The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1852, Page 6

Then be delivered at the time INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. piocpede Ser Cll bate the census atau “pn speeeaa Gateation ot's Ggle tack, sete int eictents The Treaty between Bagland aad Frames | Sfurnoyc, aytingle work, H ‘The fellowing is acopy of the oo twoon her Majesty and the French establishment of international copy wi 5 J ‘tion be- ablic, for the ht. | Signed at Paris, November 3, 1851. ioations ex- changed st Paris, January 8, 135; Her Bisley the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great bricain and ireland, and the President of the French Kepublic, being oquaily desirous of ox- te: in each country the opjoyment of copyright to works of literature acd of the fine arts, which may ; and hor Britannic Majesty Baring consented to extend to beoki prints, and musical works published in Franco, that of the duties now lovied thereon on im portation into the United Kingdom which sho is by law empowered to grant, under certain ciroametan- ces, im favor of such works published in foreign eountries, her Britanic Majesty and the Prosident ofthe French republic have doomed it expedient to oonclude a special! convention for that purpose, and | have therefore named a3 their plonipotestiarics, that is to say :— ra os Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and [roland, Coastantine Henry, Marquis of Normanby, a peer of the United King- dom, Knight ef the most nobls Order of the Garter, and Knight Grand Cross of the most honorable Order of the Bath, &c., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French republic ; And tbe President of the French Republic, M. Lewis Felix Stephon Turget, officerof the Natioa- al Order of the Logion of Honor, Knight of the Royal Order of San Fernando of Spain, second claas, &o, &c,and Minister for the Department of Fo even A Baieas ‘ho, after having communicated to sach ether their respective full powers, found in good and due Lorm, bave agreed upen a: tuded tae follow | ing articles: — Art. 1. From and after tha dats on which, ao- cording te the provisions of art It, the preseat convention shall come into operation, the authors of werks of literature or of art, te whom the laws of either of the two countries do now or may hore after give the right of property, or copyright, hall be entitled to exercise that right in tne terri- | ories of the other of such countrivs for the same ind to the same extent, as the authors of of the same nature, if published in such other country would therein be entitled to exercise such right; so that the republication or piracy in cither country, of apy work of literature or of art, | publisbed in the other, shall be dealt witn in tho Same manner ag the republication or RieaNy of a work of the same nature first published in auoh other say ; and so that such authors in the one | country sha! have the same remedies bofore the | courts of justice in the other country, and shall en- joy in that other country the same protection against piracy and unauthorized republication, as the law now does or may hereafter grant to au‘hors in that country. The terma ‘‘works of liter: of art,” employed at the beginniog of this le, shall be Geet to comprise publications of books, of dramatio works, of musical compositions, of drawing, of painting, of sculpture, of engraving, of lithography, and of any other works whatsoever ofliterature and of the fine arts. The lawful ro- presentatives or assigns of authors, translators, composers, painters, sculptors, or ongravera, shall, | in all respects, enjoy the same rights whioh by the present convention are granted to t49 authors, trans- iators, composers, painters, sculptors, or engravers themeelves. Art. 2 The protection granted to original works is extended to translations; it being, however, otearly understood, that the intention ot the present articlo iz simply to protect a translator in respect of his own translation, and that it is not intended to confer upon the first translator of any work the ex- | clusive right of translating that work, exeept in the | case and to the extent provided for in the following article. | Art.3 The author of any work published in either of the two countries, who may choose to re- serve the right of translating it, shall, until the ex- piration of five years from the date of the ficst pub- tication of the translation thereof authorized by hin, be, in the following cases, entitled to protection from the publication in the other country of any translation of such work not so authorized by him: Sec. 1. If the original work shall have been re- tered and deposited in the one country wichin reo months after its first publication in the other. Seo. 2. If the author has notified on the title pogo of his work his intention te reserve the right of translat: git. vi Seo. 3. Provided always, that at ieast a part of the authorized trenclation shall have appeared within a year after the registration and deposit of the original, and that the whole shall have been publighed within three years after the date of such deposit. ‘ {rg 4. And vided that the publication of the ranslation shall take place within one of the two ‘ountries, and that it shell be registered and de- posited according to the provisions of article 3. With regard to works which are published in parts, it sufficient if the declaration of the author that he reserves the right of translation hall appear im the first part. But with roference to the period of five years limited by this article for he exercise of the exclusive right of translation, «ach part shall be treated as a sepsrate work, and eaoh part shall be registered and deposited in the one country witbin three months after its publica- | tion im the other. Art. 4. The stipulations of the preceding articles shall also be applicable to tae representation of | dramatic works, and to the perfermance of musical | compositions, in eo far as ths laws of cach of the two countries are or shall be spplicable in this respect to tic and musical works first publicly represented or performed therein. | In order, however, to entitle the author to le- gal protection im regard to the translation of a dramatic work, translation must appear | within three months after the registration and deposit of the original. [t is understood that the protection stipulated by the present article is not intended to prohibit fair imitations, or adaptations of dramatic works to the stage in England and France respectively, but is only meant to prevo piratical translations. The question whether work is an imitation or ® piracy shall in all cas be decided by the courts of justice of the respective @ountrier, according to the Jaws in force in each. Art. 5. Notwithstanding the stipulations of arts Vand2 ofthe present convention, articles extract- | ed from newspapers or periodicals published in | either of the two countries, may be republished or | translated in the newspapers or periodicals of the other country, provided the source frem whence such articles are taken bo acknowledged. Never- theless, this permission shall not be construed to | authorize the republication in one of the two coun- | tries of articles from newspapers or periodicals | published in the other country, the authors of which shall have notified in a conspicuous manner in the journal or periodical in which such articles have eee that they forbid the republication there- | ° Art. 6, The importation into and the sale in either of the two countries of piratical copies of | works which are protected from piracy, under arts. | 1, 2,3, and 5 of the present convention, are prohi- | tited, whether euch piratical copies originate in the country where the work was published, or in | any other country. : é } . 