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Xoylty vs. Republicanism. The Brooklyn Star makes the following contrast between the display of JJoyaliy anc ihe frimplicity of Repubticuaisai i The diughter of tbe nominal ruler Creel Britain has just been married to Jloyal perionaga of Europe. that wealth ted regal pewer could do, was done to mike the oeeaaion Srapraesvveaud memorable. Princes and Priasesses, Lords and Lidies, united in the celebration, the peo.

pie shouted and clapped -(heir bands, schoolboys harnessed themselves to tbe bridal carriage, and the London Times devoted sixteen columns to a minute and glowing (description of the event. Just about the jiame time, a man who 1 baa occnpied the most elevated position in the American Republic, lakes to himself a wife. Tbe nuptial ceremonies are preformed i aud unostentatiously, just as thousands of domestic rites of a like a and the only public announcement of tbe event is comprised in three lines of the newspapers, thfit on Wednesday night, Millard Fillmore, ex-President of (he United States, was married to Mrs. Mclntosh. The contrast is significant, us indicating briefly and completely that of tbecustoms and political theories of the Old and the New World, THE ADAMS SENTINEL AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.

Emigration to Virginia. There has resenily been a considerable Dow of emigration into this and some, of the ppighboring crun' es of North Westein Virginia, ffe have them from Germany, Sweden, the British Wes, New York. Conuectiout and Canada. They known in tbe countries from which they hail as being intelligent and industrious, and doubtless will add snd wealth tn the country of i adoption. They bring with them a large a of gold, arid it has been a good deal scattered among our citizens for and other articles which every new comer needs, and our eiti- icns can well Tboir land purchases ore confined principally to the counties of Lewis, Upshur.

Gilmer, a and we Heart-rending Oceurrence--Three Chil-J dren Drowned, One of the most melancholy and heartrending casualties that it has been our duty to record for long time, says the York Republican of Wednesday last, occurred between four five o'clock last evening, in the vicinity of the Railroad Bridge, below Mill, about 1J miles from this Borough. The particulars, so far us we ore able to glean are as follows Five children, three boys and two girls, who were returning home from school in Manchester township, ventured upon the ice on the Godorus, but it not being of sufEcient thickness to bear their weight, four of the broke through, aud before assistance could be rendered three of them wro GETTYSBURG: MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1853. The Lecture before the Young Men's Christian Association, in Christ Church, on Monday evcnins last, by Esq was very fully attended. The i rest in the Lectures appears not to cease-drowned.

The fifth child, a littlo girl, a resu li whiob is very pleasant to well- gave tho alarm to some young men fro this place who were fishing near by, (a- racing whom was Mr. Henry Hubley,) who mstened to the rescue of tho children. Mr, 3ubley, at risk of his own life, with much difficulty succeeded in bringing the "her liltlo girl safely to shore. Two of hose who perished were sons of a Mr. Hay- or, the other a son of Mr.

i i Lohr, The body of ouly one of had been last evening. We have not heard be age of either of the children. "Murder Will Out." A short time since, a prisoner was pent to the a i Penitentiary frntu East Tennessee hi.s name i for counterfeiting. Henry Ford. It He gave was aflcr- uutne was wards ascertained a his true Thomas Wayne, and a about eiL'bt or ten years iigo he enticed mnri into the woods, near Clarksville, Tennessee, he out bis thro.it, robbed i and bent him i with a pistol, i he supposed i doad.

The poor i i however, revived, and was br persons on a steamboat passing, taken on board, and lived long enough, at least, to tell the particulars of the was arrested, and after tiin, was held to understand in several other of the adjoining thousand dollars. bail in ten His mother, an exnimna- estitna- counties. This emigration is effected through the agency of our enterprising, townsman, C. S. R'-q, who has connected himself i the Emigrant Aid Company, and in whose a the principal part of our land-holders have placed i lands for tbe purpose of i i emigrants i home- in our State.

