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W.C. GOULD.llilor.
EATO,0.,MAY.a4 183.
Governor,
William Mcdlll.
.jLieutenatt. Governor,
James Myers.
" Supreme Judge,
11. B. Warden.
Auditor,
' XV, D. Morsaii.
Treasurer,
lohu G. Breslin.
Secretary of State,
William Trevitt.
Attorney General,
George W. McCook.
Board of Public Works,
James B. Stcedman.
WILL THEY "FUSE?"
Strenuous efforts ere being made by the
leaden of the various factions and isms oppo
sed to democratic men and measures, to form
a coalition in the hope of achieving a victory
at the approaching fall elections. The hope
of official station and public plunder has ad
hesiveness enough to keep the incongruous
compound together until after the election,
could they come to terms as to how the divi
sion must be made. The Free Soilers evince
but little disposition to "fuse" unltss they
can have S. P. Ciiask, fur Coventor the oth-
er contracting parlies "Know Nolhings," He
publican, etc., say oh yes, we'll go into a
Convention and nominate Mr. Chase, well
knowing if that procedure is asstnted to, Mr.
" Chase mill not receive more than a show for
the nomination and they will have the Free
Soilers pledged ! There is a game being play
- ed of, "Will you walk in pretty fly!" We
shall see whether the Free Soilers will te lured
into the fatal meshes of the snare set to en
trap them. The organs of the Free Soil party
do not favor a Convention upon the plan pro
.posed, well knowing if such is the case their
death warrant is signed, sealed and delivered.
'The Knew Nothings and Free Soilers are well
aware that unles they can lorm a coalition
the democratic nominees will be triumphantly
elected by thousands ; hence llieir anxiety to
"fuse." There is plotting and counter plot
ting among the leaders of both parties, each
endeavoring to over reach the other, and by
some trick secure the advantage for himself
end friends. We look with some anxiety for
the result of this political game of chess, yet
we confess, we do no', believe that a "fusion"
can be acheived upon the terms offered by
either party. There seems to be a determina
tion upon both sides, to have the Gubernato
rial candidate, which is "the bone of conten
tion," according to latest advices. Perhaps
a division of spoils may be offered satisfactory
to all parties and a "fusion" perfected, but,
we think such circumstance exceedingly
doubtful under tha present condition ofof
' fairs. "OH and water cannot mix," and we
hall be somewhat astonished if Free So ilium
and Know Nothing ism agree to go into a "fus
ion" for they are exactly antipodes in every
principle. But, politics makes strange toed--fellows,
sometimes.
rrj-Persons at a distance who wish loadver-
tlse in the "Eaten Democrat," so long us it
is under our control, must pay in advance, or
give orders on some responsible person, or
'Send their advertisements through some Adver
tiling Agent. We have due us for advertising
$22 from a Patent Medicine man by the name
of Hobensuck. Eleven dollars from J. C.
Vaughn and sixteen from J. W. Holbrooke,
Secretary of the New York Art Union, besides
an innumerable number of small accounts
ranging from $1,00 to 85,00. Self preserva
tion demands that infuture, we in.-.ert no for-
eign advertisements unless accompanied by
the eath ot order of authorized Agent. This
tul&will be rigidjly enforced.
ICrWe published an advertisement, gome
weeks ago, of a Book, "Kate Aylesford," Tor
the publishing houre of T. B. Peterson, Phil
- adelphia, and would be .glad to see the Book
nrTbe superiority of Hugoett's Daguerreo
type Likenesses is apparent to the most casual
observer. Their striking correctness, fine
tone and beautiful finish, gives them prece
dence overall others. His rooms are a few
-doors east of the M. E. Church, where all who
want correct Likenesses of themselves pr
. friends will do well to call.
nrWe c'oubt whether the Post Office De
partment has in its employ a more efficient
and popular Mail Agent, than JOHN W.
KEENAN, Esq. He is deservedly popular
all along bis route, and wherever he is known,
for he is alwayj at h is post, and ever ready to
accommodate his friends. We hope to see
his good natured phU long on the line of the
Eaton and Hamilton Railroad as Mail Agent.
John is somewhat of a wag, but thatBfr
mtat Cstoty) rather gets him down !
UTBruce, Hauk $ Co., have a kind of
Chemical Soap, by which you can wash your
Clothes without rubbing. All you have to do,
is dissolve the Soap according to the direc
tions accompanying it, and soak them one
liour, then wring them out and rinse them,
and they will be whiter and cleaner than
when washed in the old way. You need not
be afraid of injuriog your clothes give it a
trial, and you will be so well satisfied that
you will use no other. They have the Agency
for Preble counly, and have it on hand to sell
by the box.
