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290 Our Quebeo Correspondence. , Quusnc, Jan. 31, 1855. Appointments in Lower Canada—Bio- ‘Sketches of the New i A Ministerial Changes—Tvial Ganats tence—American Telegraph quent Oficers—The Weather and Markets. ‘The speculations as to the probable alterations in the Lower Canadian Judiciary and the Canadian ‘Ministry, rendered necessary by “he death of Judge Panet, and the resignationof Judge Rolland, have ‘yeon put an end to by an extra of the Oficial Ga- zette, announcing the sppointment and promotions. In the judiciary, Judges Cason and Duval, late of the Bupreme Court, have been elevated to the Queen’s Bench, a post for which they are considered Dy impartial persons to be well qualified; although the mode cf appointment which obtains in this eountry necessarily subjects those promoted, either im the judicial or political world, to the suspicion of being political partizans, and therefore as fit sub- jects for attack by the opposition. The Hon. Morin and Badgley hare been created the Superior Court, in place of the & faithfal servant for many years past. Previ- ous to the rebellion he was a very prominent member of the liberal party, and was the author of the famous ninety-two resolutions. When the gebellion broke out he was, with his fellow liberals, subjected to the opprobrious epithet “rebel,” and had to leave the courtry, from which he remained ‘abeont until the general amnesty permittei his re- \. elected Speaker of the House of At- oan in 1048, which vost he filled, with great ability, until the general election in 1851, when he became Pro Secretary, and a member of the Hincks Relph Cabinet. Sal , when chanaes were made in the administration, he assumed the pr) of Commissioner of Crown Lands, which post he until his promotion to the bench. No man has ever served his country with more faithfulness, He ia of a mild and gen ly deportment, and al- Mhengh lacking that energy of character and firm- Bess #o essential no Dery leeds, 38 to the Jest moment of bis existence he has retaine: ‘the affection and ration of his friends, and the wespect of bis political opponents. His elevation to a Jedgeship will be regarded by all as the just reward ‘f a life epent in the kervice of the country. The sppointment of Mr. Badgley, although that ntieman bas been identified with ths conserva- paity in politics, will scarcely be leas popular. He was Attorvey General of the Province under ‘the Draper administration, and represented the city ef Mentreal in Parliament for a number of years. Ho was defeated at the last election, not because of may personal feelings it him, but solely be- eause bis political principles were not of that pro- gemive r @) universally required in public men. A Montrea! jcarnalist, ig of the pro- Ddahility of this appointment, wrote as followa; acd I make no hesitation in saying that the sentiments will meet wish the g sesent of the people of i : 5 ; z i 3 ‘The appeintment of the Hon. Mr. Badgley, for in- atanee, in the place of Mr. Justice Rolland, would be yeceived with satisfaction by all parties—would be con- ferring an honor which the profession would be thankful fer—which the man deserves. Consistent, able and dig- miied, formerly a judge the Bankrupt Court, at pre- sent battonier of t! ontreal section of the bar, and resented of a large private practice; a scholar of no tle merit, a gentleman in every e of the word, one has ‘¢ claims upon the office, or would more worthily and gracefully fill it. Jn the ministry the changes are represented as maueh for thy better. Messrs. Chabot and Chauvean ——the former late Commissioner of Pablic Works, and the latter Provincial Secretary—hava rosigned. It ja noid that Mr. Obabot is to receive the Chief @emmissiozership under the Siguorial Tenure ast Papi Parliament previous to adjournment, at 4,000 a year. Mr. Chauveau left toe mioisiry in high dudgeon because offered the Circuit Judgeship —the lowest of the Judges—Likely to become vacant the promotion of the present incumbent—J adge ‘to the Superior Court. He considered tie effer ae a positive insult, and refused longer to re- main connected with colleagues who had ventured to Propose it. No doubt he will go into opposition, may there bocome what he miserably failed in mile a minister of the Crowo—an influential de- ‘His place in the ministry ie supplied by Mr. C tecr, a Montreal rly of oekoe Bo ea Pasliament for the county of Vercheres. This gentleman was offered the Gommissionership of Public Works, with a seat im the Executive Council in 1852, when the Hea. John a eee the department, but re- fused to accept the proffered honor upon the groaud ‘that bis «ri fession, which be would be compelled to resign, wos worth much more tohim. At the meet fog of Parliament, in September last, he was the mominee of Mr. Hincks’ government tortie speaker- ship of the Aesembly, but was defeated dy a majori- of two—the Tories, disaffected reformers, and combining for that purpose. His defeat ‘was one of the main reasons tor the resignation of ‘the late administration. He is solicitor for the Grand Railroad, for which he receives a very band- @me salary. He commacds & very considerable Paslismentary influence, and will be a soarce of strength to the sdministration. ‘The commissionership of Crown Lands, vacated by ‘the Hon. Mr. Morin, has been given to Mr. Couchon, Principal editor of the Journal de Quebec. This ap- Foe vonrad is objected to upon the ground that incumbent of the devartment shoulda be an Upper Cansdian, inasmuch as the great remeron of Crown Lands are located in upper Province. The difficulty, it is said will be met by the appointment of an assistant com- witsiqner, the office to bea non-political one, un- ‘affected by the changes of administration which have of late become 0 frequent. Should this plan “be adopted it will give much satisfaction. Mr. Can- ehon was one of the ablest and most inflasnti:l ‘opponents of the late government. He is essentially eonservative in hispiciples, and objseted to the ao in the Cabinet of the Honbles, Messrs. ph and Cameron because of their socialistic ten. @encies. Upon the accession of Sir Allan McNab and bis friends to the Ministry, he Wien them bis | Sizatmorency, and s oont popolar man borin asd rency, and a most po; man bot! an out of Parliament. _ As mach cannot beeaid for the third appointment, ‘that of Mr. Lemicax, to the department of Pabiic ‘Works, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Caabot. He enjoys and has beep but little practice, ard atill less ipfinence. name was we'ed aa the ee nominee for Speaker of the Assembly, Beptember last, but so unpopular was tue sug- gestion that he was at once withdrawn. The object the appointment it is impossible to fathon, though leas it is hoped toat he may ba able to secure few votes in the House. Tie perties euspected of being ringleaders in the attack upon Father Gavazzi on the 6:h Jane, 1853, im Chalmer’s chorch, were tried last week, on an indictment for assault with iatent to mairder, and common assault. The trial lasted three days, ani the report of it fills six columas of the Quebec Chronicle. The jury, after receiving a very able ebarge from Judge Rolland, retarned