We would just remark, in connection i the above, that the lands now in bands of this company a i to 20,000 acres) ore aa good as can be found in any portion of our State The a a productions of these a i i coal, irin ore, salt, c. --render ihetn more valuable than any other lands in this (Ki.) Herald. Recovery of an Immense Claim against the Russian Government. The Baltimore Patriot of the 4th says that Thomas Winans, of a recovered a claim of five millions of dullars against tho Russian government, which makes his share of the proceeds from freight and passenger travel ovpr the railroads of that country reach the sum of seventeen millions--drafts for which on tbe banks of Europe have been brought on to i It appears that, in his contract i liussid, he was to receive a certain per conk- nge on all freight and passenger travel, but it was thought by the government that they were exempted from this tax when applied to the transp-rmtion of soldiers to take part the war in the Crimea. He accordingly engaged the services of John B.

Latrobo, who went on and recovered the claim 1'V due course of law, a on account of the many thousand soldiers transported, his jropo jo was swollen from twelve to seventeen millions. Air. Latrobe, we under- received a fee of 810,000 a month independent of his expanses, and upon reaching Baltimore, and a i the result of his 1'ibors, was presented with a check for 8100,000. The great wealth and liberality of Mr. Winans, renders him a valued citizan of Baltimore.

The Patriot ssiyslhat he has purchased a tract of land wiih water front at Canton, where, hiving received a contract from the Russian gnv eminent, he i proceed to ihe construction of a number of magnificent vessels of war. Mr. Winans the gentleman who illuminated his residence in Baltimore, when rews was received of some nnod fortune of tbe Russians during the Crimean war, and it is certain a he had good reason to take interest in the welfare of bis friends. ble lady, became security for his appearance, and be fl d. Mrs was pecuniarily i ed by'the a of the bond money -Wayne ii in the Penitentiary for three years.

A hi? time expires, he will be held for trial for the crime of i wo have spoken. .4 -SW mi Tlimliold of case of was I i afternoon Chatles A i 'entcnced to the thinking minds. The subject whtajb. Mr, M'C. chose for his Lecture--'The Crusades' --is one full of historical romance, and a beautiful field for display of tbe imagination, tis well as of soul stirring interest.

The Lecturer ohosa to give their history, calmly and critically, refreshing tba recollection of those who were once familiar with that interesting event in the world's history, and imparting information to those who were unacquainted therewith. It was a clear, full, correct, historical reminiscence. DAVID A. BUEHLBB, Esq will lecture to-night, in St. James Church--his subject WIIITK, of New Oxford, formerly of this place, has been appointed Sealer of Weights and Measures for Adams county.

tentlary for three years, is a sad one. He is i a young man, the snn of i respectable parents at Gilead, and but a i since wai married to young lady of one of the first families in thaf place. Ho had been employed to carry the mail from Gilead to the rail- roid, about two miles distant. Frequent onraplaints of mail robberies in that direction had been made, and decoy letters were sent by special muil agent Premiss, resulting in the arrest of young A a on the 28th of last Judgo Wilson took lenru from the Hanover Specta. tor of Friday last, that Mr.

Nathaniel Gitt, of the vicinity of M'Shcrrystown, met with a painful, and probably mortal injury, a few days ago lie ivas diawing up a log on tbe led in the woods, to which a log chain was attached, and after the horses had started to pull, the largo hook of the chain flew out, and struck him with considerable force ua- der the leg, the hook immediately penetrating into the knee joint, causing a most frightful and painful wound. lie remains in a very critical condition. From the National Intelligencer, of Tuendny last. accident by fire took place last evening, whereby Mi's daughter of Hon. Wll.aoNiREjLLY, of Pennsylvania, from this boarding at KirkwoodVHotel, was put in imminent danger of her life.

She had dressed for tho hop at the National, and was leaving one of tbe parlors at Kirkwood'a, when by some means her dress, which was of a very ligh texture, caught fire. Miss It. acreaiijei and ran, bringing another lady to her assist ance. Happily fur both, a gentleman, (Mr J. N.

JONES, of Wisconsin,) whose cootnes and judgment the ladies will have reason ever to remember, rushed up, kept off tbe second lady, whose dress was also very com bustible, threw Miss R. to the floor, and in a moment succeeded in beating and tram pling out the flames. Miss Reilly is burm about the chest and one arm, though it is hoped not seriously, and Mr. Jones Buffered somewhat in one hand. But for his prompt and judicious intervention both tbe ladies would have irremediably.