OTTbose who wish to be astonished ond
gratified, would do well to call at Mechanics'
Institute, and after taking a survey of Bull's
Pictures, to call at 28 West Fourth street, and
have a counterfeit presentment of their own
sees gotten up ijUhe.aame style. j
i
DEMOCRATS OF PREBLE COUNTY.
This day seven years ago, wV came among
you to take charge of your county organ, and
do battle for the principles of troeTepublican-
ism. Since that time we have been constant
inuty, and during almost all that period la
bored under disadvantages such as no other
person who had charge of the Democrat expe
rienced, and such a no editor should endure.
But, notwithstanding all our " evil things,"
our heart has been cheered by many brilliant
triumphs for democratic men and measures,
even in this stronghold of whiggery, where only
s few years ago, the opponents of democracy
rolled up their one thousand majority against
true Americanism. Now, their forces are
scattered to the four winds of heaven, dispirit
ed and distractedwandering forth in factions,
seeking tn (orm alliances with any and every
ism, in the hope of official station and public
plunder. To-day, the whig party of old
Preble is without a name or existence, while
the derrocracy has maintained its principles
and identity and stands now, as ever, a beacon
light and guiding star to the oppressed of
earth. Seven yean ago, the whig party of old
Preble met in delegate Convention, and nom
inated candidates, which nomination waa
equivalent lo an election. Seven years ago,
we commenced exposing the rottenness of
whig principles and the rascality of those who
worked the wires, and this day, where are
they? Echo asks where T One by one the
great guns of the party have been slain before
the people, enlightened by truth fearlessly
spoken and endorsed at the ballot boxes by an
intelligent constituency, until reduced to the
last extremity, "body and breeches," the lead
ers of the whig parly, which once gloried in
such potent power, have gone in a body to the
"A'noio Nothings," and now, under a new
name, seek to inflict u pon the people their in
famous and oft repudiated dogmas and explo
ded principles of government. They may for
a time, a short time succeed, but the veil will
be removed, llieir designs and intentions ex
posed, and an indignant people repudiate all
such arrant hypocrisy and designing dema
gogueism. No man but a democrat an tea
true American ! Or, in other words, no mar.
is a true Americm, unless he is a democrat I
This is our posilion, and we think it is one
easily elucidated and sustained. But we were
going to speak more particularly of ourself,
and shall proceed. We are sorry lo say that,
the democracy of Preble county, never have,
since we have had charge of the "Dtmocral,"
given it and us that support and encourage
ment it was their duty to extend and our rea
sonable expectation. Under pecuniary em
barrassments, incurred in the publication of
the paper, and by false friends, we have labor
ed and persevered until labor and perseverance
has olmost given way to despair, and hope,
sickened by reverses no longer bids ui look
forward to a bright future, unless by a change,
not in our principles, but in patronage, or lo
cality .' We have arrived at the conclusion
that, our circulation must be materially in
creased, or we shall seek another location.
There are democrats enough in Preble counly
to furnish us a support such as any man should
be satisfied with, and we want them to do it.
We should have at least eight hundred sub
scribers in this county good, advance paying
ones, which would give us a circulation of
over twelve hundred altogether. We have
been seven yean among you, and if you are
satisfied with our course and the paper, sup
port it, if you do no!, we shall take it as prima
facie evidence that you do not want a Demo
cratic paper, or ui a$ editor, and we shall fur
nish you an opportunity to get another editor
and give him a better support, if you will !
We have appealed to you time and again I
We have besought you to come up and support
your paper and give us your aid and encour
agement in advocating democratic measures,
but lo our appeali,mauy of you, the great ma
jority, has lent a deaf ear, and no matter how
charming the syren song we have sung, like
the adder your ears have been closed to the
music of democratic principles, when it came
to spending a cent in their dissemination. In
some instanc es, a few professing to love de
mocracy have exerted their little influence
against us and the paper. But, we do not
wish lo indulge in hitler things. We say now,
while you may, if you want your county paper
to be efficient in the cause, come to its sup
port. Too many professing democrats have
stood aloof with their hands in their pockets
and their purses clasped in a death-like grasp,
waiting from year to year to see if the paper
tcould succeed-we have tried you seven years
you have tried us and found in our compo
sition the necessary qualifications to publish a
democratic paper, sound, consistent, faithful
and fearless, now, if you want to try us any
longer, you must come up to the work inearn
est, subscribe and pay for the paper, for no
man can be efficient in the advocacy of any
cause, under pecuniary embarrassments.
Plain talk is necessary now, and action de
manded in the premises. There is an important
political crisis approaching, and if you do nor
feel interest sufficient to aid in conducting the
campaign with Zealand sipril, we vill try
and find a location, where democratic zeal
lives, and acts in those professing to love the
principles of true republicanism, as understood
and carried out by Jackson, Polk and Pierce.