a verdict on the second count of the indictment, for “ comma asseult,” agaicst John Hearo, and of “ not gniity”’ the others. Hoarn, who, by the way, {a a @andidate for the honor of representing tna Irish ward in the City Council, was fined $100, Taus ends thie sad affair, vo faras Quebec is conceracd, and one of the most brutal atiacks aad disgracetat outrage tat ever o-carred in this city baa been ad- jadged worthy of s penalty of $100, not one cent of h will come out of the pocket ot the convicted rioter. Weil, we must only be satisfied with this slight vindication of the laws of the couatry, and the declaration of the Court in favor of the libtty of pooch is, at least, 20 far as it g:e8, worth a litcie. laints are made in Quebec ax@ other pacts of Canada of the macagement of American selegraph effices. It is raid, and from experience I can attvst The statement, that there is not the slightest oa~ Et e » $§EW YORK “HERALD, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1855. Our New Haven orrespondence Naw Havsy, (0t:,) January 30, 1855. Connecticut Politics—"s Sam”— The Democrats and ‘Your Hartford © respondent eat ts not posted in the Political movem’ mis of this State, though he is right in saying the gaministration and whig parties are dispirited, ‘and feel no confidence of success- The Hartford, Times, which is reputed to be under the contre’, of the Niles freescil clique, and is conse- que‘atly not regarded as an orthodox administration ‘agen, is anxious to make its peace with the pre- sent party leaders, and counsels harmony, unfon, and a re-nominstion of the last year’s democratic State ticket. It has lost the government printing in consequence of its opposition to the Nebraska bill, and has suffered somewhat in the opinion of Senator Toucey, whose right hand supporter it had always been until he followed the lead of Douglas and the President. It is naturally auxtous to get into good atending again, and it thinks it can sately doso upon the last year’s democratic platform, which re- pudiated the Nebraska bul, and nominated a major ity of anti-Nebraska men for State officers. But the office holding democrats, led by the Register and Ingersoll clique of this city, are quite willing to keep it out of the way, even at the risk of an ad- ministration defeat this apring. They find United States offises much more profitable than State of- fices, and they dont care for the trouble of keeping the party together, which is always a difficult job for a majority party in Connecticut. The New Haven clique do not care for the renomination of last ere ticket, one ot the candidates on which, bas this fall joined a Know Nothing Lodge, aud pficds fam a ery goon looking ene, was formerly a free and even while candidate, ai, @call for an snti-Neoraske mest. ing. There is aleady a movement in the Custom Houge here to put forward Hon. Alfred Bla-kman of this city, as@ candidate for Governor. He has played second fiddle to the ‘soll ly tor feveral years, and is somewhat ambitious to do something for himself now. He has been on ill terms with the Register clique, scousing them of falsehood snd deception in the distribution of offices under Pierce; aud ashe is too valuable a man to lose, the Register and Ingersoll clique sre quite ult» g to accord him the em,ty honor of a Guber- bo pra jal peter angel at hoaep Me sole Hoe — gham, the tast year’s cau: for whom they never had any regard. Iogham has the vantage ground, however, on account of his free soil pro- ciivities, and he will pretty surely be renominated by pe Convention which meets here on e of le The whigs hold their convention on the 23th of February, and Datton will be strongly pressed for a re-nomination; but he will no; take it unless he makes sure of Sam’s assistance. He is too shrewd to be set up to be knocked down sgain, and wiil undoubtedly withdraw, unless the Kuow Nothing Convention, which meets the third week in Febra- , either deciine to make a nomination or put a 8 Nebraska demccrat, in which case he qill stan: and be reelected. Hon. Charles Chapman, of Hartford, will be strongly urged upon the Whig Convention as a candidate for Governor, by Har:- ford county men, incladiag even the Dixon clique, who hope thereby to secure Dixon’s nomination for Congress in the First district. Chapman bae seen Sam, end is a candidate for the Know Nothing nomination, which, if be should get, it will put him in a strong positon before the Whig Convention. It ia mere probable, however, that he will be kicked eut by the Know Nothinga, as he has been by the democrats, whigs and Maive Jae men, or else pro- vided for by & nomination to Congress in the Firat district—on event woich Hon. James Dixon earnest- ly prays may rot transpire. Astothe Congreseiovel nominations, Pratt, the present member, snd Wm. W. Haton,of Hartford, will be the democratic claimants in the First dis- tri:t—the former as an avti-Nebraska Times demo crat, snd the other as the dyed in the wool admiais- tration, Nebraska candidate. Chapman and Dixen are after the woig nomination, though tte latter would be beaten, as he is no} a Know Nothing, and can’t get in in ap of all bis trying. In the New Haven district Ingersoll (dem.) wou!d ron again if he was not sure of baio, defeated. The democratic nomisation is piomi to Edwin Stearns, of Midiletown, by the clique, but there is a young lawyer, named Wright, in Meriden, and a young shopkeeper in East - den, named Warner, each of whom want the nomi- nation, ard either of whom would make a botter man than Atearns. ‘The whigs don’t krow who to Bat, up. Hon. Green Kendrick, of Waterbury, late Lieutenant Gov: rnor, enc James Donaghe, Esq., late Collector of this port, re talked of, but they are both South. erners by birth, avd not more than mediocre in poirt ot talents. Hon. Henry B. Peck, of this city, is pene the strongest man the whige could start, if he could only beindaced to take a look at “Sam,” some pleasant evening b:fore the election. Lucius G. Peck, a young lawyer here, goes in for the nomi- nation, as a whig, free soi] Kaow Nothing, but will be killed as dead ao Julius Cesar. In the third dis- ta°st Hon. Chsurcey F. Cleveland, (free soil anti- Nebraska dem.), and Dan. P. Tyler, (free soil anti- Nebraska whig,} are after the nominations of their respective parties, as they always are, and as they have both seen Sam they each feel confident of success if their parties should nominate them. In the fourth district the whig choice will lay be- tween Thos. H. Oakley, a Krow when by birth and profession; Hon. Wm. T. Miner, Ju of the Fairfield Cc unty Court; and Dr. Wm. W. Welsh, a jolly, clever country doctor, who was beaten last ear by the present Congressman, O. 8. Seymour. ohn Cotton Smith, a ls vyer, will contest tue demo- cratic nomination with Seymour, who js the only man of real talent in our present Selegation; and a6 8, bas beld the place two terms he will probably re- tire, thouch he will do all he can to defeat Smith's asp{iations. much for the Connecticut politics of the day. I msy keep you posted up after the canvass opens, and in the mean time, au revoir. Live. Our New London Correspondence, New Lonpon, Jan. 27, 1855. Progress of the City—No Gas Lights—A