From tbo York Republican. Military Matters. From the report of (Sen. Thomas J. Pow- From the irarrisburg Telegraph.

Look at the Figures. In examining the late report of the Au or, Adjutant General of the Commonwealth, ditor General, and comparing it with those made tn the'Governor, and accompanying for a number of years previous, wo wore the reports submitted to the present LegK laturo, at tbe commencement of tbe session, by Gov. Pollock, in connexion with his annual message, we learn that there are 63 struck with the groat, and to us, unaccount able difference between the fees paid into the Treasury by the Secretary of the Com. monwealth during Gov. Pollock's adminis- Iowa Ahead.

PRINCETON, IOWA, Fob. 8,1858. Mr. Editor the "Sentinel" of the 1st you boast of an Adams county calf weighing ninety-five pounds at one day old. Capt.

Johu this place, (formerly of Franklin county. has recently been presented, by a motherly cow, with a calf, which throe hnurs old, one hundred and seven pounds. If you intend getting up any more big ISTLettcrs from Washington state that the President is determined to persist in his effort to force the Lecompton Constitution through the two Houses of Congress. He is prompted to this course chiefly through the persuasion of tbe Southern members. They contend that it will not do to show the white feather now.

The vote in the House is regarded as a signal rebuke, but some confidence is felt, because of tbo reference in the tho Lecompton Constitution, or ralher the President's Message concerning it, to the Committee on Territories. It is argued still that a change may take place in the House, especially as the patronage of the Government may be brought to bear npun one or two refractory members. hia youth and the circumstances of the case i c.ilvcs to be "boat," please send timely no, tice to the Captain's old cow and she'll do it. Your's, respectfully, W. P.

W. Profits of Tobacco. Diffirence ot Norllitrn and Soitlhrrn Tus.it --There are fifiy-jix a a of this str.ple in Richmond, whoso i capital amounts to four or five millions of dollars. More tobacco is raised in Virginia, and opened, inspected and sold in this city, than perhaps iu any one place in Ihe United States It is here that the choicest fpecimens of the weed a'suao the shape which cmniiicmU it to the regard of devoted cbewers cvoiywhere. Tobacco is put in as many difft rent wuvs almost as rhero are There is as much difference between ideas of the Yankee and Southerner on this question of taste, as there is on any other mutter.

The former likes bis 'pig tail' i sweetened and liquoriced tn a degree the latter, (be less sweetening jou put in it, the better the tobaceo. Buyers here, who purchase for all parts of the globe. Foreign Governments tie supplied by agents who reside here tor that purpose. With many citizens the road to wealth has been via Richmond South. Attempted Murder.

ALBANY, Feb. 14 --A man named Altert Bray ton, from Herkimer county, arrested here-on Saturday night for attempting to commit a murder. lie threw his child, a few minutes old, into a privy, where it was soon after discovered and res cued. The child lived several hours after it was taken our. Brayton admitted that be threw it into the privy, but said he supposed it was dead.

He hag been married about three mouths. He gave bail iu tbe of 82,000 to answer Miisionaries to Betbune McCmer, M. and Rev. M. S.

Culbertson, with their families, of the Presbyterian ioard ef foreign missions, sailed froui New York lust week for Hong Kong. They went out originally ifl 1843 and '4i, and now, after a visit hoaw. returning to their misflionary stations into considoratiiin when he fixed the term of punishment--three years in tbe penitentiary. a a beginning of life for a young man who but a few days before had 5 TL Tt" i TT 5 JSrThe death of Associate HOR- linked an estimable young girl destinies with his l--CUiieliinil IlemUl of the V2th Nm GOT. Packer the duty of insJ.

appointing a successor, to serve until next fall, when the post will again be filled by an election by the people. A Victim. A young a carpenter, arrived at St. Louis on from route for Kansas. On hi.

carpet sack reiqhborhood of Heidlorsburg. had" ha fnllnfJ ha hnan ftp CfifiA O' ha found he had been robbed of 8600 in JOHN GHSAVER, reading in the ICK frold. lie remembered a he had for a broken Bcek before a i a rathcr sin few moments left the carpet sack on his seat lar manner. It seems that one of his hor- in the oar while purchasing his ticket. He ses, being tick, was down under the trough, had then just been conversing with a cour- rom wn pos iti 0 Mr.

