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- - - - .jg I him to «6ts, In the curlier and better day« of the Republic, y lieu hasty or ill-advised legis « * s il* * \ ? • latlon, or measures ltttely to prove detn meuUl to the public welfare, were intro dimed into Coftgre»», the heart of tho pa triot was solaced by the reflection that be conld " look to the Sonate" for the arrest e" iuj^ tical fort and was a twe o In ia By be can the a is, nn. flATUKDAY MORNlNG*MARCn 14, 186 ». 3mr Edward M. Foster,4 Wilmington, la authorised Maas, aavcrtlaanaaata, Ac. I Transcript. of correction of the evil, well assured that that wise, patriotic and dignified body, would not disappoint his reasonable hopes and expectations.—But, alasl we fear there is little prospect, now, that the Sen ate Will measure up to the standard of its former greatness, or he able to rise above the prejudices of party, to a proper appre ciation of the grave and solemn responsi bilities which now attaob to it in its char acter of a court of impeachment, organi sed to t'j', for the first time in the history of pur country, the chief Executive offioer of the government« dor ' ' high crime and And, he it remembered, that the Act for which hois to be arraigned," or the principal allegation against him, is sirepty tbe exercise of a right which was conferred by tho Constitution, and whieh belonged to all his predecessors, front the foundation of the government until now, or until Congress attempted to take away . this constitutional prerogative, by the enactment of the Tenurc-of-office bill. It is scarcely possible for any impartial ami dispassionate man to realize that theoflenoe, if offenes thore be, is commensurate with the grave and extreme penalty which Con gress seeks to visit npon the President. If he sbonld be oonvietod and deposed, ander the circumstances, the result will go far to shake the popular belief in the sts,bUity of constitutional government, be cause, the preosdont onee established, it will be sppealed to in future, to get rid of adjf President wbo may render himself obnoxious to a partisan majority against him in Congress. It must also be rc gqfded as an evidence of the decline of eiyil .liberty in our widat, and Buch must be tbo judgment of the world when the merits of the present impeachment issue are passed in review before it. in is of up at on he of bo at (1 C f TM« Vernal Stasou. After a very dong and an unusually severe winter, the veroal season is upon ns. The snow bas not yet eutircly disap peared, but still lingers, in places, along the hedge-rows, in the ravines, and in the forest- Tbe Mailing Arbutus, and the Viblet, and the Snow Drop, will soon be opening their delicate petals, and shed ding their fragrance around Stem, to de light our eyre and regale our olfactories. The frost, whieh so thoroughly piked our roads daring the winter, facilitating trav el, has left our high-ways and by-ways in a " melting mood," to be sure, but under the ioflnencre of old Sol's genial rays they will soon be dry again, and the traveller may resume hie journeying« with accus tomed facility. The farmers ore prepar ing to drive their teams, afield, and every thing around us heralds the approach of Spring. The season and its appropriate refleetwna are quit» anffioient to pnt on« in the poetic rein, but as our numbers do not flow aa readily as the little rills whioh everywhere gash from the snow-clad hill ■idea, we substitute, in lieu of anything of our own, » Hule gem from one of tbe " Sweet singers of Israel," which, in all the poems that tbe vernal season bas given birth to, we hare not seen surpassed. It is this : 14 Fur lo, tW* winter is past, Tbe rain ia over nod gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The lins of the singing of bird* is come, Aud the voice of the turtle ia heard ia our land." We shall be pleased to hear from Newark correspondent, is often as incli nation moves him to write. His article is deferred until our neat. There is no *»ngcr of bis contributions finding their n J into our " scrap basket." We ap preciate them too highly for that. our N«w Hampshire Election.—A telegram to the N«w York Wodd, professing te give the mo«t reliable rotarn., g' lres rim an, Republican, 87,577, Sinclair. Democrat, 35,537. Republican maturity 2.040. A Democratic gain of abont lOtw since Iasi year. Attorney General Stanberry has •igned his position in order to take part in tb« impeachment trial. President John son bas aceep4c<rh1t resignation. re Richard Carey, charged with the murder of William Connell, in New-York, last January, ha* been convicted and cod to imprisonment for life. sen ten William Cole, an Iriahman, died in Hartford, ëppdajr evening* nearly HI years old. He was never sick, married thru*' lima- rind had nin. tf. p diififn n. bor the MukUrtotcH T ranscript . yarn KStTSsue I noticed an article against Building I»oan Aaeociatione from Inquirer, and believing him to be honest in hu viewB, and willing to be convinced of the truth of these boh «6ts, I will, candidly, undertake to give >*>r4ltiou4liAv Mire», al igeoranmr what alP%ho uikfertSko lb re an y association should be poBsesed of, «*«»*■/* * he ease. tOBet i ta rth claim8 of Buildi ; nd ^ tions, their originator, their practical workings the», tauwifc, und Ihs nuths . "atical problem Inquirer h» pleased to sar e" 1 "? 