7. In the event of an infraction of the pre- | visions of the foregoing articles, the pirated works or artieles shall be soized and destroyed; and the | persons who may have committed such infraction shall be liable in cach country to the ties and © ions which are or may be prescribed by the it that country for such offences, committed =Pect of a work or production of home origin 4 Art. S. Neither authors, nor translators, nor their lawfal representatives or assigns, shall be entitled in either country to the protection stipulated by the preceding articles, nor shall copyright be elaim- able in cither country, unless the work shall have been registered in the manner following, that isto | we re say :-- a! If the work be one that has first appeared in France, it must be registered at the Halil of the Company of Stationers, in London. 2. If the work be one that bas firet athe in the dominions of her Britanic Majesty, it must be rogistered at the Bureaw + (a Librairie of the Min- istry of the luterior, at Parie. No person shall bo | entitled to such protection as aforesaid, unless he shall have daly complied with the laws and regula- tions of the respective countries in regard to the | work in respect of which such protection maybe | claimed. ith regard to books, mape, prints, or | musical publications, no person shall be entitled to | euch protection, unlese he shall have delivered cra- tuitously, at one or other of the places mentioned above, as the case may be, one copy of the best edi- tion, or in the best state, in order to its being depo- sited at the place aj pointed for that purpose in each of the two countries—that is to say, in a Sritein, at the British Muecum, at London; and in Franoe, at the National Library, at Paris. inevory case the formality of deposit and registration must bo fulfilled within three months after the first publica- tion of the work inthe other country. With regard to works published in parts, the period of three months shall not begin to run until the dato of the ublication of the last part, unless the author shall Pave Botified hie intention to reserve the right of translating it, as provided in Art. in which omse each shall be treated as a separate work. A scrtified copy of the entry in the ltegister Hook of | the Com of Stationers, in London, shall confer, | within the British dominions, the exclusive right of publication, until a better right shail have been | (ablished by any other party before s court of | tice. The ce te given pe i Lda rovin the registra jon of any workin coumey hall’ be id for the same purpors throughout the territories of the fronch republi A cortificate or certified ony of the registration of any work ay ronlevered Ma eer so ualry abalt, AC ra- newspal | Portation inte the United Kingdom of (ireat Britain | contain a! not exceed one shilling in Eee ty land, nor one frano and twenty-five centimes France ; and the such registration shall not exceed th: shillings in England, nor six franca and centimes in Franco. The provisions of this article obarge for @ cortificate of jum of five | aty: five | shall not extend to articles whioh m: pers or periodicals, which shall be p | from republication or translation simply bys notice | from the author, as proscribed by Article5. And | if any article or work which has originally ape ed in a newspaper or periodical shall afterwards bo | published in a separate form, it shall thon becomo | subject te the stipulations of the present artiole. Art. 9. With regardto any article other than | books, prints, maps, and musical publications, in | respeoito which pretection may be claimable under article one of the prosent convention, itis agreod that any other mode of rogistration than that pro- | soribed in the proceding article, which is, or may | be, applicable by law mone of the two countrias to | any work or article first published in suoh couatry, | for the purpose of affording protection to copyright | in euch werk or artiole, shall be oxtended on equal | terms to any similar work or article first published | in the other country Art 10. During the continuanse of this sonven- | tion, the duties now payable upon the lawful im- and Ireland of books, prints, drawings, or musical works, published throughout the territories of the French republic, shal! be reduced to anu fixedatthe | rates bereinafter specified; that is to say: Interesting Corr ae Our Quebes Correspondence, Quersgc, Feb. 11, 1852. Dr. Cameron, Minister of Agricultwre—Professor- | ship of Agricultwre—Ratlroads—Halifar Line— Quebec and Montreal Line— Great Western Line— | The Fisheries om she Shores of Prince Edward's | Island Thrown Open—Fancy Balls, §¢. Mr. Cameron's organ announces his aoceptance of the office of Minister of Agrioulture, with tho Presideney of Committees of Council. This it (tho North American) calls “a happy solution of » gravo difficulty.” 1 question whothor the Province largo, or the House of Astembly, will look upon the matior in this light. It is carrying matters too far to gratify Dr. Rolph’s wish to see his friend Cameron in the cabinot,*by cresting a useless office, and saddling tho country with an additional salary of $3,200 a yoar. Mr. Cameron isa shrowd man, has carned some popularity by his frank, engeging manner, and understands the questions of Upper Canadian politios aa well as most members of Parliament; but ! fear be will cut » sorry Ggure in the ministry. Hs would have been moro in- Huential and mors useful in opposition. Apropos of agricalturs—I have much pleasure in announcing the appointment of Dr. Buokland, the editor of the Canadian Agricultwral Journal, and 1. Duties on books and musical works, viz :— (2) Works o1 ally produced in the United Kingdom, and repubiished in “ranoe, the owt. £200 0 @ ) Works not o1 ha United Ki tho owt coer O15 0 2. Prints or drawings :— (a) Colored or plain, singte, sack... 9909 (4) Bound or sewed, the dozen a) 1, tis agreed that the rates of duty above speci | fied shall not bo raised during the continuance of | | the present convention; and that if hereafter, dur. ing the soutinuance of this convention, any reduc- tion of thosa rates should be made ia fivor of country, such reduction shall be at xtended to similar articles pu slished it is, moreover, uoderstood that all works published in France, of waich any part may bave been originally produced in tho Uaited King- dom, shall be considered as “ works duced in the United Kingdom and France,” and as such shall be Subject to the duty of fifty shillings per owt, although the same may ‘ont 9 original matter not produced in the United Kingdom; unless such original matter shall be at least equal in bulx to the part of the work originally produced inthe United Kingdom. in which case the work shall be suject only to the duty of fif:een shillings per owt Art. 11. In order to facilitate the exeoution of the pregent convention, the two high contracting par- ties engage to communicate to cach other tha ws aud regulations which may horeafwr be cstab- shed in their respective territories with respect to | copyright in works or productions protected by the stipulation of the present convention. _Art. 12, The stipulations of the praseat conven- tion shail in no way affect the right which each of the two high contracting parties oxpressly reserves to itself of controlling or prohibiting, by measures of legislation or of internal police, the sal, olroulation, representation or exhibition, of any work or produc tion, inregard to which either country may deem _ it expedient to exercise that right. Art. 13. Nothing in this convention shall be con- strued to affect the right of cither of the two high contracting parties to prohibit the importation into ita own dominions of such books as, by its internal law, or under engagemonts with other States, are or may be declared to be piracies, or infriagements of copyright. Art 14. Her Britannic Majesty engages to re- commend to Parliament to pass an act to enable her | te carry into execution such of the arrangements contained in the present convention as require the Sanction of an act of the legislature. Whon such ao act shail have beon passed, the convention shal! come into operation from and after a day to be thon fixed upon by the two high connecting parties. Due notice shall be given beforehand in ead! Byte government of that country, of tho day which may be so fixed upon; and the stipulations ef tho convention shall apply only to works or articles published after that day. shall continue in force for ten yoars from the day on which it may come into operation; and if neither party shall, twelve months before the enon of | the said period of ton years, give notice of its inten- tion to terminate its operation, tue convention shall continue in force for a 5 longer, and so on from year to year, untilthe expiration of a year’s notice from either party for its termination. Tho high aren partes, however, reserve to themselves the power of making, by common consent, in this convention, any modifications which may not bo inconsistont with its spirit and principles, and which experience of its working may show to bo desirable. Art. 15. Ths present cenvontion shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as scon a8 may be within three months from the date of signature. