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From the London Morning Chronicle
LORD BYRON.

We have hitherto let our contemporaries
battle it out among themselves on the ques-
ton, whether it be or be not fit that the bust
ofLord Bryon by Thorwadson ought OF
ought not 10 be allowed place in West
minister Abbey? AS a work of art, o!
course, it merits place any where, but we
doub, whether church be the best place for
the exhibition o(works of art, and whether
in the abstract there be not an objection in
a sacred ediice to any thing which may
divert the mind from the purpose for which
the sacred edifce was erected end ought to
be visited. Tombs, shrines, and monu.
.nent, afford lessons OF mortality but when
the proposal is to construct memorial to a
man who was certainly great for his genius,
but remarkable for the manner in which
he perverted it, the subject is reduced to
very narrow limits, and the point to be set.
tied merely is, whether abilities alone, with.
out reference to the mode in which they
are directed, give man claim to tho
distinction ? We are by no means sure
that the most unlavorable representation of
the character and conduct of Lord Byron
is that given by himself he was a man ful
of aAec,ation Of various kinds, and! one of
his afiectaions was that Of representing
himself worse than he was in reality but,
take wha. account you viii Of his opinion
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antl the annual deficiencies in the motive
power fund turned into annual excuses.
"The permanent State debt, which was
S2i.23O,OOO 81: and though there are
temporary loans to the amount of 100000
due, yet they were forced on the State in
opposition to the exertons ofthe Executive,
and will sink to a small account when the
sums of a similar kind due al the commence.
mcnt of the year 1886 are deducted from
them:
"The State tax, which was then in ex-
lstence, without hope of termination, has
ceased to be collected, and nothing but the
utmost prolusion can make it again neces.
sary.
"The State credit, which was at a low
eJb in 1885, is now raised, and ihe com.
monwea!th obtains even her temporary
loans with ease at per cent.
"The currency, which was Oh the eve
ofa fearful CONFUSION in 1895, has been
carried through it with less injury than was
experienced in any other State, is now re.
stored to its usual soundness, and has Sc.
cured to ii the aid Of an institution which
will hereafter preserve its uniformity, if nc
further ruinous experiments be led.
"And, finally, tie State has been made
to occupy her proper position in the nation:
Al IauiIy. and IN relation 10 the General
Government, on all occasions.
81 now approach the end of the term for
which was elected, with tha consciousness
thai have performed the duties of the Ex-
ecu'ive Department the Government with
fidelity, according to the bes, of my judy
ment and ability. and with the profoundesl
gratitude for the confidence and support oi
my fellow. citizens and | fervenlly hope
that the Divine Author Of all things will con.
! iinue Indefinitely to bestow his tavors on
them and our believed country.
"JOSEPH RITNER.
"Erecutire Chamber Harrisburg,
"December 27. 1885,"
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GERMAN UNIVERSITIES.

The two last numbers of the American
Quarterly Register, contain an elaborate
and valuable article, entitled History of
German Universities, from the pen Of Rev.
Mr.. Baird. There is much interesting in
formation in this article, and that which
cannot be easily obtained elsewhere. There
are twenty universities in Germany at tho
present time. Eleven of these are Profess
tants, and four ofa mixed character, that is,
Catholic and Protestant. These seminar
les OF learning supply the forty millions Of
Germany with more abundant means Of
education that can be boasted by any other
country. The languages and sciences are
taught in the most thorough manner. AL
most universally those who learn the Latin
language learn to speak it with great Huen-
cy and 1t is generally the case also upon
the continent.
The moral and temperate habits Of the
students are no. worthy of all praise. The
fayorite rendezous Of the students is that
mos'-often-lo-be -be.met-with (D establishment
in a German town. called q beer HOUSE,
There they assemble, in the evenings es-
pecially, IN companies Of from half doz.
en- to twenty or thirty. and seated round
long table, each with an immense pipe in his
mouth, smoke. and talk, and drink beer
Soon the cloud of smoke gather densely
over their heads, and so fills room that they
can scarcely discern Que another. Mean.
while the loud jest, the roar of laughter, in.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

