carried off almost everything could conceal. Jeweliy and other trinkets, valued at several hundred dollars, arc missing. THE OF SLEEPING ROAD Wednesday night last, a western merchant, on thc JOSEPH WIBLK has purchased from Mr. FREDERICK HERE the old tavern night line be- stand and farm on two, the fire roaring and crackling to a ter- extent, when suddenly, the smoke clearing away, the horses started, and the driver found that the great- mass of fire had crossed jthe road a short distance in advance, and was the most fearful ravages in itstrack to thewright of him.

He enabled to get entirely out of- path, and felt that he had never before been in so terrible a position. At time it appeared to him that the flames entirely surround him, and cut off all of He had two female passengers, may be supposed, they were frightened bnyond all description. Fearing that would peribh in the fir" and emoke, their screams were frequ- ly of the most painful nature. ift Endurance. "REMAINS IN THL MISSISSIPPI man ablaut twenty-two years whose name our informant-was unable to recall, wliileat- crossthe Mississippi a short distance below the city in a small skiff, ibre last, was seen to be thrown into the water the boatj the wind heavy the time.

thp rescue, but they too wenTcapsized, and lud much difficulty and re- turningj.to^the^shore,^ In the mean time, be seen floating the-man was no longer i who had he was giv- for lost however, at supposed drowned man approach swam over two miles down.and across the stream, aiid're- ih- the 4 could be hourKi 'that find- lie struck otttilbr'the off hiH 1 i 1 I i tbe te th ttOreclaitn to. their former V.f -I -i last the enormous quan- hushels of corn Wjere'ship- snd 91.000 bushels arriv- other'couise to pnisue but to go straight, ahead, and urging his horses to their ut turnpike, 2 miles from most speed, hoped boon to be free from the acre cash. devouring element. But when he was surrounded by the greatest body of file and smoke his horse became frightened and stopped, and it was impossible to move them. Here remained for a minute or the Chambersburg town, at per Friday week, thc Gettysburg train, when passing across thc stieet in Hanover, run into some cattle and sheep tween Harrisburg and Lancaster, took a berth in a sleeping car, and, having deposited his poitmonnie under his pillow, resigned himself to the arms of Moipheus.

On awaking, to his infinite astonishment and chagrin he found his treasure goue -Search was immediately instituted among the passengers in the car, but no trace of the money or the rogue was discovered. British force, intended for the belonging to Mr. Joseph Dellone, killing one cow and two sheep Hanover Band has disposed of its Brass instruments to a Band in Bendersville for and their Bass and Tenor drums to the Abbottstown Band. leaded two naturalized Irishmen who weie eleetlol i is pending But thefactsare there, suspected of aiding in the rebellion aud en- aa cannot be evaded JS ot a Democratic gaged in treasonable practice, I speech has been made in Conies' Pannerstou. however, declared that ess this ses- foreign born of Britain, who may I i or have become naturalized iu foreign coun- i with all n.

i Northein paper dare publish. io with all Us hoiiois, has, been held trieb, but ho return to the United King- rtn by eveiy Democratic orator, as the dom, are as amenable as any other of her culmination of his argument; The' circula lary nature. ould be death The Govode Investigating Committee. It would have been a very unfortunate thing if the President's protest against the Covode Investigating Committee had inter- least with the developments Indeed, after the lamentation of the President, iu liis Duquesne letter, about cairying elections by money, the investigation was requited, and the testimony of the last day or two shows that the President had good ground for what Le said Mr. George Plitt, Clerk of the United States District Court of Philadelphia, lias testified that, as Tieaurer of the Pennsylvania State Central Committee of thc Democratic paity, 1856, he disbursed seventy thousand clollaia; by this mrans level sut face three-fourths of an inch of fine mould, down to corn thf and a half inches he set it to plant inches heavy preceded its coming up, and par? edshaljow came up well, ffhi tion of that planted three and a half S- a art 3" ln hence their concealment Buchanan got Pennsylvania aud the Pie-5- UAY AT i A tljc Democratic press On the other hand, disloyalty to the Union ha, never animation of the Clay statue is said to have been the most imposing affair ever witnessed ubllcan mumher of under au.j circumstances whateAci The odium in that city.