New Engine House—Exzertion of the Firemen—The New City Ball—The Know Nothings. No laughter provoking writer has ever visited New London, or if he has, the pub‘ic have never been entertained by a description of the city, aud I shall not now attempt it myself; «till there are a few objects that my interest outsiders, as well as in, which I am prompted to refer to while Ihave leisure. New London bas considerable wealth—a good Many people—but is not enlightened. It is one of those spote where the shado# of darkueas hangs over it at night, except when the moon vouchsafes to dispel it—some say the darkaeas is owing to the existence of the Know Notsings, who were con- ceived through the immacniate Buatline some time since—otbers, to the large quantities of waale oil which is annually brought in here, bat used other wheres—others attribute it to old fogydom, which won't appropriate the needfal to jay pipe, and thus introduce the gas—otbers to the lack of enterprise or management on the part of young America in not laying pipe to trap the centenarians. Be this as it may, the city has been eclipsed several digits, besides a considerable number of feet, daring every moonjeas night since my recoilection; bai thera is row and then a bright spot, even when the sable ca- nopy is thrown ever us, perhaps none more bright than the house of Nameang Eagive Co,, where they hold a levee or soirée once in two eeeks, aud where their friende and a quaintan ses, ladies aad gentlemen enjoy the cotillon, te waltz, or schottlasa without interruption. It is yroper here to remark that the teins of say telegraphic despatch which has t>pass | Namesngs sre an indspendeat comeene, owai through an joan office ever reaching \ta deatiae 3 that, on the contrary, the ances ars it will af telegraph @ geutiemen who is at present stop- ty “I did not get your telegraph, and no telegraps that I have sent, or that hes veen wnt to me, since I left has gone straight My ova the offices of this coantry @ delasion anda snar., particularly to travellers, tor the extracting of m>- Bey under false pretences, out of oar pockets.” Sach conduct on the part of offivers of chartered Companies rs not calcalated to raise the Americaa bos wd in the estimation of those who may have oo to travel among them, and the prem would do wel) to ferret sut and expose all each detiaquer cies The ioterests of a nation require that ever; thing in the soape of swindling, or even approach- ing it, on the part of establishments cliarterod 4 government for the conventence of soslety, shoul be frowned down. The weather has been unumally stormy for the last few 4 Owing to tue heavy snow storm, mentioned by me in a former !e'ter, and the almost continual prevalence of a strong easteriy wind, the roads Quebec, and even in tha city itself, have been anything but good. Our ice bridge, however, remaine firm, and already the markets have been sensibly affected by it. Provisions have lowered ten per cont since the ormetian of the bridge. C. 20. [had occasion, about a fortnight siacs, | | company is com; some of the must active lence and that of others concar ia deciaiiag | one of t.e fleest engines io Now England, an which will bear comparison with almost any in tie Empire City. Dr. F. L. Alien ta forema: he has | always been mnce the company was ‘organized, ope of yoar cities, and have tris day | Feceived a etter from him, ia which he sajs— | reven jeara ago; and the permanent existence of the company in part, no doubt, owing to the sul stantial menner he discharges the duties of bis office, and his sterling atiitarien qualifications. The and intelligent yous men in the city; and they are proverbial tor beiog around waen there is a fire, | and vever fail to farnish their ful! quota of cold water. | There are some among us wo assert that the Nameanga bave been kaown to throw the water so Ld that during a droughs it has faralsied sup- plies for the passing clouds, to water the earsh again. They have furnished their house at an ex- pense of twe shonsand dollars, and ove is reminded of some Oriental saloon when he stands amid the noe of light and splendor which surrounds him while in ite Rpm halls. I shoald not omit to notice that their sixth annual bali wiil take place st Aborn Hall, in this city, on the 15th proxim>— and here allow me to suggest that if your reporter can again be with us, he will fod mash to interest ard please him. A ope CE fibers rgd 4 Connecticut, it ie " roles “Sam” has got @ touthold among the Yankees, aud will make hime:if known and ‘at the approac*ing | election. Be this as it , the demosratio It: ink, stand frm to tne old iar, ‘uoltexe Sorntan to the right or left, to jesce with isms, or abstrac- When I left Mexico the political circles were fall of the news that General Garland had occupied the Mesilla Valley, which fact is looked upon by the Mexican government as an outrage, anda wilfal breaking of the Gadsden treaty. This notion, of course, is entirely absurd; still it suits them, because Mr. Bonilla hopes that he can establish thereon a claim to collect forthwith the three mil- lions retained in Washington. The first alarm ‘wan ordered to be given by the so called independent papers, which, however, under heavy penalties, are not suffered to publish anything disagreeable to the cabinet. Then the official paper took the matter up and joined in the chorus, Toe fact is, that Santa Anna gustain himeelf wants money, ito his +. Pigity. Our M ie deserves Gadsden, who is suppos- ¢d to hold che key vo those three millions. again ¢agerly courted bywMr. Bonilla and his con- would readily sell some more obtained thereby. 5 are wilting to sell out; to be te purchaser, perbaps with a view to get another footrold on tis continent 98 @ counterpoice of the Mosq tion Is is rumored tnat the peninsula hae been abandoned to her; in of she willtske u debt contracted ia London. for what they are worth, re not true, as such an srrangement would lead to between our coantry and for the vicinity of said pe- the rumor is current, and of the Brisish legation in Mexico, jogland, is brought into Ihave been assured that Mr. Escandon, the lead- ing financier connested with Santa Ani ment, has anticipated already larg accountof the remaining three millions, which I ho, will not be paic in Washington so readily as he The many jost claims of our citizens jainst Mexico ought to be settled first. In the hends Santa Anns ti ey would only for seme months, and would freree, who, probabl, land if cash was to mn_her shoulders the you there fasts hope that they serious misunderstasd! England, if it was ae to Cuba. the O:izaba for Ei connection therewith. rotra st hie downfa 1 ‘wasted to ao pur- which is getting more vexatious and obnoxious every day. It would be better to retain the amouat as long as Lace guicap because, RS, paid over, perhaps to &@ government succeedin; fie } facilities might be obwained her teriff, and to abolish the As matiers stand pow, nearly end manufactures are prohibited h cludes, or at least cripples, the energy o! entirely. This ought to be looked erpment, as the exclosion of trade fives sn uncue influence to England and France ere, which will alwaye endeavor to keep up a spirit of animosity