11 * demand than w oopy the fellow iuj^ from the Dtlau^rt k»u of Nov. ,16, "The present age is one of progress. Many are the means of a sound anil prac tical nature that have been employed to develop individual character aud euter pWsè, to ensure to h-iuesf industry its proper reward, and to increase the com fort Und usefulness of the masses, Building and Loan Associations, in the accomplish ment of these results, exercise no little influence. The first institution of the kind was established at Kireudbroght in 1815 under the auspices of the Earl of Selkirk, a gentleman of large fortune and liberal views. Soon they extended into the ufactoring districts of England, apd after rd« were established in London. They were introduced ' ip|sx .this country oyer twe P t ï-? v P years ago, and have o peril ted successfully in moat of *i«.citio». In Philadelphia, whole distrieta have been built up through their instrumentality. Th« primary ohject ofthese Aaaociatious ia to convert rent into capital—to enable every man to become his own landlord By uniting the savings of individual bqrs small sums of money arc rendered far more productive than they possibly could be if expended separately. By paying into a joint concern but little, if any, more than would be consumed in rent, a home can he procured and the money kept in the community. We all know that every renter in the Course of seme eight or ton yean pays enough money to purchase the property rented. These societies propose the asso ciation of individual energies and means, and the purchase of property instead of renting it. Usually to purchase property a large sum of money is required, and but few,in these times can command the sary capital ; but most of our laboring and business men can save enough from their labor aud business to pay a small sum a ml Tret r to »■ sar M» and mlii I». man mom every month. I« fa» they have ta enatigU ta pay Feat, and by a «Kgl* adtli tioa they could meet their monthly dues in aa aaqpeintioD of this kind and thereby scare a home, dt ia true that all the mem bers could not procure a home at tha start, | but all could during theterm of the Associa tion's existence, and as fkMua our know Jedge extouds, from seven to eight years is the maximum period required. The following is an outline of the plan and vysjHOgs of an Association of this kiud ; Let each share of stock be one dollar a month, paid in monthly daring the term of the AjasoesRtian'a existence. Suppose there are a thousand share». Every month 0100 will be paid ia, and this turn Is put up moathlv and sold to the highoet bidder at a premium, and this premium is deduc ted, end the bulanee handed over to the buyer. With this advance die buyer must either build or secure property of equal value ; mud as security to the Astoeiaüon, give a mortgage on it equal in value to tho net sum of mouey he receives, A stockholder is allowed to bkl for 0200 on eaeli shore he holds, and, after be bor rows, pay», in additiou to bin dues for shores, tt per cent, on the »mount for which he bids. This interest is paid monthly. This association winds np when the as sets of it are sufficient to divide out toesoh stockholder 0200 for each share of stock. To one not acquainted with the workings of there Associations, this might seem to bo a usurious marie of loaning money, the borrower being required to pay a premium at tho owtast, end thereafter an interest of (1 per cent, not simply on the eraount lie actually receives, hut on the amount for which be bids; and this would be so, if thu borrower and lender wuro two distinct par ties, bat the borrower is one of the coni C 1 nent pat ta of the concern und derives s proportionate profit from the invest ment of the premium and intorcst whieh he pays. Borrowing money from the Association, even at forty per eent. premium, is as cheap ns borrowing money in tho oedinarv way at tt per cent. - i For instance, a stockholder owning 5 shares bids for 01t)OO at forty per eent. f ircraium. This would be 0400 premium, caving him 0000 net. -Sow for this 000« he is required to pay 06 a month his shores and 06 interesta month, namely 010. In seven yearn at thii rale of pie mini» the Association would wind up and in all he has paid 084«. save Suppose he borrows 0000 ill this nrdi nary wwy. The intorret would 1* 03tt - in *ewen Jftres 0252, mak tng re m l j p&a'J, showing s balance of 012 in faiwr ofrxiwreDWiBg from Che Association •wen at 40 per cent. « An important etm slueration is «hwk the lctifiu payments arc mads in retail and convenient sums paid montMy, and not in bulk at one time os in ordinary loan*. Another advantage ia that the Association Laos to tbe foil Value .the mortgaged, ••* »"* marely to two m thri-e-fourths of the value as ht ordinnryfoan*. Thi» it eon do, because it fit« already «waived a premium from the bofrower, and »Iso bnreosi the borrower ra-gms to pav bock portions of the prinei tints lasse Häng tim riait e»«ry montu. _ ^ As au llwUuoe of üiu practUal nntrkinrj rewicMtion of the kind we give tbe te Rowing -Suppose » man occupy* « h0 ""^ th ' or which he pays, aa rent, 020« per annum, payable monthly, quarter)^, or yearly, as the owe mky hie, he wtll in eight y»»re have paid 01000 and lost the »lupin interest on the pay ■tents of the rent he h»s made within that tim»-, amounting to g!