/ The following is the close Of the Annual
! Message of the Governor to the Leg's!a.
,ure, presenting, in condensed form, the
results Of lhe last three years in the govern.
ment Of that S;a.c:
"Haying thus presented the various o.
iecis of present interest that occur 10 Inc, 1t
will not be out fplace briefly to recap'tu'
la;e the changes produced during the OFF,
cial term now drawing TO close.
"Threc years ago there were o2''44
children in the common schools oithe State.
There are now about 230, 900. The schools
were then kept open not quite three and a
half months. They are now open about
seven months in the year. The whole
amount Of State appropriation was then
$4,000 annually; it is now equal to one
dollar for each taxable, which will amount
10 S35O.000 for the next school year.
SIN 1886 The public works yielded
S6s4,357 II, after a most favorable sea-
son. During the season .st closed, they
produce 1901 25s AZ under the most dis.
advantageous circumstances and, with
good management and no unusual accl.
dents, will the presen, year pay 81, ,o0o,OOO.
"Siucc 1885 S2,5OO,OO0 have been ex.
pended in completing works then said to be
finished, renewing defective parts, and
keeping the whole in repair; and one hun:
dret and nine,y.eight miles Of canal, and
twenty. nine miles Of railway, have been
commenced and carried to considerable
state ofiorwardness, on which 81, 100000
have been expended.
"Thc completed railroads :ave been
made 70 answer tie emf oclhcir cors:rl':!orI,
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WAR RETwEEN FRANCE AND MEXICO.

IMpoATANT FROM VERA CRUZ. the
po9 eness OF tn& commercial house OF j.
W. Zacharie & Co., We are indebted for
the following Information. A letter receiv-
ed yesterday. by that firm, from Laguna,
under date of The l9h December, safes
By the arrival here ofthe British barque
Peruc, from Sacrifcious, intelligence is OBJ
lained, that Gen. Santa Anna had arrived
at Vera Cruz with five thousand men and
the French soldiers and officers that were
on shore, spiking the guns Of the batteries,
&c. were obliged to retreat to their boats,
alter losing several officers and men. 1t
appears, the terms Of the capisulation of
San Juan &c UlIol were-that the French
should keep possession ofthe castle and the
Mexicans of Vera Cruz, until The decision
Of the King Of France-but the blockade
was to be raised Immediately. The CAPT.
tuIa,ion has been disap2roved Of they say,
by the Mexican government. which has de-
clored war against France" The writer
thinks the report to be true, as the gar
rison of Vera Cruz was not to exceed two
tiiOuSdui iilCu oio "uOu TIC ITCLClI lCcIus
ed ofSanta Annals march with reinforce
ments, they landed on the morning of the
5th, to spike the guns of the batteries, and
the fleet commenced throwing bombs into
the barracks, to dislod &c the troops. Anoth.
er letter from Lagura, Of same date, says
-" News is ust received, confirming the
report that Mexico has declared war against
France. No doubt now remains bu.
that it is true, as | have seen the decree Of
Congress, authorizing the President to do
SO, The French commenced hostilities
also the declaration Of war by the Presi-
dent. Ii is also true that Santa Anna drove
the French into the boais-received d
severe wound in the engagement, and has
since had his leg ampuIated. General Ar
ist is a prisoner ofthe French"
The above information comes through
sources entitled to the ampest credit, and
confirms onr antic;pations, so long INDUCED,
of war between France and Mexico
~ 0. Bulletin.
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and actions, they must be admitted to be
IN general any thing but commendable. H.
therefore, his bust be erected in Westmin-
Ister Abbey, not only the effect Of example
would be wanting, but it would be worse
than lost, for it would seem to show that
private virtue was of little consequence in
the distribution ofposthumous henors.
hWe are not persuaded that Lord Bryon was
poet of the highest order Of genius on
the contrary, we think he was not. There,
perhaps, never was a man of an exalted
genius, who was not possessed Of that sim.
plicity Of character and singleness of heart
in which Lord Bryou seems to us to have
cen especially deficient. This, we are
aware, is no answer to the claim TO have
his bust deposited in Westminster Abbey,
because the bus,s and statues ofmany men
of small or Of no talents have been placed
there but it tends to show that ifhis claim
depends upon his talents only, as we admit
it does, he has not even that recommends.
ton in the highest degree. Lord Byron
was a selfish man, no. only in his habits OF
life, but in his writings in every thing no
produced, whether satirical, didact.c, dram.
attic, lyrical, or narrative, he had always
himself before his eyes and the existence
Of sel6sbness proves narrowness OF mlnd'
we apprehend, inconsistent with great gen.
| ius. His extreme cleverness whether
writing severely, gravely, or jocosely We
do not for an instant dispute; but we deny
that his genius (using the term to express
the very lofiest gift Of poeD was Of the
highest order. That he wrote more at.
tract:yely and popularity than many men OF
great genius have done is qaite true, but
this does not necessarily establish that no
was man offirst rate powers as regards
the ina aginalive faculty.,
1t lis no1enough toPoint 10 the:Poet's corner
and say" Here is a monument to Shad-
well here is bust of Spratt; and hero
Prior laid on: 500L or his own efigy."
Neither will it be sufficient to mention tho
names of poets there recorded WHO debased
their art by impiety or licen'iousness. Chau.
Ger who stood alone for more than cen
tury, and even Shakespeare, who will stand
alone for many centuries might be excluded
on this account. But preceden:s. Wesay
broadly that poets, as poets, have no right
to monuments ia churches and when, as
in the instance before US, it can be shown
incontrovertibly that the tendency Of nearly
all the writings of an individual poet has
been to bring religion and mortality into
disrep"te, his memorial is most Of all to be
shut out from a sacred ediEce.
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CONGRESS-.
SENATE.
Neither House sal on Tuesday January