C. endeavored to teous stranger, whom, on hia he found missing, and who doubtless unlocked it; but in so doing, the an.mal, in Hie sack, lightened it of tho money, re-lock- lts stru kicked him upon the leg, ed it, and departed praying for the young breaking it above the ankle. Ho is, how- man's welfare. To this gentleman he remem- ever, we arc glnd to say, recovering as ra- bered confiding the interesting fact that he pidl coul(1 be eX 0 was on i a and bound for The sum lost probably consisted of the in here at We had i treasured earnings of many a day of hard toil. How numerous are the ters of private history Church Burnt at Annapolis.

Saturday for the first time this winter. the (Delawuru) Timed counterfeit ten dollar notes ANNAPOLIS Feb. night, a bc on the BaDk of Gettys a Eansm and the United is stated that the democratic Senators in caucus on Saturday last determined that when the bill for the admission of Kansas was reported to the Senate it phould he taken up and considered i finally disposed of, without any postponement. They also, it is said, concluded to recognize the right of the people of Kansas to amend their constitution whenever they see proper, and i contained iu the Constitution shall be permitted to interfere with this riyht. uniformed militia, (volunteers,) the and that of his immediate predeces- State, composed of Cavalry, Artillery, In- sor.

The disparity is so great that we took fantrj and Itiflemen. The of com- the trouble to examine each year separate- panie.s in tbe State is 271; consisting of 40 ty for the last six, and give the figures ue- The Twenty- Second at Richmond. It appears President Buchanan is expected at Richmond, Va. arrangements have been made for his accommodation. Secretary Floyd, and Governor Newell, of New Jersey, have accepted invitations to be present.

A grand "State dinner" is to be given on the occasion, tickets to which will be sold at each, to such persons other than invited guests, who may 'desire to participate. editor of the Souihcru Mercury speaks of his as 'the heavy-bander! They may be heavy-handed, but when they have been within arms' of the public spoils, they bave shown themselves light-fingered. Prentice. The Public A bill is before the Legislature, providing for the sale of the public works belonging to the State to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, for $3,500,000. Public i i sustain any measure likely to relieve the State of this unproductive burden upon fair terms; companies of Cavalry--43 of Artillory- 90 of Infantry, and 59 of Rifles.

In this, the Fourth Division, composed of York and Adams counties, there are four uniformed companies. In the First Brigade, (York Co ,) we bave tho Worth Infantry, of Yor Borough the Scott Infantry, of Wrights ville, and the Buchanan Guards, of Hope well and neighboring townships. In tb Second Brigade, (Adams the Inde pendent Blues, of Gettysburg, is the only company. The military spirit, from the; facts, does not seem to be very active within tlie bounds of this Division. The field anc staff officers of tie two Brigades, composing ibis Division, are FIRST BRIGADE.

(York Briijndier General--George Hay. J3iya(hi Aiil-iie Camp--Abdiel F. Eichelberger. firiyade Major--John M. Deitch.

Qtirirlfr-Miister--Solomon Myers. Jiriyaile Inspector--D. A. Stillioger. SECOND BRIGADE.

(Adums General--William F. Walter. Uriyutle AUl-de-Camp--Thomas A. Marshall. BtiyuJe A.

Buebler. Qunrtar-Mnsler--Sam'l Eicboltz. Br'ijadc liikpcctur--John Scott. WiscoHiin Democrats. --A.

recent mass i Democrats at Janesville, Wis- onpin, passed the following resolutions That we, Democrats of tbo Slate of Wisconsin, in Mass Convention ssemblod, do hereby fully endorse the Ad- linistration of James Buchanan, except as it is committed to Ihe policy ol i i Kansas into tbo Union under he Louomptoa Constitution, without a rati- cation of a i by a expres- ion of the popular i of that Territory." A pretty i a exception that, con- i thoroughly the Administration is committed to the said policy. Catholic Church on Drunkenness. --Bishop Bayly, the Catholic bishop of New has issued a manifesto bringing the machinery of the church to bear against the vice ot drunkenness. His letter on the subject has been read in all the churches, in which he calls attention to two classes--the a themselves, and the dealers in liquor. Leaving to the pastors the 'particular means to be used, he suggests that each should keep a list of the drunkards and liquor dealers in his church.