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and h affixed thereto their respective seals. Dono at Pi ris, the third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thoueand sight on cats ty-one. (LS) N ORMANBY. (LS) Tvreor PROCESS-VERBAL OF THE EXCHANGE OF RATIFI- CATIONS. The undersigned having met together in order, on the part of her Majesty the (ueen of the United a of Great Britain and ireland, and of the President of the Freneh republic, to proceed to the exchange of the respective ratifications of the con- vention between Great Britain and Franoe, signed at Paris, on the 3d of November last, forthe mutual protection, in the two countries, of copyright in works of literature nd of art, tho re jive in- cments of ratifi:ation were produced, and after id been carofully compared and found to be exactly conformable to each other, were exchanged ip the usual form. 1. Notwithetanding, however, that b; terms of | article 14, it is stipulated that none of the arrange- | mente of the convention s come into operation such of thoe ar- Tangements as require to be confirmed in Cireat until after the time w Britain by an act of the legislature, shall have | been so sanctioned; it was mutually agreed that fuch of those arrangements as do not reqaire that sanction, and asthe present state of the law enables the British crown to carry at onse into execution, thall on either side receive their fall and entire effect as soon as possible. 2. It was aleo agreed that the stipulations oon- tained in article 5, which forbid the republication in either of the two countries of articles from news- papers or periodicals Raphael in the other, the aathors of which shall have notificd in the news- | paper or periodical in which such articles have ap- peared, that they forbid the publication thereof— shail not beapplicable to articles of political dis cussion. The preceding interpretations and explanations shail have the same force ani validity as if they had been inserted in the convention itself. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present proces verbal, in duplicate, at Paris, the | Sth day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1852. ws Noxmanry. Tereor. Law Intelligences U B. Bornemy Cours, Feb. 16.—No, 104, JohnD. Amis’s administrators, appellants, vs, Samuel F. Butterworth et wr --This was srgued by Mesers. Harris and Orit- ppel and by Mr. V. B. No. . and J, 45) (L8) tenden fort erg Coxe for the appellants, and submitted, on a prin’ argument, by Mr. Clay for pada pore U8 Screeme Jour, Feb. 17.—Edward Wells, Bey of New York, and Peleg W. Chandler, Eq. of Mas churetts, were sdmit attorneys and counsellors of thie court. Nos. 92 and 03—Johm Darrington + ol. ve. The Branch of the Bank of the Btate of Alabama. Error to the Bupreme Court of the State of Alabaws. Mr. Justice McLean delivered the epinion of the Court, sffirming the judgments of the seid Supreme Court in these caures, with cost. No. 1ld—Samnel Smyth ve. Strader, Perine & Co. In error to the Cirouit Court of the United Btates for Alabama. Mr. Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion of the Court, dismissing this cause with corte, No. 108—Jecker, Torre & Co, appellants, vs J. K Montgomery, The argument of this cause war commenced by Mr. Coxe for the ap- lente, and continued by Mr. ay for the appellee 10. 106—Bamuel Sargeant’s heirs, plaintiffs in error, ve. State Bank of Indians This cause was submilted yes- terday to the Court, on the record and printed sigu mente, by Mr. Smith for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr White for the defendant in error. Feb 18 —No. 106~Jecker, Torre & (o., » IR Montgomery. The argument of this ow 4 con- tinned by Mr. Beverdy Johnson for the appellee, and concluded by Mr. Nelson for the appellants Tue Spanien Conevi’s Retunn to New Orn- vars —The New Orleans Picayune, of the loth inst sayn'—The Spanish Conenl, Mr. |aborde, returned to this city yesterday afterncon from Havana. in the Spanish war rtesmer Colon. Preparations hed been made by the United States authorities here to fre the cproper salute, rtment in Wathington ei ordered by the proper de frem the Louies street w steainer went up the stream drifted down, firing # salute, which was returoed from number of pefsons were collected on of the foreign consuls in thie city went the wharf in carriay to give Mr. Laborde the He did not land. then, ho The steamer ed up the river, aud cast Sesoas emmasciane by og’ the foot of Canal street, cond Mur ity. im has reoely ter, what she desired as Crcateettony nothing to do but to make all the forte we can to forget the aton pleagant renipisoenrs, aod (he bel rat a ft ls not sid ehout it the ; drawings, or musical works, publish- | originally pro- | republished in | country, | ‘he convention | the Seoretary of the Boara, to the new Professor- | ship of Agriculture, in the University of Toronto. ‘This is undoubtedly a wise step. Oar agricultural ea well as our commercial interests demand tho best protection and cars, and a Professorship in tho Toronto University is better caloulated to im- | prove aud foster our Knowledge of the scisuce of | agriouliure than kalf a dosea jobbing olices of ; Stata. = | I fear that somo of my lottors might be appro- priately inserted undor the head of *‘ railway in- | selligence.”” In puiat of fact, Canada is at present | in the railroad era of her progress, and the various | schemes which are broashed for tho construstion of ali manner of possiblo and impossible, profitable aod ruinous lines, ocoupy & paramount share of p public attention. To us they are all-important— the very essentials of progress and developement; te you they should not be devoid of interest, as every road tl is opened ia Canada draws us nearer to the United States Ot the Halifax line, no further nows bas boon regoived since my last. The goevernmenta of the | Lower Provinoes are at ® stand still. [he papers | teem with statements and sshomec--among which | itis hard to choose—the most confused and inox- | plicabla. A Mr. Arcaibald, a geatleman of for- tune, by birth a Nova Ssotian, and who, thoagh resident in England, bas takea much interest in the Eurepean and North Amerioan road, writes | from London, on 9th January :— The most powerful association aver formed for pur- Poses convected with North America, has just been organized, under the name of “fhe British American Railway Association,” inoluding Mr Jackson, M. P., Mr, Peto, M. P. essrs, Brassay, bette, and others. whose pames are a sufficient guarantee for all they wader. take. their own account snd, if necessary, ps of the Halifax joaal will be immediately sud- mitted to the imperial goveroment, and au outline goss | by vbis mail to New Brunswick, Last week it was gravely asserted by the official organ in Nova Scotia that Rotbsshild had offered | to ORCS the fuads for the construction of the roads. Nearer home, parties of influence have published | the prospectus of a company for the construction of | ‘ a road from Quebec to Montreal, on the north shoro | of the Saint Lawrence. This is intended asa rival to the Richmond road, which does net enjoy the con- | | } | | | fidence of the public. Tho distance trom ({uebec to Montreal is about 160 miles, and it is