«j. He W per VhU pmaii tutü. & Uüllà. fur »hiclUut 1ms uotli inglo show but his landlord's receipts. Suppose he had 15 shares in this Associa tion, he is entitled to bid lor ftilOOU, and at 33$ percent premium he would get 02000 the house heretofore rented, have to pay (> per cent on «lieh would be 015 per month, hut monthly dues on 15.shares 030 per month, which in ht y el«» would amount to 02880. The urt^t on the same lias accumulated to '*fie crSBtajf bis shares of stock and been added to them. Ilcncc by paying 01184 more than his re»t as before, he has in flow* become lus own landlord and T™* 11 >>°'»e worth 02000 or more, ae dording to the rise in property, and has also hid thgjMicuuaiiev. rent free, eight years, wortu moro thil11 ttlc difference. In a word a ml He W( icn p IIS Id his house has cost him 01184. This is by no means an extreme case, but one which has frequently taken place in lhiilding and Loan Associations. He w ho docs not build at the commence meut of the Association's existence has advantages ns well as the successful bidder. The delayed date of purchase will shorten the time for the additional payment of in terest ; and every cent paid into the Asso ciation is not only so much saved, but in vested in the safest possible manner, and accumulating far more rapidly than by ally other mode of investing small sums. Hoping Inquirer's mind may rest at ease and his eyes be gladdened by tho happy and homes that can now be secured by those who heretofore have, never been bid to as pire to a home of their own, [ cordially invite him to call upon .us again. Building Loan. Correspondence o/the Middletown Transcript. Messrs. Eihtuks.— Having not as yet written anything for tho columns of yuttr worthy paper (the Transcript;) I thought I would make mention of a new feature in the swindling business, as practiced by some deceptious person, who, upon a close observation would pass for white, but of rather a dark principle, as will be seen from the following statement. Oil Sun day night, February 23rd, tlio black population of Sandy Branch, were thrown into a great exeitement, by the appearance of a white man, claiming to bo their Mo ses, in their midst, who as he stated authorized to furnish them with cheeks to the amount of from four hundrixl to four thousand dollars a piece, payablo at the " Citizens National Bank of Middletown," tbe writing or characters on said cheeks resembled some ancient Hieroglyphics or signs, that the man himself or no one else could make sense of, however, his fee for the same being from one to five dollars each, whereupon he succeeded in getting a pretty good sum, besides a watch or two, and after so doing he has left for parts un known, to the great astonishment of said Bandy Brttnehers. But, before leaving them, and still farther to increase his well filled purse, promised to build a church and school house. The building of the same, to commence on tho following Tues day, provided they would raise from their neighbors and acquaintance, a certain sum whercwitli to purchase a piece of land, fi which he would pay one hundred dollars per acre, and also have the privilege to build where he saw proper, without ask ing consent of the owner or owners. Now the simple block-heads, had no moic sense pr forethought than to do as they were bid, and at present find to their sorrow that they ha vc been duped aud cheated out of one, two, or perhaps throe hundred dol lars. On Saturday night last he again made his appearance, but taking good care not to visit tho same house at which he stopped the Sunday bight before, but cal ling upon an old colored man by the name of John Robinson, asking for lodging for the night, John unconscious of his busi ness received the swindler under his roof; n«xt morning John's visitor proposed to pay him his bounty money (some three hundred dollars,) if John would first give said swindler three dollars, the required sum Was handed over and in exchange John received an old stocking, securely sewed up, with the request that it sho/ito not be opened untl said swindler had left, John's curiosity being at the highest pitch proceeded after some time to examine his supposed pile of greenbacks, John turn ing to his better half and Faying " brets do Lord marse Lincum has gone and dem it at last, frow marse Johnson under dc bench, and give us de gemmcti what makes money for do colored pussuns," hut here ho was sadly disappointed, for instead of bounty money. Lord bress you honey, a pair of dirty stockings and the rusty frame of un old portmounaie. Well, John was sold for throe