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day passed off pleasantly.
Late accounts from Mexico represent the DO
| sition of Santa Anna as anything but stable.
The revolution is advancing upon him, and his
j treasury is destitute of the funds necessary to
defend his usurped power. He is anxious to
sell more land to the United States, as an expe-
ldient for raising the wind but, unluckily for
him, he and the American Minister, Mr.. Gads-
den, are at loggerheads. The New York Her.
aid well remarks, that it would greatly rebound
to the welfare of this country, if they could be
kept in this unamiable temper; but the tempta-
ton is strong on both sides to reconcile their
difficulties at the expense of the United States
| Treasury.
Chief Justice Lewis on the 3Ist ultimo refus-
ed to grant the writ of ha6eas corpus to Pass
| more Williamson, confined in Moyamensing
/ prison, on a false pretence of contempt of court,
by Judge Kane. He takes the ground that
every court of competent jurisdiction is an ex-
elusive judge of contempts against itself; and
: that it would lead to endless confusion, if one
= court were to reconsider contempts adiudicated
by another. We should like to know, according
to this decision, what sort of case of usurpation
( on the part of the Federal Judiciary would war
rant the interference of the State Courts for the
/ protection of the liberty Of the citizen? The
| people of Pennsylvania are doubly unfortunate
. IN being saddled with Federal Judge who is
the ready tool of a corrupt Pro-Savery Admin
istration, and in not barring State Judge with
manly spirit enough to withstand the encroach.
ment on State and individual rights
Gov. REEDER.-We are glad to perceive that
even the Doughfaces of the North disapprove
the removal of Governor Reeder. Even the
Journal Of Commerce and papers of that
stamp condemn the measure as untimed and i'll
advised. The Albany Atlas Soft Administra-
ton paper, utters a limping disapproval of
Reeder's removal; but we cannot help fearing
that the President is blamed for bad policy, rather
than for an outrage on Northern rights. The At
las has its eyes turned towards Freedom, but rows
| Slaveryward.
| Mrs. RoBINsoY.-The sentence of death
| against Mrs. Robinson, tile oeiEed naurderess, at
| Troy, New York, has been committed for inn
prisonment for life, at Sing Sing. The Troy
| Times states that her true name is, or was be-
| fore marriage, Charlotte Wood; that she was ed
| ucated at the Troy Seminary; and that while in
prison she was recognised by many who re-
membered her in her virtuous girlhood She
was native of Quebec, and of highly respecta-
BILE family. She married a gentleman whom
she never loved, and eventually left, after resi-
ding with him in England for some time. She re-
surned to Troy, and lived with another man,
| which was the commencement of her career of
Shame and guilt. How sad the contrast between
the lovely schoolgirl, full of hope and Joy, and
Che guilty paramour, the murderess, and the
convict. We may hope, for the honor of the sex,
with Mrs. E. Cakes Smith, that she was more
| snned against than SHINING"
The Nebraska Neps, which put forth the
advertisement of slaves for sale in that Terri
tory, now says that it was hoax, intended to
draw attention to the paper and to the Terri
tory. The editor boasts of the success of his
experiment on the public credulty, and says
taere is not the least likelihood of introducing
Slavery into the Territory. He has established
areputation for veracity entirely worthy of the
party to which he belongs-viz: that of Doug
las and Pierce.
KNOW SoNETHINGs.-Two different Orders
of Know Something's in New York have held a
| Fusion Convention at Rochester, and become
"one." The greatest harmony prevailed, and
strong Anti-Slavery resolutions were adopted
Some of the newspapers speak of the affair as
a fusion between Know Nothings and Know
Something's. At any rate, their platform will
| do for honest men to stand on. G.
| THE KNOW NoTHINGs OF New JERSEY
| Trenton, dug. 1.-The State Council of Know
Nothings met here to-day, one hundred and
| fifty members being present. J. w. Lyon pre-.
sided. After lengthy discussion, resolutions
were adopted, protesting against the twelfth
section slavery of the Philadelphia platform,
as not being a part of American principles.
They also protested against the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise.
| MURDER IN WISCONSIN, Milwaukie, Aug. B.
| On Wednesday night, man named George
| Dibler called at the house of German, named
| John Muller, and murdered him and his wife,
| and hired boy. Diber then robbed the house,
and decamped, but was shortly after arrestedi
EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LlFE.-Baltimore,
dug. 3.-Garesche's powder mill and drying
house, near Wilmington, Delaware, exploded
this morning. -Four persons we're killed, and
| seven wounded. The bodies of the dead per-
sons were mangled.
STEAMBOAT CoLLIsIoN.-EIGHr LIVES LOST.
| Philadelphia, dug. 5.-The steamboat Gen.
eral Mcdonald, which started from this city
last night, on an excursion to Cape May, got
up by Mr.. Jarrett, of Baltimore, met with sad
accident in the Delaware river. About nine
o'clock, the steamer, when off the Lazaretto,
came in collision with the schooner A. Ct.
Pease, which struck her on the larboard side,
raking the wheelhouse, &C., clear aft, doing
considerable damage. Some eight or ten per-
sons, who were in the BARRIERS shop, were swept
overheard and drowned, before assistance could
reach them. Their names are not known.
The schooner sustained but little damage.
OvERsEER ATTACKED BY NEGROES. We
learn that two negroes, belonging to Mr.. Robert
j. McCulley, living on the Pontotoc road, some
eight miles southeast of this attacked his over
seer this morning, and beat him so that his life
is despaired of, and made their escape. One
of the negroes was armed with hoe, the other
with stick. Mr.. Cothran, the overseer, had
one of his arms broken, and is severely bruised
ABOUT the head.-Mississippi Times.
The SICKNESS AT HAvRE-DE-GRACE.-We re-
greet to learn that Mrs. Bradberry, wife of Mr..
Beadberry, the operator in the magnetic tele-
graph Office at Havrede.Grace, Md, died yes
teaday, from an attack of the sickness which
has been prevailing there for several days. The
mortality in the family of Mr.. Bradberry, within
the space of few days, has been truly distress
ing. On Friday he lost daughter--on Satur-
day two others died-and now his wife is no
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