against try. lf it was not for this reason, we would have a short and convenient rou‘e to fornia through Mexico. It appears that Santa Anna has been t: & forced Joan of five millions from the that his efforta have failed, they being ve: to share with Lim the government and spoils of the country, but not their wealth. The revolusion ia |. A few days ago; bodyguard were marched out of ft Alverez, Whowy troups have been in the ity of Cuernavaca. Government publish daily reports of victories e are assured that their number is quite insignificamt; still trey seem to multiply like the heads of the Lernaean serpent; otherwise they could not snstain so frequent reverses. most of these offi on briskly, and me companies of Santa The truth is that Teporte are spurious, and that ve been licked well occa- these Mexican battles ‘The fear of the revolution haunts the government gis Beep tong into con- stagen, uit of lawfal travsac- passports now. like a nightmare. Ev spiracy. Mexicans travel for short distances, and in purat tions, muet be provided with traveners sre to be treated as conspirators overpment of his Serene H by a court martial. bow harrassing such laws are, and this ipatence cfthe numerous vexations axd reeidents of this country are jected to the government of the hero ot An, Jesuitical clique forming his cabjnet. The tionary party, widely spread over the whole coun- ly wants an influential leader to carry the e 5 Our Saint Louis Correspondence. Sr. Louis, Jan. 29, 1855. Mildness of the Winter—Politics wn Illinois and Missouri—Election of United States Senators— Chances of General Shelds— Divisions of his Op ponents—Santa Fe Maiis—Lectures and Theatri. Although our city is hemmed in on the northeast and west eoclosely by deep snows as to check the carriage of the mails, we have hardly had enough of cold weather to open a prospect of obtaining a supply ofie. Nor have we had more than slight sprinkles of enow. The mildness of the winter as tonishes the oldest inbabitent. The Legislatures of Iilinois and Missouri are both sorely puzzled in the selection of a Senator. The sound democrats of the former State will stand by General Shields to the end of the chapter, and those of this State will stand by Atchison. My {mpres- sion, formed after @ recent visit to Springfield, is that Shields will be elected. The odds and facticns, who make up the forces of the oj free soil whigs, Know Nothings, temperance men—have too man! to adjust among themselves to be unit im. In this State one of two tuings mast cccur: enough of the whigs must vote tor Atchison to elect him, or enough of the Benton msn must vote fora whig to elect nim The latter will not vote for Doniphan, the present whig candidate. They require & man more near; oid Benton, in bia views abou other hand, it is sald tuat Southein whigs will not support such @ man as the Bentonites require, but will preter Atchison. Certainly the present is decidedly favorable to “Old 1s tonély called by “the b’noys.” There was » mati at Inde ago from Santa Fe, but it much importance. Owing to the sparcity ot the miutary, the Indians are makieg con! and committing robberies and depredationa with- out romber. The qorst tribes are the Jecarillas, the Utels and the Apaches. The Mesilia valle: bes ere this been taken possession of by We hve nothing local of much interest, The Rev. Dr. Cox is lecturing before the Mercantile As sosiation upon the uses of history, and is attracting icteligert and attentive audiences, Tne only theatre open isthe Peopie’s, and only sare exbibited as would suit the eubter- Professor Spencer has jnet closed a series of les- tures and biologival experiments, and has cared a persons of the folly of the — approximating to ndence some days aught no news of large cumber of OPinton,—The Galveston Civilian notices decision of the Sapreme Court of ‘Texas, at Tyler county, involving the question of emanci- patirg rlaves in Texas. The Civilian says:—The case srove !n Harrison county, under the will of William T. Weathersby. in which he provided that three slaves should be freed, with the proviso that his executrix his sister,) should send them to « free After his death his heire at law ued for the slaves, on the ploa that ande tion and laws of Texas they could not be « dings are full, and refer to after an elaborate review the whole groand, and references to the decisions of Tennessee, Missian' South Carolina and Alabama, unhesttati that the will was @ good and valid one: slaven were to be sent out of th State, the clause giving ko., did not take effect ‘till they were be- nd therefore competent to take as object of the restrictions was to pre- from remaining {n the bie aioe ovttiee thie one non rtasipee of ability to emane! pate, by sending the negroes out of the State. nefielaries. The free Trade Report—No Know Nothings. Matters continue void of any particular interest on this dividing line between the free citizens of these United States and the subject of his Serene Highness, ‘The current rumor that is now causing some specula- tion among the Hispano-Astee residents. between the Sierra Madre and the Gulf of Mexico, is that Santa Anna’s duly commirsioned and empowered hirelings in Washington are (ully authorized to make « transfer to the American government of all the country between the Gulf and the Sierra Madre. The measure is morti- fying to their vanity and self-love; yet many of the more influential among them, swayed by the powerful instinct sonar, iat ae ewe ee ism under which they whine amd so abjectly bend the their lost liberty. Bull baiting, cock fighting, the thea- tre, balls, musical entertainments, religious processions, card playing, the shooting now and then of some one b: virtua ol the verdiet of a military commission; and last but not least, the elopement every week of some one oj the officers in Matamoras with a young lady, under ye texts of her, as also the relentlers persecution of apy one who doubts Sante’s Anna’s immaculacy, are the order of the day. It is, of course, policy in their task-masters to encou- rage them in ing career of dissipation, aad thus deprive them of all time for reflection, even if bad sense enough to reflect and but for a moment fe the dignity of men, Seldom bas any country been so completely debased by the policy of any one man as Mexico now is under Santa Anna’s des) im, and this map has enly exem| what immense mischief can be done by one single person ef a corrupt soul and body, whep a full chance is given him to bring into full play Ii the tnstiasta of a demoning nature. j ‘The state of siege the de; of Tamaulipas was be ee Berry op ciel, fa be ‘bando or mu- nicipal edict, and this would indicate that the govern- ment has no further apprehension of ® revolutionary movement in that section of the country. The wong of rebellion continues to betray itself im Zacatecas fan Luis Potosi, whieh,secounts for the recent movements of troops from Matamoras for Ciudad Victoria and other places in the neighborhood of the places disaffected. General Crus, who was Woll’s second in command at Matamoras, ‘and the same one who was in August of last year eo soundly thrasted by the { ita io the peighdorhood of that city, left that place some three cava