The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1854, Page 2

“BE ERIE RAILROAD WAR. Our Special Correspondence. Bare, Jan. 31, 1854. The Track of the Western @oad Torn Up—At tempted Connection of the Eastern and Western | W Roads by the Rav/road Company—Great Excite ment Among the People—Over a Thousand 4s- sembled—Track Laid at Harbor Creek—Forst Train from the East— Expected Arrival of Gow, Bigler—Preparations for his Reception, $¢., §c. The greatest excitement prevails here today, in | charge consequence of an attempt made by the Northeast and Erie Railroad Company to connect their road with the Westera. About half past four o'clock this morning a namber of men were set to work on the tragk west of the depot, for the purpose of chang’ ie oad so as to form i oT i with the i. It may be well to state here that the Wester road términates on the the con: property @f the Northeast company, and they sup- posed they had a perfect right to continne the track as far as they desired on their own groand. They accordinglyyetthasearly hour—doubtless for fear of interryptionset their men to work; but they were not : or four hours employed when it became i hout the city. At seven o'clock the beil of the court house rang a eneral! alarm, and hundreds “flocked to that build- ing, where they were informed of what was going on. Impelled by one impulse, they reshe} to the road, determined that the contem plu! nection should not be made. They did not, however, interfere with the men who were at work, but went up to that portion of the road which crosses Sassofras street, avouta hundred yards from the depot, and Ubere tire up the rails, lexying about eighty feet of a break. It appears that the people have been afraid for some time past an attempt to connect the two roads would be made, and to prevent iv a number of special police have been employed to watch them every night fur the last two weeks. The removal of the rails on this part of the road was sufficient for the purpoee; but adbguta hundred men, apparently ac- tuated by the most mal nade another break where the road ¢. is about three hundr y As the majority of the peop'e disapproved of this piece of wantonvess, @ number of citizens went to work at it wed bad itallre'aid in time for tha half-past eleven o'clock train from the West to pass over it. Up to teu o’click the exsitement around the depot was iutense; but no attack was made npon that build- ing, por, so far as I have ascertained, were any of the men employed on the road assaulted. About this hour four of tee engines belonging to the Chicago and Rook Island road acd and State line locomotiv erved coming { from the direction of Hurbor C As they ap- | proached the depot a crowd of about a thousand persons gathered round them, and fora time [ feared | there would be wild work. Que man, who appeared | to have lost his reason, in the midst of the excite. | ment made a terrible ault with a stick on the locomotive in front; but as he coufined his attea- tions solely to it no one interfered with him. Soe | of the boys io the crowd amused *hemselves by } with quence of the excftement of the people, he ordere! it to de tra sgein, Gov. Bigler, wheee time has berm cosupied in feasting and perace, is asid to have been vexed that the Mayor orcers for tearing up the track, amd has signified shal) be reiaid to-day, and locomotives &e , ,or the erp lines over The excitement is high, ani ie an evident (nolina\icn on the part of t2e people to so! om their own account, independent of Governor or Mayor. Yeute rday a mob, headed by Mr. Loomir, endeavered to prevent the gotcg out of the ireight train on the Western road. bee wood on the track and pulled the coupling pins out of the engines, carrying them off, Governor has app: iated, Colonel Packer to take of the Western road The tracks now run tice pe xion. The Governor went down to the dspot last evening with the intention cf fo ming a conaxiom, but he was de: terred by fear of the assembled mob Freight and passenger traias will roa regularly from to-ds if the connexion is not made through, and will change at Erie, A fire occorred at Erie last night--two wooden buildings were destroy ed. TEE €UPPORED BND OF THE WAR. Exit, Feb. 2, 1854, The track on both roads has been relald, and is now complete, The Governor is here, and arrangements are making to rum both passenger end freight trains regular ly esch way. The two tracks Inp at Erie, and faoilities for changing freight conveniently will be made. Th gines for the Westen roade will pas to-day. The Governor eays publicly that he dces not apprehend and further diffleulty. Gen, Packer takes cnarge of the West We \ion of Gov, Bigher United States Troeps Ordered,to Erle. The Washirgton Jvtelligercir of the 2d inwt. says chet ® chment of the Uaitea Sta’es troops fort Niagara and areiher (rom Gackets's Harbor bars bean ordered to ‘ ‘thi ‘py ride, but without apy con- m track, by die An Interesting Hal + aa ca Cate in Cin- an . A FATHER CLAIMING THB CUSTODY OF HIS CHIL DREN AGAINST THELR MOTHER, (From the Cimownan Gaaeite, Jam, $0.) A delicate and romantic interest is connected with the habeas ae her case now being examined io the Probate Court before Judge Warren. The psrties are connected with the Society of Friends, and are of fsmilies of the highest respecta- bility both here and in Philadelphia. Morgan inch man, who married Margaretta Shoemaker, sister of Isaac Shoemaker, of tis city, and of Eliza R. Shoe maker, fwh 1848 was married to Abraham M. Taylor, of this city, eomplains that friends of her fami y for several ‘years have been using all their srts and influence to bring about a separation be- tween him and his wife, and to that end, on the 7th of January, by a conspiracy, be was seized while, as a farmer of Bucks county, Pa., he was in attendance et the market in the city of Philadelphia, and actual- Jy confined in the Asylum at Fransfort, Pa., for six montbs as a lunatic, from which he was released, and obtained $10,000 damages from his captors, in @ suit in the Sup eme Court of Pennsylvania. When eoufined as a lunatic his children were | taken by the mother. One of the children died, and | though the father obtaiced the elder, the mother, | ‘oung Master Walter, now pine years old, in | July, 1860, come to © ati, and since then has been living with ber sister, Mrs. A. M. Taylor. | throwiog Jumps of mud at the engineer, but he sac- ceeded ia dodging them. Lhe enwine, which at this | time had stopped a lew feet b menced moving, when ome puta targe piece of wood across vent it from proceeding further, One of policemen, pamed Merecith, waa in th Moving it when he was set ayo of the crowd, acd for 4 tis danger from their assaults. Sev ever, seeing bis and rescued him there were, however, some appr sions that more Giolence might be attempted the Murshal and Mr. | Galbraith, son of Judge Galbraith, of Erie, mounted crowd | busi volice, how- og the crowd | y Injary., As | the locomotive and ac owd. Mr. Gal- | braith urged upon language, the | propriety aud impor to the man- | date of the United States Court. !he whole matter, | he said, is now in the hands of the courts and the Legtslature; and there it is prover that the vexed | questions that have so + reatly and for so long a time | excited the public mind should be seried and finally | determined. We ought all to be content to await a | legal adjustment of these difficulcies. The assembling | together, he continued, of so large a e number of citt- | zens, cuuld lead to no good results, and might possi- bly bring about such serious consequences as would | hereafter be regretted by all. He was glad to see | the great mass of the people so quietly disposed, and | hoped that all would now retura peaceably to their | homes. (Cries of “ Toa’ rig adverted to the expected arrival of ( and said he hoped that the visis of toast gentie aan would lead to an amicsble settlement of the contro- veray, aud in which the rights of Brie and of the State of Pennsylvavia would be protected, and con- cluded with an earness appeal in favor of quiet and good orde! | ~ Tre Mershal followed with a few remarks, He | fnid that he was well satisfied wish the conduct of the ; eop’e since bis return, avd he desired the ami- csble reiations whica existed bet w the citizeas of Erie to continue. He boped aud oelieved that all would remain quiet, and obey the authority of the court, and he assured the people that no further | attempt to connect the Eastern with the Western road would be made unti! after the arrival of the | Governor. (Cries of “Good! good!