dollars cash, nail he wishes to see di at 'jemmen once more before he dies. Nmv we may take the foregoing an afet of kindness as practiced to a great extent during the last few years, by those who profess to take so great an interest in Sambo's welfare, using him as a screen, from behind which the country and her rights are gulled uni cheated. With' ir Slime us John Thompson. ■Saïuiÿ Branch, March 4th, 18ti8. Lautflaiu Countltutton. The white minority of the Louisiana Oanrentiou have entered their protest against tho adoption of on instrumout which the majority of that liody has pre seated to the people for ratification os a eonstitution. Tiny «>y that social cqual ity is attempted to be enforced, an outrage which is as tjir beyond tho authority of legislation us it is beyond tbe itounbs of de cenoy and common sense ; -that the right nf citizens to control their own property is attempted to Ijc taken from them, whieh is hardly more than is now done under inili t*ry rule, but which is none tho less out rageeus as one of the purposes of n consti tntion to be permanently cstublislied ; that the judicial system is radically defective, rendering the riglit to property and the lives and liberties of the people uncertain, mid that tho system of publie education ean bo sustained only by heavy contribu tions forced from tax-payers wbo do not approve of it. guch is the system which the Radicals would force upon the people of the South by the une of Miltaarv powpr. ~ Philadelphia Acte. ___' _ The South Carolina State Convention ill Adjourn to-da v. MIMur) UcpvaUuc lUtlt Correspondence ol the Philadelphia Aye. The efforts made during the last year to impair the confidence of the people in the Chief Magistrate of the Uuion, aud to bring about a complication of public af fairs, such as would render it safe for the duininnn^wrty in Congress to depose the President»- political reasons (although earried further), is not without a parallel in our history. Tn 1705 an attempt was made to destroy the character of President Washington, with an intention, had it succeeded, to im peach him. Thu parties combined tv ac complish these objecta consisted of— 1. The opponents of the Bunding ■Scheme of Alexander Hamilton. IT. The partisans of the French Directory. 111. The opponents of the Excise Law. This combination assailed Washington with a bitterness and vigor never since surpassed in- this country. The vials of party wrath worn poured out against him through a malignuut press. We are told by Chief Justice Marshall— "His military and political character was attacked with equal violence, and jt was averred that he was totally destitute of merit, either as a soldier or a statesnmu. The calumnies wit^ which he was assailed were not confined to his public conduct ; even his qualities as a man were the sub jects of detraction. That he had violated the Constitution in negotiating a treaty without tho previous advice of tie 1 Senate, and embracing within that treaty subjects belonging exclusively to the Legislature, was openly maintained, for which an im peachment was publicly suggested ; aud that he hiid drawn from the Treasury, for bis private use, more than the salary an nexed to his office, was asserted without a blush. T his last allegation \yas said to be supported by extracts from the Treasury accounts, and was maintained with the most persevering effrontery." In addition to the insurrection in the western eouutics of Pennsylvania, which Washington believed to have been "foineu tei by the self created societies who laboring to effect some revolution iu the government," the President was embar rassed by divisions and dispensions in his Cahiuc t, aud a want of fidelity on tho part of some members of his Cabinet, and also eofronted by a serious dispute with the House of Representatives, arising out of his refusal to comply with a resolution of the House requesting the President to lay before it fchç instructions, correspondence, and other documents relative to tho treaty with Great Britain negotiated by Mr. .fay. His biographer, Washington Irving, says: " Washington, believing that those pa pers could not be constitutionally demand ed, resolved fr from the fullest conviction of his mind, to resist the principle which was evidently intended to ho established by the call of tho House ; he only deliberated on the manner in which this could be done with the least had consequences." Washington, iu his answer, after observ ing that to admit tbo demand would estab lish a dangerous precedent, concluded by declaring that "os it w due administration of the government that the, boundaries f fixed by the Constitution , between the different departments should be observed, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of his office forbid a com pliance with the request." This decided answ'or subjected President Washington to numerous misrepresenta tions and fabrications, which shall, " pressed upon the publié in order to with draw the eofidenee of the nation from its chief." Amid all these difficulties Presi dent Washington pursued the even