ago for Saltillo, to which place he goes as civil and military governor ef” Coahuila. The new and fine packet steamer Ranchero arrived some four days ago from Pittsburg, and will henceforth py the waters of the noble river between this city and e aettlements above. She speaks highly for the ener- gy and enterprise of her gentlemanly owners. Our SY is completely restored to its usual health: state, and continues steadily to improve in morals, reli- gion, politics and temperance, with other societies, in- eluding the Order of the Lone Star of the West. All we need now isthe orgasization of a Know Fothioe Lodge, in oréer not to be behind the progressive spirit of the age. The trade and commerce between this place and our eighbors continue ra ety wely dull, al- have lately noticed the arrivalof sums of money from the interior of Mexico, belonging to private individuals, ana all of which will find its way to New Orleans, and other cities in the North. RIO BRAVO. THE BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS. The Galveston Imes of the 28th ult. gives us the fol- lowing additional intelligence concerning the brash be- tween the Ranger indians: We learn from a burried note, written by one of the young men belonging to Captaim Travis’s Company, that & few days since our Rangers, and @ portion of the United States troops, commanded by Captain Elliot, had an adveature with about twenty Mexicans and nine Indians, of which we have been able to gather the fol- Jowing particulars : Near a place call Live Oak Springs, on the Pecos river, the advanced guard came upon s party of twenty Mexicans and Indians. As the troops spprosehed ‘them, the Indians fied, followed by some of the Mexicans. The |, king one Mexican and wouading several Others of both parties. ‘The Mexicans were all captured, but were spared upon their protestations of friendship and assertions that the Indians were not of their y, but had intruded them- selves into their camp against their wishos, and pe: with some hostile design against them. 'The swam the Pecos and hid in the chapperel and 8. Captain Travis’s ompany followed in bot pursuit, and surrounded the chapperel as well as their numbers and the mature of the ground permitted. They could ds- cover nothing until they fired the grass. which started two Indiana from the covert; both of whom were killed; one of them was shot in attempting to swim the Pecos. Several mules were captured and « small girl 9 or 10 years old was taken prisoner. € cOMmmanud was in fine condition, and camped about 150 miles on this side of Fort Davi Mexico on the Rio Grande. [From the Bro ensville Flag, Jan. 13.) During th few days we have heard many stirring rumore of affaira transpiring with our neighbors, which pews is said ‘be reliable, and which we give as it reaches us, merely steting that ss we have not ‘“soen the documents”? we infer that they need confirmation. It is stated, then, to be well kaown in Matamoras that the city of Victoria, in the adjoining State of Tamsulipas, han again pronounced in favor of Alyarez’s plan, and that this time the garrison stationed there had joined the movement The major part of the force at Mara- moras, it is said, are now under marching orders for the scene of excitement. Another rumor has it that the cities of Vera Cruz and Jalapa had rebelled and raised the Alvarez standard; that Gen. Perez, the commandart of the department of Vera Cruz, had mn assassinated in his room. And yet further accounts state that Santa Anna bad retired from the Presidency into the shades of rivate life, and was now rusticating on one of his ciendas, having le!t Gen. Vega in the temporary man- agement of the ai of government. From the unsettled state of that country it is quite robable that all these reporta may turn out to be true. it is, we opine, utterly impossible for Santa Anna, with all his mnown chicanery and artfulness, to maintain himself much longer against the heavy tide of discon- tent now settin, against him. His fell is indelibly written on the Tablets of fate. When that fall will come is @ matter of time only, NINETEEN BUILDINGS BURNED. From a private letter received in this city from Gainesville, and, also, from memoranda attached to the manifest of the Azile, which arrived here yesterday, we learn ‘8 fire occurred in the above named town on Tuoaiey last, which oecasioned an immense loss of erty. ro) Ms the ire appears to have had its origin in the office of A. A. Winston, whence {t spread and destroyed ninetwen buildings and about four thousand bales of cotton— rincipally stored in the warehouses of McMahon and Eiintdress, which were among the buildings consumed. Several ory goods stores were burnt, as also the Post Office, O'Neill's livery stable and saloon, over which was the onic Hall, Among the losers are said to be the firms of Sole & Bogle, Rix, Kendall & Co. and Roberts & Co. The intelligence brought by the Axile is to the effect, th messenger had arrived at Demopolis, from Gainesville, on-Thursday, with the in- telligence in substance as above. ‘We hope that subseqneut accounts ma; port tohave been exaggerated, as may case from the indirect manner in which the is received,—Mobile Register, Jan. 23. [Correspondence of the Mobile Daily Advertiser.) Gainesvitte, Ala , Jan. 24, 1855. Twenty-five Buildings and Over Two Thousand ‘Bales of Cotton Burned—Estimated Loss $160,000, Avery destructive fire occurred here yesterday, by hich two thirds of the business part of our town inion The fire broke out m tenement own d by Scott, Exq., near Childresa’s red warehouse. By reat efforts this warehouse, containing rome twenty-five jundred bales of cotton, was saved. e wind driving the flames in a northeastern course, Windha store, Alexandeg? saadiery shop. and two other buildings, were soon conMimed. The next building was occupied by the Independent newspaper, and being onc bundred feet dis- tant, it was hoped the might be arrented; but the wind soon swept the flames to the building, and from thence it soon Cape to J. Me’ealf’s office, R. A. Mere- dith’s office, Gill's shop, Eli O’Neal’s livery stable, the Mississippi Hotel, Soule & Bogle’s store, A. H. Harrin’s, Cc. M. Eos Roterta’s, D. W. Clark’s, Judge Reave’s office, 8. A. Van DeGraoff's, J. A. Minniecin’s and Jon. Biiss’s, luding ali the intermediave buildings, Chil- drene’ house, back of Soule & Bogle’s, and C. J McMabi in the rear of A. H. Harris's, next A. W. ‘tore. By blowing up J. Blins’s office, and tearieg down Whitsrtt’s and Dr. Brackett’s office, the flames were prevented from spreading to the American Hotel, snd MeMahon’s new warehouse, diled with 4,000 bales of cotton. Twenty-five buildings are con sumed, and about 2,200 bales of cotton, all valued at about $160,000. Judge Reaves, Soule & Bogle and Eli O'Neal had their buildings insured; and I think Soule & Bogle’ &J. 3. Robert's loss of ia is covered by insurance. Many insurance policies ex- pired during the week, It is thought that only sixteen bales of cotton burnt were insured. Tho loss generally falls upon email planters, though we have hear of two lots lost—W. 0. Winston, 23, and J. Bsawniss, 50 bales. ecOMING CoURTESIES— On the night of Dec. 23, says the New Orleans Picayune of the 