Neither House sal on Tuesday January
Jan 2. Mr.. Clay of KY. presented a
petition praying Congress 10 mediate be-
tween France and mexico, and generally be-.
tween nations at variance.
Mr.. Buchanan petition from a number
Of physicians praying Congress TO pass an
act 10 allow letters containing vaccine mat.
ter 10 pass by mail free ofposiage.
Public Lands.
Tie bill 10 reduce the price Of public
lands coming up, Mr.. Clay ofKy. moved
TO restrict the sale of land at the reduced
prices to actual settlers on which motion
ii drba,e arise, anI no question was taken.
Jan. 3. Judge Waite Of Tenn. took his
sea-.
A petition to abolish slavery in the Dis.
'rct Of Columbia WAS presented, by Mr..
McFlean, who r.oved 10 refer it to selec,
committee. Mr.. Williams moved to lay
this motion on the table. Carried, % to
II.
Mr.. Buchanan presented memorial
from man who states that he had discov-
cred The means Of preventing the bursting OF
steam boilers, and requesting members OF
Congress 10 test the value Of the discovery.
Public Lands.
The bill to graduate the prices public
lands coming up again motion of Mr..
Clay to rccommt 10 tho committee on pub.
lie lands with instructions 10 report an
amendment; restricting the right TO purchase
at reduccl prices TO actual settlers prevailed
26 to.l7.
jan. i. Nothing important done.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

jan. 2. Mr.. Adams moved 10 amend
the Journal of the last sitting by entering
thereon the fact hat he had moved to take up
his resolution in regard 10 Mr.. Stephenson,
and that he had sent 10 the chair letter
threatening TO assassinate him for the part
which he acted on that subject. Motion
lost.
Monday, Jan. 7, 1889.
Mr.. Wise presented communication,
from the Secretary Of War, enclosing n
communicatia;ion from the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, asking for an appropria.
ton 10 prevent the spread Of the small pox
among the Choctaws, Chckesaws. Chero.
KEGS, Creeks and Seminoles, and the tribes
of the Upper Missouri; which was referred
10 the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Upton, from the Committee on
Roads and Canals, to which the subject had
een referred, reported bill granting to the
te Of Indiana a quantity Of land to aid
in the construction of a rail road from New
Albany, in the State Of Indian, 10 Mount
Carmel, in the Safe of Illinois; which was
read, and ordered TO q second reading, and
five hundred ezra copies of the report &C.
companying the bill ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Noryell offered the following resolu-
ton, which Was considered and adopted:
Resolved, That the committee or the
Public Lands be instructed to inquire into
the cxpediency of granting one hundred
thousand acres of Iaud to the S;a,e Of Mich.
igan, the proceeds of which shall be applied
to the construction Of a canal around the
falls oil 81. Marie, TO connectlhc navigation
of lake Huron with lake Superior.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
The bill for the graduation and reduction
Of the price Of the public lands came up as
the special order, the question being on the
amendment offered by the committee on
the public londs, under the instructions of
the Senate when the recommitmen was or.
dsred.
Mr.. CLAY of Alabama offered an amend.
ment to the amendment, proposing to ex-
tend the privilege Of purchasing at the re-
duced prices to contiguous land holders.
A debate then ensued, in which Messrs.
Clay of Alabama, Clay ofKemucky, Walk
er, Smith of Indiana, and Roanc, took part
and, without taking any question,
Ga motion of Mr.. Crittenden,
The Senate adjourned.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-29
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