—That’s right.”) | With t) rre cheers fur the Marshal the crowd ee | rated. und, in apparent good humor, geaerally left | the place. | About eleven o'clock the first traix that has come | up to this city for the past two mon‘hs arrived to- day. Tbe Marshal comp e‘ed the connection yester- day at Harbor Creek, and the people promised bim | that not only would the track be allowed to re- main, but that they would themselves place a guard over it to frustrate any attempts that | might be mace to remove it after ke had left. He speaks in the highest terms of com- meodation of the pseple there, and says that they | exhibited every desire to facilit.te bim with his work. Altogether, 1 think if there was a proper disposition displayed by the ra:lroad men there would be little or no disturbance bere; but they really appear de- termined to push matters to au extrem tis said that if the between the Eastern and Western roads to day they would have gained an important legal point. How- | ever this may be | em unsole to say; bus itis a fact that the people were advised this morning by some legal authority to tear up the track extending across Chestnut etreet, in order to preveut ths conneetion. As | have already stated, the first train from the east passed through Harbor Creek this morning, and was received by a large crowd of people. The cars were left on the otber side of State street bridge, about a hundred yaris from the depot, as the engin- ser feared the siructure was not strsng enough. The passengers crossed the bridge on foot, and appeared | considerably surprised at the scene. Overa thou- | sand people were assembled on the track and | about the bridge to witness the first arrival of the train by way of Habor Creek; but no act of violence | was committed, and, with very few exceptions, the crowd appeared to be in the greatest good humor. | They seemed to think tbat they had done their duty in tesring up the track which was intended to form the copnection with the Western road. About a dozen workmen were employed in making a switeh om the cbnoxicas four foot ten track, upon which they might turn off the passenger train. There were about one hundred passengers altogether, and three cars, besides some freight cars. It was pear twelve when the train from the West srrived, but as the track was torn up across Sasaa- fras street the passengers were obliged t» get out apd walk tothe depot, which is a very ehort dis- tance off, however. Here the stages and omnibuses were wai to receive thein, so that they experi- enced very slight inconvenience from the celay. — The Governor, as may be seen by the followin; ramme for his reception, will arrive here abou' seven o'clock this evening: — REORITION OF GOT. BIGLER. Gov. Bigle srive this eveplog in the seven o’olock train, aod citizens generaliy are rq aseted to meet him at the depot, and escort him to B:own's Hotel, under the di- rection of Gen Jobm Kiloatrick, Col DS Clark, and Capt John W. MA@ane, Marshals of the day, sg the foilowing— PROGRAE Ist Military, scccrdirg to rank 2¢ Committee of arrangements 8d. Committee of Reception 4th. Carriage copteining Goversor and swite 6th Citizens genera)! The Fire Briga ie will sion, tearing torebas The procession will move from the depot down Peach to Tweinh, ‘th bh Twelfth to Stats wo State to the Park and Fresch to Peach worm on ench tide of the proses h street, through Fourtn to Peach, ap the Park, and op the south sde of the Park to | Hotel by state street. A P. Durlia, P seavett, M. B& Barr, Ww raley, B. J. Ames, J. d_Sosti-e, M. Whallon, © W. Kelso, ra 4 G. J Morton, 4. J. Lanta. ‘The mili are all ont and parading the streets, the bells of are ringing, drums are beating, cit banners flying, and the whole city is cne scene of re- joicing. A great banquet will be given to the Gov- ‘ernor this evening, at Brown's Hote), and a large de- putation is to Kingsville, which is about thirty miles this side of Cleveland, to escort him to Erie. JM. TELEGRAPHIC THE MAYOR VS. GOV. BIOLER—THE BIOTARS va, BoTu. Borraro, Feb. 2, 1884 Yesterday the railroad men at File reiaid the track | morning for the examination of the case. The ad succeeded in making the connection | } | antil this morning at 10 o'clock. | feet of tha arch on each side is built of cut stone Since which time the parties have not lived toge- | ther nor had correspondence. The boy Walter, sinze | September last, has beew placed by A. M. Taylor in | the s lof J. W. Herron, in Seventh street, in this | sday last, the numeroas | House was a | lad #90ut thirteea years old, who | eas Mr. Adamson and that of his | mson, Ox Friday it appears he | ed a school kept by the Friends, or people cailed | kers, where, inquiring fir Master Walter Hinch- n, be was told by of the feroale pupils that | r Walter was a student ip Miss Jones’ room, in | venile department of He: seminary. Th carrage was driven there, and, with some earne: bess cf manner, the tau and boy entered the school- | room and asked Miss Joner for Walter. A bright- | eyed, intelligent lad of nine years, was called, when | the gentleman ictroduced tne elder boy as Charles, | the bre Mo i Walter, and himeelf as the father of both; and With some precipitancy, after getting his closhes and books, hurried the boy into the carriage aid drove off Mr. Merron, not being satiafied with this abrupt proceeding, sent mea:engers to Mr. Tay- lor, who met Mr. Hinchman afd the two boys ia Third street, crossing Main, in search of a clothing store, to get the boy some warwer clothing. Mr. Hinchman thus obstructed, Mr. Taylor remon- strating ogainst the forcible abduction of the boy, proceeded to the office of ae & Anderson, his | counsel, but they not being in, Mr. shman and | ed to the Burnet House, closely followed | by Mr. Vaslor. There Mr. Hinchman paid his bill as | Mr. Adamson, and reregistered bis uame as Morgan | Hi-chmar. Te again started off to the office of King & Andar- son, when he found Mr. Anderson in. Mr. Shoema- ker, Mr. Taylor, an@ other friends bad brought from adjoining rooms im the same ouilding their ccunsel Mr. Stanley Matthews and Vachel Worthing- ton, Inthe meantime a writ of habeas corpus bad been sworn out by David H. Taylor, and the Sheriff was momenterily expeeted with the writ. Hinch- man and his two boys started down stairs to get into the street, and make his contempleted purchase of | clothing, when the Taylor and Shoemaker party at- | tempted to iaterfere. The