asserted that, as the ground is favorable, a rail could bo laid for $12,000 a mile. This project is likely to meet with the approval of the citizens of Quobec, at the eastern terminus would be in the heart of tho city, while that of the Richmond road is situate ata distance of six or seven miles, and on the other side of the Saint Lawrence. Ina military puint of view, also, the north shore is preferable to the south. | Our fellow countrymen in the wost aro more practical than we of Lower Canada are doomod, | and carry into effect whatever they undertake. The Great Wostern K ailway is progressing rapidly ; the engineers are staking out tho line batwern Wind- ; torand Chetbam, with the intontion of set:ing a large sumber of men to work upon it during the coming season. The road between London and | | Chatbam will alzo be commenced next summer. | ‘There is no want of capital. One million of dollars has been eubsoribed in England; and the United | Stetes has already taken as much stock as the | charter allows them to hold. The satisfaction which this gratifying intelligence is calculated to | | arouse, is somewhat damped by tha news of a dreadful accident which occurred on this ling on 24 | instant. A portion of the rock from the hoights | Bear Hamilton, fell, and buried ten of the work uen | under an immense load of stone andearta. The bodies, when dug out, were so crushed and mut | ed that the survivors could hardly recognise thom. The Leg jature of the a but valuablo islsud | of Prince L:dward’s, is now ing. The Governor, | Sir Alexander Bannerman, isa person of liberal v apd sound sexse; he haa renewed the nogo- tiations which were commenced by his predecessor in 1849, for the opening of the fisheries on the shores of the island to the U.S. fishermen. He eats in his opening address, on this subject :— ‘he importance of the fishery and the magnitade of the United States fleet of Gehermen may be estimated. when I inform you that upwards of two hundred sai! were at cne time im one of our harbers, in the autumn, | and no fewer than seventy-two of their v were cast | asbore,¢r were more or less damaged on the shores of | this ielard during the disastrous gale at the beginning of October last. I have, therefere, considered it to be my duty, with the advice of the Executive Coungil,to renew the correepondence with Her Majesty's government on the fishery question —Negotiations, | am informed, are | now pending, which, I trust, will terminate to the mu- tual advantage of both countries. But if mo concessions can be graated by the United Btater, I hope you will di- rect your energies to induce British capitalists to pro- | | secute that important branch of trade and industry, and | afford every facility to erect fishing stations along the | shores of this island. | As the season draws to a close, balls and partios follow rapidly on each other's traces. II! starred the man who has a spare evening to himself during this month. Lord EJgin has already given two | grand receptions te some four or five hundred jeople, and the cards are out for a third. Col. Higgive, R. A., gave a splendid fancy balla fow days ago, at which in the stereotyped parlance of reporterr, the élite of beauty and fashion wore aseembled. Of costumes there was a rich varioty. from the Hindoo to the Postilion of Lonjumoau ; the Crusader, to the modern Saracen. A mazuarka was danced in costume by a select party; and several Scotch reels and cotillons were got up to suit the Highland taste of His Excellency. [ll-natured, sulky people saw that, after all, fancy balls wore nothing without masks—that to equip oneself in foreign finery, and ill-worn gewgaws ef other days, was a pastime only fitfor very little children—that the very life and soul of ae balls were the mysti- fication and amusement afforded by the disguise of the mask. If the man who exproseed sueh a cynical sentiment as this, had his deserts, bo would be made to wear an iron mask for the rest of iis days. StTavacowa. ston Correspondence, Boston, Feb. 14, 1852 Dull Times—Harvard University Committees—The | Ecclesiastical Conrt--Amusiments— First Read- ing of the Naine Lav—Tie Vermont Central Railroad, & There is considerable dulness in our political world “about these days,” to borrow the nervou oxpreesion of the late Mr. Thomas’almanao. Most people have got all they expect, or are about to geti’, which is very gratifying to them ; whilo others have failed to get what they wanted, which, if not very | gratifying, has, at least, the merit of certainty, and that is satisfactory in certain sonse—it puts a fel- low out of hia pain. The only thing about which there is much grumbling, is the composition of the | visiting and examining committeos of Harvard | University. Those committees were formed, sub- stantially, by Gov Boutwell—that is, the Governor , appointed the committee which reported them, and | of that committee Lieut. Governor Cushman was chairman; ands most anlacky appointment will it turn out to that gentleman, unlees he bow that be was victimized himecif, tpetead of being a vic- timizer. : Vor many years past there has been a great deal of fault found with tke venerable | niversity., It has been charged with being as clore a corporation, | almost, as eithor of the groat Universitios of Eng: | Jand. It had fallen under the control of the Unita- | rian denomination~a olass of roligionists with whom the founders of the |niversity never would have had any sympathy, and whom, indeed, they | would most probably have sent to the flames or the | gallows. ithad become an aristocratioal concern, and, though not two conturivs * out of the woods,” | was dit d to ib every body who had nota | father—{or no one in Yankeo land evor dreams of | having bad ® graudfathor—that is a luxury of gon | tility to which cone of as oan bave any claim. Aa you ae tuppose, the University became a ver | Gull an Our drowey consero, vory muoh, in » small | way, aa Gibbon found the University of Ox‘ord | Whet betwoon incMicleaoy and relgiowa ya... io | ticulars. | others, with equa | singing shop. | effected. Stch is the result of placing incompetent nesd, & spirit of Soal'ot taining hostility sprun up, and after a geod and made considerable ton ite man tho affairs of coalition last teed University. Indeed, in favor of the for- was belief that the col- lego would be reformed in some very ossontial par- Well, tho coalition did triumph, and what was ealled reform in the college was effected; bat, somehow or othor, it doesn’t work so well as was e pected. The new committees, for which the Go- vernor and Lioutenant Governor are responsible, are almost as exclusive as any that over had an ox- istence under tho old régime. Tho codfish aristo- oracy”’ of our democratio Party seem to boasanxious to got inte 4aee society” as those of Now York. Accordingly, in making up the committees, hunkers and whigs havo been most liberally provided for, while the poor coalitionists have been {eft high and dry—tke former are everywhore the Eclipses of the courze, While the latter are nowhere. This is a sort of reform which the reformers do not understand. What makes it more aggravating is the fact that the committees are the result of a regular under- standing between Lieut. Govornor Ashmaun and the hunkers Ho was asked to place on ona of the com- mittees Mr. Whitney, of Worcester, who is am alumnus of Harvard and aa excellent scholar, but refused to do The fecling which this matterhas excited is much greater than an indifferent porson would havo expected; but anything relating te Harvard College is of great interest in New Eog- land. Already an ect has been istroducod into our Senate, the object of which is to groatly increase the number of “‘corporators;"” and should this plan succeed, the college will becoma really liboral in its govorument, character, aud objects The marriage of the late Jonny Lind still forms tho subject of talk in some slow circles, though the usual nine days to which wonders are limited have passed away. Some are vexed that the lady “sold "’ people by having the audacity to got mi tied without first having her “invention of m: riage” proclaimed from the State House cupola; aod they seriously think of o: 1g upon the Logis- Jatare to repeal the now mariiage law, but for che existence of which no such imposition could hai been played off upon tho people of Boston 8 But then how the lady “out” in the manner truly a hard case. Now ‘That is some consolation T an coclesiastical court sitting hore for ial of a clergyman of the namo of Prescott, tor y! To what denomination of Christians this unfortunate man belongs, and in what his horesy consists, few know, and fewor cara. The groatest farce in ourtime is atrial for herosy. [t oxocites no interest except by comparisen with similar trials in “the good old times.'’ Then, when the spiritual tribunal, after having looked inte the condition of the heretio’s soul, and found it desid- edly unclean, handed him ovor to the secular power, with a pious injufotion to deal aa tenderly by him a3 circumstances would admit of,—which meant that bo should have powder with his fire and | fagots—then, I aay, thero was all tho dignity of the deepest tragedy about an ecclosiastioal tri- bunal. Butl defy any one to look upon any such | tribunal now, in this country, without having his | ity mach disturbed. A lot of sleek, olose- shaved, white-neck clothad, round-hoaded, broad and buttery-mouthed chaps, whose vory faces spoak moat oloquently gross of tho world, the flesh, and the devil, are seem trying—‘‘trying him out” | would be the better expression—one of their own kidnoy ; and at noon, thoy all go ous aad dine to- | gether. And perhaes they don’t cause a fear of famine among the observers. The whole thing is a farce, except the dinner. The whole thing ought to be dont away with—always, again, excepting the dipnor Pa Madame Thillon ought to come back to our city | 83 socn as possible, in order to heal the broken hearts she has caused. I know quite a aumber of “‘ingenuous youth’ who have serious thoughts of spostrophisirg the moon, wearing Byronis collars, | and ultimately committing suicide, if the lady should not soon come back. Au contratre, wo have an ancient man hers who swears that the lady, however handsome she may be, is not young. He declarea that she is all made up, that she was here sixteen years ago, and much other scandal. Should | he be missed, his will be easily guessed. Some of the speculatots in tickets to the iady’s perform ances are to have peouliar reasona for remem bering hor: they were not quite so sacseseful in their playing a3 she was in hors. One of them lost a hun- | dred ons night. ‘Che Rovere House bought many | tickets, and is understood to have been ‘solk” by | the operation. The Tremont, as usual, waa suo- ceasful--as it ever deserves to be. s Opinions differ as to Mr. Buchanan's merits as a tragedian, scwe Pronewnsing him superb, while vebemence, declare that ho is a | mere jurewr, He bas not been very aucoesaful here Mr. Murdoch is at the National, where heis as effective as evar. Ove of th» most barbaroas “ improvements,” az | cuppese I must call it, is the conversion of the old | Province Housa into a aort of exhibi hail, by | Mr. Orlway. No blame can be attashed to Mr O:dway, who bas the sama right to make a good hit as any other man; but it is most disgrace: ful to i also to the State, that one of difices t! re left should States 4 building with which are associated so uaoy great memories as the Provinos House of | ™ chusetts colony,—and now it is turned into a spite having been a grocery! But tue change ia for the better, it must Tho proposed new liquor law, in imitation o that of Maine, was reported and read, for the first time, this morning, im the Senate. It is anarbitrary, contradictory, puritanical, and most stringent statute, which will play the very devil with our po- litical parties, as well as with rum. As politicians are generally very ardent spirits, I suppose there | can be no particular objection to the law reaching them. The whole thing is a political trick. ‘The directors of the Vermont Central Keilroad, it is now said, will listen to the dictates of reason and common sense, and not persist in their designs of repudiation. I have not so much faith in their doing right as some others appear to have. They have already done injury to New England to an amount that defies computation. All the good they may hereafter perform, be it as extensive as it may, can never atono for the evil they have already men in high and responsible offices, where their conduct can affect the interests of millions. The entire railroad em of England, with the exception of some few lines, has been vicious for ears, from the same ceuse. Incompetent men ave been at the head of many roads, and have wrecked millions of capital, either through their | folly or their roguery. The great success which, from the first, waa achioved has been the cause of immense injury to the m: railroad stockholders, while it has added much, and will add more, to the means of great capitalists. How farthe public, asa whole, have been bene- fitted, is a question which I leave so be set! by those gentlemen whose poetry takes the shape and form of statistics. 1t would be singular, indeed, if bo elses bad been the gainers through such im- mense outlays and vas; changes. The travolling pane, in particular, and produvors generally, have eon the lucky fellows in this instance. Their con- venience and success have beon obtained through the sacrifice of small capitalists, who have often been reduoed to a condition of absolute want. ALGoma. Exskxsive Swinpuino Orgra tions tx Boston.— The Boston Traveller, of the 17th, says:—One of the most successful ard extensive swindling ope- rations which has ever been kaown in our city was brought to light yesterday. The facts in the case are as fcllows -~ It appears that eome time since a man named A K. McDonald came to this city, from x etd commenced trading here, using the name ofa respectable firm in India etreet, with whom be vad before had some Ceallp: ference. He was a man of honest appear- ance. credit from: of our most lay or two since, he left for parte uoknown ; and on investigation, it appears | he was cairying on, during his residence in this city, a moet cunning system of rogus Representing himself ngeced ins large business, he has procured goods of | goods, West India & word, everything which could be turned into money he bas obtained. No sooner in bis poreersion than the merchandise was immediately | turned into cash ; and yet eo cunningly has he carried on bis operations, that no one suspected his roguery. When the swindling operations were discovered, « ther) was immediately watched to arrest hi nd the officer actually rode in the same car with to- ward Canada for some miles The conductor peinted out McDonald asthe rascal; but the officer was 80 deceived by his appearance, as to refuse to arrest him, delng oer. ‘ain tbat he was not the right man. The man succeeded | ip gettirg scroes the line, and was then eut of the reach of the immediate power of the law. He proceeded to Montreal, where he left a large parcel of w! pored to be bank bills, at the counting house of « firm with whom he bas had dealings, Since then be hae not been #1 ‘The parcel has been attached, and is now in the safe of the bank of Montreal, awaiting the action of the Jaw. It is not known whether there is any money in it or not. McDcnald also bad some real estate in the provinces, which bas been attached. It in supposed the | total amount out of which he has swindled our mer- 8 é 3 { chants, ir at least $40,000. It is very doubtful whether | are enone the sufferers :— $2,500; Levi lett, $1,000; 7 B # ; Dutton, Richardrom & Co., $3,600; Bacon, $2,000; Adolphus Davis, $800; Sami er, Jr, $800; James Howland, of New Bedford | $4,000; Bendford & Howiand of the same city, $1,600 SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT. —Senator Gwin, of rnia, gave an eniertainment, on Tuesday evening lant, a8 @ com pliment to the oltigens of thet State tempo- rararily sejourning im this city, It was@ most megnifi- cent affair, and it \s estimated that there were seven or slept hundred Persons in attendance —jVashingion Tel., a th, A. Prorrravie Panrrxwrany.