tenor of his way, but that bis magnanimous heart received a deep wound from these persecu tions and misrepresentations there is ample evidence in his letters. a I tho first moment aud essential to the says Mur ■re with unwearied industry To Jeffersou, he writes, "until within tiic last year or t wo I hail no conception that parties wnultl or ever could go the length I have been witness to ; nor did 1 believe until lately that it was within the bounds of probability, hardly within those nf possibility, that while I was using my utmost exertions to establish a national character of our own, and wished by steer ing a steady course to preserve this ooun try from the throes of a desolating war, 1, should be accused of being the enemy of one nation and subject to tlie inffui-uee of another : and to prove it. that every net of my administration would be tortured, sod tbe grossest and most insidious misrepre sentations of them be made, by giving side of a subject., and that too in such agger.Tted and indecent terms as could searoely lie applied tu a Nero, a notorious even a common pickpocket." Again, we are informed that when the Minister of tlie French Republic «at the nets of tlie United States government nt defiance and threatened the Executive witli appeal to the people, nnd the latter, notwithstanding the indignity thus offered to their Chief Magistrate, sided with tlie aggressors, and exulted in their open dé fiance of his national policy, he became weary anti impatient, and being handed one of those scandalous libels in circulation called " The Funeral of George Washing ton," wherein tho President was represented as placed upon a guillotine, a horrible paro dy on the late decapitation of the French King, "burst forth," writes Jefferson, " into one of those transports of passion bc ( yoml liis control : inveighed against the personal abuse whieh hail been bestowed upon him, and defiod any man on earth to produce a single act been in this government whioh bad not bi en dene in the purest of motives. He had never repented but onee having «lipped tho moment of having renigned his office, nnd that waR every moment wince. In the agony of his heart he declared that he had rather be in his grave than in his present R'tuation ; that he had rather bo on his farm than to bo made Emperor of the World, and yet, said lie, indignantly, they charging me with wanting to be a " From Randolph. Secretary of explanation of his one ex defaulter, or an of his since he had aro King." State, he demanded an explanation of his statements to tbe French Minister, (con tained in an intercepted dispatch of tlie latter to his government,) which reflected on the purity of conduct as well as fidelity of the Secretary to his superior. The ex planation was promised, and Mr. Randolph resigned ou the spot. ffW oomrtry Hw wttj ttWrtT tht* ffWhtf came to the defense of the President. General Assembly of Maryland passed an unanimous resolution to the following ef fect, that " Observing with deep concern a scries of efforts, by indirect insinuation or open invective, to detach from the frst Magistrate of the Onion tho well-earned confidence of his fellow-ei Fixe», it their duty to declare, and the by declare, tliclr unabated, reliai integrity, judgenscnfr'iind patriot President of the United States." Meetings were Injd iu every part of the Union to express the public feeling in the matters referred to in this com mu mention. The result was that tho character of the 11^ lustrions Washington came Out of the or deal without a stain upon it, and tho peo ple, although they did not espouse his views, avowed their readiness to support him in the exercise of his constitutional functions. The difficulties to which we have re ferred occurred early iu our history, and when the government was as yet an exper iment, and it is difficult to perceive how it mould have been maint. lined and preserved had the opponents of tint policy of Wash ington's administration succeeded in tin ir attempts to destroy the utfeclious of the people for his person and tlieir confidence ill fiis character. The tlfliy tiliuk •y tlo Av.. i mi the u of the Tho history of those controversion limy he read with advantage' in the prosent tur bulent times at 'Washington. The pooplo should, without distinction of party, imi tate in this emorgonoy the example of tho Fathers ih mantaining unimpaired the rights, prorogatives and diguifv of tho Presidential pffieo. T'hey should demand that the questions in dispute between the Kxocutive and Ccmgro«^,• be submitted fo tho Supreme Court for <td#tâôn. and that there be no deposition of the l'resident for political reasons, especially as we are with in a few months of the tinu» when the peo ple, of whom Presidents, Benote« and Representatives, are but the servants, will at the ballot-box pronounce their decision on the grave quostihns at issue, and to which all will cheerfully submit. This course is demanded alike by wisdom and patriotism, and will save us from dangers whieh it is t*> be feared will follow any other course. We may flatter ourselves that we