scene that here ensued, we suppose, will never be truly told, but we leatn | that two or three of the Quakers planted themselves in the doorways, ard kept Hinchman from passing. The counsel on both sides were excited; one collared Hinchman, another swore he should not go out; Hinchman’s lawyer swore he should, and the Babel confusion and excitement continued until the Sheriff | came with the writ. The Sheriff tok the boy Walter on Friday after- noon before Judge Warren, who appointed Saturday | Sheriff gave the bey in charge of Mr. Taylor all ight, at his own risk, and on Saturday morning the trial commenced. The principal testimony in addi- tion to the above was gs follows : ~ man was sister to bad ilved in bis famuy mace bad aboat $5,000 invested for 1 res peo's @ proper.person to Paid the re- ¢ reputation of having bee josens ; thet wioc of giving way to great fia of paa- it wan belteved Jed to his insanity ; be was his jeelirgs. artfal, canniog and unrelie dia a8 ‘and totlly unfit to have the care snd control of a .” There were several of tie memoers of Mr, Hinsh- man’s ‘aml; in the city, between whom anit his own end Mr. Rirchman’s friends relations of a madly character subsisted. Mra, Steed testifled to the worthy character of Mra, Hixeboan, ard her eminent competency to hava chargs of ber son, both as to bis mental and moral calture and bir physical wants. Without being completed, the case was adjourned Me wif, and with July, 1860; that Mrs. H ber ‘own te and was in ol bare the care ard aruestion of ber eqn, bad by Master Walter is a remarkably intelligent boy, and during the trial was very happy and delighted in the company cf his elder brother Charles. Mr. Hinchman claims that he came with the design to get his boy aud re-unite with his wife. Her friends sey the nuion can never be effected, and that Mr. H. is an artful, vindictive man, with whom his wife can never be happy. TuReB Men Drownxep IN TOR MONONGAHRLA Rrver.—On Sanday ore | last, two men, named Coarles Munday aud Patrick Mo(ill, both residing near lock 3, on the Monongahela river, went out in the rive skiff, to catch floating drift wood. There was a great deal of ice running, and,as thetwo men could not manage the skiff, they were soon in immineut danger of heing carried over the dam. A man nsmed Charles Loughrey, residing in the same neighborhood, seeing the danger of McGill ard Mun- day, procured a akiff, and accompanied bya man named Harter Kerry, went to the rescue, but it was too late; the skiff containing Munday and McGil!l was carried over the dam, and both were drowned. ‘The skiff that Longhrey and his companion were in also became unmanageable, and was likewise carrie over the cam. It uoset, and Loughrey war drowned, but Berry succeeded in saving himse'f by clinging to the bottom of the skiff. In this way he was carried to Flizabethtown, where be was rescued from his perilous situation. None of the bodies have been recovered.— Pittsburg Journal, Feb. 1. Pennsyiyanta RarLroap Toxney.—-The tannel which bas jost been completed on the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad passes through the summit of the Alleghany Mountains at a point kaown as Sugar Ran Gap. It lies in the counties of Blair and Cambria, the summit being the dividing line It is 3,612 feet long, 2,685 feet of which is arched, containing 7,700 perches of cnt stone and 6,400 perches of brick moasonry, ad 927 feet is cut throngh the solid rock where arghing is annecessary. Big : 22 inches thick, resting om sbutmenta of rock range work of the same thickness, and the crown consists of five courses of hard burnt brick—the whole laid with hydraulic cernent. At grade the width of the tonne! in the clear is twenty-one feet; ten fect above the grade, twenty four feet. The height above the grade is twenty three feet. The greatest elevation | tinucus line, then and to tbat caye it | provided, that euch | the ameunt to ke pai Important Democratic Movement 1! of Pennsylvanta—Sale of the Owned by the State, §c. One of the most important m District station house in this city last g. + The travasetion will excite geneesl regret, because of the profession of the culprit. Abou: six was intrdduced into the House of this morning by Mr. Wm A. Cook land county, one of. the democratic the district composed ot Fayette and counties. As this promises to be the’ all the friends of the sale of the public wi unite I give it to you enti, AN ACT TO ALTEORIZS THE BALE OF TH WOKKS AND TO KEDUCRH 128 8Ta7E D Be itenact a. &c, That from and after toe passags of thia act, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fan¢, (the State Treasurer, and Secretary of athorised to receive pro or apy portion of ibe , and they are beredy, perals for the sale of the whol public works of the Comm Ih of Penorylvante, railrosds, ceuals, branches thereof, or any other eprcies of internal improvements Sec, 2. The raid Commissioners of the Sinki se to be published, as oftem as they say deem papers io Harrisburg, Pailedelpnia, this Commonwealth ; in Wasbingtos, . New York, Boston, Lo doa, Paria an? bs led porala @ re eiri pa it Masrubarg, uatil 12 o'close , op tke third day of Ootover nest, for te sale of the wbele of the public works now belonging to tke State of Pennsylvania, or of such por tions of saic work: omy be cerired and for which Siate stock will be received at par lo payment ag cash. Seo. 3. The said proposals skall be sesled up, and dL to the Secretary of 8 ate at Harrisourg and tate particularly the work proposed to be purohased, the awount offered. end the terms of payment proposed 45 hereivatter specified. a That ‘he purchase money to be paid for said works. or such portions of them as may be sold, ma), at the option of the puronaser, be paid in either of tu fo! lowing mo: Firet—Twenty per cent thereof shall bs payable iacs:h within four months after the pariy man! the sppll- ca ton sball have received notice 0’ the acceptance i the b'd, and the balance shall be payable in tea eqaal anual nstalments, which aball bear interest at the rate vf Ave yer cent from the date of the acceptance uf the bi¢ per cent thereof shail be pay: months after the party making the poposal 9 manufacture and aud otber in oxicatias or medrcina!, mechanical, a tis- hental purposes only. Chese persons rm to prescribed rules and to wake a re oath or sftirmation of the quantity sold, to , for what purposes, and at what prioe The prdit is not t be more than eight per cent. The appointment is to be for ove year, subject % removal bythe appointing judge for sny violation of the »ot. Nj person to be appointed but legal vorers of the ounty or city, and no keeper of & boarding house, vitwaling bouse, barroom, confectionery, ian, tay- 0, billiard recom, bowling saloon, shooting gallery, pu-eum, theatre, or other place of public eatertuin. hent or emurement. Section third prescribes the form of the certificate to be given by the judge, aud the condit’ons of bond to be given by the appointee, the latter to be with two good and sufficient securities in the sum of $1,000. The bond prescribes the conditions of the oe os liquor in compliance vith the provisions of act. Section four imposes penalties, first for the sale of ary liquor in violation of the act. On the first con- viction a fine of $20 with all costs of prosecution and ten days imprisopment; fur the second convic:ion $20 fine with costa, and three months imprisonment, and for the third and every subsequent conviction $20 fine with costs, not less than three nor