30th ult., as Captain Lucss, of the stabmeablp Daniel Webster, waa bringing bis vessel out of the harbor of San Jaan, or Greytown, cn his way to thin port, he observed the British ship of wor Vestal, which was ondeavoring to toma, placed in extreme peril by the want of wind to take her out of the roadstead. Whereupon be delayed his passage, and offered to the Commodore, Henderson, to render him any assistance he might need. The fol lowing asntograph letter of the Commodore was handed to Captain Lucas upon his return to San Juau. We publish it, in pleasing teetimony of that amenity we are ever bappy to see between the citizens and officials of the fr and daughter countries :— . BM, Sar ay ay te } At Greytown, Dec. 24, 1854. SIr—T pao fern i 1 ane ys ed ae heat ou high sense of your teren| uness, ving, on the i ht of the ‘28d inat., anchored your ship for the pm K ‘ansisting H. B. Majeaty’s ship Vestal from her s position at the entrance of Greytown harbor, when the strength of the current eer from taking advantage of your good intentions. Capt. Leos, steamship Daniel Webster. it rer- fi ‘The German Roman Catholics of New He- ven—A Priest Called Vor. Naw Haven, Feb. 5, 1856. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE WEW YORK HERALD. In your issue of the 80th ult. you have published certain resolutions said to have been adopted at a meet- fog of the “German Roman Catholics’’ of New Haven. Tam sure you will not hesitate to make the correction whlch justice deimands, when I make known to you that it was nothing else than a hypocritical trick to injure us in the estimation of our fellow-Catholics, The se- oompanying reselutions, as published in the New Haven Palladium, and which were adopted by the Cathic Ger- mans, will explain. They read thus:—At a meeting of the Catholic Germans of New Haven, the following pre- amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:— dite tmainsiived Gieuda Rowan Cathollea,” Esve Tronetaly uuurped the right of nos RO t A whereas they feollageanid revolutions cota es aid y & com! made up of one Jew, one and one who pub- Tiel; himself to be an infidel, believing altel. pie “a humbug,” and adepted by a meeting of the tame class of men: Therefore— Resolved, That we Catholics deny bavisg sny jst in th ings the wo denen ne se S09 by them as wicked ous to us; more “His blood be ts ‘us and upon our children, »? than the sentiments of true Catholics. We despise the prpogeliy of the Jew, infidel or Protestant, who would Roman Catholic for an evil purpose. Resolved, That we do want a priest who can h the Gospel to usin our native an will Bnd thet we do net yet. deny the “one faith” taught us carefully by our parents, and which we shall never re- bounce for mammon. Resolved, That we hail Rev. Mr. Hender’s advent mong us joy and gratitude; that @ishop O'Reilly be requested to make this city his residence, and that we shall do everything inour power to sustain and make him comfortable, Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published in all thé papers uae bh ese i Spe te calumny om our goed name. ped on of mee’ a * JOSEPH ‘AUGHICK, President, poy Kuarrni, }° om Bare, Vico Presidents. FREDERICK THESING, GaaeN Rs CaRisTIAN GERGEN, Searetary. ‘The upshot of the fcrmer resolutions was this: Bishop O'Reilly sent a priest to take charge of the German Ca- tholies of this city, about two hundred in number. The German Jews ond I Gdels, who are trying to establish a nociety which would ackhowledge no other God than na- ture, took this amiss. They saw the projected society im danger, and consequently determined to oppose the jest. For this purpose they called s meeting, inviting Fete many, whllat they Kept the object of the mest. ing a secret. Some Catholics, myself amongst the num- ber, went there to see what was on; but when the object leaked out, most of them leff, aod were it not that a few ato pet to watch the the broth- exbood w ave been ‘alone'in their glory.” The meeting itself was an admirable burlesque on use of reason; the term ‘‘jackasa’’ was given and taken without a complimeat; and he who would be so foolish as to beheve im Ged, Christ or the Bible, got a safe place among the long eared tribe. At length, after much trouble and any amount of confusion, three individuals were appcin ® committee to d: Roman Catholic resolutions; and they did draft them. GERGAN, Secretary. Political In A PEOPLE’S (ABOLITIONI8TS) CONVENTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A convention is called in the Second Congressional district of New Hampehire, to meet at Manchester on the 13th of February, for the purpose of selecting’a can- didate for the United States House of Representatives. According to the call, this convention is to be composed of men of all parties who are willing to unite to stay the seacoast of the ‘peculiar institution’”’—whbo desire that territory once comserrated as the home of the free- shall never be the abode of the slave—who are re- d that by their act no more territory shall bs a quired to be made into slave States, and that no State iecating slavery shall be received into the Usion— whose philanthropy is broad enough to cover and seek the happiness of the whole race, and not of a favored part—who believe tl God when he made man, did not ke a chattel—who love freedom more than bondage, and right rather than wrong. KNOW NOTHING CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, Tt is rumored that the Know Nothing candidate for Governor in Virginia will be either Wm. C. Rives or J. F. Strother. The whigs will make no nomination. Mr. Riven’ name was presented by the Virginia delegates at the Cincinnati convention as a candidate for the Presi- dency. ANOTHER KNOW NOTHING CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDBNOY. Some ome, in the Baltimore Clipper, recommends the Hon, Wm. R. £mith, of Alabama, as the Know Nothing candidate for the Presidency, a “Mr. Smith is the very to lead the great native American family to success,” KNOW NOTHINGISM IN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE’ A resolution has been introduced in the House of Re- presentatives of Louisiana, instructing and requesting the Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their best efforts to procure the passage of an act re- 1g all laws authorizing the naturalization of foreign- ers. ENOW NOTHINGS IN THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE. It is said, upon reliable authority, that out of the 97 members of the present Arkansas Legislature, 73 are Know Nothings. This, too, is said to be the fact, not- withstanding the majority by which Mr. Macon’s resolu- tions condemning the order was passed through that body. The Know Nothings, the same authority says, voted for these resolutions simply because they wie to ‘keep dark,”’ and ‘didn’t care much for ‘paper pellets of the brain’ apy how !”” The credentials of Mr. Wilson, U. 8. Senator elect, from Massachusetts, were by the Governor on Saturday id he was to leave for the scone of his new duties rd ‘The Indiana Senate has poned allaction on the subject of U. 8. Senator until the 22d of February, Skating on the Schuylkil1. & BETROTHED PAIR DROWNED. [From the Pennsylvania Inquirer, Feb. 5.) On