Wilh the democrats of old Preble county we
.eave tin matter, and !hrrw upon them the
responsibility. Since we have bad control
of the "Democrat," at olmost every election
some inroads were made upon the organiza
tion of the opposition, and we have labored
and expended time, money and brains, while
others reopt the rewards. We have not com
plained, however, but patiently endured all,
in the hope that justice would come some day
not in the shape of office, for we never desi
red an official p sition, but, io the hope that
the democrats of the county would appreciate
our efforts in the cause, and come up as Ihey
should, to the support of the paper and our
encouragement. While manyslept, we work
ed, mentally and physically, and no honorable
effort was left untried on our part, to secure
he ascendancy of the men who represented
our principles. We now ask every man who
feels an interest in the cause, to come up and
subssribe for the paper, for the next year, and
pay for it ia advance. It is your duty and
'"" reasonable xrctation. Will you do sof
ye sha 1 see ! Upon your action in the pre-
s
i
mises may depend greater results than at first
might be tmgined. Ponder well the subject
and act out tha the honest conviction of your
hearts. "We hope every man who ia now a
reader aed subscriber, will feel it hit duty to
at once renew his subscription, snd get a nt
subscriber, and by this means we shall have
our circulation largely increased, our sphere
of usefulness extended, and democratic prin
ciples be properly disseminated among the
people. Will those interested see that the
work is performed. Wa await an answer.
An Interesting Book.
One of the most interesting works ever is
sued from the American Press, is "Parley'
Pa norma, or. Curiosities of Nature & Art,
History and Biography," now in course of
publication by Agents throughout the country.
who are soliciting subscriptions The Agent
for this county, Rev. Wm Lool'k, is visiting
the people, and we hope no one will forego
she opportunity of adding this valuable volume
to his library. The Book is handsomely em
bellished, with numerous engraving?, and is
calculated to prove of vast benefifo young
readers particularly. When Mr. L. comes
around, let every ine give him, his or her
name, and obtain the Book, as it one which
will be an ornament to a book-case, or centre
table. The raried nature of its contents, ren
ders it one of the most attractive and interest
ing ever offered the public. Be sure yon sub
scribe for a copy. Tha Book is designed
mainly, to attract the attention of young peo
ple from the light trash which now flood the
connlry, and is so baneful in its influence.
We have seen the Book, and cordially re
commend it to our readers.
JTStephens l Co. are in receipt of their
second supply of new and beau'iful Summer
Goods, and if you would have first choice,
"rush along" before more vigilant customers
come first and carry off all the most beautiful
iuiterns.
BTParents should take their children to
Ball's Gallery, No. 10 Fifih street, when they
want lo have a good Likeners of the little
ones. Ball's facilities for taking Pictures of
children are unequaled.and his aguerrotypes
of juveniles are the admiration of every one.
Remember the number, 10 Fifth-street.
HTSf4Gue's New Clothing Establishment,
No. 10, East Fourth Street. We sre glad to
perceive that the indomitable energy and per
severance of Messrs. Sprague & Co. are being
commensuritely rewarded in their new loca
tion. From morning's dawn until midnight,
their spacious stores sre filled with customers,
and their numerous cleiks are kept busy as
bees. We would call special attention lo the
Tact that they have just received a large and
costly supply of summer goods of the most
elegant patterns and finest texture. A visit
to the establishmentat this lime will be foun
interesting.
D" There are within ll,e United States
eighty thousand schools, six thousand acade
mies, two hun 'red and thiitv-four colleges
and three thousand eight hundred churches.
ETMesF. John Taylor & Soni, in Albany,
during Saturday night, lost over ten thousand
dollars' worth of beer, through the careless
ness of one of the r hands in neglecting to
shut off the main faucet connecting one of
the vats, which was found in the morning to
be running away into the jger in great abun
dance.
O Of all the officers and privates who
served during the Revolutionary war , only
about one thousand now remain who draw
pensions from the government. The number
of widows of Revolutionary officers snd sol
diers who draw pensisons is about six thou
sand.
CGreen Walker and Charlton D. Sheon,
two of the Hardin County Jurors in the Ward
trial havj brought suit against Messrs. Harnty
& Hughes, of the Lousisville Democrat, for
libel, laying their damages at 810,000 each
The publishers of the Democrat treat the
matter pleasantly and seem to anticipate no
trouble whatever, except on the part of the
plaintiffs.
United States Senator from California—Reelection
of Dr. Gwin.
As our re ulers ate aware, the Legislature
of California has been ballotling nearly all
winter for a United States Senator in place of
Dr. Gwin, Democrat, whose term of service
expired on the fourth of March last. That
gentleman's friends, have lately discovered
that Dr. Gww was elected on the first ballot
several months ago, when be received a plu
rality of the votes cast, although not a major
ity. They base their argument upon the fol
lowing state of facts :
"The thirty eighth section of the fourth ar
ticle of our Stale constitution declares that
'In all elections by the Legislature, the mem
bers thereof shall vote eiuo roee, and the votes
shall beenteredon the journal.'