more than six months imprisonment. Secondly, ifany one shall keep or suffer to be kept on his preanses, for the pur- pose of sale, any liquor, &c., he shalt be fined $20, with costs of prosecution, be imprisoned thirty days, aod such liquor shall be teized and forfeited upon trial as thereinafter provided. Section five prescribes that complaint shall be made in the name of the State before any justice of the peace. In case of fice, one half goes to the in- former and the other haf to the State. The inform- er may pecome a witness for the State by waiving his rightto one-balt the fine. The rest of the section o'clock specis! offiver Hugh Lynch entered the door, followed by two gentlemen and a lady, woen the tallest one, who subseqnently turned out to be a minister of the hinge es Lutheran Churo®, in- quired of the officers if the justice was ie; and on being informed that it was not the police court room, but sumply @ place of confloement for criminals, he became apparently much excited, and svon after solicited an officer to repair to the a d request him to come and see him. During the absence of the otfiver,and before Justice Parsons arrived, (who had previously been sent for,) the ¢ appeared to be laboring usdsr much mental excitement. He walked the floer, conversed with the gentleman who aceompanied him, and tnoen sat down; but he was scarcely seated a moment when | Re sprang to his feet ana evmBenced walkiag to aud fro about the station house, wit? bis eyes set upon the floor. Im a moment he was again seateu ~ then again on his feet conversing with an offiser or With the gentleman who accompanied him; and it was not until he attempted to speak to the lady and was repulsed by his companion, that any suspicion was excited. For nearly an hour matters proceeded in this way, and it was aot until the officer returned with the friend whom the clergymen bad sent for, and Justice Parsons, that the mystery was solved. It was then ascertained that the excited person was & miatster who had previously borne a good charac- ter, and who had fer seven months past been pastor ehureh at Athens, Greene cous! The follow- ing is the story, as told by the deceived husband:— uiher Payn being duly sworn before Justice Parsons, mys—That he resides iu Athene, Gieene county; the wo: man present, Elisabeth Payn, is wife ; his wife left was gone for nine dant, (Issac Kim Gefoudant eft a again to-day; he the cars; she was ortwo before that; bis w bt to Hudson and found her there in sore; became im she train to Albany, uaknown t) his wife; de’endant met her as soon as ahe got eut, aud took hod of her and walked off; they had gene but a faw steps when he cvertock them ; defesdant said that he knew ‘hat he bad dene wrong. but it could not be helped uow, or sometbing to that effect he received notice of the acoeptance of te bd, the balacoasball be payable in t venty equal annuel instalments, which shall oear inte:est at ths rate: provices against more than one complaint or jidg- ment for the same offence, The sixth section provides for appeal from the it, ard ought to be contentea ver cent from the of the acceptance of the bd. anid instalments be secured by bonds aad moi gages, ar heroiratter prov dad for. ‘Seo’ 5. If the beet bid cffered for the whole or sey portion of the publ c works shall b+ an smount snilicient, stan in- terest of #ix per cent, to y.eld an iscome equs to four per cept upon the original cost of construction of such por- tion ofrai¢ public works, then said proposal or proposals ebsll be accepted, and the party or pactia maki ch cfler shall be at once notified of 1! tat ery, or ® the said Commi txuch portion will not inter ing cf the remaining porton of the said | ith ite produotiveners to tre Ste #, 01 2°6 Should the amount #0 offered not be suf ficient to yield an income equal to four per cent | ucon thé est of coustrucion as aforesaid, or culd the Csnsl Commissioners decline gittug tie opin- | be put in suit, the money: decision of the justice to the circuit court, under recognizances of $100 to appear and prosecute the 8p al, and pending the same not to vivlate the pro- vi A pace of the act. Failing to give such bond the party is to be committed to jail until the recogai- zances be given, or be be discharged by order of law. In eases of appeal, the judgment of the cir- cuit court to be final. The seventh section requires the State’s attorney, upon complaint of a breach of the conditions of the bond by those appointed to sell, to cause the bond to craing from such suits to be dispered of as provi Section eight provides that no person shall be | allowed to manufacture, or to be a common seller of liquors, without appointment, under a penalty of $100, with costs of prosecution, and, in detault of paywest, sixty days imprisonment; and on the second and every subsequent conviction, tae penalty dant 3 of ber and that he could not li taid that abe told defendant he k: her. and Cefendant said he knew it; wi 8 wi's; he had raiaed ¢ back then beosuse it had got ont; the defendant had been preach- ing at the Lotheren Charch since last spring ; defend. ant’e wif bas been living at Athens ; bis (Payn’s) wife bon heen a member of di ‘ent’s cosgregation. This is record; but it is not the conclusion of the | ccmedy as it was epacted last evening, nor have we as yet perereyed the most abhorrent scenes. Immediately after Justice Parzons had concluded | the examination of Payn, he was requested by the | Rev. Isaac Kimball to dea up a bond of indemnity | against any previous or future action which Payn might bring against him for intimacy, &c., with his | wife. The paper having been drawn up in due legai form, and OF lat by the D pasha the Reveread gentleman deliberately counted out $100 in $10 bills, fon as to the effec: of the sale of any pystiom of acon handed it to Payn, and then seized the bond. While A be the duty to be $200, with four moxths imprisonment. These of the said Commissioners of the Sinkiog Find, upon th: meeting ef the neat General Asrembiy, to lay the proposals before it; aac if, upon examinaton and con biG e amocut offered to be given for the whole, or of the aforesaid works, shal be deemed # ot by provietow tay be made to cerry into effect tach wale at tuid Commustioners and the pares offering may agree upon. “ces. 7. Any railroad or cavsl company already inzor poated by this State may offer propveals sud broome @ purchasers of said pu slic works, or of smy portioa herto’, end if necesary, may incceave tbsir capital riock in auch a manter au? to such ex eat as thy stock regularly cailad mey determing; weave of capital shail not exceed ‘or sash purchase ana iwenty ce at ip addition thereto. Se 8. If iwoor more individuals shall become the pur- chacerr, them the Governor ix hereby autnorged to or- guuize acd incorporate ® company, under sich name, #5 1e snd title as euch purorasera, oF & majority of them | may cetermine cn. And said company or companies, (if raid works are sold tm differéut portieny,) enall porsesé and evjey all the powers aud privieges and begadjsct to | ali the provisions and restric’ prescribed by ‘Am ast | Regula ing Railroad Companies,” approved the nlaeveenth day o: Februsry, A.D. 1849, not incoaristent with the provisions of tir ast. See 9, An soon ax the purcbaser or purchasers whose | bids may be aczcepted svall have made the cash payment | anc delivered bonds, in number and for amouat equal to | the avuual instalments provided for, and ose of which | ones #ball fall due in esc year until