aro a people too enlightened and too good to pass into the excesses whieh have inarkod revolutions in every age. But we should remember that in all ages of the world, and in all countries, excited passion, in its extremes, is the same; the individ ual man, however enlightened and upright he may ho as an individual, is merged in the mass to which he bcolngs, identifies himself with the passion hour, and rushes on to destruction. Oh ! that men would learn something from his tory. But it has been well observed, that we ever place the lantern in the stern, and not it tho prow. It sheds its light only on the tumultuous billows of the past. We there see the wreck of nations that have committed them sel vos to discord and arehy, tossed nnd heaving on the stormy surge. Let the people of the United States beware how. under any circumstances, they allow a political party to depose the Chief Magistrate of the Uuion, as is now pro posed to be done, lest, heedless of the rocks ahead, the Ship of »State is dashed into fragments, and all aro cngulphed in com mon ruin, the Republic lost, nnd the inca pacity of man for self-government estab lished beyond controversy. itlea of the nii Afilmixgioih of Senator Vickers* The Baltimore 8tm of Tucyday yaj'H :—; It. will he Been that the Her. Mr. \ r inkers, the newly elected United Suites Senator from Maryland, v and took hi» scat. ,as yesterday sworn in As we anticipated no objection was made to Mr. Vickers on the score of his political or personal antece dents, hut, lL-vortheh n.a 'e tin ineffectual effort to prevent his admission by offering a resolution re faring his credentials to the committee on the ju diciary, to inquire whether thjtf State, with its present constitution, has a republican form of government, so as to be competent at this time to elect a Senator of the Uni ted States. , Mr. Sumner Tiiis is a fair specimen of the unscrupulous fiicilitv with which the ex remists, of whom ifv. Smum-r is tlie type, find pretexts to exelmlo from the halts of legislation all who differ from them in po Htiefil opinion; tit one time, as.in the ease of Mr. ThStitas, iiujiugnln-' llii-ir loyalty, nnd in another, as in that of G5u. Vickers, where tio such imputation possibly cytilfi bo made, fafllfi" back upon this exploded pretence that the government of liis Slaty was tint republican, and tlicn-foro ipmninp U-nt to elect a Senator. Even Mr. Coti tii-ss, of California, felt compelled to pro nuance the grounds Oil vvliich Mr. Sumpey based His resoltuion ridiculous, and moved tn lay it OU tlie table, calling for the y and nays. _ Mr. Ftminor finally witlidi. liis resolution, saying he had aucomplished his purpose in making the point. That was a good point at whieh to stop, and we hope Mr. Sumner will rest upon it. the meantime we congratulate tlie State and country that the gond old Common wealth of Maryland is now, after an inter val of a year, fully represented in the Sen ate of the United States, Verily, we have a republican forrti'bf government. Tn Wocld Resionation Stop Trial.— Since the report became current that Mr. Johnson might resign in case the points ho intends to mitko against the proceedings of the Senate are decided adversely to him by a party vote, the question us to tlie effect of such resignation has engaged the general attention of lawyers. Opinion ap pears to bo very much divided upon the matter. Sonin lawyers of high standing, and among them some who are known ympathize with Mr. Johnson, hold ihut. h action on the part of tlie T résident, would not uf necessity prevent the Senate from proceeding with the trial and pro nouncing its judgement. On the other hand, lawyers of both political parties maintain that such a step would be plcte bar to further proceeding«. to p a eom A «now slide of five or eix miles in ox tont occurred lately near the town of Cia eo, a mountain station on the Cqntral Pacif ic Railroad. Six Chinamen arc known to have tan killed. Seven locomotive on gin^ "cro buried b v the nvolauchc. ~ r irmra orwsxvti On Monday last the ice gorged just be low Toledo, Ohio, causing the water to rise rapidly during the night, and by Tues day morning the warehouses, flVks ml lumber-yards, along the river,»Were coin plotaly flooded. The Island House Hotel, railroad depot, and all the adjoining Iniil diugs arc inoielated. The Cleveland and Toledo itaUrtmd bridge sustained sores damage, hut travel Is unintefirupied Mi the repairs will be completed Tuesday, the gorge gave way, and the whole muss moved down the stream, carry ing with it about two hundred feet of the Cherry street bridge. 