The prouessiou, militaiy and Disunion aud Treason clings fa-t to those VkSS! Templars turned out in laige numbcis, all i mounted on while horses. A MAN OP Ca- i'our is a very popular in. He has been P-'ty must lor their a i i i and deeds. The War Cloud Thickening! the last atuvals fiom urope, we dency. It must a been to this that hu alluded so feelingly in his letter.

Xow let thc Committee inquiie how this iuoue vvab i.iibod aud how it was expended. How Democratic Editors are Paid. Gcoige W. Baker, editor of the Pcnn- the Democratic oigau of Philadelphia, testified befoie thp Covode Investigation Committee, a few ago, that he icgularly received a salaiy of ayuar, it was a hill Inch might have made it worse 1 GITT said there was considerable diffcieuee in covering coin with a planter and a hoe when it is covered with the hoe- the round hillocks will dry out sooner hhould be covered a little deeper with the hoe than the planter, and preferred the- planter, and shallow SOLOMON BENDER sa dj wlien covere(J i a hoe, it apt to dry out, at least not come up regularly, had coveied his corn for several cars ri tb a two pronged corn-fork, though he thought a covcrer with a rollei attached is preferable. Potation of crops teas Men taken -up.

WM B. WILSON said, a proper rotation- of crops is one of the great principles i a i vest ploughin elected to the Italian Parliament by the I Perceive the evidences of a i ie marl a 01 aye.ir cities of Turin, Genoa, Milan, Bologna, and discontent in various quaitcrs Little Swi't- CUfat ln IIousc Joitt 'J hi "ff- 1'Joience. This an array of names 7Pr rI i He holdb the nominal post of assistant cash oo i ti is Diistnnarup with tnemtant.inn np third war with China, will consist of about 10,300 Europeans, nod 01 a total of about 20,000 men To this the French add about 10,000 infantry and cavahy, and about 3,000 marines and sailors. The total expedition will, therefore, amount to about 39,000 men, exclusive of the allied navy, the base of operations lying outof sight of the coast. v.c such as rarely js brought together in any TM intention of iccnrrencc of any age.

He is, thercfoie, a dl5; utlQ about thc occupation Saidinian rcpi emulative, a Lombard repre- of Savoy, and there can be no doubt that a llomaij uud a Tuscan reptesentative. A LAROK Natchez Free Trader, of the 17th largest salo ever made in this county was yesterday. D. D. Whither sold out his place, in the lowei p.ut of this county (9,000 acres of land, with improve- and 515 slaves,) to John K.

FJgee, JrReeent advices from Sebastopol icp- of Louisiana, foi man named Bloom, livini? in Yoik, 5t 8 in tho ilnc 01 rn dila 1 datet condition as hen the English troops while under the influence of liquor, a few i ft Bakklava Jnkorman and the Redan days ago, stabbed his a young man about 20 years of age, with a knife, wounding him so badly that his life is despaired of Democratic Charleston Convcn- tion to nominate a candidate will assemble to-day. Our for President I the! appears by the reports of the marshal of Ohio that the people of Ashtabula county aie in arms to resist the execution of the Senate's authority to bring Biovvn before the committee charged with the investigation of the Harper's Ferry affair ALL HANDS "--A firm in Wa- tcibury, by au ingenious application left the other day for that city, as an outsider, not as a delegate. MUNICIPAL ELIT.TION -The first election under the new city charter came off last Friday for Ma3'or, Coun- eilmen and other city officers. WILLIAM KEPNER, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, was elected by about 130 majority over Col. F.

K. BOAS, the nominee of the People's party. The balance of the Democratic City Officers were elected, with a majority of Ward officers. Harrisburg usually gives a Democratic majority of from 300 to 400. OUR RELATIONS WITH Hon.

Wm. Preston, our embassador to Spain, returned by the Asia, and has proceeded to Washington. The New York Tribune that he has negotiated a treaty with the Queen's government whereby all the questions hitherto in issue between the two nations are adjusted, and the moet amicable relations established. DEATH few Mrs. Clara Vnnderwerkin, an estimable lady, sixty-one years ofj who resided alpne in a small house on Broad direct, West Troy, was found dead in her room She was" in the attitude of prayer by the side of her bed, with her face in the elotW.

fire in the Jersey Pines has been extinguished by the recent rains -This conflagration has proved an extensive one, and is supposed to have swept over a surface of twenty miles in length, and from ten to twelve in breadth, destroying thousands of acres of pine tim.ber. at 1, p. by a bteam gong, that is easily heard five miles distant. Waterbury must be a delightml residence for "sick persons and young childien." bear the same trace of the besieging foices. A few old houses have been converted into habitable dwellings by the Russian soldiers, wlio reside iu them.

