American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-28

last night, hrlug lis the melancholy intelligence
o the DEATH OF John If. Peasants, E.q (latc
editor Of the Whig,l icom the wounds received
on Wednesday, in the terrible rercontre with
Thomas hitchie, Jr., E,q., editor of the Enqni--
r,r. He expired about 2 O'Clock yesterday
morniur. Tnc Richmond papers received last
n.,h, do not Of course, announce tho death Of
Mr. Peasants, as it took place after they were
put to press Only one Of them give any fur
Ner particulars of tho afi'ray. The Times states
that personal rencontro took place on the
Manchester aide Of the river, between Mr..
John Hampden Peasants and Mr.. Thcs. Ru-
che, Jr. The former received five wounds
viz: in his arm, shoulder, upper part OF the
left breast, left hand, and upper aud inner part
Of the thigh-of which, the last two are the
NEST serious. Mr. Richie was not seriously
hurt"
CLERKS AND REGISTERS. The committee
on retrenchment in the House Of Delegates
has introduced n bill to limit the salaries OF
clerks and registers to the sum Of two thou
sand dollars per annum, exclusive of the State
tax-requres semi-annual returns of receipts
on oath; forbids the increase of assistants in
the Offices; allows a further compensation Of
ten per cent GA monies paid into tho treasury
derived from certain sources--and subjects
clerks and registers to indictment for violation
Of the law. The act is to 20 into operation
from and after the first day Of May next. This
bill is based upon the resolution offered by Mr..
| Vdnsant, in relation TO the compensation OF
the clerks Of Baltimore City and County
Courts and tho Register of Wills of said coun-
Ity Being Of a general character il is certain
" less objectionable than if applied to tho Of.
icers Of Baltimore city and county alone.
CANADA FR7NrIEK- Trouble BrsWing. The
last Niagara Chronicle narrates severa! attempts
to get up frontier agitation. Col. kerby,
Collector OF the Customs at Fort Erie, has been
fired upon in the vicinity Of his residence.
Two persons have been held to bail, on the
American as Wol as the Canadian side, to take
their trial for attempting to destroy the steam
ferry boat which plies between Fort Erie and
Black Rock. 1t appears that no less than five
attempts have been made to destroy this vessel
two by boring holes through the bottom and
three by placing large quantities of gunpowder
in the fire wood.
PRINcE JosEPH NAPOLEON. Prince Joseph
Napoleon Bonaparte and suite are in New
York, on their way TO Boston, TO embark for
England in the Cambria, which sails on Sun
day. The Prince goes immediatelyto London,
where he hopes to obtain permission from the
French Government TO make a tour through
France, the country Of his ancestors, which he
has never yet been permitted to visit The
Prince does not reIinquish his estate at Borden
town, and will probably return to this country.
TEE WEATHER. We presume our readers
heraabouts are aware that the weather for the
last day or two has been extremely cold. We
notice that in New York, en- Thursday, tie
thermometer was as low as 90 degrees below
zero at one time! The lowest rcac led in Phi !
Iadelphia the same day was I2 degrees above
zero, which is pretty cool enough for US.
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Town MEETING IN PHlLAuELPHIA. A town
meeting was held in Philadelphia on Thursday
evening to protest against the right of way TO
PitSburg, being granted to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Resolutions were adopted it,
structing MIR, Gibbons, the Senator from that
city, and a warm friend of the measure, TO vote
against it OF resign, and calling upon the eeis-
latule to report the bill.
THE NEXT FoRuIGN News. Arrangements
are in progress, says the New York True Sun,
for the purpose of communicating, by magnetic
telegraph, the news brought by the next Bos-
ton steamer, as far as Hartford, perhaps New
Haven-from which point Livingston s. Wells
are preparing to express it to New York for the
use of the press gene rally.
VIOLENT HAIL STORM AT MOBILE. On the
18th inst there was a violent hail storm al Mo-
bile The storm came up with noise similar
to heavy rushing wind, accompanied by fllshos
of vivid lightning in quick succession. The
hail stones which fell for only few minutes
were of large size and irregular shape, nearly
as large, some say, as a hens egg. Consdera-
bic damage was done to sky lights throughout
the city.
Coax AND Corn MEAL FOR EUROPE. The
ship Liberty, Capt. Norton left New York on
Wednesday, laden with $500 barrels of Indian
Meal and %, 900 bushels of Corn. She clear
ed for Cork and market, The freight was at
the rate of Cd sterling per bushel, to Cork,
WHERE ARE THE PACKETS? There are now
no less than fourteen packet-ships, including
the Massachusetts,, due at New York. They
must have experienced severe westerly gales.