—The profite of the Penitentiary of Louisiana, during the year 1461, was $12,689 67, of which sum four thousand doliars are to | be paid Into the State Trearury, fs ae f to the terme of the Lease. leaving the balance of protita to the lermees | of $8,650 07, upon » business, a1 apprars upon thelr | ooka, of MOTs Wamm $416,090 r | previous to the perpetration of the outrage | thizk the water was within four feet of thetop. Hiram | | Bichardson’s bouse, bara, and horses, David Richardson | | child was reeovered ; its foot caught in a» fence. | The funnel was found to contain an inside lining, be- Domestic Miscellany. Imrorrant Axngst ony THE PaiLapeuruta Potick —For several woeks paat ror’s ice bave been on the look ont fore persen imeelf John H. Btev: charged with the rob- . Be re, on the night of the 24th of October. Finaily, officer Goldey succeeded in capturing Stevens, at Bighth and Race streets, on Thurs- day night of last week, after obasing him from house ip the vicinity of Ten! \d Arch etreets. whore be had been concealed. Yesterday morning, the defendant had & bearing beforo Mayor Gilpin. avd several witmesses were examined It was alleged that he boarded wt the le Hote), in North Third street, in October last, ander mame of Louis Harper, and while there, was frequently out uptile very unéeasonable hour of thenight He kept himself aloof from the rest of the boarders in the bourse, and was in the hotei very little of histime. It was stated goods amounting to upwards of $1,200 bad been recovered by the officers, consisting of silks, satin, and other costly articles. These were identified by & Brother and Julian, Mason & Co., whose store was robbed last summer. Bome of the good were found in Alexander Hoit's store, im North Second atreet, some time ego. and the balanoe in a chest, secreted in the second story of s heuse in Fourth street, below the Germantown rcad. Several letters were produced, which contained @ correrpondence in reference to the robberivs, and all appeared to bear with considerable force against the defendant Stevens is also suspected of the robbury of the Portsmouth Bank, im Virginia. At the olose of the hearing, he was committed for a further investigation of the charges —Phila Ledger, Feb. 20, F'Rozz To DeatH.—The Barrie (C. W.) Herald states that on Friday week,a man named James Hatch lett hia home about 6 A M., with gun and dog, intending to Bilideer. That night he did uot return; end the fol- lowing day hia wife felt very uneasy, but atili thought be might have gone on to ataverm some ¢hree or four miles distant. His not rsturning om Saturday, however, and vo person having seem him since leaving home, in- cuced the neighbors to turm out and look forbim, On Banday moruing they tracked him for some miles into the bush. He had on his feet thin boards, fashioned as snew shoes; but snow having fallen on Friday afternoon, the traces at times were very indistinct After tl searching party bad fired several shots, they heard the bewl of s deg. and shortly after discovered the unfor- tupate mam lying near a tree, and the dog orouched on his breart The gum was found planted ia the snow somselght or ten yards from him, loaded; and the im- preesion of the snow shoes was visible over nearly one bonded acres. This wan about haifa mile frem wh be hed fallem, as he bad left the snow shoe travelled part, and walked norrly {a 9 straight li piace whoi @ he was found. Me must have leaned agains: tho tree, aa there was snow on his back and arm; and when death took place—evicently from exhaustion—be | follsidowaya. The dog would not ailow the people to touch the body; and wlen the party retirad—not wish- ing to remove the corpse until after the irspeotion of a Po is faithful creature still kept watch over the dead A Lavy Ourrasen at Banzimorg.—The Balti- | more Chyper of the 19th inst. says —Am individual pamed Patrick Kelly, waa arrested veaterday arternoon, | by cfficers Taylor and Coath, charged with having com- mittcd a nameless outrage upon the person of a young widow named Maury Waites, The circumstances of the case axe thess :-—The accused ta @ married man, and with bis wife occupied tho upper part of @ house in Lombard street, mear Eden. His wife is» seamstress, and yesterday was away from home, sewing In @ private | family, The burband met his victim inthe street, and | having some provious acquaintance with her, invited | her to his house to see his wife, with whom she was also | acquainted. She accompanied him thither, and pro- oreded to bis bed room, when he closed the door. | Shortly after, the other inmates of the house heard the ory of murder issuing from the room. They forced open the door, and found the unfortunate weman lying on the | W! bed im attate of insepsibility. The police were imme. iately sent for, and the perpetrator of the outrage ar- rested, The profeesional services of Dr. Chabot were called into the assistance of the injured woman, and | trcm her appearance, those presentcame to the conclu. sion that drugged liquor had been administered to her | The chief | actor in this brutal outrage waa takea before Justice King, who committed him te jail fors further exami: On his way thither he made an attempt to « frem ee custody of the officers, but was toiled in tl temp t Fioop in Vermont.—Loss or Lrex | vatr.—The Tyo, Post. of Saturday, contains letter, dated Bennington, Vt , Feb. 12, which says:—The business portion of North Bennington isin ruins. The | great dam above the railroad, and constituted by the | superstructure, gave way yesterday, about two o’sloca | P M., notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts of the | citixens to etop the holes as theyappeared I should and Jones's batting factory, next the stream, are gone, dali the éontents. Their woollen factory is soshat- tered as to be worthless. Mrs. Christy’s dwelling, Mr. Ball's biackrmith shop, H retin Gi dwelling, the barn opposite the Academy, with all their contents, are troyed. Mr Estes’ factory and store stand. but the water rose higher than the weave shop. ‘The house | below, occupied by Mr. Cameron, is gone. The n Route next the factory went down whol: child of Wm. R Dutoher, in one tenement, and Mrs. Cain, recentiy from Adams. in the other. The houre soon went to Pieces, and Mrs. Cain, by a wonderful providence, was enabled to cling to floating timbers, that seemed to be thrown in her way, aud was saved three-fourths of a mile below, near the irieh Corners. The body of ws | 0 other lives are known to be lost So sudden was the flood that the people had only time to run out of their | houses. Every dam and bridge is gone, The grist mill | stands. and probably saved Mr. Bangs’ square shop. It | is said there was $5000 worth of sjuares imthe upper | story; they were not wet flood trimmed the under — story. Beveral other houses and their furniture were much damaged, which I have not now time to mention, ‘The floor of Hawks and Coa store was covered, and the | room containing their safe filled. Goin Dust Rogugny.