He says I aui determined to make use of the most severe measures against all who are addicted to this scandalous and dostrative vice and if they continue in the practice of it they must do it as outcasts from the Catholic who have no right to the name of Catholic while they live, nor to Christian buiia! when Ibey die. low. Tbe Secretary of tho Commonwealth is required by law, to render quarterly statements of the fees received in bis office, and this must be done under oath, either by himself or his Deputy. For many years past, the Deputy Secru- reraty of the Commonwealth has been the receiving and disbursing officer of the Department. The fees of the office are generally received in small sums, and the honesty of that officeris the only guaranty for their payment into the Treasury.

For the information of the curious and inquiring, we append a statement of the accounts rendered and moneys paid by the Deputy Secretaries of the Commonwealth under the of Governors Bigler and Pollock respectively. Fees of the Secretary's office under Gov. Bigler paid into the Tieasury, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, to Jan. IS, Fees of the. Secretary's office paidi lithe Treasury under Governor Pollock's Administration 1855, 12,200 07 1856, 2.418 98 1857, 3,274 U9 1858, to Jan.

18, 351 74 8827 64 1,499 42 569 25 236 75 $3,133 06 Amount paid under Guv. Bigler's Administration, 78 83,133 06 Excess of Fees paid into the Treasury during Gov. Pollock's Administration, 72 This is but a single item, and comprises he fees ouly. After finding the difference this item so great, we were induced to ook a little further and found that the pay- iicnts for enrollment tax into the Treasury ndor Pollock's administration exceeds under Bigler's, upwards of ticeiity- wo thoiminii dollars ($22,000.) This information must be gratifying to he friends of the retiring administration nd from the exhibit, we think it evident hat none of the "fragments" were Inst rom want of care or honesty in the late deputy Secretary, John M. Sullivan, Esq.

Vhen we have leisure weme.m to look at Brutal Conduct of a Mob. On Fridav, after the execution of Henry Fife and Charlotte Jones, at Pittsburg, their bodies were placed in coffins provided for the purpose and placed in a furniture wagon with a view to their removal to the grave yard for interment. The sister of Charlotte, with an affection, which however wicked or abandoned its object may have been, should secure for her the sympathy of the crowd, took a seat on one of the coffins, and the wagon moved on to its destination. The crowd at this time was immense an if conduct of many of the loafers who formed it disgusting. As tbe vehicle near- cd the grave yard, however, it became much worse, and the scenes which followed were disgraceful to humanity.

The unfortunate- woman, seated on the coffin of her sister, and filled with grief for her untimely end was hooted and abused, called all kinds of names and finally pelted with stones until her lite was almost put in jeopardy. A few resp-e'iible men who saw the transaction lowever, interfered and saccedcd in the mob to desist, and the wagon proceeded oil its way Cltroulcle. By the arrival of the S.a, of tJia West at balnrday afternoon, tlia Cali ornia mails of Jan. 20 are received, witli 81,348,507 in gold. The new GovernTM.

John B. Woller, Governor, 'as inaugurated on oo kh ult. A seiies of resolutions has been mroduced in the Legislature approving Senator Douglas's Kansas bill, and the mal ority of the Democratic leaders and the- newspapers fide with Douglas apiinst 'resident. The mustering of soldiers for- Jtah continues active in California. Almost every county has its company.

There no important new? from Oregon or the Sandwich Islands, and no later dates from Jtah. Lent. The season of fasting, humiliation and irayer, so Mrictly observed hy portion of ur Christian community, commenced on ednesday last, and ends on E-ister Sunday. The name of Lent is applied to tho orty dnya preceding Easter, which ways the first Sunday after ihe full monn, which happens i or next after the day of March; and if a full mon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day is Ihe Sunday fler. Easter this year is on April 4th Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is" the 17th of this month which was last Vednesday.