Gcorer Pollock. Esq. the wealtuest man IN the
state Of North Carolina, probably. was accidentally
killed few DAYS since in Halifax county. lie had
left his carriage Of his plantations on the Rot
noke and had monnicda young horse for the rnf-
pose of riding out. In attempting 10 pass thro ugh
the Gate, the horse became refractory, and. on
beng struck by Mr.. Pollock, reared up aud fell
back on him. crushing him in such a sh ocLing man
ner as to cause almost instantaneous death.
Hon. Luther Lawrence, Mayor Of Lowell Mass
was killed on the l7ih instant, by falling into tie
wheel pit al one OF the factories OF the MiddieseS
Manufacturing Company in the city. lie was view
ing some WORKS Of the factory, when lie trip
ped and fell into the machinery, and died in about
twenty minutes afterwards. lie was about 60
wears Of age, and brother 10 the Hon. Abbot
Lawrence. OF Boston.
Ga Thursday afternoon lie 18th instant. as the
steamboat Wave, plying from New y ork TO Middle
town, N. J. stopping at keyport, Mr.. James
Mills the eneiheer was engaged III making some re-
pairs IN the wheenoGsc, The fireman, not knowing
Mr. Mills that dangerous fosition, started the
engine, by which Mr.. Mills was brought among the
wheels aud crushed 10 death in the most shocking
manner. lie WAS young man oil much worth. an d
his death will be deeply iamenied.
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MUIR DERS IN ALABAMA

Several fresh murders have been committed in Al.
ALBANIA There have been more horrible bu,cheries
OF men in this State during the past wear
than IN any other State in the Uuon. The
very spirit of the devil incafna,e seems TO be among
the multitude. But few weeks since the rusc,
loosa papers at one time gave list of five or six
dabocal murders. The Huntsville Advo.
cate of April d. under head Of progress of crime
gives four more. The first in Sumpter county, and
the victim, Mr.. Daniel Hendricks who was way
layed and shot from his horse more than a ou,y
ter Of mile from his house, his brains were beaten
out, apparently with breech Of the gun his bowels
taken out and the body cast into creek near At
hand Suspicion was fixed on William Anderson
and William Run, who have heretofore borne good
characters; they were committed TO prison nv TOO
Justices of the Peace.
The second occurred on the 4th Of Feb, in But
Ter county the victim was Peter Mas,in an aged
ndinotiensive man. The murderer's name is John
kaybun, who has escaped. The Governor offers $500
for his apprehension.
The third occurred in Tuscaloosa, on the o9lh
OF March The lnteiigencer says" The blood of
another human being hangs on the skirts of North
Tuscaloosa On Wednesday evening last Alfred
Kay, much intoxicated, entered the store OF Green
II. strong aud used abusive and and insulting Ian.
guage towards him, whoreupon Strong beat him so
severely that he died next day. Strong has been
arrested and discharged-These are briefly the facts
as related TO us. This is the third murder in the
State within less than two weeks"
The ioutth atiemp, as in Mobile. two DAYS pre-.
vions: " Mr.. j. Wyhe," says the Advertiser an
Ola ana nghiy respectable citizen, was yesterday
shot ny capt Taylor who III the employ Of Nj
wye, as COMMANDER OF a schooner. The bali en-.
tefea the eye IN slan'ing direction outward Nj
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Correspondence of Hates Ne1es Roon.
ALBANY, 2lst April, 1889