"Section twenty, in article eleven, declares
that 'A plurality of votes given at any elec
tion shall constitute a choice where not o'.hei
wise directed in this constitution.'
"Under these clauses of our constiln'inn,
Dr.Gwin is clearly elected United States Sen
tor. 'A plurality of votes civen ami elre.
t inn limit constitute a c'toice.
" In the constitution of no other Slate of the
Union, eicipt California, it it declared that a
plurality of rotes shill constitute a choice in
"n election-.' and until thai clause is alter
ed, the Legislature can pass no law thul con-
ii icis wiin it."
The above sections seem to be so clsar and
explicit as lo warrant the construction put up
on them, and there is reason to believe that
Dr. Gwin will be declared duly elected by
wiesenaie. It is not a little strange, how
ever, that the discovery was not made before,
Dr. Gwin is an able and capable man, a
aunoh Democrat, and we are heartily re
joiced that he has been again returned.
The Crops.
From all anarteri at ih North an.1 Wt.
and the middle Slates, the accounts of the
growing corps are full of promise. If the sea
son should continue as favorable as it has
ueen Hitherto, a much larger aggregate of
will na riiu.il Ihn vnnr hi 111
country at lame than was ever known before.
iic iiiuuiim oi me croakers, will be slopped
wi h abundance, and mir.M will mm, .tmirn
down-down. We say this will and must
be SO, provided the Season shall rnnlimm .f-
vorableasithas been hVMilo.-Pkiladtlpha
Argus, nth intt.
For the Eaton Democrat.
Leaves from an Anchorite's Port-Folio.
LEAF—NUMBER TWO
"HERMITAGE," March 29.
All capacities cant climb
To comprehend the true aublime.
Unknown.
'Twae a glowing day toward the confines
of April, Aurora had just ushered in the Sun-
tiod, which shed its resplendent light on the
adjoining .pig-pen, and guilded us shingled
roof wuh massy gold. The loud sonoious
breathing of the occupant of the next room,
with now and then an occasional snore, re
minded us of the grinding of an old rus'.y cuf-fee-miil
felt like kicking him down stairs
but didn'tvery chilly, horn the cool morning
air forced into the privacy -of our chamber,
through the wooden and paper panes was
aroused by an uproar as if a pea) of thunder
burst over the house-top our first thought,
could it be possible we were transported lo
bcbaslopol, but on listening attentively, lounu
il was a Chinese gong cracked fancied old
Cerberus let loose, and Vulcan forging thun
derbolts for Jupiter felt very like a snapping-
lurueiu june goi up, nresseu nnsiuy, umsneu
our hair with the Jerusalem ocertuher, wasneu
in the universal basin, cleansed our teeth wt.Ii
the city tooth-brush, and knottflil our necK
h-d-k-f a la mode stepped out, and thought
ourstll the best looking (ellow in me country,
ready to captivate any young maiden on the
left hand side of forlv, and hold herchaimed,
while it payed enjoyed a smile wilh our host
ueiore the sounding ot "the can ;o aims, - auu
made a tush for the bieat- fast room, determined
to aonense our aliments liveness. bowed 10
the hostess, and stepped forward to pattake
oi puudings, pancaKes, steaks anu pies,
All so arranged to be attacked -That
everv tin with blissful ranture smafiV'd
Breakfast over, bill paid would advise the
landlord to go lo the Crimea, he is so good on
a charge not into-a cabriolet with our friend
Jerry, and an old lady, thought our chariot
resembled those used in the Olympic games,
started for the R. R. Depot, horses run off,
spill us, old lady in the gutter given lo scold
ing as we started on shank's mare, heard her
muttering indistinct sentences ending in d!
arrived al depot, locomotive steaming asinildly
as a tea kettle, jumped on board, recognized
by our mend "Measles," "hallo, Auchonie,
how goes it," thanked him, felt very well
look our seat, was accosted by a iniiiinlure
representation of the .'nek of ilubs lo buy
some gingerbread, thought ii. slr.u:i;e to nee
such a close intimacy existing between Jim
uud the conductor, heard they wete parting
in I lie cake line ot business, the profits on be
half of the conductor being di-all in "quarter
sections," heard a lillle urchin whocned out,
"The Republican," "latest news from the
Crimea" "Synopsis of General Cass grent
-peech "Luba proclaimed under Mariial
Law," and "Doesiicks in love, i-c, &c."
paid ten cents and got one, just as he stepped
off the cars, found he had fold us an old copy
of the "Auzitger des Weslms" we felt very
much likeSir William I raper, after his cele
brated correspondence considerably used
up.' tried to employ our friend "Measles" as
a translator, who politely informed me he had
never studied tin classics stopped at the next
station, got three extra passengers a woman,
a baby, and a dulehnian -the latter being
called on for his fare, produced a two dollar
broken bank bill was forcibly ejected from
Ihecars, left him tragically exclaiming, "Sa
cra man dc be dm, slock h m on ile coof Juke
mil de brick stine, dunder un blixen." Ar
rived at Carlyle, surprised to find the R. II.