Lord Raglan's house and the churchyard also remain in the condition in i they were left, nor has anything been done in the shape ot icstoration of the hospit.il, once to the ordinaiy whistle of theii engines one of the most magnificent buildings in awakens the whole town at (5, A and One portion of tho city, which calls their hands together at 7, A was rendeied not wholly uninhabitable, has been patched up by a few poor Jews, who get their living by going over the desolated iieid of battle, picking up thc leaden trea- suie, and shot and shell. The harbor has been partially filled up. The American company engaged with the sunken vessels have raised about forty. This work, and the making of a patent slip for a dock are almost the only means of employment for the inhabitants About the beginning of November 1,000,000 roubles, contributed by the inhabitants of St. Petersburg, were distributed among the residents who had their property destroyed, and with this assistance a few have commenced to either rebuild their'old-property or erect new buildings, so that another new field for labor may now have sprung up.

The Russians have taken away all the guns from Fort Constantine and the battcues. The Miilakoff and Mackenzie's Fa-, and the Alma, also remain as when left by the English troops. only thing noticeable by way of commendation are the roads made by the those made by the English being in every respect superior to those of the French. EARLY is believed that the magietiate who officiated on the occasion reported below made the usual deduction of "children half price Married, in Campbellton, in the store of William Daniel, Jr on the 21st of March, by James Hall, Master Robert Cherry (aged 16 years) to Miss Josephine Gregory (aged 13 years ANOTHER FILIBUSTERING mysterious order of "The Tamborines" is attracting attention at San Antonio and Austin, Texas, where they have obtained strong hold. It seems to be a fighting order and squints at Mexico.

The Intelli- gencer says that armed bodies of men arrive ind disappear suddenly in Austin. SUDDEN Frazier, while eating dinner at his.boarding house, in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday, sudden- she is urged on to this by more powerful States. England again appears to be much dissatisfied, and all the pleasure derived from the expected opening of more intimate commercial inteicourse with Fiance seems to have vanished. Louis Napoleon, it is evident, is fated to keep Europe in a fever, but whether any immediate war will grow out of these complications or not, it is hard to see lie seems to enjoy the fears of his neighbors so naieh that he is ncvei satisfied but when he is exciting them. At present the piospcctis full of trouble, aud it is veiy doubtfuLif many months shall pass without more serious combats than that which now attracts the attention of the people of England.

have news from California as late as the 3d brought by the overland pony express. But a few years ago, when communication with California was accomplished in twenty-three days by steamers on the two oceans and railroad across thc Isthmus of Panama, it was considered an achievement when thc overland trip was made, through wildeinessesand hostile regions, and across the Rocky Mountains, in nineteen days, the wonder was increased; and now we have the greatest feat of all: news by the "pony express" and telegraph combined, from San Francisco to the extreme east of this continent in ten this is one of the wonders of thc age; and as the National Intelligencer remarks, "that 'there is nothing new under the sun' will soon become an exploded saying, though of ancient origin and from almost inspired lips POISONING or the Orphan Asylum in Lexington, children recently ate by mistake some ars'enic prepared for the destruction of rats. Twen- were i pos iei in the Custom House, an office which bas no existence in law or fact He has never performed an hour's woik in it It is ineiely a sham gotten up for the of pensioning an Administration editor upon the government The nian is utterly incapable of sustaining itself--hence the necessity of pa) ing its editor from tlie public puise. The People begin to think it is time to stop this robbery of the National Treasuiyfoi the benefit of old party hacks. WASHINGTON, April 15, Wm Cost Johnson died to-day at tlie National Hotel.

So sudden was his dcccae that neither himself nor attending friends seemed aware that his life was near its close. Apparently he had been convalescing for some days back. The deceased was a native of Frederick county, a well known lawyer, and distinguished Whig politician. He was repeatedly a member of the Legislature of Maryland a member of the House of Congress from 1833 to 1335, and from 1837 to 1843; a member of the State Constitutional Convention a candidate for Governor, but defeated by the Hon Francis Thomas, of Frederick, and president of the national convention of young men which met in Washington to nominate Henry Clay for President. ij, lUj Farming.