—We have heretofore pub- | Usbed accounts cf Californians being wronged out of | gold dust in New Orleans. The modus operand: is shown | 1p acase which was before one of the criminal courts of New Orleans, on the 1(th irst. The indictment charged Jobn Denny. James Warner, and Wm. Spencer, with at- | tempting toswindle Richard J. Walsh, a returned Cali- fornian, cut of $15 worth of gold. Walsh testified’ chat | on the ist of January, he went into the office of the ac. | cused (Warner & Denny's), on Common street, to sell scme gold dust; that Warner cffered him $1760 per ounce for it. There were 25 ources of the gold, accord. | ing to the mint certificate, but on welghing it, Warner's | welghts made it but 23 ozs. 16 dwts. Walsh then re- | fused to sell the gold.and demanded it back. Warner | egreed to give it, and Denny teok a funnel to pour the goldthrough into Walsh's purse. In doing so he held | the mouth of the purse, and By apttgrend the geld from rupning into it readily, and at the same time kept tap- ping the funnel. This excited Waleh’s suepicion. and 4 asked Denny to let him see the tunnel. rey, refased, and said that Walsh had all of his gold. Walsh insist- ed on seeing the funnel, and as both Warner and Denny refured to let himeee it, he requested a gentleman named Smith, who hed accompanied him to the office, ogo for ice officer. While he was gone, Denny walked out of the office, and Warner, after some time, tock up the funnel and said, there is some gold in it yet, and I will giveit to you.” With that he took some gold out of the funnel (over two ounces) and handed itto the owner. He then left t tween which and the outer frame work the gold was con- cealed. About two dollars’ worth of gold was found im the junnel after it was removed to the Recorder's office Bpeucer appeared to bea porter in the office. He had nothing to do with the | hap nfo! the gold. The jury, atter being out a shert time, returned with @ verdict of guilty against Warner, and Spencer wes acquitted. ‘Te Fignt BetwaEn THE CoRKONIANS AND FaR- vows ers—Lnist Lanorers at Steunesvitee, Ono —The bieubenville Herald, of the 9th instant, contains the fol- icwing particulars of the riot and murder committed by the belligerent laborers on the railroad in that viciuity:— Op the 6th instant, a party of fifty-seven Fardowners, that were marehing over the hills and fields in neigh- | berhood of section fourteen, im pursuit of Corkmen, met & party of seven or eight of the latter, and fired upon them. One man of the Cork party, named James | was shot through the main artery of the thigh, and thea beaten over the head nd body with bludgeons, In few minutes he was d A party of the guard happened to ccme up at the time, and the assailants were pro: disarmed and marche corpse. Eleven of them, who had been disarmed, were immediately taken before a magistrate, and committed to jailonac! ie rest of the prisoners charges, so that, at the oounte, there were from ifty to elxty in jail. The d says :—In addition to all this. ic seems that the country people of the neighborhood, aided by some of the Guards. were to bring in yet another party of the un- ruiy Fardowners, who are accused of baving gone about to farmers’ houses, threatening the inmates, or driving } the females away, ostensibly to search for concealed | CorKonians. It has now come to this, that those people bave armed in defence of themselves and property, and that they will not permit one of the Fardowners to re- main in the neighborhood On Tuesday, 200 or 300 Vork- onians marchea into Pitteburg from the railroads in the vieinity, many of them fully armed, with the determina- tien to go to Steubenville to aid their friends there to drive off the Fardowners, but none of the captains of the steamers being willing to take them, they avowed their intention to march there by land Several arrests were wade; and energetic steps have been taken, both at Bteubenville and Pittsburg, to put an end to there dis gtaceful feuds. A Srranoz ann a Tragic months since,” says the New Urieat tin, “® man named Ronson a the hat business, at 156 Exchas Alley, suddenly disap. peared. on the occasion of s visit made by the partners to Mile’ at Lake Pontchartrain, the wife of Ronson accompanying them. Daree and Mrs. Ronson returned, aud inquiry being made for the missing man, they gave out that he bad abeconded and takem with him the funds of the partnerabip. Not many days after, Mrs. Ronton became Mrs. Duree, and they have lived toge- ther since in matrimonial bonds. Recently their hi neeshas not been uncheckered. ls in m struck by bi j J rp a which lead to the ensed husband was foully dealt with, to confirm the suspicion. Some three or four monthe since @ skeleton was discovered in ar the railroad, and abouta mile from the hull being fractured, and a hatchet and near the remains § An inquest wan beld, but no identification of the body was had, and it wasinterred, Since Mrs. Duree’s inuendosa, an ex- amination of the spot where the ekeleton was found has ‘end resulted ins bat being found there, mhlcn has been recognized as one worn by the decenred, together with a lock of hair corresponding in color to that of Ronsoa, The resait is, that Mre Duree is under arrest on suspicion of being principal or accessory to the rupposed homioide, and the police expected to captore her husband last night Tue New Sr. Cmances Horer. an bee of men ate at work om the Bt. | Orionas Ut ie to be 8 maqaitioens Story.—“Some ke, eword-cane discover | eratic convention of Buck's | majority in the two whig districts, was 999 and 543. so ‘This war an action tor $300, claimed an a fer work and labor done in removing dead bodies from action brought by the piaintiff for sonlding the foot boy, by the defexdants pourli premines, corner of sonable hour janin Virginia, cumonn, February 12 1852, Geereswen— On my arrival in thie city last evening, £ reoetved your very hind letter, welcoming me to the me- tropolie of the Old Di winion. tendering me the honor of @ publio dipmer. I regrot—deeply regret—tbal my visit to Bicbmopd will necessarily be se brief I cannot onjry the pleasure and the privilege of meeting you all at the festive Loard. Intending merely to press & day with my valaed friend Judge Mason, my previous ar- rapgements are of such @ character that I murt leave here to-morrow, or, at the Jateet, on Faturdsy mora- ing. But whilst I cannot accept the dinner. I elall over esteem the invitation from so many of Virginia’s most @istinguisbed and estimable sons as one of the proudes honors of my life Your ancient and renowned commoa- wealth bas ever been the peculiar guardian of Btate | rights, aud the firm supporter of constitutional liberty, of lew, and of order When, therefors, she endorses with her spprebation any of my poor efforts to serve the coan- try, ber commendation is @ sure guarantee that these have been devoted to # righteous cause, You are pleased | to refer im favorable terms to my recent conduct “ bom defence of the federal constitution and laws. This wasan oasy and agresable task, because the paople of Pennsylvania have ever been as loyal and faithfaito the constitution, the Union, and the rights of the sove- reign States of which it is compored, as the people of the Ancient Dominion themselves. To have pursued @ dide- rent course in my nstive State would, theretore, have been to resist the strong ourrsat of enlightemed bee, opinion I purposely refrain from discussing the ota merit of the compromise, becaure [ consider it, to employ the expressive lapguags of the day, as a “finality” —a fixed fact—a moat in portant enactment of Law, the agita- tion or disturbanoe of which cculd do no possible good, but might produce muoh positive evil. Ournoble vessel of Btate, freighted with tne hopes of mankind, both for present and future generations, hus passed through ost dangerous breakers which she bas ever encountered, and bas triumpbantly ridden out the storm. Both those who supported the measures of the compromise as just; | aud necessary, ond those who, regarding them ina dilfer- ent Hight, yet acquie:ce in thom for the sake of the U: bave arrived at the same oonolusion—that lt must and ball be executed, They have thus, for avery practioal purpere, adopted the same platform aud have resolved to sustain it egainst the common enemy. Why, then,should they wrangle and divide ond waste their energies, oot respecting the main question, which bas already besa q dofinitely settled, but in regard to the process which bas beought them, though from different directions, to the fame oonolusion? Above all, why abould the gth of the democratie party of the country be impatced, and i ancendenoy jeoparced, for any such oaara? ‘who be: eve that the triumph of democratic princip! 