the whole shall be paid, and bear the rate of interest mevtioned Im the pro poral, and allof which bonds eball ve secured by » mart- 0 haved then the Sscretary of @, under the great realot the ealth, to such purchaser or purchasers, their 2 and assigezs, u oh * conditions ‘ga are mentioned in this lating ratlresd companies ‘Ses. 10. Said purchaser or parcharers cf the public works, or any portion thereof, may at apy time before the maturity of the rald bons aud after giving to said Coma.itsicners of the Sinking Fand at lesst niaety cays notice of their intention 40 to do, psy off and satiefy the priocipel of said bords, or of anyone or more with interest, until so paid at ‘be prescrived rate. if at apy time any one or wore of ocd: shell ba and rer-ain unpaid for the pacejof ninety days from and ity thereof, then in that case th shall have full power to re-enter upon asd take possession of the property iatended te bave been transferred; and if the Lrgislature shall pot be in nereion at the time of such de‘sult, the Governor shall have full power to appoint one or more persons to take | porension thereof, ia the name of the Commonwealth. $+. 11. Seid company or com purcbasing any Fortions of the public works shall be at all times sequied to keep the same ia good orier and repair, and 0 all od companiss to run boats upon the y eball mak» no discrimination of ary aipst boats ard toonrge passicg to and from any of the public works, and the tolls sad eharges and bow sball never exceed per mile 4 by the State upon’ the other portions of her works censecting therewith. ¥ Seo. 12 Said oompanies or company sball be required to carry Cut im good fain, frem the time of taking pusveasion the works, all contracis them existing im regard :o tre use of said works, im completion of new works, or repair of eld, and for wer! materials made by the State or its sgents with companier or individuals, and shall pay all Gamages asterred after ‘he date of fuch possession ia favor of owxers of property slong the Iinw thereof. Seo 18, Should the whele of the mata line frcm Phila- Gelphia to Piiteburg be pursbased by one company or as- sociation of incividusls, tuen said company oO; association shall be mathorizes, if they drem it ¢xpecient, to construct a railroad, by the most eijible route, from the Western terminus of the Philade)phia and Columbia Railroad to the Aliegheny Purtsge Reilroad, and concect therewith; and also to extend the Allegheny Portege to the city of Pitte- burz, end toincreare their capital stock to any amount neers ary to complete the same, not excesding the amoust paid for heir purchase and twenty per cent in addition thereto. See 14 Al moneys received from the sale of the pablie works, or of any portions thereof. as inbe'ore pro vided for, shall be paid into, and form f, the Siak- ing Fond, under the provisions of the several acta hereto- fore parsed im relation thereto. Seo 16. Shonld it bs ascertained, at any time before the ayiwent of the last iestelment provided for, that farther Eeuiaton ia required for parsing to the purchaser or pureharérs all the title and iaterest of this Common- wealth to said gue works, or to such portions a: may be sold, the faith of tre Commonwaalcn of Penn- sylvania is hereby plecged for the ensctment of all laws | same person, co meaning of the ac penalties to be recoverable befure a justice of the re for the first offence, and in the for the second and subsequent offenci construed to probibit the mavufacture or sale of cider in quantities of pot Jess shan one gallon, or the manufacture of wine or malt liquors for domestic use, or of distilled spirits for exportation, or for sale by the sppointees of the act. Section nine autherixes search warrants to be 8. cured in the day time for liquors to be described in the warrant, and believed on oath of any competent | witness to be beld in any house or place ‘or sale, con- | trary to the provisions of the act. Any liquors so | found to be kept, and upon conviction of the party, to be destroyed, and the casks to be advertised and sold asin execution, the proceeds to be disposed of | as provided. Inthe event of the acquittal of the | party, the property seized is to be returned to the place from whence it was taken. No searco warrant have been issued against the supposed owner there- of, for keeping, or suffering to be kept, such liquora coxtrary to the act; and upon conviction, and appe: and fival decision against the appellant, liquors upon search warrant eball be adjudged forfeited, aud destroyed. All reasonable charges for storage of auch Iiqucrs t» be taxed in the costs against the defendant. But nothing in this act is to be construed to prevent the keeping of any liquors of foreign production in the origiral packages in whieh they were im- ported. The tenth section ee that in all cases in which the defendant shall fail to prosecute his appeal, the liquors seized shall be destroyed, and the recognizan- ces forfeited. Section eleven requires the justice, in cases of ap- peal, to hod the witnesses for their appearance jer recognizances of fitty dollrra. ‘ection twelve provides that in complaints for the violation ot the act it shall be necessary to specify kind or quantity, or time of sale or manufacture of li que proof of such violation, the substance of *bich is briefly set forth, and within the time mea- tioned, shail be svfficient for conviction. Nor shall it be necessary to set forth a record of former convic- tion, but it may be proved as if so eet forth. Nor shall it be necessary to particularly describe thé packages or kinds of liquors to be searched for, and all defec's in the complairt may be amended by the justice er the court to which appeal may be made. ‘Cases of appeal to be argued by the State's attorney, or by attorney appointed by the appellate court. And in all cases in which the appellant is required to | pay the costs, he is to oe taxed ten dollars for the prosecuting attorney. Section thirteen confers full power upon jastices within the city or county within which they reside, | papreanes to trial, render judgment, pass seuteoce, amd awerd a warrant for execution, in all cases under the fourth, ninth and tenth sections of the act. The fourteenth section allows the jastice fifty cents for each bond taken; and the officer one dollar for | every seizure of liqnor; and for removing, aai care | and custody of such liquors one dollar, to be taxed | in the bill of costs against the defeudant upon his conviction. Section fifteen gives one halt of all fines ani for- leitures to the complainant and one half to the Stute. Section sixteen requires ali persons taking out a license for the prosecution of any business to take and subscribe on oath or affirmation that they will not violate the rrovisions of this act during the con- tpugnce of such license; such oath to be recorded and to be used in case of such violation as sufficient evidence that the party has been guilty of perjury, for which offence he is to be liable to indictment aud tril, and upon conviction to suffer the penaity now Se for the crime of perjury by the laws of this ate. Section seventeen invests the Circuit Court in and for Baltimore city with power to make appointments of perscrs to sell liquors in this city, and fioally to disyore of all cases of violation of the law in thia city, under appeal; makes it the special duty the sheriff, his Mg tee constables, watch- men and police officers, arrest, without com- platnt first made before o magistrate, any person actually engaged in the commission of any aod Performance Of all sote nevessary to carry out the true interest and meaning of this act for the sale of tae pablie works of the State. The feeling in this State in favor of a sale of the public works is a great and growing one, and the subject is probably the most exciting which will be brought before the Legislature this session for its action. A number of frauds have been recently de- tected on the line of the public works, which, taken in connection with the mavy which have formerly been detected and exposed, have given this queation additional interest, both among the people and in the Legislature. PannsyLvasia. Mysteeiovs Disarrganance.