Co. went to such enormous expense in build
ing such comfortuble depots thoueht the in
ventor of the dram shop-on-wheels ought to
tel it patented, as it is extremely convenient,
particularly to old topers i:i the nrnming.
Started for the Juncii n, run at the rate of
four hours to a m'le, arrived, made iic an
quaiutnnce of Peler Postleunilh, wf;o tumbled
i li e baggage, fuss'd about, gave orders, but
still succeeded in doing nothing; from appear
ances he kept his spirits up by pouring spirits
down. French Cooks in demand at this point,
while waiting fur the cars lefl our initials on
a Uusttj pit.
Cars arrived, and now for "Eovpt and un
Pyramids!" whistle sounded through the des
ert prairie, and the iron horse was one more
undT way. Friend Measles called our otten
tion lo the Conductor, poking a lady under
the fifth rib with his lore-finger and crying
"tickets;" he reminded us of Bishop Onder
lonk feeling for apple seed rumbling, tum
bling, topsy-turvy on we went, with the dis
patch of a telegraphic communication, whiz
zing, snorting, till we fancied ourselves Ar.o
nant forty miles above mother earth, running
a race with Absolem, the spell increased,
held on tightly, fancied we heard a woman
squealing and a baby screeching thump
thump bang through the window, as if shot
out of the Lancaster gun over the baggage
car, in the arms of Muruheus-snvW broken
up to our hips in the ditch, holding in our arms
a nigger girl, and the cars off the track ai
rived at Cairo and retired.
J. H. C. S.
Promise of Crops.
Maiioxi o. There tis n fine prospect of an
abundance of all kinds of fruft in this section
the coming season, wilh the exception ol
peaches, which, il is feared, Were mostly kill
ed by the feverity of the winter. Mahoning
(Ohio) Republic-n,
Tuscarawas. The Tuscarawas Adcorale
says thai Ihe copious and refreshing showers,
wiin waim weather lor some davs nnst art
starting vegetation rapidly. Wheat in Ihis
neighborhood never looked better. And this
is the case as far as we can learn, all over the
State.
Geauga. We are having fine spring weath
er "about these days." Warm and sesonable
showers are visiting us, and vegetation is
springing into life. Never wos spring more
joyfully welcomed in this section than now,
and the prospect for a season of abundance is
cheering. Geauga Jejfersonian, .
Sprivo. Our farmers are pretty eenerally
engaged in the spring plowini. and the cron
of spring wheat ond onls promises to be large.
Gardening has been commenced some days
in advance of last year, the ground being in
go d condition to receive the early seed, such
as peas, tomatoes, beets, onions, lettuce, d:c.
istinnaul UI110) licporler 'HU xill.
Tiik Cnor-s in Wakrrv Cocnty. The r.ros-
peel for fiuitsof all kinds were never better.
II no k'lling frost comes in May, we may con
Intently look for Ihe Kreatest fruit harvest ever
kniwn. We are well nssiiied. froii nersoiul
ubservatiim and nutlient.c information. Unit
we shall not have more than half a crop of
wueai. Clover aim .iimothy look badly, but
oats are springing up finely. Weitern Slur.
Stark Couhtt. The Massilion Veies of
this week, speaking of appearances in that
neighborhood, says :
"During the present week this vicinity has
been favored with copious showers of rain
nearly every day or night. The effect of Ihis
has been to give an impetus to vegetation,
which, if not maned by future diought or frost
will give us abundant craps. The grass
looks well nearly everywhere, and, with a
few exceptions, ihe grass is thriving finely.
Throughout this section of country we hear
similarly favorable reports. The prospects
for a beautiful harvest were nevei better."
ILTTlie Steubenville Herald says the young
pearjb trees in that, vicinity are being des
troyed by a large white worm. They com-
mence the work by operating on the body of
the tree, immediatel" ander the ground, and
may have it pretty well bored and scaled be
fore being discovered.
Child Murder—Arrest and Partial Confession
of the Mother, Mary Ann Toohey—A Man
Implicated in the Crime.
We Duhiithed on Saturday the
of the attempted suicide of a female named
Mary Ann Toohey, who was impncaieu in
the recent child murder in this city. On Sat
urday afternoon, Dr. Freiotgove it as his opin
ion that the conditiou of the woman would
admit of her -removal, and, upon bis statement
to that effect, officer Squires, who held the
warrant for her anest, conveyed her in his
carriage lo jail.