9 9ssen- tial mot only to the prosperity ef the Union, but even to the preservation of the constitution, ought reciprooally to forget, and, if need be. to forgive the past.and cordially unite with our political brethrem in sustaining for the fature the good old cause of democracy. It must bee source of deep and lasting pleasure to avery patriotic heart that our beloved country has so happily ps threngh the late trying and dangerous crisis. Th canobas been extinguished, [ trust, en Who would apply a firebrand present moment, to the combustible matertals which still remain, may produee an eruption to overwhelm both the coustitution gad the Union. , With sentimonts of high and grateful reapact, £ ree main your fellow citisen, JAMES BUCHANAN. Buscton F Leacs, Exq , and other gentlemen Political Intelligence, Qee, Boorr in tHe Taretrera Disteict or New Youn. —A meeting of the whigs of the Thirtieth Congressional dist:fot was convened in the village of Warea' 12th inst, when the followiug resolution was’ anani-, moualy adepted :—Kesolved, That the whigs of this Con- gressional district have implicit confidence in the in- tegrity, Htateemanehip, ability, and patriotism of Gan. Geld Scott, and that this convention unanimousiy advise our delegate to the National Convention to ase his best effort to procure the nomination of the old hore to the office of President of the United States. Cuancing Corons.—The Ford du Lao Patriot has bean soid out, and the new proprietors have taken down the pame of Millard Fillmore, which formerly stood at the. head of the editorial columns, and substituted im its piace Cass and Batier Beoxs Gounty, Pxwxave 14, FoR Oaas.---The demo- county, Pennsylvaala, met at Doylestown on the 16th in: d, after transacting some other business, adopted a resolution instructing their delegate not only to vote for, but to use all hemor- abie means to secure the nomination of General Lewis « # Cass, of Michigan, for President, and General Wiliam 0. | Butler, of Kentuoky, for Vice President. Suenivy oF Baxatoca Countr.—The Governor has ap- pointed William T. Seymour, of Waterford, Sheriff of sald county, in pl Theodore W. 8: . Attorney -Gen Ni . ‘Thompson, Erq., of Salem, bas been sppointed Attornay- General of New Jersey. Conansasiosa Distaicts 1x Inprava.—A bill has pass- ed the Legislature, dividing that State into eleven Jen- greesional districts, agreeably to the ap; represextatives under the new census. Under old cepeur, she had but ten members. Arcording to the Presidential vote of 1648, all the new districts were demo- cratic, by majorities ranging from 166 to 1,083, Taylor's Constitutionatity oF THR Maine Liquor Lawi— Judge Wells, of Maine, ina recent case involving the constitutionality of the liquor law of that State, says that to seize Wquors fairly and in good faith passing through the Btate on their way to New Hampshire, or fcom one Btate, through another, to a third, could mot be justified by the law; and if the law should beso con- strued in that particular, he believed it would be unoon- titutional. Temrsnancy Convention ix O1110.—A State temperance ‘Onvention wiil be beld in Columbus, Ohio. on the ith pastant, at which General Houston and John B. Gough » ill be present, and deliver addresses Naval Intelligence. Carpenter Amos Chick has been ordered to the U 8. receiving ship Pennsylvania, in place of Carpenter (lugh Lindsay, dismissed The U,#. steamer Engineer, Com. Olmstes at Washington, 18th inst,, after a boisterous p Horrinir Mvrper—A Fixnp.—The Pottsville (Ps.) Journal sa} roma Minersville, in Bchuyikill county, on Tuesday night last. The circumstances of this horribie affair were as follow : Bi fp fo became jealous of his wife. Having quar- relled with ber on Tuesday night, he took one of their children, a fine boy of about three years old, the fruit of her faithlessnes, as he charges, for the purpose of kill- ing it. He forced its feet into a blazi fire on the hearth—his wife remonstrating and using her best efforts to seize the Ge j he stabbed her several times, then Placed the chiid’s head in the fire, and burned it to death. The woman fled to a neighbor's, who procured the aeristance of @ constable from Minersville, and im- mediately proceeded to arrest Cavenaugh. On approach- ing the door, they found it closed, and Osvenaugh, ow the inside, refused to admit them. On breaking it open, they diecovered him perfectly naked, and the dead child in bed beside another living one, where he had placed it. He made no resistance. The: accordingly tuok him be- fore a Justice of the Peace in Minersville, who committed him for trial, and he was forthwith taken to Orwigsburg. He is about twenty: five years of age; has beem married for six years, and has several children. The woman, by our last news, still lingers. {~ Corton Burnt on THE RatLroap.—Yesterday afternoon, as the way freight train for this city was pass- ing near the twenty mile station, the cotton took tire, consuming about two hundred and lahty bales, together with some six or eight freight cars. ‘e have before stated that the wonds in Effingham county, on both sides of the railroad, had been on fire for several days, and that 2 large amount of timber had been destroyed. We learn that the fire is still burning, and that yesterday afternoon the timber on the track took fire. The engineer of the freight train, not being aware of this fact, and thinking thet the emoke and fire from the woods, attempted to run en, and only found out the situation of the road when too late to turn back. the cotton detained thedewn hor burning of Hype ad train about one onda half last night, the cars not reaching the t until half past seven o'clock, The damage to the road is slight, and will cause no detention. the pas- senger cers, with the mails, having departed at the usual hour.—Savannah News, 18th in AN Oren Harnor.—The harbor of St. Johns, N. B, has not been closed by ice at all this season, nor is there record of its having been #0 closed for many years Superior Court—Special Term. Retore Hon Jadge Sandford. Fun 20.—Rohert Nicoll vs. Duniel H Br B. Le Van —This was a motion to dissol injunction granted under tection 219 of the code. ¢ plaintiff bad loaned to the defendants $229 20-100 on their pro- missory note, payable twelve months after date. The firm of the defendants, Butz and Le Van, Leak Late j dissolved, and the note was, on its maturity, dishon: 5 The plaintiff, at the time ef the commencement of the euit, baving shown by affidavits that Butz was insolvent, and that Le Van had frequently declared that his im- tention was to place his Lens d out of his hands, to prevent the collection of (his debt—that he had siready Cisposed of all except a mortgage for aly toe that he would dispose of that also, and thus avold payment of the plaintiff s claim—obtatned an injunction, restrain- ing Le Van from disposing of any portion of his property. ‘The defendant |e Van now moves, on his affidavit aud that of Butr, to dissolve thie injunction. alleging that bad been loaned to buts individually, and nylng the allegations in the . Mr. John B. Fogerty, counrel for plaintiff, introduced Seal affidavits, and argued that the defendants had conspired to defraud the plain- Uf out of his claim by exonerating Le Van, the solvent defendant, from allliability, and fixing it exclusively om Butz, who was confesaecly irresponsible. The Court baying remarked that this was a remedy as yet almost untried, and one of the first occasions upon which it had been brought to his notice= that, as Le Van had failed to satiety the Court that the plaintiff's charges were unfounded, be denied the motion of the di dant Le Van, with $10 costs to the plaintiff—the injunction to be dirsclved on Le Van's giving security in the eum of $400 for payment of the debt and costs, and om payment, of the costs cf motion. Order accordingly, and Williams Superior Court, Kefore Uhief Justioe Oakley. Fen 19—Jor, MeNafie vs the Mayr, § lance due Potters Field, Forty-ninth street, and re interring the remains in another part of the same ground, The defence was, that the plaintiff had been suMfoiently re munerated, having siready been paid £300, for plaintiff, $260 and Interest, in addition to the #300 already paid Vordios Jourt of Common Pie Before Hon, Jade Woodru' Fira. 19.—D. Raphael vs Havens § Clayton.—Thiswas hot water out of the im, near Canal strest, at am anawe- ‘The damagon ware laid at $200, aud che jury vetutowd @ verdiot for (he platal lid for 6400