—Much excitement is produced in the town of Fallsburg, by the follow- ing circumstances—Andre¥ Ciement, & tanner at the Sheldrake Pond, left his home on Monday, the 2d of January, for New York, by way of Newburg, intending to return in two or three days. His fami; anxiously waited his return up to Thursday iat, when his wife and brother started in search of him. bic found that he was at Newburg on the 3d, and paid note at the Highland Bank of $500, and pro- ceeded the next day for New York, and mopped ab Chamberlain's Hotel, in Duare street. On the morning of the 4th he paid his bill, and-eaid he in- tended to return home by the Hodson River Railroad in the afternoon. During the day he transacted busi- nees at several places in the eity, ordering hides for his tannery, paying notes, &c. His friends succeed- ed in tracing bim up to eight o'clock, when he pur- cha ed some goods for his family, paying for them, saying that he would callin a short time and get them, as he was going out in the six o'clock train; but the goods were not called for, and from that time to the present no information has been obtained of above tide is at the woet end of the tunnel, where the beight is 2,161 feet, The grades ascending the eastern slope commence st Altona, and ina dis tance of twelve miles, where the west end of the tan- nel commences, the height overcome is 993 feet, or 824 feet to the mile. ACCIDENT ON THR RariRoan.—-On the 24th ult., the eugine attached to a burthers train jamped from the raltrosd track a short distance above this place, and, the engineer being thrown In the hg Oe over his leg and cnt it nearly off. With astonishing pre- ence of mind. he took ont his knife, and flivishing on the streets where it was torn up on the previeus day by order of the Mayor, in order to let the passenger train from here pags oer ; but two hours fier rants, (2 conre- the operation of amputation, crawled out of the way of the cars ‘which were following. He was broaeht bo this Place and taken to Rearsley’s hotel, where he received gedidal ns mont Virzintam atnace. bim. Itis thought that he could not have aboat bim more than $150 at the time of his disappear- ance.—Mont.cello Union Democrat. Rarroap Accrpext—Fiewnis Ourrage—The lightning Express train which left this city at 7.25 last evening for Buffalo, was thrown from the track 4 out six miles this side of that city, in consequence of large timbers which bad been placed in a cowtra; by tome fiend in human form. | train consi: of a locomative, Sender, baggage-car, and three pas- Fen cor cars, one passenger car were thrown off. The engine was badly broken. No m was injured, vate the night was dark, the train rupning at a high speed until the engineer discovor- Led the obstacle. Rechester Union, Jan, 28, offence in violation of the act, and to seize all liquors exposed for rale at the time of such offence, and te take the person before a justice of the peace, and to store the liquor so seized, both offender and iquors to be dealt with as if action had been had un- cercomplaint and warrant. Any person arrested un- derthe provisions of this act and acquitted, to be lia- ble for no cos‘s, and to be entitled to any legal costs in making his defence. The eighteenth section make the provisions of the act include all alcoholic, vinous, malt and fermented liquors, and all mixed l\quors, part of which is alco- holic, vinous, malt, or fermented. Section nineteen prohibits the issue of avy license | wren she agvio left with ber bet to be issued for spirits or liquors until warrant sball | Kimball was putting on his coat and adjusting bis cravat, (which, by-the.by, was not white.) Payn | eounted tre money, sud.upon telling the Reverend gentleman it was correct, the culprit left the docket, | tapped Payn’s wife gently on the arm, proceeded to the door and was followed by the disgraced wife. As they left, ashout of derision burst forth from the spectators, which must bave reached the ears of the guilty par; but scarce had it subsided before the false wife returned to ask of the too confiding hus- band the key of her trunk, which was givsn her, yer. This closes a scene which we have hurriedly and imperfectly described ; but it is a sad story of a hypocrite ungowned and a woman disgraced. After the guilty parties had left, we learn from Mr. Paya | thatke is the alee of asalosn in Athens; thut e the firet intimation he had that his wife was untrue to him was from a neighbor, who informed him that Mr. K. was in the habit of frequenting his house very often in the evening. This led him to watch | more closely the movements of the parties, which resulted as we have already describ: d. The Rev. isaac Kimball has relatives residing in this city, who would rejoice im having him punished | crimieally; but our statutes do not provide tor such offences, except by & civil precess. He has a wife and eight chi dren, some of whom are married. He is about forty-five years of age, of ordinary appear- ance, and a maa who, if in his right state of mind, will rue the day that he brought upon himself this Gisgrace. Mr. Payn assigned as a reason for the course thet he pursved, that he would never again live with his wife, but he would have supported her pro- vided she conducted herself preperly; but that she hed made up her mind to live with Kimball, and the $100 he exacted from him was to pay the ex- penses he bad incurred in watching the guilty pair, as he knew he was worth no property, and could get nething by suing him. Dereent on Rondo Rooms tn €incinnatL ARKIS? O¥ TWENTY THRBS PRKSONS ON CHAKGR OF G@AMBLING—-CAPTURB BY TH® POLICE OF KENO, ¥ARO, AND RONDO APPARATUS, ETO. [From the C:nginveti Gazette, Jan. aad Lest night about 10 o’clock the new chief of the police, Capt. Hoke, detailed a posse of policemen at the upper watchhouse for the purpose of making a descent on sundry ee houses situated on Fifth street, between Main and Sycamore streets. After procuring warrants from the Mayor for the accom- plishment of his object, and acreage ine his plans for the attack and successful arrest of concerned, he instracted Lieut.’s Phillips and Trainer, in charge of seven policemen, to enter the faro room situated over the Grey Eagle livery stable, Lieut. Galligaer snd seven policemen to enter the keno room, and he (the captain) and his seven men would enter the rondo room in the rea¥ of the stable. The plans thus concerted, te pare proceeded at once to Fifth street, and made the attack as ordered. When the police entered confusion ensued, and many in the room attempted to escape through the doors and windows, but were prevented and arrested. The following, we understand, are among those who were cavghtin the different rooms:—Jos. Bolser, James W. Kelly, Adam Long, Jas. Frazier, Moses Parmeet, Joseph Rose, James Kelpar, Thomas Tra- yello, Charles May, William Armstrong, Willian Moore, John Fields, John R. Bets, thomas Mundy, Joreph Dumas, Mont Carnes, E. C. Fisk, Samuel Lee, Frank Edwards, Bernard Clark, George Moore, J. D. Kelpin, and Thomas Rickes. These were arrested and taken to the watcbhouse. Captain Hoke obtained the names of a number of persons who were standing round, looking on; these were subpcened as witnesses. The polics also took possession of all the gambling ye Gates which con- sisted of a mahogany box, called a game keeper for a faro bank, a box for the keeping of checks for a faro bank, cloth for rondo table, card ease for a faro bank, about one hundred large cards for keno, rondo balls, sweat cloth, keno box, &c., &c. These were all taken to the watchhonse After placing the prisoners inthe watchhouse, the police returned and took possession of all the tables, banks, &c., used in these gambling rooms. The warrant affirms that James Calpin and Charles May were the Ur pp ed of these rooms, neither of whom were arrested. The examination Ht ana take plage this morning in the police cout Morvuent To Rorurr Ranrovt, Jn.