8. II. Dayman, the American Express messeugur on the Hamilton and Dayton train, was robbed by a party wbo entered the ear by means of fiilse keys after tbe train left Louciilaud. Tbo robbers escap ed at the next station, carrying with them packages containing 020,UUl). The mes senger was discovered bleeding aud sense less. Tho monoy bolougod to parties in Indiana and Illinois. Advices from Vota Crur, via Havana stale that thu trials of the persons alleged to have been engaged iu the late conspira cy to overthrow tho Juarez Government, are progressing. The plun of tho Mexi cans was to assassinate the inumbers of the Jauroz cabinet, overcome the regiment stationdd at tlie palace, rob the treueury. aud indulge in seem s of rapine und murder. A private letter received in Washington from Fort Laramie, Kansas, states that lied Cloud and his kind of 8igux Indium* had come into tile fort. The writer also says that jt is belived there iu greater prob ability of making treaties with all the hos tile Sioux during this spring than ever before. „ Work has been resumed on the Kansas Branch Fucitio Kuilruud, and truck kying will eommeuce in a few days. It is ex pected that twenty miles of the now road will be ready for inspection within two days. The line of the road id entirely free from snow, and there is no obstruction whatever to travel. The Cheyenne Star has a report that a goveruiiK lit freight train luid been attack ed by Indians, near Fort Felterinaii ; that the garrison at the fort lias been surround ed, and escape cut off, and that the troops from Fort Bussell wero on a march to the relief of the garrison and train. Tho modal ordered by tho Wisconsin Legislature of 1807, to bo presented to Cyrus 1\ . Field, has just been received. It is solid gold, coaling 01,0(10, and is in scribed, "To Cyrus W. Field, tile origi nal projector of the Atlantio'Cable." Five ladies have been sworn in by the Legislature of Kansas to act as enrolling clerks to that body, and three ladies were chosen on the school committee at the town election iu Reading, Mass., on Monday last. Du ■. ' I I It appears to be tbe iftiminious testi mony of all who have had oucasiuu to dig in the ground during this winter, that the frost has penetrated to a greater depth than for many years. The election for city officers of Sale X. J. on Tuesday hist, resulted in a d. -lu ne ra tic majority of 152— démocratie e-ain : 72. crown nt Rossini received a golden laurel from the musicians, on occasion of tho five hundredth performance of his " William Tell." grand-ehil Queen Victoria lias twelve Jr-ii. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 10th Inst. In- Rev. Mr. Morsel, Mr. Theodore Pm Inn Klla fqieur, of this town. •rston. of iSniymn, nnd Miss DIKII. the 5ib inst. Klius. »on of . C. (Jlunu, formerly In llultiinore. Marlli.i K., pf Cecil county. • I tlie late \\* THE MARKET«, MIDDLETOWN* MARKET Wheat, prime red yellow. $2 50 1 OK •• white ,. 1 or. . 4 00 Oats. Timothy .Seed CloYrr Seed.. Butter.. ... -,.j ! ."Or,Ml els. Ipt tb 30 els If! dozen ISft 20 cts. -p 11, IBfiplS " " IC(ir.)8 " " 16(<nl8 " " 1 HO?. 15 " " I Oft, 15 " " G ! Turkey OeeFiv. Ducks. Clfieke Lard .. Ho. Beef. Hiimir.. Sid«**. Shoulder* l*o I a toe*.. 14 (it) 16 " " 18^,15 " " 10 bu*h 20 5 ' WlLMIXiTON. Wheat red. Corn. O.its.. Flour. ....$2 «0 .1 14 .... 80 .$12 75<W;i3 50 ....Ç2 50(5-2 55 } n R::(S,85 l-!UI..VI>EI,rlllA. Prime red wheat. Corn, new yellow. Oata.. MISIlf.KH-S HERB RITTERS tins cured more Discuses in communities where it is know n, than nil other Medicine, combined ; and I. kept iu every Family. It is the Only Rem edy tllkt Really Purifies the Rlood, and has siled iu curing Dyspepsia nnd Kidney Affections. As a general remedy to build up a shattered «nil broken down eonstitution, nothing enn equal nevta it. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. . Vuhler'i deem Label Herb Bitters, is a specific for Scrofula,Old Running Sores, and Rheuma tism. Sold everywhere. Jw 18— 3m NOTICE. riMIK Co-pnrtDor*hip heretofore existing txv X twyon r the untU'isigncd, under the nnroe nnd firm of Iltirlouk k Coohrun, »6 this day dissolved by mutual oonsent, and Edwin R. Cochran, •lone, authorized to settle the affair« of the Co pertoçrship, and sign tlie nnme ef tbe firm in liquii » ion. J. UU KLOCK. E. R. COCHRAN. The undersigned calls upon all persons indebted to the Ute firm of Hurlock k Cocméaz. to make payment unto him, and nil persons having claims to presept the same. Edward R. Cochran, for Ilurlock k Cochran, in liquidation. March 11 tb 186R.—1-m PRINCE ALBERT, T Htö celebrated Canadian Stallion J ÊfA will Ntand for Mart«, the cnsu.xne-rfBBL». Heaeon. Insurance.— U ne colt $20, two coltfl$18 each, three coltB!?16 each, fonr colt* Si 4 each, five or more colt* $12 encli. JAMES T. SU \ I.I.CROSS. March I t—3in G:>8 HOOP SKIRTS. 028 W ILLIAM T. nfPKIN'8 "own make" of Keystoue Skirts," are the brat and client catL« w Priced HoouSkiils in the market. Tr.il v " —30 springs, 9I.Ï0; and TJkfa Skin«. 