Arrived at the jail, she was questioned par
ticularly as lo her connection with the mys
terious affair, but at first stoutly asseverated
her innocence. Upon bring told that the
medical examination and testimony pointed
exclusively to her as the mother of the child,
she exclaimed, "Wellll's only a hanging
scrape after all, and if any one is hung il
must be me, for the child is mine." lie
then proceeded to state that Urn child Was
born on Monday evening, while her relaltivts
were absent at a ball In West troy, that she
wrapped it in n blanket, and proceeded tcith
it htrself, toa yard in the rear oj Ab.ngton
;jiec. She said she was not certain that the
child was living at the tmiu she threw it
the fei'ce, nor that it was living nt the
lime of birth. I
This slaleinent was very contradictory, and
apparently inade with the intention ot screen- !
ing a third party. Ollicer Squirts lemur ''ed
lo her that il was hardly possible her story
could be true, uud that one of the witnesses
sworn upon the Coroner's inquest had lesiifi-
ed to hearing a man's step approaching the
yard at the lime the child was thrown over
the fence. Upon this the prisoner remarked:
"Well, come tome at seven o'clock, audi
will tell you all about il."
During the aubsequent interview, she slated
Hint the name of ihe child's father was James
McCarly, that he was implicoled with her in
the murder, and had taken the child from
her soon after its birth. She gave his portion
of her statement wilh evident reluctanue.oiid
seemed desirous that no one should suffer
from the consequences uf the crime save tier
sell. Upon this latter statement of Miss Toohey,
officer Squires proceeded lo arrest McCarty,
ami he is now in jnil awaiting examination as
a p rncinniii in the murder of his own child.
MeCnriy is a fine looku.g young m ill, with a
f ru nk, ingenious ton iileiiui.re.nnd'liiirdly seems
capable of committing the crime with which
he slam's chalked, lie has ln.011 paying t, is
at en;ioiis to 11 si-lerof MissTooJicy, to wl. 1,111
he is iiaTijed to be mairied, and, nt the t.ine
of his airest, Was in company with 'his yoiini;
l,idy. I e deu.es any participation in Ihe
crime for wl.i-th he is arrested, and protests
that he is euillless ol huviti'' criminal inter
course, ut nl any linn', w iili Mixs Mary Ann
I oohey, Ihe sel:-coulessei: iiii'nh . res
The case is one of 11 most singular charac
ter, and has already excited great interval in
the Chinmuiiily. Too much credit cannot lie
0 warded to offiVer Squires for Ihe manner in
which he has succeeded, up in an exceeding
ly small basis of facts, in ferreting out a to
lotion to this mjstery. Troy (N. Y.) 2'imcs
May 14
Important Arrest in New Orleans—A Steamboat
Robber Caught--8000 Recovered.
In our evening edition of yesterday we no
ticcd the robbery on board of the Steamer
Southern lielle, on her last trip from this cih
to Vicksburg, of I&8.5U0, of bank bills of the
Union Hank of ihis cry. The money which
wa put up i'i package?, was placed in Hit
iron safe in the clerk's c.ffice, and whs stolon.
it was supposed, snn:etie 011 Saturday nif.'!:l
las', diirine the trip, between Larrolltou ami
the lied Church, ll.c II. eif having opened the
safe 111 the clerk's fiffre by la!se k-ys. A
mi .-ht he espccti d, the on iters (if the Suit ii
ern lit lb-, though nol lc;a.y re.-poiisible for
the money, as common curlers, not hiivni;'
signed any lull of hidinj for the packan s, on
leiiniini; the nnriiint uf tin.- los, iM.-d ewrv
exertion tn ferret out the theif. They forlu
naluly hnd nil ellieitut auxiliary in the Lieu
.tenant of Hie police in the I'irst District,
Lieut. Muni. The sialics to I e played foi
were large the chances lor t-vir tracing up
the ptrpelra'or of the robbery were almost
hopeless; bi.t the young Lieutenant felt con
fident thai if ihe culprit was in the city, he
could "spi," him, and the result proved that
he was equal lo the emergency.
He accoidmgly, in Military par'ance, open
ed his lii. st parallels, and 'asl nifihl al a quar
ter past 9 o'clock, die arrested William Cobb,
a well known s'eamhoat clerk, on St John
j-tr el. After biii.ging him to the watch house
and pulling him through n regular course,
Cobb owned up to the robbtry.and gave infor
mation ol where the greater part of' the mon
ey was secreted ; $3,023 of Ihe money was
found after dilligeut searih. Cobb, out of
the stolen funds, had sp'uiged considerably
lor the last three days. Ile had purchased a
gold watch for S'.'oO, a set of gold "charms,''
and sundry other trinkets for the adorniieni
of Lis pers .ii, lo the value, in all, of oboui
$3'0.