—In memory of this distinguished son of Beverly, says the Salem Register, o neat and chaste mooument, of Itatian maible, has ag been erected in the family burial lot in that town. It rests upon a square and m wsive foundation of finished granite, and is composed of an upright four-sided marble shaft, capped and finished at the summit ina fiat, pyramidical form. The en- tire expense is about $500, which has been maini: defrayed by one dollar contributions among hi frience. The following inscription occupies the front face of the monument: — 10 lira the boty of for theeale of intoxicating liquors hereafter, and re- ‘ quires all licenses for other parpores under which such liquors bave heretofore been sold, exoreasly to except the same hereafter, and repeals ali acts and parts of acte inconsistent with the provisions of act. Such is the nature of the prohibitory liquor law, its provisions, restrictions, conditions, aad penalties, in as simple and brief a form as we can present it intelligibly to the general reader. Postage on Printed Matter in Cuba: (From the Warbirgton Union, Fab. | } He: ROBERT RAN (OUL, Jn, who was born at Beverly, 13th August, 1806, acd died at Washirgion, 7th August, 1952: an upright lawyer, a literel stetexmen, a good citizen, atudt: us of the past, yet mird’ul of the futare. Throughout an active life he strove for the improvement of his fellow mer The faithful friend of Educati , he upheld our Public Sehools A lover of Virtue, he opposed wo! We are authorized to say that the Postmaster- General has ene the Department of Btate, official information of the increase of postage on printed matter in the Island of Cuba to jast double the former rates. The following extract of a roys#! decree of the 9th of Norember, 1553, published by order of the Captaio-General in the Havana Ofie al Gazette of the 13th of January, 1854, will explain iteelf. The sates therein stated are, of course, in adcition to the United States postage, which has to be prepaid on all similar icra sent to Cuba. The decree provides tha! For DOWspapers, Coming from any country whatso ever one ria! (‘welve acd « oaif certs) = ovres, if ve uh Jocee, and eight doliers per arroba (twenty. Spacish pounds) should they come direct from the edi- ter’ filser; provded that their agents im this i give the necessary securi y to the effrot that the eontains po ober printed matter bat that designated on the tand they mont be covered with, nor any private ciphers or other mavuscript but that of the adcress, No crerge to be mace fer inland conve; ance. Pr rlodients of acy other olses, iccinding also pamphlets taking that title, and books published 11 periodical nam. bers, rhall pay twenty-five cents (tro ria *) per ounce, if loore, twelve dollare per arrobs (twenty-five Spanish ponrde) whea direct from the editors’ offices, and provided they are enclored in the requisite form. ‘blications, to circulate through the island, mast cots per ouros, {f loose, and siz dollars Fuoh psy vaeoty Ave por aut Inapired by Freedom, he gave his profersionsl services to sclave hunted down by public clamor, and bore his testimory, in Court acd Congress, +geiost the cruel enactment which sanctioned the ou'rega. He held many places of oMictal tiust aed honor; but the Gocd Works fillizg bis days were above these, Stray ger! at least 19 something imitate him. Toe Snir Canat.—It may not be generally known that David E. Mix,son of the distirgnished agent for the Holland Land Company, is now engaged in survey@g one of the contemplated routes for the Niagara ship canal. We had « conversation with this gentleman last evening, and are gratified to learn that bis labors thus far have been atteaded with signal success. The corps comprise Mr. Mix, N. K. Cone, assistant, and six others. Sain le at a point near Tonawanda, they run nearly paral! with the Boffalo and Lockport hs age to a point near the north boundary of Pendiéton, thence east- erly to the southeast corner of Cambria, thence nor‘ heasterly in nearly a direct line to the hesd of the gulf. Mr. Mix informed us that thus far he has found this route mach more fayoracle than he had anticipated, and as far as can be discovered the nature of the earth, and wells dug, &o., to be singularly free from rock excavations, seeming to lie tetween ledges, as though nature it for one of the highways of commerce.—Lockport Laity Journal, Jun. 2, Our Qucbee Correspondenee. Quvesgc, Jan. 28, 1854, Trial and Acquittal of the Guvazzi Rioters, §c. Yesterday the trial of the parties comvected with’ the Gavezzi riots in this eity, viz.: John Hearn, gro- cer; Jobo Gilhin, grocer; James Bowne, pedler ; Jobn Donaghue, gentleman; Michael Macnamara, stevedore; Edward John Chariton, gentleman; Jas. Kelly, printer; Miehael Fox, laborer, (one of the po- lice); James Redmond, carter; Martin O’Brien, laborer; Hugh Gallagher, laborer; Thomas Burns, cooper; William Maher, stevedore; Francis Christie, laborer; and James Roach, butcher—all of Quebeo— for having riotously begun to demolish Chalmer’s chorch, came to an end. Such ia the state of society here that it is not diffieult to foretell when you see the jury empannelled, wha’ the verdict will be; and, accordingly, from ‘the moment when the Solicitor General (Ross) commenced his opening addres which was a very able performance—no one dou! the result, Some of the jurors were eracking jokes with the Drigoners, immediately before enterlog the box, and the latter seemed to look upon the whole thing as a very pleasant way of passing 3 fow days at this dull season. They cared little what the wit. nesses might say, feeling perfect y safe. But the jury were rot called upon tostretch their consciences at all; the prosecution failed to establish the intent to demolish laid in the indictment, although it was elear enough thas there had been a riot and attempt upon the life of Gavazzi. The evidence showed that the main object of the rioters was to attack the per- son of the lecturer, apd not to damage the church; and aceordingly the presiding Judge informed the risoners’ counsel that they need not enter upon eir defence. At this stage Mr. Justice Aylwin took his seat upon the bench. Judge P. charged the jury in French, and Judge A. in English. lat- ter entered into the toa gt ha? the Riot act, and with reat force laid down the distinction made by the aw of England and of this country between offences against