Ihc common practice of rotation here is corn, oats followed with wheat then grass; his experience fairly that there would be very little difference- in the wheat crop where the eorn-stalfc ground was sowed in oats. SOLOMON BENDER said he, had hanlcd 1 out manure for wheat before and after liar- found it best to haul out just before hing; his rotation is corn, with lime. then manure to wheat: then- is favor of the practice of clown clover for wheat remarking that some farmers when breaking up a field continued cropping it too long whilst their adjoining fields are suffering forthe wantof cultivation. The experience of several members present plainly showed that clover is a "-ood renovator when not ploughed down" too- green. C.

G-RIKST said heavy soil can be greatly benefited by plough in si down clover--think" it should not be ploughed down for wheat on light soil'. D. D. Grrr said the time i now here to plant spring crops, and would suggest to the members to experiment by the different modes, and when they gather their crops report to the club. WM ELLIS then exhibited a model of Ray Improved National Reaper and Mower, which, from its simple, yet evidently substantial construction, cannot fail to Jo its work well, and give satisfaction.

Ad- to meet on the 3d Saturday evening of April. Subject for next meeting "The Cultivation of Small Fruits," together with subject of "Pear Culture JOHN BURKHOLDER, P. W. COOK, INTERESTING FROM Vera Cruz correspondent of thc New Orleans Picayune writes that Mr. McLane, our minister, received a cordial reception on his return to that city, and a tlie other for- filfll rt i.r~.

4 eign ministers intend to imite him to join bout pea Mexico. The them in an effort to bring about peace between the two factions same writer says: A false report reached the city of Mexico that Vera Cruz had fallen, and that all the American vessels in the harbor -were sunk. The ministers were so elated at the news that they went in a body to pay their respects and congratulations to Lady Mira- mou, and immediately set themselves about to prepare the firing of a grand salute the ringing of and also to ir.ake'pre- liminary arrangements to erect triumphal arches, while the ladies in the meantime were to make a crown to grace the youthful conqueror's brow on his return from the fall of heroic Vera Cruz. This terrible cheat was played upon their credulity by the famous Carvajal, who went to the tclc office of San Martin, and. with as audible.

Ibe whole thing lasted but a pistol in hand forced thc poor trcmblim- SUDDEN DARKNESS. A sudden darkness enveloped the city of Pittsburg about 7 o'clock, Monday morning, rendering thc whole city as dark as night. The Chronicle says Previous to the change, a painful stillness pervaded the city, rendering sounds at a distance plainly bell on the East Liberty train was distinctly heard all through the second ward, and other sounds equally distant were quite i 1 1 1 1 1 iwi UVU1MI1 Ul ly became and died in twomin i ty one of the viotim8 of thi(J tiuuL A post mortem examination revealed seriously poisoned, but, by great care, were a large piece of beef fastened in the wind- pipe, and checking respiration. from death. DESTRHCTIVB fire broke out fire at Troy, N.

has destroyed in Canal street. N. on Fri- property to thc amount of inclu- day last, wlmh destroyed twenty buildings, ding eleven dwellings, four barns, a wagon including two banks, the postoffice, and the factory and a cooper shop. telegraph and express offices. few momenta, and when it had passed away, all seemed more or less relieved.

beautiful hut silly girl, of 16 to years, daughter of a widow of Rockford, III 1 advertised for a husband in the paper, for the romance of the thing, and was caught opcnuor to send the above intelligence. A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR THIKVES. -Edward Hied, convicted at Charleston, S. of robbery on the highway, has been sentenced to be huag on the 1st of June. r- Thc city of Charleston is and seduced by a Pikes Peak gambler gerous place for robbers; and pickpockets named Moore.

She started in com- and other thieves who purpose operatinir pany with him for Pike Peak, and now there during the National Convention' will has bean found murdered on the way to find it necessary to be exceedingly careful Ottumwa, bj 1 ISTThe imports at Portland, by cn CASS is ntw 78th year, the Canadian steamships during tho. win- anJ IS 8ftlJ liavc to taste thc first drop ter, amounted to over twenty-five millions, of intoxicating liquors. mi I LWSPAPLRl.