Thus six weeks and four ays intervene between the first day of Lent nd Easter. This would give forty six: lays. But Sundays are not' reckoned--so. hat just forty days intervene. The season Lent is always devoted to more frequent religious service by those who observe it.

The first day, and the Friday before Easier) are observed as days nf fasting. The name of "Lent," signifies Spring--or Spriugfast. It is from a Saxon word-- Lenton--and is used thus because Ihe days begin uoir to Ai-cidfiit--The Minnesotim gices a sad catastrophe at Hastings, Minnesota, on the 2d instant, involving the bss of four An attempt was made to rope across the river in a narrow lives, ferry channel which hat) been made in the fee. The wind an-1 current forced the boat aiiaiust the edge of the when the boat (vas suckod under the ice, his thing a little closer. In the mean time, lrt passengers, a Mr.

and Mrs. McDon- the difference is rcmarkab'e, we will ald and a 1 from Hastings, na From Ihe Utah Army--A letter has been published, written by Col. A. S. Johuson, the commander of the Utah army, to a member of his family in Louisville, Kentucky, dated at Camp Scott, near Fort Brid- hall-past ten, the commodious and ancient Episcopal Church, located in the centro of the city of Annapolis, was discovered to be on fire under the floor bur S' circulated in Ibis sec- country, have for a Vignette, Coat otherwise wall calculated to a i caught of Arms of the State of Pennsylvania; i from tho furnacu used for heating, Tho citizens turned out with alacrity, and labored valiantly iu an endeavor 13 save tho building.

The dense smoke and scarcity of i coarse, water, added to the L'reat a of fire apnu- deceive. ratus, made their efforts unavailing. The building, i all its contents, was oonsu- F' r1 Lancaster, Wednesday med, i a i i but its walls. afternoon C. Kieffer's largo brick building, There was no insurance.

The edifice wts (jnesnut street, Lancaster, Pa used as a over a century old, but in a very excellent and substantial condition. fulindr ws onUra destr eJ fir3 i All the patterns, which were supposed to Dreadful Accident --The Harrisburg be valued at 810,000, were destroyed with a records a dreadful aceident at 'Union Deposit South Hanover, Pa. One of the furnaces not working satisfactorily, in order to ascertain what waq troyed by fire a few weeks ago, The Her- head of a in Medallion on either end, a signed J. B. McPherson, Cashier.

Engra- aud the bill having been introduced by a gerj Dowmber 12tb, 1857, tbo following leading- its passage probable. A JJeaiy sugar-bouse on the Louisiana plantation of Col. Jacob Hol- liugsworth, of Hagerstown, was des- wrong, the workmen engaged in the work S'eamboat Explosion--Lives Lost. WILMINGTON, N. Feb.

heads of molasfes and a large quantity of sugar stored in tho building, all of which was Tho loss is estimated at upwards of upon i however, i there was an iLdurance of 828,000. Nanoia New Haven Palladium on Friday, the 5th, a train of cars on tbe Danbury and Norwalk road, struck a horse and wagon at the crossing, near Umpawang Pond. The horse was killed, the wagon smashed up, and the man, with bis cushion and buffalo robe, landed on tho top of the cow-catcher, iininjured. is not im- I extract from which embraces all that is of any general interest ''Some i tbe Mormons, when it in necessary to make the issue wish them, will submit to the government. 1 dn tint ayret willi them.

1 think their am, villainy u'ill had them to try one encountci ot least; and Tthink our ijuoertimenl lodetire it, affurdnij simple solution of a difficult political question. If tbey few of the bodies have been recovered. of cleaning the lower part of tbe urn ore has been received a the boilers of but i they were so engaged, the the steamboat Magnolia, bound to Fayettc-1. President, it is stated, has nomi- hot metal came i out in torrents, so ville, exploded while at White Hall. Fif- a Col.

Johnson, of the Utah expedition, unexpectedly, that five persons were liter- teen'or twenty persons were Only to be a Brigadier General ally showered over with the liquid fire, mi- mediately setting their i on fire and burning them in a dreadful and sboekin" manner. Some of tbe unfonunate men YoaK Feb 17 The stfialner A into ihe canal, and others into the abia sailed hence at noon for Liverpool water but this proved unavailing-- with 8000,000 in specie, they were so dreadfully burned that no human help could save them. John Baler, David Landis, W. Murray, and a man oal gladly correct any eirors inquiring minds may discover and point out to us. resist, a final settlement would be on the basis of a conquest We could then dictate to them the terms of adjustment." Sam Houston, it is understood, has decided to cast bis fortunes i the incipient State of Arizonia, from which he will perhaps be the first Senator.