Sir Our city was last night visited by one of the
most destructive fires within the memory of the old
est inhabitaut. 1t broke outin the stable attached
To the tavern OF Potter Browning, in South Pearl
street, burnt through into Lydus street, South oil
B,owing's tavern, and the buildings on Rose street
nearly through 10 Hamilton.
About 30 or IS buildings, out Houses, &c are de-
stroyed. The wind, which ragged with the greatest
fury from the N, carried the live embcrs into Ueiki-
st. tuo blocks south Of Lydius ST. and comlnuni-
Gated to snall oui house AT the of splendid
Of out houses lately erected IN South Pearl ST..
aud owned by Mr.. J. Whine. From the clubhouse
the f,e speedIl, communicated 10 the new Melho.
dist Church lately erected IN llelkimer street, which
IS totally DESTROYED and some buildings east OF the
Church, where II was arrested.
No buildings On the west side OF S. Pearl ST. or on
the south side Of Lydius, the north side OF
Iletkimcr, were touched.
The insurance on the buildings and property de-
slroyed, is estimated at about 500, 900 to So 900
calculate the total amount OF properly destroyed
al Sl00,o 900.
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Lotteries.-By AN act of Assembly of the 25th
of February, 1884, lotteries and the sale Of
lottery tickets are prohibited after the LIST day of
January, 1870 Bat in the law imposing taxes for
the yea, $50, the prohibition seems to have been
overlooked, and the usual tax of $500 foI selling
foreign and domestic tickets is laid that vendors
will be compelled to take out their licenses as usual
from May TO May, and yet only be allowed to sell
until the LIST of January, teight months.) The
sequence will be, host OF applications the Legs
la,ure to refund the oyerplus. Another evidence OF
the loose mannerio which legislation is carried on in
Virginia Richmond IJh,s.
The S. of,he Times states that A. Robinson now If
New Orleans, has purchased from Mr.. Cheaiham his
interes, Zone halo in the imported Fyde colt Aho,f,
for $4,000. IN
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INTELLIGENCE.
INDIAN CRUELTY.
Extract Of a letter. rcceired in tins city. do
Monticello, (TIo. March 2lSt.

rrisact Of a letter, rcceired in dis city dded
Monticello. (FIo.J March 2lSt.
We are still in constant dread of the Indians
about ten days ago they attacked a family so oeaf to
Monticello rs six miles the old man. Mr.. GRAY,
WIS sitting a, his freside reading an alnanlc which
lc bad that evening purchased Al a store IN Monil-
cello They entered the housesso quietly aud with
such a aht and slealthy step, tina, they were not
heard un,,l they were in the room : they instantly
fired upon the poor old man and killed him. NJ ss
GRAY vas sitting with her little brother in her arms:
tLry wounded her in the stomach, the ball passing
though the little boys leg. Despairng OF Inc, size
forced her way night though the midst OF them !;
she succeeded IN getting into tue ys,d, when the child
was taxi en- from her. she received two other wounds
a stab o. the shoulder and blow on the head which
cut her seycfely.-Aher all This size escaped aud
is recovering. The poor little boy suffered great
deal lac says thai after the Indians took him from
ms sister they threw him down and stamped upon his
head, aft ex which he remembers more. lie was
taken up tho next morniDg for dead but life was
notextinct; lie lay insensiblc for four days with his
bead swollen 10 a most unnatural size, but the doc
To, thinks he will recover. One Of the old man
daue lnots escaped with two children without the
slightest injury but the youngest one was found
the next morning dead before the house, having
been stabbed through the heart. After punderIng
the house they set IL fire, and poor Mr.. Gray,
who two houis before was we'll as any Of us, WIS
those Of his home. His children are now destitute
and added to thai list Of numbefless orphans which
this ho,ubc wal has made. Charleston Courier
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a new Gretad Green.-The Buffalo Comme,ci.I
Advertiser says !" Buffalo /, becoming the Gretna
Green OF the Canadas. Scarcely day passes b,n
that some Canadian lad takes his fair Dulcinea and
tups IT over the border to consummate ia CIV The
mes that make them twain flesh This arises.
we presume NOT nom the fact that runaway matches
o'eoe necessary to avoid parental injustice or inter
ference. but to escape a heavy tariff upon ma,rimo
n.y. 10 get married IN Canada it costs ten or fifteen
dollars-in yankee land 1t is done for one dollar,