The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-04
Pa,LApELrHrA. july Q. lsAs.


that the breaches, that have so long existed among
the harmonious Democracy" of New York, are
about to be healed that the defectons and back
slidings of portion will be treated as by-gones by
the other portion, and that the bitterness and hos
tility Of the past will be smoothed over and for
gotten, while all factions, and fragments of factions
unite in crushing the common enemy" It is
really amusing, it is aughabe, inexpressbly So to
witness the facility the GOODNESS, and the gravity
with which Locofoco editors can turn round and
commend those whom but few short months ago
they SO stoutly and vehemently denounced. 1t is
Indicative, perhaps, Of most christian and for
giving spirit but it does appear singular after heap
ing upon their New York brethren all sorts of con-
traitors to their party and to their counry--after
appeating them vipers and adders, and consigning
them to an 'eternity of infamy''-,o these exh-
billions of fraterna afection-to see them 'spigging
together" Burke has it, and extending the right
hand of fellowship, and saxting them as shall fell
lows well met" The "Pennsylvanian" whose
conductors were first amongst the foremost in anath-
ematizing the unfortunate Barnburners, and whose
supporters were conspicuous among the crowd who
Kissed and hooted at that hopeful youth John Van
Buren,, for saying that his affectonate parent was
influenced in his course by the best motives and
the purest PATRIOTISM ventures to predict with the
greatest imaginable gravity, that this union will be
attended with the most beneficial results, and that
it will "help to rescue the Empire State from the
hands Of the Prlistines." Verify, their hatred to
the common enemy must be intense indeed, if
it can cause the welding together of such different
materials.
The civil courts have adjourned till September
next. On Saturday, the district court gave deci-
sion in the of Balda, VS.. The Camden and Am,
boy Railroad Company, which may be of some i'm
portance to the travelling community. The action
was brought to recover damages for the contents of
passengers trunk, which was placed in the usual
baggage car, and which contained money. The
plaintiff, it appears, paid for extra freight, but failed
to inform the companys agent that there was
money in the trunk. The question was, whether
the plaintiff could recover for the money lost. The
defendants proved the usual newspaper notice, linn
ting their responsibility for the baggage, which the
court disregarded it not being shown that the plain
tiff knew of the notice, or had seen it. They also
relied upon the notice on the passengers ticket,
which the court said applied only to cases of loss
from accident The defendants counsel argued,
contents of trunk, they could not be made re-
spOnsible for unusual and valuable articles such as
money, jewels, &C., unless they had notice, and it
was proved that such notice had not been given.
The court gave judgment for the plaintiff, on the
ground that the charging and receiving extra freight
for the baggage was sufficient evidence of the de-
fendant's knowledge of the contents Of the trunk.
Another case, Runyan vs.. Du Sole, was also de-
cided, which, perceive, has been somewhat mis-
represented by the editor of the "Tmes" in this
mornings paper. He congratulates himself and
his readers, but particularly himself, on that part
of the decision which, he says, amounts this, viz:
"that although the proprietor of newspaper is re-
sponsbe for every thing that may appear in it, the
editor cannot be made liable, unless it be proved
that the editor ,crute it," The court decided no
such thing. The matter came up on a motion for
trial, which the court granted, on the ground
that Mr. Du Solles connexion with the newspaper
as editor, had not been satisfactorily proven.
Official notice has been published, under the d.
recton Of the State treasurer that the notes Of the
Bank of Susquehanna county, lat Montrose,) the
Honesdale bank, and the West Branch bank, will
not be received in payment of tolls due the COM
monwealth. All the other banks in the State have
informed the Treasury Department that they will
redeem their notes in specie in Philadelphia. Your
readers at distance will know from this which of
our banks are good, and keep their notes at par,
without consulting the detector.
Three hundred and sixty thousand FIVE hundred
and thirty gold dollars have been coined at the
mint in this city up to the 26th ult A mnthe-
NAUTICAL friend calculates that one hundred thousand
Of these 'diminutives" kept out OF circulation,
having been presented TO children, who retain them
as pocket-pieces.
IL is said, shat half Of the world don know
how the other half live" and believe the sa wing
Some singular scenes have been brought 10 light
by the official domiciliary visits Instituted by the
board of health. In house in Small street, the
official visiters discovered a large SOW with two
wellgrown pigs in the same apartment with the
family. The children and porkers were on the
most familiar terms In another house, a very
grave and dignihed animal Of the same species,
weighing about three hundred and fifty pounds,
was found in a room on the fin floor where IL had
been raised from pighood. Bacon has riz
The aqueduct on the Pennsylvania canal, across
Chiques creek, about two miles above Columbia,
has given way, which will occasion a slight delay
in the transportation Of goods. Il will be repaired
in few days.
There were IS cases Of cholera reported to-day y,
and IS deaths.
SeuaM, Mass, June 30, 1s49
This place, as all the world knows, is one Of the
parishes Of Gloucester, or Cape Ann, the trsgsbio-