This arrest is decidedly the nnst impoitnni
of Ihe fen on, and was managed wilh greai
skill oud adroitncFS by Lieut, tin nl. Col-b, it
appear:!, being a well kimru slcainuoal clerk
and a p.issen-er 011 the Southern Utile fin
Vicksbtirgh, was about the last man on board
likely to be siif-peeted of the robbery. On
Saturday night, while the boat was under
way, beinj u su pected, and while the e'erk
was absent from the office, he managed eilher
by the aid of skeleton keys or getting hold ol
the safe key, toopen iland abstract the puck
ages of notes.
He secreted them on board, and when the
alarm of the robbery was given, was among
ihe first to volunteer his scrvicts to search
for the thief. When Ihe excitement subsided
he placed the packages in his carpet bag, and
the steamer Sholwcll passihg to the cily short
ly afterward, he Iriimphed up a plausible ex
cuse for returning to town, and came down
lo Ihe city on her." Mil dreams of luttire hap
piness lo be obtained by his ill-gotten gains,
were.however arort lived ns the refult proved.
JVew Orleans True Delta 9th.
Registry of Money Letters—Circular from the
Postmaster General.
Postmaster General Camprum. has framed 0
series of ins'riiflions fir thceuidnnce nf Post
masters, upon the introduction of the new
'Mein for the registration of Valuable letters.
We quote tho material portion of the ins! ruc
tions: .
Skc. 1. Lctlcn nlleiVed (0 be valuable.
pasted at one Posloflice in the L'ni'ed States,
and delivered at another such office, shall.
from and after Ihe first day of July, 1853, be
registered al 1 lie omce 01 mnilin0', on the op
plication of ihe person posting the same, and
the payment of a legislation fee of live
cents.
2. Postmasters are instructed to enter oil
such letters in a book to be prepared and kept
iur mm purpose, 10 ue caiiej ine ueceipl
liook, (which in small offices, will be nrenar-
ed by stichiug together the sever?! sheets of
blank recipts lurnished by the department,)
containing blank receipts, with a wide margin
for a brief duplicate of each, as in bank check
books. The post master will enter upon Ihis
margin the number of the receipt, the date of
tilling it, the name or the person to whom
the letter is addressed, and the place to which
il is to be mailed. He vill then fill up the re
ceipt to eorrespoud with the marginal en'rr.
seperate from the margin, and deliver it to Ihe
person who deposited the letter.
S. Registered letters will not be entered
in the ordinary accounts of mails received and
sent, but seperate accounts of such letters
win De kept at each faslollice, to be called
account of Registered letters received and ac
count of registered letters sent, blanks for
which will be furnished by the department.
to
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC!
CRITICAL POSITION OF THE ALLIES.
The Conflici Fierce and Sanguinary
—Sebastopol Still Inact—Most
of the Russian Outworks captured,
with the Guns and Mortars—Attempt
to Assassinate Napoleon—
Immense Russian Force Concentrating
in the Crimea—Large
Speculative Demand for Cotton at
Advanced Prices—Material advance
in all kinds of Breadstuffs
—The British Funds Steady.
NEW YORK, Friday, May 18.
.lt. ,eal 0f war, though not of a decisive char
over lactu, is hinhly inttresiinc
The steomer Baltic, wilh advices from Liv
erpn I and Loudon to Saturday the 6th iust. ,
and fr m Hie Urimea to Kridoy evening tn
4,1, arrived at this port at hair past five
o'clock tliiD eveitinp. The news by her from
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Richardson, Spenct & Co. say the market
for Drendstuffs closed dull, and prices nominal
i u,e advance. The weather was cold with,
U hard frost oil the 3d. The same circular
Quotes tleef ndvancine. wilh an active de-
wund. Pork less depressed. Bacon better,
with nn active demand. Lard firm at 49a50f ,
pi low less active. Iron declining.
Trade at Manchester dull.'
Barings London Circular quotes American
Stocks inactive, and rate nominal. Sugar Is.
per cwt higher. Tire money market easy, the
IJauk of England having reduced the rales of
discount to 4 cent. - -
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Advices Iroin the Crimea were received by
telegraph up lo Friday evening the 4th int.,
and di.-patches were being received daily by
the government by this means, but only a
small portion of the news thus received was
permitted lo be made public, the government
letaiiiiug the exclusive use of the lines.
The allies were gaining ground, and bad
taken most if not all the Russian outworks,
together with a large number of guns and
iiioitar.s. The encounters had been frequent
and suiicuiuary. A large number of Russians
had bei.11 ;tukcii prisoners. Notwithstanding
hue advantages, the effects produced by this
bonil-aidiiieiit were not of such a character as
0 jiisiily an usiault, and the bombardment
of the allies, not having produced the antici
pate; results, had slackened oil' very decided
ly, for the pmpose, il is staled, of not ex
hauling the ammunition. There can be no
d.iubl whatever that the situation of the al
lies was generally regarded; as critical in the
extreme.