6 tap«. Zdaprioga, flp. Sfreenta; 30 spring«. $1.15; (fftift. , Warranted in every rcepeel , Wf Urion Skirl«, Kleven Tape *» ml spring«, $1.20 to $2.50, [JO to 50 spring», from »5 cents Bkirm are twlter than those «old _ . -JMÜ Mks first class goods, and nt muf'tflqwcr pHK Our os »..make of Champion Skirts are in every way superiofotairifi rt tl t r Loop Skirts before the public, and only have to l>e examined or worn in voltvtnre every any war. *>ThVui(h?fSred o7 •l ,e kw» linin-hmshcd Kngliwh Steel Spring, very superior (apes, und Ihe style of tb*metalic fastenings and manner of securing them «urnes» for dnrabHItjr «mt exrellrnce an? tiffin- 'HürFiu this country, and arc lighter, more elastic, will wear longer, give more satisfaotioi«, and ore real-' ly chea|>er than all others. Kverv lady should try thorn. They are being sold extensively bv Merchants throughout this and the adjoining states, at very moderate prices. If you want Ihe best, ask for "Hopkin s Champion Skirt." If you do not find them, pet the merchant with whom you deal to onler them for you, or rt>mr or send direct to os. Merchants will find our different grades of Skirts exactly what they need, and we especially invite them to call and examine our extensive assortment, or send tor Wholesale Price laiHt. Tube Imd at Ilelail at Manufurtorr. and of the Retail Trade generally, and at Who'lcaaie of the Manufacturer only, to whom all orders should he addressed. Manufactory and Salesroom, 02« Aunt Stuckt, between Oth nnd 7th streets Philadelphia. WM. T. IMIRKINS. March 14—tin inj en is; sp tn fils, li The Knickerbocker Mutual Life In surance Company of New York, ACC t'SH I.ATKD CASH ASSETS Suit THK sEcmrrr or poi.ict iioldkus, $3,500,000, Pt Lictre Issrsn, 18«7; I.VUUSK FOR Tilt Yt.tR, Raid to Wiootvs Drckafso MsttnERs, Allot XT or IX8PRA.NCt Cot RUED Policies, 10,3000 $ 2 , 000,000 $300,000 $50,000,000 NO RKSTKIC'TION ON ItK.SIDKN'CK OR TRAV KL.—Alii. PO[J(!lHS ARE KON PORFEITARLE. OVER AND O Ill'll A NH Of 11 FltKMIL'MS CAN A 1-KKMIL'M NONE HALF, IF UESIItEII. DE I-AIO ALL IN CASH, Ok CAN BE GIVEN FOR ONR Tlie Company Is Ifufnal In II« I*lan or Opei-ntlon». mkxjamin franklin, pays.-" A Polir» • J of late insurance is tlie eliwipeat and «fest lundi v *" makiug " wt "l u 1"« vision for one'* Life Iksl-ramck, lias tlie approbation of Cler .Statesmen, Uwr gvruen, « ' liants Ac. . * 1'livMckin#, .Mer (.et vom- Lite Injured without tleUr late is uncertain and lull of «'oniingtncies. * * ü. COX, A cent, Middletowu, 1*1. Jan IB—Cm TJKGfSTKIVS 0FF10K, t' Hastle Oui VTY, March 9th. 186$. L|>on this application of James Oiim, nml W il I min Ü. LU a v Cl, Administrator* of William (Jinn, late ui Appoquiniiuiiik Hundred, it. M id cmintv deceiisvif ; Tt ?8 ordered aud .lircelcd by lilT^K i.-u-r dint die Administrators uloresuid, civc ,° f h'" 1 " ol Administration upon the hsmte ol the deco«*cd, with the dal« of graining thereot, by causing advertise,m-nts to b. mm? , r r ik dttl! ' ,runl lh,: 'hue of suck Lit tor., in six nr the most public places ol the I canty ol Now tj.istle, ro-inirlng all ix-rsom bu», mg demands ngumm üi« listut*, to present iIm " le . u ' abide by an Aet uf Assembly in sink e made and provided. And' also Lam the nc to Ik- inserted wiihin the Anne period in die in Mian.," 1 «newspaper published niomiis. ' * 10 b* emitinnerl therein two. I « ""' ".'""Ir " ,c and'Seal of or ^ncc ul the Register aforesaid, nt 'Kc .U.- ' Ul ; Nc>V tju8l,t * Bounty alorc«aid, bln uitk aud year above writteu. NtlTIfW tn R C. FlLUV. IUgislcr. N 17" K — All persons having elalms „ K ain»t tin; Lsiirte ol tbo dMensed must present iht .:.um duly attcktud u, tlie Administrator, on or before Miirtli .uh, 1 sen. or abide the Aet ot .Vosembly made und provided. J All I S lilNN, tt il. LIAM S. PI.RAVER. ,, , , .. Admikistrators. sr l Tr - kein to. Md. Mimu.KT Hi i I iu such eai Add M POUDRETTE. EICIITKEX YEARS FAIR HR1AL! T'lii'kLrt "V;': Ul ' r in ,h «' in «rk»t for uli kind» of Crops. Pm iirette St 5o crnt* . , ur I"* 'on, deliverr* at Railroad nod Mcuniijo.it t.cpois, in Pliiladtiplila. Manu lju-torv— Çra.v's Ruud, above tlie Aronal, Rkila dolpliia; Pt-vsson's Farm, Gloucester, N. Jersey tt .Hjduiiry fUilnmd. ' ' DZA'.E"«.—FRANt; 11 , RICH ARD.« It CO. 4Th «ml Cullowlnll streets, I'liilsdclpliia, aud formt« by Seed nnd Agricultural Implement Dealers «ni era", iiliVM!» Lil.rare street, back of"» "C»v Post omet, Philadelphia. Io I Jen )<• rs. per bushel I d be ml Discount March 14,—2-m •4 #5 REWARD. T 0bT . ^," lur,J *. r , the 7th of March, a ,, UR CA1 b, With labs, between Middletown, (by the way of Odes..,) ai.d the si.bscribei-, rrai deace. Tlie above icward will |j* given, by ïcjVî* '*'* *L'harles Tat man Jr's. Slur., Middwtowa. . * JONATHAN K. t^ILLIAMH. March 14—It CIIARLEK HALLIARD, . SI CCESBOU TO CHARLES BOUQUIN, Broad Street, Middletown, Del. "V\7'A*10HE8 Carefully Repaired, and Jewelry oj all descriptions neatly mended, with care aud dispatch. ' Mardi 14,0-301, A O-EORGI-E M. PATCHEN". This thorough bred trotttw Hers* will stnnd for Marn the entfuing Instiruuce, one mure, §50, two mwffi $28 eauh, three mares $2^ «ach, tour marcs $25 each. JAMKH T, SIlAI.M ItOSS. March 14—3m Janie» II. Frailer, M. I». k GLASGOW, DHL. O FFICE at the residenco of R. M, Black Ere ^1 PTifreslonai services to the pàblW.' GEORGE GRAT« ATTORNEY AT LAW A 1 £22S?S S ?,!* r!,A!!Ca ?Y. New Castle, January 18^-3ns J. Thomas Budd, rity pricre. 1 * 6 * Bd «W «recrfiuire, at TOW .-WkiiS A a fresh supply of 20«0 Tb*. AT O Buckwheat Jftorer. AI**, a tar«* .lock uf rant^ A,™"' foiisin*, Citron, Car. , -TOIIV A. ni:VNOU)F t SONft Joniierv h ' ' ursl