Saturday afternoon, while hundreds of persons were participa’ ~hd and snioying the fata ® uy! ie of skating and sliding on the ice in the river Sch calamity occurred which will long be remembered mapy. Two persons, a young lady scarce out of her “teens,’’ and s young gentleman of much promise, who went on the ice about two o’clock with a gentleman and two other ladies, were drowned before they had passed an hour on its glassy surface. How this little circle of friends res he early moments of their visit to the Sebuylkill we are not advised, but [eae the time was parred gaily and pleasantly, ae they mingled in the crowd which kept between Girard avenue bridge and Fairmount. A short time before the dreadful aay oecurred, Mr. Samuel A. Shinn, the young man drewned, ned not to venture on the ice above Te gens that it was not solid enough. warning, he ventured, and when opposite the Sweet Briar Mansion, some two han- dred yards above Girard avenue bridge, with Miss Elizs Russell, whom he was pulling and pushing about on the oaoe a chair, the twain went headlong into a large air- ole, At thia awful moment the remainder of the party were tome distance behind, and as ihey rushed to the spot where they were so buriiedly ushered into eternity, sister of Minn Russell, noticing them, gave the alarm. This attracted Mr. John Nelis and several other work- men in the quarries close by the bridge, who immediate. ly ran, but could render no assistance until a boat was procured from below the briige. In the meanwhile (about twenty-five minutes) the unfortonate young lady and le were struggling for their lives. When the men inthe boat reached Miss Russell she was floating on the water with her face downwards. Her clothing prevented her from bean Mr. Shinn sank before the boat could be brought to his assistance. Mies Russell was in the water full half am hour, and Mr. Shinn nearly three-quarters of an hour. At the instant the Indy was picked up, some of the men in the boat thought they observed f ile others sup- e was extinct. carried up to the residence of L 2 iam 8. Torr, & as Sweet ir Mansion), where everything was done to save her, by Dr. Gallagher and another physician, as well as by the members of Mr Torr’s femily; but the united efforts proved fruitle se—she was either dead before being taken from the water, or else was so much chilled that she died before reaching Sweet Briar Mansion, The body of Mr. Shinn was found |ying on the bottom of the river, about ten feet from the surface. Bis re- mains were also taken to Mr. Torr’s house, where the corpses were Inid side by site. Soon after they were pro- perly covered and removed to the houses of the unfor- junate deceased. The sister of Miss Russell, who ac companied the party, was present when the bodies were taken to the house before fesignated, and #o much over- by the terrible calamity, that she fainted quite il! during the day. The brother of taere also, and evin the greatest dis. tress at bis sudden and unexpected bereavement. Mr. Samuel Shinn was 25 years of age, and Miss Rus- fell nearly 20. Mr. Shinn was « druggist, and the son of Mr. Earl Shinn, residing at No. 136 Pine street. Miss Russell resided with o sister, Mrs. Smith, at the north. cent ccruer of Broad and Spruce streets ; in the same buildixg Mr. Shinn had his drug store. fore the bo- dies were conveyed to the late home of the deceased, a gentleman known to the families conveyed the start intelligence of the shocking catastrophe. The feelin, the friends can scarcely be realized. Mr. Shino and Russel) were snesged 0 be married in a few weeks. I oner Delavan held inquests on the hen verdicte were rendered in accordance with the facts aa related At the time of the calamity there were bat few mem- bers of the Philadelphia Ska’ Club on the ice, and they were some distance below the bridge. They were provided with corde, reels and ladders, and had the acei- dent happened in sight of either of the members it is probable no lives would have been lost. Since the organization of the club, not s single life has been lost where any of its members were present. Wh men were endeay to get the bodies out of the water, Mr. John A. Neff fell into the airhole. He sueceeted in getting out without any other injary than & ‘cold bath.”’ He wan also taken to the Briar Mansion and supplied with dry clothing. of fig, aa Jacob Jones the ioe on Friday, afd was rescued with vests of | the Skating Club, 4 VOL. xx Court of General Sessions. Before Hom. Judge Stuart. Fue. 6.—G@rand Larceny.—Thomas Eastwoed was put upon his trial for stealing a great coat and two checks, for $200 and $225, respectively, the property of Thaseud ‘YW. Thorley. From the evidence in the case, it appeared that on the 6th day of December last the complainant, being in Faulkner’s saloon, in Howard street, mear Broadway, took off his overcoat, and threw it on a chair, ‘The checks, he said, were in the pocket of the coaty The prisoner was in the room, and in a short time vanished with the coat, sccerding to his own confession, the value of the stolen, were sufficientl, . In me old offenders honor sald. that be felt it is duty to give him a8 severe » punishment as possible, under the circumstances, and sentenced him to six onthe in the peniten' . arte daeucr with muck erontery—Phey said 1a be mre I Tay Soren ene aie ) Tas Judge—' ani ¥ Grand Larceny.—Eugene Riley was indicted for steal- ing seven chains of the value of $130, frem the store of iy, Youn; Lert aay Broadway, on the 26th of October, 1852, sim the establishment proved that late in the afternoon of this dey the prison- ‘er eame into the store and asked to see the c! that immediately after he left they were missed. re being much doubt in the case, the Jory found s yentict of not guilty. Before dismissing the r, the Judge said—* Riley, a more notorious thief than you are dood not exist in NV York. My advice to you is, to leave ‘packer Da'go right out of the city now, if any moan oner.— ou city now, would give me $10. jo man in this court room wou! give me employment. Judge—No man one to give you employment; no. Fes cam trust you. You are even beyond . jow ge. ‘Posting Counterfeit Money.