Iiiimenre Russian forces are reported con
centrating in the vicinity of Svbaslopol,
iiiiountii'g il is admitttd, toone bundled thou
sand men.
A most determined attempt had been made
o assassinate Louis Napjleon, by an Italian,
'hiie he was riding out. He fired two pistols
at him, and his escape is represented as ex
ceedingly narrow. The on y object of ll a
ismis.hii is said 10 be private pelsoual revenge.
L-,rd John Rus-ell had relumed to London
from Vi, nun, and the French Minister,D:onyn
de I'lluvs, to Paris.
The lln.i.-h liudget passed both Houses of
Parliament.
The K.tig of Prussia is ill of fever,
Lord Raglan in an official dispatch admits
:bat the bombardment of the allies had not
iiroi!uci.-d Ihe expected result
The iiuaiber of the allies killed and wound
ed i- not large.
Tu iuipiesirnn in England was becoming
lhi:e general that the ceige would be aban
doned for ihe present, and that the whole Of
he defenses of Kamiesch and Ualaklava
would be left to the defen-e of a few corps 1
.vhile the main portion of the armies would
try and penetrate into ihe interior, and attempt
to cut oil' the fuppiict from Sebastopol, ai d
ihen Completely invest Ihe til jr.
Numerous re enforcements of the allits
were continually uriving.
The French reseive ol eighty thousand were
near Constantinople, and wsre expecting to
be sent to li.ilakluvo.
The Russian i fficial account of the progress
of ihe seige are to the 24.lh. It soys Ihe din.
aes sustained had n I been heavy, and has
been tepaired with promptness and facility,
while the skirmishes were generally success
Mil. The lo is sustained by the garrison from
the l!ih lo the 15th of April were seven su
ballerus, and four hundred anil fifty-six men
killed: and sit si.iierio', ihnty-four subaltern
officers, and eighteen hundred and ninety
nine men wounded.
On the nilitol the 17th, the English car
'tiled the first Russian rifle pit, alter a de.
pe.-atu encounter, in- which Col. Graham Kg
erton, ihe field officer in command, was kill-
ul. On the '2U.li mi attack woj made on tha
second Russian rifle pit, and it was almost
mmedtately abandoned,
According lo the .statement of two Polish
deserters, one hundred thousand Russian for
ces were in the vicinity of Sebastopol, sixty '
thousand of whom had arrived from the forts
at the north side of the harbo', and had takio
nart in the cannonade, carrying the balls cletr
into ihe enemies lines. The leleproph lime
from London to the Crimea were completer'
except a small portion over the Danube, andj
dispatches were being received every fotl
hours by the government but few of then)
weie made public, though questions in re-
gurd to the nature of the advices were be J
ing daily asked in Peiliament, but the Minis
ters declared that due dicrtsion th mid be J
used in regard lo the publication of the newr.
i.oru John Russell had again taken a seal
in the House, when he staled the substance
of Ihe negotiations, and Intimated that tha
protocols should be submitted to Parliament
Un Ihe nighl of ihe first of May a sharp en
gagement occurred. The front and left of II
Russian rifle pils were attacked and laken.
wiin eight light mortars, snd two nunoreq
prisoners. The affair is represented as a most
unlliunt one for the allies. On Wednesday
nigh', the 2d inst., the French, under Ger.
Pelissier, attacked the advance woiks of tho
Quarantine Bastion, and carried them at the
point of the bayonet, taking-twelve mortars.
and established themselves irt the position.
The following Thursday night the Russians
made a sortie lo regain the possessions but
were driven bock.
Lord Stradford de Rsdcliff returned to Con
slputinople on the 2d iust.
Mehernet Ali has been recalled from exits.
The British Baltic fleet had left Keil, and
the French fleet was about to sail from Cher
bourg. An insurrection in Ukarine, in Russia, bad
broken out, andtwenly landed proprietors,
wit h'their wives and families, had been des
truyed.
Late advices from St. Petersburg say all ir
tides of food were up lo famine prices.
The monthly report of the British Board f
Trade, including fiv days less than the cor
rei ponding period last year, shows a falling
off of about one million sterling; the greatest
falling off is in mettals, owing to tha dentin
ished demand for iron from the United States.
Sir John Burgovne before the Roebuck cam
mittee, gave important testimony io relation
the war in the Crimea.
Strong feeling has been manifested through.
out England against Ihe Miaislry, and ifldig
nation meetings were being held in regard tt)
the manner in which the war had been cob
ducted, ' '
UTEverybody attend the Exhibition 01 Sat
urday next. 6eo Advertisement.

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