There is i doubt that this Territory will ae- on with great rapidity, and be ed Dutch Jnbn, have since died from their wounds, whilst Mopes Wolf, another of the injured, can hardly survive his injuries. in Mnine A avalanche of ice and snow, which descended upon the house of Mr. Eiisha Murray, in i 800B knocking for admission at tbe door of Maine, broke in the doors ami window, fil- the Union. ling the lower rooms i snow and water and bursting the partitions, descending into the cellar. Mrs.

Murray was thrown upon tho fl-iur and had her a broken and he shoulder dislocated. The path of the ava. lanche across the farm was forty to fifty feet wide, carrying aw.iy walls, fences, B. Lcesburg Washingloniin says calf two yours old was killed by Mr. Adam Householder, of German settlement, on Monday, '25ib of January, which weich- ed Beat 687 pounds; the hide weighed 118 iO one of the nurlharo pucth of the ewr.ire, I ouudf.

This cinuot be easily beat," Hanging of a Prisoner. James E. Eldridge, but twenty-one years of age, was hung in the jnil yard at Canton, on Friday last, for having murdered, by poisoning, a young widowtntmed Sarah J. Cloud, on the 30th of May last, under the most diabolical circumstances. Eldridge was a school-teacher, respectably connected his victim twenty-four years of age, and represented as a worthy womon, to whom be was enj-ajjed to be married.

Indian Depredations in Texas. Startling intelligence has been riceived at Austi Texas, of Indian depredations in Brown county, of that State. Five persons had been murdered in cold blood, and the settlers, generally alarmed ni tbe unchecked enormities of the savages, divided into three separate parties, had taken refuge in the adjacent forts. The Legislature of Texas passed a i for tbe raising and equipment of one hundred men, and uu appropriation fur the purpose of 875,000. Accidents in York York (Pa.) Republican stales that Capt.

Israel Iteinhard, of the Fremont House, in that place, accidentally fell down a Sight of about a dozen steps on the 10th instant, and was considerably but not dingerously injure! Col. Wm. Wallace, of township, had one finger out off and three more crushed in bis recently and Mr. Wm. Neff, of the same plneo, had a finger cut off and his hund otherwise injured by a threshing machine, i A horrible case of spontaneous combustion is reported as having recently occur, red iu Cjiro, (Illinois.) A man named Faxon, suffering under doliriura tromens, entered a saloon and called for a glass of brandy.

Immediately after i i it his breath came in contact with a lighted match in the hand of a bystander, and instantly took fire and burned for nearly two minutes, when death ended his tortures. The agonizing screams of tbe wretched man are des cribed as having been horrible in the ex. Democrat. Enjoying the boys, and some of tho "children of a larger growth" had what they esteemed fine sport at St. Louis, on Friday and Saturday, in snow-balling.

Tbey went into it with a relish all over the city. Soiii!) of them ran the fun into the ground, and eighteen of this class were arrested by the police for being disorderly. Tbe Eepublican says: On many streets the storekeepers found it necessary to put up their shutters and close their doors to prevent tbe breaking of glass aud spoiling of goods. Morgan street, in some portions, was damaged outrageously, scarcely a pane of glass or a whole door being allowed to remain. The Laic Thomas is said in the lata Mr.

Ritchie's house, in Washington, inkstands were distributed whore- ever one could well be placed, and even occupied a place in garden. This wai done for the purpose of noting a thought, and by this moans the veteruu editor preferred what other men. would have lost. Edward Everett. Edward Everett has, we perceive, recently been elected a Foreign Corresponding Member of Academy of Mora! and Political Science in the Institute of France.