—The evidence for the pro- secution in this case established that, on the 24 day of January last Eliza Shepherd, the prisoner, in with apelher, went into the store of Alf Jararl o- baceo manu! rer, \vington a! ; and bought a small quantity of tobacco, ‘iving for the same & five dollar tin on the Phoenix Westerley, R. L. nd Dill was subi peatly Cp rene to be a forgery. se Spencer, fer the defence, contended that there was no evidence to show that the bill passed on Jarard was the one produced at the trial ; that the identity of the pri- soser was not established, and that she did not know terfert. The jury had not agreed in te hour. then adjourned, E & Marriege of the Lerd Bis! of Nova Scotia. ‘The marriage of the Right Rev. Hibbert Binney, D.D., aban iene onmerne ee as of the Hon. Mr. Just iss, ic a 4 the Halifax Church Times, wan solemnized in St. Paul’s Cathedral on Thurs- day, the 4th instant, by the Right Rev. Edward Field, Db, Lori Bishop of Newfoundland, assisted by the Ven Robert Willis, D.D., Archdeacon of Nova Scotia, ‘The spacious church was crowded in rary yey by a re- spectable congregation, who evinced the most intense interest in the entire proceedings. Shortly after ten o'clock, the morth door of St. Paul’s was wn open to the public, while the south doors were kept close for. the reception of the guests, for whose accommodation the pews on each side of the middle aisle were reserved. The interior of the church was suitably decorated with the banners of St. George's Soclety, waving around the chancel, with appropriate devices, repr ‘the arms of the two families of Binney and Bliss, while the poreh of the church was tastefully ‘fitted, and ornamented with various fags, which were ith imposing effect. St. Luke's Chapel of ily decorated for the occasion, with its streaming from the tower of the ppointed hour, a bed before twelve, both parties arrived at the church at the same moment—the bride attended by four young ladies, and the bridegroom by four young gentlemen—all of whom, took their places outside the chancel rails, in frout of the holy table, when the Bishop of Newfoundland: commenced with the ‘Form of Solemnisation of Mat- rimony,’? aud proceeded through the whole service with- out any omirsion, the 67th Psalm being chanted in its proper place by the choir, and the concluding exhorta- tion being read by the Archaescon. The chancel was alno occupied by the Rev. E. A.C, Bayley, Chaplain of the Bishop of Newfoundland, and the Rev, W. Bullock and Rev. E. Maturin, attired in their 1 conclusion of the rervice, the joy- 1, and carriages of all descriptions rolling Faceseantty along the streets from the church to the stately mansion of Judge Bliss, where a sumptuous en- tertainment was provided for the wedding ) who numbered about one hundred and eighty in. cluding sixteen clergymen. and a fair representation of the laity, and enpecially of the ladies of Nova Scotis. At an early stage in the proceedings of rteceune health of the Right Rev. Bridegroom and his beautiful bride was proposed by His Excellency, Sir Gas- pard Le Marchant, to which bis Lordship replied imap- propriate terms, in the course of which be referred to a recent precedent for the marriage of « bishop in the case of the Iate Bishop of Salisbury, who entered into the ‘holy estate of matrimony” after his consecration to the Fpir 1 office. The honorable the Chief Justice, Fro} d the bealth of the Bishop of Newfoundland, with a warm recommendation to his Lordship to imitate the example ef our worthy Bishop on this occasion. His Lordship stated, in reply, that be was not insensible to the charma of connubial bliss, or to the attractions of ih T sex by whom he was surrounded; butatthesame Supreme Court of this Provin time he expla ned the difference in the situation of him- relf and his diocers from that of his brother Bishop of Nova Scotia, and vindicated his motives in s life of single blesredness for himself, The toast of Bridesmaids’ was responded to in an eloquent and hu morove speech by the Rev. R. H. Bullock, and that o° “ the Groomsmen?’ was acknowledged in a feeling and satisfactory address by Edward Binney, Ksq., the senior ber of that body. Several other toasts were d replied to before the convivial party left je, and at half-past two o'clock the ir left the ‘town for Sackville, on their way to % where they intend to remain a few days. The Balloon Ascension of Miss Bradley at Easton, Pa. HER OWN ACCOUNT OF HER PERILOUS SITUATION. [From the Easton Coarier, Fed. 3.] On Thurscay penn ® week ‘ago the citizens of Easton and vicinity were gratided with a view of one of the finest ascensions of a balloon, perhaps, ever enjoyed by any other Roe ee, Mies Lucretia Bradley made a balloon ascension from this boro Thursday a week ago. She ascended ire, where a large cron ot goer if neigh- ig the morning, from the town boring courtry. The day was clear and cold, and Dalloon arcended perpendicularly to height of more than two milee, when it took a southerly direction, and to the great Lerror of the «pectators, a quantity of gas ‘was seen to escape from the top of the balloon, when it veered, and made a sudden descent of from one handred to two hundred feet. A parachute was. however, formed against the network cf the balloon, which con her safely to the earth, and she landed in a field about three miles from Easton, in the State of New Jersey. a — Trose with perfect calmness and great velocity tos height of over two miles, my whole feelings being those of indescribable tranquillity and gratided ht. There was no perceptible breeze umtil I reached the highest int of my voyage, directly over a bend of the De- ware, when four heavy currents struck ‘Lae on all sides with equal force. Finding the fall, Lopened the valve three times in succession, snd while letting of the gas as fast a [ could, (the balloon at the tame time rapidly emptying iteelf from the ee a very strong under current forcing le the mouth of the balocn, eaused a roaring like ocean in a heavy storm, followed by a noire like the disch: of a can- non, and a sudden fall of abouts hundred feet. I then looked up and saw my balloon all shattered, with the exception of two pieces—one being about one-eighth the site of the bailoon— formed @ parachute in the top of ‘the net work, and the other a sail at the side, and me off eastward. The wind rocked the ear violently at the time, and for teo minutes su Knowiag is ty what- my ritvation, I had no bey 3 of fright or anxist; ever, but tranqvilly trusting in that same ity 1 ever loved to trust, } prepared gine: the best possible moreer { sonia formy ae jlieving I should tand fafely. I threw out my sand and gra ing ron, placed sayoet! rmty fm {ho tarts ba upright peal jon, my hands extended, claaping the handles on each side I deliberate- Jy looked on all vides and admired the indescribable | ee hd and beauty of the scene, I spent ten minutes in singing a rong of pra'se to the creator of such sce! of beauty and snblime grandeur Rapidly decending, oe aa but with great force, in the centre of s large clever feld in Still Valley, New hing four miles from Easton, at half past eleven o'clock A. M., having beea vp just balf an hour, twenty minutes of which was after the burating of the balloon. Misa Bradley is from New London, Conneticut, and not from Philacefpbia, at stated in the papers which nave poticed her secersion. It was her firet adventure of the kind, and she exhibited a nerve and relf possession not often foued in her*ex AltHough notone of the most on terra firma, it was remarked by many ut the rope, dressed ag she was in her tum ith a French crown cap, white ith a wreath of greew and white State Prison. learn that 42 con- recived during the year, 14 discharged by expiration of senience, ond 6 pardoned, leaving 92 inthe institution on the Ist of Dec last past.’ Of these 92 con- were employed in sboemaking, 17 in the lime quarry, 17 as wheelwrights, 11 im the amith’s hop, 3 as tailors, and the balance as cooks. waiters, washers, ke. Two only were in golitary confinement The crinses for which !ley were committed were—for larceny, 67; mar: der, 4. (2 senteree commuted); manslaughter, 4 4; burg 4: forgery es adultery, 2; 2: ing stolen goods, 1, ‘The whole number of convicts received since wer 4