the person and offences’ agaiast property. Upon his intimating that the prisoners were entitled to an immediate acquittal, there was considerable clapping of hands an Stamping of feet, which mear- ly threw the high constable inte a fit, bat which was promptly suppressed by a remark from Judge A: win. He stated that if any person was detected tke act of disturbing the Court in that manner, he would be punished with such :everity that he would probably never again repeat the offence. The pri- soners were then discharged, and, with their friends, left the Court as quiet as mice. Another indictment, for assault with intent to mur- der, was found at the same time as the one just dis- posed of. It has excited much surprise, particularly among the Protestants of the city, that the govern- ment should have tried the rioters firat upon the charge which there weuld be the greatest dificulty in making out, acd it bas been supposed that it wag nothing more than a dodge to pa; an extiaguisher upon the investigation of that atrocious offence com- mitted by Roman Catholics, by expending the time of the Court and the patience of prosecutors and witneeses upon a trial which would necessarily end in smoke. They would not allow the misdemeanor to be tried first, because there would have been no challenges, and a fair trial might have sens the prisoners to tke penitentiary foratime. One thing seems to be clear, acd to be the natural result of this mode of conducting the admivi-tration of jastice— that Protestants must.not rely upon the courts of law for protecticn. This is begtaning to be well under stood, avd itis wel that it should be; friends and foes should alike ‘ee! now that there is now but one way of preserving the peace, and that timely severity is kind consideration. Q Our Curacoa Correspondence, Isuaxp oF Cuxacoa, Dec. 1, 1353. Arrival of an Ambassador from St. Domingo~ Naval Intelligence—The Weather, §c., §c+ The Dominican corvette Abao arrived here about ten days ago, with the ambassador on board, who comes from the Dominican government to arrange the preliminaries of a treaty of commerce with the government of this island. After the customary salutes by the corvette and fortresses, which was accomplished in quite a mar- tial-like manner, the ambassador and suite were duly received by the Governor of the is'’and, and treated with that marked attention for which he is proverbial. The corvette made quite a warlike appearance in he harbor. Her officers and crew are apparently very weil disciplined. She was formerly an Ameri- can clipper bark, built at one of the Eastera ports, ond was called the Naiad Queen. Raia for the last month has been falling in tor- rents, and there is no indication of its cessation. .The weather is extremely warm, with scarcely a breath of air, and it is much feared, if this weather con- ee it will contribute to make the island un- It may not be uninteresting to some of the readera of your widely circulated Hexatp, to inform them vhat tbe Governor of this island and its dependen- cies, (Jhn. I. J. Rammelman Elsevier, Jr ) indepen- dent of other orders, has also been presented by the King of the Netherlands with the order of the Oak pcwasct Luxemburg, as another testimony of tried grity. The latest news from Venezuela is of little or no ithportance. The slaver spoken of as the “long, low, black schooner,” sbout a year ago, in your jour- nal, a8 condemned in some port of the island of St. Domingo, has just arrived here, and is equipped as a Dominican msp-of war. No more at present from Vantras. Later from Texas, We have received dates from Galveston to the 20th we The sournal of the 19th, has the following items:— The wreck of the steamer Jack Hays, as she lies in Trinity river, was sold at auction in this city on Tuesday Jast for $1,500. Mr. Tremble, ove of the filibusters, indicted for a violation of neutrality laws, was acquitted before the federal court on Monday last. The District Attorney, we learn, has entered a nelle prosequi in all the cases which were to have been tried at this term of the court, and thus the whole matter has been disposed of. The government has been put to enormons expense in bringing testi- mony here to prosecute these trials, and the result has been as we anticipated. The bill before the Legislatare to incorporate the Texas Speeds Company, proposes to loan said company $300,000 of tre school fund for the tern of six years. One hundred thousand dollars is to be loaned on each steamer that the company builds up to three—the steamers to be insured to the amount of the Joan. Upon a failure to insure or pay the interest, the State is to have a right to eell the steamers, by jade g sixty days notice. The company, we suppose, fuch event, will be bound in honor to bring the steamers within tbe State’s jurisdiction. “A letter from Fort Terrell to the Austin State Times states that a sergeant and eight men came upon a party of Indians, with stolen , in the vicinity of the fort. The sergeant supposed the Indians friendly; but one of them seized bis bridla on Year is gun, whereupon he shot the In- jan. The pe att and one of the men were wounded b; @ Indians, but escaped to the eat Pursuit was made next dsy, but oa the wrong cK. The Times reports the value of land in the vici- nity of Austin at $10 to $25 per acre, unimproved. Improved land is worth from $20 to mi ae me all the way down the Colorado from Anstin to Ma’ da. In the counties higher - land is worth from $1 to $10 per acre. Farms within five miles of Aum» tin are worth from $10 to $50 per acre. Titles are generally indisputable. A letter bas been received in Galveston states that Gov. Pease has vetoed the bill to lands to the railroad starting from Galveston, and known as Lacy’s Road. The reason given by the Governor fcr withholaing his signature is, the Gal- ves'on Jeursal says, that previous to the passage of the charter now offered for amendment, t yo compa- ies had been ae with gran‘s of land, to construct roads over fame, cr nearly the same ground, and that no additional ge of land should at tbat time have been, or ought now to be, made for the same. ead Ross Browne arrived in Galveston on the 15th t. A company of the Eighth Infantry are encam; near San Antonio. They are await ng the arrival of seme other companies of the aame regiment, when they would take up the live of march for some point on the Rio Grande, not yet desiguated. The Western Texas, of the 12th inst, says that there were no less than five different parties in San Antonio making arrangements to drive stocks of oat upon the El Paso route to California. The Austin State Gazette says that it is the inten- tion of Gov. Pease not to close any contract for the constraction of the Pacific Railroad before the Ist of May next. The contract is therefore open for bids until that time. La cag ie DisaPrmarance at Naw Oatrargm Mur Pex Faaney.—It is feared that Mr. H. 0. Law- rence, the agebt of an insurance conpaay, who ke an office in Jefferson City, has been foully dealt me He left bis office on Monday evening to make a de- posit in one of the banks of this city, and has not since been heard of. It is almost certain he has been murdered, for the money he had with him. and hia hat, crushed into the earth, was found on the Levee of the Fourth district, with numerous marks of blood nesr it. Mr. Lawrence was an energetic and truly ex ellent young man. He has many friends, who are exceedingly anxious conczring him—New Or- howe Ti we Leta, Jun. 2%, which grant