The actual Foreign Associates of this Academy, which is tbe fifth, in point of date, of the divisions of the Institute, having been refounded by Louis Philippe in 1832, arc fivo in number, of whom two are Americans, the historians Prescott and Bancroft, and three Englishmen, Lord Brougham, Mr. Henry Hallatn and Mr. McCulloch. This new distinction Mr. Everett's conn- try.men will be glad to bear he has received.

He stands proudly conspicuous as a profound and elegant scholar, an enlightened statesman, a genuine patriot, an honest man. His oration on Washington was listened to the other night, (for the third time in Philadelphia) by about four thousand people. The Academy of Music was crowded not only throughout its vast auditorium, but stage orchestra, wings, all were full. This oration is a peifcct production, whether viewed as to rhetoric, or as rendering a just meed of praise to Washington. It is also a noble appeal to patriotism and love of Union, and should be pronounced in every section of the Republic, at this peculiar time, when public men are talking about dissevering tho North from tbe South, it is thought to be no treason to advocate a breaking asunder of ties formed during tbe dark and disastrous days of the Revolution, an Union which is cemented with the blood of tbe futheia of the Repub.

lie! Let Mr. Everett travel about through tbe land, we say, pronouncing this eloquent oration, in bis own beautiful stylo of elocution. Let the people, through him, be once more brought to remember the inspired language of the Farewell Address of tbe Father of his Country, the immortal Wash- uiiknovvu, and the ferryman, were drowned. llowlo le Ecimomicab--True economy con. shts in getting the led of every thing at a.

fsiir price. This istrae of every be purchased; but is especially tnw the purchase of family Sewing Mui-hine. That GROVER BAKKR'S is the for family use, is a f.ict that cannot be successfully disputed, and we advise ourre.idcrs to purchase nt other. It sews a stronger and more beautiful eam, is more easily understood and managed than any machine in the market, and possesses all the qualities which should recommend it for family me. iligton and those miserabte creatures iu and out of the hulls of Congress, from the North and South, who talk about disunion, will receive the execrations of the entire Riaises of the people from the Arostook to the Rio Grande, from the Atlantic to the Pacific --Phil.

News. I Wsthersfield, (Conn.) a day or wo ago, a lad of twelve years climbed the lightning rod of the Congregational Church spire, one hundred and fifty feet first ascent was witnessed only by younger brother. To satisfy the incredulous the youngster repeated bis exploit aeve- al times, and finally attached a streamer little daughter of John Lamont, of Manchester, fell on the ice last Sa'- urday and injured her fool. Lock jaw bet in and she died on Monday morning. Shipments of Gold from last arrival from Australia report the- departure of four ships from Melbourne for England, with in gold.

Dnring- the past year 2,582,793 ounces have been shipped from the colony. A Rnynl nuptial present given by Prince Frcdericlr William to his Royal bride consisted of a pearl necklace of unusual be.iniy and costliness. The necklace consists of thirty-two large oriental pearls, prononnwd by connoisseurs tn bo remarkably pure, acd the larger of which, those towards the centre, are of the size of a hazel nnt. The cost of this little collection, which been completed nnly by dint of groat diligence during a lengthened perinrl.is staled to amount to 28,000 thalers, For six ladies, who have been the companions ami" friends of the Princess Royal hitherto, Ihe Prince brought him sir onldec bracelets, consisting of a broad, rich band of pnld, bearing a shield, on which is monnted a Prussian eagle, the wings if which are encrusted with diamonds. The Princess nf his also had a se; of diamond and turquoise ornaments arranged with excellent tnste as her present to the Prinoeui Royal.

Whales. It is certainly very strange that though upwards of three thousand whales are annually killed in these waters, there haj been no dimunition in the yield. The theory pm forward by the captains of some of the whalers on this subject, is, that the vide open sea--called tbe Polar which Kane, in his late expeditions, gained a view, from tbe head of Smith's Sound, is tho nursery of the whale, in which impenetrable resort they breed and thrive, unmolested by the attacks of the whalemen, except as they leave their fastness, able that (he food upon It is not improb- hicb the whtle- to the letter W. on the compare points, I francitco Chronicle. feeds is produced in sufficient quantities in the Polar Sea to supply 'ho vast of whales supposed to exist there.

Tbe- superior siz? of these Arctic whales would indicate that they have some secure resort where they ire free frum.