American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-03-08

the Convention OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church, which assembled in Philadelphia, in
October last, and is printed in beautiful style
on large type, by NIessrs. Harper s. Brothers,
| New York. This publication will prove most
acceptable to the members of the church, and
will have a ready and extensive sale.
Also Harper's illuminated and illustrated
Shakespeare, Nos Al and 42-prce IL l-a cents
! per number
! BALTIMORE AND Ono RAIL ROAD. In the
/ Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday, Mr.. Glib
bonS moved to refer the bill relating to the Bal
tlmore and Ohio Railroad to Il select commit
| tee, which being agreed to, fire were named by
the Speaker as the committee, viz: Messrs.
| Gibbons, Sherwood, Darsie, Champneys. MIR.
Darsie objected to the committee, as majority
of it were unfiendly to the BILL whereupon
MIR. Champneys expressed his willingness to
Withdraw from the same, which being done,
Mr.. Hill was substituted in his ROOM
LANDLORD AND TENANT. We have been
requested by a subscriber, to publish the exist
/ ing laws in relation to landlord and tenant
We have not the leisure to make an examina-
ton to procure these laws, and apprehend that
they would occupy more space in our paper
than we could spare. Ii our subscriber will
furnish us with the particular portion of the
laws to which he desires 10 have public atten-
ton directed, we will give it an insertion with
pleasure.
a GREAT WNDFALL. George J. J. Geyer,
German farmer, living in Fulton County, ILL.,.
has received letter from Rothscilds at Frank
fort, stating that law suit which has been
pending N Germany for the last so years, has
been decided, by which his wife comes in for the
snug little sum of t,vo millions sir hundred thou
sand dolIars' Mr.. Geyer is about 10 start for
Europe to take possession Of the money.
FIRE AT MAYsymLE. On Thursday of last
week, fire broke out at Maysville, Ky. which
consumed the tobacco and hemp warehouse of
d. Spalding. jr., with several outbuldings--
A lot belonging to Mr.. Perrie was destroy
ed, which was insured for SllOO. The build
ings belonged to MIR. Shreve, of Louisville, and
were insured.
COMPLIMENTARY. We have been furnished
with neat pamphlet copy of the Report of DR..
S. Collins, chairman of tile Joint committee OH
Education, on the subject of the Public Schools,
TO the City Council. The publisher, Mr.. J.
Lucas, has printed the Report in the form al
luded to, a compliment to DR.. Collins, who
has ever been a most Jealous, untring, and eff
Gent friend of the public schools.
GYMNASTICS. Gymnastic exercises for scho-
lars, to be rcsorted to at proper intervals, have
been made use of in a number of the schools
and seminaries of Scotland, with very benef-
ciaI effects-both TO the body and the mind -
Efforts are making to extend this feature of
education into the schools of England.
GREAT STORM IN CANADA. The st. Johns
Herald of the cath ult says: Con Tuesday and
Wednesday last we were visited with the great
est snow storm which we have had this season.
and we believe since the year 1881, when the
snow was so high that many families, in the
country, being unable to get out of their houses
were either starved or frozen to DEATH
LATE FROM HAYTI. The brig Republic,
Capt. Smith, arrived at New York on Wednes-
day, from Port Republican, whence she sailed
on the 2lst ult. Another revolution was on
the eve Of breaking out when the Republic
sailed 1t was expected that the ex-President,
Riviera Heard, would return from Jamaica, in
order to regain the power he once possessed
Preparations were making to receive him with
open arms by his friends.
The U. S. SENATE. The Madisonian of
last evening says:-"The Senate were not in
Executive session to-day, having adjourned
ever to Monday, probably with design to en-
able the Executive to prepare business for their
action. The new Cabinet, we understand,
met the President for the first time on Thurs
day, and were in consultation with him to-day"
CONFERENCE. The philadelphia Confer
ence'' of the M. E. Church, will this year hold
its annual session in the town of Milford, Del,
commencing on Wednesday, April I'd. Bsh-
ops Hedding and Waugh are expected to be in
attendance.
INTERESTING TO FARMERS. A patent has
been taken out in Virginia for grinding toge
ther the corn cob and shuck, so as to render it
the very best food for stock. The improve
ment consists in altering the stones of an or
binary grist mill, and this, it is said, will last
as long as the stones.
HORRIBLE DEATH. Last Friday, in Boston,
little girl three years of age child of Mr..
Rice, climbed through the scuttle of the house,
two stories high, and fell from the roof into an
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